FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH
Earnest Letters from Women Be
lieved of Pain by Mrs. Pinkham.
"Deab Mrs. Pinkham : Before I
commenced to 'take your medicine I
was in a terrible state, wishing myself
dead a good many times. Every part
of my body seemed to pain in some
way. At time of menstruation my
suffering' was something terrible. I
thought there was no cure for me. but
after taking several bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all
my bad feelings were gone. 1 am now
well and enjoying good health. 1 shall
always praise your medicine." Mrs.
Amob Feschlkr, Box 226, Romeo, Mich.
Female Troubles Overcome
" Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I had female
trouble, painful menses, and kidney
complaint, also stomach trouble. About
a year ago I happened to pick up a
paper that contained an advertisement
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and when I read how it had
helped others, 1 thought it might help
me, and decided to give it a trial. I
did so, and as a result am now feeling
perfectly well. 1 wish to thank you for
the benefit your medicine has been to
me." Mrs. Clara Stieber, Diller, Neb.
No flore Pain
" Dear Mrs. Pinkham : Your Vege
table Compound has been of much
benefit to me. When my menses first
appeared they were very irregular.
They occurred too often and did not
leave for a week or more. I always
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be in bed for several days and would
not be exactly rational at times. 1
took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
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and pains left me entirely." Mrs. E.
F. Custrk, Brule, Wis.
Kqiiine Losses in War.
In all protracted wars the loss in
horses from disease is terribly heavy.
In Napoleon's campaign across the Nie
men, out of 60,000 horses, no fewer
than 45,000 succumbed in six months.
At the siege of Plevna the Iiussiaus
lost SO per cent of their draught ani
mals, and in the Egyptian wars of 1883
the English horses were disabled, of
which 600 died from sickness and only
60 on the field of battle. Pearson's
Magazine.
A new regulation cog introduced in
Swiss watches, works so accurately
that the time pieces do not vary 10 sec
onds in a month.
Every saloon at Tullahoma, Tenn.,
has been placed under the legal ban
charged with Sunday liquor selling.
Try Allen's Foot Base,
A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feel feel swollen, nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you Inive
Miiartin; feet or tight shoes, try Allen's
Foot-Ease. It cools the feet mid makes
walking easy. Cures ingrowing nails,
woolen ami sweating feet, blisters and
fallows spots. lielievee corns and bunions
of all pain and gives rest and comfort. We
have 30,000 testimonials. Try it today,
fcold hv all druggists and shoe' dealers for
2.rK!. Trial package FK KK. Address Allen
8. Olmsteau, Leltoy, X. Y.
Crime Prevalent In Berlin.
Crimes of violence, whose perpetra
tors have remained undiscovered, have
become so common in Berlin and its
neighborhood that the Prussian min
ister of the interior has given notice
that all violent deaths shall be report
ed at once to a special bureau, which
shall decide whether the local or Ber
lin police shall take up the case, and
in certain instances shall set its own
detectives to work. X. Y. Sun.
NO REMEDY EQUALS PERUNA,
SO THE WOMEN ALL SAY.
5 3
Miss Susan Wymir.
Miss Snsan Wymar, teacher in the
Richmond school, Chicago, 111., writes
the following letter to Dr. llartman
regarding Pe-ru-na. She says: "Only
those who have suffered as I have, can
know what a blessing it is to be able t
find relief in Pe-ru-na. This baa been
my experience. A friend in need is a
friend indeed, and every bottle of Pe-ru-na
I ever bought proved a good
friend to me." Snsan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Danben, 1214
North Superior street, Racine City,
Wis., writes: "I feel so well and good
and happy now that pen cannot de
scribe it. Pe-ru-na is everything to
me. I have taken several bottles of
Pe-ru-na foi female complaint. I am
in the change of life and it does me
good." Pe-ru-na has no equal in all
of the irregularities and emergencies
peculiar to women caused by pelvic
oatarrh.
Address Dr. llartman, Columbus,
O., for a free book for women only.
THE RIVER'S GOSSIP.
De river talk on ever ban' :
He gossip fur en free;
lie know de seerets er de lan',
Eu tell 'urn ter de sea.
lie run 'long whar de gyarden grow
Wen Springtime uielt de snow;
He tell de Sea Win', "Ef you blow
Dat way you'll tin' a rose."
De Lily in de gyarden spot
Say, "Rock me, please, ter res'!"
He take de fines' er de lot,
Eu wear 'um on he breas.
He know des whar de Sunshine keep
En kiss de rose ter red;
He see de Moonlight go ter sleep
'Pon top de vi'let-bed.
He tell de news er ever place,
En w'en yo' S-eetheart pass
He give her back her ptirty fate
Des Ink a lookin' glass!
He pass de big house en de hut,
En spread de gossip free
O Mister Itiver, tell me whut
My Sweetheart think er mel
-Woman's Home Companion.
Polly's Change of Mind.
A
course," he was snvlnir. "if
the question concerned only
you I should not ask you for
more than ;t sliiiplo answer, but 1 ;i;u
involved too deeply myself to be
shelved lightly, ami 1 feci that I have
it least an honest right to be answered
more lengthily than by a short 'No.'
However significant that word may be,
it is at best Insufficient."
"I might be angry with you for what
P'U nave said," she replied.
"Well, yes, but I a in willing to run
tie risk," he said, with a short, mirth
less laugh. It had to her ears a little
pathetic ring, and she turned and look
ed curiously at him.
"Does it really hurt you so much,
Dicky?" she asked.
"Ah, Polly," he broke out, roughly,
"you women little know how stinging
even your softest words are sometimes.
And the sting does not always go away
quickly," he aded bitterly.
"Poor Dick," she said softly, "really
I didn't mean to hurt you so. I didn't
know that you cared so much."
He raised his head and looked nt her
eagerly, but he saw only pity, and the
drawn, tense look came again over his
face.
"I thought that we were merely good
frieuds," she continued. "1 never
dreamed that you would have been so
foolish. We have been such jolly com
rades, and now you have spoiled every
thing. No, don't Interrupt nie.' she
said, quickly. "You need not get angry.
You have, you know well, spoiled all.
We shall never be ou really good terms
again. There will always be a con
straint." "Polly," he Interrupted gravely, "do
you know how you nre hurting me?"
She turned upon him, startled at his
words. Surely the man sitting opposite
her was not her old Dick.
"Forgive me," she said, contritely; "I
was heedless, dear." She really pitied
him, yet somehow she hardly knew
how to take blm as he appeared now.
"Poor Dicky," she said again,"I ought
to have seen the drift of things, but I
have been unkind. I see it all now, but
you will forgive? It was simply unin
tentional." "Dear Polly," he said, "you 'weren't
to blame. I, not you, was blind. I
should have known that you could nev
er have cared for such as I. I am un
worthy of you, 1 have always felt, but,"
he added, "I chose to dream, I chose to
play with fire, and I have got the usual
punishment."
"Poor Dicky," she said, softly; and
even as she spoke a look of wondrous
pity came Into her eyes. All her former
Ideals seemed to totter and to be on the
verge of falling.
The other rose unsteadily and held
out his hand. "Dear little Polly," and
his voice trembled, "you were not to
blame. I think I had better go. I am
In good-by. I shall go away for a
while. I don't know when I shall re
turn." He remained for an Instant waiting
for some answer, but uoue came. He
tried to scan her face, but there w.-s a
haze before his eyes and he could see
only the blurred oval outlines. Her lip
was quivering, too, and her eyes were
full of tears, yet he did not see them.
Then he turned and walked mechani
cally toward the door, opened It and
weut out of the room.
The other remained standing, look
ing apparently at the floor, but In real
ity saying nothing.
"Poor Dicky," she murmured, "poor
Dicky," and In her eyes a newer light
still ahone through the tears. Then run
ning swiftly to the door she opened It
and called his name.
The sound of her voice startled him,
and he turned and looked wonderlngly
at her. The har.e seemed suddenly to
lift from before him, and be noted for
the first time the little, tear-stained
face. The new light In her eye stirred
blm strangely. Tbe smile that hovered
around her still quivering lips tanta
lized blm, and at the same time raised
a wild hope In his breast. He ran rather
than walked to her, grasped her hands
roughly and searched her face eagerly.
Neither spoke for a few seconds, and
then It was she who broke the strained
silence.
"You foolish boy," was all she said,
but he understood.
QUEER FISHING IN JAMAICA.
Ton Pound on the Iloat with a Club
and They Jump Aboard.
A gentleman who has returned from
Kingston, Jamaica, tells how they
catch "red snappers." All you need lu
the way of tackle Is a club, with which
you beat a tattoo ou the side of your
boat. This seems to chartu the fish so
that they leave their native element
and Jump aboard In schools, almost
swamping the boat sometimes. Here
is his account:
"I have just returned from Kings
ton, Jamaica," said he, "where I saw
many interesting things, chief among
them to an ardent flshonuau like my
selfbeing the method of taking the
red snapper, a large fish common to the
waters around that Island. Soon after
my arrival I heard how the natives
caught these tish with clubs, which
seemed either to attract or alarm the
fish so much that they jumped out of
the water in all directions and many
fell Into the boat.
"In order to prove the truth or false
ness of the account to my own satis
faction I made arrangements with one
'nf the native tiyhern!!1!! to tnUo nie with
him ou one of his midnight excursions,
all the fishing there being done at night
on account of the heat.
"The moon was high when we start
ed for the fishing grounds, a couple of
miles outside Kingston harbor. As
soon as we got there my boatman
ceased rowing and peered round for
signs of the fish. Suddeny he whis
pered ami pointed to a spot where the
otherwise calm surface was ruffled, as
if by a sudden squall.
"Squall or fish, It was gradually ap
proaching, and presently the ripples
were all round the boat. Now, massa
Buckra, start de racket,' cried my boat
man, at the same time commencing a
loud tattoo on the side of the boat with
his club. I followed suit, and In an In
stant the air seemed to be full of fish,
coming from all points of the compass.
"One big fellow struck me In the chest
and knocked me flat on my back In the
bottom of the boat, where I lay floun
dering among the fish that had fallen
aboard.
"It was some moment's before I
could scramble to my feet. When I did
so, the school had passed on and the
flight was over. At least a score of the
snappers had fallen on board. They
were large fish, resembling a sea bass,
except In color, which, instead of being
black, was red.
"During the night we ran Into sev
eral more schools, and the same per
formance wils repeated, excepting that
I kept my seat and did not again min
gle with the fish in the bottom of the
boat.
"On the way back to Kingston I
asked the darky fisherman how they
first discovered this method of taking
the red snapper. He could tell me noth
ing about It; all he could say being:
'Htm take dat way long time, massa.'
"I beard later that a Chinaman was
the first to discover that a red snap
per could be persuaded to leave Its
native element at the sound of a club
applied to a boat's side, but how he
found If out nobody seemed to know."
A Candid Publisher.
In the recent death of .1. Schabelltz,
the well-known Zurich publisher and
author, Switzerland has lost one of its
extraordinary characters. He was a
shrewd business man, an excellent
linguist, a skillful writer, and one of
the most savage publishers who ever
lived. When he accepted the famous
memoirs of Count von Arnlm he wrote
on the postal card with his acceptance
the proviso: "I reserve the right to
correct your Infernally bad grammar."
To an aspiring poet wlio had sub
mitted manuscript he answered by pos
tal card: "I refuse to be disgraced by
printing your doggerel. I dn't return
the copy because you dou't Inclose
enough postage. If you will send It,
with the price of this card, I will re
turn to you, but I don't think the stuff
Is worth the expense on your part."
One of his postal cards to a novelist
read about as follows: "For heaven's
sake, come and tase away tbe uu
namable mass of paper you 'left here
for me to look at!"
An ambitious historian was crushed
by the following, written, llkr all of bis
correspondence, upon a postal card:
"You are making the mistake of your
life. You don't want to study history.
You want to learn how to write,"
Reoorrt In fSubmarlne Diving.
Edward nooper, a professional diver,
has made a record In his line of busi
ness. Off the coast of South Africa he
descended to the wreck of tbe ship
Cape Horn and. there remained, at one
submersion, for forty-two mlnutt at
a depth of over 200 feet. At this point
tbe pressure Is eighty-three and one
half pounds to the square Inch and no
other person, It Is asserted, has been
able to remain below this depth.
Persoos who deal In bicycles are not
the only ones who bave wheel.
ITh. Tombs.
Whoever so named New York's
gloomy prison chose an apt am' signifi
j cant phrase. Many a wretched crim
inal has found indeed therein that the
path of sin is the path of death, and
has mourned at the bnrial of his own
blighted hopes and ruined resolutions.
But "stone walls do not a prison
make." There are those who sit im
mured in "the tombs" of a dead past
and woeful present. Themselves, as
51
ilton would have it. are their own
dungeons. Let them lift ud their heads
to the dawn and freedom. God is not
far from any one of us. Baptist Union.
Do not omit the late cucumbers for
pickling. The seed may be planted in
June or July. The White Spine is an
excellent variety, as it is uniform,
round and of good length. It is also
tender and very crisp, having a long
stem, and they keep well as pickles.
They must be picked off daily or they
will grow too large.
What Will Itecome of China?
None can torsee the outcome of the
quarrel between foreign powers over the
division of China. It is interesting to
watch the going to pieces of this race.
Many people are also going to pieces be
cause of dyspepsia, constipation and stom
ach diseases. Hood health can he retained
if we use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
The Chioago Tribune thinks a cycle
path for wheelmen may be considered
a good thing on the side.
Poet's Trouble.
"The gas bill is twice what it was
last month," said the poet's wife.
' 'Til ovn ono.ptV.;,,.. .-.. .,.1.1.
the meter."
"I wish I were a gas company,"
sighed the poet. "Every time "my
meter goes wrong I lose money." In
dianapolis Press.
Black cotton hose should be dried
and ironed on the wrong side to pre
vent fading.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely deranpa the whole sys
tem when entering it throat the muvous sur
faces. Bitch articles should never be used ex
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi
cisns, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from thom.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney fc Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken Internally, ai ling directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genufne. It is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by Y, J. Cheuey i Co. Testi
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Tills are the best.
The income of John D. Rockefeller,
of the Standard Oil Company, increases
at the rate of $684 an hour, night and
day.
We Are Direct Importers of
-2 VENARIUS CARBOUNEUM..
(The Famous German Wood Preserver)
WHICH PEKMANKNTI.Y UKSTKOYS
CHICKEN LICE AND VERMIN
One application, is all that is required. It lasts for years. Price, 50 cents
per quart. "Write for circulars and information
FISHER, THORSEN & CO., Portland, Oregon
(PACIFIC COAST AGENTS.)
Force Feed Elevator, warranted
to waste less grain than any other.
Send for Catalogue.
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAYER CO.
First and Taylor Streets, Portland, Oregon
Branches: Salem, McMinnville,
La Grande, Medford, Seattle, Spo
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You can be comfortable always If you have the
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a new eymeiii of draughts, thrown the heat lino the
room Instead of up the chimney, aud saves you
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is perfection fur any household. For particulars
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HARD WORKING WOMEN
Can flii'l q n lik ami permanent relief
lor serious and strength destroying
troubles in
Moore's Revealed Remedy
Thousands have used It and thousands
now praise It. I: cures permanently, tl
per bottle at your druggist's.
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Building of remodeling residence and
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(rates and Tiling, Tile Flooring, Tile Wain
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We also carry all kinds of ltstterie, Bells and
Indicators. I'hotographs cheerfully sent on
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An Kaijr Job.
"What is Smith doiug now?"
"He is traveling with a circus."
"Pretty hard work, isn't it,"
"No; he has nothing to do but to
stick his head into the lion's moutti
twice a day." Tit-Bits.
Silence Is Golden.
Mrs. Stubb John, would you refe
to a gun as feminine?
Mr. Stubb I should think not Ma
rial "And why not?"
'Because guns can bo silenced.""
Chicago Evening News.
HOITT'S SCHOOL.
Menlo Talk. Ran Mateo County, Cal.,
with its new buildings, newly furnished
and complete laboratories, be'autiful sur
roundings and home intluences, is one of
the best equipped schools lor the training
of boys and young men on the coast. It
is in charge of Dr. Ira5. Hoitt and is ac
credited at the universities. Send for cat
alog. Tent h year begins August 0, 1900.
Eyesight is frequently impaired by
the use of tobacco, due to the paralyz
ing of the nerves controlling the iris,
or paralysis of the optio nerve, some
times resulting in absolute loss of sight.
Mothers will iind Mrs. Winsiow's Sooth
big Syrup the best remedy to use for their
Children during the teething. period.
The towns of Eddy and Moody. Tex.,
have each voted "no license," the
former by a big majority.
Viso's Cure for Consumpt ion is an inful
able medicine for rOughs and colds. N.
W. Samuel, Ocean drove, N. J., Feb. 1",
1900.
In Prussia habitual drunkards may
be legally put in charge of guardians.
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per cent at this time.
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