Blood Humors
Commonly cause pimples, boils, hires, eezem
or salt rheum, or some other form of erup
tion; but sometimes they exist In the system.
Indicated by feelings of .weakness, languor,
loss of appetite, or general debility, without
causing any breaking out
Hood's Sarsaparllla expels tbem, renovates,
trengthens and tones the whole system.
This ts the testimony of thousands annually.
Aeeept no substitute, but Insist on baring
Hood's Sarsaparilla
In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets
known as Sarsa tabs. 100 doses 1L
Not Inpreaied.
Capital wag making a virtus of Its
chronic timidity.
"Why," it exclaimed to the country,
"I'm bo scared that I feel the symp
toms of a panic."
No Immediate response being evoked,
Capital proceeded to set up a fearsome
scarecrow and, gazing Intently upon
the same, to throw a fit
"There, I told you so," It remarked
In tremulous but exultant tone "I'm
having a panic. Just watch my con
vulsions." But the country had seen fake fits
thrown before. Philadelphia Ledger.
Uncle Allen.
"Lots ot men who get a reputation for
wisdom by not doing any talking," observ
ed Uncle Allen Sparks, "don't dare to
talk ; they've got too much to conceal."
Something- Wrong.
The lad timidly entered the office of
the old broker.
"Well, my boy," said the broker,
wheeling In his chair, "I suppose you
have came to apply for a position as
office boy?"
"Y-yes. sir," replied the lad, twitch
lng his hat nervously,
- "H'm I How many grandmothers
have you?"
"None, sir. Both are dead."
"Well, how often do you get the
mumps in the baseball season?"
"Never, sir. I only have the mumps
In the winter"."
"Strange. Then what excuse da you
make up when you wish to take an
I afternoon off to see a ball game?"
"None at all, sir. I don't like base
1 ball, and I have never been to a game
In my life."
The old broker gave a low whistle.
"My lad," he exclaimed, "any Amer
ican boy who doesn't like baseball must
be a freak. You'd better go In a dime
museum."
I Two Explanations Needed.
! "Tell me, confidentially, old chap have
you change for a $10,000 bill?"
' "I have, provided you can explain how
I you happen to be In possession of a $10,-
! 000 bill."
"I'm not That's more money than I
ever saw in my life. But I'd like to have
you explain to me how you happen to be
In possession of $10,000 in change!"
THE HABB0B LIGHT.
How welcome o'er the sea that night
The twinkle of the harbor light;
A star that trembled on the foam
With beams of lore and dreams of home.
The bells rang o'er the tossing bars
The white sails dipped beneath the stars ;
But fairer than all stars of night
The harbor light the harbor light!
"O sailors singing in the spars
A merry challenge to the stars !
O captain, at whose glad command
Our brave ship leans toward the land I
Within far vine-clad cots of wh"ite
Lore hears the sea-bells In the night
Swift as a seagull's be onr flight
Toward the light the harbor light V
And swift we aped from storm and gloom
To smiling shores of light and bloom ;
The sorrow of the voyage past
Sang in the Joy of Home at last I
Home I where the ships in shelter rest;
Home 1 where the light the love Is beat ;
Over the plunging seas of night
Love's blessing in the harbor light!
O ships that In the darkness roam,
Sweet sing the harbor bells of Home ;
Though far the shore the voyage long,
The dark will drift to morning song;
The bells sing o'er the tossing bars-
The sails bend sure beneath the stars;
Still still the distant shore we sight
And gain the light the harbor light 1
BLOOD
nTOT X CT-f-"
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AND SYSTEM DIS ORDERED 1
Margaret's
Adventure.
Margaret was bored to death.
After three happy years at GIrton.
Catarrh is not merelv" an inflammation nf tn ti-an- f tt-"t-M-t bX and a fourth, almost as Dleasant. spent
throat, as the symptoms of ringing noises in the ears, mucou9 dropping back ln earning her own living, It seemed a
into the throat, continual hawking and spitting, etc., would seem to indi- Uttle hard that she should have to
ttt.3 bl0od disease itt which the entire circulation and the greatei spend a month's holiday with an aunt
part of the system are Involved. Catarrh is due to the presence of aa exces9 uncongenial to the point of antagonism.
I nnc acid in the blood. The Liver, Kidneys and Bowels frequently be- An aunt, too, who had outlived the few
come torpid and dull la their action and Instead of carrying off the refuse friends and interests she had ever had.
n?. j 1 Ml' le,av Jt Bour an torm uric acid in the system, who lived In the middle of the most
lJFlV"11, 3 circulation distributed to all bleak, flat and uninteresting country.
Spirent 2, Jriti ani in Margaret had. ever seen. After the
the different membranes and tissues of the body, and the contracting flrst tw0 day8 Bhe erew ver tlrGd of
of a cold will start the secretions and other disgusting and disagreeable it Twe was not a sli t?!? to
symptoms of Catarrh. As the blood goes to all parts of the body the ca- Tl I
tarrhal poison affects all parts of the system. The head haatlght, full ln p,a! an her aunt f,? h,er to
feeling, nose continually stopped up, pains above the eyes, slight fever ZTl ', ? r V?
comes and goes, the stomach Is upset and the entire system disordered and f"11, tn noth,n was aIIowed tto
I had Catarrh for about fifteen affected bv tiis dlsease- " 13 Wto of terf ee ' ,th the rlct outD f Df
yeandSoman oSSid hav5 time to try to cure Catarrh with sprays, llfe at w,Uow and tnat she
ouldWroUut vrashea, inhalations, etc. Such treatment Bhou.,d 8ee Der ece more than
uifced. i then tesan s. i. sand does not reach the blood, and can, therefore, once a day-
from tha.iitii?i1iap.r?Je' do nothing more than temporarily relieve AU human companionship was evi-
V.bl.Ji. 4. J P l. f il A At HoTlf Itt srnntnl Krtw h.i .......
AO CuTO ucuicm utji, uul duo w aa uui
quite alone in the world. There was
still her bicycle, and although she ha-
mXltollVilfg&rS Catarrh permanently the blood must be
Catarrh is a blood dieeaso, and thoroughly purified and the system cleansed
fcettTr fSrth?oanS.Ttsh f U PPsonS, and at the 'same time
Nobody thinks mora of s. s.s. Strengthened and built tip. Nothing equals 4
Xanpr,Mtoh. K'. S. S. S. for this purpose. It attacks the , 1
disease at its head, roes down to the Ml
rx)ttom of the trouble and makes a complete f gW,
a - j - , -.J
particle of the catarrhal poison from the py5J
blood, making thi3 vital stream pure, fresh ,
ana neaitny. inen tne inuamea mem
PURELY VEGETABLE brane3 beSin to teal. the head is loosened
and cleared, the hawking and spitting cease,
every symptom disappears, the constitution is built tip and vigorous health
restored. S. S. S. also tones tip the stomach and digestion and acts as a
tne tonic to the entire system. If you are suffering with Catarrh begin the
use of S. S. S. and write tiS a statement of your case and our physicians will
send you literature about Catarrh, and give you special medical advice
Without charge. S. S. S. is for sale at all first class drug stores.
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Ml
ajJMfCe ea eaamaiuaa
lecimew co otewrocui
ted riding alone, and felt perfectly cer
tain that the roads were as bad as the
scenery was hideous, she dragged It
out of the coal cellar ln which her
aunt had ordered It to be burled.
But on the third ride, the monotony
was unpleasantly broken by a large
puncture ln the back tire; ten miles
from home, In a perfectly unknown
road, not a soul in sight, and with the
certain knowledge that she had left the
repairing outflt at home !
There was nothing to do but to plod
wearily on till she came to somebody or
something, and she had tramped at
least two miles of the dusty road be
fore help came in sight
I It was not, a very promising looking
place. A small one-storied wooden
building, with a wheel hung over the
door and a placard over the gate: "Bi
cycle repairs promptly executed."
I The man went on wli his task, with
out raising his head.' Margaret was
piqued to notice that he was much less
anxious to talk to her than she to talk
to him. "Could you tell me any pretty
rides about' here?" she said desperate
ly; "I've nothing to do but ride and
I am so tired of all these horrid bleak
roads. I should like a pretty ride, Just
for once."
He stopped for a minute and
thought f
"There Is a little old Tillage about
ten miles from the crossroads," he said,
"which might be called Interesting and,
with a stretch of Imagination, even
i pretty. Some big man, who was a
friend of Hampden's, was burled there,
I believe, and there Is an old church
with a square tower."
"Which Is the best way to get to it?"
she asked; "and what la the name of
itr
"It Is called Merfleet, but I hardly
' know bow to explain the way. Perhaps
I could show yon on the map."
Ha want across the room, took hla
tourists' map from a shelf of books In
the corner, and gave it to her.
She spread it open on her knee, fore
seeing' that be would be obliged to
kneel beside her to explain. Then the
young man saw that she Intended to
condescend to friendliness, and he told
himself that there was no reason for
him to remember that be was a young
man ln a shop and that the situation
was certainly a pleasant one for him.
In vain he pointed out the right way,
over and over again ahe only shook
her head sadly.
"It's no use," she sighed. "I am
afraid you will think me terribly stu
pid, but I never could understand ei
ther maps or railway guides. I am
afraid I shall have to give It up."
Then the bicycle mender looked up.
Maragaret smiled. "I don't care If I
am forward," she said to herself.
"Somebody must Improve our acquaint
ance and he certainly won't"
But at her smile be grew suddenly
bolder.
"Do yon alwaya ride alone?" he
asked.
Margaret sighed. "I hare no one else
to ride with." She hated herself for
saying It and waited for his response,
knowing that If It was what she feared
she had only herself to blame, and yet
half hoping that her fears would be
Justified.
There was only one thing for him to
say, and be said it almost certain of a
rebuff, yet feeling that If slie gave It
she had certainly not played fair.
"I wish you would let me show you
the way," he said, and Margaret gasp
ed. She turned over the leaves of
Omar's Khayyam nervously, and for a
minute she did not answer. The book
opened at the flyleaf, and half uncon
sciously she read the name of the own
er, Miles Leighton, E. Coll. Magd. Ah,
she had known all the time that he was
a gentleman. Why, her brother Dick
was at Magdalen; most likely he had
known him It was as good as an In
troduction. She would go. What did
It matter about the bicycle business?
No doubt he had the very best reasons
for keeping a shop. The young man
was watching her anxiously waiting
for the Indignant refusal which must
come.
"It Is very kind of you," she said
sweetly. "I shall like to very much.
It will be a pleasant change to have a
companion."
The bicycle man's face was burning
by this time, and when she spoke he
could hardly believe his hot ears. Then,
somehow, - the face of the situation
changed. They forgot the bicycles, and
everything else they did not wish to re
member, and talked of the many things
they had ln common he as an Oxford
man, she as a Girton girl.
He knew her brother quite well, he
said, and after they had arranged the
details of their ride to Merfleet Mar
garet went home, her mind in a whirl.
"I ought to be much more ashamed
of myself than I am," she said wonder-
ingly. "I must really be a much less
proper person than I thought At any
rate, whatever else I may be, I shan't
be bored any more."
The ride to Merfleet seemed very
short On the return Journey the bi
cycles, as If of their own accord, went
more and more slowly. Yet the way
seemed Bborter than before.
The bicycle man had remembered an
other pretty village. Why should they
not ride over to see It some day say,
to-morrow? Why not, Indeed.
They did. A deeply incompetent
young man was left In charge of the
shop, whose owner thus lost many cus
tomers and some sixpences. But, as he
said, one can earn money all the year
around and, If one can't earn It, one
can always do without It But there
are some things one cannot possibly do
without
When you have ridden for two whole
afternoons with a young man, why
should you not ride for" a third? And
a fourth and a fifth?
During the rest of Margaret's stay
the two rode together every day. And
now the last day bad come, and they
were resting by the roadside, looking
out through the gap ln the hedge at the
hideous country.
"It doesn't seem so hideous now,"
she said. "I suppose one has got used
to it" . -
He was silent Margaret felt In a
sudden flash of Illumination, that he
was silent because for him, as for her,
the world bad changed so ' much In
these two weeks.
And now she was going away. And
this, the pleasantest companionship her
life had ever known, was to end here.
He sat beside her, silent pulling dusty
leaves from the hedge and twisting
them In his hands. Margaret knew
that he would not speak. . How could
he? A man who Magdalen notwith
standing kept a bicycle shop.
And If she lost him now, be might
see someone else she might lose him
forever.
"I'm going away to-morrow," she
said abruptly, and her voice was hard
and cold. "We've had some nice rides,
haven't we? But lt'a all over and,
anyway, I think the weather's going.
Those clouds look Ilka rain."
"Going away?" ha said still not
looking at her. Ha realised now, aa he
had not done before, what theae two
weeks bad been to him, and be looked
at a blank future. What would be left
when Margaret went away?"
"Yes," she weut on, "I go to-morrow;
and my aunt says I've neglected her so
dreadfully ttat she'll never ask me to
stay again. We've had some nice times
I am sorry this Is the last"
Still he did not answer. Oh, how
stupid he was I If only she had been
ln his place ; how well she would have
known what to say 1 She let her band
fall on the grassy bank beside her. He
looked at the hand, but he did not
touch It
"It's getting late," he said, awkward
ly. "We ought to be going home."
She did not move, however. He drew
a deep breath. Her heart was beating
heavily and her hands trembled. She
felt that ahe held ln them her life's
happiness.
"Bide on," she said, "It's not far now.
I'll come on alone. I shall have to get
used to being alone now. So will
you."
She looked up at him.
"Don't" he said, "It's not fair. What
shall I do when you are gone?"
"You'll work at your business.
"Hang my business," he said. And
then he looked at her, and the last cob
web of doubt floated away from Mar
garet He did love her it was only
the horrid business that stood ln the
way. She would risk everything. She
did.
"You think I'm a person of Inde
pendent means," she said, looking down
and speaking very fast "But I'm not
There wasn't any nice, easy proteKuiou,
open to me when I came down from
college so I took to trade like you,
I'm a dressmaker."
"Why do you tell me this?" 1
"Because It's true, of course," she
said Impatiently. "Oh, don't be so
stupid."
And then she did what she bad bet
ter have done at the beginning of the
conversation. She began to cry In real
earnest with her face hidden ln her
bands. And then even Miles Leighton
was at last enlightened.
"Yon don't mean to say that yon
care!" he said, catching at her hands
and trying to see her face.
"I don't mean to say an thing," she
said, "and neither, It appears, do you I"
Manchester Chronicle.
CLIMB ESS NEED NEW FIELDS.
Peaks of Alpa Are Now Ifearlr All
Accessible by Rail.
It Is probable that ln the course of a
few years ambitious mountain climbers
will be compelled to transfer the scene
of their efforts to the mountains ot
North and South America, for the
peaks of the Alps are nearly all acces
sible by rail at the present time and
the engineers have designs on those
which are yet untouched by ties and
tracks.
Of course, the presence of the rail
road does not Interfere with those who
desire to climb to the top of a moun
tain, but the experience Is robbed of
its charm when one is compelled to
cross and recross railroad tracks con
stantly and the trip is robbed of the
element of danger, excitement and
thrill by the knowledge that the ama
teur climber may stop and wait for a
car when he has tired of the climb.
The latest engineering scheme of this
kind Is that which Is proposed to the
top of the Matterhorn. It was thought
because of Its precipitous slopes and
Jagged structure that this peak would
bo free from rails for all time, but two
engineers have made application to
build a line to Its top. The view from
the top of this mountain Is so grand
that there Is a constant stream of vis
itors during the season notwithstand
ing the difficulties and the cost of the
climb.'
The only opposition which has devel
oped to the scheme Is from the Alpin
ists who reap quite a harvest acting
as ambitious . mountain climbers'
guides for tourists, but this Is hardly
of sufficient Importance to prevail In
the face of the pressure which is be
ing brought to bear by the projectors.
The line will extend from Zermatt
to the top of the Matterhorn and the
company will erect all the necessary
buildings for- the accommodation of
guests at the summit It will be oper
ated electrically and will cost $2,000,
000. Four years' time will be re
quired m its construction. The trip
now requires at least twenty-four
hours and costs about $40 fof guides
and other expenses. With the new
rnllroad In operation the time of the
trip will be reduced to two hours and
will cost $10.
A Gnesa at Long; Raigo.
"Why did ' Diogenes carry a tub
around with him?" asked the studious
youth.
"I don't know," answered the younj
man who was trimming the fringe oft
his cuffs. "Maybe the laundries were
as destructive then aa now, and ha
waa tired of taking chances." Wash
ington Star.
Some people have a way of saying
"You're welcome," that makes one
wish he had not started anything by
aaylng, "Thank you."