THE HEALTH OF YOUNG WOMEN
T w o o f T h o m H e lp e d by M rs . F lo k h o m
- H e a d th a t» L e tte r» .
**I) nah M h i I’ inkiiam :—1 ain slxtoen
years old mid ain troubled with ray
monthly «lckness. It In very Irregular,
occurring only once in two or throe
months, und ulso very painful. I alao
suffer with uraiu|Mi and once In a while
pain strikes me in the heart and I have
drowsy headaches. If there 1« anything
you can do for me, 1 wilt gladly follow
your u
— Miss
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C a l., J
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P in k u a m : —•
After receiv
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I began the
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die«, taking be
Lydia K. lin k -
ham’s Vegetable Con»'
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regular every month and suffer no pain.
Your medicine 1« the bent that any suf
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(• omks , Aptos, < al., July 0. 1«W>.
Nervous and Dizzy
” D bak Mas. I’ imhiiam
1 wish to
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benefit I have received from the use of
Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com
pound. I suffered constantly from ter-
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and dizzy. 1 bad tried different kinds
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After taking three bottles o f Vegetable
Compound and tiireeof Blood Purifier I
am all right. I cannot thank you enough
for what your remedies have done for
me."—Miss M atii . ua J knhen . Boa lb,
Ogdensburg, Wis., June 10, 18W.
(E le v a tio n lie « I r u b le .
Lady (w ith high hat)— I beg your
pardon, but I forgot my opera ifla»».
Would you kindly lend me yours just a
moment?
Tyrant Man (in the »cat Irehind)—•
Very sorry, madam, bnt 1 need it to ait
on.— N. Y . W e e k ly .
T r y A l l e n ’ s C o o l (C a se,
A powder to l>e shaken into the shoes. At
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walking easy.
C u res' Ingrowing nail»,
s woolen anti »tou tin g feet, blisters mid
ealloiiK spots Believes corns mid bunions
o f all pain and gn e» r,»i uml com fort. We
have 3U,OHO lest inionial». Try it lodiiv
Hold bv ull druggists uml shoe dealer** for
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If you want to make tronhle for an
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For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Signature of
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K e llg lo u s C o n s e r v in g
P ow er.
Man today begins life io a garden of
innocence and purity, wherein are the
divinest possinilittee, bur where there
1» also the nubile spirit h waiting the
chance to beguile. In every walk, an
he grow» to muturfty, are impressions
made on the plastic soul, Hiid ever
present is the intelligence, working of
ten for good, but which may in self-
sufficiency lieguile to evil )>atba. It i»
here religion Mcak», reminding men of
God.— Rev. .1. K. Smyth.
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P A SSIN G OP QAS L IG H T E R S .
J n c r e w s ln a lin e o f E l e c t r i c L a m p s
L e w v liiit 1 h e m W i t h o u t W o r k .
T R A V E L S OF T H E JIG G E R .
la
T h i s I n d u s t r i o u s L i t t l e F le a l e C l r c n m -
n u v iifu tln K th e W o rld .
They are getting after the nimble
The very small species of the Ilea,
young man who trots around the streets commonly known a« the Jigger, whose
In the gloaming with a torch on the end uullve home is tropical ami subtrop
of along pole, touching off the gait ical America, set out lu 1872 to cir
lumps one by one ami leaving a trail cumnavigate the world and has now
o f more or leas light after Idin, says the half completed Ids Journey, says a
Chicago Chronicle. The Irresistible writer In the New York Hun. Ills ar
march of science and progress and rival lu India and Madagascar Is a l
the other things which are making most sim ultaneously reported, tin Lis
cliHtigcH In the world 1 m sweeping the conquering way he lia s badly fright
lump-lighter out of the way.
cued many barbarous tribes by his pro
In 1887, before there were any munic peusity to bore through the skin and
ipal electric street lights lu service In Mud lodgment under It, and many vil
('bi<*ago. about 4<X) young men. old men lages and sometimes whole districts
and barefoot boys trudged nightly were abandoned by the nutlves during
through all the city streets lighting tht his journey across Africa.
ga» lamps, lu the chill dawn they mad«
In Heptember, 1872, a sailing vessel
the round« again, putting out the lights. from Brazil dumped a quantity j f sand
Now a hHtiilful of employe» In tbf ballast on the beach at Ambriz, i little
electrical department of the city throw aouth of the Congo. This event has
a few »witches In the electric light sta historic Importance from the fact that
tions every evening and Instantly 8.SUC the Jigger crossed the ocean in this
electric arc light» spring to life along sand, and It Is Itellevcd to have Item
the streets which the hoys formerly his Ilrst Introduction to foreign terri
paced so laboriously, and In the morn tory. H is rate of advance across Africa
ing the' sw itches are thrown back once depended upon the means jf transpor
more and the light» die out. It Is all tation at hand, for the Jigger will not
done by a simple turn of the wrist.
hop when he may ride. It was thir
But the lauip-llghter has not been en teen years liefore he struck t'jc enra-
tirely sii|M*rsode<l as yet, notwithstand vau toute to Stanley pool, and then he
ing City Electrician Ellicott's anxiety journeyed quickly and comfortably with
to extend the electric lighting system the porters In the freight service to
until It Includes the entire city, Which i that starting jiolnt of the npper Congo
I Is to be done as soon as machinery can steamers, which carried him halfwuy
lie Installed to use the water power of ] across Africa. T w enty years after his
the drainage channel at lax-kport.
arrival in Africa the Jlgg»*r appeared
There are still Ibout 18,500 ga« lamps on the shores of Victoria N'yanza, and
, In nightly operation, and. us each lig h t-, »lx years later he was hopping along
I er cares for an average of 1<»> of these, | the «amis of Zanzibar Island.
The Jigger was tints established In
there are still nearly 200 lighters mak
1808 at the busy mart whence many
ing their rounds nightly.
vessels «all for the iTast Indies and
Ocean Ira. It was predicted that he
would aeon Invade India, and sure
enough bis arrival at Bombay, whither
'
In- ha<l been brought by coolies return
•
ing from Africa, Is now reported. I.e
J
tour »lu Monde says he may lie ex
pected In French Indlo-Chlna at any
time, and that he will evidently In
vade the whole of Southern Asia, and
fetters from N'ossl Be, in Northwest
Madagascar, report his advent there
and on the adjoining Islands, where he
Is flourishing ami multiplying In the
Handy soil.
U'e may next expe<-t to hear of this
persevering and successful traveler
among the Pacific Islands, and a ll re
gions In or near the tropics seem des
tined to make Ills acquaintance.
A W ssr R o m s n t le N s v s ll» * ,
W a r m W o a tó e r
The Century Com [»any announces the !
discovery of a new romantic novelist
W eakn ess la Q u ickly O verco m e
in a young New Yorker, Miss Bertha
T h e c o 'ilin g , tim ing, a n d hi««»«l s n r ic .iin g
Kunkle, whose maiden effort is to In* qualities o f Ho'wl's Hur-aparilla are w on
The Century’s leading piece of Action derful. It strengthens tbe sloinai b ami
for the next eight mouths, beginning d ig e s ti ve organs and «reale» an appetite
in the August uumlier. It isd»-s»ril>e«l I t has an uneipiai record o f m m of n»'ri»f-
»» a dramatic romsm-e of love and ad- 1 nla. sa il rheum. boils, pimples and o*li«r
venture, and is entitled "Tbe H elm et diseases « «used bv im p u r e bloo»l.
of Navarre.” The nceije is Bans dar
ing tbe siege by H eniy of Navarre, hu »1 Hood’s S a r s a p a r illa
the action occupies but four day« ot is A im -ruas Greatest Medbsne. Price »1.
the week preceding the Sunday when Prepared by (J. I. Hood A Co., Lowell.
Henry entered tbe city. The story is Mass.
full of vigorous action, and the plot is Iloob'« P ilo » rare Itntlgestlfia Price 25 rem».
said to be one ot fascinating interest.
By ' ‘appearing at perfect ease io so
T h e T r u s t P r o b le m
To n thoughtful m ind Is one o f serious im ciety ,” is meant that ope laugh» and
port, for it cr»-e|»» upon society before you talks as loud as if on the back porch at
are aware o f its existence, in this respect home.
much resem bling the various disorders
will Und Mrs. W in slow ’s Sooth
which attack tb e stom ach, such as co n sti ing Mothers
Hyrtip the best remedy to use for thr*e
pation, indigestion and dy»f»e,isia. H o s Children during the teething period.
tetter's Stom ach Bitters is t h j one reliable
remedy for all such ailm ents.
One result of the installation of the
corn kitchen at the Baris fair ha» Pieeu
a widespread agitation iq that country
in favor of the appointment of a coin
mission by the government for the pur
pose of visiting the United States and
ascertaining the best means of introduc
ing corn in France.
The gossips in Bible days must have
had a go«»I time, if they knew of the
things going on that the Bible tells
about.
Pisa's Cure cswnot be too highly «pokeu
o f as a cough «•lire.—J. W. O’II s ik s , :t*22
Third Ave., S ., Minneapolis Minn., Jan.
(i. W*X>.
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It is better to be defeated in a good
cause than to be victorious in an uu-
I could get along with a confession righteous one.— United Presbyterian.
of faith containing bnt tbe little that
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D o w n In t h « D u m p s .
Jeans »aid when He was trying to
Sad. witli » heavy, anxious feeling—the
make a Christian of N'icodemus: “ God
blue»! The liver needs quick aiiention.
so loved the world that He gave Ills Take f'ascarets Candy t'aihanicat >>n«-e!
only begotten Son, that whosoever be- All druggists. 10c, 25c, 50c.
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lieveth in Him should not |*erish, but
The problem of Indian education
have eternal life .” That gives to us
the doctrine of God’s unlimited love, seems to be solved by the Indians them
human guilt, the divnity of Christ, sal selves. In the territory the CMcka-
vaten through Christ, faith in Christ, saws have five colleges and the Creeks
immortality; every word Saxon, three- have 10. Tbe Choctaws have no ool-
quarters of the word» monosyllables, laes, but have 100 common schools in
profound enough for any elder, simple w hich the higher branches are taught.
enough for any four-year o ld .— Dr. C. The expenses of educating tbe Indians
are borne by the federal government.
H . Parkhurst.
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“ While coming from Chicago last
week,” said a prominent business man
of this city. "I noticed a peculiar rail
L A M P L lO U IK R A T W oK K .
road custom which Interested me con
•last how many boys and men are em siderably. I happened to be In the last
ployed It Is difficult to learn accurately. car of the limited when the train stop
They all work for the. ga« company, ped lu a desolate sjH»t between stations.
as the city pays #20 a year for each gas The rear brakeuian, of course, dropped
lamp anil the company "maintains” It off ami went down the track with a flag
'
—that Is, pays for lighting, extinguish- ¡ to warn any train that m ight be fol
lowing us. In a moment or two we
lug, cleaning and repair».
But while the company allots an ev- t started dp again, but minus the brake-
erage of 10*) lamps to each lighter, and man. I wondered at this, but was still
pays a fixed rate per lamp for their more surprised Inter on to see the same
maintenance, the lighters sub-let the thing repeated when we were obliged
contracts In some cases, hiring little to stoptou account o f a threatened hot
lads for almost notlilug to do part of l»ox. Upon inquiry I found that this
the work, of which, of course, the com- i was the custom on fast trains. ’Some
times, if we have lots of time,’ said the
puny lias no record.
Some old men who, for many years, j conductor, ’we w histle for the men to
have been employed as Inmp-llghters, I route In, but in most cases w e leave
I swear tlielr sons Into the gervlce and , them to lie picked up by the uext train,
' make a family affair of It. Therefore, or to walk to the nearest station.’
It Is probable that more than 200 peo- ! “ ’But Isn’t that rather hard on the
pie are employe»! to care for the 18,500 men?’ I asked. -Oh. Its part of the
gas lamps which are,still In service.
, business,’ he replied. ’I have known
Although the electric lighting sys of cases where men dropped off in this
tem of Chicago was Inaugurated only • way were frozen to death or waylaid
thirteen years ago hiii I has grown slow- i by tramps, but the railroads have to
ly, few people realize that the city has make the time, and that’s why It’s
the largest municipal street lighting done. I have seen trains running with
system in the world. Including 3,502 are only a conductor aboard them, at times,
because the rest o f the crew had been
lamps, each of 2,000 caudle power.
In addition to the gas lamps, there left behind In Just this way.’ ’’—New
are approximately 10,000 gasoline lamps York Mail and Express.
In service In outlying districts not
S to le th e B rid e g ro o m .
touched by the mains of the gas eom-
A young man In a convivial party at
panles, ami these are rented by the city I a Broad street hotel told the following
from private corporations. These, too, story: “I had a good time at a wedding
arc being displace»! gradually by the last week. 11'was the wedding of a
extension of the electric lighting sy s friend of mine, and I and some of the
tem.
I toys played a good joke on him, and
he didn't get mail either. The joke was
Did Not W ant t h e Horse.
Willie Woodard tells the following to steal him. Yes, right after the cere
story at the expense of one of the now mony we grabbed him up, banged him
well-known turfmen of the Middle Into n cab, and then drove him out six
West racing circuit: “A few years , teen miles Into the country, where we
ago.” said Willie, “our friend came lacked hint ttp in a barn and kept him
down from Central Kentucky with a there three days. The bride waited for
few home-bred horses to the Ixmlsvllle , bln, In a royal suite of rooms in uu As
track. Ills first starter was put In a bury Pork hotel. We had persuaded
»piling race, which he won. After the her to travel down alone, promising her
race was run the horse was led up lu the groom would arrive at any minute.
front of the stand.' The track auc Every evening, after our day’s work
tioneer went through the routine with was done, we trotted out Into the coun
»301) the owner's bid The trainer and try to see the groom, with baskets of
owner rushed up excitedly and yelled: food and liquid. Pretty good-natured
‘Here, hold on. I didn’t bid on that about It the duffer was, too, I tell you,
“hoss.” Just give me the purse and though, those three days were different
keep the horse, ’cause I don’t wnnt hlin slightly front what he and the girl had
about the barn.”
been counting on.”—Philadelphia Rec
ord.
D r o n v h ts a n d F a m in e s In In d ia .
M i ld C lim a te s th e B eat.
The British government expects a ,
More people over 100 years old are
drought in India about twice In every
nine years, and a great famine like the found In tnlld climates than in the
higher latitudes.
present about twice lu a century.
A husband waiting for ble w ife at a
W ith time and patience the mulberry
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