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Thousand Suoh Latterò ao Above on File a t H e r Of» fico Sha M akaa no State» monte She Oannot Prove, [ftem en ib o r Often tbs only difference between the iHlmrer and Ills employer is that ti>« former la a mere lircHd-winner, while the latter is a mere dough-wiu- T h is F a c t ■' uei. T hat In nddre««ing Mr». I’lnkhnm fo il are co m in u n lc a tiu g " 'itli u womayi - u woman whoa« experience In treat ing woman'« ill« I n greater that that of any living person male or female. A woman oun talk freely to a wo man when it 1» revolting to relate her private tronbleu to a man. Many women «ufft-r in alienee and drift along from bail to worae. know ing full well that they ahould have immediate aaaiatance, but a natural modesty impel« them to ahi-ink from exposing theuiNelven to the question* and probable exam ination of even their family physician. It ia unneeea- »ary. Without money or price you eon consult a woman, whose knowledge from actual experience ia uuequaled. Women «offering from any form of female weakne«« are invited to freely communicate with Mr», i ’inkham at Lynn. M b »». All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women only. Till« 1« a positive fact—not a mere statem ent. It i» certified to by the mayor and post master of Lynn and other« whose letter«, all In a little book, Mr». I'inkham ha* just published. Write fdr a copy, it 1« free. Thua ha» been rwtahliahed the eternal con fidence between Mra. I'inkham and the women of America which haa never been brokeu and ha« induced more than 100,000 sufferer» to write her for ad vice during the lust few month«. Out of the vast volume of experience whieh she haa to draw from, it ia more than po««ible that the haa gained the very knowledge that w ill help your case. She oaks nothing in re turn except your good-will, and her advice has relieved thousand«. Here are some of the cases we refer to: M r« . P ln k h a m H e lp s T w o W om en T h ro u g h O hanga o f L ife a n ti O u r as A n o t h e r o f S t e r ilit y , Root! T h e ir L e tte rs , _________ ,, C ro q u et M i l l Popular» It was generally supposed that ere- quet had gone altogether out of fash ion, hut on many lawns of country homes where formerly tonuis nets were stretched cioquet wickets and hoops are once more seen. It has been fonu that tenuis is too violent a game for tlie majority of women and golf makes a greater demand on the time and patience of women than most of them call afford, (.'roquet is fonud to lie a more suitable and conveient re- laxation. Russia expects to spend $100,000,- 00(1, in addition to the $40,000,000 already paid out, to complete and equip the Trans-Sltierian road, and M. Bontfsky, a vice-minister, who is at pre-ent In Han Francisco, la authority for the statement that a considerable part of this immense sum will come to tills country, it being the Russian gov ernments* intention to patronize Amer ican manufacturers very largely. After a long, and at times discourag ing, campaign, the good people of He- l>er, Ark., have succeeded in securing the prohibition of saloons. An appeal was taken from the decision of the county court to the circuit court with the above result |>«> Y o u r P e e t A c h e a iift K u r il? Shake into vour simes Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. I t makes ngliX or new »hoes feel e.tsjr; gives instant relief to corn» and bullions. I t ’s the greatest com fort discovery of the age. Cures swollen feel, blisters ami callous spots. Allen's Foul-Ease is a certain cure for ingrowing nail», sweating, smarting. Slot, aching feel. We have over 30,000 testimonials. Itcures w hile you walk. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 2flc. T ria l puckage F R E E t<v m sil. Andre»». Allen 8. Olmsted, lx: Roy, N. Y . ____________ The letter P, like the selfish friend, is first in pity and last in help. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Hooth- ing Svrnp the best remedy to use for the*v Children during the teething period. The riesiie for tame has betrayed many ait ambitious man into commit ting indiscretions that forever ruined his reputation, " D kah M rs . I' inkham —I feel that it la owing to Lydia E. Pinkham a Vege There 1» more Catarrh In this section of the table <’om(>ound that I am alive to noun try than »11 other dtsesses put together, day. It hua taken me out of a sick H i n t u ntil tbo last few year» was sumesed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pro bed where 1 had lain for six weeks nounced It a local disease, and prescribed local with a good doctor to tend me twice a rem e, lie», and by constantly tailing to care day. My trouble was change of life, w ith local tagatment, pronounced it incurable. has proven catarrh to tie a constitu had frequent hemorrhage«. Yoor medi Science tional <ll»-ase, and thor-foro requires constltn- cine chucked the flow right away. I t.onal treatment. H a ll’s Catarrh Cure, m tis atu now aide to do all my work, and ufaemred l.y F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, only constitutional cure on the market. backache ia unknown. 1 ain forty- Is i ia be taken Internally in doses from 10 drops to three years of age and enjoying good a I l P-aspoonfui. I t acts directly on the blood health ” M r «. A nnik F oster , Cascade and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to Locks. Oregon. cure. Bend for circular« and testimonial». Ad •• I) eak M rs . P inkham —When I first dress. F. J. ( II E N K Y A CO., Toledo, 0 . fb.ld b y D ru g g ists , 7Sc. wrote to you. I was in a very had con Hall'» Family Fills are the beet. dition. I was passing through the change of life, and the doctor« said I Add a few drop« of vinegar to the had bladder and liver trouble. I had water in which eggs are ,>oaohed, and Buffered for nine veaan. Doctor« failed to do ine any good. Since I have taken they will set more quickly and per Lydia K. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com fectly. pound my health has improved very C a r t e r ’ s I n k Is t h e much. 1 will gladly recommend your medicine to others and am sure that it Rest ink that can be made. I t costs you move than |»»ir stuff not tit to write w ill nrovc as great a blessing to them m> . __________________ as it has to me.**—Mas. Gao. H. J unk , a it h It doesn't pay to be honeat if honesty M l De Kalb Ave., Brooklyn. N. Y. " D kar M rs . P ineiiam —It was my is only for pay. ardent desire to have a child. I had I do not believe Plso's Cure for Con been married three year» and could I sumption lies an equal for coughs and not become a mother, ao wrote to you col«!.«.— J ohn F. B oyfr , T rin ity Springs, to find out the reason. After follow I lid.. Felt. 15, 1900, ing your kind advice and taking Lydia If yon would lie somebody in the K. Pinkhani’a Vegetable Compound. I became the mother of a beautiful baby world begin by being yourself. .boy. the lov o f our home. He is a fat, • Dropsy treated free bv Dr. H . H. Green's healthy baby, thanks to your medi of’ A tlanta, (la. The greatest dropsy cine."—M rs . M lnda F lkkle , Ros Sons, specialists in the world. Read th eir adver coe. N. Y. tisement in another uolumn of this paper. Two M o re Women Who A c k n o w le d g e th e H e lp they Have Received fro m M rs , Plnkham , " D kar M bs . P inkham - The doctor says 1 have congestion of the womb, and cannot help me. There ia aching In the right side of abdomen, hip, leg, and'back. If you can do me any good, please w rite.” — M bs . N ina C hase , Fulton, N. Y., December 20, 1897. " D kar M rs . P inkham —I followed your instructions, and now I want every woman suffering from female trouble to know how good your advice and medicine is. The doctor advised an operation. I could not bear to think of that, so followed your advice. I got better right off. I took six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham'« Vegetable Com pound and used three packages of Sanative Wash; also took your Liver Pills, and am cured.”—M rs . N ina C hase , Fulton, N. Y., December It, 1898. " D ear M rs . P inkham — H a v e b een suffering for over a year and had three doctors. At time of m enstiuation I suffer terrible pains in back and ovaries. I have headache nearly every day. and feel tired all the time. The doctor said my womb was out of place. Wo aid be so glad if you could help m e.” — M rs . C aki . Voss, Sac City, Iowa, August 1, 1898. " Please accept my sincere thanks for the good your advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.haa done mo. I did everything you told me to do, and used only three bottles, and feel better in every respect.”— M rs . C arl Voss, Sac City, Iowa, March 13, 1899. M rs , )P!nkham hao^Ftfty , In v e n to r s A r e are but a few feet tlie hfy. They are wide aud straight and the re«ideu<-e quarters are beautiful, abounding In luxuriant garden«- »haded with mag nolia« at|d oleander«. During tlie sum mer month» thotiMauds of pleasure seekers from all part* of tlie Mouth go to Galveston to erijoy the many attrac tion« of the city and Its stirronndings. Du tlie hay, or uorth side of tlie city. Is the cuiuraereial section, with wharves stretching along for nearly two mile», lined with «lied« and large «forage house«. In this same portion are three grain elevators witli an aggregate stor age capacity of 8,250.000 bushels. Tlie Island from tlie uorth side Is connected with the mainland by railroad bridges and the longest wagon' bridge In the world, nearly two miles in length. On the south side of the city, beginning within fifty yards of tlie medium gulf tide, the wealthy resident portion of the city is located aud this was the first imrt to he sfruek by the full force of the recent stortn and riood. All of the eastern end of the elty was washed away and some of the handsomest and most expensive residences were here located. There was one home which alone cost the owner over $1,000,000. Among the principal buildings of the city are. or were, the new custom house and postoffice, tlie cotton exchange, the Court House, the Bali free school, the free public library, the Roman Catholic University of Mt. Mary, the John Sealey Hospital and the School of Medicine of the State University. All tlie build ings of the city were constructed on substantial and modern line«. The city had gas and electric light plants, a water work« «ystern valued at $450,000 and supplied from artesian wells and a number of first-class hotels. In 1893 the gross city valuation« were $25.000,- 000. The city debt was $1.750,000 and the official« had authority to Issue $1,- 500,000 in bonds to raise money for of the city GALVESTON AS IT WAS! street« above the level of B E A U T IF U L A ND PR O G R ESSIVE S O U T H E R N C IT Y . T lie G r e a t e a t C o tto n P o r t a n d th e F i f t h C o m m e r c ia l C |tg In th e U n ite d H ta te a — I l a « R is e n B e fo re fr o m th e F u r jr o f H o r m , F i r e a n d F lo , m J. Galveatou, previous to the devasta ting storm, was one of the most beauti ful and progressive cltle« of the «utiuy Mouth. It« history Indicate» that it baa been one of the most unfortunate, in 1872 the entire eastern portion of the city was «wept away by a tidal wave O B I’ H A N « ’ H O M E . followed a terrific stortn that aged along the Gulf coast for three lays. When the city had recovered Tom this calamity ahd was built up n more beautiful and substantial style than ever, a devastating fire nearly de stroyed It In November, 1885. Its en terprising citizen« were not dismayed, however, and the city was »oou rebuilt. In August, 1899, It was Injured com mercially to a great extent by the Bra zos flood in which rich farming lands having an area of 1,380,000 a»-res were submerged for eight days to a depth of two to twenty feet. The loss as esti mated by the United Stnags Depart ment of Agriculture was $7,414,000. The city has triumphed over all these adversities and will doubtless arise with Increased strength from the pres ent appalling disaster, for it is the greatest seaport of the South, being connected with the entire railway sys tem of the United States and Mexico and having direct line« of steamship com in it n lea t ion with all the great ports of the world, it is the largest cotton exporting point In the United States and among the 127 foreign exporting points in the country it holds 'fifth place. During the year 1)5)8 Its exports Increased $10,500,000 and Its export and government r u ild i . no , o a i . vksion . Import trade Is now fully $100,000,000 a I>erinanent Improvements, and it owned year. property to the value of $1,955,560. The H a r b o r Im p r o v e m e n t » . A leading cause* of the city’s great population, according to the figures giv commercial progress during the past en by the census bureau for I960, is 37,- few years Is the harbor Improvements 789. made by the natloual government, In H i s t o r y o f t h e C it y . The island of Galveston was occupied volving an expenditure of over $8,000,- 000. In 1895 the depth of ttie channel by the famous pirate Lafitte in 1817 over the bar was only twenty-one feet. aud continued to be his headquarters By the construction of Jetties and other until his settlement was broken up In improvements which were finished In 1821. It is believed by many that January, 1898. the depth w’as Increased somewhere on the Island are burled to twenty-eight feet and Is still increas treasures of the pirate and many ing at the rate of six Inches each year stories of romance have been woven owing to the action of the wind and about the daring rover and his Island tide. This depth of water permits the home. The city of Galveston was founded in 1837. It was the scene of stirring events during the Civil War. The Federal forces occupied the city Oct. 8. 1862, but It was retaken by the Confederates on Jan. 1, 18»>3. During the past few years the United States has spent $932,000 in the construe tion and equipment of coast fortiflca.lons near the city. ih ie h V e ry A c tiv e . There is unusual activity among in ventors at present to produce machines for mathematical purposes, ' and the M A S O N IC T K M F I.E . largest number of applications received at the patent office for any one line of largest steamers to load and uuioad nt invention are for patents for improve the wharves. In addition to being the country’s greatest cotton port, immense i ments on adding machines. quantities of grain, lumber, live stock After all, we know bnt little about and dairy products are sent through this world of ours. Sven Anders Galveston. Much of the grain from Hediu, the famous Scandinavian geo Kansas. Nebraska, Iowa and the Da grapher, who has been making exten kotas, which formerly went to Eastern sive explorations in Thibet, has found porta for shipment now goes to Galves the ruins of an ancient city of great ton because the shippers can save In size. There are great broad roads in charges by loading at that port. The tersecting the rtiius—roads suoh as lumber exports In 1898-9 amounted to ! China cannot show today—and Hediu $1,247,914 and in 1899, the port handled says that everything in the city was $290,000 worth of eggs. Its trade In bnilt upon a grand scale. live stock, dairy products and poultry | ! Another family has been poisoned has developed rapidly since the harbor by eating toadstools for mushrooms. Improvements. L o c a tio n a n d D e s c r ip t io n . This fact seems to make it necessary to Galveston la situated on the northeast repeat the famous test as to mush rooms: Eat them, and if yon die, they extremity of Galveston Island at the ere toadstools; if yon do not die they mouth of Galveston Bay, the entrance to which Is through the channel be are mnahroonie. tween the city and the southwest point Since the decision of the United of the peninsula of Bolivar. The island States supreme court that the Illinois Is twenty-seven miles long, runs north cigarette law is valid, they w ill see east and southwest, and is from one that it is strictly enforced. The board and one-half to three and one-hnlf miles of education and the anti-cigarqtte wide. Where the city Is built it is one league will co-operate in the prosecu and one-half miles wide. It is Inter tion of all violators. sected with many small bayous and bordered through Its whole length on the gulf side by a smooth, hard beach, H forming a splendid drive and unsur O passed bathing. On this beach is the lO CM magnificent Sea Beach Hotel. The B a y o f G a lv e s to n . The bay of Galveston, the mouth of which is guarded by the Island on which the city stands as a sentinel, is a body of water with an area of about 450 square miles. It haa an irregular coast line and branches out Into various arms. It receives the San Jacinto and Trinity rivers and Buffalo Bayou. Ow ing to the islanp being but little higher than the bay, inundations have often been threatened. The bay Is quite shal low In most parts. Eentrance to It is through the recently constructed deep water channel and flanking It on either side are the stone jetties five miles long. A W h it t lin g P e o p le . The natives of Gomera. one of the Canary isles, converse with one an other by whistling on their fingers. It is possible to understand a message a mile off.« Each syllable of a word has its own peculiar sound. Gomera is cut up by a number of deep glens, which are not bridged over, and as it would otherwise be impossible for the Inhab itants on separate sides of a glen to talk with one another without going a long way round to meet, they have hit upon the whistling device as the best means of communication. T h o u g h t H e W a s H aving M oney.’ BFeetive M«G>««s. The Army Temperance Assoclatloa indorses an,I help« to Bostain "tentiter* »nee room»’’ Minong British «»Liters. The greatet generals of England advo cate them and say they are the l»esi wenpons for fighting the ennni which contributes to largely to immoderate drinking. Soldiers can Lave a good time in them without recourse to either the ontside saloon or an army canteen. Tw o C a n a l« B in d in g A tla n tic . I t is «»serled th a t the fu tu re w ill see tw o rnnsls bin d in g th e A tla n tic to the Racine ocenn. T h e v « ln e o f »itch connection can not be m in ia te d . I t w ill b rin g »ro s p e n ty Io the n atio n , ax surely as H o ste tter's Stomach K ilters brings h ealth to the dys- peptic. T r y it fo r indigestion, co n stipa tio n , dy»|>epiia o r biliousness. The judges ol the license courts ia Philadelphia have come to the sopport of public morals and decency by de claring their opposition to saloons hav- iug side entrances aud rooms upstairs for the accomodation of women. God alone knows bow mnch heaven loses when a voung man takes his first drink. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine i C a rte r's Little Liver Pills. M ust Bear S ignature of See Fac-Similé Wrapper Below. FOR REAOACHL FOR DIZZIMEtS. FOR RIUOUSHESS. FOR TORMB LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATIOH. FOR SALLOW SUR. _____FOR THECOMPLEXIOR OKprunrs » m t m — t y Aniÿ. M e t r i c S y B te in 1» R im a ia . It is probable that the metric system w ill be introduced before long in Rus sia; the bill which has been prepare ! to this effect by the minister of finance has received the approbation of the state council, with the understanding that the university and the various scientific societies will give their assistance in the verification of the weights and measmee necessary for commercial use. The details have been nearly all deieded on, and will be submitted to the council in the near future. Since 1896 the metrio system has been nsed by the medical service af the army in the compounding of formulas, this haring been made obli- jatory. _________________ The trouble w i’.h the air castle girls build ia that they are all parlor aud music room, with no kitchens at tached. Ho E x te r n a l Sym ptom s, T h e b lo o d m a y b e in bad co n d itio n , yet w i t h n o ex tern a l sig n s, n o akin eruption or sores t o in d ica te it . The sym ptom s in su ch ca ses b e in g « variable appetite, poor d ig estio n , an indescribable w eakness and n ervou sn ess, lo ts o f flesh and a gen eral run-dow n co n d itio n o f the system — clea rly sh o w in g th e b lood hai lost its n utritive q u alities, h as b ecom e thin and w atery. I t ia in ju st su ch cases thaï S. S . S. has d o n e so m e o f its q u ick est and m ost effective w ork b y b u ild in g up tin blood and su p p ly in g th e e lem en ts lackixtj to m ake it stro n g and vigorous. " M y w ife u sed sev eral b ottles o f S . 6 . S . a s a blood purifier and to t o a e u p a w ea k and em aciatea sy stem , w ith very m ark ed effect b y w a y o f im provem en t. " W e r e g a r d It a «sa i d b lood g reat to n ic . an p urifier.’’— J. ] ‘ F.D vff , P rinceton, Me w ssm w Hiram—Hurry up, Mandy, an’ git M M M b the greatest o f nil away from thia bulldin*. to n ics, an d y o u will Mandy—What’s y e t hurry, Hi? f i n d th e ap petite im- Hiram (chuckling)—The feller in the M M W w p roves at on ce, strength elevator forgot ter collect our fares.— returns, and n ervou sn ess v an ish es as new Truth. rich p ure b lood o n ce m ore d rcu la tei Almost every girl of sixteen has her th r o u g h a ll parts o f th e sy stem . S . 8. 8 . ia th e o n ly p u rely vegetable mind made up that some day she will have a son named De Mountville, or a b lood purifier k n o w n . It co p ta in s n o m in daughter named Geraldine. erals w hatever. S en d for our free book on b lo o d and akin diseases an d w rite out If properly classified, fully 90 per p h ysician s for an y inform ation or advice cent of the novels of the day would w anted. N o charge for m ed ical advice. come under the head of dry good«. TNI SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, ATLANTA, SA.