FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH
Earnest Letters from Women Be
lieved of Pain by Mrs. Pinkham.
" Dear 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. I am now
well and enjoying good health. I shall
always praise your medicine." Mrs.
Amos Feschxer, 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 riore 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
suffered at these times with terrible
pains in my back and abdomen. Would
be in bed for several days and would
not be exactly rational at times. I
took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and menses became regular
and pains left me entirely." Mas. E.
F. Custkk, Brule, Wis.
Equine 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 Russians
lost 30 per cent of their draught ani
mals, and in the Egyptian wars of 1882
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 Tnllahoma, Tenn.,
has been placed under the legal ban
charged with Sunday liquor selling.
Try Allen's Foot Ease,
A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's
Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures ingrowing nails,
swoolen and' sweating feet, blisters anil
callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions
of all pain and gives rest anil comfort. We
have 30,000 testimonials. Try it today.
Sold hv all druggists and shoe' dealers for
25c. trial package FREE. Address Allen
S. Olmslead, LeRov, N. 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,
in certain instances shall set its
detectives to work. N.-Y. Sun.
and
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Physician and Morphine.
In a recent address before a graduat
ing class of medical students occurs
the following most sensible advice:
"While fewer physicians become in
sane than members of other profes
sions, a larger proportion become ad
dicted to the use of morphia. Opium
in any form is exceedingly dangerous
when self-administered. No physician
should attempt to treat himseli, but
always take the advice and follow the
direction of another physician."
Less Chance of Recovery.
Prof. G. Sims Woodhead, M. D.,
professor of pathology, Cambridge Uni
versity, pehaps the greatest authority
on pat no logy in the world, recently
wrote for "Abkari," edited by W. S.
Caine, of London, as follows: "For the
last year or two I have been keeping
note of the various observations that
have been made in regard to the use of
alcohol in disease, and I am coming to
believe more and more firmly that the
patient who takes, or has taken, alco
hol has a less chance of recovery than
the patient who abstains."
NO REMEDY EQUALS PERUNA,
SO THE WOMEN ALL SAY.
Miss Susan Wymar.
Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the
Richmond school, Chicago, 111., writes
the following letter to Dr. Hartman
regarding Pe-ru-na. She says: "Only
those who have suffered as I have, can
know what a blessing it is to be able to
find relief in Pe-ru-na. This has 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 Dauben, 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. Hartmat,, Columbus,
V., for a free book for women only.
Science
vention
A new system of gun-firing, consist
ing in enlarging the chamber at the
breech and tilling it with water be
tween the charge and the propectile, is
claimed to give enormously high muz
zle velocities, with less fouling and
corrosion.
Flowering plants are not certainly
known to reach a greater height than
seventeen thousand feet in the Alps.
! At least half a dozen species Including
a saxifrage, a mallow, a valerian i.nd
several compositae have been brougnt
by Sir Martin Conway from heights
of eighteen thousand to 18,500 feet in
the Bolivan mountains.
Before a meeting of the Biological
Society of Washington Mr. W. A. Or
ton described the result of experiments
made to determine the cause of the
flow of maple sap in the early spring.
His conclusion was that the flow has
a mechanical cause, being due to the
I increasing heat which expands the
' gases in the wood cells, and thus forci
bly expels the sap. This contradicts
the view that the flow of sap is due
only to physiological action in the
plant.
The fur of the blue fox has become so
I valuable of late years that "fox farms"
now exist on some of the Islands off the
coast of Maine as well as on the Aleu
tian Islands and the Pribilof Islands in
Behring Sea. One of the problems now
confronting the fox ranchers is how to
I provide more abundant food for the
I foxes in the winter time. On the Aleu
tian Islands they have been fed with
' dried salmou when other food gives
I out. They will even eat sea-urchins,
! searching for them on the beach at low
tide. The members of the International
Commercial Congress recently held in
j Philadelphia were told by W. C. Barb
er, as the result of his observations
among European manufactories, that
time seems to be regarded as of com
paratively little value abroad, while in
I America the maxim that "time is mon-
! ey" is practically applied. Mr. Barker
found that in a large agricultural ma
chinery manufactory in Europe the
only trip-hammer in use was worked by
hand, the weight being drawn up with
ropes and pulley, and allowed to drop.
The American power-hammer strikes
100 and more blows in a minute.
The discovery that there is a kind of
struggle for existence and survival of
the Attest among rivers is one of the
most interesting results of the modern
study of physiography. A notable ex
ample of" this contest is exhibited by
England's two longest rivers, the
Thames and the Severn. Between their
valleys lie the Cotswold Hills, and ex
ploration shows that the Severn, by
eating backward among these hills,
where softer strata underlie them, has
diverted to itsetf some of the head
waters which formerly flowed into the
Thames. So considerable has this ac
tion been that the two rivers concerned
have been denominated "the waxing
Severn and the waning Thames."
TO INTERVIEW A PRINCESS.
How a Clever New York Woman Man
aged to Converse witb Eulalia.
Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden, who
conducts the woman's department of
the New York Tribune, Is credited with
the following in the Saturday Evening
Post:
"One day when I was writing for the
now defunct Recorder I was assigned
to Interview the Princess Eulalia, the
Spanish royal representative to the
World's Fair at Chicago. 1 missed her
In New York, so I paid my own ex
penses to Washington to interview her
there, but I did not succeed. She would
not see reporters. I interviewed the
master of ceremonies, an American
who had charge of the royal party, and
asked him to help me. He replied that
'Her highness would return to New
York the next day; but you cannot
meet her unless you are Introduced by
Mayor Gilroy himself.'
"I went back to New York crest
fallen. The next day I Induced the
editor to send me on the chartered boat
which took the royal party up to West
Point. The boat started and Eulalia
and her escort took up a position on the
main deck. The Mayor stood on one
side and navy and army officers on the
other. All about were soldiers with
crossed sabers. The procession of In
vited guests started two by two to be
presented to the Princess, but when 1
saw that they did not get near enough
to her to touch her hand I determined
not to take my place In the line, but to
devise other means of being introduced.
Finally a bright thought occurred to
me, and, breaking through the ranks,
I said to the soldiers:
" 'Let me pass; I've a message for
Mayor Gflroy.'
"I went through. I walked up to the
Mayor and said: 'Mr. Mayor, everybody
has met the Princess but myself. Will
you present me?"
"He recognized me and replied: 'I am
delighted to have the honor. Your
highness, this is Miss Cynthia West
over, who has for years been a part of
the city government.'
"The Princess looked up and smiled,
and I spoke to her in Spanish and told
her how pleased I was to meet ber. She
answered that I was the first woman
she had met who spoke her own tongue.
We talked for over an hour on Spanish
I and American customs. She told me
! of her love, of horses, music and litera
ture, and of the training of her Spanish
sisters. She asked me to step outside
with her, and I did so. We walked up
and dow-i the deck for about ten
minutes w hen I saw the master of cere
monies coming. He instantly recog
nized me, and advancing quickly to
' ward the Princess he spoke hurriedly
In Spanish and put his finger to his
lips. I looked up to him and said:
" 'I've got my two-column interview,
thank you, and I obeyed your orders
strictly. I was presented by the
Mayor.' "
DIET AND TUBERCULOSIS.
Effects of One Upon the Other
-Value
of Ample Feed inc.
An important feature of the "fresh
air" system of treating tuberculosis, as
most readers are already aware, is
ample feeding. The sanatorium at
N'ordach is famous for its requirement
that the patients shall eat a certain
amount of food at each meal and take
their repasts in the presence of a medi
cal supervisor.
Fresh illustration of the benefits to
be derived from an abundant diet by
persons who suffer from tuberculosis
are afforded by Dr. Jane H. Walker,
physician to the New Hospital In Lou
don, and superintendent of the East
Anglian Sanatorium. A particularly
striking case was that of a housemaid
who was under Dr. Walker's care at
one time. The maid exhibited some
unusual symtoms. Her temperature
would run up to 105 or even 110 de
grees without apparent cause, and then
drop down to the normal level. The girl
was exceedingly obstinate and difficult
to manage, too. She was so deter
mined to preserve her figure that she
would not at first comply with the de
mand that she either relax or abandon
her stays. However, she lost weight
steadily for six weeks, and in other re
spects appeared to be losing ground.
She then became alarmed and consent
ed to obey the doctor's orders. She left
off her stays, began to eat heartily, and
at the end of a single week she had
gained twenty-three pounds. Suspect
ing that there was some mistake, the
physician caused the patient to be
weighed on three different sets of
scales. These figures were fully veri
fied, however. During the next week
she gained only six pounds. She Im
proved in other ways also, and was
soon afterwards discharged. The girl
Is alive and well to-day, and hard at
work in her old place.
Dr. Walker expresses the opinion that
the perceptible falling off in mortality
from tuberculosis in England of late
years is due to the fact that the work
ing classes there are better paid and
consequently better nourished than for
merly. It Is probable, however, that
they are also housed more comfortably
and amid better sanitary surroundings.
Possibly more than one cause operates
to produce the observed effect
COUNTRYMEN ARE SMART.
Not to Be Taken In and Done For at
City Hotels.
"We meet some very strange people
In the course of a day," said the down
town clerk, musingly. "The longer I
live the more firmly I become convinc
ed that it takes all sorts of people to
make a world. Last night, for In
stance, a man who appeared to be well
to do wandered up to the desk and ask
ed me how much I would charge him
for the privilege of occupying one of
the office chairs until daylight. I told
hi in that sort of thing was not cus
tomary in this house and offered to
give him a comfortable room at a mod
erate price, but this he refused and
insisted upon renting a chair.
"After a great deal of urging he said
that he came from Vermillion, S. D.,
and had $1,500 concealed in his boot.
'Do you suppose for ten seconds,' said
he, 'that I am going to trust myself
and my money in one of those rooms?
Suppose the blasted bouse caught fire?
Suppose some jiggered sneak thief
managed to get into my room while I
was asleep, or suppose three or four
hundred other things that might hap
pen where there is a houseful of
strangers. And then, again, to tell you
the truth, I don't know the proprietor
of this joint and am not sure but that
he would undertake the job of easing
me of the cash. No, sir, all I want is
a place to sit down and watch that
boot. If anything happens I am right
on deck and take no chances.'
"Another distinguished stranger,"
continued the clerk, "after renting a
room the other night insisted that the
bellboy turn off the light before leav
ing the room. He said two friends, of
his had gone to the other world by way
of the gas route and the bellboy's ex
planation of the workings of the incan
descent light failed to satisfy him. He
was willing to undress in the dark and
the boy took him at his word." Chica
go Chronicle.
New York's Elevated Roads,
In 1871, the first section of the New
York elevated system was constructed,
but put in operation in the following
year. In that year the number of pas
sengers carried on all the surface and
elevated railroads was 138,867,000. In
1882, the total had risen to 252,800,000;
In 1892, to 453,200,000, while in 1899
it was still further Increased to 528,
228,437, and rapidly growing. These
figures are for the . old city of New
York, now. known as the boroughs of
Manhattan and Bronx, and are for pay
ing passengers amounting to 159,560,'
822, not included in the above.
It is interesting to note in compari
son that for 1898 the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission re
ports that there were carried on all the
steam railways of the United States,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande,
passengers to the number of 501,066,
681, or 5 per cent less than the num
ber carried by the New York City sur
face and elevated railways alone.
Scribner's Magazine.
Proof Positive.
Two men were standing' outside a
jeweler's window, admiring the gorge
ous display of glittering gems that lay
before them. Presently one of them,
pointing to an object in a red plush
tray, said:
"Just look at that scarf-pin represent
ing a fly. Any one can tell that's not
real."
"Well, I should think so," answered
his friend. "Whoever saw a common fly
with such a bright appearance? Why,
it makes me weary when I think that
the jeweler who produced that fondly
hoped that some one would purchase it
to deceive his friends. If I saw that
on a man's scarf I could tell directly
that It was enameled imitation."
At that moment the object of their
condemnation moved across the tray,
flew in the air and vanished. The two
men looked at each other, gasped and
moved away without a word. Pear
son's Weekly.
Papi'i Idea of It.
Little Harry Papa, what Is the still,
small voice?
Papa It's the voice in which your
mother makes suggestions to the cook.
Chicago News.
A woman's meanness never fully de
velops until ah nuvries.
BARON ROTHSCHILD.
Great Paris Banker and His Gifts to
Charity.
Baron Alphonse De Rothschild, who
died recently and left upward of 25,
000,000 francs to the poor, was the head
of the Paris house of the great family
of bankers. He was highly honored in
France, a member of the "Legion of
Honor, an associate of the Institute
and a regent of the Bank of France.
The baron married his cousin, a daugh
ter of the English Rothschilds. His
home in the Place de la Concorde was
the finest private mansion in Paris. He
was not only eminent as a financier,
but was also a conspicuous figure in the
ISA HON ROTHSCHILD.
most exclusive salons of the Faubourg
St. Germain. The entertainments of the
baroness at her magnificent country
home, the Chateau de Ferriers, and at
her town house, were noted for their
splendor. Baron Alphonse was one of
the eleven Barons Rothschild whose
loans to the governments of the world
within the past ten years aggregate
more than $500,000,000. The head of
the Paris house was a hard worker
and devoted to business, but, like a!"
his cousin barons, he had a hobby.
This was a passion for buying rare
books. His collection was one of the
most valuable of a private kind in Eu
rope. While he lived he bore the repu
tation of a stern, uncharitable man.
The reading of his wilt replaces this
reputation with one of a diametrically
opposite nature.
Russian soldiers are supplied witb
handkerchiefs at the expense of the
Govern menL
Women employed on Japanese tea
farms work twelve hours and are paid
15 cents a day.
Every day there hangs over London
a vast smoke cloud that is estimated
to weigh about three hundred tous.
The baron of beef two sirloins join
ed together by the end of the backbone
Is always served on the royal table
at Windsor Castle Christmas day.
A newspaper printed on the excur
sion steamer Ophlr published one num
ber in eighty degrees north latitude.
It claims to be the paper published
farthest north of any on record.
Spiders are a serious plague in Jap
an. They spin their webs on the tele
graph wires, and are so numerous as
to cause a serious loss of Insulation.
Sweeping the wires does little good,
as the spiders begin all over again.
The only place where "black dia
monds" are found is in the Brazilian
province of Bahia. They are usually
found In river beds and brought up
by divers. Others are obtained by tun
neling mountains. The largest speci
men ever found was worth $20,000.
Water containing salts has a lower
point of congelation. Sea water is
more or less salt in localities, but in
general It freezes at 27 degrees 4 min
utes (In round numbers 28 degrees). If
water be saturated with sea salt, the
freezing point sinks to 4 degrees be
low zero. In freezing, the pure water
floats as ice and the salt separates.
The number of winks In a given time
is fonnd by Kotz, a Russian physician,
to furnish a fairly accurate measure of
the degree of eye fatigue caused by
various Illuminants. This method gave
the following unexpected results from
readings of ten minutes: With a can
dle, 6.8 winks per minute; city gas,
2.8; sunlight, 2.2; electric light, 1.8.
Among the curiosities in deeds, at
tention is called to one in Belfast,
which gives the course and distance
"to a hole In the roof of the shed of
the blacksmith shop." This, H. P.
Farrow, the Belfast civil engineer,
says, should be considered an "inde
structible monument," as the hole still
remains, although the shed was burned
many years ago. Another queer deed
is of a shipyard in Rockpoft, and one
course is described as "in line with the
bow of two vessels now building at
said shipyard."
An Ironic Condolence.
When a man becomes suddenly rich
It not infrequently follows that he be
comes as suddenly oblivious to his old
friends. Thus, a Persian having ob
tained a lucrative position at court, a
friend of his came shortly afterward
to concratulate him thereon. The new
lourtier asked him: "Who are you and
why do yon come here?" The other
coolly replied: "Do you not know me,
then? I am your old friend, and am
come to condole with you, having heard
that you had lately lost your sight."
San Francisco Wave.
T e Madrid Census.
A recent count shows that Madrid
has 16,938 buildings with 18,080 apart
ments. The number of Inhabitants ex
ceeds 50O,0OO--ty7,l(!9 Spanish and
3,280 foreigners.
Teachln ; German In tbe Transvaal.
Johannesburg has a German school
which last June was giving Instruc
tion to 113 boys. 84 girls and 25 chil
dren in the kindergarten.
Chocolate Used aa Money.
Chocolate is still used in the interior
of South Africa for currency, as are
cocoanuts and eggs.
Some people are good for no other
reason than that they may better
abuse those who are not.
CLOTHESPINS.
f hey Are Made and Used by the Hun
dreds of Millions.
"There are probably few people out
side the trade who know anything
concerning the vast number of clothes
pins that are annually required to sup
ply the millions of housekeepers
throughout the United States," said a
wholesale dealer in such goods In- New
York to the writer yesterday. "It Is es
timated that as many as 50,000,000 doz
en, or 600,000,000 single pins, are man
ufactured in Eastern and Western fac
tories every year. The product Is su
perior In workmanship and finish to
anything of Its kind turned out any
where In the world, and is shipped
largely to all parts of Europes where
It can be sold cheaper- than the rough
and poorly made home article.
"Clothespins are made in this country
principally out of beach and maple.
Blocks of this wood are fed to a very
Ingenious and exceedingly rapid-run-alng-
machine, which has three sepa
rate compartments. One of these cuts
t block of wood up Into a dozen or more
pieces, each of which is suitable for
forming a pin. It next sizes and cuts
the 'crutel,' or place that is to grip the
wash on the clothesline, and the final
operation turns the neck and head of
the pins and smooths and finishes
them off by the bushel, ready for use.
The pins are then packed in boxes, each
containing 720, and the boxes are then
nailed up by another labor-saving " ma
chine, ready for the market." Wash
Ington Star.
A National Pawnshop.
Two recognized national institutions
In Mexico are the national pawnshops
and the thieves' market. In the for
mer, every article pawned Is for sale,
If unredeemed within six months, and
there are always bargains to be picked
up. The rate of interest is not high,
and on each article deposited some
thing like the real value is given.
Strangest thing of all to our own
money lenders, If, when at the end of
the time, the owner Is unable to redeem
It and the article Is sold for more than
was loaned on It, a note to the borrow
er Invites him to call and claim the
surplus over the amount he already
has. At the thieves' market there Is
not so much philanthropy, and he who
has lost something of value and would
purchase it back Is apt to pay dearly
for It. The pawnshop keeps short
hours, but the candles In the booths of
the thieves' market burn long after the
boulevards are deserted. It occupies a
half square, and every article for sal
Is, if not confessedly, at least tacitly,
known to have departed from its for
mer owner without his consent. Con
tractors who leave tools or lanterns on
the streets come to the market every
morning to buy their property back,
for the Mexican thief Is a clever crook,
with persistency that might be directed
to a better use, and locks and bolts do
not deter him any more than the police
man on every square that Is under tho
rule of the Mexican city authorities.
Sly Joking in the Pulpit.
"Before I went to college," said a
minister of this city, "I did supply
work on a certain charge one summer.
In the Methodist Church we had ser
vice morning and evening. There was
a Presbyterian Church In the village,
and the pastor from another village
supplied it, preaching there once a
Sunday In the afternoon. I went to
hear him one afternoon. He was a college-bred
man and was supposed to be
away up. When he spied me in the
congregation he came down and asked
me to assist In the opening exercises.
When we were seated he asked me to
read the first lesson, and at the same
time announce that U was a certain
chapter in the Book of Numbers. Just
before I was to read I reached up to
the desk and took down the Bible and
opened to the place. I glanced down
over the chapter and saw that It was
a mass of unpronounceable names. I
knew that he was working a joke on
me. He knew that I could not get
away with those names. I said noth
ing, but when the time came I stood
up and announced the chapter follow
ing and read It.
"When I sat down he gave me a look
and he got one back. I whispered
hoarsely, 'I guess not' Those were
the only words spoken on the subject."
Utica Observer.
Signaling at Night.
A system of night-signaling with
flags held up by kites and lighted by a
suspended search-light was tried some
time ago at Bayonne, New Jersey. Says
Electricity: .
The search-light was of about one
hundred candle power, and was sus
pended within a few feet of the flags.
The light was sent up at a quarter to
7 o'clock, hung two feet below :the
flags, each of which was two feet
square. Both light and flags were sup-
rr,tojl hv r n nlno f nni and nno oavan.
foot kite. The flags were fastened to
the kite cable by perpendicular staffs.
To light the flags the search-light was
rigidly braced on the kite cable in such
a position that it pointed, straight sky
ward. As the kites carried the cable
upward, the glare of the fiery pencil
passed beneath the flying kites and up-
ward Into space. The rapid fluttering j
of the flags caused the effect of a
stream of blue, white and red fire, ex-1
tending, ten ot twelve feet beyond the
search-light reflector. !
This invention will probably not only
be used in signaling in time of war,
but will produce effects of great beauty
in night carnivals.
His Position.
A meeting of a negro "literary socie
ty" was in progress, and the business
part of the program was under consid
eration. Some one had proposed that the regu
lar time of meeting be changed from j
Monday to Wednesday night, and the
proposition provoked much discussion. '
Finally the president of the society
was appealed to for his opinion, and
he said, with much gravity: .
"Well, membahs ob de s'clety, pus
sonally, now, pussonally, I don't car"
which night de s'ciety meets, but fo'
myself I prefers Monday."
When the average girl isn't crying
to her mother that the boys tease her
she is looking for boys to tease her.
A new novel by Gertrude Dix Is call
ed "The Image Breakers," and will ap
pear in tbe fall. i
Tim Tombs. t
Whoever so named New York's
gloomy prison chose an apt and signifi
cant phraae. Many a wretched crim-,
inal has found indeed therein that the
path of sin is the path of death, and
has mourned at the burial 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
Milton would have it, are their own
dungeons. Let them lift up their heads
to the dawn and freedom. God is not
far from any one of us. Baptist Union.
Do not omit the late encumbers for
pickling. The Beed 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 verv crisp, having a lone
stem, and they keep well as pickles.
They must be picked off daily or they
will grow too large.
What Will Kecome 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. Good health can be retained
if we use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
The Chicago 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.
' 'There must be something wrong with
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 derange the whole svs
tem when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi
cians, as the damage thev will do is ten fold, to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testi
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills 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.
City Clerk Donovan, of Boston, has
chosen for his messenger a 1 7 year old
girl, Miss Annie G. Riley, the first of
her sex to hold such a position lu Bos
ton. The civil service commissioners
being unable to supply a girl in re
sponse to Mr. Donovan's request, he
chose his own messenger.
Confusion in the head, vertigo, stu
por, faintness, nausea, vomiting, gen
eral depression of the nervous and cir
culatory functions, follow the ingestion
of large quantities of tobacco.
Calicoes should be washed in clean
water, dried in the shade, and turned
on the wrong side to dry.
Black and white calicoes are benefit
ted by having a handful of salt added
to the rinsing water.
Red tablecloths keep their color if a
little borax is added to the rinse water
and they are. dried in the shade.
It is not needful to boil white cloths
(unless very dirty) and have the house
filled with steam every week.
There are 746 saloons in the First
ward of Chicago, and in one section
there are 20 in one block.
We Are Direct Importers of
..AVENARiUS CARBOUNEUM..
(The Famous German Wood Preserver)
WHICH PERMANENTLY DESTROYS
CHICKEN UICE A1ND VBRJVH1N
One application is all that is required. It lasts for years. Price, 50 cents
per quart. Write for circulars and information
FISHER, THORSEN A 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
kane. flKE YOU COLD OR HOT?
Yon can be comfortable always if you have the
New Columbian fire grate in your house. No mnre
trouble froni smoke or half-heated rooms. It has
a new system of draughts, throws the heat Into the
room instead of ilu the chimney, aud saves you
monev. Let us tell you about this new grate. It
is perfection for any household. For particulars
and full description apply lu TUB JOHN B Alt
KETT Ot.. 91 Klrat Jt.. Portland, Or.
HARD WORKINQ WOMEN
Can And quick and permanent relief
for serious and strength destroying
troubles in
Moore's Revealed Remedy
Thousands have used it and thousands
now praise it. I: CHres permanently. 1
per bottle at your druggist's.
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
Building or remodeling residences and
stores. We carrv a complete line of Mantels,
Orates and Tiling, Tile Flooring, Tile Wain
scoting, Andirons, Fenders, Screens, Electric,
Gas and Combination Chandeliers, and all sup
plies pertaining to Electric and Gas Lighting.
We also carrv all kinds of Batteries, Bells aud
Indicators. " Photographs cheerfully sent on
application. Fit AN K HOL.COM K & CO.
845 Washington St., Portland, Or.
I Ta CoRtSlfiVAlL ELsTT M.S. " Ta
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S3 In time. Sold by druggists. HI
BEST FOR THE
BOWELS
If 7011 haven't a regular, healthy movement of tbe
bowels every da, you're sick, or will be. Keep your
bowels open, and be well. Force, in the shape of
violent physic or pill poison. Is dangerous. Tng
smoothest, easiest, most perfect way of keeping tb
bowels clear and clean is to take
CANDY
CATHARTIC
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good.
Never sicken, Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 60c Writ
fur free sample, and booklet on heal tn. Address
gUrlla, R-mrdv t'ompu;, Chicago, aoatml. Saw lark. 912s
KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN
An Easy Job.
"What is Smith doing 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 mouth
twice a day." Tit-Bits.
Silence Is Golfen.
Mrs. Stubb John, would you refer
to a gun as feminine?
Mr. Stubb I should think not Ma
rial "And why not?"
"Because guns can be silenced."
Chicago Evening News.
IIOITT'S SCHOOL.
Menlo Park, San Mateo County, Cal.,
with its new buildings, newly furnished
and complete laboratories; beautiful sur
roundings mid home inliuences. is one ol
the best equipped schools tor the training
of boys and young men on the coast. It
is in charge of Dr. Ira G. Hoitt and is ac
credited at the universities. Send for cat
alog. Tenth 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 optic nerve, some
times resulting in absolute loss of sight.
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for thfir
children during the teething period.
The towns of Eddy and Moody. Tex.,
have each voted "no license," the
former by a big majority.
1'iso's Cure for Consumption is an infal
able medicine for coughs and colds. N.
V. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17,
1900.
In Prussia habitual drunkards may
be legally put in charge of guardians.
Thermometer a Nursery Requisite.
A thermometer is. almost indespensi
ble in the nursery. It should, if possi
ble, hang in the middle of the room,
away from the door, window, wall and
fireplace, where the mercury may be
affected by the draught. It the room
where the baby is obliged to sleep is
very hot in the middle of the day, or a
at night, hang a wet sheet over the
window and leave the door open.
Sprinkle the sheet as it dries with a
whisk broom that has been dipped in
cold water. Ladies' Home Journal.
A recent investigation showed that
93 per cent of the inmates of the New
York house of industry were sent there
for crimes resulting from the use of in
toxicating drinks. ,
Durins; the last 20 years deaths from
alcoholism in Great Britain have in
creased 82 per cent among men, and
145 per cent among women.
It will necessarily take a great many
years to demonstrate to the lay mind
whether the rejection of the Holland
submarine torpedo boat was a great
economy or a great oversight.
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Eccentric Sprocket Wheel, chain pulls
on the long spokes when doing- the hardest
work, which is compressing the bundle, ty
ing the knot and discharging the bundle.
We guarantee a gain of power of 16 2-3
per cent at this time. '
LATEST UfFI 1
and BEST If ELL,
100 L'' DRILLING
ioooft. MACHINES
iasU LOOMS & NYHAN, TIFFIN. OHIO. I
JOHN POOLE, Portland, Oregon.
can give you the best bargains in general
machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps,
plows, belts and windmills. The new
steel I X L windmill, sold by him, is un
equalled. DR. GUNN'SKS PILLS
ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Sick Headache and Dya-
pepsla, Remore Piraplea. Purify the blood. Aid Dlges
tloa.rrerentiiniousncGS. DonotGrtpeorSicken. To
convince you, will mall samp o free ;iull hox, ii5c. DR..
BOSANKO CO., PkiiadelpkU, F. Suld by Druggists.
fcfij CURE YOURSELF I
Use Big di for unnatural
discharges, Inflammations,
irritations or ulcerations
not to uric tare. or mucous meniDranes.
Pi-eveou Contaicfoa. Painless, and not astrm-
EtVA3CHEIIICALG0. 4?eni or poisonous.
Sold oy DranloU,
or sent in plain wrapper,
bv ezoresR. nrenaid. f,,r
Si .00, or 3 bottles, 92.75.
Ircular sent on request.
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