THE HEALTH OF YOUNC WOMEN
Two of Them Helped by Mrs. Pinknana
Read their Letters.
" Dear Mas. Phkham : I am sixteen
years old and am troubled with my
monthly sickness. It is very irregular,
occurring only once in two or three
months, and also very painful. I also
suffer with cramps and once In a while
pain strikes me in the heart and I have
drowsy headaches. If ther-. is anything
you can do for me, I will gladly follow
your advice.
Miss Maky
Gomes, Aptoa,
Cal., July 31,
1898.
"Dear Mks.
Pin k h a m :
After receiv
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I began the
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Gomes, Aptos, Cal., July 6, 1899.
Nervous and Dizzy
"Dear Mrs. Pink ham : I wish to
express my thanks to you for the great
benefit I have received from the use of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. I suffered constantly from ter
rible sideache, had chills, was nervous
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for what your remedies have done for
me." Miss Matilda Jensen, Box 18,
Ogdensburg, Wis., June 10, 1899.
Elevation Desirable.
Lady (with high hat) I beg yom
pardon, but I forgot my opera class.
Would you kindly lend me yours just a
moment?
Tyrant Man (in the seat behind)
Verv sorry, madam, but I need it to sit
on. X. Y. Weekly,
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The Occasion
"Oh, yes; Prof. Groskopf is quite
phlegmatic In fact, I never knew
him to be excited, except once."
' -What was the trouble then?"
'He couldn't find his pipe." Puck.
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For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
Fire Escape.
' 'My mother found my little brothei
putting his stockings on wrong side
out this morning." "Yes? What did
she do?" "Turned the hose on him."
Harvard Lampoon.
Beware of Ointment for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.
As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys
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 they 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 Cur be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Fills are the best.
The problem of Indian education
seems to be solved by the Indians them
selves. In the territory the Chicka
saws have five colleges and the Creeks
have 10. The Choctaws have no col
lges, but have 160 common schools in
which the higher branches are taught.
The expenses of educating the Indians
are borne by the federal government.
The oldest story in the world proba
bly is the one told by the boys when
they return from hunting: that they
killed a duck, but that they couldn't
find it. '
If a man has a little ability, people
abuse him because he does not "do"
more.
No boy thinks he has had enough
candy until he has started a tooth to
aching.
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EMPRESS OF CHINA.
FORMER SLAVE GIRL ATTRACT
ING ATTENTION.
The Marvelous Rise to Power of One
of the Century's Most Remarkable
Women Can at Present Cause or
Prevent War.
The disturbances in China, with the
now celebrated Boxers as the central
figures, have brought the Empress of
the Celestial Kingdom a prominence
unsurpassed by any other reigning
monarch and again place conspicu
ously before the public one of the cen
tury's most remarkable women. A
sketch of the noble lady's life outclass
es any fiction ever written.
The Empress was the daughter of a
Manchu nobleman of Pekin. Her fa
ther lost his fortune and his political
position and wandered from Pekln to
Canton, where fortune was so unkind
to him that want forced him to sell his
daughter, Tsl An, to a merchant of
that place. In his household she be
came a slave. She was reared and
educated as a slave and escaped the
fashionable Mongolian torture of hav
ing her feet compressed. Her duty
compelled her to do all the marketing
for the family, and she learned to read
and write and displayed remarkable
ability. She was liberated in 1848 at
her own entreaty when she desired to
enter the great competition among
young girls between 15 and 18 years
of age for the position of concubines
or secondary wives of the Emperor.
The ruler, Hien Fung, had made the
usual proclamation for all eligible
Manchu maidens to appear at the Im
perial palace in Pekln for examina
tion. Tsi An appeared with the rest
and stood the test so well that she was
oft of those chosen.
The court authorities pronounced her
a faultless specimen of womanhood;
well brought up in ethics and possess
ing all the virtues needful to the sex;
in the front rank in accomplishments;
in intelligence the equal of the gradu
ate of the first imperial examination.
The examinations over, to her delight,
although, it Is said, uot to her surprise,
she was among the first ten of the list
of successful candidates. She was
taken to the palace and there installed
in one of the suites of rooms in the
woman's quarter. Here began her
wonderful career of Intrigue. She paid
particular attention to the Empress,
and at the same time conducted herself
with such tact and wisdom as to make
friends and few or no enemies among
the hundreds of other women In the
imperial household.
Thus was the slave girl brought face
to face with opportunities, and adroitly
did she take advantage of It. She soon
became the favorite of the Emperor
and even supplanted his head wife.
The head wife bears the title Empress
of the East; but Tsl An found out that
there was an obsolete title, the highest
that could be given to a concubine, Em
press of the West, and she persuaded
the Emperor to bestow it on her.
Hien Fung died in 1860, and Tsi An's
son, Tung Chi, succeeded to the throne
under the regency of the two Empress
es and his uncle, Prince Kung. Tsl An
dominated the board, and ruled with
a strong hand, putting down the Tal
Ping rebellion in a manner that called
itttention to her talents. In 1875 Tung
Chi died and his wife did not long sur
vive him. The 4-year-old son of a
Manchurian noble was then placed on
the throne under the same regency. In
1881 the Empress of the East died and
left Tsl An with a free hand over the
infant Emperor, whom she punished
and even imprisoned when he did not
yield obedience. She is now In control
as absolute as can be imagined, al
though her nominal title is Empress
Dowager. The obscure and mysteri
ous east has furnished no more won
derful story than the career of this
remarkable woman who arose from a
slave girl to an Empress over 300,
300,000 people.
SAFE OR DOUBTFUL STATES.
Work Done in Both Sorts by Presi
dential Campaigners.
Politics to-day means organization,
the same thorough, efficient, compre
hensive organization that one finds In
the management of a great railroad Or
any other large business, says Scrib
ner's. The National Committee works
in conjunction with the State commit
tees. There are some States so hope
lessly antagonistic that to make a fight
there would be simply to sacrifice mon
ey and effort. To keep the enemy fully
occupied, a sham campaign Is some
times made in such States, but the
managers never count on carrying
them.
The real fighting ground is in the un
certain and doubtful States. These
States must be carried to spell success,
and it is here that the campaign will
wage with deadly fierceness from the
day after the nomination has been
made until the day before the ballots
are cast. To bring to their support
every voter In the State the two com
mitteesthe Republican and the Demo
cratic will endeavor to put in the
hands of every male of voting age,
without regard to present or past affili
ations, literature presenting the posi
tion of the party on the great Issues of
the day. To do this millions of docu
ments are printed in every modern lan
guage, and through the literary bureau
given circulation.
The head of the liferary bureau is the
most important of the national Chair
man'0 subordinate. He must, in a few
DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CHINA.
weeks, create the machinery for iha
distribution of these documents; he
must attend to their preparation and
printing; he must have an instinctive
knowledge where to distribute his liter-
ature. In one State "imperialism," for
instance, may really be the great Issue,
and the two chairmen will endeavor to
flood that State with arguments for
and against It. Not only will the
speeches of the leaders In Congress be
placed In the hands of the voters, but
there will also be distributed carefully
written articles, prepared with all the
Ingenuity and sophistry which trained
writers know how to employ.
Anything can be proved by figures,
and in the course of a Presidential
campaign any argument advanced on
one side Is sure to be controverted by
the other.
SI epinj on the March.
Some philpsopher has said that a man
with a strong mind can sleep or keep
awake at will. Perhaps that philos
opher never tried forced marching In a
tropical country. Owen S. Watkins,
who was In the last Sudan campaign
with General Ktchener, tells of seeing
an adjutant and a senior major riding
side by side on long marches, so that
'f they fell asleep they could lean on
each other and uot fall from their sad
dles. Mr. Watkins repeats some -queer
stories that were told him, without say
ing that they are true. But If truth is
stranger than fiction, one of them at
least Is strange enough to be true.
It is about a transport master, who
rode In the rear of his train of camels.
He had been very busy, and had slept
little for a week. The day was hot,
and for comfort be bad removed his
helmet and belt
Then he fell asleep. Pretty soon the
jolting of his camel unseated him, and
he rolled to the soft ground unhurt. In
fact, he was not even awakened. When
at last he did wake, the caravan was
out of sight and he could not tell how
long he had been sleeping. There he
was, the master of that column of
transport camels, alone In the desert,
unarmed and with not even a covering
for his head.
As nothing was to be gained by stay
ing where he was, he started to follow
the trail, and had hurried along for
some time before he noticed by the
fast setting sun that he bad started
back, instead of ahead, on the trail of
the camels. He turned, and fortunate
ly a camel and driver soon met him.
They had been sent back from the
caravan, not to search for him, strange
ly enough, but to look for some article
that had been lost by the way.
Indian Marriage Promise.
A young Indian falling In his atten
tion to a young squaw, she made com
plaint to an old chief, who appointed a
hearing or trial. The lady laid her case
before the Judge, and explained the na
ture of the promise made her. It con
sisted of sundry visits to her wigwam,
many little undefinable attentions and
presents, a bunch of feathers, and sev
eral yards of red flannel. This was the
charge. The faithless swain denied the
"undefinable attentions" in toto. He
had visited her father's wigwam for
the purpose of passing away time,
when It was not convenient to hunt;
and had given the feathers and flannel
from friendly motives, and nothing fur
ther. During the latter part of the de
fense the young squaw fainted. The
plea was considered invalid, and the
offender sentenced to give the lady "a
yellow feather, a brooch that was
dangling from his nose, and a dozen
coon skins." The sentence was no
sooner concluded than the squaw
sprang upon her feet, and, clapping her
hands, exclaimed with joy, "Now me
be ready to court again."
Home Life of a Duchess.
Her grace Consuelo is a devoted
mother, and her two boys occupy the
most charming suite of rooms in the
palace of Blenheim; they are as closely
guarded from amateur photographers
as from kidnappers, and on "show
days," when the palace is open to the
public, they are wheeled about the
kitchen gardens In their blue and white
perambulators. On other days their
nurses take them for long jaunts in
the 350 acres of private grounds which
surround the palace, and to the vari
ous schools and institutions of which
the young duchess is patroness. The
Woodstock almshouse petticoat has be
come famous since Consuelo came to
Blenheim. Hitherto the red flannel gar
ments worn by the women inmates of
the almshouse had measured three
yards round. Consuelo heard that new
clothing would not be despised by the
paupers, and she had ten petticoats
made. Five and a half yards of flannel
were used In each garment
What St rack Htm.
Like the dyspeptic who said that the
only food he ever liked was the food he
couldn't get, a certain Patrick once a
soldier, now a family servant seems
to have been especially susceptible to
what may be called negative impres
sions. This son of Erin, says the Paris
American Register, brought an honor
able scar or two from India.
Once he described his part in a bat
tlethe advance, the gallop, the charge,
and how, as one rider fell dead from
his saddle, the death grip of his fingers
on his pistol discharged -it and killed
his own horse.
"What struck you most forcibly
when all was over and you looked back
to It?" asked a friend.
"Ah," said the old servant reflec
tively, "I think, sir" with simplicity
"that what struck me most forcible,
sir, was the bullets that missed me!"
Stop It Instantly.
"Pa, will 'teeney-weeney' rhyme with
'eeny-meeny?' "
"Stop it, my boy! Stop it lnstanter!
We don't want any Alfred Austins in
this happy family." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Discord.
She The minister's sermon didn't
harmonize with his text.
He No; he evidently forgot his notes.
Chicago News.
Horses in Australia.
In 1800 there were 200 horses in Aus
tralia; In 1900 there are 2,000,000.
When you call on anyone, and 1m
says, "Hello, where did yon come
from?" be is not glad fb see you,
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GILLMORE'S SPANISH FRIEND.
Kind Deed of an Enemy, Which Mat
with Quick Recognition.
During the period of his Imprison
ment by the Filipinos, Lieut. Gillmore
and his men were at one time thrown
into an old barrack with a party of
Spanish prisoners, including a major
general, says the Havana Post. The
latter, in some way, obtained money,
which he divided among his men, and
with great generosity sent fifty Mexi
can dollars to Lieut. Gillmore, asking
him to accept them with his compli
ments. Gillmore made the condition
that it should be considered a loan, to
which the Spanish general graciously
assented, and he used the money to buy
shoes and clothing for his men, some
thing they sadly needed, for they were
almost naked.
After his rescue Gillmore learned that
the Spanish general, who had also es
caped from the Filipinos, was In the
city of Manila, and he offered him fifty
silver dollars as repayment of the loan.
The general was quite Indignant and
refused to accept it. When Gillmore
reminded him of the agreement he
smiled and said that he had consented
to it only because he feared the Ameri
cans would not accept the money other
wise. other naval officers at Manila, who .
passed around a paper and collected a j
handsome sum, which was expended i
in the purchase of the most appropriate
and expensive piece of sliver that could
be found in Manila. It was engraved
with a brief statement of facts and pre
sented to the Spanish general with ap
propriate ceremonies as a token of grat
itude and admiration from the navy of
the United States. Then he was In
vited to a reception upon the flagship,
where every officer In the fleet who
could be spared welcomed him and
thanked him in person for his kindness
to Gillmore and his men.
Sixty-two new silk factories were es
tablished in the United States In the
past year.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men has gained over 3,700 members in
the past year.
The carpenters of Dallas, Texas, have
secured the eight-hour day and several
minor concessions.
German locomotive engineers receive
a gold medal and 100 for every ten
years' service without a mishap.
The Great Northern Railway Com
pany offers 10,000 shares of stockatpar
to employes receiving less than $3,000 a
year.
The London (Eng.) County Council
has reported a plan to spend $2,500,000
in building double cottages, with gar
Jens attached for workingmen, the rent
of which will be from $1.20 to $2.40 per
week.
During the last fiscal year 50,269,000
passengers were carried over the rail
ways of Connecticut, not one of whom
was killed in transit. The percentage
of serious accidents was also remark
ably low.
The annual convention of the West
ern Federation of Miners at Denver,
Colo., denounced the abuse of the judi
cial power by judges and favors restric
tion to be placed at once on Japanese
Immigration.
The Minneapolis Barbers' Union' has
become celebrated for starting a legal
contention for the closing of barber
shops on Sunday under the Minnesota
law and which has traversed all the
grades of adjudication from the squire's
court to the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States, where Chief Justice Fuller
delivered an opinion confirming the
constitutionality of the law. Attorney
General Douglass, of Minnesota, repre
sented the State, and a wealthy rall
oad man bore the expense of the fight
ior Sunday opening, claiming an In
fringement with Individual liberty and
interference with an occupation of pub
lic necessity.
Frightened.
It was in the kitchen of a small flat.
The occupants were a little, girl of 8
years of age, and her loving mother and
doting grandmother who were engaged
in an animated conversation. Suddenly
the grandmother discovered that the
teakettle was steaming away, and need
ed replenishing from thehydrant. The
Chicago Record gives the story as fol
lows: She took the kettle from the stove,
but had hardly taken two steps when
she collided with the child. There were
two almost simultaneous shrieks, and
then the mother, uttering a third one,
darted forward and caught the cherub
In her arms, her frantic exclamations
mingling with the agonized wall of the
child and the hysterical sobs of the
grandmother.
In about two minutes the child's face
was covered with layers of sweet oil,
white of egg, sanitary cotton and flour,
and the grandmother-was speeding
round the corner on the way to the
family doctor's.
The doctor came and removed the
layers of emollients. Then he laughed
heartlessly, and asked the women why
they had called him.
"There Is nothing the matter with the
child's face," he said.
"It must be her arms and shoulders,"
said the mother. "Tell mother where
you are hurt, darling V"
"I ain't hurt," said the child, "but
grandma screamed so she scared me."
8ome Freak Plants.
There is a plant in Jamaica called
the life plant, because it seems almost
impossible to kill it. When a leaf is
t off and hung up by a string it sends
t white, thread-like roots, gathers
oisture from the air, and begins to
grow new leaves. In South America
is a flower which can only be seen
when the wind is blowing. The plant
belongs to the cactus family, and when
the wind blows a number of beautiful
flowers protrude from little lumps on
the stalk. New.' York Worlds
A cheap woman's way of abusing a,
man Is to pity his wife.
A BUSINESS VESTRYMAN.
Figured Oat How Much the Parish Lost
by Ministerial Exchanges.
A clergyman who failed to recognize
the fact that his "settlement" included
business as well as spirituality, was re
minded of his relapse by a parishioner
who did not think a two-thousand-dollar
man could afford to allow a flfteen-hundred-dollar
man to do his work.
"Harper's Drawer" tells how the cler
gyman was made to see the business
side of his calling.
Some years ago, In one of my parish
es, I had a vestryman who was an ex
cellent man and my warm personal
friend. In the neighborhood lived a
clerical brother, an excellent and popu
lar man, with whom I often exchanged
pulpits. His salary was fifteen hun
dred dollars and a rectory, while mine
was two thousand dollars, with a simi
lar provision for my shelter.
One very hot summer, not being In
good health, I exchanged several times
with him, so as to save preparing ser
mons. One day I went Into the large store
of my vestryman to have a chat with
him, which he opened as follows:
"You have lately exchanged a good
deal with Mr. ."
"Yes, sir," I replied. "He Is a fine
preacher, and every one in the parish
admires him."
T know that," said he, "I like him
very much; but what is his salary?"
"Fifteen hundred dollars and a rec
tory." "But what are we paying you?"
I told him.
"Well," he put in, "have you consid
ered how much this parish loses by
these exchanges?"
I told him I had not made that calcu
lation. "Nine dollars and sixty cents is the
loss per Sunday," was the statement of
this careful guardian of the financial
interests of his parish.
RECOVERED HER TEETH.
Chase of a Woman After a Pun that Had
Taken Her Molars.
Philadelphians on Diamond street
were very much interested the other
day in watching the chase of a young
woman stylishly dressed after, a pug
dog. The wind was high and during a
gust that came around a corner the
young woman sneezed, gently at first
and then with some degree of violence.
A cry of alarm escaped her Hps as
something resembling a string of pearls
fell from her mouth to the pavement.
For an Instant the object glittered on
the ' sidewalk, when the frisky dog
DOG BUNS OFF WITH FALSE TEETH.
bounded to the spot picked up the
glistening thing and bounded off again.
Blushing, the girl, in her perplexity,
cast a wistful glance at the dog In the
distance. Quickly she placed her
trembling hand over her mouth and
kept it there, while she started in pur
suit of the dog. The chase was excit
ing. Pedestrians paused to watch.
After many turns, rushes, dodges and
halts the pretty maiden caught the dog
at Tenth street. The animal fell pros
trate at her commands.
"Drop it FIdo; drop It!" she cried.
The dog obeyed, opened its mouth
and dropped upon the pavement with
great reluctance the proud maiden's
et of false teeth. Exchange.
Rough on the Job Master.
"A few days since," relates a solic
itor, "as I was sitting with my friend
D , in his office, a man came in and
said:
" 'Mr. W , the livery stable keeper,
tricked me shamefully yesterday, and I
want to be even with him.'
" 'State your case,' said D .
'I asked him how much he'd charge
me for a horse to go to Richmond. He
said half a sovereign. I took the horse,
and when I came back he said he want
ed another half sovereign for coming
back, and made me pay it
"D gave his client some legal ad
vice, which he immediately acted upon,
as follows. He went to the livery stable
keeper, and said:
" 'How much will you charge for a
horse to go to Windsor?"
"The man replied:
" 'A sovereign.'
"Client accordingly went to Windsor,
came back by rail, and went to the liv
ery stable keeper, saying:
" 'Here is your money,' paying him a
sovereign.
" 'Where Is my horse?' said W .
" 'He's at Windsor,' answered the
client. T hired him only to go to
Windsor!' "
' Conundrum.
A good conundrum is like an inani
mate object, because it cannot die. A
correspondent of the New York Sun
recalls one propounded by the poet
John Godfrey Saxe, and mentioned to
the writer by one of his daughters. Al
though of reputable age, it is apparent
ly new in print and so is repeated
here:
Can yon tell me why a hypocrite's
eye can better descry than you can, or
I, upon how many toes a pussy cat
goes?
A hypocrite neat can best counter
felt and so, I suppose, can best count
her toes.
Probably.
Haughty Lady (who has purchased a
stamp) Must I put it on myself?
Postoffice Assistant (very politely)
Not necessarily, ma'am; It will proba
bly accomplish more tf you put it on
the letter. Tit-Bits.
When a woman tells a hired girl
story to her company, they wonder how
often her husband has been compelled
to hear It
If a father calls his 12-year-old child
at 0 o'clock at night, and asks that It
go te bad, some people call It a "roast"
A Writ Romantic Novslist.
The Century Company announces the
discovery of a new romantic novelist
in a young New Yorker, Miss Bertha
Runkle, whose maiden effort is to be
The Century's leading piece of fiction
for the next eight months, beginning
in the August number. It is described
as a dramatic romance of love and ad
venture, and is entitled "The Helmet
of Navarre." The scene is Paris dur
ing the siege by Henry of Navarre, and
the action occupies but four days ot
the week preceding the Sunday when
Henry entered the city. The story is
full of vigorous action, and the plot is
said to be one of fascinating interest.
The Trust Problem
To a thoughtful mind is one of serious im
port, for it creeps upon society before you
are aware of its existence, in this respect
much resembling the various disorders
which attack the stomach, such as consti
pation, indigestion and dyspepsia. Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters is the one reliable
remedy for all such ailments.
Religious Conserving" Power.
Man today begins life in a garden of
innocence and purity, wherein are the
divinest possibilities, but where there
is also the subtle spirit awaiting the
chance to beguile. In every walk, as
he grows to muturity, are impressions
made on the plastic soul, and ever
present is the intelligence, working of
ten for good, but which may in self
sufficiency beguile to evil paths. It is
here religion seaks, reminding men of
God. Rev. J, K. Smyth.
One result of the installation of the
corn kitchen at the Paris fair has been
a widespread agitation in that country
in favor of the appointment of a com
mission by the government for the pur
pose of visiting the United States and
ascertaining the best means of introduc
ing corn in France.
If a man living in this part of the
country should tire of fried eggs, we
don't know what on earth he would eat
for breakfast.
If you want to make trouble for an
enemy, tell his wife, that a daughter in
the family has musical talents which
must not be buried.
HEAD ACHE
"Both my wire and myself have been
using CASCARETS and they are the best
medicine we have ever had in the house. Last
week my wife was frantic with headache for
two days, she tried some of your CASCARETS.
and they relieved the pain in her head almost
Immediately. We both recommend Cascareta "
Chas. Stiukford.
Pittsburg Safe & Deposit Co. , Pittsburg, Pa.
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Isn't it reasonable to suppose that a firm of
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