The Song
of the Hair
There are four verses. Verse
1. Ayer's Hair Vigor makes
the hair grow. Verse 2. Ayer's
Hair Vigor stops falling hair.
Verse 3. Ayer's Hair Vigor
cures dandruff. Verse 4.
Ayer's Hair Vigor always re
stores color to gray hair. The
chorus is sung by millions.
" Before using Ayer's Hair Vigor I had very
thin and very poor hair. But 1 continued to
use the Vigor until my hair greatly improved
In every way. I have, used It off and on for
the past ten year." MKS. II. Dbcmmohd,
Newark, N. J.
MAdebrJ.O,
Co.. Lowell, Mass.
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turers or
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PILLS.
CHERRY PECTORAL.
Very Proper.
"Now, madam," said . the photog
rapher after expending about half an
hour getting the lady ready to pose,
"please look at me and smile sweetly."
"Sir, I am indignant with you! I
didn't come here to engage in a flirta
tion, I'd have you know, but to have
some photos taken."
Might Have Saved Money.
De Grippes Great heaven! There'",
going to be a collision and we'll all be
killed.
Tightwad Just my luck. I went and
bought a round-trip ticket! Cleveland
Leader.
Helen Keller With a Rose.
(Picture in January, 1905 Century.)
Others may see the; 1 behold thee not;
Yet most I think thee, beauteous
blossom, mine:
For I, who walk in shade, like Pros
erpine Things once too briefly looked on, long
forgot
Seem by some tender miracle divine,
When breathing thee, apart.
To hold the rapturous summer warm
within my heart.
We understand each other, thou and I!
Thy velvet petals laid against my
cheek,
. Thou feelestall the voiceless things I
And to my yearning makest mute reply:
Yet a more special good of thee I seek,
- For God who made oh, kind!
Beauty for one and all, gave fragrance
for the blind !
Florence Earle Coates in July Century
The Woman of It.
Husband But you must admit that
Tnv tiiarn Vi?rtr rhnn vnnrs
j -- -- rf
Wife Yes, of course it is.
Husband I'm surprised to hear you
ay so.
Wife Oh, there is nothing surprising
about it. The mere fact that you mar
ried me and I married you proves that
your taste is much better than mine.
MISS GENCVIVE MAY
CATARRH OF STOMACH
CURED BY PE-RU-HA
Miss' Genevive May, 1317 8. Meridi
an St., Indianapolis, Ind., Member
''jBecond High School Alumni Ass'n,
writes:
"Pcruna is the finest regulator of a dis
ordered stomach I have ever found. It
certainly deserves high praise, for it
skillfully prepared.
"I was in a terrible condition from a
neglected case of catarrh of the stom
ach. My food had "long ceased to
be of any good and only distressed me
after eating. I was nauseated, had
heartburn and headaches, and felt run
down completely." But in two weeks
after I took Peruna I was a ' changed
person. A few bottles of the medicine
made a great change, and - in. three
months my stomach was cleared of ca
tarrh, and my entire system in a better
condition ."Genevive May.
r - Write Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio,
for free medical advice. All corre
spondence held strictly confidential.
Efri...:.:.
Beet Cough Syrup. Tastes Good, baa
,ua uiiCDr tirr ran.
time, soia ny armnnst.
"Say, pap, what's a floating debtr
"Your mother on her annual trip to
Europe." Town Topics.
"Can you tell me the quickest way
to get to the postofflceT" "Yes; run."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Johnnle--Mummie. I lust feel ill all
over, somehow. Mother Where da
you feel it the most? Johnnie In
cnooL Half-Holiday.
Vicar's Daughter Well, John, I see
you are looking as young as ever.
John Yes, miss, thankyee. An' they
tell me I'll soon be an octogeranlum.
Punch.
"Do you take an Interest in society?"
"No," answered Mr. Cumrox, "I make
the investments, but mother and the
girls take all the interest" Washing
ton Star.
"You're such a wretched writer it's
a wonder you wouldn't get a typewrit
ing machine." "I would, only that
would show what a miserable speller
I am." Philadelphia Press.
Miss Ascum I've often wondered,
Mr. Rymes, why you poets always
speak of the moon as "silver." Mr.
Rymes Well er I suppose ifg be
cause of the quarters and halves.
Philadelphia Press.
Fat Gentleman (gasplr-j) W-what
do you m-mean by making m m-me
run after the car bo? I'll probably die
of apoplexy! Polite Conductor Yes,
sir. Transfer to some car going past
the morgue, sir? Ex.
Mr. Slack Johnny, don't ever let
me hear you talk that way again! I
won't have slang used in this house!
Johnny But, pa, I 'Mr. Slack
Cut It out or I'll hand you one, see!
Browning's Magazine.
. The Dentist I'll have to charge you
two dollars and a half for pulling that
tooth. The Patient Oi thought yea
charged fifty cints? The Dentist
Yes; but you yelled so loud you scared
four other patients out of the place.
Judge.
Husband Have you heard of the
latest cure for nervous prostration?
Wife No. What is it? Husband
The patient Isn't allowed to talk.
Wife Pooh! One might as well die
from prostration as exasperation. Il
lustrated Bits.
"What's the matter, dear?" her
mother asked. "I was just thinking,"
the beautiful heiress answered, "how
terrible it would be if the earl should
decide not to take papa's money on
the ground that is was tainted."
Chicago Record-Herald.
Mamma When that naughty boy
threw stones at you, why didn't you
come and tell me instead of throwing
them back at him? Little Willie
Huh! What good would it do to tell
you? You couldn't hit the side of a
horse. Washington Life.
Hicks How do you happen to be
going fishing on Friday? I thought
you believed Friday was an unlucky
day. Wicks Well, I always have.
But it occurred to me this morning
that perhaps it would be unlucky for
the fish. Somerville Journal.
"You don't recognize titles of nobil
ity in this country?" said the distin
guished foreigner. "Oh,, yes, we can,"
answered Mr. Cumrox; "mother and
the girls . can not only reeognize 'em,
but they can quote their market valu
ation off-hand." Washington Star. .
Miss Fleyme Oh! Mr. Nocoyne,
how lovely of you to bring me these
beautiful roses! How sweet they are-rand
how fresh! I do believe there is
a little dew on them yet! Mr. Nocoyne
W-well, yes there Is, about ' fifty
cents, I think; but I'll pay it to-morrow.
Ex.
Police Judge With what instru
ment or article did your wife inflict
these wounds on your face and head?
Michael Mooney Wid a motty, yer
anner. Police Judge A what? Mi
chael Mooney A motty wan o' these
frames wid "God Bliss Our Home" in
It. Cleveland Leader.
Marmaduke Before we were mar
ried she used to say "by-by" so sweet
ly when I went down the steps. Mont
morency And what does she say
now? Marmaduke Oh, just the same
thing, "buy, buy." - Montmorency
Ah, I see! She exercises a. different
Bpell over you. Washington Life.
"Now about those noomerous scan
dals," obesrved the Pohick philoso
pher, "the situation is jest this: The
papers say they wouldn't print 'em if
the people didn't read 'em, and the
people Bay tbey wouldn't read 'em if
the papers didn't print 'em, and there
ye be." Louisville Courier-Journal
"What do you believe is the ultimate
solution of this 'good - roads' move
ment?" asked the farmer. "One part
water, eight parts cement,' three parts
sand and the balance In broken stone,"
replied the engineer absently. "Say,
pard, I asked you for an opinion, not
an analysis." Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune. -
"Oh, George, dear." she whispered,
when be slipped the engagement ring
on her tapering finger, "how sweet of
you to remember just the sort of stone
I preferred. None of the others were
ever so thoughtful." George was stag
gered for but a moment Then he
came back with: 'Not at all. dear; you
overrate me. This is the one I've al
ways used." She -was inconsistent
enough to cry about it. Cleveland
Leader. ... .
You should be entirely too consider
ate of To-day to spoil its visit worry
ing about To-morrow, which may not
come. ' '' -- "
RARE STAMPS ON OLD LETTERS. !
Find . of Value Sometimes Made
Stamp to Look Out For.
"Never burn up or throw away old
letters or papers without first giving
them a careful examination," advised a
Twenty-third Btreet stamp dealer, "for
there'i many an apparently worthless
piece of paper that bears a stamp
i Which would brinsr in nnon mjirkAr hnn-
dreds and maybe thousands of dol-
. Irf.
"There are plenty of the old post
master stamps still In existence, for
InJltn TXStA a a thaM ffiflm a awu4 man
( of them originally Issued, and It has
not reen so long ago, say fifty-five
years, wnen they were In active use.
Now, any one of these early issues Is
worth from $300 up. Any one who
has access to old files of correspond
ence from 1840 to 1866 ought to hunt
for such stamps.
"The chief reason why more of these
old stamps have not come to light is
probably that they have so ordinary
and unattractive an appearance that
a person unacquainted with their value
would not waste a second glance upon
them. They were very similar In most
cases to the postmaster cancellation
marks now in use. in the postofflces,
with the exception that the postmaster
was required to sign his name to them.
"The rarest of the whole lot of post
master issues Is the 10-ceat Baltimore
stamp, with the name of James M.
Buchanan. One specimen of this stamp
old for $4,400, which is the record
price for a stamp of United States
Issue. There's no reason In the world
why there shouldn't be more of these
stamps packed away somewhere. In
the case of this stamp none of them
was used on envelopes, but all on let
ters. "The design of the Baltimore stamp
is a box made of hair line rule, one
and a half inches long and half an
inch wide. In the center is the signa
ture, 'James M.-Buchanan,' while un
der the name is the denomination, eith
er 5 or 10 cents. There are two kinds
of these stamps, in black or blue. The
10-cent black is the scarcer.
"Next to this series probably comes
the New Haven stamp, at the bottom
of which Is the signature of 'E. A.
Mitchell, P. M.' In the center Is the
figure 5 with the word ?Paid' directly
underneath. At the top are the words
'Post Office, New Haven, Ct' The
words are all inclosed in a black bor
der wtth a small curve at the corners."
New York Sun.
: PHONE AID TO MATRIMONY.
Girt with One in Her Home Always
Popular with Young Men.
It is needless to say that the tele
phone is a great institution, says the
Utica Press. It has long been an abso
lute essential In every place of busi
ness. Just now there is a great in
crease in the number of pnones in pri
vate houses. It is possibl to talk
with pretty much everybody at his or
her home. The companies are evident
ly endeavoring to boom that branch of
their business, because they are ad
vertising it extensively. The other
day a St Louis paper had a big dis
play ad. at the top of whichvwas a
picture of an attractive young lady
telephoning and represented as saying:
"Is that you, Harry?" The text be
neath It includes this statement: "It
Is a well-known fact that the girl who
has a telephone' is the girl who has
the most friends, and consequently has
the best time."
This appeal to the young people is
adroit, and doubtless will serve to
make the St Louis exchange bigger
and busier. The parents who have
marriageable daughters will do well to
consider this ingenious contrivance and
modern aid to matrimony. It is some
thing of a bother for a young man to
call or even to write a note asking the
young lady to go to the theater, go for
a walk or drive or a ride to the park,
but if he can transmit the message by
telephone it is an easy way of making
an appointment Many a delicious
message is telephoned these days, and
there is reason to believe the statement
made by the St Louis company. It
applies, of course, with equal force in
every American city. The -young la
dies for whom a life of single bles
sedness has no charms are not exactly
buying a lottery ticket when they hire
a phone. They can get much pleasure
and comfort out of it as they go along,
for it is a constant contributor to con
venience. It is worth the price, with
the enhanced matrimonial possibility
thrown in as an extra inducement
Arabia's Laughing Plant.
There Is a curious plant that grows
in Arabia and is known by the name
of "Laughing plant" This name comes
from the fact that any one who eats
Its seeds cannot control his laughter.
The natives of the district where this
funny plant grows dry the seeds and
reduce them to powder. - A small dose
of this powder makes those who eat
It act much like those who drink more
liquor than Is good for them. The so
berest person will dance, shout and
laugh like a madman, and rush about
cutting up the most ridiculous capers
for an hour. , At the end of this time
the reaction comes. The dancer Is ex
hausted and a deep sleep comes upon
him. After a nap of several 'hours he
awakens with no recollection of the
antics he has performed.
The Boy. -
McCall Who is that youngster?
Merchant Merely our new office
boy. .
McCall Oh, I see. His face seemeri
familiar.
Merchant Perhaps it Is, , but his
manner is more ; so. Philadelphia
Press.
The poorest thing you can offer a
friend Is an excuse.
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a systemic remedy, because, it contains no strong minerals to derange the
stomach and digestion, and affect the liver and bowels. It is made entirely
of roots, herbs and barks selected for their purifying and healing qualities
and possesses just the properties that are needed to restore to the body
strong robust health. When tie blood becomes impure and clogged with
waste matters and poisons
the body does not receive suf- I have used your S. S. S. and found it to be an
ficient nourishment and 8uf- excellent tonic to build up the general health and
fers from debility, weakness, ve tone "1 strength to the system. I have used
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loss of appetite, bad diges- meJnfe than everything else combined As
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and if it is not corrected some
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Fly-Leaf Memoranda,
Every now and then .you will find in
some periodical an item relatiner to the
fuihienf nf n Tirwib- in whiftli vaii oka in
terested. It is a good plan to enter on
the fly-leaf a reference to this passage,
so that you may find it again when
needed. Such notes, neatly written in
pencil, do no harm, and will often save
you much time. You may in the same
way make notes of the numbers of
pages in which you have been special
ly interested. A correspondent writes
to us asking whether we. recommend
"marking books." To this extent we
certainly do, provided the book is not
so fine an edition that it should be kept
as spotless as can be. Besides, very
light pencil notes can be removed in a
moment without harm to any page.
But the marking of books that extends
to disfiguring them will never be done
by any one who realizes how long a
good book may continue to delight new
readers, and to bring them help in
right living and thinking. St Nich
olas. ;
Meindert Hot) be ma.
Very little is known of Hobbema's
life. He appears to have been born at
Amsterdam in 1638, "but as we have
seen, other towns claimed to be his
birthplace. It is probable that he was
the pupil of Jacob van Ruysdael, and
certain that he lived in Amsterdam. He
died poor, his last lodging being in the
Roosegraft the street in which Rem
brandt also poor, had died forty years
before. His works were little appreci
ated in Holland until nearly a hundred
years after his death, and most of
them found their way to England.
St Nicholas.
From Bad to Worse.
TM T" .J 11-11 - . .
j- ue xjttuy vveii, marie, nave you i
.'ound the ornament for my hair yet?
The Maid Yes, ma'am. But I've mis- .
laid your hair, and now I can't find that 1
" - Quite Proficient. : , j
Jack Your friend Miss uusherly is .
always using slang phrases, isn't she? j
Edyth Yes, indeed.'- She is quite fa
miliar with the English slanguage.
If a bride should by chance see a coffin
as she starts oS on her wedding tour she
.kould order the driver of the. carriage to
turn back and start over again.
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similating the Food andBeg ula
ting the Stomachs andBowels of
Promotes Digcslion.Cheerfur
nessandRest-Contains neither
Omum,Morphine nor Mineral
KotUarcotic.
jiKveafoujk-ssmmpnrmR
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HbmSfd.-
Aperfecl Remedy forConstipa
Tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions .Feverish
ness and Loss of Sleep.
- Facsimile Signature of
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EXACT COPY OF WRARSZR. M jfjjjpgy U.BlrU
tms enmum ommrt. Hnn rami em.
CURE Horses of HEAVES, COUGH,
S?' ?ink Ey or Indigestion. A great BLOOD PUK1FIER AND CON
D1TI0NE1 and a sure cure for all ailments from which heave arise.
CURED 34 HORSES. '
I hare been nalne Prussian Heave Powders the past eight months and In that time have
cored horses of Heaves. 14 of Distemper and 9 of Chronic Cough. The i'riisslaa
Remedies nave sained a great reputation in this section. Ernest Behncke, Newark, H. y
v " . PRICE: AT DEALERS, SOc; BY MAIL, 60o
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rOHXLAKl, BJCKD OOm Portland. Or.. Coast Aa-anks
Vvheti tTu STrstptn create AthftiifA J
j -vuinkuitu cuiu ui a
- LvuxAbAwu it. uvua tuuit u-iiu tuere nas never
At " About 80 "
When one knows the age of a woman
one knows the woman. The very fact
that she permits you to know her age
exposes her character. She no longer
masquerades. She hasJost a certain
uncertainty, an evanescent delicacy,
that was an irresistible charm. Wom
en, like philosophy, are divided Into
two classes, the knowable and the un
knowable. Also, like philosophy, It is
the unknowable woman who is the
speculable. Therefore to get her at her
highest capacity she must be unmar
ried and about 30.
The married woman presents certain
Inescapable telltale data. She has
children, and those children have ap
parent ages, two facts which go far in
determining her annals. If she is un
married and is not "about 30" she is
under 30, again a definite fact Being
"about 30" is indefinite. She may be
more or less. No one hazards a guess.
There is a delightful vagueness in be
ing "about 30." It has nothing to do
with dates, and many of us who from
our youth up have felt no attachment
for dates can forgive the unattached
their confessed indifference.
. Exact Definitions.
Young Hopeful Father, what is a
"traitor in politics?" This paper says
Congressman Jaw weary is one.
Veteran Politician A traitor is a man
who leaves our party and goes over to
the other one.
' Young Hopeful Well, then, what is a
man who leaves the other party and
comes over to ours?
Veteran Politician A convert my son.
Boston Transcript . ,
Natural Sequence.
Mrs. Jolliboy (to-sick husband) The
doctor has arrived.
Jolliboy Then you had better tele
phone for the undertaker, my dear.
Mrs. Jolliboy Why, Tom, what do
you mean?
Jolliboy Well, coming events cast
their shadows before them, you know.
A sunny temper gilds the edges of
life's blackest cloud. Guthrie. , ..
Good humor is the health of the soul;
Badness is its poison. Stanislaus.
The first step to knowledge is to know
that we are ignorant. Cecil.
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
m u tar
UP
An Off Day. '
Miss Newage What was done at the
' rlew Woman international Progressiva
viuu tu-uuj I
Bachelor Girl Nothing. You see, Mrs.
Sweetie happened to come in with her
baby, and before we all got through kiss
ing the little cherub, it was time to ad
journ. Fixing Railroad Rates.
Making railroad rates is like playing
a game of checkers or chess. Commun
ities to be benefited, producersmanu
facturers or shippers to be aided, repre
sent the pieces used. Every possible
move is studied for its effect on the
general result bv skilled traffic man
agers. A false move in the making of
freight rates may mean the ruin of a
city, of a great manufacturing interest,
of an agricultural community. Rail
roads strive to build up all these so
that each may have an equal chance in
the sharp competition of business. So
sensitive to this rivalry are the rail
roads that in order to build up business
along their lines they frequently allow
the shipper to practically . "dictiate
rates. Rate making has been a matter
of development ; of mutual concessions
for mutual benefit. That is why the
railroads of the United States have vol
untarily made freight rates so much
lower in this country than they are on
the government-owned and operated
railways of Europe and Australia that
they are now the lowest transportation
rates in the world.
Female Enthusiast.
Each evening now my good wife
Fondly greets me at the door;
And this query she propoundetb:
"Say, John, what's the scors?"
' Fot bronchial tronmes try Piso's Core
for Consumption. It is a pood cough,
medicine. At druggists, price 25 cents.
A Sons; of the Sea.
He never bought a gold brick
Nor tried the bunko game,
But he played at steamboat poker,
Which is very much the same.
Washington Star.
Mothers will fin3 Mrs. Wlnsiow's Boo thing
8yrap the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
Small farms are the rule in Japan,
and every foot of land is put to use. The
farmer who has more than ten acres ia
considered a monopolist.
Yon Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease FREE.
Write Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Eoy,N. Y., for a
free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease. It cure!
sweating, hot swollen, aching feet. It makei
sew or tight shoes easy. A certain cure foi
corns, injrrowingnails and bunions. All drug,
gists sell It. 25c Don't accept any substitute,
Gray Torpedo Craft.
The British admiralty has decided
that gray is the best all-around color
for torpedo craft, and a change to it
is to be made from black.
riTQ Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
fl 10 afterfirstday'suseofSr.Kline'sGreatKervs
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The Invisible Snpply.
Mr. Astorbilt I wish a genuine im
ported cigar. . "
Boy Very sorry, sir, but the boss is
out.
"I don't want the boss; I want an im
ported cigar. Haven't you any?"
"Yes, sir; we've got two, but they're
in the safe."
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ST. HELEN'S HALL
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CLA S3 corps of teache rs, location, build
ing equipment the best. Send for cat
alogue. Term Opens Se-ttemberlfi,l904
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room and all
places where
flies are trouble
some. Clean,
iieat and will
not soil or injure
anything. Try
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yon will never be without them, if not kept" by
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