Hood's
Sarsaparilla is unquestiona
bly the greatest blood and
liver medicine known. It.
positively and permanently
cures every humor, from
Pimples to Scrofula. It is
the Best.
Blood Medicine.
Looking In (be Future.
Mrs. Bacon I see by this paper that
Alexander VVilkinshaw of Loudon uses
his arm as a genealogical tree. It has
been tattooed with dates. In addition
to his own and his wife's birth dates
and the record of their marriage he has
the name and date of the birth of each
of his children.
Mr. Bacon If Alexander should hap
pen to lose his wife and go courting
again it might be embarrassing for him
to have his family around the girl so
much of the Umc Yonkers Statesman.
DISSECTING A BILLION.
ttu Arithmetical Symbol Simple,
Says Henry Ilesaemer.
One billion! What is It? Its arith
metical symbol Is simple and without
much pretension, says London An
swers. Let us briefly take a glance at it as
a meusure of time, distance and weight.
Asa measure of time, I would take
one second as the unit and carry my
self In thought through the lapse of
ages back to the first day of the year
1 of our era, remembering that In all
those years we have 3(15 days and In
every day Just 80,400 seconds of time.
Hence, in returning In thought back
again to this year of grace 1905, one
might have supposed that a billion of
About three hundred species of mos
quitoes have been described, and It Is
estimated that two hundred more ex
ist. Giles recognizes only thirty-six
species In the whole of North America,
but Florida alone claims twenty-two
species.
Poisoning from gas inhalation is now
added to the recognized dangers of bal
looning. The hydrogen Itself non
poisonous is often contaminated with
Weak Lungs
Bronchitis
seconds had long since lapsed, but this arsenic, selenium and antimony, and
is not sa for It takes Inst 31.C.K7 venrs. i fourteen cases of ill effects have been
17 dayl 22 hours, 45 minutes and 5
seconds ;o constitute a billion of sec
onds of tirue
Let u try In imagination to arrange
a billlo) sovereigns for Inspection. Let
us put one on the ground and pile
Make sure s yield of anantltr and
quality. Wlieu your finiier plumed
1 urry's, they were the heat on the
market, but tuey have been lniorov-
Intc ever since. We aro experts la
flower and vegetable apde.
IttOB tSced Annual, beautifully lllus-
tiauil, free to ail applicant.
0. M. FERRY A CO., Detroit. Mich.
Positive, Comparative, Superlative.
" I have used one of your Fish Brand
Slickers for five years, and now want
a new one, also one fur a friend. I
would not be without one for twice th
cost. They are just as f.ir ahead of a
common coat as a common one is
ahead of nothing."
(Nbiiio on jiplli atlon.)
mcnrsT wwn world's fur. hoi.
Be sure you don't get one of the com
mon kind -this Is the rrfSWrTV
V"
A. J. TOWER CO.,
BOSTON, U.S.A.
mark of excellence.
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TORONTO, CANADA. 35
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We have set aside
$1,900:00
to be spent for information and will
give five dollars for a Postal Card
giving the first reliable news of a
charter to if II a horizontal itram engine of
our ttye$, within our range of 1171. We do
not want inquinei at this time for vertical,
traction or gas cnginei.
ATLAS
ENCINE8 ano BOILERS
PoiMrt of ihm roost enmplfU tin of nmnoa and
boilsvi in 1 by uy on manufMturiutf concern 10
bm world
Atlas Engine Works
fUJimi attnnaa in all cititi INDIANAPOLIS
Cortfta, Four VIti. Automatic, Hifh-Sprt'1, Com
peuixl ao4 Trmttlihf hngitita. ttatar Tuba, Tu
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upon It is many as will reach twenty
feet In height; then let us place num
bers of similar columns in close con
tact, forming a straight line and mak
ing a ort of wall twenty feet. high.
Imagiie two such walls running par
allel tu each other and forming, as it
were, a long street. It is not until we
have ttxtended our imaginary street to
a distance of 2,380 miles that we
shall have presented for inspection our
1,000,100,000 of coins.
Or, In lieu of this arrangement, we
may ilace them flat upon the ground,
forming one continuous line like a long
golden chain, with every link in close
contact. But to do this we must pass
over land and sea, mountain and val
ley, desert and plain, crossing the
equator and returning around the
southern hemisphere through the
trackless ocean, retrace our way again
across the equator, then still on and
on until we again arrive at our start
ing point, and when we have thus
passed a golden chain round the huge
bulk of the earth we shall be but at
the beginning of our task. We must
draj this imaginary chain no less than
7M times around the globe. Such a
chain would require for its transport
no less than 2,325 ships, each with a
full cargo of 3,000 tons. Even then
there would be a residue of 447 tons,
representing 64,081,920 sovereigns.
For a measurt of height, let us take
the thin sheets of paper on which
these lines are printed. If laid out flat
and firmly pressed together, as in a
well-bound book, these would repre
sent a measure of about 1-333 of an
inch In thickness. Let us see how high
a dense pile formed by a billion of
these thin paper leaves would reach.
We must, in imagination, pile them
vertically upward, by degrees reach
ing to the height of our tallest spires;
and passing these, the pile must still
grow higher, topping the Alps and
Andes and the highest peaks of the
Himalayas. Still pile on your thou
sands and millions of thin leaves, for
we are only beginning to rear the
mighty mass. Add millions on mil
lions of sheets and thousands of miles
on these, and still the number will
lack its due amount. When our one
billion sheets are superimposed upon
each other and pressed into a compact
mass they have reached an altitude of
t7,34S miles!
reported to the French Academy of
Medicine. In one of the two forms of
poisoning dea tli results In two or three
days.
IMowIng wells, sometimes known as
breathing wells, are now being inves
tigated by the United States Geological
Survey. The best known examples of
this type of well are found throughout
Nebraska. The force of the air cur
rent In one of the Louisiana wells Is
sufficient to keep a man's hat suspend
ed above it. Such phenomena are main
ly due to changes in atmosphere pressure.
Decrees of Kicks.
"Let me tell you something, Sam,"
said the overseer; "the Mow of a whale's
tnle is the strongest animnl force in the
world; the kick of a giraffe is second,
and the stroke of a lion's paw the third."
"Oh, well, I s'poae, boss, by de time
iley pets down to de kick of a mule dey'd
have us beliefs it is just a gentle lub
tap."
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Some anxiety Is being caused in Ger
many by the decline of the birth rate.
In 1904 the birth rate was 30.5 in each
1,000 inhabitants, against 30.9 in 1903,
32.1 in 1902, 33.4 in llol, and 33.7 in
1900. The decrease, therefore, is con
tinuous. Lung disease, not only in
towns but in the country as well, is
decreasing. It is claimed that this
result is owing to the systematic and
scientific war which the authorities are
conducting against this scourge.
The prosperity of Japan depends
very largely upon the sea. A thousand
varieties of fish Including the shark
are eaten by the inhabitants, the an
nual yield of the fisheries being three
million tons, or three times the con
sumption in the United States. The
value of this product is $30.ooo,oo0.
The coasts also supply an edible alga
known as laver. and other sea weeds
from which food gelatine is extracted,
together with large quantities of salt.
From Japan, moreover, comes a large
Quantity of the world's coral and
pearls.
Luther Burbank, of California, who
has probably produced more new varie
ties of fruits, flowers and plants than
any other living man, said recently
to a friend that he was accustomed,
when selecting for color among newly
created flowers, to submit the choice to
a lady of his acquaintance noted for
her exquisite taste. Mr. Burbank's
own judgment, however, in the matter
of color and form is highly trained, and
is exercised with surprising quickness
and sureness of decision. Among his
latest productions Is a daisy, In which
he has striven especially to obtain a
graceful carriage of the stem and
flower.
Fostal authorities in Milan, Italy, use
an automoune wagon in wmen to col
lect part of the mail. The car runs be
tween the central postofflee and the
branch offices and boxes in the dif
ferent districts of the city. The auto
mobile Is of large size, on the style of
an omnibus, and is fitted out so that
the mall can be sorted by one clerk
while the car Is running. The ear
stops at each letter box to collect the
I mall, and between the boxes the clerk
'sorts and stamps the letters and passes
them In packages to a second man who
: puts them In a series of compartments
t corresponding to each carrier's route.
This car rovers a route fourteen miles
long and collects the mall from all box
es In an hour and n half.
The Influence of occupations upon
the eyesight is strikmgiy Illustrated by
statistics collected among the schools
of (lerniany and France. In Cermauy
It has been shown that TiO per cent of
those engaged in the so-called liberal
professions sttJTer more or les from
myopia, or shortness of sight, whereas
among laborers the percentage drops
to 5, and among peasants to imly a
half of 1 per cent. The remarkable
growtli of mvonia with increase of at-
i tentlon demanded by school work is
Indicated bv the fact that the eyes of
only fl per cent of the scholars In the
primary schools of France are affected,
but those of more than 20 per cent In
the secondary schools. In the College
Hollln 15 per cent of the scholars have
myopia In the lower grade. 32 per cent
In the third grade, and per cent In
the courses in philosophy.
For over sixty years doctors
have endorsed Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral for coughs, colds,
weak lungs, bronchitis, con
sumption. You can trust a
medicine the best doctors ap
prove. Then trust this the next
time you have a hard cough.
" I had sn awful congh for over a year, and
nothing teemed to do me any goon. 1 tried
j iierrT reciorai ana wtl aonn cured
recommend It to all m
I
thr liars s cough." J
Washington, D. C.
friends whenever
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Alio manufacturers or
yers
SARSAPAfilLLA.
PILLS.
HAIR VIGOR.
TTnenthaslaatle.
"Be studious, my son," said the ha
bltual adviser, "and you may have a
tablet in the Hall of Fame."
"Yes," answered the cautious youth,
"and be pointed out as an example of
what ordinary people get In while real
genius Is excluded." Washington
Star.
TITQ Permannly Cured. JTodtflOr nervousnPM
II 10 sfterflrstday'suseofDr.KllriPXirpatNerve
Restorer. Mend for Free trial bottle and treatise.
Vi.H. H. Kline, Ltd., Ml Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Sisterly Regret.
"That convention of dressmakers de
cided that waists must be smaller this
season."
"I'm so sorry."
"For yourself?"
"Mercy, no! For Jane Puffeigh and
Lucy Waddles." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
(2 iJWMH'jJ20iLL
CUMS WHIM ALL ELSE FAILS.
I Best Cough Syrup. Taiitea Good. Use
in time, noin ny aruggimi
Appropriate.
"That organist played the wedding
march so fast that the bride and groom
in trying to keep iep, almost danced
up the aisle."
"Well, my dear, a wedding march Is
something of a two-step; now, isn't it?"
Baltimore American.
For coughs and colds there Is no better
medicine than Piso's Cure for Consump
tion. Price 25 cents.
The less a man
he thinks he is.
knows the smarter
You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease FREE,
Write Allen 8. OlmBted, I Roy , N. Y., for a
free Bsmtle of Allen's Foot-Eaae. It cures
sweating, hot swollen, aching feet. It makes
sew or tight nhof s easy. A certain cure foe
corns, lngrowlngDalln and bunions. Aildrog
gists sell it. 25c. Don't accept any sttfistituta,
A Way Out.
"I cannot accept your affection," she
said,
"And yet I don't feel I could spurn it."
"In that case," he answered, "I'll bs
satisfied
If only ytu'll kindly return it."
Baltimore American.
Ayer's Pills keen the bowels retzular,
Ail vegetable and gently laxative
Dead
did you
Hl4Tht.
quit that
"What
for?"
"Ths boss called me a fool."
"But he didn't fire you? You
for that?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then the boss was right." Cleve
land Leader.
good job
quit
Mothers will find Urn. Winslow's Soothing
6yrup the beet remedy to use tor their children
during the teething period.
A Good Gnesser.
"I understand there is no eminent
humorist In the Hall of fame."
"Well, I guess the humorists are not
dying to get there." Cleveland Flain
Dealer.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENKY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the underiigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry out any ob
ligations made by tneir nrm.
Wkht & Truax, W holesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Walking, K innan it Marvin, holesale Drug
gists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Caiarrh Cure is taken Internally, act
ing directiv unon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 7oc. per bottle.
BLOOD POISON;
The black flag is an emblem of horror and dread. When it is hoisted
by an army, the order has gone forth that " no quarter " will be given, ev
erything must be destroyed. Helpless women and children, as well as oppos
ing soldiers, meet the same fate, and a trail of desolation, suffering and
death is left behind. Contagious Blood Poison is the black flag of the great
army of disease. This vile disorder is known as the blackest and most hide
ous of all human afflictions, overthrowing its victims and crushing out the
life. It is no respecter of persons ; no matter how pure the blood may ba
or how innocently the disease is contracted, when this awful virus enters thq
circulation the hideous, hateful and humiliating symptoms begia to appear,
and the sufferer feels that his very presence is polluting and contaminating.
Usually the first sign of the disease is a little sore or ulcer, but as the blood
becomes more deeply poisoned the severer sjmptoms are manifested, the
mouth and throat ulcerate, the glands in the groins swell, a red rash break3
out on the body, the hair and eyebrows come out, and often the body is cov
ered with copper-colored spots, pustular eruptions and sores. In its worst
stages the disease affects the nerves, attacks the bones and sometimes causes
tumors to form on the brain, produce
Several years aero I had blood poison
and my flesh was in an awful condition.
tiy i
the
Bold by all Druggists. Testimonials free,
Hail s Family Pills are the best.
Merciful Rabbit Trapping.
It is confidently stated that the
shocking cruelties of the steel trap in
common use for catching rabbits can
readily and cheaply be prevented by
twisting a few turns of copper or brass
wire closely around each jaw, below
the teeth, where the spring flies up, o
as to insure the teeth being always
fixed a full quarter of an inch open
when the trap is sprung. Rabbits are
thus caught with equal ease, and
when taken out of the traps are found
uninjured. To complete their purpose,
the traps must be placed far down In
the holes and be regularly visited early
and late. These modified traps are
most successful, with advantages rela
tive to food, while dogs, cats and
birds derive proportionate freedom
from suffering when trapped by mistake.
Great sores would break cut and noth
ing I put cn them would do any good.
My hair arid eyebrows fellcut and I was
"a frigrht." My mouth was so sore t
had to live on milk and water. I took
Mercury for a long; t;ni9 end instead oi
B-etting- better I continued to g-row;
worse and my arms aud hands became
solid sores. My log's v. ore drawn so X
could not walk and I felt that my time)
was short here if I did not get some re
lief. I fceean to i-.r.e your fc. S. S. and It
helped me from the start. After taking?
it awhile the sores all healed, my rheu
matism was cured and to-day I am a
strong-, well man. It g-ot all the mer
cury out cf my system and it cured mi
sound and well. ADAH ECHNABEL, '
Evansville, Ind. No. 211 Mary St,
ing insanity and death. Not only
those who contract the poison sutler,
but unless the virus is driven from
the blood the awful taint is handed
down to offspring, and they are its
innocent victims. Blood Poison is in
deed a "black flag." Mercury and
Potash, so often used, never can cure
the trouble. These minerals merely
drive the symptoms away for awhile
and shut the disease up in the system,
and when they are left off it returns
worse than before. This treatment
not only fails to cure blood poison
but eats out the delicate lining of the
stomach and bowels, produces chronic dyspepsia, loosens the teeth and fre
quently causes mercurial rheumatism to add to the patient's suffering.
S. S. S., the great vegetable medicine, is theconqueror of this vile disease. It
goes down to the very root of the trouble and cures by cleansing the blood ol
every particle of the poison. S. S. S. does not hide or cover tip anything
but clears the entire circulation of the
virus and puts the system in good
healthy condition. It cures safely as
well as certainly, because there is not a
particle of mineral in it. We offer a re
ward of $1,000.00 for proof that S. S. S.
is not purely vegetable. When the blood
is purified and strengthened with thi3
great remedy the S-mptoms all pass away and no sign of the disease is ever
seen again ; nor is there left the least trace to be handed down to posterity.
Special book with instructions for self-treatment and any medical advice de
sired will be sent without charge to all who write.
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ItpnaontriK from Kii-rl-iioe.
A little Kast Side boy was having
his first country outing, says the New
York Tribune. He lay on the gras in
a peach orchard, making a chain of
daisies and buttercups. Across the
blue sky a line of swallows dipped.
"Look up. look up. Johnny! See the
prettv birds Hying through the air,"
said his hostess.
Jimmy looked up quickly. "Poor lit
tle fellers!" ho exclaimed, pityingly.
"They Hin't got no cases, have they?"
Kllril I nt niol ioiix.
"Why didn't you put this watermel
on in the ie box. as 1 told you?"
asked the mistress of the maid. Then,
says the Cleveland Plain lealer. Mag
gie, the maid, grew Indignant.
"I did. inuni."
"Hut it isn't cold."
"No. muni. How could It be? I
had to take the Ice out to get it In."
If the woman w ho throws .1 shawl j
over her head to run Into a neighbor's
had time to pass a looking glass, her
reason for going would bo seared out
of her head and she would remaiu at
borne.
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If more than ordinary skill in playing brings the honors of the
game to the winning player, so exceptional merit in a remedy
ensures the commendation of the well informed, and as a reason
able amount of outdoor life and recreation is conducive to the
health and strength, so does a perfect laxative tend to one's
improvement In cases of constipation, biliousness, headaches,
etc. It is all-important, however, in selecting a laxative, to
choose one ot known quality and excellence, like the ever pleas
ant Syrup cf Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., a laxative which sweetens and cleanses the system effect
ually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after
effects, as it acts naturally and gently on the internal organs,
simply assisting nature when nature needs assistance, without
griping, irritating, or debilitating the internal organs in any way,
as it contains nothing of an objectionable or injurious nature.
As the plants w hich are combined with the figs in the manu
facture cf Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most
beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their
general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth con
sidering in making purchases.
It is because cf the fact that SYRUP OF FIGS
is a remedy of known quality and excellence, and approved by
physicians that has led to its use by so many millions of well
informed people, who would not use any remedy cf uncertain
quality or inferior .reputation. Every family should have a
bottle cf the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a
laxative remedy is required. Please to remember that the
genuine Syrup cf FiS is for sale in bottles of one size
only, fry all reputable druggists and that full name of the
company California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed cn
tne iront cr every package. Kegular price, 50c per rottle.
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Color more roods brighlrr and faster color than any other site. One 10c
tuarantrrd to give perfect rrvulta. Ah dralrr, or e will snd pot pjid .
Mcadi and sals colors. MONROt DRLli CO, (Jniooville. Missouri.
pstltace colon silk,
it 10c package.
wool and cotton equally wrtl and Is
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