Draggacl'Dotuti Fee ting In dm lulni. Nervousness, uiiirfrciililiig sleep, despon dency. It In Hum j-mi with doing something. 'I'll" k hiiify m wcrii nm Iciilly nillril III" reins In iir in they nrn holding the ti'lim mill driving ynu lulu serious trouble. Hood's Sarsapariiia All" wllli Ihn nnut direct, bciithYlnl effect (Hi Hi kLIncys, It contains Urn hett nnd artiest sntisuiiccsfor cormtliiK ami toning tllt'SIt organs. Nothing Doing. "I ilmi't think I'll wager villi you," Mill tho hsker, "you haven't the dough " "Hint mnv In," replied tint butcher, "lint I I'o'i't H' ton puttliiK up ny ttiiliDH." i;oton Oomtmirclal iliillutln, llrr Plrat yuery. "My tlrnr." enld Mr. Ciihlingn to liln wl(n, who o tliuigurmisly III, "Mm. Kli'kiliiov h iliiwiiktiilm mill wants to rco you." "Wlmt hns rli got on?" asked Ihn dying woman Nobly. Often the Cmt, "111 choosing n wlln, said thn sranty hulreil philosopher, "one hoiiltl never Judge hy appe-arnncus." "That's right." rejoined thn very yimtiii in mi. "Thn homllest girls usn IJy have thn moil niouny." The Will and h. Way. Orlnvml Hlatur Oh, Kiln", you don't know how It would pteasu mo II yon would only settlo ilown anil go to worn with ii will. , Wayward llrnther Nv.r mind, sit tiT Just wall till thn old man ahuflles oft this liiorUt coll and you'll ' muo to work with n will, l( Hint document doeui't tult ino, A Question. "What do you think ol tliu new lioarditrt" asked Mm. Harvein. "Oh, I den't know," replied alar h Aril. ' I think hn'a very polite. "Klther that or vary aarcaitlc. Did you hear hi in aak II I'd have thn cream?" I'lilladolphla I'iom. Thoughtful. Doctor I think you understand fully now thn directions (ur these medicines and thla la for your dyspla. Patient Why, 1 haven't dyspepsia, ilortor. Doctor Oh, I know; but you will have It when you have taken those other medicines. Tlt-Illts. The ritneii ot Thlngt. "If you were a woman," said the bachelor girl who was entertaining a caller, "IM ahow you my new frock, lint aa you're a man I'll ahow you the nllpora that go with It." Washington Times. loo iiKWAnn a I oo. Hie rea'lrri of llilt i-ar will be rlaktt te tearu lliat tlif i It at Iran ouo Art adtd illitiw iliai eitura tiki lcu atila to euro lo all lu atkirt. and tint Itcstsrrh. lUII'iCaUrrhCura Liliaunlr )tilT euro known to the meiliral Irairraltr. Catarrh rihraronitUuilonalills ra, r"ulrri a coiiklTlullunal trratairnt. HtU't t'aiarrh Pure It Uk n inlrrnallr, anlnc Olrrctly uixitt Hi IiIimhI and raucoui aurfafra til tlia jairtn, tltrratir dtklrnjrlnt thn founda tlrrnslb lr butMliiff up Ilia ronitllaiiun aiul a.siktlng nature In (Tolnr Hi work. The pro prlaton hato 10 much faith In III curative tion 01 ma uiM-aip, anil siting in panrni tMiwrri. that the r uffr Ona Iliinrirad itollara lor nr raia that it (alia to cure. Hand lor lilt it lettlnioulala. Addrtii r. J. fllKNICV A CO., Toltdo, O. Hold br ilrtlf cllti. 7A0, llall'i rarallir I'llll aia tha bail- potllra ol Long Ago. Illlilia No man kiowi hlmaelf. (illibt-Tlmt'a true. I have Juat been roading over eomn lottern I wiote to my wife beforo wo wore married. I'M adelphla ledger. In a Quiver of Ragt. Klrit Actreaa I wai entirely beilde myroU with rage. Second Actreaa on certainly were. Why, you quivered even In the places you were upholatered.-l.it. Mlsplscc'd Affection. Hhe kissed him and caressed him, Hut 'twas not what ho dealred; He only looked at her and growled For ahe made tho poor nug tired. Human Nature. Home people practlre what they preach, Hut It's it load-pipe cinch They preach to others by tho yard And practlre by tho Inch. Then and Now, "When I was courting my wife," ! said the sad-fated mnn, "tie were two souls with but u alnglo thought." "How about you at tho present writ ing?" aikcd the Inquisitive youth. "We still have but single thought," replied tho proprietor ol the sad visage. "We both think we made fools of ourselves." The Unexpected Happens. "Why that look of surprise?" askej lllowell, who had Just finished relating a remarkable story. "Don't you be lieve It?" "Yea; Hint's the peculiar part uf It," replied hla friend Naggsby. "I hap pen to know that It la true," Hair Splits "I have used Avar's HalrVlror for thirty years, It Is elegant for a nair aresung ana for keeping the hair from splitting at the ends." J, A. Gruenenfelder, Grintfork, III, Hair-splitting splits friendships. If the hair splitting is done on vour own head, it loses friends for you, for evcrv hair of your head is a friend. Aycr s Hair V cor In advance will prevent the splitting. If tho splitting has begun, it will stop it. ii.vt a imiii. All annuls, If vour drurclit cannot siinnl vnn. Stud us on dullar snil ws win eiprsss you a bottle, lla sura and i-lte tha nam of your nisrsteiriomrs, jkdilren, . J.O.AVkucO.,Lowell,JIu.' iRslffventionl i It hna hoi-it noletl that vcaaHa may flont down ttri'iiin fuatrr tlmn thn wit lor. 'J'liu cxpliiuatlon la that both I he wnlcr mid tliu Hunting object nro lxlng pulled down 111" hill by Krnvliy, but tlio water te much mors rvtnrdod by friction. Pointing out the need of protecting rgrirta, or white herona, an Kngllili nut urn Hat call Attention to tbo wail bllltlra of egret farming. Thla haa been aticceaafully ratnbllaliMl at Tiinln, and tin egret pltimra arc worth moro III ii n their weight In gold, thu prollta from rutllug Hid rcnthem from tli Irfribt ail i ot i Id Ik Inrge. Meteorology owe lla origin to Italy, which, na Dr. II. 0. llollon noli, pro. diircd etcry ono of Hie fiinilnmenlal Inalriimeuta now lined In wenther ob- ai'rviitlona. Tim bygrnmeltT wna In velitid nbout 1 150, by Mrolna do Oiiaiti niii'inomrter. lfi7H. by KgllHtla Dnulp; Ihermometrr. 1MIB, by (lallleo rnlngnugi. I (BO, by Cnrtelll; barometer, KH.1. by Torrlcelll. The new prat wood of Joaaph Hem. mrrllng of Drrailon Ukea a Iilgh pollah, mid la thirty-three to fifty par cent cheaper than onlr. It la eapeclally rr-C' otniaended for pnnela, parquet flooring nnd cetllnga. Tho material la produced by adding to tho wet peat eome bind ing material up to five per cent of Ita total weight, then forming Into cylin der under high preaaure, and finally drying at a high temperature for four or flro daya. An effort to determine from geyaera the upper temperature limit of llfo haa led l'rof. V. A. Hrtchell to con clude that no nnlmitle eilit In atrlctly thermal water, or thnne heated nlwve I3 degreea or -IR degree 0. (100 de gree or 113 degreea K.I. A fllamen toua plant, one of the bacteria, wni found at RO dogrre C, and a few oth er atmple forma were found at 77 de greea and below. How the proloplaam of theas orgnnlama la mnda to realat the coagulation that neually deatroya life at a Utile above 40 irgrtt U. la not clear. ny raeana of rroaa-brredlng Mr. I.uther Ilurbnnk of Santa Itoaa, Call fonile. hae developed a variety of blnckberrlea which nra perfectly white, aa bright aa enow In the aunahlne, and ao tranaparent that the aeeda ran bn aera Inalde the ripe fruit. Tho aeeda nre aald to be uuuaiially uniall, and the berrlea are ae awert and meltlngty tender aa the ducat of the black varle tlra. The familiar I.nwtnn berry la described a the grrnt-grand-parent of the new while variety, to which lini been given the nunc of "Iceberg." Tim while berrle are aa large aa the I.nwtona. There hn been aome talk In Eng land lately of mlenrorlng to aliortrn the voyage arroa I'.is Atlantic by de veloping the harbor of Calway, on the went eonM of Ireland, nnd connect ing It by a wife Blrnmcra with St. John'a In Newfoundland. The dlitancc from Calwny to Bt. John'a la l.Slfl mllea; Hint from Liverpool to New York la rUM mllea, and from Kouthnmpton a.tTO mllea, It Is nksumed that transit between New York and St. Johns, nearly nil by land, could be performed ' so rnpldly Hint the time from Uitidon 1 to . iorg would ne cut down a whole dny below the present fastest records. Many naturalists believe that ani mals Haeta seines unknown to hu man beings, something not Included In our fivefold range of seeing, bearing, feeling, tasijng and smelling. Inaecta especially give evidence of possessing powers of perception peculiar to them aelvea. The wasp ricmhex. anya .1. Carter Heard, mnkea her neat In sand banks that are aomeflmea acres In ex ,,,,, a. i...i ., ,. .. " Icarefullr that It distinguishable from the surroundlug smface, nnd yet on her return she flies direct to It without hesitation. Another waap, as If poMraacd of n klud of X-ray sense. unerringly locate tho hidden eggs of tho mnron-bee under n thick Inyer of sunbaked elny. nnd deposits her own eggs In the snme cells. NEWSUOY PICKPOCKETS ; Two l.lttle Kiporlrnce. rrltli Thieves, Willi nn Interviil or Thirty Year. "One of my earliest experleuces In 'his city," enld a New Yorker of now thlrty-ouil years' standing, "was with n newsboy who tried to pick my pocket; and among my latest expe rience has been one precisely slnil lar; this last experience showing, I suppose, that I am getting old and so have come to be regarded aa an ensy mnrk again, aa I must have been considered when I waa young and new In tho town. "The methode employed by the two boya, working thirty yeara apart, were Identically tbo snme. the hoy In each enso attempting the comparatively ensy pocket-picking task ot uxtractlng money from the outside change pocket of an overcoat. "To do this the boy carries his news papers, to the casual eye, held out In front of him quite In tho ordlnniy wny; but ho actually holds them with the left hand ouly, carrying tho right hand under tho papers .out of sight nnd apparently helping to support them, but wholly free. "Offering his papers to a customer thus the newsboy plckpockot advance them closer nnd closer to the custo mer, with an appearance almply of hn. portunlng him to buy, until h0 gota the pnpers close to the man's coat nnd ovr tho change pocket, Onder the papers thus advanced ho puis forth quick, out of sight, his .'Isht hnnd, with which to rlllo tho pocket, If you leave It unprotected, though ho may lose a chance by bungling him self, nnd so glvo you n chance. "This last boy thnt tried mo waa n novlco nnd n bungler, who did just thnt; aud I felt tho pressure of his lingers on tho cont plainly beforo hu got Into tho pocket at all; and I turn ed on him, but not angrily, nor even threateningly, but with a sort of re proachful nnd regretful exclamation. Resides being chagrined for myself nt being picked out as ensy It really seemed a pity that this youngster ahould dollburntely act out, aa ho coined to hnvo done, on the wrong rnnd; to follow n wny Hint, In the na ture of thlnga, could lend to one end only :nnd I am euro thut tho !oy know how I felt. "I don't mean that ho figured It nil out u cinctly na I hnvo trlod to tell It to you. but he corlnlnly did know In it general aort of a way. He "tun ed hack Willi a ehained face, and at tho anuie time with a Beared aort of look, at though ho thought I might get after him, after all; but when ho rralltvd Hint I waa Juat aoft-henrled and norry, and waan't going to do anything about It, why, though I atood and gazed at him for a moment, lie, after Ida rlrat momentary look of ahamefacedneia and nlnrm, Ignored mo completely, and almply went on offer ing hla pnpom to tho pnaaera-by na though I hnd never eilated. "IIo had had a good ahnklng up, from hla failure with me and my dis covery of him, and whnt with hla wonder nfter Hint about how It wan going to come out; but ho waa rn tiled for a moment only. Ho wna a novlco but he wna coming on. "Tho mornl of nil thla la that. whlln the great bulk of the nnwaboya nr. Independent, self-reliant, cnpab.o ..tie caps, who .ro .trlctly on the level, thero are among them, moro'a the pity, aome who will pick a pocket If they get a chance: and when you meet a boy who Insists upon worklag hla naners nn Mm. .nin.i ,n viurPr,.;Peh'0 L""' ,yU,,." your outalde change pocket, why of bint you want to fight any." New York Sun. MORAL REFORM DY KNIFE. Itnrararr Cradlted with Ifavlna; Cored lelonanaa In Unman Itelnaa London la Juat now very much i In- terealed lu two aurglcnl cnaoa gl reaulta In changing the nature of the aiibjecta which promise to render vol II ii III ii iisslstaneo In pointing tho wny to tho reformation of crlinliiels. One of these patients wn a boy of good family who had developed brulnl In stlncls which seemed to be beyond control. He gnvo his time to the In vention of malli'lou mischief, delight ed In killing or wounding, was the terror of the neighborhood In which he lived and promised to grow up n desperado and criminal. A clever aur genu took lilm In bnud, examined til hed with care, loented what be con sidered the mit of trouble, removed a luirtlon of the skull and thus relieved the deforming prcsiure. The change waa Immediate. The lad forgot hla previous taatea nnd hnlilta and wan restored to his pa rents a normnl and lovable liy. the complete nntltbesla of his former self. The other wna n soldier who wna In jured In n sklrmKh nml nfter hla din choree tor dlaablllty became n thief and burglar. Ills prevl iiih chnrneter had been uncceptlon.ihlc. bis mllltnry record wan the bent nnd the elmnze wna nntumlly attributed to the- Injc.ry to hla head unused by n blow from the butt of n musket. When he wns taken In hnnd by the surgeon be hnd nliont come to the end of n career of crime. being pnrnlyreil on one side nnd itn nble to get nbout except on crutehe. A depression In the skull sufficient to bring nn nhnormnl local prei-aurr upon the brain was found nnd nn opcr- "Hon wns derided upon, which re'tored bis phyalcal powers na well na hla men ,b1 nl"' mornl families. His dlschnrst secured nnd he hns aluee lived tin Industrious and lnnest life, with no evidence of n deposition to go vn.ng. New York Times. CLEARED OF SWARM OF RATS Hmoked Oat liy HiilplTur, They Take to ttie Water and tlrnwn. When the United Ktntes mllltnry trnnaport .Sherman arrived nt Manila recently sho wns, ns la the case of most other ships that arrive from or touch Hong-Kong uu the way to .Ma nila, detained for Inspection to sec If she bad any rata on board. When the big transport dropped anchor In Jln nlla bay, therefore, the official rnt In spector went on boord to see what wns doing In the wny of rodents. If tho -Manila-American Is to be believed In less than fifteen minutes he hur riedly left the ship nnd going nshore reported thnt there wns on bonrd the Hheriunn. neeordlng to the patent rnt eiiuiniriitor In use it t -Mnnl.a. no fewer Hum U.VMXX) rnts. The Hheriunn wns Immediately or dered to the on.iriiiitlne station t Ma rlvehs. ns no ship on which the ills onse-currylng rodents nre found It nl lowed to dock nt Mniillu until they are exterinlnnted. Accordingly the Sher- mnn steamed buck to Mnrlveles. When fche arrived there her hatches hnd been opened nnd enough Riilphur cnrrlcd below to kill millions of rats, As soon ns the anchor wns dropped (he suipimr fire were stnrted lu the hold and In a few minutes the work of the fumes beenme nppnrent. Out of the hatches there poured such n strenm of rnts ns was never before seen In the Orient. First by tho liuti tlreds nnd then by the thousands, they appeared nt the hatches nnd then leap ed Into the water. Kvery 0110 trlul to swim ashore, but the distance wns fur too great for nny rat to swim and soon the gront black line of puddling rodents begnn.tn thin out.' Some if them renched n point nbout r00 yards off tbo ship, but none cot nny farther, After the fumes hnd been working ror nliout an hour the rats stopped'np pearlng. An Inspection of the ship wns mnde nnd not a rat discovered, The Phermnn then re-entered Manila and discharged her cargo. New VorU Times. A HmiikIiik Itailrond. A hanging overhead electric rail road for London, slmllnr to that lu nso In Klberfeld, (lenunny. Is pro jected by 11 group of Herman, Ameri can nnd English tlnnuclcrs. A parlia mentary concession will bo nsked to swing the slnglo track required over the Ihnmes from Its south end for eight miles. An Opinion. 'Do you think that betting Is wrong?" "It depends on clrcumslnnces." an- sworcd tho town oracle. "If you can't afford to lose. It's wrong: If you cnu. It's merely silly." Washington Star. We would like to know n man who ran make things go right, AlrS. F. Wright, Of OclWCin, Iowa, is another one of the :n: ' ,i, i i million women who have been restored to llCaltll by Lydia E. Pinkiiam'S VegCl,blc Compound, . ,.,.... ot a Wonderful Cure- ' My trouble was with the ovarlea ; lZm, Latl .0tr.r. "r .J"Z too fast for my atrenrtii. I ntmored dreadfully from Inflammation and doctored continually, but got no help. I auffered from terrible drngglnir sen- ! r'srd.sIfnC,". d the most agonizing headache,: , No one knowa what I endured. Often I was elck to the atomch. aud every little while I would bo too alclt to go Jo work, for three or four daya; I work ft large atore, and I aunpose stand- I HV!WJ.7.'!i. suKge.vion ol ineno or once t coaId Dot thInV so I kept W. itZnfefi tt'"o -newr. then another Hut pound, and H la almply wonderful, we' PU'blug through thla tall, tough I felt better afUr the flrat two or three raaa la very tiring work, even If you dotes; It acerned a though n, wnlght are on aloplng ground sed can Judge waa taken off my ebouldenis I con- , where you will come out; and when tlnucd Ita use until now I can truth- it i. t.t .n ih kn la tAken '"'I? 1 "m ""rely cured. Young EittVlfc ougni lo taue your medicine. 11 costs ao much less, and It is sure to euro them. Yours truly, Adii.aidk rniitL, 174 St Ann's Ave., New York City." tiooorf,Hlferitiitr'itittUf in'FS The pwlmHklrt Happnmr nd Fuus- lbuilo rriit,bmt. m iiuiion.. iiucki. ii. kcimi sic fur .4im.it art u .c-m.. i.A i to swnii. K caubrMcs Woes. r(Jl.I.r7ITK (.XI., lloum !, VI Fattens QUICK! Cattle and Ilojjri for market. Shorten fattening' period one-fourth, Bare Feed. FATTEST CATTLE. "I fd frvMUa KWark rood Ui lur nd trt rr th rituat tttum 1 Ttr na lorinaMm im oiuim.-'- icomlder Prttttlan Stock Hood well worth tli cot 1 would not b with out It.-G W AKKir. I'arker. 8. U. free: U lb dealer i.hM un. i PI. r. below wwl IKH-B IIOOK 1'OltTL.ANU NKKIr Oil,. -QrtUad. Or., Cmil Agftnli. - I till J"i ir-f Alcohol, piunu Wtn- for Illustrated Circulars Tobacco using Af ffcxiLAHaChi. Tticphone KainJS- ..!?2,.'?7.,Jl.fJ,,,,,J!?"'l,Tw,;,, edlcioo we have over had In theVcW lS. week mv wife was rranllo with headache foe nil tber rellreol tba palo In her bead almoti ImmtdtavUly, W both recommtod Cucimi" CaA. hTXDirouu. ritUburr Safe t Deposit Ca, Puuburc. Pft. riMiint. niatiol. I-oient. Tatte Good, n Qood Nofer Klckeu Wcikeo (ir(irl 10c. iiclfiOo. CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Il.rll.f Krmiif l.w..f ( kW.f., NMlrf .1. S.. .rk. 111 NO-TO-BAO m?o"lTrooicbiVi,aVil-1 USE- IHOPALNB- YOUR HOMES chaws, mates. Z45MAOS&CQlO?S WSST QSfAWfJQ rtfOAf DEAL Ef?. P. N. U. No Jl lOJ. T1T1IKN writing- to advertisers please I ft luennii lnu tlU paper. p JJ'i irY' """1THiflgM S J CATHARTIC raADi uash RienTtaso a s t LOST IN lilt CRASS. , There la surely no country half a world away In which the Occldcntnl traveler expect bo much delight nnd to little adventuro a In Jnpnn. Vot Krncat Koxwell lint recently related a tale of terrible adven ture experienced In Jnpnn y nn Kiigllabwouiau but n few dnyt after ber arrival. Hlio waa atnylng at a little country village among tho hllla, I ml had gone out In tho morning to gather flowers. Tha path ran acroaa tlm nnlnnrta. whern thprn Is a wild ml lonely stretch of country extend- inK for eT1"ral mllM; an1 l.he b"" of eoine wild flower growing In the Ul, M her lMT0 tll0 trnll imthlnklngly, and press farther and farther into Ui waving tangle. Kl. wan I short woman, nnd It reached ,7 , foot Ullcr." -he i t(.)ng lt.r 8tory, "I ahould hvo laughed nnd been out In n mln- . ..... . v. . ... ut0 or two; but 1110,0 few lnchM bUr' Iw' "le nllve. i "Almost Instantly I felt sick, as you "!!.. W!? of T1 the gra. all ""'" 'o path, yet with the grns ail round bovo m hcad tboro 7, "? , knowing whnt would happen. I might ,be going right away at that very momont, and the possibilities came like .Hock. I bolleve I lost my bead at t of from ,hc feeling thst eTery tP 1 Probably burying you deeper. " "c"'' "'"-" I It was not until sunset, after a whole day In the blazing sun, without fooj or wter. conatantly wandering. Iconatantly puahlng and tearing iU atema so atlff and aerrated thnt tbey Irtnlnlrlv- mnla Ilia hltmla thllt stt H .. . . . walked suddenly out on to open ground u1 'ell fainting In a heap. When ,he recovered, atars were shining, and nd fell fainting in a neap. ane waa aione on an unknown mouii- talnalde. She alept from exhaustion, and the next day followed a winding mountain torrent over rocky land, ber shoes and then ber stockings worn from her feet, only to And, at sun down, that It had led her to a narrow gorge, without one Inch of foothold or shore. The stream dashed through In a torrent that hopelessly barred the way. Light-headed with terror, hunger and weariness, she crouched for a time lu despair. Then she suddenly waded In to the stream and stood until after dawn watot-deep In water, while a rain-storm pelted upon her from aboro. Whim or Instinct, she believed that by the cool rush nnd sting of the water her reason and strength were prc- lerved. The next day she retraced her weary way nlong the watercourse back to the heights; thence, fixing anew' the point to which she must direct her steps, she successfully made her way back to civilization. When nt length she reeled Into the hut of a kindly Japanese woman, she had been four days lost without food, nnd had walk ed until her feet were so torn and Inflamed It was thought she must have them amputated: but she fortunately regained her health uncrippled. Allalitrd Ton Soon. It had taken considerable persuasion to Induce the old lady to trust herself ln an automobile; bur finally she con sented because, says the Automobile Magazine, she was anxious to reach tbe bedside of ber sick grandchild In a village some twenty miles away. The owner of the big automobile, n a tA.,vln tl.m.i.l, T .n.- 1B1nn,1 had been very kind alxnit it. He chanced to be near the atatlon when the old lady found she bad missed her train, and when he overheard her lamentations he Insisted that she should accompany him. His route lay through that particular one of tbe half dozen Long Island villages named Ilntupton where the sick grandchild lay. They starte.1 t Inst nnd 1 everything . went well until. In attempting to pass a wagon which occuiiled most Of tile road, the flying automobile went unex pectedly Into the ditch, and rather vio lently deposited Its occupants In an adjoining field. ltecoverlng from the shock, although somewhat confused from the rather unusual method of nllghtlng, the old lady naked of tbe chagrined chauffeur: "la thla n-a-a Hampton?" "No, ma'am." he managed to gasp; "this Is an accident." "O dear!" said the old lady. "Then 1 1 hadn't oughter have got out here. had II" Had Iriist Traolc or (tie Case. The youug woman who, when asked If she had read Ilomeo and Juliet, re I -.. . .... n. i, .... .. i'-.. plied that she bad never read Juliet, lint ah thnnrrht llmmm u-na lnvi.lv but she thought itouno was lotly. ZlLl ,i.?m.Tr 2tr tr I village postmaster who kuew or piv- tended to know something of all the doings of the world, grent and small. Some wiigs'Jrom it neighboring town I who strolled Into the postotllce one day 1 thought they would hnvo some sport with the wise man. "I suppose It's pretty dead up here, Mr. Pratt." said one. j "Well, not so dead as you think I guess there ain't much goes 011 that I we don't hear about, even If It don't ' happen right here." "Why, you people don't know the war's over," sitld another, falling back on the stock iihrase. "Oh, you can't work that dodge on me," replied tliu postmaster, look In shrewdly over Ills spectacles. "I kuci-s I follered the negotiations with Kitch ener In the papers." "Hut there nro some things that aren't In tho papers," said another youth. "I don t believe you know 1 when Shakspearo died." I "Well, uo," said the postmaster, "I didn't know that ho was dend, but I heard last week hu wns pretty low." Consumption of Iron In (Jiirmany. In Germany the tinmitil consumption of Iron per capita Is 1(18 pounds nnd the production Just d. utile th.it amount. FOR TWENTY YEARS MAJOR MARS SUFFERED FROM CATARRH OF THE KIDNEYS rriTi i ,i ro .Tr i min w DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASES I'c-ru-na Creatine a National Sensation In the Cure of Chronic Aliments of the Kidneys. Major T. II. Mars, ol the first Wis consin cavalry regiment, writes from 142S Dunning street, Chicago, 111., the following letter: "For years I suffered with catarrh of the kldneyscontracted In the army. Medicine did not help me any until a comrade who had been helped by I'e runa advised me to try it. 1 bought some at once, and soon found blessed relief. I kept taking it four months, and am now well and strong; and feel better than I have done for the past twenty years, thanks to Perana." T. M. Atnrs. At the appearance o( the first symp tom of kidney tronble, Perana should ho taken. This remedy strikes at once the very roots of the disease. It at once relieves the catarrhal kidneya of the stagnant blood, preventing the ea cape of serum from the blood. I'ernna stimulates the kidneys to excrete, from the blood the accumulating jiolton, and thus prevents the convulsions which are sure to follow II tbe poisons are allowed Enviable. "Yes." said the nervous man, "I have a habit of talking in my sleep." And tbe eminent cltixen who Is ex pected to respond to an ovation In ev ery town that the train goes through murmured: "What a valuable accomplishment." To Break In New Shoes. Alwsri that In Alltn'i Foot-Ea. a nowdtr. Itcurei hot. swestlnr. achinr. iwollen feet. Curei corns, lnsrolng nails and tmnloui. At altdmcxfits and inoa itorei,35c. Don't accept iiTtub.mule. Kara pie rustled FREE. Addreu Alien S. Ofimted, Le Uor. N- V. Sign Wasn't Right. He I wonder why Miss Elderly never married? She Oh, X suppose abe was bom in the wrong time ot the moon. He The wrong time of tbe moon? blie Yes, there wasn't any man in it. FITS p"m""tl7 Cured. ofltiornerTooineM r,!J.?ftfli,td u'S.r',,f;,,'r!:V-V'rre HeMorer. Mend for I-reM3trUlbo(tlendlrralle. Dr.IL. H. Kline. LW..M1 Arch fct. PhlIJ.lr,hl- Pm. ' ' - Frogs Are Not Fishes. The French court of cassation, the highest tribunal in France, solemnly decided that frogs are not fisher. The case concerned fishing privileges in cer tain streams aud went through three courts before the question waa finally decided. The Innocent s The Gui The world to-day is full of innocent sufferers from that most loathsome disease, Contagious Blood Poison. People know in a general way that it is a bad disease, but if all its horrors could be brought before them they would shun it as they do the Leprosy. Not only the person who contracts it C.I T.rc l.,.f til,, nnrful fittif lr.nemiHHt t. .t.il.1... I .1. 1 Qnd eptionSl weak eye3 CatarThi anJ other eviden'ccs of po!sonca btood sW tbeso little, Innorinti nre sff,r,Vr, .i. ,ri Ze....Zl Z, t .T body's sin. So highly contagious is this form of blood poison that one may be contaminated by handling the clotlnnr; or other articles in use by a person afflicted with this miserable disease. There is danger even in drink, ing from the same vessel or eating out of the same tableware, as many pure and innocent men and women have found to their sorrow. The virus of Contagious Blood Poison is so witLTh BLOOD POISON IS NO first little sore appears the whole " " sea i:l:t; respecter of persons tainted with the poison, and the , skin is soon covered with a red rash, ulcers break ont in the mouth and throat, swellings appear in the groins, the hair and eyebrows fall out, and unless the ravap-es of the disease are rherlred at ttifa ornn-e wnr. violent and dangerous symptoms appear in the form of deen and offensive tores, copper colored splotches, terrible pains in bones and muscles, and general breaking down of the system. S. S. S. is a specific for Contagious Blood Poison and the only remedy u. .,..;. t; .1 . 1 - 1 : 1 1 r -u.iuu.wj i.a unt n aim iuktjiamwi illlu complete cure Oi th d s Mercury and Potash hold it in check so long as the system is under their ince; but when the medicine is left off ihe poison breaks out ani,, l.j r .,,. , t.,.m.. t, c. . , !.i. on Rheumatism and stomach troubles of the worst kind, and frequently pro duce bleeding and spongiuess of the gums and decay of the teeth. S. S. S. cures Blood Poison in all stages and even reaches down to hereditary taints can be taken without any injurious effects to health, and an experience of nearly fifty years proves beyond doubt that it cures Contagious Blood Poison completely and permanently. Write for our "Home Treatment Book," which describes fully the different stages and symptoms of the disease. THE SWIFT SPSCIftC CO., ATLANTA, OAm I JOi Promptly t Headaches .ri tfc'H',7.Xi'-!irtWrXvfjJ3fliJirf'J CURED to remain. Itgivesgre.it vigor to the heart's ac tion and dl gestive ays tern, both of which are apt to .'ail rapidly in this dis eaee. Perana cures catarrh of the kidneys simply because it cures catarrh wher ever located. If you do not derive prompt and sat isfactory results from the me of Pern, na, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giv ing a fall tmtatement ot your case and he will be pleased to give you hla vain able advice gratis. Address Or. Hartman, President of The Hartman banltarinm, Columbus, Ohio. Woman' Beat Friend. Patience Woman is woman's best friend, after all. Patrice I guess you're right. "Certainly I'm right. Kven when she la getting married doesn't a man give her away and the maid of honor stand up for her?" Yonaers States man. For bronchial troubles try Tiso's Cure for Consumption. It Is a good cough medicine. At drupgl.tj, price 25 cents. Contemporary. May told a joke to Klo one day, "Oh, myl that's old." said Flo. "Oh, is it. really, dear" taid May, "01 coarse, you ought to know." Philadelphia frets. Rcleraon Alncliino Co. SUCCESSOKS TO JOHN IDOLE Foot of Monitor) St., Portland, Oregon. Parious Ilawfcere. Aulo.natle. Keif Keetlinr. vonerei. Jluckeye Sawmill Machinery, En" Klnei aud Bollen. Bit and wlcsnejr i.anollne fnzlneii W'rlt til when In want at anvthlnp .r-ngl?'?-. WMO ln w" uyimng in iuacmuer7 line. PORTLAND ACADEMY SCHOOL hOK BOYS XKD GIRLS Fittiboih for I-utern collre. t'rimarjr ami (treunmar snulM liicludtl. AlmllfOf ttrU, with the appoint men li anU aupr Ulon or m t refit I bomr, l4XaUui In on of th idmi beutirul regions or the Faclflo t-Oavit. Cllmalv mild mi health fuL or catalogu addrrwi rORTLAND ACADEMY. FOKTLAND, OREGON. ana removes all traces ol the poison and saves the victim from the pitiable conse quences of this monster scourge. As long as a drop of the virus is left in the blood it is liable to break out, and there is danger of transmitting the disease to others. S. S. S. is guaranteed tiurel v vegetable and cures all