Scrofula
Makes Its presence known
by many signs, glandular
tumors, lunches in the neck,
cutaneous eruptions, in
flamed eyelids, sore cars,
catarrh and wasting diseases.
Hood'sSarsaparilla
Effects permanent tyres.
An Author renaloned.
Two llrltlsu authors are at present
la the public eyrs oa account of pen
iona they are rc-relving.' Josph Con
rad Lai $l,fiOO from lha Itiltlali So
ciety o( Authors, which generosity la
tiplainod by the fact that the au
thor, whose writings ara among those
la greatest demand by the publishers
today, yet seems to have dlnVulty In
providing for bis dully want, snya
the New York (Holic. The Iniiiu'dlaU
reaaon for the pcnalon, moreover, was
tli accidental burning of a ninnu
script, which catastrophe o deprcwd
Mr. Count (I thnt lila friends thought
It wlae to 'relieve Mm from the ne
ceaslty of anything no humdrum and
aordld aa looking out for hi trend and
butter.
The case of Conrad rnn hardly fnll
to recall thnt of t'nrlyle, who, when
Mill brought the disastrous new of
the destruction of a complete hook of
the "devolution." s out the evening In
attempting to dicer the culprit uud
then act about tho rrwi Itlin.
01 Wide Interest.
r.reed, Wis., July 18 Special
Charles Y. Peterson, Justice of tlm
1'esce (or Oconto Co., litis delivered a
Judgment that is of interest to the
whole V lilted States. J'ut luielly, tliiU
Judgment is, "1'odd's Kidney 1'iIIh ate
the beat Kidney medicine on the
market today."
And Mr. Peterson gives his reason
for this Judgment. He aaya: "Ijint
winter I had an aching pain In my
back which troubled me veiy much.
Ia the morning I could hardly straight
en my hack. I did not know what it
was but an advertisement led me to try
Dodd'e Kidney I'illa. After taking one
box I ran only say they have done moro
for me t linn expected as I let-1 us well
now at ever 1 did before."
Pain in the back is one of the first
symptoms of Kidney diaeupe. If not
cured by Dodd'e Kidney Pills it mny
develop Into l'right'a I'li-eiise, Dia
betes, Rheumatism or some, of the
other deadly forma of Kidney Disease.
Thinks fcoap Injurious.
An English writer assert thnt the
English people have greatly deterior
ated physically because of the too fre
quent use of son p. The English be
aaya, are too clean. The Creator gavs
us a natural oil to protect the skin and
make It supple, and we pnas our time
removing this oil with soap. In con
eequence, we are more vulnerable to
colds, to rbeumntlsm, and to all sorts
of disease. Bonn open the porea of
Jh akin, and disease enter with vase.
Her 1'rlvate Opinion,
"No, uia'aiu," said the hobo who was
figuring on a handout, "1 ain't no
reg'lnr tramp. 1 wux a sailor free
year ergo, but me ship got wreckt au'
I wus wushed ashore."
"And It' a safe bet,' retorted the
unsympathetic female, "that you ain't
been washed since."
The case of Miss Frankie
Orscr, of Boston, Mass., is in
teresting to all women.
"Dear Mrs. PiNsnAu: I suffered
misery for several years. My back ached
and I nad bearing-down pains, and fro-
?uent headaches. I would often walco
rom a restful alcen in such pain and
misery that it would be hours before
I could close my eyes again. I dreaded
the long nights and weary days. I
could do no work. I consulted differ
ent physicians hoping to got relief,
but, finding that their medicines did
not euro mo, I tried Lydia E. Plnk
ham's Vegetable Compound, as
It waa highly recommended to me. I am
glad that I did so, for I soon found
that it was tho medicine for my case.
Very aoon I waa rid of every ache and
fain and restored to perfect health,
feel splendid, have a fine appetite,
and have gained in weight a lot."
Miss Fiunkib Obseb, 14 Warrenton
6t., Boston, Mass. fSOOO forfait If original
f about Ittttr proving ginuintntst cannot bi pro
auctd. Surely you cannot wish to re
main weak, sick and discouraged,
and exhausted with each day's
work. Some derangement of the
feminine organs is responsible
tor this exhaustion, following
any kind of work or effort.
Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegetable
Compound will help you just aa
It lias thousands of tier women.
UHtS WHIR! ALL ELSE FAIU,
iouko oyrup, Taauia uoou,
urn, mini ry aruwriMt.
Ui Out c
u en
1.3 in
MOST THRIFTY OF NATIONS
UaiUd BtaUe Goveraansot KspenMS)
walla! far Capita.
The expenditures of the United
Btatea government ara much less In
proportion to population than those of
many other of the leading natlona of
the world. TLls fact Is shown by a
statement just published by the De
partment of Commerce and Labor,
through Its bureau of statistics, show
ing the population, revenues, expendi
ture and Indebtedness of the princi
pal countries of the world. It shows
that while the expenditure of the
United Btatea, with 80.000,000 people.
la fWO.OUO.Uoo, that of the United
Kingdom, with Ita 42.ooo.UM) people,
la $yj8,0O0.O0o; that of France, with
BO.000,000 people, la $013.000,000; that
of Germany, with 68,000.000 people,
:&3.O00,0UO; while In practically every
country, aside froon China and India,
with th4r enormous population, the
per capita of government expenditures
la greater than In the United States.
Even In the case of Russia, with Ita
population of 14 l.Ooo.OOO, the per cap
ita of government expenditures I
about the same a that of the United
Btatea. While it la true that a larger
proportion of public expendlturea Is
borne by atntc and local governments
In the United States than In many of
the more centralized governments of
Europe, these figures of the relative
national expenditures of the various
government are at least Interesting at
the present time.
Tho tnble puts tho population of the
United States at K0.37"J.itX), tho gov
ernment expenditure In 1003 at $040,.
IftiMioo and the per capita expenditure
J7.U7. Tho per capita government ex
penditure of Canada Is given at f'J.IJO,
the (Jernrnn Empire ?'.M3. Italy $10.07,
Austria-Hungary $11.27, Hclglum
$17.40, Franco $17.01. the United
Kingdom ?21.:t!) and Australia $37.09.
Uuatda's annual expenditure I put,
for the latest available yenr. at $1.11,
005.000, n against $(111,883,000 In the
United Stntca; but tho fact that Itus
slu'a population 'is given aa 141,000,000
brings the per capita expenditure to
about tho figure shown by the United
States.
Tilt PRIDE Or THE ZOO.
A dainty llttlo girl In pale blue
frock, her golden hair prettily tossed
by tho wind, sealed on the broad buck
of a rhinoceros Is the most Inttrestliiff
picture to greet the eyes of tho visitor
who Is spending on afternoon at the
Hcrlhi zoo. Llttlo Vellchen, or Violet.
tho diminutive liuly who has succeeded
In taming one of the most Intractable
of beasts, Is the daughter of Keeper
Schwartzen. of the animal house at
the coo, and although she can count
5rS
afl?i
VIOLET BCIIWART7.K AMD STRANGE PET.
but seven summors, her fame has goue
far abroad.
For every one else In the world, not
excluding, his keeper, the huge thick
skinned animal Is one of the ugliest
and crosstnt members of the zoo fam
ily. But the moment little Vellchen
appears on the scene the great monster
becomes aa mild and docile as a lamb
and tries by the moat absurd amblings
and twisting of bis ungainly body to
expires the pleasure that her dainty
presence affords him. But the hap
piest hour of the big beast's day comes
when his fragile little mistress ia lift
ed to his huge back for their after
noon amble through the park, lie Is
quite a picture of contentment, and
not even the ugly tusk that adorns his
upper Hp is able entirely to destroy his
aJr of satisfaction.
A SPREADING FASHION.
f
&v
mm
If hats and veils get much bigger,
what about tho man in the middle?
Punch.
Opinion Baaed oa Exporienoe.
Fathei? Daughter, Algernon Von
Spook wants to marry you.
DaughterWhat, that man? "Why,
papa, I wouldn't have him. lie hasn't
any sense.
Father Of course not, of course not.
You don't suppose he would be want
ing to get married If he had, do you?
Detroit Free Press.
Genuine Lack.
"Did you. ever play poker?"
"Onco, and I was very lucky."
"Won a good deal of money, eh?"
, "No,, I lost, and It cured me of
ever playing any more." Philadelphia
Press.
During the courtship It Is a case of
suspense with the girl and a case of
expense with th youth,
Ayers
Losing your hair? Coming
out by the combful? And
doing nothing? No sense In
that! Why don't you use
Ayer's Hilr Vigor tnd
Hair Vigor
promptly stop the falling?
Your hair will begin to grow,
too, tnd all dandruff will dis
appear. Could you reason
ably expect anything better?
Af.r'. If air TIor t. S areal tnm c'lh
in. Mr hair f.lllnl out ff baair, Init
tlx Hlr Vigor HomA It and itr my li.lr to
II fight."- W. V. LootuoM, Uudtaj, Cat.
$ 1 aa a bottia.
All rimririxs.
t. n. Avsneo..
I..wll. M...
for
Thin Hair
Ituasla's Awakening;.
In 'IMinnIa It is the government only
thnt sleeps. The people are uwake
ii nd astir, anys the author of "Greater
KiiMKla." They are making new du
mands and filling a new freedom
which Is apparent every day In the
absence of the former rigid repres
sion, and In the frequent Indulgence In
license that Is mUealled liberty.
One will sometimes see on the pal
ace tiiay at St. rctersburg a line of
people wultlng for the steamer to take
them to the Island. Along comes
Mime high olllclal who, Instead of
awultlng his turn, drives to the head
of the lino and crowds In ahead of
the others. Formerly such an occur
rence would have been received in
silence as a matt'jf of course, but now
the people hiss and denounce the 0(11
clul, und police do not Interfere.
If a street car Is delayed for a con
nection at some transfer station, the
pusKcngcra often become riotous and
demand inelr fare back, or begin to
pound on the floor and even bicali
windows until the police make the
driver go ahead without waiting for
the other car; und be Is not allowed
to slop agulu until he reaches bit
destination.
If an olllcer remonstrates with a
street car conductor for lack of cour
t'ny to a piisncugcr the crowd will at
once Interfere, ,nnd even the offended
passenger turns on him. Xhe ctlk-er
is told to give his orders to soldiers
who have to obey, not to free men
who do not, and not to Interfere be
tween men who are as good as he is.
These are trifling things In them
selves, says the traveler, but to one
who has long known Russia they are
startling signs of a new spirit of
freedom.
CITO P'ni"tiy curua. wontaorB.rroaraMS
MlO flir nrtdy'tuwofDr.Klln.'iOrtNrT
Heflorrr. Hfiid fur Free Irtftlbottt.tnd treat 1m
ltt.li.li. KUd. UU.-ltt.' An bU. rblUKMpbU, fa,
' Fifty Men and One Elephant,
Interesting tests were made re
cently In the Madison Square Garden,
New York, to determine the respective
pulling power of horses, men aud ele
phants. Two horses, weighing 1,000
pounds each, together pulled 3,700
pounds, or OoO pounds more than their
combined weight. One elephant, weigh
ing 12,000 pounds, pulled 8,750 pounds,
or 3,250 pounds less than his weight.
Fifty men, aggregating about 7,500
pounds In weight, pulled 8,750 pounds,
or Just as much as the single elephant
But, like the horses, they pulled more
than their own weight One hundred
men pulled 12,000 pounds.
Failed to Hear Her.
"It is said," remarked the moral
Izer, "that fortune knocks once at ev
cry man'a door?"
"I guess the old girl forgot to remove
her gloves when she knocked at mine,"
rejoined the demoralizer. -
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No. 30-1904.
WUEN writing; to advertleers pleas
uientlun tliia paper.
L, f W I O
i VM e
I I m
Reporter gen a tor Bilkln has abso
lutely nothing to say. Editor Well,
boll It down. W ara terribly crowded
to-night Puck.
Brown Is Smith the boss over at
Ma bouse? Jones Mrs. Smith aaya he
Isn't, but I take notice he picks out all
the i,ew wall paper. Cincinnati Trio
one. Mr. Tim Idlty Is your chauffeur a
safe mitn to rldo with? Mr. Knots
Slows Why, certainly! No policeman
baa succeeded in catching him yet
Town Topics.
Mrs. Chugwater Joalah. where la
there such a thing as a laundry trust?
Mr. Chugwater Where? What do
you suppose the Flatlron Building In
New York Is for?
"Arthur, dear, don't you think It's
rather extravagant of you to eat butter
1th that delicious Jam?" "No, love;
economical. Same piece of bread does
for both." Tit-HI Is.
Magistrate (sternly) Didn't I tell
)ou the last time you wore here I never
wanted you to come before me again?
PrlKoner Yes. sir, but I couldn't make
the policeman believe It New Yorker.
"Are you at all familiar with
Pluto?" asked Mrs. Oldcastle. "No,
that's one thing Joalah always Ll tmea
me for. He cays I never make r al
cloao friends with- anybody." I'Llla
delphla I-edger.
After a more severe reproof than
usual, little Bessie, who Is extraordin
arily sensitive, thought diligently for a
minute, and then said; "Mamma, isn't
there any wny a child can get a di
vorce from Its parents ?"'
"Some scientists," begin Mr. Gay,
slgnlneQutly, "consider kissing danger
ous. Do you?" "Well," replied Miss
Smart, "I think It would be for you.
My big brother Is within call." Ex
change. Fair Passenger I've paid my fare
once. Why do you ask for It again?
Conductor I beg pardon, lady, but
you look so murh prettier every time
I puss through that I thought you
were another pusnenger. Chicago
News.
Farmer Iloptond I dunno as them
city folks Is so lazy, after all. Farmer
Trefrog How's that, Iliram? Farmer
lloptoud One of the clerks at that
hotel where I put up wuz up ahead of
me every mornln', try to Leat him as
I would! Philadelphia Press.
"When young fellers begins a-court-In',"
ald Farmer Ilalcede, "they Jest
gits crazy, an' thet thar boy Jim o'
mine ain't no exception." "What'a Jim
bin a-doln'?" asked Farmer Soanreep.
"Hanged If he didn't go Inter town
jesterd'y an spend a hull sixpence fur
a teeth brush!"
"Yes," said the boarding-school
teacher, "I think that Is a model letter
for you to write your fiance. But of
course you will copy It, leaving out
those numerous spaces?" "Oh, dear,
no!" replied the girl. "Those are for
'dearest.' I have It on a rubber
stamp." Detroit Free Tress.
Mr. Phoxy I was going to nsk you
to try this little trick. Multiply the
years of your age by three,, subtract
twenty-one from, the total and what's
the answer? Miss Kute You should
be able to guess the 'answer at once.
Mr. Phoxy What Is It? Miss Kute
None of your business. Philadelphia
Press.
Tne honest man (to theater-door ten
der) I aee that jou have signs In the
lobby saying that tickets bought of
speculators will not be accepted. Now,
I want to Inform you that I bought
my ticket of a speculator. Door Ten
der (with a sickly amlle) Say, you re
formers give me a pain In the solar
plexus! G'wan In! Exchange.
"Edgar had been asked to write a
composition about the camel. This Is
what he evolved: "The camel has four
stomachs, and can go four weeks with
out feeding them, remembering the
week by counting the stomach he hap
pens to be using at the time; and so,
coming In out of the field once a
month, as regular as a clock, for his
breakfast, which Is mostly water."
They had been talking as they
walked. She had remarked paren
thetically: "Oh, It must be terrible to
a man to be rejected by- a woman."
"Indeed It must," was his response.
Then after a while, with sympathetic
dislngenuousness, she exclaimed: "I
don't think that I could ever have to
heart to do It" And there came a
silence between them as he thought It
over. Tlt-Blts.
In a small village in Yorkshire an
old laborer once went Into a neigh
bor's cottage. In the corner of the
little kitchen stood a grandfather
clock, on the dial of which was the
customary figure of an old man holding
a scythe, and above was the time-worn
Inscription, "Tempus fuglf ' Looking
wisely up at the clock, the old man
said to the owner: "Aye, tempus
fuglt! Same man as made ours, I seel"
Tlt-Blts.
General "Phil" Sheridan was at one
time asked at what little Incident did
he laugh the most. . "Well," he said,
"I do not know, but J. always lauqu
when I think of the Irishman and the
mule. I was riding down the fine one
dny, when I saw an Irishman mounted
on a mule which was kicking its logs
rather freely. The mule finally got Its
hoof caught in the stirrup, when, In
the excitement, the Irishman remark
ed: " 'Well, begorrah. if ye're goln' to
get on, 0111 get off 1'" New York
Tribune.
hronic Sores
Eating Ulcers tSTJS.
Nothing is a source of to much trocblo as an old tore or ulcer, par
ticularljr when located upon the lower extremities where the circulation)
it weak and tlujjish. A gangrenout eating ulcer upon the leg ia ft
frightful tight, and at the poison burrowt peeper and deeper into the
tissues beneath and the tore continues to tpread, one can almost see the
flesh melting away and feel the strength going out with the tick
ening discharge!. Great running soret and deep offensive ulcers often
develop from a simple boil, swollen gland, bruise or pimple, and aro
a threatening danger always, because while all tuch sores are not can
cerous, a great many are, and this should make you suspicious of all
chronic, slow-healing ulcers and sores, particularly if cancer runs ia
your family. Face sores are common and cause the greatest annoy
ance because they are to vnx-u.vr. Vs., May 88,103.
persistent and unsightly gome years ao while at work, I fall orer a. tracts
and detract SO much from aalavrly iajarad both of my aliln. Mybloo4
n' rrmn.l nrvirnr became poiaon(i aa a, reaolt, and th doctor told
one s personal appearance. mI woalt toaT running- bows for life. nd that
Middle aged and old peo- if thay elod up the raault would b fataj. Un
t1 nd tlioaa whose blood dar this duoouraartng report I laft off tbelr trat
pie ana tnose wuose Diooa ment Md rtrortl to the a of b. b. s. Ita effect
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mA ft,- rrma nA .mi. whua for the medicine to cure tip the aorea, and I
ed with the germt ana poi- ftm not de,d M tbe tor intimate I would be,
Son of malaria or Some pre- neither dt the eoree orer broken out ea;aJn,an4
, .1 L: r eome 13 year hare ele,pee4 elnoe what I bare d
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One Store Craah to Come.
"A traveling man stopped at a hotel
at Montlcelio. The proprlotor told him
be could not lodge him not a room In
the house," said a commercial traveler.
"The traveling man protested. He
must havo a room. Finally the proprie
tor told bim there was a room, a little
room separated by a thin partition
from a nervous man who bad lived In
the house for ten years.
" 'He Is so nervous,' said the land
lord, 'I don't dare put anyone In that
room. The least noise might give him
a nervous spell that would endanger
his life.'
" 'Oh, give me a room,' said the trav
eler. 'I'll be so quiet he'll not know
I'm there.'
"Well, the room was given the trav
eler. He slipped in noiselessly and
began to disrobe. He took off one
article of clothing after another as
quietly as a burglar. At last be came
to his shoes. He unlaced a shoe and
then, manlike, dropped it
"The shoe fell to the floor with fl
great noise. The offending traveler,
horrified at what he had done, waited
to hhar from tbe nervous man. Not
a sound. He took off the second shoe
and placed it noiselessly upon the floor.
Then in absolute silence he finished un
dressing and crawled between the
sheets.
"Half an hour went by. He had
dropped into a dose when there came
a tremendous knocking on the parti
tion. The traveler sat up in bed, trem
bling and dismayed. Wba wha
what's the matter? he asked. Then
came the voice of the nervous man:
"'Blame yon! Drop that other
shoe! " Indianapolis News.
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It was a well-dressed young man,
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that stood on the steps as the lady
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"Excuse me, madam," he said, as he
lifted his hat, "but could you direct
me to the Home for the Friendless?"
"Do you mean to say that you are
seeking it as a refuge?' she asked in
surprise. .
"I am, madam," he replied. "I ara
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Tbe Downtrodden.
"Remember," said tbe man with the
red face and angry eyes, "the worm
will turn."
"Well," answered the cold-blooded
citizen, "let him. About all the com
fort the average worm gets is a chance
to wriggle." Washington Star.
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One day as Tat halted at the top ol
the river bank, a man, famous for his
inquisitive mind, stopped and asked:
"How long have you hauled water
for the village, my good man?"
"Tin years, sor."
"Ah! How many loads do yon taka
In a dayr
"From tin to fifteen, sor."
"Ah, yes! Now, I have a problem
for yon. How much water, at this rate,
have you hauled in all, sir? '
The driver of the watering cart Jerk,
ed his thumb backward toward the
river and replied, "All the wather you
flon't see there now, sor."
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A Knock-Down Argument.
Skeptic You have given me many
messages from departed frieuds, but not
one of them has told me anything 1
didn't know.
Medium (with dignity) I would have
you understand, sir, that the spirits of
the dead have something better to do
than to come back to earth and teach
school ,
Mothers will find Mrs. winslows'a Soothing
Byrnp the best re medy to use for their children
during the teething period..
On the Other Hand. T3
"Of course," remarked the very
young man who knows it all, "a worn
an's 'no' always means 'yes.'"
"Perhaps it does," replied the man
with the scanty hair; "but I'm right
here to tell you that her 'yea' never
means 'no.' " Chicago News.
Public Schools tu Russia.
Social Service gives some late sta
tistics regarding public schools in Rus
sia. There are 84,544 public schools In
the Empire, of which number 40,131
ara under the Jurisdiction of the, Min
ister of Public Education. 42,588 under
the jurisdiction of the Holy Synod, and,
the remainder under other depart
ments. Of the pupils, 73,167 are adults,
3,291,694 boys and 1.203.902 glrla. The
teachers number 172.000. The main
tenance of these schools costs more
than $25,000,000. The average school
tax for city schools is $9.50 and for
village schools $5 per pupil. ..
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