Mrs, Pinkham’s FHends A BRILLIANT JURIST. are every where« Every woman knows some woman friend who has been helped by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound* What does this friend say about it? Read the letters from women being published in this paper, if you are ailing, don’t try experi­ ments. Rely on the rella ble. Mrs. Pinkham’s great EDWARD .J. PH KI. PS. medicine has stood with­ bury College and for a time practiced out a peer for thirty law in bls native town, subsequently years. removing to Burlington. Under Presl dent be was second comptrol Puzzled women write to ler of Fillmore tl‘*> Treasury. In 1870 be was a Mrs. Pinkham for advice delegate to the Vermont Constitutional which she gives without Convention. In 1880 he was the unsuc­ charge. The advico is cessful candidate of the Democracy for Governor of Vermont, and the same confidential and accurate, year he was president of the American it has helped a miiiion wo­ Bar Association. In 1881 be became men. Mrs. Finkham’s professor of law in Yale University. From 1885 to 1881) he was minister to address Is Lynn, Mass. I Great Britain, and in 1890 was the can­ Snake Bite In India. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8AW FRANCXSCO. CAL LOVTSVTLL» XT NEW YORK, N T. For Mie by all Druggi*» — Ffk« 500 per bottle O regon B ipod RESTORER püRififR. Origin of Hurrah. NONE SUCH Consumers I Fully twenty thousand of the popu­ An Excellent Combination. lation of India are annually killed by The pleasant method and beneficial snake bites. The most deadly of -ill effects of the well known remedy, | Indian reptiles appears to be tlie cobra S trvp of F ios , manufactured by the ¡dl capello. which Is greatly dreaded by C alifornia F ig S yrvp C o ., illustrate the bare-legged Hindoos. With a view the value of obtaining the liquid laxa­ to reducing the mortality, the govern­ tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting ment tried the effect of offering a re- them in the form most refreshing to the 1 ward for snakes’ bends; but, Instend of taste and acceptable to the system. It 1 diminishing the number of these rep­ is the one perfect strengthening laxa­ tiles, It only Increased It, as it was dis­ tive, cleaDsing the system effectually, covered that the natives were breeding dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one the snakes In order to secure the re­ to overcome habitual constipation per­ ward. manently. Its perfect freedom from School lor Scandal Cloned. every objectionable quality and sub­ Bpringfield. Mo., women have organ­ stance. and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening ized a "don't speak evil” society, each or irritating them, make it the ideal ! member signing this agreement: ”1 do laxative. hereby solemnly pledge my word to In the process of manufacturing figs speak no evil of any woman, whether are used, as they are pleasant to the such report lx? true or not. Any viola- taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and j tion of this pledge, however, does not other aromatic plants, by a method release me from its subsequent obllga- known to the C alifornia F ig S yrup Hons, which are to continue for all Co. only. In order to get its beneficial (|n]e to come.” This Is Interpreted to effects and to avoid imitations, please ''mean: "If at first you don't succeed. remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. | lr>. a>»" u~ ' *«♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« If I desired to 1 put mvself in the mest ? likely place for the Lord to meet with me, 1 should prefer the house of prayer, for it is in preaching that the Word is most blessed; but still 1 think ! should Nothing hobble« the in úseles and until« for work likv equally desire the reading of the Scrip­ tures for I might pause over every verse, and say: “Such a verse was SORENESS blessed to so many souls; then, why > Bl not to me? I am at least in the pool STIFFNESS of Bethesda; 1 am walking amongst its Entirely Out of Place. porches, and who can tell but that the Prisoner—Yes, your honor, I admit I angel will stir the pool of the Word, Nothing relaxes them «nd make« chased her around the house with a whilst I lie helplessly by the side of it, a speedy perfect cure like pistol. waiting for the blessing?”—Spurgeon. Judge—Well, I give you three months The Ideal Mun in the workhouse and «100 fine for try­ There is ntueh rivalry between the vari­ ing to introduce Kentucky politics into ous colleges as to which will produce the Indiana domestic life.—Iudiauapolis ideal matt. By this they mean a vigorous, Journal. honest, intellectual mini, who will make the world better for having lived. Health More Convincing Than Science. will .Ibtnand i.rst consideration, for upon Amid all possible scientific hair From Private to Brigadier-General. that depends brain and achievement. Hos­ Gen. Caleb J. Dilworth, of Omaha, splitting concerning the food properties tetter’s Stomach Hiners will keep the bowels regular and the stomach healthy Neb., who died recently at the age of of alcohol aud the effect of alcoholic by curing all stomach disorders, it also 70 years, sevred through the civil war, drinks upon the human constitution, a prevents malaria, fever and ague. Try it. few facts of common record are most enlisting as a private from Illinois and The Parson Who Milked HI. Cow being mustered out as a brigadier-gen­ convincing. For example, of the in­ A country pastor, wno was ven- eral. He has been a resident of Ne­ door patients of the hospitals of Paris, bright and original in his remarks, at­ braska since 1870 and was attorney 4G per cent are habitual drunkards. tracted the notice of a wealthy lady ■eueral front 1878 to 1880. For a Living. who was spending the summer in the ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ There are thousands of men who are An odd way of removing his glasses willing to do almost anything for a liv­ vicinity. One evening she called at is practiced by Henry Clews, the New ing except work.—Chicago Daily News. the parsonage just as the old minister, The Warning of Kane. clad in overalls, was coming in from York banker. Instead of displacing Nature is vocal with warnings. PaiA Queen Victoria has her new boots the stable, with a brimming pail of them with his fingers, he gives a twist is a warning of one kind, and ease is a to his nose, and down the glasses drop worn a few times by one of her dress­ milk. warning of another kind. When work “Why, Mr. Smith!” exclaimed tho to the limit of the string to which ers, whose foot is the same size as her that is worth doing becomes verv easy majesty’s. lady, “do you milk a cow?” they are attached. “Certainly, madam” was the reply. to us, we may generally conclude that we are not doing it as good as we might. “What would you have nte tnilk.” Higher excellence is impossible when —Judge._________________ we are satisfied to do a thing easily. Sincerity. Only in the challenge of the difficult A Yale student who attended the lies the possibility of progress. Herein Moody memorial in New Haven, where we must turn and become as little a vast crowd wits assembled, wrote to children if we would enter the kingdom in this community read this paper every his mother: “1 think we must change of lieaven. They enjoy the difficult.— the old adage, ‘Knowledge is power,’ 8. 8. Times. week. They notice and remember the to ‘Sincerity is power.’ ” stores that invite them to buy through Al>out one-half of the residents in A copy of Queen Victoria’s “Leaves Brooklyn live in tenement houses. advertising in our columns. Mr. Mer­ Front the Journal of Our Life in the There are 111,087 tenement dwellings, chant is this fact worth anything to you Highlands,” presented to her majesty giving shelter to 574,959 people—an in your business by Charles Dickens, was sold at auc­ average of 18 persons to each house. tion in London the other day for $500. -------------------------------------------------- —5 The wedding season has ushered in some changes for that ceremonious oc­ casion. Gloves are not now worn by The either bride or bridegroom, bride’s sleeves are made so long that they cover half the hand. The long lace sleeve, properly made, is fitted over the hand like a mitt and fastened around the fingers with silk cord.—De­ troit Free Press. didate of the Democrats of Vermont for a scat in the United States Senate— an ambition he failed to realize. He whs one of the Bering Sea Arbi­ tration Commission, which settled the points at Issue between the United States and Great Britain, thus remov­ ing a source of much friction between the two countries. INTERESTING ITEMS. Prof. Phelps gained some distinction A SIGNIFICANT LETTER. as a poet. His lectures on medical Last year 18,677,920 pairs of shoes jurisprudence and other subjects were New York City, Feb. 15, 1900. well received, aud bis articles on "the were made in Haverhill, Mass. „ My Dear Carlton:—I know it will Constitution of the United States” were Lands in extensive areas are leased please you to learn that my homeward masterly productions. The Professor in Rhode Island to be-overflowed lot journey from San Francisco was more bad a keeu Yankee wit and was always use for oyster beds. than pleasant. One striking feature iu demand as a brilliant after-diuuer that added very much to my comfort More steel is used in the nianufact- was the dining ear service on the Rio speaker. ure of pens than in all the sword and Grande Western and the Denver & Rio gun factories in the world. liata at Weather Force <»ts. Grande. This is the finest service of The weather forecasts are of value In A system of preventive inoculation I this description I have ever seen any­ a great many ways not thought of by against typhoid fever is under extensive where, either in this country or abroad; most people. For example, they are trial in India and South Africa. the food and cooking was all that could most useful lu the business of carry­ About one-half of the railroads in be desired, and at very moderate prices. ing fresh meats by rail, the tempera­ If you happen to know the Rio Grande ture of the cars being regulated iu ac­ I Japan are owned and run by the gov- The profits last year Western people, I wish you would say cordance with the predictions. The eminent. to them that it will afford me the same method is employed in carrying amounted to $2,700,000. greatest pleasure at all times to bear fruit, and, In case of a freeze adver­ While paring a corn John Murtha, of testimony anywhere to the above facts. tised In advance, car loads of such per­ Little Rock, cut his toe. The chemi­ Very truly yours, ishable merchandise are apt to be de­ cals from a dyed stocking caused blood (Signed) J. ADDISON BAKER. 2nd. tained in a southern latitude, even af­ poisoning and the man died. [-alt Lake Tribune.) ter they have started, rather than for­ The Rio Grande Western Railway Not a Violent Purge. ward them northward under unfavor­ now operates through Pullman sleeping The day of the cannon-ball pill is past. able conditions. Even the heating of Sweet, frsgrant, mild, but effective Casenret. cars between San Francisco and Chi­ large office buildings is managed now­ I Candy Cathartic lake their place, All drug- cago, without change. The route via adays with reference to the weather gists, 10c, 25c, 50e. Salt Lake City iB unequalled in attrac-1 Poetic Justice. bureau's forecast. Fuel eoinimnles aud tiveness and wealth of novel interest. A Chicago man has killed a hold-up ice companies find it to their lutetest Three through trains daily. Write for i It to watch the predictions carefully, and artist with the latter’s own gun. information, rates, etc., to J. D. Mans-; growers of cranberries solicit and re­ i will be seen, therefore, says the Chi­ field, General Agent, 253 Washington cago Tinies-Herald, that jieotic justice street, Portland, Ore., or Geo. W. ceive special warnings of cold waves. continues occasionally to find terminal Some very funny cranks write to the Heintz, General Passenger agent, Salt weather bureau from time to time. Ov facilities. Lake City. one occasion Chief Moore received a We will forfeit *1,000 if any of our pub Raber—Becker always drinks i ni­ letter from a rich but very ignorant old lislied testimonials are proven to be not ported wine, don’t he? woman who bail a notion that he could genuine. T he I’iso Co., Warren, Pa. ne’s make it rain or not as lie desired. She Italian—Yes, poor fellow, trying to drown his domestic troubles. wanted to give a lawn party on a cer­ What They All Said. —Brooklyn Life. Mr. Newman—You’re a nice little tain date, and wrote to ask If the weather could not be clear on that af­ boy, Tommy. Tommy—That’s what they all say ternoon, so that tier guests would enjoy themselves. To make her communica- when they first meet sister.—N. Y. tlon more Impressive, she inclosed n Journal. list of the names of several prouilneut HOWS THIS? people whom she Intended to invite. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any , “I entered into the humor of the of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall’« thing,” says Prof. Moore, “and sent her case Catarrh Cure. » F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop«., Toledo, O. an answer to the effect that the after­ We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney noon she designated had already been for the past 15 vears, and believe him perfectly bespoken by a poor washerwoman who honorable in af 1 busin ss transaction and fin- r able to carry out any obliga tions made wanted to obtain some rainwater with anciall by their firm. WIST ¿L TRTAX, which to wash clothes, and that on thia Wholesale Drugrrlata, Toledo, account 1 could not possibly make It W ai . di . no , R innan A Marvih, V»n ole sale Drug ists, Toledo. U. clear on that date.” Curl.tian Kxperlehce. Christian experience cannot be order­ ed as one orders goods from a store, or writes a check on a bank. It comes as a fruit. When we obey we know; when we believe and follow the Lord leans He gives the grace. It may be rery quietly, but in reality, and with great comfort.—United Presbyterian. .( th. Worfl. Reading the Word No Glove« Worn. Living Day by Day. Day by day man has his blessings Passed Away in the Death of Ex-Min- from God. Day by day man has his | iater Phel pa. work to do for God. God gives today The recent tlenili in New Haven. no strength for tomorrow’s needs. Conn., of Hou. Edward J. Phelps. ex­ Why should man worry today over to­ ambassador to the Court of St. James. morrow’s duties, or dangers, or lack? | has removed from the nation's public Sufficient unto the day is the evil there­ activities a brilliant jurist, an able ora- of—and the good.—8. 8. Times. tor. a keen politician and a gifted SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES i writer. Mr. Phelps was a native of Vermont, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. where he was born. In 1822. at Middle­ It cure» painful, swollen, smarting, nerv­ feet, and instantly takes the sting out bury. He was a graduate of Mlddle- ous of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot­ pace make, tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for Ingrowing Nails. »Heating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. We have over 30.600 testimonials. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c. tn stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen 8. Jlnisted, l.e Roy, N. Y. PORTLAND DIRECTORY. 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