" . . , . . . . . : THIS WOMAN KNOWS _ Jy WHAT ONE OF THE SEX DISCOVERED . ERED TO HER GREAT JOY. Mrs. De Long Finds ThAt the Indescribable - .crlbable Pains of Rheumatism Can . . Be Cured Through the Blood. - - Mrs. t ! : : . M. Dc Long , of No. 160 , r. ' " . ' West Broadway , Council Bluffs , Iowa , : . , < t. , . found herself suddenly attacked by j" " ' rheumatism in the winter of 1896. She gave the doctor a chance to help her , which he failed to Improve , and then she did some thinking and experimenting - perimenting of her own. She was so successful that she deems It her duty to tell the story of her escape from suffering : . . "My brother-In.law , " she says , 'was enthusiastic on the subject of Dr. " Wmlams' Pink Pills as a purifier of the blood , and when I was Buffering " extreme pains In the joints of my an- kles , knees , hips , wrists and elbows , . and the doctor was giving me no re- lier , I began to reflect that rheumatism - . - " , - " , ' tlsm Is a disease ot the blood , and that It Dr. W1lllams' Pink pms are BO good for the blood they must bo good for rheumatism and worth a trial. of "I was In bed half the time , suffering - . Ing with pain that cannot be described to one who has never had the disease. It would concentrate sometimes in ono set ot joints. When It was in my feet . . _ 0 I could not walk ; when it was in my A . , T' " ' elbows and wrists I could not even , draw the coverlets over my body. I had suffered In this way for weeks . , before I began using Dr. Williams' : Pink pms. Two weeks after I began with them I experienced relief and . . . ' " after I had taken six boxes I was en- . . . Urely well. To maIm sure I continued to use them about two weeks longer I. . ; : : ; " : and then stopped altogether. For sev- . ' . " < : . eral years I have had no reason to I. : : : use them for myself , but I have recommended - ommended them to others as an excellent - . , cellent remedy. " , \rr- Dr. Wmlams' Pink pms furnish the blood with all the elements that are r needed to build up healthy tissue , . strong muscles and nerves , capable of . . - bearing the strain that nature puts - . : . : : . ' : . . upon them. They really make now blood and cure all diseases arising from disorders of the blood or nerves , such a8 sciatica , neuralgia , partial paralysis , locomotor ataxia , St. Vitus' dance , nervous prostration , anemia . - - - - - - - and all forms of weakness In either male or female. They are Bold by all druggists. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury , u mercury will surely destroy the sense ot smell and completely derange the whole system when entering It through the mucous lurtacel. Such ' . articles should never be used except on prelcrlpo r ) _ I lions from reputable physicians , as the dama.re they r- 'r will do II ten told to the good you can possibly de- riTe from tblm. Hall'l Catarrh Cure , manufactured . , by F. J. Cheney d ; : Co" , Toledo , a. , contains no mercury . cury . and II taken internally acting dIrectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ot the system , In . ' buying HaU'1 Catarrh Cure be lure you get the . 'f' , enuloe. It II taken internally and made In Toledo , Ohio , by F J. Cheney do Co. Testimonials tree. , . ; . Bold by Drugltlstl Price 17I1c. per bottle. - : ' : Take HaU' Family Pills for conltlpatloD. Water on Battleship. ' " Eight thousand gallons ot fresh wa- ter are used In a. large battleship dally. About two-thirds of this is taken up by boilers , and , the remainder is used for drinking , washing , etc. To the housewife who has not yet . , become acquainted with the new things ot everyday use In the market and who Is reasonably satisfied with the old we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because It Is guar- anteed by the manufacturers to be superior - - _ perlor to any other brand , but because . contains 16 09" , . . each 100 package " ' . . while all the other kinds contain but 12 Os. It Is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. The Busy Bee. , . The foolish little bee improves each shining hour by gathering honey for some freclde.faced boy to smear on his bread. Nearly every summer there are some cases or genuine cholera In St. Petersburg Last summer there were " . . / tiar three. . - . . . , .L RiSKs LIFE IN DAnING FEAT. ; ; Homan's Sensational Act Excites Pa. , rlslans to Woilder. , Novel sonsai'ioual ' feats on auto ' cars and bicycles , In looping ) and circling - ling circles and jumping gaps In tracks upside down 01' right side up , arc still forthcoming , and there Is always someone - one ready to Invent a new and specially - ly thrilling flight. The latest recruit to the daring band oC performers , prepared - ed , for a consideration to run the risk of breaking theIr necks , Is Madame Mauricia do Tiers , who Is known as the Auto-Bolide-tho Auto-1\Ieteor- of the Folios . l3ergere , In Paris. The 64 ( 1 C I it . C. r n r f t r , ) : i . ' - , _ r 'ar c. , . ' lady's meteoric flight Is made on an S shaped track-an S with the middle part wanting. She starts from the top and descend , her car gripping the rails and holding to thom , the latter part of her descent on this upper half of the S being made head downward ; and In this position she Is projected across the gap to the lower half of the S , upon which she lands and completes the course In safety The entire length of Madame do Tiers' remarkable flight Is 160 feet , the gap Is 32 feet , and the course Is run In 41,4 seconds , "mo- ments of greater anguish , " says a Paris paper , "for the spectators than for the courageous lady. The latter remains quite calm , during her terrific flight , witch Is like a rapid vision of an automobile upside down In space , then a terrible shock , and then the descent - scent to the stopping-point. The tires are pneumatic and It is a mystery how , . . - - . . . . . . . . . they reSist the Impact upon the traClt " -Montreal Herald. Worn by French Children. = at 1 ( Bare knees and these fantastic costumes - tumes are decreed by fashion and worn by the children In Ji'ranco. Cow Assists at a Wedding. A strange wedding celebration too place at Shohola , Pa" , recently. Her man Hlpsman married Miss Christina ICulm. After the ceremony tile couJlo went to the bridegroom's horne , a stock farm , where all the Ilelghborhool1 had congregated. The stock of beverages gave out and Hlpsman brought one of his best Jersey - soy cows into the Idtchen. Each person who desired a drink had only to go to the cow. Silo was 1I good representative or her stock anti did not go dry , although one man waE kept } busy doing the milJdng. . - - 1 - Take Census With Bei\tfa. 1'ho relIt calHlIlll of the natives In the 'l'I'lIns\'l\nl was taken with hl'llIh hash ! hcndnll\Il waR Cm'niHhll ! ( with 1\ n\lml101' of hends of Itlffel'enl ( colors , and twine on which to string thom. A bl black bead ' ' adult big ! represented ) nn married native , a big yellow bend 1\ grown single mun , a big hll10 bend n married woman , and 1\ white bend n singe woman over fifteen years old A 8mnll yellow hend stood for Ibo ) ' and n. smnll white bond for a. . girl. Brahmin's Proverbs Popular. The old English ! proverb writers used P1l11l"s proverbs very Inrgely- In fact , were It nol for tit ' old Bralt- min there would be many rower Eng- lish proverbs ) than there are. The pro- verbs have been trnnsllltml Into every European language and Into many Asiatic tongues-Persiun , Malay , Mon golian , Afghan ; they are the proverbs of the world. - A Record In Trees. The largest tree In the world Is to bo seen at MaRcnll , near the foot of Mount Etna , and Is called 'rho Chest- nut Tree oC hundred HorseD , " Its name rose from the report that Queen Jane of Aragon , whit her principal no- bility , took refuge from a violent storm under Its branches. The trunk r . - - . - . . , - 1S 204 feet 1U clrcunHerunc. I Japanese Never Conquered. Speaking of the Japanese , Voltaire said It was the only nation that had never been conquered. In the thirteenth . toenth century the .Taps l'oJIl1secl ) 107- 000 Mongolians In a naval war faro. They Caught with success In Korea : and China , and Dr. llertillon says that they are invincible on account of their aU.powerful Jiu . Jutsu. Difference in Farming Methods The average gross returns per acre from cultivated land in this country is only $10.50 per acre , and from land devoted to the growing of cereals but $8.02 per acre. In Great Britain the intensive system of tanning has brought the average gross returns up to within the neighborhood ot $30 per acre. Husband of Little Importance. Among some of the ancient Mexican . can tribes the husband left his people and dwelt with his wife's family , where he seems to have been considered . ered of minor importnnco. Italy and Spain have fewer houses ' in proportion to their population than any other country In the worll1. The Argentine republic and Uruguay have the most. . Spite 0 fall de bright sunshine in dls 'Wor ] ' , some mans will go roun' huntln' fer happiness will a candle.- Frank Stanton In Atlanta Constitu- tIon. tIon.A A wise girl always pretends to be a little more daffy than the young man she Is planning to face the parson with. A mother's prayers , silent and gentle . tle , can never miss the road to the throne or all bonnty.-lloecher. " - . _ 0 . _ . - _ _ SADIE ROBINSON. Pretty Girl Suffered From Nervousness alit Pelvic Calarrh-Found Quick Holler In a Few Day. . 7 .vy G\ 2 . a. y \4 : ' ' , r . . h1 _ ' 'k' ' ' ' . ' ' k ? : i . . ' . . . . .1. . . . . . NERVOUSNESS AND WEAKNESS CURED BY PE-RU.NI. . Miss Sadie Robinson , 4 Rand street , Malden , MILSS" , writes : "Pcrnnl\ . was rccommcJHlcd to m. about a year : ago nR nn excellent remedy for the troubles peculiar to our BOX , anc' as I found that all that was said of thh medicine was true , I am pleased to e.u. do1'sO it "I began to uscltaboutreven montlu ago for weakness and nervousness caused from overwork and sleepless ness , and found that In a taw days began to grow strong , my appetite In , creased and 1 began to sleep better consequently my nervousness passes away and tile weakness In the pe/vl , organs soon disappeared and I have been ' 'cllllnd strong ever If/nee. " Address Dr. 8. D. IInrtman , Prcsidcn of The ITnrLmrm Sanitarium , Columbus 0. , for free medical nclvJcc. All corres pondoncc strictly confidential. ass ' " On ine Trait "I followed the trail from Texas cwllh a Fish Bran to aFISI Montana ! BRAND with ' . . . Slicker , used for C 't. .t. 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