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20 TIT 13 OMAHA DAILY JJEE: SVNDAY, FJSHHt'AH Y J.J01. EARLY DAY STENOGRAPHERS Remarkable Expaniion of Demand for Short hand Writers. SOME PIONEER REMINISCENT YARNS Blnnr ot the Olil-Tlmrm In Omnliu Hiiro DrlflPil Other IJinnltj- mrnt nml Stomp lime Won Funic nml fortune. No profession lias developed so rapidly In thu Btato of Nebraska an that of the etenoKraphcr. At tho tlmo tho stato was ndraltted to tho union It Is doubtful If ono writer of shorthand of BUfllcIcnt proficiency in hin urt to tuko a verbatim report of a speech resided within Its borders. Today tho number of really competent verbatim reporters is limited, but tho "stenograph ers, " men and women cnnaulo of doing tho routlno work of a business ofllco, nro lcfjlon, and tho number Is being constantly increased by tho graduates of tho commer cial schools, of which every bis town In tho stnto poiwsHca one or more. With nil of tho increase, however, tho demand for compotont workers keeps pneu nnd It is n modest counting room lndood which does not Glvo employment to ono or moro nlmblo-ilnr 'red men and women, oc cupied from morning until night In re cording tho words of tho heads of depart ments. Tho first court Btcnographor appointed in tho stato of Nebraska was John T. Uell, tho present publliher of tho Omaha Mer cury. Ho was appointed by Judgo I.aku of the Second Judicial district, In which Omaha was situated, April 15, 1S75. Tho legislature of that year passed a law pro viding for tho appointment of n court re porter who, under the terms of tho lnw, was to report all criminal cases nnd nt tbo option of tho attorneys In all civil ciscs in which it was desired to prcsorvo the testimony. Ho was to bo paid $5 a day for tho tlmo nctually employed, tho counties In which cases wero tried to pay lilm for criminal cases nnd tho parties to tho suit to pay for his work in civil cases. The uho of tho stenographer in tho court room wns u novelty and n majority of liti gants preferred to Bavo oxpenscs and thereforo tho stenographer was not em ployed In muny civil suits at first. At tho same tlmo ho had to travel over tho district with tho Judgo and pay his own cxponBot. The result was that tho ofllco went begging in soma of tho three districts in which tbo stato was then divided. Moore it l'loneer. Ono of tho first court stenographers In tho stato was Eugene Moore, afterward ulato auditor, who served under Judgo Valontlno In tho Third district. Ho was ono of the most expert men of his dny. 1. K. Heardslcy was a pioneer court reporter In tho First district, serving under Judgo Illchnrdson. Ho was said to hnvo been nn exceedingly bright stenographer nnd a Bcholnrly man. His wlfo studied under him and shortly after his nppointmcnt wna appointed deputy stenographer of tho dis trict, being tho first woman to report n cnno In a Nebraska court of law. In 1S77 tho stato was rcdlstrlcted and nt tho hi mu tlmo tho law relating to court stenographers wns changed, tho reporters being paid n salary of $1,000 per yeur nnd 10 cents per 100 words for transcripts. They wcrn then required to tako notes in all cases tried beforo tho court. This leglslntuio failed to make any provision for tho pay of tho reporters nnd for two years they worked without remuneration, tho next legislature appropriating money to meet tho deficiency. Tho stenographer of that day was paid In county warrautH, which wcro worth 60 cents on tho dollar, so his salary of $1,000 shrunk to $600 In exchanging for legal tender. Tho legislature somo years later again changed tho law fixing tho salary of court reporters nt $1,C00 per year and 5 cents per 100 words for transcripts, at which flguro tho salary still remains. At tho present tlmo thcro CONSTIPATION These ate twin evils which wotk serious mischief In the human body. They sap the strength, destroy energy and Impoverish the blood. Asa result of these ailments, the system gradu ally becomes disordered and the core stltutlon weakened so that the body loses vitality and Is unfit to stand the strain of hard or continuous labor; thus, the victim offers a shining mark for kidney disease, lung trouble or the life-crushing malarial fever. An easy and certain means of warding off this condition is within th reach of every one. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS the System Regulator, 13 the remedy. A few doses whenever the dlgestlsn Is disturbed, or when the bowels fail to move regularly, will remove the diffi culty and stimulate thu vital organs to a better and mora complete per formance of their duties. With vigor and regularity In the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, there can be no of strength or energy, the blood win be pure and nourlshlni, and tho capacity of the body for work thereby maintained at the highest standard. Send for a bottle to-day, Keep It always la the house. A half wine glassful when the stomach feels bloated, when the breath is bad, or the bowels constipated, will quickly restore the feeling- of vigor and cheer-fuloeu. DRUCCI8T8 SELL IT AT 51.00. BOTTLE. PER A nrn twenty-eight stenographers In Ihe stato holding appointment as .ofllcial court reporters. In tho counties com posing tho old Second dlstrlgt over which Mr. Hell traveled wh?n first ap pointed to ofllco thcro uro thirteen report ers, seven of whom reside in Omaha nnd nro employed In tbo district court of the 1'ourth district, embracing tho counties of Douglas, Washington nnd Sarpy. The first stenographers to be employed in Omaha wcro in tho service of tho railroad officials who rando Omaha their headquart ers. Homer Stull, In the office of S. II. it. Clark of tho Union Pacific, nnd Oeorgo Vv. I.oomls, now private sccretnry of Ocncrnl Superintendent Holdrcge of tho llurlington, wcro mnotig the first stenographers to bo employed In thit capacity in tho city. .11 SoroiiNou Oni- of Them. Alfred Soransou, tho editor of tho Exam Iner, was ono of tho pioneer stenographers who were Independent of any stenographic situation Mr., Borenson, nnd Mr. Uell be foro his -Appointment by Judgo Lake, wero employed on the nowspapcrs in vnrlotif ca pacities and cnrrled on their stenographic work as n sldo issue. Two of tho old-tlmo stenographers of Omaha have attained positions of honor and nllluence, ono ns tho result of untiring effort nnd tho other by Inheritance. James W. liarr came to Omaha In tho employ of ono of tho railroads. While filling tho position of stenographer ho studied the duties of tho position nbovo him nnd made himself ac quainted with all of tho details of railroad wotk. A vacancy occurring in ono of tho clerical ofllccs ho was removed from tho stenographers' desk and given a position In tho lino of promotion. His rlso was rapid and today ho Is second vlco president of tho Santa Kc railroad system. Many of tho lawyers of this city and stato romomber "Ullly" Carroll, ono of tho brightest minds .-nnd ono of tho wittiest Irishmen who ever practiced at tho Ne braska bar. Carroll enmo to Omnhn as a stenographer for tho Burlington railroad. Ho was not with that company long before ho went Into tho oillco of A. J. I'opplcton, gonernl solicitor of tho Union Pacific. Under Mr. I'opplcton ho studied law nnd after leaving tho service of tho Union I'nclllc for tho Uurllngton again ho formed a partner ship In tho city with J. M. Woolworth and W. D. Mcllugh, tho firm being Woolworth, McIIugh & Cat roll. It was not long nfter this thnt by tbo death of n relntlvo In Ire laud Mr. Carroll Inherited n large estate and Is now a resident of tho "ould sod," with no occasion to think of the morrow but "IJIlly" Carroll novcr felt any occasion for that. Another Omaha stenographer who is now residing In Ireland is ono Flnnlgan, first nami forgotten, who mixed up In tho Httchcock-I'addoclc contest for the United States Bcnnto long enough to get funds to carry him back home, whero ho has since rcmnlned. Ci 11 1 11 Ilrevriter nil Ktpert. In tho early days of Nebraska stenogra phers Captain Chnrles Urewstcr, nt pres ent n clerk In tho ofllco of tho adjutant general of tho Department of the Missouri, U. S. A., was ono at tho best In tho city. Ileforo coming to tho stato Captain Brew ster had been nn officer in tho union nrmy nnd shortly nfter leaving tho railroad serv ice entered that of tho government, whero he has slnco remained. Tho old-tlmo court stenographer had many amusing and Interesting experiences In traveling over their district. Generally tho lawyers traveled with tho Judgo and tho opening of a term of court In n small county seat taxed tho capneity of tho hotels and boarding houses. Tho Judgo nnd tho stenographer, always being good friends, wero generally placed In tho samo bed, and not always to tho plcasuro of tho reporter. Ono of tho early Judges had a habit of considering cases pending beforo him after ho had retired and tho worso habit of talking aloud when in deep thought. Tho stenographer who traveled with him has been kopt awako tho greater part of tho night listening to tho Judgo debato tho merits of a case, finally getting to sleep after tho caso had been Bottled In tho mind of the Judgo. Upon ono occasion John H. Dell went to Mlnden to report a caso whero certain cattlemen wero charged with murdering a young man who had provoked their enmity. A vigilance commlttco had been formed in tho county and the attorneys for tho tlo fenso wero anxious to goo that no mom ber of that organization got a place on the Jury. It was a long tlmo boforo tho Jury wns selected. Tho last man to bo-acceptcd by both parties was a cnmparatlvo stranger, wno proteased to know nothing of n vlgll- nnco commlttco and who asserted that ho had nothing to do with such a soclctv. Tho dofenso accepted him eagerly and tho jury was sworn to try tho Issues. Tho caso was to open tho noxt mornlnc Lnto that night Judgo Oeorgo W. Post, tho presiding judge and the prosecution at torney, Judgo M. H, Hecso, walked out of 1110 hotol nnd strolled around tho town boforo retiring. As they turned n corner of tho court house they saw a crowd of men erecting a gallows nnd from their talk learned that It was their Intention to lynch tho cattlemen that night Tho man who was nt work on tho scaffold was tho last Juror sworn n fow hours before. Tho enso wns not tried until tho next torm Tho discovery of tho proposed lynchers caused their dlsnppcaranco nnd no further attempt was mado on tho lives of tho raon. OUT OF TII13 (lit 1)1. All V. A Wisconsin Judgo has given a woman uiuitu uraiuso nor uusuand a an in veterato cigarette smoker. A wnrahotiHo thnt will hold nenrly 100.000, 000 pounds of tohneco hits Just hren com- P.mru 111 Liverpool. 11 would tukn Con necticut several years to nil It. Among tho nrtlclcfi offered nt n ladles' "ruinmugo snlo" In Jacksonville, Fin., 0110 day recently, wan nn old licarso which 11 stiible-keeplng tlrtn had contributed. Tho women wero nppnlled nt Its appearance, but ncceptod It with good grace. Klunnclul reports Hhow that no less than 13,2.jl,a shares of sugar common stock were bought nnd sold on tho Now York Stock pxehango during tho year 1900. This is tho samo thing ns saying thnt tho entire common stock changed hnnds forty times over. Surprlso Is expressed over in Hartford, Conn . that citizens should risk for hind desired ns n tdto for n llro cngluo house several times tho price that they hnvo pro vlously declared tho land wns worth when tho tux assessor mado ills annual valuation tour. Thlrty-llvo prominent American sculptors will contiibJto to tho embellishment of tho grounds and buildings of tho l'linuiiierlcun exposition at Huffalo. They nro nt work on Y orlgtnnl groups of statuary to be used mainly nt tho grand entranco bridge, the main court, the foiintnlns, electrlo tower, plaza nnd esplanade. A pltlalilo question of fashion hns Just been decided in England. There uro so many olllcers each of whom lost an urm In South Africa that tho question came for ward how tho empty sleeve should lie worn. Fashion has decided It and tho empty slenvc, titled with tho full shirt sleeve, the cuff Bhowltig, must bo worn pinned to tho breast. "At Wichita on Wednesday," snvs tho Kansas rity Journal, "a dog win hurled In a lino eoltlii with 11 satin pillow under IiIb head nnd tho coflln was covered with Howard. The dog was not tho smnshed nose pet of somo wlfo who doesn't lovo her husband, "hut n setter belonging to 11 man who hunts and who says it was tho best dog In tho world." In splto of tho fact that tho experiments made in tho American navy with oil ns fuol havo been entirely unsatisfactory, soma of tho French and German vessels on tho China station nro having complete tiuccess with it. Tho ndvantnges of petroleum If It can bo properly utilized nro very great. At Singapore, for example, coal now costs about $14 11 ton, while nil costs but Sii n ton nnd has 11 steam-raising power of 20 ler cent greater than that of coal. The North Carolina experiment station lias discovered thnt tho llnvor of eggs Is determined by tho feed. After giving hens chopped onions for two weeks the eggs bo cume so disagreeable in tluvor thnt they could not bo used. Wheat shorts, cotton seed meal and skimmed milk increased tho number of eugs laid, but thu eggs hud a disagreeable tluvor. Cracked corn nnd corn dough resulted in fewer eggs, but larger onus and of hotter flavor. MENU UNDERGOES A CHANGE Winter Brings About Revision of Family Sills of Fare. NO SUBSTITUTES FOR THE MELONS I'reih I'riillx Clve XVny to Cmiiieil Good, While Veitetnlilen Hold Their Pliiee TIii-ihikIi Hot house (inrilrnliiK. When tho season for deciduous fruits nnd green vegetables closes thoro comes n period of several months' duration in which tho average family menu undergoes a serious change. It Is n chnngo from straw berries to npples for breakfast, from luscious California plums to stowed dried apricots for lunch and from corn on tho cob to corn out of the can for dinner. Thnt Is tho change In faro that comes with tho chnngo in seasons in most families, but In homes whore "papa" possesses the happy combination of n fat bank account nnd a generous Indulgence of tho nppetlte thoro Is no Biich rndlcnl revision of tho menu. Naturo nnd human Invention have mado It posslblo for Omaha people to eat sliced tomatoes and strawberries In Jnuu nry and February, provided, of course, they havo tho prlco nnd nro willing to pnrt with It for tho good things to cat. Nice, red, rlpo tomatoes nro being plucked from tho vines of Florida nnd Texas today and flno. Juicy strawberries grow in California, Florida and Texas tho yenr round. Hefrlgerator cars, of which there nro thousands In ope ration, convey tho freshly-gathered vege tables nnd fruits from their nntlvo soli to tho markets of tho north and tho cast In such tlmo nnd under such conditions that decay Is obviated. Never Out of SeiiNiui. If thcro aro no strawberries or fresh to matoes on tho Omaha market today It Is becnuso thcro Is nn absence of demand for them and not becauso they aro out of season. Tho truth of tho matter Is that tho demand for high-priced fresh fruit nnd green vegetables In Omaha Is not great enough to Invito its shipment Into this market. This kind of perlshnblo merchan dise Is shipped by tho growers In California and Florida lu carload lots only. It would hardly pay to Ico 11 car for tho purposo of supplying tho Omaha market with a dozen crates of strawberries from California. Then It Is doubtful thnt a dozen crates of berries could bo Bold In this city at winter prices boforo they would becomo unfit for publication What do tho Omaha people cat In the winter tlmo? Those who havo tho prlco cat everything on tho market that their appe tites crave. Tho market nt this tlmo of tho year Is almost as plentiful of good things as it is In tho summer months. There. Is nn absence of fresh berries, grapes, plums nnd cherries, but tho scienco of canning has been reduced to such a line point thnt theso delicacies In tho preserved condition nro handed down from grocery store shelves the year round. Canned goods do not make the samo Impression on tho palate as tho fresh fruit does, but they fill the void on tho tablo nevertheless, and that Is tho nec essary thing. Nothluir 1'lncr of Melon. Canned goods tako tho placo of fresh small fruits, but thcro Is no winter substi tute for the watermelon or tho cantaloupe On the family board tho npplo wabbles around unsatisfactorily In tho watermelon's plnce during tho winter months, and tho honorable position of tho cantaloupe- at the breakfast tablo In almost disgraced by tbo prcsenco of tho orange. When k comes to vegetables the winter faro is not hnlf bad. Truo, wo must worry along without corn on tho cob, hut thero Is consolation In tho fact that as wo worry our dentistry bills grow less. Cucumbers, let tuce, radishes, young onions, splnnch and most of tho other garden stuff that appeals to tho appotltc can bo obtained on tho local markot tho year round. Gardeners In this vicinity grow vegetables under glass ns welt in winter as they do in tbo open lu summer. For 40 years Cook's Imperial Chnmpngno (Kxtra Dry) has been on the market. Onco used never discarded. TABLE AND KITCHEN, j Practical Suufjcstlons About Foodand the I Preparations of II. f Dully Menu. MONDAY. HKUAKKAST. Fresh Fruit. Hrolled Ham. Creamed Potatoes. Kntlro Wheat Gems, with Dates. Coffee. MJNC'H. Clam Chowder (canned). Unking Powder Hlscult. Cocoa. niNNint. Clam lioulllon. Salmi of Duck. Mushed Potatoes. Corn Pudding, lettuce. Junket. Cream. Coffee. TUESDAY. HUKA1CFAST. Corn Meal Mush. Stowed Figs. Plain Omelet. Uucon. Grlddlo Cakes. Mnplo Syrup. Coffee. 1ATNCII. Peanut Butter and Ollvo Sandwich. Cottago Cheeso. Stewed Fruit. Wnfers. r . Tea. DINNKR. Spinach Soup. Stuffed Spare lllb. Apple Sauce. Glazed Sweet Potatoes. Squash. Cold Slaw. Pumpkin Custards In Cups. Coffee. WICnNKSDAT. HItBAKKAST. Fruit. Cereal. Cream. Fried Smelts. Hushed Potatoes. Corn Muffins. Coffee. I.UNCII. Hot Salmon. Tomato Sauce. Cucumber Salmi. Cheeso Fingers. Cereal. Coffee. IMNNF.K. Tapioca Soup. Drown Stew of Hoof. linking Powder Dumplings. Kscnlloped Swoof Potatoes. Stowed Tomatoes. Lettuce. Wnfers. Cheese, Apple Custard, Coffee. CllHAMS AMI jr.MilKS. Method of I'reiiiiriitlou nml Their Value UN 11 Food. Golatlno 1b a food product very generally employed, but almost without thought or referenco of Its nnture, or relation to other foods, or its part In tho human economy. It being considered but as n delicate, convenient medium by which n great vnrlcty of desserts may bo made. Ono of Its strongest recommendations to tho housewife, aside from in cheapness, Is its keeping qualities, Put up In neat pack ages It will keep In a dry place for nn In dcflnlto length of time nnd is ready for use ut a moment's notice. Our home-mado boup stock Is the samo principle, derived from the bones und car tilaginous structuro of tho Joints. Ileof, vcnl nnd chicken nro tho materials gen erally employed for making meat Jellies, stock or gelatine. In making tho puro gel atine, which Is used for desserts, only the bono nnd such parts of the nnlmnt that are rich In this gelatinous substance are used nnd clnrlfled and trented tn such a man ner that after careful drying they will keep urdcr nlmost any condition. While, of course, somo very superior gel atines nro sold, tho housekeeper runs no risk In selecting tho. best known nnd most popular brands. Tun Form of tielntltie. Wo havo vegctablo gclatlno as well ns that derived from nnlmnl source, and while In neither form docs it rank high as a nitrogenous substance, nt the same tlmo it belongs to tho nlbumlnntes, nnd It Is safe to Infer that when naturo makes a wide distribution of any onu food element she Intends It to play somo Important pnrt. Perhaps its importance as a valuable food substance Is greater In slcknesn or whero tho digestion Is so lmpnlrcd that the more useful nnd sustaining ''albumen sparing foods," such as fats and oils, can not bo tolerated. It is readily digested and assimilated, and while not a tlssuo builder, It Is a natural element designed to keep tho body well sustained, and capable, of responding to tho impulses of will and vital power. Physicians recommend to uso of gcla tlno in carefully preparei Jellies and liquids in cases of slcknos, especially febrile conditions where tho checking of wnsto or "organic albumen" is necessary and nt tho sntno tlmo tho capacity of as similating albuminous food Is greatly less ened. Whllo In health it would bo necessary to administer a very considerable nmount of gelatine In order to obtain 11 relative amount of nutritive vnluo compared with tho albuminates In serious Illness tho most ono enn hopo to do is to preserve tho or. gnnlc tlssuo and prevent tho destruction of tho nlbumlnntes nnd fnts. "Puro celatlno Is not on acld-mnklng food." This fact makes It still moro uso ful as a food for the invalid or sick. I'or .VI 11 Id iik .lelllcn. Ono essential In nil gclatlno prepara tions Is to hnvo n gclatlno without odor nnd absolutely tasteless. Tho stronger, coarser kind will stlffon moro readily, but are apt to have both tho odor and tnsto of glue. Never uso an acid or colored Jelly for tho sick. Tho power of stiffening liquids varies In tho different brands of tho best gelatines. Thoroforo uso only recipes nccompanylng tho packages until nblo to Judgo for your self what proportion of water is required for tho particular preparation you aro using. Tho proportion of golntlno used varies according to tho tcmpcraturo of tho wenthcr and tho purposo for which It Is to be used. And tho length of tlmo nfter making bo foro It Is served Is also to bo considered. In calculating tho quantity of liquid, lemon, ornngo and other fruit Juices, wines and liquors, etc., must bo counted as liquid, and nllowanco mado for sugar or any added substanco In the preparation. Ordlnnry tablo Jelly must not hr nn .un it will not cut with a Blight pressure of mo spoon, nor must It ho soft enough to collapso or melt down In tho ordlnnry tom peraturo of tho dining room. It must bo stiff enough to retain its form when turned out, but soft enough to quiver and shake with tho slightest movement of tho dish or tablo. This quiv ering motion makes the clearness and sparMo of tho Jolly very noticeable nnd utttractlve. When solid substances nr tn bo added to tho Jellies they must be made consmeramy Btirrcr, or tho weight of the fruit will sink it to tho bottom of tho mold. MnliltiK Gelatine Crennia. Theso oro rather more difficult than tho plain Jellies. Tho moat important points to remcmhor nro: To bo accurate In your measurements. Mix tho different materials carefully to gether beforo molding. Carofully observe proper temperature of tho different parUi when mixing nnd also tho consistency of tho mixture at the tlmo of molding, Thoro being such n dlfforonco in the ma terials used m these preparations tho pro portions vnry greatly. Cream that Is whipped dry, whon mixed with tho other cold materials, will help to stiffen tho mixture. Creams havo oven more marked power for stiffening. Dolled syrup3 nnd fruit pulp requlro less gclatlno than their liquids, such as milk, fruit Julco or water. Making gclatlno creams successfully de pends as much on tho weather as tho plain Jellies. Never add whipped cream until nil other materials nro porfectly cold nnd never add acid flavorings, such as lemon Juice until tho custard Is cold, or it will curdlo. All tho mixing of materials must bo dono beforo tho gclntlno begins to solidify, or your Jelly will bo lumpy. After thoroughly mixing then set in very cold wntcr or Ico and stir slowly but continuously until It Is ready to turn Into the molds. When fruit Is added nllow tho Jolly to get some what stiff beforo putting It in, so it will remain suspended In the mlxturo. No mlxturo containing ueids or fruit Julco should bo put Into metal molds. If porcelain or delft molds are used brush them lightly, but evenly, with oil. nnd then rlnso In cold water. P.y doing this tno cream will slip out evenly. Metal molds may be brushed with white of egg or simply rinsed with cold water Just beforo filling. If motnl molds aro allowed to stand for somo tlmo in tho wnrm room before turn lng out tho cream they generally como out nicely. If this is not sufficient tn loosen them, then plungo quickly In nnd out of hot wnter. Do not nllow tho mold to stand In tho water or the cream will molt. Wlpo tno moid dry before removing lid to turn out tho cream. The rueful Telephone. Two young ladles on St. Paul streot went to tho theater tho other evening, relates tho Ilaltlmoro Sun, nnd their father, thinking they hnd a latchkey, went to bed nt his usual hour, and tno servants nil loft. When tho ladles returned they rang tho bell re peatedly and beat on the door, but got no nnswer. Finally they began to despair, when a neighbor who hnd been awakened by tho din appeared In white at his window op poslte nnd nsked what was tho matter. "We are locked out nnd cannot nwakcu pnpa." samo tho reply In duet- "Walt n minute," said tho quick-witted man on tho other sldo of tho street, "your father hns a telephone in bis room and I van Easv to Make Easy to Dicest and of Exquisite Flavor. Strengthening, Refreshing and most Economical in use. ' pn: i ai an jrroccry moic orucr 11 uci urac. When an Indian wished to heap insult upon n captured foe, he called him a squaw, a woman, one having no wisdom for the council and no courage for the light. It is not so long ago that tho word woman stood in our own language an a synonym of mental and physical weakness. It was held that weakness was a womanly attribute. To be "strong-minded" was unwomanly, to be athletic was "mannish"; and tho " strong-minded and mannish woman " was not the type ap proved by marriageable men. To-day woman in cencral. has proved nersen tno equal of man in intellectual strength. In tests of physical endurance and mus cular skill as in swordmatiship, bicycle racing, etc., individual women havo proved themselves equal to tho .strongest men. Hut it must be admitted that tho average of strength among women is far below the average of strength among men. That women can cultivato the same physical strength as men is proved by thoso who have done so. That tho mass of women aro physically weak is evidenced in cvory community by thoso who find the common duties of tho housohold a Btrain upon their strentrth. Thoro must bo a reason for this general physical weakness of women, and that reason is found in tlm very functions which differentiate tho sexes, or in what may bo called tho womanly organism. While thoro is monthly regularity the woman loses nothing by fulfilling this function of her box. But tho moment tho regularity is disturbed or becomes ab normal either by suppression or cxccbs, at once there is a loss of physical strength. So, also, when thcro aro unhealthy drains, or tho womanly organism is attacked by the fire of inflammation or tho gnawing ulcer, at onco nervous and muscular (strength aro aliko depleted. This condition of womanly weakness is neither natural nor necessary. This is proved by tho strong women who Buffer from none of these weakening ailments, and by tho weak women who have been mado strong when their diseases wcro cured by tho uso of Dr. Piorcc'a Favorito Proscription. In tho testimonials which follow, women tell their own story of their suffering and their cure. ' " When I first wrote to Dr. Pierce concerning my health," writes Mrs. Mollie E, Carpenter of Uuaria, Cumberland Co., Ten., I was so weak I could hardly walk nnd coulS only write a few words until I would have to rest. Words cannot express my sufferinsr- dimne of sight, palpitation, shortness of breath, black spots, or else sinning lights before tuv eve! terrib c headache, numbness in my arms, hands, tongue and jaws; constipation, falling of 11,. Illume iHcarrr.rthl Hr'lltia cnn.li... llirn.int. l, r .. ,I"K ...,. -j,.-.. ., v wwcisj in i wan diseased from head to foot. Now I can do my own washing nnd cookitur. I can tab. t..,..,.. .:i iJ I n sii-miart nail 111 the other Mull nf um(or - t..t. 1 . .'. - mwwv. iu ivvi. a. v.. a wt.it tlAf v... , nuaiiiii' MJIU WWUKIUIT, X Call one nana ami a six-quart pan in tlie other (lull of water), and carry both one-fourtli of a utile, aim iicvci aiu lu icsi. I Hill us lic.'ivy as 1 WBS at lO I IJC nOltttdsl I Useil thirtv Kr.1 ties of - Favorite Prescription,' ami 'Golden Medical Dovery,' ' ud twent?five ials of ' Pleasant Pellets.' If any lady suffering as I have been will write to Dr. Pfcrce and Vu advice and use bis medicines according to directions, a cure will surely result " "I was a nreat sufferer two years airo with female troohl ,nA t ..' .. , .. i Mrs. Mattie Hays of Tribulation, McDonald Co., Missouri. "You outlined a coue of Uncut for me. I followed vour directions inn f i lii.. . jut . . OI says im i urn i aTrrrr i i iwjr m Mm : iBel mm Mm , ....... - f . , .'.wuuam V.O., illlSSOliri. " YOU OH uaumcui. iui mc. i loiiowcu your u recuons, ana now reel like a different person. In three days after I began taking your medicines I beKan to feel better. I toot tM j .V.. worth of the l'avonte Prescription ' and 'Golden Medical Discoverr. nd also four vlafe nf Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. I would not take one thousand dollaTs foi ?Uie good he medi cine has done me. I can't praise it enough. I wish all who suffer from such troubles would give Dr. Pierce's medicines a fair trial. can work all daydointr anythinr walk whrrr I please, and feel good. Many thanks to you for your kind advice." a"lnws wa,lc whcre Thoso who read the above testimonials will notico tho reference in them to correspondence with Dr. Pierce. Sick women, especially those suffering from ohronic forms of diseaae, aro invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. All correspondence is held in sacred sccrecv and the written confidences of women are guarded by the same strict professional privacy observed by Dr Pierce and his staff in their, personal consultations with women, at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y Address Dr. It. V. Pieroe. Buffalo. N. V Dr. I lerce'B Favorite Prescription is essentially a woman's medicine. It establishes regularity, dries weakening drains, heals inflammation and ulcera tion and cures female weakness. It euros also nervousness and sleeplessness, encourages tho nppo tite, and w especially valuablo as a preparation for maternity by increasing muscular strength and elasticity and making tho baby's advent practically painless. ' Accopt no substitute for " Favorito Prescrip tion. No other put-up medicino for woman's "so has so great a record of remarkable cures to recommend it. , THtS BOOK FREE "''. ., .... Oontmon Sanum Madlcal Ado lamp la mmnt FREE on roonpf of mtampm to pay oxponao of malting ONLY. Send OI ono. con t mtampm for tho oloth - bound volume, or only 31 mtampm tor tho book In mapor - corora. Addroaa Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, K. T. will call him up." So tho central was callod. I "(live mo No. ." said tho nelKhhor. As soon ns tho hell sounded in tho room of tho slccpInK father ho owoho with a start and ran to tho telephone. "Hello, what is tho mutter." "Is thnt you, to nnd so?" "Yes, what is wanted?" "Vour daughter:; aro at tho front door try ing to set In. Open tho door. Good night." steady Pure Food f None but Advertising- of Thoroughly Re. liable, Pure and lleallhful Foods Will . lie Accepted for These Columns. i you cat -o o pig ALL OTHER SUBSTITUTES FOR I.ARD OR H UTTER FOR COOKING HAVE FAILED BECAUSE OF THE ODOR AND TASTE GIVEN THE 1 O O D IN W'lICH THEY ARE USED. 53 Nervous disorders nro aggravated by heavy, par.ty or hnrsh, burned grain foods. Grnnola. is thoroughly cooked, sterilized aud digested. It la ready for instant use. Eat Grnnola nnd Iivc. Live well nnd be well while you live. IJvery package of genuine Granoln bears a picture of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Sold by nil grocers. Ucwnre of itnttationo. Drink Caramel Cereal and Sleep Vcll it leaves the nerves Strong. Caramel Cereal is the only substitute for coffee that has nn actual food value. Send 3 cents for Grnnola sample to Battle Creek Sanitarium Food Co. BATTLJ5iSREEK maaiU -!u LLwwsapq seat iw.ii.ifvrBsrniaiwc EVERY WOMAN Ico b uiJ ci fttfftln n4 otr nin until th Hit ittp htilo It tLittuin wttk II rtmftlni att, purt a4 cUuitoU ftnl 4 not cb0 lh tvf mt th VfWltui for4i cok4 la ll is hitereited and should know about the wouuerful MARVEL SKyng Theiiew Vacinal Syrlnce. jtiifciton una Miction llest Safest MM Y i vcnlent. Most Con- It Cltansea Initantly. Ait lour drunlitfoi It, IAUVi:i., r; n i.ihr .1 .n it ;i for lllus imiMi -n cnlpil, it trtvf full ,i , atl it r r m tnM it le l. 1 1 - MAIt Vi:i, II. W UouiiitKCHiur llitft, .teti York D R.DIFS I'owilrrl nvet fill. . UUllKJIu J-.V.IUia tt ftnd lur Utur l&hioc viu'liuT uitl liiumor tl rwii.rutlcun i mm. Ml. 0. T, JiUATi. UcvviU UvtVM, Mils. I The toast: "To vazir health f'Ssas deepest significance ivherv iim's MALT WS2ESKEY as ti&eci. I '''l! '! -ci1 3 HhuiUatfmrfiliandllMlil-.l Ijl" V 5oMbydrtij!fijfj.iniifralorJ. I (JhidHtitic llro:-- , Agi ntH, Omnh.i. 1