THE COME ANDE SIGN
Tlls sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building of
the Lydia E. lMnkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
WlinIocs This Sign Moon?
It means that public insertion of
the Tiilwratory and methods of doing
business is honestly desired. It moans
that there is nothing about the bus
iness which is not "open and above
board." 1 It means that a permanent invita
tion is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
mad.; in the advertisements of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comiound.
Is it a purely vegetable comixiund
made from roots and herbs with
out drugs ?
Come and Sec.
1 ).i t.hfi women of America cont inn-
ally use as much of it as we are told ':
Conic ami See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia E. I'mkham, and is there any
' Mrs. l'inkham now to whom tick
woman are asked to write ( -Cnm
and Son.
: Is the vast Diivate correspondence
with fiick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kcijt
Btnctly confidential t
t'oiim nru' Sec.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents ?
Conic anil Sec.
Have thev nroof that Lydia E
rinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women i
fin me and Sec.
This advertisement is only foi
doubters. The great army of womer
who know from their own persona!
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. rinkham'g
Vegetable. Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being icn.
elit ed bv it : but the poor doubting
'suffering woman must, for her owe
!Bake,be taught eontidence,forshcals(
might lustas well regain her ueaun
Grandfather's Cure for
Constipation
REAT medicine, the Sawbuck.
Two hours a day sawing wood
will keep anyone'! Boweli
regular.
No need of pills, Cathartics, Castor fill,
,nor "Physic," If you'll only work the J w-
buck regularly. '
Exercise Is Nature's Cure (or Constipa
tion and, a Ten-Mile walk will do, If you
(haven't got a wood-pile.
But, If you will take your Exercise In an
Easy Chair, there's only one way to do that,
because, there's only one kind of Artificial
Exercise for the Bowels and its name Is
"CASCARETS."
ICascarets are the only means to extrclso
the Bowel Muscles without work,
i
They don't Purge, Crlpe, nor "upset
j-our Stomach," because they don't act like
Physics."
They don't (lush out your Bowels and
Intestines with a costly waste of Digestive
Uulce, as Salts, Castor Oil, Calomel, Jalap,
lor Aperient Waters always do.
No Cascarets strengthen and stimulate
the Bowel Muscles, that Una the Food
passages and that tighten up when toed
touch them, thus driving the (ood to Its
tints.
A Cascaret aots on your Bowel Musoles
as If you had Just sawed a oord of wood, or
walked ten miles.
Cascarets move the Food Naturally,
digesting It without waste of tomorrow's
Caatrlo Juice.
The thin, flat, Ten-Cent Box is mads
t (tt your Vest pocket, or "My Lady's"
aurse. Druggists 10 Cents a Box.
Carry It constantly with you and take a
Cascaret whenever you suspect you need
B very careful to get the genuine
aad only by the Sterling Remedy Com
pany, and never sold In bulk. Every tab
1st stamped "COC" m
Whose Money la Tlilaf
I rire miles east of Wheeling, W. Va.,
the old Harvey miuiBlou. In March,
WOO, Col. James Harvey, the owner,
Ki murdered, the object of the crlm
1s being to secure a lurge sum of
money believed to he In the bouse. Fur
(be crime two negroes, John Mooney
is Harry Friday, were hanged.
Tbt mansion wan bought by A. 8.
ell and the deed includes "the house-
Id goods and all appurtenances there-
Last week carpenters engaged In
aklng alterations tound 111,000 secret-
beneath a floor. Harvey's heirs
flalm tbe uiouey, but Bell argues that
(Is deed covers It. Au Interesting lege'
attle Is probable.
' The Spiers as Food.
Xa France and Italy many persons
at the spleen, what we call in French
"ratte." I have eaten It myself. Gen
rally from a pig it weighs sbout eight
nnceA and It Is situated on the right
Ids of the pig, touching tbe liver. A
pleen from a cow or bull welshs
Cbrat two pounds, but is a little mors
Spongy than tbe pig's spleen, which Is
,th.e best If some one should start
& fashion wi would after a while
fear Tfl cents a portion in first-class res
taurants,-especially If rme person of
nark should sturt the bablt. Chef
Talere Dragluwhais In Letter to New
York Tribune.
la JfaiubJrr Life,
Tbe tiro oewjboy were fighting deeper,
stely over a game of craps.
"Frenzied fiuaoie," soused taS frofeaf
fasslng ea.
UKENSIBE
BY
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
Aether d "Den !." "The Enf1l Orehiiii." "Hnma ni m th HMI d." "Lrti Hirers,"
" Mca4wkrMk," " leeiml 11)4 SanhliK," "Cwrli Ink," etc
- .AAA
CIIArTF.lt XIV. (Continued.)
It was a sore trial for Maddy to write
to Lury Athor.Mlono, lint she offered no
remonstrance, anil no aivompanying the
picture was a littli nolo, fill rl imwtly
with praises of Mr. (!ny, ami which
Would lie very gratifying to tlie unsus
pecting Lucy.
Now thnt it fully decided for Jessie to
go with Muddy, h(r lessons were suspend
ed, and Aikenxide for the time beinsj wns
turned Info a vaHt dressmaking entablish
tnent. With his usual generosity, tiny
had given Agnes permission to draw
upon his purse for whatever was needed,
either for herself or Jessie, with the defi
nite understanding that M.iddy should
have an equal share of dress and atten
tion. "It will not be neresnnry," he mid, "for
you to enlighten the citizens of New York
with regard to Maddy's position. She
goes there as Jessie's equal, and her
wardrobe must bo suitable."
No one could live long with Maddy
Clyde without beeotning interested in her,
and In spile of herself Agnes' dislike was
wearing away, particularly as of Into she
had seen no signs of special attention on
the doctor's part. He had gotten over
his weakness, she thought, ami so was
very gracious toward Maddy, wins nat
urally forgiving, began to like her better
than she had ever dreamed It possible for
her to like so proud and haughty a wom
an. Iown at the cottage in Ilonedale
there were many consultations held and
many fears expressed by the aged couple
as to what would be the result of all Guy
was doing for their child.
A few days before Maddy's departure,
grandpa went up to see "the madam;"
anxious to know something more than
hearsay about a person to whose care his
child was to be partially Intrusted. Agnes
was In her room when told who wanted
to see her. Starting quickly, she turned
so deadly white that Maddy, who brought
the message, flow to her side, asking in
much alarm what was the matter.
"Only a little fslnt. It will soon pass
off," Agnes said, and then, dismissing
Maddy, sho tried to compoHe herself suffi
ciently to pass the ordeal she so much
dreaded, and from which there was no
possible escape.
Thirteen years 1 Had they changed her
pat recognition? She hoped, she believed
so, and yet, never in her life had Agnes
Remington's heart beaten with so much
terror and apprehension as when she en
tered the reception room where Guy sat
talking with the infirm old man she re
membered so well. His snowy linir wns
parted just the same as ever, but the
mild blue eye was dimmer, ami it rested
on her with no suspicious glance, as, par
tially reassured, she glided across the
threshold, and bowed civilly when Guy
presenfed her.
A little anxious as to how her pinil
father would acquit himself, Maddy sat
by, wondering why Agnes appeared so ill
at ease, and why her grandsire started
sometimes at the sound of her voice, and
looked earnestly at her.
"We've never met before to my knowl
edge, young woman," he said once to Ag
nes, "but you are mighty like somebody,
and your voice, when you talk low, keeps
tnakin' me jump as if I'd heard it suiuVr.4
or other."
After that Agnes spoke In elevated
tones, as if she thought him dcuf, and
the mystified look of wonder diil not re
turn to his face. Numerous were the
charges ho gave to Agnes concerning
Maddy, bidding her be watchful of his
child ; then, as ho arose to go, he laid
bis trembling band on her head and said
Solemnly : "You are young yet, lady, and
there may be a long life before you. God
bless you, then, and prosper you In pro
portion as you are kind to Maddy. I'vo
nothing to give you nor Mr. Guy f?r your
goodness only my prayers, and thcin you
nave every day. We all pray for you,
lady, Joseph and all, though I doubt me
he knows much the meaning of what be
says."
"Who, sir? What did you say?" and
Agnes' face was scarlet, as grandpa re
plied I "Joseph, our unfortunate boy ;
Maddy must have told you, the one who's
taken such a shine to Jessie. From the
corner where he sits so much I can hear
bint whispering by the hour, sometimes of
folks he used to know, and then of you,
who we call madam. He says for ten
minutes on the stretch: 'God bless the
madam the madam the madam !' You're
sick, lady; talk in' about him makes you
faint," grandpa added, hastily, as Agnes
turned whits as tho dress she wore.
No oh, no, I'm better now," Agnes
raspea, buwiug ii.iu te tho door with a
feeling that she could breathe no longer
In bis presence.
He did not hear her faint cry of bitter.
bitter remorse, as he walked through ttie
ball, nor know she watched him as he
went slowly down the walk, stopping
often to admire tho fair blossoms which
Maddy did not feel at liberty to pick
"He loved flowers," Agnes whispered.
as her better nature prevailed over every
Other feeling, aud, starting eagerly for
ward, she ran alter the old man, who.
Surprised at her evident haste, waited
little anxiously for her to speak. It was
rather difficult to do so with Maddy's In
quiring eyes upon her, but Agnes man
agea at last to say ;
"Does that mau like flowers the ono
who prays for the madam?"
"Yes, be used to years ago," grandpa
! spiled ; and, bending dowu, Agues began
o pick and arrange into a moat tasteful
bouquet the blossoms and buds of May
growing so profusely within the borders,
"Take them to him, will you?" and her
band shook as she pasaed tv Grandpa
Markham the gift which would thrill
mot Joseph with a strange delight, mak
leg blm hold converse a while with the
unseen presence which he called "she,
and then whisper blessings on the mad
am a head.
Three days after this, a party of four
left Aikenslde, which presented a most
forlorn and cheerless appearance to the
passers-by, who were glad almost as the
Servants when, at the expiration of
week, Guy came back and took up his old
en lite of solitude and loneliness, with
nothing in particular to Interest him, ex
cejt bis books snd the letters he wrote
to Lucy; unless, indeed, it were those be
was going to write to Maddy, who, with
Jessie, bad promised to become bis cor
respondent Nothing but these snd the
picture tbe doctor's picture the one a
signed tttpreasly for him, and which trou
bled blm greatly. Believing that he had
fully Intended It for the doctor, Guy fe
as if it wens in' a measure, stolen prop
erty, and this made him prise it all the
more.
Now that Maddy was away Guy miss
ed her terribly, wondering how be had
ever lived without ber, and sometimes
-
working himself Into n violent passion
against the rmddlesome neighbors who
would not let ber remain with him
In pence, and who, now thnt she was
gone, did not stop their talking one whit.
Of this Inst, however, he was ignorant,
as there was no one to tell him how peo
ple marveled more than ever, feeling con
fident that he wns educating his own wife,
anil making sundry hateful nmniks as to
what he intended doing with her re
lations. Guy only knew that he wns very
lonely, thnt Lucy's letters seemed Insipid,
that even the doctor failed to interest
him as of old, and that his greatest com
fort wns in looking at the bright young
face which seemed to smile so truthfully
ujHin him from the tiny casing just as
Ma (My had smiled upon him wheu he
bade IcV good -by.
CIl.M'TKH XV.
The summer vacation bad been spent
by the Kcmingtnns and Maddy at the
seaside,, the latter coming to t lie cottage
for a week hefore returning to her school
in New York, and as the doctor was then
absent from home, she did not meet him
at all. Consequently, he had not seen
her since she left Aikenside for New
York. I'ut fche was at home now for the
Christmas holidays was down at the cot
tage, too; and unusually nervous for him,
the doctor stood before the little square
glass in his hack office, trying to mko
himself look as well as possible, for he
wns going that very afternoon to call up
on Miss Clyde.
Tlie doctor was seriously in love. He
acknowledged that now to himself, con
fessing, too, that with his love was
mingled a spice of jealousy, lest Guy
Kemingtou should be expending more
thought on Maddy Clyde than was consis
tent with the promised husband of Lucy
Atherstone. He wished so much to talk
with Guy about her, and yet dreaded it ;
for If tlie talk should confirm his suspi
cions there would be no hope for him. No
girl in her right mind would prefer him
to Guy Itemlngton, ami with a little sigh
the doctor was turning away from the
glass, when Guy himself drovo up hi a
most dashing equipage.
Guy was in the best of splpits. For
an entire half-day ho had tried to devise
some means for getting Maddy up to
Aikenside. There was to be a party at
Aikenside tlie very first since Guy was
Its master. The neighbors had said he
wns too proud to invite them, but they
should say s) no more. The house was
to be thrown open in honor of Guy's
twenly-Klxth birthday, and all who were
nt nil desirable as guests were to lie hid
den to the festival. First on the list win
tlie doctor. Guy was all engaged in the
matter, n tul aft'T telling who were to be
in vit ill. milled rather indifferently: "I'm
guing now down to Ilonedale after Mad
dy: It's better for her to be with us a
day or two before. You've seen her, of
course."
No, the doctor had not ; he was just
uing there, hi: said, in n tone ho full of
sad disappointment that Guy detected it
at once.
I have not seen Middy since last
spring, you Know, is stie very much im
proved?" asked the the doctor.
l es, very much. l Here is no more
stylish-looking girl to be seen on Itroad
wav than Maddy Clyde. I took her to
the opera once, last month, and the many
Imiring glances cast at our box proved
pn
tty positively that Maddy's beauty was
not of the ordinary kind.
The opera!" the doctor exclaimed
Muddy Clyde at tlie opera ! What would
bei
r grandfather say? He is very puritan
il, you know.'
"Yes, I know ! nnd so is Maddy, too,
She wrote and obtained his consent l,e-
ore she d go With me. (
Here an interval of silence ensue J, and
then tho doctor began ngaui.
Guy, you told me once you were edu
eating Maddy Clyde for me, and I tried
to make you think I didn t care ; but I
did, oh, so much! Guy, laugh at me, if
you please. I cannot blnmo you if you
do; but the fact is, I believe I've loved
Maddy Clyde ever since that time she
was so sick. At all events, I love her
now, and I was going down there this
vory afternoon to tell her so. She's old
enough. She was sixteen last October, tlie
the "
Tenth day," Guy responded, thus
snowing mat tie, too, was Keeping Maddy s
age,
"Yes, the tenth day," resumed the doc
tor. "There s most eleven years' dif
ference between us, but if sho feels at all
as I do, she will not care, Gu," and the
doctor began to talk earnestly ; "I'll be
candid with you, and say that you have
sometimes made my heart ache a littk
Mc !" and Guy's face was crimson,
while tho doctor continued:
"Yes, and I beg your pardon for it ; but
let me ask you one question, and upon its
answer will depend my future course with
reffflrri o Miliiov V nil nr,. true tn r.nevV
Guy felt the blood trickling at the roots
of bis hair, but he answered truthfully
as he believed
"Yes, true as steel," while the generous
thought came over him that he would
further the doctor's plans all bo possibly
eou'd.
men i am satisiief, ttie noctor re
joined "and as you have rather assumed
the position of her fiunrdian or brother, I
ask your permission to offer her the love
which, whether she accepts it or not, U
hers."
Guy had never felt a sharper punz than
that which now thrilled through everv
nerve, Imt he would uot prove false to
the friend confiding lu him, and be an
swered calmly :
ou have my consent ; but, doc, better
put it off till you see her at Aikenside
There's no chance at ttie cottaVe, with
those three old people. I wonder hIi-
don't go wild. I'm sure I should.'
And you'll i mnnajje it for me, Guy?
You know bow. I don't. You'll contrive
for me to see ber alone, and mujbu way a
word beforehand In iny favor."
"Xes, yes. I'll mauiiL'tf it. I'll fix
It sight. Don't forget, da yafter to-tuor
row tight. The Cutlers will he there,
and, by the way, Murciu has got to be a
plenum girl, hue fancied you once, you
know. Old Cutler is worth half mill
ion." And Guy tore himself away from
the doctor, who, now that tbe lee was
broken, would like to have talked of
Maddy forever.
But Gay was not thus inclined, and iu
a mood nut extremely amiable, be went
dashing down toward Ilonedale. For
come unaccountable re.isou he was not
now one hit interested iu tbe party, and.
were it not that a few of the iuvit.uions
were issued, he would have been tempted
to give it up. Guy did not kuow what
ailed blm. lis only felt as if somebody
hsd been mrddllnr, with his plans. TT
contented himself with driving like a sec
ond Jehu until be reached Ilonedale,
where a pair of soft, brown eyes smiled
up into his face, and a little, warm band
was clasped in his. as Maddy came even
to the gato to meet him. '
She wnn very glad to see him. The
cottage with its humble ndormngs did
seem lonely, almost dreary, nfier the life
nnd bustle of New York, and Maddy had
cried more thnn once to think how hnrd
nnd wicked she must be groiug when
her home had ceased to be the dear old
home she once loved so well. She had
been there five days no, and notwith
standing the efforts of her grandparents
to entertain her, each day had seemed a
week in its duration. Neither the doctor
nor Guy hnd been near her, and capri
cious little Maddy had made herself be
lieve that the former was sadly remiss in
bis duty, inasmuch ns he had not seen
her for so long.
Maddy was getting to he a woman, witk
womnuly frenks, ns the reader will read
ily see. At Guy she was not particularly
pitjiied. She did not take his attentions
as a matter of course; still she thought
more of him, If possible, thnn if the doc
tor, during tlioxe live days, "saying to
herself each morning: "He'll surely come
to-d;:y," and to herself each night: "He
will be here to-morrow." She had some
thing to show him nt lust a letter from
Lucy Atherstone. who liad gradually come
to lie her regular correspondent, and
whom Maddy had learned to love with
all the intensity of her girlhood. To her
nrdent Imagination Lucy Atherstone was
but a little lower than the angels, and
the pure, sweet thoughts contained in ev
ery letter were doing almost as much
towards molding her character as Grand
pa Markham's prayers ai.d constant teneh-
inss. Maddy did not know it, but it was
these letters from Lucy which kept her
from loving Guy Kemingtou. Sho could
not for a moment associate him with her
self when she so constantly thought of
him ns the husband of another, and that
other Lucy Atherstone. Not for worlds
would Maddy l:ve wronged the gentle
creature who wrote to her no confidingly
of Guy, envying her in that she could so
often see his face and hear his voice,
while his betrothed was separated from
him by many thousand miles. Little by
little it had come out that Lucy's mother
was averse to the match, thnt she had
in ber mind the case of an F.ng'ish lord,
who would make her daughter "My
Lady"; and this was the secret of her
deferring so long her daughter's marriage.
In her last letter to Maddy, however,
Lucy had written with more than her
usunl spirit thnt she would come in pos
session of her property on her twenty-fifth
birthday. She should then feel at liberty
to act for herself, and she launched out
into joyful anticipations of the time when
she should come to Aikenside and meet
her dear Maddy Clyde.
Guy began to talk with Maddy, asking
how she had spent her tins', and so forth.
This reminded Maddy of the doctor, who.
she saui. nau not ueen io see hit nr nil.
lie was coming this morning," Guy
rejoined, "but I pi ruaded him to defer
Ium call until you were at Aikenside. 1
have coaie to take you back with me, as
we are to have a, party day after to-morrow
evening, nnd I wish you to be pres-
cut."
(To be continued.)
HINDOOS SAVED TIIEIS TODD.
Hand ut l ulled Mutes tislnma )!:.-
cer eiirly I'rofnneil It.
Five Hindoos, uttlrofl, In native co.i-
tume, were steerage passenger. on
board the steamship l'ntiaiim, which ar
rived front Colon. They were taken to
Fills Island for exainlnntlon, says the
New York Post.
The men were greatly cxcitivd when,
in handling their baggage, which was
wrapped In heavy cloths, the customs
ollhvrs nearly touched mid Hlluted one
bundle which contained food. The cus
toms men quickly appreciated the situa
tion and drew back their hands, and
thus the food was not profaned.
Two of the men called themselve
r.lsheti Siri.'h. two Namls Singh, and
Che fifth Wlr Singh. The latter appear
ed to be of lower caste than the rest,
and he was treated accordingly. Vari
ous were the talcs tilut the Hindoos.
Some persons said they were uiumtws
of n theatrical troupe, others believed
them to be lu senrch of work.
Ono Blshen Singh, whose
Engllsjh
was by no means perfect, appeared to
bo the leader of the party. Ills turban
was red, w'hlle the others wore white
head cloths. He said that he had been
working in Teni ns a watelunan. n
and his companions were siklis, having
lu.1,1 various encrairements in the Iirlt
Ish army. lie himself had sened five
years, raid Blshen Singh.
lle showed a letter of recommenda-
tlon, and vouched for ills fellows, say-
lng they hnd worked nt watchmen on
the ranania yanal. They would return
to India, remarked Bislien Mngti grave-
ly, if they could Had no work Here.
C. J. Anderson, third officer of the
rannmn, nnd Charles Mitchell, the
freight agent, were detailed to take
tho Hindoos to Fills Island from tlie
pier at the foot of West 27th street
I ne P".v started to wain to me eie-
vated stntlou at street ntul !itn
avenue. Ttie minions, mui tneir nag
gage under their arms. It wns n long
walk. Thev liad gone nlsmt half wny
when they begnn to grumble. Sudden
ly all laid down their baggage.
'We no go," said the spokesman,
Bbhen Sltij.h. "Where ymi take us?
See, there Is a carrlagi
You make
us walk. Everybody on street look at
us. Think, we have no money when
we walk. Why you no give us a car
riage?" Anderson was sure that the line
would not pay cab fare for five steer
age passengers. The Illiubxis, how
ever, were olnluratc. Finally an Idea
ru.'k An.lc.-son. lie i.lute.i ahead to
He elevated and .aid :
tflie
"See up in the air. There K tho car
riage on the tracks. Come on." His
wards followed.
The Hindoos cooked t!e!r own fiod
on Kb 1 pi muiiM, and said their dally
prayers with much ceremony.
II rally the Truth.
"She says she gets so tired of Bhop
.r..f I- tii'il.id tit,,. ll'i:)PV '
"Such airs! as if she had any Urns
for It. Of course, I don't know, but
I'll bet she works njl day."
"That s Just It; she a sale-wov.
un. I'liHiiiteipnia itcss.
Sam I lie Olltera,
11 iner I thought I had at least one
unselfish friend in Griggsby.
Mrs. Homer Well, haven't you?
Homer No. Only this uiomluf bs
wanted to borrow 1U
MANKIND'S FIRST DOCTORS.
In the Old Days Healers "Spared tbe
rievtl' Oil of 1'atlrnM.
"If the folks of. the present iluy bad
o undergo some of the treatment that
ur forebears of almost forgotten nps
iad to contend with when they were
Invalids, they ' wouldn't be so much
trowllng nlsiut the medicines thnt were
prescribed for t!.'nm now," snld the In
telligent pharmacist, who Is out ngaln
nftor a long siege of the grip,.
"What were the usual doses then?"
be wns asked.
"Well. I enn't believe there wore nny
, f hat could be enlloil favorites," replied
the druggist, "but the books tell vis that
before the days of the great father of
medicine, Hippocrates, when a man be
came nfnieted with any sort of disorder
the nstrolng;lsts nnd fetich men nnd oth
ers of thnt ilk who botored their fel
low huinntis, almost ulwnys diagnosed
the sickness ns the production of the
devil, or some other evil spirit, who
had takpn i.ssssion nnd acquired an
occupancy of the sick man's corporeal
frame, and had to bo driven out by oth
er devils, specters nnd iipparltlons, nnd
these medicine men generally bad au
assortment of demons on hand to do
tbe business. They acted on the ho
meopathic principle, slmllla simlllbus
curanrer, or, in plan F.ngllsh : 'Like
thing are cured by like things.' So
the doctors of those days sot their
fiends nt work to scare tbe devils out
of sick people, nnd let Imagination do
the rest, and It was not until tbe great
Grecian Introduced and promulgated n
sound system of modiclntj' that thfse
cany uociors retired trom practice.
"I know to-day of sensible people
who wear charms nnd amulets to guard
them ngnlnst nny kinds of evil, nnd ne
tually have faith In their efficacy. Of
course, thnt comes within the range of
(superstition at least, thnt Is my indi
vidual opinion but It Is widespread
TRANSFORMATIONS IN DRESS.
fill
Eugenie-like down to the walJt, this dame shows skirts of four periods.
The Emplresque snugness of to-day is labeled 1008, while the slightly
larger size dates to 1000. In 1S!)" there was apparently Quite n spread, while
1S0O takes one to tbe height of the hoopskirt period und Eugenie lu all her
glory.
I know a man In this very town, a
rather intelligent man at that, who
1,-ee-ns ronstnntlv In his nocket a horse
I .h---,, n fcpr, Bwav rheumatism.
j rhat mQn never hnd the rheumatlm in
his life, but Uls best friend couldn't In-
luce him to throw away the chestnut
I "Some of these amulets of the ages
lhat have gone are very curious propo
rtions. One, the preparation of which
'was attributed to one of the early
1 p0peS( Was a preparation of dried toad,
arsenic pearl, tragaeanth and other ln-
'p-edtents. and was in Its time worn by
nedt)ie around their necks, and never
rcmoved. During the cholera plague
jn London, people wore arsenic amulets
'pg measures of precaution, and a favo-
rjte method of driving away chills ana
feVer at one time was to wear a neck-
1 iace 0f spiders.
I "Where is the person who has not
'some regard for a cast-off horseshoe?
one time a horseshoe wns frequent-
; Jy nailed over me uoor l w
keen off wltcties. w tney are resru
ed by thousands of folks as good luck
charms. All this shows where imagi
nation Is at work.
"Coming back strictly to medicines, I
can say that In my time, and I have
dispensed drugs for more than a third
of a century, tbe doses administered by
physicians nre greatly changed. The
blx heavy boluses our ratners usea to
take hnve been relegated to the rear,
pnd, as a general thljig. the doctors put
fewer ingredients into the compounds
they prescribe. All the old medicines
thnt our ancestors used to believe In
are with us In stock, but rarely nre
they called for. In another half cen-
tury there Is bound to be a new school
of medical administration but I won t
be liere to maue a note oi u.
ZUNI INDIAN BASKETS.
Made by Expert Wonirn and Colored
to Salt luteuded I e.
The Zunl Indians make great use of
buskets, esiHs;lally In connection with
grinding flour. They commonly employ
for this purpose colled baskets which
iUK "ulu"1 " l1'"" """' ' " " '
and I'lute, and value highly. They,
themselves, manufacture wicker bas
kets which are not much esteemed. The
Industry U entirely confined to womeu
They employ an awl of deer bone, and
use some six kinds of willow, which
they make into circular trays nnd
bowls, tsl-lal. One Unit, salt willow, is
used for baskets to bold paper bread In
the house, the willow giving it a salt
flTat and another kind, "smooth
willow, for baskets to hold bread at
meals; white and yellow willow bas
kets are itsiil for corn meal; those of
red willow ns colanders fur washing
wheat nnd lioiiiln.v,"Tmd those of unk-tsu-tsl
ns sieves for wheat and licans.
White willow baskets are painted with
while clay, stained red, yellow or blind,
with native dyes or now dyed wltn
aniline dy:'s, for use In dances. Hither
while willow, or nil th; different kind?
of willow mixed together, nre employed
for tills p'irpose. Sacred baskets, thn-li-nal,
are used to hold plume Mick
and masks.
The women have a dance In the fall,
called Ahytir.ii, In which they use bas
kets painted with different colors. II
is wilil that the riiiine Is I'inin. and that
the daiuv, which Is to secure ruin, was
brought to Zitnl not many years ago by
two old men who visited the I'imn with
Mr. ensuing. An invcrti-d painted bas
ket, corresponding with the bos or
gourd resonator of the IIopI, is put
under t'.ie notched stick, kl-wl-a-iuui-nai,
which Is scraped with a stick a
an accompaniment to dances.
The Ziml also manufacture small
globular Imskets of salt willow in
which they collect locusts used as foisL
I'annicrs to carry pcacbos, melons, cu
cutulsTs and other fruit arc mad;' of
red willow. Twilled baskets of yucca,
similar to those seen nt other pueblos,
nre used to dip tip salt from the SaH
lake. The art of making these bas
kets, which are cnllcd Invtsl-lnl, was
learned from Aconia. The Zunl also
make a rectangular twilled tray of the
same materiel, with an edge of cedar
or oak. which tiicy uo to put paper
bread on, or V lay long plume sticks
or Images upon nt the yellow nnd blue
corn dances. Swallowing sticks were
formerly placed upon such trays at Hie
stick-swallowing dance.
The Zunl formerly had a number of
old coiled globular nnd jar-shaped 1ms-
kets, tho origin of which Is not defi
nitely known. The pitch-covered water
bottles, which they use come from the
White Mountain Apache or the Navajo.
The Old Masters.
"I mnke more money In n day than
Michael Angelo made In a month," said
a popular illustrator. "I've been study
ing up the wages those old chaps got
It Is amazing.
.uicnaci AEgeio was paid $40 a
month while doing the cartoons of tho
battle of Pisa, and Leonardo, who help
ed him, got the same rate. Ttyey were
both docked for lateness and off days,
but there was no overtime allowance.
Corregglo got for his 'Christ in the Gar
den' $7.25. Cnrracci's 'Resurrection'
only brought tbe painter $0.50. Albert
Durer for his pen and ink portraits
was not paid In ensh. A bag of flour, n
hundred oysters, a pair of boots Durer
would gladly do your portrait on such a
system of remuneration.
"ueniurnnui s top notcu price was
$475. He got that for his 'Night
Watch.'
"elasquez worked chiefly for the
Spanish government. He was paid at
the average rate of $35 a picture. Think
of It! Thirty-five dollars for the 'Iloke-
by Venus!"' Mlnnenjiolis Journal.
Jul Such a Gent.
"You're looking for new quarters.
hear," said Kidder, at the brentfast ta
ble.
"Yes," replied the talkative boarder.
"Why?"
"Here's an au in ttie paper that
siiouiti interest you particularly : 'To
rent Nice room for gent with gas.'"
Philadelphia Press.
Wl.rr.
"He's been In Paris for a year, I be
lieve, lie must lie very wealthy."
"Well, he used to have more money
llian tie Knew wuai to do with."
"You mean he Isn't ns wealthy as he
was?"
"Oh, no; I mean he lias leeri In Paris
long enough to acquire more knowl
edge." Philadelphia Press.
In Quut of Proof.
"Charity begins nt home," remarked
Tltewad to the beggar.
"That mi?" replied the mendicant
"Sposcn you ask me up to your bouse
for dinner, then?" Philadelphia Led
ger. When some men start out to look for
the deserving poor their first stop Is In
front of a mirror.
THE PAINTING 8EAS0N.
Good results In painting nt t?ie least
cost deH-nd largely upon the material
chosen. Paint is a simple comisnind
and the Ingredients can be ensily test
ed. The solid part or pigment should
be White Lead. The liquid part
should be Linseed Oil. Those best in
formal on painting always buy these
Ingredients separately and have their
painter mix them fresh for each job.
before the mixing the test Is made.
Place a pea-sl.ed lilt of White Lead
en a piece of charcoal or piece of
wood. Blow the flame ngnlnst It and
see what It will do. If it Is pure
While Lead, little drops of bright pure
metallic lead will 'appear, nnd with pa
tience the White Ia'mI can be com
pletely reduced to one globule of metal
lic lead. This Is because pure White
Icnd is made from metallic lend.
You may' test dozens of other so
ailed White Leads and not be nblo
to reduce one of them to lead. , If they
will not change wholly to lend but
leave a residue. It Is clear thnt some
adulterant Is present.
If you should have your painting
done with smch materials, no matter
how cheap they might seem, It would
be cosily in the end.
National Lead Company, Wood-
bridge Building. New York City, are
sending on request a blowpipe free to
any one about to have painting done,
so that the White Lend may be test
ed. With It will be sent a handsomely
ot'inlorl hruA'lef linvlni n Ha frontla-
plece the "Dutch Boy Painter," re- '
produced from the original painting.
This little painter has become noted
as the guaranty of pure White Lend.
KE HAS NO CAS WORRIES.
A llonseltoiit Owner Anchor Mil
llonm Near a PrlTnte Well.
One man there Is in the west sld
who sits wltn Ins family before a nat
ural gas tiro In the evening In a room
lighted by natural gas, with no worry
ns to whether Kansas City's supply of
natural gas holds out or not, says tho
Kansas City Star. Samuel Isabel Is hl3
naino. He Is a fisherman at the mouth
of the Kaw Kiver. He lives In a 20x40
foot houseboat, but bis houseboat Is tho
envy of all the many other fishermen
who live near the mouth of the river.
Seven years ago several west side
men formed an Investment company,
the object of which was to bore for.
natural gas in the bottoms near tbe
Kaw River. One well was sunk and gas
encountered, but capped and for sev-'
cral years the gas was put to no use. !
Last summer Isabel moved his house
boat down the river and anchored It
near tiie well.
'T thought It looked like a good
thing." he said, "so I kept quiet and got
to work. I bought an old water tank to:
use as a container. Then I bought 200
feet of iron pipe nt a low price. After
purchasing a few more accessories I
had my gas plant complete. I piped
my houseboat and put In gas fixtures
and stoves. Now I don't have to buy
tiny coal for stoves or oil for lumps,
mid I have tho best-lighted nnd heated
boat house on the river."
When he laid his pipe from the well
to his house Isabel perfected an inge
nious contrivance so that wlien his
house moved or wns rocked by the rise
nnd fall of the water tho flow of gas
was not affected. Other fishermen
have applied to Isabel for use of part of
the gas, but he says that as ho found
It first lie will not risk overtaxing his
flowline by having too many consumers
on It.
Dlanuted li Proposition.
"All that you nre, my friend," said
the lecturer, singling out an elderly
man sitting In a front sent who np
penred to be deeply Interested "all
that you nre, I repeat, you owe to
heredity and environment."
"Gosh," exclaimed the elderly mnn,
turning red with Indignation. "I never
had no dentin's with that firm In my
life, and I don't owe them or nobody
else a blamed cent!" Chicago Tribune.
Knew of One Other.
The multimillionaire made out s ehme
for a large sum payable to his favorltt
institution of learning.
"The smaller colleges," he said, affixing '
his signature, "ars useful, of course, a
leeders for the big universities, but they'ft
not the only feeders of 'em."
COFFEE EYES.
It Acta Slowly bat Frequently Pro
daces Bllndnrs.
The curious effect of slow dally poi
soning and tbe gradual building in of
disease as a result, Is shown in num-(
bers of cases where the eyes are af
fected by coffee. j
A case In point will Illustrate: i
A lady In Oswego, Mont, experi
enced a slow but sure disease settling
upon her eyes In the form of Increas
ing weakness and shooting pains with
wavy, dancing lines of light, so vivid
that nothing else could be seen for
minutes at a time.
She says:
"This gradual failure of sight alarm
ed me and I naturally began a very
earnest quest for the cause. About
this time I was told that coffee poison
ing sometimes took that form, and
while I didn't believe that cofTee was
the cause of my trouble, I concluded
to quit It and see.
"I took up Tost tun Food Coffee In
spite of the jokes of Husband whose
experience with one cup at a neighbor's
was unsatisfactory. Well, I ' made
Postuni strictly according to directions,
boiling it a little longer, because of
our high altitude. The result was
charming. I have now used Postum
In place of coffee for about 3 months
and my eyes are well, never paining
me or showing any weakness. I know
to a certainty that the cause of the
trouble was coffee and the cure was in
quitting it and building up the nervous
system on Postum, for that was abso
lutely the only change I made In diet
and I took, no medicine.
"My nursing baby has been kept In ft
perfectly healthy state slaee I have
used Postum. V,
"Mr. , a friend, discarded cof
fee and took on Postum to see If he
could be rid of his dyspepsia and fre
quent headaches. The chunge pro
duced a most remarkable Improvement
quickly."
"There's a Reason." Name given by;
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich,
