I I Beware the Street Car Strap. New York Sun: A Pittsburger went to his physician a few days ago com plainin of a dull ache in his left arm. He had never had rheumatism, but thought his pain must come from that malady. After describing' it, the doc tor said: "You ride to and from your office in the cable car, don't you?'' "Yes." "You seldom get a seat?'' "True enough," "you have formed the habit of holding to the strap with your left hand?" "Since you mention It, I know that it is so. though I had not thought of it." "That is the cause of the pain you feel. For an hour a day, more or less, your arm is held in an unnatural upraised position, and it, has begun to tell upon you. You can re lieve the ache with this ointment which I shall give you. but a cure can only be effected by ceasing to support your self by hanging to a strap. Maine's Oh! People. Lcwiston Journal: 'Tis hardly worth mentioning, because none of these peo ple are very old for Maine, but it has been noticed this week that Sen-all Kmery of Jtiddeford, aged Ss years, sawed a cord of hard wood, three cuts to the stick, in four hours one day re cently; an SO-ycar-old lady in Temple walks to churoh every Sunday; Mrs. Isaac Caswell of West Hockport, OS years old, does all her own housework, and does it well, too; Mrs. Eliza Ward of Troy, aged a3 years, spins nineskeins of yarn each day: Mrs. Amy Addition of Portland, aged IK) years, has just finished a crazy quilt, doing the work unas-isted by spectacles: Mrs. Clarissa Manwell of North Hartford. TO years old. lives all alone on a farm and does all her work herself, and 79-year-old Mrs. Cynthia II Young of Turner, takes care of two cow?, and thirty hens, has made ".".O pounds of butter since May and taken care of an invalid laugh ter, besides doing her housework and cutting apples this fall. Vlic:it as IVed for (fiw. Tin; last quarterly report of the Ivan sas state board of agriculture is largely devoted to the subject of feeding wheat to farm animals. Reports from many farmers from different sections of the state are all to the same general effect as relates to the feeding wheat for milk. Wheat is pronounced by them almost without exception to be a ver3" superior feed, from 10 to 50 per cent better than corn and better in mixture than when fed alone, as might be expected. In the United States twenty-eigh states and territories have given women some form of suffrage. Petitions are being circulated in South Australia asking that women be given the suffrage of both houses of parliament. Iceland, in the North Atlantic, the Isle of Man (between England and Ireland), and Pitcairn island, in the South Pacific have full woman suf frage. In the Dominion of Canada women have municipal suffrage in every province and also in the Northwest territories. In Ontario they vote for all executive officers except in the elec tion of members of the legislature and parliament. Billiard Table, second-hand. For sale cheap. Apply to or address, H. C. Akin-, :11 S. l'-'th St., Omaha, Neb. Joseph Grim of Hammonton, Pa., was riding along a country road re cently on his bicycle when he was stopped by three highwaymen. They wanted his money, etc. lie took his watch from his pocket, threw it sev eral yards away, and, while the men were scrambling for it, mounted his wheel and escaped. A CHRISTMAS IDYL. V57 III ?tl printer Tourist TirketH Viu tlie Wabasl. Kailroml Are now on sa'e to sill the winter resort; of the South, i;ood returning until June 1st. "U5. Aio Haum.st E.ci usion Tickkts to all oints south on excursion dates. In :nl dition to nlvove. Kailrond and Steamship tickets to all j oints in the United Status mid Hriiorr.. at lowest rates. For rates, tickets, excursion dates and full informa tion or a opy of the Home Seekers Guide, call at Wal ash Oflice, l."0- Fanmm street, or write G. N. CLAYTON", N. W. P. Agt, Omaha. Neb. The Evolution of the Country Club is discussed by Casper W. Whitney in the December number of Harper s Maga zine. "U e Americans do nothing by halves." says Mr. Whitney. "Perhaps we should enjoy life more if we did: and the history of the country club, as much as anything else, bears witness to our tendency to superlative develop ment. From having not a single country club in the entire United States of America twenty-live years ago. we have in half that period evolved the handsomest in the world." The men not only have to set 1-ehind high hats at the theatre, but they have to pay lor them OMAHA 8uSSS!Ss. AYDENi A few specially pood things in Clothing and Cloaks. rder them. Your money back if yu want it. :XU Newmarkets, colors black, dark blue, brown, drab; sizes 32 to 3S. at SI. 75 each. The-e ai e worth SS.00 to Sti.CO. Misses Lone Cloaks, sizes S to 12 years, in navy cardinal and deep red at one-half juice. Ladies Cloaks. 42 Inches Ions, black, blue, brown and tan atSlO.OOand Si 2.50. These are elegant garments and are old every -w heie at Sls.ttO to S20.00. A full line of i ur Capes. The leader a beautiful black Conly Fur, 30 inches long at V.I.U5. CLOTHING. A strictly all wool Cheviot Suit, and : dark Gray Ca-simcre :uit. that retailed x hree days ago for 12.50. Now SO 50. 'Our Leader" is a suit made as stylish and well as any tailor-made garments can be. They are cut from the best materials, and sell everywhere at from Sls.Oo to ur price is now Sll 50. A genuine Columbian Melton. Kersey or 15caer Overcoat in blue, black, brown or t xford, made wl ban eye to solid wear as well as style, and retailed everywhere at ;I2.(0. Our price. S5.75. Hoys' Cape Overcoats, ages 4 to 14, in cheviots and Cassimeres, at St. 75. ltojsl Overcoats, sizes 14 to 19 years, made of Hrown Melton, at Sl.!5. Catalogue and Price List free. HAYDEN BROS., OMAHA. NEB. IONT RUIN YOUR STOVES Write atnnre for Omaha Stove Repair Works, 1209 Douflaa St Omaha ITTLK P.LOSSOM trust her tiny impled hands into great china jar. and shook out a gust of sum in ery fragrance, though outside the winter wind was raging wildly, and piling the fleecy snow into deep snow drifts, j "Don't spill the pot-pourri, my pet!" I murmured a sweet, sad voice, i It was Blossom's sister, blue-eyed Mabel, who sat sewing by a dim light and a dying lire sewing furtively on a white dress for a cheap doll hidden under her apron, for to-morrow would be Christmas, and the poor gift must go into lIossoms little red stocking hanging yonder u ith that pathetic darn in the tiny heel. They were alone in the world, these two. and Mabel was fighting the battle of life for both, with a brave heart but failing hope. for alas! encumbered with the care of the 4-year-old child, there was so little she could do to keep the grim wolf of poverty away from the door. 7? A V,n, I, ,1! i f i IJ-1 iM.'M Ik lit am 1 1 1 ' v - kite ! i I y pv:,jhj r i i STOVE REPAIRS llTCn An eent to bndle onr SAFKTT nfinicu it quired If Htl OMAHA SP1 CLOTHING : LAMl HOLDER. KTerj house an I rt quired If stlf actory references are glTcn ohaua specialty Co.. 506 I'leice st-.'Omaha- for MEX and BOX. If TO want to sare from C to 110 00 oo suit writ for our new Fall Catalogue, containing sample of cloth. NEBRASKA CLOTHING CO., Cor. Utb and Douglas Sim., Omaha, "don't simi.i. thk roT-poi i:i:i. my rirr." Only two years ago they had been the petted daughters of a rich mer chant, but failing in business, he had died of the shock, and his delicate wife had soon followed him to the grave. Everything was sold to satisfy the clamorous creditors. Of all the splendors and luxuries of their old home nothing remained to the orphans but the beautiful china vase of pot-pourri of which Arthur and Mabel haxl gathered the roses that summer when they were betrothed. That was almost three years ago, now, and to-night, as the wild winter winds shrieked through the leafless trees, and the blinding snow whirled along the lonely streets, little Plossom stirred the rose leaves in the old china jar. and with the summery gust of spicy perfume, old memories rose to Hood tide in Mabel's tortured heart. Where was Arthur now when his beau tiful young love was so lonely and friendless in the cruel world, her slight form too thinly clad for the wintry cold, her cheek too wan from lack of food? Vas he dead, or false? Alas, they had quarreled bitterly, the headstrong young lovers! lut as Mabel wept so heart-brokenly now. she thought less of their bitter quarrel and more of their love and happinos that golden summer when they had gathered the roses to fill the china jar, and kissed each other so often beneath the bending foliage. Later on, in winter weather, they had quarreled, because Mabel was dis pleased at Arthur's flirting with a cold coquette. So the sweet idyl of love came to a sudden end, and Arthur devotei himself to the girls that Mabel despised the most. She did not seem to care, although she favored none of her other suitors, but smiled on all alike. Her mamma did not allow her to take ref uge, like Arthur, in reckless flirting. "A young girl should be as pure as a white rosebud. The virgin dew of in nocence should not be brushed from her heart by idle flirtations. Let her keep her love looks and her heart smiles for her husband," said the wise matron. And therein lay the gist of the lover's quarrel. Arthur had flirted and Mabel had taken him to task. He was so handsome and so rich that women kept angling for him even after his engagement was announced, and his easy masculine vanity soon drew him into a coquette's toils. He looked love into her wooing eyes and kissed her hand because she tempted him. He knew lie was in the wrong, but he waxed angry at Mabel's naive lectures. ".Manima says a male ilirt is even more despicable than a female one.and that a truly noble man will not stoop to pain a woman's heart merely to gratify his sillj vanity. And an en gaged man is almost the same as a married man. Mamma says he has no rig'ht ' l'ut her timid arguments were inter rupted hy Arthur's angry retort: 'See here, Mabel, you're beginning to quote my mother-in-law to me too soon, and I tell yon plainly I won't stand it now, nor after I'm married, either." "You can never marry me unless you change your fickle ways!'' flashed Ma bel, indignantly, and Arthur, not to be outdone, replied: "Very well. Miss Miller. 1 can soon find another sweetheart as pretty as you are. and perhaps not so jealous!" Mabel's blue eyes flashed with anger, and tossing her beautiful golden head, she threw his diamond ring disdain fully at his feet. Arthur picked it up with a reproachful glance from his large, dark eyes, bowed scornfully, and went away. After that they never spoke as they passed by. Put. in spite of their outward pride and alienation, they had loved too tenderly and truly to change at heart, and each cherished a secret hope of reconciliation. She thought that Arthur would repent and own his fault: he believed that Mabel would repent and call him back. Put in one brief month her father died. and the heart-broken wife quickly followed her husband to the better land. Mabel and little Plossom were left all alone in the cold world. Piche.s took wings, and friends forsook the orphans. With a few dollars, and the old china rose-jar. they removed to a humble room they had rented in the cottage of a poor widow. There, for a little while. Mabel half hoped for Arthur's coining. Surely, if he had ever loved her. he would throw pride to the winds and come to her now. when she was so poor, and sad. and wretched. Hut the long months came and went without a sign from Arthur, and it was more than two years now since their angry parting. She seldom went out. she did not read the newspapers she was too busy and too poor so she did not even know what had become of her old love. He might be dead or married married to that sweetheart he had boasted "he could find, as pret ty as Mabel and not so jealous."' Mabel had tried oh. so hard! to put fickle Arthur out of her thoughts, but. alas, when Plossom's restless fingers would stir the pot-pourri into perfume, the ghost of that dead summer and that lost love would come out from the withered rose leaves and pull at Ma bel's heart-strings with relentless i hands. While Mabel wept on her folded hands, the restless little I51ossom". ever intent on childish mischief, came and leaned against her knee, abstract ed the tiny silver thimble from her finger, and trotted back to dabble in the rose leaves again until she was presently put to bed after drowsily murmuring her baby prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep." Then Mabel knelt to pray also, and to her nightly petition she added, as often before: 4,God bless Arthur, wherever he may be, and give him a happy life. Amen.' The joyous Christmas morning dawned with dazzling sunshine on the bright, new fallen snow, and Blossom was very happy with the new doll and sugar plums in her red stocking, but for sweet Mabel there was no Christ mas token, although in former years the festal season had showered her with gifts. With deft lingers she pre pared their simple breakfast of tea and toast, and just as they finished eating their laundress entered. She was a sunny tempered old negro woman, once Blossom's loving nurse, and since then she had insisted on do ing their small wash, charging only a nominal sum, such as she knew Mabel could afford to pay. Blossom laughed with delight over the big yellow orange Mammy gave her, then the old woman opened her neat basket and brought out the snowy garments so daintily laundered, ex plaining volubly: hi Ml II I , V vn pail -'mpmi spilt Wi 0mm "JIV I'KIX'IOUS JIAIIKI.. "Miss Mabel, honey, dese yere white ap'orns uv Blossom's done wared so threadbar". dat I torcd a snag in one sleeve, honey. I's mighty sorry, but I cudden" help it to sabe my life, de mus lin is so ole and thin. But. darlin". vou git vo" needle right oil' an" fix it afore Blossom puts li it on. "cause you know ef she spy dat leetle snag, she gwine to poke her sassy leetle thumb in it shore, and. t:ir dat liole heap bigger in a ininnit! Ah, you sp lit little precious." apostrophizing Blossom, "you needn't shake dem yaller curls at me. "cause you knows dat yo ole brack Mainmv is tellin de gospel truth on you! You always wa& a doing of some mischief ebber sence you was born, dough you do looky like a hebbenly angel wid dem big blue eyes an dimply cheeks!" and she gathered the cherub to her broad bosom in a loving hug while Mabel sought diligently in her little work- basket for her missing thimble. "It is not here. How strange, for I had it late last night." she said. Then, a sudden memory came over her. She added, anxiously: "lUossom. you had sister's thimble last night. Yon took it from my finger. Get it for me now. that I may mend your pretty white apron!1 Blossom trotted from corner to cor ner with a puckered brow of grave perplexity and her rosy thumb in her mouth, sure sign of perturbation. Mabel and Mammy joined in the search, diligently, but all in vain. "Oh. dear! the little mischief, she is always losing some of my things." sighed Mabel, impatiently. "There was my gold pen that went no strange ly, my tootli brush, dozens of spools of embroidery silks, and ever so inn ni trifies. But she can never remember what she did with a single thing! She must have found a crack in the floor or wall to poke things in. Think now. pet. with all your might. Where did you hide sister's thimble?" Blossom, with her most cherubic air of innocence, was thinking deeply, and to some purpose this tirae.for suddenly, with a shout of joy like an infantile Columbus discovering a new America, she rushed to the rose-jar. "Indat evysing in dere!" she lisped, joyfully, and boldly oveturned the pot-pourri upon the floor. Oh, the flood of sweetness, the summer-time perfume in the wintry air as the spices and withered roses poured in reckless waste upon the warm carpet! A cry of dismay rose from Mabel's lips, but Mammy and Blossom were alreadv on their knees scattering the fragrant mass and bringing to light all the lost treasures. And suddenly Mabel saw in Mam my's fat Dlack hand a square, crea a tinted envelope, scaled with pale-blue wax, and on the back her own name in Arthur's writing: Miss Mabel Lvigley Miller. "Oh. my Lor' Almighty, dat lost let ter! Da's whar she done hid it. dat little mischief!"' the old woman was half sobbing when Mabel caught it from, her hand. She thought at first that it was one of Arthur's old love letters, but sud denly she saw that the seal was un broken, and cried, tremblingly: "Mammy, Mammy, how came this here? When how "' her voice broke in a sob, and the old woman whimpered: "'Taint nothin' important, is it. Miss Mabel, honej-? 'Cause, how. maybe I've been wrong that I never tole you 'bout it sooner! Dot letter I'd know it ag'in any whares kem to our house the day of poo' mar's fun'el. darlin, and 1 jest lay it down in you' room a'tendin' to gib it ter yon bimeby when you come up stairs from crying obcr de corpse. "Pea red Ink I jest turned round and dat letter was gone. Blossom, she was a-stanin" close to de fire, an" I fouht she done took en burn it up. I"se feared you'd be mad "bout it, so 1 neber telled you: and when de nigger kem dat ebenin for de answer, 1 telled him thar wasn't none. Oh. dat little mischief, she done hid it in de rose-jar all distime!" 'Oh, Mammy. Mammy, you've wrecked my life! 111 never forgive you never.never!" wailed Mabel. as she broke the seal of the dear letter whose secret the old rose-jar had kept those two long weary years. And under date of two years ago. Arthur had written in a passion of love and remorse and tenderness: "Mv Daiimnc. Mauei.: I was in the wrong, from first to last. Will you forgive me, and make up our dreadful quarrel? "I have never been happy one moment since we parted. I will never flirt again if you will take me back again, my darling. "My heart aches for you in your loss and sorrow, my own sweet love, but I will love you enough to make up for everything when once you are my dar ling wife. Plossom shall be my little sister. Send me one word, my .Mabel, to put me out of my misery and bid me come to you! Your Aktiii i:." She turned on the old black woman, her blue eyes haggard with despair. "The letter was from Arthur.to make up our quarrel." she cried. "You knew all about it. then, how we loved each other and how we parted. But now it is too late, forever too late! and she fell sobbing, with her loveU face against the withered roses of that golden summer when she and Arthut had been happy together. So black Mammy, with a sob of dis may, rushed from the room, and Ilo.s som crouched over the scattered pot pourri in round eyed ama.ement. Mabel alternately kissed and wept over the letter all day long, but in the early gloaming she heard a manly footstep inside the room. 'Miss Mabel, honey. I done fetch him buck to you, darlin"." sobbed a voice outside the door, and the girl sprang to her feet in bewilderment. A pair of tender arms clasped her to a wan'p, manly breast, dark, glorious eyes beamed love into her own. fond lips cltuig yearningly to hers, and Ar thur Karle breathed, with deep emo tion: 'My precious Mabel, we must for give Jlaminy and Klossom their share in our long separation, for we both have suffered so deeply that our re union is all the more sweet and thrill ing! No more sadness and loneliness for us, Mabel, darling. This is the most joyous Christmas of my life, and to-morrow you shall be my worshiped bride!' Christinas lifls tut Orani;e Trees Hans Christian Andersen has given a pretty sketch of a Christmas eve he spent in Home sixty years ago -a ith a party of Northmen Swedes. Nor wegians and Danes -who found them selves faraway at the time of the home gathering. They celebrated the fes tival in the Villa Porghese. amid a beautiful grove of pines. Finding that a fir tree, which they had wished for their Christmas tree, was then- tot, valuable a treasure, they procured two large orange trees, sawn from the roots and glowing with the golden fruit. The party consisted of about thirty Scandinavians, seven of whom were ladies. Thorwaldsen and Kyslrom were among the company. The ladies wore wreaths of roses: the gentlemen wreaths of ivy. When the Christmas gifts were distributed a silver cup. with the inscription. "Christmas Ive in Pome, in 1ST-',. ' fell to Andersen a love token from the three nations wp resented. , I I i IN all receipts for cooking requiring a leavening agent the ROYAL BAKING POWDER, because it is an absolutely pure cream of tartar powder and of 33 per cent, greater leavening strength than other powders, will give the best results. It will make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor and more wholesome. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. AVhoti They Meet and Tart. An Englishman salutes his friend with: "How do you do? Good by. j Farewell."' Similarly the Dutch, "Yaar wel," and the Swede. "Farvel."' A : Frenchman says: "Bonjour! An plai- j sir!' i. e., "de vous revoir." An Ital ian, "Puon giorno! Addio! A rive-, derci!" A Spaniard, 'Puenos dias! j Adios! Hasta la vista!" (French "An revoir!') The Turk folds his arms and ! bows his head toward the person whom I he salutes. The Common Arab says. "Salem aleikum" ("Peace be with ' you"). He then lays his hands on his breast in order to show that the wish uroceeds from the heart. A quart of wheat contain moro nutri ment than a bushel of cucumbers. UN Srlinnc for Itcwiixc. "Madam," said the occupant o: one of the front seats in the main balcony, turning to the lady in the enormous hat, who sat almost directlj- behind him, "this is a better seat than yours, but I will take it as a favor if you will change with me." "Sir!" "I mean it, madam," he persisted. "The man two seats behind this one kicked me out of his office the other day because I dunned him. I want to get even with the scoundrel." Chicago Tribune. "Mere gratification of the appetite fa vary likely to shorten life. In the public schools of Frani-o -4.2 per cent of the pupils are shortsighted. I'oultry U l'rofltaWc. If interested in poultry send 4r in stamps' for our lis'Xt catalogue of Imut-utors atui 15nMlers, with useful hints. Pes Moiaes Indicator Co , 1U2 E. Locust. Pes Moines. Xo one has as much money as people im agiue. Ilef inaii't.'aiilInir Ii-i with G I y ri 11 r. T! riginnl ami only cerium-. Curs Ctmpjw lluixt auJ Kacir, Colli sort, ,c. C. (i. Clark Co. .Unveu.Ci. Some naturalists say tho w hide was onco n 'ami animal and took to tho water for--safety. Pi-os Cure is the medicine to break up children's Coughs and Co!ds.--Mrs ii. U. Bi-vxt, Sprague, Wash., March S, "!H. A decapitated snail, kept in u moist place, will in a few weeks grow anew head. "Ilnnion'pi Itlitic Corn Slv. Warrants) torurfor iru'iiev ivfiKnU-a. -k. your druggist fur it. 1'rior 13 i-erits. Nothing surprises a man more than to act the fool at nichtand feel well tho uextday. JCatarrh Can Not l$e Currtl With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as thev can not reach tho seat of the disease. Ca tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must tnke in ternal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is takeu internally, and acts dircctry on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Curo is not a quack medicine. It was pre scribed by ono of tho best physicians iiithis country for years, and is a regular pre scription. It is composed of the lest tonics known, combined with tho bent blood puri fiers, acting directly on the mucous sur faces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonder ful results in curing Catarrh, rieud for testimonials, freo F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O. Sold bv druggists, price Toe! Halls Family Pills. -Sic: Jf tho Ilaliy Cutting Teeth. .5iiro and ue that o!.I an.i well-trie-l rcimMr. JJs VVlsi.o 's Soothing Svuur for Children Tex-turns- The Le--t a man can do is so poor that bn is usually ashamed of himself. Three Sunk and an fiirrti'l Kainliotr. The following is taken literally word for word from a rare copy of the Brighton (England) Advertiser of June G, 17'J: "A rare phenomenon is re ported from St. Malo. llecently during the afternoon, between the hours of ! and 5, three perfect suns were seen all in a row above the western horizon. The slc3' was very clear at the time, and there was no one who saw the unusual sight that believes it to have been a mirage or other atmospheric illusion. The central seemed more brilliant than his two luminous attendants, and be tween the three there seemed to be a communication in the shape of waves of light composed of all the prismatic colors. At about tlie same time a rain bow made its appearance at a short dis tance above the central sun, upside down that is to say, the two ends pointed toward the zenith and the bow's neck toward the horizon. " ISettcr Kit-ry Year. Timo was when tho "glorious rluuute California" did not attract tourists Hut year after year the tido of travel sets in stronger and stronger every fall and winter toward this favored region. There is m climate like it on this contiueiA ior a wiu ter resort, and the usual lino service on tho I'nioii Pacitic System has this season been, liroucfit to a decree of j enection which leaves nothing to Le de.-ired. For further information a!l ou yimr nearest ticket agent or address E L. LOMAX. General Pass, and Ticket Aent. Omaha. NoW Those who s-av thev are not conceited"- show a vein of conceit in saying so. no vor Exi'tcr To Become a .Mother?" so. th-ti permit us to say that lir l'ierve's i-'avorite l'rirscrip tion is hulked. a true "Mother's Friend,"" 1 OK I.' 1IAKKI". mtXTWCKM if iVChildbir th Easy- SSVyby preparing the i5'svsU ::i lor parturi- Tho Modern Mother I Has found that her little ones are im proved more by the pleasant laxative. ! Syrup of Figs, when in need of the j laxative effect of a gentle remedy than , by any other, and that it is more ac-1 ceptable to them. Children enjoy it ' and it benefits them. The true remedy. Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the j California Fig Syrup Co. only. j True to tlie Cause. Sorghum Sugar. Some figures are given by Kansas Farmer showing that after paying SI. 50 per ton for the cane the actual cost of producing sugar is less than -' cents per pound. This allows S'.MO as tiie cost of working up a ton of cane. In view of the great value of cane seed it is certain that the farmer who can con- i tract and sell his cane at SI per ton is , far better off than he who has to de ! pend upon wheat and corn. It is also reasonably safe to assume that the cost of manufacturing can readily be re duced to S- per ton, so that the total cost of producing the 150 pounds of sugar now found to be obtainable from each ton is readily reducible to S."5, making the actual cost of the sugar only 2 cents per pound. tion. thus assisting Nature and shortening: Labor." I lie painful ordeal oi chiiubirth is robbed of its terrors, and the dangers thereof greatly lessened, to loth mother arid . child. The period of confinement is also greatly shortened, the mother strengthened and built up, and an abundant secretion. of." nourishment for the child promoted. Send 10 cents for a large Hook (16S pages)", giving all particular. Address, World's Uisi'kxsaky Jli:i)i(.L Association, 66x Main St.. Buffalo. N. Y. PAINLESS CHILDBIRT1L Mrs. Frkd Hi nt, of (,ciiz Y V.t says : " I read about Pr Pierce Fa vorite Prcscrintiou being so good far a wo man with child, so I got two bottles last September, and De cember 13th I had a twelve pound baby girl. When I was confined zras not sitk in any way. I did not suffer any pain, and when the child was born I walk ed into another room and went to bed. I i Keep your uxiract ot V??!5-'wIbvSu Sitiiart- v ecu on hand "Yi!Tst fill till, ttlllf. It "S- very cold weather and our room was Mas llr?rr very cold but I did not take any cold, and never had any after pain or any othf r pain. It was all due to God and Dr Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription and Compound Extract of Smart-Weed. This is the eighth living: child and the largest of them all. I suf fered everything that flesh could suffer with the other babies. I always had a doctor and then he could not help me very much, but this time my mother and my husband were alone with me. My baby was onlv seven days old when I got up and dresseri and left my room and stayed up all day." m PAIN ONLY A RUB TO MAKE YOU WELL AGAIN OF PAINS RHEUMATIC, NEURALGIC, LUMBAGIC AND SCIATIC. Hungrv IlijT'rins Wot's dis? 111 1 . 1 ! UCL'll Ull 111 .-WHS. Weary Watkins Oh, dat's all rig 1 1. I ain't goin" to wear "em. I just bou,; 'it "em to hang up fcr Christmas. A Sensible Answer. "Everybody who does right shall be rewarded," said the Sunday sciqol superintendent. "Xow what will e the reward of all these little girls nd boys who put playing aside and cone to school every Sabbath?" "I knows, sir," said a wee girl. "And what is it to be, my child?' "A box of candy and an orange :it Christmas!" A Wise Young; Man of the East. S.S. Teacher And now,Tommy,u hat do you suppose those shepherds n u it have thought when they saw the angels in the sky? Tommy That the- had a littls to much eggnogg, I guess. Town Tilt 1 i thrive on Scott's Emulsion whon all the rest of their food seems to go to waste. Thin Babies and Weak Children grow strong, plump and healthy by taking it. Scott's Emulsion overcomes inherited -weakness and all the tendencies toward Emaciation or Consumption. Thin, weak babies and growing children and all persons suffering from Loss of Flesh, Weak Lungs, Chronic Coughs, and "Wasting Diseases will receive untold benefits from this great nourishment. The formula for making Scott's Emulsion has been endorsed by the med ical world .for twenty years. No secret about it. Send for pamphlet on Scott' 1 Emulsion. FREE. ocott . nowne, n. y. All Druggists, so mnt