TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE 8ELECTION OF INTER
E3TINQ ITEMS.
Coimuentn nnd Criticisms Iinscd Upon
the HnppcntiiKH of the Day Ulutorl
cnl und News Notes.
( One oC the host things going, as you
might Huy, In mi unwelcome guest.
IMorpunt .Morgan has bought a rug
Cor $17,W0. Hard 1o beat that rug.
Wo often hear of ripe Judgment, hut
most judgment 1h picked before It la
irltc.
Evidently the Czar has' no hope of
ginning Immortal fame by being elected
Iho ilrst president of ltussln.
A girl went to Jail rather than toll
her yige on the witness stand. She does
not vlAiny, however, that she's over 7.
In his latest poem Alfred Austin de
clares "Nature Is Greater Thau I."
There Is something memorablo In the
modesty of this concession.
At the age of 17 a Kentucky girl has
been married three times and twice di
vorced. If she has started after the
record her chance looks good.
Wo have often wondered why Luther
Jturhank, the wizard, doesn't try to do
something In the way of producing a
cantaloupe with a clear conscience.
Another man has almost succeeded In
(swimming the Kngllsh Channel. Civil
ization Is going to take a fearful slump
unless somebody does it pretty soon.
While Nlagura Falls will only last
B.fiOO years, picture post-cards will be
out of date by then, and In all probabil
ity the falls won't be needed for any
thing. A woman is suing for divorce Ikj
cause her JS-year-oId husband smokes
cigarettes. She ought to have made
Itlin skow his lingers before she mar
ried him.
I.y boiling all the water and steriliz
ing all the milk and thoroughly cook
ing all the vegetables and killing all
the dies, the average person may es
cape typhoid fever.
lOggs are now being recommended as
prXlucts that cannot be adulterated,
but If they could speak, what a tale of
'suffering In cold storage some of the
fresh ones could tell !
Henry I'hipps, of Pittsburg, pays
?r0(),(MJ() a year for the use of a deer
park In Scotland. Other Pittsburg mil
lionaires have shown that he might put
his money to a worse use.
With the promotion of the American
minister at Constantinople to the grade
of ambassador, Turkey becomes the
tenth power to which the United States
sends a representative of the highest
diplomatic rani:.
"An honest man has nothing to fear
from investigations," says Governor
Folk of Missouri. This is true, but it
wins to be dllllcult to get some of the
men who are In the oil business to
agree that there is any reason why oth
er people should In their desire to In
vestigate use so much time that might
he otherwise employed.
Dr. Mary Putnam Jacob!, who .!l"d
In New York the other day at the age
of (53 years, was a pioneer, but she
lived long enough to see the world
come round to her early view that
women are as much entitled as men
to recognition as phyulcluus. She was
the first woman to go through the Paris
Schtxd of Medicine, the ilrst to be ad
mitted to the Now York medical socie
ties and to the American Medical As
sociation, and the first sent as a dele
gate lVom New York to the State Afed
leal Association.
The Aimr;m Library Association
recently held il.s thirtieth annual con
ference. In thirty years the public li
brary In America has become one of
the most powerful agents In the Intel
lectual development of the country.
Those who remember the time when the
librarian was an untrained person,
jilaeed in Ids position by accident rath
er than by special qualification, can
appreciate the value of the work of
the association. Without It many of
the beautiful library buildings which
hilorii our cities and towns would be
but storehouse's for badly selected and
uuiiFcd books.
Tln congestion of population in cities
Jium led to much moralizing on the de
cay of farm life and the indisposition
of fanners' sons to pursue the father's
'calling. Yet our census reports show
that between l.S.'iO and 1000 the number
of farms in the country Increased from
less than l.fiOO.OOO to nearly (5,(X)0,(I00.
That this Ls not wholly due to larger
imputation Is shown by the fact that
while In 1850 there was one farm to
every 1(1 persons in 1000 there was one
to every 13.1 persons, the farms grow
ing In numbers faster than the popula
tion. There la shown In this fact ono
reason why farm labor Is so inadequate
to the demand just now.
Man's devices for progress carry
noise and commotion in their train. Tho
trolley car, the steamboat, tho tele
phone, tho railroad are so many Inven
tions that lncrense tho clatter of tho
world. Uvea human character In theso
modern days makes a "to-do" In Its
growth. The child passes Into girlhood
with much talk about her feelings and
preferences. When she has given up a
had habit or curtailed an Indulgence
for the sake of sweet charity, she talks
over the acts with a dozen lntimntt
friends. If she contemplates a college
course or a matrimonial venture, she
consults both Interested and uninter
ested people about It. A religious ex
perience Is discussed until It vanishes
in talk, and a high resolve comes to
nothing because the words In which it
was to be framed could not be satis
factorily defined. If the modern woman
were to Imitate less the methods of
practical science, and take more les
sons in the still workshop of nature,
she would achieve results more beauti
ful, and perhaps even more useful.
Only to grow ns' tho grass grows,
Prating not of joys or wx,
is a good motto for July or January.
It would be a strange, confused world
In which the grass made a commotion
about Its upward climb, such as a puff
lug automobile makes -as It thrusts Its
nose over the hilltop. Of the great
forces of nature It may be truly said,
as a scholarly version of the Psalm has
It: "They have no speech nor lan
guage; their voice Is uot heard."
One great sacrifice Is demanded by
the American people of the man whom
tiiey honor with election to the presi
dency. That Is, the absolute surrender
of any notion he may have that ho Is
entitled to any privacy in his life. Tho
servant of the people, he must keep
constantly In slglrt of the people, and
must endure any 'disagreeable features
of the oillclal relationship. One of
Washington's first queries, as lie sought,
assistance from his cabinet In shaping
the form's and ceremonies of the new
republic, was: "What would be said
If the President were sometimes to bo
seen at quiet tea parties?" There was
a great gulf fixed between the state
coach bedecked with Cupids support
ing festoons, with Its outriders and foot
men In livery, and tho seclusion and
privacy of which the first President
was so fond. He felt the need of ca
tering to the public interest in tho
ruler of a people, but his heart often
turned with longing to the old friends
whose quiet companionship he craved.
Long afterwards, when Jefferson anil
Jackson hud had their leveling lutlu
once, criticism was directed to Presi
dent Pierce, because he used to step
out of his oiliclal surroundings now and
then to call as a plain citizen upon old
friends of his New Hampshire home.
If President Lincoln, opening a closet
door, found an oillce seeker hidden
within, It was to be taken as a matter
of course, and many a woman, forced
for the time to share the White Houso
with her husband during his term of
ollice, has bemoaned the fate of "tho
first lady of the land" when cut off
from that homelike seclusion which
every man and woman wants at times.
It is probable that the curious Inter
est of tho ruled In their rulers will not
cease while our government lasts. Hut
It must be trying, If not absolutely dis
gusting, to a man of President Roose
velt's good sense and democratic spirit
to find a press dispatch Informing tho
citizens of every State that during a
sudden shower he and his wife had
their clothes drenched, even though tho
added Information was missing that
the President's garments were at onco
sent to the tailor's to be pressed. Tho
President has a right to be put out by
a tale of Ids habits of eating, particu
larly If almost every single paragraph
of an alleged accurate account Is found
to be false. A certain amount of popu
lar Interest must always attend tho
routine of a public servant like tho
President, but It is dilllcult to believe
that there are many American citizens
who care a straw whether there are
ten courses or two In the dully dinner
in the White House.
Kr:in t!! iiancIurliiK.
Lncle I.'rosdoclmo, looking at his two
little nephews playlug at taking a fort,
promised 'J cents to the victor. Flvo
minutes after, tho fort was taken.
. "Well, one of you is a clever cap
tain. How was the fort taken?"
"Oh," said one, "I promised Gigl a
cent, if he would surrender." 11 Mondo
Umoristlco.
An A:ravul-, Annitult.
"They have a cow out In Oregon that
wiggles her horns."
"Gee! I'd Jmto to have a cow llko
tbiiL hook me." Cleveland Plain Deal
or. a
What tho world Is really looking for,
according to the women's version, is
some man who will hand consclenco
money over U his wife,
A woman's tongue Is the important
pari, of her running gear.
What Ails You r
Do you fool weak, tired, despondent,
have freqaent headaches, coated tongue,
bittftr or bad taslo in morning, "heart
burn," belching of g acid risings In
throat nttsr eating, stomach gnaw or
burn, foul breath, dizzy spells, poor or
variable appetite, nausea at times and
kindred symptoms?
If yoTNvo any considerable number of
thabovoiytorns you aro suffering
fromTN"llousnftsCrpld Jlvcr with Indl
ffcstIoniEdpeJ3Ttw pr. PJfrce's Golden
Mrllpftl pcoycrv la miUg tm of mot
valuable medicinal principles known to
mndloal science for the nenniuiept euro of
fuch abnprmftLeonditojisu It Is a most
efficient liver Invlgorator. stomach tonic,
bowel regulator and norvo strongthoner.
The "Golden Medical Discovery " Is not
A patent mcdlclno or socrot nostrum, a
full list of Its Ingredients being printed
on Itfa bottle-wrapper aial attested under
oath. A glance at Its formula will show
that It contains no alcohol, or harmful
habit-forming drugs. It Is a fluid extract
made with pure, trlplo-roflned glycerine,
of proper strongth, from the roots of tho
following native American forost plants,
viz., Golden Seal root, Stona root, Rtack
Chorrybark, Queun's root, llloodroot, and
Mandrake root.
The following leading medical authorities,
ft mom: a hunt of others, extol the foregoing
roots for tho euro of Just such ullutonts as tho
bovojmptoinsiii(llcntn: I'rof.lt. Iltirthnlovv,
M, 1).. of Jefferson Mtl. College, PhlU : I'rof
H.O Wood.M. D,.of Unlv.of Pa.: Prof. Kd win
M. Half, At. 1).. of Hahnemann Med. College,
Ohkatro: Prof, John Kim:. M. D.. Author ot
American Dispensatory: I'rof. Jno. M. Send
der. M. D.. Authorof Spocltlc Medicines: Prof
Laurence Johnson, M. I).. Med. Dept. t.'ulv, of
N. Y.: Prof. Klnloy Klllngvrood. M. D.. Author
of Materia Modlca and Prof. In Dennett Medi
cal Colleen. Chicago. Send name and ad
dress on Postal Card to Dr. It. V. Pierce. Buf
falo. N. Y and recotvo ret booklot giving
extracts from writing of all the abort medi
cal authors aud many others endorsing, In tho
ntrengest poislblo terms, each and every In
grfltlent of which "Goldtm Medical DUcov
ery " In composed.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and
inrlgorata stomach, llvor and bowel. They
may bo used In conjunction with "Ooldon
Medical Discovery" If bowels aro much con
stipated. They're tiny and sugar-coatod.
A loud voioo and a clumsy manner
bespeak the coarse woman.
Colored print goods will he fresher
if tho color is set before washing
tho first time, and this may lo done
by soaking tho garment in a strong
solution of salt and wator for an
hour beforo washing. If tho color is
greon, n little vinegar should be
added to tho rinse water; und if
lilac, a small quantity of ammonia.
The best way to iron tucks is to pull
them struigt and iron on the wrong
side lirst, and then iron on the right
side. They look bettor if tho aucok
is raised with a knife after pressing,
instead of leaving them Hat.
FADED TO A SHADOW.
Worn Down ly Klv- Vonri of Suf
fering: from Klilni" Ciiiiiluliit.
Mrs. Komothe Myers, of 100 South
Tenth St., Ironton, Ohio, says: "I have
worked liard In my time and have been
exposed again and
again to changes of
weather. It Is no
wonder my kidneys
gave out and 1 went
all to pieces at Ust.
For five years I was
fading away and final
ly so weak that for
six months I could not
get out of the house. I was nervous,
restless and sleepless at night, and lame
and sore in the morning. SomeMmcs
everything would whirl and blur before
me. I bloated so badly I could not
wear tight clothing, and had to put on
shoes two sizes larger than usual. The
urine was disordered and passages were
dreadfully frequent. I got help from
the first box of Doun's Kidney Pills,
however, and by the time I had taken
four boxes the pain and bloating was
gone. I huvo been In good health eve
since."
Sold by all dealers. fiO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
HOLD UP!
etxicl con&idear
POMMEL
1IKE ALL
WATERPROOF
CLOTHING.
hmadt of thr best
nuMihhblickorytlltw
fulry Ajdriinttei.a-i sold fcyfl
rriiiflc dtdkrs wtowhtrtl
" 3T1CKT0THE
air. nr-rur rieul
iv. ' "mii vt i lit run I
1 TMIDWTO.fAH. lorrcm.rusiuiA i
THE BEST COUGH CURE
In buying a cough medicine, re
member tho best cough cure,
Kemp's Balsam
costs tio more than any other kind.
Remember, too, tho kind that
cures is the only kind worth any
thing. Kvery year thousands aro paved
from a consumptive's gravo by
taking Kemp's Halsam in time.
Is It worth while to experiment
with anything else ?
Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c.
mt e
mm i ni a
mmr .mvMi r m
mm -A- i-TT
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES!
Cfcr mere m4i brltMer m4 fwte cslsn tim My other ityt. Om 10c Mckne ester U fer. Tlwv dts to cl witer better ttaj WOtker ile. You cm f
MV ors4t wltlkMt rlwlM Nrt, WrtU for free bklet..tfew te Dye, BlMdi mi Mti Celm, MO4"RC. "X UC CO., VniontiiU: Mljjmrl
NO REST NIGHT Oil DAY.
With Irritating Skin Humor Hair
Began to Fall Out Wonderful Ro-
Bult from Cuticura Remedies.
"About the latter part of July my
whole body began to iK-h, I did not
take much uotlce of It at first, but It
began to get worse all tho time, and
then I began to get uneasy and tried
all kinds of baths and other remedies
that wero recommended for skin hu
mors; but 1 became worse all the time
My hair begau to fall out and my scalp
itched all tho time. Especially ut
night, Just ns booh na I would get In
bod nnd get wnrm, my whole body
would begin to Itch, and my finger
nails would keep It irritated, and It
was not long before I could uot rest
night or day. A friend asked me to
try the Cuticura Itemedles, aud 1 did,
and the first application helped me
wonderfully. For about four weeks I
would take a hot bath every night and
then apply tho Cuticura Ointment to
my whole body; and I kept getting hot
tor, nnd by tho time I used four boxes
of Cuticura I was entirely cured, anil
my luilr stopped falling out, I). K,
Itlaukenship, ail) N, Del. St., Indlannp
mMs I ml. Oct. L'7. 1!)0.V
BUSHELS
Thai's (he
WHEAT CROP
I.N
Western Canada
This Year
This with nearly 80,000,000 BushcU ot
Oats and 17,000,000 Bushels of Barley
mean a continuation ot good timet
lot the farmers oi Western Canada
free Farms Big Crops
Low Taxes, Healthy Glmate, eood
Churches and Schools, Splendid Rail
way Service
The Canadian Government oilers &o acres ot
land FKEK to every settler willim: and able to
comply with the Homestead Regulations. Ad
vice ami Information may be obtained tree (rom
W. I). Scott. BupurliilfncUnt of Immigration, Ottawa,
CnuHila.or W. V. HnnU.t)l Naw Yoik l.lfn lliillUlnii,
Oiiiaba, Nob , AutU .rizml (iotoroiuonl Atfauta.
I'lna aar whir TOO niw th la Ailvnrtlanmnnt.
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Must Boar Signature of
See Facsimile. Wrapper Below.
Very aw nil nntl an easy
to talus as hukux.
CARTER'S
FOR HEADACHE.
FOR DIZZINESS.
FOft IIL50UEHE8S.
FOR TORPID LIVER.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
FOR SALLOW SKIN.
FOR THE COMPLEXION
ITTLE
IVER
PILLS.
, OBSTftJIMU MUT MAVtUOMATUaC,
15 Carts I Fnrelr TcyetaDlo.WSri
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Forevor.
iR. T. Follx Gouroud'a Oriental
Cream or Magical Baautiflar.
Rtmovea Tan, Pimples,
Freckle, Moth l'ulclmi.
Iiaiti, and Skin Dlaraita,
anil every Dicmiib
no beauty, and ilo
fles detection. It
hat atood tbe teat
of 67 years, and
la so tannines wa
taitelt tobumrtlt
In properly mad.
Accept no counter
feit of ilmllar
name. Dr. h. A.
Havre laid to a
lady of tbe liaut.
ton (a patient) :
"As yon lujlea
will uee them.
I reeotnnittid
'(Jnijrmut'a Cream1 ai tbe Irsat harmful of alt the
1 kin preparations." Knr sale by all drugclits and i ancj,
Uoous Dealers In tho Ubltod State!, Canada aud Kuropa,
FEBD.T. HOPKINS, Prom 37 Great Jones Street. Htw York.
OROPSY
Ni:t" lIM!OVKllY (it., furs
iff mill curf wurtt rMtt Hciik of
tinmriuii aim IO Diiyn trut(unt
Dr.lUI. iKl;KSO.VS, lioi I, AtlmitMiu
I I II Nil I I III HI I
90,000,000
Sale Ten Million Boxes a Yean
THE FAMILY'S FAVORITE MEDICINE
CANDY CATHARTIC-
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BESFOTOWELP
You CANNOT
CURE
all Inflamed, ulcerated and catarrhal con
ditions of tilts mucous membrane such as
nnsalcntnrrh, uterine cntarrh caused
by feminine ills, sore tltront, soro
mouth or Inflamed eyes by simply
dosing the stomach.
But you surely can cure these stubborn
affections by local treatment with
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic
which destroys the disease Kerms,cltcck3
discharges, stops pain, and heals the
inliammation and soreness.
Paxtine represents the most successful
local treatment for feminine ills ever
produced. Thousands of women testify
to this fact. 50 cents at druggists.
Send for Free Trial Box
THE R. PAXTON CO.. Boston, Mus,
L. DOUGLAS
350&3.00 Shoes
DEET IN THE WORLD
W.L.Doug!as$4Qllt Edgo lino.
cannolbaoqualloualanyprlco.
SHOES FOR EVERYBODY ATlLL FRIGES.
Man' Shoes. $5 to $1.0O. Iloya' Shorts. $3
tofl.UO. Woman' Shone, $VOO to fl.OO.
Mlaaea1 6V Ohltttran'a B!io. $3.flB to $1.00.
Trv W. I.. DntiKln Winni'ii's, MUsoft ami
Olillil rcii's nlioc; for Htylo, lit aud woar
tlmy oxcol otlmr make.
If 1 could take you Into my largo
factories t Brockton, Mass., and show
you how carefully W.L. Douglas shoes
nrc made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, nnd nro o greater vnluo
than anv other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtnln V. L.
Douelas shoes. Ills nnmo and price is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and Inferior shoes. Tako no subttl'
tute. Ask your dealer (or W. L. Doutflusibocs
and Insist upon hnvlnz them.
Fast Color Etjelott tned; they will not wear orrrssj-
Wrlte (or Illustrated Catalog ol Pall Styles.
k W. I. UOUULAS, Dept. 14, Urocktou, Mass,
AGE
comes all too quickly to
her who suffers from the
diseases peculiar to
women. Pain, weak
ness, debility, soon leave
you but a wreck of your
former womanhood.
CARDUI
WINE
OF
WOMAN'S RELIEF
relieves female pain, cures fe
male diseases. "I was scanty,
had numb feelings, and was
terribly nervous every month,
but Cardui has made me feel
so much better," writes Mrs.
J. Brandenburg:, of Hunting
ton, W. Va. Try it.
At all Druggists. c is
WRITE lor Free Advice, Statinir
wo nnd describing your MyruptomM, to
Lmlii'8 AuYiMory Dopt,. (Jbattiiuooga
Medici iiu Co., Chattanooga, To nit,
a
Fresh air is not a tiling to be takorit
in littlo closes tjmco a day, but a tiling
to live on.
Mrs. WlnsloWs SOOTHING SYUUP for dill,
dreti teething, softens the gums, reilucoa Infl'i
maiiou, ulluyb puin.uuifj, collo. lrleei3c Uottla
Tlie lirst P ulltuuri sleeping cur was
constructed and run in 1803
WANTHIJ
Mn to learn Teltigniphy. Write J. H Tiahcs
care Santu Ke Ity. ArlcansasCity, UunsiiH
Wo never misn the witter till tho
buclcot chuin breaks.
N. U. U. 015-38, YORK, NRBR'
fir
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