Four Facts For
Sick Women
To Considez
lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound ;
Has an Unequalled Record of Cures—
Mrs. ‘Pinkham’s Advice Is Confiden
tial, Free, and always Helpful
r First.—That almost every operation
tour hospitals performed upon women
comes necessary through neglect of
•uch symptoms as backache, irregular
►nd painful menstruation, leucorrhcea,
displacements of the uterus, pain in
the side, burning sensation in the stom
ach, bearing-down pains, nervousness,
dizziness and sleeplessness.
I Second.—The medicine that holds
the record for the largest number of
absolute cures of female ills is Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
It regulates, strengthens and cures
Cl-ease's of the female organism as
nothing else can.
For thirty years it has been helping
women to be strong, curing backache,
nervousness, kidney troubles, all uter
ine and ovarian inflammation, weak
ness and displacements, regulating
menstruation perfectly and overcom
ing its pains. It has also proved itself
invaluable in preparing for childbirth
and the change of life.
Third.—The great volume of unso
licited and grateful testimonials on file
at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass., many of wfiich are from time to
time published Sy permission, give ab
solute evidence of the value of Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and
Mrs. Pinkham’s advice.
Fourth.—Every ailing woman in the
United States is asked to accept the
following invitation. . It is free, will
bring you health and may save your
life.
Mrs. Plnkhatn’s Standing Invitation
to Women.—Women suffering from any
form cf female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are
received, opened, read and answered
by women only. From symptoms given,
your trouble may be located and the
quickest and surest way of recovery
advised. Out of the vast volume of ex
perience In treating female ills Mrs.
Pinkham probably has the very knowl
edge that will help your case. Surely,
any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish
if she does not take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance.
American horse blankets are much
•worn by Japanese coolies In cold
weather.
FAMOUS TREATiai,
Pari* Has Had Six of The^ All Im
portant, Named After It.
Chicago News: If Russians and Jap
anese really negotiate their peace agree
ment at Washington the treaty will be
known as the "treaty of Washington.”
Among the most Important of the world's
treaties are the following: The treaty of
Westphalia (164S), which ended the thirty
years’ war. The peace of the Pyrenees
(1659) definitely marked the fall of Spain
from Its position as the leader of Europe.
A historian says: "When Spain signed
with France the peace of the Pyrenees she
signed away with it the last remnant of
the supremacy she had exercised in Eur
ope. France, the victor, took the place
of Spain In the councils of the continent.”
By the peace of Augsburg (1555) religious
freedom was assured to Germany and
the war between Protestants and Catho
lics came to an end. The treaty of Ut
recht in 1713 terminated the war of the
Spanish succession.
A number of the most Important treat
ties In modern history are known as the
treaties of Paris. They are six in number
and bear the dates of 1763, 1783, 1814, 1815,
1856 and 1S98. The first of the series mark
ed the end of the seven years' war. Among
other things it provided for the cession to
Great Britain and Canada and the region
east of the Mississippi river. The treaty
of Paris, September 3, 1783, between Great
Britain and the United States, marked
the close of the American revolution and
recognized the independence of the colon
ies. The aggressions of France under
Napoleon found their conclusion In the
treaties of Paris of 1814 and 1815, by the
second of which France was compelled to
pay an indemnity to the allies amount
ing in all to near $300,000,000.
In 1856 a treaty of Paris was concluded
among the powers at the close of the
Crimean war. It provided that the Black
sea should be neutralized and that it
should be thrown open to the merchant
marine of every nation. The treaty of
Paris of December 10, 1S98, terminated the
Spanlsh-American war. Spain relinquish
ed her sovereignty in Cuba and ceded Por
to Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the
United States. For the Philippines it re
ceived $20,000,000. Other important treaties
were that of Berlin, settling the eastern
question (1878) and Frankfort-on-the-Maln
(May 10, 1871), securing peace between
France and Germany.
Latin was formerly the language used
In treaties. But treaties to which several
European powers are parties are now
generally drqwn up in French, the use of
which became common in the time of
Louis XIV, but the final act of the con
gress of Vienna (1815) contains a protest
against the use of this language being ob
ligatory. A great European treaty usually
begins: "In the name of the Most Holy
and Indivlsable Trinity.” or if the Sultan
of Turkey Is a party, “In the name of Al
mighty God.”
In Manchuria, Siberia and North
China much use Is made of Chinese
brick tea, not as a beverage, but as a
vegetable, boiled with rice and mutton.
Natural I
Flavor, I
odProducte
uoiri He without inem in t oar name a
They Are Always Ready to Serve 1
Lunch Tongues Veal Loaf 1
Bone!oso Chicken Dried Beef I
^ Brisket Beef Soups (
| Jellied Hocks Backed Beans I
AjK Vour Grocer B
The Booklet "Boxo to Make Good Things 1
li to Eat" tent fret. M
j _ Libby. McNeill &. Libby, Chicago \
Facts Are Stubborn Things
Uniform excellent quality for OV6f 3 quarter of a
Century has steadily increased the sales of LION COFFEE,
The leader of all package coffees.
lion Coffee
is now used in millions of homes. Such
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positive proof that LION COFFEE has the
Confidence of the people.
Tho uniform quality of LION
' ! COFFEE survives all opposition.
UON COFFEE keeps Its old friends and
makes new ones every day.
UON COFFEE has even more
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ity to commend It. On arrival from
the plantation. It Is care tally roast
ed at our factories and securely
packed In 1 lb. sealed packages,
and not opened again until needed ^ (j*
for use In the home. This precludes "s°
the possibility of adulteration or contact with ,.rms, dirt,
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A VETERAN OF THE BLACK
HAWK, MEXICAN AND
THE CIVIL WARS.
11
CAPT. W. W. JACKSON.
Sufferings Were Protracted and Severs
—Tried Every Known Remedy With
out Relief-Serious Stomach Trouble
Cured by Three Jloltles oj Perunal
Capt. W. W. Jackson, 705 G St, N.
W., Washington, I). C., writes:
“I am eighty-three years old, a
veteran of the Black Hawk, Mexican
and the Civil Wars. I am by profession
a physician, but abandoned the same.
••Some years ago I was seriously at*
fected with catarrh of the stomachy
My sufferings were protracted and
severe. 1 tried every known remedy
without obtaining relief.
•‘la desperation I began the use of
your Peruna. I began to realise Im
mediate though gradual Improvement.
“After the nse of three bottles every
appearance of my complaint was remov
ed, and I have ’ no hesitation In recom
mending it as an infallible remedy foi
that disorder.”—W. W. Jackson.
Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum
bus, Ohio.
i '
IflWJVV IVUi
Public Ledger: Jenks—But did you na
ture the editor that your poem was orig
inal ?
Scribbles—Oh, yes: and he didn’t doubt It
it all.
Jenks—No! What did he say?
Scribbles—He said he felt quite certain
:hat I had never seen It In print anywhere.
Mr*. Winslow s bootbino btbup lor Children
teething; eoftena the gums, reuucoe inflemmsuon. B
iajs puiu. cures wind nnlin. 'ia cent- a bottle.
That's What.
It Isn’t by burning the midnight oil
That the servant girl expires:
It’s simply by burning the standard oil
For building the morning fires.
—Houston Post.
Dr. Ilex 111 Kennedy's Favorite Remedy 1e excel
lent for the liver. Cured me after eight yeere of suffer
ing." S. Pepron, Albany, N. V. M urid Famous. SI.
Some Wonderful Islands.
St. Louis Post Dispatch: “Which
ocean,” writes a reader from Edge
brook, Mo., "contains the most impor
tant Islands?”
Well, let’s see. There’s Cuba; that’s
In the Atlantic ocean; so Is Porto
Rico; so is Santo Domingo and so Is
Haytl. There are two whole repub
lics. Newfoundland, where we get the
dogs. Is In the Atlantic, and so are
the British Isles, Including such well
known countries as England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales.
Manhattan island, on which little old
New York is located, Is In the Atlan
tic.
The Bermuda Islands, where the
onions come from and where thln
gklnned Americans go to spend the
winter, are In the Atlantic.
Then there’s Madagascar In the In
dian ocean. Don’t overlook that; It Is
one thousand miles long. And there’s
Australia In the Pacific, which Is all
ured big for an Island, but a shade too
imall for a continent. And there’s New
Zealand, also In the Pacific, where they
have municipal ownership and no
strikes. And there’s Long Island In the
Atlantic, the site of Oyster Bay and
the home of Teddy; and there are the
Philippines, which Dewey put “the
lid” on; and there’s Hawaii, one of
Ihe Sandwich islands, where sand
wiches are unknown; and there’s Juan
Fernandez In the Pacific, where Rob
inson Crusoe lived; and there’s Sicily
in the Mediterranean, where they
raise the biggest stiletto crop In the
world, and Corsica, nearby, where Na
fioleon was born; and there’s Borneo In
he Pacific, where the wild man was
born-e-o.
And while you are looking for islands
don’t pass up Japan. It’s an empire of
Islands; there are 3,850 of them. Go
and count ’em for yourself.
Scarcely less renowned Is our own
Chesley island, in the Mississippi river,
which Is an arm of the Atlantic ocean.
COMES A TIME.
When Coffee Shows What It Has Been
Doing,
“Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me,” writes a matron from Rome,
N. Y., “its lightest punishment was to
make me. ‘logy’ and dizzy, and it seem
ed to thicken up my blood.
“The heaviest was when it upset my
stomach completely, destroying my ap
petite and making me- nervous and Irri
table, and sent me to my bed. After
one of these attacks, in which I nearly
lost my life, I concluded to quit and
try Postum Food Coffee.
“It went right to the spot! I found
it not only a most palatable and re
freshing beverage, but a food as well.
All my ailments, the “loginess’ and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition
of my blood, my nervousness and irri
tability disappeared in short order and
my sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. I began to rebuild
and have steadily continued until now.
Have a good appetite and am rejoicing
in sound health, which I owe to the
use of Pcrdum Food Coffee.” Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
There’s a reason.
Read the little book, “The Road «•
Wellvllle," found In eaeb pkg.
THE RACES OF CORN.
Botantcally. there is but one species
of corn, Zea MayB, but this one Is di
vided Into six distinct groups or races,
each of which has many varieties, due
to culture In different climes. These
races have well-defined, persistent
characters which admit of specific
nomenclature. The six races are the
pop corns, flint corns, the dent corns, !
the sweet corns, the soft corns and the
pod corns, which are thus described by
Plumb In his valuable work on "Indian
Corn Culture."
Pop corn.—The substance of the cen
ter of the kernals is hard and flinty
(corneous) all through, excepting at
the germ end, no white, soft starchy
substance being present.
Flint corn—The corneous matter sur
rounds the Bides and top of the kernel,’
so that It la enclosed In a hard, flinty
coat, with soft, starchy substance In
the central part. The kernel is usually
about as broad as long, and rounding
and smooth over the top. Flint corn
Is somewhat smaller than dent, and is
best suited to New England and the
northern line of corn growing.
Dent corn.—The sides of the kernel
consist of corneous matter with the
central part filled with a soft material,
even to the dented or contracted
rough top. This contraction is due to
shrinking of the softer part of the ker
nel In ripening. The kernel In many
varieties Is slender or wedge-shaped.
Nearly all the corn In the great corn
belt of the central west belongs to this
race.
Sweet corn.—The kernels consist of
translucent, horny material, which
contains considerable sugar (glucose)
Instead of starch. The kernels In most
varitit-s are quite wrinkled or twisted
and are distinctly wedge-shaped.
Soft corn.—Excepting the germ, the
entire kernel is starchy and soft in
character and has somewhat the form
of the flints. This race Is commonly
grown In subtropical corn regions, as
thq far southwest and In Mexico. This
Is the early form of the corn as grown
by the Indians.
Pod corn.—Pod, or husk corn Is a
variety In which each kernel Is enclos
ed in a small husk, while the aggrega
tion of kernels, w hich may form a long
or short ear, Is enclosed In large exter
nal husks on a simple cob, as with
common ears. Flint and dent corn may
exist In this variety. Pod corn seed,
when planted, will usually g've a crop
of both podded and unpodded ears.
Each variety of corn may be easily
classified'with one of the so-called races
which were worked out by Dr. E. D.
Sturtevant, according to its seed. How
ever, if two or more races are grown
close together there will be ears com
posed of a mixture of each class, es
pecially if the flowers develop at the
same time.—DeWltt C. Wing.
DANGER IN SPRAYING.
E. I. Farrington warns readers of
The Country Gentleman that while the
necessity for spraying fruit trees and
small fruits during the spring and
summer months is recognized, it should
be remembered that this practice is
attended with danger unless certain
Important facts are borne in mir^. As
a rule, the poison which is used for
killing insect pests is equally fatal to
human -beings. It Is probable that
many cases of illnesss are due to eat
ing fruit containing a small amount of
some poisonous substance.
Take the case of the currant, for In
stance. Currant bushes blossom early
and a portion of the flower remains to
become a part of the fruit. It curls up,
however, in such a manner as to form
a little sack, and when such a poison as
Paris green or arsenate of lead Is spray
ed'on the bushes after the blossoms
appear, some of it is apt to be retained
in the flower and incorporated into the
fruit—a veritable sack of poison.
Currants may be safely dusted or
sprayed with hellebore, however, as
this loses its poisonous properties after
being exposed for a short time to the
air, and may even be placed upon the
fruit during the ripening period with
out doing any harm. It i3 easy to ap
ply hellebore by dusting It on the
bushes while the latter are wet with
dew. It is effective when mixed with
an equal part of flour. Hellebore may
be used as a spray to good advantage
when mixed with whale oil soap.
Some horticulturists recommend
spraying trees with arsenate of lead
during the greater part of the season,
but there is danger in this practice. It
is not wise to spray when the trees are
in bloom, as the poison on the flowers
is likely to stop the formation of fruit.
Moreover, the use of the poison at this
time will kill many bees, which are
useful for their work in fertilizing the
blossoms as well as because of their
bountiful yield of honey during the
apple blossom season.
It is a safe'and a wise practice to
ipray with arsenate of lead and Bor
leaux mixture immediately after the
petals fall. It is dangerous, however,
to use poison on the trees after the
fruit has turned over, as it will find
lodgment in the hollow where the stem
joins the fruit. Arsenate of lead is
adhesive.
Sometimes the presence of insect
pests in the asparagus bed creates a
strong desire to use a poisonous com
pound for the purpose of killing them.
This cannot be done with safety, how
ever. It frequently happens that much
of the crop may be saved by spreading
ft small amount of shorts on the ground
about the plants. Certain worms will
leave the asparagus stalks by sowing
lettuce in the bed. They will feed on
the lettuce in preference.
1 have never tried the experiment,
but it is said that strong soap suds
containing \Vashing soda poured on the
ground will cause the pests to come to
the surface, when they may be picked
by hand and destroyed.
This reminds me of another remedy
for currant worms which I was told
the other day had been found to work
well. It was simply to set a fresh pine
bough upright among the branches of
each bush. I understand that this
should be done before the currant
worms have appeaVed in large num
bers. It Is possible that the pests find
the pine boughs offensive and so keep
away, but I should prefer to make use
of hellebore, too, in order to make
assurance doubly sure.
WOMAN’S COMICAL ERROR.
Mrs. M. J. Moore of New York
bought a house at Montlcello live years
ago and fitted it up in fine style. She
bought a horse, chickens and a cow.
The cow was of high breed and cost
a snug sum.
When Mrs.-Moore went to New York
recently for a short stay she left her
brother in charge of the place. He fed
the cow a hot mush on the recommend-,
atlon of neighbor. Next day he
astonished to find that she hai]
upper front teeth.
On Mrs. Moore’s return s’—
much Incensed that her brotht
have been fooled into feeding
the hot mash and destroyir
teeth. "Poor Bossy," said^
will ghe eat now?”
She sold the cow a
find another. Much t
inent she found that *
had no upper front - j
She told her tr
George Anhstrona
"Why," Mr. Aj|
cow has u.vpe
Mrs. Moo.v
Boundaries of Man’s Knowledge. <
Senator P. J. McCumber. in the
National Magazine for July: Wo
are taught by our great philosophers
that the sensible history of any concrete ,
form is a history of Its duration from the
moment it emerges out of the realm of
lmpcrceptlblltty to a period when It will (
again enter Into a like state. That It Is
certain and demonstrable, however, that
every object has had a history prior to
the time of Its perceptible recognition, and
that It will have a subsequent like history; '
and that no knowledge of such existence J
can be said to be complete or even en- (
titled to the dignity of the term, knowl
edge, un... it has compassed all that can
be ascertained before as well as after Its '
perceptible existence. The history of mnn (
as a being—as an atom—would be lncom- ,
plete which began with his birth and end- j
ed with his death. Wo cannot say that |
we have knowledge of any one thing In j '
thp world until we are able to combine,
not merely Its sensible and perceptible ex- (
Istence, but all that may possibly be
known of all that precedes and all that ,
succeeds perclptlble existence to the very , 1
border line ot the unknowable. Tracing 1
backward from the moment of his en- j |
trance Into the field of perceptibility, we ,
know that a period of embryonic devel- i ,
opment preceded the birth of «hls man;
and pressing our Investigation further |
back, wo learn that the cellular tissue of '
which ho Is composed existed in plants I
and other substances, and back still farth- |
er we find that the atoms constituting the
cells existed In a diffused and gaseous
state. Carrying our Investigation forward,
we find that decomposition Is followed by
dlsintregatlon; and tills dlslntrcgation
passes his substance again Into the gas- | :
eous state. At these two extremes all ,
knowledge of the individual begins and |
ends.—From "What JLlcs Before Tills
People,"
How Ho Got 'Em.
Philadelphia Bulletin:
haw—Sim Walton has
cornin' to board with
mer.
Farmer Glddap—Dew
he manage to get so ma
Farmer Geehaw—He
nuthln’ but college stu
ployed on the farm.
An Important Ije*
Allen 8. Olmsted, of
the courage of his couvlei
Inventor and proprietor ol
well-known proprietary art
enjoying a large sale all or
Olmsted has been a heavj
backed up by the superloi
article ha has offered to the
able to make a trade-mark
Others have noted this wit
hare sought, by underhand _
copying, to steal—"steal” Is
actly fitting the crime—the
bad from confusing the mind
Mr. Olmsted engaged emlnen
brought his dishonest comprt'
Into the Supreme Court of Ne
which recently granted an lnj_
costa, restraining tile offenders
Ing or selling a foot powder resel
len'a Foot-Ease In outward form
or otherwise, the article which M
had made a household word on ‘
nents. This Is where Mr. Olmst
the courage of his convictions, f
man might have smarted under t
Imitation, unfair competition mu
tlon, and accepted the situation
5 race without doing anything In 1
he entire advertising fraternlf.
United States owes n debt of gratltui
Allen S. Olmsted, of Le Roy. N. Y., the
owner of the trade mark “Foot-Ease," for
taking this firm stand against tbe bucca
neers of trade who, having no Inventive
power themselves, are always willing to
profit by another’s bruins and, by methods
akin to those of the bushranger, become
social highwaymen In stealing the benefits
of long, exteuslve and clever advertising.
Don’t allow the mustard to spread.
It's a pest.
Wisconsin farmers are making fine
pork, with clover knee high, and with
ground oats and barley as grain feed.
We are never without s bottle of Plso'e
Cure for Consumption in our house.—
Mrs. E. M. Swsyse, Wkbits, Okie., April
17. 1901. j
fl TEACHER'S ftE
L LIFE ALWAYS THEEATEHED II
NEEVOUS PEOSTEATION. /
>ne Who Broke Down from Six Ttmnat
Overwork Toll* How She Escaped ’
Misery of Enforced Idleness.
*‘I had been tenching in the eMy
chools steadily for six years,” said Mim
fames, whose recent return to the ml
rom which she was driven by mines
ollapse has attracted attention. "They
vere greatly overcrowded, especially ha
he primary department of which I lad
'Large, and I had been doing the mask
if two teachers. The strain waa toe
'inch for my nerves and two yeses ags
he crisis came.
" I was prostrated mentally and pfcy
lically, sent in my resignation and never
ixpected to be able to resrme work. Il
leemed to me then that I was the most
niserablo woman on earth. I was tor
ured by nervous headaches, worn ootby
nubility to sloop, and had so
)lood that I was as white as chalk.
"After my active life, it was hard to
Jear idleness, and terribly discouiagasg
:o keep paying out the saviugs of ymm
for medicines which did mo no good.”
"How did you get back your health r*
"A bare chance and a lot of faith M
me to a cure. After I had suffered tar
uany mouths, and when I was on the
rery verge of despair, I happened to road
lu account of some cures effected hy
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. The steto
uonts were so convincing that 1 sobm
iow felt assured that these pills woadd
lelp me. Most people, I think, buy only
me box for a trial, but I purchased siai
xixas at once, and when I bad used
ihem up, I was indeed well and bad mi
need of more medicine.
"Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills enriched my
Shin blood, gave mo back my sleep,
stored my appetite, gave mo strength to
ivalk long distances without fatigue, bn
fact freed mo from all my numerous ail
ments. I havo already taught for sevaml
months, and I cannot say enough ut
praise of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills.”
Miss Margaret M. James is now living
it No. 133 Olay street, Dayton, Ohio.
BC her fellow teachers have alaa
r. Williams’ Pi :k Pills and warn
istic about their merits. Sound
n, strength, ambition, and cheap
ts quickly follow their nse. They
i in every drag store is the
Il ®:22 Cream
AM'getable Preparation far As - _
slmilating the Food andBegula
ting the Stomachs and Bowels of
Promotes Digestion.Cheerful-1
ness and Rest.Contains neither
Opium,Morphine nor Mineral.
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