A Woman’s Back
Has many aches and pains caused by
weaknesses and falling, or other displace
ment, of the pelvic organs. Other symp
toms of female weakness are frequent
headache, dizziness, imaginary specks or
dark spots floating before the eyes, gnaw
ing sensation in stomach, dragging or
bearing down in lower abdominal or pelvic
region, disagreeable drains from pelvic
organs,faint spells with general weakness.
If any considerable number of the abovo
symptoms are present there is no remedy
th^t w'SHvoivo quicker relief or a more per
manent gjne than Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
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years of cartel It Is the, most potent
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vi.no known to medical science. It is made
of the glyceric extracts of native medici
nal roots found in our forests and con
tains not a drop of alcohol or harmful, or
habit-forming drugs. Its Ingredients are
all printed on tho bottle-wrapper and at
tested under oath as correct.
Every ingredient entering into "Fa
vorite Prescription ” has the written en
dorsement of the most eminent medical
writers of all the several schools of prac
tice—more valuable than any amount of
non-professional testimonials—though the
latter are not lacking, having been con
tributed voluntarily by grateful patients
In numbers to exceed tho endorsements
given to any other medicine extant for
the cure of woman’s ills.
You cannot afford to accept any medicine
of unknown composition as a substitute
for this well proven remedy of known
coJU’osraoN, even though tho dealer may
make a little more profit thereby. Your
interest in regaining health is paramount
to any selfish interest of his and it is an
insult to your intelligence for him to try
to palm off upon you a substitute. You
know what you want and It is his busi
ness to supply the artiole called for.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are tho
original "Little Liver Pills” first put up
by old Dr. Pierce over forty years ago,
much imitated but never equaled. Little
sugar-coated granules—easy to take as
candy.
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& Oh-Udleu's ShtMe, $226 to $51.00.
(Try AV. L. Douglas AVoimm’S, Misses and
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If I could take you into my large
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you how carefully W.L. Douglas shoes
ore made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you cad obtain W. L.
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prices and interior shoes. Take no substi•
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and insist tyion having them,
fast Color Euelet? useil; thru will not wear brassy.
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l.fOIIN AV.MOKRIK,
_j AVatiiiuglon, D. C.
„ 5uccessfully Prosecutes Claims.
I Late Prfncapel Examiner U S. Pension Bureau.
I 3 vra in civil war. UiodiucLicatniuclaiais. attv aiuce.
Girl* Now Ride Astride.
From the New Vork Telegram.
One visit to the riding academies in
the vicinity of Forty-ninth street and
a walk along the bridle paths of Cen
tral park will convince the casual ob
server that riding astride lias been
generally adopted in New York, par
ticularly for young girls. Riding in
structors nil have very definite notions
on the subject and their ideas have
prevailed so that today nine cut of
ten young women seen riding in the
park use the regulation cross saddle
formerly used only by men.
And it is safe to say that very few
persons, even the most conservative,
notice the difference or see in the new
fashion anything savoring of unwom
anliness. The divided skirts are made
so full that they fall naturally on ei
ther side of the saddle and clothe the
limbs in quite as modest a manner
as though garbed for the street.
In speaking of the cross saddle rid
ing one of the instructors said: "It
is the most natural manner of riding
and to perch the body sidewise in the
| old fashioned way is simply a relic
of barbarism. In the former method
there is perfect and harmonious devel
opment of tne muscles, while in the
latter there is always the tendency of
the rider growing one-sided from the
unnatural position, and as a result a
shrinking of the muscles on one side
and overdevelopment on the opposite
side of the body.
"We have some difficulty with par
ents at first in bringing them to our
way of thinking, but once they see the
matter In the right light there is no
more opposition and they are ns de
lighted as their children. The danger
of horseback riding is reduced to a
minimum in riding astride, for if the
horse shies there is much less danger
of being unseated, and I believe the
pleasure of the sport is increased ma
terially in having this danger elimi
nated."
Didn't Know Wife’s Purse.
From the Chicago Tribune.
In response to an advertisement
printed in a local paper two women
called on J. H. Noble, a grocer of Oak
Park, yesterday and claimed a pocket
book which had been found In his store.
Before the grocer had time to solve the
puzzling problem his wife entered the
store and seized the purse, exclaim
ing:
"Why, that’s mine. Where did you
get it?”
The two other women left the store
without further argument.
’’I hope, John, you will consult me
after this before you try to give my
money away,” Mrs. Noble said to her
husband. ’’You ought to know your
wife’s pocketbook.”
TIRED BACKS.
The kidneys have a great work to do
In keeping the blood pure. When they
get out of order it causes backaohe,
headaches, dizziness,
languor and distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the kidneys well
and all these suffer
ings wiH be saved you.
Mrs. S. A. Moore,
proprietor of a restau
rant at Watervllle,
Mo., says: "Before
using Doan’s Kidney
Pills I suffered every
thing from kidney
troubles for a year and a half. I had
pain in the back and head, an almost
continuous pain in the loins, and felt
weary all the time. A few doses of
Doan’s Kidney Pills brought great re
lief, and I kept on taking them until
in a short time I was cured. I think
Doan’s Kidney Pills are wonderful.”
For sale by all dealers. 00 cents a
box. Foster-Miiburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Making It Pay.
Green—There isn’t much more in your
business any more, is there?
Brown—I should say not. And yet
I'm making more out of it now than I
ever did.
Green—Why, how’s that ?
Brown—I'm teaching others my busi
ness.
You Cannot
all inflamed, ulcerated and catarrhal con
ditions of the mucous membrane such as
nasal catarrh, uterine catarrh caused
by feminine ills, sore throat, sore
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 germs,checks
discharges, stops pain, and heals the
inflammation and soreness.
Paxtine represents the most successful
local treatment for feminine His ever
produced. 'Thousands of women testify
to this fact. 50 cents at druggists.
Send for Free Trial Box
THIS R. PAXTON CO.. Boston. Mass.
A Woman’s Search Rewarded.
From Leslie’s Weekly.
Some years before he died ex-Congress
man Henry G. Burleigh, who once said
that the most perfect gentleman he knew
was John G. Carlisle, because the latter,
when speaker, recognized a republican
upon the floor as readily as he did a demo
crat, got Into an argument with a man
about the characteristics of women. This
man was a confirmed misgyniat and at
tempted to belittle the splendid qualities of
the fair sex. “Tell me, sir,” be cried,
“whether women can persist in anything
long enough to succeed?*'
“I know one who succeeded by persist
ency after nineteen years,” replied the ex
congressman. “It was on her wedding trip
that brilliant success crowned her long ef
forts. She and her nusband were in a
Pullman sleeper and she occupied the up
per berth, while her 220-pound husband
held down the lower one. All was quiet
when her low mellifluous voice was heard:
‘John, dear John, are you awake?'
“ ‘Yes, dearest; what is it?'
“ ‘Why, John, I have at last found what
r have been looking for for nineteen years
Guess what it is?’
“ ‘Can’t imagine, dearie. Please tell me.’
“ T have at last found a man under mj
bed.’ ’’
How She Floored Him.
From the Philadelphia Press.
May Pechis—“Jack Goudiey called upor
me the other evening.’’
Mr. Chellus—“Huh; how did you survive
it? 1 suppose he talked about somecliinj
idiotic all the time-“ •
May Pechie—“Well, yes, he spoke about
you quite a great deal.”
!
LABELING PLANTS.
Rvery fruit grower, and vegetable grow
;rs for that matter, should have a system
of labeling his plants which will enable
aim to know what Is going on nt all times.
This would seem to bo particularly neces
sary In case new varieties are being grown
.'or In such cases there Is a decided chance
Cor mixing which would be avoided In the
:ase of labels. There aro various kinds
of labels and one can have the system as
elaborated or as simple as one chooses. As
s rule, unless the material used for mark
ing Is not only Indelible but of a ns-ture
Chat will not be Injured by water, it Is a
much better plan to have simply the va
IAI V I
/lety name and then keep a record in a
Viok of other particular such as date of
planting, the particulars about fertilizing
and any additional record desLred, than to
liavc the label show too much and run tho
risk of its being destroyed in any way.
The illustration shows two popular labels
cbe one at the right being the one most
yiecd when only the variety name ls print
ed on it. One thing is important and that
.s that the material used for labels be suf
.Icienuy strong so that they will not be
easily broken and long enough so they
can bo put into the ground to a sufficient
lepth.
THE BEST BREED AGAIN.
The writer Is asked many times through
this department and in person as to which
.s the best breed of poultry and the only
(inswcr that can be given which Is truth
ful and which will enable the questioner
to start right is to tell him to first ascer
tain what his market demands. If he is
raising poultry for tho carcass market he
ihould Interview dealers and ascertain
|vhat sort of a carcass Is desired, whether
one with yellow or white flesh and of what
tize. If eggs are to be the main product
then one should ascertain If a white or a
brown egg ls most in demand. With this
information In hand then he should study
the merits and demerits of the breeds
through whom he is to obtain results. A
close study will enable him to see that
some one breed more than another ls best
suited to the conditions under which the
poultry raiser must work, and thus his
question answered. There is absolutely no
use for any one breeder to hope to suc
;essfully educate the consumer so the only
thing to dn is to give tho consumer as near
what he wants as is possible and make
him pay a proper prico for his preference. I
HOGS IN ORCHARDS.
If one Ls raising any kind of orchard
fruit which drops more or less freely and
particularly if his orchard is more or less
.nfested with insects, he will find swine
very useful in such places provided they
are properly fed independent of what they
gather in the orchard. There must be
some nice discrimination shown here else,
*f the swine are not sufficiently fed they
will do much more rooting in the orchards
than is good for the trees; on the other
hand if they haver their full ration outside
Df the orchard they will not be inclined to
eat their share of the apples or other fruit
which has dropped. Swine are not at all
particular about the worminess of fruit
and they will eat anything that ls edible
#so they destroy numberless Insects which
otherwise would be very injurious to the
orchard, fruit or trees, later on. If the
orchard is in sod do not attempt to cut the
grass for hay but turn the swine in just
as soon as the fruit begins to drop and
they will have a double feed, one of grass
and one of the fallen fruit. Sometimes It
Is an excellent plan to turn the swine Into
the orchard just after the apples are
gathered; they will not get so much fruit
as during the growing season but there
will be enough to be of benefit to them and
they In turn will benefit the trees.
BENEFITS OF SAN JOSE SCALE.
There is a saying, in substance that only
through adversity does man become
strong. The advent of the San Jose scale
has kept and is still keeping fruit growers
| wide awake to overcome its ravages but
| they have learned a lot about trees during
| this fight which otherwise they might not
( have learned, so, that In a sense, the past |
has been of use. We have learned that |
only upon comparatively young and fully
vigorous trees can we depend for results
which are profitable. We have also learn
ed that in order to successfuly fight the
fcale we must keep it as near the ground
as possible so we have the low headed
tree and, to our joy, discover how much
easier it is to gather the fruit from such
a tree. We have also discovered that some
varieties are peculiarly susceptible to the
attacks of the scale hence worse than use
less to set them. Then wc have learned
that the more vigorous the tree the strong
er the fight it will put up against the scale
so we set about to feed our trees properly
that they may be in the best possible fight
ing trim. After all, future generations
may actually refer to the San Jose scale
of this period as having been of much ben
efit to the fruit grower.
SKIM MILK FOR POULTRY.
On any farm where poultry Is raised for
eggs and there are one or more cows It
will be a profitable operation to go to con
siderable trouble to save the skimmed
mii.v for the poultry but being sure to
feed it to them while it Is in good con
dition. It is a good plan to feed it in sev
eral ways: that Is, feed It by itself in a
trough after It gets thick, then feed an
other lot of it by mixing some bran with
It until of the consistency of gruel. It
will do no harm to use it also mixed with
some cooked and chopped potatoes, any
way In which the fowls will eat It which
will serve to provide variety. Milk in any
form will make eggs beyond a doubt and
experience has proved that It is much more
profitable to feed milk to poultry than to
swine. While on the subject bear in mind
that variety has much to do with the
health and happiness of fowls. It %may
not be of such wonderful value as feed
but W'hcn the birds are kept on the range
largely during the summer It is hard on
them to bring them Into more or less con
fined quarters and try to keep them In
proper shape with little variety. The more
Interested wo can keep our fowls durlug
the winter tho more we can expect and
obtain from them especially In tho way
of eggs.
TRY THE SMALL FRUIT PACKAGE
The writer has recently sold about thirty
bushels of first grade apples at nearly 40
per cent, more than barrel prices by the
simple method of putting them up In
packages holding about a peck, looking
up a commission man whose trade was
with the dealers In fancy fruit and deliv
ering him three sample packages. Know
ing that tho goods would be like the sam
ple the commission man said, “ship them
ull to me and I will guarantee at least 25
per cent, more than barrel price for high
grade fruit; the next morning this man
telegraphed me that he could sell all I
could ship and pay almost 40 per cent,
above the best barrel price, not the barrel
price for average fruit mind you, but the
best. Tho additional cost was In labor,
packages and a little transportation and
wo tlgure that we cleaned up not less than
25 per cent, more for our care and troublo.
Try the plan at your home market, you
will find It pays.
GLUTTING THE MARKET.
It Is a common complaint to hear that
the market is so glutted one cannot make
any profit In any branch of agriculture;
as a matter of fact the only glut there
Is on the market Is of Inferior products.
Take tho poultry market for example.
There is no complaint regarding perfectly
fresh eggs nor of the best fowls being a
drug on the market for both are selling
and always do sell at a price which gives
the producer a fair marg'n of profit
There Is not a product of the farm which
Is first class In quality and which Is pre
sented to tho consumer In an attractive
manner, but what always br ngs a prollt
ablo price. The troublo Is that the pro
ducer will Insist In mixing his inferior pro
duct with the best grade in order to get
rid of the former unmindful of the fact
that he Is, in consequence, reducing the in
come from the best qunllty. This Is not a
difficult problem to solve If one will go
about It In an Intelligent manner and see
tho proper view-point.
FATTENING HOGS WITHOUT CORN
Corn is such a prominent feature in the
ration for swine that It has come to bo
generally considered essential; true, with
corn one has a great advantage particu
larly during the fattening period, but it
is unfair to say that hogs cannot be profit
ably raised except in corn sections. There
are many sections wher * thetm 1 er grains
are raised in great profusion, notably bar
ley, oats, wheat and field peas and in such
sections there is, of course, more or less
corn raised. It Is curious to observe that
comparatively few swine are raised in
these small grain sections when, hr a mat
ter of fact, it could be profitably done ami
largely with the inferior-in-slze small
grains which otherwise would become a
waste product. Indeed, If we look more
closely Into the matter it will be found
that these small grains will furnish a va
riety which the corn grower does not have
hence it stands to reason that the hog
product can be produced at even less cost
than when It is raised entirely on corn.
THE FRESH EGG STAMP.
For a number of years enterprising poul
trymen of good repute have stamped their
egg productions with a rubber stamp bear
ing the words “Guaranteed strictly fresh.’’
So long as this was done only by respon
sible men whose guarantee meant some
thing and who would add name and ad
dress to the stamp, the consumer was get
ting the best and could depend upon such
eggs. Naturally enough, perhaps, rascals
caught the idea and proceeded to buy
packed eggs in the large cities and stamp
ed them strictly fresh, but failed to add
their names and addresses. The natural
consequences ensued so that the consum
er shunned rather than sought the stamp
ed egg. In several states a law has been
enacted carrying with it a heavy penalty
for any one who buys eggs and stamps
them strictly fresh. This law should be in
force In every state and farmers every
where are urged to bring the matter to the
attention of the lawmakers of their state
this winter in order to protect themselves.
THE VALUE OF WHITEWASH.
There la much misconception regard ng
the use of whitewash on tree and shrul:
trunks; contrary to the general belief lime
will not kill scale nor any Insect whose na
ture Is to suck, but no Insect of this kind
will puncture a whitewash coating hence
the chief value of it :s to soj.l up the nests
made In crevices of any kind and thus pre
vent tire eggs of the female from hatching.
This applies to tho lice of the poultry
house as well as to tho.k> of a sucking na
ture which Infest trees so that one has but
to become acqualmed with the periods at
which eggs are hatched In order to over
come this Influx of the young insects.
AN IDEAL APPLE PICKER.
When one has a crop of considerable size
to gather from orchard trees It Is Import
ant that every possible time-saver be util
ized and an apple picker is one of tho
things which will pay for it elf many times
over in a single season. One of the most
simple appliances we know of is made
by taking a pole of any length which can
be conveniently handled and fastening to
It a piece of wire shaped something like
tho "wish bone" of a fowl. This wire is
fastened to the edges of the apple bag and
the point or A shuped piece is so arranged
that by lifting the whole thing up and uu>
tier an apple and then drawing it towards
one. the apple drops gently into the bag
and without being bruised If Is very
easy to pic the fruit from the lower
limbs in this manner standing on the
ground and by using a short ladder, one
can reach the fruit in the higher parts of
the trees without the necessity of climb
ing a great deal I- any at all. The Illus
tration shows the idea very clearly and it
w.U be plain that these pickers can be
manufactured for a small sum so that one
ought not to he without as many a#
needed.
! NERVOUS J1EBILITY
A Scranton Woman Telia How Dr,
Williams’ Pink Pills Made Her
Well and Strong.
Nervous debility is the common name
for what tlie doctors term neurastkeuia.
It is characterized by nieutnl depression,
fits of the “blues,” or melancholy, loss
of energy and spirits. The patient's eyes
become dull, tbe pink fades from th$
cheeks, the memory becomes defective so
that it is difficult to recall dates and
names at will. Some of these symptoms
only may be present or nil of tlieut. Tb*
remedy lies in toning up the nervous
system and there is no medicine better
adapted for this purpose than Dr,
Williams’ Pink Pills.
Mrs. Jane J. Davies, of No. 314 War
ren street, Scranton, Pn., says: “ Some
years ago I became greatly reduced in
health nud strength and my nervous
system became so debilitated that I felk
wretched. I could not rest or sleep wed
at nipht and woke tip ns weary and
languid in the morning as I was when I
went to bed. My head ached in this
morning nml often there was a pain id
my right side which was worse when I
sat down. My nerves were on edge all
the time, every little noise bothered me
and I was generally miserable. Then I
decided to try Dr. Williams’Pink Pills
for Pale People, ns my husband had taken
them with good results, and they did
wonders for me. Now I have no mans
pain in my side, no moro headaches, I
sleep well and feel strong and able to
do my work.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills cured Mrs,
Davies and they can do just as much
for other weak, palo, ailing men or
women who are slipping into a hopeless
decline. They strike straight at the roo^
of nil common diseases caused by poo#
and impoverished blood.
Dr. Williams’Pink Pills are sold by aU
druggists, or will be sent postpaid, on
receipt of price, 60 cents per box, six
boxes for $3.60, by the Dr. Williams*'
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y.
Kemp’s Balsam
Will stop any cough that
can be stopped by any
medicine and cure coughs
that cannot be cured by any
other medicine.
It Is always the best
cough cure. You cannot
allord to take chances on
any other kind.
| KEMP’S BALSAM carets
coughs, colds, bronchitis,
grip, asthma and consump- ;
lion In llrst stages.
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the kind of i
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Plain English Wanted.
“There’s a physician in my town," said
a Cincinnati drummer, “who has a son.
whom he Is instructing in the rudiments of
the profession, but just at present ihtt
young fellow is thinking of a great many
things not down in the books. He has a
lot of rapid young companions of tfc*
slangy sort, and he is master of them all.
Indeed, his language is at times so utterly
modern as to be almost unintelligible tt*
the old fashioned people who learned their
language out of Webster's dictionary. The
other day a patient was brought into th«
doctor’s office and the son happened to
be present.
“ 'The man is suffering from mania a>
potu,’ said the doctor after a brief exami
nation.
“ ‘What was that?’ Inquired the son.,
with an evident effort to catch the mean
ing.
“ ‘Mania a potu—delirium tremens,* re
peated the doctor.
“ ‘Oh,’ commented the youngster, *yo^
mean the jim jpras, the d. t.’s, the deliri
ous trimings, the gotemagins, do you? X
suppose I’ll get next to this medical racket
before the finish; but until I do, I wish
you would talk plain English for my bene-,
fit, dad.’ ”
Just Possible. }
She—And do you believe that a wom
an always turns to the last pa£e first:
when she picks up a book?
He—Well, I have no reason to doubti
It. I know it is the nature of the fair*
sex to want the last word.
SAVED BABY LYON’S LIFE.
Awful Sight from that Dreadful Com.*
plaint, Infantile Eczema—Mother
Praises Cuticura Remedies.
“Our baby had that dreadful com
plaint, Infantile Eczema, which afflict
ed him for several months, cotumeo
ciug at the top of his head, and at last
covering bis whole body. His suffer
ings were untold and constant misery,
in fact, there was nothing we would
not have done to have given him re
lief. We finally procured a full set of
the Cuticura Remedies, and In about
three or four days lie began to show
a brighter spirit and really laughed,
for the first time in a year. In about
ninety days he was fully recovered.
Praise for the Cuticura Remedies has
always been our greatest pleasure, aud
there is nothing too good that we could
say in their favor, for they certainly
saved our baby's life, for be was the
most awful sight I ever beheld prior
to the treatment of the Cuticura Reme
dies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1S“U Apple
ton Ave., Parsons, Kan., July 18, UHJ3.’*
Deductive Reasoning.
From Puck.
Hotel Reporter—I’ve got a breezy lit
tle talk here with a Scranton, Pa.,
man, but——
City Editor—Well
“There’s an important omission. I
forgot to in autre his business."
“Oh, that's easily supplied. He ryna
a correspondence school, of course.”