The General Demand of the Well-Informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because its com ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its ex cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remark able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-Informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy1 the genuine—manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle. James Carroll, the amateur light weight boxing champion, of San Fran cisco. said at the end of a recent wom an's boxing and fencing axhibition: “Physical culture among women, wom en's growing strength and pluck, lend Interest to marriage. ‘How is poor Smithers getting on?' said one man to another. 'Well, said the other, 'Smith ers is now almost recovered from the heatin' he gave his wife last Saturday night.’ ” Over 1,000.000 exiles have been trans ported to Siberia since 1840. On a recent visit to Des Moines, la.. General Grenville M. Dodge, soldier and railroad builder, presented to the cur ator of the state historical department the original papers at t documents re lating to hts career, .'here are five large army chests filled with the ma terial. General Dodge directed the cur ator to arrange and preserve every thing desirable except certain Items General Dodge accumulated while chief of General Grant’s secret service. sin. Winslows bootbiko btscs nr (AIMiob Caatbing; roftssa tbs gums, raanras mflgaamguon. a* Pain-cures wiaii eoli-. * cent • bot-tla Luther Burbank, the horticultural wizard, Is going to Introduce his spine less cactus to the deserts of Nevada. He has written to Dr. A. N. Heppner, a Nevada physician, who is conducting experiments on som^ government land near Fallon, that he is preparing a shipment of the cactus to Nevada. ' It's Peltlt’s Eg* Salvo, thst gives instnnt relief to eyes, irrit*t»d from dust, heat, sun or wind. All drug gists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. What They Do Not Do. From the "White House Gazette." Sir—Is a chipmunk a chip oft a wood chuck? (Rev.) W. J. Dong. (Chipmunks do not chip. Woodchucks do not chuck. Catnip does not nip. Bamboo does not boo. Butterflies do not butt.—Ed.) Yon Can Get Allen’s Foot-Ease FREE Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. r., for a FREE sample of Allen's Foot Ease, a powder to shake Into your shoes. It cures tired, sweating, hot, swollen, ach ing feet. It makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. 25c. -- • i The governor of practically every state In Brazil, In his annual message the last year, has spoken of the need of modern methods In agriculture and modern agricultural machinery. Ameri can success In agriculture and manu facture appeals to Brazilians almost as success in another state of their own country, so strongly do they feel the simlUarity of American and Brazilian conditions. ■I ■ ALCOHOL 3 PEK CENT. 1 ■H AVegefable I'reparation fbrAs H|i 8 » similaiing theFbodamlRegula : tingtiie Stomachs andliuwllsot' ■II ■ Promotes Digestion,ChtnftI Bllll ^ ness and RestjContalns natter P|j| | Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. ■Bj . Not Narcotic. j&S‘t j Xeapto/OUDcSSM.’lLPnVBEH ■111 111 jSsma? ) Oil' lo ■ JhMUSdts- I BhS'EiO AuuSmi • I ■1 > i I£fra5 •• MnW- | Bi i ») HU | !i Aperfect Remedy forConstipa jUl'S tton. Sour Stomach,Diarrtwa Mill I Worms,Convulsions.Fcverislr Ky Bj nessandLossoFSEEEP. " Facsimile Signature of Bi|i i.*fEWYORIC^ Gimr^^edrtnderthertiodjil Exit^t Copy of Wrapper. etSTIMU For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. One (rial will convince *= Or. Earl 5. Sloan, _ ——— PEjjglq - ^MK'pRICCS FOR EVEliy MEMBER OFTHEFAMILyT^ MEN. BOYS. WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. BB» et L. Ooualaa makma mnd malla mora “fci. •"*" *92.60, $3.00andS8.BOahoaa ** *~b. than any othar manutaoturor In tha ^ J5toj world, bocauao thoy hold tholr ah a pa, fit bottor, waar lonoar, and arm or oroator raluo than any othor mar-*, ahoaa hitho world to-day. TW V. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shots Csnnoi Bo Equalled At Any Price W. I* Douglas name and price It stamped on bottom. Tnke RT«* Substitute, bold by the »**st shoe dealers every where. Shoes mailed from factory to any part of the world. IUu»> bated Catalog free to any address. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Mass. THE PAINTING 8EASON. Good results In painting at the least cost depend largely upon the material chosen. Paint Is a simple compound and the ingredients can be easily test ed. The solid part or pigment should be White Lead. The liquid part should be Linseed Oil. Those best in formed on painting always buy these Ingredients separately and have their painter mix them fresh for each Job. Before the mixing the test Is made. Place a pea-sized bit of W'hlte Lead on a piece of charcoal or piece of wood. Blow the dame against It and see what it will do. If It la pure White Lead, little drops of bright, pure metallic lead will appear, and with pa tience the White Lead can be com pletely reduced to one globule of metal lic lead. This is because pure White Lead is made from metallic lead. You may test dozens of other so called White Leads and not be able to reduce one of them to lead. If they will not change wholly to lead but leave a residue, It Is clear that some adulterant is present. If you should have your painting done with such materials, no matter how cheap they might seem, it would be costly in the end. National Lead Company. Wood bridge Building, New York City, are sending on request a blowpipe free to any one about>to have painting done, so that the White Lead may be test ed. With it will be sent a handsomely printed booklet having as Its frontis piece the “Dutch Boy Painter," re produced from the original painting. This little painter has become noted as the guaranty of pure White Lead. Boston’s Vocation Bureau. From the Boston Transcript. The vocation bureau Is not merely proposed: it Is in actual existence today and in successful operation. Its execu tive office is at that well known social experiment station. Civic Service house, Salem street, with branch offices at the Young Men's Christian association and at the Woman’s Educational and In dustrial union. Already, in its first month, it has done good service for a number of young people. This new institution is to help such people to decide what occupation they are best adapted to and how to fit themselves for it. The basic idea is that the choice of a career should be carefully, and, so far as possible, scien tifically, determined—that is to say, de termined after a full consideration of the conditions, aptitudes, resources, ambitions, aspirations or lack of them, and the limitations of each Individual. Too many people are fixed in life by haphazard and merely temporary cir cumstances. The consequences of al lowing youths on first leaving school to drift about earning a few dollars for the family chest now at one sort of office work and the next month at an other kind of job, are recognized as constituting a distinct and widespread evil, at the bottom of much of the un employment which is complained of at all great centers of population on both sides of the Atlantic. As the vocation bureau argues, no one would think of building without a well considered plan and consultation with an architect; and in building a human career at least as much planning should be required as in building a house. At least the counsel of a wise and kind expert in social studies is preferable for the young to the drifting into any calling as the re sult of chance, proximity or unin formed selection. As Usual. Jack—Yes, Grace trusts me. I am sure of it, because she admitted her age to me. Ethel—Wasn't that clever of her? Jack—How do you mean? Ethel—Why—er clever to make you. believe it! BORAX, NATURES DISINFECTANT, CLEANSER AND PURIFIER Everybody realizes the necessity of some method of purification of sinks, drains and utejisil's in which may lurk the germ of a dreaded disease. Health Is a question of cleanliness •nd prevention. Most people arc familiar with the use of disinfectants in their ordinary sense —all of which are unpleasantly asso I elated with disagreeable odors, on which are depended to kill the conta gion (which disinfectants must of ne cessity be of a more or less dangerous character) and must be used for this purpose and for no other, and in conse quence kept from children and careless handling. There ist however, within the reach of all our renders a simple, safe and economical article that will not only an swer for every disinfecting purpose— but can also be used for a multitude of domestic cleansing and purifying pur poses—Borax. Borax is a pure, white harmless pow der coining direct from Nature’s labor atory; in fact Borax has often been called "Nature’s Cleanser and Disinfec tant.” Two tablespoonfuls of Borax in a pailful of hot water poured down tho grease-choked pipes of a sink, or flushed through a disease-laden drain, cleanses and purifies It, leaving It clean and sweet. Bed clothing and clothes used In a sick room can be made hygienically clean and snowy-white, if washed in a hot solution of Borax water. Kitchen and eating utensils, used during Illness will be kept from all pos sibility of contagion if Borax is used when washing them. Pure as snow and harmless as salt, and because It can be used for almost every domestic and medical purjxise, Borax must be consid ered tbe one great household necessity. Mr. Man—Officer, £ have been as saulted and robbed, and I want you to arrest the thief. Officer—Did you take his name and address? Mr. Man—Why—er. no. Officer—Well, then, how do you ex pect me to arrest him? PUTNAM FADELESS DYES S*?f!A. **/ l*?lCT„c«l?r? '*'* ■;> «tt«r lr>- Boe 10c packace talon an libera. Tier Bye I* coW water better tbaa aoy other ear weal wittool rifthiaa *Mrl. *rilt tor Ira* bookie! Haw I* Bat. Heath aat Mu Color*. MOtfUOt. J>* VC CO.. Quincy. Illinois I Beatitude of Love. Give me back that sweet beatitude of love That once waa thine; Oh, give It back to me, or else twill break thta l Heart of mine. The days will be so happy, ' The nights will not be long. If I have your love to cheer me and Make life one eweet gong. With God's own love within our hearts How happy we can be; Then give me back your tendereet love— Oh. give it back to me. For God is Love, and Ix>ve Is God, Then why should we refuse The essence of that Love Me gives In our souls to diffuse. Perchance the time will come too soon When we are called to part. Then give me all that tender love That should be mine, sweetheart. —M. S. Isabel. Indianapolis. Ind.. March 11, 1906. A Question of Names. From Illustrated Bits. On one occasion, a bishop who prided himself on ever forgetting either the name or face of any clergyman In his diocese, happened to be traveling some where by rail, when, at a certain sta tion, a clergyman got Into the same carriage in which the bishop was. The bishop recognized the man's face, but could not remember his name, and not wishing to acknowledge his forgetfulness, leaned forward, und, with a charming smile, said; ‘Excuse me for forgetting, but how do you spell your name?" “J-o-n-e-s, my lord,” was the reply.” Garfield Tea, the herb medicine. Insurra a healthy action of liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. Take it for constipation and aick-headacbe. Write Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. T„ for free samples. The number of French families, that Is to say households with or without children, Is estimated at 11,315,000. Of this total, 1,804,720 families have no children, 2,966,171 have one child, 2,661, 978 have two children, 1.643.425 have three, 987,392 have four, 566,768 have five, 327,241 have six, 182,998 have seven, 94,729 have eight, 44,728 have nine, 20, 639 have 10, 8,305, have 11, 3,508, have 12, 1,437 have 13, 554 have 14, 249 have 1G, 79 have 16, 34 have 17 and finally 45 families have 18 or more. Consistent Gloom. The pessimist now looks about Amid the spring time glow And tilts his head and sighs "No doubt We’ll have another snow.” He listens to the robin's call And says "Wherefore be gay? The temperature Is apt to fall A heap before it’s May.” The tiny buds upon ehe tree To cheer him can’t avail. “Ha! ha!” cries he. "1 plainly see The fruit crop's going to fall.” And so he s.lngs both day and night i His unrelenting song. Things never seem to him quite right Unless they're going wrong. FROM SUNNY ORANGE GROVES. The Twice-Told Experience of a Ban Bernardino, Calif., Man. From Sunny San Bernardino. In the midst of orange groves, writes Lionel M. Heath, of 158 Eighth street; "For fifteen years I suf fered with pains In my back, frequent calls to pass the se cretions, dropsy, rheumatic aches and other symptoms of kidney trouble. I could get no relief until I used Doan's Kidney Pills. They cured me five years ago, and this Is twice I have publicly safd so. The cure was thorough.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Bostonian Appreciation. From the New York Times, Dr. David Starr Jordan told a ctory on his last Brooklyn visit of John Muir leading a cultured Bostonian up the mountains that overlook the Yosemlte valley. Muir said that he led the Bos tonian along devious ways, so that the great, splendid valley would burst all on a sudden upon his astonished eyes. Finally, at a turn of the road, the vafst, multicolored panorama was spread out before them. The Boston ian's ejaculation was as sudden as Muir could desire; but It was this: “Well, now, how can we get across that damn gap?" Mrs. Rosa Becker has been appointed a claim agent and United States pen sion attorney for Missouri. She has been a well known business woman In St. Louis for a number of years, being both a notary public and an Insurance agent. As a young woman she was known In her section of the country for the assistance which she' rendered the federal soldiers during the civil war. SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS. Spent $300 on Doctor* *nnnot be cured by Hall’* Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHKNET A CO., Toledo, O. We, th« underalgned. have known F J. Cheney for tti* la*t 15 year*, and bellera him perfectly honorable In all bu«lnes» tran* actions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by hi* firm. Wai.dino. Rinnan A Maiviv. Wholesale Drugglata, Toledo. O. Hall'* Catarrh Curs Is takru Internally, acting directly upon the blood and murouA surface* of the syatem. Testimonials sent free. Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggist*. Take Haifa Family Pill* for constipation. Ha Wat Wlae. Mr. Johnson—I wouldn’t do a favor for a man and then In a day or two ask him to do me one. Mr. I. M. P. Cunious—Nor I. I'd nsk him right straight off. before his grati tude gels a chance to cool. THE CALL OF THE SOIL. Day* of Financial Stress Make Farm Lands Look It lob. A staff contributor of a Southern newspaper 1ms taken up the question of the return to the farm of mnuy who had forsakeu It for the glitter of the city. lie says: "It Is a well-known fact that the history of this government shows that those men who have been most successful In life and who have left their Impress upon Its people tind its institutions ns statesmen, soldiers, financiers, have as a rule been those whose youth was si>ent on the farm, and It is to such as these that there comes with overmastering power THE CALL OF THE SOIL. More especially does it come with redoubled persuasive ness, greater power and sweeter plead ing to the man of affnlrs when the clouds of financial unrest begin to dark en the sky; when the cry of panic causes people to lose their wits and act like stampeded cattle; when with rea son or without reason there arises be fore him the specter of ruin, grinning in bis face aud waving its gaunt arms In threatening gesticulation. The pitiable state into which some men were brought by the recent finan cial flurry, which happily is now pass ed. suggests these reflections. Some were mined and a very few became in sane because of their losses. Two or three took their own lives. It is when such times come that the statesman, the great finan cier, and the man of affairs becomes tired of the struggle. He lays down bis pen, turns from his desk and listens to THE CALL OF THE SOIL. There are hundreds of cases through out the United States of those who have money in the banks and are look ing for investment In lands. No investment Is better or safer. Take for Instance, the lands In West ern Canada that can be bought at from $10 to $15 per acre which yield a revenue equal to and often greater than their original cost. These lands make a certain Invest ment. During the past two months large investments In these lands have been made, some intending to use the lands for farming purposes of their own, others to re-sell to farmer friends. The agents of the government of Canada located at different points throughout the United States have in their possession particulars of districts In which there are free homestead grants of H!0 acres, each accessible to railways, markets, schools, churches, etc. These are valuable lands. These agents will be pleased to give Informa tion to any desirous of securing and will tell all about the railway rates, etc. Grandfather’s Cure for Constipation REAT medicine,—the Sawbuck. Two hoursaday sawing wood will keep anyone's Bowels regular. No need of pills, Cathartics, Castor Oil, nor "Physic," if you’ll only wcrk the Saw buck regularly. • • • Exercise Is Nature's Cure for Constipa tion and,—a Ten-Mile walk will do, If you haven't got a wood-pile. But. if you will take your Exercise In an Easy Chair, there’s only one way to do that, because,—there’s onlycr.e kind of Artificial Exercise for the Bowels and its name is "CASCARETS." Cascarets are the only means to exercise the Bowel Muscles without work. * • « They don't Purge, Gripe, nor “upset ypur Stomach," because they don't act like “Physics.” They don't flush out your Bowels and Intestines wtlh a costly waste of Digestive Juice, as Salts, Castor Oil, Calomel, Jalap, or Aperient Waters always do. No—Cascarets strengthen and stimulate the Bowel Muscles, that line the Food passages and that tighten up when food touches them, thus driving the food to its finish. A Cascaret acts on your Bowel Muscles as if you had just sawed a cord of wood, or : walked ten miles. Cascarets move the Food Naturally, I digesting it without waste of tomorrow's ! Gastric Juice. * * * j The thin, fiat, Ten-Cent Box is made ! to fit your Vest pocket, or “My Lady's" | Purse. Druggists —10 Cents a Box. Carry it constantly with you and take a , Cascaret whenever you suspect you need one. Be very careful to get the genuine ! made only by the Sterling Remedy Com- 1 pany, and never sold in bulk. Every tab- j let stamped “CCC.” jj| I THE GOME AND SEE SIGN the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass. What Does This Sign Mean ? It means that public inspection of the laboratory and methods of doing business is honestlydesired. Itmeans that there is nothing about the bus iness which is not “ open and above board.” It means that a permanent invita tion is extended to anyone to come and verify any and all statements made in the advertisements of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Is it a purely vegetable compound made from roots and herbs — with out drugs ? Come and See, Do the women of America continu ally use as much of it as we are told f Come and See. Was there ever such a person as Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick woman are asked to write ? Come and See. Is the vast private correspondence with sick women conducted by women only, and are the letters kepi strictly confidential ? Come and See. Have they really got letters from over one million, one hundred thousand women correspondents? Come and See. Have they proof that Lydia BL Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has cured thousands of these women ? Come and See. This advertisement i? only fof doubters. The great army of women who know from their own personal experience tb it no medicine in the world equals Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female ills will still go on using and being ben efited by it; but the poor doubting, suffering woman must, for her own sake,be taught confldence,for she also might just as well regain her health. Candid Childhood. From the Century Magazine. The Hector—And how would you llUt to be a clergyman when you grow up* Tommy? The Boy—Not for me. I'm sick at wearing things that button at the back. Combination dipper, strainer and bottle filler. Needed in every house; sample tta. Agents wanted. Wynn. Tant Co., 1?5 Gris wold, Detroit. The water supply of an Iowa town has become so low that residents are forbid den to use bath tubs. This la certainly heaven for the small boys. Agent Wanted seller eve? i*roduc*d. Bend 10c for eawv>*> *•*«*■ eetalofu*. GllOMtt MFC. t'O., 60# 6th At%, .New Y»rk City New York newspapers are Inconsistent. In one column they insist that the world In getting better and In the next they call out loudly for a larger police force. What a Settler Can Secure In WESTERN CANADA 16° Aersi Crain-Grawinr Land FREE. 20 lo 40 Bu.hels Whet to tha Acrs. 40 to 80 Btuheb Oat, to the Aero. 35 to 50 Bu.hoU Dulo, to the Acrs. Timber for Fencing end Buildings FREE. Good Laws with 1-ow Taxation. Splendid Railroad Facilities and Low Rates. Schools and Churches Convenient. Satisfactory Markets for el! Productions. Good Climate and Perfect Health. Chances for Profitable Investments. Howe of the'choicest grain-producing lands hi Saskatchewan and Alberta may now be acquired in these most healthful and prosperous sections under the Revised Homestead Regulations by which entry may be made by proxy (on certain conditions), by the father, mother, son. daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader. Entry fee in each case is $10.00. For pamphlet "Last Best West,” particulars as to rates, routes* b-st time to go and where to locate, apply to W. D. Scott. Superintendent of Immigration* Ottawa. Canada, or K. T. Holmes, 315 Jackson St..St. Paul, Minn.: J. M. MacLachian, Box tib Watertown. South Dakota, and W. V. Bennett* Kci New York Life Building, Omaha, Neb^ Authorized Government Aj»ei:ts Fleam bmjt whara joa saw thin advurtUamen I* TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body antiseptically clean and free from un healthy germ-life and disagreeable odors, which water, soap and tooth preparations alone cannot do. A - germicidal, disin fecting and deodor izing toilet requisite of exceptional ex cellence and econ omy. Invaluable for inflamed eyes, throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At drug and toilet stores, 50 cents, or by mail postpaid. Large Trial Sample WITH “HEALTH AND REAOTV’ ROOK RENT PftCS THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Boston,Mass. SIOUX CITY P'T’G CO., 1,233—17. JS ■