THE GOME AND SEE SIGN This sign is permanently attached to the front of the main building of 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 honestly desired. 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? Conic and See. Do the women of America continu ally use as much of it as we are told ? Come and See. Was there ever such a person as Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there anv 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 kept 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 E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has cured thousands of these women ? Come and See. This advertisement is only for doubters. The great army of women 1 who know from their own personal experience that 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 eonfidonce.forshealso might just as well regain her health. A Spiritualistic Mesalliance. From the Philadelphia Ledger. A spiritualist medium cams to a bouse and claimed to be able to locate lost friends. The residents had an old lorse which they had sold years be fore and the old lady of the house want ad to know where he was. She began: “We had a very good friend who always did all our work. He passed from us several years ago and the last sre heard of him was that he was in Los Angeles.” The medium made a few mysterious motions, knocked on the lable and then said: “Your friend is in Los Angeles and is married to a rich young woman.” WIDOWS’un cent a bottis High Finance. From July Llppincott's. The excursion train was crowded, and the man In the center of the car knew it would be Impossible to get out through the jam to get something 10 eat without losing Ills seat and perhaps missing the train. He looked longingly at the restau rant across the tracks, and, seeing an urchin sitting on the Iron pipe near by, he called him over, saying, “Here, son, take this quarter and run over to that res taurant and get me a eandwlch. And get yourself one,” he called after the boy. “You are easy,” said the excursionist beside the man. “You'll never see that kid or your quarter again.” And as the train whistled at the mo ment he feared It would be true. Just then, however, the boy came out of the restaurant with a large, fat sandwich In his hand. The train was moving as he handed up the change and then, taking a huge mouthful of the sandwich, he called to the departing man with the hun ger: “They only had one left. Thanks!" All Depended. The proposition in Kentucky to eleot Colonel Watterson United States sen ator reminds the editor of a story: General Andrew Jackson’s colored bodv servant was asked, after Old Hickory’s death, whether he thought his master had gone to heaven, and promptly replied, "I ain’t so sho’ 'bout dat, sir.” "Why, wasn’t the general a good man?” "Yessir,” he was a very good man." “Well, then. If he was such a good man, why hasn't he gone to heaven?” “It all depends, sah,” the old darky answered, "on whedder de general wanted to go to heaven, or whedder he didn’t want to go thar. Ef he did, he's thar. But ef he didn’t, all hell couldn’t 'er make him go.” In a Pinch, U»e Allen’s Foot-Eawe. j A powder to shake Into your shoes. It rests J tTie feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, | Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet j and Ingrowing Nalls. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample I mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, l.» Bos NY_ It "Got” Him. From Judge. "I suppose. Uncle Jim, you remember a good deal about the politics of the early days?” “Well, I never tuk much int’rest in pollytics, but I kin recollect when John C. Fremont was ’lected president.” "Fremont! Why Fremont was never elected,” “He wun’t? Well, now, thet gits me, I heerd a leadin’ speaker talk the night 'fore ’lection, an’ he said If John C. Fremont wun’t 'lected the country would fall to ruin an' everybody would have to shut up shop. Course, 1 didn’t take the papers; but, noticin’ thet things went on 'bout same as before, I calclated John won. So he wun’t ’lected? Well, b'jinks! THET GITS ME!" _ _ The Bight Car. From Judge. A traction company in a Tennessee town is still using the cars bought for their line when It was constructed— some 15 years ago. Naturally the shaky old cars cause much disgust to those who have to ride In them. A merchant of the town was particu larly vexed recently when the motor man ran his car half k block past him before stopping. As he -an to catch It he yelled out; ‘‘Can’t you even stop your blooming old freight train on the corner?’’ ’’That is no freight train,” replied the conductor; "it's a cattle car. Aboard!” Cause for Crime. In temper I'm r.ot vicious, But there’s one thing I would do. I’d slay the man who always asks "Is this hot enough for you?” •S CASTORIA K||; —For Infants and Children. mnrnr ^cu ^ave ElvW^_, Always Bought ALt’OHOL 3 PER CENT, i * - Bait &! AVegetable PreparationforAs H Si similarity fheFoocfandReguta |g'| cingUte Stomachs aiuiBosvdsof * 1^1^ Promotes D iges lion .Checrful jg|k ! ness and Rest.Containsneither icK3 Opium.Morphine nor Mineral, Not Narcotic. BK|P! £ccrpeofOUIkSm.'£Umm. I B&V !j|i Rmpkm Seed" B*w n ; Alx-Senna * J I „ ■Sflt; JhcidteSdts- I In BBE 0: AniscStal * l ® / m* a 7 Peppermint- > ■ 11 fib’ . j. L liU 'jrlenuk Seda * ( III > Use ■{££<' tion, Sour Stoiuach.Dlarrhoti a Wo r in s Convulsions .Feverish III/PI* ®P|!; nessandLossOF SCEEP. j USUI FacSir.* Signature of i XI ■ . If fei as i Thirty Years Rxaci Copy of Wrapper. THt ccntauh company, new vo«* city. Jumping at a Conclusion. From Tit-Bits. In the amiable way of villagers, they I were discussing the matrimonial affairs of a couple who, though recently wed, had begun to find the yoke of Hymen a burden. •' ’Tts all along o’ these hasty mar riages," opined one caustic old gentle man, who had been much to the fore in the discussion. "They did not under stand each other; they’d nobbut knowed each other for a matter o’ sev en year.” "Well, that seems long enough," said an interested lady listener. “Long eno’l Bah, ye're wrong! When a body's coortin’ he canna be too care ful. Why, my coortshlp lasted a mat ter o' nineteen yeur!" ’"You certainly were careful,” agreed the lady listener. "And did you find your plan successful when you mar ried?” "Ye Jump to conclusions!” said the old man impatiently. "I understood her then so I dldna marry her!" Railways Have No National Policy. Herbert N. Casson In Broadway .Maga zine for July. American railroads have as yet no national policy. They have few nation al ideas of any kind. Each one has its own local interests, and cares little for anything else. They have never at any time tried to organize and to unite upon a policy that would protect the inter ests of all railways alike. The truth seems to be that the railroads are no more united than the red Indians were, when the white man came to deprive them of their land. There are seven great tribes of railroads, and about 600 little tribes, each one jealous of the others and more enthusiastic for a fight than for an agreement. This is a fact of tremendous importance to the out side public, as it dispels the common opinion that the railroads are too strong and united to be controlled. “Let us alone!”—that is the new slo gan of the railway presidents. It is their political rallying cry—their plea— their defiance. There are some railway men who are so far behind the spirit of today that they really believe “Let us alone" is an argument. They do not see that the towering fact of the whole railway situation is this—that the rail ways have been let alone too long. The time has arrived when they must adopt themselves to a higher conception of the railway business. FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL. Discharged Because Doctors Could Not Cure. Levi P. Brockway, S. Second Ave., Anoka. Minn., says: “After lying for five months In a hos pital I was discharg ed as Incurable, and given only six months to live. My heart was affected. I had smothering spells and sometimes fell uncon scious. I got so I eouldu’t use my arms, my eyesight was Im paired and the kidney secretions were badly disordered. I was completely worn out and discouraged when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went right to the cause of the trouble and did their work well. I have been feel ing well ever since.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-MIlburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. WHIPPING POST AND STOCKS Stood in the Raleigh Court House Land Until End of the Rebellion. Raleigh Correspondence Charlotte Ob server. Up until the end of the war and a little while after the whipping post and stocks stood not far from the north west corper of the court house and be tween that building and the present postolflce, and there the last whipping took place, though as it began It was sought to be stopped by a federal of ficer. The sheriff was, however, simply carrying out the mandate of the old court of pieas and quarter sessions. In those days the stocks and the whipping post, too, were special attrac tions, notably to hoys. The latter were allowed to ridicule people who sat In the stocks, which held their hands and feet, hut not to throw anything at them. Of course this deprived the boys of some degree of pleasure, yet they con trived to get a good deal of fun out of the thing anyway. It seems odd now even to think of such scenes as these must have been. Figure to yourself passing by the court house green at Charlotte or Raleigh and seeing a gentleman held by the ankles and wrists by wooden bars, sitting there In the sunshine for all the world to look at. Those were the days of the branding iron, too. A set of gyves of iron, in use for holding the ankles or wrists, are on exhibition here, hut of branding irons there are none. These were used here in January, 1S65, for the last time. Cne-Armed Man’s Swim. Niagara Falls Special to Washington Post. George Powell, a one armed man, swam the Devil’s Hole rapids of the Lower Niagara and landed safe at the bridge at Lewiston, making the trip of two and a half miles In 35 minutes. Only two other men have lived through the maelstrom. One was Carlisle Gra ham and the other was J. W. Glover, of Baltimore, who went through In 1906. Powell wore nothing save a life pre server to protect hint. He entered the water just at the flat rock below the whirlpool and paddled himself to the mid dle of the river. When he struck the Devil's Hole rapids he disappeared under the wraves. and once for a full minute he was submerged. Trolley cars followed along the bank, and hundreds saw the game man battle his way with the stormy rapids. Just before he struck the Pits Rock at I^ewlston he was caught In an offshore eddy and was whirled about like a cork for twenty min utes. The buffeting took most all his strength, but he landed ready to make the trip again, and twice a week, he sold, with the proper Inducements. “And do you live In Chicago proper?” we asked the self-satisfied individual. "Well, a* nearly proper us It Is possible to live In Chicago.” THE STRATEGY OF A CANINE FRIEND Dr. Wm. Grenfell, Noted Lab rador Explorer, Narrates an Interesting Case. From the Boston Transdript. It happened that none of us knew the right direction to follow to the village we were heading for, and there were 20 miles of rivers, thickets, marshes, and lakes. My leading dog was the only member of the party who had ever been there be fore, and he had been once, a year be fore, In bad weather, with Dr. Stewart and a pilot. He seemed so confident, how ever, that I decided to trust him. There was no cut path through some of the drogues of woods, not a single mark on the ponds, not a pole on the marshes. The dog was a large, rather short-haired animal, striped gray and brown, like a tiger, with an Intelligent face, that always appeared to wear a grin. Wo called him “Brin.” I have once before owned a roof over my head at night to the sagacity and endurance of this dog. lie was then a pup, but already leading my team. My , doctor colleague from Boston, Mass., was ! driving the team behind mine. The third team was seldom less than a mile behind. As we covered the first few miles wo were delighted to find that my dog was following a path that, we could drive along, while here and there we found a stray blaze, showing we were in the track. The dog would sometimes cross a pond at right angles to the track, through the trees, and as It grew late we some times feared that he wrould not find the track again. The fascination of watching the dog would, however, have amply com pensated for a night in the woods on the enow. Indeed, It became quite weird to sit on the sledge and watch the confident dog go on through the trackless country, as if It were on a high road. At last we brought up short. We had crossed a large double pond, turned sharp round an Island, and come to an Impene trable hedge of virgin forest on the steep side of a range of hills which faced the lakes. Still the leader Went confidently on, right into the trees, till all were tan gled up. But it seemed as if he had no doubt. We halted to get the dogs back on the open, and we felt we had better camp there than go farther and fare worse. Our Implicit confidence in the dog at that moment looked like sheer folly, and I confess to getting off and conferring with Dr. Little as to what should be done next. It ended In my donning my snow racquets and starting for a tour round the lake, to see If the dog was even on a Lake with any outlet at all. Tying up the team I started, but on passing the very first big tree, I found the path, narrow’, clean-cut, and taking the hillside at a sharp angle backward, so that actually the dog had only gone the wrong side of one tree and made a short cut, which hid the narrow path from us. Naturally we let him have his own way after that, and once we took the bay Ice, he brought us to the houses at a full stretch gallop. One reads many stories of animal In telligence, but none of us could name the sense that brought our brindle dog across that country. It could not be smell. Not a soul had crossed the year to leave a foot scent. It could scarcely be sight, for the snow and weather had been so bad the only other time the dog had done the journey that it had token three days to cover w’hat we did in less than 12 hours. It couldn't be hearing. The silence of the woods is absolute. The dog does not suggest the idea of much brain matter, anyhow’. No man’s memory, at any rate, would carry all the details of those twists and turns for 12 months, especially w’hen so many other similar tracts of country W’ere being traveled dally. The dog seemed to show a little par donable pride as he stood up and put his forepaws on my chest. But as I looked down into his intelligent face, still wear ing the everlasting grin, I hardly knew whether to laugh over the new experi ence he had afforded us, so finally settled the conundrum by giving him a double portion of w'hale for supper. School for Animals. "You never heard of schools for an imals? Well, that shows your ignorance,” said the professor. At being found ignorant, so soon after commencement day, the girl graduate blushed. ‘'There is an elephants' school in Slam,” said he. "Young elephants are taught in it to take up and carry in their trunks great teakwood logs—no easy task, for the logs require delicate valanclng. They are taught to kneel, to answer the various strokes of the ankus, or goad, and like saddle horses, they learn several gaits. " ‘Pets’ schools abound the world over. There are schools for white mice, for monkeys, for song birds, not to mention the famous Jacob Hope phonograph school for teaching parrots to talk that is the pride of Philadelphia. "The big dealers in wild animals usual ly run small schools where lions, tigers, bears and leopards are taught simple tricks. Such schools are very profitable. Where an untamed lion, salable only to zoos or menageries, fetches but $1*00 or so, a broke none will easily fetch double.” The Umpire. There was a guy and he tried the game (Even as you and I.) At umpiring made a bid for fame, Out in the field where he went clear lame, All he knew of baseball was the name, (Even as you and I.) He couldn’t tell a strike from a ball (Even as you and I.) Most rotten decisions he would call, Causing fans to wonder at the gall He showed in making his awful stall (Even as you and I.) All fans were after this ump. so hard (Even as you and I.) To throw him from the baseball yard, That he got a gun and a bodyguard, To keep from bn and not feel as tired as oue ho'.r’s work would have made me a year ago.” “There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Bittle Creek, Mich. Read, “The Road to Well vllle,” in pkgs. Ever lead the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. —1.1.... — ——.. S.y ru I ^Elixir tSenna acts gentlyyeX prompt ly on the bowels, cleanses the system ejje eta ally, assists one in overcoming habitual constipation! permanently. To get its oenejicial ejects buy | tbe genuine. j rlanujacturedi bythe | CALIFORNIA pG-Syrup Co., | SOLD BY LOADING DRUGGlSTS-504 porBCinU. % All dealers. Sample, Booklet and “WHIZ” Parlor j Card Game, 10c. Pacific Coaat iJorax Co., Chicago, ILL AMfUTC IfifAUTCn To**ll lot* In new county *e&| MIS tin I “AN I t«l town In Texaa. Low prico, •*»* term*, liberal comaiUslona, frea II. R tickat and berth. Kin# buslueaa opening* This vicinity produced fruit that took flrrt S prize a t ll.o World'* Pair; beat alfalfa land on earth ; vegetable# l grow all winter. Rnperb climate no hotter place for tlio hoca# maker or Invertor, Do*< rlptive printed matter free. Write today. E. L. btrsttou, kiUt MenadnocL Block, Chicago, 111 HOME CANNING—A recent Invention en ables the housewife to preserve corn, meats, etc., by the scientific methods em ployed In large canneries. The work la simplified and RESULTS GUARANTEED, Purchasers enjoy the solid satisfaction os eating their own prime goods. The sav- ; lng on products canned In one day often pays for outfit. Surplus crops protltably converted Into market staples. Meals tot t table are cooked quicker and better then -• by steam or tireless cookers. This ad will not appear again this season—It won’t need Io. You know why. Write NOW for free booklet. The Home Canner Co., Law rence, Kan. Pumping in the Squeak. From the New York Press. Small automatic pumps, very ingen- f iously contrived, spirited air in be- | tween the layers of the soles of each finished pair of shoes. "That beats me," said the visitor, “I I never saw air put in shoe sole* before. Pneumatic like that; are they springy?" "No, they’re noisy,” answered tha foreman of the Lynn factory. “Thesa shoes ore for the export trade. They go to Africa. A native African judges the white man's shoes by their squeak. The louder they squeak the finer tha article. In fact, the native won’t wear j; a non-squeaking, silent shoe. It Is wind between the soles that makes shoes squeak. Put in enough and 1 your footwear will be as noisy as two pigs under a fence. We, by addins this cheap wind to our product. In- j crease Its value more than hand-sew- i ing throughout would.” “American butter” Is the name given In Byrla to oleomargarine. A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Forever. DR T. Felix Oouraud's Oriental Cream or Magical Boautlfler. Removes Tan, PlmplML Freckles. Moth Patches, Hash, and fekin Dmrasea, and every blemish on beauty, and de ties detection. It has stood the test of 60 years, and \ Is so harmiess we taste fc to be sure It Is properly mad a. Accept no counter felt of similar name. Dr. L. ▲. ! Sayre said to a lady of the haut* ton (a patient) t “ As you ladle* will uee them, j _ I recommend *Gourn ud'ii frenm* as the If'ast harmful of ail tha skin preparations." For sale by all druggists aud Fancy Goods Dealers in the TJulted States, Canada and Europa. FEGD.T. HOPKINS, Prep. 37 Great Jones Street, New York, Wit TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth %ud 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 eves, throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At drug and toilet stores, 50 cents, or by mail postpaid. Large Trial Sample WITH "HEALTH AND BEAUTY" 600*1 SENT rBB« THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Boston,Mass. SIOUX CITY P’T’G CO-, 1,255—33, 190^