FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN ■Women suffering from any form of Illness are invitea to promptly com municate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. Ail letters are received, opened, read and answered by women. A wo man can freely talk of her private ill ness to a woman; thus has been es tablished this con fidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Never has she pub lished a testimonial or used a letter without the written consent of the writer, and never has the Company illowed these confidential letters to get out of their possession, as the hundreds of thousands of them in their files will attest. Out of the vast volume of experience vhich Mrs. Pinkham has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge needed in your case. She asks nothing in re turn except your good will, and her advice has helped thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, should be glad to take advantage of this gener ©us offer of assistance. Address Mrs. Pinkham, care of Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Every woman ought to have Lydia E. Piukham’s 80-page Text Book. It iji not a book for general distribution, as it is too expensive. It is free and only obtainable by mall. 'Write fox it today. Couldn’t See the Resemblance. They have been joking Assistant Treasurer James A. Matthews of the Guardian bank, on his resemblance to President Taft, and Mr. Mathews has steadily refused to be annoyed there by. So the Jokers subsided and the Joke died a natural death. Until the other night, when Mr. and Mrs. Mathews dined together with Mr. and Mrs. Prank Harmon and their little daughter, when the Taft resem blance was revived. Turning to young Miss Harmon, Mr. Mathews asked whether she, too, thought he looked like the president. Dorothy studied long aud earnestly. Then she answered: “Not in the face, Uncle Jim."— Cleveland Leader. When Fate Mocks. "To bad about Joe.” "What’s the matter?" "He sprained his arm and they are . afraid he can never pitch aguin, so his folks are going to make a doctor or something of that sort out of him." |j- - The Herb laxative, Garfield Tea. over comes constipation, giving freedom from tick headache and bilious attacks. You complain of Ingratitude; wore you not repaid by your pleasure In do ing good?—Levis. ■ ..---———————— — The CastTe. . builded me a castle of cloud, Buttress and bastion fl lag reed with gold, Ilampart and turret proud, And donjon bold! N'o marble Parian Was whiter than the span Of the vast keep. No fair dream quarried from the mines ot Bleep. High on the sapphire hill crests of tht noon I shaped and $et Kftch airy parapet While Orphic zephyrs murmured a low tune, The gateway was of shimmering opa' wrought, While every tower [Was like a lily flower That had Its purity unsullied caught From the eternal thought. Like wind tossed snow 1 bade the stainless banners float anc flow' With rippling grace Against cerulean space. There was no flaw in all the stately wal^ Or base or capital. And when my heart. Questioned this lavish art With wherefore and with why, lTnto that doubting one £ made reply: “What spot may be too fair for love to dwell Buflded too bright or shaped too cun ningly, Or radiant, hold or shining citadel •For love to dwell?" —Clinton Seolland |t f t BITS OF HISTORY*" *| i i i Napoleon'* Feeble Son. One would suppose that the son ul a man like Napoleon Bonaparte would Inherit at least some of the strong qualities of his father, yet such wag not the case with the Duke of Reich stadt, the only child of Napoleon and Mario Ijoulsa. He was born at Paris, March 20, 1811, and was given the proud title, "King of Rome." That Na poleon expected great things of him Is evidenced by his exultant exclama tion, “Now begins the proudest epoch of my reign!" Four years later the emperor left France forever. Marie Doulsa took the boy and returned to1 Austria, and the father never saw him again. He grew up Into a feeble man hood physically, and gave no evidence of possessing the genius of his illus trious parent. Ho was made Duke of Relchstadt, and entered the Austrian army In early youth, lip reached ths rang of lieu tenant colonel, but this waq probably by reason of birth rather than of merit. In 1832 he was seized with “quick consumption” and died July 22 of that year. Thu* ths boy In whose birth such great hopes were cen tered, failed utt.erly to fulfill them. To his credit be It said, however, that so far a* known he was a youth of good, character, studious and amiable. It is said that the deprivation of the society ■of his boy was the heaviest cross the emperor had to bear In his exile. How th* Doctor Cured Col. Prescott Colonel Prescott, ths hero of Bunker Hill, was a man of strong character, lie had a compelling way about him that made him a natural leader ol men. He also had a temper that could make Itself felt upon occasion. At one time he was prostrated by a des perate fever while In camp, and was attended by an army surgeon who grossly neglected him. He grew worse Instead of bettor each day, and chafed sorely under the doctor's neglect. Finally, on one of the latter’s infre quent visits, Prescott upbraided him for his negligence, and told him plain ly what ho thought of such conduct. The doctor acknowledged his negli gence. but frankly and brutally told the sick man that he thought It prop er and be.-t to give most of his time and attention to those patients there was some hope of saving. This made Prescott so mad that he leaped from his bed. seized his sword and made for the doctor. The latter did not stay to argue the case, but fled precipitately, thereby saving his life. Incidentally, also, he saved the life of his patient, for the violent passion and sudden ex ertion seemed to break the fever, and from that hour Colonel Prescott con tinued to Improve. An Undignified Chief Justice. The Geneva tribunal of arbitration, Which settled the controversy between the United States and England con cerning the Alabama claims, awarded damages to the former In the sum of $15,500,000. Hut the verdict was not unanimous. One of the flve arbitra tors, Sir Alexander Cockburn, of Eng land, submitted a dissenting opinion. For a dozen years Sir Alexander had been lord chief Justice of England, and one would expect him to be dignified In hearing and Judicial temperament. But all through the trial he acted more like a petty lawyer In a Htstlce court than an arbitrator In a gdkat Interna tional dispute. He differed from his colleagues on almost every point, great and little, and made himself generally disagreeable. In speaking of the clos ing session of the tribunal Caleb Cush ing. one of the attorneys for the United States, said: "The Instant the presi dent finished reading the award, and before the sound of his last words had died on tUp cpr, St.r Alexander Cock burn snatched up his liat afid, without .participating In the leavetaklngs around him. without a word or sign of courteous recognition for any of his colleagues, rushed to the door and dis appeared, In the manner of a criminal escaping from the dock, rather than of a Judge separating, and that for ever. from his colleagues on the bench." Penny Wise; Pound Foolish, That, according to Arthur Wallace Dunn, in the World's Work. Is what our government Is. or rather what It Js trying to be. The Senate and Presi dent Taft about two years ago be came Impressed with the necessity of (economy, and there is still going on pu investigation in the departments ito sec where a clerk can he spared here and there and a few sheets of paper saved, and how petty economies < an he accomplished In various ways. The old adage "saving at the spigot and wasting Ht the bung," applies to this. President Taft would have saved more In millions by a few veto mes sages than he will save In thousands by economy commissions. In ths Carpenter’s Shop. "Elfe's a hard grind," said the emery Wheel. "It's a perfect bore," returned the guger. "It means nothing but hard knocks for me,” signed the nail. "You haven’t so much to go through ns 1 have," put In the saw. "1 can barely scrape along," com plained the plane. "I am constantly being set upon," added the bench. "Eel's strike,” satd the hammer. "Cut It out!" cried the chisel, "her» comes the boss." And all was silence. Getting On. From the Kansas City Journal. “Well, little boy. did you go to thr tlreua the other day?" “Yes'ro. Pa wanted to go, so I had to go with him.” BUILDINGS THAT j ARE DEATH PROOF OUR GREAT NEED Frightful Conditions Are Re. vealed in Factories in This Country. In nn article entitled “Deathproo! versus Fireproof” in Hampton's, based on the fatal Triangle shirtwaist fac tory tire in New York some time ago, Rheta i'hilde Dorr points out oeftalip grave lessons to be learned from thaq disaster. In part she Bays: "In all, 145 working people, mostly girls, died in the Triangle lire. Some one should pay for tills,' said firemen and policemen over and over again as they worked, and (hou3ands of New York people, reading next morning in their papers, the awful story of the fire, echoed with, 'Some one shall pay for this.' “Who shall pay when 145 Industrious workingmen and women buy with their lives the poor privilege of toiling long hours in a power-driven factory? We know who pays for the damaged fac tory building, the broken plate glass, the lost merchandise. The insurant’# companies pay for them, their ful| value. Who shall pay for the loss In human Ufa? “Up to the present day wa havt treated the fire problem much as tlx old-fashioned doctors treated disease The doctor’s entire concern was with the Individual patient. He blew tlx man, poured drugs down his throat, and left the result to Providence. The doctor did nothing at all to prevent thq spread “After all, it Is a simple proposition that we have before us. First we shall have to arrange things so that there will be very few fires. Then we must arrange things so that the people In a burning building can get out. And then we must teach the people, through (Ire drills, that they can get out. “Within the last two years we have jieard a great deal about Industrial effl-, clency. To most people industrial effl-f clency has meant only a plan for get ting more and better work out of la bor, but that Is only part of Its mean ing. It aims to make Industry efficient by protecting and conserving the la borer. Already it has gone far toward protecting him from death and Injury by Are. “We might build an entire city ol fireproof buildings and have almost as many fires and quite as many deaths by fire as we have now. The efficiency engineers are beginning to impress the public with the necessity for death proof buildings, “A Joint board of sanitary control Consisting of representatives of em ployers and workers in the garment trades recently made an investigation bf 1,463 garment factories In NevjYYork City. The conditions they discovered Were amazing. Here Is a summary of Iheir report: “Of 1,463 factories, 1,173 had hall loors opening inward instead of out ward. Thus, at the outset, 97.6 per pent of garment factories in New York fre violating one Important law guard ing against loss of life in case of fire. “Of 491 factories, 40 per cent had no Ire exits except one fire escape. “One hundred and one had no fire •scape drop ladders, or they wpre out if reach. “Sixty-five had straight ladders, very llffloult to use. "Sixty had halls less than three feet vide. "Twenty-eight had all doors leading n halls and stairways locked during ihe day. "Fourteen had no fire escapes. “Seventy-three factories so flagrant y violated the fire laws that the com nlttee thought wise to notify not only jie proprietors, but the mayor, the su perintendent of buildings and the firs tnd police commissioners. "Clearly, If we are to cease killing ind maiming the workers, we have got lo make over the factory. We cannot car down and rebuild all In a minute, Put one thing we can do. We can build i lire wall In the middle of every largq ■Uilding used for manufacturing." Rather Badly Mixed. From the Ram's J-lorn. “Who was the most remarkable woman hontloned In the btble?" was a question impounded to a young colored man, who ras a candidate for the ministry. “Jesebel," was the reply. “Why so?” “Kaso when de king was cornin' Into |e city, she was lookin’ out ob do upstans i |n,jo' in de palace. An' ile king he say, frhrow her down!' An' they throwed Ur down. An' de king say, "Throw her I own agin seben times!' an’ dey throwed er down agin seben times, and moreober e dogs licked her sores, an' dev geth lied up de fragments, an’ dey was 1? has lets full, an' l.o’ in de resurrection whos* Vife will she be?" No Wear Out to a Cat. From the Ram's Horn. A little girl from the country, visiting n a city with her parents, was very anx ous to take an Angora cat home with ler. To this her mother objected, on the ■round of the care amt inconvenience the ■at would make In traveling, and offered ho little girl a dollar to spend In any( vay she wished. She looked longingly at the dollar, hut ifter thinking It over for a minute or two iho said: , “But mamma, just thiiik of how much .onger the cat will last than a dollar!” Eaty When You Know How. From the Ram's Horn. A little girl went home from school one lay and told her mother she had learned now to "punkahate." ' And how do you do .lt?" asked the mother. “Well. It's tilts way. mamma: When you say 'Hark!' you put a hatpin after t, but when "you ask a question you pu< a button hook." Wanted to Borrow Hi* Hat. From the Ram's Horn. A man who had traded horses with a maker, went to him a few days later, and *atd: “You beat me In that trade." “Well, what does thee want me to dol Uoes thee warn me to trade back?" In quired Broadbrim, “Oh, no: not at all. I Just want you tt lend me ycur hat a few days, till 1 tradr with somebody else." During the season Just closed, tb« herring catch along the North Paclflr joatt was a failure. SOLVING NEGRO PROBLEM Under Condition!, the Matter Seemed Comparatively Easy of Arrangement. The central police station was over crowded one day last week. Officers were wondering what they would do should another arrest be made, when the door opened and a sieepy-looking, blue eye/l foreigner drifted in with a most dejected “Goot efning, mens.” The officers nodded their greetings lo the stranger, who then asked: "Can 1 did some sleepings here? I yust came from Chicago and am start to work tomorrow." “Well, the only space we have left is a bunk which is already occupied by a colored man. You can share that if you want to,” replied the offi cer. The man thought for a few minutes, scratched his head and said: "Well, I guess I no can see him in dark, and besides I am tired and want Sleep.”—Milwaukee Wisconsin. “The Bard of Oden." The Rev. George F. Culmer, “the bard of Odon," celebrated his eighty sixth birthday recently. The Rev. Mr. Culmer was born May 22, 1825, in Kent, England, during the reign of George Frederick (George IV.), for jvhom he was named. At the time of his birth John Quincy Adams was president of the United States. Dr. Culmer has been a minister for many years in the Methodist Episco pal church until his advanced age made it necessary for him to retire. He is a scholar and poet. Many of tls poems have been published in magazines and newspapers. — Wash ington Correspondence Indianapolis Kews. Willing to Support Proxy. Albert Tiedemann, a freshman of the University of Pennsylvania, was called upon to vote for officers in a recent gathering. Not being well ac quainted with the nominees, he thoughtfully hesitated before filling out his ballot. One of the company left the room with the explanation that he would "vote by proxy.” “So will 1,” said Albert, and with his pencil poised above his paper, leaned over to a companion on his right and asked: "Say, what’s Proxy’s first name?” Dress. If a man prefers the kind of clothes he can jump into and wears another only under compulsion; While a woman prefers such clothes as she cannot put on without toil and trouble and the expenditure of time, and will, unless under compulsion, wear nothlug else; Then what of permanent equality is It going to avail for the law to call the sexes back to the tape and start them all over again?—-Puck. Pretty Quick. He- -But couldn’t you learn to love me, Anna? She—I don’t think I could, Harry. He (reaching for his hat)—It is as l feared—you are too old to learn.— Harper's Bazar. Method. Mrs. Knicker—Will your furniture lo in the new fiat? Mrs. Booker—It will after it's ■mashed. Friendship is one soul in two bodies. —Diogenes. T " . ——-— - Fads for Weak Women Nine-tenths of all the sickness of women is due to some derangement or dis ease of the organs distinctly feminine. Such sickness can be cured—is cured every day by Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription It Makes Weak Women Strong, Sick Women Well. It acts directly on the organs affected and is at the same time a general restore five tonic for the whole system. It cures female complaint right in the privacy of home. It makes unnecessary the disagreeable questioning, examinations and local treatment so universally insisted upon by doctors, and so abhorrent to every modest woman. We shall not particularize here as to the symptoms of those peculiar affections incident to women, but those wanting full information as to their symptoms and means of positive cure are referred to the People’s Com mon Sense Medical Adviser—1008 pages, newly revised and up-to-date Edition, sent free on receipt of 21 one cent^ stamps to cover cost of mailing only; or, in cloth binding for 31 stamps. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y* -<-—-— Good maxims are germs of all good: firmly impressed on the memory, they nourish the will.—Joubert. Garfield Tea will set the* liver right, correct constipation, cleanse the system, purify the blood and clear the complexion. Is life worth living? I should say that it depends on the liver.—Thomas Gold Appleton. Mrs. Wins!os'* Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 35c a bottle. Outdone. Willis—I’m raising 500 chickens on a five-foot lot. Gillis—That’s nothing. You ought to see the relatives my wife is taking care of in our flat.—Puck. Use of Ants in Nature. Prof. J. C. Branner, in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, describes the immense importance of ants as geologic agents, especially In tropical regions. Ant burrows have been found at a depth of 3.5 meters, and they ramify over vast areas. Intricate Letter. When Bilkins was away from home on a long business trip, he got a letter from his wife that still puzzles him, it ended thus: — “Baby is well and lots brighter than she used to be. Hoping you are the same, I remain, your loving wife.”— Everybody's. The Worth of the Voice. How wonderful Is the human voice! It Is indeed the organ of the soul! The intellect of man sits enthroned visibly upon his forehead and in hfs eye, and the heart of man is written upon his countenance. But the soul reveals itself in the voice only; as God revealed himself to the prophet of old in the still, small voice, and in the voice from the burning brush. The soul of man is audible, not visible. A sound alone betrays the flowing of the eternal fountain, invisible to man.— Longfellow: Hyperion. First Aid. George Ade, at a luncheon in Chi cago, paid a gallant compliment to a well-known actress. The actress wore a harem skirt of the new flame color and Mr. Ade said to her: “It is pretty. And what an odd color it is! Tell me the name of the color.” “Flamme de Vesuve—flame of Vesu vius,” the actress answered. “Be jabers,” said Mr. Ade, “ye make a vurry purty crater.” IN ART CIRCLES. —.—'in First Artist—How is he as a sculp | tor? Second Artist—Oh! he cuts quite a, figure. A Heartless Father. ‘‘I need some help with my household duties,” announced a woman when her husband came home the other night. “What’s the matter with our daugik ter?” the husband wanted to know. “Our daughter? The idea! Why, Jim, you know she's awfully delicate, and she would die if she had to do any household work. She has her school, and—” "And what? Her teacher’s report shows that she isn’t doing a bit of school work.” “But she is the star member of her basketball team, and you know she is eager to take the prize at the gum nasium contest. But that’s just like a man—wanting a delicate girl to en gage in rough, hard labor. Be asham ed of yourself, Jim Jenkins! You have no feeling.” He Got the Pass. “I want a pass.” “Pass? You're not entitled to a pass. You are not an employe. Sorry.” “No; but here the anti-pass law says free transportation can be granted to ‘necessary caretakers of live stock,’ poultry and fruit.’ Well, I'm going on this trip with an aunt that's a hen— there'- your poultry; a girl that’s a peach—there’s your fruit; and a nephew that's a mule—there’s your live stock. Gimme a pass.”—The Way Bill. No one is satisfied with his fortune, or dissatisfied with his intellect.—* Desboulieres. (A short human-interest story written by C. W. Post for the Ptistum Cereal Co., Ltd.) Some Day Ask Your Physician To tell you the curious story of how the mind affects the digestion of food. I refer to the condition the mind is in, just before, at the time, or Just following the taking of food. If he has been properly educated (the major ity have) he will help you understand the curious machinery of digestion. To start you thinking on this interesting subject, I will try to lay out the plan in a general way and you can then follow Into more minute details. Pawlow (pronounce Pavloff) a famous Russian Phy liclan and Chemist, experimenting on some dogs, cut into the tub6 leading from the throat to the stomach. They were first put. under chloroform or some other anaesthetic and the operation was painless. They were kept for months In very good condition. When quite hungry some un appetizing food was placed before them and, although hunger forced them to eat, it was shown by analysis of the contents of the stomach that little if any of the digestive juices were found. i Then, in contrast, some raw meat was put where they couldn’t reach it at once, and a little time allowed for the minds of the dogs to “anticipate” and create an ap petite. When the food was finally tiven them, they de voured it ravenously and with every evidence of sat isfaction. The food was passed out into a dish through the opening before it reached the stomach. It was found to be mixed with “Ptyalin" the alkaline Juice of the mouth, which is important for the first step in di gestion. Then an analysis was made of the contents of the stomach, into which no food had entered. It was shown’ that the digestive fluids of stomach were flowing freely, exactly as if the desirable food had entered. This proved that it was not the presence of food which caused the digestive juices to flow, but the flow was caused entirely and alone as a result of the actioa of the mind, from "anticipation." One dog continued to eat the food he liked for over an hour believing he was getting it into his stomach, • whereas, not an ounce went there; every particle went out through the opening and yet all this time the di gestive juices flowed to the stomach, prepared to quickly digest food. In response to the curious orders of ■ the mind. ' Do you pick up the lesson? Unappetizing food, that which fails to create mental anticipation, does not cause the necessary digestive juices to flow, whereas, food that is pleasing to the sight, and hence to the mind, will cause the complicated machinery of the body to prepare in a wonderful way for its digestion. ^ How natural, then, to reason that one should sit down to a meal in a peaceful, happy state of mind and start oft the breakfast, say with some ripe delicious fruit, then follow with a bowl of crisp, lightly browned, thin bits of corn like Post Toasties, add u sprinkle of sugar and some good yellow cream and the attractive, appetiz ing picture cannot escape your eye and will produce the condition of mind which causes the digestive juices nature has hidden in mouth and stomach, to come forth and do their work. These digestive juices can be driven back by a mind oppressed with worry, hate, anger or dislike of the dis agreeable appearance of food placed oefoie one. Solid facts that are worthy the attention of anyone who esteems prime health and human happiness a3 a valuable asset in the game of life. “There’s a Reason” for saying “The Memory Lingers” when breakfast is started with POST TOASTIES. ^ j