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Mrs. Hutjhson, of Chicago, whose LI
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
! "Dear Mrs. Pink ham: I suffered for (several years -with general
weakness and bearing: -down pains, caused by womb trouble. My appe
tite was fitful, and I would lie awake for hours, and could not sleep,
until I seemed more weary in the morning than when I retired. After
reading one of your advertisements I decided to try the merits of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I am so glad I did. No one
can descrile the good it did me. I took three bottles faithfully, and
besides building up my general health, it drove all disease and jtoison
out of niv lK)dy, and made me feel as epry and active as a young girl.
Mrs. Pinkham's medicines are certainly all they nre claimed to be."
Mas. M. E. IIuohwn, 347 East Ohio St., Chicago, 111.
Mrs. J'inkham TVlIs How Ordinary Tfasks Produce Displacements.
i Apparently trifling incidents in woman's daily life frequently produce
displacement of the womb. A slip on the stairs, lifting during menstruation,
standing at a counter, running a sewing machine, or attending to the mo&t
ordinary tasks may remit in displacement, mid a train of serioiisevils is started.
The. first indication of such trouble should be the signal for quick actum.
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If thp slightest trouble appears which you do not understand
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Mrs. Lelah Stowell, 177 Wellington
St., Kingston, Ont., writes:
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ynu could do for them, there would le no need
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vegetable tonipounu xnauu juu juuh.
new and promising to me. 1 am light and
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Ls. and I now eniov the best of health."
Lvrtia K. Pinkham's Vegetable
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the worst forms of female complaints. that bearing-down feeling, weak
back, falling and displacement of the womb, inflammation of the ovaries, and
all troubles of the uterus or womb. It dissolves ami expels tumors from the
utt-rns in the early stage of development, and checks any tendency to cancer
ous humors. It subdues excitability, nervous prostration, and tones up tha
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U las Aaaa Gray la Dcllchtad with Um
Western Canada Home.
Anna C. Gray U a young lady, (or
merly of Michigan. She is now a res-
Went of Western Canada, and tbe fol
lowing, published in tbe Brown City
(Mich.) Banner, are extracts from a
friendship letter written about March
IS to one of her lady friends In that
vicinity. In this letter is given some
idesj of the climate, social, educational
and religious conditions of Alberta, the
beautiful hind of sunshine and happy
homes. Over one hundred thousand
Americans have made Western Catada
their home within the past five years,
and In this year upwards of 50,000 will
take up homes there.
Miss Gray took her leave for Dlds
bury, Alberta, the home of her sister
and other relatives and friends on Jan.
10 last, and after a two months' so
journ in her Western prairie home shej
writes of it as follows: "I know II
shall grow to love the prairies. We1
have a beautiful view of the moun
tains, and it seems wonderful to me to
see home after home for tulles, and It
is being thickly settled all around us.
With the exception of the last few
days, which have been cold and
stormy, we have had beautiful spring
weather ever since I came. The days
are beautiful. I call this the 'land of
the sun,' ns it seems to be always
shining; the nights are cold and frosty.
On arriving here I was so greatly sur
prised in every way. IMdsbury Is quite
a business little town. All the peo
ple I meet are so pleasant and hos
pitable. They have four churches in
IMdsbury the Baptist, Presbyterian,
Evangelical and Mennonite. The Evan
gelicals have Just completed a hand
some church, very large and finely fur
nished, costing $2,.100. They have a
nice literary society here, meets every
two weeks. They have fine musical
talent here. Your friend,
"ANNA C. GRAY."
"Yes, my dear, one could lay down
rules for the charming of the other
sex " said an old but very successful
belie to a debutante, who, In spite of a
beautiful face, is, It must be ad
rnitted, a failure as far as popularity
goes. "One could lay down rules 103
if them, all good rules, too, Hut there
are two that I'd remember If I were
vou, and you can afford to let the
others take cure of themselves. The
tirsc is, when talking to a man never
'run down' another woman. The sec
ond and even If you forget the first,
please remember the second ij, never
praise another man."
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Purity of mind and conduct is tbe
T-t glory of a woman. Madame de
ilaei:
The log cabiD, built In St. Louis
ouoty by Gen. U. S Grant, In 18r4,
as been transferred to its new loca
ilon on Art Mill, at the Louisiana
'urrhase Exposition, Somo of the
rgi show the ravages of time and
he elements, but the structure Is yet
turdy. Its present owner, O. F.
Hlanke, has deckled to allow the
ilstorlc cabin to remain In Forest
fark after the World's fair closes.
Kvertired Eddie I believe, Phillie.
dat wotever I km git In de way of
eatables is best fer me.
"The ICIenn, Kool, Kitchen Kind" Is
the trade mnrk on stoves which enable
you to conk in comfort in a cool kitchen.
In the decorations at the World's
Fair Grounds In St. Louis at the Dedi
cation Ceremonies there were used 200
(J. S. bunting flags, from 12 to 20 feet
in length; COO flags of all nations' from
8 to 14 feet long; more tian 0,000 yards
of draperies and festooning, and hun
dreds of trophies, shields and coats of
arms of the dillerent states and na
lons. Frittering Phil. Eddie, do you'sc
believe a vegetable diet is best fur
yer health?
A Tigbt Squeeze.
Brazils, Ark., May 11. To be
snatched from the very brink of the
grave is a somewhat thrilling experi
ence and one which Mrs. M. (). Garrett
of this place has Just passed through.
Mrs. Garrett suffered with a Cere
bro-SpInal affection, and had been
treated by the best physicians, but
without the slightest Improvement.
For the last twelve months two doc
tors were In constant attendance, but
she only grew worse and worse, till
she could not walk, and did not have
anv power to move at all.
She was so low that for the greater
part of the time she was perfectly un
conscious of what was going on about
her. ami her heart broken husband and
friends were hourly expecting her
death.
The doctors had given up all hope
and uo one thought she could possibly
live.
In this extremity Mr. Garrett sent
for a box of Oodd's Kidney I'llls. It
ibis a last hope, but happily It did not
fail.
Mrs. Garrett used In all six boxes of
the remedy, and is completely cured.
She says: )
"1 am doing my own work now ami
feel ns well as ever I did. Dodd's
Kidnev Tills certainly saved me from
death."
Tbe City or St. Louis was unanimous
ly chosen as the place for holding the
World's Fair by a convention of dele
gates appilnted by the Governors of
the States and Territories within the
original Louisiana Purchase. St. Louis
Is tbe fourth city of the United Ptatcs
In the point of population. It Is noted
for its beautiful residence districts. It
leads the world In many lines of Industry.
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"I wonder," said tlie Major, "how
many of the old war corresiiondeiits or
furry years ago are living now. I re
nlember as among the living only
Tovviineiid, Held, Kuray, and a few oth
ers. The most of tlietn have crossed the
l.ue with the great soldiers whose cam
paigns they followed and whose battles
they described. 1 have often wondered
if the nerve tension that told so hiavlly
against the men who strove iu battle
and shortened their lives did not also
'.inrtcn the lives of the men who wrote
of battles under the stress of the condi
tions that prevailed at tho front or in
the rear of an army. Certainly, the ser
vice was a strain on the nerves, wlulher
the correspondent wrote of a battle in
progress or in the mniM or tne uisiress-
ing confusion that followed a battle.
'"Here at home a man cannot write a
busiiK ss letter or a short article for a
newspaper if lie is' subjected to ordin
ary interruptions. I saw the Colonel in
a frenzy the other day because three
ladies came in, one after another, while
he was preparing an argument. And
yet he had all his materials at hand,
mid the interruptions were not of a try
ing character. Think of the strain under
which an army correspondent wrote,
with the uproar and confusion of battle
pressing on his nerves. Seeing only a
part of the field, he must write of the
whole. Dimly comprehending the man
euvers based on. strategy or exigency,
he must describe all In their relations
to defeat or victory. When command
ers were beside themselves with excite
niciit lie must in some way get informa
tion front them.
"The correspondent was compelled
nut only to get Information, but to
measure Its value, and. dazed or excit
ed, lie was compelled to write with the
calmness of a war historian and at the
same time to portray graphically the
battle scenes. After bending nil his
energies to composition he was ofu-n
compelled, to ride as wildly as a charg
ing trooper to start his dispatch or let
ter northward. The service was very
trying, and little wonder that so many
of the obi war correspondents died in
what the world called their prime.
There were men, of course, who wrote
of battles without swing them, but I
have in mind the men who rode with
generals in battle and who shared the
privations and dangers of army life.
There were many such, but not many
of them are alive."
"Correspondeaits," said Dr. A. W.
Gray, "during the war and after the
war missed n great many adventures,
the story of which even now seems
worth telling. I have in mind the ex
perience of Captain Merrick of Corn
puny (J. Fifty-first Illinois, in Alabama
in istjii. While in the service Captain
Merrick had noticed the character of
the country about Bridgeport and De
catur, and in lMMi he went South to
prospect for the location of Northern
colonies on unoccupied lands, and to
consult owners as to terms of purchase.
"lie met with a cordial reception si t
Decatur, ami was given direct i ins as lo
how to reach the lands for sale. lie
hired a hoise and buggy and drove on
his way to lilackwater Uiver Into a dis
trict: in which there were very few
houses. After spending tile day In the
wild"i iiess lie started on his return trip,
but encountered a heavy rainstorm,
and darkness coming on earlier than lie
expeitiil. he lost his way. After two
hours' driving in the rain and dark lie
saw a light In the distance and made his
way toward It. lie came upon a cabin
and knocked at the door. In answer to
the question who was there lie replied
that he was a stranger seeking shelte r
from the rain. He was bluntly Inform
ed that the owner of the cabin did not
kj"cp a hotel and could not accommo
date him under any circumstances.
"When Merrick was told that there
was no bouse nearer than seven miles
he naked that he be allowed to sleep
on the porch outside, and that his horse
be fed and given shelter. Finally the
surly oceupnnt of the cabin agreed to
this, and came out with a lantern. Ills
appearance was against him, and he
had an ugly and suspicious look In his
eye. He held his lantern high to have
a good look at Merrtck's face, and then
went with the Captain to the stable and
waited while tbe latter looked after his
horse.
"On their return to the cabin the Cap
tain suggested he be given a blanket
and be permitted to lie down on the
porch. Thereupon the huge Alnbunilan
planted himself squarely In front of the
Captain and gnld menacingly: 'Who lie
you. any way? Strangers looking for
land don't go prowling around at night.
Where you come from?' The Captain
said plainly that be wis from the
North, and that he wns traveling at
night because he had loat Ms way.
Then, more roughly, tbe Alabnmlim
said: 'You have been here before. You
were In the Yankee army.'
"The Captain wondered If his re
volver was In good condition, and Ad
mitted that he had erred In northern
Alabama In the Union army. 'I thought
so,' uld the other. 'I remember yon.
Yon were prowling around this game
neighborhood when Boddoy'a cavalry
came on your track. Retreating toward
your cntnp, you came on 'a man with
two buckets of water. You made that
innn go with you to the Union tinea. I
waa that man.' Thla, tbe CaptaM
thought, ended the chapter, but, to his
surprise, the Alabamian became cordial,
and solicitous for bis comfort, ive him
a good bed, aDd he alept In comfort unj
til morning. '
"On leading bed he found a good
breakfast awaiting him, and when he,
started for Decatur his host was on
horseback to show him the way. After!
they started the man of the cabin ex
plained that after being taken to the
Union lines in Wtt he had left Rod
deyVs cavalry and joined a Union cav-f
airy regiment, and that for doing that
he had. been persecuted in various ways
by bis neighbors, and that he supposed
the Captain came to his cabin at night
In tlie interest of his enemies. ica
go Inter Ocean.
A Man of Grit.
Tho first day of the New Year, 18C3,
(lie Confederates under General Ma
gruder, came down iu force from
Houston, Tex., and attacked the Cul
led States war ships in possession of
Galveston Harbor. The attack being a
complete surprise, the Union forces
were beaten; the beautiful steamer,
the Harriet Uatie, was blown up, and
tlie vessels that escaped only did so
by slipping their cables and putting to
sea.
William Reid, an old man-of-war's
man, who was on board the Owasoo,
was one of the heroes of the Galveston
fight. His ship was attacked by a
floating buttery that had come down
through IStiffalo Bayou, and while in
the act of loading his rifle, three of bis
fingers were torn off by a piece of
shell.
Keid was at this time fifty-eight
years of age, but by his activity and
daring he set an example to his young
er shipmates. He tied his, handker
chief about his wrist to stop the blood,
and went on loading and firing without
showing in his resolute face any sign
of tlie agony lie was suffering.
Tlie battle had been raging for near
ly an hour, when another shot tore
through Iteid's right shoulder, the
blood spurting out and spattering those
standing near him.
Seeing the plight of the old hero,
Master Mate Abrams went to him and
said;
"Keid. you must go below!"
"What for?" asked Ifeid. still firing.
"To have your wounds dressed."
"No. sir." was the reply. "So lonp
as there's any lighting going on. and I
can lend a hand, I'll stay on deck while
there's a deck to stand on, and 7 have
a finger to pull a trigger, and an eye
to guide a ball."
This brave sailor recovered from his
wounds, and subsequently distinguish
ed himself at icksburg and Mobile
He was honorably mustered out at tlie
close of the war, married for tlie first
time when he was 00, and he Is still
living a hale, hearty and honored man.
Tired Back
Come to all
who overtax
the kidneys.
Don't neglect
tbe aching
back. Many
dang erous
kidney trou
bles follow
in its wake.
Mrs. C. B.
Pare of Co
lumbia ave
nue, Glas
gow, Ken
tucky, wife
of C. B. Pare,
a prominent brick manufacturer o(
that city, says: "V'hen Doan's Kidney
Pills were first brought to my atten
tion I was suffering from a compllca
tion of kidney troubles. P.esides tlie
bad back which usually results from
kidney complaints, I bad a great deal
of trouble with the secretions, which
were exceedingly variable, sometimes
excessive and at other times scanty.
The color was high, and passages wera
accompanied with a scalding sensation.
Doan's Kidney Pills soon regulated tha
kidney secretions, making their color
normal, and banished the inflammation
which caused tbe scalding sensation.
1 can rest well, my back is strong and
sound, and I feel much better in every
way."
A FREE TRIAL, of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Pare will
be mailed to any part of tbe United
States on application. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price 50 cents per box.
Self-laueation abounds among the'
unpolished; but nothing can stamp
a man more sharply as Ill-bred. '
Buxtou.
Cheerfulness is is like money well
expended in charity; tbe more we
dispense of it, the greater uur pos
sessionsVictor Hugo.
Men are eo constituted that every
one undertakes what be sees another
successful in, whether be has apti
tude for it or not. Goethe. '
Why the Ring was Returned. She
"I suppose it a pretty girl eame
along you wouldn't care anything,
ibuut me any more. "
lie ''Nonsense, Kate! What do I
lire for goi.d looks? You suit me alii
right." -Philadelphia Press.
The rarest of floweis is candor
Rucine.
t
Hope of ill pain i3 the beginning of,
toss. Democritus. j
One golden day. redeems a weary
rear. Celia Thaxter. ,
Mrs. Wi'islow's SOOTHING SYKUP for chll-,
ir-n teethiiiK, sofietiB the uuins, reduces inrta
mailon, allays pain cures colic. Piice'uc bottle
A Haughty Rebel.
In tlie last winter of tlie war, by
reason of sickness, I became separated
from my regiment, but upon recovery
I got a full share of soldiering at Nash
ville, under old Pap Thomas, when we
sent Hood flying southward. I had
good opportunity on this occasion to
note the valor of our colored troops,
who are said to have "fought nobly."
One day two colored soldiers came into
camp with a dilapidated but haughty
Confederate captain. He had strayed
beyond his lines and 1ho colored boys
somehow got onto the business and
they went for him. "Hold on dur,
boss," said the leading one, advancing
upon him with lixed bayonet. "What
do you mean, you black rascal, to talk
to me in that ma iiner V" replied the
Confederate, "Hear dat, now; black
rascal, you say? Don't you 'peat any
more such language to us we's Uni
ted States soldiers, we is. and don't
you talk back." The Confederate en
deavored first to threaten, but finding
mat would not do. then to coax, and
then to bribe, all of which failed. Then
falling back again upon his dignity he
said it was highly improper that he
should surrender to two colored sol
diers, as he was a captain. He pro
posed that one of the soldiers should
go to camp and get an officer while the
other soldier remained to guard him.
At this the two soldiers laughed heart
ily, and then they began to prick him
with their bayonets, and In this man
ner they walked him Into camp, tho
sorriest-looking rebel I ever saw. He
demanded of our officers that they
should punish the black scoundrels for
their Insults to him. "Insults!" shout
ed Lieutenant Simmons, of my regi
ment. "They are incapable of insult
ing you. That you are alive now Is
evidence of their generous and noblo
character. If the situation had been
reversed you would have killed them."
An emergency hospital was estab
lished by Menical Director Laidler
in tbe northwest entrance pavilion!
of the Educatiou Hujldiug during
tbe dedication ceremopies at the St. j
Louis Woild's Fair., The pavilion,,
temporarily converted inn a room by
closing the doors, is 50 feet square, t
i
Iiaundertnfc tlie Ruby's Clothea.
Many mothers are ignorant of the seri
ous injurv that may result from -waBhing
the clothing of mi infant with strong
washing powders and impure roup. For
this reason it should be laundered t
home under the mother's directions and
only Ivory Soap used. To throw the lit
tle garments into the ordinary wash
bIiows treat carelessness.
ELEANOR It. PARKER, (
All Top Rail.
On one of the marches near Mem
phis, Colonel Stuart, noticing that his
boys were using all the mils of the
fences for camp fires, Issued an order
that only the top rails should be taken.
Tlie regiment, ignorant of higher math
ematics, at omt' assumed that when
one rail was gone the next one was
the top, and so It turned out that all
rails were top rails, and It took Just
seven men to demonstrate that fact
on a seven-rail fence.
An amusing feature of the present
controversy concerning the metric sys
tem. In which one party holds to tbe
yard and pound as consecrated Anglo
Saxon standards, Is that tha United
States fundamental legal standards of
length nnd mass are the meter and the
yard and pound. The yard Is legally
expressed as :UMK)-30:t7 part of a meter.
She Papa has an absurd notion that
you have money.
He I suppose we would better let
bim think so.
She Yes; but we've got to get man
ned some time, . '
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All creameries use butter color.
Why riot do as they do use JDMK
TINT li UTTER COLOR.
' The value of a smile who can tell?
Like the sunshine, it is hard to esti
mate its value, for though it costs
the giver nothing it very likely means
all the difference to the recipient
between black despair and cheerful
ness and hope. A kind smile is be-:
yond price to the erring but repenting,:
and cheers them to struggle back to
the paths of right and duty, from
which they have diverged In pursuit
of pieasnre and folly, while to thesnr- :
rowful, the desolate and the forsaken
It has the happiest effect, dissipating
the thick clouds and fog which some
times entirely obscure a fair land
scape. A smile is a token of warmth
within; it shows the kind heart of the
friend, the affectionate brother, the
loving child, or tbe happy husband.
It adds a charm to tbe plainest face,
it enhances the beauty of the most
well favored, and it makes tte gentle,
gracious woman appear a veritable
angel in the eyes of him who loves her.
Idleness Is the key of beggary, and
the rojt of all evil. Spurgeon.
All through our lives the partings
come, 111 fortunes come, and tempta
tions attack us in our weakest points
that our hearts may be softened and
refined and enabled to understand tbe
glory that is In humanity, tbe beauty
that Is in goodness, and the happlnew
that is In self dental.
The German Cable Company has fin
ished Inylng Its second line to New
York ns for a the Axore Islands, 1,200
miles.
There are three States which have Do
debt Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois.
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