Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for free advice. Tired, Nervous, Aching, Trem bling, Sleepless, Bloodless. Pe - ns - na Renovates, Regulates, Restores. A Pretty New York Woman’s Recovery the Talk of Her Numerous Friends. Mrs. J. E. Finn, 82 East High street, Buffalo, N. Y., writes: l'eruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio Gentlemen:—‘ A few years ago 1 had to give up social life entirely, as my health was completely broken down. The doctor advised a com plete rest for a year. As this was out of lhe question for a lime, J be gan to look for some other means oj restoring my health. "I had often heard of Peruna as an excellent tonic, so 1 bought a bot tle to see what it would do for me, and it certainly took hold of my system and rejuvenated me, and in less than two months I "was in per fect health, and now "when I feci worn out or tired a dose or two oj J’eruna is all that J need.”—Mrs. J. E. Einti. Catarrh Causes Female Diseases. America is the land of nervous women. The great majority of nervous women are so because they are suffering from some form of female disease. By far the great est number of female troubles are caused directly by catarrh. These women despair of recovery. Female trouble is so common, so prevalent, that they accept it as almost inevitable. The greatest obstacle in the wav of recovery is that they do not under stand that it is catarrh which is the source cf their illness. In female complaint, ninety-nine cases out of one hundred are nothing but catarrh. J’eruna cures catarrh wherever located. W. L. DOUGLAS S3.=and $3>— Shoes Made l ff \ r u can save* from $3.(K) to yearly by wearing IV. L. Douglas $l3«A0 or Shoe*. They are just as good in every wav as those that have been costing vou from $4.do to $5.00. The . immense sale of \V. 1 Douglas shoes proves *Q'.. W Jfes. their superiority over all other makes. Sold by retail shot* dealers everywhere. The genuine have name ami juice ^stamped on the. bottom. Take iu> Substitute front < W«V fry Uts used. .. Douglas t$4 4*111 lldge ldne cannot be equalled at any price. i Established m«. The boaflm *eeret pror#** of tannin* the bottom 'olei prcwlurr* more fleilbl* and lon**r wearing bather Ilian any nth« r tnnnnse. The *Ale* hare ruorr than dnu tied Ibo r>*M four tear*. wh'.eh jirnr■* it* superiority. im Sales: *V. vo;*, H UIWi Sales: i5,0^4.»40.00 | W. I-*. Douglas makes and sells more men’s | Goodyear welt (hand-sewed process shoes than any other manufacturer in the world. fcOK nnn Dnuorrf win be paid to anyone who 3>Z3«UUU itCWalU can disprove this statement I Made of the best imported ana American leathers. SMOKERS FIND LEWIS* SINGLE BINDER 5?Cigar better Quality then most 10* Cigars ejoCK Premium Scales of tbe World. Steel Frames. Adjustable Racks. SCALES Buy the fte*t and pave money. Hundred* of I aefol Artlrlei. I.last** tree. $20 & Up. 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You may I place great confidence in this remedy. ^^^URESs^LLJ^Y^AFFECTIO^^^ TYPHOID FEVER DIPHTHERIA SMALLPOX The germs of these deadly disease* multiply in the decaying glue presen,, in all kataominas. and the decaying paste under wall paper. Alabaatlne ia a disinfectant. It destroys | disease germs and vermin; ia manufac tured from a stone cement base, hardens on the walla, and ia as enduring as the wall itaelf. Alabaattne is mixed with cold water, and any one can apply it. Ask for sample card of beautiful tint* and information about decorating. Take no cheap substitute. Buy only in s Id. pkgs. properly labeled. ALABASTINE CO.. Orand Rapid*, Mlcb. New York Office, 1 OS Water St. Hugged Her Much loo light Boa Constrictor Pet of Snake Charmer Too Demonstrative In His Showing of Affection—He Is Now Due as a Present to Zoological Garden of Seme City. An article appeared in last Sunday’s f -ost giving the details of how a local inimai dealer's arm was nearly brok- j >n in handling a boa constrictor, which suddenly wrapped itself twice around lis arm when he was not looking. The I lealer has since given a Post reporter some further details regarding this aarticuiar boa. “This reptile,” he said, “appears to tave had a had reputation. 1 did not | snow it at the time, but I learned ( ifterward that he was sold to me by | ?ersons who had had some experience jf his evil ways and were anxious to set rid of him. Had I known this at She time I bought the snake 1 could navs purchased it for about half of what 1 actually paid. The next expert- j ’nee which 1 had with him did not arouse my suspicions, as all boas are more or lees tricky and dangerous, but now it appears that he is a downright , langorous reptile. “1 sold the snake to a small travel- , ing eireus, in which one of the women j was a ’snake charmer,’ as they are advertised, and 1 have just receiver! l letter from the manager ef this show , in one of the Western cities saying j hat the ‘snake charmer' had trouble I with the reptile from the outset, ami that last week, while she was perform ing and hail the boa wrapped about her waist, he tightened his eoila, and, despite the efforts of three able-bodied circus roustabouts to remove the snake, he broke three of her ribs. She is now in a hospital. The accident produced an immense sensation. The woman's screams were heard a block away, and the spectators le.t their seats and crowded into the ring. Tin pain must have been intense, for the woman was removed to a hospital in a dead faint. "The end of such a reptile is not difficult to foresee. Ho will be given as a present from (he generous and publit-spirited showman to some zoo. After an elephant lias kill d several keepers or a tiger makes a meal of his trainer, then the showman becomes very liberal. Whenever you see an elephant, lion or large snake in a zoo cage labeled, 'Presented by Faque & iteoem's Consolidated. World-Renown ed Aggregation of Three Shows in One,’ you may rest assured that the animal’s record is like that of Jesse James or Cole Younger."—Washington Post. Washington as a Letter Writer, Father of His Country Left Behind Him Seme Ten Thousand Missives, Covering All Conceivable Subjects Simplir city, Dignity and Grace Tlicir Characteristics. In a recent oration on the lire and , haraeter of Washington, delivered before the rniversity of Pennsyl- i vania, l)r. S. Weir Mitchell, the fa ! mo us physician and man of letters, j made some statements in regard to I our first President which, we dare ] say, will be new- even to many who ! have supposed themselves to be thor- i ougbly familiar with the facts of his life. These statements refer to Washington's remarkable productiv I ity as a letter writer and also to 1 the character and range of his corre pendence. There are some 10,000 'letters in existence written by Wash ! ington, we are informed by Dr. Mlt je’.ell, 2,000 of them being in one collection. And such letters! None rre hasty scrawls, none mere trifles, none have that clipped, telegraphic i style so common in this rapid anti feverish age. Ail are beautifully and carefully written, with never a sign of haste, nervousness or passion. They range over every conceivable subject from the < are of his slaves, dogs and horses and the planting of crops to the most weighty matters ol state, and are addressed to all classes and ranks ol people, from the over seers of his plantation and his loving nephews and nieces to generals in the field and diplomats In foreign courts. For all alike there is slm plicity, dignity and grace. Reticence in regard to matters of the heart was characteristic of Washington, and is illustrated by the fact that in all this vast number of letters which he left behind there are but two ad dressed to his wife. It is certain that he wrote many surh, for he was an affectionate husband, and whether they were destroyed by her at his direction cannot he known, but it is reasonable to suppose that such was the ease, for Washington was a far sighted man, and nothiug could have been more repugnant to his spirit than the thought of having such let ters, with the tender sentiments ex pressed, dragged out to public view in after years. Things a Yankee Can Do, Vital Difference Between Americans and Englishmen Pointed Out by a Writer in Harper's Magazine—Why the Former Is by Far the Better Workman, The Englishman has none of that tll-around mental activity whicn dis tinguishes the American. He knows mly one thing—that hy which he »arns his living, and he does not *te jire to know anything else; far less is le ashamed of not knowing it. A I.on ion policeman, if you ask him about some distant street or building of im portance, will reply civilly, hut una pashed, “I can’t tell you, sir; that is lot in ray heat.” An American police nan would know the fact, and if he lid not know it he would feel called ppon to apologize for his Ignorance. In a remote Maine village there was recently some occasion for a plumber, and a very good ohe was forthwith Improvised from a carpenter. Such a thing would be impossible In England. Many a New England farmer can build or repair his barn, paint and plaster bis house, •'tinker" his mowing ma chine, shoe his horse, doctor his row break his eolt, row or sail his boat, “butcher” his pig, shear his sheep, skin a fox, track a deer, hive bees, serve as guide or lumberman, play the fiddle, solve a problem in arithmetic, make a good speech in town meeting and do a hundred other things besides. There is piobahly not a man in ail England who can do half so many things. The American is quick-witted lias far more general intelligence and information and is therefore by far a better workman.—H. C. Merwin in Harper's Magazine. WOULDN’T STOP TO LISTEN. Conversation Natural Result of Meet ing of Two Women. They met down cn Twenty-third street the other morning. Each had a bundle and each looked happy. Af ter a few introductory remarks, just enough to impress each other that they were glad they had met, this conversation ensued: • Yes, Molli: Is down with—” “Oh, you don’t say so?’’ "She was taken with—” "The poor girl!” "As I was going to say, Mollie is—” "And she always was delicate.” "Yes; but as I was going to say—” “Give her my love and tell her 1 hope she will soon be out.” “Pardon me, my dear; but as I was going to say—” “Who's your doctor?” “Pardon me again; but ss I started 1 to say—” "Oh, you did start to say some thing; I beg your pardon.” “As I started to say, Mollie is down with her aunt in Hackensack. She was taken with a desire to get to the country, and went yesterday.” And then both went hack to the bargain counters.—New York Times. Jesting Away Her Wrath. "Sydney Smith,” hissed the little woman with the dripping candle, “I am surprised to see you coming home in this state.” “Well, my dear,” chuckled the col larless individual in the doorway, "what state did you expect to see me come home in—Alaska or Florida?” — The most progressive paper-hanger* are always pressed to the wall JOURNAL FOR CHINESE WOMEN Daily Newspaper Soon to Be Publichec in Canton. The woman's newspaper promises soon to become as commonplace as the woman reporter, for already it has reached China. Five young and hand some Chinese girls, it Is reported, have arranged to publish a woman's papet in Canton, and it will not be a wom an’s paper, either, except in so fat as its management is concerned. These progressive Oriental maidens propose to make their paper an organ for the women of China, but they also in tend to give as much space as may be necessary to politics and general news. The young women concerned all belong to influential families, and the paper has a good financial back ing. The managing editor is M'ss Chew Fe Hing, Mistj Ye Mae Luc 9,e ing r.ews editor and Miss See Mol Hing city editor. Miss Chung Ye Ching ana Miss Chin Sew Kin are special writ ers and Fong Wtt Chung, q, well known literary man of Canton, is assisting in the enterprise. Quite Complimentary. “Yes,” said his wife's mother, “1 see it was a mistake for my daugh ter to marry you at all. She Is Just as different from you in every respect as she can be.” "Well, well,” replied the great brute, ''how you flatter me!” So Many So. "What is all that excitement up at the hotel, Rudolph?” “Why, a man just jumped-" "Out of the window?” "No; they wouldn’t mind that He jumped bis board bill.” low# earme Kor »ore bran, bftiaot e crop till paid. MITUIAM. Bloui city. 1A. To Find Xerxes' Fleet. The treasures that lie at the bottom of the sea are now more easily ob tainable by the invention of an in strument known as the hydroscope. This contrivance is shortly to be put in operation in order to find the lost fleet of Xerxes, which has reclined on the sea's bed undisturbed for about 2,300 years. Search is also to be made for i. e ship chartered by Pompey to carry Homan art treasures to Athens and wrecked In the archipelago 1,950 years ago. Defiance Starch It guaranteed big gest and best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. F.othschilds Multiply Slowly. if the Rothschilds had increased and multiplied after the manner of many families there would have been a prodigious number of the English branch, let alone me rest, but after more than 100 years the descendants ' of Nathan Meyer Rothschild, founder of the Englisn Rothschilds, only amount to between thirty and forty persons. Murphy’s portrait cf McKinley. Murphy's portrait of President Mc Kinley lias been received at the White House ami now bangs to the right of the north vestibule door, the space on the left of the door being occupied by Sargent’s portrait of President Roosevelt. The hanging is a favorable one for an oil painting and the portrait, which was painted from a photograph, the artist never having seen Mr. McKinley, is much ad mired. The late president's friends declare it the best likeness of Mr. Mc Kinley in existence. A Suggestion to Morgan. At the Lotus club Charles W. Price told this story about J. Plerrepont Morgan: A young reporter was sent to . r. Morgan's residence to ask an important question. "Mr. Morgan Is out,” said the butler. The reporter, noticing a carraige in waiting, linger ed near the entrance to the Madison avenue residence, and In a few mo ments was not exactly astonished to see Mr. Morgan Cmiie out and start for the carriage. He dared approach and ask the question, as he had been Instructed. "Young man,” said Mr. Morgan, “didn’t my butler tell you I was out." ”Yes, but you rhould change your butler for one who can speak the truth." Mr. Morgan turned his penetrating eyes on the questioner for a moment, and then said, as he entered his carriuge: “Call at my of fice in the morning and suggest any other changes In my establishment you deem advisable." The reporter did 1 call, and has possessed fairly pleasant relations with the eminent financier ever since. English Disdain Peanuts. Over in England they call the pea nut “ground-nut” and “ground-bean,” says Tip in the New York Press, in Hritish eyes it is only for pigs. It is met with occasionally in fruiterers’ i shops, hut never in push carts, as in New York. A pritish encyclopedia says: “In the southern states of North America me seeds, or nuts, as they are called, are roasted and used as chocolate. They are a favorite arti cle of food with the negroes.” Geor gians are called "goober grabblers” throughout the south. Many a farmer has grown rich on the humble peanut, the annual product being worth $10, 000,000. Some persons try to belittle the goober. A lawyer, examining a witness .* an important case, one whose testimony was conclusive, un dertook to ridicule him. “You are a business man, I believe?” “Yes.” "What u your business?” “I deal In I peanuts.” The lawyer smiled know ingly at the Jury. “A peanut vender, eh? How many pints did you sell last month?” “I haradly know. A mil lion, possibly.” "What! A million?” "I handle about half a million bush els a year. 1 am a wholesale dealer.” The lawyer sat down, with the laugh turned on him. Any girl who marries to please her folks usually gets the worst, of it. A Sensational Case. Alston, Mich., May 25th.—Hough ton County has never witnessed a more striking medical case than that of Mr. James Culet of this place. Mr. Culet had spent a small fortune with the best physic ians in the coun ty and in addition to this he has tried every medicine he could hear of. He had a very bad case of Rheuma tism and Kidney Trouble, from which he had suffered for twenty years. Nothing he could get seemed to do him any good, and he was gradually growing worse. He has no Rheumatism now and explains it thus: One day I happened to see an ad veriisement of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and decided to try them. ‘ I made up ray mind to give them a good fair trial, as my case was a very bad one and was of over twenty years’ standing. "I used altogether 42 boxes and I can truthfully say that they have driven out every trace of the Rheuma tism. "I feel like a new man, and I can and do most heartily recommend Dodd’s Kidney Pills for Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble.” Life’s burdens would be greatly lightened if col'ars with saw edges were done away with. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch” does not please you, return It to your dealer. If It does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the Iron. He has the best education who best knows when to appear Ignorant. Plso's Cure ii the best medlctn* we ever used I for all affections of the throat and lunpe — Wx. O. Bsimi.Bi Vanburen. Iud., Feb. 10. 1000. A spring footnote: Please use the j mat. mrn pocaei an insuii Dy ac cepting a bribe. THE PINKHAM CURES ATTRAfTISG GREAT ATTE'iTlOS 1X059 TUIVk 114: tt'MMW Mrs. Frances Stafford, of 243 E. 114th St., N.Y. 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