B Mrs. Weisslitz, president of the Ger-B man'Womans’ Club of Buffalo, N. Y., after doctoring for two years, was finally cured of her kidney trouble by the use of Lydia E* Pinkham fs Vegetable Compound* Of p.ll the diseases known witii which tlie female organism is Rfllicted, kiilney disease is the most fatal. In fact, unless prompt and correct treatment is applied, the weary patient seldom survives. being fully aware of this. Mrs. l’inkham, early in her career, pave careful *>tudv to the subject, and in producing her great remedy for woman's ills — ! Lydia. E. Pinkham’s Vegetable C'ompouial—made sure that it con- I •tained th s correct combination of herbs which was certain to control that .dreaded disea. e. woman’s kidney troubles. The Vegetable Compound acts in harxhouy with the laws that govern the entire female system, and while -there are many so called remedies for kidney troubles, Lydia E. Pink— * 11inn’s Vegotablo Compound is the only one especially prepared ^fo»‘ women. Read What Mrs. Weisslitz Says. 1 “Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—For two years my life was simply a bur den. I Buffered so with female troubles, and pains across my back and Joins. The doctor told me that 1 had kidr.ey troubles and prescribed ibr me. For three months I took his medicines, but grew steadily worse. My husband then advised mo to try Lydia E. Pinkhani’s Vegetable Compound, anti brought home a bottle. It is the greatest blessing ever brought to our home. Within three months I was a changed woman. My pain had disappeared, my complexion became clear, my eyes bright, and my entire system in good shape.”—Mrs. Paula Weisslitz, 170 Seneca St., Buffalo, N. Y. fr#rf that Kidney Trouble fan lie Cured by Lydia E. Pinlham’s Testable Compound. “Dear Mrs. Pinkham: — I feci very thankful to you for the good your medicine has (lone me. I had doctored for years and was steadily growing worse. I had trouble with my kidneys, and two doctors told we I had Bright’s disease; also had falling of the womb, and could not walk a block at a time. Aly back and head ached all tho time, and I was bo nervous I could not sleep; had hysteria and fainting spells, was tired all the time, had such a pain in my left side that I could hardly stand at times without putting my foot on something. “ I doctored with several good doctors, but they did not help me any. I took, ill all, twelve bottles of Lydia E. Pink bum’s Vegetable Com pound, five 1(0X08 of Liver Pills, and used three packages of Sanative Wash, and fool like a new woman, can eat and sleep well, do all my own work, and can walk two miles without feeling over tired. The doctors tell mo that my kidneys are all right now. I am so happy to lie well, and I feel that I owe it all to your medicine.”— Mus. Ural Strono, Dalton, Mass. Mrs. Pinklmm invites all sick women to write her for advice. She lias guided thousands to health. 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I n«^/Wcw^lv --*!/*-**—'If - ——tfl *i-r[pr n I m i^tiM-r 0**y f R o y a 1 Christmas Festivities i ELABORATE CELEBRATIONS ARE UNIVERSAL IN ALL THE PALACES POF EUROPE-SCENE IN THE KING'S RESIDENCE AT STOCKHOLM piF= fl7T^r jQg&il J^zz^cz:,. ^tocx&olst (n ^ j^?zz2£tz7^ znp/Tssr z^rzozzp or tzzzt zfocz5Z7Z7C>zzj' \\ ■ ZZP&ZZ TT^ZT JfTTVG- ' | Nowhere in the world is Christmas celebrated so elaborately and with so much preparation as in the royal pal ices of Europe. There are many mil lionaires in America who doubtless spend quite as much or more money upon their Christmas gifts, while many millions, it is safe to say, suc ceed in their own way in having an equally jolly time. In the household [if a king, however, Christmas day must be spent in the traditional man ner. formally, while a hundred exact ing precedents established centuries back must be rigidly observed. To begin with, the presents which the members of the royal family make to one another form but a part of the royal gifts. In addition to these, each servant of the royal reti nue must be remembered. Especial significance is attached to every act of a member of royalty, ami to slight one of these servants would be re marked. There are usually several sets of tables in the royal apartment where the Christmas gifts are exhib ited. The presents intended for the entire household are displayed here on Christmas morning. An excellent idea of the number and variety of these gifts may be had from the accompanying picture. The ceremony is much the same in all the i royal palaces of Europe. A large i apartment similar to one of our great ' banquet halls Is required for the dis ! play. When decorated the room, as ! the photograph suggests, looks more | Tike a large and well stocked depart i ment store doing a thriving business | than a private parlor. The presents : are set out attractively on a score of I tables. Elaborate dresses, sets of furs, cloaks and similar presents are often displayed on regular forms or lay fig 1 ures. Meanwhile, of course, the entire i apartment is beautifully decorated I with greens, while a variety of gayly I bedecked Christmas trees fills every • nook and corner. This work is done by professional decorators; who work for days before Christmas in prepar ing it. On Christmas morning the royal family first' take possession of the apartment to enjoy their tree and ex change gifts. Later, it all the pres ents are in the same’ room, the royal suite or court retinue enters, the li dies and gentlemen in. waiting and. others; next in turn come the higher 1 servants of the household and so on until every one has bee* remembered! The celebration includes every one w’thln the palace grounds, even to t-ie i workmen of the gardens and stable. A MATTER OF GROWTH. Difference in Culture of the Old and New Worlds. If one-tenth as much attention were devoted to the fools among the middle and working classes as is devoted to the fool sans of the rich, we should be in danger of believing with Carlyle that the people are ‘‘mostly fools." It Is true that the culture of the sudden ly rich is cruder and narrower than the culture of those who have had generations of wealth and leisure; but culture is relative. The culture of the most cultured classes in the Old World is the result of large wealth possessed for generations. Culture is a matter of growth; but it never grows in pov erty. The cheapness of the culture of the very rich in this country, as com pared with that of the aristocracy of old countries, is simply the difference between youth and age—a difference of experience. There is a compara tive cheapness in the culture, bearing and manuers of the people of the West as compared with those of the East, and for the same reason. The aristoc racy of the South and of New England have a refinement quite unlike that of the newly made rich in New York and Chicago and the West. They have been longer In the making.—Gunton’s Magazine. Privileges of English Mayors. At Newcastle-on-Tyne at periodic in tervals the mayor and corporation as sert their rights over the shores of their native river by proceeding in state to various points, where they pro claim their authority. Perhaps as an inducement for the mayor to under take this particular duty, on landing on the green he is permitted by an cient custom to kiss the prettiest girl present, conferring upon her a sov ereign as compensation. At Bourne moutn. where the kiss mayoral is also conferred, it is an ancient and loving custom for the retiring mayor to give his successor an oscillatory salute. Progressive King of Siam. The king of Siam, who bears the musical name of Chulalongkorn. al though only years old. is celebrat ing his golden Jubilee with unprece dented magnificence In Banyko*. Chu lalongkorn has given Siam an en lightened government and yet zealous ly guarded native customs and insti tutions. Hence, while he has built canals, railways, lighthouses and hos pitals, he still serves as a priest in the Buddhist temple. He has organ ized his army on the German model, hut his bodyguard is still composed of am*Koo«— 400 daughters of his nobles. CURED HIM OF “HOLLERING." Picture Showed Cowboy How He Looked in His Specialty. On one of his trips West, Frederic Remington, the artist, made the ac quaintance of a cowboy who was called by his associates “Hollering Smith.” In appearance the man was typical of his kind, and Mr. Remington made several studies of him, both in repose and when in his favorite pastime of “hollering.” 1-ater, when j hack in his studio the artist embodied j a rather close portrait of the exuber- \ ant Smith in several drawings for a magazine, most of them showing him in a state of eruption. l.ater Mr. Rem ington again visited Smith's neighbor hood, and on the afternoon of his ar rival was approached by that worthy bearing one of the pictures torn from the magazine. Pointing to the cen tral figure he said: “Say, is that me?” “Well,” replied Mr. Remington guardedly, “I got the idea from you, of course, but—*’ “Oh, it’s all right," broke in the man; “no offense. if it’s me just say so.” “Well, yes; it’s a fairly close por trait of you.” “That’s what the boys at the ranch said. I look like that when I holler, do I?” “I think you do.” “Well,” said the man as he slowly returned the leaf to his pocket, “if that’s the state of the case then all I've got to say is that Hollering Smith lias hollered the last holler that he'll ever holler. Hereafter when I cele brate I blow a tin horn. I don’t con i sider that no man has a right to look 1 like that—not around amongst white folks, at least.”—Philadelphia Post. English Humor. Senator Perkins of California re turned recently from a tour of Eu rope. The unprecedented rainfall in terfered considerably with the Sena tor’s pleasure, but it gave him an op portunity to sample the humor of Lon don bus conductors. One rainy day, Mr. Perkins boarded a bus and took a seat inside. He be-, gan soon to feel the patter of rain drops upon his head. The to