THINK OF IT! This Pretty Matron Had Headache and Backache and Her Condition Was Serious. PE-RU-NA CURED m. _-n 99 Eleventh Street, * Milwaukee, Wis. dtA short time ago i found my con dition very serious. I bad headaches, pains in the back, and frequent dizzy spells which grew worse every month. / tried two remedies before Peruna. and was discouraged when I took the first dose, but my courage soon re turned. In less than two months my health was restored.’"—Mrs. M. Brickner. The reason of * il will reach you (afely. mmbr Ringen Stove Co. Oh.. Makers. 415 N. 6th Street. St. Louis, Me. 1 ATAXIA JUMBLE REPOSTED CUBE STANDS TEST CP FULL INVESTIGATION. A Former Victim of Locomotor Ataxia Now Free from Suffering and Actively at Work. '• Yes,” said Mr. Watkins to a reporter, “it is true that I have been cured of ataxia by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills.” “Are you sure you had locomotor ataxia?” “The doctors themselves told me so. Besides I recognized the symptoms.” i “ What were they?” “ Well, the first indications were a ; stiffness about the knee joints that came on about four years ago. A few months after that appeared, my walk got to be 1 uncertain, shaky-like. I lost confidence in my power to control the movements of my legs. Once, when I was in the cellar, I started to pick up two scuttles of coal, and my legs gave way suddenly, and I tumbled all in a heap in a basket. I couldn’t close my eyes and keep my balance to save my life. Then I had fearful pains over my whole body aud I i lost control over my kidneys and my bowels.” “ How about your genera! health ?” “ Sometimes I was so weak that I had to keep my bed and my weight fell off twenty pounds. Things looked pretty bad for tne until I ran across a young man who had been cured by Dr. Wil liams’ Pink Pills and who advised me to try them.” “Did these pills help you right away?" “I didn’t see much improvement un til I had used six boxes. The first bene fit I noticed was a better circulation and a picking up in strength and weight. I gradually got confidence in my ability to direct the movements of my legs, and in the course of seven or eight months all the troubles had disappeared.” “ Do you regard yourself as entirely well now ?” “I do the work of a well man at any rate. I can close my eyes and stand up all right and move about the 6ame as other men. The pains are all gone ex cept an occasional twitch in the calves of my legs.” Mr. Janies H. Watkins resides at No. 72 Westerlo street, Albany, N Y. Dr. Wil liams’ Pink Pills can be obtained at any drug store. They should be used as soon as the first signs of locomotor ataxia ap i pear in a peculiar numbness of the incC. Selfishness the Ruling Spirit. No one performs a single free action from anything but a selfish motive. That is. at any given moment we are doing the thing we wish to do, if we are free to act. The difference comes in the things we are doing. ULCERS FCR 30 YEARS. Painful Eruptions From Knees to Feet Seemed Incurable—Cuticura Ends Misery. Another of those remarkable cures by Cutieura, after doctors and all else had failed, is testified to by Mr. M. C. Moss of Gainesville, Texas, in the following letter: "For over thirty years I suffered from painful ulcers and an eruption from my knees to feet, and could find neither doctors nor medicine to help me, until I used Cutieura Soap, Ointment and Pills, which cured me in six months. They helped me the very first time I used them, and I am glad to write this so that others suffering as I did may be saved from misery.” First Passover Celebration. The Jewish passover, a festival in commemoration of the destruction of the first born of the Egyptians, while the houses of the Jews were spared, was first celebrated in the new tem ple 513 B. C. Member of the Exercise. The fraternity of bellringers is known in Britain as “the exercise,” as the dramatic profession is known as “the” profession. A bellringer is a “member of the exercise.” Lock Easily Controlled. The Ginnelle lock on the Seine is so constructed that one man can open or shut it by simply touching an elec tric button as he sits in his office. FIXING RAILROAD RATES. Making railroad rates is like play ing a game of checkers or chess. Com munities to be benefitted, producers, manufacturers or shippers to be aided represent the pieces used. Every pos sible move is studied for its effect on the general result by skilled traf fic managers. A false move in the making of freight rates may mean the ruin of a city, of a great manufactur ing interest, of an agricultural com munity. Railroads strive to build up ah these so that each may have an equal chance in the sharp competi tion of business. So sensitive to this rivalry are the railroads that in order to build up business along their lines they frequently allow the shipper .o practically dictate rates. Rate mak ing has been a matter of development; of mutual concessions for mutual benefit. That is w’hy the railroads of the United States have voluntarily made freight rates so much lower in this country than they are on the government-owned and operated rail ways of Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transporta tion rates in the world. He who tries to do his best should draw the line at doing his best friends Many Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, Cure Feverishness, Head ache, Stomach Troubles. Teething Dis orders. Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists’,25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Some men would rather go to jab than hustle for a living. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, an they cannot reach the seat of tbe disease. Catarrh is a blooc or constt tutlcmal (Unease, and In order to cure It you must take Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In ternally. and acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi cine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians In this country for years and Is a regular prescription. • It fs composed of tbe best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the muoous surface*. Tbe perfect combination of tbe two Ingredients is what produces such wonderful re sults In curing catanh. Rend for testimonials, free. F. J. CHEN'ET & CO., Props., Toledo, t» Bold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Famity Pills constipation. Wrinkles are poetically termed bj the Japanese “waves of old age.” liHASTLY CEREMONY IN TIBET. One Called the Dance of Death Per formed in Their Mystery Plays. The death dances of the Tibetan mystery plays, one of which is per formed on the last three days of the year, are called “the ceremony of the sacrificial body of the dread year,” says the Kansas City Journal. The effigy of a man, made out of dough, as lifelike as possible, and having in side a distinct heart and all the en trails filled with a red fluid, is placed by four cemetery ghouls in sight of the humorous spectators in the center of the yard, and at once bands of skeleton ghosts rush upon the corpse to attack it. This is the time to display the nec romatic power of Lamaisin over th» evil spirits. Monks and lamas com. forth and go through a series c ceremonies, the magic effect of whicl keeps the fiends away. But a mor« iormidable devil with great horns and possessed of superior powers makes his appearance and takes the field. Whereupon a saint or an incarnation of Buddha himself goes to the rescue, sprays flour on the enemy, makes mystic signs and utters incantations. The skeleton ghosts and the big fiend grovel before and implore mercy. He graciously yields to their suppli cations and allows them to partake of a sacramental meal. While they kneel before him he gives to each one of them a little flour to eat and a drink out of a vessel of holy water SCENES THAT ARE REAL. Hall Caine Studied Baccarat in Dive* of the Riviera. Criticism on the gambling scenes laid in Hall Caine's book, ‘ The Prodi gal Son." has been the means of indue ing the author to visit several gam bling places on the Riviera recently, says a Monte Carlo correspondent of the Kansas City Journal, so that there may be lacking no accuracy or real ism when the dramatized work is produced in London. Certain critics, in dealing with the book, have found fault with the des cription of what they wrongly assume to he roulette. As a matter of fact, that the author described was bacca rat. Experienced baccarat players have, however, pointed out to him weak points in this sc. ne and he came to the Riviera expressly to study the game in its various and most exuber ant forms. Under the guidance of one of the best known European gamblers and plungers, he visited all the noto rious clubs, casinos and gambling dens on the Riviera, and while his guide played baccarat Mr. Caine took quiet notes of ail that went on. At a hall known as ‘‘Cercle," or so called club, at Nice, Mr. Cain stood behind the chair of his companion while in less than an hour he lost over $50,000. After this no one will in future be able to reproach him with not being personally acquainted with the modern manners and methods of “The Prodigal Son.” How Plants See. An interesting theory of the meeh arism by which the direction of inci dent light is perceived by plants has been put forward by G. Haberlands, a German botanist. He believes that the epidermic cells are, so to speak, the eyes of the plant. Thus, accord ing to his view, when light strikes a leaf at right angles to the surface it results from the plano-convex form ot the epidermic cells, that the innei wall of each cell is illuminated more brightly ir. the center than at the peri phery. This makes it possible for the leaf to orientate itself in regard to light. Thus, suppose the plant to be moved so that the light now strikes the leaf obliquely, the br'ght patches of light on the inner cell walls will no longer he central. This change may be bedieved to constitute a stimulus calling forth a curvature of the leal stalk by which the leaf is brought again to its normal position at right angles to the incident light. Thus the leaf moves when the bright patch is rot central and comes to rest when each of its epidermic cells is centrally illuminated. Reform. (“White lies” were condemned as In rxeusat ie in a discussion before the Browning Society of Philadelphia.) N" niOTt white Ib-s? Wei. that is tough! We surely have hard work enough To maintain life's amenities Without the weight of such decrees. When callers come with wits passe Wiio had much better stay away. Can now no more the maid say: "Xo’ni This afternoon she ain’t at home”? And when you meet them face to face. What truthful phiase can take the place— And still leave peaceful atmosphere— Of “I'm so glad you came, my dear”? Of if perchance you meet a friend. As through the street jour way von wend. To him what else is there to tell Put "You are looking very wrell”? ■When asked expression of your views. What is it safely you can choose. With no intention to deceive. But say what people want to believe? Again, when j’our opinion's asked Now won't your nerve be somewhat tasked And suffer much embarrassment To say aught else but “Excellent”? No more white lies? It may be so. Put if it is a wmrld of wroe Will quickly shrivel to an end. For not a soul will have a friend. —Indianapolis News. Each Day’s Supreme Event. Every day’s work should be a su preme event in every life. We should come to it as carefully prepared as the prima donna who is trying to hold the world’s supremacy in song comes be iore her audience. Then our work would breathe out the vigor and vi tality and freshness which we put in to it. Then life would be glorified, and the work of the world illuminated, transformed.—O. S. Marden in Success Magazine. Long Journey for Live Sheep. A flock of sheep numbering 398, shipped from Montana March 20, reached Shelburne Falls April 17, where they were unloaded and driven to East Charlemont to be sheared be fore going to the sheep farm in Col rain. They were fed at St. Paul, Chi cago, Buffalo and Westfield. The origi nal number at the start was 400, but two dying on the journey.—Exchange. Edison’s Birthplace. The story and a half bouse in Milan, O., where Thomas A. Edison was born, is still standing, though not fit to oc cupy. Where Marriage is Easy. In Scotland it is possible to get mar ried without the assistance of either a clergyman or a lawyer. A young j man can secure a bride almost with as little ceremony as he can secure a partner in a drink—provided, al ways. that the lady is willing.—Rey nolds’ Newspaper. Insist on Getting It. Pome grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won’t be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for; the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. j for same money? Then buy Defiance j Starch. Requires no cooking. Snow in the Tropics. SnowT, even in the tropics, never melts, but remains continuously all the year round above a height of 10,- \ 000 feet; in colder climes the ‘snow line” is much lower than this. Lewis’ “Single Binder" straight 5ccirar. Made by hand of ripe, thoroughly cured tobacco, which insures a rich, satisfying smoke. ‘You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. Forbid Use of Monocles, If one belongs to the German army he can not wear a monocle. The sin gle eyeglass has been forbidden to officers and men as foppish and savor ing too strongly of Anglomania. Defiance Starch should be in every household, none so! good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. Japanese Chop Sticks. Japanese chopsticks are delivered to the guest in a decorated envelope, i The two sticks, already shaped, form one tong-shape piece of wood and are broken apart by the guest. Why It Is the Best is because made by an entirely differ ent process. Defiance Starch is un like any other, better and one-third j mure for 10 cents. Dcn’t Go Into Bondage. Don’t go into debt; it is remorse less; it robs one of sleep; it turns day into night, and it harasses brain and | body. Better a few things paid for j than many with debts. **T Went Home to Die from Gravel Trouble. Doctor** failed l»r. I>avjri Kennedy r F&vortte KvnieciT Wired mt.” Mrs. C. W. Brown, l’etersburg, R. Y. To think we are able is almost to be so; to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself. Thus j earnest resolution has often seemed to have about it a savour of omnipot ence.—Samuel Smiles. All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be cause it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. A woman may declare that she has implicit confidence in her husband, but she will always carefully examine the color of the long hair she happens to find on his coat.—Chicago News. Mr*. Window'll isoothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the pimie, reduces t> flaamiutlon, al.aye pain, cures wind colic, iiica LutUa, When a woman is unable to crowd her foot into a small shoe she is an advocate of sensible footwear. Backache, “The Blues ” Both Symptoms of Organic Derangement tn Women—Thousands of Sufferers Find Relief. How often do we hear women say: “It seems as though my back would break,” or “Don't speak to me, 1 am all out of sorts?” These signi ficant remarks prove that the system requires attention. Backache and “ the blues" are direct symptoms of an inward trouble which will sooner or later declare itself. It may be caused by diseased kidneys or some uterine derangement. Nature requires assistance and at once, and Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound instantly asserts its curative powers in all those peculiar ailments of women. It has been the standby of intelligent American women for twenty years, and the ablest specialists agree that it is the most universally success ful remedy for woman's ills known to medicine. The following letters from Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Cotrely are among the many thousands which Mrs. Pink ham has received this year from those whom she has relieved. Surely such testimony is convincing. Mrs. J.G. Holmes, of Larimore, North Dakota, writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “* I have suffered everything with backache and wotnb trouble—I let the trouble run on until my system was in such a condition that I was unaole to lie alx>ut., and then it was I commenced to use Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vege table Compound. If 1 had only known how much suffering I would have saved, 1 should have taken it months sooner—for a few weeks' treatment made me well and strong. My backaches and headaches are all gone and I suffer no pain at my menstrual periods, whereas before I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound I suffered intense pain.” Mrs. Emma Cotrely, 109 East 12th Street, New York City, writes: Ask Mrs. Pinkbam's Advice-A Worn; ——— II ■ . ..■Ill I 11 Dear Mrs. rink ham:— “ I feel it my duty to tell all suffering women of the relief 1 have found in Lydia E. Pink hain’s Vegetable Compound. When I com menced taking the Compound 1 suffered everything with backaches, headaches, men strual and ovarian troubles. I am complete ly cured and enjoy the beat of health, and I owe it all to you. ’’ When women are troubled with irreg ular, suppressed or painful menstrua tion, weakness, leucorrlicea. displace ment or ulceration of the womb, that bearing down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating (or flatulence), general debilit}-, indiges tion and nervous prostration, or are be set with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irrita bility. nervousness, sleeplessness, mel ancholy, “all gone "and “want to-be left-alone" feelings, blues and hopeless ness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy, Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound at once re moves such troubles. No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqual fied endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any substitute. FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN. Remember, every woman is cordially invited to write to Mrs. Piukbam if there is anything ai>out her symptoms she does not understand. Mrs. Pink ham's address is Lynn, Mass., her advice is free and cheerfully given to every ailing woman who asas for it. Her advice and medicine have restored to health more than one hundred thou sand women. tn Best Understands a Woman's Ills. The next morning I feel bright and NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS EETTER. My doctor says it art* gently on the stomach, liver and kidneys and is a pleasant laiative. TLis drink is made from herbs, and in prenared for use a* easily as tta. It is called <4l. fn order t«» t>e h*»*»)?hv thi« it necessary. Address. O. F. W,M»dirard. Left-}'. N.Y. IMPROVED STEEL WIND MILL ROLLER RIM GEARi STOP THE AND LESSEN THE WEAR. LATEST. STRONGEST. BEST. FACTORY. BEATRICE. (1E& BRANCH HOUSES: I Eanaas City, Mo., Omaha, Neb., Sioux Falla. 8.1). . 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Castoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Castoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the pores of the skin and allays fever. I-. jZ— - J T' . ...T .i-1—— AVege table Preparation for As similating the Food and Reg u la ting the Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Digestion.Cheerful ness and Rest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Mtapr of OUl EtSAMUEL PtTCBKR SstJ Alx.Jmnm * 1 JltdulUSJto - I m+Srnd-*** ( ; I A perfect Remedy for Constipa- p s tion. Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea. P i Worms .Convulsions .Feveri sh- ffl ness and Loss OF SLEEP, a Facsimile Signature of | NEW VORK. 1 exact copy or wrappeb. p| Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. A. F. Feeler, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria in many cases and have always found It an efficient and speedy remedy.” Dr. E. Down, of Philadelphia, Pa., says : "I have prescribed your Castoria in my practice for many years with great satisfaction to myself and benefit to my patients.” Dr. J. E. Waggoner, of Chicago, III., says: “I can most heartily recommend your Castoria to the public as a remedy for children's complaints. 1 have tried it and found it of great value.” Dr. Edward Parrish, of Brooklyn, X. Y., says: "I have used your Castoria in my own. household with good results, and have advised several patients to use it for Its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm.” Dr. J. B. Elliott, of New York City, says: ‘Having during the past six years prescribed your Castoria for infantile stomach disorders, 1 most heartily commend its use. The formula contains nothing deleterious to the most delicate or children.” Dr. C. G. Sprague, of Omaha. Neb., says: "Your Castoria is an Ideal medicine for children, aud i frequently prescribe it. While I do not advocate the indis criminate use of proprietary medicines, yet Castoria is an exception for conditions which arise in the care of children." Dr. J. A. Parker, of Kansas City. Mo., says: “Your Castoria holds the esteem of the medical profession In a manner held by no other proprietary preparation. It U a sure and reliable medicine for infants and children. In fact, it is the universal household remedy for infantile ailments.” Dr. H. F. Merrill, of Augusta. Me., says: “Castoria Is one of the very finest and most remarkable remedies for infants and children. In my opinion your Castoria has saved thousands from an eariy grave. I can furnish hundreds of testimonials from this locality as to its efficiency and merits.” Dr. Norman M. Geer, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "During the last twelve vears I have frequently recommended your Castoria as one of the best preparations of the kind, being safe in the hands of parents and very effective In relieving children's disorders, while the ease with which such a pleasant preparation can be administered is a great advantage.” Dr. F. H. Kyle, of St. Paul. Minn., says: “It affords me pleasure to add my name to the long list of those who have used and now endorse your Castoria. The fact of the ingredients being known through the printing of the formula on the wrapper is one good and suffic lent reason for the recommendation of any physician. I know of its good qualities and recommend it cheerfully.” GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS The KindYou Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TNC CSRTAUR COHRARY, TT MURRAY RT, NIW YORK CITY.