tain; Brig Ha Sags MANY PHYSICIANS PRESCHIIE Lydia Em Pinhham9s Ve&etabio Compound The wonderful power of 'Lydia 1. Pinkiiam’s Vegetable Compound over the diseases of womankind is not be cause it is a stimulant, not because ’t is a palliative, but simply because it is tlie most wonderful tonic and recou structor ever discovered to act directly upon the generative organs, positively curing-disease and restoring health and vigor. Marwelous cures are reported froja all parts of the country bv women who have been cured, trained nurses who have witnessed cures and physicians who have recognized the virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, and are fair enough to give credit where it is due. If physicians dared to be frank and open, hundreds of them would acknowl edge Jfchat they constantly prescribe Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound in severe cases of female ills, as they know by experience it can lie re iiea upon to effect a cure. The follow ing letter proves it. Dr. 8. G. Brigham, of 4 Brigham Park. Fitchburg. Mass., writes : “ It gives me great pleasure to ear that I have found Lydia E. Pinkiiara's Vegetable Compound very efficacious, and often pre scribe it in my practice for female difficult^*. “My olckort daughter found it very kwnefl eial tar uterine trouble some time ago. and my youngest daughter is now taking it tor h fa male weakness, and is surely gaining In health and strength. “ I freely advocate tt as a most reliable spe cific in all diseases to whfek women are sub ject, and give it honest endorsement.” Women wh4 are troubled with pain ful or irregular menstruation, bloating (or flatulence), leucorrhtaa. falling, in flammation or ulceration of tbe uterua, ovarian troubles, that bearing-down feeling, dizziness, faintness, indiges tion, wervous prostration or the blues, should take immediate action to ward off the serious consequences, and be restored to perfect health and strength by taking Lydia E. 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Perry Shrum had the misfortune ac cidentally to shoot himself through the arm last week, making a very f painful wound, but is recovering fast It would be a hard matter to kdl Perry .unless you cut his head ofT and hid it from him.—Mitchell, Ore., Sentinel. Cleanliness *n the Dairy. To have healthful milk aud butter, abso lute cleanliness in caring for it is neces sary, es nothing wi'l absorb impurities so quickly as milk. Many housekeepers who are otherwise careful, overlook this when they wash milk utensils wish oheap soap, made from filthy fats. Use Ivory Soap and thoroughly scald and air all pans and buckets. ELEANOR R. PARKER. I ______________ Find Remains of Sea Reptile. The remains of a big sea reptile, ! said to be the first of its kind lyiown • to scientists, have been dug out of the limestone in Humboldt county, ’ Nevada, and shipped to the University ! of Cafcfom-a. Insist on Getting It. 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Hundreds of ladies in your local ty select their materials from us, because they can get them for less than elsewhere. We cut any amount of yards desired. M. C BRANDSTETTER & CO, „ 3ET2ELS? Wholesale Importer* of Ladle.' Woolen. Exclusively CARE OF THE BODY How to Acquire and Retain the Priceless Posses sion of Good Health Summer Disorders of Infancy. The most common stomach disorder is known as acute gastric catarrh, acute indigestion, or acute dyspepsia —all three terms signifying the same disorder. The chief cause is irrita tion due to food, improper in quantity or quality, spoiling in the stomach. This malady rarely occurs in in fants fed on good breast milk, unless something occurs to upset the mother. Older children often have attacks from eating too much candy, unripe fruit, pastry and the like. In grown people this disorder is called a “bilious attack.” In bottle-fed infants, especially dur ing the summer months, it is a very common complaint. The symptoms are loss of interest in play and sur roundings, starting in the sleep, cry ing with colic pains, drawing up the legs on the abdomen, sharp, shrill cry, paleness around the mouth, blueness of the skin and cold feet; in severe cases, fever, nausea and vomiting of mucus and undigested food. When the food has been more than usually indigestible there are often convul sions and symptoms resembling those of inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. The writer remembers well a typi cal case. A child of three years, after eating a number of windfallen apples and drinking two cups of milk, was suddenly seixed with convulsions, oc curring every half hour or less, and remained unconscious for hours. Some effort had been made to empty the stomach by vomiting, but in vain. An emetfc and tickling the throat with a feather brought up a mass of lumps of unripe apple and large, sour curds. This soon restored the little one to consciousness. A thorough enema and dose of castor oil freed the alimen tary canal of the undigested food and poisons produced by it; but several days of fever followed, during which no food could be retained by the stom ach, and even water was rejected for a time. The best treatment in case of acute Indigestion is to empty the alimentary tract at once by an emetic of warm water or the stomach lavage; a thor ough enema and a mild cathartic to free the bowels. Stop all food at once, and do not try to put anything Into the stomach until the vomiting ceases, unless it be ice-pills or sips of hot water. The colic pains can often be re lieved by £pmentations. In tbe chill stage at the onset, a warm full bath or a warm sheet pack is good; and a hot mustard foot bath when the feet are cold. If there is diarrhea, hot enemas, followed by tepid or cool ones, are often very soothing. In cases of infants, especially boHle-fed babies, all milk should be kept out of the food for a time. During the first twenty-four to thirty-six hours, only pure cold water or ice should be given. After vomiting and purg ing cease, the child may be fed a tea spoonful or two of white of egg (the white of one egg mixed with four ounces or water or gruel). When the patient begins to convalesce, milk, modified and sterilized, may gradually be given. Watch the effects of the change of food, as the stomach is likely to re main irritable for a long time, and relapses are common, which, in hot weather especially, may result in chol era infantum, or some other, acute in flammatory disorder. - Pleasant Prescriptions. One word, you hypochondriac: Let nature heal your woes. If you are blue, despondent, Just call on Dr. Rose. With thorns, mayhap, he'll lance you. But. then, to heal the smart, He'll charm you with his beauty, And sweetness rare impart. If appetite is flagging. Just call on Dr. Green. He'll take you through the meadows Where beauties rare arc seen. He'll give the green-leaf tor.lc And spices from the wood: One treatment will convince you His medicine is good. Mayhap ennui afflicts you; Go. call on Dr. Lark; (You’ll find him in the meadows) And to his music hark. He'll tell you of the woodland. Breathe secrets of the hills; And listening to his sweetest notes Will banish ail your ills. Therefore I am repeating: Let Nature cure your woes. There’s healing in the meadows; There’s health hid in the rose. Go revel in the gladness That's rampant In the hills. And flowers, and birds, and beauty Will rob you of your ills. Simple Test for Pure Air. Dr. A. T. Schofield, in his new book, "Nerves in Order, or The Maintenance of Health,” gives the following simple test of indoor air which any one can easily make: “Put one tablespoonful of clear lime water into a half pint bottle that has previously been brought into the room full of water, and emptied there so as to be filled with the actual air to be tested. If the bottle be then corked and the tablespoonful of lime water shaken up and down, it will get cloudy with chalk if the air be unfit to breathe, whereas it will remain clear If it is fairly pure.” __ "Second-Hand Breaths.” Dr. Northrup. one of the leading specialists in children’s diseases in the United States, has recently re ported remarkable success in the treatment of pneumonia by avoiding, as he calls it, giving the patient “sec ond-hand breaths.” He opens all the windows and doors to the sick room, so that the air the patient breathes is as pure as that out of doors. It is astonishing to note the splen did improvement in the appetite when a tubercular patient is put out or doors. The same would be true of many a wretched dyspeptic. Like wise many patients who have to be put to sleep every night with mor phine or other drugs, which stupefy the liver, stomach and other organs just as much as they do the brain, would soon sleep like healthy chil dren if they were only given a liberal introduction to God’s great out-docrs. In Stettin, Germany, nearly one-half of the children die the first year; while in Japan, where the children are born and reared in houses that are almost as open as wicker baskets, 1 they are rarely sick at alL To Balk the Merciless ’Skeeter. With the ferocious mosquito now out hungrily seeking his prey, it would be well for those leading an outdoor life to know that a good way to keep these and similar pests at a distance is to apply to the hands and face the following lotion, recommend ed by the Journal of the Outdoor Life Spirits of camphor .12 dr Oil of lavender . 2 dr. Oil of pennyroyal . 2 dr. Here’s another hint from the same journal. Scientists who have gone boldly into the favored haunts of the mosquito to sJtudy his ways, have discovered that the insects are par tial to some colors and averse to others. They particularly dislike yel low. Their favorite is dark blue, with dark red next, then brown, then scar let, then black, then blue gray, the* olive green, then violet, then peart gray, then white. It should be borne in mind that the mosquito is the chief source of malar ial infection. Certain species of mos quito constantly carry with them in their bodies the malarial parasites, and in inflicting their bite they inject some of these parasites into the blood. Dr. Schoo has observed that when mosquitoes have access to acid fruits their bite becomes less poisonous, or quite harmless. And Professor Celli has observed that in portions of Italy where tomatoes are largely cultivated, the people are practically free from malarial infection, although the region is naturally very malarious. 'll would seem, then, that the wide cultivation of acid fruits, such as tomatoes, straw nerries, and other succulent varieties, may be made an important fhetor in ridding the world of this very troublesome pest. Hygiene of Churches. zThe poet tells us that the groves were God’s first temples. From a health standpoint they were far supe rior to our magnificent modern edi fices, where the worsnipers come in contact with countless germs lurking in the upholstered seats, and in the dust-laden carpets, and their minds are stupefied by berng compelled to inhale the poisons that are constantly exhaled from the lungs of others, be tney sick or well. Clergymen should feel pride in hav ing their churches hygienically con structed and well ventilated. Fixed carpets should not he used in places of worship where so many people con gregate. The example of the great Roman divine, the bishop of Fano. in Italy, is a good one to tollow in thi.i respect. A circular was recently is sued by him in which he asks tha pr.ests of his diocese to comply with the following rules: “1. In every church the floor must be regularly cleaned with sawdust, saturated with a strong sublimate solution. This thorough cleaning should take place particularly after holidays when great masses of peo ple have visited the church. “2. Every week all ordinary chairs and corfessional chairs, should be thoroughly cleaned with moist rags. ' d. The grate of the confessional chairs must be washed every week with lye and then polished.’ Best Sleeping Place for Hot Weather. The healing power of the great out of-doors is rapidly becoming known to the great public, and an increasing number are availing themselves of the curative and hygienic advantages of the outdoor life. The present is a favorable time for getting used to the outdoor life. A tent pitched in the yard or a screened porch is a far better sleeping place for the present season than an ordi nary bedroom. To get the greatest possible benefit from the outdoor life, one needs to live out continuously, day and night. The average man spends one-third of his life in sleep. The conditions which surround the body during sleep must necessarily evercise a powerful influence upon life and health. If this time is spent out doors, in contact with the fresh air and the invigorating influence of the open air, a result in the highest de gree beneficial must certainly be ex perienced. One who is accustomed to sleeping outdoors can hardly endure the at mosphere of the house. Even with windows wide open there se^ris some thing lacking. A sense of depression or oppression is felt—a sort of cloud, which is lifted when one again gets under the open sky. Condensed Milk Bad for Babies. In holding an inquest at Lambeth, England, on the body of a three weeks-old infant that had died from exhaustion through inability to digest condensed milk, the coroner said that he thought it would be a good thing if each of the jurymen would tell three of their friends that condensed milk is a bad thing for babies, and ask them to pass it on in like manner. We contribute our share toward the dif fusion of information. Tuberculosis a "House Disease.'* The most striking feature about tuberculosis is, that it depends almost entirely upon the house. The house is the granary of the tubercle bacillus outside the host. Were it not for the house, the tubercle bacillus would soon have to perish from the face of the earth. It could not be preserved. Sunlight, air and water are its natural enemies. The water dissolves it out of its cache, and the sunlight and air destroy it.—Flick. Drink and Crime. A leading London magistrate recent ly said: "Once you get rid of drunk enness, you might almost close the police courts. It is surprising how, on analysis, drink is found at the bottom of most of the offenses that come be fore a metropolitan magistrate.” Carnegie on Happiness. "When asked his opinion as to th*, secret of happiness, Mr. Carnegie, the Scotch-Ameriean millionaire, replied: “A good conscience and a good diges tion; and poverty is favorable to both." Banded for Good Purpose. Paris possesses a». curious social or ganization with an odd purpose. It is a band of prosperous tradesmen, who agree to trade with one another to the utmost extent possible, and when necessary to help one another with loans without interest Tbe clique calls itself “The TranquiJ Fathers.” Rummage Sale Incident. A clergyman at Yarmouth, England, who was attending a “rummage sale,” that was being held for a charity laid a new straw hat on a stall, and when he turned around to get it a minute or two later found that the energetic stallkeeper had sold it for 4 cents to an unknown purchaser. Monks Made Champagne. In the seventeenth century a monk named Perignon had charge of a vine yard belonging to the abbey of St. Peter Hautvilliers, Champagne, and he also superintended the making of the abbey wines. In the course of h s | experiments he discovered “sparkling j champagne.” The Ideal Husband. Tfce real ideal husband should be a busy man and one whose day is very full. Men are not happy without olenty of work; and a man who has lot outlet for his energy elsewhere be stows it on his household, with gen erally unfavorable results.—Lady St. Helier in Leisure Hour. Bishop Invented Bombs. Bombs, it is said, were first thrown March 24, 1580, on the town of Wach tendenck. in Guelderland. The his torian, Hone, says “the invention is commonly attributed to Galen, bishop if Muenster.” To Cana for Water. The boy had to describe our Lord’s : first miracle. The turning of water .nto wine, he wrote, was the first j miracle and it happened at Cana. Then he added; “After that every body went to Cana for water.” Work. Even after Charity has covered a nultitude of sins a good many of hem are still in the open.—Puck. TORTURED BY ECZEMA. Body Mass of Sores—Could not Sleep —Spent Hundreds of Dollars on Doctors, but Gr«w Worse Cured by Cuticura for $8. "Cuticura saved tie life of my mother, Mrs. Wm. F. Davis, of Stem Creek, Conn. Hers was the wors •czema I ever saw. She was tardl; able to eat or sleep. Her head and body was a mass of sores, and she de spaired of recovery. Finally, after spending hundreds of dollars on doc tors, growing worse all the time, liv ng in misery for yea vs, with hai; whitened from suffering and body ter vibly disfigured, she was completely rured by two cakes of Cuticura Soap five boxes of Cuticura. and three hot ties of Cuticura Resolvent.—Geo. C Davis, 161 W. 36th St.. N. Y.” It is not always the apple with the rosy cheek that is the most palatable. fiyC pprmanentJT -nx-pd. ffo fltmrnerT afliwf afr«» .all* tlr-t iter’s u«r or Or. Kiln* » «r**at N