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DANGER IN WRITING. EXPERTS SAYTHATSLANTING SCRIPT CAUSES DISEASE. A Movement In Favor of Vertical Script I’st-koil by tlio Highest Medical Author ities— Results of Extensive Experiments With School Children. The method of writ mg taught in mod ern schools and practiced by 99 people out of every 100 has been declared dan gerous and uuhealtliful by experts. By the time the next generation matures it will probably have been wiped out. The script tiieii will be vertical instead of slanting, and writers will sit square and upright before their work instead of side ways and stooped, as at present. The idea of this prospective reform or iginated in Germany and overspreads England while reaching this country. Thu following resolution was adopted notion" ago by the international con gress of school hygiene in London by a vote of 239 against 1: Whereas, The liygicnic advantages of verti cal writing have been clearly shown and es tablish ii hotli by medical investigation and practical experience, and Whereas, its introduction obviates those per nicious positions of the body which entail ra chitic diseases and myopia. Resolved, That we recommend the introduc tion of vertical writing in the schools of the people. Thu effect of so serious an action in a country esteeming proper physical con ditions as England esteems them is readily to be imagined. J lie corresponding movement in the United States is led by Dr. Burnham of Clark university. His investigations have brought the conviction that the or dinary position in writing is among the foremost conditions of school life and methods of training which must be changed in the interest of health. The vertical script, therefore, is strongly recommended. From 80 to 90 per cent of lateral curvature of the spine is found to be caused in school life, the curvature in a largo per cent of these cases being toward the right side, as a result of a defective position in writing, and the eyes at the same time are seriously in jured by this slanted writing. The practical advance of the newly approved system in this country is illus trated in the Worcester normal school and the Workingmen’s school at Fifty fourth street in this city, directed by Professor Auler, where the vertical writing is used in the lower grades and now carried on to the fourth and fifth grades. The observations of foreign physicians showing that the prevalence of myopia and spinal curvature is regularly in creased in the advance through the school grades are supplemented in this by work on novel lines. An en ergetic course followed by Dr. Shaw of the University of the City of New York lias given additional proof that the cause of the difficulty is to be attributed to the desks which are generally in use, and more especially to the bad position in writing, the opinion being held with ap parent unanimity by investigators in this country as well as abroad that all but two positions to be taken in the school practice of writing are improper. One judged to be correct is the oblique cr*"'1 position and the other the straight central position, between which in reference to final choice the contro versy in Germany is said to be fierce. The advocates of reform observe that the child writes vertically when he first goes to school, and that the teacher has to work for the slant. The vertical writ ing and the central position at the desk are alike naturally indicated. At this stage the controversy has led to the con clusion that the height of the desk and that of the seat must be equally adapted to the growth of the pupil. In some of the progressive schools, as Felix Adler’s and at South Orange, N. J., adjustable seals are Demg used. The point in Dr. Shaw's recent experi ments, made with the aid of several as sistants on more than 1,300 pupils in the New York and suburban schools, has been to see whether, with the paper di rectly in front of the pupil and with the eyes closed, there could be any tendency toward vertical writing. The pupils were first requested to take the custom ary position in writing, and to write in the ordinary manner the sentence, “John is flying his paper kite." This form of exercise was selected on account of the number of long letters which it contains, and as being one also that is easy for the child to remember. After having thus written the sentence, the pupil was di rected to take tho straight central posi tion, dip his pen in the ink and with his eyes closed to write the same again. The closing of the eyes was to elimi nate from the child’s mind the conscious ness of the slant. The angle of slant in all the long letters in the test papers was carefully measured, the angle of slant in the usual writing in each case being also found with the same precision. The measurements and the calculations ran up ■ • • "00 items, anu among other issues of the work was the invention by a lady of a machine for making the measure ments.—New York Press. Club Itule In New York. I was somewhat shocked last week while sitting in the Knickerbocker club, where I was busily engaged in alternate ly gazing on those tiresome wall paper bouquets and garlands and in keeping up a desultory conversation with the only two men of my acquaintance left in town, to see a man whom we all knew nod to us as he passed the club window, although accompanied by his wife. This is certainly very had form. A man should show more deference to his wife than to any other woman. Of course he knew better than to how. One is supposed never to recognize a woman acquaintance from a club win dow. Otherwise we approved of him.— Vogue. _ New Office Requisite. Visitor—Why do you have that dog sitting on your writing desk? Cierk—I have mislaid my sponge, so I »m getting him to lick my postage stamps for me.—Sobremesa. Collecting Canceled Stamps. What is apparently more useless than canceled postage stamps? And yet there is a store on Michigan avenue where they seem to bo in demand. One of tlio windows is entirely heaped up with present day United States stamps, most ly of the 2 cent denomination. There must be thousands of them, and the ob server can only wonder wliat in the world can be their value. They cannot possess any particular interest to the stamp collector, for they are neither rare nor valuable. To the ordinary per son tho canceled 3 cent postage stamp seems a worthless thing indeed. Prices paid for such stamps, however, are 10 cents per 1,000, $1 per 10,000, and $13 per 100,000. Many an industrious lad will probably be moved by this offer (as the appearance of tho window iudeed I testifies), and yet tho immense labor of collecting 100,000 stamps can be appre ciated. Yet during the Centennial stamps were bought in tho same manner, and those who purchased them are today reaping a handsome profit, for the Cen tennial postage stamp has increased won derfully in value in a canceled condi tion during the last few years. As time ! goes on stamps increase greatly in value, especially stamps issued for one year only on a special occasion like the Cen tennial or fair. To show how valuable a stamp may become, the writer of this may mention the fact that eight years ago he purchased a first issue English envelope stamp in London for $7.50, and it was at that time worth a great deal more in this country. Now it has prob ably increased still more.—Detroit Free Press. A New Theory of Sle«*p. Some discussion has been going on concerning Herr Rosenbaum’s recently proposed theory of sleep—namely, that the ancemic condition of the brain is due to an excess of water in the brain cells of that body. The supposition, as stated, is that sleep is essentiaily a matter of nervous action, and the direct cause is thought to be fatigue of the nerve cells which communicate with the heart and bring about some change in the circula tion. The nerve cells are thus supposed to be full of water when sleep comes on, and this water during sleep passes into the venous blood as waste, and the nerve cells then receive nourishment from fresh arterial blood. Then when the proc ess is entirely over the sleeper awakes. According to this theory, sleep is not solely healthy because it rests the body and brain, but also because it invigor ates them. It is also to be inferred , from Rosenbaum’s theory that the nerve ; cells and brains of infants who sleep so I much must contain more water than is to be found in those of adults, and that | the effectiveness of brain cells is in in | verse ratio to the water contents.—New j York Tribune. — Odd Insurance. j There is in existence a legitimate “graveyard” company. It is a company' operating entirely among the very poor and insures a man against pauper burial. The agents of the company put it in less disagreeable terms and offer simply to guarantee decent burial. The company engages to furnish a grave in a cemetery and see that the in sured is respectfully interred therein. If any member of his family dies before j him, he is given a deed to a lot in which i he may bury' his dead. Some of the large companies issue a policy covering losses from defective , title, defalcations by partner, agent or other employ'ee for which a firm may be liable, damage by storm, losses caused by accident to or by steam boilers, en gines, lifts, steam pipes, automatic sprin klers or other specified machinery, in cluding all kinds of machinery in use.— Boston Globe. To Stop a Trolley Car Instantly. A Rochester man has devised a plan by which a trolley street car can be stopped almost instantaneously, or with in a space of three feet, while the car is I going at full speed. His device is oper i ated by a lever in the motorman’s cab. j It is, generally speaking, a steel shoe, upon which the rear wheels of the car ride, the under side of which is corru gated so as to produce great friction upon the rails of the track. On the top j of the shoe is an arrangement which, as soon as the wheel rises upon the shoe, clamps the outer rim of the wheel and at the same time grasps the inner edge of the rail. The simple weight of the car . crowds down the shoe upon the rail and I at the same time clamps together, as in a vise, the wheel and the rail, and all j this by a single movement on the part of the motorman.—New York Telegram. Simple Words the Best. The following little story is told of a citizen of Port Chester, N. Y., whose ed ucation was somewhat superior to his wife’s, a fact regarding which she was very sensitive. On one occasion the man drove over to White Plains to inquire regarding the health of his sister-in-law, who was dan gerously ill. Upon returning he was met by his wife, who asked of her sis ter's condition. “She is convalescent,” replied the man. Immediately and in the most emphatic manner the woman cried out: “I want none of your soothing words. I want facts. You tell me this minute, Is my sister dead or alive?”—New York Herald. The Farmer Was Forgetful. The Berwick man who took several thousand dollars from the bank, put it in his vest pocket, and then lost the gar ment was convinced that the banks are yet the best places to keep money. Ho thought some tramp had stolen the vest, but when later he found vest and money in a grain bos where he had foolishly laid it he became more than ever con vinced of the security which the Maine banks afford.—Augusta (Me.) Journal. A “Don’t” For Summer. “Don’t,” says a writer in the Boston Traveller, and it is a good “don’t” to listen to, “have a big Chinese porcelain jar on a veranda only four times as big as the width of the jar.” NORTH DIVIDE NUBBINS. The“Nubbins” haven't played outyet. Fall wheat and ry e are yet being sown A. F. Reeves has been shelling corn, during the week. The attendance at school is not very large at present. A large number attended the reunion at Spaulding’s grove on Wcdnc-itay ami Thursday. J. S. Mod re II is doing the piop. r e.i- I per in the way of fixing up the n-jd and bridges. The crop of news is kind n .short just now; wish some one hail a notion of getting married. Miss Addie Uaiilein’s i.ehno! i-njuvei! ; a day vacation, this week, on am ount.! of the reunion. North Divide has at last secured (he services of a good teacher—a regular “bun” in his way. Dan Casheu, who has been suffering from the effects of poison oak, is much better at this writing. •lames Thompson expects his brother and family from Minnesota. They may decide to locate here. As might be expected Tun McCook Tribune has a In st of admirers out in this neck of the woods. There are quite a number hen about still cutting up fodder; anything in the way of feed will not, c one amiss. Michael Dooley, Esquire, is going to have plenty of water belong; he is hav ing a well put down on his place. It lias been hinted that a certain Di vide gent has in the crown of his hat a great many "nubbins.” We wonder for why. Fred Carter has finished his work south of the river; he is now hauling the broom corn from there to the home place. John Johnson is preparing to go to Llarlan county in a week or so, to be in readiness to gather the fall crop down there. After bis enforced lay-off Cyril Teui pliu is able to be around again, ami is putting the finishing touches onto Mr. O’Connor’s house. We expect to have plenty of time in which to put up ice, this winter. The cool weather of the past few weeks re minds one of such things. A few of the young folks had a jelly time over at Mr. Johnson’s, one evening last week. Uncle Ben and aunt Eize played and sang a little of everything. In a letter from W. S. Hanlein we learn that he is well pleased with his new location. He is now at Tacoma, Washington, and is attending the Puget Sound university. S. D. McClain has been instrumental in having a large biidge put in south of his place; by some misunderstanding or otherwise the grade work is not being done very rapidly. Considerable unnecessary racket is being caused as to the probable tenant of the place at present occupied by Thomas Scofield. Tom lias been a good neighbor, all tiie same. Some of those people who have so very much corn on hand ought to he making some use of it about this time. Hardly right for the stock to be hump ing around at the neighbors looking for a feed. North Divine’s baseball club attract ed a few outsiders, last Sunday, but the weather or sometihg else was not exactly to their liking, as a pitched battle, not down on the list, was one of the attractions, and the game(?) lasted until evenin. Connie. A Million Friends. A friend in need is a triend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. If you have never used this great cough medicine, one trial will convince you that it has won derful curative powers in all diseases of throat, chest and lungs. Each bot tle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottles free at McMillen's drug store. Large bottles 50c and $1. The female who holds up her elong ated skirts is not neccessarily a train robber. The pain ot a burn or scald is re lieved almost instantly by Chamber lain’s Pain Palm; besides it quickly restores the parts to a healthy condi tion, and heals them in less time than any other treatment. Without the burn or scald is very severe, it will not leave a scar, it is also invaluable for frost bites and chilblains. 50 cent bottles for sale by McConnell & Co. Autumn’s coming is natural. The fall follows after the summer-sets. There can be no health for either mind or body so long as the blood is vitiated. Cleanse the vital current from all impurities by the use of Ayer,s Sar saparilla. This medicine recruits the wasted energies, strengthens the nerves, and restores health to the de biliated system. Four Big Successes. Having the needed merit to more than make good all the advertising claimed for them, the following four remedies have leached a plienominal sale. Dr. King’s New Discovery, for consumption, coughs and colds, each bo!lie guaranteed. Klectric Hitters, the great remedy for diver, stomach and kidneys. Buckiin’s Arnica Salvo, tile best in the world, and Dr. King s New Life Pills, which are a perfect pill. All these remedies are guaran teed to do just what is claimed for them and the dealer whose name is attached herewith will tie glad to tel! you more of them. Sold at McMilieu s drug store. The man who sits down to wait b r something to turn tip will need a cu-I. ion on hi- seat. Distemper Among Horses Safely and quickly cured by the use of Craft's Distemper and Cough Cure. It not only cures distemper but when administered in time prevents its spread among horses and colts that have been exposed to the contagion. It is not expensive and is easily administered. Send for hook on distemper, free. Ad dress Wells Medicine Co., LaFayette. Indiana, or ask McConnell & Sept. S—ii llins. A hypocrite is a man who,in trying te fool everybody else, only fools himself. i'lr. UI ay ton rainier, ot I leasanl Ridge, Ohio, was afflicted with ]>iU-e iiir over thirty-five years. • lie sa\>: “1 have had more relief from Cham berlain’s Eye and Skin Ointment than anything else I ever used, and I have used many kinds. I am well of them excepting the itching; and beleive in time, I will be entirely cured of that trouble, by using the Ointment. I am willing to testify to its worth any time. 25 cent boxes tor sale by McConnell. Practice the same kind of religion in a street car as you profess in church. We sell Parks’ Cough Syrup on a positive guarantee to cure throat and lung troubles. It has stood the test for many years and is today the lead ing remedy tor the cure of colds, con sumption and all diseases of the lungs and throat. Price 50 cents and $1.00 Sold by A. McAlillen. No man can do good as he has op portunity without enjoying the aecu pation. Morris’ English Stable Powder Not only cures hut prevents dissase, and when led two or three times a week will keep your stock in fine condition, will make them fat, sleek and glossy. Changes the entire system, gives new blood, new life, and puts them in good condition for spring work. Pull pound packages 25 cents. Sold by McConnell & Co. Sept. 8—3 mos. A dead church and a live preacher are hard to keep together. The formula of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is well known to the medical profession, and universally approved. The reputa tion of the firm guarantees excellence and uniformity in the medicine, and the world's experience for nearly half a century has fully demonstrated its value. The man who grumbles does not pray half enough. The World’s Fair Can not remain such without bloom ing look and radiant complexion which healtli alone imparts. Parks’ Tea, by clearing the blood of impurities, makes the complexion regain the hue of youth. Sold by A. McMilleo. It is the telescope which lens en chantment to the distant view. Karl’s Clover Root, the new Blood Purifier, gives freshness and clearness to the Complexion and cures Constipa tion. 25 cents, 50 cents and $1. Sold by A. McMillen. | 26-lyr. Two wrongs don’t make one right, unless, perhaps, it is a silverite. Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., San Di ego, Cal., says: “Shiloh’s Catarrh Rem edy is the first medicine I have ever found that would do me any good.” Price 50 cents. Sold by A. McMillen. The good die young—but they are using Haller’s Little German Pills now and honest men will soon be a drug on the market. Sold by McConnell & Co. Don't forget! That’s what Browns wife called to him—-don't forget to get a bottle of Haller's Sarsaparilla; it's so nice. Sold by McConnell & Co. Our faults attract more attention than our virtues. Patrick Henry once said. “Give me liberty or give me death.” Folks now days don't talk so foolish; they say. “Give me Haller's Sure Cure Cough Syrup or [ will die.” It amounts to the same thing. Sold by McConnell & Co. Every man who robs the poor cheats himself. Shiloh's Cure, the great cough and croup cure, is for sale by us. Pocket size contains twenty-five doses, only 25 sents. Children love it. A. McMillen. Use Haller's Barb Wire Liniment for all cuts on cattle and horses. It is the best on earth. For sale by MoCon nell & Co. f! Hair Death IinsiHtiih r» moves mid forever destroys <*l»jimtH'de hair, nlieih<*r upon rite hands, fare hi’Iiih or iim;k. without dis coloration nr injury to the in nut deli cate skin. D was for fifty years the Secret formula of Mi-hsiiiiim 'VJUoii.mc knnwlcdged h* physieluns as lie* high eat authority and the most eminent dermatolog 1st and h nr sneeialiat that ever livi d During- his private prae y tire of • I f.*i ••••♦• .immiir the nobility jg and arist"i-i :.<• v of liumf e he a'ways I prescribed tins n*cip'' Price fl. t»y mail, secure}* paeked. Correspondence confidential Sole niierrs for .America. Tho Skokum Root Hair Grower k Company, a l)ept. It, 57 South Fifth .A v , Now York. B b saBBBMBBMMg THE MILD POWER CURES. Thai tho diseases of domestic unl mals, Horses, Cattle, Sheet, Dogs, Iloon, a id Poultry, ore cured by Humphreys’ Veterinary Speci fics, Is as true as that people ride on railroads, send messages by telegraph, or sow with sewing machines. It is an irrational to bottle, bull and bleed animals In order to euro them, as It Is to take passage in a sloop from New York to Albany. Used in tho best stables and recommended by the U. S. Army Cavalry Officers. ££^500 PAGE BOOK on treatment and careoi Domestic Animals, and stable chart mounted on rollers, sent free. : VETERINARY ! cures j Fevers, Congestions, Inflammation. I A.A. i Spinal Meningitis, Milk Fever. B. B.—Strains, Lameness, lMieumaiism C. C.—Distemper, Nasal Discharges. D. !>.—Bots or Grubs, Worms. E. E.—Coughs, Heaves, Pneumonia. F. F.—Colic or Gripes, Bellyache. G. G.—Miscarriage, Hemorrhages. H.H.—Urinary and Kidney Discuses. I. I. —Eruptive Diseases, Muuge. J. K.— Diseases of Digestion. Stable Case, with Specifics, Manual, Vet. Cure Oil and Medlcator, $7.00 Price, Single Bottle (over 50 doses), • .60 SPECIFICS. Sold by Druggists; or Sent Prepaid any whero and in any quantity on Receipt of Price. HUMPHREYS’ MEDICINE CO., Corner William and John Sts., New York. HUMPHREYS’ HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC No. fiO In use 30 years. The only successful remedy for Nervous Debility, Vital Weakness, and Prostration, from over-work or other causes. $1 per vial, or 5 vials and large vial powder, for $5. Sold by Urinrelsls, or sent postpaid on receipt of price. HUMPHREYS’ MEDICINE CO., Corner William and John Sts., New York. Subjects need fear no longer from this King of Terrors, lor by a most wonderful discovery in medicine, cancer on any part of Hie body can bo permanently cured v/iibout the uso of the knife. MRS U. 1>. Colby, 2307 Indiana Ave., Chicago, Jays “ Was cured of cancer of tho breast in six weeks by your method of treatment.” Send for treatise. I5r. S3. C. Dale, 3ti> 34Lh St., Chicago, A prominent physician and old army surgeon in eastern Iowa, was called away from home for a few days; during his absence one of his children con tracted a severe cold, and his wife bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough ilemedy lor it. They were so much pleased with the remedy that they afterwards used several bottles at various times. He said, from his experience with it, lie regarded it as the most reliable preparation in use for colds, and that it came the nearest be init a speeific of any medicine he had ever seen. For sale by McConnell & Co. Charlie Horton, of Logan, returned from Unadilla, Nebr., Fiidav evening. He has accepted a position as foreman of Wells’ ranch, south of McCook, ana entered upon his duties Monday of last week. —Culbertson Sentinel. Morris’ English Stable Liniment Leads the procession. The wonder lin iment of the age. Cures after all oth ers have failed. Has stood the test of twenty years of constant use by one ol the leading veterinary surgeons of the English profession, and is now sold in this country upon a positive guarantee. Good for man or best. Price 50c and Si. Sold by McConnell & Co. Sept. 8—3m. One reason why some people are not as wicked as other people, is because they do not have the same chance. A High Liver Usually has a bad liver. lie is bil ious, constipated, has indigestion and dyspepsia. If there is no organic trouble a few doses of Parks’ Sure Cure will tune him up. Parks’ Sure Cure is the only liver and kidney cure I we sell on a positive guarantee. Price jsi.no. Sold by McMilien. Rheumatism. It is a symptom of disease of the kidneys. It will certainly be relieved by Parks Sure- Cure. That headache, backache and tired feeling come from the same: cause. Ask fur Parks' Sure Cure for the liver and kidneys, price Sl.Oil per bottle. Sold by A. McMilien. Rather Steep. Than take it in any other form is what many people think and Parks’ Tea is made for just those folks. It cures consumption and though not a cathartic moves the bowls every day. Sold by A. McMilien. Shiloh's Yitalizer is what you need for Dyspepsia, Torpid Liver, Yellow Skin or Kidney Trouble. It is guar anteed to give you satisfaction. Price 75 cents. Sold by A. McMilien Dr. Hathaway, (Regular Graduate. > Tho Loading Specialist or tlie United State* In His Line. Private, Blood, Skin and Nervous Dlsoascs. loimg ami M iddl v Age <1 Men: Remark able results have followed my treatment. Many YEARS of var ied and success ful E X P E R I ENCE In the use of curative meth tw otls that I alone j*^own arul control jigfor all disorders |g=of M E N. who Cfcjhave weak or un ®|developed or dis sSjffieased organs, or Ha who are suffering Bafrom errors of J&'youth and excess ousandlMPO TENT, tho scorn of their fellows anti the con tempt of friends and companions, leads me to | GUARANTEE to all patients, if they can pos sibly be RESTORED, MV OWN EXCLUSIVE I TREATMENT will AFFORD A CUKE J^"KEMKMitElc, that there is hope for YOU. Consult no other, as you may WASTE VALUABLE TIME. Obtain my treatment at once. Female Diseases cured at home without in struments; a wonderful treatment. Catarrh, and Diseases of tho Skin, Blood, Heart, Liver and Kidneys. Syphilis. The most rapid, safe and effective treatment A complete cure guaranteed. bkin Diseases of all kinds cured where many Others have failed. Unnatural Discharges promptly cured In a few days. Quick, sure and safe. This includes Gleet and Gonorrhoea. MY METHODS. 1. Free consultation at tho office or by mall. 2. Thorough examination and careful diagnosis. 3. That each patient treated gets the advantage of special study and experience, and a specialty is made of his or her disease. 4. Moderate charges and easy terms of payment. A home treatment can be given in a majority of cases. Send for Symptom Blank No. 1 for Men. No. 2 for Women. .No. 3 for Skin Diseases. Send 10c for 64 page Reference Book for Men and Women. All correspondence answered promptly. Bus iness strictly confidential. Entire treatment sent free from observation. Refer to banks in St. Joseph and business men. Address or call on • d* N. HATHAWAY, M. D.t Corner 6th and Edmond Sts.. St. Joseph. Me* ... > <>♦» j KipansTabules. I j Ripans Tabules are com- ; j pounded from a prescription : • widely used by the best medi- j : cal authorities and are pre- ; : sented in a form that is be- t * coming the fashion every- j j where. j Ripans Tabules act gently j • but promptly upon the liver, i > stomach and intestines; cure j : dyspepsia, habitual constipa- ; i lion, offensive breath and head- : \ ache. One tabule taken at thc^ : t first symptom of indigestion, • i biliousness, dizziness, distress | : after eating, or depression of : : spirits, will surely and quickly j j remove the whole difficulty. : ! j : RipansTabuIes may be ob- j : tained of nearest druggist. ♦ 1 \ - : : Ripans Tabules • are easy to take, : : quick to act, and i save many a doc- • | tor’s bill. j WE TELL YOU nothing new when we state that it pays to engage in a permanent, most healthy and pleasant busi ness, that returns a profit for every day’s work. Such is the business we offer the working class. We teach them how to make money rapidly, and guarantee every one who follows our instructions faithfully the making of $.*100.00 a month. Every one who takes hold now and works will surely and speedily increase their earnings; there can he no question about it; others now at work are doin'* it, and you, reader, can do the same This is tlie best paying business that you have ever had the chance to secure. You will make a grave mistake if you fail to give it a trial at once. If you grasp the'situation, and act quickly, you will directly find yourself in a most prosperous business, at which you can surely make and save large sums of money. The results of only a few hours’ work will often equal a week’s wages. Whether you are old or voung, man or woman, it makes no'difference,— do as we tell you, and sue cess will meet you at the very start. Neither experience or capital necessary. Those who work for us are rewarded. Why not write to-day for full particulars,‘free ? E. C. ALLKN & CO., Cox No. 4-0, Augusta, Me. It i3 an agreeable lAttarive for tbe Bowels; can bo made into a Tea for use in one minute. Price25c., 50c. and Jl.nO per package. An Elegant Toii-et Powder je! U? HLU for the Teeth and Breath—25c. For sale by McMillen, Druggist. j t PHOTOGRAPHSOKftl ► RAGE SILK HANDKERCHIEF. :> J if ?;;?•] ^ and we will 1‘hnto^raph Ike pie t are on the silk. Bernoulli ► fa I effect. FtRM.iNKSiT plciare. WILL HOT FADE or^l WASH out, Inti forever, evrrbodv*! _ delighted. * ■ . ■~^.s~ruqip-3'3-5'-HS.i5tt'.OMAHA|