ft L Womanly Sympathy Mr Brown Terrible tragedy at a bargain counter A woman -who bad secured the last five yards of cheap silk was shot by another -woman who had been -waiting from midnight without having a chance togct any Mrs Brown Poor thing Surely they wont do anything to her will they John Must Have Been a Good Sleeper Miss Passee 1 assure you I have lived only eighteen short years Old Grumpy Where were you the restoC the time MiVHnnnHBMIBMMMPHaBaHUMBMlHHMaMMHMMH Americas Greatest Medicine Greatest Because Bools Sarsaparilla does what all other medicines fail to do As an instance of its peculiar and unusual curative power consider the most insidious disease and the disease which taints the blood of most people producing incalculable suffering t many while in others it is a latent tin liable to burst into activity and produce untold misery on the least provocation SCFOfllla is the only ailment to which the human family is subject of which the above sweeping statement can honestly be made Now a medi cine that can meet this common enemy of mankind and repeatedly effect the wonderful cures Hoods Sarsaparilla has clearly has the right to the title of Americas Greatest Medicine HOOO S partita Is sold by all druggists 1 six for 5 Exilic wt harmoniously with YHnnHc r1115 Hoods Sarsaparilla 25c s p tc v Lujfi - ftw -v 9 Aec3slSsJ S 1 1 virfiMMiTn X JOH Established 1780 e Chocolate an i v I m IlliB - - i celebrated for more than a century as a g delicious nutritious and flesh forming 5L beverage has our well known Yellow Label ff S on the front of every package and our ff trade markLaBelle tg Chocolatiereonthe Sj back NONE OTHER GENUINE F MADE ONLY BY Si g WALTER BAKER CO Ltd Dorchester Mass eosggC80G8gcoogaee 14 GENTS Wo wiBh to pain 150000 ne w cus tomers una hence offer lPfcK 13 Day Radish lig Early Spring Turnip KarlieFt Red Beet BiHmarck Cacumber Ouecn Victoria Lettuce lfio fls M Jumbo Ginnt Onion lac Brilliant If lower Seeds 15c Worth 100 Tor 14 cents AborolO pkgs worth 100 wo will mail yoa free together with our nreat Plant nnd Seed Catalogue upon receipt of this notice and 14c postage We invito your trade and know when you once try Salzers seeds you will never get alone with- 0 uui wiom romioes ai 9 iou a alibi Catalog alone 5c NoCN Jft A S1LZEK SEED CO LA CROSSE WIS j I Qa0Sec3 ill 9 fP is YEARS AN INDEPENDENCE IS ASSURED 1 f yon take up vour home in WESTERN CANA DA the hind of plenty 5f5Jlliistrated paiii phlits ivhi experience or farmers who havebe conii wealthy in growing wheat reports of ilele catus etc and full in- lormutiou as torvduecu railway mtus can on nau on application to Deparlmeut Interior Ottawa Canada or to Harlholomow Dos Moines Iowa D II Mur phv Stnitford Iowa V H Rogers Watertowu South DakoUi W V lfcnuutt N Y Lire Kuild in Omaha Neb lien Davies 154 E Third St Saitit Paul Minn J S Crawford 30S Board or Trade Uuilding Kansas City Mo A so nts for the Government of Canada SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY m Dont be fooled wtth a mackintosh or rubber coat If you wantcoat thit will keep you dry in the hard est storm buy the Fish Brand Slicker If not for sale In your town write for catalogue to A J TOWER Boston Mass SEEDS Gardtn Flower with a world wide reputation Catalog free to all JAMES J H GREGORY SOXXrbleheidMu YOUftT Lt3QlS villacetOwnandooun ty can umiofilD per woek representing us TkoBchool rniKtress can do so This in a rre chunoo Address P ENSIONS PATENTS CLAIMS JOHN W MORRIS WASHINGTON DC lf Trinclptl Exaialaer u 8 Psioii Bar Syri ia but var 15a4inlieatisa elaim attr ROOFING fh lay Manilla The best Bed Hope Hoofing for 1 ct per sq toot ops and nails included isiilisiftiiipn tor Piaster isamDles f ree Kooflnc Co Camden Jw J BifiiMtMiiliiilJiyiaVAIll fS1 AikXVZB rAl M2MMtflPlVHVlIftBft1 i iilHFS WKFRF All FISF FAILS Dest Coairh SyniD Tastes Good Use in time Sold by druggists KJ BMM1 V afcJFJIl SHE CONQUERED Bccan o Cry and That Settled the Matter I have regained all my lost faith ii womankind said a man to a Wash ington Post reporter As I camn through the railway station gate in Jersey City one day recently on my way home I noticed just in front of me one of the cleverest of all the Washington newspaper -women a woman whose -work is marked by a courage and original strength as far removed from sensationalism as fame is from notoriety She was accompa nied by two little boys and the gate keeper stopped her The elder little boy was more than 5 years old and his name was not on the pass she offered The gate keeper locked the gate and -went -with her to see the conductor about it The rulings of the road were most strict the two officials agreed A ticket was necessary for the boy The newspaper woman must return o the station and buy one You should have had the childs name on that pass said the conductor We cant pass him without a ticket Cant I pay on the train asked e newspaper woman meekly No tiie conductor didnt approve that wav of doing People mustnt try to beat the railway company out of half fares The boy was over 5 He must have a ticket I heard it all and I listened be cause I expected to see the whole rail way system vanquished I had known that newspaper woman t revolution ize a whole town I expected to see the conductor wither away and the gare keeper run for his life but the newspaper woman said never a word She simply looked helplessly around and began to cry yes to cry and the last I saw of her the conductor and Hie porter and the gate keeper were helping her into the car and begging her not to cry The eternal feminine had spoken its last word and there was no more talk of a half fare ticket SWEETNESS GONE Molasses Is Now Made Into Rum Cant Buy Browu Sugar The old fashioned molasses is rap idly disappearing as an article of com merce said a prominent grocer and in its place have come a number of sj rups which are more costly and by no means as satisfactory especially to the little ones who delight as we did when we were young in having lasses on their bread Most of the molasses goes into the distilleries where it is made into rum for which notwith standing the efforts of our temperance workers the demand is constantly on the increase especially in the New En gland States and for export trade The regular drinker of rum will take no oth er liquor in its place if he can help it It seems to reach the spot more direct ly than any other dram The darker brown sugars have also disappeared and they are not likely to return owing to the methods of boiling and the manufacture Granulated su gar is of the same composition as far as saccharine qualities are concerned as loaf cut loaf cube and crushed and differs from them only in that its crys tals do not cohere This is because it is constantly stirred during the process of crystallization The lighter brown sugars taste sweeter than the white for the reason that there is some mo lasses in them Housekeepers have dif ficulty these days in finding coarse dark sugars which are always pre ferred for use in putting up sweet pick les making cakes and similar uses As they cannot get brown sugar any more it may be well for them to remember that they can simulate brown sugar by adding a teaspoonful of molasses to each quarter of a pound of the white granulated sugar This combination does as well in all household recipes that call for brown sugar as the article itself and besides it saves them a great deal of hunting for brown sugar which as said before has disappeared from the market Cotton The American bale of cotton averages 450 pounds the Indian bale 400 and the Egyptian bale 717 Some idea of the vast extent of the worlds cotton area says an Atlanta paper may be gathered from the fact that in the United States alone it covers over 20000000 acres In 1S30 the worlds total output of cot ton aggregated only 637000000 pounds or eleven times less than in 1S95 With in a single decade however the prod uct almost doubled amounting in 1840 to 1192000000 pounds Sinee then the worlds product has been as follows 2391000000 pounds in 1860 4039000 000 pounds in 1SS0 and 72SO000000 in 1S95 Curious Clock M D Fletcher of Springfield Mass has a curious clock which was secured by Damon Coats some time ago in Cuba It stands about seven feet high and though the case is of expensive ce dar the works are very fine and the pendulum and the dial are highly orna mented One peculiarity of the mechan ism is that it strikes twice at every hour the second time just two minutes after the first A VIG0B0US BATTLE From the New Era Geeen iburg Ind The following is a statement of facts by a veteran of the late war No comrade will need further proof than their friends own words as here given Squire John Castor of Newpoint Ind is the narrator and an honest respected citizen he is too He said I have been troubled with rheumatism in ail my joints ever since I went to the war It was brought on by my exposure there It came on niii gradually and kept getting worse until I was unable to do any work I tried several physicians but they did me 7 J Want to Swear to That no good They said my trouble was rheu matism resulting in disease of the heart and that there was no care for it Never theless I had lived and fought the disease for thirty years and did not intend to die simply because they said I must so I hunted up some remedies for myself and finally happened on Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People I asked some of my neighbors about the medicine for it had been used by several persons in the community and they recommended it very highly I procured a boxy The pills helped me right away and I continued taking them I commenced taking them last fall and finished the sixth box a few months ago I am not bothered with the I rheumatism now the medicine has cured me l can most certainty recommenu ur Williams Pills These pills are not only good for rheu matism but are valuable for any disease that arises from impoverished or bad blood They do not act on the bowels Exercises to Develop Gracefiilrcs The face of a woman should sur mount a body graceful and easy and it is these waist muscles which have the power to give grace writes Kath arine Eggleston Junkermann in the Womans Home Companion If they are kept free and strong by exercise the wearing of a well fitted corset can do them little injury but some exercise should be taken to set the blood circu lating freely and the following is sug gested Raise the outstretched arms above the head the body retaining its eroct position then bend slowly forward from the waist so that the fingers come as near touching the floor as possible without straining This is done with out bending the knees In recovering position let the arms relax and sink down as the body straightens up This exercise also lengthens the waist The exercise known as waist rolling is one of the best for attaining freedom of the waist muscles With hands lightly placed on the hips the ringers pointing forward and down let the body drop forward easily so that it is bent at the waist This must be done gently as by jerking it more harm than good is done AtABASTINE IS WHAT Alabastine Is a durable and natural coat ing for walls and ceilings entirely different from all kalsotnine preparations made ready for use In white or twelve beautiful tints by the simple addition of water latest make being adapted to mix with cold water put up Jn dry powder form in 5 pound packages with full directions on every package WHAT ARE KAXSOMINES Kalsomines are cheap temporary prepara tions manufactured from chalks clays - - 1fc i 6i 5 A BOON FOR SUFFERERS A Remedy Which Has Cured More than 1000000 People 5 Drops is the name of a powerful remedy which is guaranteed to cure rheumatism neuralgia catarrh asth ma la grippe and kindred ailments The company is entirely safe in making the guarantee because every month they receive thousands of grateful let ters from those who were sufferers but have never received one complaint The effect of 3 Drops is felt at once James Williams of Regent 111 writes on Nov 12 1897 My wife has been suffering two years with rheumatism She used about one bottle of 5 Drops and can now go without her crutches To more extensively advertise the mer its of this remedy the producers will for the next thirty days send out 100 000 of their sample bottles of this posi tive cure for 25 cents a bottle by mail i prepaid Large bottle 300 doses 1 for thirty days 3 bottles 250 Those suffering should write to the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company 167 169 Dearborn street Chicago 111 and take advantage of this generous offer This company is reliable and promptly fill every order Changed trie Subject Fred How are you getting on with Miss Angell Did you speak to her father as you determined Frank Yes Fred And how did it come out Frank So so I said to him Mr Angell I love your daughter Said he So do I now lets talk of some thing else Fred And then Frank We talked about something else Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Successfully used by Mother Gray nurse in the Childrens Home in New York cure Feverishness Bad Stomach Teeth ing Disorders move and regulate the Bowels and destroy Worms Over 10000 testimonials They never faU At all druggists 25c Sample FREE Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y Horse racing was indulged in to -a limited extent in Maryland and Vir ginia as early as the middle of tne sev enteenth century News for the Wheelmen The League of American Wheoimen numbers nearly 2000 below ihe 100000 mark within the last few weeks In spite of this startling diminution the maximum of health may be attained by those who use the comforting and thorough tonic Hostetters Stomach Bitters which pro motes digestion regularity of the bowels and counteracts kidney trouble He who has faults and strives not tc amend them ought at least to endeavoi to conceal them SO KLONDYIvB FOR ME Thus says E Walters Le Raysville Pa who grew sworn to 252 bushels Salzers corn per acre That means 25 200 bushels on 100 acres at 30 cents a bushel equals 75C0 That is better than a prospective gold mine Salzer pays 400 in gold for best name for his 17 iuch corn and oats prodigy You can win Seed potatoes only 150 a barrel Send This Notice and lOCts to Joan A Saler Seed Co LaCrosse Wis and get free their seed catalogue and eleven new farm seed samples in cluding above corn and oats surely worth 10 to get a start cu The Pacific ocean covers 7S0C0O00 quare miles the Atlantic 2500JC0 the mediterranean 1 000000 Ucwaro tho March Wind Escipe Ihe rigors of the winds this month by going South over the Louisville t rinshviilu Kaihoul Tins line lias per fect ihiough ear service from eities of the North to all Winter Resorts m Cieorzia Florida along the Julf Coast in Texas Mexico ami California J he Florida Chautauqua now fn session at DeFuniak Spring ix weeks with ihe best lecturers and entertainers in a climate which is simply perfect Very low rates for louiul trip tickets on sale daily iioiiicseekers Excursions on the first and third 1 uesday Tickets at about half lates Imi full particulars write to O P At rnoieC 1 A Louisville Ky Geo L5 Horner D P A St Louis Mo Nothing engages our interest and at tention more than some of the things that never happen Deal ties Cannot H Cured tv local api Mcations a they rcintmt reach fh ill flsed portion of the ear There is only one way to e re MeafriPss an that Is by eonstltii tifKil reinedis cafuc s is paused by at in flamed eoMiliou of the lnucoii 1 nam ot the us ilii Tube When this tube sets milamed y m have a rumbling sound or inverect a ml when it U entire I - d Peafness is tlie tesiilt and tt intaiiiinailon can be alien out and tune testoied to its normal n lition liea rin 4 will be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh which is nothing but au Inflamed condition of the micois surfaces We will give One Hundred Dollars for any caseot Dcanuas caused by catarrh that can n t I cured by Halls Catanh Cure Send for clrculuib tree F J CHENEY CO Toledo O tSrSold by Druggists 75c When men try to get more good than comes from well doing they al wajs get less Music Music Send ten cents in stamps and you will got by mail two pieces of sheet music and catalogue of music with a ten cent premium ticket lur allys beautiful gold plated watch Price or vatch 15 Agents wanted E P Dfan llusic Store Sioux City Iowa Cipher The average man who thinks be is one in a thousand i whiting etc are stuck on the wall with de caying animal glue Alabastine is a cement wliih goes through a process of setting hardens with age can be recoated and re decorated from time to time without hav ing to wash and scrape off its old coats be fore leuewing CAUTION Consumers la buying Alabastine should see that the goods are In packages and prop erly -labeled If any dealer telle you that he can sell you the came thing as AtaJbasttne or something just zm food he either Is Apt posted or Is trying to deceive you offering something that he has bought cheap and Is trying to sell on Alabastine s demands prob ably without realizing the damage that It will be to you to get a poor kalsomine prep aration on your walls A few dealers have tried to build up a de mand on a kalsomine that is put up in a loosely packed four pound package which they buy by the pound for four pounds and try to sell for a five pound package the same as a package of Alabastine Insist on having Alabaetine in packages and properly labeled and you will get satisfactory results and beautiful irails A JOYFUL MOTHER OF CHILBEEN Mrs Prnkham Declares that in the Light of Mod ern Science no Woman Need Despair f - - i i -v rEanAAi XU i HIPS- V7 WflB X Surifl II ftflA ltfjai mac 2 VNffltW wlie - NsRpv iii - y w7m t wvrm s 4lJI The fastest flowing river in the world is the Sntley In British India Its de scent is 12000 feet in ISO miles A copy of the new edition of Miss Par leys Choice Receipts will be sent post paid to any of our readers who will make application by postal card or note to Wal ter Baker Co Limited Dorchester Mass Dont place any confidence in a con fidence man and dont look for intelli gence in an intelligence office TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT Tilte laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All Urugslsts refund tho money If It falls to cure 23c If somebody would only pull the sled up the hill for us life would be one long delightful slide I believe Pises Cure is the only medi cine that will cure consumption Anna M Toss Williamsport Fa Nov 12 03 If you are disappointed in love it may save a greater disappointment in marriage Mrs Window Hoothino Stiicp for Children teetliiDR soitfiis the irnm i reduces inflammation allayx pain cures wind colic rents a bottla 000400094M4 I He said his back was broken by LArYiEBACK but an his strength came back by use of n n WANT A CHANGE i u vw tA SSsi13BBsi There are many curable causes for steril ity in women One of the most common 4 - ii lusuraaBrawsyiMBZ m WMflnnunMasn MwnM il iirHnvrnHn ttti h i I u m tj oh klh ejj ttJi bus uiiun r - x j wotw w iv w Jts hub builds up restores CURES L25c 50c m DRUGGISTS 283 I YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THEY LIVE WELL WHO LiVE CLEAN LY F YOU USE SAPOLIO WEHMENOAGENTS 5cii i V Vw JW on Samy Hrne Price 1600 a gooa as ftcus iot 923 but btte sold direct to tht eon tamer for 25 jeira t whale gale prices siring him the dealer s prouu snip whora for exajnintlinn Everything warranted 118 styles of Vehicles as siyies ot Harness i op Buggies 3S to fTU 2M Phfnn T TV ettes Spring Boad and Millc wagons sena lor large Irea Iataisgns or all oar styles l i I 1 f f m w4MawirKPTBtfi KoGOS Surrey Price with caruins lamps na nun anmn aru4 fen a j w ELKHART CABBIAGE ASD UABSESS MFC CO W PliATT Sec1 ELKHAKT DH is general debility accompanied by a peculiar condition of the blood Care tnd tonic treatment of the fe imale organs relieve more cases of sup posed incurable barrenness than any other known method This is vhy V 2 i Lydia E Pinkharas Vegetable Com pound has effected so many cures its tonic properties are directed es pecially to the nerves which supply the uterine system Among other causes for sterility or barrenness are displacements of the womb These displacements are caused by lack of strength in the ligaments tf supporting liiu wuuio uuu uiu ovaries re store these and the difficulty ceases j Here again the Vegetable Compound works won ders See Mrs Lyties letter which follows in this column Go to the root of the matter restore the strength of the nerves and the tone of the parts and nature will do the rest Nature has no better ally than this Compound made of her own healing and restoring herbs Vrite freely and fully to Mrs Pinkhan Her address is Lynn Mass She will tell vou free of charge the caiise of your trouble and what course to take Believe me under right conditions you have a fair chance to become the joy ful mother of cliiidrcn The woman whose letter is here published certainly thinks so I am more than proud of Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and cannot find words to express the good it has done me I was troubled very badly with the leucorrhrca and severe womb pains From the time I was married in 18S2 until last year I was under the doctors care We had no children I have had nearly every doctor in Jersey City and have been to lielvin Ilospital but all to no avail I saw Mrs Pinkhams advertisement in the paper and have used five bottles of her medicine It has done more for me than all the doctors I ever had It has stopped my pains and has brought me a line little girl I have been well ever since my baby was born I heartily recommend Mrs Pinkhams medicine to all women suffering from sterility Mils Lucy LvrrB 2rir Henderson St Jersey City N J Aslc lor Allens loot Ease A powder to shake into your shoes It cures Corns and Bunicus Chilblains Swollen Nervous Damp Sweating Smarting Hot and Callous Feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25c ASK TO DAY Sample FREE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y feMS1 WHEAT 40 cts a Bushel With Salzers new crea tions In priiifr Wh nt to bo Hovrn boforo April i5 you can raise wheat at 40c abuHheland make money now ivJiy Miuurgftiur vel Wheat han a record of no biH per acre in I own Jliinols WisconHiii Min nesota Mich lni etc 209 Bus Per Acre Salzers Silver Mine Oats still leads the world with a record r I trite hero In Wisconsin of 231 buHhels per aero In 1K9U What more do you wish Dont thiH beat all You see Salzers Seeds ore bred up to blpr yields 400 in Kold wj pay for name of our new Oat wonder BARLEY 1 73 Bus Per Acre Jno Hrelder IHIshicott Wis Crew In 18911 173 busotbalzersSllverKinir Itarley from uno meas ured acre sworn to by flvo witnesses Thats mense but you see Sal zers Seeds uro bred to produce Thats why you get such big ylelcLa CORN 2GG bus Der aero thats 1 wonderful Well Salzers Seeds are bred to yields I POTATOES 1667 Bus Per Acre We know you cant be lieve lt lts too bitr Hut f Salzers Seeds are bred to big yields GRASSES Iarcrest irrawera of fresh llvo Grasses and Clover Seeds In the world henco our seeds are guaranteed You can bet on our Clover and Grass Seeds crowing mm sucn yieius 1 ions or hay per acre VEGETABLES Finest earliest to bo had Oar Wisconsin Seed cant bo beat Why buy your f seeds In stores when for less money you can buy them delivered free of us 35 ok irs Kuril est bles SlOO postpaid For 1 0c Stamp CN and THIS NOTICE we will send you 11 Karo Farm Seed SampiM and our Great FAitI SEED HOOK rySend this no tice along JOHN A SALZER SEED CO C N LA CKOSSE WIS WASON A better Scale for less money than has ever been offered Address Joiips of Binghamton Blnghamton N Y Something entirely new FREIGHT PAID SCILES iPflTflTSFSfi5a 9k w m am B W HW u uun i jj Larcent Seed I OTATO growers in America U ft Jiarnl rew YorLertclr SALZERS EARLIEST a jUld of 464 buhel per acre Q - ym w bic atcu nuui xk rirn ft oeeaaampiem worm U io Kf t ilrt orlOe Bad tali rt notice J0HSASLa2K81CXDCOLLroemC5 3 2Sa How many women are saying Oh I want a change In my wall decorations I am tired of wall paper How many dealers are say ing h what a nuisance the wall paper business ha3 become how much time and investment it takes and how little the prof it How many painters and decorators who have lent their- influence to push for ward the wall paper craze now Bud their occupation gone To all such we would say Use sell and advocate the durable cold water Alabastine Alabastine can be used on either plastered COHESs I U1 M HlKtlUI ProTtoU eoauciaa I CURE YOURSELF TToa Jiirr 1 fi nnMH1 discbarges inflammations irritations or ulcerations of mucous membranes iuibm ana not astnn THEtvm DHEUHULCa gent or poisonous tcinbuiiiiigi i soia mj dtiibzlUm or sent in plain wrapper by express prepaid for itv or Luiiic J7S Vvw wrcniar seat on request Life Life Life Cutlers Carbolatc of Iodine Pocket Inhaler Guaranteed to cure CATAKKH and lironchltls All drusslsts By mail 100 Address W H SJIITH CO Props Buffalo 2f Y S C N U - 10 98 wails wood ceilings brick or canvas Is absolutely fireproof in its nature is durable and any one can brush It on Alabastine Is sold by druggists and paint dealers every where Ask your dealer for card of tints TO DEALERS Do not buy a law suit or an Injunction with cheap kajsomines which are all imita tions of Alabastine Dealers assume the risk of a suit for damage by selling an in- fringement Alabastine Company own thof right covered by letters patent to make j and sell wall coatings adapted to be mixed with cold water