-T Signature TORIA For Infants and Children The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears of LiayZC SSfe TL xvjwi uriBr Ml HiwtSi TflE EXCELLENCE OF SYSUP OF FIQS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the Caiifoknia Fig Syrup Co only and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the Califohxia Fig Svbup Co only a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties The high standing of the Cali fornia Fig Syihi Co with the medi cal profession and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy It is far in advance of all other laxatives as it acts on the kidneys liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them and it does not gripe nor nauseate In order to get its beneficial effects please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO SAX FUAXCISCO Cat LOUISVILLE Ky NEW VOKK X V Handwriting of a Famous Queen Queen Elizabeth wrote often to Cath erine De Mcdieis and her sons Eliza beths signature was always majestic and so to speak in full dress But when she was on some crooked scheme intent the body of the letter was the merest shorthand It must have been trying to read her letters They had to be read to be answered But they generally beat about the bush and were involved unless she was in a pas sion Then she went straight and swift to the point and the handwriting was as clear as her words Nerves Out of Tune Just as the strings of a musical i meat get out of tune through lack of care and break out into ear torturing discords when touched so the human nerves get out of tune and make everybody misera ble that comes in contact with them Ev ery tobacco users nerves are out of tune more or less and the real tobacco slaves nerves are relaxed to the utmost is the tuning key which tightens the nerves makes them respond quickly to the emotions resulting in the happiness of all guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak men strong We ad vise all tobacco users to take Voice of Experience Yes in refusing me she said she never intended to marry Then your ease is hopeless She is engaged to somebody else Chicago News Shake Into Your Shoes Allens Foot Ease a powder for the feet It cures painful swollen smart ing feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions Its the great est comfort discovery of the age Al lens Foot Ease makes tight fitting or new shoes feel easy It is a certain cure for sweating callous and hot tired nervous aching feet Try it to day Sold by all druggists and shoe stores By mail for 25c in stamps Trial package FREE Address Allen S Olm v sted Le Roy N Y I hate a thing done by halves If it be right do it boldly if it be wrong leave it undono Cilpin YOUNG AT SIXTY Serene comfort and happiness in ad vanced years are realized by compara tively few women Their hard lives their liability to se rious troubles on account of their pecu liar organism and their profound igno rance concerning themselves all com bine to shorten the period of usefulness and fill their later 3ears with suffering Mrs Pinkham has done much to make women strong She has given advice to many that has shown them how tc guard against disease and retain vigor ous health in old age From every cor ner of the earth there is constantly com ing the most convinciug statements from women showing the efficacy of Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Com pound in overcoming female ills Here is a letter from Mrs J C Orms of 220 Horner St Johnstown Pa which is earnest and straight to the point Dear Mrs Pinkham I feel it my duty to tell all suffering women that I think jour remedies are wonderful I had trouble with my head dizzy spells and hot flashes Feet and hands were cold was very nervous could not sleep well had kidney trouble pain in ovaries and congestion of the womb Since taking your remedies I am better every way My head trouble is all gone have no pain in ovaries and am cured of womb trouble I can eat and sleep well and am gaining in flesh I consider your medicine the best to be Iiad for female troubles The present Mrs Pinkhams experi ence in treating female ills is nnparal lellcd for years she worked side by side with Mrs Lydia E Pinkham and for sometime past has had sole charge I of the correspondence department of lier great business treating by letter as many as a nunarea tnousunu ailing y tvomea during a single year SUPPOSE WE SMILE HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS Pleasant Incidents Occurring the Vjrld Over Sayings that Are Cliecr iSl to Old or Young Funny Selec tions that Everybody Will Enjoy Thorns va Tacks I refuse to give you money with which to purchase a wheel said the stern parent You are a thorn in my flesh And you replied the disappointed youth are a tack in my path From Different Points of View Walker Ive just been reading an ar ticle on our coast defenses They seem to be insufficient Ryder Thats right I dont think any cyclist should be allowed to coast without a brake Popular Song Illustrated sfjyv - -- - 9fc i itJlT V feSxrS jfibms JL MS V i7 ys 1 i MLXAflixr 0 r PtrHi -- j jrFvja J jsisfO WY m1 SHE IK J ASST m k V Tho girl I left behind me Ex change Cause of the Trouble Jaggs Whats good for insomnia doctor Doctor now long have you been troubled with it Jaggs Oh I havent got it at all bint my wife has Sometimes she doesnt get to sleep until 2 or 3 oclock in the morning Doctor Well Id advise you to try going home earlier A Leak Somewhere Hixon Anything wrong down at the pumping station ihis week Dixon No not that I know of Why Hixon Oh Ive noticed that the wa ter we have been getting at our board ing house for some time past seems to be about half milk Not in Their Class The rirson My boy I trust you have some good and noble aim in life The Boy Why cert Do youse tink Im one of deiu Spaniards The Proof Do you say that your husband is weak minded Mrs Bosston Very No matter what I tell him to do he invariably goes and does the oth er thing poor man Detroit Free Press No Answer Received And was your prayer answered asked a visitor of a North Carolina darky who had told of praying for rain No sah said the African I specs de cable was cut sah How to Get Rid of It I cant get it off my mind said Mrs Stickler But you can change your mind suggested her husband Detroit Free Press The Proper Classification Miles Hello Giles Is it a fact that you have recently married Giles I guess so Facts you know are stubborn things The Office Boys Romance Mr Jenkins Ive got an uncle a brother and two cousins in this war I see youre fixing to get off to a baseball game every time we hear ru mors of a battle r Modern Methods Mrs Watts You folks are dreadfully slow We are using individual com munion cups at our church Mrs Potts Slow are we Next week we begin using capsules Indian apolis Journal The Cheerful Idiot We fellows said the student board er are thinking of getting up a little cheap spread Is there anything any one could suggest Oleomargarine said the Cheerful Idiot Indianapolis Journal Forced Accotnplishmcnts tfi jifi 8 1 ill wr A Ira Benevolent Lady My good man why dont you learn some trade Weary Waggles Know fourteen al ready Benevolent Lady Why hows that Weary Waggles Served fourteen terms Detroit Free Press A Real Patriot Is Hudson patriotic Is he Well I should say Why he smokes nothing but Dewey cigars al ways wears a Fitzhugh Lee hat and he can read Remember the Maine backward or forward just as you please Philadelphia North Ameri can One Thine Needful Mr Wabash Do you belong to thfc Daughters of the Revolution MisS Ohve Miss Olive of St Louis Not yet but pas going to buy me a wheel next week Similar but Different Directory Canvasser What is your first name Mr Peck Mr Peck It was Claude before I got married Directory Canvasser Am I to under stand that marriage altered your name Mr Peck N no not exactly but I spell it Clawed now Unlimited Capacity Jack Miss GHUlys heart seems to have been modeled after a street car Tom Why hows that Jack Theres always room for one more Subsequent Eronson My poor old grandmother is dead aud her parrot died the next da y Dailey Very strange The poor bird died of grief I suppose Bronson No I killed it with a poker Pearsons Weekly Pnpa Is Thinkinjr Now Wise Father No my son never put off till to morrow what can be done to day Remember that and the path which leads to success will lie open be fore you Little Freddie All right Gimme a quarter to go to the ball game this af ternoon It might rain to morrow Ready to Make the Facrifice What has suddenly caused you to decide to go to the war I thought you said you couldnt afford to do it on ac count of your business My neighbors boy has bought an ac cordion and is tearing to play March ing Through Georgia on it No Filthy Lucre There Erassey has married a girl whose father lias a clean million The deuce he has Who is she The daughter of old Renders tho soap nniker An Easy Choce She Winch yould you rather have wealth or the affection of the woman you truly loved Kc Wealth by all means Then I could have the other on the side The MiKhty Pen Bulwer was dead wrong when he wrote In the hands of men entirely great the pen is mightier than the sword What makes you think so Why its that way in the hands of almost any old plug of a Spaniard Unusual First Summer Girl I became en gaged to him the second time we met Second Summer Girl Something ter rible must have happened to cause such a delay New York Evening Journal A Small Matter r vflg Doctor You say youve eaten noth ing to disagree with you Erastus No sah I ony ate free sof crabs and two cups ob milk Dats all Chicago Tribune The Thorn Dasherly So your wifes away Do you miss her much Flasherly Yes and the deuce of it is a lot of other fellows are Miss ing her too I understand One Poets Wisdom Quad Quillet makes a fair income kvriting obituary verses I understand Dash Is that so Then he has more sense than I gave him credit for Quad Why hows that Dash Waits till he gets a man where he cant kick before he begins to write poetry about him From Different Points of View Bess Oh dear I suppose Im in foi another month of bad luck Nell Why Bess what makes you think so Bess I saw the new moon over mj left shoulder last night Nell Thats too bad Now I had the good luck to see it over Jacks righi shoulder and say isnt my engage nient ring a beauty Experiences I do not believe that I have a true friend in the world So you have been trying to borrow money too have you Papa and Mamma Songs Mamma And Iioav did my little pet get to sleep last night without mamma Little Pet Papa tried to sing to me like you do and I hurried up an wenl to sleep sos not to hear it Punch Unabashed By way of variety she deliberately and openly yawned You frightened me said he Really Er well I was more grieved than frightened It looked as if I might never see your face again Cincinnati Enquirer Something Worse than Srermons Remember said the good man that there are sermons in stones Not in those that you run against with your bike retorted the cynic and the argument was necessarily at au end RECEIVE QUEER REQUESTS Funny Experiences Related by the Officials of the British Mnscrnn An American collector has made a singular application to the authorities of the British museum He asks Will you please get and send me a piece of the ruins out of the great Lon don fire which has lately occurred I wish to put it into my curio cabinet This is not the first time that re quests of an equally humorous nature have been received at the British mu seum Sir Edward Maunde Thomp son K 0 B the principal librarian re cently told a story of a letter contain ing numerous questions sent him by a German gentlemen who in apologiz ing for their inordinate number ex plained that we Germans are a ques tionable people Another of the officials remembers the advent of a man who wanted to see the original Sanscrit and on be ing interrogated added the original Sanscrit what all the languages come from On being shown a Sanscrit manuscript he inquired Is this what all the languages come from Well not quite all but most of them was the reply whereupon he ejaculated Oh and walked away perfectly sat isfied On one occasion a man asked at the manuscript department to see the roll of the law which Esdras found in the temple He was promptly re ferred to the keeper of the oriental antiquities with what result is not stated There is also the anecdote of the in quirer who asked an attendant whether the roll of the Pentateuch exhibited un der a glass case in one of tho galleiies of the manuscript department was the identical thing that Moses chucked about As he spoke with a Scottish accent it is still doubtful whether he was intending a joke or not But the most remarkable instance Of the ignorance under which the nn seum official suffers and over which he makes merry is Perhaps that in which a radical member of parliament asked at the center desk in tiie leading-room for a copy of the English con stitution Conceiving that this im portant abstraction had been grievous ly infringed by a tory government he came to examine it with a view to an impeachment of the ministers of the crown London Mail CECIL RHODES BURIAL PLACE In the Matoppo Hills of South Africa Commands a Worlds View While some of the newspapers have ben busy of late in killing Mr Rhodes we find from the Cape papers that Mr Rhodes himself has selected his burial place It is in the Matoppo hills in the neighborhood of his farm that Mr Rhodes desires in the fullness of time to be buried in the solid rock A special correspondent who calls the spot Worlds View thus describes the scenery At length we came to a halt and were led through the bushes up enormous slopes of solid granite on to the roof of a rocky eminence Here the worlds view lay unfolded like a panorama before our gladdened eyes There were many traveled members in our party but not one of them could say that he had ever seen anything like it Here surely we were gazing down upon one of natures battlefields the discorded scene of some tremendous convulsion in which Titan ic forces had lifted the biggest boulders the mind can conceive and tossed them to and fro like pebbles As far as the eye could travel stretched an ocean of granite mountains extending range be yond range to the horizon Few people realize the immensity of the Matoppcs or the beauty of the hillsides and val leys where euphorbia mahogany and mopana trees aud all sorts of tropw bushes flourish in glorious coufusior and certainly no one can have any con ception of the awe inspiring grandetb or the scenic splendor of this wondrous natural panorama London Nevs To Traders Correspond with us before placing your business for the 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