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TBE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
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as it acts on the kidneys , liver an '
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"I nave gone 14 : day" at a time \vltbont a
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Chronic constipation for seven years placed me In
this terrible condition ; durlnc that timt I did ev
erything I heard of but nerer found any relief ; such
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now have f rotn one to three passages a day , and if I
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15S9 Russell St. . Detroit. Mich.
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y or rubber coat. It you w ntac t
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TTKIT1NG TO ADVERTISERS
WHEN Ray 700 ia\T cite advertisement'
In thia paper.
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WARS AMONG BEES ;
California lioucy the Finest that la
Produced Anywhere.
"Did you ever know that bees have
wars among tbemselres , just as meu
do ? " said G. W. Reynolds , of Lcs Angeles -
geles , Gal. , to the Kansas City Star
man. "Well , tbey do. I own a big honey
farm near San Diego , and bave made
a study of the babits and methods of
tbe Little workers , and in doing so I
bave come to bejieve that each hive of
bees has its guards or policemen ,
whose sole duty it is to keep watch and
warn tbe hive if another and stronger
hive comes to rob them. This often
happens , you know. A strong hive
raids a weaker one , and , aside from
killing hundreds of tbe bees , steals all
the honey. But If the weaker hive is
warned in time by its policemen it will
prepare to fight , and often the stronger
hive is driven back. "
Mr. Reynolds has a reputation for
being one of the oldest traveling sales
men in the United States he is 73
years old , though he doesn't look a day
more than 55r and has been on the road
lifty-two years. He owns some of the
most productive honey farms In Cali
fornia , and he knows many curious
things about bees and their habits.
"I have GOO stands on my farm , " said
" annual of honey
be , "and tbe production
ey is about sixty tons. There are about
20,000 bees to each stand , so you see
the population of my bee city is great
er than that of any city of men and
women in the world. And , unlike any
other city , its population is changed en
tirely every forty-five days , or almost
entirely so , for a working bee only
lives that long , and the queen bees are
the only ones that reach a greater age.
Tbey live a year or more.
"California honey is about tbe finest
that is produced anywhere. The wild
sage Is the flower most hunted by the
little workers , and during April , May ,
June and July they make most of the
honey. On the market this honey brings
from 4 to 7 cents a pound wholesale ,
so you see there is a pretty good profit
'n it. "
the Great Money Lender.
A statistician estimates that England
has § 550,000,000 invested in laud and
mortgage in countries abroad. She
lends to foreign governments and mu
nicipalities an average of $200,000,000
annually. She finances railways in
India , Canada , the United States , Aus
tralia , South Africa and South Amer
ica , her investments of this class ag
gregating $2,100,000,000. English capi
tal is Invested in this country in water
and gas companies , cattle and horse
raising , breweries , flour mills , street
railways , iron manufacturing and min
ing. In investments other than gov
ernment loans and railroads it is esti
mated that the enormous sum of
$9,250,000,000 of England's money has
been lent outside of the "tight little
Island. "
NO REMEDY EQUALS PERDNA ,
SO TBE WEN ALL SAY.
Miss Susan Wymar.
Mlas Susan Wymar , teacher In the Richmond
mend school , Chicago , III. , writes the fol
lowing letter to Dr. Hartman regarding
Pe-ru-oa. She says. "Only those who have
suffered as I have , can know what a blessing
It is to be able to flnd relief In Pe-ru-na.
This has been my experience. A friend In
need Is a friend Indeed , and every bottle of
I'e-ru-na I ever bought proved a good friend
to me. " Susan Wymar.
xilrs. Margaretha Dauben , 1214 North Su
perior St. , Racine Cuy , Wis. , writes : "I
feel so well and good and happy now that
pen cannot describe It. Pe-ru-na Is everything -
thing to me. I have taken several bottles of
Pe-ru-na for female complaint. I am Iu the
change of life and It does me good. " Pe-ru-
na has no equal In all of the irregularities
and emergencies peculiar to women caused
by pelvic catarrh.
Address Dr Hartman , Columbus , O. , for
a free book for women only.
Remember that choiera morbus , ' chol
era Infantnm , summer complaint , bilious
colic , diarrhoea and dysentery are each
and all catarrh of the bowels. Catarrb is
tha only correct name for these affec
tions. Pe-ru-na Is an absolute specific
for these ailments , which are so common.
In summer. Dr. Hartman , In a practice
of ov r forty years , never lost a single
case of cholera Infantum , dysentery ,
diarrhoea , or cholera morbus , and his
Pe-ru-na. Those desiring
only remedy was - -
ing further particulars should send for a
free copy of "Summer Catarrh. " Ad
dress Dr. Hartman , Columbus , Ohio.
To Indicate lull on of Tires.
A neat little attachment for bicycles
consists of an air-pressure indicator
which shows the hardness of the tire
without the necessity of soiling the
hands to test it , the new device con
sisting of a cylinder to be attached to
the valve with a spring-controlled pis
ton inside which rises as the pressure-
increases.
IS LIKE A GOOD TEMPER ; "IT
SHEDS A BRIGHTNESS
EVERYWHERE. "
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Awful Destruction by the Great
West Indian Storm.
AMERICA SENDS AID.
Thousands Rendered Homeless and in
Danger of Starvation.
Ponce la Wholly Destroyed and Other
Porto Rican Towns Suffer Great I/osa
Five Hundred Bodies Recovered-
Fears that a Plague Will Follow
the Doom that Has Devastated the
Country The War Department Takes
Prompt Measures to Relieve the
Distress.
Nearly 1,000 lives and millions of del
lars' worth of property are now known
to have been destroyed by the hurricane
In Porto Rico and the adjoining islands
of the West Indies. Over 500 bodies
have been recovered. Gen. Davis tele
graphs that 100,000 people are destitute ,
and the full extent of the fatalities is not
yet known. Not since 1S7G has a storm
of such fearftl violence visited 'these isl
ands. The War Department took prompt
measures of relief in the matter of food
for the stricken inhabitants of Porto
Rico.
The track of the hurricane lay a little
farther north than that of the storm
which damaged Barbadoes and Marti
nique last year. Martinique seems to
have escaped entirely , but Dominica and
Guadaloupe , a little farther north , suffer
ed severely. From these islands west
ward and slightly northward the hurri
cane swept with terrific force. The small
British Islands of Montserrat , Nevis , St.
Christopher's , and Antigua report a total
of ninety-six fatalities , of which over
three-fourths were hi Montserrat. Guad
aloupe lost over a hundred by death in
the storm. Coming up toward Porto Rico
the wind destroyed most of the houses
and churches in the Danish Islands of St.
Croix and St. Thomas , with thirty deaths
reported from St. Croix. It is practically
certain that when the smaller" and less
accessible islands in this Leeward group
are heard from the total death list will
be greatly increased.
The storm struck Porto Rico squarely
on the southeast coast , doing its worst at
Humacao and at Ponce , though at San
Juan , on the north , much property was
destroyed and several deaths resulted.
The city and the port of Ponce are re
ported as total wrecks , with a loss of
life estimated in the hundreds , and a
damage of half a million to property.
The fatalities here seem to have been
caused chiefly by drowning in the river
flood that accompanied the storrn. As
all interior communications have been cut
off it is impossible to tell how much more
damage has been done throughout the
thickly populated eastern end of Porto
Rico.
After wrecking the southern coast of
this island the hurricane continued its
westward and slightly northward course ,
devastating the northern coast of San
Domingo and finally passing out upon the
Atlantic with modified force at Cape
Haytien. Along the whole track of the
storm there now exists much suffering
and starvation. A large amount of local
shipping has been swept upon the shore
and totally destroyed. When one remem
bers that only a trifle over a year ago
Gen. Miles and his expedition were en
tering Ponce the thought gives cause
for thankfulness that those crowded
transports were not caught in such a
storm.
The terrific nature of the West Indian
hurricane has been famous for centuries.
This is one of the things we have an
nexed in Porto Rico , and one of the
things we cannot reform. But the signal
service can be extended and made so effi
cacious in the Caribbean that the whole
region will be thoroughly prepared for
every such storm , so far as preparation is
possible. The weather bureau does not
appear to have done much in the present
case. . The Government should take steps
to equip the West India weather service
as completely as possible for this work
These hurricanes can be predicted many
hours beforehand , as is done at the Ma
nila observatory , and their direction can
be determined at the start. Though the
whirling motion of thf * air is incredibly
swift , the progressive advance of the
storm is comparatively slow , and with.
Improved cable communication between'
the islands the whole archipelago can
easily be warned of what to expect.
The only other palliative that the
American regime can offer to Porto Rico
regarding this scourge is by extending
nid and succor to the homeless victims.
Gen. Davis , commanding in Porto Rico ,
telegraphed asking for food , clothing and
money to help the unfortunate inhabit
ants get on their feet again , and the
President indorsed the appeal.
In accordance therewith the Secretary
of War sent out an appeal to the May
ors of cities for help for the destitute.
The Secretary also took steps for imme
diate relief by ordering the distribution
of rations to the sufferers by the army in
Porto Rico. The Secretary Instructed
the commissary department to load the
transport McPherson at New York with
600,000 pounds each of rice and beans
and have it proceed to Porto Rico at
once.
Telegraphic Brevities.
Joseph Marshal , Mobile , Ala. , shot and
killed Marvin Green.
Armour & Co.'s fertilizer .house , Chicago
cage , was damaged $11,000 by fire.
Ida Michelson , the Louisville girl who 1
took a dose of paris green in Chicago , is
dead.
Four men held up a conductor on a
crowded trolley car in New York and
robbed him of $ ( J.
Mrs. Orilla Allhouse of Youngstown ,
Ohio , was held up by a thief on the
streets of Akron and relieved of § 50.
Twenty-eight young girls from Ireland
landed in New York to become sisters of
charity. Most of them went to Texas.
Announced that the tailors have won
their strike in "New York. Operators get L
? 18 , basters $15 and finishers $10 a week. :
Does your head ache ? Pain back o
youreyes ? Bad taste in your mouth ?
it's your liver 1 Ayer's Pills are
liver pills. They cure constipation
headache , dyspepsia , and all liver
complaints. 25c. All druggists.
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
orown or rich black ? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE
to era , or DnyqcijTS. _ on B. P. Hu. A Co. . , N.
W. L
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S3 & $3.50 SHOES
Worth $4 io $6 compared with
other makes.
Indorsed by over
1OJUOOO wearers.
ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES
THE GENUINE hare W. L. Doaglu'
came and price itamped on botton.
Take no substitute claimed
to be as good. Largest makers
of $3 and $3.50 shoes In tbe
world. Tour dealer should keep
them If not , "we will Bend you
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Catalogue I ) Free.
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The Deadly Tree ,
The general public and the heads of
electric light companies openly dis
agree as 'to the effect of live wires on
living things , but the story belo\v ,
found in the New Orleans Tiines-Dem-
ocraty may amuse some people not of
the householding or electric stockhold
ing class.
Not long ago a prominent citizen of
New Orleans went raging into the elec
tric light company's office , and declared
that one of their wires had killed a pet
tree on his premises.
"That tree , " said he , "has been
standing there for twenty years , and
we regarded it as one of the family.
My children played under it when they
were babies , and it is associated with
some of the pleasantest memories of
my life. When it began to die we all
mourned , and we could not imagine
what ailed it until yesterday , when I
noticed that a wire was lying right
across a branch. My poor tree has been
electrocuted , and I feel as if murder
had been done in my house. "
Considerably moved , the agent of the
company went to view the scene of the
tragedy , and found the tree still alive ,
but feeble. When he came to trace the
wire , he discovered one end nailed to
the roof of an old barn and the other
twisted around a discarded pole. It
had been cut off for at least two years ,
and forgotten. But the occasion de
manded something , so he made the fol
lowing report :
"Tree alive , wire dead. Wire erl-
dently killed by tree. Bill inclosed. "
Ladies Can Wear Shoes
One size smaller after uslnj ; Allen's Foot-
Ease , a powder to be shaken into the shoes.
It makes tight or new shoes feel easy ; gives
instant relief to corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cures
swollen feet , blisters and callous spots.
Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for In
growing nails , sweating , hot , aching feet.
At all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Trial
package FREE by mail. Address Allen S.
Olmsted , LeRoy , N. Y.
His Revenge.
Arthur , who is forbidden to speak at
the table , had his revenge the other
day. As dinner began ; he.was uneasy ,
and finally said , "Ma , can't I speak
just one word ? " You know the rule ,
Arthur. " "Not one word ? " "No ,
Arthur , not until your father finishes
the. paper. " Arthur subsided until the
paper was finished , when he was asked
what he wished to say. "Oh , nothingl
Only Nora put the custards outside the
window to cool , and the cat has been
eating them up ! "
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Ls taken internally. Price 75 cents.
Sweet Fillinsr.
Tommy I'se got de tooface , awfully.
Visitor You should have the tooth
filled , Tommy.
Tommy I did have it filled. That's
what makes it ache so.
Visitor I never heard of such a
thing. Did you have it filled with gold ?
Tommy No'm ! Had it filled with
gum drops.
I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con
sumption far and wide. Mrs. Mulligan
Plumstead , Kent , England , Nov. 8 , 1S95.
The Old Phrase.
Hicks A Philadelphia man mounted
tiis wheel and rode off while asleep.
De Fonte He must have been sleepIng -
Ing like a top.
Hicks Like a top ?
De Fonte Yes ; spinning , yon know.
Mrs. Wlnslow's SOOTHING STHUP lor Children
teething : sottens the cams , reances inflammation ,
illays pain , cures wind colic. 25 cents "a bottle.
A Close Question.
Dick Isn't it good to have a close
Wend ?
Jack Not always. Suppose you want
loan for a few days. Do you think a
lose friend would be the ona to np-
iroach ?
To a// & * if/ff/iiff Women *
In addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are con
fiding your private ills to a woman a woman
whose experience in treating woman's diseases
is greater than that of any living 'person
male or female.
You can talk freely to a woman * . . * *
when it is revolting to re
late your private troubles
to a man ; besides a man
does not understand
simply because he is
a man.
Many women suffer
in silence and drift
along from bad to
worse , knowing
full well that they
ought to have
immediate assist
ance , but a natural
modesty impels
them to shrink
from exposing
themselves to the
questions and i *
probably examinations - 5
nations of even
their family phy-
sician. It is un- . . . .
necessary. With
out money or price
you can .consult
a woman , whose
knowledge from
actual experience
is greater in this
line than any liv
ing person.
The following
invitation is freely
offered ; accept it
in thef ame spirit :
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Women suffering
from any form of
female weakness are
invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham , at
Lynn , Mass. Aii Setters sra receivstiy opened
ffess $ asss $ &nsweFes $ isy weaken osaSya A woman
can freely talk of her private illness to a woman ; thus
has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs ,
Pinkham and the women of America which has never
been broken.
Out of the vast volume of. experience which she haste
to draw from , it is more than possible that she has gained
the very knowledge that will help your ease. She asks
nothing in return except your good-will , and her advice
has relieved thousands. Surely any woman , rich or poor ,
is very foolish if she does not take vantage of this
generous offer of assistance.
The present Mrs. Pinkham's experience in treating
female ills is unparalleled ; for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham , and for some years
past has had sole charge of the correspondence depart
ment of her great business , treating by letter as many
as a hundicd thousand ailing women a year.
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