VA
A JUDGE'S WIFE PELVIC CURED CATARRH. OF
We would caution all people against
accepting Hubstituten for Peruua. In-
iat upon having Pcrtina. There is uo
other internal remedy for catarrh that
will take the place of Pcnina. Allow
no one to persuade you to the contrary.
It you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of 1'eruna ,
"write at once to Dr. Hartmyn. giving a
full statement of your ease , and he will
be. pleased to give you his valuable ad-
Tice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman. President of
r The Hartiuau Sanitarium , Columbus.
Ohio.
ITCHING
HUMOURS
Complete External and Internal
Treatment , One Dollar.
CUTICURA
The set , consisting of Cuticora
Soap , to cleanse the skin of crusts
and scales , and
jsoften thethick-
ened cuticle ,
Cuticura Oint-
mentto instant
ly allay itching ,
irritation , and
inflammation ,
and soothe and
heal , and Cuti
cura Resolvent
Pills , to cool and ,
cleanse the
Hood , and expel
humour germs.
A Single Set , price $ J , is often
sufficient to cure the most tortur
JL ing , disfiguring skin , scalp , and
tlood humours , rashes , itchings ,
and irritations , with loss of hair ,
when all else fails.
MILLIONS USE
OUTICUKA SOAP , aesinted by CUTICUKA
OISTMENT , the great skin cure , for preserv
ing , purifying , : uul beautifying the skin , for
cleansing the ncalp of cruet * , Miales , ami dan-
drutT , and the etopping of falling hair , for
softening , whitening , and noothing i ed , i ough ,
and sore hands , for baliv r.in he 3 , itchinga ,
anil dialings , and for all tliu purposes uf the
toilet , bath , and mirecry. Millionb of Women
se CUTICITR * SOAI * in the fonn of baths for
aunoying Irritation * , inflammations , and ex-
coriatioiiH , or too free or offensive perspir
ation , in the form of waalies for ulcciutive
weaknesses , and for many sanative , imtlbentta
purpose * whic/b readily suggest themselves
to women , especially mothers.
CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS
{ Chocolate Coated j area new , tastelessodour
less , economical substitute for the celebrated
liquid CDTICUBA RESOLVENT , a well as lor all
other blood purifiers and humour cures. Tut
tip in pocket vials , CO doses , price , J.Ou.
- , . . OUTMKIT. Me.
Sold thro uzhout lh < - world no -,2Sc.
FILLS. 2Sc. British 1 > pot : 27-28. Ch rlerhouKe Hn . Lon
don. French Opot : 3 Hue de It Pdlz , ParU ljon > c
> ECO AHD CUKM. CUEP. . noleProp * , Bo ton , U. S. A.
LIBBY Luncheons
5 ? Weaeal tlieproductinkey-openlnRcans. Turn
v ? akerend jou Hurt the rneut eiactly us it left
y us.Ve put them up in thimTHT
Potted Ham , Beef and Tongue ,
X Ox Tonxrue ( H/IO/C ) , Veal Loaf.
§ DeiHcd Ham , Brisket Beet ,
X Sliced Smoked Beef.
X All Xatnral Flavor foo < U. Palatable and
sf wholesome. Your ercxwr should huTo them.
SLIbby , HcNclll & Llbby , Chicago
"How TO MAKE tionv THINGS TO EAT" will
> be > ent f reo if yon usk us.
Altitude of Dnck's Flight.
The wild duck , the hawk and tl o
sea gull while in flight over long dis-
tances nsuallv remain at an altitude
of from (500 ( to 1,400 feet. If they
pass below the level of the highest
Hying kite of a tandem line the fact
is , easily discerned by allowing for
JL perspective. The kite measure
ments are relatively accurate , be
cause during the prolonged fight of
thousands of wild ducks the kite
string can be hauled in and paid out
until the altilued of the ducks is
eaxctly measuied by the altitude of
tlie kite. Kature.
She Suffered for Years and Felt
Her Case Was Hope
less Cured by
Pe-ru-na.
Mrs. .fudge McAllister writes from
1217 West 33d St. , .Minneapolis , Minn. ,
as follows :
" / suffered for years with a pain in
the small of my back and right side.
It interfered often with my domestic
and social duties and I never supposed
that I would be cured , as the doctor's
medicine did not seem to help me any.
"Fortunately a member of our Or *
der advised me to try Peruna and gave
it such high praise that I decided to try
it. Although I started in with little
faith , I felt so much better in a week
that I felt encouraged.
" I took it faithfully for seven weeks
and am happy indeed to be able to say
that I am entirely cured. Words fail
to express my gratitude. Perfect
health once more Is the best thing I
could wish for , and thanks to Peruna
I en joy that now.1 Minnie E. McAl
lister.
The great popularity of Peruna as a
catarrh remedy has tempted many peo
ple to imitate Peruna. ' A great many
so-called catarrh remedies and catarrhal
tonics are to be found in many drug
stores. These remedies can he procured
by the druggist much cheaper than Pe
runa. Peruna can only be obtained at
a uniform price , and uo druggist can
get it a rent cheaper.
Thus it is that druggists are tempted
to substitute the cheap imitations of Pe-
itiiia for IVr'ina. It is * done every day
without a doubr.
Irish Repartee. "You should get
your ears looped , O'Brien , " said a
"smart" tourist to an Irish peasant
uhnm he was quiz/ing ; "they're too
large for a man. "
An' bedad , ' * replied the HJberian ,
1 was ju-it thiukin yours would
wantto be made larger ; sure ,
they're too small for an ass.5' Tit-
Bits.
The Secret of Health in Old Age.
Sheperd , 111. . June 23d. Sarah E.
Rowe of this place is now 72 years of
sige and just at the present time la eii-
Joying much better health than she
has for over 20 years. Pier explana
tion of this is as fqllows :
"For many years past I have been
troubled constantly with severe Kidney
Trouble , my urine would scald and
burn wheii passing and I was very
miserable.
"I am 72 years of age and never ex
pected to get anything to cure me. but
1 heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and'
thought it would do me no hariii to try
them.
"I am very glad I did so. for they
cured me of the Kidney Disease and
stopped all the scalding sensations
when passing the urine.
"I feel better now than I have for
twenty years. "
Neaily every house and hut in
Sairn has a clock , and most of them
are of America ) mauufac ure.
GOOD llorSKlvl.KI' US
Use the l > 2at That's why they buy Red Croes
Ball nine. A t lending grocers. . " > cents.
It is stated that the residents of
islands and peuisulas live longer than
persons who dwell on the mainland.
DON'T SL'OIL , VOL It < ; iOTHK8.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep ttem white
as snow. All grocers 5e a package.
Dr. Hutchinson , an eminent
physician of London , asserts that in
many cases leprosy is caused by the
frequent eating of badly cured salt
tish.
It requires uo experience to dye with
ruTKAM FADELESS DYES , sim-
ply boiling your goods in the dye is all
that's necessary. Sold by druggists.
Strenuous Cheese. Gussie Knick
erbocker ( in the club restaurant )
"Tom , why do they call this cheese
club cheese' ? "
Tom Mauhatteu ' 'I don't know.
Possibly because you could knock a
fellow down with it. " N. Y. Times.
81OO Kewura , S1OO.
The readers of this jwper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been ablu to cure in all Ha
stages , and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure knowu to tne medical
fraternity. I'atarrh being a constitutional dis
ease , requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh I'uro U taken internally , acting directly
on tiie blood and mucous surface * of tu system ,
thereby destroying the foundation of the dis
ease , and giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature In doing
its work. The proprietors have &o much faitli in
its curative powers that they oiler One Hundred
Dollars for auy case that it fails to cure. Send
Cor list of testimonials.
, \ddres. F. .1. CHENEY Si CO. , Toledo , 0.
Cfr .Sod ! by DriigsLits. 7. % .
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Colored globes in the windows of
drug stores were first dipslayed by
the stores of Austria and Spain.
Do Your Feet Ache ami Burn ?
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-
Ease , a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or * ew Shoes fi-el Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions , Swollen. Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. 'JHo. Sample seiit FREE.
Address Allpn S i "n- . . . l.Rov. N. V.
There were only 200 horses in Aus
tralia in the year 1SOO : now there are
more than 2,000.000
I'einjauentlyCuieU. nontsornerroasnessMiet
flivt dny's lue of I > r. Kline's Great > 'erve He-
. '
D1L R. H. KLINE t.td..93 ! . " St. . i'
In Venice there is a cafe which has
been open night and day for over
150 years.
Mrs. Window's SOOTHINu .SYRUP for children
tec tli in p. foftem the ( nuns , reduces Intlaiuatlon
allays pain , itiifs'niiul colic. > 5u bottle.
XoTcr Wear Out I'olt hiiur rioth. for all kinds of
nirtftls , IPc to any nUtlrektClrkpatrlcl : DIbt. Co , ROO
"A" St. S. E. , Washington , I ) . C.
Apcnts Wnnted For n uiticle imlbiK'nsible to ,
every individual nnd lunis IiolilHIH ! 10cents for 2-ri
cent sample and tyrms : rjitJ * * ! er ; lavtfe protlu. J.
A. Bartoii , 2026 Infflcn&e av. , Uikago.
POPULIST HOT SHOT.
Selections Made by C Q. DeFrance Chairman Populist State Central
Committee ,
RAILROAD TAXATION
Companies AVill Try to Show They art
Paying Their Share
Nebraska railroads are starting out
on a campaign of education in thy
matter of railroad taxation. On ac
count of charges frequently made that
the railroads were not paying then-
just share of taxes , representatives of
the various lines held a meeting to
devise ways of educating the people
to believe differently. The old con
servatives favored a plan of fighting
out in the courts if necessary , and in
leferring to the public In choiceV. . K.
Vanderbilt language. But the youngor
element favored taking the public In
to the confidence of the railroads and
placing before everyone facts and fig
ures of railroad taxation with explan
ations , and prevailed.
- Tax Commissioners Pollard of the
Burlington , Scribner of the Union Pa
cific and Whitney of the Elkhorn
were a committee to prepare the ma
terial , and Advertising Agent Darlow
of the Union Pacific and Young of the
Burlington to arrange for the publica
tion in the leading papers of the stats
a series of articles to run a period of
about sixteen weeks. The aim is to
seek to show the public that the rail-
loads have not only already done their
share as taxpayers , but In many in
stances have borne the larger share of
the burden. Omaha World-Herald.
The second Installment of this series
of "educational" work appeared In the
Sunday Bee and Sunday State Jour
nal , but the "educators" seem to think
the World-Herald and The Indepen
dent are not to be counted In with
the "leading papers of the state , " in
asmuch as the paid advertisement did
not appear In the Sunday Wo 'd-Her-
ald , and no arrangements have been
made with The Independent for pub
lication. Our offer In another column
holds good.
The second lesson is substantially a
rearrangement of the figures present
ed by The Independent In Its issue of
May , 1900 , and presents nothing new
to Independent leaders. It shows that
the railroads paid 15.4 per cent of the
taxes in 1900 , a concise summary be
ing :
Per cent.
Farm and stock interests paid..55.2
City , town and village int. paid..29.-i
Railroads paid 15.4
t
Total 100.
The population of Nebraska in 190' )
(1.058,910) ( is shown to be :
Rural 63.8 per cent.
Urban 36.2 per cent.
Total 100. percent.
All of which proves nothing in par
ticular , except the facts shown. Sup
pose the railroads do pay 15.4 per cent
of the taxes. If th'iy are permitted tc
charge up taxes as operating expenses ,
and by such a system of accounting
and bookkeeping to make a showing
of net earnings only after the taxes
are deducted , why may not they pav
directly all the taxes and recoup them
selves by raising freight rates ? In
directly all other interests would have
to pay the taxes , but after the fashio.i
of tariff duties on imports. If our
federal government is to be maintained
by indirect taxation , why not support
the state government in a like man
ner ? The importer counts the tariff
duty as "operating expense" and his
"net earnings" are shown after de
ducting from the selling price , the or
iginal cost plus the duty. Acordlng-
ly , he is not taxed at all but the con
sumer Is.
Applying the same principle to rail
road accounting , if taxes are to be
counted as operating expense , and if
the railroads are entitled to charge
for services so that a fair return may
be paid on the capital Invested , 'I
ought to be feasible to make them pay
all the state taxes and wholly sa e
themselves harmless by making rates
high enough to cover the increased
"operating expense. " Apparently thev
would pay all the taxes in reality
they would pay none. That ought to
suit the most earnest railroad LUX
commissioner.
Valued as scrap-heaps , the railroads
of Nebraska are certainly assessed
high enough. All their tangible prop
erty , valued according to usual meth
ods , is probably not worth more than
27 millions , if the Improved farms oi
Nebraska are worth only 61 millions
But suppose we count "net earnings"
for the owners of the farm lands on
the same basis as railroad net earn
ings are computed what then ? Al
low the farmer a reasonable salary as
a "captain of industry ; " pay his wifa
and sons and daughters for their la
bor : count his taxes as operating ex
pense. Then take the 1902 assessment
of enough Improved farms to make
up the total of $6.128.104 ( the as
sessed valuation of the Union Pacinv )
and ascertain if their owners can show
net earnings in 1901 to the amount of
$4.807,288 ( the net earnings of the Un
ion Pacific for that year ) . If so , the-i
that road is assessed high enough ;
otherwise , not.
Talk "turkey" part of the time for
the rarmer. Messrs. Railroad Tax
Commissioners : figure net earnings
for him on the same basis as you Jo
for your roads ; compile statistics
alone this line , and if then the farm
and stock interests' net earnigsare to
railroad net earnings In the ratio cf
552 to 154 , then your case is won.
Mrs. Astor has engaged the famous
woman anarchist , Louise Michel , to
deliver a lecture in her parlors. Of
course the New York police will not
Interfere. But if Louise Michel was
advertised to deliver a lecture on the
east side the Avhole force would be
sailed out and everybody arrested. All
Df which goes to show that there Is
me law for the rich in this country
; -nd - another lav for the poor. Mrs.
stor is to pay the anarchist $300 for
lecture.
LYING ASAFINE ART
_ _
3Ir. Van VorhJs Exposes the Deception
Practiced by the Comptroller of the
Currency In Making -porlH. .
Editor Independent : It has become
a real art in the departments at Wash
ington to make reports that will es
cape the charge of falsehood and yet
conceal the truth , or make it so ob
scure that it will be misapprehended
or overlooked.
In a former article I mentioned cor
respondence in which the comptroller
of , the currency admitted that ab
stracts , of the reports of the condi
tion of national banks , issued from
that office for over five years , did not
show correctly the condition of the
reserves.
Those who have given attention to
the subject know that the law provid .
foa reserve of 25 per cent in all re
serve cities and 15 per cent in all other
places. They ought to know also that
this is only an apparent and not a
real reserve ; that it is a legislative
fraud contained in the original law
creating national banks enacted In
the sixties.
No. 28 of these abstracts has just
been sent out , and covers the time
from February 25 to April 30 , 1902.
It shows that on that date there were
60 central reserve , 271 reserve and
4,092 country banks. It is , I believe
generally understood that the law will
require 331 of these banks to hold in
reserve 25 per cent , and 4,092 to hold
15 per cent of their deposits , but this
is not true. Another provision of the
same law permits 271 of the reserve
banks to keep a reserve of only 12 }
per cent , and all of the 4,092 a reserve
of 6 per cent. The Importance of this
legislative juggling justifies some re
petition of former articles.
By it the country banks are prohib
ited from loaning over 85 per cent ,
and the banks In the reserve cities
over 75 pe-r cent , to their own custo
mers. Three-fifths of the amount re
tained by the country banks , and one-
half of that retained by the reserve
city banks , is permitted to be depos
ited with other banks having the de
ceptive designation of reserve agents ,
where it Is treated like any other de
posit , and becomes a part of the de
posits of the so-called agents upon
which they calculate their legal re
serves. There can be no doubt that
the original purpose of this arrange
ment was deceptive and intended to
continually draw , as it has done , mon
ey from the country banks to the
banks of New York city.
Any report of banks , or of the comp
troller , that conveys the idea that any
bank outside of New York. Chicago or
St. Louis is required to maintain a re
serve on the 25 per cent or 15 per cent
basis is false. The only available re
serve of a bank is the cash It has In
its vaults. That which is not cash
may be called "cash items" or "cash
due. " etc. , and counted as a part oC
the bank reserves , but no legislative ,
executive or bank power can make i-1
cash , or make it a reserve In any cor
rect financial sense.
When the comptroller's attention
was called to the fact that , even un
der these absurd provisions of the
law , it was impossible for a bank to
hold a 25 per cent or 15 per cem. re
serve , if at the same time It held less
than 12 % per cent or 6 per cent in
actual cash , and that his abstracts ,
showing banks to be short in "cash
required" and yet as having a full
lawful reserve , we.v Incorrect , he ad
mitted this to be true. He has fol
lowed the admission by an entire
change of the table of "deposits and
reserves. " as it appears on page 7 of
abstract No. 28 , by which this error
is eliminated.
But the most important part of this
reserve question "cash reserve re
quired" and "held" also disappears
from the table. It can be ascertained
by calculation , but it would seem
that , if anything relating to the con
dition of these banks ought to appear
plainly on the face of the abstracts , It
ought to be this. There now appears
a column headed "cash on hand , due
from reserve agents and in the re
demption fund. " This is the usual
method of banks when they wish to
conceal from the public the amount
of cash they hold. They mix it up
with something else , which they call
"cash items" or "cash due. " This
column Is an absurd combination. The
redemption fund is not available to
pay depositors , and the amount due
from so-called reserve agents Is no
more cash than any demand debt due
the banks. Neither of these has any
rational place among the items that
go to make up the reserve , which has
no purpose except to furnish a fund
from which to pay deposits on demand.
Cash on hand is the only real reserve.
It is the only reserve that can be de
pended upon. This was demonstrated
in 1893.
This reconstructed abstract shows
Lhat , in the central reserve city of St.
Louis and in fifteen of the thirty re
serve cities , the aggregate of the bank
reserves is below the requirements of
the law. The city of Dallas appears In
the list as a reserve city for the first
time , with four banks showing an ag
gregate shortage of reserves. It Is
certain that this report does not dis
pose the location of all banks that
lave loaned their deposits beyond the
iegal limit. This has been the con-
lition for many months , and is well
inown to the comptroller and the ser--
: -etary of the treasury , but nothing has
) .een done to prevent it , and nothing
vill be done by them to make these
janks obey the law. They are serv-
ng the banks and not the people. The
aw is bad enough for the public in-
Some republicans express fears that
he Cubans will fall out with each
ither and commence fighting just as
ve did in the early sixties. That is
generally the case with mean men.
Phey do not like to have other people
luplicate their own meanness. That
s one of the strongest arguments
igainst letting the Filipinos govern
hemselves. They will go to fighting
ach other , say imperialists , as soon
is we stopfigb.ting _ them.
tcrest If the banks are compelled u
obey it.
Too many things are sugge ed bj
this abstract to include in one article ,
but it ought to be noted that , durlr- ]
the G4 days covered by thk abstract
tbe national bank loans havn increased
at tbe rate of $659.224 pe. uiy. nol
excluding Sundays , and th.f nations ]
bank notes are being retired c. * rapiu-
ly as the law will permit.
Another thing ought to be noted ,
that tbe Increase of loans and dis
counts ( $44,130,390) was all outside
of New York city. During the 77 dayi
covered by abstract No. 27 , ending
February 25. the increase of loans In
New York city was over $00,000.000 ,
but during these 64 days there was a
decrease of $39,000,000 , so tbat the In
crease outside of New York city must
have been over $83,000,000.
The outside fools are responding to
the game of the New York gamblers ,
who have not the integrity supposed tii
exist among thieves , but always play
their game with false cards and load
ed dice. FLAVIUS J. VAN VORHIS
Indianapolis , Ind.
Republican Ticket
The republican state convention
Wednesday renomlnated all the pres
ent state officers except governor an3
treasurer. This will be regarded b ;
Mr. Rosewater as a victory for him
self , he having driven Governor Sav
age and Treasurer Stuefer out of tl-t :
race.
race.Right
Right from the start It was noticea
ble that the Elkhorn-Union Paciho
combination back of Robertson , and
the Burlington forces behind Dius-
more , were In for a sham protracted
struggle. Early In the day if was sa < < !
that Thompson and Rosewater had
combined to make Speaker Sears the
nominee , but after the third ballot
that gentleman was practically out of
the running.
The night before the convention ,
sentiment seemed to point to Dinsrnore
of Clay as the man whom the Bur
lington was pushing to the front til
though the expression was freqiitriitlv
heard , "Well , I don't know : you see
Mickey Is neutral ground and it ran : '
go to him. " "Neutral ground" ha-1
reference simply to the railroads.
Mickey Is regarded as a Union Pacific ,
man , located In what is really Bur
lington territory. He is the man who
was mentioned a.week or so ago by a
prominent railroad man at the Lin-
dell hotel as the oue "we have picked
out. "
John H. Mickey Is a resident of
Osceola , Polk county. He is described
by the State Journal as a "farmer ,
banker , old soldier and pioneer. " By
a curious co-Incidence he is president ,
of the same bank that Governor Nance
was president of when he was nomi
nated for governor : but Mr. Mickey
was nominated on the thirteenth bal
lot and that undoubtedly means that
the parallel will go no further.
Rosey had his way in a great part.
He had previously driven Governor
Savage from the field because of the
Bartley pardon yet Governor Savage
stands for an Increase in railroad as
sessments , something the Bee pretends
to champion. Just prior to the con
vention Treasurer Stuefer withdrew ,
"in the interests of harmony. " but
really because of the Bee's onslaught.
Treasurer "Stuefer stands exactly on
the same ground as does Auditor Wes-
ton on the railroad assessment yet
Rosewater made fish of one and flesh
of the other.
Norrls Brown "sounded the key
note" in his speech as temporary
chairman. As a key-note it was rath
er squeaky. He didn't hesitate to re
peat the republican lie , told so often
that some really believe it. that tb
present administration has conducted
the state institutions a year and have
a "surplus" left of $87.231.61. Any on *
at all conversant with the matte- '
knows that these figures are based on
calling oleven months' expenditures
the expenditures for a "year. " It la
also well known that Mr. Brown's fig
ures do not include the expenditures
at the penitentiary , where the repub
lican warden used up the $35.000 main
tenance appropriation In 10 months ,
and will have about $49,000 deficiency
by the time the next legislature acts-
that they do not Include the Kearney
industrial school , where Secretary
Mallalieu used about $60.000 in one
year of a $97,000 appropriation in
tended for two years. Brown makts
an excellent speech of the "joshing"
kind , but his statements of fact can
not be relied upon.
The platform is exactly what one
could expect from a republican con
vention dominated by the railroaJs.
After all of Rosewater's howling , the
taxation plank is simply a lot of glit
tering generalities quite acceptable to
George W. Holdrege and his coadju
tors. The convention indorsed Roose
velt's attitude on the Cuban reciproc
ity matter and thereby threw the hai-
poon into Senators Millard and Diet
rich. H. C. Lindsay was asrain made
chairman of the state committee.
It won't do to show that land taxrd
on a basis of $3.47 an acre ( the aver
age for improved lands in 1900) ) , pro
duced 50 bushels of 25-cent corn r- ?
Lhe acre , and say that the net ear.'i-
Ings were $12.50 an acre. The farroer
is entitled to his salary as a "captain
3f industry" as well as his retnrn on j
the capital invested. C 'culnted on
'he same basis as railro < tl account
ing. Nebraska farm lands yield ver'y
; mall net earnings. A good portion of
the time Nebraska farmers are pros
perous , but it is a mistake to suppose
that the net returns exceed 2 per cent.
Fhe laborer is worthy of his hire , and
the Nebraska farmer is just as much
entitled to a good salary out of his
rarm products as is a railroad stock
holder official.
A populist farmer informs the edt-
: or that he has come to look upon the
iredictions of The Independent as In-
'allible. He says that he remembers
eadlng in this paper two or three
rears ago a statement that Rath bun
ind the Beveridge thieves from Ind-
ana caught stealing in Cuba would
lever be punished. Now every one
> f them has been set at liberty. But it
equires no great prophetic powers to
ell what Mark Hanna and his crowd
do in all cases of that sort
Sirs. J. II. Ilaskins , of Chicago , '
III. , President Chicago Arcad
Club , Addresses Comforting
"Words lo Yifomen liegarding
Childbirth.
MRS. PIXKHAM : Mother *
need not dread childbeariugafter they
i know the value of Lydia E. Pink-i
ham's Vegetable Compound. ,
i While I loved children 1 dreaded tho'
ordeal , for it left me weak and sick
MRS. J. H. HASKJXS.
for months after , and at the time I
thought death was a welcome relief ;
but before iny last child WHS born a
pood neighbor advised Jjydin'E.Pinlc *
ham's Vegetable Compound , and !
I used that , together with your Pill *
and Sanative Wash for four monthf'
before the child's birth ; ifc bronghfci
me wonderful relirf. I hardly had a |
ache or pain , and when the child waj
ten days old I left my bed strong iQj
health. Evervsp--"riidfallI ; nowtako ;
abottloof Tjydia K.Piiikham'H Veg-j
Ctable Compound uml iiud it keep
uia in continual ein-llcnt health- . " !
Mns. .7. 11. I ! VSKIVS , 3J48 Indiana Are.-
Chicago. 1' ' . $5000 forfeit ifoboui f tf4-j
rial li ntt gcnu r.e. J
Cure and careful counsel in
what the expectant and would-bd
mother JHM-M , and this counsel-
she can secure without cost by
writing to Mrs. PiiLkham. af
] Lyun , 3
Genuine stamped C. C C. Never sold In
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
" omethinj * just a tfood. "
HAM UN'S WIZARD OH.
DRUGGISTS
The smallest people in the woilcj
are the natives of the Andaman
Islands , in the Baj of Bengal. The ) ?
average three feet eleven inches ia
height , and about seventy pounds
in weight.
A poor widow in Piris ; , who k'ppt 3
small shop , received a letter inform
ing her that she had won § 25,000 ia
a lottery. The violent emotion
caused by the g od news resutled in
her death , as she was found stiff in
her chair with the letter in her
hand
Cows in Bleiiium wear earrings.
It is the law thatwhen a cow has
attained the age of three months it
must have in its ear a ring to which
is attached a numbered metal tagj
for taxation purposes.
Piso's Cure for Consumption al\vay
gives iinnie'linte relief 111 all throat trou
bles. F. E. Bierman , Leipsic , Ohio , Aug ;
31,1901.
J'en with n H
At a sale of curios in Vienna the
pen with which the holv alliance was
signed in ISlo by Francis I. , Alex
ander I. and Frederick William ill ;
brought 641b.
CASTORS A
Por Infants and Children ,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
ALABASTS E
KOR YOUR
SCHOOL HOUSES
Cleanly and Sanitary
Durable and Artistic
Safeguards Health
The delicate tints are made with
special reference to the protection
of pupils' eyes. Beware of paper
and germ-absorbing and disease-
breeding Kalsomines.
ALABASTINE COA1PANY ,
Grand Rapfds , Mich.
iBB Eggsafcgglgfflg
liUHfcS V/HcHE ALL EL5s FAILS.
Best Cough Syrap. Tastes Good. Use
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