feTRENGTHEHTHE STGftiAGH Dr. Williams' Pink Pillr Really Cura Indigestion Instead of Merely Relieving Symptoms. There are plenty of remedies by which you am relievo for tho lime heartburn , pain and gas on the stomach and can smother iiervoun sensations and induce artificial sleep. You can. humor your stomach , by giving it predigested food. Bat when you take your next meal all your trouble begins afresh. There is only one sensible thing to do. Strengthen the stomach and do away With tho necessity for drugs and arti'- ficial foods. The best remedy over found for this purpose is the one that was used by B. B. Strong , of Capleville , Shelby sounty , Teuu. "For years , " he states , "I suffered greatly from indigestion. I tried many 'different remedies and some of them would relieve me for a time , but the trouble always canio hack. About six months ugo I had an unusually severe attack , and while I tried everything I had ever heard of , I found thut zione of tho ordinary remedies would reach tho difficulty this time. ' Ono day I read in a Memphis paper how Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had cured a Michigan woman , a sit fferer from chrome dyspepsia of a most stubborn type. I Ihen tried the name remedy and it proved just as successful in my case. I took only three boxes , and was cured. I -have - uothad the slightest symptoms of indigestion since. " The tonic treatment has a sound prin ciple a.s ita basis , and abundant success in actual use. Multitudes of cases that had defied all other remedies have been cured fcy Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The pills actually make new blood and strike at the root of all diseases caused by bad blood. They contain no harmful stimulants or opiates. Everv ' dyspeptic should read , " What to Eat'ami How to Eat. " Write She Dr.\Arilliatns Medicine Co. , Scheu.ec- Jady , N.Y. , for a free copy. It "Like n Woman. "John , a peddler came around to flay selling stove polish , lie was a Tery agreeable gentleman. Why , he talked so pleasantly about the weath er. " i "You don't say , Mnrhi ? " "Yes , and I bought a package. Thei lie complimented the baby and J 3 > ought another package. " ! " ' " "Il'ui ! i "Presently he said our vestibule was kept in better order than any in the aeighborhood and then I bought an other package. " "Great Scott ! " "Before he left he said he thought I was your daughter instead of being old enough to be your wife. Then I bought three additional packages. Oh , It don't do any harm to encourage a gentleman when you meet one/ I THE PEOPLE'S SHOE MAKERS Slayer Boot & Shoe Go. of Mil waukeeYis. . . Designated as Such on Account of the Great Variety ot * Shoes Manufactured It's Pro duct field in High Esteem by the Public. Th Mayer Boot and Shoe Co. , of Mil waukee , is designated as the People's Shoemakers because it provides shoes for each and every member of the family from the baby tip. It makes shoes suita ble for every conceivable use and supplies the proper thing for all purposes and con ditions. Whether a working shoe for the farmer , mechanic , miner or lumberman , 1 t r the must stylish and up-to-date shoe for Sunday wear and special occasions ; iur tt is shoes for boys and girls , or ladies , every day shoes or dress shoes , tliis big establishment has a well earned reputation for making excellent | good * and for using only the best mate rials in the production of footwear. It's tradmark , which is stamped on the sole of every Mayer shoe , is a safe guide to follow whi'ii looking for reliable shoes. ' "Mayer School Shoes" are known ev 'KS erywhere as the "Shoes that wear like iron. " "Martha Washington" is the name of the company's most popular comfort shoe , made without buttons or laces , and for which there is a big demand among Jadica who seek extreme comfort. Mayer'a ' * * Western Lady" represents the most ap proved and iiy-to-dntp style in ladies' .shoes and "Honorbilt" for men is what best dressers everywhere are wearing. Mayer shoes are supplied by leading shoe dealers. Friend in Need. The Tramp Please , ma'am , could jouso gimme er bite to eat ? The Lady I haven't a thing in tli h Jbouse to eat. Tho Tramp Well. I ain't one uv dcm Vitul uv ys wot'l ! stand cronn' and 0 see er woman starve , ma'am. Gimme a ole baskit an' I'll hustle eronnd an' BteaJ sumthm' fer youse an' me. 6 RESTORED HIS HAIR. catp Humor Cured bjCuticnra Soap and Ointment After All Klse Failed. | fiiS "I was troubled with a severe scalp S Lumor und loss of hair that gave mo tl a great deal of annoyance and incouj j tl venienee. After unsuccessful efforts Ei EiO with ninny remedies and so-called O Lair tonics , a friend induced ine to j O try Cuticuru Soa $ and Ointment. The , IrV OIr liiimor was cured in a short time , my V liair was restored as healthy as ever , ir iroi and I can gladly say I have since oi been entirely free from any further an- It uoyauce. I shall always use Cuticura Soap , and I keep the Ointment on 81 hand to use as a dressing for the hair 81 and sculp. ( Signed ) Fred'k Busche , 81b 213 East f > 7th street. New York City. " tl At tho Market Price. 01Bl "Baron , what did you give your boys Blb for birthday presents : " b "Soldiers. " "And your daughter ? " b " [ bought hor one , too a lieutenant. " ci Fliegcude Blaetter. citl tln I Gnd Piso's Cure for Consumption the n best inodicine for cronpy children. Mrs. j F. Callahan , 114 Hall street , Parkers- tl hurt' , W , Va. . April 10 , 15)01. ) j tlC _ _ C ( When one has spent a day or more h 5n visiting at a friend's house , ordinary 11 11a courtesy demands that , on one's return a Lome , JL note shall be written promptly 1 ( to the hostess thanking her for her pleaa- K hospitality. ' OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Lows to Protect the People. ORMERLY one who found himself unable to continue to pay the premiums on his life in surance policy forfeited all that he hud paid in. In those days it was to the interest of the companies that policies should lapse. The un fairness of the system led to a. movement for reform , and one after another of the State Legislatures amended the Insui'ance laws so as to require the companies to give a "paid-up" policy of a fair amount whenever the insured chose to stop paj-ing further pre miums. That Is now the law in nearly all , perhaps in all , the Rtates , and widows and orphans of the insured get the benefit of the money which the husband and father paid to ( he companies , whether he continued to pay the premiums till his death or not. These paternal statutes have been justified , on the ground that they are necessary to protect the individual in nis dealings with great corporations. They are something ' .iko the laws regulating national banhs and banks for sav ings , as they are intended to prevent the misuse or waste 3f the money of the people. Every man who is insured is interested in the insurance laws and in the efforts of the law officers to enforce them when there has been careless if not criminal use of the funds of the companies. In the same way every man with i bank-account is interested in the adoption of such a sys- iem of inspection of the national and State banks that the threatened insolvency of an institution may be discov- ? red in time to prevent misuse of the money of the de positors. Youth's Companion. Making the Country AHuring. F the open country is to be made attractive to the best minds , it must have an attractive liter ature. There must be a technical literature of the farm , and also a general artistic literature portraying the life and the ideals of the persons in the country. The farm literature of a gen eration ago was largely wooden and spiritless , or else untrue to actual rural renditions. The new liter ature , is vital and alive. The new , however , is yet mostly special and technical , Avith the exception of the growing 'nature literature. Artistic literature of the farm and rural affairs is yet scarcely known. Where is the high- ? lass fiction that portrays the farmer as he is , without caricaturing him ? Where is the collection of really good jfarm poems ? Who has developed the story interest in the farm ? Who has adequately pictured rural institutions ? Who has carefully studied the history of the special farm literature that we already have ? Who has written the biological evolution progress that attaches to every domes tic animal and every cultivated plant ? We need short and sharp pictures of the man at his work and the woman in her home such quick and vivid pictures in words as an artist would throw on his canvas. There is nobility , genu ineness , and majesty in a man at useful work much more than there is in a prince or a general or a society leader , whose role it is to pose for the multitude. The man hold- lug the plow , digging a ditch , picking fruit , the woman sweeping or making bread what stronger pictures of hu- uau interest can there be than these ? Scientific American. Be Content With Your Lot. HOSE disposed to grumble over their condi tion when they liken themselves to the rich should remember that appearances are de ceptive and that the envied mortals do not get that happiness out of life with which they are credited by those lean of purse. Generally the rich man has troubles of his own. It is a 1constant battle to keep his riches after he has won them. Frequently his health breaks down in amassing the dol lars ; and quite often the luxuries which wealth commands and which he readily partakes of deprive him of his very best possession a sound body and a contented mind. The suicide of Winthrop Turney , in Colebrook , Conn. , the other day , furnishes a signal illustration of the mis eries sometimes attendant upon great riches. He had amassed a respectable fortune , $12,000,000 , in Mexican gold und copper mines. A college-bred man , he turned to study the best means of enjoying his leisure. He did not drink , he did not smoke , he did not consort with unde sirable characters. Ills habits were of the best. Finally his health gave way. In the effort to regain it he tried quacks as well as the most celebrated physicians. Chris- "HOODOOED" FISH. Fishers Snid that Jules Verne's Pres ence Frightened Away Their .Luck. The late Jules Verne , whose scientific wonder-stories endeared him to the heart of boyhood , had all his life an ardent passion for the sea. and passed airr much of his time and did much of rrh bis : literary work while upon it. In his later life , until the infirmities of ! age forbade , he sailed a fine steam yacht ; but for mam' years he voy aged only in a little sailing yacht , the Saint Michel , so called after the name- saint ! of his young son. Its crew consisted of two Breton fishermen , Alfred and Alexander , Sandre for short , who had also seen service ( in the navy. They adored their literary captain ; nevertheless , they bore him one grudge. They con sidered , with the superstition of sail ors ] , that his presence cast a "hoodoo" over their favorite recreation. It was Impossible to catch fish if Monsieur Verne was aboard. In waters swarm- Ing with delicious fish , fish was never on the bill of fare of the Saint Micfiel ; could not be procured. "It was the captain's one fault , " said Sandre , regretfully. "lie under stood nothing of fishing and scarcely believed in a fish until he had It at the end of his fork and that was not on the Saint Michel. No , they might stuff you with pates and truffles there , but you would not get fish. "It was not that the captain for bade us to try ; but there was a spell cast by his presence , a fatality ! And the more we fished and failed , the more ho made fun of us. "Once , off Cape Autifer , as we held the lines , after long waiting there came ! a jerk. Good ! A bite ! And we haul in the line , and at the end is a fine mackerel ! You understand wo are delighted , Alfred and I ; and we look sideways at the captain , as if to ny , 'There ! Now we'll see ! ' But be , - teasing will not reply ; . rian Science failed when appealed to. Tired of the suc cessive failures , he repaired to a meadow and sent a builet into his brain , dying instantly. With his millions Turney found life insupportable at 41. Rather young for such a dreadful act. With all his money he could not command what the poor man generally has a sound body. This gor s to show that the gifts lavished upon some do not bring the pleasure supposed to go with their bestowal. John D. Rockefeller , a few years ago , when he had a rebellious stomach to bring under submis sion , said his pa.in was so acute at times that he would have been willing to give every dollar of his colossal fortune to have a sound stomach , certain that if this boon was granted him he could make another fortune in short order. Don't be envioun of the rich man , ye of modest means , for he is frequently the most discontented of men. The man who has health and wealth Is thrice blessed. The man who has abundance of this world's goods and who is racked with pain would gladly exchange his riches for poverty if it carried with it bodily vigor. Utica Globe. The World's History in the Next Ten Years. OU and I who may lire through the next ten fears will witness a remarkable transition in Y 2&i the affairs of tho world. The map of Asia is going to be changed and maybe the may of Eu rope. Germany is reaching for Avorld power. The Kaiser wants to close the Baltic Sea as Rus- 5ia and Turkey have closed the Black. Russia , Sweden , Germany and Denmark are on the Baltic. The foot of Norway also touches that sea. England does not look on this scheme with favor. Engiind's navy is power ful , Russia's navy is as nothing. Germany's navy is grow ing. England may seize on this scheme of the Kaiser's to sink his ships and put tho naval development of Germany back twenty-five years. At the beginning of this century England won a gre.it sea fight off Copenhagen. With this sea closed and Russia driven back from the Asiatic Sea coast the naval power of England would avail nothing if Russia suddenly con cluded to come over the mountains and invade British India. The Kaiser is eager for a fight. lie has a big army and he wants to utilize it either in killing Frenchmen or annexing Austria when the Emperor of Austria dies. The Frenchman himself is in for trouble. lie has large pos sessions in South China. Japan may conclude that France has no business there. The French navy is large second to that of England but a naval campaign in the China Sea will give Japan all the advantage. Germany also has possessions in China Avhich she secured by robbery and Japan will urge C.iina to get brave and order Germany out. And Germany will get out if England gets out of Wei-Hai-Wei. England being Japan's ally will not object. And Russia will be reborn in the next ten years. Either the Empire will sink into a wild and impotent nation or the present form of government will be overthrown and the interior development of tiie country will begin. And Aus tria and Hungary will divide. Austria will probably enter the German confederacy and Hungary will take her place as an independent nation. England since the Napoleonic wars has held her sway by pitting one nation against the other , but the time is hpro for England to do some real fighting with her own ships and men. If Belgium , Holland and Denmark main tain their integrity it will be a remarkable thing. In the United States the great industrial questions will be settled. The people will in the coming ten years either control the trusts and the so-called privileged rich or these forces will control the government. Chicago Examiner. Railroad Sunday Observance. HE entire St. Paul Railroad system has made a now regulation that Sunday shall be a day of rest as far as possible without interfering with the absolute necessities of the traffic. Sunday excursions will be discontinued as well as all extra trains on that day , and freight crews will be instructed to make headquarters by Sat urday night. General Passenger Agent Miller says the road is doing this because he thinks its men are entitled to rest , and because the Sunda } * traffic Is a risk for which the returns are not adequate. This sort of thing seems to us to be a great sign of the times. The sign is that we are coming to the age of wisdom , the time when we learn that there are limits to human nature , so that the "level best , " the greatest average , is to be had by reversion to moder ation. Indianapolis News. f i i i e < Detroit Free Press. < f "Presently our mackerel is landed on the deck. Alfred takes it by the gills to unhook it. Pif ! Paf ! Presto ! The rascally imp gives a flop of his tall , unhooks himself , bounces against the bulwarks , and so to the water. Wasn't that mean trick , hey ? And Monsieur Verne holding his sides with laughter ! Ah , It was a line chance lost to prove to him that there really are fish outside of a soup kettle ! "That spell that influence ! It was a strange infirmity for a person so su- -perior , so illustrious as Monsieur Veme. But what would you have , after all ? No man is perfect ! " Youth's Companion. Cl Finding Out His aiistako. C Mother You've been fighting again , a Haven't I told you that good little boys never fight ? ° Johnnie Yes , and I thought he was a a good little boy , but as soon as I hit him I found he wasn't ti tiV There are all sorts of disagreeable j people ; but we believe the fool vho insists ou being a fool , In spite of all the information going around , la the to most disagreeable of all , f TAGGART IS GIVEN DECREE. Court Also A-wards the Captain Custody of the Children. At Wooster , Ohio , Captain Elmore F. Taggart. U. S. A. , was awarded a decree of divorce from his wife , Grace Culver Taggart. and given possession of their two children , Charles Culver , aged 11 , and Elmer F. , Jr. , aged 7. The sensational case which has stir red army circles both in this country and Europe reached its finale Friday afternoon when Judge Eason , who | lieard the evidence , read a long opin- j Ion. ! The court , though denying Mrs. i Taggart the custody of the two boys , ordered that she be permitted to see them at stated intervals. In this re spect alone was Mrs. Taggart given much consideration. Judge Eason clearly leaned to tho theory that the mother was not a fit person to whom to intrust her off spring. Among the causes for reach ing this conclusion was Mrs. Taggart's alleged intrigues with "Billy" Taggart f and with Captain Fortesque , said to be a relative of President Itoosevelt. The court censured both woman and men severely. Judge Eason had a good deal to say about the use of intoxicants , and said that the charge of excessive drunken ness preferred against Captain Tag gart had not been sustained. The habit of imbibing frequently was a subject of comment , however , and evidently the court believed that it played a part in the alienation of the couple. "The first time Captain Taggart saw the flush of liquor on his wife's brow he should have banished it from his THE TAGGAirrS IN COURT. sideboard , " said the judge. "It can be said to the credit of the army that this entire case has not developed one sin- gle case of drunkenness. " differences between the Taggarts , the court stated : "It appears that there never was any dispute about financial matters and that all the difficulty was due to their relations with others. " The judge concluded : "I will leave the gross neglect and two charges of adultery stand as the ground of the divorce , giving Captain Taggart the divorce. " The Taggart trial lasted seven weeks. The case went to the court a month ago. The suit was first start- ed in July , 1004 , by Captain Taggart , who filed petition for divorce , charg- ing his wife with conduct unbecoming a wife and alleging the excessive use of intoxicants. Mrs. Taggart heard of the proceedings in San Francisco sev- oral weeks later and immediately started for Wooster , the home of Hie Taggarts , where she filed a counter- petition for divorce against Captain Taggart on the grounds of cruelty and neglect. * The case has been of exceptional in- terest because of statements during " the trial by Captain Taggart that the use of intoxicants in the army was so common as to be almost the custom , A number of prominent army officers were named in Captain Taggart's peti- tion as having been more or less the cause of the domestic troubles between Captain and Mrs. Taggart. ANNUL MARKEL'S CONTRACT. Canal Supplies "Will Be Handled Under Commissioner's Order. The last action of the Panama canal E commission before sailing from Colon for New York was the annulment of the contract awarded to J. E. Markel of Omaha , Neb. , for feeding and caring for the employes of the canal. The reason for this actioa is that Chief Engineer $ Stevens , through the department of ma terials and supplies , under Messrs. Jack me son and Smith , is handling the commis saries successfully , rendering unneces sary the arrangement. The contract with Mr. Markel was to run five years and it was estimated that it would involve $50,000,000. Hudgins # & Dumas , one of the other firms biddingOV for the contract , protested against the award to Mr. Markel , alleging favorit ism and charging that the latter was enabled through a leak hi the office of Chan-man Shontz to gain information about the other bidders which aided him in bidding successfully. The Ohio Archaeological and Histori cal Society held dedicatory exercises to commemorate tho Big Bottom massacre and accept the monument and grounds donated by Obadiah Brokaw , who has owned the Big Bottom farm forty years IV and is S3 years old. the Prof. L. Eddy , a teacher at the Ken- thwi tncky State school for the deaf at Dan- TO ville dropped dead in the school room Prof. Eddy was a noted astronomer. For Three hundred and twelve structural tiou Iron workers employed on four large it. ' buildings hi Baltimore were ordered out. P1 MRS. EMMA FI/EISSNEK Svjfered Over Tivo Years Health In a Precarious Condition Caused By Pelvic Catarrh. HEALTH AND STRENGTH RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA. - - . Mrs. Emma Fleissncr , 1412 Sixth Ave. , Seattle , Wash. , Worthy Treas- . urcr Sons of Temperance , writes : * * ; "I suffered over two years withr - j regular and painful periods. My health j was in a very precarious condition and / was anxious to find something to re- store my health and strength. "I was very glad to try Peruna and delighted to find that it was doing me , good. I continued to use it a little over < three months and found my troubles re- j moved. ' " / consider it a splendid medic/no j and shall never be without it , takings , ' dose occasionally when I feel rundown and tired. " Our files contain thousands of testi- , monials which Dr. Hartman has re- ' ceived from grateful , .happy women who have been restored to health by his remedy , Peruna. . , A TVIse Child. The Nurse The idea of a big boy like you making his nurse pull his boots off ! What will you do when you are grown up and have no nurse ? The Little Boy When I grow up I'll be a policeman , and all policemen hava nurses. Le Rire. Many Know This Do You ? The following very interesting conversa tion between Mr. Y/hlte , banker , and Mr. Walter IVellman , retired , two prominent / citizens of the town , was recently over- _ / * ? beard : "I never br.y patent medicine , " said Mr. White. "When I feel the ueed of medical assistance I call our physician. I don't be lieve In taking a lot of stuff that I know- nothing about. I know , however , that a great many do use It , and apparently with , good results , but I am for gettfng a doctor every time. " "Your circumstances r.ender this possi ble , " replied Mr. Wellmao , "but the major ity of people must consider the expense. My experience is that some patent medi cines frequently cure when the doctor's skill Is baffled. Take , for instance , an af fliction ; say like constipation and stomach trouble. Did you ever hear of your family physician curlup a case like that ? If con stipated , he gives you a physic ; but a physic cannot cure constipation , and he will pix J yon so. It is a temporary relief and before * long you need more physic or pills. The doctor charges you $2 every time you call on him and you have to pay 50c or 73c to have his prescription fllled. Pretty soon you have the Till' or 'Physic * habit and your doctor has a steady customer. You cannot read the doctor's prescriptions. You know no more about what he gives you than you do about the Ingredients of a pat- ent medicine. No reliable company will put a lot of money Into a patent medl- j cine unless thev are convinced that It I will do all that is claimed for it. Usual- ! jyw it is the prescription of some specialist \ who has devoted his life to the study of a certain disease and has mastered It. , ' cebl I mention constipation and stomach tron- j ble because I suffered from that affliction I for years. It is the beginning of nearly all diseases. Once it gets a grip on you , It Is serious , stubborn and hard to overcome. I j EG"j knew a case that was cured by an ; ordinary practicing physician , but I do ( know of a number of bad cases that were permanently cured by a remedy called Mull's Grape Tonic. I have used It In my family with satisfactory results. It cured ' me , and I know a jjreat many more per sons It has cured. It costs 50 cents for a fcraall bottle or $1.00 for a large bottle. I don't know exactly all that is in It , but I j do know it cures constipation and stomach trouble and that is more than my family doctor could do for me. > I was first attracted to the remedy by the company's oflcr to give the first bottle ' free to any one who would write to them giving their druggist's namo. I am thank ful for the benefit It has given and ndvise every sufferer from constipation to write to the Mull's Grape Tonic Co. , 21 4th Ave. . i Rock < Island , I1L , giving them their drug- ' gist's address , so that they can procure a I bottle free of expense. " More than 2,000 people earn a living , ' In Paris by fortune telling , and theur j total yearly earnings are estimated at < $2,000,000 j 'IJr. David Kennedy * * Fnvorltc Jtemedjcured t of Uritht's Diftoave and Gravel. Able phj-slciaat failed. " Mrs. E. P. Mizner. EarsMU. O. S1JOO a bottl i The annual report of the secretary ol mines for Victoria shows that th i Amount of gold mined in that colony. i ince its discovery in 1S51 is 67,537,353 j ounces , valued at Sl.3nO.000.000. ' I OF I Western Canada is the amount that many farmers will realize from their wheat crop this year isiiels to f&e Acre will be ifee average yield o2 v/faeal The land that this was grown en cost many of < farmers absolutely nothing , while those who wished : to add to the 160 acres the Government jrants , can bay land adjoining- FROM SO SI O AN ACRE. Climate splendid , school * convenient , railwavs close at hand , taxes low. " 2Oth Century Cariada" para- phlet and full particulars regarding rates , etc ; Ipplyfof InlO'iBRtlon toSi.pe'int'-ndentof Iznunjr * . , O towa. Canada , or to K. T. Holme * . 315 Jacluoa . St.Paul. Minn. , and J. M. McLachUn. Box 11 * . 'Vatertona.So.Uaitola , Authorized GcTQrnmantAsomt * U9 cr where 700 iftw this adurtheaaaU