The Best Guaranty of Merit
Is Open Publicity.
Every bottle of Dr. Piorce's world-
famed medicines leaving the great labo
ratory at Buffalo , N. Y. , has printed
upon its wrapper all the ingredients
entering into its composition. This fact
-alone places Dr. Piercc's Family Medi
cines in a cltis * all b\i \ themselves. They
canriot bo classed with patent or secret
medicines because they are neither. This
Is why so many unprejudiced physicians
prescribe them and recommend them to
their patients. They know what they
are composed of , and that the ingredients
are those endorsed by the most eminent
medical authorities.
The further fact that neither Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery , the
great stomach tonic , liver invigorator ,
heart regulator and blood purifier , nor his
* Favorite Prescription" for weak , over
worked , broken-down , nervous women ,
contains any alcohol , also entitles them
to a place all by themselves.
Many years ago , Dr. Pierce discovered
that chemically pure glycerine , of proper
strength , is a better solvent and preserv
ative of the medicinal principles resid
ing in our indigenous , or native , medi
cinal plants than is alcohol ; andfurther
more , that it possesses valuable medicinal
properties of its own , being demulcent ,
nutritive , antiseptic , and a most efficient
antiferment.
Neither of the above medicines con
tains alcohol , or any harmful , habit-
forming drug , as will be seen from a
glance at the formula printed on each
bottle wrapper. They are safe to use and
jpotent to cure.
Not only do physicians prescribe tho
\ibovc , non-secret medicines largely , but
the most intelligent people employ them
people who would not think of using
Jdbo ordinary patent , or secret medicines.
? Evcry ingredient entering into the com-
rposition of Dr. Pierco's medicines has
' the strongest kind of an endorsement
'from leading medical writers of the
several schools of practice. No other
medicines put up for like purposes has
any such professional endorsement.
pr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation. onstipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure tho cause and you
euro the disease. One "Pellet" is a gentle
laxative , and two a mild cathartic. Drug
gists sell them , and nothing is "just aa
cood. " Easy to take as candv.
, Mootly'.i Ruse.
1 D wight L. Moody once called on a
ministerial brother in an Eastern town ,
desiring to spend the next day , Sun
day , with him. The minister was
agreeable , but said that he was
ushamed to ask Moody to preach.
"Why ? " asked Mr. Moody. "Well , "
was tho reply , "our people have got
Into such a habit of going out before
the close of the meeting that it would
lie an imposition oa a stranger. " "i
will stop and preach , " said Moody.
When Sunday arrived Mr. Moody
opened the meeting and then encour
agingly said : "My hearers , I am going
4o speak to two sorts to-day , the sin
ners first , then the saints. " After ear
nestly addressing the supposed sinners
he said that they could now take their
liats and go. But the whole congrega
tion waited and heard him to the cud.
WOBST FORM OF ECZE3M.
Black Splotches All Over Face Affect
ed Parts Now Clear as Ever Cured
by the Cuticura Remedies.
" 'About four years ago I was af
flicted with black splotches all over
my face and a few covering my body ,
which produced a severe itching irri
tation , and which caused me a great
deal of annoyance and suffering , to
such an extent that I was forced to
call in two of the leading physicians
or ray town. After a thorough exami
nation of the dreaded complaint they
announced it to be skin eczema in its
worst form. They treated me for the
. same for the length of one year , but
rthc treatment did me no good. Finally
, juy husband purchased a set of the
4 Cuticura Remedies , and after using the
contents of the first bottle of Cuticura
Insolvent in connection with the Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment , the breaking
out entirely stopped. I continued the
use of the Cuticura Remedies for six
months , and after that every splotch
was entirely gone and the affected
parts were left as clear as ever. The
< Citicura Remedies not only cured me
4iC that dreadful disease , eczema , but
other complicated troubles as well. Liz
zie E. Sledge , ' 540 Jones Ave. , Selma ,
Ala. , Oct. 2S , 1903. "
Tlcst Rooms for Working : Girls.
v
There is a model laundry in New
York where the women employed have
uice rest rooms and a social secretary
to look after their wants. There is a
piano , and clubs have been formed.
sAt 0 o'clock in the morning the man
agement serves a cup of coffee , and
while waiting for work the girls are at
liberty to lie down in the rest room.
Bich , Juicy Badislies Free. '
Everybody loves juicy , tender radishes.
Salzcr knows this , hence he offers to send
you absolutely free sufficient radish seed
to keep you in tender radishes all sum- '
mer long and his great
SALZEU'S BARGAIN SEED BOOK.
with _ itswonderful surprises and great
bargains in seeds at bargain prices.
The enormous crops on our seed farms
the past season compel us to issue this
special catalogue.
SEXD THIS NOTICE TO-DAY.
and receive the radishes and the wonder
ful Bargain Book free.
Remit 4c and we add a package of Cos
mos , the most fashionable , serviceable ,
beautiful annual flower.
John A. Salzer Seed Co. , Lock Drawer
C. , La Crosse , Wis.
A Difference.
"Who is young Mrs. Oldboy in
mourning for ? "
" 1 don't know , but she is in black
for her husband. " Baltimore Ameri
can.
Yon Can Get Allen's Foot-EnHC FRKI" .
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted , Le Hoy ,
N. Y. , for u I'KEE sample of Allen's Foot-
Ease , a powder to shake Into your shoes.
It cures tired , sweating , hot , swollen , acb
Ins fct'f. It maKcs new or tight shoes easy.
.A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Druggists and Shoe stores sell ft. 25c.
A .Lingering Hope.
Manager IIoW loug have you beex.
< ou the stage ?
Applicant Seventeen years. .
Manager And do you still hope to be-
tom rfi actor ?
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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
GIRLS AS ATHLETES.
, CLEVELAND paper has started an inter
esting discussion for girls as athletes de
voting a great deal of attention to , the rec
ords at the recent tests at Vassar. One
young woman ran 50 yards in 6 1-5 sec
onds , .and 100 yards in 13 seconds. When
it is considered that she could not wear as
light clothes as male athletes run in , this looks like
pretty good time. The average male record does not
surpass it notably , particularly for the shorter distance.
Another woman threw a baseball 195 feet , 3 inches.
In one way of looking at the matter , women ought to
be better athletes than men , for they are younger that
is , their sex Is younger , since Adam was created before
Eve.
Eve.But
But men are stronger and fleeter , and while young
women occasionally show surprising agility , as at Vas
sar , these instances are so uncommon that it will take
more than woman's little practice at athletic sports to
explain satisfactorily to most of us the strong athleti
cism of the male and weak athleticism of the female
sex.
sex.The
The difference is not alone in practice , but in profound
constitutional , and not only constitutional , but tempera
mental qualities , which cause us to wish that our young
women shall not become more athletic than th'ey should
be in order to preserve sound health. Pittsburg Press.
BIG ARMIES FOB PEACE ?
REAT BRITAIN is at the mercy of her
foes , says Lord Roberts , because her army
G
is not increased. A greater army and a
greater navy have been persistently de
manded for the preservation of peace In
our own country. In Germany , France
" * " " and Italy there is the same cry , incessant
ly kept up , for more military force , for the preserva
tion of peace.
Who is it threatens to conquer the world , that all
the nations must be putting themselves on the defen
sive ? What bugbear causes England , for the sake of
peace , to increase her defenses against France , while
France , equally anxious for peace , goes on raising regi
ments against England ?
The plea that strong military force insures peace is
an alluring one. But it is well to notice that it always
comes from men whose business it is to fight and
whose glory and promotion hang upon war. A profes
sional soldier's scheme for lasting peace may be re
garded with as much suspicion as a chicken fence of
fered by a fox.
Had the nations of Europe all standing armies of a
million men would the prospect of peace be better
than now , with an average of half that number ?
Hardly. Armies are good only for fighting , and the
nations that have the largest armies make the most
quarrelsome neighbors. History shows clearly that
not the nations with the big armies , but the nations
with the small ones , are most at peace. The man with
a big racing automobile has least regard for the speed
restrictions , and , just so , the nation with a big army
is least likely to keep a civil tongue.
Everywhere the eternal cry is for more military
force to conserve peace , and at The Hague the white
dove roosts lonesomely.
The nations dedicate a palace to peace as men dedi-
TEM : KERSEY'S LAST HOLDING
Tim Hersey , founder of towns , Is
dead. But before he died that which
for years had been denied him was
his ; the plot of ground in the first of
his cities in which three of his children
are buried was given to him by the
municipality of Abilene , Kansas. Tim
was the first settler of Abilene , says
a writer In the New York Sun , and his
wife named the town , taking the name
from the Bible , as she did that for
their next home , Solomon.
They went to the banks of Mud Creek
In 1867 , when buffalos by the thousand
grazed between them and civilization.
Their little log cabin was a stopping-
place for overland travelers. Bayard
Taylor , Horace Greeley , General Grant
and General Sherman stayed there at
different times. "Tim Hersey's" was
known all along the frontier. But
other settlers came , and Tim decided
that It was "too thick for him. " He
sold out and went up-river.
Three of the Hersey children died
tnd were buried at Abilene. Their eld
ers went on and founded Solomon ,
Cawker , Beliot , Downs and a score of
other places , moving from each as the
population became too numerous. At
last , in the onward march of civiliza
tion , they arrived in the great State
Washington.
Meanwhile , Tim had never forgotten
the three graves in Abilene. He went
back to Illinois on a visit once , and
there bought and had marked appro
priately three tombstones , to be set
aver them. With these he went to
Abilene. But the wind-blown ceme
tery on the barren hillside had become
a. tree-shaded , well-laid-out burying-
ground In a thriving city , and in it
Ilm could find no trace of the tiny
knolls. He went patiently over the
ground foot by foot without result , and
at last abandoned the three stones and
tvent on to his new home.
Years afterward a pathetic letter was
sent by him to the Abilene authorities ,
asking that the three stones be for
warded to him in Washington , that he
might set them up there. Abilene had
forgotten them , but the town was
searched. At last two of the stones
were foundone serving as a door-step.
Ihe third had disappeared.
But something better than the stones
was found. An old settler remembered ,
when the thing was agitated , that years
before a sexton had pointed out a cer
tain hollow In the graveyard to him ,
and bad told him that that was where
ome children were buried , off by theni-
Belves. He bunted for the spot , and at
Uit found a solitary stoat marker ,
cate churches to God ; both are kept closed most of
the time , while the powers feverishly prepare for war
and individuals energetically serve the devil. Kansas
City World.
BICH MEW DON'T GO TO JAIL.
jOURKE COCKRAN says there Is no use
attempting to send a man who has $10-
000,000 to jail in this country ; it simply
can't be done. Which is another way of
saying that the law Is for the rich and
against the poor.
Novelists are fond of writing stories in
which Impossible heroes exposeand send rich men
to prison , but that it never happens in real life is proof
that Mr , Cockran knows what he is talking about.
Rich men have broken laws with impunity , have been
exposedand that is as far as it has gone. The big
insurance men are examples. They have done what
would earn immediate imprisonment for a poor man
( supposing , } * course , he were in position to do aa they
did ) with a vere lecture from the court , wbich would
be properly Amazed that he could be capable of such
a thing. The public has not noticed that the insur
ance men are in'any danger. Indeed , In spite of the
proof of numerous criminal transactions , the question
of jail has not come up. The gentlemen have their
freedom , and there is not the slightest reason to think
that it will ever be taken from them.
Mr. Cockran's utterance was inspired by the im
munity enjoyed by these men , but he does not ask
what the country is going to do about it. Experience
has taught him as well as the rest of us that the con
dition prevails , always has prevailed , and , in spite of
recent exposures and a promise of more in the future ,
there seems to be plenty of reasons why it always will
prevail. Williamsport ( Pa. ) Grit.
USE OF VAST FORTUNES.
I AST accumulations of money always were ,
and always will be , Interesting , but it la
obviously difficult for the accumulating in
dividual to make more than a moderate
fortune minister to his personal happi
ness. A very big fortune determines
what his occupations shall be , and on
what he shall put his mind , but it has not much to
do with determining how much satisfaction he shall
get out of life. The great office of accumulated wealth
is to promote civilization and give mankind a better
chance to realize new possibilities of development.
When wealth , can buy new knowledge for mankind ;
when it can help a lower race to rise a little , a higher
race to rise still more , it is doing about the only thing
it can hope to do which is highly important. The more
thoughtful of our very rich men seem to realize this.
They .give money most readily for the spread of knowl
edge and the discovery of new knowledge. For the
relief of suffering they are less solicitous. As Is nat
ural , considering their training , they want to do things
that will pay ; that seem to be scientifically useful.
The proportion of their incomes that our richest men
spend for their own pleasure Is a mere bagatelle. What
they don't spend at all immediately becomes productive
capital , and a large part of what they give away pro
motes the spread of knowledge. Harper's Weekly.
A CANADIAN FISHING WHEEL.
The simple apparatus herewith illustrated is in common use on Cana
dian rivers during the salmon incubating season. The wheel , placed at the
station , arrests the fish on their way down stream and holds them without
Injury to their delicate bodies. The spawn is then removed from them and
put into the incubators. It is a rather crude device , but it seems to answer
the purpose as well as the more elaborate process employed on the Colum
bia River.
with the letters "S. H. " cut In it They
stood for Sarah Hersey , the oldest girl.
The town , moved by pity for its
aged founder , made out a deed to the
lot in his name and sent him word
of the finding of the graves ; but al
most at once news of his death came
back.
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It is said that more than thirty towns
were founded by Hersey , but\not one
Is named for him. r
Ift
Great Vitality of Trees.
An'illustration of the wonderful
vitality and reproductiveness of the
redwood is reported from Ukiah as ex
isting in the forests of Mendocino
County. It consists of the trunk of a
redwood tree felled for the manufac
ture of shingles , which after lying on
the ground undisturbed for several
months sprouted a number of young
trees whose roots had developed in Its
own body.
This development is erroneously re
ported , however , as the first case on
record where redwood completely sev
ered from the slump has produced a
new growth. Instances have been fre
quently recorded of felled redwood
trunks reproducing a growth of young
timber all along the line of the pros
trate log and travelers through the
coast forests have frequently observed
the phenomenon of rows of well-devel
oped trees growing cut of the bodies of
those that have lain long enough on
the earth to perish and decay.
Bom * rears a o.a . newspaper corr * ,
spondent reported the strange phenom
enon of new redwood growth on a
bridge built of redwood logs across a
Humboldt County stream. The sides
of this bridge consisted of two large
redwoods , which had been felled so
that the ends rested In the soil on each
bank. All along the upper side of each
log a row of sturdy redwood saplings j '
developed shortly after the bridge had
been finished , proving that life was
notextinguished In either , although
totally severed from the original
stumps.
Had Lost Six Souls.
A clergyman whose people had had
many dissensions and quarrels among
themselves met a brother clergyman
and told him with much feeling that
his church had just experienced a most
earnest "revival. " The brother clergy
man wistfully asked : "How many
souls , dear brother , were added to your
flock ? " . With keen satisfaction came
the reply : "Not one ; we got rid of
Cruel.
Insurance Agent ( warming up ) Yes ,
our president is getting $100,000 a year
salary , but he earns every penny of It
For the last ten years he has been car
rying the burden of the whole business
on his shoulder.
The Lost Risk Exactly ; no one held
it up more successfully. Puck.
In an argument with a woman the
best a man can get Is the worst of it
'Rev. George II. Simmons , who com
mitted suicide in his home , at Peoria ,
III. , as tho result of charges of a scan-
KL.V. u. 11. z > iMAiu 2 > .sce and Indiana De-
fore coming to Peoria. He was born
in 18G4 at Shepherdville , Ky. , and lived
on a farm until he had reached the age
of 13. Then he went to Louisville , and
with the aid of friends received pri
mary instruction in the public schools.
Prior to the disclosures that led to his
death he had borne an excellent repu
tation.
Chief Jtathew Kiely , who has been
suspended on charges of "graft , " had
been at the head of the St. Louis Police
Department for six
years , but has been
connected with the
force over twenty
y e a r s. Anthony
Huebler then was
placed at the head
of the force , retain
ing the position
eight years , when
Ilarrigan again as
sumed command.
dalous nature , nau
been pastor of the
First Baptist
Church and also
was at the head of
two banking insti
tutions. Mr. Sim
mons studied in
Georgetown Univer
sity , and had held
pastoral charges in
Kentucky , Tennes-
One of his first acts MATHEW KIELV.
was to make Kiely captain and to place
him in charge of the big central dis
trict. While Governor Folk was prose
cuting attorney friction arose between
him and Kiely , the reason , as alleged ,
being that Kiely had refused to place
the police department under the or
ders of Mr. Fo-lk.
Frederick Till. , the new king of
Denmark , is well liked by the people.
On the 3d of June next he will be G3
years OKI. ne is
the father of eight
children , one of
whom , his second
son , is King Haa-
kon of Norway.
Frederick's broth
er is King of
Greece. One of his
sisters is Queen of
England ; another
is the mother of
the Czar of Rus
sia. He also is
FBEDEKICK vin. related by mar
riage with the German , Swedish and
other royal houses of Europe. King
Frederick is head of the Free Masons
of Denmark , and is chancellor of the
University of Copenhagen. He is noted
for his culture.
*
By the will of the Lite William B.
Skidmore Morristown , N. J. , is presented
with a $20,000 library.
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B
Brigadier General William Harding
Carter , who has assumed his new
duties as commander of the Depart
ment or
U. S. A. , is a vet
eran of the regular
army and a noted
writer on military
topics. For more
than two years he
has been stationed
in the Philippines.
He has just come
from Japan , where
r
he spent the greatGEX"W _
er part of a six
weeks' leave of absence gathering data
on the Japanese cavalry for a new edi
tion of his book , "Horses , Saddles and
Bridles , " which is a text for the horse
arm of the service. General Carter is
% years old.
John Sebastian , who has been made
passenger trallic manager of the Frisco
and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Railroad systems ,
has been with the
Hock Island road
for twenty - si x
/ears. He has been
passenger t r a ffi c
nanager of the
[ lock Island since
January , 1003 , and
us two new ap-
jointments place
him in charge of
thn
JOXijN &x ± n.tj x m. * _
mess of more miles i
> f railroad than any other man.
Vhe systems over which he is 1
now in ( charge comprise an ag- '
gregate mileage of more than 16,000 i
miles of railroad. Mr. Sebastian has i
been in the railway service since 1SG9. 1
IIis birthplace is Newport , Ky. , where 1
he was bom Jan. 28 , 1849 , and his ]
home is in Chicago. ]
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Every line of Mrs. and Mr. William1 1
sou's novel , "My Friend the Chauffeur , "
was written out of doors at their de- 1
lightful home in the south of France. <
"
'
Emil Zerkovritz has written a book 1
dealing with American commerce from
the Hungarian point of view. He trav- ]
* led 1G,000 miles collecting data.
]
The late Thomas J. Emery , the Cin
cinnati multimillionaire , who died recent
ly in Cairo , Egypt , was on his tenth trip
to Africa and his fiftieth trip to Europ * . '
Hlacr * of Fnnsm"
Before people studied nature to
learn the truth , and when they delight
ed in all sorts of fancies. It VMS
claimed that rings of fungus growths
were caused by the dancing of fairies ,
by a thunderbolt entering the ground ,
or by the work of mo\es. Various oth
er equally absurd cplanations have
been given. Now we know that the
first fungus plant growing from a
spore takes from the soil under and
near It all or most of the special food
that the plant requires. Only the
spores from this plant that fall just
outside the exhausted soil will find
good fungus food , and so the circle of
successive growths widens because
only the spores outside of the ring can
find food. St Nicholas.
DAZED WITH PAIN.
me Sufferings of a Citizen of Olym-
pn , Wan.
L. S. Gorham , of 51G East 4th stieet
Olympia , Wash. , says : "Six years ago
I got wet and took cold , and was soon
nat in oeu ,
tortures with my back.
Every movement
caused an agonizing
pain , and the persist
ency of it exhausted
me , so that for a time
I was dazed and stu
pid. On the advice of
a friend I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills
and soon noticed a
change for the better.
The kidney secretions had oeen disor
dered and irregular , and contained a
heavy sediment , but in a week's time
the urine was clear and natural again
and the passages regular. Gradually
the aching and soreness left my back
and then the lameness. I used six boxes
to make sure of a cure , and the trouble
has never returned. "
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. . Buffalo , N. Y.
Pc iml t'a Vlevr.
Upson Troubles all come in a bunch ,
don't they ?
Downs Um , yes except those that
come singly. Detroit Free Press.
\Vortl Knowing :
that "Allcock's are the original and
only genuine porous plasters ; all other
o-called porous plasters are imitations.
Alderman Hamburger of New York
City has been in office three and a hall
years and has married 0,000 people.
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching , Blind , Bleeding Protruding Piles.
Druggists are autborzed to refund money if
VAZO OINTMENT fail * to care In tf to 14
days. COc.
The President Lilkes Children.
President Roosevelt is deeply inter
ested in the girls and boys of thia
country ; he likes to meet them ; he
likes to hear about their progress ; he
Is interested In their home life , and
especially in their sports and the
books they read. On all public occa
sions , when there Is a group of young
folk come to greet him , he is sure to
show his pleasure ; and he is the only
orator who is not disconcerted by the
cry of the very small child that the
mother in the country district must
bring with her to the meeting , or miss
the sight of the President. The fact
that the President has children of his
own , to whom he is an elder brother
and a most sympathetic elder broth-
er has much to do with his attitude
toward the young folk. St. Nicholas.
Pipe Story from Japan.
The Japanese are experts on smoke
rrrgs , and it is said in Japan it is con
sidered no uncommon trick to blow
three rings of smoke in succession , tha
pecond traveling through the first and
the third through both. Some stage
performers are credited wil'j ' becom
ing so expert in rmoke blowing thai
they are not only nble to multiply the
number of rings tius madg but ac
tually form Japanese characters rep-
re * eii ting words and sentences. One
Japanese juggler , it is declared , pro
posed to his wife by forming the char-
actos representing his avowal of love
through a thin stream of sm ise.
A NECESSARY EVIL.
Experience of a Minister Who Tried
to Think that of Coffee.
"A. descendant of the Danes , a na
tion of coffee drinkers , I used coffee
freely till I was 20 years old , " writes
a clergyman from Iowa. "At that time
I was a student at a Biblical Institute ,
and suddenly became aware of the fact
that my nerves had become demoral
ized , my brain dull and sluggish and
that insomnia was fastening its hold
upon me.
"I was loath to believe that these
things came from the coffee I was
drinking , but at last was forced to that
conclusion , and quit it
"I was so accustomed to a hot table
beverage and felt the need of it so
much , that after abstaining from coffee
for a time and recovering my health , I
went back to it I did this several
times , but always with disastrous re
sults. I had about made up my mind
that coffee was a necessary evil.
. "About this time a friend told me
that I would find Postum Food Coffee
very fine and in many respects away
ahead of coffee. So I bought some and ,
making it very carefully according to
the directions , we were delighted to
find that he had not exaggerated in the
least. From that day to this we have
liked It better than the old kind of
coffee or anything else in the way of a
table drink.
"Its use gave me , in a very short
time , an increase in strength , clearness
of brain and steadiness of nerves ; and
sleep , restful and restoring , came back
to me.
"I am thankful that we heard o
Postum , and shall be glad to testify at
any time to the good it has done me. "
Name gjven by Postum Co. , Battle
Creek , ilfch.
There's a reason. Read the little book.
Road to WellYille , " in