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TOR NERVOUS PEOPLE 9ifr Michigan Mother Preserved to Her Family by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "When the blood is impoverished the nerves .starve and neuralgia or something more serious swiftly follows. Nervous .people are generally pale people. By supplying through the blood those vital elements that the nerves need , Dr.Wil- liniiib' Pink Pills for Pale People have performed those remarkable cures that snake it impossible for any nervous suf ferer to neglect them. A recent case is that of Mrs. Peter IVIorrisfeeMe , of No. 315 Eleventh street , AlpennItfich. , who writes as follows : ' My trouble started with childbirth. -After one of my children was born I had > a kind of paralysis. I was very -weak .and my mouth was a little crooked. I was always tired and was so uervsus that I could not bear to hear a dog barker or u bell ring even the little bird in its cage Avoiild annoy me. My heart flut tered a great deal and I had dizzy spells. I was not able to be left alone. "My doctor gave me different kinds of medicine , changing it several times. "When it was evident that he could not jbelp 'ine he said he did not understand any case. This was three years ago and T was very much discouraged , when my "brother , who had taken. Dr. Williams' 'Pink Pills , recommended them to me. I tried them and noticed n change for the Tbettor when I was taking the second box. Tr. Williams' Pink Pills cured me and I lliave been well ever since. I now do all jny own housework , sewing and wash ing for seven of us. ' ' Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills Imvo also cured diseases caused by impure or im poverished blood such us rheumatism , iucima and after-effects of the grip. All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or the remedy will bo mailed , postpaid - -paid , on receipt of price , 50 cents per Tbox , six boxes for § 2.50 , by the Dr. Wil liams Medicine Co. , Schenectady , N" . Y. Made Quite a Hit. Briggs Bilter's daughter did very well In literature , didn't she ? Griprgs Yes , indeed. I understand < that she made money enough on her first novel to get herself an education. Life. State ov' Ohio , Clljr' of Toledo , Lucas Coun ty , ss. : Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co. . doing business In the City of Toledo. County and State aforesal'd. and that said .firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED 'DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh - tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cure.FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence , this Gth day of December , A. D. T.886. A. W. GLEASON , ( Sen I. ) Notary Public. Ilajl's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally , .and acts directly on the blood and mucous .surfaces of the system. Send for testimo nials free. P. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pflls for constipation. Not n. Full Call. The driver of the Oaktown stage was a person of much amiability and < a large fund of anecdote , but his mem ory was by no means of the best. The inhabitants of his native town made tnany excuses for him , but summer .visitors found his failing a particu larly trying one. -"That man should be complained of , .and should lose his position as express agent and mail carrier ! " said one ex asperated man who had been obliged to remain in Oaktown over another night , owing to Ranny Feet's forget ting to call for him. "Well , now , I guess you didn't im press it on Ranny that he was to take ye , " said an Oaktown man , moved to mild remonstrance. "Impress it on him ! " echoed the summer visitor. "I wrote my name on his order book in the postoffice. I should like to know what more I could have done. " "Well , now , it's like this , " said the farmer , with a half-apologetic air. "Sometimes there's a number of or ders on that hook , and Ranny might happen to forget one of 'em , so what folks most generally do is fust to write their names in the hook , and then speak to Ranny about it whan tie's up on the trip before the one they want to go on. And then they ask Lomu'l the postmaster to kind of remind Ranny when he stops for the mail. And then we always deem it wise to be all ready to start in time enough so's we can walk down to the cross-roads and head Ranny off , just for fear it might slip his mind , allow ing time to go back for a trunk in case there's one to be lugged. " A WOMAN DOCTOR Was Quick to See that Coffee Poison "Wits Doing : the Mischief. A lady tells of a bad case of coffee poisoning and tells it in a way so sim ple and straightforward that literary skill could not improve it. "I had neuralgic headaches for 12 years , " she says , "and have suffered untold agony. When I first began to have them I weighed 140 pounds , but they brought me down to 110. I went to many doctors and they gave me only temporary relief. So I suffered on , till one day in 1904 , a woman doctor told me to drink Postum Food Coffee. She said I looked like I was coffee poison ed. "So I began to drink Postum and I gained 15 pounds in the first few greeks and am still gaining , but not so * fast as at first. My headaches began j to leave me after I had used Postum about two weeks long enough I expect to get the coffee poison out of my sys , tem."Now j "Now that a few months have passed \ince I began to use Postum Food Cof- , fee. I can gladly say that I never know 'what a neuralgic headache is like any | 'more , and it was nothing but Postum 1 that cured me. Before I used Postum ; i never went out alone ; I would get bewildered and would not know which way to turn. Now I go alone and my 'head ' Is clear as a bell. My brain and nerves are stronger than they have been for years. " Name given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich. , There's , a reason. Read the little Jbook , "The Road to Wellville , " la TORRENTS OP EIRE. VESUVIUS CONTINUES TO BE A SEETHING FURNACE. ilumlrcd * Are Dead unrt Thousands of Jfomele.s.s * I'erxoiiH Forced to Flee for Their Live * Town * and Country Huricil Under AHUCM. Mount Vesuvius , the most notable of nil the ooO volcanoes in the world , is once more a seething furnace , spouting death and destruction on every side. Not in years has there , been such an out- 'brcak from this chimney of. the nether. world , which continues to pour forth streams of molten lava and belch forth great clouds of hot ashes that are lay ing waste the surrounding country. So far the damage to property is enormous and it is reported that hundreds , per haps thousands of lives have been lost It is estimated by the government agents now that 150,000 persons have been driven from their homes , and that in the event of the volcano subsiding without further eruptions the great majority of this total still will be pen niless. Besides the wiping out of sev eral villages and two cities , in them selves numbering 40,000 souls , whole countrysides that have been covered with vineyards now lie under several feet of ashes. In Naples , fourteen miles from the crest of the mountain , several feet of ashes have fallen , and it is al most impossible to breathe. Torrents of liquid fire , resembling in the distance serpents with glittering yellow and black scales , are coursing in all directions , amid rumblings , detona tions andv earth tremblings. In all the towns and cities lying close around the base of Vesuvius the utmost terror pre- vials. Scores of persons have been buried in the ruins of their homes , borne down by the weight of ashes. Even more devastation has been wrought by the ashes than by the lava. Yet the streams of lava are resistless. They snap like pipestems the trunks of chestnut trees hundreds of years old , and blight with their torrid breath the bloom on the peach trees before the trees themselves have been reached. The molten streams do not spare the homes of the peasants , and when these have been razed they continue their course down the mountainside , sweep ing all before them. Both cinders and ashes in incredible quantities have been carried great dis tances. This lias caused the destruction of Sau Guiseppe , a village of 0,000 in habitants. All but 200 of the people had fled from the village , and these assem bled-in a church to attend mass. While the priest was performing his sacred office the roof fell in and seventy-nine persons were fatally injured , lying for hours without surgical or medical as sistance. The only thing left standing in the church was a statue of St. Anne , the preservation of which the poor , homeless people accepted as a miracle and promise of deliverance from their peril. Building" Crnwheil by Ashc.x. About 200 persons were buried Tues day morning in the ruins of the Mar ket Monte Oliveto , Naples , when thereof roof collapsed under the weight of cin ders and ashes which a change of wind bad carried over the city. The exact number of persons within the market at the moment of the appalling dis aster is not known. The court yard covers GOO feet square , and was roofed. The space within was unusually crowd ed with buyers and their children , the accident happening at the hour of the day when trade is most brisk. At Ottajano five churches and ten bouses fell under the weight of ashes and cinders , which lie four feet deepen on the ground. In the fall of the build ings about twelve persons were killed and many were more or less severely injured. The village is deserted. After the evacuation of the place the bar racks and prisons fell in. Reports from the coast and inland towns tell of terrible devasation. San Giorgio , Cremona , Portici , Resina on the site of ancient Herculnneum and Terre del Greco have been almost en tirely abandoned. The inhabitants of Terre Annunziato prepared to leave the town on a moment's warning. Som- ma Vesuviana is another village which has suffered severely. Most of the buildings in the villages are of flimsy construction and have flat roofs. They are thus unfit to bear the weight of ashes and cinders that have fallen upon them. It will doubt less be found that a considerable num ber of people have perished by the fall ing of their homes. , "The scene was one of misery and terror , " says one who was present "Smoke and ashes made breathing dif ficult Slight tremblings of the earth were felt , and frequent flashes of light ning cut through the smoke. Darkness came at intervals long before night fall. In the streets of the deserted towns the only sounds to be heard were the thud of lumps of ashes falling on the roofs. In the towns where people yet remain the houses are all closed , the Inhabitants roaming disconsolately about the streets and gaining what com fort is possible from the carbineers and soldiers. These are the heroes of the day. " Refugees from the threatened or de- stroyed villages are pouring into Na ples by the thousand , arriving in every description of conveyance and on foot The roads are crowded with processions of men and women carrying crosses and crying piteously. Special railway trains , warships and steamers are employed in conveying the homeless people from their localities to Naples , Rome and Castellaminare , while large numbers of ? people are fleeing overland In the dl- VESUVIUS AND THE CITIES WHICH IT IS OVERWHELMING. DIAGRAM SHOWS THE FLOW OF LAVA AS REPORTED. Chicago American. STOBY OF THE DEMON MOUNTAIN HE story of. Mount Vesuvius is one of disaster. The first record of the volcano's eruption dates back to 03 A. D. , when Nero ruled Rome. Iler- culaneum and Pompeii were partially destroyed. The following year Naples was threatened with another eruption , but escaped with an earthquake. * It was during the reign of Titus on Aug. 2-1 , 79 A. D. , that Vesuvius broke loose in all her fury and completely buried the cities of Pompeii , Ilerculaneum and Stabiae. Then the mountain slept and the next eruption recorded was in the reign of Alexander Serverus , 20o A. D. There was another eruption in 473 A. D. , during which ashes were carried as far as Constantinople. Between that date and the year 1500 nine eruptions of more or less destructiveness occurred. Dec. 10 , 1031 , more than 3,000 persons lost their lives in a severe earthquake and flow of lava that extended as far as Tarentum and destroyed Boscotricase , the town which suffered again in the present eruption , and other towns in the vicinity. Another eruption in 1707 last for four months and kept the people of Naples in constant I'ear of death. Again in 1737 , 17GO and 17G7 Vesuvius poured forth rivers of lava and showers of ashes , cover ing Portici and reaching as far as Naples. In 1779 there was another outbreak. White smoke or steam like heaps of cotton rose four times as high as the mountain , and stones , scoriae and ashes were pro jected 10,000 feet high. One scientific observer reported "columns of fire shot forth 12,000 feet high , or three times the height of tlic mountain , and large masses of rock were thrown out. " In 1794 there was a great dis- rection of Caserta. Not fewer than 15,000 refugees have reached Castellam- mare , where the steamer Princess Ma- i'alclu is anchored. This vessel left the the island of Capri with 1,000 passen gers , including many foreigners , on board , but she was unable to reach her destination owing to the stifling clouds of ashes and the fumes of gases from the volcano , which enveloped her u mile from the coast. Priests Afrnid ot Chnrches. At many places the people were suf fering from panic , and a state of great confusion existed. Some of the parish priests refused to open their churches to people who tried to obtain admit tance , fearing that an earthquake would destroy the buildings and kill EXVIHOXS OF MOUXT VESUVIUS. many of them. Crowds of women there upon attacked the churches , pulled down the doors and took possession of the pictures and statues of the saints which they carried about as protection against death. Many people camped along the roads and in the fields outside of Terre Au- nunziata and Ottajano , where they thought they would be safer than in the towns , though nearly blinded by ashes , wet to the skin by the rain and terror ized by the gigantic flaming mass above , resembling a fiery scimitar. Everywhere in the vicinity of the vol cano pitiful scenes are witnessed women tearing their hair in their grief and old men crying aloud at the loss of their beloved homesteads , while in the distance , in striking contrast , lie the sapphire-colored Mediterranean , the violet-hued mountains of the Sorrento peninsula , and the Island of Capri in the tranquil sea. Individualism Versus Socialism. In an article for the April Century , W. I. Bryan takes the ground that there hoild be and need be no unfriendliness Between honest individualists and honest socialists , as both seek that which they charge of lava , one stream flowing into the sea in a mass 1,200 feet wide and 1.1 feet deep. Other eruptions fol lowed in 1804 , 1805 , 1822 , 1850 and 1S5S. In the last mentioned year the crater sank 195 feet below its former height Terre del Greco was destroyed Dec. 8 , 1801. Becoming active again in 3871 , Vesuvius vomited threat ening lava and hot mud until April of 187(5 ( , when the eruption burst suddenly and buried twenty persons who were watching the spectacle and partially destroyed the towns of Mass and San Sehastiano. In 1885 signs of unrest were noticed about the mouth of the crater and for a number of years slight eruptions occurred. In 1894 a new peak was formed by the slag thrown from the crater and in 1895 another hill. A violent lent eruption occurred in 1900. since which date the volcano has been almost constantly active. Only last February the flow of lava destroyed the railroad that climbs to the top of the mountain. But it was repaired and sightseers have continued to venture up the side of the volcano. Vesuvius has always been a puzzle , and theories hav ing application to one eruption would not account for the phenomena of another. The eruptions that destroyed Ilerculaneum and Pompeii were simply great outpourings of ashes. As late as 472 the dominant feature of the eruptions was ashes , which in that year were carried as far as Constantinople , and in 512 to Tripoli. After 103(3 ( the destructive feature of all eruptions was lava and hot water. In the present eruption h\va \ is to play a destruct ive part , but no one can tell what new terror will be added to the list of those that have made Vesuvius the most notable of all the 350 volcanoes of the world. Baseball has come into its own again and for the next six months or more will hold its place as the ruling American sport. It is firmly entrenched in the American heart and cannot be displaced as our greatest national pastime. Young and old , rich and poor alike find pleasure in the exhiliration of the game and the .number of its devotees is legion. The National League season officially opened Thursday , while the initial con tests in the American League began Sat urday. The fight in the National League promises to be closer this season than it has during the past two years. Critics predict that the New York champions will not have the easy time of it they have had during 1905 and 1904. The Chicagos have greatly strengthened their team and the talent look to see the west erners give the Giants a hard run. Speaking ingof the chances of the New Yorks. Manager John J. McGraw expresses great confidence in the ability of his men to win out. Says he : "I am sure that the Giants will win the pennant this year and equal the records of Chicago , Boston , Baltimore and Pittsburg , who won the pennant for three consecutive years. I have weighed up all of our competitors and cannot see any team that we need to fear particularly. All o them are dangerous , but at the end of the season you will see us at the top. Our pitching staff is the same as last season , with the addition of Ferguson. Christy Mathew- son , McGinnity , Ames. Taylor and Wiltse will make a strong combination' ' for the box , and. in fact. I believe they are a stronger combination than is carried by any other toani. If an } ' team beats us , John McGraw will be the first man to take off his hat and congratulate it. " The Giants have a pitching staff of great ability one of its members , Ma- thewson. being credited as the finest of them all good catchers , fielders , bats men , base runners , and. above all. play ers who pulled for the team as a whole , the combination being well directed by McGraw. The Chicago club , divining the secret of the Giants' success , set about getting believe best for society. lie believes that at present private monopoly is putting upon individualism an undeserved odium , and hence the individualist should ad dress himself to this problem in order that the advantages of competition may be re stored to industry. He urges that the words individualism and socialism define tendencies rather than concrete systems. lie thinks that much of the strength of so- cial'sra is due to the condemnation of abuses , which , while existing under indi vidualism , are not necessary to it. a team of the same description for thii season. Whether the management has I succeeded or not , the coming games will tell. Trades , sales , drafting and various dickers have been made until the presi dent of the Cubs is about satisfied that the Giants will not only be given a race' for the pennant , but will be beaten out ! at the finish. The biggest catch of the season for the Chicago team was Jimmy Shekard , the Brooklyn outfielder. Shekard is a good batsman , an exceptionally fine base runner and an excellent fielder. Har ry Steinfeldt , who replaces Casey at third , was a great player a few years ago , being particularly strong at the bat , and is expected to regain -his old form with Frank Chance's aggregation. Pittsburg 1ms high hopes of taking the pennant , because of new timber secured. I The main addition to the Pirate team is Willis , the tall Boston pitcher. Willis , won only six games for Boston last season - ! i son , but is rated as one of the league's I star twirlers. With a team like the Pittaj j i burgs behind him 'Vic * ' may come to life | ; and put his club in the front position. Another newcomer among the Pirates 13 Nealon. the San Francisco boy. He plays first base and if he lives up to half of the advance notices that preceded him he will win many games for Fred Clarke's aggregation. With Wagner , Leach , Clarke , Beaumont , Clymer. Phillippe , Peitz and Ritchey in their old form the Pirates will be high in the race at all times. In the American League all the teams are pretty well balanced and a great struggle is anticipated. Cleveland was crippled last season when it was sailing along smoothly toward the pennant , but this year all its stars are in rare * form and its friends cannot figure out how it can be beaten. The Chicago White Sox are the dark horses of the pennant race. The game they have been playing in the South is declared by good judges to be about as fast as any ever seen on a ball field. If the White Sox do not win the pennant its admirers will be sorely mis taken. Nothing can keep them from i save a hard run of luck , is the opinion of the Windy City fans. Scientific Rheumatism Cure. Dr. B.illabone , formerly of the Italian army medical corps , announced to the London Therapeutical Society a cure for rheumatism , consisting of an injection containing simylic and benzoic elements. It is basdd upon the assumption that the disease is caused by an infectious poisoa in die blood produced by an organism or microbe. Ballabonc's serum is called ar- thra'gonicon and it operates by combining with the uric acid , rendering it soluble and more easily eliowated. FACTS BT tfATTJUE. Hot Only Do "We Get Inspiration. From Nature , Ent Health as "Well. For people who are run-down and ncrv- i OTIS , who suffer from indigestion or dys pepsia , headache , biliousness , or torpid fiver , coated toneue with bitter taste in the morning aim poor appetite , it be comes necessary to turn to some tonic or strengthener which will assist Nature and neln them to get on their feet and put the ftody into its proper condition. It is becoming more and more apparent that Nature's most valuable health-giving agents are to be found In forest plants and roots. now Hotel . _ N. Y. , discovered that by scientiflcall7 extracting and combining certain medici nal principles from native roots , taken from our American forests , he could pro duce a medicine which was marvelously efficient in curing cases of blood disorder and liver and stomach trouble as well as many other chronic , or lingering ail ments. This concentrated extract of Nature's vitality he named "Golden Med ical Discovery. " It purifies the blood by putting the stomach and liver into healthy condition , thereby helping the digestion and assimilation of food which feeds the blood. Thereby it cures weak stomach , indigestion , torpid liver , or bil iousness , and kmdrod derangements. If yon have coatpd tongu- , with bitterer or bad taste in the morning , frequent headaches , feel weak , easily tired , stitches or pain in side , back gives out easily and aches , belching of gas , constipation , or irregular bowels , feel flashes of heat al ternating with chilly sensations or kin dred symptoms , they point to derange ment of your stomach , liver and kidneys , which the "Golden Medical Discovery" will correct more speedily and perma nently than any other known azent. Con tains no alcohol or habit-forming drugs. All its ingredients printed in plain Eng lish on wrapper. The sole motive for substitution is to permit the dealer to make a little moro profit. Ho gains ; you lose. Accept no sub stitute for "Golden Medical Discovery. " Constipation causes and aggravates many serious diseases. It Is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative ; two or three are cathartic. In the Realm of Mind. The college girl was describing one of ier victories in the polemics section. "I used her own argument , " she said , 'and turned it against her. I drove her to the wall with her own reasoning. I twisted her mistaken premises and her ridiculous conclusion into a syllogism' ± at floored her completely. " "You savage wretch V exclaimed her ithletic brother. "You used mental jiu- iitsu on the poor girl I" Chicago Trib- ane. I To Clean a Carpet on the Floor. Sweep the carpet thoroughly , then sprinkle with corn meal or coarse salt and sweep again. Dissolve n bar of Ivory Soap in three gallons of water , and with a sponge or soft broom , go over the car pet. Rinse in the same way with clear , warni water and let the air pass through the room until the floor is dry. ELEANOR R. PARKER. Too Ilnnty. "There's Charlie , leaving Miss Jones' . I wonder if she has accepted him ? " "What time is it ? " "Five minutes after 9. " "No. She's refused him. " "How do you know ? " "He told me he * .vas going to propose at 9 o'clock sharp. " Cleveland Leader. , You Can Get Allen' * Foot-Ease FREE. Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted , Le Boy. N. Y. , for a FREH sample of Allen's Foot- Ease , a powder to shake Into your shoes. It cures tired , sweating , hot , swollen , ach ing feet. It makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain care for Corns and Banlorrx All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell It. 25c. Wo Opportunity. Job Sturky If a street car conductor should overlook you would you pay him your fare anyhow ? Adam Zawfox I've been waiting fif teen years for a chance to be tested that1 way , but no blamed conductor has ever overlooked me yet. STOP , WOMAN ! AND CONSIDER THE ALL- IMPORTANT FACT That in address ing Mrs. Pink- ham you are con fiding your private ills to a , woman a woman whose experi ence with women's dis eases covers a great many years. Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-in-IJaw .of Lydia E. Pinkham , and for many years tmderherdirection , and since her de- ceaseshe has been advising sick - women men free of charge. 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 them selves to the questions and probable examinations of even their family- physician. It is unnecessary. "Without money or price you can consult a - woman man -whose knowledge from actual ex perience is great. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation. "Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invitedtopromptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham , at Lynn , Mass. All letters are received , opened , read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman ; thus has beea 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 has to draw from , it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. 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 advantage of this generous offer of assistance. If you are ill.'don't hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia.E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound at once , and write Mrs. Pink- ham. Lynn. Mass. , for special advice. When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health so many women * you cannot well say , without trying it , " I io not believe it will help ma. "