Cures Woman's
We refer to that boon to weak , ncrvora ,
isufforinfj women known as Dr. Picrct/s
IFavorilo Prescription.
Dr. .John Fvfe one ofbc Editorial Staff
, of Tun ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
lof Unicorn root ( Helonias Diolca ) which
( Is one of the chief ingredients of the "Fa-
.vorito Prescription " :
"A. remedy which invariably acts as a uterine -
! ine invlerorator * * * makes.fpi-normal , ac-
itlvlty of the entire reproductive system. "
fie continues "in Helonias wejhjiveanledlca--
nment which more fully answers tb.abQvo
murposes than any otJiar dniu with tc/iyft Inm
tQcqitainted * Intlic treatment- aipR&Sje
fcnjlar to women it Is seldom that a case/is
geen which does not present som i jndlca lpn
! Tor this remedial curent. " Dr. Fyfp fUrfber
Isars : "Tho following arc anyone tb 3 leading
idications for Helonias ( Unicorn root ) . Pain
or ncbinff in the- back , with leircprrjidca ;
atonic ( xvcak ) conditioffa of the r&5 > ro8uctive
orsans of somen. menfci depressTon atw .Ir-
.rltability. cfesociated witlPChronicuJse sc of
tbe rcprodiKtive o/eans of women ; cofc.stapt
[ Sensation or heat fin the region , qf "th.c Kl c
ineys ; menprrbat'Id ( floodlnc ) . due to a weax-
ened conilition of/the / reproductive system :
amenbj/uoeytfj rpreSBed or absent monthly
periixl/r.yaMslRjrTrom or accompanyjc an
'Abnoisial condition of the diarestivc o51rtns
and fLfcs3\c \ ( thin bjood ) habit : draecinff
sensfilons la the extreme lower part of tbe
abdomen. " , ,
If more or less of the above symptoms
ngrnTOSgi'it ' , o , invului
Cetier than .take . , flercp - .
51 lift It'&Jhnp ' ingpeai-
ehts'of ' wJiicK is Unicorn root , or H'elotiias ,
and the medical properties of which it
most faithfully represents.
Of Golden Seal root , another prominent
of "Favorite "
Ingredient Prescription ,
Prof. Finley EIlLngvrood , M. DI , oi Ben
nett Medical College , Chicago , says :
"It is an Important -remedy to disorders of
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions * *
and general enfeeblcment. It Is useful.
Prof. John M. Scudder , M. D..late of
Cincinnati , says of Golden Seal.ropt :
"In relation to its general effects on the
system , there is no mcdidneitt VUG obdutwliich
there is sucli general unanimity-of opinion. It
Is universally resrardod as the tonic useful In
nil debilitated states. "
Prof. R. Uartholow , M. D. . of Jefferson
Medical College , says of Golden Seal :
"Valuable in uterine honjorrbaeo. menor-
rhaffla ( flooding ) and congestive dyfcmenor-
rhoea ( painful menstruation ) . "
Dr. Pierco's Favorite Prescription faith-
ifully represents all the above named in-
igredicnts and cures the diseases for which
'they ' are recommended.
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VIclous-LookSngr Creatures.
1 Some women interested in charities gr
. . recently visited a home for discharged brm
female prisoners. They were shown m
to a room where two women
I were sew
ing. "Dear me ! " one of the visitors th
whispered , "what tai
vicious-looking crea
tures ! Pray , who are they ? " "This hi-
Is the " , ha
sitting room , blandly ansewered haj
the superintendent , "and these are my
i'xvife and daughter. " qu
no
New York City now has twelve regu-
schools for nurses. po
dri
me CURE RHEJ wi
th
jA Particularly Painful Form of. This
Disease Yields to Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills. gi
Of the many forms which rheumatism
, takes , that which is popularly known as gin
sciatic rheumatism probably tortures its his
ricfcim more than any other. That Dr. th
"Williams' Pink Pills have cured this
stubborn as well as painful trouble is a thi
fact proven by the following statement ,
'and ' no sufferer who reads this can af-
jford to let prejudice stand in the way of
jtryiug these blood-makiug pills. bis
Rheumatism is now generally
re "ai
cognized as a disease of the blood. Dr.
"Williams' Pink Pills make actually do
jmalre pure blood. "When the blood is of
pure there can be no rheumatism. Mrs.
Thomas Bresnehau , of 54 Mill street , to"
I Water town , N. Y. , says : res
"My trouble began with a severe cold rid
: which I took about a week before * Isc
Christmas in 190-1. I began to have oni
( rheumatic pains in my back and limbs rai
laud after a time I couldn't straighten
jup. I suffered the most awful pain for
' mouths and much of the time was un
able to leave the house and Lhad to take He !
hold of a chair in order towalk and
sometimes I could not stand up ab all.
* "The disease was pronounced sciacic Of [
rheumatism and , although I had a good em
physician and took his medicine faith
fully , I did not gefc any better. After fal
six weeks of this wl
some terrjTblo pain and
suffering I tried Dr. Williams' Fink ye
Pills and thafc is the medicine that cured res
mo. After a few boxes the pain was lea
less intense and I could
see decided im wli
provement. I continued to take the pills
cat
until I was entirely cured and I have
never had any return of the trouble. "
All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink
JPiTIs , or the remedy will be mailed post '
paid , ou receipt of price , CO cents per ni :
bor , six boxes for $2.50 , by the Dr. Wil <
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nions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. >
BUCKET-SHOPS.
tlie recent failure of a firm of "brokers
and bankers" during a rising market , the
public , especially those persons who lost
money , were enabled to get a momentary
glimpse into the workings of a "bucket-
shop. * ' A bucket-stfop Is an establishment
ostensibly engaged in buying and selling
stocks , bonds and other securities for customers. It dif
fers from a legitimate brokerage establishment in that
It has no membership in any reputable stock exchange
nor any valid correspondence with any member of such
an exchange. In its transactions no stock certificate or
any equivalent changes hands. The customer who "buys"
merely bets that a stock will rise ; the customer who
"sells" merely bets-that a stock will drop. Most custom
ers of bucket shops , being ignorantly optimistic , are
"bulls ; " they beMeve in a rising market , and therefore
"buy. " A quiet or a sinking market wipes out most of
their bets , to the profit of the broker. A rising market
presses the broker ; he conveniently goes into bankruptcy ,
the customer does not get his money , and the swindler
goes Into business again in another town or under another
name.
The secretary of any great exchange will Inform any
one who asks , by letter or otherwise , whether a "broker"
Is legitimately connected. Transactions with legitimate
brokers , although they are always dangerous for ignor
ant investors , are nevertheless safeguarded against dis
honesty by the records of the exchange , which can be
brought into court to show in each case who bought and
who sold , and what brokers were agents. Trading with
a bucket shop is foolish from a business standpoint , and
If engaged in with full understanding , it Is an offense
against public morality. Youth's Companion.
CHANGES AT HOME.
upon a time the ambitious boy who
lived in a small town had but one great aim
In life to get to the city as soon as possi
ble. He had to do it ; it was the only way
he could hope to win place and wealth in
the world. The small town that he called
home held nothing for" him. The town law
yer had a waiting list a yard long for young men who
sought the coveted position of reading law in his office ,
the bank could have the pick and flower of a dozen high
school graduates when it came to selecting a bookkeeper
or clerk , the stores were mouse-eaten and dead. He
simply had to go to the city if he wanted a chance to
show what was in him. And go he did , for a majority
of the business population of our cities hails from the
small town ana the country. The young man who stayed
in a smart town in the old days was regarded as a fellow
who had no ambition , little capacity , and a great lazi
ness.
ness.But
But now things are different. A young man Is not a
candidate for the loafer's bench on market square be
cause he stays in the old home town after he is old
enough to have started his climb to the top. In fact
the chances are that he is a wise boy , that he has weighed
the advantages of city and town life , their respective
opportunities and rewards , well and carefully , and has
chosen his way deliberately and In full consciousness of
what fle does. And it is to be said that there is no
reason in the wide world why he is not wiser , why his
choice is not better than the fellow who has packed up.
THE REIGN OF REASON. j
*
Although the son of the house toad
een something of life , he was impress-
d -by the fine raiment and languid
race ; of the summer boarder at Willow-
rook Farm. But his father had seen
lore of life.
"I had thought she was some older
ban ; she says , " remarked the son medi-
itively one rainy morning as he and
is father were at work rubbing up
arnesscs.
"How old docs she allow she Is ? " In-
uired the owner of "Willowbrook Farm ,
o na/iie being mentioned.
"Well 4 , last night as'we sat out on the
orch , " said the young man , with a
reainy , reminiscent air , "she said she
'ished I could 'see spring steal over
ac < land' down in the Evangeline coun
ty. She said , I've seen it nine .times ;
have never missed it since I was a
irl : in my teens. ' "
"Well , " said the father , after a quick
lance at the unconscious face opposite
is own , "how old do you make her by
aat ; ? "
"She can't be inore'n twenty-eight at
aat rate , " said the young man , his
pes apparently fixed on a pitchfork.
"I guess you haven't considered how
ackward some springs are , " mnarked
is father , dryly , after a sh&tt pause ,
irid how there's some of 'em that don't
any 'stealing' to speak of , on account
'being behindhand.
"I'm a-going to let you be the one to
down to the village for the mail the
jst o * these summer evenings. The
.de will kind of air you out and there
iri't going to be much more moon for
ae spell , now she's quartering in this
iin. "
MRS. WILLIAM ASTOR.
cr Long : and Honorable Social Ca
reer Is Ended.
The long and honorable social career
Mrs. William Astor is practically
uded , by the laws of nature. She is
tiling physically and mentally and
bile she may be spared a few more
sars : , they will be spent in travel and
st and she will not again resume that
ladershlp of New York and Newport ,
hlch will probably never be dupli-
ited.
Mrs. Astor earned her right to the
ssition of social leader long before
r'arfl McAllister , the epicure , recog-
Ized her as such. It was she who
jvc the first grand private dinners ,
hlch are now quite common , and It ,
bade the old folks good-by and cast his lot in the realm
of hall bedrooms and killing competition.
The small town of the Middle West , the progressive
small town ; and most of them are progressive nowadays ,
offers the ambitious j'oung man of wide open eyes and
unremitting energy probably as good a chance to win
place , if not better , than the great cities. The world
moves , and in the future biographies of great men there
will have to be room for that of the "son of poor , but
respectable parents" who did not "betake himself to the
city at an early age , " but who , on the contrary , looked
about him where he stood , saw he was well located , and
proceeded to make tha most of surrounding opportunities
with a profitable result. Even now there are several
captains of finance who never had to go to the city to get
their millions , who never went 100 miles from the spot
of their birth to find the field of their operations , and who
are thanking their stars that they didn't. Utica Globe.
THE LANGUAGE AGAIN.
R. ROOSEVELT'S convershun to the fonetic
methud ov speling Is sumwhat surprizing. ]
The Prezident duz not luk like a man that
wud make a stab at a fad like that , .but it
seemz yu never can tel. But now that he
has taken up the new idea , what is going
to result ? Nothing , absolutely. How could
it , when about all the advocates of the spelling reform
are people who can't spell anyway ? Catch the average
seeker for light on orthography , and you'll catch a person
who understands that "cat" begins with a "k" and that
it may end with one or two "t's , " at the option of the
speller.
It is a.good thing to be a good speller. Bad orthog
raphy is a detriment to '
many a man's business and a
handicap in more ways than one. But the English lan
guage as constructed at the present time , though it have
its peculiarities and its idiosyncrasies , is a pretty good
old language , and any attempts to make radical changes
in the method of putting it together are practically cer
tain to fail. What we want more than spelling reform ig
a closer study of words in their present construction.
That there are absurdities which might be eliminated
with profit is true , but scholars insist that the language
as a whole is good enough ; and that ought to "go. "
Williamsport ( Pa. ) Grit
RUSSIA'S INPAMY.
LL riots lead to the Jews in Russia. Al
Siedlce , according to the Associated Press
dispatches , there was first an attack on the
police by terrorists. Then the troops came
into action and the Libau regiment left its
barracks in a fury and made not for the
terrorists but for the Jewish quarters. It
went shooting right and left and
, was followed by a sym
pathetic crowd that helped in the pillage and slnughter.
The soldiers themselves sold their plunder openly under
the eyes of their oflice s.
Such tales of bloodshed are repeated again and again.
They elicit indignant protests all over the civilized world ,
but governors and military officers encourage the massa
cres just the same. They bring such infamy upon their
country that public sentiment everywhere is turning
strongly against it as though it were a land of bar
barians. Chicago Record-Herald.
was through these entertainments that
Mrs. Astor became better known than
any woman of the time. Mrs. Astor's
dinners were formal affairs , but they
were not stil and irritating. They
were , in fact , stately to a charming de
gree , and her guests , though they were
always made at ease , even felt that
they were participating in a function
and not a romp.
It was through these affairs that
Mrs. Astor , though she never sought
for anything but the pleasure of her
friends , earned her right to social lead
ership. Nowadays such dinners as
Mrs. Astor astonished society with are
duplicated at Newport often five and
sis times in an evening , but it was
Mrs. Astor who gave the first , and
it was she who was alone in thus en-
MRS. WILLIAM ASTOB.
tertaining for some years. Mrs. As
tor's formal balls wire much like her
dinners , in that they were delightfully
formal without being cold and repell
ing. There were always'indications of
lavish expenditure , but there va.-
never any such vulgar features as oft
en characterize entertainments of to
day. She could entertain without the
use of the negro minstrel and the rag
time. Her cotillon favors were always
elegant rather than grotesque and
comic , and yet everybody always crav
ed an invitation to a ball at Beech-
wood.
Her dinner companies were usually
given for some distinguished personal-
ity , perhaps a prince , a duke , or inayba
a count. She always had every for
eign notability in town on her list , for
each invariably brought credentials to
her from some friend at court.
Thus Mrs. Astor has been a sort of
social censor. She was the best known
American woman in.all the courts of
Europe , and foreigners coming over
without letters to her were utterly
without the slightest means of social
entree. Utica Globe.
Iltid IVot Lienrned It Yet.
A bank official , who has many amus
ing stories at his tongue's end , tells of
a stolid German woman who went into
the bank one morning to deposit a fat
roll of bills , and open an account.
She was asked to sign her name in
the book reserved for the signatures
of depositors , and began to do so with
many twistings of her face and pauses
after the painful completion of each
letter.
Suddenly she stopped , and after a
period or' dismayed re.leetloa looked appealingly -
pealingly : it the benevolent young man
on the ( jther aide of the broad writlng-
shalf.
"I hnf Katrina done. " she said , point
ing to her work with the pen ; "but my
secont name. J don't p'liove I can write
him. I don't pcen marriet to dis man
long alretty only long as yesterday. "
"When Snli < ] Iron Floats.
Experiments show that if a ball of
solid iron. is lowered into a mass of
liquid iron by means of a metal fork
the ball at first sinks to the bottom
with the fork. Bui in a few seconds
it leaves the pn > rj s and rises to the
surface. wJiero it continues to float un i
til it melts. The rising is explained by i
thf expinslc/n of t'ne ball , dne to heat
ing , whereby it becomes , bulk for bulk ,
less der.se than the molten metal.
<
i
au Iie : ! Too Soon.
Fiel'ls ' I beat "Lumpkins on a horse
trade in great shape yesterday.
P.arues Got your money yeff ?
' Fields He paid half down and Is
coming around with the rest to-mor-
row.
row.Barnes
Barnes Xo. he isn't ; he was buying
that horse for me. Detroit Free Press.
What has become of the old fash-
ionoil breed of pony known as a "Buck-
kin V" There never was a mule as
'
mean as a "Buckskin'1 pony.
ff a young' man can succeed in con
vincing his future father-in-law of
his good qualities , he is a peach all
right. K
Mothers Should Watch the Development of Their Daugjters-
Interssting Experiences of kisses Berman and Hills.
MYRTLE MILLS
Every mother possesses information
which is of vital interest to her young1
daughter.
Too often this is never imparted or is
withheld until serious harm has result
ed io the growing girl through her
ign < 5ranc e of nature's mysterious and
wonderful laws and penalties.
Girls' over-sensitiveness and modesty
often puzzle their mothers and baffle
physicians , as they so often withhold
their confidence from their mothers
and conceal the symptoms which ought
to be told to their physician at this
critical period.
When a girl's thoughts "become slug
gish , with headache , dizziness or a dis-
Sosition to sleep , pains in back or lower
mbs , eyes dim , desire for solitude ;
when she is a mystery to herself and
friends , her mother should come to her
aid , and remember that Lydia- . Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound will at
this time prepare the system for the
coming1 change , and start this trying
in ' life withou *
period a young girl's
pain or irregularities.
Hundreds of letters from young girls
and from mothers , expressing their
gratitude for what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has accomplished
for them , have been received by the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. , at
Lynn , Mass.
Miss Mills has written the two fol
lowing letters to Mrs. Pinkham , which
will be read with interest :
Dear Mrs. Pinkhamt ( First Letter. )
"I am but fifteen years of age , am depressed ,
have dizzy spells , chills , headache and back
ache , and as I have heard that you can giv
helpful advice to girls in my condition , I am
writing you. " Myrtle Mills , Oquawka , I1L .
Dear Mrs. Pinkham : ( Second Letter. ) 1
" It is with the feeling of utmost gratitude
that I write to you to tell you what your
valuable medicine has done for me. when I
wrote you in regard to my condition Ihad _ ,
consulted several doctors , but they faileu to
understand my case and I did not receive
any benefit from their treatment. I followed
your advice , and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
vegetable Compound ana am now healthy
and well , and all the distressing symptom *
which I had at that time have disappeared. "
Myrtle Mills , Oquawka , 111.
Miss Matilda Berman writes Mrs.
Pinkham as follo\vs : |
Dear Mrs. Pinkham :
" Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound my periods were irregu
lar and painful , and I always Lad such
dreadful headaches.
14 But since taking the Compound my head
aches have entirely left me , my periods are
regular , and I am getting strong and well. I
am telling all my girl friends what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for
me. " Matilda Berman , Farmmgton , Iowa.
If you know of any young1 g'irl who
is sick and needs motherly advice , ask *
her to address Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn ,
Mass. , and tell her every detail of her
symptoms , and to keep nothing back.
She will receive advice absolutely free ,
from a source that has no rival in the' '
experience of woman's ills , and it will , if
followed , pu her on the right road to a
strong , healthy and happy womanhood.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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/ You will get the most for your money by
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6uf Insist on gelling the" Western lady"
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Abend In Poatoffices.
The United States has more post-
offices than England and France com
bined. There are 71,131 postoffices in
the United States. France has 11,282 ;
Germany 38,010 ; and England and Ire-
Jand together have 22,050.
The aggregate annual number of let
ters transmitted through the posteffices
of the world is estimated at twenty
million. About twelve and one-half
million newspapers also pass through
the world's postoffices.
London motor-bus drivers who avoid
accidents for a week receive a bonus.
They are fined for accidents.
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o
Cough syrups are all cheap
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of ,
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>
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