This Tiroman says Lydia B.
Pinkhanis Vegetable Compound
saved iicr life. Kead lier letter.
"Sirs. T. C. Willadsen , of Manning1 ,
.lo-vra , pyrites to Mrs. Pinkham :
41 1 can truly say that Lydia E. Pink-
"hanfs Vegetable Compound saved my
life , and 1 cannot express my gratitude
to you in words. For years I suffered
with the worst forms of female com
plaints. continually doctoring- and
spending1 lots of money for medicine-
withoLu help. I Tsrote you for advice ,
" follov ed it as directed , and took Lydia
"U. I 'nkhara's Vegetable Compound and
It h.-s restored me to perfect health.
Had it not been for you I should have
"been in n.y grave to-day. I v/ish every
&ufx\ ringwoman vrculd try it. "
FACTS FR SEG& WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink-
liam's Vegetable Compound , made
from roots and herbs , lias been the
standard remedy for female ills ,
and Las positivety cured thousands of
women \vho hayc been troubled with
displacements , inflammation , ulceration -
tion , fibroid tumors , irregularities ,
periodic pains , backache , that bear
ing-down feeling , flatulencj7" , indiges-
tiondizzinessor nervous prostration ,
"JVhy doirt you try it ?
5VIrs. Piiilvham invites all siclc
to v.rite iier for advice.
She lias guided thousands to
ttedtlr , Address , 3Qynn , Mass.
Positively cared by
tnese Little Pills.
They also relieve Dis
tress from Dyspepsia , In
digestion and Too Hearty
Eating. A perfect rem
edy for Dlzzlnass , Nausea ,
Drowsiness. Bad Tasta
In the Mouth , Coated
Tongue , Pain In the Side ,
TORPID LIVER. They
rejolato tL6 BoTvels. Purely Vegetable.
SHALL HLL SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRIGL
,
HCT * ' * ' * * = ffifiTrmvmlt ! paf'nf -
Gsnuina Must Bear
Fac-Simile Signature
STITUTE
' . : , ' : ; : : . in the State of Wash-
. ; here is in connection with the
Agricultural College an experi-
i : . , where are now growing
TI. > ; I : : . ; ; 1.00o , < ! ( (0 different kinds of
_ ; rM : ; ; } i ; : j are to be separately cut ,
: ' : . . . -lv i. : ' -\i-uc' and bagged this sea-
. . Mr.ii.v of these are hybrid varies -
. s of wieat. ; crossed fourteen years
- ' i by Professor Spilliuan. now in th < ?
- -vice of the United States govern-
-i.-r.r.
Tc ! tracts sown to the several kinds
' : : ry from one to five acres in extent.
f ; tae intervening years these several
- . arietifs I'.ave been carefully sowed.
he best seed selected and sown again.
i.-'iJiS properly established. Tiiis seaM -
- > M is the first in which any large
v'.ount of seed has been secured , which
v. iil ! w thrashed and distributed to
farmers who desire to test the new
Kinds. It will be sod | at a good price
.r cover "he large expense involved in
* ' ! < ioug culture.
The new varieties arc not yet named ,
Mir will he before distribution. Some
combine early maturity with hardiness
* -r good milling qualities and each has
* i : .ne definite quality or qualities that
; , re re'-kojud desirable. The object , of
i.iirse. it ? the development of varieties
tb.-if will prove of most advantage to
the farn "rs of that State. The im
provement of the wheat crop is : i mat-
rer of the highest importance to agri-
. ' u'turists and also to bread eaters.
Ti.-stoa Herald.
CimsoIrUion.
virs. Ujisorae It's too had that Prince
YJoin ; : isn't cnmin ? Jo Chicago.
Mrs. Uifrhmus Why do you mention
" : ! " . ' He's oaly lh second son of a crown
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COFFEE
.41. Doctor Says It "Weakens llio Heart.
"In my opinion , " Says a well-known
-Ceniian physician , " 110 one can truth
fully say coffee agrees with him , as it
tia9 long since been proven that caffeine.
yutaine < i in coffee , is an injurious.
t oi oKUs substance which weakens and
degenerates the heart muscles.
"For this reason the regular use of
coffee , soon or late , causes a condition
of undernourishment , which leads to
various kinds of organic disease.
"Convinced of this fact , I have often
sought for some healthful beverage to
nsn instead of coffee. At last I found
Hie thing desired in Postum. Having
liad occasion to forbid people using
- coffeewhose hearts were affected , I
Iiave recommended Postum as a bev
erage , since it is free from all injurious
-or < : : < it Ing substances. I know this
from results ill my own family , and
among patients.
"Hundreds of persons who > iow use
J'ostum in place'of coffee , are greatly
Benefited thereby. " "There's a Reason. "
Xame given by Postum Co. . Battle
Creek. MHi. Head "The Iload to Well-
< yiie ; , " iu pkgs.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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TSAGEBIE3 OP THE MINES.
P.l'M.KTIN of the Geological Survey
u-.akcs by its cold statement of facts a
powt rful imlictmont against the murderous
methods ( if coal mining permitted in the
I'niled Stairs.
The great increase in tiie production of
coal in this country is not responsible
wholly for the shocking number of lives lost in the
iuinc.s. There has been a givat increase in coal produc
tion in Kurope : --0' ! ; iul there the deaths have dimin
ished , owing to the enforcement of laws for the pro
tection of the risen working underground.
There is certainly crimijial neglect of some sort 'in our
methods when the d atli rate of miners by accident has
increased here from L'.OT pei- thousand in l.sn.l to . ' 5.40
per thousand in 10 ( : < I. the death rate from the same causes
steadily declining in Hun-Mean countries during the same
period.
Our coal mires kill nearly four limes as many men
per thousand as do those of r.elgium. more than four
tlmps as many as the * mint's of France and nearly three
times as many as those of Great T'ritain.
lu no country of the \vorkl are the conditions for the
safe extraction of coal so favorable as in the United
Stales , and yet this murderous record stands against us
as a result of neglecting the safeguards that ought to
be enforced. We are not * o strict as we should be in
making compulsory the use of safety lamps. V.'e do not
limit as we should the charges of explosives that may
be fired. We are not so careful as The Europeans in
shot-firing at times when the mines are unoccupied ex
cept for the presence of the expert shot-lirer.s.
Taking this bulletin of the Geological Survey : is a
guide , the laws of every ecal-mining State ihouid ? forbid
many of the practices tolerated in our own mines , and
command the observance of the rules and precautions
quoted from the laws of European countries. Our list of
criminal tragedies is already too long. St. Louis Ke-
jmblie.
THE VALUE OE ? SEACHI1 > IG.
XDIVllM'AL cases , at least , the breaking
down of the preacher by the cares of the
administrator , seems clearly traceable. It
may have happened in the old days that a
clergyman was invisible nil the week , and
incomprehensible on Sunday : but to-day
the trouble is apt to be that he is only
too visible all the week , "running' * the church , and ex
hausting his nervous energy in serving tables to such
an extent that he is in speech contemptible on Sunday
You cannot plow with a race horse and expect him to
keep his speed. A man absorbed in business for six-
days cannot emerge as an uplifting speaker on the
seventh An orator must be plus who hpes ; to be a
true master of assemblies -not one whoso t'houtrhts and
spring have been drawn down to minus by exacting la-
THE TSEE'S BOOTS.
5omeflii : Aliont What 1.x
Pinii ( Intelligence.
As the animal is nearer to us than
the vegetable , so is nnimal intelligence
nearer akin to our own than plant in
telligence. We hear of plant physiology
elegy , hut not yet of p ! : nt psychology. .
When a plant growing ii ; a darkened
room leans toward the lig'il the leanIng -
Ing , we are taught. 5 * a puivly mechan
ical process. The effect of the lighr
upon the cells of the plant brings it
about in a purely mechanical way.
but -when an animal is drawn to the
light the process is a much more com
plex one and implies a nervous system.
It is fhoughi by some that the roots
of a water-loving plant divine the
water from afar anl : run toward if.
The truth is the plant or tree sends its
root in all directions , but thoon
the side of water find the ground moio-
er in that direction and their growth
Is accelerated , while the others are
checked by the dryncss of IV soil. An
ash tree stands on a rocky slope where
the soil is thin and poor twenty or
twenty-five feet from luy garde ; ) . Afer !
a while it sent so many rooN down in'o
the garden and so robbed the garden
vegetables of the fertilizers that we
rut the roots off and dug a trench to
keep the tree from sending more. Xo\v.
the gardener 1 bought the tree divined
fho rich pasturage down In-low there
nnd reached for it accordingly. The
truth is. I suppose , that the roots on
that side found a little more n : d bet
ter soil and so pushed on till they
reached the garden , where they were
Fit once so well fed that they mulli-
plied and extended themselves rapidly.
The tree waxed strong and every s a-
son sent more and stronger roots into
the garden. John Burroughs , in Out-
'ng Magazine.
V.TJU it'll
"Madam , " said the doctor who hid
been Called at - a. in. , after examining
the patient , "send at once for the cler
gyman and also -for a lawyer if you
kvant to make your will. "
"Good graciousl" exclaimed the horrified
rified patient. "Is it.as had as that ? "
"Oh. there is no danger ar all. " re
plied the M. I ) . "But I don't want to
le the only one who has had his slum-
i"rs disturbed for nothing. " Chicago
Sews.S
INise.
"I hear you've got n new minister.
r mmy. "
"Veh , an' I don't like him at all ; he
must 'a' been a school teacher onct. "
"Wy do you think that ? "
" 'Pause y.-hf-uovor he talks to me he
11 ways holds his hand behind him. ' "
I'lie Catholic Standard nnd Times.
The novel-writers have a nice way
sf saying that a girl's face was framed
in wayward curls when it is meant
that her hair was frowsy.
bors as a collector of funds and a manager of clubs.
The great preachers have been seers who were given
leisure through the week in which to dream thir dreams
and shape their prophecies But the institutional
church leaves the clergy no finie oven to think.
The church cannot afford to still the voice of her
prophets. Christianity has been pre-eminently tha
preached religion. Its Founder sent forth the Apostles
to preach. All through the history of the Christian
church the living utterance of spiritual men has been
the great corrector and quickener. Inspired preaching
has in it the greatest power known to man that of a
kindled personality. It is the most potent fascination
which anything exterior in the church can wield' more
vivid than music , more direct than even grand archi
tecture and fit adornment of the temple. With the right
man in the pulpit , allowed time for brooding thoughts
and careful choice of form , nowhere else can speech be
so clothed upon with power. New York Evening Post.
AMERICANS WORK FAST AND DIE EARLY.
HYSICIAXS have long been preaching the
W10 ; doctrine that American business men live
' too fast. With the telegraph , the ocean
cable , the telephone and other modern fa
cilities the man of affairs can do in one
hour work that formerly would have occu
pied six. It might be thought his work
ing day would be correspondingly shortened. Nothing
of the sort has occurred. The speed with which trade
can be effected has simply accelerated his pace , nnd ho
not only works faster , but more hours than ever,4 with
corresponding increase of business and responsibilities.
To keep up this energy he eats too much sometimes
drinks too much for a man who spends most of hia
working hours at his desk and takes no open air exer
cise. Physical deterioration is inevitable , and when a
period of more than" usual stress and anxiety arrives ha
ib liable to succumb.
What American business men must learn is to slow
down , take wholesome recreation , and. above all , quit
worrying , even over real troubles when they come , where
as most of them now worry over troubles that never
come. New York Herald.
INDISCRIMINATE CHARITY.
1IEKM are thousands who need every incen
tive to honest labor that can be found ,
and they are readily demoralized by the
spectacle of men enabled to live in comfort
without any labor at all. Maladministra
tion of the poor law is largely responsible
for thi * 'state of things , but it is power-
uily reinforced by the self-indulgence of the more well-
to-do chides , who gratify their passing emotions and
impulses by indiscriminate charity. The idle rich con-
pire with the idle poor to swell the tide of social de
moralization and to encourage the unlit. London Times.
COMFORT EOR HSEBMEN.
riSUING THROUGH THE ICE UNDER SHELTER.
In the winter the fishermen on the great lakes of Canada build little
caul IKS on the ice. In these huts they take up their quarters , and fish
through a hole chopped in the ice in the center of the cabin floor. The fish
ermen sit close to their little stoves. These men can make quite a good
living at a time when they would be fro/en out if they did not go into
these fishing camps. They can make from four to five dollars a day.
12.Teei usII3S < | ueleied.
i
Tiie clerk in a dry goods store was
waxing sarcastic at the boarding
hous.- table because the school teacher
: : ii ; she was tired. " I don't see how
von have the nerve to sav that , " he
*
*
said. "Von have a snap. Your hours
are short , and. although you say you
have to look over papers in the even
ing , I reckon you don'r have to spend
much time on them. Then look at the
vacations you have' a week or two at
Christmas , another in the spring , two
or throe days at Thanksgiving time
and then the emire summer. Look at
me. 1 have to work eight hours every
day , with only a half hour at noon ,
and once in a while I have to put in
an evening at the store -when thej take
inventory of stock. And my vacation !
I jjet the legal holidays , two weeks In
the summer , and during the hot months
a half day off. and heaven knows what
a good half day does ! Gee ! School
teachers certainly have a cinch. "
During this harangue the school
teacher listened carefully to the noise
he made while he talked. When he
finished she said sweetly : "Well , why
don't you become a school teacher ?
There's no law to prevent you that I
know of. "
And the rest of the table grinned
audibly , while the clerk grabbed a
toothpick and went out New York
Press.
A young man who pays a good deal
of attention to society , no difference
how good a young man he may be , can
not distinguish himself in any other
way.
DAVIS HOT TO MARRY.
Family Opposes Union of Aged Mil
lionaire and Miss Ashford.
Miss .Maud Ashford will not become
the wife of former Senator Henry Gas-
saway Davis , the multi-millionaire
West Virginian and father-in-law of
Senator Stephen L5. Elkins of that
State. The engagement between Miss
Ashford and Mr. Davis has been brok
en , it is stated. There will be no breach
of promise suit , no money settlement by
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Mr. Davis on Miss Ashford and no fur
ther consideration of an alliance be
tween them. These statements , accord
ing to a Washington dispatch , were
made by Miss Ashford. Itumors had
been circulated that this would be the
outcome , because of the strong opposi
tion to the proposed marriage by Mrs.
KIkins. daughter of Mr. Davis , and
members of her family.
YOIT1-JG- KING OE PORTUGAL.
Manuel II , at Age of Eighteen. Takes
His Murdered Father's Place.
Very unexpectedly a boy of IS is
raised to the responsibilities of King of
Portugal. Young Prince Manuel natur
ally felt that the burdens and dignity
of that high place were far removed
from him. His roi'nl father was in
the prime of life and his elder brother
stood between him and succession. P.ut
the bullets of the assassins removed
the King and the crown prince in a
twinkling and upon an untrained boy j
develops the tremendous duties and
ares of Kingship.
Manuel II. . who was proclaimed
King the morning after his father's
death , has served his country in the
navy. He is a blonde , tall , well edu
cated and considered good-looking. lie
is siid to possess the qualities which
u'o toward making a determined rtiier.
MANTKL IT.
r.'i-iii-ately ' for him. in the present
disturbed condition of affairs Kngland
! . - bound by treaty not oaiy to prevent
: ii : invasion of his country but to muin-
; -iin the present dynasty 011 the throne.
Any effort , therefore , to place a pre-
ti nder in his place would lead to arm
ed intervention on the part of Great
Britain.
lt * Iiii < I > : ies
Ilishop Fallows , who is heading the
movement of Christian psychology in
Chicago , has made it very clear that this
mi'vonvnt is not to IJP mistaken as a
linage of Christian Science. Now Mr.
Arc'iibald ' .Mcl.ollan. spfaking for Mrs.
Kddy through the Christian Science Sen
tinel , utterly repudiates any recognition
of Christian jsrcholor.v : : , saying : "Her
teachings show that she cannot indorse as
Christianity the two 'distinctly contradic
tory statements and points of view con
tained in the term 'Christian psychol
ogy' otherwise Christian materialism. ' '
Speaking of the tpachinsr of Jesus , he
says : "He never complicated spirit with
matter , never taught tlu > finitp opposite
of God. spirit , infinity , all. As revealed
in Christian Science. God is unconscious
of matter , for if IIP is spirit and all. he
cannot know aught thrtr would bp rhe
very unlikeness of himself in quantity , !
quality and divinity. " i
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
The Pcnnsylvaiia liailway Company'a
summer freight house at Clpvbland nnd
about twenty freight cars were burmul.
Loss ? T. .0 ( > 4) ) .
Fire destroyed a part of thp Molson
warehouse. oceupiPil by the Canadian Pa
cific railway at Montreal. Loss liiJ
covered by insurance.
The Ohio Supreme Court sot aside the
indictments which had boea found against
the so-called bri lgp trust , holding that
the charges \vero not sullicicnily definite.
A Conservative Speech.
There were some doubts In the com
munity as to Homer Floyd's fitness for
a position on the school board , owing
to certain lapses in his early educa
tion ; but his Hrst speech In his ollicinl
capacity silenced the tongues of all
critics.
He listened to several recitations
with a grave and interested air. and
at the end of the last one he rose to
address the school , "by request. "
"Some things are in my province as
member of the school board , and some
are not. " he said , with a genial smile.
"It's within my province to say that
I never heard scholars answer up in > ro
promptly than you children of District
Number Thivc.
"As to whether your answers were
or were not correct , it is not my place
TO say. Your teacher knows , and in
her hands I leave the matter. "
Price of I'eiiee.
A story is told of Verdi , the famous
composer , which shows that he was
willing to pay a good price for uhat
he considered comfort.
A friend who went to call upon him
in a small watering place ? found the
composer in a little room which he in
formed his visitor served him for lin
ing room , sitting room and bedroom.
"I have two other rooms , which are
large , " he said to his friend , "but I
keep articles hired by me in thorn. I
have there ninety-five barrel organs. "
He paused to note his friend's sur
prise , and then continued :
'When I came here my ears were tor
tured by hearing them play 'Trovatore. *
Ttigoletto. ' and similar stuff. I hired
them from their owners. I pay about
fifteen I hundred lire for them , and en
joy my summer's rest undisturbed by
the sound of my own compositions. "
PII.I3S CUUEn JA' TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT I < ? guaranteed toir . any
case of Iti-hins. IJIinrt , Bleeilin ? or I'rotnid.
5n Piles in li to 14 tia.vs or money refunded.
GUc.
IIuteller Inference.
One day Enij > eror Francis Joseph
-was entering a village ii : his domain
horseback and was met on the outsk r
by : t butcher who had gone out in lii.po
of catching an early glimpse of the
Austrian kaiser. The emperor allied
the butcher rhe way to an tan. ami .if-
tor directions had been given the buf her -
er in turn inquired : . .
"Have you seen th < * kaiser- -
"Very recently , " answered Fran.3
Joseph.
"Are you sure ? Dn you know 't.-m '
certainly ? " asked the eager butcher.
"Well. I ought to , " replied the ! -
areh , puffing out his chest. "I h.tve
shaved him often enough. "
"Ah. and you are the court barber. "
said the abashed butcher iu awestniIc
tones , as he doffed his cap ami had
to the roadside. Washington Post.
Very commendable is the zeal ds- !
playwl in recent years in the efforr to
; . .u an end to the obnoxious hah ! ; of
c\pectorating in places frtjtieuted y
'lie public. Still , the offense w .ud
; ro'irtbly be classed under the head of
-tiial" anil it might be well to ad
just the punishment to the crime.
After crossing on one of the f-rry
iines that convey passengers over tue
rv > rth Itiver to Xew Jersey points , and
, " -.refully considering the possible i-v'i-
cal connection between the . *
two i > ; r3
of the "Notice to Passengers" harg'-n
In a conspicuous place. OIM ' wonders if
perhaps the reforming zeal of the ferry
company may not have carried a too
far.
far.The signs read : "Spitting on tl&
Zioor fc prohibited. Life preservers are
provided for all passengers. "
New Zealand has 9,000,000,000 acres of
land set aside a-s an endowment for
schools and old ago p-nsioii funds.
lay be permanent ! ; , overcome by proper
sersonal efforts > XitUae assistance
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