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Fat's rati lot!una. 'Ad Irishman on returning .ooroe vo | his native land gave vent to his joy- j ful feelings by exclaiming repented- J ly: "Hurrah for Ireland! Hurrah for Ireland!" much to the amusement of | the passengers, but very much to the ; disgust of an Englishman on board, i who finally retaliated with these j words: "Hurrah for Ireland! nurrah for j hades!" "That's right," answered Pat. "Evrry | c man for his owu country." ? Ladies' j T Home Journal. Railway Station Costlnc 817,000,000. At the rate at which the improvements are being carried on at the terminal of the New York Central Rail- I road, at Forty-second street. New York City, it is expected that three months more will see the Grand Central Station razed and work begun on the I magnificent structure which is to replace it. wors oij me lmpryvemtmo una as far as it can go without entering the station or causing an interruption of the train service. Where two yes?rs ago stood 'several hundred homes, today is an excavation quite extensive in itself, but only a fraction of the great hole that will be made in the nineteen square blocks which the terminal will cover. So anxious are the officers of the railroad company to get their improvements into shape in time to be ready to give station facilities to the new Is subway routes planned for the city d that men have been kept working day ! It and night on the great excavation. I _ The plans of the railroad company j , call for the expenditure of $25,000,000 j t on the improvements. All of the land | now occupied by station and tracks is to be evacuated and an entirely new terminal bnilt. About $17,000,000 alone is to be spent in a new station. There are to be two systems of tracks, one raised above the other, one system for suburban service and the other for trains to distant points. Electricity will also be substituted for steam throughout the terminal. It may not be generally known that the New York Central lines constitute the Water Level line connecting the East and the West. They run along the Hudson River, New York to Albany; along tbe Mohawk River and Erie Canal, Albany to Buffalo; along Lake Erie, Buffalo to Toledo and Detroit, and along the level of Lake Michigan from Toledo to Chicago?965 miles of water level, with water In sight nearly every mile of the I way. I The New York Central operates more than twelve thousand miles of railway east of Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. It is the direct line from New York and Boston to Niagara Falls and to the West, the Northwest ' and the Southwest, by way of the great cataract and Chicago, St. Louis or Cincinnati. This is one of the reasons why the press of tfo continents call the New York Certral "America's Greatest Railroad." Salt. A barrel of salt is produced in the United States each year for every four inhabitants. New York is the leading salt producing State, the yield being one barrel for each inhabitant. We buy $300,000 worth of salt from other nations, and sell only $100,000 worth, largely to Mcxico, Japan and Canada. Salt costs the producer less than ODetenth of u cen^a pound. Never mind the grpcery price. Uncle Sam's 1904 figures are 27.332 ccnts for each barrel of 208 pounds. Salt is in many European countries a I [neck- relaxed, my neau sutugmtrut-u |up and the dreadful pain that had so t punished me while I used the old kind < of coffee vanished. < "We have never resumed the use of t the old eoffr-e, but relish our Postum 3 every day as well as we did the for- t mer beverage. And we are delighted t to find that we can give it freely to onr children also, something - e never I tared to do with tlie old kind 01 coiee." Name given by Postura Co., Bat- c le Creek. Mich. * Postum Coffee contain? absolutely no ? rugs of any kind, hut relieves the s offee driaker from the o;d drug poison. I There's a reason. o heavily taxed government monopoly. Italy patrols Its beaches to prevent poor people from evaporating sea-crater for low-grade salt.?New York Press. Age and Brain WorV. The belief of Sir James CriehtonBrowne that brain-workers achieve their best work iu later middle age is easily confirmed by glancing at the ~ careers of a few of the grand old men fi who are still with us, many of whom t are as bnsy as in their younger days, s Lord Roberts at seventy-three is still i* worth ?5000 a year to the nation as ii one of our imperial defenders, Lord b Kelvin at eighty-one may startle us f with further generalizations on the a mysteries of science, Sir William Huggins at the san?e age still explores in- a terstellar spaces, while the activity of I' the octogenarian Duke of Rutland and J1 Lord Wemyss is as effective as ever In preserving the privileges of our s old nobility?London Chronicle. f v OUST THE DEMON. A T nettle* With roffAfl. t y [ There is something fairly demoniacal in the way coffee sometimes wreaks Its fiendish malice on those who use it. ? A lady writing from Calif, says: "My husband and I, both lovers of i coffee, suffered for some time from a very annoying form of nervousness, t accompanied by most frightful head- i aches. In my own case there was t eventually developed some sort of af- r fection of the nerves leading from the i spine to the head. 11 "I was unable to hold my head up t straight, the tension of the nerves (, drew it to one side, causing me the most intense pain. We got no relief from medicine, and were puzzled as to what caused the trouble, till a friend i suggested that possibly the coffee we i drank had something to da with it, and ? advised that we quit it and try Pos- I turn Coffee. i "We followed his advice, and from i the day that we began to use Postum | we both began to improve, and in a J very short time both of us were en-' < tirely relieved. The nerves became steady once more, the headaches ceased, the muscles in the back of my New York City.?There are many oc-yj actons for wliioh nothing is quite so 1 veil suited as the fitted coat. This one i severe m styie ?juu uus un i_ue smart- * es9 which comes from such cut while < ; is absolutely becoming to girlish i LATG PSSIGN E gures and quite simple. In the illusratlon the material is white serge titehed with belding silk, hut while it < 5 in every way to be desired for the i mmediate season, the model will also 1 e found available for the autumn and c or every fashionable suiting as well l s for general wear. > The coat is made with fronts, backs i nd under-arm gores, and Is absolutely s lain. At the neck arc regulation colar and lapels, ami the closing is made uvisibly by means of a fly. The leeves are the accepted ones that are ull at the shoulders and narrow at the wrists. The quantity of material required for he medium size is three and a half ards of material twenty-seven, two nil a quarter yards forty-four or one nd three-quarter yards fifty-two aches wide. Overskirts to Be Worn. There is every prospect that we shall ie wearing overskirts within the coning year. The tunic skirt is being oomed by the dressmakers, and since uany women have taken kindly to the nnovation, its success is fairly well issured. The style is very becoming to all figures, but is not at all a happy iue for short or stout women. Too Many Gowns. ? A ?wvll I JY I V*CU*ftUV?l? iUI?lliUIl ?l u i I $ trges women to avoid the mistake ol" iccumulating too many gowns. Most of us think that we are unlikely to rail into such a mistake, but in reality ilrnost everybody buys too freely. As 1 rule this results not in too many jowns, but in fewer than we would liave if we purchased with more discretion. 6Ilks t<? Be Higher. Silks jvill probably be somewhat ligber priced next season. At least, he higher prices which raw silks are .n.nWinn/Hti(r nt nrosnnt sepm to irifli ,viuuiaituxii^ 111. ___ .'ate this. Raw silk is now abont lifeen per cent, higher than it was a ,'ear ago. There is no indication tiiat he output will soon be increased, and he demand is very largo. Kuflle* Are Stylish. 'IVuffles are more and more fashion- j :ble and many dancing frocks are bilowy with them. A dotted Swiss party ;owu for a young girl had a shirred , ikirt trimmed almost to the waist with hree flounces, each topped with a band ] f inch-wide lace. The low bodice had i ** m ...... tyTRfucs \ narrow flat collar of lace, beneath which a full ruffle fell. Poke Hats. In hats the autumn may bring in the poke, for pokes are considerably "worn this summer. There are several varieties of this popular shape, and those who do not "want to wear the full poke :an indulge in a modified edition which lias a full scoop frout and strings be liind, without being too extreme in style, or too voluminous in scope. Of White Kofie*. A flower hat was made entirely of :iny white roses. The shape was a :urban, and the only trimming was a cluster of larger white roses with eaves piflceti oil one suue. .im; eiue:er was tied In a flaring bow knot of jreen stems. Tlie turban, though so .imple, was very effective. About Veiling. It i?i said that veilings will not be vorn after this year, but this is hard o believe. Certainly, nothing in the idvance models of gowns show9 a liminution of the vogue of soft, clingng materials. 5Y MAY mHTOH. s_ Tacked Blouse Waist. The blouse waist continues, and will :ontinue, to be the favorite of the fashonable world, and seems to know no imit to its variety. Illustrated is ono >f the newest that can be utilized both .'or wash materials and for Bilks and vocls, and which allows of many vacations in the trimming. In this instance white linen is combined with landsome embroidery and the waist is mlined, but the trimming can be laco >r banding of any sort that may bo >referrcd, while the litted lining will )e found desirable for silk and wool naterials. The waist consists of the fitted llnng, which is closed at the front, the ronts and the back. The tucks are ;o arranged as to give tapering lines to ho figure at the back aiul to provide becoming fulness at the front while he closing of the waist is made invisibly beneath the edge of the right front. The sleeves are the favorite ones which "onn generous puffs above smoothly itted lower portions. There is a reguation stock which can be worn with a ie and a turn-over, :is in this instance, >r be made to match the trimming as preferred. The quantity of material required for he medium size is three and threejuarkr yards twenty-one, three and a luarter yarils twenty-seven or two fords l'orty-t'our inches wide with one mrd of all-over embroidery to trim as ItoiRtratecL ! THE GREAT DESTROYER! SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Social Drinking; and Inebriety?It it> Oulj n Little Way From the "Good Fellow" With Hot-tit ol Fiiumlft to the Sodden Drunkard With No Friends. Personal opinion is largely a matter of education and environment. Nowhere. perhaps, is this: fact more strongly emphasized than in the conflicting beliefs regarding the liquor nnestion. In a broad and general manner it must be conceded that all respectable people do not sec the importance of total abstinence. Those avIio have been reared in homes where wine is served as a mattor of ordinary hospitality, see nothing objectionable in such a practice; or, if they do. It has too many adherents among the rich and powerful to occasion much criticism. The thing we are accustomed :o we accept wujdoui argument. The custom that is sanctioned by social usage is too ofien adopted without question. AH tins, of course, refers to drinking in a so-called moderate and' harmless way. Wine is thought by mauy to cive a dash of brilliance and Old World splendor to a festive occasion. It is expected to promote sociability and provide an element of wit and sparkle. But the hostess who serves it doen not expect her guests to use her hospitality as an excuse for inebriety. She may consider a young man weak it' he cannot drink in moderation, but she certainly despises him if he drinks to excess. There may be a touch of incongruity aDout tne metnoa tnat sets a Dan roiling, and then cavils because it keeps an till it gets to the bottom of the hill. But it illustrates even more strongly one great fact of these strenuous times, that sobriety is a necessity. It is not only a duty, in the broadest and most comprehensive sense, but it is an absolute necessity, if one "would reach anything like the best results of which'he is capable. Business requirements demand it, and social position echoes the demand; for those who are most lavish, with wines at their own table are often the first to ostracize an offender. Sometimes the offender is one of the most brilliant members of some exclusive circle. Alcohol is a great connoisseur -where victims are concerned. It chooses the brightest and best. And many a woman who unwittingly has holnivl tn nonco cnmcv Ather mother's sorrow sits in loneliness and suffers the agony of a heartbreaking grief becausc her own gifted boy is a drunkard. No one starts out deliberately to become an inebriate. It is always an accident. And tbe accident is generally Jue to one of two causes. Either the liquor was taken as a medicine, or it wns taken as a social diversion, until finally it became a necessity. The advocates of social drinking apparently do not realize its danger. The startling statistics and the sickening details of,the drink curse either do not reach their knowledge, or else they are regarded as the baseless exaggerations of temperance fanatics. This is not difficult to understand, for if one were to depend on public manifestations of inebriety for information qlong that line he would have but a faint conception of the true condition. As a rule, drunkenness is not allowed to flount itself in public places. Occasionally a drunken man stumbles onto a home-bound car in such a condition that he makes a sad appearance. Or some one staggers through the streets or creates disturbance. But for tlie most part sucli spectacles are uot as frequent as might he supposed. But those "who are close to the hoar! of the temperance -work know that it Is impossible to exnsgerate the horrors of the situation. They know that no pen can picture the ravages of the deadly stuff, and no imagination can (ix a limit to its far-reaching effects. It is only a little way from the "good fellow" who takes a social glass with his friends to the poor drunkard whe has no friends?or at least none outside of his own family; for usually there is a faithful wife who is begging and pleading with him. or there is a heartbroken mother wbo is praying and hoping that some time the tide may turn; and often there are little children who faintly understand the blight on their young lives. Buch devotion speaks well for what a man must havo been before whisky gained control ol bis life. Whisky is a great despoiler. Those who see a man only after he has conic under its power have but a faint conception of the changes it has wrought. -Banner of Gold. A Five-Act Tragedy, Act the First?A younfr man starting oft' from homo; parents and sisters weeping to have him go. Wagon rising aver the hill. Farewell kiss flung hack. Ring the bell aitcl let the curtain fall. Act the Second?The marriage altar. Music and the organ. Bright lights. Long white veil trailing down the aisle. Prayer and congratulation, and exclamations of "How "well she looks!" Act the Tl^rd?A woman -waiting for staggering steps. Old garments stuck in the broken -window panes. Marks of hardship on her face. The biting of nails of bloodless fingers. Neglect, cruelty and despair. Ring the bell and let the curtain drop. Act the Fourth?Three graves in a dark place?grave of the child that died for lack of medicifie, grave of the wife who died of a broken heart, grave of the man that died -with dissipation. Ring the bell and let the curtain drop. Act the Fifth?A destroyed soul's eternity. No light. No hope. close my ears to this last^act of the tragedy Quick! quick! Ring i?o bell and let tbc curtain drop.?Rev. T. De Witt Tal mage. !'L:cenie-.T!io I'rlce of Blood. The deriving of vast sums from thebitter sufferings atul grinding pauper i?m of the people is a terrible oft'eiiae ?C'a na n Wilber force. I cannot consent, as your Queen, tc take revenue from that which destroys the souls and bodies of my subjects.Queeu of Madagascar. To sell rum for a livelihood is bad enough, but for a whole community tc share the responsibility and guilt of such a traffic seeius a worse bargaiu than that of Eve or Judas.?Horace Grot-ley. . Wanted a Good Salocnkffprr, The Oklahoma Pilot offers tlio fo!lowing standing reward: "One linn dred dollars lor a saloonkeeper wilt is a good, 'moral man,' never violates the liqnor laws, and is a good eilizen and who makes Hie world heller foi living in it, and is an elevating1 iuflu enee in his town and community." Throughout the centuries llip drinK sht-p has been the ante-ehaiubor t< the workhouse, the chapel of ease i< the asylum, the recruiting station foi the hospital, the rendezvous for tin gambler, the gathering ground for th< jail.?John Burns. .... < Deepest Hani Ever Made. The deepest haul of a net ever made " In the world was achieved by Amerl- th( cans off the Tonga Islands in the South thr Pacific. The trawl struck bottom 23,- oui 000 feet below the surface; that is con- yoi sidc-rably more than four miles down, " but even at that depth animal life was era found. Those strange beings lived in air water whose temperature was con- me stantly just above the freezing point, and under a pressure of 9000 pounds to Su the square inch. To sink that net and bring it back again took a whole day in' of steady labor.?St. Nicholas. dk , TVhnt 1? lloatl at the British Mtmcnin. p In the reading room of the British Museum the desks are crowded with students* all day long, and in addition to the books of reference, some 20,000 in number, which fill the open shelves S of the room, from 3000 to 4000 volumes are given out every day. Theology in a wide sense, including the Bible, Biblical literature, church history, rnd m works on the religious rites and cere- a monies of all races and creeds, is eas- b< ily at the head of the list, with about b< 300 volumes. Topography comes next, t? with about twenty fewer, and of these ti books on London amount to a quarter, books on English topography to another quarter, the other half being 1 for the rest of the world. History and jj!? biography come next, English history hninf* rrmeflv in demand, and books' on ^ France and the French provinces sec- qj ond. Essays, criticism and miscel- ci Ianeous literature take the fourth place, cc and are followed by fiction?not less B than five years old?moral philosophy, poetry and the fine arts, the drama, ^ law and philology, political economy, ^ and so on down to politics, mathemat- Bt onfl /ihomkirv whirh have about forty volumes apiece, and lastly works tl on naval and military subjects, which seldom have more than three or four J* volumes edch. It is a curious list, and ~ tlirows a useful light on the sort of ^ studies taken up by* the readers in the tj museum.?London Globe. it n, The Way to Do Things, ^ If there is that in your nature which demands the best and will take noth- ^ ing else, and you do not demoralize ^ this standard by the habit of deterior- ^ aticn In everytbng you do, you will achieve distinction in some line if you f Lave the persistence and determination d to follow your ideal. h But it you are satisfied with the d cheap and shoddy, the botched and a slovenly, if you are not particular ? about quality jn your work, or in your jj onvivnnmpnt or in vour nersonal hab-1 R1 its, then you must expect to take sec- h ond place, to fall back iDto the rear of the procession. d People who have accomplished work h worth while have had a very high * sense of the way to do things. They ^ have not been content with mediocrity. They have not confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as oth- 8 ers do them, but always a little bet- j ter. They always pushed things that came to their hands a little higher up, f( a little farther 011. It is this little high- h cr up, this little farther on, that counts P in the quality of life'8 work. It is the ? effort to be first class in everything & one attempts that conquers the heights ? of exceHenee.?O. S. Marden, in Success Magazine. ] Stories of Abeent-Mlnrledues*. th At thA Chnutauoaa Assembly a ro number of 6tories about absent-mind- nf edness were being told, says the Cineinnati Enquirer. n There was the stoiy of the absent- pj, minded doctor who handed his patient a fee and took his prescription himself; the story of the professor, who, coming home to dinner too early, and see the table cleared, went back upstairs again, muttering that he had w quite forgotten having dined; and there were many other stories told. But Bishop Vincent, among all these H anecdotes, carried off the palm with a vv story about an absent-minded minister. "There was a minister," the Bishop said, "who was so absent-minded that he once lathered and shaved his reflection in the mirror." What Gall* the Westerner. One thing that annoys and humiliates a Western man in New York City i? the way in which he is herded with the crowd. Out West a mjjn is an in- llr dividual. He feeis that he is some- '? body?a responsible citizen, a factor lie in the community, a person more or 1 less worth while, entitled to a certain 'u amount of respect merely as a man, and regardless of wealth or social po- F( ? - - no sition or political power. But in >ew " Tork, unless lve is somebody very important, he is nobody at all. Pie is a , mere unit in the mob, of no more moment than one ant in a hill. ? San Prauciseo Bulletin. k The Difference. That cynically genial theatrical man- ^ ager, Mr. Charles Frohman, draws this interesting contrast between peoples: ~ "In London people go to the t.'ireatre, ^ buy their tickets and demand their money's worth, whereas in New York *" when a man separates himsolf from his wad at the box office he simply says, 'Well, that's gone,' and if he gets any |fJ entertainment he looks upon it as so ()a much in. He expects nothing. The tw English attitude is the more difficult me of the two, of course." And, incident- Oil ally, results in vastly better perform- am anees. This, however, for reasons j|n! probably patriotic, Mr. Frohman did not add.?Harper's Weekly. (yj Straw hats wore first heard of in " * ' Al- * nnn T?l 1,7 0 ttngmnu ni tuy rtiyu ui vjunn both. N.Y.-3G. J otl FITSpermanently cured. Nofltsornervons- pe; ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great < NerveKestorer.S'2trial bott leand treatise free +. , Dr.R. H. Kline, Ltd.,931 Arch St., Phila.,Pa. mi ? tin Grent Briinin is barely holding her own nol in trade with Argentina. qu Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forChilriren teething, soften the gums,reduces inflamma- p]a tion,allays pain.cureswind colic, 25c.a bottle ^ In 1893 Japan had only 167,000 tons ol sul merchant steamships. No bv Piso's Cure for Cons u m ptlon is an infal lible medicine for coughs and eolds.?N. W Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900 ine The population ot BangkoJc ia estimated nt 500.000 souls. No PUTNAM Col r more (roods brlgbter ?nd faster olora tlianany oth tolls. Ask da&ler or ?Ul??&d postpaid 18c? ptclug A Better W?y, My man," said the preacher with ? mildewed voice who was going \ ough the prison. "When you get ] t of here are you going to change : ur ways?" Sure," replied the convict safe < icker. "I'm never goin' ter bust 1 udder safe or tap anudder till in : > life." 1 'That's a good resolution my man. < ch work don't pay." i 'Dat's what I wuz thinkin'. I'm go- < inter de insurance business."?In- I mapolis Star. ' ! rHE IDE 1 hapes the Destiny of I! Healthy Woman Canr Seven-eighths of the hHHWfiwmnr en in this world marry l woman because she is 1 j sautiful in their eyes? j cause she has the quali- i es which inspire admira- 1 on, respect arid love. * , There is a beauty in | salth which is more at- : active to men than mere , igularity of feature. I he influence of women | lorious in the possession' | i I perfect physical health i ji pon men and upon the I vilizauion of the world 1 raid never be measured. 1 'SMg^?| ecause of them men have btained the very heights , [ ambition; because of lem even thrones have een established and de-roved. QhWiS "What a disappointment, I: len, to see the fair young ife's beauty fading away :: 1 efore a year passes over ;; if pPTy er head! A sickly, half- :: 17/1/Mn ead-and-alive woman, : specially when she is IaX^J *1 le mother of a family, :: I ; a damper to all joyous- | ||lji|jlgi! Vi 4 ess in the home, and a j rag upon her husband. ' - . . The cost of a wife's con- j A/ltS. at iant illness is a serious ___ rain upon the funds of a mmmmm ousehold, and too often all the docwing does no good. If a woman finds her energies are aggiug, and that everything tires her, ark shadows appear under her eyes, er sleep is disturbed by horrible reams; if she has backache, headohes, bearing-down pains, nervousess, whites, irregularities, or desponency, she should take means to build er system up at once by a tonic with pecific powers, such as Lydia E. Pinkam's Vegetable Compound. This great remedy for women has one more in the way of restoring ealth to the women of America than 11 other medicines put together. It is be safeguard of woman's health. Following we publish, by request, a itter from a young wife. Mrs. Bessie Ainsley of 611 South 10th treet, Tacoma, Wash., writes : ear Mrs. Pinkham " Ever since my child was born I have suf>red, as 1 hope few women ever have, with lflammation. female weakness, bearing-down ains, backache and wretched headaches. It tree ted my stomacu so uiat i coum ouv ou-i }y my meals, and half my time was spent 1 bed. J ydia E. Pinkham'8 Vefcetabi# Coop How to Plow. [n plowing a field many persons make e mistake of plowing round and und it in the same old way, year ter year, until on all sides of the ;ld there forms a ridge or high bank *ar the fence. The proper way to ow a field is with a back furrow, one le at a time and all around the field. Country Life in America. A WOMAN'S SUFFERINGS. eak, Irregular, Racked With Pain*? Made Well and 36 Pounds Heavier. Mrs. E. W. Wright, o'f 172 Main St, averhlll, Mass., says: "In 1898 1 as suffering so with sharp pains in ?the small of the back aud had sucb frequent dizzy spells that I could scarcely get about the house. The urinary passages were also quite irregular. Monthly periods were so * ?""" /lictroccinrr ] Iji " * " " > o eaded their approach. This was my ndition for fonr years. Doan's Kidy Pills helped me right away when began with them, and three hoses red me permanently." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. X. )r sale by all dealers. Price, BO nts per box. Mikes of a Kansas Town. There are eight men in the vicinity Solomon who are named Mike Sullin. To distinguish them they are 10wn as: Mike Pete, Mike Bat, uoky Bat, Prairie Mike, Mike Dan, truer Mike, Wild Mike, Big Mike, ttle Mike.?Kansas City Journal. UTICURA GROWS HAIR lip Cleared of Dandruff and Hair Kestored by Ono li:>x of Cnticara aud One Cake of Cnticara Soap. W. Tait, of independence, \'3., writ; under date of Sept. 15, 1904, Lays: "1 ve had falling hair and dandruff for eive years atid could get nothing to help !. Finally 1 bought one box oi Cuticura itment and one cake oi Cuticura Soap, i they cleared my scalp of the dandruff 1 stopped the hair lalling. .Now mv | ir is growing as well as ever. 1 highly ze Cuticura Soap as a toilet soap. gncd) A. \V, Xaft, Independence, Va." Tribute to AinericA. ^ Manhattan man returning the lor day from a comprehensive Eurom trip remarked to a reporter: ] What surprised me most in my tour , ougli Great Britain, and on the Con- i ent especially, was to see the an- 1 ancement, 'Made In America,' so fre- 1 ently displayed in retail shops. I can remember the time that such a icard, if seen at all, would he conered by the average foreigner as 3icient to condemn the merchandise, w it is utilized as a trade bait both little and big concerns, and on a ge variety of lines of goods. Let > assure you it makes an American siness man feel quite at liome."? ~\ w York Press. \ FADELE w dye. One in package colors aflk. wool tad cottc e. Writ# fwr Xr?j booklet?How to Die, and 1 '-k Hobby of Spain'a Queen Regent. The principal hobby of the Queen Regent of Spain is the collecting of playing cards. She possesses a large Dumber of curious packs, many of! tvhich have no little historic interest.' One set, made of ivory, is believed to have belonged to Prince Eugene, who fought with the great Duke of Marlborough, and to have accompanied him an all his campaigns. Queen Christina also owns.some exceedingly rare cards of Egyptian, Arabian, French and Spanish manufacture.?London Bystander. ] ii WIFE I /len?The Influence of a lot Be Overestimated. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made me a well woman, and I feel ?b grate- N ful that I am glad to write and tell von of my marvelous recovery. It brought xnc health, new life and vitality." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will do for every woman who is in poor health and ailing. Its benefits begin when its nse begin*. It gives strength and vigor from the . jj start, and surely makes sick women well and robust. Remember Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound holds the record fo* the greatest number of actual cures of woman's ills. This fact is attested to by the thousands of letters from grate. ful women which are on file in tha Pinkham laboratory Merit alone can produce such results. Women should remember that a cure for all female diseases actually exists, and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham'# Vegetable Compound. Take no substi* tute. If you have symptoms you don't understand write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice?it i? free and always helpful. ouod Succeeds Where Others Fail. W.L.OOUGLAS $3-J?&*3=SHOESi(Bi W. L. Douglas $4.00 Cilt Edge Un# ? ; cannot bo equalled at any price* LLD July 6,1878. W.L.DOUBLA8 MAKES AND SELLS MORE MEM'S S3. SO SHOES THAM AMY OTHER MANUFACTURER. (Ifin REWARO to anyone who can } $IU,UUU disprovs this statement W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes have by their exCellent style, easy fitting, and superior wearing qualities, achieved the largest sale of any $3.50 shoe In the world. They are Just as good as those that cost you $5.00 to $7.00 ?the only difference is the price. If I could take you Into my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest in the world under one roof making men's fine shoes, and show you the care with which every pair of Douglas shoes is made, yon would realize why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the best shoes produced in the world. If I could show you the difference between tho shoes made in my factory and those of other makes, you would understand why Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater Intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe on the market to-day. W. L Douglaa Strong Made Stioem foK Man, S2.BO, S2.00. Batym' School A Drosa Shoea,$2.SO, $2, $1.75,$1.SO CAUTION.?Insist upon having W.L.Douglas shoes. Tuke no substitute. Kono genuine without his name and price stamped on bottcm. WANTED. A shoe dealer in every toTm-where W. L. Douglas Shoes are not sold. Pul* lino ot samples sent free for inspection upon request. Fast Color Eytiets used; theif'u iU not wear brassg "Write for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Style* IV. L. DOUGLAS, Jlrockto.i, Mass. T0~CATCH THE MAIL Veriiabie Novelty Useful as Laities Work Basket Tout Paid 35 Centi Hammock Receptacle lioston, Maii* their sejL, used as a aoucue is aunvciuu&iy sao> :es8ful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease genus. stops discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness, cures leucorrhcea and nasal catarrb. Paxtine is in powder iorm t> be dissolved in purs n-ater. and is far mere cleansing, healing, esrmicidal wd economical than liquid anuseptics lor all TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES u For sale at druggists, 00 cents a box. trial Box and Book of Instrrctlons Free. * fh( r. Paxton Company Boston. Mass.' ORES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS., KJ Ouch Syrup. Toatej Good. Use M i time. Sold by druggists. tff Ttiompson's Eyewater SS DYES n equally ir?U and is guaranteed to ; ve per"*c< r?-> Hlx Colon. M0i*R0? URUO CO, ' nl<AimA M*. i '