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New York City.?Military effects are greatly in vogue just now, and this blouse is one of the favorites of the season. In the illustration it is in made of striped material and its st smartness is somewhat enhanced by tjj the fact that it could be utilized for c0 plain fabrics cut on the straight if the bias effect is not liked. It is the straps and buttons that really give the military suggestion, and these re- sj, main however the material itself may be cut. The model is closed invisibly ar beneath the strap at the back, but gC those women who find that waists that close at the front are a boon can ^ easily make it that way by simply closing the back seam and finishing tne iront eages unaer me sirup. The waist is made with fronts, sidefronts, backs and side-backs, the varl- sa ous joinings allowing of the chevron effect, which is so well liked just now. b? The fronts are joined to the yoke portions and the side-fronts are ; tucked. The straws conceal all the | 0 seams and the straight military collar m finishes the neck. The sleeves are made in sections and the seams joining them are to be found beneath the Btraps, while straps also trim the m lower edges. ju The quantity of material required be for tho medium size is five and one- H i half yards twenty-one or twenty-four, Si three and one-half yards thirty-two, ly or two aud three-fourth yards forty- si four inches wide, to cut from striped tr material as illustrated; four yards B< twenty-one or twenty-four, three gr J Cl 1 U O VI Jttiuo iUilJ- *" four inches wide, to cut from plain af material or- with stripes on the or straight. lil Headgear For Bridesmaids. tic ' The bridesmaids of this season are of evidently determined to specialize it: upon pretty and quite uncommon jo headgear. One bevy of charming g? girls recently seen looked most pic- to turesque with wisps of tulle twisited turban-like upon their tresses, and fo fastened at one side beneath snravs of gilded wheat. Another set wore white Valkyrie wings, supported by a circlet of pleated gauze. A distinguished milliner has made mob caps of siWerflaked white gauze for a retinue of bridesmaids, garlanded with a ruche of frayed blue silk. * Pongee Parasols. Many of the pongee parasols are embroidered in all-over design, or in n deep border, the embroidery usually being in self color, though occasionally the Chinese and Japanese designs and colorings are employed and rich Oriental blues, creens and yellows are used upon the natural toned ground. Some very good pongee models are quite plain, save for a wide border of gay stripes or a border of gay color ' embroidered in pongee-toued dots. be Collars and Chains For Mourning. w Jet collars, necklaces, long chains, pi bracelets and pins of all descriptions l w in a dull finish are worn by women ty who are in mourning. Co I For Tull to Avoid. A tall, slender girl may wear pic- J resque hats, the large and droop- j S kind, but should avoid the new , riped effect in suitings, as well as i e long panel effects in skirts and >ats. When Tall and Short Waisted. If a girl is tall and short waisted ie should contrive to have the tucks her waist running up and down, id the tucks and ruffles in her skirt >ing around. A narrow belt of the i aterial of the waist should always ! ' worn. Violets Worn on Arms. No longer does the New York girt | ive a huge bunch of violets pinned j her corsage. Instead she wears | >out her glove a band of velvet of | een or purple as a bracelet, and to ! Is is securely pinned a rather small j inch of violets, flatly grouped. > mietimcs there is a gardenia in the j intre, with just a few violets en- j rcling it, and then again there is j ist an orchid with sufficient violets : irrounding it to form a border. Bang to Return. Bangs are coming back to fashion, | it that does not mean that young , omen need cut their front hair short | id do it up in crimps at night, jither smear it with the stick quince ed and dandelion lotions of ancient tag days. The new bang is a soft, iny row of what are called pincurls isting on the forehead, just below e pompadour; and they are called ncurls presumably because a good auy of them are attached to a hairn arrangement and tucked in after e pompadour is finished. That is to y, they have no more connection ith the wearer's head than they i ive with the braids and puffs and | irs that decorate the top of it. This i ;tle row of curly bang across the J rehead is to be considered more and : ore au fait as the days go by. Skirt With Spanish Flounce. Every design that suits bordered aterial or flouncing is in demand st now, when there are so many ; sautiful fabrics of the sort offered, i ere is a skirt th-it is made with a ! ^ if >anish flounce and which is eminent- i graceful and becoming, while it is mple in the extreme. In the illusation it is made of bordered batiste. dws of ribbon and folds of silk are eatlv in vogue for the purpose, and ce and bandings are much used I ter the same manner, while folds oi le material on another are also ted. The skirt is made with upper poran and the flounce. The upper edge the flounce is turned under to form 5 own heading and is gathered and ined to the skirt, which in turn is ithered at its upper edge and joined the belt. ' I The quantity of material required j r the medium size is seven yards of ' i irdored material twenty-four inches ide, or seven and one-half yards of alu material twenty-four inches ide, five and one-fourth yards thir-two, or four and one-fourth yards rty-four inches wide. THE PULPIT. 1; , \ A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY ? DR. C. D. CASE, PH. D. r s Theme: Perseverance. 1 Tirooklvn. N. Y.?For his final ser- s mon before going to Buffalo to be- \ come the pastor of the Delaware Ave- d nue Baptist Church, the Rev. C. D. g Case, Ph. D., in the Hanson Place I Baptist Church, took as his subject "The Regards of Perseverance." The v text, was those passages found r in the Book of Revelation, 2:7, 11, I 17, 26, 27; 3:5, 12 and 21, describing ^ the rewards of overcomiug. Dr. Case g said: v The word "overcome" is a martial c term. It implies an enemy, a conflict, t a victory. It suggests the soldier of r Christ fighting against spiritual I forces of wickedness and arrayed in v the helmet of salvation, the breast- e plate of righteousness, the girdle of c truth, the sandals of the gospel of Ii peace, the sword of the Spirit and the a shield of faith. It presents the Chris- i: tian life, not in terms of rest and en- I joyment, association and service, but \ nf strnzerie. it is a word for the nres- C ent, a clarion call to achievement. t The victorious crusado of the Chris- t tian is not here pictured as coming c only at the end of life. A desperate 2 encounter with evil is to he met with, 1 not only at the time of conversion and c the time of death, but unceasingly i through life. There is no thought of v truce or furlough, no suggestion of \ recuperation or dress^parade. There t is to be no day of retreat. r It is the contest of the individual p against his enemies. The message is t to the church, the task is personal, c The heart is the citadel, and the ap- o proaches are the source of constant t attack. The flesh is weak, even p though the spirit is willing. There is s a conflict between the law of God and the law of sin in our members. Even C though Christ be enthroned in the p life, the outposts will be repeatedly t assailed. The success of the church I unnn => .f a i th (111 n PKK ftf t.hfi T individual members. e The seven-promises to the churches k as given by Christ repeat the history n of the race up to the founding of the J throne of JDavid, the period of Is- e raelitish history most symbolical of t the kingdom of God. The world's c history begins with the tree of life r which is forbidden to the parents of d the race. Then follows as striking I providences of God thj punishment of g death and the promise of the Deliv- i erer, the giving of the tables of stone and the heavenly manna, the repeated c victories ever the national enemies, " the enrollment of the heroes of war, r the building of the great temple and I the establishment of the throne of c David forever. God's plan is one and F ths salvation to be given in the final r award is but the culmination of God's t eternal purpose. What God will do t for us at last is to be seen in the his- t tory of the race in prcphetic promise, v Tha first promise, found in Revela- t tion 2:8, is: "To him that overcom- f eth, to him will I give to eat of the I tree of life, which is the paradise of u God." Thus are connected the beginning and the end of history even c as Christ Himself is the Alpha and g Omega, the first and the last. Yet i the second Paradise differs widely i a frcm the first. In the passage of the t text, Paradise is Heaven, not the in- a termediate state, and it is presented c not as a garden "where two human be- i ings are surrounded by the luxuries I of nature, but a city throbbing with t life, teeming with multitudes. Not t isolation but association, is the strik- v ing feature. The tree of life is the h fulfillment of the spiritual meaning c of the prayer, "Give us this day our t daily bread." As the tree of lifa bears I twelve manner of fruits, yielding its v fruit every month, so life abundant t is the reward of victory. And life is e more than mere existence; it is t wealth of thought, it is richness of c companionship, it is the acme of un- C selfishness, it is the larger life when c comes the statelier Eden back to F man." when family, society, govern- a ment, national and international, is j the creation of God-fed and God-led h children of men. I The second promise is that the victor shall not be hurt of the second death. There is a first death ard a second death, though the term second death is not mentioned in the Gospels * or epistles. But Christ Himself tells ? tis net to fear him who can destroy J the body, but rather fear Him who can cast both soul and lody into hell. 1 The first death is the heritage of the . race, and is not directly the punishment of individual sin. Even Christ ^ became obedient unto death, though * He knew no sin. Neither sickness ? nor death may mean that either a ' * 1. i .1 mu- S man or ms pureius uave smueu. a no second death is the exact result of sin. It is for the fearful and unbelieving and abominable and murderous and whore mongers and sorcerers and idoiaters and all liars. The first is momentary in its effects, the second eternal. The Smyrna Christians were bitterly persecuted, but Christ promises them freedom from the second death. The church is challenged because it makes its rewards future. Wrongs need present righting, says the critic; what we want is Heaven on earth. True, very true, but the ideal for earth is Heaven. As long as the sense of immortality is in man, as long as there remain unavenged wrongs on earth, as long as any individual life r passes out into the great unknown ( with present hopes thwarted, as long S as the successes of transitory years t dissatisfy, so long shall we need the j prospect of a Heaven where neither a the first nor the second death shall s enter. I A third reward of perseverance Is i the hidden manna, and the white g stone inscrioea wun me secret new i name. The very name of "manna" t carries the mind back to that period of hunger when God rained down s from Heaven the sustaining food, j The real meaning of this miracle is 1 revealed when Christ says: "I am the t bread of life which came down out of j Heaven." It is Christ that sustains, t Not only is His life the ideal but His t companionship the inspiration. Christ t is unseen, but His presence no less real and more vital than the friend seen at our side. Christ as the bread of life is "hidden manna," because the j process of partaking of Christ is as g unseen as the assimilation ?f food, j and the assurance of salvation is a f ? ^ t._i i- - 1 1 ^ mailt1! ueiweeu me sum auu g alone. "Blessed are those that hun- f ger and thirst after righteousness." z There is nothing that satisfies the hungry soul but Christ. Then there is that secret name Inscribed on the white stone. There are many interpretations of its meaning, j such as that the stone ia ?i ticket of J admission or a vote of acquittal. But, after all, the believer with his hidden j manna lias a new heart. There is both a new power of assimilation and a new food to be assimilated. The old law was written on two tables of stone, but the new law, 30 Ezekiel \ declares, is to be written on the heart, i Forced obedience is to be changed t into a second nature that voluntarily 1 fors right. The 'oeliever is not free rom the law, hut he does naturallj vlmt the law requires. There is bill >ne secret for this marvelous trans ormation. 'and that is, Christ. Foi ne to live is Christ, says Paul. Iiv tead of the ten commandments w< iave the name of Jesus inscribed or >ur hearts. He who lives the Christ ife obeys tha law without compulion. What better comparison car ve make between the old and the new lispensation, the old law and the new :race? Here is the "secret of th( jord." Human finiteness can only vaguelj inderstand Go'd's omniscience. Hu< aan ignorance needs a journal and z edger. God needs many books bj yhich righteous judgment shall be ;iven. He needs a book of Jtfe bj yhich no mistake may be made ir ondeming the innocent and saving he wicked. He has a book of reaembrance for those that fear the ,ord and think upon His name; the wanderings of the persecuted are lumbered and his tears are all reorded. The great day of judgment s cimply the opening of the books .nd the reading of a reward or punshment already determined upon Jlesoed are those whose names are written in tne L.amD s dook oi jne )riginally, probably, the idea of a iook of registry arose from the mulicipal lint of Jerusalem. "It shall ome to pass that he that is left ii lion and be that remalneth in Jerusa em shall be called holy, even everj >ne that is written among the living n Jerusalem." Evidently the mar /hose citizenship is in Heaven, and /ho being risen with Christ seeks hose things that are above, is thus egistered in the new Jerusalem. The leople at Sarais had a name thai hey lived, but they were dead. A hurch registration is not always synonymous with a Heavenly registraion. "Remember, therefore, and re ent." Not professors, but possesors, count with God. The sixth promise of Lhe risen 'hrist is that the victor shall be s illJar in the temple inscribed with he name of God, Heaven and Jesus n Solomon's porch t~ere were twe tillars, one marked Jachin, "He shall establish," and the other Boaz, "ir lis strength." In the church militant tot all are pillars. Paul declares thai ames, Peter and John were considred to be pillars. But in the new emple of God all are pillars, not onlj olumns of support, but also monunents commemorating the greal leeds of the past. The saved ol leaven shall record salvation bj ;race and be "songs without words' u praise of God. Upon each piilar shall be the name if God, of the new Jerusalem, and mine own new name." What new lame? Emmanuel, "God with us?' ledeemer, the one who has purchased iur redemption? Jesus, the nam; irecious to every believer? We dc lot know; still, as the name signifies he personality, so we shall receive hat name of Jesus, which answers o our own inner experience. Whal ve are then will be what Christ has teen to us. The Father will see re[acted in us the looks of Chiist; His mage and superscription will be or is._ The Jast promise is 10 me j^aoai eans?"He that overcometh, I wil ;ive to him to sit down with Me n My throne as I also overcame .nd sat down with My Father in His hrone." When Napoleon had beer ppointed emperor by the senate, the eremony took place in 1804 accordng to the solemn ceremonial of the Icly Roman Empire. Pius VII. had aken the crown from the altar read} o place it upon Napoleon's head when the latter seized it and put it or lis head himself. Christ seized nc rown for Himself. In that He lumbled Himself, Gcd highly exaltec1 lim. Now He in turn exalts the one ,'ho humbled himself and gives life tc ;im who is willing to lose it. Sovereignty?that is, victory, authority oastery?belongs to these who overome with Christ. Whoever, hearing Christ at the door knocking, and ther ipens the door, shall admit a Com(anion who will bind fellowship bj . common meal. Such a one now enoying friendship with Christ in His lumility shall enjoy "it with Christ .'e lis glory. Unsuspected i)anger?-.__ Tasteless poison is the most daiT ,rerous kind, for it shows no dangei ignals to tell us of its presence ir ood or drink. There is less to be eared of carbolic acid than of ptonaines. The. devil's tasteless poisons are he sins of omission. When he woulc jet us to commit active sin, he musl ry to conceal the fumes of taste 01 imell, and it is not always easy to d< his. So he prefers to begin with the uggestion that we simply leave somehing undone, and most of us swallov hat poison unsuspectingly. There is no great harm in stayinc lome from church or Sunday-school md down goes the poison. So witl he letter we did not write, the Wore or Christ we did not speak, the Booi ve did not read; how the greal >oison-mixer must chuckle over th< mccess of his tasteless draughts! Foi hey are deadly character-wreckers tnd sure forerunners of other sins rom which we would at first recoil rVatch and pray against the sins o: (mission.?Church Echo. Bound to Go Right. Rev. Mark Guy Pearse says thai nany years ago he sat with Rev Charles Spurgeon on the platform al Jpurgeon's Tabernacle, and in an in erval during the meeting he whis >ered to Mr. Spurgeon, "When I wa: i young fellow in London, I used tc lit right over there and hear yoi >reach, and jou will never know how nuch good you did me. I cannot for ;et," says Mr. Pearse, "the brighi ight that came into his face as h< urned to me and said, 'You did?' " "Yes," replied Pearse, "and I an :o glad to have the chance of telling rou of it. You used to wind me ur ike an eight-day clock; I was bounc o go right for a week after hearinj ou." He put out his hand and toot hat of Mr. Pearse, and the tear; (rimmed to his eyes as he said, "God >less you! I never knew that." The Sure Refuge. The historian, Guizot, set out as : ree-thinker. He said, "Reason wil :olve all." But as his yer.rs increasec le found himself in a whirlwind ol lonfiicting doubts and perplexities md finally, with unspeakable joy, h< led to the authority of the Scriptures is the Word of God.?Home Herald Suicidal Business. That business, however remunera ive it may be, which takes all one's iine, and leaves no opportunity foi he culture and growth of the soul, is 'ternallv sniririal.?The Rev. Charles 3ayard Mitchell, Cleveland. God is Everywhere. God, the great, the holy, is every' vhere. It is impossible not to fiuc lim. We have Him here, out undei lie broad arch of Heaven, and \v< lave ilirn in cur hearts.?Auerba?h., , QUEER TRADES IN RUSSIA. T I t ! Marriage Brokerage and Renting of * I Fine Linen Products of Hard Times. I | The money stringency in Russia | following the war and the revolutionary difficulties has reduced many good workmen to living by their wits. Very old devices have been employed by men and women who are hard pressed in the struggle for life. An amusing incident has come to light in the Nikolsk-Ussuri district, where the population consists almost entirely of males. A number of impoverished peasants put their heads together one day and resolved to set up as a firm of bride importers. A certain amount of capital was of course required for the start, but as success was assured there was ro difficulty about raising it. The partners them set out each one separately on his journeytoplaces in Russia where the females out j numbered the males by tour or rive . -to one. There are many such cantons . in central Russia, indeed there are 5 some where the proportion is ten to one. 1 The searcher for brides once located in some such district picked out l the most desirable girls for wives and . persuaded them to accompany him to r his ftome, where he would promise J them they shoufd find most desirable 1 husbands. After he had secured a 1 bevy of fair candidates for matrimony he bought cheap railway tickets for them and brought them all safely to their destination. From the very first the venture has been a great success. Competition is keen among the men and the offers for brides rise so quickly that the affair is virtually an auction. The terms settled, the priest is informed, and then it is his turn to play a part in publishing the banns and performing the marriage service. The' present to the "bride's father," as the trader in wives is called, is where the profit of the firm comes in. No offer of less than $50 is considered, and the price often mounts up to $100. The r girl's railwa'V ticket, board and sun' dries on the journey cost about $25, so the profit is anywhere from $25 tc * $75, besides a gallon or so of vodka ; thrown in. It will be a time of mourning for the firm when all the men in the district are provided for > and the bride trade is finished. 1 The credit of hitting upon anothei r simple way of turning an honest penny belongs to the respectable guild of washerwomen in the Russian capital. They noticed that a numerous class of people need starched spotless linen for their daily avocations who cannot afford to pay for it7 Prominent among these ill starred members of society are the waiters in restaurants and hotels and mutes who have to wear top hats and evening dress clothes and carry torches at funerals. In order to solve this problem and supply a long felt want a': a moderate cost the ladies of the washtubs lend out well starched linen for a funeral or a banquet and inform the lawful owners of the property that it is not yet quite ready. The press declares that the easy going inhabitant of St. Petersburg does not mind much when he discovers, if he does discover, the double trade his laundry woman is [ carrying on with his ciotnes as capital.?St. Petersburg Correspondence 5 of the New York Sun. For Collecting Mercury. Mercury spilled on a table or floor \ is somewhat hard to collect, unless | special precautions are taken, owing . to its tendency to divide into small globules, which roll away at the slightest touch. If a wet ring is made s iround the spilled mercury by the aid 1 of a wash bottle or other similar means, it will be found that the globales of mercury cannot cross the ring; ^ the mercury can then be collected in " shovel made from a piece of thin card, or even au ordinary enj velope. i " Reclaimed Missouri Lands. ' In the eleven counties of Southeast 1 Missouri containing swamp or over; flowed lands thirty-one drainage , ' ditches or canals have been construct, ed, with a total length of about 660 miles. These ditches have reclaimed i about 255,000 acres of land, an area amounting to nearly 383 square miles. Lands which were practically worthless before drainage are now j worth from $35 to $65 an acre.? , Palmyra Spectator. I I Chinese Mine is Rich. 1 The Muho and Kuanying Shan gold 1 mines in Heilungkiang, China, which have been restored to China by RusI sia on the repayment of the expense? incurred by the latter during the lasl several years, are said to be still very rich, and may be again made prosperI ous if sufficient funds are put into the working of them. 1 J)K. TALKS OF FOOI) Pres. of Board of Health. j : "What shall I eat?" is the daily ini qulry the physician is met with. 1 1 do not hesitate to say that in my | judgment a large percentage of dis, ease is causpd by poorly selected and improperly prepared food. My peri sonal experience with the fully-cooked ; food, known as Grape-Nuts, enables > me to speak freely of its merits. "From overwork I suffered several \ years with malnutrition, palpitation j of the heart and loss of sleep. Last I summer I was led to experiment personally with the new food, which I used in conjunction with good rich cow's milk. In a short time after I i commenced its use the disagreeable 1 evmntnmc H Ic.nntion rpfl mv hpfirt's aC * tion became steady and normal, the functions of the stomach were propj erly carried out, and I again slept as 5 soundly and as well as in my youth. "I look upon Grape-Nuts as a perfect food, and no one can gainsay but that it has a most prominent place in - a rational, scientific system of feed5 ing. Any one who uses this food will [ soon be convinced of the soundness J of the principle upon which it is man* ufactured and may thereby know the facts as to its true worth." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." 1 Ever read the above letter? A new * one appears from time to time. They ; are genuine, true and full of human ' interest. NO SKIN WAS LEFT ON BODY. Baby was Expected to Die with Eczema?Blood Oozed Out All Over Her Body?Now Well?Doctor Said to l/se Cuticura. "Six ifronths after birth my little girl i broke out with eczema anci i pau uvo aoo-.. { tors in attendance. There was not a particle I of skin left on ..er body, the blood cozed I out just anywhere, and we had to wrap her in silk and carry her on a pillow for ten weeks. She was the most terrible sight 1 ever saw, and for six months I looked,for ! ! her to die. I used every, known remedy to !* alleviate her suffering, for it was terrible* to witness. Dr. C gave her up<" Dr. B recommended the Cuticura Remedies. She will soon be three years old and has never had a sign of the dread trouble since. We used about eight cakes of Cuticura j Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment. James J. Smith, Dumid, Va., Oct. 14 and 22, 1906." Old Wounds. Agitation and anxiety of mind scatter wrinkles and gray hairs with no unsparing hand, but deeper traces follow on the silent uprooting of old habits, and severing of dear familiar ties. The affections may not be so easily wounciea as me passions, uui their hurts are deeper and more lasting.?Charles Dickens. CntaiTb Cannot Be Cured With local applications, as they caDnot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall'9 Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surface. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for yeare. and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known,combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Bend for testimonials, free. b\ J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Bold by druggists, price, 75c. Take Hall's lamilyTills for constipation. The Production of French Wine. The nroduction of wine in France continues to increase, though the demand moves in the contrary direction. In the five years, 1895-1900, the average produced was about 41,000,000 hectolitres; in the period 1901-190& it rose to 61,000,000, and In 1907 it is with the wine imported from Algeria 57,000,000 of hectoli tres, or more than 136 litres for every head of the population. Habitual Constipation May be permanently overcome I)y projxnr personal efforts witKtKe assistance bfiheoni? truly .beneficial laxative remedy, Syrup of figs and Elixir of Senna, whicK enables one to?orm regular habit's daily So that assistance to naI \ l\ i. ? Ture may be ?radualty dispensed wWn no longer needed astke tastof mnedies,when required, are to assist ! J mature and not to supp)ant tKe naW. 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Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner, Maine, writes: "I was a great sufferer from female troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable (Compound restored me to health in three months, after my physician declared that m operation was absolutely necessary." ^ Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Geybourne Ave- Chicago, I1L, writes: "I suffered from female troubles, a tumor and much inflammation. Two of the best doctors in Chicago decided that an operation was necessary to save my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound entirely cured me without an operation." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness,or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkliam invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lyan, Mass. * A Great Smoker. A Pittsburg millionaire said al a dinner: "I lunched with Sir Thomas Lipton at the Ghezireh Palace, in Cairo, just before he set out for his tea plantation in Ceylon, where the ex-Empress Eugenie was to visit him. When the coffee came on I opened my gold case and offered Sir Thomas a beautiful aromatic cigarette fresh from the factory down the street. " 'No, thank you,' said he. 'I am, with one possible exception, the biggest smoker in the world, but I never smoke cigars nor cigarettes.' " 'What do you smoke?' said I. " 'Bacon,' he answered."?New York Tribune. The famous marble staircase of the Glasgow municipal buildings cost ?30,000. N.Y.?22 830.00 TO 873.00 A WEEK-A fact: we am Erove it. 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