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TORTURING PAML A. OL Bpragttt, stock tekr, of Ml. I1L, write*: Tor two wholo jcarft 1 *u dotnjr no thine bot baying n?U* don to cor* mj kldncjs. I do sot think that any mm ?w ?offered as 1 did aod Head. The pain la my back was. eo bad that I coold not aleep at night I coold not ride a horaa. A. c. imasi. and wactlmn was vnablt even to rMto In a car. My condition waa critical when I wot for Doan'a ltldnsy Pllla. 1 need three boxes and they cured on. Now I can go anywhere and do aa much aa anybody. 1 sleep well and ' feel no discomfort at all." A TRIAL FREE?Addreat Foster Mllbnrn Co.. Buffalo. N. T. For aalo by all dealers. Price. 50 eta. LUCKY SHOT SAVED HUNTER At Merey of Infuriated Buffalo When Qun Waa Fired. A hunter In South Africa telle the following story of an adventure with ? buffalo: "I was In the act of de scending the bank when Prinsloo, a Dutch hunte^ who wsa lower down the slope, saw the dark outline of the buffalo atandlng at bay behind the acreen of reeds. Next Instant, seeing It about to charge, he shouted, Daar kom hlj*. ('There he comes'), and fired, rather at random, I am afraid. Then, ruahlng down the path by which ho had advanced, he threw himself headlong Into the reeds on the loft. This all happened In ?> few momenta, but I had sufficient time to raise my rifle to my shoulder and fire aa the, enraged bull rushed straight at me through the reeds with nose thrown forward and horns back. As I fired I endeavored to Jump aside to escape the charge, but my feet got entangled In the matted grass' and I fell on my back, luckily, however, re taining my hold on the stock of my rifle. My flrst shot seemed to check him for a moment, but the next he was rushing up the slope at me. I shall never forget the look in his fierce eyes. It was but a moment's work to draw back the bolt of my Mauser and to close it again, thus pushing another cartridge into the breech. I had no time to raise the rifle to my shoulder. There was bare ly time. Just before he was within striking distance, to pull the trigger, with the stock under my armpit, while I lay on my back on the top of the sloping ground. Without so much as a groan he fell In hia tracks and rolled over Into the muddy water two yards below with a great splaah, shot through the brain."?Montreal Herald. HI8 MEANING ALL RIGHT. Colored Preacher at Least Knew What He Wae Praying For. Caroline Abbot Stanley, in her new book, "Order No. 11/' treating of the deplorable state of affairs in Missouri during the rebellion, when old friends became enemies and homes were burned and the country desolated, in troduces "Uncle Reuben," an old darky preacher, who was coachman and general "Man Friday" for "Mahs> ter Trevllian" and the family. The bishop tells about being down at one of their meetings in Virginia once, and the old preacher, anxious to do his best by them,' prayed that God would send down His "sanctum sanc torum" upon them. Next morning the bishop thought he would get Uncle Reuben's idea of what he meant, and said: "Uncle, I was very much obliged to you for all the good things called down upon me last night, but I want to ask you Just what you meant by His "sanctum sanctorum?" The old darky scratched his head a moment, and then said: "Well, master, I dun' Jes exac'ly know what dat word do mean, but I know what I meant by It." "Well, what's that?" asked the bishop. "1 meant glvo 'em de bes' you got!" Ignorant English Villagers. A writer who has lived in a remote English tillage says: "The exorcising or laying of spirits Ib supposed to be long to the old monkish days and to be now entirely obsolete, and yet ? few years ago this old belief was still firmly held by the villagers. The rector's wife was visiting a woman who had recently lost her husband. After some hesitation she told the lady that she wished to see the rector, for she. had something very partlculat to say to him. Of course, on hearing this, he lost no time In visiting his parishioner. She rose from her chali with much alacrity and proceeded to drag an empty box from a cupboard 'What I wants to do, sir, Is this: Wlllum's spirit Is a-hauntlng me day and night and wunna let me be. So. If you'll be so kind as to pray him Into this box and then take It way and throw It into tbe pool, he'll lay quiet and not trouble me no more.' 1 laughed at this story when I heard It. but the next day I was visiting an old couple and was astonished to find that they took the matter seriously and said that the rector 'might ha' done as much as that for a poor 'ooman.'" Child's Rtbuke. Little Boy?Mamms, why are you ?o cross at mo all the time? Tired Mamma?Because you keep doing wrong, and I want to make an Impression on your mind. Little Boy?Well, Mamma, I guess If you'd be good-natured Just once If Would make a bigger Impression. Immense fttalk of Rhubarb. Asa O. Bunker of Ashville, Me., has fathered a rhubarb stalk from his gar dan that measures 60 Inches In length, 39 Inches across the leaf, 7 tnches around the butt and welg&ed IK pounds. Turtle Haa Town Seared. Brewer, Me., people are staying In at sight for fear of a 3tt-foot turtle whloh haa aaeaped from captivity and to Mid to b? more dangerous to meet ft Ml doc FQOTGEATOF IffJtfUESE IIUTUT UOXTK FEET ma TIE HUES STUM. Tirom th$ Londom Daily Chronicle. HE Japanese shoes, or geta." as they are called, are one of the singularly distinctive features of Jap anese life which will strike the observer with wonderment a* toon as lie sees them looming along the road way, or hears them scraping the gravel with an irritable squeak that mnkes his very nerves shudder. Neverthe less, awkward thongh the shoes ap pear. they are of a kind constituted to make feet as hard as sheet iron, and ankles as strong as steel girders. The shoes are divided into two va rieties; the low shoe is called the "komagetn." and is only used when the roads are in good condition. The high shoes, named "ashida," are worn when the weather is rainy and the roads are muddy. Both kinds have a thin thong attached to the surface to secure them to the feet, which are therefore not covered as if they were In shoes, but are left exposed to atmos pheric conditions. The "komageta" re semble somewhat the Lancashire clog, and their construction merely entails the carving of a block of wood to the proper size. The "ashlda," however, are of more complicated design. They have two thin pieces of wood, about three inches high, at right angles to the soles, and occasionally, in the case of priests or pilgrims, only one bar attached. Some of the "geta" worn by little girls are painted in many colors, and others have a tiny bell hanging from a hollow placc at the back, which, as it tinkles In a mystic way. heralds the approach of children. The superior makes are covered with mats, made of pnnam*. The highest price amouuts to about 10 yen or while the' cheap est is less than 10 sen. or a few cents; but then the "geta" will not last longer than a month, and once out of repair can never be mended. Learning to walk 011 a "Beta" is an exceedingly difficult process. Indeed, it is far easier to acquire skating or stilt walking. The average child in Japan takes about two months before being able to move along on the na tional footgear, and the little ones re peatedly slip from the wooden blocks, falling to the ground, which seems to their miniature imaginations a consid erable distance beneath them. Al though foreigners usually take with readiness to the customs of Japan, they are absolutely unablo to mauipu* late the perilous "geta." A curious story is told of a San Francisco merchant who was invited to attend a fancy dress ball. He thought it would be quite the correct thing X/t attend in Japanese costume and wrote to a friend In Yokohama to send a complete suit of the costume of a gentleman of high class. On re ceipt of the costume he was immensely surprised at its extensive variety. He mastered all the intricacies of the flow ing robes, but when ii? unearthed the "geta" he was completely at a loss to understand its use. Having only Just arrived in the country, and not being over observant, he had omitted to no tice the foot arrangements of the peo ple. After much earnest considera tion, he was suddenly seized with a brilliant idea. "Ah," he exclaimed in his desire to extol everything Japan ese, "this wooden block has got a very lovely shape, it is very beautifully carved and artistic. Therefore, it must be a kind of decoration to be worn on the shoulders like epaulettes." And so the merchant went to the ball with a "geta" on each sliouUlcr instead, of 011 each foot! Some parents allow their children to phiy barefoot i:i the streets, but when going out with their elders, or paying visits, it is essential that every ono, from the smallest tj the tallest, must mount the wooden cleg, ar.d pro pel themselves in this of.d fashion. Pi e tdslikc of the Japanese children for the activity of outdocr games is'tc lie mainly attributed t:> t!io awkward cncunibranccs with wb!eL their little feet are loaded. For instance, cue sel dom sees Japanese children gambolling in open playgrounds?they have yet to learn ti e feverish pleasures cf "hide and seek" cr "rounders," whilo cueh a thing as top spinning cr fcctball never ohctructs the rcadwayo. Clngular superstitiens arc assofclatcj with the "ceta," which nt tlme3 are declJcOly useful. V/hon a host dceireo that a tcj attentive caller should de part, he induces ecniebo?y to bum noxa, which has a peculiar eder. upen his shoes, which are cutslde the door. The gv.cst will immediately take the hi it, am* slmrltancouoly his leave. When a thong of "geta'hs accidentally severed 0:1 the return frcm the visit to a sick person a Arm belief exists that the patient muct die. Tho Japanese, however, dearly lovo the "geta," and r.Ithorgb civilization nay toach them to win tattles, it will never induce thcu to wear leather boots! The Woman of It, Y?*hon \!ro. Pot met Mrs. Kettle the memory of the little dispute of tlulr Ir.isbands' was fresh in their minds. However, Sirs. I'ot got over it eraco fully, and the other members cf the club caid no 0110 could havo been nicer cr nnre thoughtful about it. Mrs. Ket tle advanced cordially, took Mrs. Pot's hand and murmured her pleasure. Mrs. Pot cried: "So glad to see you! And how well you look! Black, my dear, is eo be coming to you!"?Judge. With the Qrcftt Matctora. Byron was polishing up "The Pris oner of Chlllon." "I'm not sure," ho soliloquized, "whether to release him from impris onment on a writ of habeas corpus or motion for a new trial.'* Uncertain of his ground, he Anally decided to avoid discussing the legal phase of the matter, and contented lmself with unlocking the door. OO NIWS>AW>? >THUUTK UlNKi u ? "Ob# of tbs most potent and most continually operative etUN of crime Is the Tut toIum of criminal mg< gestlon flowlig In upon the pnblle mind through Ttrtooa means, bat ee? peel ally through th* public pim In the detailed accounts of criminal ac tions in the avenge newspaper there is minute Instruction In crime as a Una art. The reader la taught both how to perform the criminal part and bow to erade his merited punishment." This Is the opinion of President Hop kins. of Williams College, expressed In a recent address In New Yovk City. The New York Globe admits that there is some truth In the indictment, but denies that it runs sgainst all papers. The real offender, says the Globe, la the yellow journal seeking to produce sensations rsther than to print news: The fault of the depraved press lie* not so much in the prominence it glres to police annsls as in its treatment of them. To Jourusls that beloug to this class the murder, or assault, or theft which is reported in the news of the day is regarded merely ss material for "a story" lu which, if the victim U not a person of Importance, the crim inal is mude the central figure, the hera of -vhat is In mauy cases turned into a mere romance. Hence every de tail. whether real or imagined, that will heighten the effect is brought into requisition, the sole effort being to produce in the reader a thrill of excitement. The plalu record of an ordinary crime has no value for this purpose. The Brooklyn Eagle *>eltaves that the good effects of newspapers do overbaU a nee the bad an hundred-fold. Undoubtedly the glowing newspaper reports of crime harm some minds, but, on the other hand, fear of news paper publicity IS ? almost the only in fluence that restrains thoussnds, and especially the powerful of the bnsiness and social worlds, from giving way to their base or predatory Instincts. The good which even the most sensational newspapers do overbalances the bad un hundred-fold. The St. Paul Globe suggests that President Hopkins has mistaken the effect for the cause. The fact that ac counts of crimes All a great deal of space in the newspapers is proof neither of an actual increase of crime nor of criminal suggestion arising from such accounts. It must be remembered that within I tic- last fifty years the peoples of tbe earth liave been drawn very closely together. Those dwelling on other continents have become practically our next-door neighbors and we know as much about their affairs as about those of the people who actually live across the street. Has not Professor Hopkius mistaken an increase in publicity for an increase in crime? It Didn't Pay. A newsboy was strutting along Wal nut street recently when close to a curb he espied a bright ten-cent piece. A benevolent looking gentleman stood near, and the honest boy, thinking the man hud dropped the coin, picket it up and offered it to him. The gentleman turned kindly and not only allowed the youngster to re tain tbe coin, but gave him a quarter, saying: "Here is a reward for being honest, my young man." The boy trotted off in high spirits. That night lie slept little partly on ac count of thinking of his good fortune, and partly because of a scheme which his youthful brain had hatched, lie would make money deliberately in tbe same way as he had accidentally made It on that day. It would be necessary only to Crop a coin near some one; then the reward would come in the way of a present for honesty. The next morning he started off early and, seeing a well dressed gentleman standing at n corner, he softly ap proached. Deftly ho dropped a ten ccnt piece near by; then, suddenly turn ing, ho said: Excuse mo, mister; did you drop this?" The gentleman, a noted millionaire, glanced at tlie proffered ccln. Then lie took it, saying: Ah! perhaps I c'.kl. I always have j Iccse change about me, but I must re ward you for your honesty." The boy'o heart went pit-a-pat. The millionaire fumbled in his pocket till a car wac near. Then lie quickly rrcrsec! a coppcr in the anxious boy's 'ia u! and boarded the car.?Philadel phia Tress. nit* of Korean Wliilcm. A thing is good when it is new; a mar ia rood when ho is eld. lie wlio hatli eaten salt drlnkoth water. One can paint the fr.r of the tigor, but net Ills joints. One knows the face of mat:, but not bio Interior. If cjio is not observing ono sees netting. Even the blind man can Cud Ills way through an ?pon Cocr. When the tiger io gono the fox is master. As soon ns ito mccn is full it begins tc grow smaller. The higlior the mountain, the deeper tlio valley. Docs smoko ccme cut cf a tireless chimney? Even a hedgehog snys his young ones ar<* weak. A single high wheat stalk Is not dis tinguished froi 1 the rest in the Held. A basketful of gold Is not so valuablo fir a son as instruction In one of tho classics. It is only the thirsty who dig n well. When the ox has broken through the stall repairs are tlrst made. A family who has 110 sickness for ten years must be rich.?Boston Tran script. The Itnck. A Melbourne (Australia) man Insert ed this advertisement In a local Jour nal: "Missing since Monday, largq bjack eat. Reward, dead or alive." Within a week 181 live black cats and dead ones were brought to his house. Italian Kruim. Italy han 10,700.000 tree* benrlrp or- | anges, lemons and pomegranates. Of last year'H crop, 814,.'121) ewt. went to t Great Britain and ?20.32? to North I ?merle* i The catalogue of otChMi In the Kerr Garden* of London dsnulbos 220 speci mens. ?. method of prodvct&C sleep and local anesthesia bj means of electric currents has beeo derlsed by a French physicist, M. Ledoc. Manchester. England, sacrifices from ?12.000 to ?13.000 every year by de clining to hare advertisements on Its cars, which are operated by the city. An air "om pressor for dusting and cleaning purpose*. shown In operation. Is one of the new mechanical exhibits of Interest to women at the World's Fair. The percolation of ? liquid through A porous solid Is much affected by the temperature. It has been round that the Internal friction is reduced as' the temperature rises. In India the power given off by a motor is sometimes expressed in ele phant equivalents, a twenty-two-horsc motor, says Motoring Illustrated, being described as a three-elephant vchicle. A German chemist removes the nico tine from tobacco by steeping the leaves in a solution of tannic acid. The tobacco is then treated with a de coction of marjoram to improve its flavor. An international exhibition of small motors and also of machine tools for various industries was held at Ghent, with the object of showing how means of production msy be Improved with the aid of motive power, especially electricity.. Two new ideas in street-car con struction detail originating in Phila delphia ar? substitutes for the grab handles on the side posts ?>f open cars, consisting of brackets which inclose the space between the back of the seats nnd the post-), and an entrance guard which slides upon the inside of the posts, nnd which when not in use is held under the curtain guards by gravity catches. The new Kritish torpedo boat de stroyer Waveney belongs to the new class of torpedo boat destroyers, and has been built with u displacement of 650 tous and equipped Willi one 12 pounder and five O-pounder quick-fir ing guns and two 18-ineh torpedo tubes. The Waveney lias been litted with engines of 7000 horse :?ower. sup plied with steam front niodilied Yar row water-tube boilers, propelling her at a speed of 25V. knots an hour. THE ADIRONDACK ELK. _ Belter That the l>e?r U F??t ltecomtns Extinct Mot Trnt*. Deer signs nrc about as numerous us usual. The talk ubout the deer starv ing in great numbers last winter is certainly not true in this section. To duy I had a talk with our courteous and efficient game protcctor for Hamil ton County. Mr. Robert O. Nichols, of Indian Lake, and he told me that he traveled Ills territory last winter on snowshoes a great deal, and later, when the snow crust would boar up the deer, he traveled on that. He saw but very few dead deer?Ave to seven being the largest number in a long dls tauce ? while in one day he saw 1:18 live deer.- His judgment is that game wintered well' as a rub*. However, he said he could not speak from personal knowledge of the Moose River legion, nor of the country around Long Lake west. From both these sections came reports of many deer dead from star vation. If these be true, they merely indicate a greater abuiulance of deer in those parts. The elk seem to be thriving here abouts. Recently a band of seven were seen in a cow pasture, feeding among the cattle. Some of the residents have a mistaken notion that the elk are driving out the deer. This cannot be, for the elk are too newly introduced and are as yet too few in numbers to drive out the deer, either by lighting or consuming their food. Rut anoth er cause lias undoubtedly operated against the deer. This place'is prac tically surrounded by lumber camps, r.icst of which are now in operation their third season. Leaving out of ac count whatever door are eate ?. in these camps, the tendency is for the deer to retire to less disturbed portions of the forest, wiille the elk. introduced from semi-domesticated herds on private preserves, are less shy of man. This, I think, explains for this section t.i? less than usual observance of deer where that condition exists. Present indications are that the sea son will be lighter than usual for the hotels, but the region maintains its unsurpassed loveliness. ? Correspond ence iu Forest r.nd Stre;;ni. If rtnr K.yn Were In Tone. Suppose that our eye< were attuned to the vibrations revealed to us by the l>oIomctre. Instead of seeing the stars that we now see Tve should perceive those whose light has long been ex tinguished, whose existence the meth ods of modern physics have enabled us to.prove. The sun would appear sur rounded by its corona, changing in form and position every instant, and we should 110 longer be obliged to wfdt for total eclipscs to study this phenom enon. Currents of hot air would be come visible like snow squalls and the science of heat would have no more sc crets. New CrewMe to the Tron??r?. A feature of style said to have been' Introduced by the K.ng is to have the creases iu the trousers at the side and leg seam Instead of back and front. Already a few West End dan dies have adopted this plan, but as the effect of this Innovation Is to prdoucc n thicker appearance to the leg, we do not anticipate any genera? adoption of this fashion.?Tailor and Cutter. To I'lur Wlthont Srenery, There is a society in Kngland which bas as one of its chief objects to strip the modern stflge of Its elaborate ?cen? ery and to return to the day: when the play was the thing, and not lt? setting. THATJUkBY. IWrt'i i droll little btby that run t?if From 'round ihe corner on French? street; If you witch you nay ate him aott uy With^iia brown bare araa and his brown bare feet. A smaller tot yoall not likelier *n? Of the human sort?with such speed and epriof. Hie Vgs are aa crooked aa lege can be. And they take him along witn a see-eaw swiac Hie hair ie tousled, his frock is rent. He is mod-bespattered and dust bedight; Bet his little face shows supreme content, .And his dancing eyes are with fun alight. Ob, the wabbly work of those limbs so smsli, Oh, the frantic strain of the apidery thing? When he hears the voice of liia mother call. When her nearing footsteps behind him rin;! An extra scramble, a clutch, a hug! There's a shrilling of laughter that stivers the air! There'# a flourish of feet as she bold* hint *nu-? ? With his hesd thrown' back in a swirl of hair. Then, happy and laughing, they - hurry back To that smallest of cots on that small side way, Ab, much ot its brightness the seasoo would lack Without that babv that run* awav. ?Laura Garland Carr, in Boston Tran script. He?"At wliat time in a girl's life should slie be engaged She?"Just before t>he is married."?Yonkera Statesman. "Is it true, pa. that storks can fly one hundred miles an hour?" "Well, not in Utah; they have too man)' stopr to make."?Town Topics. "Has Jones an assured reputation at an author?" "Absolutely. Why. he says he cau now turn out poor work all the rest of his life."?Life. I dine to-dav on ox-tail soup. And caivcti* brains, nice and sweet. No difficulty thus have 1 lu making both ends meet. ?Philadelphia Record. Summer Boarder?"You sat up rather late last night, did you not? I heard you going tt) bed about 3 a. m." Fanner?"Shucks! I was just a-gittiiv up."?Chicago Journal. Tall Crook?"Yes; de cops got on to de gang stealin' iron on de railroad.' Short Crook?"Who ?squealed*?" Tall Crook?"1 guess j,.on 'squealed/ It was pig iron, yer know." Husband?"I see that the cost of liv ing has gone up eleven per cent." Wife ?"Yes, 1 saw that; so I told the ser vants I thought it only fair to raise their wages, too!"?Brooklyn Life. Ida--"Was Jack nervous when ho stole that kiss on the lawn?" May? "Nervous? Why. the poor fellow thought a lightning bug was the end of pa's cigar, and he jumped clear over a hedge." Kitty (to Lord Dunsmore. an Eng lish suitor)?"You love me because I inherited money from my uncle Jere miah." I ord Dunsmore?"No, I don't What is your uncle Jeremiah to me: I love you, no matter from whom you inherited money."?Qulncy Herald. While man has seven ases, Fair woman has but three. Her real one; what her mends think; And what she claims to be. ?Puck. "Yes. when my husband was much younger, he was quite embittered against the world. He imagined all women were silly and frivolous. Ho said: *1 am sure to marry a fool of a woman. Why should 1 hesitate? But, perhaps, it will be my luck to marry the biggest fool of them all.' " "Yes?" "And then he met uie."--Cleveland Plain Dealer. lie Would Wr.teli tlie Conn, The late Sir Edwin Arnold had a great many Tories in illustration of Japanese trails. "The Japanese gardeners." he once said, "have carried their art further than we have carried ours. A land scape gardener in Japan is esteemed highly, lie is looked on quite as we look on a poet or a painter. "And these Japanese gardeners are truly remarkable men. I was riding with one of tiicm near Kioto on an Au gust aftcrnoou, uml we came to a steep hillside. " 'Tell me,' I said, 'how would you plan a road to the top of that difficult hill?' "The gardener smiled humorously. " 'I think,' he said, 'that I would first turn so nit* cows loose and see how they got up.' "?Collier's Weekly, Duck In a Dcnrily Form. A short time ago the death was an nounced of Comte Leon de Laubespin from the effects of eating a dish of duck a la ltoucunalse. Muck a la llou euualse is considered very deadly dur ing the hot season for the following reasons: In order to prepare the dlsli according to the recognized rules, the duel; must be killed by suffocation. It happens, therefore, that the blood co adulates in the body of the bird in such a manner that, no amount of cook ing suffices to sterilize it. In hot, rtormy weather," such as we have had lately, this coagulated blood would de compose and contain sufficient poison fo kill any one eating of the flesh. The moral of the story would appear to be: Don't have your ducks cooked u la lloucnna ise.?Paris Messenger. Pointed Paragraphs. People read too much and learn too little. If r. man doesn't do right he is apt to get left. Trouble seldom falls to coll on the man who expects it. The only use a girl has for a dude is to make some man jealous. All the world's a stage and most of the actors ore tie pedestrians. Dead men tell no talcs, but It's dif ferent with the writers of obituaries. The wideawake chap In the bal<l head row at burlesque shows always sleeps when he goes to church.?Chi cago News. Miss Hapgood tells how she was cured of Fallopian and Ovarian Inflammation? and escaped an awful operation by Msing Lydia E? Pinkham's Vegetable Compound "Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?I suffered for four years with That tho doctors called Salpingitis (inflammation of the fallopian tubes) and ova ritis, which are most distressing and painful ailments, affecting all the surrounding parts, undermining the constitution, and sapping the lifo forces. If you had seen me a year ago, before I began taking Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and had noticcd the sunken eyes-, tallow complexion, and general emaciated condition, and compared that person with me as I am today, robust, hearty and well, you would not wonder that I feel thankful to you and your wonderful medicine, wtdch restored me to new life and nealth in live months, and saved me from an awful operation.**?Miss Irunx Hapoood, 1022 Sandwich SL, Windsor, Ont Onritii or inflammation of the OTariea or fallopian tubes which adjoin the ?varies may result from sudden stopping of the monthly flow, from inflamma tion of the womb, and many other causes. The slightest indication of troublo with the OTariea, indicated by dull throbbing pain in the side, accompanied by heat and shooting pains, should claim your instant attention. It will not cure itself, and a hospital operation, with all its terrors, may easily result from neglect. "Dear Mrs. Pink ham: ? lean truly say that you liave saved my life, and I cannot express my rratitude to you in words. u Before I wrote to you telling now I felt, I had doctored for over two years steady and spent lots of money in medicine Ksides, but it all failed to do me any go<kL My menses did not appear in that time, and I suffered much pain. I would daily Lave fainting spells, headache, backache and bearing down pain, and was so weak that it was nard for me to do my work. UI used your medicine and treatment as directed, and after taking three bottles of LydiaE. Pinkhnm's Vegetable Com pound, menses appeared, my womb trou bles left me, and I have been regular ever sinoe. I used fourteen bottles of Lydia E. Pinkhum's Vegetable Compound and lllood Purifier together, and am now restored to perfect health. Had it not been for you, I would have been in my grave, wonderful remedies, and hone that tt I will always recommend your inese lew lines may lead others who suffer as I did to try your remedies."?Mrs. T. C. Willaijsen, R. R. Xo. 1, Manning, Iowa. Such unquestionable testimony proves the power of 1-ydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound over disesses of women. Women should reniemlter thV they are privileged to eonsult lira. Pink ham at Lynn* Mass., about their Illness, entirely free* Speed of Birds. Express trains at their fastest, mo tor cars defying the l?w, cannot com pare, In respect of speed, with the doings of some birds. It Is impossi ble to say how fast the frigate bird could fly if put on its mettle. It has been timed to do 100 miles an hour in calm air, but its velocity seems to depend upon Its own in clination rather than on any limit to its powers. Among wild fowl, the mallard covers from forty-five to fifty miles an hour, the pintail from fifty to sixty miles' in an hour, the widgeon from sixty-five to Beventy-fivc miles, the gadwall from sixty to seventy miles, the pochard from eighty to ninety miles, the teal from eighty to 100 miles. The common swift con fly at the rate of ninety miles on hour, clearly proving a Rood title to its name. Of game birds, the speed of the pheasant is thirty-eight miles an hour, and that of the partridge thfrty-two miles. FITS ponnnmMit ly enroll. So lit* or nervous ness after tlrat dayn use of l?r. Klin?'> (treat NerveKestorer.t'it rial bottio and treat ise fr<?? Dr. It. H. Kline, Ltd.. 931 Arch St., Pliliu., l'a. The dowager Duchcss of Abercorn, aged ninety-two, naa 150 descendants. Piso's Care Is the best modiclnoweeverueed for all affections of throat and lungs.?Wm. O. Ehdslky, Yanburou, Ind., Fob. 10, 11KW. Smuggling by motor car has been devel oped iuto a fine art in Switzerland. A "Hiircenw" Training Hchool. Ooldry College 1h a RuPlnrf* and .Shorthand School I tint inrikp- n specialty of trnlnitiir Itn Students for "Bt'MNEHR SITCEmH." 120 Rind nates with two Arms. Student* from (ieor {?? to Now VorK. Write/or catalogue. Address: Goldejr College, Bo* *ouv, Wilmington, Del. General Glasoflf hns been appointed Russian minister of instruction. BOTANIC IiDi BLOOD BALMI The Great Tested Remedy for the speedy ?nd IIIHIIIII CUf# of Scrofula, Rheuma tism,Catarrh, Ulcer*, Ecrcma, Sore*. Erup tions, Weakness, Nervousness, and all BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. It Is by far the ben building up Tonic ar.d Blood Purifier ever offered to the world. It make* new. rich blood, inputs renewed vi tality, and possesses almost miraculous healing properties. Wrlto for Cook of Won derful Cures. oorrt frto on application. If not kept bv your local druggist, tend $1.00 for a large bottle, or $5.00for ?u bottles, and medicine will be aent, freight paid, by BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta. Oa. niiow? importance of Food. Dr. Yorke-Oavies tells this story: "Many years ago when a groat English contractor bad to lay down a long line of railway in Franco he employed $ number of English and of French nav vies. He found that the Frenchme? could do only half the work of th? Englishmen and being a shrewd mao he concluded it must be due to th? difference in their food, so ho put th? Frenchmen on the same diet as th? Erglishmen, with the result that they were able to do as much work as the Englishmen. It showed how Impop taut a factor food was In the produo tion of muscular power." LAZY LIVER "I And Ca?oarot* to go oil that I voe'/d not ba without thorn. I n-a? troubled a eroat deal wlU? torpid liver and li<-ada<-li<'. Now ainno taking Caacarota Candy Cntliurtle 1 fori very much better I (hall certainly rfoimnetid tliem to my frlanda aa tho l<OKt inrdl' i .. I have ever aeeu." Auua Uaiinct. 0?i>uru Mill No. X. Fall KlTU, VlH> Best For The Bowels CANDV CATHARTIC PTeatant. 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