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r Placed Their Names on It. In Malacca and in Ceylon large commercial firms are permitted to print their names on the postage stamps to prevent theft of stamps on tho part of their employes. In that way Ceylon stamps are often considered great treasures when bearing the name of "Cave" in small black capitals, -while this surcharge means nothing but the imprint of a wealthy tea planter. Some Great Britain stamps * are also found with the initials of various firms perforated across the stamps. This is also to prevent theft. , Turoentlne and Mice. Driving away mice from infected cellars is an easy matter when oil of turpentine is used. It seems that the. little rodents have a very pronounced antipathy for the odor and some -woolen rags soaked in. oil of turpentine and placed in front of the holes by which mice enter -will keep them away. - * ?1- - ? ??? MAwnnin/l DOr. li mis experiment is icj/cnmt nn ..v.. eral weeks it will eventually keep the mice away entirely. What 8100 Will Buy. 3 mos. course in Wood's New York School of Business and Sborthand.Tuition,Books,Board. The unlimited possibilities of securing good positions. F. E. wood, .">tli Ave. and 125th St. Good Attendance at Agricultural Fairs. Agricultural fairs are being more largely attended this year than ever before. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the onlv constitutional cure on the [ market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and raucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F.J. Cheney& Co.,Toledo, 0. Sold bv Druggists, "5c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Try Grain.O! Try Graln-0 Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack, age of Grain-O. the new food drink that ta'ces the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the m^st delicate stomach receives it without distress. One-quarter the price of coffee. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first dav's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free tin d u t fttl P>iiln pft I coud not pet alone without Piso's Cure for Consumption. Italways cures.?Mrs. E. C. Moclton, Need ham, Mass., October 22, 1894. Tho spasms of pain that rack the rheumatic are relieved by Glenn's Sulphur Soap. Hill's Hair & Whisker Dye, black or brown, 50c. IT IS TRUE That Hood's Sarsaparilla cures when all other medicines fail to do any good whatever. Being peculiar In combination, proportion and process, Hood'9 Sarsaparilla possesses peculiar curative power. It absolutely and permanently cures all diseases originating in or promoted by impure blood. Remember Sarsa- | nUUU 9 parilla Is the best?In fact the One Trae Blood Purifier. IIaaiI'# Dill* tb-best family cathartic liOOQ S r IIIS and liver stimulant. 35c. ( DADWAY'S n PILLS, Always Reliable, Purely Vegetable. Perfectly tasteless, elecantly coated, purge, regulate. purify, cleanse and strengthen. KADWAY'S PILLS lor the cure of all disorders of the Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Dizziness, Vertigo, Costiveness, Piles, SICK HEADACHE, p r- Ki a r Art it n a invo BILIOUSNESS, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION AND All Disorders of the LIVER. Observe the following symptoms, resulting from diseases of the digestive organs: Constipation, inward piles, fullness of blcod in the head, acidity of the stomach, nansea, heartburn, disgust of food, fnllness of weight of the stomach, soureructations. sinking or fluttering of the heart, choking or suffo voiuif; wutu m ? ivujg pubiure, uimness of vision, dots or webs before the sight, fever and dull pain in the head, deficiency of perspiration, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain in the side, chest, limbs, and sudden flushes of heat, burning in the flesh. A few doses of RADWAY'8 PILLS will free the system of all of the above-named disorders. Price 25 ctc. a box. Sold by druggists or sent by mail. Send to DH. RADWAY & CO., lock box 365, Hew York, for book of Advice. A GENUINE BORAX I CHAPPED ^ ft ft P PCleanses HANDS. VII U " Finest Clothes. % " W IS w For Bath, Toilet mj W I and Hair .Shampoo, ?j a IV * worth treble its cost. Full E |ll pound bars at all sorts of stores. U norvnnnnri ?a ? ?'-uesureget vnCIUUrrCL OUATi i IN VPNT n DCI Don't waste money IHf 611 I Unoioii Patent Agencies advertising " >o patent no ray." Prizes, medals * great riches, etc. We do a regular patent bueineas. Loup re*i. Ailvice free. Highest references. Write us. WATSON E. COLEMAN, Solidtor of patents, 9U2 F. Street. Washington, 1).C. n > m ARDS can be saved witbfl I I II MM out their knowledge by 3 I ^3 I I HA Ur Anti-Jag, the marvelous I I I In lm cure for the drink habit. 11 |V lm Write Renova Chemicaj ^ m Co., 66 Broadwoy, N. Y. Full information (in plain wrapper) mailed free GET RICH Quietly. Sendfor Book,"Inventions Wanted." Edgar 'l'ate & Co., 345 Broadway. N" .V. I " I can / sincerely say that I 1 ! I owe my life to Ayer's I / Sarsaparilla. For seven I I years I suffered, with! I that terrible scourge! I Scrofula, in my shoulder! I and my arm. Every means! I of cure was tried without sue-! I cess. I had a rood nhvsiciau! I who tried in every way to help! I me. I was told to take Ayer'sl J Sarsaparilla. I immediately be-\ i I gan its use and after talcing seven \ i U I bottles of tliis remedy the scrofula \ \ I was entirely cured."?Mrs. J. A.Gen- \ ? I tle, Fort Fairfield, Me., Jan. 20,189C. \ WEIGHTY WORDS . FOR Ayer's 5arsap % Discoveries in the Enra Sea. In these days of travel it is interest*1 ing to observe that there are soma places on the face of the globe which ' are still unexplored. M. Nossiloff, ' the Russian explorer, has arrived aI ! Tinmen from the Kara Sea. He hag | made important discoveries connected | with intercourse between Siberia and j Europe, esj)ecially a direct waterway, | which is considerably shorter than the j older one, and is not affected by the i sea ice. M. Nossiloff also announces that he has investigated the hitherto unexplored Yalmal Peninsular. Funeral# In Olden Times. Americans awakened more quickly ( than the English people to the folliel j j of a burdensome and expensive funeral, i . and in 1821 Judge Sewall noted the ] first publio funeral "without scarfs" in Boston. In 1741 the provincial court of Massachusetts enacted thai no scarves or uioves, except six pau to the bearers and one pair to each ' minister of the church or congregation ' where any deceased persons belong, i no wine, rum or rings be allowed tc ! be given at any funeral upon the penalty of ?50." The law* must have beer j a dead letter, but it certainly had its 1 influence in curtailing expenses, as various newspaper notices show. Still, this century, a New England funeral was a pompous affair, and it must,be confessed, far from being in all respects a gloomy affair. Hawthorne says: "Look back through all the social customs of New England in the firsl century of her existence, and read all i her traits of character and find one occasion, other than a funeral feast, where jollity was sanctioned by universal practice." New England was ever present at a New England funeral to solace and to cheer bereaved mourners. All drank before the procession to t,he grave, and many drank after. Nearly all the j itemized funeral bills I have seen un- | til this century were large in items of j rum, whisky, lemons, loaf sugar and , spices. Spiced cider was a favorite | drink at a funeral. When a beloved ? minister chanced to die, his church,or more often the town, outdid itself in liberal liquid provision for the funeral. Nor were town paupers forgotten in death. A barrel of cider or two or three gallons of rum were supplied by the town as the final item of expense for the "town poor." Judge Sewall spoke of a visit to his family tomb as an "awful yet pleasing treat." No less plainly do the entries in his dairy show that every funeral he attended was to him a treat?a great social treatment. He served I readily and officially as pallbearer at ; thirty funerals, and in every case but ; one received scarf, ring and gloves. He could not attend one funeral lest he should hear the burial service of the Episcopal Church, which, he said, was "a lying, very bad office; makes no difference between the precious or I the vile."?Chicago Record. Love In Guatemala. If a writer in the Chicago InterOcean is to be believed, the laws of etiquette in Guatemala are excessively strict. All love affairs, it appears, are carried on by stealth. "The would-be lover, denied admission to the presence of his inamorata, frequents the street in front of her house and spends most of his waking hours in pacing the pavement and gazing rapturously at her window, while she snugly ensconced behind her bars, pretends to ignore | him, though secretly delighted to have i a suitor and anxious to show him off j to all her acquaintances. In Spain I this courting in public at long range is known as'plucking the turkey; in Guatemala, as in Mexico, it is called 'playing th^bear.' Always it is continued for months; sometimes for years, .1 i. - i. i. _ 11 mv ~ aiiu wayue wimuut suueebs hi mi. JLiie result does not depend upon the wishes | of the girl, but upon the will of her I parents. After a while they make inquiries into the young man's charac- I ter, prospects and social standing. If reports are satisfactory, the senoritaV father or big brother scrapes up an acquaintance with the suitor at the club or elsewhere and invites him to the house. But never, never, for one moment is he allowed to see her alone, or to walk or drive with her. As to marriage, a civil as well as religious cere- j mony is insisted upon by the Government. By law the civil ceremony must precede that of the church and by custom the latter is a most tedious and lengthy affair. Some little contrast, isn't there, between all this amatory red tape and the free and easy method of the young people of the United States?" Earnings of Some 'Women. VA1V VI IUV I' UU1V.U \?VViV* >. I in England, Mrs. Garrett Anderson, at one of the jubilee congresses spoke of the earnings of successful women as running from $1000 to $5000 per annum. The London Woman says the highest sum is one seldom reached, j however. On the other hand, the j New York Evening Post says that [ $5000 may be a very large sum for a female physician to earn in London in j a year, but there are a number of New York women doctors who can point to i twice that sum as the result of their j professional labors for a twelvemonth. [ anlla/^ " | " " i i i .T-l-?.t-N!-'-'-?-! ?-' ' -? - -' - - .i.-.-r-tu.t.:.! f, IiUI.IJ-'IT 1 Potato Mulching Succegnfn:!. In some sections where mulching of potatoes is usually a great success, remits this season have not been wholly satisfactory because of an unusual rainfall, which caused the seed to rot in many cases where the mulch was ipplied a little too soon.?The Epi comist. When to Use Phosphates. The tendency of phosphates to revert to insoluble forms when brought in contact with dry earth makes it necessary to use them only in places ivnd at times when plenty of rains will supply the moisture to keep the plant food in condition for use. Hence phosphate is much more effective used on fall-grown grain, or on the crops planted very early in spring. If a long spell of dry weather follows its application the phosphate will revert so that water alone will not again dissolve it. But in soils which contain any organic matter the water they contain must have an excess of carbonic acid gas, which is derive^ from the decay of plants. It is this carbonic acid gas in spring waters that makes them bubble up as they come out of the earth and adds greatly to their palatableness. In their passage through the soil these waters have come in contact with much carbonic acid gas, and have necessarily absort ed a part of it. Hut 011 limestone soils tins spring water has already absorbed as much lime as it can hold. Both potash and salt are excellent for top-dressing land on -which phosphate has been drilled with the grain crop. It is not best to try to mix these and drill them together. The superphosphates in moist soil will help the plant best alone. Besides, both salt and potash draw moisture from the air so rapidly that when mixed with phosphate they make it too wet and sticky to drill evenly. But applied in spring or fall, phospliated winter grain, either salt or ashes, will produce a very remarkable effect in enabling both the grain crop and the grass or clover seeding to utilize the phosphate applied the fall before. Salt especially should always be used on phosphated land in the spring. It jvill be all washed away by winter and spring freshets if it is applied in the fall.?American Cultivator. A .Shady Chicken Coop. Shelter at night, and shade for the heat of the day, are both provided for in the coop shown in the accompanying cut. A barrel, with a bit of the head left in, is placed upon its side A USEFUL COOP. and partly filled with dry loam. Above is stretched a square of cheap cotton cloth, as shown in the sketch. If the hen is to be kept from running with the chicks, she can be tied to the stake in front, or slats can be nailed across the front of the barrel. A square frame, covered with coarse wire cloth, makes an excellent protection for the front at night, as it keeps out the enemies of the chicks, but lets in pure air. It is for lack of proper ventilation that many broods fail to grow thriftily. Eemove the surface of the loam in the barrel occasionally anil put in a coating of fresh earth.? American Agriculturist. Blanching and Storing Celery. When celery is grown in rows, earthing up is accomplished by first pulling four or five inches of the soil about the base of the plants to hold the stems in place. Then with a plow the earth ib piled up to within a few inches of the top, the ridge being finished with a spade. When sufficiently blanched the celery is ready for use. Some varieties are planted in beds six or eight inches apart both ways. Boards are placed around the beds when the celery is to be blanched. The fnilacA in so thick that nothing more is needed to exclude the light. "Where the crop is wanted for winter, no blanching is necessary, as this process will be accomplished when in winter quarters, whether kept in field or cellar. Winter preservation is often unsatisfactory and usually attended by more or less loss, savs L. F. Kinney in Bulletin 44, Rhode Island experiment station. If left in the field, set in trenches in rows, having the tops about on a level with the surface of the ground, then cover gradually with some material like straw or leaves, increasing the amount as the weather gets colder. This method answers very well where large quantities are grown but small lots can be kept more satisfactorily in a cool cellar, if there is no furnace or fire heat of any kind. Tightly pack me celery upright in boxes six or seven inches wide ami four to six feet long, putting four inches of sand or loose earth in the bottom before beginning. SeT the boxes on the cool floor and in two or three months the celery will be nicely blanched and ready for use. If large quantities are to be kept in a cellar, place a board a little narrower than the height of celery nine inches im the wall farthest from the ennce. In this spacepack the bunches celery as described for the boxes, iien this is full erect, another board nch nine inches from the lirst and on until the whole space is filled. f> snnee must lie left bptwoen tln> rtrvs of celery or heating and decay Cll take place. No earth or sand is Bed between the bunches. Simply cover the bottom of the cellar with three or four inches for the roots to rest in. It is indispensable in tield, pit or cellar that no water goes to the Bored celerp. A temperature just a Nftle above freezing is most satisfactory for the cellar. <>oo<l Homemade I'ofnto Sorter. I made and used last season, writes Dwight Herrick, of Illinois, a potato 4 / sorter, Fig. 1, which gave first-class satisfaction. It is cheap and serviceable ard is used when hauling potatoes from the field to the cellar or bins in barns and sheds. One end must rest upon something solid, like the side of a bin, while the other may be supended by a rope, so the whole will be on an incline. My method of operation was to have two bins, one for the sorted stock and one for the small potatoes. The lower end of the sorter is suspended over tne Din for large potatoes. The other end extends two 01 three feet outside the small potato bin. FIG. 1. COMPLETE POTATO SORTER. This gives the dirt a chance to settle through be ore reaching either bin. Fig. 2 shows the inside slat frame, which is made of hard pine slats 10$ feet long, two inches wide and threefourths of an inch thick. They are set on edges and bolted with quarterinch bolts to slotted sticks near each end. This arrangement admits of adjustment. I have the upper end of the slats three-fourths of an inch apart and the lower end 1$ inches. This prevents svedging of potatoes between the slats. The upper ends being close together a llow the dirt to drop through in advance of the small potatoes. This end also has a hopper, four inches high and reaching feet from the end. This whole frame is suspended to the outside frame by iron hangers. These are made of j}-inch rod iron and FIG. 2. INSIDE SLAT FRAME OF SORTER. 7 are six inches long. Notches are cul to receive these on the upper edge oi the outside frame and the lower edge of the outside slat of the inner frame A piece of tin may be tacked over tc prevent tbeir getting out. To operate, pour into tlie hopper o box or basketful of potatoes, then give a vigorous shake or two by taking hold of the upper end of the hopper. This will send the potatoes rolling down the incline, where they Tyill be separated. Two men can unload and sort 1000 bushels a day as they come from the field. The material for making the sorter will not cost over $1.50 at | the outside. If it is desirable to sort the seed from among the small potatoes, the slats may be set closer, and cloth may be tacked around the side to prevent their dropping through the larger spaces at the sides thus made, or additional slats may be used.?New England Homestead. Ventilating the Stable. A low stable cannot be so ventilated I as to give pure air and an even temperature; there is is not room enough for free circulation. The ventilation chutes commonly used are about one foot squaie inside. In these the fric'tion is so great and they are so liable to be obstructed by spixlers'webs, etc., that but a poor current is created. Instead of being twelve inches they should be not less than three feet. As the area of these chutes is as the squares of their sides, the one has nine times the area of the other, with only three times the side surface for friction, and the danger of obstruction ie reduced to the minimum. But the cupola or projection above the building is the most important part of all i ventilators. As an almost general rule, this is built with slatted sides like the shutters to a blind. The build- ] ers have only thought of keeping the j rain out by so arranging that the water I would run to the outside, and never for a moment thought that twice as much air would be forced in on the windward side as could escape on the lee side. Any one who has such a top to his barn or stable must have noticed every time it rains or snows, with any wind, even a moderate one, that the floor under the cupola has a pile of snow or is wet. This shows that instead of taking air out of the stable 01 barn it is forcing it in, and if he will stand under the ventilator when the wind is blowing he will find a strong downward draught. The cowl used on hop kilns works well on small build- ; infra, but it is too small for larere ! stables, and costs too much money if made large enough for large barns or stables. On one other point much discussion has taken place. Shall the ventilating trunks go to the bottom of the stable, or simply through the ceiling? I have given much thought and observation to this subject, and while it is theoretically just right to have the trunk go to the floor, practically I would not lose the room to have it done. If this device be put on its top the least breeze will, by flowing around the cupola, cause a strong upward draught in the chute and will take all the foul air out; if we get that out, purejair will find its way in. No stable , was ever so tight that millions of feet I of air could not get in if we made a , place for it by taking the foul air out. j Any dairyman or stock keeper who : will keep his stables clean, use plenty j of absorbents and bedding to take up J j urine and smell of the manure and j | take the foul air out, will have 110 j i trouble, and needs to be to no expense i | to get pure air in.?J. S. Woodward, | in Rural Xew Yorker. IIniiM of the Head. A set of "hair scientists" have been counting a square inch of hairs on the heads of several persons aud have come to the conclusion that a head of' hair is made up of 143,000 hairs; a dark head produces 305,000 hairs and j I a head of red hair only 29,000. The | * reason of the difference is that fair I ! hair is of the finest and red hair of the ! coarsest quality.?London Figaro. WORDS OF WISDOM. Let friendship creep gently to a height; if it rush to it, it may soon run itself out of breath. The fear that our kind acts may be received with ingratitude should never deter us from performing such acts. Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is as often as the rain of spring. xne time is nying mis way ou rapiu wings, when the only thing that can prosper in this world is righteousness. Life is continually weighing us in very sensitive scales and telling every one ?f us precisely what his real weight is to the Jnst grain of dust. The -eat duty of life is not to give pain; and the most acute reasoner cannot find an excuse for one who voluntarily wounds the heart of a fellow creature. All great men are brave in initiative; but the courage which enables them to succeed where others dare not even attempt is never so potent as when it leads to entire self-forgetfulness. How mankind defers from day to day the best it can do and the most beautifnl thincs it nan eniov. without thinking that every day may be the last one, and that lost time is lost eternity! Be deaf to the suggestions of talebearers, calumniators, pick-thanks or malevolent detractors, -who, while great men sleep, sowing the tares of discord and division, distract the tranquility of charity and all friendly society. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out and display it merely to show that you have one. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman. Honest and discriminating praise never really makes any one vain. It encourages fresh efforts; it gives new vitality and vigor; it is a pleasurable stimulant, not an intoxicating drug. There is far too little of it in the world for the world's good. The way of life is by no means smooth, but let us not make it rougher than it is. The world is not all we could wish; but, if it goes wrong, let us not spend ourselves trying to make it worse. Rather let us make it a little 'smoother and a little pleasanter by our disposition, manners and deeds. If men in general are out of sorts, there is the more need of our being in sorts. Lost Her Treases While She Slept. To go to bed with glossy locks of brown or yellow and to arise with them white is an experience which is at least not entirely unheard of. But to go to sleep with luxuriant tresses and to wake up with a head shaven and shorn and entirely without knowledge of how the calamity happened? that is something new. That is the experience which Miss Emma Weitz, of St. Louis, has had. She was the possessor of most brilliant auburn hair and most profuse locks. She went to bed on Monday night with her hair in the customary nocturnal braid and she awoke on Tuesday morning to find that she had only a boyish crop left. She had not hf>pn disturbed at anv time during the night and there was no trace of her missing hair. The family is divided in its theories to account for the loss. Emma's father has never admired her hair, and has always objected to the way she wore it. But he denies that his were the shears that clipped her braids. Emma inclines to think that a burglar made way with her valuable possession, but no other valuables in the house were disturbed. And everyone, even the heart-broken loser of the hair is utterly unable to account for I . the fact that the shearing took place without her knowledge. To Care Snoring. Dr. E. J. Bermingham, Chief Surgeon of the New York Throat and Nose Hospital, states for the benefit of those who suffer from snoring that it can be cured. It is usually caused by some obstruction in the nose, which makes it easier for a person to breathe with his mouth open when asleep. Sometimes the removal of the obstruction does not stop the snoring, the habit of breathing through the mouth having become too strong. If the patient is unable to break the habit without assistance, a small strip of celluloid is placed between the lips and teeth and tied by a string around the neck to prevent its being swallowed. This corrects ths habit in a short time) when its use may be discontinued. The most common cause for obstructions in the nose is the enlargement of the tissues, caused by catarrh of long standing. Polypi are easily removed. Enlargement of various bones of the nose is common, due to neglected TV*/* oa*\4-?ty^ ia lie Knna rlitnVl UUl'.lO. XUO OC|nuui AO IJUU ^?vr**v v*.* ? ing the two orifices of the nose. If this partition is so bent as to obstruct the orifice, it is sometimes necessary to fracture it and ^et it straight. Sometimes enlarged tonsils partially close the nostrils. Chinese Coins. The treasures of the Smithsonian Institution have recently been enriched by a fine collection of Chinese coins, said to be more complete than any other in the world. It was be- j queathed by G. B. Glover, formerly of the Chinese Imperial maritime customs. The collection represents the coinage of China from 770 B. C., to the present day, including many specimens of those peculiar pieces used both as coins and religous medal molds of divers shapes, notes both governmental and private, and those coins of foreign countries struck from time to time for commercial use with China, such as the "dollars" of English, Danish, American and Mexican i manufacture, as well as the entire ! series of the coinage of the Annamese, j Japanese, Koreans and the Mahorne- I tan cities of China itself. Royal Slainme Sailor. On board the Britannia at Dartmouth, England, a young Prince of Siam is showing that one does not ! need to be a Briton to love the sea. The Prince, who is undergoing the j iisiml education for tmssincr out as n I naval cadet, and who, when that training is completed, will at once join the Siamese navy, speak9 English prettily, and shows all an English j lad's fondness for the sen ' v : i ' A MOTHER'S EFFORL T A Mother Sees Her Daughter in a Pltlfnl Condition, bnt Manages to Rescue ? Hpr. f lmr From the New Era, Greensburg, In/1. 6qT The St. Paul correspondent for the New coil Era recently had an Item regarding the case net of Mabel Stevens, who had just recovered clei from a serious illness of rheumatism an^ en* nervous trouble, and was able to be out for enc the first time in three months. The letter poi stated that it was a very bad case and her no< recovery was considered such a surprise to hoi the neighbors that it created considerable ^he gossip. . , Being anxious to learn the absolute facts . 1 in the case, a special reporter was sent to tire have a talk with the girl and her parents. Bii They were not at home, however, bein/? eje some distance awav. A message was sent , to Mr. Stevens, asking him to write up a ttie full history of the case, and a few days ago W1 the following letter was received from Mrs. me Stevens: * ?i "St. Faijl, I>*d., Jan. 20,1897. Dal Editors New Era, Greensburg, Ind. ele "Dear Sirs: Your kind letter received the and I am glad to have the opportunity to tell you about the sickness and recovery of Mabel. We don't want any newspaper notoriety, but In a case like this where a few ^ words of what I have to say may mean re- j. covery for some child, I feel it my duty to 7tellyou of her case. | tra "Two years ago this winter Mabel began ter complaining of pains in her limbs, princi- , pally in her lower limbs. She was going to . school, and had to walk about three quar- im] ters of a mile each day, going through all he? kinds of weather. She was thirteen years old and doing so well in her studies that I ^ disliked to take her from school but we had ?/ to do it. thf "For several months she was confined to exj the house, and sh? grew pale and dwindled cai down to almost nothing. Her legs and arms were drawn up and her appearance was pitiful. Several doctors had attended rev her, but it seemed that none of them did her any good. Thev advised us to take her to the springs, but times were so hard we could not afford it. although ve finally managed to get her to the Martinsville tri< baths. Here she grew suddenly weaker, and it seemed that she could not stand it, but she became better, and it seemed that rel: she was being benefited, but she suddenly em grew worse, and we had to bring her home. <joe "8he lingered along, and last winter "be- jnc came worse again, and was afflicted with a ? nervous trouble almost s like the St; Vitus' != dance. For some time we thought she 1111 would die, and the physicians gave her up. wnen sne was at nerworsta neignDorcame in with a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for T Pale People and wanted us to try them as ' * they were advertised to be good for such ove cases, and her daughter had used them for enl nervousness with such good results that ? n she thought they might help Mabel. ? "We tried them. The first box helped * her some, and after she had taken three me boxes she was able to sit up in bed. When she had finished a half dozen boxes she was r able to be out and about. She has taken ^/?I about nine boxes altogether now. and she my is as well as ever, and going to school Sal every day, having started in again three v.* weeks asro. Her cure was undoubtedly due to these pills." an< (Signed) Mas. Amanda Stevens." hoi Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People ^ contain, in a condensed form, all the ele- ? ments necessary to give new life and rich- wo ness to the blood and restore shattered me nerves. They are an unfailing specific for so ! such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial v.. paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural- * gia, rheumatism,' nervous headache, the 7116 after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the hai heart, pale and sallow complexions, all fee aviiuo \ji vycfjivucaa ciiucx in inaio ui icuiiiic. i The Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents sta a box, or six boxes for $2.50?(tbev are wa never sold in bulk or by the 100) by address- gee in? Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. thl no Food That Makes Brains. do' According to a celebrated health expert blanched almonds give the higher 8 nerve of brain and muscle food, and ni* the man who wishes to keep his brain w? power up would do well to include them in his daily bill of fare. Juicy ^ I fruits give more or less the higher P? nerve or brain, and are eaten by all men whose living depends on their clear-headedness. Apples'supply the f01 brain with rest. Prunes afford proof against nervousness, but are not ll1 muscle feeding. They should be _ avoided by those who suffer from the "1 liver. But it has been proved that ^ fruits do not have the same effect upon everybody. Some men have never g| been able to eat apples without suffer- ^ ing the agony of indigestion; to others, strawberries are like poison. 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All :'M verful about 2 o'clock in the after- '3 )n, it is absolutely gone during the irs of the night, and during rain 1 ; | i plant loses its influence. No shock ielt in breaking the leaves at those ies, and the needle is unaffected. "|S$a ds or insects never alight on the ; ^ ctric plant, their instinct warning ^ im of their danger in doing so. lere it grows none of the magnetio -w| tals are found?neither idon, co- 'M t nor nickel?thus proving that the ctrical force belongs exclusively to ' Paper Piping* [Tie experiments being conducted in : ly with pipes made of paper are at- ?*j!| cting universal attention. The m?> ial used is cellulose paper, soaked asphalt. The pipes are said to be kM permeable, capable of resisting ivy pressure, not subject to the ortary deterioration and not affected .'v! the action of electric currents. If ^ t continued use shall confirm the $ jectations warranted by the practi- \$ tests, it is probable that the underrand pipe making industry will be olutionized, providing the cost of nufacture does not forbid a market. thoroughly effective remedy for it and wear, caused by ground elec- # 5 wires, has been discovered, unleA . ^ ieed this may prove the one, and a ^ ief from these evils will be eagerly ^ T"^a| braced, even if a radical change in . X) istruction and material of the pip- ^|j is necessary. RS. PETERSON'S STOBY. M have suffered with womb trouble v^,'a :r fifteen years. I had inflammation, ' f .j argement and displacement of tlie ; ^ ?he doctor wanted me to take treatnts, but I had just begnn taking1 ntly, also ,s so dizzy. I had heart trouble, It . 'J :med as though my heart was in my ; '* , S oat at times choking me. I could t walk around and I could not lie '$ tvn, for then my heart would beat so it I would feel as though I was othering. 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