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V . HABITS OF THE HOUSE FLY. Ilarold Somers, M. A., Tell* IThenco E Coiiips, Whither lie (Joes'. The common lio;:se fly (Musca D mostica) is a creature of such secretin habits. that although from the vet earliest times he has been with us. ai the most ancient writers have me tinned and described him, still vei little was known of his origin ai history. t It remained for t!;^ eminent Bostf biologist, Dr. A. S. Packard, iu 1ST to make known his origin, habits ar transformations from the egg throuj the larva state with its two changi to the pupa state, then to the perfe fly. Near the first of August the fen.a lays about 120 eggs of a dull grr color, selecting fresh horse manure which to deposit her eggs, and so s cretes them that they are rarely see: it takes only twenty-four hours f rr> ii;itoii into the first form < larva, a white worm one-quarter < an incli in length ami one-tenth in c ameter. They feed 011 the decayir matter of their environment, and tv changes or casting of skins occur b fore they turn into the pupa state: tit change conies very suddenly. The e lire period from the egg to the pur state is from three to four days, moist food is wanting when in tli oonditiou they will eat each other ar thus decrease their number. Ileat ai humidity greatly assist their develo inent, as upon careful computatR each pound of manure around stabli and outhouses develops under favor ble conditions over one thousand Hie It is 110 wonder that where these co ditioris exist, we have such a veritab harvest of the fly pest. In the pupa state when the fly about to emerge, the end of the pur | case splits off, making a hole throu? which the fly pushes a portion of i head: but here it seems to encounter difficulty: me pupa rase is iuu ?wu ,u liaril to pass through, but nature coim to its assistance, and a sort of hladdi like substance forms behind the hea which swells out apparently filled 'wit air; it acts as a means of pushing aw.i the pupa case and releases the fl "When the fly first emerges it rui around with its wings soft, small ar baggy: it is pale and the colors ai not set; its head rapidly expands an the bladder formation passes awav within a few ho^irs the wings grow ai; harden, it is now a perfect fly. The whole time from the depositir of the egg to the perfect fly is not ov< ten days in duration. Many persoi who observe small flies in midsumun suppose they are the young, but sue is not the case, tliey are flies that ai imperfectly nourished in the larvr and pupae states, and do not attai full size, in fact, they are the dwarl of their race. The male fly dlffei from the female in the front of tl head between the eyes, being at lea: one-third narrower, though in size tl female is rather smaller. In the pupa state they are often fc nnon bv the larvae of some of tl beetles, notably that of the carpi beetle?, whose pupa, the'dreaded bu falo "moth." avi11 attack the youu fly in the pupa case and eating it po sess the case for itself. Adult flies, like most other creature have parasites of minute size that pre upon them; these cr.11 often be seen i presenting small red specks over tl body of the fly. Another enemy in the form of a fui sus often attacks the fly in the earl autumn. This makes its appearar.< as a white swelling and the whit spores of the disease can be seen pen trating the'body of the fly. which tinally distends and ruptures. The fly hibernates in winter, but wil his usual secretive habit, it is very di flcult to find him in his winter qua ters. With the first chill of aiitiini the flies feeling the cold, seek ten porarv warmth in houses, and cluste ing together form bunches in the co ners of walls and other places. Tin are then sluggish and not so active : in the warm weather. However, the do not make a permanent stay indoor but on the first mild, sunny day, sec the windows to set out and find tlie permanent winter hiding place; mar prefer to make their homes in the roo of grass on lawns where they hit themselves so effectually that the i< and snow of winter does not destrc them in their hibernating state, if I the first warm days of spring when tl snow is gone and the grass on tl lawns becomes dry and warm, long b fore the yellow dandelion shows i head, a close observer may see nut bers of flies crawling up 011 the grai to get the welcome sunshine, the wings standing out stiff and useles but they soon acquire the power 1 flight in the warm rays of the sun. great many days, however, elapse b fore they appear in the homes of me where they are such unwelcome vi itors. In recent years, the medical profe sion have demonstrated that while tl fly itself does not propagate disease, is one of the most industrious cnrric of disease germs which by contact a here to his feet, hairy legs and bod distributing thein to innocent victims If every house-keeper could know a these interesting" facts which ha' never before been brought to their a tention. they would realize the it porta nee of securing the very best t exterminator. Publicity. The first newspaper man to explc "Dnblicitv" was the elder James CI<j don Iiemiett. You remember bis f mous apothegm?"First pet the new then make a (lorn fuss about it." I pot the idea from a favorite old 2k in his chicken yard, who, when si had laid nn egp. cackled wildly aboi it for half *111 hour so that all the pov try world, and other worlds, con learn of her important performance. f Victor Smith, in the New York Press. Her Brand. Little Janet's devoted uncle, w'antii to know liis niece's mind upon a high interesting subject, and preferring pet at it indirectly, asked her: "If were going to buy a doll fur a lit; girl, what kind of one do you thii she would like?" The answer wi proinp^ and decided: "Oh, Uuc (.Jeorge," she said, "there is ncthix like twins!"?Harper's Weekly. In the insane asylums of Germar more than a third of tbe patients ov their condition to strong drink. t ' -y . . _ . . " ' 1 r'' ifWV lift.clr&Lo Id I n. I New York City.?There seeuis lil rv 1 ally no iimit to the variations of | lingerie blouse and no limit to j popularity. This one is among the pi m ' ties and the latest and is shown 3 white batiste with trimming of sim lace banding. It can, however, w ii- propriety be made from silk and w !e materials as well as from waslia ones and can be either lined or 1 is lined so that the model serves a gr ia many purposes. For the sepan :h waist lingerie materials are a ts smarter than anything else unless a be the simple wash silks, but ent id es \ | ^ ^ 11 ij ts le ?e -Tucked Blouse Waist. >v in gowns are equally correct iu lin ie i cotton, wool and silk. ie | The waist consists of the lini e- ; which can be used or omitted as i ts terial renders desirable, front .1 u- . backs. It is tucked to form the y< ss and the trimming is-arranged on ir dic-ated lines, while the closing is nn s; ? Invisibly at the back. The puf af sleeves are of moderate size and < A be in elbow length, finished w e- , straight bands, or extended to n, j wrists, the lower portions form s- deep fitted cuffs. The quantity of material requil s- ; for the medium size is four ya ie I twenty-one, three and one-quar it yards twenty-seven or two yards for rs four inches wide with eight yards tl- insert ion. y. j . ( Circular Skirts Will Sng. 11 The reputatiou of the circular si re for sagging was revived with the st; t- Home dressmakers should remem 11- to weight such skirts at the bott< lv and let them hang for a few days fore finishing them at the bottom. Tailor-Made Gotvus. ' * ! The season is far enough advan r" to enable one to speculate with a a- pree 0f certainty what the trend s: fashion is to be. One may even or i tailor gowns. Serge, cloth or ihe v JU i fashionable veiling will be the chc 10 , for materials. Mixed cheviots : ! tweeds, checks and plaids, will be u i to a great extent. Of course the si hi i and iacket worn with a washa ? blouse will far out-rival all other sty Only there is a wider choice in jncli this spring than usual. The :'au short jacket is charming, but not s able for all ligures. Some of the vance styles show long Direct* ? i coats, high wai.stnl and half fitting. great many separate lone coats arc , I be worn.?New York Evening Post ik AVheels of Lace. Lace wheels or rosettes very boa fully decorate an evening cloak of cuit colored broadcloth. The rose: consist of three round medallions graduated size set flat one upon *e other, giving a charming flower-! appearance. i... vi .. v k .... S ;STIO'Wi]Rfn! tor- Toko nnil liodice Girdles. tlie xhe tiny coats that have become its so popular and ti;e very general adoption of the short waisted effect have in combined to make girdles essential Pie features of the wardrobe. Here are a ith number of attractive and shapely designs that can be utilized either for the separate belts or for those that are made of material to match the costume. As shown the plain ones are simply finished with stitching, but they can be trimmed with braid or with embroidery or elaborated in almost any manner that may be liked. Lu (his instance Nos. 1 and 2 are made of heavy linen. No. 3 is made of silk and No. 4 from messaline satin. I No. 1 is cut in eight sections, which ^ are joined at the edges, the seams ^ being stitched with belding silk, and [ is closed at the centre front. No. 2 t is extended to a point below the waist ~ but forms a round outline above and j is made in six sections, the seams over the hips being so curved as to provide perfect tit. No. 3 is differently shaped from either of its predecessors and can be opened at either front or back while it can be made with or k without points. It consists of ten por * tions and each seain is boned to keep the shape. No. 4 is made over No. 2, which is used as a foundation, and is softly shirred and draped, the closool ing being made invisibly at the front, ble Any one of the plain girdles can be un- cut off at the waist line if the yoke eat portion is not desired. nte The quantity of material required bit for the medium size is, for either Nos. it 1 or 3 three and five-eighth yard twenire ty-one, one-half yard twenty-seven Design by May Maiiton. Five-Gored Tucked Skirt. en, or one-quarter yard forty-four inches wide; for No. 2, three-eightli yard ng, either twenty-one or twenty-seven or na- one-quarter yard forty-four inches md wide; for No. 4, ope yard any width. 1th J ^ rds ^ ^ tor Sailor Dat. Novelty. eed One of the most striking innovations (le- this season is a high-crown sailor liat. of This hat lias a four-inch crown and a tier two-and-a-lialf-inch brim, and is shown ery at present in Manilas and Javas. al>ice though it will probably be made in intl other straws later ou. A very singular sed hat, made in light fancy chip, has a iirt four-inch crown slightly tapering hie tovwird the top, and a brim four inches les. wide at the front, graduating to two ;ets and a half inches at the back. These nty are trimmed either with plain bands nit- or with a new fancy ring and spot ad- stuff. lire Milliners are also showing a novelty A in Panamas, blocked up into various > to shapes, and trimmed with a scarf. Gowns Decorated With leather. Cut leather is used as a decoration uti- for tailored gowns. In order that the his- design may stand out distinctly the ttes leather is laid on flat over velvet or of silk, both the leather and its linir^ the contrasting in color with each other like and with the material to which they are applied. " Ai- 'V. . "... >, ,. v ...xi.v; IHEVULVII. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMOM E* DR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE. Subject: The Sin of Irreverence. ( I Brookirn, is. Y.?Dr. Charles Edward | Locke, in the Hanson l'lace M. E. j Church Sunday, prcached on "Fopular ! Desecration of Sacred Vessels; or, The i Sin of Irreverence." The text was ' i from II Samuel vi:G-7: "Uzzah put ' forth his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it; and God smote him there for his error." Dr. Locke said in . the course of his sermon: There is danger that our greatest national sin shall be the sin of irreverence. The ancient story of Uzzah's act of desecration in placing his hand j upon the holy ark of God is full of , ] serious and important lessons which j apply with solemn significance to our age, and our country and our individual citizenship. God had given commendment to Moses to construct a sacred chest to be overlaid within and without with pure gold. It was to be surmounted I with two clieruDim or Beaten goia. | This casket was to be a receptacle for j the Tables of Stone which Moses had ' received on the top of Mount Sinni, and I t. Is beautiful ark was to be an altar of | prayer which was to be kept in the 1 midst of the people, for God had said, i "There will I meet with. thee." God ! explicitly commanded that no hand I should touch the ark save the priests' ! and rings and poles were provided by I which this sacred Yessel was to be J carried. I The Philistines came up against j Israel and captured the ark and held it I a captive for sixty years, when David I conquered Philistia and builded a suit! able place for the ark, and, with 30.000 ! warriors, went down to the borders of j the enemy's country and secured posi session of the precious treasure. In : the excitement and joyousness of this i long looked for victory, Uzzah's mortal | sin of irreverence was committed, i which cost him his life. In the days of prosperity, irreverence i grows most insidiously. When men | feel secure in their own successes they : are prone to forget tne commands 01 | God. We do not depend so helplessly | on our Heavenly Father when our I achievements have given us great confidence in ourselves. National and ini dividual prosperity are at once our I greatest danger and greatest security. I In the frenzy of victory, as did Uzzah, ; so do we often commit acts of irreverj ence. | Sometimes it is fashionable to be ir; reverent. The Philistines, in trans: porting the ark, had placed it upon an | ox cart, and when the Israelites capj tured the ark they followed the error I of the Philistines and were returning I with the ark drawn by oxen, instead ! of carried by the staves and rings, as j God had peremptorily commanded. I One act of irreverence leads to anI other. And when the ark shook as I the cart went over Nachon's threshing I floor, Uzzah heedlessly committed his i serious offense. When the ahurch al ! lows the world to set Its fashions, sncI rileges, disastrous and deplorable, | speedily follow. i Two other fruitful causes of irreverI enee are forgetfulness and familiarity. I The ark had been in Uzzali's house | since his boyhood and he dared to take ! privileges with the sacred furniture. | Familiarity sometimes breeds eonj tempt. It is not discoverable that j Uzzah was either malicious or willful, j but he was heedless, and even so apparehtly a harmless sin as heedlessness brought upon him the awful penalty | for bis disobedience. The influence of j sacred tilings depends upon their saI credness being preserved. God could j not'control Israel without their respect and obedience, hence the suffering of ! Uzzah. No sin is more treacherous i than irreverence. It decoys its victims. I It is like dry rot in the ship's timbers. Irreverence slyly gains admittance where grosser evils would be easily re; pulsed. Satan is constantly busy try| ing to transform the sons of Levi, who I serve at holy altars, into the sons of j Eli. Beware of the deceptive tenden j cies oi raminam.Y; wueii uencuie rt] spect for holy things is lost, then de| Clement and sacrilege easily enter, j When reverence departs character canj not be retained, for character depends i upon faith and in obedience to sacred j things. At Belshazzar's feast, in the sup| posed impregnable city of Babylon, it j was the towering crime of irreverence ! in defiling the sacred vessels of the j temple worship at Jerusalem that | brought disaster and death to the disj solute yonng monarch. What are some 1 of the holy things to-day which must i | be honored and preserved? The church is a sacred vessel. DediI : cated to the service of God, it should . j not be diverted into secular uses. Jesus ' i drove the merchants out of the courts of the temple, and, as yet, there has been no permission granted for their return. The sons of Aaron were devoured by'the strange fire which they , undertook to offer at the altars of the j Lord. And similar results occur to| day in the consuming of holy instincts j and respectful inclinations, when the : church of God is made a place of j amusement and merchandizing. In chapels and parish houses many things are proper which in the sanctuary lead unmistakably to irreverence. The Bible is a most sacred vessel. There is not much danger of bibliolatry, but we need to be much on our : guard lest the very availability of our I Greek Book shall cause it to be less ! appreciated. Things are often valued | by use in proportion to the sacrifice j which has been suffered for them, j A genetleman placed a copy of the Gospel of St. John on my desk the I other day, and said it cost only two | cents. It was in excellent type and j neatly bound. During the days of I the persecution of Diocletian, .many j Christians surrendered their Bibles and the sacred- utensils of worship, ! and in consequence lost their faith. I When the Bible goes out of our lives, ; our Christian character loses its chief support. A man once, in the presence j of his family, picked up a Bible, ; turned its pages carelessly for a few ! moments, and petulantly threw it down upon the table, saying. "Pshaw! give uie Shakespeare!" Perhaps he i never knew that the Bible was the | acknowleged inspiration of the marj velous lines of Avon's greatest bard: | It is certain no man ever prefers ; any other book who has discovered i the extraordinary beauty and power ! 4lia Ti.Mo We must valiantly defend tbe Bible against irreverence. It is tlie bulk wark of our civilization?tbe fonntlation of liberty, the cornerstone of trutb. I submit whether we do not commit a serious offense against tbe sacredness of tbe Hook when we indulge in constant jokes and jiuns based ! upon tbe Scriptures. It cannot be 1 anything less than sinful sacrilege to ' weave tbe holy personages and incidents of Bible history into ridieu lous story. The Bible deals with most serious questions which involve tbe life and death and weal and woe of / - \ ' ' the race, and do we not violate^ its sacred rights when we make It "the basis of oar fun and laughter? This is a popular desecration, which, like Uzzah's sin. has been committed so long that it has not occurred to many people that they are unintentionally underminuig the very book which they desire most to defend. The Sabbath is a sacred vessel. A divinely instituted day. for rest and 'worship and home. We cannot spare tho Sabbath, but we cannot keep it if it is steadily allowed to become more and more a social and a business day. All vices and enemies of our nation thrive best where the first day of the week is decreasingly reverenced. Dinner parties and hilarious outings arranged for the Sabbath are direct attacks upon the security of our republic. The perpetuity of a nation depends upon the reverence of the people. When the temples are empty, the walls of the citadel crumble. When the altars of worship are neglected, virtue and purity are dethroned, a nation's protectors lose their courage and spirit of sacrifice and there is speedily decline and fall. God has put Himselff on record as ready to cause those nations to "ride upon the high places of the earth" which keen His Sabbaths. History fulfils in every century the curses of the Almighty which have rested upon those people who liave destroyed His holy day. "Why do we argue the question when he who runs may read? The human body is a sacred vessel. What a marvelous gift is the voice, with its capabilities of music and speech. Alas, that ever its powers are profaned! Consider, too, the tastes and appetites and muscular possibilities and vital forces. What exquisite joys God has invested in the human body! But, desecrated and disregarded, how this body may become a bundle of clashing nerves, a prisonj$en full of cruel and warring enemies. God's great apostle wrote, "If any man defile the temple of God," as the body is called, "him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." The human mind?soul?is a sacred 4 *v? rt ?> la *-?/> 4- *ir!+Vt "nil \ *1. uiiiii 13 L-iyjL iiiu ?n& v*i*apence, for out of it are the issues of life." Man is the upward looking animal. Kis mind has been created with powers of concentration and analysis, that he might find out God. When man uses his faculties against his Creator, he has desecrated a sacred vessel. Man's logical faculty and powers of invention are often diverted ;o the injury instead of the elevation of men. A prostituted printing press is doing much in "vampire literature" to violate the human mind. A bad book or an immodest picture is a poisoned arrow driven into the mind, from which an absolute recovery is not possible. Each must revere his own mind, and shield himself from the ten thousand inimical influences that are intended to thrive on the spoliation of pure natures. How empty would be the playhouses and how bankrupt many of the publishers, if the American people would suddenly refuse to be any longer the receptacles for the filth and corruption of many of the popular books and most of the popular dramas! Josenliiis savs that in the closins scenes of Jerusalem, such were the irreverent and sacrilegeous practices of the people, that if the Romans had not destroyed the city, some dreadful judgment like that which befell Sodom ' would have come upon that city. Thus, indeed, have nations and cities and individuals disappeared under the disintegrating processes of irreverence. As the bold and wicked Belshazzar was, in revelry and drunkenness, defiling the sacred vessels of the Lord, a white hand came out of the black sleeve of the night, and wrote, in letters of fire. "Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting!" And that night the irreverent young king was found dead in his palace. The inexorable penalty of irreverence is death! But they who bear reverently the ark of God, who obediently follow the commands of God. who daily honor in thought and deed the Son of God, who hold in highest esteem the privileges of the sons of God. shall enjoy peace and joy forever more, for the reward of reverence is life?here and hereafter! Drawn Toward the Unseen Country. We have secured a property right in the unseen country because dear ones have migrated thither, and it now exerts a more immediate and vital influence upon us. An old lady who had made full acquaintance with bereavement was asked if she ever received intimation of the presence of those who had parted from her, and she replied that she sometimes felt "a drawing." Daniel Webster, in lines of tribute to his angel child, touchingly says that he had expected to become the teacher of the boy, but that now, instead, the boy has become the ancesW, the father and the guide; and the great statesman humbly*beseecbes the sainted one to lead him on in the earthly path. Surely, /all who have experienced a genuine sorrow by the entrance of death into the cherished circle, says Rev. H. P. Dewey, are constrained, if they have held to the Christian faith, to feel that Heaven has oecome nearer and dearer, that life has become more sacred and duty more commanding, and that the gracious ministry of the loved ones has been continued, though the veil has hidden them from sight. Site Spoke In Time. Years ago a young Scotchman from Fife was leaving home, says Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. He was not an active Christian. His mother went with him to the turn of the road and said: "Now, Robert, there is one thing you must promise ine before you go." "No," said the lad, "I will not promise until I know." "But it will not be ditfi cult," said bis mother. "Then I will promise," lie said, and she said to him; "Every night before 3-ou lie down to sleep read a chapter and pray." He did not want to promise it, but he did. Who was tbat Robert? It was ltobert Moffat, the great missionary, who, wben he came into the kingdom almost brought a continent in after him. Let Vour Light Sliinp. Tlie visible church is one whose members let their light shine. The invisible chnr.-ii is one whose members have let their lamps go out. The church can never light the world except by keeping up a Christianity visible and recognizable in the world's darkness. If u Christian's lamp is not bright enough to light others Heavenward, it will fail to light the Christian himself in that direction. If the example does not shine, the life itself is lacking in light. Badly lighted churches are not always those where the gas is dim, but often they are those where the members fail to be apparent. The Prayer Wliieh Avails, Six characteristics of the prayer which avails may be named as follows: ]. It presents a need. 2. It is importunate. 3. It is according to the -xill of God. 4. It is faith. 5. It is in Christ's name. C. It is for tbe glory of God. " . ' V. 'V.-f " Linoleum For Cement Floor*. To make linoleum adhere to a conierit floor, ii glue is used wlilch has been ' boiled until it is of the consistency of i carpenters' glue, and to which sifted j wood ashes have been added, stirring. : to make a mass resembling varnish. J Apply to the lower side of the linoleum-, i and press hard against the floor.?Die Werkstatt. Keep 'Em In Repair. : Some people patch up their old quarrels until they are almost as good as new.?Judge. A Xew Name SujKented. I Why dops no newspaper of to-day -take for itself the name The Seismograph? It were a far more significant name than The Times, The World, The Tribune?that is, more significant of j tiie press or to-uay, wjjicu is iu hccij i its ear close to the most delicate vibraj tiona of the universal life of humanity I all around the globe, and thus to focus : in its own centre every slightest jar or ripple of indicatipn from India, China, j Europe, America.?The Boston Herald. Direction*. i In a certain school district oue ol , the trustees was a crank on the subject i of fire, and when he visited a school ! with the examining inspectors he alI ways confined his remarks to a quesI tion addressed to the pupils as to whul I they would do in case the building caught fire. Knowing this little peculiarity the master had coached his pupils as to the answer which they should give. When the visitor called, however, he simply said to tljem: "Yon boys and girls have listened" so attentively to your master's remarks that 1 ! wonder what you would do if I were tc make you a little speech?" Tn the rvmstprnntion of the master a hundred voices shouted in unison: i 'Form a line and march down stairs." i FITS.St. Vitus' Dnnce:Ncrrou9 Diseases perj manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve : Hestorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free. | Da. H. K. Eline, Ld., 931 Arch St.,Phila., Pa. 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Toes In. .fl Can any "fan" or-J'rooter" explaJgjflH why nearly all the champion basefajflX plaj-ers turn in their toes? YictogKjH| Smith, in the New York Press. v\ fliXfl Hlehc?t Priced The Missouri liog which sold top^B . $2000 has a rival now in a MissouM^H IUU5HTI ? lliV_U ooiu iui ywvv? , the highest prlcc jgery paid for rooster in the histq^of the State. A* , high as $300 has been paid on occafi^JDy^S . but it remained for William Miller, <?f :jl Crescent, to pay $800, the top prlp^i^M ; The rooster is of the white PIyraooth.39| , Rock variety, and in various State.4lM shows has distanced all its competi- j tors.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF.||| Suffered For Three Tears With ItchlnfKg I Humor?Cruiser Newark, U. S. N., mj Man Cured by Cntfcura. <! "1 suffered with humor for about thre*J9 ; years off and on. 1 finally saw a doctoriM ; and he gave me remedies that did me n<^fl . good, so I tried Cuticura wh&nNmjh^taoW below the knee to the ankle was aiCnn^Kg i a piec: of beef. All I used waa the cura Soap and the Ointment. I bathed with Cuticura Soap every day, and used .'$1 ' about six or seven boxes of Cuticura Oini^f ment. 1 was thoroughly cured of the btKSHH mor ;n three weeks, and haven't beeii af- * I t fected with it since. I use no other SoajjvJB than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers, U. S. U. S. S. Newark, New York, July 8,1905."*".^91 A clubwoman advocates wearing gyxnr.yM nasium suits while doing housework. . /Tcritical period ! INTELLIGENTWOMEN PREPARE 1 IB Danf-ara and Pain of This Critical Period ii Avoided by the Use of Lydia B. Pink, fl ham's Vegetable Compound/ nIB How ^ny IIMy 18 ttoe change ox^m I|||101 ^*||B is not without 'J 1 reason? I If her system is in a deranged ocmdm|H| tion, or she is predisposed to apoplexy ; 1 or congestion of any organ, it is atthllfcffia time likely to become active and, with V^a a host of nervous irritations, make life J a burden. At this time, also, cancersand tumor* $5 , are more liable to begin their destroe??vS ' tivework. Suchwaraingsymntomsa?.'$ [ a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, di*r '? ! ziness, headdche, dread of impending'1 evil, sounds in the ears, timidity, paK $ j pitation of the heart, sparks before the- ^ r eyes, irregularities, constipation, I ble appetite, weakness and inquietude ' are promptly heeded by intelligent women who are approaching the period. /fo 1 of life when woman's great change ^ [ may be ezpected. ' vxf^l , We believe Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg* etable Compound is the world's greav -J est remedy for women at this trying' | period. 1 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conf^v3f pound invigorates and strengthens the I female organism, and builaa np tha^s i weakened nervous system aa no other?*! medicine can. Mrs. A. E. G. Hyland, of Chesterf"-^ town, Md., in a letter to Mrs. Pink? ham. savs:; Dear Mrs. Pin kham:? " I had been suffering with a displacement.;^ for years and was passing through the change , of life. I' had a good deal of soreness, dizsr jjf spells, headaches, and was very nervous. Iwrote you for advice and comicsnced treat- y, ment with Lyaia E. Pinkham's Vegetable if* Compound as you directed, and I am haDpy ? to say that all those distressing symptoms left . J me, and I have passed safely through the change of life a well woman." For special advice regarding this im.r :.a| portant period women are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mast 5 She is daughter-in-law of Lydia E., i Pinkham and for twenty-five years has V: been advising 6ick women free of charge. 4 Her advice is free and always " ) > helpful to ailing women. The Postmaster-General of New Zea-. .j land, Sir Joseph G. Ward, Is one of ' j the ablest and most indefatigable advovcl eates of cheap postage. He is a firm I believer in universal penny postage. ^3 THE DAISY FLY KILLEB ? ?? < > too. box i?t? tjgajM* ETDCTCw1 *end **** charge advice and } I" FtCaC prescriptions to men tind woom *nf- t " ferine from dlheaso or weakness of aav kind. I' ' 'ell no ni?\l:cJncs !:or do I ask a cent from any one. r;7'. i NVKDtlS. l.rjdteport.Conn. npnPCY NEW DI8C0VEBYJ U I* \J I W I (Ir?< quirk nU,t ui ear** trortl ca??. Botk oflnllmoiiUk ud IO D>ti'Irntaui free. Dr. H. H. 6REX-V8 BOSS, Box B, AtlmU, [IE*BUC 0 (rb Ml John w.iaoHRis, E&HUdlvira Washington, D.c; "Successfully Prosecutes Clalmt, Late WtnclDrtl Ex&ailner U.S.Penalon Burevfc Syjalaolvilwar, 15 adjudicating claims, attrdncft 1 n Money! lie Them Properly. ^ A ' fun or profit, you want to ' esults. The way to do this a rs. We offer a bock telling my ? -a book written by a man -r ,J I for 25 years in raising lat lime necessarily had nt much money to learn 1 uct the business?for the ^ in postage stamps. Detect and Cure Disease, [arket, which Fowls to Save . 'ijj ibout everything you must f j B jM/rM 25 CENTS SN STAMPS. BIH :iii ******** V 'i f nUUot, W 1 f| urd St., n. y. City. t a XKA3 i '