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gpp; |V"'s I . President Roosevf r to le - $ ? List ol 300 Words That H 0 Documents From the Wt ' $ According to the ? the Matthev President Roosevelt announced his conversion to the spelling reform jnovement. He has issued orders to Public Printer Stillings that all messages from the President and all other 'documents coming from the White Hou^e shall be printed in accordance witL the recommendations of the spelling reform committee headed by Professor Brander Matthews, of Columbia, and backed by Andrew Carnegie. Spelling reform had its greatest .impetus when Andrew Carnegie made an offer to finance it. For many years professors and others have been laboring to have the public accept reforms in the spelling of certain words. The public, while admitting that the existing spelling is a philological monstrosity, refus?d to take kindly to the suggested changes. When Andrew Carnegie announced himself as a convert to the reform the matter was discussed more than at any time within the past 100 years. Mark Twain promised to take it up v after Mr. Carnegie had announced his conversion and had agreed to finance the organization of reformers calling themselves the Simplified Spelling Board, of which Brander Matthews is the president of the Executive Board. This board announced at the beginning that it did not propose any radical or revolutionary scheme of reform, but simply wanted to make easy the spelling of certain words. It selected 300 words which it asked the public to accept. Following is the list of 300 words already given out by the Simplified ' Spelling Board in which changes are ? proposed: - -, NEW FORM. OLD FOKil. abridgment^ abridgement accouter accoutre accurst ' accursed acknowledgment acknowledgement addreat addressed adz adze affixt affixed altho although anapest anapaest anemia anaemia ? ; . * anesthesia anaesthesia anesthetic anaesthetic V - antipyrin antipyrine antitoxin antitoxins apothem apothegm apprize apprise arbor arbour archelojgr archaelogy ardor ardour armor armour artizan artisan '' assize assise ax axe bans banns bark barque behavior behaviour blest . blessed y-'- blusht blushed ** brazen brasen ' brazier brasier f' bun bunn i bur burr caliber calibre caliper . calliper ' candor candour / ' carest caressed I catalog catalogue catechize catechise > ' center centre chapt chapped ? check ' ' 'checque checker r chequer I chimera chimaera r* " civilize civilise clamor * clamour ciangor clangour . clam clapped claspt ; claaped 1 ' clipt clipped clue clew coeval coaeval ' color colour colter coulter commixt commixed ^ ' compre?t compressed I comprize comprise ; coriesf confessed ' controller comptroller ^ ! coquet coquette . criticize citicise crept * cropped i crost crossed ! crusht crushed cue queue curst cursed cut las cutlass cyclopedia cyclopaedia dactyl dactyle dasht dashed decalog decalogue ; defense defence demagog demagogue demeanor demeanour deposit deposite deprest depressed develop developo ! dieresw diareesis, diaeresis f ? : dike dyke . dipt dipped I discus! discussed i dispatch despatch ' distil distill distrest distressed ' dolor dolour domicil domicile ; draft draught dram drachm ilrest dressed dript dripped droopt drooped , dropt dropped , dulness dullness ecumenical oecumenical edila aedile eg is aegis enamor enamour encyclopedia encyclopaedia endeavor endeavour envelop envelope e J Eolian Aeolian eon aeon. .. v epaulet epaulette enonvm eponvme era aera esophagus aesophagus esthetic aesthetic esthetics aesthetics estivate aestivate i' lether aether etiology aetiology exorcize exorcise exprest expressed v. fagot faggot fantasm phantasm fantasy phantasy fantom phantom favor favour , favorite favourite fervor fervour How to Writs a Book. ' To me an Important thing In the writing of a book has always seemed to Dresent in as few tvords as possible an exact picture of whatever sphere or creature you are describing, so that those who read may feel the counterfeit presentment is correct, although they personally may not knopr that life themselves. It is so tirleome to have to inscribe "This is a Sheep" or "That is a Cow" under one's drawings before their meaning can be recognized!?From M. A. P. * . . V"'* f' wfe; ., . v ? f ' i. I ill Converted Ita.Kfvlp Mlinn 11 Li If UlJIlP U>jpUIIlIItJ $ ersafter in All Messages and <? lite House Will Be Printed | Recommendation of p ys Committee. | >?$<V?9 ? ? 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At a banquet held in a room, the walls of which were adorned with many beautiful paintings, a well- j known college president was called upon to respond to a toast. In the course of his remarks, wishing to pay ; a compliment to the ladies pregent, 3 -J"-1'?-*??? nolnHnfffl With auu uoBigiiaiiug mo one of his characteristic gestures, he j said: "What need i3 there of these j painted beauties when we have mo j many with us at this table?"?Ladles' Home Journal. U . 'V* CM REBELS AGREE TO QISBlfl FORCES Report That Guerra Resists Palma's Offer of Amnesty. RFRFI S Kll I Ff) IN fl FIGHT. 17 Gen. Guzman's Band is Defeated Near Cienfugos?A Long Night Fight Near Havana?Rebels Lack Money. Havana, Cuba.?Senator Dolz, a leader of the Moderate Party, at the conclusion of a conference with President Palma, stated that practically all the insurgent leaders of consequence, eicept Pino Guerra, had signified their willingness to disband their men if all were positively guaranteed immunity for their insurrectionary acts. On account of information of the insurgents' willingness to quit the field, there will be no further enlistments. vvnen tne trovernment was issuing a proclamation offering pardon to rebels who would lay down their arms, its forces were dealing a blow against insurgents in the field. Gen. Guzman's forces of insurgents, which was variously estimated at from 200 upward, threatened an attack on Cienfugos. Col. Valle, with a detachment of Rural Guards and volunteers, was dispatched to Cienfuegos for the purpose of engaging Guzman and breaking up the band. In an encounter the insurgents lost seventeen men killed and many wounded, while the loss to the Government force was one man killed. The Government is without further particulars of the fight. > A party of insurgents commanded by Col. Sanchez entered the town of Bejucal, Province of Havana, fortified themselves, and fotfght all night against an attacking force of Government recruits and Rural Guards without any other result than that three of the defenders of the place and one Rural Guard were killed. Bejucal is fifteen miles by rail south of Havana. Its population is about 5000. Guerra, in a signed statement telegraphed, declares that he is as determined as ever that the last Presidential election shall be annulled before there can be peace in Cuba. That Guerra's force of 2000 men is well armed and supplied with ammunition and food is amply verified. Their greatest drawback now is the lack of money, but the people of the western part of Pinar del Rio are furnishing them with all the supplies needed, taking in return therefor orders on "Cuban Government," and in many cases refusing to accept any consideration. BAD FOOD DESTROYED. Chicago Inspectors Get Busy and Make Numerous Arrests. Chicago, 111.?Three hundred and fifty thousand pounds of food stuffs were destroyed, according to the last issue of the Bulletin of the Health Department, because the foods were impure. The bulletin says that the food inspectors in the downtown districts alone condemned and destroyed 50,719 pounds. This includes 16,000 pounds of canned goods and 2930 pounds of fruit and vegetables. The bulletin says the inspectors took samples from five candy factories, three evaporated egg concerns, three baking powder factories, ten ice cream factories, thirty bakeries, and seventy-five fruit stands. Fifteen Greek peddlers, two fish dealers, three bakers, and three ice cream dealers were arrested on the charge of attempting to dispose of Tood stuffs that were unfit for consumption. . TROOPS PURSUE PULAJANES. Seneral Movement Against Fanatical Philippine Islanders Planned. Manila, P. I.?It Is officially reported that the main band of Pulajanes has broken into smaller bodies. A general movement of 1000 troops and 3 OX) constabulary through all parts of the disaffected region is planned. A part of the province of Leyte, south of Buyog Bay, has been cleared of Pulajanes. There is no disaffection on the west coast except a few bands which have escaped the soldiers. On the oast coast native volunteers are bringing in prisoners. Governor Veyra reports that hundreds of natives have volunteered to help the troops. HORSES RUN WITH HARVESTER. - * Dozen Killed, Nine Crippled and the Giant Machine Demolished. , Spokane, Wash. ? - Thirty-two horses in one runaway constituted a sight that was witnessed on the Dorman ranch, nine mile3 from Ritzville. The animals were attached to one of the huge combined harvesters and threshers. The leaders took fright and presently the entire thirty-two were running at top speed, dragging the ponderous machinery. Twelve horses were killed outright, nine were crippled and the harvester was demolished, entailing a total loss of $5,000. So far as known, the runaway has no parallel In history. Deer Struck by Trains. Five deer have been struck by different trains on the Naugatuck and Shehang divisions of the New Haven road and the company has joined the Connecticut farmers in demanding a modification of the law which protects deer unUl 1920. Ilnnrla Vnf fn np Rptirpd. Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, denies that he intends to retire any portion of the Government four per cent, bonds of 1907. Labor World. The elevator men in New York are forming a union. The strike in the Russian naphtha industry is spreading. San Francisco, Cal.. is to have a building trades templer The cutlery forces of Southbridge, Mass., formed a union recently. Garment workers, the majority Italians, are on strike at Utica, N. Y. Employment in the British engi neering trades generally continues to improve, and is much better than a year ago. . \ r" w President Says She is Able to HeflWHer Sufferers. Pornncfrii<*f?An r\t fha Str/>nfc TJnfl Begun?Customs Duties Have Been Suspended. Valparaiso, Chile.?The Government has drawn up and presented a project for the reconstruction of Valparaiso. In order to prevent the flooding of streets they will be built on a uniform level. The minimum width of streets, without counting sidewalks, will be fifteen metres. The Government will pay cash for lands for this purpose, and will facilitate loans to owners of lands thus taken. Customs duties will be suspended for eighteen months on construction material. The destruction by dynamite of menacing buildings is bringing out protests. The Bourse and commercial houses are not yet doing business, and because of a lack of money the banks are forced to continue limited payments. A state of siege continues here and nobody is permitted in the streets after six o'clock In the evening. There have been some accidents as a result of the use of dynamite in the blowing up of damaged buildings. President Riesco has replied to an offer of the European banking firm of Rothschild to help sufferers from the earthquake, saying that he hopes Chilean resources will be sufficient for this purpose. The survivors' condition is the most wretched Imaginable. More than a hundred thousand persons are living under non-waterproof tents, and many, discomfort overcoming fear, have gone back to their homes. Foreign residents erected Red Cross tents for the wounded and destitute. The Italians' have the best organization. Two hundred men have been shot for robberies. The Star of' Chile, an English newspaper, will resume publication. Mr. Hicks, the American Minister, has placed in the Government's hands the sum of 35,000 pesos, subscribed by San Francisco, for the Valparaiso relief fund. This token of sympathy has been much appreciated. Reports state that the earthquake was felt a long distance out at sea. TWO MORE ASSASSINATIONS. Russian Terrorists Kill Officers of High Rank?Both Hated. St. Petersburg, Russia.?Two more men of importance to the Government cause were assassinated by revolutionists, and the conviction was forced on the Czar and his Ministers that the Terrorists could kill practically at pleasure any man, however high in rank, they might sentence to death. General Vonliarliarski, Acting Military Governor of Warsaw city, commander of the Fifth Army Corps, and Colonel Rieman, of the Semlnovsky Regimsnt, were victims. The manner of their taking off was such as to show the revolutionists had only to pick out their subject for assassination. Both officers were killed almost Instantly. Each was uhot to death with a pistol while on the way to perform his military duty. Both had been detailed to the repression of tne revolutionary movement in the city of Warsaw. Vonliarliarski had only recently been appQinted Act- * ing Military Governor of the city. Rieman was on his way there to go on the staff of General Skallon, Governor-General of Warsaw province. Neither victim had a chance to escape, yet in each instance the assassin got away. More fearfully significant- still is the fact that Rieman was the second officer of the Seminovsky Regiment on whom tne Terrorists carried out their secret sentence of death within twenty-four hours. Rieman was the comrade of General Min, who was assassinated the day before. No one had a good word for Min or Rieman. Both were butchers, slayers of women and children, torturers of wounded men and grandsires. Not even the conservatives among the people had a word of regret for their tragic ends. Radicals sneered openly in the cafes when their names were mentioned. SAW HIS SWEETHEART DIE. Lovers Planned Double Suicide, But Man Refused Fatal Draught. Houston, Tex.?W. S. Baxter, a prominent planter near Archer, and his wife were to leave with their daughter Pearl, aged twenty, for St. Louis on an extended Northern tour, after which the girl was to be placed in a seminary. This was in order to break up her love affair, to which ! her parents objected. Pearl pleaded [ with her parents, saying she pre- | ferred death to separation from her fiance, but at length she seemed to 1 ? -"J a/1 4r* o r?t*n r? crom ontd I ftJVtj 1U unu aaoiolcu iu m iauS\,un,uw for their departure. She eluded the vigilance of the family a few minutes, and met her sweetheart in a cane patch near the house. It was there arranged that they should die together. After the good-byes both raised the bottles of carbolic acid to their mouths, ?but he tarried and watched her swallow the poison. The agonies of death spreading over her face unnerved him, and throwing away his bottle he hastily retreated. The parents of Miss Baxter found their daughter d-ead an hour later. Filipino Boys Inferior. The Filipino boy is inferior physically to the American boy, but the girl of the islands, though of small physique in early years, exceeds at the age of sixteen the stature of the A ?* ? ?a?1 to ln/\/\twnoi?<jKlv I AH16nC(lU gil l, auu 10 1 UOULUJ/Ui superior to her native brothers. Russian Princess Burned to Death. At Tiflis, Transcaucasia, the country mansion of Prince Palavandoff was set on fire by peasants. The Princess was unable to escape and was burned to death. Minor Mention. Navy chaplains want more pay. One person in every 1200 is blind. Spain is enjoying a business boom. Over 32,000 autoa are registered in New York. rSrSIct IS IU IVAVD a \>wuovivuviuu and a Parliament. Japan is determined to construct a large mercantile navy. Demoralization is spreading in the Russian army and navy. Owing to the failure of the Labrador fishing season a fish famine id likely. ' t NWS HOME COBS 1 HIILED WITH EWWISIBI < Nebraskans Take Him From the Steamer at New York. s BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD Speech of Greeting Expresses Pleas- tl urc at Meeting "Home Folks" and Intention to Assist in Their g Campaign. a New York City. ? William Jennings Bryan, with Mrs. Bryan and their daughter Grace, arrived on the Vl North German Lloy.l steamship Prin- ? zess Irene. They had been abroad p eight months and had made the cir- tc cuft of the earth. c< The liner was met down the ba|y by the 150 Nebraskans who have ^ come on to join in the reception, and p] by a party of Mr. Bryan'3 friends T who were on board Edward F. Gol- ai pi tra's yacht Illini. Mr. and Mrs. w Bryan left the Prinzess Irene at p, Quarantine, going first to the tugboats which contained the Nebraska delegation. There he was lassoed by m Mayor Jim Dahlman, of Omaha, and a] greeted with other attentions intend- w 3d to let him know how glad the a] "Home Folks" were to welcome him back. From the Nebraska tugboats a] Mr. Bryan went on the Illini to'Sta- w pleton, Staten Island. j1( He spent the evening at the home m of Lewis Nixon, where he conferred tc aritVi a titimhor rvf fiamnprofin mono rr_ ers. Late in the evening he returned to the Illini, where he passed the J aight. S The first speech welcoming Mr. tc Bryan back to his native country was v{ made by Mayor Brown, of Lincoln, _ who in a few words told how glad every one was to have him back. Mr. Bryan smiled and had a short chat tvith the Mayor. _( Mr. Bryan was called on for a j0 speech. His words had the ring of sincerity and pleasure and hi3 Ne- a] braska hearers never will forget i,, them. Cf "The United States is the best ^ :ountry in the world," he began. m 'Nebraska is the be3t State in the w United States and Lincoln is the best D( :ity in Nebraska. Fairview" (where Bryan's farm is situated) "is even q better than Lincoln. I was coming w )ut to Lincoln to see you all, but you m iiave come to New York to see me md give me the pleasure of greeting rou six days earlier than I eipected. . ft was good of you and I appreciate it. [ am going to get out to Nebraska as _ soon as I can, and I will stay there w is long as I can and do all I can to lelp you Nebraska Democrats." TRAGEDY OF THE PLAINS. Dead Mules Hitched to Wagon Con- ,Q taining Two Dead Men. in Roswell, N. M.?J. S. Mercham, of Portales, while driving across the des- v* ?rt near Kenna, found a covered se vagon, with two dead men on the ra seat, and four mules dead in their larness. Mercham made no investi- te *ation, but hurried to the nearest .elegraph office and sent to the Sheriff aere the facts of his discovery. S1 Officers started at once for the icene, carrying medicines and a small >upply of nourishing food, fearing .flat msiae me wagon laere migm u? ci .vomen and children who are sick or G starving. st 0 ej CHREE DEWEY PRIZES FOR $103. 01 : Ci inglorious End of Spanish Ships Cap- ai turcd at Manila. Washington, D. C.?Three Spanish ships captured by Admiral Dewey in Vlanila Bay on May 1, 1898, were >old by the Navy Department for b 5103. These ships were advertised n it several Asiatic ports, the total cost ir Df advertising being $28, and the Ci Navy Department is quite well satisfled that the bids were sufficient to jover the expense of advertising. The three ships are the Albay, Ma- , aileno and Mindanao. They have , been stripped of everything movable, and are simply old hulks practically useless for -ny purpose of the navy. Petition the Czar For Dictatorship. m The Monarchical party at Moscow, . Russia, in an address to the Emperor, , openly appeals for a dictatorship, "'which will put an end to the demoralization in the army." It also urges the complete suppression of Parliament and the restoration of the un- tfc limited autocracy. ai Strike at Bilbon. A general strike has been declared at Bilboa, Spain. Many per- P sons were wounded in a fight with al troops. cc No Labor Supply. No relief appears as to the supply of labor, production being reduced in ez some cases where consumers are most Qi urgent. oi : pi Great Trade Promised. All signs point to a volume of fall and winter trade in excess of a year ago and of a calendar year surpass- w ing all previous records. le U! Plow of Crop Money. Crop moving demands are causing an increased flow of money to the country, and the outlook favors a al continued stiff market. 1c Undertaker Embalms Himself. Adam Ilaniz, fifty-flve years old, d an undertaker at Knox, Clarion U flnnntv. Pa., drank a quantity of em- ai balming fluid by mistake and died In l horrible agony. t\ Courtesies to Bryan. President Roosevelt instructed the Collector and Surveyor of the port of li New York City to extend the cour- "ri t.esy of the port to all of Mr. Bryan's S friends who accompany him homo. a; Prominent People. Thomas Bent, the Premier of Victoria, introduces songs in his ir speeches. si Senator Foraker explained his opposition to the President's policy r: on the rate bill. 2 Commander John Cawley, ninety- y seven years old, is the oldest officer holding commissioned rank in the o: British navy. f< ? ? ^ a mic- t1 ine ltev. uturgc uuui^., ^ sionary explorer, died at Basoko, Congo Independent State. He was o born in 1849 near Penzance, Corn- ii Ensland. G -/, ) ) '* -* '? '-i V.J^rsiuA * - V- V y # BIS GIRLS FOB WES rieveland Starts a New Depart ment in High Schools. cientific Cooking and the Care oi Babies Taught?Instructors AVill Be Women of Experience. Cleveland, O.'io. ? Girl pnpil3 is ae Cleveland high schools are to b< lught scientifically how to become ood wives. Superintendent Elson nd his assistant, Hicks, outlined leir plans for a technical branch of le high school which would be deoted exclusively to the teaching o! iris in the arts of housewifery, hether they intend to take up that rofession later in life. The instructs will be women who have suejeded as wives, and will be much tore practical than theoretical. The Iris will be taught to sweep, to sew, ow best io purchase household suplies and how to care for babic3. hey will have real babies to dress id care for under the watchful suervision, of course, of the teachers ho have gone through all these exsriences. Superintendent Bison saw: "This Is not a fad or an expedient. We are going at this earnestly ad scientifically. The average g'rl ho marries to-day is woefully ignorat of the duties expected of her, and lerein lies a lot of domestic misery, ad to this fact can be traced the edge which has broken up many Dines which should have been perianent and happy. We are going ? fit our girls to be wives, not servits. The first year they will take p the arts?applied arts and ele.entary, sewing. The second year ementary chemistry in its relation i household duties and a more adinced course in sewing and the arts -that ability to make home beauti-' il and attractive. . "The third and fourth years will } devoted to scientific cooking. With jod cooking our divorce courts se much business. We shall teach le girls how to care for the invalid, id especially how to care for babies; dw to deal with the butcher and grosr and everything a wife should now. Even if our girls marry rich en and have servants to do their ork this training will put them In a jsition to know whether their servlts are doing the work properly, ne important feature of the training 111 be the teaching of the girls to ake their own clothing and millin y:razy over bank failure. an Grows V iolent Brooding Over Loss of $80. Chicago.?Johann Kindler, elghen years old, became violent and armed passengers in an Ashland renue car while brooding over the' ss of $80, which he had deposited the failed Milwaukee Avenue State ank. Kindler is held pending an inistijation of his sanity. He i3 the cond person to become mentally denged as a result of the failure. In Idition, three persons, including a ller of the defunct bank have comitted suicide, and one man fell dead mowing the flight of President Paul ;ensland and the closing of the bank. Estimates of Canada's Crop. The first estimate of the wheat op yield issued by the Northwest, rain Dealers' Association is far lort of that of the sanguine crop ;perts, who figure on one hundred 125,000,000 bushels. In their rcular the grain men placed the /erage yield at 19.4 bushels per :re, or an aggregate crop of 77,)7,000 bushels. Nebraskans Call on Hearst. Tha Wehraskan deleeation ot ryan men called upon William R. earst at the headquarters of the idependence League in New York ity. Russian Press Applauds. The Russian press applauds the tase of the Czar conveying crown nds to the peasants. Santo Domingo Debt Plan. Refunding the debt of Santo Doingo through a new bond issue is le latest plan of the Administration solve the Dominican financial probm. Thaws to Leave Piitsburg. Mrs. Mary Thaw has decided to ssl\ le Thaw family home in Pittsburg id live in^Tew York City. New Spelling May Fail. /*1A1 CJwiHVi eol/1 Ko fhrnnrht \JIUlUtVlU OlXllCXX actila iuuviiv. wmvun?w resident Roosevelt's effort to bring )out a change in spelling would >me to nought. Chilean Towns Rebuilding. President Riesco said that all Chilin towns damaged by the earthjake would be rebuilt. The work ! repairing goes on actively at Valiraiso. First Letter to Taft. The use of the simplified spoiling as begun at Oyster Bay, the fir3t tier in which the new forms were 3ed being sent to Secretary Taft. Watermelons a Cent Apicce. Choice watermelons sold recently t Laurel, Del., for $1 a hundred, the west price ever known. Imports of Diamonds. Thirtv-five million dollars' worth ol Iamonds were imported into the nited States in the fiscal year 1900, gainst twenty-seven millions in 905, nineteen millions in 1904, and venty-six millions in 1903. Japan's Cheap Railroad Ties. Railroad ties from Japan are devered in Mexico for use on a new iilroad in the States of Sonora and inaloa at a cost of fifty-six cents, piece. Sporting Brevities. Ray Ewry, of the New York A. C., lade a new world's record at the :anding broad jump. Sweet Marie won the i 'or-all ice at Poughkeepsie, tio..ing in - o 4 v, _ the fastest time made this ear. Jimmy Britt has refused the offer f the Everett A. C. of Washington jr $3000 to meet Louie Long in a iventy-round bout. Ecstatic, owned by F. T. Holder, f Yonkers, paced a mile in 2.04 1 winning a race at the Buffalo rand Circuit meeting. ' *11 TUMORS CONQUERED SIERIOUS OPERATIONS AVOIDED, Unqualified success or Lyaia E. FinKham's Vegetable Compound In the Case of Mrs. Fannie D. Fox. One of the greatest triumphs of Lydiu E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman's dread en-1 emy, Tumor. The growth of a tumor is so sly that! frequently its presence is not suspected until it is far advanced. ^^^rj. JFanrue J).Fojc So-called "wandering pains" May come from its early stages, ?r the presence c?f danger may be made mam-, feat by profnse monthly periods, accom- { panied by unusual pain, from the abdomen t hrough the groin and thighs. | If you have mysterious pains, if there are indications of inflammation or dis ?lac?men';, secure a bottle of Lydia B.: inkham'j Vegetable Compound right away and begin its use. p Mrs. Pi.ikham, of Lynn, Mass., will give you her advice if you will writ# ' her aboul; yourself. She is the daugh-1 ter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and1 for twenty-flve years has been advising sick women free of charge. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? " I take the liberty to congratulate you on the success I have had with your wonderful medicine. Eighteen months ago my period* topped. Shortly after I felt so badly that 1 submitted to a thorough examination by a. physician and was told that I had a tumor and would have to undergo an operation. " Soon after I read one of your advertise- , ments and decided to give Lydia E. Pink- >J, T T o K1 a Patyi nmiw ^ n frfsl ' taking five bottlee as directed the tamor is entirely gone. I have been examined by a physician and he says I have no signs of a tumor now. It has alio brought my periods around once more, and i am entirely well."?Fannie D. Fox, 7 Chestnut Street, Bradford, Pa. An Attorney's Strategy. It is not necessary that a lawyer should be eloquent to win verdicts, but he must have the tact which turns an apparent defeat to his own advantage. One of the most successful of verdict winners was Sir James Scarlett. His skill in turning a failure into a success was wonderful. In a breach of promise case the defendant, Scarlett's client, was alleged to have been cajoled into an engagement by the plaintiff's mother. She was a witness in behalf of her daughter, and completely baffled Scarlett, who cross-examined her. But in his argument he. exhibited his tact by this happy stroke of advocacy: "You saw, gentlemen of the jury, that I was but a child in her hands. What ?V> w**r rtl Iati 4- UftWA KAAn 9" Tho ill uo b nxj tuuui uavo t/c&u. jluo Argonaut. A Public Bath in Stockholm. The useful and the beautiful go hand in hand in Sweden; everything bears the stamp of the artistic. The central public bath in Stockholm 13 in | a park; the Interior is decorated in green, the right shade of lavender and white; the little dresslngs-rooma are daintily furnished; the swimming pools bordered with palms and growing plants, with a little island of them in the centre, and on top floor are two large halls for indoor tennis, dances, or other public amusements. ?"Social Sweden" in the Craftsman. Medical Secrecy. The question of a medical man's obligation of secrecy has again arisen In tha otrllfinf rvnsA at thfi ftlrnTnifl Assizes. In 1868 two Jonzac doctors, who called to attend a sick person suspected it to be a case of criminal poisoning. .They believed that they knew the guilty person, but hesitated to denounce him. They consulted their confreres, who said: "A crime discovered by us in the exercise of our art becomes a professional secret." This theory, however, is not universally held.?Le Petit Parisien. The first typewriter ever made appeared in 1714, the work of Henry Mills. N. Y.?35 GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. No Medicine So Bencficlal to Brain and Nerves. i Lying awake nights makes It hard to keep awake and do things in day time. To take "tonics and stimulants" under such circumstances is like setting the hipwse on fire to see if you can put it out. The right kind of food promotes refreshing sleep at night and a wideawake individual during the day. A lady changed from her old way of eating to Grape-Nuts and says: "For about three years I had bp^*4 a great sufferer from indigestio... After trying several kinds of medicine the doctor would ask me to drop off potatoes, then meat, and so on, but in a few days that craving, gnawing feeling would start up and I would vomit everything I ate and drank. "When I started on Grape-Nuts, vomiting stopped, and the bloating feeling which was so distressing disappeared entirely. "My mother was very much bothered with diarrhea before commencing the Grape-Nuts, because her stomach was so weak she couM not digest her food. Since using GrapeNuts she is well, and says she don' think she could live without it. ^ "It is a great brain restorer and nerve builder, for I can sleep as sound and undistarbed after a supper of Grape-Nuts as in the old days when I could not realize what theyj meant by a "bad stomach." There; Is no medicine so beneficial to nerves! and brain as a good night's sleep,' such as you can enjoy after eating Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Co., flattie ^;ieeK, inicu. "There's a reason." a?ri9