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WANTS HER LETTER PUBLISHED For Benefit of Women who Suffer from Female Ills Minneapolis, Minn.?"I was a great fomolfl trnnhlPQ whip.h DU11C1CI AlUUl iVUiMiv vftvvtv.vw j caused a weakness condition of the much of what Lydia *^HR| E. Pinkham's Veg| etable Compound 1i ' **ad done for other * suffering women I #11111 ^elfc sure wou^ WMBb?^ y help me, and I must say ^ ^ help me wonderfully. My pains all left me, I Pew stronger, and within three months was a perfectly well woman. "I want this letter made public to show the benefit women may derive from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."?Mrs. JohxG. Moldan, i 2115 Second St, North, Minneapolis, Minn. Thousands of unsolicited and genuine testimonials fxke the above prove the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made exclusively from roots and herbs. Women who suffer from those dis1? ? X . .Lt_ _ L^..U tressing 111s peculiar 10 tneir sex snuuiu not lose sight of these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound to restore their health. If you want special advice write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. She will treatyourletterasstrictly confidential. For 20 years she has been helping- sick women in this way, free of charge. Don't hesitate ? write at once. The difference remember this? it may save your life. Cathartics, bird shot and cannon ball pills?tea spoon doses of cathartic medicines all depend on irritation of the bowel9 until they sweatenough to move. Cascarets strengthen the towel muscles so they creep and crawl naturally. This means a cure and only through Cascarets can you get it quickly and naturally. 880 Cascarets?10c box?week's treatment. All druggists. Biggest seller In Uie world?million boxes a month. I Best for Children i PISCTC y CURE M m Btst -mmi m I Gives insi ant relief when little throats 1 are irritated and sore. Contains J no opiates and is as pleasant to take 1 as it is effective. 2 All Drugguta, 25 centa. ??????BMy The London Stock Exchange has 5400 members. ' . The danger from slight cuts or wounds is always blood poisoning. The immediate application of Hamlins Wizard Oil makes . blood poisoning impossible. -- - J..U i u~: lae lungs or an auuu uuiaau uavc 175,000,000 cells. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford'a Sanitary Lotion. Never tails. At druggists. St. Peter's, in Rome, will accommodate 54.(XK) persons. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic, 22c. a bottle. How to Make a Farmer. The foundation stone of a nation's success is revealed in an article in All Ireland Review. A friend of the author was in Denmark, and was astonished at the amount of wealth got out of so poor a country by dairies and by farming. "No doubt," said he to a well educated Dane, "the children are in scruciea in mw suuuuis as> iu uau jiug and farming." "They are not," said the Dane, "but they are taught the old Danish poems (sagas) in the schools. That makes good Danes out of the children, and then they become good farmers." Boston University, according to its new year book, has an attendance of 1514 in all its departments. Of these 962 are men and 552 are women. The chief increases are in the College of Liberal Arts, the courses for teachers, and the School of Theology. NEW STRENGTH FOR WOMEN'S BAD BACKS. \ Women who suffer with backache, bearing down pain, dizziness and that nnnctonf Hull tirprt fpplins-. will finri comfort In the advice of Mrs. James T. Wright, of 519 w GoldsboroughSt.,Easfw/SM ton, Md., who says: ^| "Mybackwasina very ibad way, and when not Pain^u^ was so weak it felt as if broken. A friend u ged I T, ' yM me to try Doan's Kidney Pills, which I did, and they helped j me from the start. It made me feel like a new woman, and soon I was floing my work the same as ever." Remember the name?Doan's. Sold Viv all Hoalcra SO rents a hnY KYi<?? ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Invitation to Argument. "So you think I should not marry Reginald?" said the confiding girl. "I am afraid he has a quarrelsome disposition," answered Miss Cayenne. "What makes you think so?" "He is constantly asking people whether they think Cook or Peary distVio Vnr-f-Vi Pnlp " Washing' tU ?CiCU WUV *1V? VM * W*W. I . ? y ton Star. The new terminal station of the Pennsylvania Railroad in New York has sixteen miles of tracks, including twenty-one standing stations. ? ; TO MY SADDLE-MATE. Let us saddle our horses, lad, And canter out and away? From the haunts that we know are mad0"er the big, wide, silent way! 'Tween the rise and the set of sun. There's a journey for you and me. Let it be where the green miles run, Let it be where the trail is free. * Let us sleep when the stars awake. Let us wake when the stars grow dim. Let us hitch to the golden stake, Beyond the horizon's rim. For, oh! it is in our power? A measure of living gained; A. desire fulfilled each hour. Or a worthy point attained! Then why do you look so sad? Up. boy! Tis the break of day. Let us saddle our horses, lad, And canter out and away! ?Stephen Chalmers', in the New Yor! Times. Z FICKLE THE COYOTE. } ? ? ^ By F. ST. MARS. ^ It is to be presumed that when Mr Blnks bought "Fickle" from a Nev York dealer and installed him?col lar, chain, kennel and all?in thi grounds of his country residence ii Vermont, he thought to tame him. He had heard of foxes being si treated, and in the innocence of hi heart he concluded that he could d< the same with a young coyote. In ex tenuation of this it may be said tha Binks was no naturalist. Fickli hardly struck one as being amenabli to human kindness. He was betweei a fox and a wolf in size, with all th< cunning of the nrst and the treacher ous ferocity of the second rolled int< one lean frame. From the darkes corner of his kennel, where he sulkei all day, he snarled at everything an< anything. Apparently he suspectei all the world ? even his chain hi thought was a snake. Fickle put up with captivity fo: two days, and during the third nigh he vanished into space. To be exact he slipped hiscollar at midnight, wit! an ease mat wouia nave astumsuet 3;.nks,. and trotted away into thi darkness. He put about seven mile between himself and his late owner': house before he allowed the pangs o hunger to stop him. Then he cas around along the edge of a. wood fo a meal, and shortly espied some rab bits feeding in a field. It so happened that a fox wa watching those same rabbits for rea sons of his own, and when a loni dark shadow shot forth from th wood, snatched up a rabbit and re turned to cover, almost before th death squeal of bunny had ceased that fox was dumbfounded. He could himself accomplish some thing in the way of swift dashes afte prey, but this fairly took his breatl away. He decided he must see mor< of the big interloper, so he advance! crouching almost flat, according t< the rules of unseen approach as fol lowed by generations of foxes. The coyote, however, smelled hin thirty yards away, and so it cam* nhniit that wtipn Mr Pnr inrlerlni himself to be fairly close, thrust hi head from cover with great caution he iound himself looking into Fickle'; cruel eyes, not three inches away. This was disconcerting, to say thi least of it, the more so because onl; a hurried jump backward saved Rey nard's throat from the stranger' glistening white fangs. Indeed, hi heard the sharp snap quite plainly even as he jumped. Then the fo: fled and Fickle continued his raea with calm equanimity. Just before dawu Fickle happenei upon a burrow in a disused quarry which struck him as so roomy am :omfortable that he determined ti take up bis quarters there. It did no ^ccur to him that his habitatio] might possibly belong to some othe animal?at any rate he took posses sion and, lying down, was soon fas asleep. He was, however, awakened fron uis iix ot siumutu uy mt; suuuu ui . stealthy tread. His ears could hardl; have warned him more quickly hai he been awake, and the two move ments of opening his eyes and barin his teeth were simultaneous. i shadow fell across the entrance an an inquiring muzzle sniffed at th strange taint. Evidently it was th landlord returned?or rather, a lod ger?another fox. in fact. Suddenl a grinning row of teeth, accompanie by a savage snarl, shot out from th blackness of this underground abod( Snap! snap! snap! went Fickle's Ion jaws. A streak of Mr. Fox's fur flew into the air before that astor ished creature quite realized whs was happening, then he fell backwar as the quickest way out of the dai ger zone. But he did not go far; h only retired half a hundred feet c 60, and then, sitting up on hi haunches, took up a waiting positioi iiCKiug ms uieeumg suuuiuers. Now, strange to say, this expectai attitude on the part of Mr. Fox mad Fickle, who was closely watching hin somewhat uneasy. He knew the ci nine world well, and was aware th? when one or more of them sit waitin like that it bodes evil for some on else. In his own home in the Fa West he had seen a pack of wolv( sit and wait in similar fashion roun an old Indian who was freezing 1 death. In the gray cold light of early daw a long, low shape appeared shan bling closely toward the burrow, an | the foi. still patiently waitin: grinned with the lolling toague i | the way that foxes have. The new arrival was a badger, nr he was the real landlord of the bu row, the fox being, as I have alreac remarked, only a lodger. It is strange custom, this of the barlger to allow foxes a share of their den but instances are frequently met wil of the two creatures livine amicab together in the same burrow. In the present case the badgi reached his home and partly disa peared down the hole when, qui suddenly, he bounced out again wii a series of low grunts, and Fickle lean snout followed him. Badgei however, are not so easily kicked c their own front doorstep, as it wer i This one went in again, saying stran: things in a low grumble, anrt with hlB headjdown. Exactly what happened within will never be known, but It seemed as though a young earthquake was rehearsing below in the darkness. All at nnno FirlrlA shot forth into the outer air as if propelled violently from within, and bolted as though from a plague. After that the badger went to sleep, the fox returned to his lodgings and peace reigned once more. If Fickle had known or understood the meaning of fox hunting he might have been alive to this day. When he was disturbed and hustled from a comfortable wood next morning by a cloud of big parti-colored dogs, he was at first angry and a little frightt ened. But when these dogs threw themselves upon his trail with a clamor of loud and terrible voices, and pushed him to a gallop for his'life in ^ the light of the day, he became terrified. In the sprinting line Fickle was somewhat of an expert ? for fifteen minutes he strung out the ^ fields behind him, devouring space at ^ a pace that made hounds and hunters wonder what manner of fox this could ; be in front of them. When, however, (r he tied his tail into knots on the dust . of the road, ran back upon his old e tracks, and then jumped a wall and a generally played about with his scent till It became "a maze to those that 3 followed, there was a lull. These s lulls became more frequent as time 5 went on, for, whenever Fickle became _ tired he juggled with his own trail in t a manner which completely mystified o these hunters of mere foxes. The o end came, however, from quite an un* ! expected quarter. a With the instinct of his race the . coyote had from the start been lead3 ing the pack upward till they found t themselves at last high up in a land j of mountains and snow and gloomy j woods of pine trees. Here, as evening j drew on, the huntsmen lost the pack, 3 but the pack did not lose Fickle. Such hounds as Royal, the old and gaunt. r and Thor, the quick and cunning, are t not easily put off the trail of theii prey. Fickle got rid of the othei j hounds at last, but all his craft failed j in throwing off Royal and Thor. These a two were ever at his heels, perhaps, g indeed, they knew enough to mark s his footprints in the snow. f Following a regular beaten game t track, all his attention fixed upon the r death that dogged his steps, .Fickle sprang lightlyover atree felled across across his path. Even as he did sc s he smelt the taint of a man's hand, but the warning came too late and he y landed clean upon a large trap. A g snap of steel jaws, a despairing howl of anguish, a frenzied, useless strugB gle on the soft white snow and then ?silence. Fickle was caught at last. Thus the two hounds found him cowering and panting, held fast by a leg, r and there in the silence of the pine ^ woods they dealt with him after the n manner of their kind. ? Pittsburg j Press. ' > ????????? The Fourteen Errors of Life. The fourteen mistakes of life Judge a Rentoul told the Bartholomew 'Club e are: I I To attempt to set up our own stans dard of right' and wrong and expect i, everybody to conform to it. s To try, to measure the enjoyment of others by our own. 5 To expect uniformity of opinion in y this world. To look for judgment and expers ience in youth. e To endeavor to mold all disposl f tions alike. k Not to yield in unimportant trifles. 1 To look for perfection in our own actions. 3 To worry ourselves and others , about what cannot be remedied, i Not to alleviate if we can all that o needs alleviation. t Not to make allowances for the a weaknesses of others, r To consider anything impossible that we cannot ourselves perform. t To believe only what our finite minds can grasp. a To live as If the moment, the time, a the day were so important that it y would live forever. [1 To estimate people by some outside s quality, for it is that within which g makes the mau.?London Standard. V J A Type. e Martin W. Littleton, the eloquent e New York lawyer and statesman, said [- at a recent dinner, apropos of the y labor exchanges that he hopes to esd tablish in the United States: e "I believe in a radical, go-ahead 5. policy. These people who hold back, g these ultra-conservatives, with their a four r\f naternaHsm and snrialism and i- I don't know what bugaboos?well, it they remind me of a man I once overd jok on a hot day toiling up a steep i- hill on a bicycle. e "The man bore down on the pedals >r with all his might, his faci was red is and the veins stood out on his forei( head. As I overtook him I saw that he had his brake on. Thinking, nat!t urally, that .this was accidental, I e said: 1( " 'Do you know you've got your brake on there?' it " 'Yes, I know it,' the man panted, g 'I'm afraid the machine might go ,e backward on me.' "?Washington ir Star. ;s " ? The Submarine. o John W. Titcomb, of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, said ren cently of a fishing excursion: i- "I once made a fishing excursion to id a stream that flowed behind a lunatic g, asylum. As I sat and smoked on the in bank, watching my cork, I noticed a strange object floating down toward id me with the current. I saw .that it r. was a man. He had all his clothes ly on, and he was swimming in the a strangest way. I verily believe every s> part of him was submerged but cne S) nostril. th " 'Hi!' I shouted; 'what are you ly doing there?' " "He lifted his head from beneath er the surface, and then, before drawing p. it under again, he snapped: te " 'Sh?sh! Don't interfere! I'm th a submarine!' "?Washington Star. [>s . s, Cotton plants require little care >ff in Honduras. They produce cotton e. in luxuriant abundance during nine ze months of the year. t FN ilsjl Author Lays Down Pen. "Helen Mathers," who in private life is Mrs. Reeves, and who is known over the English-speaking world as the author of the novel of country life, "Comin' Thro' the Rye," has de| cided definitely to lay down her pen. i cha Viae- T-afucoH nil nffers bv nublish ers, and intends to devote herself In the future to a iiome for poor boys, which she has built as a memorial to her son, who died a short time ago. Mrs. Reeves enjoys a strange distinction in being the only woman who ever has written a realistic racing novel. In "Tally Ho" she caught the spirit of the race track, and showed an intimate knowledge of all the fine points of the sport. .Mrs. Reeves always has been a horse lover, and once was one of the best whips, and also riders to hounds, in England.? New York Press. Meddling. Don't meddle. This injunction deserves to be written in glowing letters and blazoned from the housetops. For in every community is found a meddling female who is responsible for two-thirds of the misunderstandings that make life so burdensome. The broken friendship that no amount of bridging over can entirely cement again and the domestic tragedies that bring so much misery and remorse in their wake are her doing. And, after all, What is the reward of the meddler? Satisfaction, perhaps, for a season, but it is short ) Drawn-Butter Sauce, j Q) ( served with boiled or 1 "q / pareu. men mice <.?.< "23 m | tablespoonfuls of flour ' O o. \ salt and one-eighth te: QJ w well blended, then poi /(^ " beating constantly, on ! -3 ^ boiled water. Let boil O o half tablespoonfuls of | "* v boiled eggs cut in one-: , .2 sauce and the resujt i I e *%, ? egg sauce is made by.?. I "to beaten to a drawn-but ? spoonfuls of lemon juit ^ / drawn-butter sauce Is <' add one-half cupful of lived. Sooner or later the price of her interference is exacted, and she becomes the target for both of the injured parties and wakens too late to I the tantalizing realization that in try| ing to gain the confidence of one she ? i- fViQ ormtamnt of Has won lur ueiseii. ... _ both. ' Don't complain. That is, perhaps, the least attractive of all the don'ts, for, being soeasy-.to acquire, the complaining habit has a large following. The explanation lies in the fact that Jt is vastly more human, with most of us, at least, to recognize imperfections than virtues. The chronic complainer travels a hard road and pays heavy toll in the way of lost opportunities and pleasures that pass by him while he plods along searching for the rough places and pointing out the flaws. Thai: the majority of the great army of complainers are of the feminize gender only makes it the more deplorable. Lovely woman was surei lv created for some other mission than that of enveloping herself and those that have the rlghi to look to her for cheer and encouragement ir the cloud of discontent which the complaining habit begets. \ No; don't complain. If really doesn't help matters. Accept your lot with the grace that Is born of that faith which teaches that there is some good in everything, and that no situation is so bad that it cannot be alleviated. ? New Haven Register. Calls Not Prolonged. , When paying calls to one's friends whether formally or informally, dc not utterly disregard the hours foi meals, for it is not good form tc linger until the lunch or the dinnei hour, when you have not been invitee ; for the meal. If you do you are likelj I niona vnnr friend in an awkwarc bU ptUVV J w M position. Either shejmust ask yoi to remain because she feels it necessary, or she has the meal delayed waiting for you to taka your departure. Do not put yourself in the ponltloi of allowing either of these alterna tives to occur, for no housekeepei likes the routine interfered with, anc unexpected guests are not apt to b( popular, for in all well regulated households the table is as conven tionally laid for luncheon as for din ner, and to rearrange it at the las' moment necessitates considera'bl* change and special orders to th( kitchen. All of which many house keepers dislike, and therefore do noi feel obliged to invite callers at the last moment. I If you are really wanted, you wil - ?1-^.3 ^??inrr + V*es ftorlv nart n! De iisiieu uuinig i-uc vutij your call, for the hostess who want: you will insist that you take off youi hat and stay for a long visit. If sh< does not ask yen in this spontaneous way, do not embarrass her by remain ing until the moment the meal is an nounced. No well mannered hostess allow: j her maid to announce a meal while i I ?11 f onH if tho iricjitnr it I Utlll&l la piCOCllL, C4.AJ.KM *?. VUV ..V.VW. -j thoughtless the lunch or dinner i: often delayed until it is almos spoiled, for cooked foods should b( eaten as soon as they are done. Thi; waiting is a trial to the housekeepei and a cause of irritation to her hus band, if she has one, and the visitoi 1 responsible for such a state is nevei 1 popular in that family. ! When you ask guests to a meal, il ' WOMAN'S! REALM <f one of. them is late, do not wait for more than ten minutes. At the expiration of that time the meal should be served.1 This is only fair to your punctual guests, who deserve to have a good dinner, and not one that has been spoiled by standing. In order to get their guests together at just the right time some hostesses resort to the subterfuge of naming a dinner hour half an hour earlier than .they mean to have the meal served. This gets the tardy ones there on time, but is not quite fair to the punctual onea, who are kept waiting. That old adage, "Punctuality is the courtesy of kings," should be observed by every one.?New York Telegram. Trade Developed by a Woman. . There may be a thousand and one ways of going into business for one's self, but Mrs. Augusta Matzner, of New York City, seems to have found th4 one thousand and second. It was while she was on a trip to Europe a * o rv> numDer or years agu uai a uisiwu'.~. with whom she was talking at a reception remarked casually that' he wondered whether there was ?\ny market in America for old rubbers and overshoes. Mrs. Matzner thougVt this request strange, and on inquiring found that many tons of worn out rubber footgear were being thrown away or used for small profit in Europe./ i When she returned to America Mrs. Matzner had something mora valuable than Parisian frocks. It ? ,?The drawn-butter sauce ordinarily adked fish is often imperfectly prel)lespoonfuls of butter, add three mixed with one-half teaspoonful of ispoonful of pepper, and stir until ir on gradually, while stirring and e and one-half cupfuls of freshly five minutes, and add two and onebutter, bit by bit. Add two hardfourth inch slices to a drawn-butter 3 an egg sauce. Another delicious dding .the yolks of two eggs slightly iter sauce. One and one-half tease are an acceptable addinon. If a to be served tfith boiled mutton, capers drained from their liquor. was something on which the custom inspectors could not assess duty, for it was an idea. She made a round of the New York rubber redeemers and manufacturers and learned that old i rubber was in demand all the time. She cabled the European merchant with whom she had first talked tb send her all the old rubbers he could get. She sold the shipment at a good profit. For two years she did business in this way, depositing her pro- j ; fits always in the same bank. Finally she found that she could get the trade of a number of the largest European firms, and for this she needed , much more capital than she posi sessed. She went to the president of . the bank with which she had done i business and asked for a large loan, i If the president had been at all skeptical as to her ability, the explanation ; she gave him of the future of the old. rubber trade convinced him and she i got the loan. To-day she receives old . rubber from Europe in thousand-ton i lots, and is one of the largest individual factors in the rubber redeemi ing trade.?From "Women as Bijsil ness Builders," by E. W. Gearing, in i The Bookkeeper. Long sashes are worn with coat ' suits. Neckpieces are very wide and muffs , are huge. ' Rat-tail braid seems to be supplanting soutache. This season nrobablv will see but I ^ few hats in felt. r The jet button craze already shows [ signs of waning. i Paris is offering all sorts of hats ex cept small ones. Many double veils of contrasting " colors are offered. Browns, in the kahki and leather 1 order, are promised for out-of-door wear. Sleeves in little girls' dresses are fuller, long, and have often one or two puffs. Dog collars in velvet are being embroidered in tiny buds and flowers in natural colors. The general tendency is away from vivid colorings, and few lustrous surfaces are seen. A trnvol haf Klrplv tn hpffimfl non * ular is a felt, turned up all the way ^ around in back. P The craze for shawls has brought 3 with it renewed and welcome drapr ings on dresses. ; Smart tailored suits are being made 5 of the new diagonals, which are very - rich in coloring. The use of panne is a millinery feature, especially for the purpose of 5 fashioning turbans. 1 The Dutch and Eton collars are } promised a renewed . popularity ' through the winter season. , Superb embroidery trimming 5 schemes in color show touches of jet - introduced into the designs. Many of the old colors have reap.* peared, but with a new face, an inde scribable bloom or ashen tint. Such effects are seen best In the rich silks I and velvets. LIMITED KNOTt "LEDGE. He doesn't know that Homer ever sang a thrilling song, He doesn't know who won at Waterloo: He doesn't know th&L Caesar every swayed a cheering throng, Hr what it. was that Guv Fawkes tried to do; But he can tell you quickly, if you have the wish to know, ,Who have led the Leagues in batting for a dozen years or so. He doesn't know an adverb from a pronoun or a noun, He mixes up his tenses when he speaks: He do;sn't know who Byron was, or that iie won renown, But he can give you quickly and without a moment's, thought \ All the details of the battle# that old John L. ever fought. He couldn't name a dosen of this country's Presidents, He doesn't know who lost at Bunker Hill; Once he-saw displayed a copy cf "Poor Richard" for ten cents, And he bought it, but regret is with him still, "Fori"."he says. "I looked all through it, - and dere'a nutin' dere at all Like dere is in dis here guide-book wit' its records of baseball." ?Chicago Record-Herald. "What a Juno!" "That short girl? Don't you think that a misnomer?" "No; she's a Miss Smith." ? Baltimore American. Said He?"Since I met you I have only one thought." Said She?"Well, that's one more than you had when we met."?Chicago Daily News. Now goes the citv girl afar, Ana shins to tne top bough Of some tall tree and calls for help When first she meets a cow. . "Lady," &aid Workless Walter, "I have had a checkered career." "And It's your move now," replied the Lady as she reached for Tige's chain.*? Princeton Tiger. "And did you enjoy your trip through Switzerland?" "Yes, very ? rnVrv-.* linJ'mt/iVt o+fwnriAef ULiUUU. jl LiKzy xiau outu aui auurv }/vov cards all through that country."? Chicago Record-Herald. First Doctor?"That nurse is an Indian from the Carlisle School. She has an awful temper." Second Doctor?"Ah, I see. A red cross nurse, eh?"-?Philadelphia Record. "And where is your husband." "Alas! He is in the,future state!" "Pardon me; I didn't know he was dead." "He ain't. He's homesteading a claim in Arizona."?Cleveland Leader. The Pastor (dining with the family)?"Ah, yes. Brother Smithers, it is the little things of this life that count."* Little Willie (in a loud whisper)?"Maw, that's the sixth biscuit he's took."?Chicago Tribune. "I suppose your remarks in Congress will be listened to with great interest?" "My friend," said the statesman, <" In Congress a man is .lucky to get a chance to make a speech without expecting people to listen to it."?Washington Star. The hata are now bo verjr large 1 really think we mignt Just put a motor on benind. Ana fly like Wilbur Wright. ?Minna Irving, in the New York Times. < "I want to make a name for myself in politics," said the ambitious youth. "Well," answered Senator Sorghum, "It's liable to be a long and difficult' enterprise. You'll probably have to put in a considerable share o? your time allowing your enemies to call you any names they happen to think of."?Washington Star. "What do you want?" asked the farmer's wife, as the ill-looking tramp came shuffling up to the door. "I want to get a bite or two and I want it quick, see?" replied the tramp. "Oh, certainly," said the good woman wiIn a prompt cheerfulness and freedom from alarm which made the ugly visitor turn apprehensively. "You Viotm oil 4-Via Mfna VA11 H7Q n+ T-TArP Towser!"?Baltimore' American. ,? Draining Yazoo Basin. . One of .t?e greatest undertakings ever entered upon by the U. S. Geological Survey is the draining of the famous Yazee Basin?that portion of the State of Mississippi lying between the Mississippi and .the Yazoo Rivers and commonly known as the delta. The first project surveyed contains 800 square miles, and State and Nation are co-operating in the work. During the, last twenty-four years, $9,700,000 has been expended for the building and maintenance of the levees of the delta region, about oneseventh of this amount tfeing contributed by .the Federal Government and the balance by the State. These levees are supposed to be fairly durable, though the levee commission does not trust the lordly Mississippi for a second, and is ever on the watch. This reclamation work is a tremendously difficult .task, however, and the least of the troubles of the engineers now at work there is battling with snakes, mosquitoes and malaria. It is generally believed by those living remote from the delta that its land is of a swampy character. Tho belief is unfounded. There are few, if any, swamps, in the general acceptance of the term, to be found. It is an area of narrow lakes, bayous and A nnn K o n Ira courses.?Van Norden's. False Economy. John D. Rockefeller, ere lie adopted the policy of silence, said one day to a reporter: "Young men must not think that I advocate miserly habits.' Economy I advocate, of course; but wise spending I advocate, too. The miser, laying nothing out, can never advance, "in font thn miser lms no better understanding of economy than little Tommy Wetherill, of Cleveland, has. "Tommy listened to a lesson on economy from his father ono day. Ho learned that nothing good or whole was ever to be thrown away, and so forth, and that evening he came in to supper swinging by the tail a fragrant dead cat. " 'Look, father,* he said. 'Look what I found on the dump?a perfect ]y good cat that somebody tbrowed away." "?Washington Star. A Washington diplomat wu? laugh-H Ing the other day over a letter flroml Ernest Lyon, the American Consul toH I Liberia. fl I "Lyon," said the diplomat, "had^ been making a trip rrom Monrovia uiub the Interior. He described In his let-H ter the very primitive people he metH with on his journevings. He got offH rather a neat thing about women. M 44 'The young woman of these re-B gions,' he wrote, 'suggests the prophetH to you?she has so little on her in herH * ? W. X own oouniry. 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