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EN IN A FIX. Young Man's Ruse to Find Out if His Girl Really Cared for Him. The young man in love is an inter esting creature. Given a sympathetic listener, he will tell many things in a voice that is awed, because what he is telling seems so holy to him. Such a young man said: "I couldn't feel sure my girl really cared for me, so I wrote myself this telegram: 'Will you go as'accountant for a tea firm in China at -salary of $60 per week? Start Thursday. Answer at once.' I signed the name of a fictitious firm and show ed the girl the telegram as soon as I got to her house that night She read it, and then she looked at me gravely. 'What do you think about it?* she asked. 'I don't know what to think,' said I. She mused a little while. 'Do you want to go?' she asked me. 'Ir it wasn't for you, I'd want to go,' I an swered. Then she B&'.S, in a faint voice: 'Do whatever you think best.' Td go, if it wasn't for you,' I replied. She sat very still, looking at the fire. Then all of a sudden she began to cry. 'Oh, don't go! don't go!' she wailed. 'Don't go and leave me all alone. What would I do-what would I do without you?' So I told her I wouldn't . go. It is a grand thing to have a girl care for you so much as that. I know that this girl loves me truly." "If I had been the girl," said the young man's listener. "I should have said: 'Accept the offer, and we'll be married at once and start for China together,' " The young man grinned. "Gosh! I hadn't thought of that," he admitted. "Wouldn't I have been in a fix, though, if she had said that?" Poles Frozen in Position. The telegraph line now in course of construction from a point on Norton sound, Alaska, through the gold mine camps ou the Upper Yukon river to connect with the Canadian landline system in Alberta province presents some curious difficulties to engineers. There being no wood in the country, steel poles are employed similar to those used for tho trolley wires in Brooklyn and winter is selected as" the season for work, because these poles can be most easily sledded over the ground and ice of the frozen rivers an i lakes at that time. Even in sum mer the ground for a depth of twelve inches down is frozen solid, and in setting a pole the operation consists simply in blasting a hole In the froz en soil, sticking in a pole and pouring in water. This freezes, and, unless the climate of Alaska changes, will re main frozen indefinitely, holding the pole firmly and solidly. It ls expect ed that this line will be in operation through to Cape Nome early next summer.-New York Sun. . The Boston Transcript earnestly ad vocates the purchase of the Calaveras sequoias by the Federal Government. : It trulr says "these monarchs are among the wonders of thc country and ough* to be regarded as ajnong~ its treasures. Congress,^?fe?ch feels that it can afZord_?o- buy old battlefields ? sprit?kle the country with public i buildings like pepper from a pepper pot, ought not to turn a deaf ear to the plea of the Californians to save these trees, many of which are at least 6,000 years old." A woman is sick-some di developing1 in her system. Sh and tells him a story, but noi She holds back somethinj tated, forgets what she wanl what she ought to have told, the doctor. Is it a wonder, therefore, 1 disease ? Still we cannot blan barrassing to detail some of t even to her family physiciar hundreds of thousands of spondence with Mrs. Pin her they can give every symp to advise them she is in posi correspondence with the pal possibly obtain through a pert Following we publish a le result of a correspondence w letters are considered a Mrs. Pinkham, and are n manner without the consent hundreds of women are so gra Pinkham and her medicine he that they, not only consent t write asking that this be do who suffer may be benefited Mrs. Ella Rice, Ch " DKAP. MES. PINKHAM :-For tv and inflammation of the womb. I si pains, headache, backache, and wa endured no one knows but those hardly drag myself across the floor, town for three months and grew v? and friends wished me to write to ye cines. At last I became so bad tha received an answer at once advising and I did so. Before I had taken tv? taken five bottles there was no ham again. I know that your Vegetable advise every woman who suffers as I table Compound. Believe me alw health."-MRS. ELUA. BICE, Chelsea, SNGLAND'S PEASANTRY. Their Present Condition Contrasted With ?"hat of a Century Aec. The agricultural laborers of to-day are certainly better clad, more luxuri ously fed, have far more leisure, are better educated, and are rapidly be coming better housed than their fore fathers a century ago. And if thes? are the main constituents of happi ness, then they are happier. On the other hand, their grandfath ers and great-grandfathers were much more gay and light hearted than the modern; they enjoyed their lives much more than their descendants' do; they had incomparably more laughter, more amusement, more real delight In the labor of their hands; there was more love among them and less hate. The agricultural laborer had a bad drunk en time between twenty or thirty years ago, and he has been growing out of that. A village sot is now a very rare bird, as rare as he was a hundred years ago. Then the laborer could not afford a drunken debauch he had not the wherewithal. His mas ter, the farmer, did drink, and some times deeply in the days when he was prospering. And for a few years after the rise of the laborer's wages, some twenty-five years ago, the laborer was the publican's friend. But hard armit ing has been steadily declining, and the habitual drunkard is looked upon as a coarse brute to be avoided. As to other vices, things are pretty much as they were; I am afraid rather worse than better. Perhaps the saddest characteristic of the men of the present, as compared with the men of the past, is that the men of the past were certainly more self-dependent-I dc not meau inde pendent, in the sense in which that word is used now-more resourceful, more kindly, courteous, and contented with their lot than their descendants are. I think I know something about the English peasantry of a century or two gone by. I think I know just a little about the agricultural laborer nowa days. I bear him a genuine love, and feel with him a cordial sympathy, an.l there is no knowing any men or any class of men whom we do not lov<; anil sympathize with. But as to the agri cultural laborer of the future, I am sometimes inclined to doubt seriously whether before another century has ended there will be any such thing as an agricultural laborer to know. Nineteenth Century (London). Telephone in Surgerv. The war in South Africa .ias led to a novel and singular use ot the tele phone in surgery. Army surgeons search for bullets by means of the '??lephone probe. The special utility of that instrument is basod on the fact that when the pinceriike ends of the probe close over a metal body a noise is beard in the telephone.-London Echo. IT DEPENDS ON THE YOUNO WOMAN. She (after the proposal)-Are you in favor of a long or short engagement? He-If y^.a can cook I'm in favor of a short one. If you can't, we had bet ter make it long enough to enable you lo learn.-Ohio State Journal i sease peculiar to her sex is fast e goes to her family physician he whole story. g, loses her head, becomes agi ;s to say, and finally conceals and this completely mystifies ?hat the doctor fails tc cure the ie the woman, for it is very em he symptoms of her suffering, i. This is the reason why ' women are now in corre ikhain, at Lynn, Mass. To tom, so that when she is ready session of more facts from her :ient than the physician can ional interview. tter from a woman showing the ith Mrs. Pinkham. All such bs oin tel y confidential by lever published in any way or in writing of the patient ; but Xetul for tne health which Mrs. ive been able to restore to them io publishing their letters, but ne in order that other women by their experience. lelsea, Wis., writes : vo years I was troubled with falling uffered very much with bearing-down ,s not able to do anything. What 1 who have suffered as I did. I could I doctored with the physicians of this rorse instead of better. My husband m, but I had no faith in patent medi ci I concluded to ask your advice. I me to tak? your Vegetable Compound, 'O bottles I felt better, and after I had >ier woman on earth, for I was well Compound cured me, and I wish and did to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege ays grateful for the recovery of my Wis. ARD Owing to the fact that some skeptical people have from tims to time questioned thc genuineness uf ?he testimonial letter* we ?re constantly publishing, we have i the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mas?., $5.000, paid to any person who will show that the above not genuine, or ni? published before obtaining :cialpermission.-LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. Sffi?WSiThompson's Eye Watir FLEECE OF THE ANGOEA. MILLION POUNDS ANNUALLY PRO DUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. A Statement Issued by tho Depart mont of .Agriculture Itetpccting Grades and Val ues - Goat Meat Is Mach Better Food Tlian Mutton - Tastes Uko Yoaison. The department of agriculture an nually receives thousands of letters of inquiry concerning Angora goats, and in view of the interest taken In the subject Mr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry, recent ly made some investigations on the uubject. It is estimated, he says, that there are about 400,000 Angora goats in the United States, and that their annual production of fleece is over a million pounds. , The history of the Angora goat in the United States. Mr. Salmon says, has been marred by the carelessness or indifference of occasional writers for the press, who have often been in accurate as to dates or facts, and also by others whose Interests have doubt less led thom into exaggerations. The real facts of its history, however, are so few and so simple as to prompt that venerable breeder. William M. Landrum, to say that they would make but a very small book. During the ad ministration of President Polk the Sul tan of Turkey requested of him that be recommend some one who' would experiment in the culture of cotton in Turkey. Accordingly, Dr. James B. i Davis of Columbia. S. C.. was rec j ommended, and he received the ap I pointment. The work done by Dr. I Davis appeared to be highly gratify ! ing to the Sultan, and so, upon his re I turn, in 1849, the Sultan, desiring to reciprocate the courtesy of the Presi dent, presented him with nine of the choicest goats in his dominion. Col. Richard Peters, writing in 1876, says of these animals: "These doubtless were selected from the herds of An gora, a district of country lying among the Taurus mountains, which trav erse Asiatic Turkey, and which de ; rives its name from its principal city, j situated about 200 miles east of Con ! stantinc .'* It does not seem, there fore, that Dr. Davis encountered any great difficulty in securing this first im portation of Angora goats into this country. "Of the nine Angoras imported by '' Dr. Davis, seven were does and two were bucks. Besides these, according j to Col. Peters, there came in the same lot one pure-bred Thibet doe. several ! head of crosses between the Angora and Thibet goats, and quite a number I of grade does bred from the common short-haired ewes of the country and his Angora bucks. "The soft undercoat of the Cash ; mere is known as 'pashum,' and is the product from which the famous Cash mere shawl was made. Mr. Wm. M. Landrum, who was probably the first in this country to discover that our so-called Cashmere goat was the An 1 gora instead, through investigation I made about 1861, also states that there ! is a difference between the Cashmere : shawl and tho Paisley shawl. These are often referred to as being the same shawl. While the filling of both shawls was of pashum, the chain of the latter was made from the kid fleece of the Angora. Pash :m is combed out in the spring, and is worth, when ; cleaned, in the country where lt is ! produced, from $1.50 to $2 per pound. J way have become possessed of the opinion that the goat is practically a useless animal. They do not'reach conclusions upon investigations, how ever, and do not discriminate between the different breeds. To them a goat is a 'goat,' and there the argument ends. Investigations prove that the Angora goats are not only classed among the most useful of the domestic animals, and have been so classed for thousands of years, but their useful ness is manifested in a variety of ways. The fleece, called 'mohair.' fur nishes some of the finest of fabrics among ladles' goods and is used in various other manufactures; their habit of browsing enables the farmer in a wooded locality to use them to help in subjugating the forest; their flesh is exceedingly delicate and nutri tious; the milk, though not so abun dant as with the milch breed of goats, is richer than cow's milk; their tanned skins, though inferior in quality to the skins of the common goat, are used for leather; their pelts make the neat est of rugs and robes; they are excel lent pets for children; a few of them in a flock of sheen are a protection from wolves and dogs; their manure is no ticeably helpful to the grass which follows them after they have cleaned away the underbrush. These are all vital subjects of varying degrees of im portance, and will be considered here ; under appropriate heads. "In those localities where valuable land is completely subdued by brush the goats are considered of more value ; for the purpose of clearing it than for their mohair or meat. They thus be come one of tho farmer's important tools. Their value in this respect must I be measured by the value of the land ; which they will render cultivable. It is said that in Oregon, where China men had been paid as high as ?20 an i acre for clearing off brush goats had done the work even better. Sprouts will spring up behind men's work, but goats will keep them own until they : cease to appear. True, the goats re quire more time than meD. but their work is better. "One of the first questions to be considered by a man who is about to 1 embark in stock raising of any kind is the markets for his surpluB. This question is first because it is the prin cipal one and all important. The one ' who proposes to begin with a flock of thoroughbred or high-grade Angoras, i such as will yield merchantable mo i hair, will not need to consider mar j kets. as the increase will be employed i to produce mohair; but a large num 1 ber of flocks will be built up in the '< future, as they have been in the past,, : by the use of does of the common* ' breed. It will be ascertained that the ? fleece of low grades Is barely worth the cost of clipping it; that the skin j is not so valuable for leather as that j of the common goat; and that, as a j rug or robe, the pelts are not so val i uable as those of the higher grades. > Therefore, if there is to be any profit ! from this part of a flock, there must ; be a market for the meat. "The reason goats are not seen j oftener in the market reports of re ceipts and shipments is that they pass as sheep. It is stated, however, that increasing numbers are seen in the larger markets. In the Union stock yards of Chicago as many as 8000 were received in ono week last year. While the goats pass as sheep, they are also sold to consumers as sheep. The dif ference is very slight in some places. In Kansas City, for instance, the sheep bring about one-half a cent per pound moro than goats. The packers buy them as goats and sell them as sheep T? in the form of dressed meat ? canned." In one-week recently 8000 goat were received at the"'Union stoc yards-in Chicago. They were slaugj tered and sold, and yet no bntchVi bought anything but "sheep" and rio J housewife served anything at dinner; but lamb or mutton. The agricultural department wrote to many goat raisers and asked them if they had any difficulty at all i? selling goats for food. No joke for which Billy was ever the butt hail more genuine humor than had this ex - tract from a letter written in answ?r j to the question by Thomas H. Mast?n of Kansas City: "You ask if I have any difficulty in disposing of goats for meat. None at all. The packers buy goats as well as sheep. They make a difference of about half a cent a pound in favor of sheep when buying, and as they never sell goats they save that difference in selling." The government's goat expert de clares that goat meat is much better food than mutton, and that nothing except the prejudice against the goat born of the paragraphers' jokes pre vents there being a demand for goat's flesh as food and a willingness to pay a higher price for it than for mutton. If this publication of Uncle Sam. which really should be called "In Praise of the Goat," is widely read and believed in there doubtless will soon be an extraordinary demand for goat flesh and no one need yearn in vain at any time of the year for a bit of venison. It is the opinion of half a dozen goat authorities quoted that Billy's flesh, when Billy is properly fed, cannot be distinguished from ven ison. In fact, some of the enthusiasts say that goat is gamier and better than deer, provided the animal gets its entire subsistence by browsing. One correspond?nt of the agricul tural department living in New Mexico tells of a certain St. Louis community which ate Angora "venison"' and never knew that it was killed by the knife of a butcher instead of by a rifle ball of the hunter. Another correspondent tells of a woman who kept a boarding-house in the country for summer sojourners from New York, and who fed them regularly twice a week on goat meat and was complimented by her board ers on the prime quality of her mut ton. One Texas enthusiast says: "Any body who has ever tasted a roasted or barbecued piece of Angora mutton will find it better than any meat he ever before ate." Still another goat advocate says that the flesh is 50 percent better than mutton, and yet it sells to thc butchers for less money. So much for preju dice. In view of these encomiums it is not so hard to forgive one's butcher for delivering an occasional blt of Billy in lieu of a ram. Queen Victoria's Tnrtiui. Early in her reign Queen Victoria adopted a tartan, or, to be exact; she resumed one, for by way of James I. of England she is entitled to use one. Accordingly, the royal household dis ports itself in the dress plaid of the Stuarts when it holds forth at Bal moral, and it has now become so thor oughly identified with the present English sovereign that it is called\the Victoria tartan. This, is the well known blue, green, white and .yerlrj?/ , iid^ount?d^n a. white ground/ stead* of the vivid red that Is usually seen. To complicate the matter of tartans' further, ecch clan was likely to have a hunting plaid, a dress plaid, a mourning plaid, and the plaid that was worn exclusively by the chief and his immediate family. Then, too, If you happen to be a Cameron, for ex ample, and think it an easy matter to betake yourself to a shop and demand the Cameron plaid, you had better be certain whether you are a Cameron uf Lochiel or a Cameron of Erracht Similarly, you may be a MacDonald of Clanranald, of Sleat, or of Staffa, It will make an immense difference in the kind of tartan you get, and it is not to be expected that a Campbell of Argyll would be seen in the tartan of the Campbells of Cawdor, or in that of the Campbells of Loudoun. There is, by the way, at least one of the large shops in New York that always has the correct tartans imported from Scotland in stock. As the demand for them increases it is probable that it will be easy to obtain the genuine ar ticle here will all the accuracy that distinguishes the Edinburgh shops. A Championship Snake Story. Henry Names, a ?veil known team ster of Oil City. Pa., killed 95 snakes in less than 10 minutes near Horse creek one forenoon, and it is believed that this is the county's r?cord for snake-killing exploits, although wheu the facts are known the feat does not seerV. so remarkable, but that is one of the features of snake stories. Mr. Karnes was loading stone on O. H. Strong's farm in the Horse creek dis trict, and took his wife and several other ladies with him from here to pick berries. Hearing a scream from his wife, he hurried to her. She de clared that she had come across a rat tlesnake. Mr. Karnes made a search and found a garter snake was the cause of the alarm, but it was a mon ster, four feet one inch in length and big around. He killed the reptile and discovered that inside of it were 04 young ones, ranging from three to eight inches in length. What few were alive after he killed the mother snake Mr. Karnes put an end to. Tho mother snake was measured with a foot rule and the measurements and count of the slain are properly authen ticated.-Oil City Derrick. A Feat Iteyoml H'm. A Scottish prison chaplain, recently appointed, entered one of the cells on his first round of inspection, and with much pomposity thus addressed the prisoner who occupied it: "Well, my man, do you know wio I am?" "No, nor I dinna care!" was the noncha lant reply. "Well, I'n your new chap lain." "Oh, ye are? Then I nae heard o' ye before!" ".?nd what did you hear?" returned tie chaplain, his cu rio ity getting th? better or his dig nity. "Well, I herrd that the last twa kirks ye were ii ye preached them baith empty; bu'ye wilina find lt such an easy matter t> do the same wi' this one."-The Kinp A Monmnfit to Dead Horses. As Morioka, Rikuebu, is the centre, of the horse breed lng country, the people there ?re going to erect a mon ument calle! the "horse-soul monu ment"-of (iurse the promoters are convinced, ike thc pious Buddhists they are, tiat the soul of this animal ls iramorta-in memory of the horses 1 which wen killed in the 1894-1895 ? war. Mr. Jgiwara, expert of the war office, is making a design for the, monument-Tokyo (Japan) Times. J This Tigress Has a Grudge. There is a lean tigress in the Cen tral Park menagerie who spends a part of the day beating her head against the iron bars of her cage in a vain attempt to spring upon one of the keepers. Ordinarily the animal is quiet enough. It is only when this keeper passes that she ceases to be a purring cat and becomes a fiend in carnate. The other morning the tigress was in an extremely bad temper. When her fancied enemy stuck a mop in through the bars to clean her cage, she sprang at him, growling in thun derous bass. Nearly everbody in the crowd stepped back involuntarily. The keeper placed an iron bar in the cage at the great cat's feet and went on with his work, while the animal snarl ed in impotent rage and drew back her upper lip over two gleaming white fangs. "She doesn't seem to be fond of you," ventured a bystander. "No, there isn't much love lost be tween us," replied the keeper. "Her tantrums show that animals treasure grudges just like people. That tigress came here eight years ago. A day or two after she arrived I had to punish her and she's never gotten over it. She watches me all day out of the corner of her eye and every time I go by the cage she makes a jump. I suppose she thinks she'll get me some time. If she does I might as well say good by." While the man talked the tigress looked at him with hate plainly stamp ed on her face. When he went away she watched him until he was lost to view. Then she resumed her nervous tramp-tramp.-New York Mail and Ex press. A MODERN MOTHER'S DIARY. Tomorrow Clifford will be 7 years, 8 months, 13 days, C hours, 23 minutes and 10 second old, the age at which, according to the best German authori ties, a boy, taxed with being good for nothing, is most likely to reply: "I have thought of this, mamma! I am resolved to do differently. Here after I shall invariably charge ten cents for being good!" But I shrank from putting my boy to the test. What if Clifford should not reply thus, but instead should burst into tears? Could I look my neighbors in the face after that?-Detroit Journal. THE SWEET THING. Roslyn-I have brought you a box of chocolates. Have t you a sweet tooth, Miss Lovedove? Miss Lovedove (naively)-Yes, and It has quite a cavity for chocolates. Brooklyn Eagle. Thr Tivcn icili Century. Tho twentioth century began January 1st, 1901, and will ond with 2000. People did not bogin to reckon timo from A. D. 1, but waited until about thc 550th year of tho Christian era. 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Knlch ntent DORS, Blrdsall Saw Mill und Enjrjtepairs.Governors,Grate liars and a (ino of 31111 Supplies. Price and quality ofcds guaranteed. Catalogne free by me'nilc this paper. WE WISFTIAKE you A PRESENT A VOLUME or "THE STOR.T MY LIFE AND WOBK" BY BB T. WASHINGTON. Send Cs Your Name and Address. We want you to have a copy of this autobiography tho greatost living Negro for the purpose of intro ducing lt In your com munity. We also want agents In every county and district In tho coun try to seil lt. Only a limited number of free copies to each town. Wr" . now and be sute t?. t ono. Address J. I. NICHOLS & CO. ..ILASTA, GEORGIA. UUHHtKt ALL ILSE rAILS. Best Cotty ni p. Tastes Good, use In t Sold by druggist aaaag Mention thiaer /B^?5f^* W. L. DOUGLAS UNION MADE. The re?' worth of ray td.00 and S3.S0 shoes compared with othcrn i is $4.00 to?5.00. My ?4.00 Gilt Edfre Mue cannot bo equal!. . ?ny price. Best In the world for men. 1 snn*>* uml nell nore men's flue shoos, Goodyear tVelt(IinmI-Sewe?' I'roces?), t han any other mnnnfiic? titrer in tho world. I will pay S i, ooo to any one who eua prove lint my .tuicntent ls not true. (Sinned) XV. JJ. Douglas. Take no substitnto ! Insist on having W. ti. Douglas shoes with name and price stamped on bottom. Your dealer snould keep .hetti ; I give one dealer exclusive sale In each town. If ho docs not keep them and will not get them for you, order direct from factory, eiicloslng price and Mc. extra for carriage. Over 1,000,000 satisfied wearers. New Spring Catalog free. ra?t ColorEvei.t* nn*d delusively. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. ?The Lion seta thityle for mani common dog. Ifs human nature to Imitate gre things. Watch our next advertisement. But the aroma and strength peculiar LION COFFEE ls never found in these imltasns. Taste LION COFFEE and ten taste the others that are glazed and ccted with egg mixtures and chemicals to nke them "look better" and in order to He imper fections. Try a package oT LSON COFFEE and you will understand the reason of I popularity. 9 In every package of LION COFFEE you will find a fully illustrated and descriptive list. No hisekeeper, in fact, no woman, man, boy or girl will fail to find in the list some article which will contribute to tiir happiness, comfort and convenience, and which they may have by simply cutting out a certain number of Lie Heads from the wrappers of our one pound sealed packages (which is the only form in which this excellent coffeds sold). WOOLSON SPICE CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. rk! Over-eating! Over-drinking! No part of the human body receives more ill tratment after load is imposed until the intestines become clogged, refuse to act, worn out. Then Do it, and see how easily you will be cured by CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Not a il and mineral poison, but a pure vegetable compound that acts directly upon the diseased canal, making it strong, and gently stimulating the liver and kidneys; a candy tablet, 1 delightful in action. Don't accept a substitute for CASCARETS, t tO ?*nd 6 on ? in led ?ion -?y Vu bring a surgeon.-oeweler'i Weekly. " I have gone 14 days at a Urne without movement of the bowels. Chronic constipa tion for teven, years placed ne In this terrible condlUon; 1 did overytblng 1 heard of but Derer found say relief until I beean naine CASOABETS. 1 now have from one to three passages a day, sad if I was rich I would give HW.00 for each move mont; lt ls such a relief.'' AYLMER L. HUNT, ICS) Bussen St., Detroit, Woo. Mor? Information. Tommy-P "Hat do tv-? put -?4f :n ha vs rn^ as a chaff cary . Th? ito fh, eic BEST FOR BOWELS AND LIVER. Il bowel tron?les, appendicitis, biliousness, the stomach, bloated bowels, fool moat?, ?Ins after eu11 ocr, liver trouble, sallow com ae bowels don't move roirularly you are >ro people thoa sdi other di se tues together, sente and lons; nsrt of s a Brr ri n cr that come yon, star? taking CAICABETl today, for eli all the time until yon pat yonr bowels tb OA0CAJSETS today, ander tan absolute led. 119 10c 25c. 50c NEVER SOLD IN BULK. /DRUGGISTS SUAJBL AATKED TO CURKt Five years azo the first box of CAS ?ARETfl waa sold. Kaw 11 ls o vcr ?Ix million bones Si year, treater thu any similar medicine la tim world. Thia la absolutenroaf orjrreat merit, and oar bes* testimonial. We have fhlta, Md will sell CASCAHETi absolutely [norniiteed So ear? or money refunded. ?So bay today, two &.? boxes, aire them sv mir, honest trial, aa per s?male direction?, md if you are not ssvslsaed after asian oas &?e box. retors the unused SOe box and the empty box to ns by mail, or the drnjctst frans whom you purchased it, and ?et year saeney baan fer beth boxes. Take ear advice-no matter wheat nils yon-start today. Health win ouich.lv follow ?ad yea will bless th? day you Ors? started the use ofOaLSClAJfcKTS* Boah free hy mall. Addi muUQ aBUBT 00., law Tart sr Chistes. 00O^OO0<XX>O<XXKr???0O<><