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Suppose the Little Cowslip. Suppose the little cowslip Should bang its golden cup, And say, "I'm euch a tiny flower, I'd belter now ?row np !" How many a weary traveler Would mips its fragrunt smell ! How man? a child would grieve To luso it 'rora the dell ! JV 'ti ii Suppose the glistening dewdrop Upon the grass should pay, "What can a little dewdrop do? _ I'd better roll away !" Tb? blade on which lt rested, . I eforo the day was done, Without a drop to moisten lt Would wither in the sum How meav deeds ot kindness A little child can do, 5 Although lt has but little strength, . And little wisdom, too! -* - lt wants a loving spirit Much more than strength, to prove How many thir/gs a calla can do Foe others, by its love. -Washington Star. i< Conundrums. Why is a bonnet with a faded ribbon I like a lamp burning dimly? It wants I trimming. Why ls taking snuff like a ragged riding dress? It is a bad habit What is that which has never been 1 Celt, never seen nor heard, never exist ed and still has a name? Nothing. Why ls a clock the most modest piece of furniture? Because it covers its face with its hands and runs down its own ; works. A farmer has 26 (20.sick) sheep and ane died, how many did he have left? Nineteen. Why is ? farmer guiding a plow like . a steamship in midocean? Because one sees the plow and the other plows the sea. jj Where is it that all women are equal ly beautiful? In the dark. When does a cane take the place of a man's head? When he hangs his hat " upon it The First Postoffice. In 1658, early in the reign of Louis XIV, M. de Velayer established a pri vate penny post Boxes were set up at the street corners for the reception of letters. Onices were opened in various quarters of Paris; collections were made once a day from the street boxes, followed many hours later by a single delivery, and thus the first post office in the world was established. M. de Velayer was so greatly encouraged by the success of his enterprise that in order to develop it still further he printed certain forms of billets or notes which were intended to cover all the ordinary requirements of business in great towns. These forms contained blanks which were Intended to be filled "up by the pea with such special mat ter as might be necessary to complete the writer's object. The Idea at once became popular, and the printed forms accompanied th<? ??xnansion of the pos tal service throughout the larger cities of France, and it was many years be fore they fell into disuse. Admiral Snip. ' A little tailor's apprentice once ran ^^^way^from^hl^maste the Isle of Wright, and took refuge on board of a man of war, cruising near the island. Those were stirring times, somewhat over 20? -?ears ago, and the little ex-j-pprentlce was soon treated to a battle at sea. Taking a deep interest in the fighting and asking many questions, he was told that the battle must last till the white" flag at the enemy's mast head was struck. Up the rigging of his own vessel crept Tom, the runaway. The ships were then in close conflict. He made his way to that of the enemy, and shrouded by the smoke from toe guns, tore down the white flag and returned triumph antly to the deck. . The English sailors shouted and cheered, and of course he was called "Admiral Snip," in memory of his first trade; but what did that matter since the brave lad lived to become a real admiral, and .died Sir Thomas Hopson. Many of you have had a chance to see the uniforms and horsemanship ot most of the mounted soldiers of the world in the wild west show of Buffalo Bil L You saw too, the wonderful accur acy they displayed in shooting. The training for army and navy is something more than learning to drill or even to take care of and fire a gun. West Point and Annapolis cadets are carried through many exercises of rid ing, climbing and athletics which the members of a militia company never dream of. The young. vVest Pointer must ride like a circus man or an In dian.-Washington Star. Bears as Parents. There is a deal of discussion among hunters after big game in the moun tains concerning the sort of fathers and husbands grizzily bears make. The con sensus of opinion seems to be that bruin is an unfaithful, heartless spouse and a contemptible father. He will help Mme. Bruin seek a cave or an opening ra_ the rocks or mountain side, where their cubs may be born, and he will carry a dainty morsel, such as a sheep, a calf or part of a cow's carcass, there for his mate's food. However, a few days after the cubs are born in the family circle he will leave home, prob ably never having any further ac quaintance with his spouse and her off spring. Thereafter Mme. Bruin must make her own way and provide for her cubs. Unlike the black bear, which Is a jolly, fun-loving father that rolls and .frolics with his baby children, the male grizzly will have nothing to do with the cubs. Mme. Grizzly and her children are companions for two summers and they hibernate rolled together in a ball of fur for about 100 days, during the coldest lays of winter. The mother bear and her young trav el far and wide, moving principally at nipja. Kit Carson said that the wide range of a family of healthy grizzlies In a summer season is almost incalculable. He had reason to know of a mother grizzly and her two cubs that once left their hibernating cave among the southern spurs of the Rocky Mountains in New Mexico one spring in the for ties, crossed the Colorado and Wyom ing, were seen in the mountains in Montana, and were back in New Mexico again for another winter before the fol lowing October.-Outing. Teaching Kittens to Fight. I thought every one knew? that cats teac-i their kittens all the ways of cat life. It was my first lesson in natural history. In my boyhood days a fall con fined me to the house. At the foot of my trundle bed a litter of kittens in a basket afforded me amusement I no ticed the thin voice that gradually de veloped into the strong mew of the old cat, and I know the mother was con tinually giving a lesson in cat language. When the kittens wer? old enough to leave the basket I was surprised to see the old cat playing with them. Pussy, as we called her, was a staid old cat, and I did not know that she had ahy play in her. I soon noticed that she played with each kitten. She had no favorites. After a while it dawned on me that Pussy was teaching her kit tens how to fight. The arched back and spiteful spitting were soon acquired by the kittens, and they practised tO?fcth er. Th? mother gradually dropped out of the gome when the young ones took it up. Pussy's family was reduct d to one kitten. A? this kitten had no mates to practise with, the old cat gave it lessons again in self-defence and ag gression. She taught the kitten how to deal with a mouse. She would drop a live mouse near the kitten and then stalk it when it attempted to sscape. The kitten looked on several days and then tried to imitate the old cat. The mouse nearly escaped. Pussy caught it, just in time, and let the kitten try again. This time the kitten succeeded in catching Uie mouse. The old cat of ten brought, in a mouse, but it was a long time before she would allow the kitten to deal with" it alono. When the kitten's education was completed, Pus sy gav^ it to understand that it must strike out for itself. When the kitten persisted in following its mother, cry ing for its natural food, the old cat would turn and box its ears soundly. Very like a human mother when she boxes the ears of thc child for over t>.asing.-Forest and Stream. King Frost. It was very warm down in the earth, and the little violets were longing to i push their way up to where they could see the blue sky and the sun shining. But the older violets bade them wait, J and spoke to them of the bitterly cold nights, when cruel King Frost held his j revels abroad, and how when he passeu his icy breath made the flowers shrink in fear, few feeling his touch without paying the penalty of death; and they drew such pictures of the? cruel king that the baby, violets huddled up to gether and crept closer into the shelter of their Mother Root. But one violet scoffed at their fears, and every day she put. out all her strength in her efforts to grow big and strong enough to face the world, till at last one day she pushed her way up. She was very tired with thc exer'ion, the strong light hurting her little yel low eye after the darkness underground and she was very glad to cre'p under the largest leaf she could see.. "You arc very early," said the leaf. "I am afraid you are in too great a hurry, for it is bitterly cold when the White King go?s past." "Always that silly tale about the king," thought the violet pettishly. The first few days were warm and bright, and the violet grew a beautiful deep blue, the sun smiled upon her and the wind fanned her gently when the sun's rays grew too warm, and in the mornings the dew brought her offerings of lovely sparkling diamonds. She was very happy, and thought how silly the other violets were to have been fright ened by a foolisa story; so she called down to them, but could not make them hear, for they were so warm and cozy they had all fallen fast asleep. One evening the leaves whispered to her that King Frost would be abroad thnt night, and she must keep well ojj^ would kill her. But she tossed her head and said she didn't believe In that king. She had watched for him before, and he never came. And she refused to bend her stem as the leaves wished, and at last they left her alone and settleU themselves to sleep. It was very lonely, and the air grew :older and colder, and there was a PTeat stillness, only broken by the rus tle of the sleeping leaves and the whispering of the -rees overhead. And presently the moon rose slowly, and the violet saw the ground was all sprinkled with powdered diamonds. And she was frightened and very cold and tried to shrink back under the leaves, but found she could not, for tho king's slaves had come in the dark and coated her stem with fine diamond pow der, and 9he could not bend it. And a tear rose in her little golden eye, and as it rolled down it was frozen into a hard stone, which cut her tender petals and hurt her. And then there was a great hush, and the trees and plants bowed their heads, for the king was in sight. And he came in great state, for it was his last visit this season. First came his soldiers and executioners, in uniforms of gray-blue, an Icy shade that made one shiver and think of the gleam of steel. And then came the courtiers in green-silver, like moon beams on the shining ice; and the king's bodyguard wore deepest blue, and in the midst came the king himself, all robed in white, with trimmings of hoar frost lace, such as he sometimes leaves on our windows to show us he has passed, and he wore a crown ol icicles that sparkled with many colors as he walked. And children scattered diamond dust before him, which fell in loveliness and hld the cruel work o? the executioners. The poor little violet shivered, and hoped the king would not notice her for no one else had seen her, but as he passed he looked and frowned in anger at her presumption, and the vio let thought her last hour had come, and prayed for mercy, and looked so pleading with the glittering tear in her eye that the king was touched. But he looked stern, and told her the penalty for her presumption in watching him, and not bowing down as the other plants was death; but as she was so young and fair he would spare her, and would deprive her of her lovely color instead. And he bade her look in his eyes, and, *as she looked his eyes grew kind and soft, instead and he whispered to her that she had saved him from a J life he hated. For he was doomed to make others suffer till he found a flow er brave enough to watch for his com ing, and now he would be able to go back to Fairyland and another king would reign In his stead. And then he kissed her softly and left her. Next morning, when the leaves awoke, they found a white violet, so lovely am' pure they thought it must be a fairy spirit, and each day the vio let grew less willful and more thought ful for the other plants, till they came to bless her as a real fairy spirit. But she could never forget the passing ol the great White King, for he had taken her heart as well as her color, and that is the reason of the wistful IOOK that may be seen in white violets to this day.-Chicago Record-Herald. In Doubt. "He seems to be a very good hus band," said the thoughtful young worn an. "Yes," said Miss Cayenne; "but it's always difficult to determine whethei a man is a good husband or whether his wife ls too much of a lady to talk av">ut aim."-Washington Star. A WOMAN'S BARGAIN. Mrs. Enpeck-I think, Henry, that our daughter has mode a very satis factory marriage, and that Bhe will succeed very well la the mahageinent of her husband. Henry ?n peck-Why so? Mr's. Enpeck-I overheard her talk ing to him this morning, and she got him to agree to a proposition like this: "If you will do as I want, I promise to do the Barae."-Baltimore American. F?T8 permanently cu red.No Ats or nervous ness after first day's use of l>r. 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Another lovely garniture fer a fair debutante is composed of pink banksia roses disposed in two market bunches, from whence fall long trails of Duds and foliage, while for tho hair comes a small empire wreath of the same dainty floweret. A Quaint Fashion" R?VIV?cli M?hy people possess among ?th?r relics bf their great-grandmothers a quaint perforated gold or silver case which in former times contained a ball of sweet smelling herbs. Ladies of former generations always carried these about with them as a preven tivo against infection. Pomanders arc again coming into fashion, only as a pretty "fad," of course, and are now worn on one of these dainty jew eled chains which almost every wom an possesses nowadays, or attached to the chatelaine or bracelet In deed, the tendency is to renew old fashions just now, and the result ls in many instances very quaint and at tractive. Some Curious Fans. An exhibition of ancient fans and watches has been drawing many vis itors to the Hungarion ministry in Vi enna. Thc exhibits, lent for the oc casion, arc placed, on account of Vieir value, in glass cases, and a card plainly written desoribes each ob ject, giving thc name of its owner and its date. The Archduchess Maria Theresa has lent a superb collection of painted fans. The wife cf tho Spanish ambassador, Mme. de Villa Urretia, lent 30 fans of . different epochs, from thc time of Louis XIV. to tho Second Empire. In this col' lection was included one of the few miniature fans in the exhibition. Parchment, serpent and swan skins are used for fan painting. The dates of the different fans can be judged by their mountings. In thc older Louis XIV. ians tne ivory sticks reach to tho top, are joined by ribbon, and covered with paintings. The fan sticks of Louis XV. are very wide, loosely set in and open freely out. The pierced ivory fans often resem ble Chinese work, but a medallion cr monogram is generally affixed to show their European erigin-New York Commercial Advertiser. Influence of Womerv The code of manners which pre cis In any agc depends very much upol?Ni?ej5tandard set up by its women. We arol?otS^ilways willing to allow this, but lt is undel?-JAPly true, never- j theless, and is one cf the^-ifci?f cogj ' In thP great wheel of society, - A woman's personality, her airs1 graces, her little faults ami foi are all instrumental in rou' iing oi and polishing the manners of men, and if only she were truly as "wise as a serpent" she would not let that in-* | fiuence stop here, but would extend it in like degree to the shaping cf raen'a conduct and even their characters. It has been said that "woman has only herself to blamo or thank for a man's attitude toward her, and wheth er his manner be deferential or care less he has taken his cue from heh" This is putting it o bit too graceful, possibly, and yet, since the days of Mother Eve, unjust as the old stcry and its consequences may appear to us, woman has had to look well to j her ways lest she be misjudged and condemned for man's shortcomings. Nothing delights men moro than ! when true gentleness ci manners ls its associate. It is the two allied in a woman that makC3 her the bright est ornament ol' human nature. Pittsburg Dispatch. Beauty Hints. Never forget your daily exercise, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, a brisk walk fer a couple of miles In the fresh morning air or a four or five mile bicycle ride ls one of the first essentials. Plain, nourishing food and abun dance of good, ripe fruit is another. Fruit is best eatea in the morning. Bananas are easy of digestion ?to some and very nutritious; grapes are nourishing and fattening; apples are especially good for brain workers, and oranges arc of great benefit to peo plo afflicted with rheumatism. Have plenty of fresh air in your living and sleeping rooms. Leave your bedroom window open from top several inches every night, no mat ter how cold the weather. Have your bed covering warm and light. On getting up in tho morning ar range your bedding and bed so that they may be thoroughly aired. Leave the window open in your bedroom for the greater part cf the day. In your living room ventilation is also nec essary, and sunshine, too. Poor ventilation is accountable for much ugliness, and in children, de formity. Fresh air and sunshine are as essential to a human being as they are to a plant. Avoid tight clothing. Tight cloth ing disturbs the circulation ot the blood and is the cause of red noses, enlarged veins, flushing, etc. Eight hours' sleep is absolutely re quired to rest the brain. Dainty Underclothing. Underclothing becomes continuous ly more luxurious and costly. The finest recent productions make a point cf avoiding any seams. Like the Princess in the fairy tale who could not sleep, though she had many mattresses, because she "felt a lump," which proved to be a single pea un der the lowest one, so the dainty and fragile society dame cannot be at ease if there be in her batiste or silk sarments the most delicately worked seam imaginable. The latest notion is to replace the seams by narrow lines of that fine openwork embroid ery which is called a jour. All the pieces which compose a garment are united by sewing on to each edge' the most minute line of openwork inser tion of this description. The lace which trims tue cache-corset, the rhemise, and other' articles is also fixe? on by the same means. Open work narrow embroidery "a jour," as abov? fl?scribed\ ls ais? used very much for those iiidoor dresses, or n?glig?es, which .aro not exactly iii gowns, and still less dressing gowns. A peignoir of tills dainty kind is a great addition to the wardrohe. It can be well made in a soft silk, white, rose color, or pale hlue; it is always, In the nature of the case, to be cut quite loose, and encrusted with Val enciennes or Maltese lace fixed by a j?ur work in silk of the same Color ari the garment. The shape ls ?lways easy, and lt ls perhaps best either like a Venetian Doge's mantle or a Japanese kimona.-New York Anier can. x A Blihd Woman's Work, ?v;la th? quiet little village of Dan by, Vt:> nestled in the heart bf thc -*Greeh mountains, lives ? woman now past 70 y?ars Of ag?, who has been deprived bf the power cf seeing, hear sing, and articulation for more than 65 years, but still has been able to live a useful and helpful life in many ways. The woman is Miss Lucy Read, and sho was born in this town, October . 25, 1827. At the age of five years an attack Of scarlet f?ver lett fclr total ly deaf, and the loss bf speech soon fellowed; When ?boUt t?n years old the second misfortune cam? as th? result of an accident. At the ago of 14 Miss Read was taken to Boston nd. placed in charge of Dr. Howe, a noted instructor of the deaf and blind, being a companion and classmate of Laura Bridgeman, but at the end of six months she WAS obliged to return home, owing to fail ing health, thought by her physician and family to be largely due to home sickness, and no further efforts were made to give her educational advan tages. With thc aid of a sister, however, she learned to sew and knit, and dur ing the past 65 years has made hun dreds of pairs of socks and other ar ticles of knit work, aside from various articles of wearing apparel, with a neatness and deftness unexcelled by those who are possessed of all their faculties. The piecing of bed quilts is one c? her favorite occupations, and in be ginning the work she tears the cloth into strips of the required width fer the different pieces that go to make up the blocks, after which she pins them together and cuts them out tc a pattern which she devises and pre pares entirely without assistance. In making the pp items Miss Read trims them to the desired shape by the aid of her lips, and assorts the different colored blocks of cloth by the sense cf taste or smell, and rare ly, if ever, makes a mistake. She al so selects her own thread as to col or and size for tho particular worh in hand, and strangest of all, threads in her own needle with her tongue. Miss Read's favorito color is green, but she prefers any bright color tc the darker and duller shades, partie ularly in flowers. She is fend of pic tures and jewelry, but finds her chiei delight in the companionship of chi! dren, and can be seen in the after noons waiting in front of the familj homo for thc dismissal of school. ;A form of fancy work that has at tracted much attention to the unfor t?nate woman is her skill in covering cigar boxes with plush, lining then handsomt'y, and so completing then as to compare favorably witu the or dinary line of similar goods. Sh? I-pastes or glues the plush on the bos ^an?i^makes a fastening attachment Occasionally shew?Tr^T^sTr^rTjcs with a glass set In the top, cutting the glass herself with a glazier's tooJ f to tho desired size. As she belongs to a well-to-do fam ily none of her handiwork has been offered for salo, but has been utilized or preserved by friends and relatives -Chicago Chronicle. Fashion Note?, Blue in all its shades is tremend ously popular. Gowns of coral pink are adapted es pecially to young girls with brilliant complexions. A trail of black flowers is a verj Parisian finishing touch to a lighi evening dress. Gold, Bllver and opalescent spangle.' aro very modish trimmings for el?b orate evening gowns. Mohair and pongee have been add eJ to thc list of materials suitable foi children's wear this summer. The woman in white is seen every where and at all times, as white li still in the ascendency, with ecru ? good second. Natural colored linen Russian suitt trimmed with bands of blue and rec Cross stitch, are exceedingly stylisl for little boys. A turban of black straw, througl which runs a crinkly braid in whiti would make a dashing little chapeau trimmed with red velvet and cherries A white shirt waist suit, with al pleats and seams narrowly piped witl gay Tartan plaid, Is a new and charm ing exposition cf summer's popula go wu. Little girls' skirts are worn ver; short-only to the knees-and an quite full. The sleeves are large, am waists elaborately trimmed with hem stitching, feather-stitching, lace front and lace undersleeves. A narrow colored taffeta rihboi run through many of tho inserlloi laces instead of the black velvet heb ribbon, to which we have romaine faithful so long. Now that the lac is dyed to match tho dress coloi some ?-iore vivid contrast is neede than black. The ecru Or pongee colored cotto under skirts are unusually popula this summer, and have the appeal ance of being both neat and coo Gray and black mohair, with taffet ruffles, are also much liked. Arnon the novelties of less quiet effect mei cerized cottons in black and whit shepherd's checks are quite prom nent and reasonable in price Hold Your Chin Up. When the organs of the body ar lifted up, the chin raised, thc ches high, courage and hope are indicate. The mind follows. It is true that on keeps his head up because he is hopi fui, but even if hope is lacking, say Home and Flowers, lift up the nea and it will come the sooner. Dres a tramp in good clothes and he ha a tendency to become too sclf-respec ing to tramp. On a dark day put o the brightest and prettiest gown, an cheerfulness follows. It is difficult for cheerfulness to e: press itself in sombre surrounding If one does not feel like laughing, ll the corners of thc mouth and h laughs perforce. Nobility has troubl to express itself in a sunken ches If tho knees are beat and seeming] too weak to support the body, lt easier for them to shako with fei than if they are straight. #: AMERICA is thc land of t nervous women. The great majority of nervous women arc so because thev are snf fering from some form of female dis ease. Mrs. Emma Mitchell, 520 Louisiana street, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "P?rima has certainly been a blessing in disguise to me, for when I first begay taking it for troubles peculiar to the sex and a generally worn out system I had lit tle faith. "For the pant ftvo years I have rarely been without pain, but P? rima has changed all this, and In a very short time. I think J had only taken two bottles before / began to recuperate very quickly, and seven bottles made me well. I do not have headache or backache any mere, and hate some interest in life. I give all credit where lt i* due, and that is to Peruna." Emma Mitchell. By far the greatest number of female trouble? are caused directly by catarrh. They are catarrh of the organ which is affected. These women despair of recov-1 SAGE ADVICE. "What am I to do," asked the very young man who was about to butt into society, "whfn the conversation gets too.deep for comprehension?" "Go to the ow], young man, con sider y.er wrys and act accordingly," angered tie Sago from Sageville. "Look wise and hoot occasionally." Chicago Ne^vj. GOOD REASON. "Three-fourths of your male guests." Eaid Goff, "seem to be cheap, well dressed fellows who expect to marry women with fortunes." "Yes," pleasantly responded thc landlord; "that's my reason for say ing that the house is run on the Euro pean plan."-Indianapolis Sun. 'NERVE WOK Doan's Kidney Pills nuilee freed.un from kid ney trouble possible They enrry a kind of medication to thc kid neys that brings a bright ray of bono to desperate cases. Aching backs aro cased. Hip, back, and loin pains overcome. Swelling of tho limbs and dropsy 6lgns vanish. Lock HAVEN, PA.- Mrs. ?masa AmiuUinen " A few weeks ago I sent for a trial box of Doan's KKivy Pills for myself, and they did all they aro said to da My husband was kicked last fall STATE. For freo trial bo?, FontcrOtllburn Co., Un npni-o Ii Injufllclcnt, wi i. to flip. Literary Notes from the Century Co. Mr. P. W. Stokes, whose first pic tures in color from the Antarctic will be seen in the August issue of The Century, has had throe paintings ac cepted and well placed in the Champ de Mars salon in Paris this spring. Theodore Leschetizky, the teacher of Paderewski and many of the most famous pinanists of this generation, was seventy-three years of age on the second of July. His reminiscences will appear in the autumn, written down by his sister-in-law, the Countess Potocka. The chapters which have appeared from month to month in The Century during 1902 and 1903, telling the story of Pa Gladden, his simple faith, his quaint optimism, his broad humanity, will bo gathered and published in book form in thc fall by The Century Co., under the title of "Pa Gladden-The Story of a Common Man." Elizabeth Cherry Waltz, author of these sketch es, is authority for the statement that thc character of Pa Gladden ls based upon that of her father, Major John Nicholas Cherry, a cavalry officer dur ing the Civil War, and a man of broad and genial charity, much humor, and quaint phraseology. It ls officially reported, that the growing of cotton in West Africa has been very successful "About a year ago my hair was corning out very fast, sd I Bought a bottle of Ay.r's Hair Vigor. It stopped the 'ailing and made my hair grow very rapidly, until now it is 45 inches in length."-Mrs. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kans. ? ???Ill I immill .gn?" " " " '","* " There's another hunger than that of the stomach. Hair hunger, for instance. Hungry hair needs food, needs hair vigor-Ayer s. This is why we say that Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color, and makes the hair grow long and heavy. $1.00 ? bottle, AU drugrisu If your druggist cannot supply yon, send us one dollar and wo will express youabottlo. 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Chronic invalids who have languished for years on sick beds with some.form of female disease begin to improve at once af ter beginning Dr. Hartman's treatment. Among thc many prominent women who recommend Peruna are: - Belva Lock wood, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Col. Hamilton, of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. F. E. Warren, wife of U. S. Senator Warren, of Wyoming. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Ur. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and nc will bc pleased to give you Iiis valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. TWO SONGS! Her greeting is a dulcet bell Lov?'" .jc.uk and delight; rimile is noon, and her farewell Leads in the stars at night. She is the sunrise and the gleam Of dew upon the rose, Thc vision that evokes the dream, The song in slumber's prose. IL Roses are the rhymes I wreathe Take them, every one; Love-the fragrance that you breathe. And your smile their sun. When the petals fall apart, Then, in melody, You shall read a rose's heart. And thc heart of me. Julian Durand in July Smart Set. .N KIDNEYS.; by a horso omi badly hurt - his hip was fractured -and after lie recovered he was in such misery that ho could hardly walk, and to stiop caused him such distress t nat he thought he would have to quit work - also, lt affected his bladder, and lie tvns un* able to make his water with out so much distress. I in sisted on his getting a box of your pills and trying them, so ? went to Mason's Drug Vru??mm?iam ?i?? i' mnll this coupon to (Talo, ?. V. If abovo rito address on sepa first box helped him so much that I got the second and also the third, wi now Le I? en tirely well."-Mrs. L.- XV. AVKVllBy, Lock Haven, Ta. Dizzy? Headache? Pain back of your eyes? It's your liver! Use Ayer's Pills. Gently laxative; all vegetable. Sold for 60 years. ?. O.A^erCo., Lowell, Mass. 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