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/ N t LIEUTENANT BOWMAN A QOLD-PILLBD SANDWICH. IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS PE-RUMEO HU. Cold Affected Head and Throat —Attack Was Severe. Cl)a*. W. Bowman, 1st Lieut, and Adjt. 4th M. M. Cav. Vols., writes from Lanham, Md., as follows: “Though somewhat averse to patent med icines, and still more averse to becoming a professional affidavit man, it seems only a plain duty in the present instance to add my experience to the columns already written concerning the curative powers of Peruna. <# J have born particularly benefited by It* urn fnr cnlrtu in Hie head and throat. ! have been able to fully cure niyoelf of a in out Hrvrrc attach in forty-eluhi hours by ilHuscarenrdinp to direettonn. 1 nne it oh a preventive whenever threatened icfthan attach* “Members of my family also use it for like ailments. We are recommending it to onr friends.”—C. W. Bowman. Pe-ru-aa Contains No Narcotico. One reason why Peruna has found per manent use in so manv homes is that it eontains no narcotic of any kind. It can be used any length of time without acquir ing a drug habit. Address Dr. Hartman, President of 'i he Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for free medical advice. All correspondence held strictly confidential. _More mean remarks about woman by women. Lady’s Pictorial now calls her "unpunctual,” and applies the allegation to all the sex from cooks to girls In counting rooms. Mr». Craicle called her unfair the oth er day. Secretary of the Woman’s Trade Union League accused her of lock of thrift. Mrs. Chapman Cntt, Mrs. Perkins GIVman and others con tributed their quota of things. If the analysis of the sex by the sex proceeds much further question why men don’t marry may become too obvious to require -•’-swer (At20-’05) A Romance Unearthed at the Trea* ury Redemption Bureau. “Please send me two $20 gold pieces or their equivalent for the inclosed pieces of old gold,” was a communi cation received at the treasury de partment a few days after Christmas. Uncle Sam Is not in the “old gold” purchasing business, but the two pieces of discarded metal and the letter accompanying them were re ferred to the redemption division. The two pieces of gold had played a part in the story of a broken en gagement, an angry yonng woman and a crestfallen young man. Christ mas day was approaching. He could not think of a suitable present at first. Then he had an Inspiration. He would get away from the conven tional Christmas present and give his lady-love a more substantial remin der of the day. But to do so he must discover a unique way of having her accept his present. He thought hard. Suddenly he had the solution. He would place a §20 gold piece between two slices of bread and two of suoh sandwiches would allow the young lady to buy a most acceptable Christ* mas present. He obtained the bread at a restau rant, placed a $20 gold piece between the slices of each of two sandwiches, addressed the package, and dropped it into a small box. Then he went home to await the evening hour, when he would call on the young lady and receive her thanks. He called that night. He was ush ered into the parlor. Presently a young woman entered, but she was not the happy, blushing girl for whom he was looking. The expres sion on her face denofbd that a storm was brewing. He broke IBe ice with a request that she explain the sudden drop in temperature. “Sandwiches are not to my liking,’’ she exclaimed, “and ff you desire the remains of those you sent, please look in the fire grate.” The young man did not wait for the second invitation. He raked the ashes carefully and eventually dis covered two lumps of gold. Then he explained to the young woman. There were a few tears, a few fervent words on the part of the unforgiving young man and the meeting was over. The next day he wrote to the treasury department for the redemption of the money. After some correspondence he made an affidavit that the two gold pieces were placed between the slices of bread; that a mistake had been made, and the money destroyed. This was accepted by the officials and two $20 gold pieces were issued. In cidentally, the romantic side of the story came out.—Washington Post HER BONNET. Her bonnet’s just the sweetest thing. It flouts the world as she goes by. It’s tied down by the sweetest string, I'd love to be that string, but my! The bonnet might not be the thing So sweet if I am So sweet if I should be the string. Her bonnet’s just the sweetest thing. It tips a bit above her eye. The birds, the birds begin to sing, They want to sing as she goes br, They think it’s daybreak, and, on my! It’s just because she’s passing by. —From “Echoes From the Glen." Her bonnet’s Just the swAest ’..itng. It roofs in iust the sweaest hair, And eyes ana mouth—the*birds will sing. They think it’s spring when she is there. It's just because she’s passing bv, I want that bonnet, but, oh my! White rose of roses, why he shy About the sweetest bonnet string? The lads, the lads will sigh and sigh, For God’s white rose that makes it spring And daybreak for the birdi, and I— Just want that bonnet, b^t, oh my! Copyright, 1904, by William Page Carter. i Manuk Del Monte. R thomas D ness and skill, and woujl lead me for ;ht of E ARLY one morning, just be fore dawn, three of us were riding wearily down the slope of one of the great grassy hills—some people mountains—which lie be- provinces of Isabela and T - e.' $ &" GOOD POTATOES BRING FANCY PRICES I good potatoes, the Potash. To grow a large crop of soil must contain plenty of Tomatoes, melons, cabhage, turnips, lettuce —in fact, all vegetables remove large quanti ties of Potash from the soil. Supply Potash .iOerally by the use or r<* iituen conurrnn.g surf Utt than 10 per cent. nctuaJ Potash. Better and more profitable yields are sure to follow On* jamphlets are not advertising circulars boo* ing special fertiliiers, but contain valtt- •h e information to fanners. Sent free for the asking. Write now. GFRMAN KALI WORKS New York—93 Nassau Street, or Atlanta. Ga.—ciff South Broad St. Malsby <& Co. 41 South Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga. The Best Sermon. Dr. Truman J. Backus, president of Packer Institute, Brooklyn, recently said in a public address that the best sermon he had ever heard was preached to him by an old colored man, the former body-servant of Gov ernor Bull, of South Carolina. Doctor Backus v-as a visitor to Charleston, and during a drive about ttie city with the Confederate soldier who fired the first shot at Fort Sumter he met this aged negro. The Confederate asked him how he was getting on. “Massa,” said the old man, cheer fully. “I’m just making the best out of the worst.”—Ram’s Horn. TWO vraws.. Tes, MniSed to "Be Ifl-IAS news- paper business, but he’s studying for the ministry now.. He says he decided that he couldn’t be a reporter and save his soul.” “Indeed? I believe his old city edi tor put It differently. Ke says he couldn’t bo a reporter to save hts soul.”—Philadelphia Press. Portable and Stationary Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills AND ALL KINDS OF MA3HINERY Complete line Carried in slock for IMMEDIA TE BETA VER Y. Best Machinery, Lowest I’riees and Best Terms Wii e us for catalogue, prices, etc., before buying. "Vor month* I had great trouble with mvatomach and n*ed all kind* of medicine*. My tongue ha* been actually as green as grass, my breath having a bad odor. Two weeks ago a friend recommendrd Casearet* and afar using them 1 can willingly and Cheerfully say that they hare entirely cured roe. I therefore let you kiqiw that I shall recommend them to any one suffering from such troubles.” • Chat. U. Halpun, 109 Klvlngton St.. Mew York, N.Y. Best For r ^ The Bowels Fixing; Railrotwl Rates. Making railroad rates is like playing a game of checkers or chess. Com- munities to be benefited, producers, manufacturers or shippers to be aided represent the pieces used. Every possi ble move is studied for its effect on the general result by skilled traffic mana gers. A false move in the making of freight rates may mean the ruin of a city, of a great manufacturing interest, of an agricultural community. Rail roads strive to build up all these so that each may have an equal chance in the sharp competition of business. So sensitive to this rivalry are the rail roads that in order to build up business along their lines they frequently allow J the shipper to practically dictate rates. Rate making has been a matter of de- i velopment; of mutual concessions for mutual benefit. That 2s why the rall- j roads of the United States have volun tarily made freight rates so much lower j in this country than they are on the government-owned and operated rail- ! ways of Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transportation 1 rates in the world. CANOY CATHARTIC Plnnawif. Palatable, Pot-mt. Taate Good. Do Good, Never Sicken. Weaken or <iripe. 10c. JSe. 50c. Never aold in bulk. The genuine tablet atan-.ped C C C. Guaranteed to cure or your money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 596 ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES THE DAISY FLY KILLER^ra^aim. comfort to every homo—In dining room, sleeping room und all pirtce* whore dies nre trouble- gome. t'lean. neur Ntid will not eoil or Injure AnythlnR.Try them once and yon will never be wit ho u t them. If not kept by ________________ _ r dealers, eent preua'd tor fOt. lliltOI.lt SOMEn.H, 149 ttrKaib A,,., Prookljn, V V. CENTS BUYS A PACKAGE ECONOMY BLUE Makes Full Quart Best Wash Bluing 16 yrqtrs on the market. Ask <iealer. or we will sertd by mall package upon receipt of 10c. In stamps and yonr dolor’s name. BniDoas-McDowEi.L Co.. Louisville. Ky. Ho Was Very Much Alive. When visiting one of the primary schools some years ago, the day be fore Memorial Day, or Decoration Day, as it was then more generally called, I, as usual, as a member of the School Board, addressed the pu pils. When closing I said: “Well, children, you have a holiday to-morrow. What day Ls it?” “Decoration Day!” from all in uni son. “What do you do on Decoration Day?” “Decorate the soldiers’ graves,” said all together again. “Why do you decorate their graves any more than others?” This was a sticker, but finally one little fellow held up his hand. “Well, sir, why is it?” “Because they are dead and we ain’t.”—Boston Herald. QUICK RESULTS. ^ fkiis*iif.^s. jmioi thaiici anti T<*i* v graphv College, Louisville.Ky .open the whole yeor. Students can enter any time Catalog free TOR. ALL SEWING Mi- 1 CHINES. Standard Good* 1 Only. Free • nteJ <ae to Dealer*. BLELOCK MFG. CO., 913 Locust .St., ST. LOUIS. MO. NEEDLES, SHUTTLES, REPAIRS. w. J lr ^Thonipsofl’s Eyewater II111, of Concord, Justice of the Peace, says: “Doan’s Kidney Pills proved a very efficient remedy in my case. I used them for disor dered kidneys and backache, from which I had experienced a great deal of trouble and pain. The kid ney secretions were very irregular, dark colored and full of sediment. The Pills cleared It all up and I have not had an ache In my back since taking tbe last dose. My health generally is Improved a great deal.” Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers, price 00 cents per box. call them tween the Nueva Vizcaya. We had been traveling all night by moonlight, and now ns tbe east was growing rosy we were winding down to a little wood in tbe valley, where we hoped to find a mountain stream to give us water for our breakfast, and a thing of far more importance, grazing for the horses, for it was the dry sea son, and the grass on the hills was parched and dead. The breakfast swung with mocking lightness behind Justin’s saddle, merely a handful of cold rice rolled in the butt of a banana leaf. It was also tiffin and dinner, for we were traveling light and fast, and carried not even chocolate, nothing but tbe rice I was watching the gyrations of the breakfast moodily, for I was sleepy and hungry and sore, when suddenly from the wood below us tbe crow of a cock rang out, shrill and triumphant. I was surprised, for few people live along a trail used mostly by bandits and head hunters. Suddenly from the slope of a farther hill the call rang out again, and then the whole wood echoed with the sounds of the farmyard. “What town is this?” I asked tbe boys, although we were at least a day’s journey from any settlement which I knew. “It is no town, seuor,” said Justin. “It is the mauuk del monte—the wild chicken—which you bear. After saddles wereoff and the horses’ backs were washed, the animals rolled and grazed luxuriously by the swift, clear stream, and Tranquid, prince of servants, dexterously unrolled tbe breakfast. He laid stones on tbe corners of tbe leaf, and patted the snowy mass of rice out smoothly, and filled a bamboo drinking cup from the brook, while I pretended not to see. At meal times Tranquid has a solemn and important air worthy of the most autocratic of London butlers, and I am a babe in his bands. “Breakfast is served, senor,” said Tranquid, gravely. “I come,” I replied, with equal grav ity, and rolled over twice and came up on my knees, Japanese fashion, beside my lowly table. Just as I was going to plunge my fingers into the rice a cock crowed loud and clear among the trees close at hand. A great ferocity of meat hunger swept over me. > “Give me the boom-boom, Justin!” 1 commanded. “We will have manuk del monte for breakfast.” The cock crowed often while I stole -rtmntgir Tire~uwtrcrgiuwiu, as *o^^^s the ferns and bristly creepers wovvlet me. As I drew near the crowing ceased, and I was peering about the brush and shrub for a sight of the cock when —whir! From the lower branches of a tree, fifty feet above my head, a splen did bird shot out with a boom like a partridge and sailed away between tbe trunks, a dazzling vision of white and green and gold. ' I was too startled to shoot, for I bad never before seen chickens that roosted like eagles and flew like pheasants and were as brilliant as humming birds. In a moment I bard his strong wings beating on the other side of the valley, and I went back and ate my rice quietly. That incident began my acquaintance with the wild chickens, and they soon grew to be a very dear part of tbe for est life, bringing me an odd mixture of pleasant memory and homesickness as I listened to them. We heard them always when we made and left our one-night homes along the trail. The cocks proved to be just as exacting husbands as their domesticated cousins, crowing their families home and abroad with fussy punctuality. If a gay young cockerel or a giddy pul let lingered too long afield, the lord of the Hock grew noisy with anxiety ns the sunset faded. With the dawn he woke, brisk and important, and woe betide the sleepyhead of the family. There was no “Rouse up, sweet slug abed” for him, but an ear splitting call, and we often chuckled at thought of the sheepish haste of the laggard when that sound penetrated to his sleepy brain. A tropical forest Is a thing of awe and mystery, with Its eternal dim twh light and tangled creepers and innum erable dark vistas which hide inhabit ants one seldom hears and never sees. Most of the creatures seem to feel the silent immensity and vagueness as a man does and seek safety in uuobtrus- iveness. These brave, cheery birds alone were unaffected by it, and they crowed and cackled and clucked about their busi ness of living as carelessly as if there were no such thing ad fear in the world. Yet with all their independence they showed a baffling shyness, and many weeks went by before I caught more than a distant glimpse of one. Tranquid hunted them with painful devotion. But he was a child of the cities, lost in the mountains ns a puppy would have been. When a cock crowed near a camping place his face would brighten hopefully, and be would go creeping with the noiselessness of a young elephant. Back and forth he crushed in the brush, pulling branches aside with excessive caution and peep ing behind them. At last the bird would flush from a tree and shoot away in a blur of col ored light. Then Tranquid would straighten up with a nervous jerk, and cry triumphant. “There, senor, I have found him! There he goes. Look! Ixtok!” pointing up to the tree where he had been. On these occasions Justin always lay on the grass and laughed. Justin was a woodland philosopher, and has discovered that town-bred folk and wild chickens had been sent into the world for his amusement. He never deigned to take any further part in the pursuit. When it came to stalking a deer or running down a pig he was all eager- hours without a though! of rest, but chickens were beneath hto. Occasion ally, however, as we rode along, a crow Then re us. pnt. 'shout, point- [ have found ig my desire would caw somewhere ab Justin was full of exciter “Look, senor!” he wouk ing up to the empty sky. him. There! There!” In spite of Justin’s jest to see a wild cock face to face only in creased with repeated failtire. I never tried to shoot one after that first experience. I would as soon have thought of shooting at a ujonkey. But I wanted to have one for} my own, to look at, and draw pictures of and show to my poor friends who lived down in the plains through the hot season and complained of prickly hdat. I even dreamed of presenting one to my friend, the captain, and letting him create a new and lusty race of fowls, a breed which would meeAhe hawk in his own element and laugh at woven wire fences. i At last, up in a little fountain vil lage, my opportunity came. Tranquid announced, with the respedtful elation he sometimes permitted h|mself, that a man had a wild rooster. I Would the senor like to come to see-itL»_ The senor was wilRfig, fo wewT'nt down the narrow grass-gi’own street together, stepping carefully over the babies and pigs that were,basking in the sun. j In the yard of a little' tubledowm shack we found a rusty Birown bird tied to a post by a bit of twine about his leg. The old man, his owner, scat tered a few kernels of coni, and the poor dingy thing pecked at 1 them in a half hearted way. A hen fcame bust ling up and he pecked peevi *hly at her once or twice, and then he pped back to his post and stood there, dull and round shouldered, like a sulk V’’boy wTio had decided that the corn *as not of much importance, anyway| put his hands in his pockets, I was slow to believe tha be a brother of the swift, which had boomed out of a and had Ithis could (right bird ?etop that first morning, but I presently discov- slender Jlie sbai’p, of geuera- the dust frs there and gold Iwere duo tranquid, tor a long Is he will ^or, if he and one The old >nt, most kry day a senor Lcatching ered that it w’as. The lor body, the powerful wings, heavy bill, were the produ tions of wild life. And u: and rustiness of the fe| were still traces of the g! of the forest. The chan only to a changed mode o “The man says,” explair “that he has had this rooi time, and It is dirty. Hcj catch a clean one for th pleases.” Of course the senor pie bright morning we set o man, our guide, marched 1 importantly, for it is noi that one has a chance to s what n clever man one is, W’lld Chickens, and the ff that his grandchildren would ftell their children about this expedition Under his arm he carried a Ired fight Ing cock. It struck me as a wit odd to carry such an animal on aj hunting trip, One feels no surprise inj the Phil ippines in meeting people W’itii roosters under their arms; it is quite the usual thing. Tranquid followed tin i old man, respectfully hopeful. Then :ame Jus tin, smiling, and I brought u > the rear. a mile or so from the v illage the wall of the forest rose, dav it and im penetrable. But at one point a stream came down from the hills, and there the field extended Into the v oods for a little w’ay, making a sort of room, cool and shadowy, and carpeted ivith short, thick turf. Here the old man halted md waited till we all stood about him Then ho drew r from the pocket of k is blouse a bundle of twine, wound hi four point ed sticks. Justin storpsjd smiling. Anything in the nature < f p trap, any thing which matched ipian’s wTts against the instinct of Ibfl wild creat ures, interested Justin. ■ The old man chose i. w>ot of level ground and set to work. Me drove one of the little stakes into the ground, un coiled the twine, drove another, and so on, until he had marked out a square, about a yard on a side. Qn three sides the tw’ine was carried ojii the stakes a few’ inches above tbe ground, and from this fence, every hand’s breadth or so, hung a little noose pf filter:—^— The fourth side of the square was a wall of brush, and at theicentre of this the old man now drove /a fifth stake, and tied his fighting copk to it by a very short tether. Then he opened all the little nooses and spread them care fully on the ground within the square. Justin inspected his work. “It is very good,” he announced at last. “One would not believe that this old man could be so wise. The wild rooster hears this one. He wishes to fight. All roosters w’ish to fight al ways. He comes from the wood, danc ing, so! This one crows and fluffs out his feathers, so! The wild rooster comes to the little fence and they look at each other, so!” Said Justin, using Tranquid for illustration. “He cannot pass under the little fence; it is too low’. He cannot step *ver it; it is too high. He hops, so! ^is foot falls in the noose, and—so!” said Justin, danc ing on one foot and cackling shrilly. “Abaa. It is very goal. The old man is much wiser than one would think to look at him.” The old man listened to this mono logue with disgust. ( “Now we shall go and be very quiet. Tbe manuk del monM does not like noisy ones,” be said, gmneing at Justin. So we went and sat down where some bushes screened us and yet left us a view of the trap. After half an hour Justin curled up and went to sleep. The breeze yas cool and the grass was soft, and spon I followed his example. I was awakened by a bell-like call from the forest. TJte captive rooster was dancing at his stake. Presently he flapped his wings a$d stood on tiptoe and answered scornfully. They chal lenged back and forrh till at last, with a boom of wings, the wild cock, the very one I had been dreaming of, dropped on the grass. As he catgbt sight of tbe traitor he spread all his splendid plumage and crowed again. And the reel bird an swered bravely. After all, it Was not his fault that he was a traitor. The wild bird ren forward with a swift, steady gait very unlike the awk ward strides of his tame cousins, and lowered his head and spread his ruff. Then he stood up straight and scratched sticks and grass into the air with a sturdy leg and crowed. The traitor kicked furiously at his tether, but It held, and the wild cock advanced to the fence. For a moment the two looked at each other with lowered heads, and then I they sprang. The traitor, of course, j collapsed in an ignominious heap. As the wild cock landed Inside the fence, his foot barely touched the ground. But the touch was enongh. One of the little nooses tightened about his legs, and as he sprang again he, too, came down with a Jerk. The birds were rising to face each other when we ran forward, and he turned toward us at the noise. I ex pected to see him struggle madly to escape. But the brave little fellow faced us, and flapped his wings and stretched his neck, challenging us fear lessly. In a moment the old man had tossed a handkerchief over his head and loosened the noose, and I held him between my hands. I could feel the lithe muscles taut as Steel wires beneath my fingers, and the heart beating furiously, but he made no sound and did not struggle. I looked at the lustrous markings of his back and wings, and thp long, drooping tail- feathers, and then all at once came a picture of the draggled, spiritless cap tive back in the old man’s yard. I plucked away tbe handkerchief and tossed him Into the air. His wings beat very loud in the still ness, and we all started. Then I looked round sheepishly. Tranquid was star- ( ing up stupidly, with his mouth in a big, round O. Justin was laughing, but suddenly he pointed excitedly to Tran- quid’s mouth and shouted: “Look, senor! I have found him. There be goes. Look! Look!” And it would be bard to say whether the old man gazed at Justin or me with the deeper disgust.—Youth’s Companion. ^^-IfBMANCE OF A HYMN. __ How the Famous “Abide With Me” Came to Re Written. Henry Francis Lyte, author of that matchless composition, “Abide With Me,” for twenty years was a sufferer from consumption. During this time he was the minister over a parish composed largely of fisher-folk in a coast town of England. He labored faithfully among his people, yet he always longed to do something that would have an influence for the good of humanity after his death—a longing which found expression In a beautiful poem. The story of how this desire came to be fulfilled through writing “Abide With Me” is related in the De- 1 lineator, in a very interesting paper by Allan Sutherland, giving the history and romance of the famous hymn. “In the autumn of 1847 his physi cians Informed Mr. Lyte that it would be necessary for him to reiinquisli his work and spend the winter in Italy. When the last Sabbath of his stay in England (September 5, 1847,) arrived, he determined to preach once more to his little flock and to celebrate with them the Lord’s Supper. In spite of the protest of friends, he carried out his intentions, although scarcely able to stand in the chancel. In words of melting tenderness he pleaded with his people to live holy lives, and when he took his leave of them there was scarcely a dry eye in the church. The day had been well-nigh perfect, and in the late afternoon, recovering some what from the strain of the service in the church, he walked slowly and feebly down the terraced walk to the u ho loved so well nnrl which he Physiol** ftwfcrafe liito hfs ktite room. *h«fe a rffi'fhhfft ’his fcSttehUj are Waiting)—Who has bY&fc waiting the longest? Tailor (who ha« called to present his bill)—I have, doctor; I delivered the clothes to you three years ago— i - Tlasgow Evening Times. VAIN HOPE. “Banks, can you remember Just how much I owe you?” “Thirteen dollars and twenty-five cents." “That’s the exact sum, eh? Thank you.” “Well—why did you want to know?* “I thought perhaps ycu’d forgot ten it, that’s all.”—Cleveland Leader. FITSpermanontlyenrM. 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The following letters to Mrs. Pink- ham demonstrate the power of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound in such cases. Mrs. L. C. Glover, Vice-President of Milwaukee Business Woman's Associa tion, of 614 Grove Street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkliam:— “I was married for several years and no children blessed our home. The doctor said I bad a complication of female troubles and I could not have any children unless I could bo cured. For months I took his medicines, trying in vain for a euro, hut at last my hus band became disgusted and suggested that I Many Women Have Been Benefited by try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound; this I did, and I improved steadily in nealtb, and in less than two years a beautiful child came to bless our home. Now we have something to llvo for, and all the credit Is due to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound.” Mrs. Mae P. Wharry Secretary of the North Shore Oratorical Society, The Norman, Milwaukee, Wis., writes. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “ I wa* married for five years and gave birth tp-two premature children. Lydia E. Pinkbam’s Vegetable Compound was recom mended to me, and r»m so glad I took it, for it changed me from a~iVeS.k. nervous woman to a strong, happy and healthy oue within seven months. Within two years little girl was born, which is the pride ahtt- J oy of our household. Every day I blee* .ydla E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for the Ught, health and happiness it brought to our nome.” If any woman thinks she is sterile, or has doubts about her ability to carry a child to a mature birth let her write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., whose advice is free to all expectant or would-be mothers. She has helped thousands of women through this anx ious period. Women suffering with irregular or painful menstruation leucorrhcea, dis placement ulceration or inflammation of the womb, that bearing down feel ing or ovarian trouble, backache, bloat ing or nervous prostration, should re member that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound holds the record for the greatest number of actual cures of woman's ills, and accept no substi tute. Mrs. Pinkham’s Advice and Medicine. was about to leave forever. The spell of the hour was upon the minister. While the bright sunset colors faded into the sober grays of twilight, he slowly made his way back to the house in prayerful silence and went to his room. When he joined his family a little later he bore in his hand the words that were destined to move thousands. His prayer had been an swered. His last evening in his old home had produced that which will be a blessing so long as the heart turns to its Maker for help in times of need.” The Mall Order House. In the following brief article from the North East Breeze on the Mail Or der House Is food for a whole lot of thought and reflection: When the catalogue comes from your mail order house draw an easy chair to the table where the light will shine full on the pages and put on your glasses, that no bargains may escape your eye. What a wonderful book it is to be sure—wonderful in what it does not contain as well as what it does. We miss some things we would be glad to see. Where is their offer to pay cash or to exchange goods for your wheat, oats, corn, beans, butter, eggs and hay? How much do they pay for cat tle and sheep f. o. b. your depot? How much tax will they pay to support your schools and educate your chil dren? - -For improving roads and bridges, for support of the county, for the expense of running the business of the township, county and State? On what page do they offer to con tribute money to support the church? What line of credit will they extend to you when your crops are poor and money gone; when through illness or misfortune you are not able-to send “cash with order” for your groceries, | clothing, farm tools and crockery? Where Is their offer to your entertain ment next Fourth of July? In short, will they do anything to provide a market for what you have to sell, and thereby keep up the value of your real estate? Will they do any thing for social, church, school or gov ernment support, or do they take your dollars out of the community with no returns except the goods you buy? 00 For this beautiful, Top Buggy, manu factured by us here lu Atlanta, Georgia, a Southern Buggy for Southern trade, has a fine Leather Quarter Top, has Genuine Leather, Spring Bottom Cushion, and Leather Back, is Elegantly Painted, and fully Guaranteed. For this fine Collar and Hame Sr 1 * harness, sold with every GOLDEN EAGLE BUGGY, regular retail price $12.50. Catalog and full description sent on request. Golden Eagle Buggy Co. 158-160 Edgewood Ave., Atlanta, Qa. Thoughtful people have been grati fied by the evident trend of college- student sentiment toward literature as complimentary to athletics, says the San Francisco Argonaut. One has felt that there might yet come out of Berkeley or Stanford an Arasmus for Greek, a Bentley for conjectural criti cism, or a Macaulay for style and imagination- -arni—WiwgVA.—It salghA even be said that the “literary pub lications,” as they are self-styled, of the State university have been soon er or later to fall upon some priceless gem of style or thought. ForFarhOr Fireside Shoes which meet every demand made upon them for wear rntrstyle last torigg* w/i Iwik. toUer, POSSIBLY. Miss Askerman—Mr. Nuptal, the widower, has been married twelve times. Miss Hopester—Why don’t he mar ry again? Miss Askerman—Probably he is sup erstitious.—Woman’s Home Compam Ion. Time Flies. A small boy who was waiting wlih his mother In a twelve-story office building on Chestnut street the other day, watched with fascination an Indi cator which showed, by a pointing hand on a dial, where the mounting car was. “Mamma,” he said, “now I know why everybody here hurries so. Just look how fast that clock goes!”— Philadelphia Record. How’* Till*? Weoftar One Hundred Dollars Reward tor any case of OatarrU that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Chaney for the last 16 jeaxa.andbellevehim perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Tbuax, wholesale Druggists, To ledo, O, Waldino, Kins an & Marvin, Wholesalo Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, ast- Ingdirectly upon the blood and mucoussur- faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 73o. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists, j Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. Schiller'* Father’s Wish. Apropos of the Friedrich Schiller centenary It is Interesting to recall that wheu the news of the birth of tho poet reached his father, the latter be sought God to bestow upon the boy “those gifts of mind nnd soul to which he himself, through lack of education, had never attained.” “ALWAYS just correct CLOVER BRAND SHOES JUST THE KIND YOU WANT Your dealer will see that you are supplied with these shoes if you insist. Every dealer ought to give you the best. See that you get these. For business or dress ask for “SIR KNIGHT” Pprlljptmpr-^uiartB (Eo. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXC L.U SIVI STS ST. L.OUIS, U. S. A. CART. GRAHAM’S CURE Saved by a Pipe. Bob Chestnut's visit to town on : Thursday recalls the story of how his coolness saved his life in an altercation | with an Irishman in a Western cattle camp many years ago. The Irishman was a bully and a bad man. He started something with Bob. While the latter always wore a brace of six- shooters in his belt, he also carried a sudden emergency Derringer in his outside coat pocket. The Irishman had i an eleven-inch Colt's already in his | hand. Bob thrust his hand in his pocket for his Derringer, but the ! weapon had slipped down in a hole in the lining. His hand coming in con tact with his pipe, he quickly drew it j out and placed it in his mouth. The , Irishman lowered his gun, which he j had elevated when Bob thrust his hand in hi.® pocket. Bob reached for his pocket again, presumably for his to bacco. Fumbling around, he secured the Derringer, brought it into play like a flash of lightning—and they carried the Irishman away. Bob took a trip to the British possessions for his health, although this was hardly necessary, as j the shooting was a plain case of s«Li-1 4cfen§e.—Coffeyville (Mo.) Journai. Bora* on Face* an<l Back—Tried Many Doctor* Without Sucre**—Give* Thank* to Culicura. Captain W. S. Graham, 1321 Koff St., ! Wheeling, W. Va., writing under date of June 14, ’04, says: “I am ?o grateful 1 want ! to thank God that a friend recommended ! Cuticura Soap and Ointment to me. 1 | suffered for a long time with sores on my | face and back. Lome doetprs said I had blood poison, and others that I had bar- j bers’ itch. None of them did me any good, but they all took my money. My friends tell me my skin now looks as clear as a baby’s, and I tell them all that Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment did it.” It costs only three francs to cremate a human being in France. Truths that Strike Home Your grocer is honest and—if he cares to do so—can tell you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he sells you. How can he know, where it originally came from, how it was blended—or With What —or when roasted? If you buy your coffee loose by the pound, how can you expect purity and uniform quality ? LION COFFEE, tbeLEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, Is of necessity uniform in quality, strength and flavor. For OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE has been the standard coffee in millions of homes. LION COFFEE la carefully packed at our factories, and until opened In yonr home, has no chance ol being adul terated, or ol coming In contact with dust, dirt, germs, or unclean hands. In each package of LION COFFEE you got on6 full pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine. (Lion head on every package.) (Save lire Lion-head* for valuable premiums.) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. 0<ST0 St. Moritz. Switzerland. Ha* the biggest toboggan slide in the world. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething,soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion,allays pain,cures wind colic,25c.abottle. Two tons of rags ere required to make one of paper. I am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved my life three year* ago.—Mrs. Thomas Rob- xbts, Maple St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb, 17,1000 Russia in Europe alone has an area of 2,000,000 square miles. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion. Never Fails. Sold bv all druggists, $1. Mail orders promptly filled by Dr. E. Detchon, Crawforusville, Ind. London’s new county hall, on the Thames, will cover 5.6 acres. WINCHESTER "NUBLACK” BLACK POWDER SHELLS The “Nublack” is a grand good shell. It is good in construction, primed with a quick and sure primer, and carefully loaded with the best brands of powder and shot. It is a favorite among hunters and other users of black powder shells on account of its uniform shooting, evenness of pattern and strength to withstand reloading. ALL DEALERS SELL THEM LFMTTf STOCK FARM, J. CROUCH & SON, Prop’s. LARGEST IMPORTERS IN AMERICA OF THE Great German Coach=5taIllons The Best Horse to Croa* on Small Sonthern Mares. EVKRY Ct>L.T A HIGH-CLASS OKU. The Coming horse for the South. Our last importation of 10S Stallion* arrived Feb. 20th. All Stallions guaranteed; lib era! term* made. Catalogue on application. If your country needs a stallion write u*. J. CROUCH A SON, Nashville, Tensi.