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Professional Trunk Packers. In almost every large city there are women who earn money by their skill in trunk packing. Last summer several fashionable summer hotels, em| ployed a woman permanently to render p.- this service to their guests. The success of the experiment will probably f induce other hotels to provide the same V convenience. ^' I Wn*? Ideaa of American Women. The Chinese minister. Wu Ting : Fang, has this to say of the American women of today: "No foreigner in America fails to be impressed with the importance of the role women play in this country. Their activity in the social and business world gives certain subtle qualities to American life not found where the influence of women is less generally and definitely exerted. "It seemed to me once that there was danger of woman usurping man's place in the world. I have come to think it does not much matter if^she does. I |l|believe in tne survivai 01 ine nttesi. Success, surely, is the only test of fit& ness. Let the women go on, then; let [l-^Cthem go as far as they can. "Those who are unfit for the race will fall by the wayside and only the truly fit can win." That Large Black Pot. Fortunately for the peace of fashionable womankind the veil with large isolated black lozenges has now become less popular. To get those spots In the right place, so that they would be beautifiers, like the patches worn in Pompadour days, was one of the greatest trials of last winter. If the reil happened to slip, as was freluently the case, it sometimes gave >ne the appearance of having lost a "rent tooth, or of eyebrows meeting iritk a terrific scowl, or of having a nose if abnormal size. To such an extent lid that veil pray upon the feminne mind that when a certain fashiontble woman fainted in church, her first ict when she revived was to whisper inxiously to her friend, who held her lead, "Please put my dots right," and hen, overcome with the exertion, she ainted again.?New York Tribune. Panels of VolTet. Cloth skirts a la mode have entire ireadths of-dark colored velvet let ino them, as deep panels from the waistand to the hem. The panels are skillally gored, and are quite narrow at he top, so as to avoid giving the wearr a clumsey churn-like aspect Sealrown velvet is let into a cloth gown f the same color. The most frequent sample is seen in the black cloth own. If only two panels are used one I would occupy the iront or middle breadth, and the other the middle of the back. This effect, however, is not nearly so good as where the' back breadth is of cloth. If three panelB are used one would be in front and two at the sides. A single panel in front is better than the two described above. You could have two panels look well if you arranged them each one side of the front middle breadth. Put no lace insertions or medallions nor any braid trimming, gilt or otherwise, upon the velvet skirt panels. They are intended to be perfectly plain. Why Some Women Become Na roes. The work of learning to be a nurse is not easy, as those novices find who enter the training school from comfortable and even luxurious homes. Many motives impel the choice of this profession, apart from the woman's natural learning to kind deeds and the ''' need of earning a living. Sometimes a ^?-- w oman lakes upon herself the long ~ training service because she feels that f hers is rather a useless life and ought & to bo made at least capable of useful ness, whether or not she goes on with nursing ps a profession in after years. It is^said that this class of students ?& learn the hardest and most disagreeable duties with a sort Of radiant brightness in their daily rounds that does pot shine upon the faces of those who but less imagination and more practical necessity into the work. The presence of an ideal illumines almost any occupation. ? Some Splendid Kttotu Girls. The St Louis Post Dispatch publishes under the head of "Hustling Girls of Kansas" these entertaining paragraphs: ' Miss Mattie Hush of Ness county jfc, feeds, harnesses and works four horses, plows and sows and helps harvest the crops on the ranch,, waters and feeds T-?- -5(1 hcid tit"cattle, and, with her elder sister, milks 40 cows twice a day. Miss Elizabeth Goodman, who lives five miles west of Galena, is 24 years of"age. With the assistance of her younger sister she operates a farm of 60 acres, and is getting rich. Miss Lillian E. Hall of Winfield has been appointed by Governor Stanley to be coroner of Cowley county. Miss Grace Kennedy of Atchison weighs only 87 pounds, and a yard and a quarter of goods will make her a waist. Three yards of binding will go round her skirt, and two and a quarter yards of goods will make her a skirt. Miss Esther Searle of Cawker City is a blacksmith. Miss Olive Jones, the 19-year-old daughter of "Buffalo" Jones of Topeka ha? sold a story to Harper's for $150. It tells of the capture of two mountain sheep which "Buffalo" Jones was recently delegated to find by the authorities of the Smithsonian institute. Shirtwaists Confines in Fnvor. The shirtwaist seems to have been adopted as a permanent part of the American woman's outfit. The predictions made each year by cynical observers have never been borne out by facts. This year the leading modistes of not only this country, but of the great foreign centres of fashion, report as large an assortment of these simple and convenient garments as ever before. Already new designs for the early and middle spring are in the market; and, beyond these, may be studied the creations which are to be worn next July. For spring wear, the tendency is toward silks and silk mixtures. There is already a notable variety in these attractive textiles. Taffeta, wash silk, corded silk. China and Japan silk, Louisine and several French combinations of silk with other tissues are upon the counters, and have won merited praise. In decorative treatment, there is larger latitude than last seasofi. To the critic it would seem as if women had grown tired of a simple exterior and were about to replace it with rich ornamental effects. This . . is noticeable in many details. There is a larger use of stripes, dots, figures and geometrical patterns in the dress goods. Lace stripes and insertions, embroidery in silk floss, tucks and pleats, straps and other ornaments are finding a much more generous employment While this, in the main, makes the spring shirtwaist more expensive than formerly, it is more attractive and satisfactory to the wearer. Thus far there has been no great change in the cut and general effect of the waist. In many the yoke has been given up; in others there has been adopted a slight swell or bouffante toward the belt, suggesting a modified Russian blouse effect so popular a few yearv ago. Paris'* Helen Keller. A woman we have been extremely interested in lately, or a young girl | rather, is Marie Heurtin, a rrencn j Helen Keller, but even more wonderful than Helen Kellar, since the latter lost the senses of sight, speech and. hearing at the age of 18 months, so that the two senses left may be aided by unconscious cerebration, based upon early impressions or unconscious memory of impressions gained before these senses !< disappeared. Marie Heurtin, however, unlike Laura Bridgman, Helen Ke21aror Martha Obrech. was born deaf, dumb and blind. Up to the time when she was ten years old she was apparently not only completely idiotic, but also a most impossible little person who lay down on the ground and rolled at the slightest thing which displeased her, shrieked for hours together, only slapped people if they tried to show her any tenderness, and was altogether , so violent that she was sent away from two institutions for deaf mutes, and passed on to the nuns at Larnay as a perfect little savage for whom it was quite useless to try to do anything. I know of no more fascinating story than that of the means by which these devoted sisters first tamed the little shrew, then taught her. Sister St. Marguerite it was who gave her her first idea. Marie Heurtin had brought away with her a little knife, which she seemed to love. Sister St. Marguerite, who had got the child's confidence in a way, took away the knife, making meanwhile in the hand of the little girl the sign which in the deaf and dumb language means knife. Then the knife was put back into her hand with the same sign. After a time Marie Heurtin began to comprehend that there was a connection between the sign and the object From the knife Sister St. Marguerite went on to repeat the same experience with the fruits the little girl liked best?Harper's Bazar. For dressy "occasions ivory cloth is made up with cluny lace and touches of gold. French camelshair serge is one of the popular materials for the spring tailor-made gown. Silk and linen mixtures in dainty colorings and strips are among the new fabrics for shirtwaists. For wear with a gown of light, then material, the petticoat should be made with a deep yoke, as the gathers of the other kind show through. Drap de kar is a new material for shirtwaists. It is a soft woolen, something like a very fine cashmere, and comes in various lovely snaaes. Evening gloves with embroidered eyelets and facing at the top are one of the new fads, and it seems to be a useful one for keeping the gloves up at the top. Long ostrich plumes are now split, then rolled over ropes or swathing of tulle, which lie on top of the hat brim. This genre for evening wear has a crown of gold embroidered tulle, and is made upon a net frame. Swiss muslins in great variety are displayed in the shops, some with very realistic designs in iarge flowers, others embroidered with white, black or the same color as the garment, and without limit as to patterns. Some of the pretty new muslins are printed in all-over designs with medallion effects, while other cotton fabrics show both cashmere designs and colors. As for the new batistes, they are prettier than ever, especially the embroidered varieties. Large Leghorn hats, drooping in front and back, are said to be a feature of the coming millinery for summer. They have high crowns encircled by roses arranged in a stiff manner, and a soft ribbon caught on the edge of the brim in front is carried to the edge of the brim in the back, where it is tied in a bow. A noved plan for protecting a dainty silk or lawn shirtwaist is suggested in an underwaist of very thin fine lawn, made with bishop sleeves gathered into dainty cuffs of lace or embroidery, a small, round yoke also of lace or embroidery and a transparent choker. . This can be laundered, Land the outside waist is made more dressy by cutting it out to meet the [ chemisette yoke of the underwaist The Bank of England'* Garden. Visitors to the inner courts of the bank of England are surprised to find a beautiful garden hidden away from j the dust of the city by those frowning black walls that gaze on Threadnee! die street. Just now the rhododendrons are in full bloom, and with the sparkling fountain in the centre present a scepe of much delight to the eye. This garden of the bank was once the churchyard of the St Christopherle-Stocks, a city church which was pulled down a century ago to extend the bank premises. It got its name from the stocks market which once occupied the site of the Mansion House opposite, and this in its turn was so named from the city stocks that stood there. This quiet garden was very ousy m j 1848 during the Chartist scare. Sandbags were piled up here in readiness to strengthen the walls, and regulars and volunteers assembled among the flower beds to repel the attack that never came. The windows overlooking the garj den are those of the courtroom of the ! bank.?London Star. Too Much Food. Much of the sinking, tired and empty I feeling from which business men who work their brains alone so often suffer J is due to the accumulation of toxins j in the system which want "working I off." J'wo meals a day and active exj ercise are the preventive, and there is no exercise which can be got at any time and by anybody to the extent that walking can. But to do good it must not be sauntering. Really "smart" walking is what is wanted.?The Hospital . ' * DEERING AT PARIS IN 1900, r The Famous Chicago Hanreittr Company Received Sore and Greater Honors Than Were Ever Before Accorded an American Exhibitor in (ho History of Ex- ; positions* America may well feel proud of the inter- j est which her citizens too* in the Paris Exposition and the elaborate exhibits which were prepared with consummate skill and displayed in a manner not excelled by any other country, j Those of Harvesting Machinery in particular were most complete and interesting. The I Deering Harvester Company, of Chicago, ! America's foremost manufacturer of this line of goods, was accorded the position of honor, ' having contributed more to the advancement j of the art of harvestirig than any other manu- ; facturer, living or dead, and with a greater array of important inventions to its credit than anv other companv in the world. Yisitora to tho Exposition -were prompt to accord the Deering exhibits supreme honor*, and it only remained for official mandate to ratify the popular verdict, which waa done in a manner as substantial as it waa well-merited. I Each one of the seven Peering exhibits secured j tho highest award in its class. In addition to four high decorations, the Deering Harvester Company received twenty- .} five awards, or twenty-nino in all, as follows: Decoration of Officer of the Lemon of Honor, j j Decoration of Chevalier of too Legion of j Honor, Two Decorations of Officer of Merit* Agricolo, a Special Certificate of Honor, Th* ! Grand Prize, Six Gold Medals, Six 8ilver j Medals and Eleven Bronze Medals, including Deering Collaborator Medals. The Decoration of Legion of Honor was in- ! atituted by Napoleon Bonaparte when First Consul in 1802, and is only conferred in recog- j nition of distinguished military or civil achievements. It is the highest distinction in the gift of the French ltepublic. Tho Decoration of Merite Agricole is an honor of but slightly less importance, which is conferred upon those who have contributed , greatly to the advancement of agriculture. An Official Certificate of Honor was accord- j ed the Deering lteirospective Exhibit, which showed the improvements in harvesting machinery during the past century, and excited tho highest praiso of the French Government Officials who had entrusted to the Deering j Harvester Company tho preparation of thi* most important exhibit. By special request this exhibit has been presented to the National Museum o* Arts and Sciencos at Pari*, where ; it has become a permanent future of that j world-famed institution. The Deering Twine Exhibit and Corn Har- j Tester Exhibit, both of which received the highest awards, have by request of the French ! Government been presented to tho National Agricultural Collogo of France. There was no field trial, either official or otherwise, in connection with the Paris Expo- j sition, but the most important foreign contest tho past season was held under the auspices of i AL- ? Twna*.! P/\vvM?kiooiAn of. IHa fklV IUC IkUSSlttll JUApcil VUIUUiiaiiV! v.. er'.mental Farm of Tomsk, Siberia, August I 14tb to 18th. All the leading American and ! European machines participated and were j subjected to tho most difficult tests by the j. Government Agriculturist. Tho Expert Com- ! mission awarded the Deering Harvester Com- j j panv tho Grand Silver Medal of the Minister j of Agriculture and Domain, which was the i highest award. The Dcering Harvester Works are tho larg- : est of their kind in the world, covering eighty- ! | five acres and employing C000 people. They ! are equipped with modern automatic mai chinos, many of which perform the labor of from five to fifteen hands. * j j. This Company is also the largest manufac- ; j turer of Binder Twine in the world, having j been first to produce single-strand binder . twine, such as is in general use today, making j over a third of tho product of tho entire ! j world. Tho output 01 its factory for a single i day would tie a band aronnd the earth at tne j equator, with several thousand miles to spare, j I Ths annual production would fill a freight i train twenty miles long. Made into a mat two j foet wide, ii would reach across the American . Continent from ocean to ocean. Deering machines are known as Light Deaft Deaj.8, consisting of Binders, Mowers, : Reapers, Corn Harvesters, Shredders and ; Rakes. This Company exhibited at tho Paris Expor ii tion an Automobile Mower, which attracted much attention, and exhibitions were gi\ en with one of theeo machines in the vicinity of j I Paris throughout the season. MAKING A MONKEY OF HIM. i He?Of course something must be allowed for exaggeration. As a mati ter of fact, women aren't such fools I as they appear to be. She?How gallant! I wish I could j say the same about the men.?Boston | Transcript. A WINNER. I There was a man in our town. And he was wonderous smart. | He never tried to get there till j He had a first-class start. ? - i ?Detroit Free Press. j DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS? j | Pen Picture for Women. < " I am so nervous" there is not a well inch in my whole body. I am so weak at my stomach and have indi- I gestion horribly, and palpitation of j I the heart, and L am losing flesh. This i headache and backache nearlv kills me, and 3-esterday I nearly had nyster ics; there is a weight in the lower part j" i of my bowels bearing down all the 1 time, and pains in my groins and ! thighs; I cannot sleep, walk, or sit, i ana I believe I am diseased all over; no one ever suffered as I do." This is a description of thousand^ of j cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's , attention daily. An inflamed and ul- : cerated condition of the neck of the i j rromb can produce all of these symp- j Mrs. Johx Williams. toms, and no woman should allow ! herself to reach such a perfection of j misery when there is absolutely no i ! need of it. The subject of our por- j i trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams of ! [ English town, N.J., has been entirely ! i cured of such illness and misery by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- j ! pound, and the guiding advice of Mrs. | Pinkham of Lynn, Mass. Is'o other medicine has such a record j for absolute cures, and no other medi- , cine is "just as good." Women who ! ; want a cure should jnsist upon getting | Lj-dia E. PinkKififi's Vegetable Com- j pound when th?y ask for it at a store, j Anywaj-, write a letter to Mrs. Pink- j ham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her all j your troubles. IJer advice is free, -?? PRICE. 25 c. Mention this Paper gfl Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use W J in time. Sold by druggists. W t NP aaBE^ j ?????M?????? SCIENCE AND INDUSTRr. The Sweetwater dam, said to be th? finest example of masonry in California, as well as the largest dam on the PacAc slope, has been dry for more thai/*' three years, until the recent i heavy rains. It is now overflowing. Sweetwater dam is one of the sights i visited annually by thousands of tourists. It supplies water to National City. Paris has been suffering for months from a great plague of flies and other insects. Naturalists trace this to the wholesale slaughter of birds for worn-, en's hats, and the ministry of ugri.ikUiim v>oc iccnoH n similar 0?'^ ?ring CUUU1C ua?9 ACWUVU M ' - _ a stricter observance of the laws enacted for the protection of birds. Caterpillars occasionally crawl from their hiding places on warm days in winter. The most common of these is I a thick furred worm with a red coat banded with black, which has the appearance of chenille. Of the caterpillars that live through the winter a large number belong to species that require more than one season to devel- , op from the egg to the perfect insect. The year 1900 was an excellent year for fruit in Switzerland, and a manufacturing firm in the canton of Aagau decided to erect a plant for utilizing the apple crop. Machinery was put in I for peeling, coriii^and slicing apples. ! The baking was accomplished by placing the slices on trays which were something like gridirons, one being placed over another in the ovens. An electric motor was used to warm the 1 air for the baking. Large deposits of magnesite have been found in southern India, andiheofficers i of a Portland cement works at Ma- i dras have succeeded in producing a white cement plaster which has magnesium for a basis. This cement can be used for plastering walls, and dries so speedily that rooms are ready for occupancy within 48 hours. It can be painted or else colored by mixing col- ' oring matters, and it is extremely val- i uable from a sanitary standpoint, as it can be washed down. The cement is i as hard as Portland cement, while at j the same time, it can be moulded like j plaster of paris. It is thought that the } material, which can be used either in- j doors or outside, will play an impor- tant part in house building in India. In the Hemshof dye and soda fac- j tory near Mannheim, Ger., a workman named Montag has invented a substi- j tute for coal, which costs about 25 j cents per 220 pounds to manufacture. | Peat is the basis, with the addition of j certain secret chemicals pressed into ; bricks. The product gives a great heat, burns with a bright flame, leaves j no slag and only a small quantity of white ash. Certain Mannheim capital- { ists have tried to obtain the secret ; from the inventor by offering him a position as director in a company to be j established, giving him a salary of j $4000 and 2 percent of the net profits, j but he has refused this offer because he wants to control the sale of the in- j vention himself. Mr. Gehrig, the sec- ; retary of the Mannheim chamber of ; commerce, has undertaken to procure | the means to manufacture the article ; in partnership with the inventor. They have bought peat land, and will erect i the buildings large enough to keep sev-J erel hundred men at work, with a ' daily output of 60 tons. | rreclons Stone* Co Up. The tendency of prices of precious I stones has been upward for more than 1 three years, and it is to be assumed as ! certain that they will be maintained j all along the line. Pearls are very j high in price. The patience of the ! Chinese and East Indians who send i pearls to Europe for sale is proverbial, i They do not part with them until they 5 are paid their own prices. This also j explains why pearls have within the ' last 100 years only risen, but never j fallen, in price. Large rubies are very rare today, , and are bought at almost fabulous j prices. Emeralds are seen in plenty in in- j ferior qualities, but the medium and j fine grades, especially in current sizes, j are rare and bring high prices. The high and rising price of dia- ' monds is now universally known, i Since diamonds are required as long , as jewelry is used?for they are not ; subject to fashion like other stones? ; no amount *of obstinacy on the part \ of the dealers or jewelers would De | able to break the power of the monop- j oly. To this must be added the by no ! means unimportant factor that the wages paid for cutting have of late j been raised 30 percent.?Jewelers' Circular. Tralri? Docs Western I'ests. The destructive prairie dog is him- ' self to be destroyed by an act of con- | gress. Hundreds of acres of cattle j .range in western Kansas are being i ruined by these little creatures. And now Representative Cone of ! Haskell county, has introduced a bill asking for $10,000 to buy poison with which to kill off the entire prairie dog population. In many western counties j the mounds in which the dogs live are scattered by hundreds over the j prairies, and these mounds are the homes of countless thousands of the rodents. The dogs burrow into the ground and I gnaw the roots of buffalo grass, the j principal food of the great cattle herds j of the west. The prairie dog is not the only pest i with which governments have had to i carry on warfare. In Australia the j jack rabbits have caused such destruc- j tion of the grass that the people go j out in-gre&t parties and make jack rab- j bit round ups, or drives. Thousands j are killed in these drives, but still the creatures increase. "Not What rt NVeded. A Walnut Hill resident made up his ! mind a fpw davs aeo to begin taking ; ice from the local ice trust. Having ' various brands of bottled goods in his ; refrigerator, he thought it best to have ; the ice man leave the ice on the back porch. Accordingly he came down i town one morning, and, dropping into a hardware store, purchased a pair of I ice tongs. "I'm going to carry my own ice into the house and put it into my refrigera- ; tor," he said in explanation of bis pur- < chase. Two or three days later he again j entered the store, bringing the ice | tongs with him. Walking up to the clerk who had sold him the tongs, the i man said: "Say, I made a mistake when 1 i bought these things. I don't.need aj pair of ice tongs; what I need is a ; sponge."?Omaha World-Herald. A wife may be a husband's balance wheel, but he usually wants to operate the brake. v* Knew When Washday Came. i To teach a child one particular | thing often proves to be a most vexa- [ tious job. The child is as a rule ready ; ' to say anything but the particular 1 thing desired. A young couple sought to Impress ! on their little daughter's mind the j names of the days of the week a few I days ago. To facilitate their work i ' they repeated over and over again the j 1 rhyme beginning "Solomon Grun,dy I was born on Sunday." I J The little tot was finally able to re- j < peat it fairly well. The more difficult part of the lesson then came. "Now," said her father, "what day was yesterday?" "Sunday," came the quick response. : "What day is to-day?" 1 "Monday, I dess," came the more un- j certain reply. i ' "Well, what day is to-morrow?" There was no hesitancy here. "It's washday," triumphantly replied the little girl.?Cleveland Leader. j f A Cheese as Letter Box. An English tradesman commenced j correspondence with a Canadian dairy farmer by finding a tin box containing the name and address of the farmer in a cheese he purchased. The note also asked the finder to < communicate with the writer and ex- 1 press an opinion upon the cheese. The request was acted upon. i In his latest letter the Canadian 1 gave a glowing account of the dairying industry in his country. A REMINDER. "A baby reminds me of poetry," said j the sentimentalist. "Yes," answered the man of family. "It remindB me of poetry, too; especi- ( ally when it is inclined to be bad and ] you have' to walk' the floor composing < it."?Washington Star. _____ 1 StrallOTrcd His False Teefb. A man recently swallowed his false teeth end it drove him road. Stomachs will stand i a great deal, but not-everything. If yours is 1 weak try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It cures ] indigestion, constipation, kidney and liver troubles, as well as malaria and fever and ague. It is particularly effective in all nervous affections, and is strongly recommended < at this season of the year when the system is run-down and most snsceptiblo to disease. ' >? J J-i_ t'AAn U AU UXUgglDfcO i?* The worker wasps, like the worker bees, are smaller than the queens or males. If Ton Have Dyspepsia Send no money, but write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis., Box 14S, for six bottles of Dr. Shoop'a Restorative; express paid. If cured, pay $5.60; If not, it is free. The man who lives on the top of a mountain shouldn't object to climate. The American People Are the greatest sufferers from Constipation. Many casos have b9en cured effectually with small doees of Crab Orchard Water. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25cabotfcle The Public Library of Chicago has 260,- j 000 volumes. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used I for all affections of throat and lungs.?War. ! 0. Ekdslky, Yenburen, Ind., Feb. 10,1S00. Rhode Island is one of the thirteen original States and smallest in the Union. If you want "good digestion to wait upon your appetite" you should always chew a bar of Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frntti. The ambidextrous chap can make bis left band his write hand. 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Take oar ado|f%| a tart wll *" guarantee to cnrc^iaoaey refund iiiniiiiiiiiiuiirimiiiiiiiiiniii s t ' * ~ < A CLEAR GAIN. "Did many people turn out to hear you read from your works?" she asked i the eminent author. j "Yes," he replied, "there was a large audience; but newly everybody ; left before I got fairly started." "Dear me! And did you have to re- ; turn the money that was taken in at ! th9 box office?" "No. A Are engine went past the i I hall just as I was starting on my part 3f the programme."?Chicago TimesHerald. Spring Cleaning Ufade Easy. j ftiucn 01 IUC terror 01 upriug i-rcauuig iu?? be avoided by proper preparation. Settled weather should be selected for the work, and a supply of all needed articles in readiness. Ivory Soap will be found best for washing windows, paiuts and floors: it i harmless, and very effective in making the house clean and frtsh -Eliza It. l'avkor. A clean sweep of about a quarter of a million has been made by several English insurance companies. A gentleman who possessed the above amount did not agree with his relatives. Accordingly he purchased several annuities, but made a Dad investment, for only a week elapsed between the purchase of the last annuity and the death of the gentleman. Thus the whole of the money goes into the insurance companies' coffers. Ilis relatives get nothing. Each package of Putnam Fadeless Dye Jolors either Bilk, Wool or Cotton perfectly it one boiling. Bold by all druggists. According to recently published statistics Eerlin possesses now more tlan 50,300 telephones. Heredity is a comforting thing on which to blame our faults. IIow's Tills ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for my case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Ciiexet & Co., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac:ion3 and financially able to carry out any obligation mado by their firm. West <k Teuax Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Waldixo, Kixnan & JIabvik, Wholesalo Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous Burraces of the system. Testimonials sent free. n?rrr^ i.-iak o.ij i 11 I crrice, io'c. jjcx uutue. ouiu ujr iui jvx 11551013. Hall's Fr.mily Pills are the best. In South Australia there are only eightyfive women for every 100 men. Q TOR GOUT, TORP K? No medicine in the Mineral Laxative Wat y\ coveted more than 30 J9/ V nation in the world. ?1 Bnny Recommended by HI I jflXN physicians, from whorr KH1 / /V# y best Natural Laxative1 |FiV / * Its Action Is Speedy Wh I Every Druggist axa r / RCIf T?r the full name, I ml AvR " Hunyadi Jdnos." 8 K Sole Importer, Firm of At A LUXUR1 * Watch our next advertiser In every package of LION COFFE fact, no woman, man, boy or girl wil comfort and convenience, and which the wrappers of our one pound sealec ver Do I how you feel when your liver ole system is poisoned. A laz) . Your life becomes one long n tly, and in a peculiarly happy of the liver, driving all the bile : it, and strength to throw off the ^ jet swimmin'."? jfek f for srtth a torpid mhA ^ a claim for tfc nflES i ed first trial ti vW HH and was cos " jHV <be ^ glad t0, #ing the opgortoB "He did it 11 bowel trouble** appendicitis, biliousness, the itsuadi! bloated bowel*, fbnl n?ntht hmfter satiny, llrer troable* sallow com* ar bowels donrt more rejpilsrlj yon are ire people than all other diseases together, tent* and loan years of suffering that eeae yon, start tan I a* CAJCAKKTl today, for ell all the time until yon pnt year bowel* ;h CAiChEVT> today, ander an aboslnte led* US uiiiiiiimtiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiim ? ???? * ".-vl If Your Stomaoh I makes $fe miserable, Its your own fault. Dr. Greene, the discoverer of Dr. Greene's Nervura, will tell yen why this Is se, and Just exaotly bow to oure the whole trouble. This Information and advloe wlH oast you ' . nothing. Wri/a to Dr. Greene, 33 West I4th St, New York City. . ? 1 ' * / tj I' FTREE } I n , j > SHOTGUNS Factory loaded 1 Our 160 page(> aB<j 11 shotgun shells, 9 X .? ^ . rirrnov ininm sunrnnu ourtist i ..tT?ttrnftfat 19 A j ; illustrated cata- Mi^r.vr xviv^vw ? l | lotrue. the winning combination la the field er at (I EADER,"and I || | | the trap. All dealers sell them. % ? REPEATER." 1 !! FE9FF j[WINCHESTERREPEATIN8ARMSW.|! I I) rnrn^m^m 180Winchsst**Ay*^NnrHatxx,Cokk. \ i their#up?rk>nty. X ( LajmmmmmmmmAmmjmgggagjggxjggggmmgggj ft#######**##*# W. L. DOUGLAS jT\~ $3 & $3.50 SHOES SSS? fi&l The real worth of my flOO and 93.50 shoes compared with EBEm other makes Is 94.00 to #5.00. My #4.00 Gilt Edge Line cannot be fggtf Cn equalled at any price. Best In the world for men. /w JJ make and sell more (Men's fine shoes, Quintjenr ' J IT riimanu-nrnrn rrinw/i vmw . . . turer In the world. I will paySl.OOOtoaav one who can fl prove (but my itoiemeDt U not true. ^ ^ Dee la Xpke no wbftltotr? Insist on having W. L. Douglas shoes jk with name and price stamped on bottom. Your dealer sooold keep diem ; I give one dealer exclusive sale In each town. If he aoes not keep them and will not get then for yon, order direct from factory, enclosing price and 25c. extra for carriage. va-I Over 1,000,000 satisfied wearers. New Spring Catalog free. Tl rartCoW Eyelets mdcxelwively. f. L D0U6LAS, BfOCktWV, Iktt. Ji^plfppjVcatalog j Constipation j L~yj| I IV L, C X i. easily coretf and the towels restored I Vfl SPORTING 600DS ! J I vUfk RAWLINGS SPORTING t f HSg GOODS COMPANY, } GSO Loeeat St.? ST. LOUIS* Mo. { | ^hS|1 V "The Saaee that made WeatPof at fames*." j A | WclLHENNY S TABASCO, j j id liver and constipation, i a : world can relieve you like the Natural a I year* ago and now used fay every j f the natural remedy tor all atomaeh, T A bowel, liver and kidney troubles. By A 7 our method of concentration each 6 (ML IBB. ^ A bottle is equivalent to three fallocs Of A adiJdnos ' 9 trade mark ou w over one thousand of the most famous A ***** bottle- A l we hive testimonials, as the safest and 7 CRAB ORCHARD WATER CO., Leetaftftt 57a ter known to medical science. B B B B '? Sur0 and Gentle. It never grl|M8. OD Q V NEW DISCOVERY; **? i General Wholesale Grocer Sells It. . DR OPSYe^ ^ I Di IIC Label with : ? ree. Dr. K. H. 6R??H'S BOBS. Sax S.Atlaatfefla. j DLUC Red Centre Panel. I ?? UseCERTAIW SCURE.I;; | r WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL! I A TablespoonM to a Cup??. I | IS THE RULE FOR MAKING COPTEE I | BUT V* OF A TABLESPOOWFUL OF LionCnffAA I J will give you stronger coffee than a tablespoonful >1 ^r-7 Jj of any other kind. Here is where you save money! *f| || W USE LION COFFEE! I I J Always insist upon "getting it. LION COFFEE V j p | is absolutely pure, and not a coffee which is glazed SS ' or coated with egg mixtures or chemicals in order E Sf nent. to hide imperfections. ^ E you will find a fully illustrated and descriptive list No housekeeper, in 1 fail to find in the list some article which will contribute to their happiness, . they may have by simply cutting out a certain number of Lion Heads from W' 1 packages (which is the only form in which this excellent coffee is sold). WOOLSON SPICE CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. I n't Act? I don't act. Bile collects In the blood, bowels become J| r liver is an invitation for a thousand pains and aches to 3 leasure of irritability and despondency and bad feeling. 3 manner on the liver and bowels, cleansing, purifying, 5 from the blood, as is soon shown by increased appetite 2 /Jlsj vaste. Beware of Imitations! . - -5 -Washington sLr. * at * * Hl>cen troubled a great deal mait 2 - i liver, which produces oossttpa- Tha4 1 -"XXKM ad CASCARETS to be all you . 2 sm, sad secured such relief the ^ * ? V^R| tat I purchased soother supply I joy . 23 ' lpletely cured. I shall only be flv reeommesd Caecareu whenever 111 r ity la presented." J. A. Smith, hat A ? uehaana Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. cja^ 2J ?gl nuickly and Vmatically a?d " 3 Hissi VELS AND LIVER. j iOc =1 WM 113 II 25c. 50c 1 NEVER SOLD IN BULK. 3 DRUGGISTS S V CHETAJLAilTJCXD TO HISXi flw 7?m ** tte Int Wx of OAS* 3 CA.RETS wm mU. Xaw It U orer d? mllll? boyw a 7Wv |i ulti mw 3 (iBlUr BtticUe la thewarM. TW" U nWWgtrt airtt. mmk 3 oar b??t ttftUMBUL W? k*re flUtfc, *< will Mil GAflCAUTS slwlaMj 3 raarmitee^ to nre !- aoter wftnW. fr? k?7 t'fcy, two SSa Raze*, fim ?-# ^ JmrSi'i i hi 'I'liJft.TrTr^ri *"" 3 ' ^S