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Ih> 1 LIFE AND DEATH. So bo dies for his faith. That is fine? More than most of us do. But say. can you add to that line That ho lived for it too? In his death he bore witness at last As a martyr to truth. Did his life do the same in tho past From the days of his youth? It is easy to die. Men have died For a wish or a whim? From bravado or passion or pride. Was it harder for him? But to live?every day to !ive out All the truth that ho dreamt, While his friends met his conduct with doubt And the world with contempt. Was it thus that he plodded ahead, Never turning aside? Then we'll talk of the life that he led. Never mind how he died. ?Conservator. t ; The Usual Ghost Ji , \ \ j ! i x Bt Hale Howard Eichabi s:>2i. * j We were talking about ghosts and ; psychical phenomena in general when Lithgow volunteered a story. "I don't repudiate the ghost business. boys, but this is my nearest approach to an apparition. It was down in Rio " "Then it was lizards," interrupted Gammons, disgustedly. Some one fetched him with a chunk and Lithgow proceeded,? "It was down in Rio just after the | rebellion, when the navy bombarded j the city. I was there surveying on a projected railroad, and had hired a tliR nntcl-irtc nf the fmVTl I HV/UOC UU IUU VUU71V11 tw) V4. vuv vw " ?- j .All I needed was a rocm, but the price 1 asked was so low, and the little gar- I den with one or two orange and pa- I paw trees looked so inviting, that I took it The house was in bad repair, only one of the rooms down stairs being habitable by my standard. The other room was only floored in part, j but would do excellently for my pony, j "What was upstairs I didn't know, j as the steps of the rude"stairway had been removed, and the opening above boarded over. The neighborhood ; seemed respectable, and there was a small barraca opposite with several j companies of soldiers. "The first night, strange to say, I ! slept undisturbed, but may be I was ; used up from an unusually hard bit of : work. I was dimly conscious in the 1 morning of remembering that my { hmse had been restless during the I ' night, and of having accounted for it j by flies. The next day was pretty j warm even for May, and the night | failed to acquire its accustomed cool- ; ness. I kept awake a long while. ! Then I noticed an increased restlessness in the pony, and while wondering what I could do for her comfort; some i one began stalking in a deliberate ; fashion across tne paruy uoarat-u i floor. I expected to hear a voice, but J my unknown visitor held his tongue, j but maintained a mark-time sort of % pacing to and fro. "I jumped up without much attempt at silence, ran to the door and flung it open. The moonlight was sufficient to show an empty room, save for the quaking mare. The street door was ; securely barred, and I closed the window shutters, although it seemed impossible that any one could make a speedy exit by them. Then I went to bed again, speculating on the wherefore of the intrusion, but soon fell asleep. "However, on the following night ! the same monotonous and slightly harassing pit-pat was resumed. The ghost did not keep schedule time, that is the conventional midnight, but had ' a great faculty of perceiving the mo- 1 ment of my falling asleep. I arose cautiously, pistol ip hand, and stood listening by the door. Stamp, stump ?a somewhat irregular light and irregular step was certainly sounding from the other s'ide. I could hear the mare dribbling out her breath as shetisaa-^" ^?w^bled. When the footsteps sqeflTedjust oppositb~tEe doo?^E-iwist-fn. "But the pony was all alone. The moonlight streamed in the windows, for it had been too stifling to close the shutters. Daisy kept her head turned with frightened eyes toward a corner of the room, but there was nothing there. Somehow I felt loth to linger, and after soothing the trembling pony, went back to my room and shut the door carefully. Then I lit the lamp and read and thought and dozed till sleep overcame me altogether. "Feliciano, the lieutenant opposite, said with a shrug of his delicate shoulders that no one stayed in that casa very long. He wouldn't stay five minutes?after dark. So I invited one of the boys to the theatre and to stay with me all night. We had hardly blown out the light before the walking began. Donovan started up. " 'Who's your restless neighbor, Lithgow?' " T don't know. Maybe two of us can find out,' I answered in a ^hisper. 'You pull open the door and I'll jump in.' "But Donovan wanted the honor of jumping in, and I readily consented. We listened till Donovan whispered. If 'Now let me at him!' and in he sprang. " "By George! I heard him right tnere. JL-unguw, VUU re gut a. uarnu S There's been bloody murther! Let me -out!' "We didn't sleep much the rest of the night, because Donovan insisted on relating hair-raising ghost stories. I chaffed him into coming again. We made ourselves comfortable in the room with the horse. A game of euchre passed the time until 11 o'clock, and perhaps we took several swigs of Dutch courage. We blew out the light and lay down. I know I felt considerable suspense, reclining there right on the ghost's stamping ground, and Donovan was breathing heavily. "The suspense lasted long enough to make us a little sceptical of our apparition. Donovan turned over with a relieved grunt, and I relaxed myself for slumber. Suddenly Daisy gave a little snort and we were wide awake. The stump, stump, of the ghost's footsteps sounded resonantly through the room. T\J T rtAn 1 ^ raotroin JLSUilUYclU gl UdUCU) JL VUUiU uv/l> x uiu a cold sweat. The step seemed at the very bedside. The moon had gained the zenith and left the room in shadow. I sat up. " 'D'ye see it?' said Donovan, hoarsely. "All I could distinguish was Daisy, with head turned toward the corner she had indicated in her alarm the night before. Indeed now that my attention was directed the sound did seem to come from there. I threw the small club I had viciously toward that quarter. Something intercepted its flight before it reached the wall, and it clattered to the floor in company with something else. "I struck a light and Donovan jumped up. "'By George!' he said. 'The ghost has dropped his walking stick!' "He gingerly picked up a light bamboo pole about nine feet long. Simul. \ tanoously we peered upward; I held the light higher. " 'Shure. he dropped his cane going through that crack,' commented Donovan. indicating a narrow space between the boards covering the stairway opening. "We cocked our revolvers. " 'Come down, ye luney spalpeen, commanded Donovan, as brave as a lion now. 'or we fill your foggy carcass with port-holes:' "The boaids were displaced. " 'Don't shoot, senhors! I descend myself,' and a good looking Portuguese dropped through and stood bowing before us. "He smiled engagingly, and gave an expressive side glance toward the liquor. He responded quickly to my n??. "'You see, senhors, our little bom bard had rot success. I take chance and fly. and herein hide myself. You will not betray? No? Ai! My clumsy espiritu alarm you not? Others fled when I tap so. in two. three days. Ha, ha! and Feliciano, my cousin, the lieutenant. bring provisions. Tomorrow, next day. I think to escape. Your health, senhors!' "And the third night he was gone." "The deuce!" complained Gammons. "I've had a better seance than that myself."?Waverley Magazine. LANDS WITHOUT COLONIES. Only n Single Latin-American State Hat Acquired a < olony. One of the most interesting facts that will occur to any one who examI ines a map of the colonial possessions of the world, is that, of all the LatinAmerican countries occupying about cne-half of the Western World, none has acquired any lands outside of its continental domain except the little Republic of Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands, which form a little world " ** ' 1 _ _ A - ^ O 4 V\ \ TY> _ apari iar irom me coast ut ouum America, belong politically to Ecuador. These 15 islands are really worth developing. though Ecuador has done scarcely anything for them except to occupy them in 1832. Their settled population, concentrated on Chatham Island, is now less than 300. All the other Latin-American countries have had so much trouble at home that they apparently have not cared to acquire possible trouble abroad. At all events, their territorial ambition has been confined to the mainland, where most of them are still claiming more land than their neighbors concede to belong to them. Argentina, to be sure, still asserts that the Falkland Islands belong to her by right, but Great Britain has never conceded the claim and is in full possession of the islands. The misunderstanding is still unsettled, and seems to have been pigeon-holed without any agreement. It is years since Argentina filed Ler last protest. Chili maintains the most southern postoffice in the world at Punta Arenas. There are settlements further south where mails have irregular distribution. but Punta Arenas is included in the postal system of the country of which it is a part. But this settlement on the Straits of Magellan is as much a part of Chili proper as Valparaiso. The time was when Chili, if she had been so disposed, might have acquired seme of the Pacific groups, for they were open to the first comer, and Chilf, being nearest to them, had considerable influence among them. Even today the Chilian silver dollar is current two-thirds of the way across the ocean between Chili and Australia. It is found in Samoa and the Tonga group and barely misses the Fiji Islands. But Chili lost her chance. She has been absorbed by home boundary disputes to the exclusion of all the early opportunities to acquire Pacific islands. France, in fact, is now the only Latin country that may be called a colonial power of large importance. The Canary Islands are today the most valuable remnant remaining to Spain offcer former vast colonial empire. "J^rtugal's African possessions ^?re*'large, but she is depending upon foreign capital and enterprise for most of their development, which is as yet very small in proportion to their great population and extent. Italy's territory on the east coast of Africa has I been an expensive luxury and has involved her in the humiliation of being the first white power in Africa to be decisively defeated by a native foe. The European powers that have no colonies are the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway, which has long seacoasts but small population; Austria-Hungary, j which has a very short seacoast but large population; Switzerland and Sen j via, which have no sea coasts, and all j the other Balkan states except Turkey, some of the outlying parts of whose empire enable it to take rank among the colonial powers. All the Asiatic possessions of Russia bear the relation of colonies to the central government. Belgium, to all intents and purposes, is responsible for the Congo state and may declare it a colony when she chooses to do so. Japan entered the colonial arena with the acquisition of Formosa, and China would have stepped out of it by the loss of the same island if It j had not been for possessions in Central Asia which she still holds. The Chinese are great colonizers along the coasts of Asia and in the Malay Archipelago; but when they leave their native shores they have to go to foreign countries. Siara, Persia, Afghanistan and Corea, which are counted among the independent countries of Asia, have no colonies. The regions of the world that rank as colonies are far greater in extent than all the states that have no colonies; and some of the colonies such as Canada, Australia and India are of far more importance than most of the independent states that do not hold foreign possessions.?New York Sun. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Truth is always straightforward ? Sophocies. Much danger makes great hearts most resolute.?Marston. In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.?Burgh. Progress is tbe real cure for an overestimate of ourselves.?G. Macdonald He who thinks for himself, and rarely imitates, is a free man.?Klopstock. Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with every mean advantage?Johnson. Seeing much, suffering much and | studying much are the three pillars of I learning.?Disraeli, j There is no dispute managed with! out a passion, and yet there is scarce a J dispute worth a passion.?Sherlock. They are the weakest, however I strong, who have no faith in themj selves or their own powers.?Bovee. j Willingness to be taught what we do : not know is the sure pledge of growth | both in knowledge and wisdom.?Blair. Courage and modesty are the most i unequivocal of virtues, for they are oi ! a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate, i ?Goethe. WHY HE KEPT QUIET. "I don't believe that there is such a thins as a Fool Killer in the world," deciared Mrs. Muggins, in the courso of a family debate which had become somewhat aecrimonious. "The remark is rather irrelevant to the matter in hand." remarked Mr. Muggins. "Still, I'd like to know the grounds for your disbelief." "Would you? Well. Charles Augustus Muggins, if there was such a thing as a Fool Killer, you would have never lived to be thirty-five years old." ?Pittsburg Gazette. Ireland'* Emigration. The recent census of Ireland shows a marked decrease in population, which has been attributed to their recent famine, causing thousands of people to emigrate. If we are to live and enjoy life we must havo plenty to eat, but after all it is not the amount eaten that gives strength but the way it is digested. If anything is wrong with your digestion try Hostetter's Stomach Hitters. It positively cures indigestion, belching, headache and constipation. When a woman stops having her picture taken about every year or so, she begins to feel her age. "Is Worth Its Weight in Gold." "Had Eczema for throe years; tried three doctors and every advertised remedy, without effect, till 1 tried Tetterine. Half a box of Tetterine removed all signs of the disi use."? C. II. Adams, Columbia. S. C. 50c. a 1 ox by mail from J. T. 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Wash vaseline I stains in alcohol; paint, in turpentine or alcohol; varnish, in alcohol; grass or other green vegetable stains, in alcohol, kerosene or molasses; forstains from blood meat juice, use white of egg in cold water. In the case of milk, cream, sugar or syrup stains soak in cold water and wash in soap and cold water. Tar, wheel grease or machine oil stains should be rubbed with lard and allowed to stand a few minutes, then they should be washed with soap and cold water. Tea, coffee or cocoa stains should be removed with boiling water; if obstinate, with a weak solution of oxalic acid. To Wash a, Print Drew. The washing of a print dress well is not nearly such a simple matter as might be supposed, and it is of considerable importance that it should be done well, for, although it is not.expensive material to buy in the first place, still its making and details cost as much as if it were, and nothing is uglier than a print dress with half the color washed out of it. The water should not be too hot, and into it must neither soda nor any washing or soap powder be put. A lather must be made as for flannels, and but little soap used on the dress, and it should only remain in the water long enough to bring out the dirt Next it must be rinsed in cold water slightly salted, and to which a little vinegar has been added. The former fixes the colors, and the latter brightens them. Next, wring tightly and dry quickly, but not ir. the sun, or the colors will fade, and if dried slowly they will run. Wearers of print dresses should not let them get too dirty before washing or the color has to be sacrificed to cleanliness. A Cheap Sitting Room. "We are furnishing our sitting room on the go-without-system plan," said a careful young housekeeper. "This is better than any hire or purchase system yet invented. "The sitting room is the room between our small drawing room and the still smaller kitchen, and it must be used as both dining room and our workshop. The centre of the floor is covered with a square of linoleum, and there is a deep border of staining round the rest of the floor. The stain is of a rich mahogany color. It is effective, serviceable and cheap. Here is the recipe: One pint of the cheapest varnish, about a nickel's worth of burnt sienna, and about a nickel's worth of brown umber. Mix the sienna and the umber in the varnish until a good mahogany Bhade is obtained and paint evenly with a rather large brush. "We got two good boxes from the -i t on grocers, au incnes ions, l\> imuro mw and 16 inches deep. "Jack screwed these two boxes together lengthways and hinged on strong lids. "Then I made two mattresses to fit the top. "First I made what might be called a 'model mattress' about six inches long, four inches wide and two inches deep. This is of strong ticking stuffed with flock and 'buttoned* in quite a professional way. After stuffing the ticking I sewed it in places through and through with a darning needle and strong thread. "The miniature mattress was then covered with a remnant of pink brocade, the edges bound with narrow pink ribbon, and little tufts of thick floss silk at regular intervals, as on a real mattress. Here I had a charming and novel pincushion, that is also very useful. "It will hold hat pins as well as small pins. "After making the 'model mattress' I found it an easy matter to do the . same work on a large scale. I find that the real secret in making a good mattress is in the buttoning. I stuffed a ticking made to fit the top of the boxes with 'flocks' and put my sofa mattress on the floor, leveled it as though making a bed, and sewed through and through each place where the buttons go with a packing needle and fine twine, taking care to finish off the stitches securely. "The valance is of terra cotta serge, double width, and has a tape run through the top, which is caught on small tacks at intervals and fastened round two small nails at each end of the couch. "The top cover is a width of the serge edged all round with ball fringe and shaped at the corners to fit the mattress."?Washington Star. jtWK Potato Turnover?Mix one pint of seasoned hot mashed potatoes with one egg; add just sufficient flour to enable you to roll it out about half an I inch thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter, sprinkle with chopped parsley, loid one-half over the other and saute a rich brown in hot butter. ; Fig Cake?Cream half a cup of butter; add gradually one cup of sugar, two beaten eggs, half a cup of milk, | one and a half cups of flour, half a cup ; of cornstarch, two and a half level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and a I pinch of salt; bake in two greased jelly cake pans, and put together with > fig filling Lettuce and chives salad.?Wash > each leaf separately In cold water, J drain and pile in order; tie in a wet t ' napkin and keep in a cold place; lay | | largest leaves around the salad bowl, > | smallest in the centre; scatter over it J j one tablespoonful of fine minced I | chives and at the table dress with i French dressing. Egg b scuit.?Sift two cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half teaspoon of salt and one teaspoonful of sugar into a bowl; rub in one tablespoonful of butter and well mixed; add one beaten egg and half a cup of milk; the dough should be quite i soft; toss on a floured board; roll out, cut into rounds and bake on a floured pan 15 minutes in a quiet oven. THE JACKET OF GRAY. Written for the Morning News by Mrs. C. A. Ball about 1864 or 1865. Fold it up carefully, lay it aside. Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride? For dear must it be to our hearts evermore, The Jacket of Gray, our loved soldier boy wore. Cau we ever forget when he joined the brave band, Who rose in defense of our dear Southern land. And in his bright youth, hurried on to the fray How proudly he donned it, the Jacket of gray. His fond mother blessed him, and loosed uy auuve, Commending to Heaven the child of her love; What anguish was hers, mortal tongue may not say, When he passed from our sight, in the jacket of gray. But liis country had called, and she would not repine, Though costly the sacrifice placed in its shrine; Her heart's dearest hopes on its altar she lay. "When she sent out her boy, in the jacket of gray. Months passed, and war's thundrers rolled over the land. Unsheathed was the sword and lighted the brand; We heard in the distance the sound of the fray, And prayed for our boy, in the jacket of gray. Oh! vain, all, all vain, were our prayers and our tears; i The glad shout of victory rang in our ears; But our treasured one on the red battle field lay, While the life-blood oozed out on the jacket of gray. His young comrades found him, and gently bore The cold, lifeless form to his home by the shore. Oh! dark were our hearts on that terrible day, When we saw our dead boy in the jacket of gray. Ob! spotted and tattered and stained now with gore, Was the garment which once he so proudly wore. We bitterly wept as we took it away And replaced with Death's white robes, the jacket of gray. We laid him to rest in his cold, narrow bed, And 'graved on the marble we placed o'er his head, As the proudest of tributes our sad hearts cold pay, "He never disgraced the jacket of gray." Then fold it up carefully, lay it aside, Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride; For dear must it be to our hearts ever more, The jacket 01 gray our soldier boy wore. Killed a High-Living Wolf, The biggest wolf story of the season comes from Billings county, N. D., where G. W. Myers was the lucky captor. Lupus in this case is reported to have been seven feet and ten inches from his nose to the tip of his tail, and to have weighed 163 pounds dead. He had been a long-time offender and Mr. Myers had for years made a standing offer or ror nis capiure. It is estimated that lie has killed $5,000 worth of stock. Within the last few months he has killed a number of full-grown cattlo on Mr. Myers' ranch. The hide was tanned and will be retained as a souvenir.?St. Paul Dispatch. OUT OF DATE METAPHOR. The battle was shifting to another part of the field. "Here, orderly," said the commandin general, "take this message to Col. Garshy, and don't let the grass grow under your feet, either!" "How can I prevent it, generaf, when I am to travel by balloon?"? Chicago Tribune. Aik Toar Dealer For Allen'a Foot-Kane, A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Dunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous,Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen s Fcot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept nc substitute. Sample mailed Fbee. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The one person in the world who can always make an opening for a good man is the grave-digger. FITS permanently cured. No fits ornervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveIiestorer.$2triaf bottle and treatisefree Dr. 11. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa. In order to dog a man's footsteps the detective should be given a pointer. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chlldron teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammution.allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. abottle Tho hpfrfrar is a coin collector, although a oo? ? ? . _ he may not be a numismatist. Tiso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.?J. W. O'Bbizn, 322 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1900 There is a dearth of schoolteachers in England. il: TKe^cie a ^axat^vc action is rapidly ma^y0 the age. The n m who&rt .^^3 must understam (to meet the aooi be wholly free fr or substance, wi and wholesome and gently wi functions in an fulfils most peri highest degree, i Syn The sale of mil many years pasi which it has givi that it possesses it to public favoi The Assassination of Alexander II, Shall I ever forget It? It was on a Sunday about two o'clock. We were rehearsing, a new play. Some of us were In the green-room, when the Emperor passed, escorted by his Cossacks. We were standing at the window, and with a smile he gave us the < military salute we knew so well. He had hardly turned the corner when we heard an explosion. We looked at one another, and the same thought crossed each mind?an attempt on the Emperor's life! We rushed out, and arrived at the corner of the street just in time to see, 200 yards from us the explosion of a second bomb, which proved to be the fatal ono. The first had killed two Cossacks. While they were arresting the assassin, the Czar, deaf to the entreaties of his coachman, wnu wttuieu iu uiive uu wiui an speea, came out of his carriage to say a word of sympathy to his dying soldiers. He took their hands, and addressing their murderer, h.e said: "Wretch, see what you have done in your blind fury!" After a last look of pity at his faithful servants, he was about to re-enter his carriage, when a man standing at the door, dropped another bomb, which he had kept concealed in his handkerchief, and that one not only killed the nihilist himself but mortally wounded the Emperor. In a moment the street before deserted, was crowded with people coming from every direction. Sleighs were going to and fro, and all we heard was, "Thank God, the Emperor lives!" His carriage being damaged, he was placed in a sleigh and driven to the palace, where he expired a few hours later. His legs had been shattered.?Mile. Rhea, in The Century. MODIFIED EGGS. 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About a year ago my health was I comuletelv broken downi had back ache, dizziness and irregularities, and life seemed dark indeed. We had used Peruna in our home a* a tonic and for colds and catarrh and 1 decided to try it for my trouble. In less than three months 1 became regular, my pains had entirely disappeared, and I am now perfectly well."?Mrs, Anna Martin. Miss Marie Johnson, 11 Columbia, East. Detroit, Mich., is Worthy Vice Templar in Hope Lodge No. 0, Independent Order Good Templars. Miss Johnson, as 90 many other women also have done, found in Peruna a specific for a severe case of female weakness. She writes: "I want to do what I can to let the whole world know what a grand medicine Peruna is. For eleven years I suffered with female troubles and complications arising therefrom. Doctors failed to cure me, and I despaired of being helped. Peruna cured me in three short months. I can hardly believe it myself, but it is a blessed fact. I am perfectly well now, and have not had an ache or pain for months. I want my suffering sisters to know what Peruna has done for me."?Miss Marie Johnson. Miss Ruth Emerson, 72 Sycaidore st., Buffalo, N. Y., writes: "I suffered for two years with irregular and painful menstruation, and Peruna cured me within six weeks. I cannot tell you how grateful J feel. Any agency which brings health and strength to*the afflicted is always a welcome friend, and to-day the market is so Avery & McMillan, 51 and 53 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta, Oa. ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY Reliable Frick Engines. Boilers, all Sizes. Wheat Separators,, a!I Sizes. BEST IMPROVED SAW MILL ON EARTH. Large Engines and Boilers supplied ..Amntlu Ckinnla Mills O/irn Mills. Circular Saws, Saw Teeth, Patent Dogs, Steam Governors. Full line En. gines and Mill Supplies. Send for free Catalogue. MAP AND ATLA5 A(3ENTS iTlrli Wanted Everywhere. Exclusive territory. Big terms. Steady work. Good men make $20.00 weekly. 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YAL WORCESTER CORSET CO \ WORCESTER, MASS. \ "" i.. i m Its fxce-lli is due to the originality anc combination and also to tne i facturc, which is known to i Syrup Co. only, and which feet purity and uniformity of to the ideal home laxative. ljajjerveficiad always buy the genuine and n of the Company?California printed on the front of every process of manufacturing figs are pleasant to the taste, bi virtues of Syrup of Figs are excellent combination of plar medicinally laxative and to act (AUFORtfiAji 5&r\ Francisc< LouisvilkK/. Is ' ; , *'* -v : . v03rv- - ' . ,t -I.r-\ ~ -1 !* ?"/ ACHE, DIZZINESS PELVIC CATARRH.) I Ij Mrs. Anna Martin. i II -' ' . rS;? tilled with useless and injurious medicine* that it is a pleasure to know of so reliable a remedv as you place before the public." ?Miss Kuth Emerson. It is no longer a question as to whether i Peruna can be relied on to cure all such cases. During the many years in which " r~j Peruna has been put to test in all forms and stages of acute and chronic catarrh no one year has put this remedy to greet' er test than the past year. Peruna is the acknowledged catarrh remedy of the age. Dr. Hartman, the compounder of Peruna, has written a book on the phases of catarrh _peculiar to women, entitled, "Health and Beauty." It will be sent free to any address by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, 0. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he willbe pleased to give you his valuable advice . -vi Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. I " ~~ " FOR EVERY Price $1.00 CUTICURA SOAP, to cleanse the skla \ ?ji of crusts and scales and soften the thicfe? . 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Atlanta, Ga. - mSBM I simplicity of the SSilf nethod of manu- SSjrcj the California Fig BfBajj ensures that per- Pgra product essential HB / t In order to get niM& I iote the full name BKm package. In the iBPjj > are used as they 89&J it the medicinal StSSa obtained from an its known to be BggH most beneficially. jjfira i fepfi [S| I e-w York.H.Y gg| fifty cents-per