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i "y* ReAd the following quickly and Tour friends will he amused: Simply Ftmpkin* huhj a song of eixpeuc?i.jLf jthe suit shone silently on the sfcoe shop sign. be nth sells sen shells sewn up in n I afceet Thi siek sinner's sixth sheep is ?iek. Silent Kaiubo slumbered safely ou the shifting; sea saud. preak the hands that binds you blindly before breakfast. A peaek of )>ealed pears put into n pale piuk pitcher. Peter Plninp. the pessimist, pester ed portly Pat Perkins. HER WHEREABOUTS. ' Jluks ? How's your wife. Btgks--My wife ia lo?4 to, sight, to memory dear. Jinks ? Why, my Athr fellow. I ?ever hcaid your wife was *toX'.l! Blnke ? She Isn't.- Tm paying her week alimony. ? Life. ?5Y. VOXPLCTKST BUSINESS llllLDIM* Features of \V. L. Douglas' Admiuis truimi anil Jobbing House. The dedication of the new adinluls t ration and jobbing house building erecfaid at Brockton, Mmm., by the W. I*. Douglas Shoe i'o. as a part of its inaminoth .manufacturing itluut at Moii tello whs marked by the thoroughness and attention to detail characteristic of the .tirui in till Its undertakings. As tH^ new hfiilding is said to l?e tlie most ijiomplete and convenient of any ever J^uilt for a commercial house in i - : the tlpiled 8tute?. so were the expres sions of appreciation by tlie many per L. soiif win visited it for ln*|?ectioii sin cere and of a highly congratulatory nature. The dedicatory program included o|^u bouse from II a. in. to 8 p. m. wll?*oncert by the Mace <?ay otvhes tra . and the presence of a Boston caterer to attend to the wishes of all. The bulltling itself afforded a feast for' the eye, especially the office*, which are innrvels in many ways. Fifteen thousand Invitations were seid out. in cluding over II.OUO to the retail dealers in the United States, who huudle the .W. It. Douglas <k>. shoes, tlie others going to shoe manufacturers and all nlltsd industries in Brockton and vi cinity. Mr. Douglas will l>e glad to hav* auybod.v who is interested call The new building is situated just north ?f the No. 1 faeiory ou Spark streft, facing the Moutelio railroad station Its completion marks the es tablishment of a modern up-to-date wholesale .fobbing house and office building- Mr. Douglus hss long con sidered tlie adrlsahllty of a jobbing bouts, not only for the purpose of sup plying bis own retail siores more read ily, 1)11 1 that tlie ll.tsNi dealers through out the United States handling tlie W. 1& Dougles shoe might he able to ob tain shoes for immediate me wit h greater facility. Under the present system all shoes are m aim fuel u red to order, aud ens t outers sometimes hue sales waiting for shoes to arrive. With the new job blng house they will be enabled to have their hurry orders shipped the same day they are received, which will be far more satisfactory to the cus tomer and will reftult In a Inrgely-ln created business to the W. L, Douglas Shoe Co. The new buildlug is 260 feet long and <10 feci wide and two stories In height. The Jobbing department will ?soupy the entire lower floor, while the offices will occupy the second Moor. Leaving the new Jobbing lions** on the first floor, the main staircase* us cends to the second floor level in two divisions separating on the first laud ing and meeting again upon the fourth, where the large Palladia!! window Is situated, which appears over the en trance. At the bend of the staircase In the inosai ? floor appears the word "Atrium," the name of the inner hall, planned and derorated after the man ner of the central apartment of tie* PompeHuu house. This room i* direct Jy Jn the center of the main building being iidxtw and 10 feet in height, and Is lighted by three large ceiling skv lights of classic design. Around the ntrluin nre placed tic private offices, where the heads of the departments are located, with thgii asMetauts. Beginning at the right of the main entrance. In order, are those of the (\ F. Ith'hiuoud. buyer: 11. T. Drake, general superintendent; lion. W. Ii. Douglas, president ; and II. I,. Tiukbam. treasurer. They are fluiHhed and furnished in inuhog<?ny and are ensnlte. Mr. Douglas' own room oc cupies the southwest corner of the building, and is a very handsome apartment. To ih?- left of the?e ? otnei tin* room of t '. | >, Xcy i n ?, assistant treasurer. Mrs. Marion Shields, cor respondence clerk, and the store de psrtment. On the east of the atrium and open Ing into this hall are two nlooves sep arated by mahogany counters, the fronts of which are plate glass niid grilles Of bronxe. These are the office* of Warren Weeks, paymaster, and Harry J,. Thompson, the Ijookkeepcr. The next In order to the left are two rooms devoted to t he credit depart ineift, one the private office of a. T. Sweetacr aud the other occupied by his clerks. The next two office* are rlio*c of F. L. Krskine. advertising manager. I Mud his assistant*. The three other room* completing i Ilia outer nail line of ihe atrium are I the reception i"om to the left of the ! staircase hall, directors' room and Istetory audi the sample roont. Hnr ere located the telegraph Instruments, telephone switchboard and booths for ufe of guests. The directors' room Is a Hue cham ber occupying the space In the north west comer of the building. This room Is fly shed and furnished in tun hogany and all appointments are In i keeping. Here hangs a |**rtralt in oil J of Mr. Douglas, the president. The | last room in this series is tlw sample | room, hIs? In mti hogany, ' lin center with the enti'nrtce and he I feeen the bookkeeper's alcove and the ' ? redlt deportment Is a hall leading to ' the geurtal bookkeeping room, where j |a located fhe host of clerks which i ?&!? hu|c bu?lt)0i?9 employ. The National Hardwood Lumber A? (ocktlot at Its recent bmUii la Memphis adopted a roport that pro ?oated tbo dlfo possibilities of the do ?traction of tbo fores u la tkt abort >orlod of thirty-five year*. It was es timated that there now- stood In tbo United States In tbo neighborhood of 1 ,471,000,000,000 feet of luaiber, but bat 4i.000.000.000 feet of lumber was ">eing cut every year. The report re rommended tbo immediate prohibition >f log exports and exemption from axes of tree plantations. Attention was called to the dea'rabllity of State legal enactments along the l**t line, *nd some constitutional provision by the general Government of libe effect. Mention was made of the custom pre vailing in Prance of requiring a tree o be planted for every tree cnt down. ?From Daily Consular and Trade R^ porta. i - PLENTY OF MATBRIAL. "Why In (h<it strange blond so poprw ? lsr with the college girls?'' "Sh! She assists them to arrange their 'cosy corners.' " "Ah. she has an artistic tempera meut "No. but her father owns four janV shops." ? Chicago News. AGGRAVATING ECZEMA. TroNl>1*4 Sadly V?r Hfitrel Yttri With rutin* on Aatlktr W?>. dtrfnl tan ?jr Catlcara. "For several years 1 wu troubled bad ly witb an ecaema on my limb* and wrists. Physicians in several towns had pre scribed for rue without giviug nir any re suits. 1 had often used Cuticur* Oint ment ami received relief temporarily. In the sprint 1**4 I took the Cuticura Re solvent l'illa and uaed the Cnticura Oint ? ment tor about five weeUs, and at the end of that time there was not a blotch on me anywhere. This spring I took a few viaN of the Cuticura Resolvent Pill* as a precaittionaiy measure, and will con tinue to do so every spring simply as a i spring tonic, nr they are ao easy to carry witb you, and they cerlainiy fix your blood for the ensuing rear. I now use only Cuticuia S>ap. 'I'he Concurs Oint ment end Pills certainly cured me of an aggravated case oi' icxeiua. St . (.'lair Me j Vicar, San Antonio, Texas, July ?, 1905." j When a man lets a collar button j lull ami brags that it didn't roll undei j the bureau, it's a sign he is a pur I jurer. So. 28- *00. <'?l) at lh? Urug Mort To Dsy, liet a bottle of Dr. Biggers Huokleberry <Vft*dial for Diarrhoea. Dysentery, Children Teething, etc. At Druggists 20c and 50c. FOOD FOR KITTUX8. A woman who loves animals gives the following advice In regard to the care of young kittens. Do not leave I he bed of newborn kittens In the dark too loug else on coming into the light they will be afflicted with sore eyes. Dampness will also cause this trouble. The bed must not be a cold cne. It is better to give only warm food to the kittens' mother for ibe first two days An> water given her must have the chill removed. Also gire ber plenty of warm milk, "and as the kittens In crease in size the amount bf food giv en her should be ineteased. CRASH IN THE DINING ROOM. Simplicity In the dining-room is se cured by the use of doylies and nap kins,- In the place of tablecloths. Very artistic tdble strips of coarse linen crash ?may be made at small cost. The crash costs about 26 cents a yard, and one long and two shorter strips will <{<i for an oblong table. For ii round table tv\o equally long | strips are better, Hemstitch the ends , ami stencil or block print designs above the hems iu dull old blues, reds, or yellows. Use oil paints very thin, with turpentine. It Is better to experiment on bits of the crash be fore venturing on the table strips, t'se little color, and avoid the heavy ! effects. j The world will not be saved by ar ! gtimenl* about God in heaven, with out the evidence oL ii Clod in tho henvl. In order to advance the price of ' sugar, weakened by general overpro | (Miction, a systematic reduction of the | cultivated area has been encouraged I In France. IHH TOHS Hill FT Now 4>eH Along Without It. A phveiclali savs: "I'liMl laat fall T 1 used to eat meat for my breakfast and suffered wlili indigestiou until the meat bad pa?s?"d from (be stom I aeli. j "I. as' f?!l T began the use of , Grape-Nuts for breakf**r and very I soon round I could do without meat, j for my bodv not all t lie nourishment | necessary from the Grape-Nuts, snd j since theu I have noi, had any indi : gestlou and am feeling better and ? have increased In weight. "Since finding (he benefit I derived fiom Grape-Nuts I have prescribed I (be food for all of my patients suf fering from indigestion or over-feed ; ing snd also for ilio^e recovering from disease where 1 wan' a food j ?'*$>? to <ake and ceviain (o digest i and which will no! overtax the stom ach. "I always find the results' T look j for when I prescribe Grape Niiik. For ethical reasons please omit my name." Name given by mail by Poa | turn Co.. Bs?ille Creek. Mich. | The reason foj* the wonderful (?mount. of nuvrimeut. and the r?g> digestion of Grape-Nuts is not hard to find. In the first place ibe start hy part or th* wheat and barley gc*s through various processes of cooking to per feclly change the starch Into Dex trose ov Po*t Sugar. in which state it it ready to lie easily absorbed by ibe blood. The \,avls lu th?* wheat and barley which Nature can make ur.e of for rebuilding brain and nerve centres are retained In ihis remnrl. abte food, and thus the human body I* supplied wiih the powerful st length producers so easily no;icsd after one has eaten Grape-Nuts each duy for r weak ov 10 day.". 'There's a rea son." Of. the little book, "The Road (o \\ ellvlll#." lp pKgs. . ANARCHIST CAUGHT Arrested iff Germany On Order American Authorities WAS PLANNING ROYAL MURDER ??attic Brick Layer Against Whom German Government Had Been Warned and in Whose Home Police Found Bomb Factory After Hie Departure, is Arrested in Prussian City, Where He Hss Relatives ? Baggage Hot Yet Searched Becauss Forwarded to Another Port of Ger many ? Ho Bombs Found on Him. Altonn. Prussia, By Cable. ? It be came known that August Rosenberg, an nl.'eged anarchist from Seattle. Wash., was arrestee here Tuesday Ju ly 3, as he was leaving a train arriv ing at Altoua. Acting on information received from the police of New York, the authorities were watching foi Rosenberg, who ha* relatives living here. Rosenberg, who was accompa nied by his wife, caine to Europe on he Hamburg-American Line steamer Patricia, which left New Your June and arrived at Hamburg June 29. The prisoner aftirms that he is an Ameri ean citizen. His baggage has beer, forwarded to another port bt' (Jer manv and has not yet been searched by the police. Independence Day Fatalities. Chicago^ Special.? The Tribune publishes the ninth annual snmmarx of deaths an injuries caused through out the I'nitcd States by the celebra tion of the Declaration of Independ ence. The figures are as follows: dead, .'IS. Bv fireworks, 9; cannon, 1; ti rearms, 11 ; explosives, 7 : toy pistol* 4; runaways, 1; drowning, 5. Tin injured arc 2,781*. By fireworks ], 0i?!) ; cannon, Util ; firearms. ."MI; ex plosives. 007 : toy pistols, ittM ; ritna* ways. 3.">. The lire loss is $tiU.4~>0. In Chicago th<? dead are two, injured 1<">7. Last year -12 persons were kill ed outright but when lockjaw and other diseases induced by the injuries had completed their work ovc 400 lives had been sacrificed. The num ber of injured is in excess of last year by JjS, Pavlinic Gets 18 Years. Newport News. Special. - Julian Pavlinic was convicted of second-de gree murder in the Elizabeth Cit> County Circuit Com I and was giver IS years in the penitentiary. Sen fence was suspended for four month to allow an appeal to the Supreme Court, l'avliuic shot his wife in their home near the city limits about two months ago. The woman had been an inmate of the Williamsburg Asylum and the man said she had extracted from him a promise to kill her if she showed signs of insanity aguiu, she perferring death to reincarceration in the asylum. Pay $1,250,000 For Alabama Coal Laud. Mobile. Ala.. Speciul. ? The (iult Coal and Coke Company of Mobile sold to J. P. Hanson, president t>f the Georgia Central Railroad and his associates seventeen thousand acre. of coal lands located in Walker and JetTeison counties, this State. The consideration* is said to be $ 1 ,2-V.b 000. Hanson's associates are said to be the Pratt Coal and Coke I uin pany, of. Birmingham, Ala. Cases of Ico Men. Toledo, O.. Special.? -The circuit court suspended th" workhousi' sen tence of Miller, Walters and Bryan, the ice men who have been in jail two weeks, while lawyers were fh'htiug to ijet their cases in the circuit court All convicted ice dealers have had sentence suspended and are out on bond. The circuit court will not reach the ca-es until tall. Miss Douglass Wen. Wimbledon. Sp'.viai.-- Mary Sutton of California, lost the tennis champi onship of Cicat Britain which she won last year, being defeated by Miss Dorglas* two to nc tiling. The D*cyfns Cr.sc. Paris, By Cable.? Proeuiator (Gen eral Baudouiu in th' Supreme Com I coueludc'd his argument iii th" Drey ins case formally asking the court to tpiasli the verdict of the Rennes court martial without a i ?Irinl. Maitrc Mornard ,t!ie counsel lor Dreyfus ini tnediale'y hngau the "':;siiii addiosf Swindler Gets Long Term. Boston, Special I'Vrdiiiuud Boigc. formerly of Indiana, and Aitc of the promoters of the I'bero I 'In u t a t ion Company, was sentenced ?<? serve fioin 12 to l"> years in the State pris on for larceny ami conspiracy. Bur gess was convict"d on 7-1 counts ol larceny -and one 'of conspiracy, lie was indicted villi foimer t.'ongress mHii Owen, of Indiana, who lia-s no' yet been arrested. Mr. Tuckcr to jo to Norfolk. Norfolk. Special ? Hsriv St. George Tucker, president of the Jamestown Exposition, InH leased the home of the lnle Albert /! randy, newspaper pub lisher. on Krcemason street, and with bis family will come here to live about Ociobcr 1 I'll" home is one ??! the bandsonn st in tin- city and i-> one ol (lie city's uio?t desirable sections. Mr. Tucker is now in |.< xi.ij>lon visiting bis family. Iff .nil deliver a sp*cc'i at t lit i"n f ,,| NEWS IN SHORT ORDER Epitome of Oarmt Happenings ol Iatereet Briefly Told. > The Fourth of July was generallj observed in Manila. An inspection of Chicago baker ies showed many of them to be un sanitary. Dr. Harry Friedenwaid, of Balti more, was re-elected president of the Americau Federation of Zionists. The Central Conference of Ameri can Rabbis received a number of coin mittco reports and took action on some of them. Action was taken to revoke the charters of the Freneli Lick Springs Hotel Company, of which Thomas Taggart is president, and the Baden Springs Hotel Company, both .at French Lich. lud., it being alleged gambling is allowed on the primises. Fears are entertained for the safe ty of the steamer America, which left Mediterranean ports with 150 persons on 1>oard bound for New York. ? The Arion Singing Society of Bal timore took part in the prize singing for the first class of organization at Newark. President Roosevelt disposed of a lot of accumulated Correspondence at Sagamore Hil. Secretary "Bonaparte linn invited shipbuilders to debate their own and others' bids for battleship construc tion and the reeommeudations of the Naval Construction Board. A night session of the- Russian Cabinet was held, but the nature of the discussion was not disclosed. Two more Warsaw policemen were murdered by Russian teorists. The French Chamber of Deputies annulled the ejection of Count Boni de Caslellnne. Natslian noops killed 350 rebel Zu lus yesterday, but have not yet hum the main force. The Lafayette collection of relics shown at the Chicago Exposition was sold at auction in London for mt In an interview in 1/ondou Hon. William .1. Bryan said the list of can didates should Ix; ojkmi Until the time comes t ?? choose a candidate for the Presidency. Rev. J. W. Jenkins, D. D., superin tendent of the Methodist Orphanage, nt Raleigh, N. aild ft Veteran Methodist minister* died al !?is home in Raleigh on July Fourth ol paraly sis. W. K. Henry, who has been for nine years librarian of the Indiana Stale Library ami made it one of the best of its kind in the country, is to be come librarian of the University of Washington at Seattle, Prof. R. S. Tarr, of Cornell Univer sity, will conduct Ail expedition t? Alaska this summer with fotlr assist ants and a number of packers. Th;< expedition will study the Alalaspina and Bering Glaciers and make a re eonnoissauce survey of the be?trock geology of the region between \aku tat and Controller Bays. Dr. Creasy L. Wilbur, who has .ju-?t been appointed chief statistician fot vital statistics in the Census Bureau at Washington has mptircd an inter national reputation a- an author mi mortality and morbidity subjects. For its white population South Africa is perhaps the greatest market in the wojhl for musical instruments. It spends for them $1,000,000 a year, half of which is for pianos. Germany has just revised its rail way tariff, which involves a multipli cation -of tickets. It is calculated that a liavcler with n small family going I'fom Mulhor.se to Bale will tind him self furnished with sixty tickets, in addition to which are tho>c for bng gage. fhe Socialist* of Georgia. as*?*!i, bled in State convention after ex tending an unheeded invitation look in1. to a union of interests to the Pop ulist Stale convention, nominated a full State ticket headed by J. B. Os borne. of Atlanta for Governor. English artillery volunteers are armed with obsolete field pieces, but have done their best toward making them formidable by painting <b'?n i lie new greenish-gray Cnptai i Pcptoi: P.ibh committed ?uicide ii> New V ?rk. He was a na tive of Montgomery and came from distinguished family. Dr. Albert Krne.-t .lenks, recent I.V chief of the ethnological survey of the Philippines, ha* been elected t?i .-in assistant professorship in the de partment of sociology in the I'niversi. ty of Minnesota. The second eastward t rails- At l<t,iti< race between the Hamhcurg- Ameri can line steamer Deutsehland and the French line steamer haprovenio <?nde<l this morning with a decisive victory in favor of t ho German boat. The Russian llover ?niucnt '?* Agra rian hill has been completed. There is good promise of smiic trust bursting in Washington. Steps have been taken by loc.il authorities to ?ard an investigation of |li?? business relations of- the ice men of the citx. I an; i lies me paying about the same] price ?ss thy d i< I ten days ago but I the ounntity of Mipp;i".* iv about one I hit d. 'I he account ?? of Oxford l iiiveisil x lor 1005 have just been presented to convocation, and exhibit a surplus for the Hi st time for mauv years. At tlie end of lfK>4 there \v?s a deficit of nearly but thi- ha? been cot.. \ ei ted into n credit balance of neap Iv *<?. I a t Sjiiurday morning the new (ioxernor of Ohio got t?> tin- State house and started |<> even be fore the ,jaj jl tors arrived. and to t!ie ehjIsH who e.tirie several bouts lntM". h" s;i'i| ? ? i ' ?!> i j.,, i , t h' tut m Mou ?lay, nod |i|i i i I? ii-| by handled IS NOTA CANDIDATE Mr. Hearst Not Seeking Place on Democratic Ticket HE PREFERS BRYAN OR BAILEY Publisher- Congressman State* in San Francisco That He is Not a Can didate for Next Democratic Presi dential Nomination ? Appreciates Mr. Brayn's Inclusion of Him in List of Eligibles and Would Let it Stand, Bryan, Folk or Bailey, Though Preferring to Substitute Stevenson for Bailey ? Praises Mrv Bryan's Services. San Francisco. S)>ctinl. ? Congress man Hearst said: "I would like to state very positively that 1 am not a candidate for the Demoeratie presi dential nomination in 1!HKS. " Mr. Bryan said the other day iu London that there were others be sides himself who hail el aims on the nomination, through services reder ed the Democratic party, and men tioned pleasantly Messrs. Folk, Bail ey ami myself. '?While appreciating Mr. Bryan's compliments. I must decline to he considered a candidate. Let the list stand, if Mr. Bryan pleases. Bryan or Folk or Bailey. For my part 1 would substitute Stevenson for Bailey. '?Mr. Bryan's services to Demo cracy are too well diagnosed to he rehersed. lie has led the party con spicuously in two presidential cam paigns and one senatorial campaign. In the national house of Congress he has made issues himself and exjiound ed them with brillianev unapproach- 1 ed." Difiant Passenger Slain. l'ayetteville. X. C.. Special.? An unusual tragedy was enacted oh an excursion Sunday tnoruing.in which a man nam ed Kllison, form Autryville. Was shol and instahtly killed by a Mr. Bledsm* a citizen of Stedmati. The train, crowded with passengers, was pass ing between Roseboro and Autryville in Sampson county. Rising in a crowded codcti, rind displaying a re volver in each hand, Ellifttoif, who ?vas the worst for drink, announced that he was going to kill everybody in the car. "Thai you won't,*' ex claimed Bledsoe, who sprang to hi* feet, pistol i.i hand, and taking deli berate aim. lircd. The bullet struck Kllistou iu the forehead, killing bin instantly. A I Autryville' Bledsoe gave himself up to Sampson count \ authorities. The dead man Mill grasped his revolvers, each with every chamber loaded, and near him was a jug of whiskey. Arkansas Hits Oil Trust. Little liock, S|iecial. ? Attorney General Rogers and Prosecuting At torney Hhotou, of Pulaski county, fil ed suit against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, alleging n conspiracy to control the or t put and prices of oil and askir.g damage* in I ho Mini of $*J.0d0,00(V They also ask that the company forfeit its right to do busi ness in Arkansas. The hill allege? that the Waters-Pierce Oil Company is associated with the Standard Oil Company, Republican Oil Company sud others. Two Killed. Topeka. Kansas. Special. ? Thomas Johnson and .lames Cnrson. Indian Territoi^v stockmen, were killed in the rear end collision of freight trains at Maple Flill, Kansas. Bids for Building 20.000 Ton Battle Ship Asked. Washington. Special. ? Secretary Bonaparte has issued a circular in viting ship designers and ship build ing linns to submit plain lor tic- 'JO. 000-1 on battleship autiiorized bv Con gress. The naval bureaus have also been instructed to prepare like plan for comparison with those submitted by the private bidders. The prelimi nary plans are to be submitted bx No\ ember 1 si, next. Killed by Bolt During Storm. 11 art sell, Ala., Spcial. -I'urin;^ ? terrilHc storm which swept over the lower end of the count iy Sunday the 18-year-old son of Samuel Xumi, a teacher, was struck and another son was badly injured. Two mules also were killed on Nunn's place. Tel egraphic and telephonic system- in this pari of the country hive bci-n p.>r.ily/?d. Holdp up Flvo Coaches. . t Wawona. t'nl.. Special. ? -Five Yos ncinite Valley stage coaches were held up Sunday near the entrain*?* to the National I'mk by a lone high wayman. who obtained a consider able amount of money and jewelry. The convex ances were hailed in rapid succession hI a curx'C in the load neai Ahxvahnec. pi the identical spot xv here a baudii a year ago robbed sex era I wealthy tourist of tluir val uables. Both Shot by Injured Husband. Nexv Orleans. Special.-- Peter Man alo shot his xvit'e and Adam Roux be cause lie found the latter in his house Sunday morning at an early hour. Mrs. Manalo is probably fatally in jured, but Roux xmis only slightly wounded. Manalo, who is the keep er of a market, went to work and ilie tohooting occurred afl?*r hi* return home, Embroidered Pique Coats. ICmbroidered pique coats are much worn by little children, and l( you buy a good pique with a rather fine cord ?t will launder and wear very well. One charming little coat tbnt I raw re cently had a wide shoulder cape with an embroidered scallop on the edge, and with several rows of large round dots worked above it. The turnover collar and cuffs were embroidered In the same manner. The best way to make the dots is to work them in the over and overstitch from side to side, and then, using the name stitch, work them from top to bottom. This pad* them thoroughly, und makes them stand out most effectively. RAISING SWEET POTATOES. Prepare the ground, which should be a wfell fertilized sandy loam, thor oughly and throw it up into ridges as far apart as ordinary corn rows. Si t the plants 18 Inches apart in the cen ter of these ridge*, pressing the soil firmly about the rocts. Pour a cupful of water around each plant and r.s soon as It sink* into the soil rover the spot with dry dirt to prevent evapora tion. Run the cultivator through be tween the rows once before the vines commence to run, then mulch heavily and no more work Is required uutil digging time. ? C. B. Barrett, Thur man, Kan. FLOORS (TO STAIN \ Mix together 2 ounces cf potash crystals and one pint of boiling water; apply this to the floor, the way of the grain, with a pad made of llannel fas tened to a Htlck or old broom handle, taking care to put It on evenly; leave to dry: then apply another routing until the desired shade 13 reached. Leave it for 24 hours, when you rub It up with linseed oil; then leave It for twenty-four hours; then polls'.] with beeswax and turpentine. A man can make a jrootl deal of money in slocks by being careful not to have anything to <lo with them. BLOATED WITH DROPSV. The Heart Waft Badly Affectcd When the Paticut Began t'siug Iloan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell, of 4 15 West Fourth St., Olvmpia, Wash . says: "For over three \ears I Buffered wlih a dropsical condi tion without l?H ing aware that it was due to Kidney trouble. Theearlj stifles were principal ly bach ache and hearing d o w n rain, but I wont along without worrying much until ?dropsy set In. My feet and ankles swelled up, my hands puffed and be came so tense 1 could hardly clone them. I had great difficulty In breathing, and my heart would flut ter with the least exertion. I could not walk far without stopping again feud again to rest. Since using four boxes of Doan's Kidney 1'ills l he bloating has gone down and the reel ings of distress have disappeared." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Koster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, K. Y. OOR5AN TRAVI2L. "Jack has gone to Europe." "Yes? I dldn' know ho could swim." ? Town Topics. FITfl.St. Vitus' f)ance:Nerr'v.is Diseases (>er? manontly cured hy Dr. Klluo'* (W?a'. N'e.-r a Restorer. f2 trial bottta and treatise fr??, Db. H. It. Ki.ivr, l.d., V3I Arc!. *?. .I'blln., I'a. The salary of the Muyoi ot >?'?:*v Vork is. f 15,000 a ycur. Mrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Ryrup for Children teething, soft ens t h?nuin?,' ?'duces in flarama tlon, allays pain, cures \vto?' I'olic'.SBt' a butt I ? ltoine lias Iwon entered or sacked irore than folly tiling ninip .?0i) I). OPERATION AVOIDED EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKLEY She Waa Told That an Operation Wm Inevitable How Sho Eacupod It. Wlie n a physician tellaa woman suf fering with serious feminine trouble that ati operation is neeessu rv. the very thought of the knife and the operating table strikes terror f>? her heart, and our hospitals are fullof women coming /or jnst rmch operation*. There are canon where nil operation is the only resource, but when one con siders the great number of cases of menacing female trouble* cured by l<jdia K. l'inkham's Vegetable f'om pound after physicians have advised operations. no woman should submit t ?j one without first tr\yng the Vegetable Compound and writing Mrs. Pink hnin, Lynn. Mass.. for advice, wldch is free. Miss Margret Merkley. of "hird Htreet, Milwaukee. Wis., writes: Pes r Mrs. Pinkhain: " T/osn of strength, extreme ii*rvou*n*s?, fthonting pain* through th? pelvh* organ*, touring down pains nnd cramp* compelled me to*Mk madloal advlca. The doctor, after making an examination, xald I had a femalo trouble and ulrot ation and adviaed nil opera tion. To thin I xtronglv objected and decided to try I/fdla K. PlnKnam ? Vegetable ''otn poutid. The ulceration quickly haaled. all the had symptom* disappeared and I am ones more strong, vigorous and well." Female troubles nre steadily on the Increase among women. If the month l.v periods are very painful, or w>u fre quent and excessive .f you have pain or swelling low down in the left fid", tie:; r;tig-down pains, don't neglect your self tivl.vdia K. PiiiUbnm'.\ Ycgetal/1* (Yvnpnupua CHA8. L. BAITER ORAtfD 8C&IBS PE-BU-NA STRENGTHENS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. Mr. ( Lis. I,. S.iuoi. (iraud Seril?r. <!ian?f Kni'.itnpiiK'Mt I. < >. 1 1. 1*. of Trxnf. and Assistant t'ltv A t;. 1 1 1 < > i". write* trom tli? 1 "it y Hall, San .\nl:>iiio. Tex.: "Nearly two years ago I arei-pted a |io uitioJi as <-"eicl;nv .i*id Irrmmor with one oi I In* leading dr\ jv?ods establishment* of (iiilvcDitin, lev. ? TJ.e Mitlilr:i . liange t'rom a high and ?1 ry altitude to sea level proved too iiiueli for lilt* and I In ? ame atllieted with catarrh ami co'd in t'te head. anil iiliimul debility to smli an extent as to almost iiii-apact tato uh1 for attending in ntv duties. "I teat induced to Ira l'e-ru-na, atul a/tir tal.ln / sevrrtt! hot Urn (n mitfi // do<rn I ant / It ;a*ed lit suit tltnt i wan entl rely t'f stored to tit ?/ normal cond it toil a ml hit ec vvrr sitter rre otttttt ? mlej the tisr oj JVimiim to my /riends. " A Ijoy never lets liis new watch run ?h?wn. CAPUDINE ? m II i?rt? iiniin-iti.iti-N n .1 I Fic \fa ?<>ii l" ?l iu rrt.-rti in in Vk* BTi don't INDICESTSON and ininiTV ? ? rk it" r OH' I It ?-urea AulUl I I [ii:itv\nfKH a itHo i.r ri'UiitVillg t'.io i*.inro lOri ul*. GtJAHA* TEF.O BY A AAfSi BANK DEPOSIT Vy R?R?raroPa:J. Notes Tal c? 7 500 rwKi: <:nt;R>F4 RHm3Ci?.^l Bcara?tCos.?. Write Qi:ic? CEORfii A-ALA3AM A BUSINESS CCLLEOE. Macon. ti? Food Products make picnic* more enjoyable l<y making | the preparation* ea*i( r. Fjuwf to catty ; e-vii-r to re rve ; and just right for eating as they corrse liom the ran. Libhy'* cook* ha\e frr.?t pick of the be?t tnrat* obtainable and they know how to cook them, us well as peek them. 11 you're not going t j a pi- nic *r.on you can make one tomorrow at your own tal.le hy serving ?cme *lic?d I .unclieon I .oaf. It i* a revelation in tire blending of good meat and good t pices. Booklet fry*. "M??* J? MoV? CocH I lwnfr> to Kef." Wiitf Libby, McNeill ? Llbhy, Chicago You Cannot all inflamed, ul< orated ?iiiJ catarrhal t 011 diiions of the mucous inembi .inc such a* nasal catarrh, uterine catarrh caused by feminine ills, sore throat, soro mouth or inflamed eyes by simply dosing the stomach. Hut \ oil .sii? th can cure these* stubborn alli'Otions by local treatment with Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic which rleshovs the disease f.< rrns,c*hc?'J;?; discharge's, slops pain, and heals the inflammation and m>: eiu.-s. I'axtinc ropiesca's the inu t successful local treatment for feminine ills c\<r prodnced. Thou-and*; of uoir.cn '.<?> . t i f y to this fact. 50 cuts at drujrui .'.s. Send for Free Trial Box the It. I'AXTON CO.. Boston, Mab?. JVO TH1J1GSO G UOTi VR t'MMI A \ I'OI l.'l in t'OOll. inn U hen In v min e < !ik?. cm i ? i liiilci n I'ltlNNM* I, Hi: KMI.Ktl o? |iow ilrr, kill ll? ?- HO?l in I'l l* ? "Si "ml "><)< i hi mult IOi- timl J. "v. t'?>n:'r. It ??>* > k PRUSSIAN REMEDY C0."5'm1pnanul Medical Department TULANE UNIVERSITY Or LOUISIANA lir u<l' hiiIiiup* I"i | frn t'< il i ? ilf.' (ion, loth 'ii nniplc In1 ornief i?'t? ?? nil n'>ui ? - !r?. i?t t I r. nit rir.>?. ?:?? ? 1 1 ? < tl'lMl. I fw n- i i i? kH l'i (lir i rat < Itarltv IIoxji.IhI ?llli ??iSi iitifl .vi.'fii |mIh>|||h mint'iiMy. SffO'nl liiMft?rt!"?? I* clvfti <l:ilt\ nt tli? r1*- ill the * ik . 7 he in- x I FtMiti i, i , rlrM >< t<?l n J?. |'? ,.. Vol riiit'ou' i n i. 1 I 'i for -n illoti, i-drtri i>? iMfoF. ?*. r. < ii mm.i:. m. i?.. noiiiv p. O f>r:tui-i , 'Jill , M:\V OIIMl.tNH, 1,4, I t\ I TJ" ^ \\ Ill-Ill. 110 fliKhrln per |F*S U *,1-0 1 ? -.If .'..Mil. ? ^? -'.Ini.tr. P.. L -a ' 1 ' il/"t "tci ifi ?i,Hii* 1A*" I. II f IH-HI.. \> l?. So. 28 '0;'). Epson's Rye Water ?? fin w?f.fi I yi:?, M" ?