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??r, to oiMti?a amor plates oC r?> wlnrrH eoacme, eovartd with thin plataa of itMl, ?? a protection against tk? Immediate (CmU of the Impact of sheila. Concrete armor plaisa, ?TM vbM re-enforced tor stoat aad close ly Inlaid Iron bar*, moat obviously bo mwi thicker than hardened steel armor, bat as tbe apeelllc gravity of tbe material la oaly one-third that of steel tbe weight of tbe armor need sot bb Increased, while its cost may be rery greatly diminished. The snb? stjtutlon of re-enforced concrete for steel armor on a first class battleship ?would effect a considerable saving. The practicability of the substitution will be decided by the result of ex periments, soon to be made, on the effect of shots on the re-enforced concrete plates. ? Scientific American. Ssven-Year Alibi Wins. That In the seven years he has been married Henry Langevln has never been out of the house sfter 7 o'clock at night was the ooncluslve alibi he established In court recently when he was arraigned on a charge of steal ing chickens from Constable Joseph Demoran and Judge Alvan Day. Over 200 hens were stolen and Lan gevln was srrested. He swore that he had not been out of the house on the night of the theft, nor any other night, for any cause whatever since he hsd been married. His wife swore that he always was home before 7 o'clook at night and that never since he had been married had he gone cat. The Judge accepted the evidence and discharged Langevln. ? Middle boro (Miss.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Record. Genera! Ainsworth. Once sn srmy medico, now major general, adjutant general and boss of the whole military works. Fred Cray ton Ainsworth Is fifty-five, years old and still climbing. According to peo ple who know. Ainsworth is as am bitious as Julius Caesar or Napoleon Bonaparte, and has a heap more sense thsn either. Just now the gov ernment is saving 1500,000 with every pssslng year owing to its adoption of a card index system invented by General Ainsworth which makes the full history of eaoh and every pen sioner and soldier immediately avail able. He knows everybody in Wash ington, end everybody knows him ? and lies him. Happy days, general! ?Washington Star. Hicks* Capudlne Cures Headache, Whether from Cold, Heat, Stomach, or Mental Strain. No Acetanilid or dnngerous iruga. It's liquid. Kffecta immediately. 10c.. 25c.. and 50c., at drug stores. SIMPLE CLEANING PROCESS. Many of us embroider linen or lawn shirt waists, or linen center pieces and dollies, for our friends. Many of us too, though naturally neat, will find our work soiled before It Is finished. But If one desires to make up the material or give it to a friend without washing It may be made perfectly clean by sprinkling thlokly with French chalk and roll ing up for a few days. Th* chalk may then be eastlv shaken out. and an immaculate ght presented with out destroying, the original finish to the fabric. ? Harper's Bazaar. Preposterous. An aged Jessey farmer, visiting a circus for the first time, stood be fore the dromedary's cage, eyes pop ping and mouth agape at the strange beast within. The circus poper began and the crowds left for the main ahow, but still the old man stood be fore the cage In stunned silence, appraising every detail of the mls shspen legs, the cloven hoofs, tb? pen dulous upper lip snd the curiously mounded back of the sleepy-eyed beast. Fifteen minutes paused. Then the farmer turned away and spat dis gustedly. "Shucks! They ain't no such anl TOO BUSY. "Do you keep a cow since you've got Into your suburban home?" "No. It's all I can do to keep my neighbors' chickens." ? Chicago Reo ord-Herald. A green winter makes a fat eburch y?r<l- So. 25- 'OS. "TWO TOPKR8." A Teacher's Experience. "My friends call me 'The Postum Preacher,' " writes s Minn, school teacher, "because I preach the gospol of Postum evorywhero I go, and have been the means of liberating many 'coffee-pot slaves.' "I don't care what they call me so long as I can help others to see what they lose by sticking to coffee, and can show them the way to steady nerves, clear brain and general good health by using Postum. "While a school girl I drank coffee and had fits of trembling and went through a siege of nervous prostra tion, which topk mo three years to rally from. "Mother coaxed me to use Postum, but I thought coffee would give me strength. So things went, and when I married I found my husband and I were both coffee topers and I can sympathize with a drunkard who tries to loave off his cups. ? j\ ? "At last In sheer despe'ratloa. I bought a packago of Postum. fol lowed directions about boiling It. served It with good cream, and asked my husband how he liked the coffee. "We each drank three cups apiece, snd what n satisfied feeling It left. Our conversion has lasted several year* and will continue as long as we live, for K has made us new ? nerves are stoady, appetites good, sleep sound and refreshing." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs. Ever , read I he above letter? A new one appears from time to time. Tliey are genuine, true* and full of human Interest. Lambert Mystery. By MRS. ALEXANDER. CHAPTER VL 11 Continued. "Two ladles, one young, fair, blue eyed and English: the other elderly. German or Russian, welf dressed and well bred. arrived the day before yes terday at tho Hotel des Trots Couron nes. They keep most retired, and only go out In a covered carriage, to the convent of the Beguines. The younger lady weeps a good deal, and often mentions the word 'father* with emotion. They have told their land lord that they await the coming of the young lady's father." "This sounds more promising," cried Glynn, all eager attention. "Were M. Lambert here he might take the Journey to Bruges, and Identify them. Probably he Is the father they expect." "I wish he were here, but, in his absence, I will undertake the Jour ney: I can Identify Miss Lambert." "Do you think her fath~r will thank you?" *1 do. C?n you doubt his agonis ing Impatience until he can get tid ings of .his daughter?" "No: but there is something In affair I cannot quite fathom." There was a pause. "I suppose," resumed Glynn, "there is- no objec tion to mv visiting the ladles your agent describes?" "None; in the absence of the father." "Then I shall start at once. Give me a line of Introduction to your representative. I shall telegraph to you the result of my Journey. No doubt you will see M. Lambert back to-morrow." M. Claude wrote the desired let ter, and armed with It, Glynn left the bureau. A rapid Journey followed, a Jour ney such as men make in bad dreams, with a curious sense of acting under some hideous malignant influence, a depressing anticipation of coming failure. Often in after-life the mem ory of that Journey came back as the most painful experience of all he had ever known for years ? it haunted him with thrills of horror. Little he heeded the quaint aspects of the old mediaeval town, though the picture of the streets through which he was conducted to the Hotel des Trols Couronnes remained forever stamped upon his memory. His anticipations were fulfilled. The ladies were both total strangers to him; he had therefore nothing for it but to apologizo and retire. Back in Paris, where Lambert had not yet returned, and M. Claude re ceived him with cold displeasure. M. Claude was growing impatient at the unwonted failure of his emissaries. It was now six days since the disap pearance of Miss Lambert, and not the faintest clue had been found by which to trace her. The keen-eyed chef de la sureto threw into the pursuit with all the energy of his nature all the profes ? slonal pride that a high reputation could Inspire. There was not a town of any Importance in Europe where his researches did not penetrate, and yet the days rolled on. and not a trace was to be found of the missing girl. To Glynn the terrible darkness, which seemed closing In deeper and deeper with each succeeding day over the. fate of the fair girl he had learned to love so passionately, was appalling. He chafed against his own hopelessness, he exhausted himself in conjectures and restless going to and fro. When Lambert came back from his fruitless Journey to Marseilles, he seemed sunk in a strange, sullen apathy, nor did he accept Glynn's well-meant efforts to comfort and sustuin him with cordiality. "I do not know where I mny have to go, or what I may have to do," he said to Glynn. "I'll hang on here till my time Is up, and then I'll take a room somewhere and just wait. You are very good. Glynn; you could have done no more If you had been my poor darling's afflancod lover. I lit tle knew you were a rich man, and partner In a great firm when I offered you her poor little portion." "Do not speak of It," said Glynn, with Inexpressible emotion; "but treat me as a trusted friend. Tell me what conjectures you have formed aa to her fate." "I believe she Is dead," said Lam bert In a broken voice and covering his face. "Had she been in life she would have managed to communicate with me. Now 1 have nothing left to live for but revenge." "Have you any Idea where to di rect your vengeance?" "I cannot answer yes or no yet, though If I'd answer any one It would be you, Glynn." "That means 'Yes,' " returned Glynu. I..aml>ert did not reply. He seemed sunk in gloomy, hard resignation to a detested destiny. "You shouldn't wait on here, Glynn," he resumed, after a minute's silence. "You cau do no good? as they didn't find her within the llrst week it will Just be a waiting gauie. We'll hit on the truth Just by accident, that will be the way of It. But Glynn ro-ild not tenr himself from I'arls. How often he recalled the circumstances under which he had uttered these words to Elsie; they were aluiOKt the last he ha,J spoken to her. lie could almost heaf ? he sort, tremulous tones In which she promised to listen to his reasons for not being able to tear himself away. No, It was Impossible that she could have had the smallest anticipation of the dreadful catastrophe which awaited her. Yet her very last word* ? her last look haunted him. The questioning, wondering glance, the half whisper ? "you puzzle me!" Twice during this miserable period of indecision Glynn encountered Vin cent ? once on the stair leading to Lambert's abode, and once In the Boulevard*. In the first Instance he greeted Glynn with the frankest expression of sorrow and sympathy (or the great misfortune which had befallen Lam bert, mentioning his own deep grief, and his compassionate forgiveness ot L4mbert's Injurious accusations against himself. Glynn found Lambert in a state of furious excitement after this visit, and uttering violent half-unintelli gible threats against Vincent. On their Becond meeting Glynn tried to pass him. but in vain, and was obliged to listen to a string of suggestions and conjectures respect ing the supposed fugitive which near ly drove him to throttle his interlo cutor and fling him into, the street under the hoofs of the passing horses, especially as he felt that Vincent's small, penetrating, watchful eyes were intently, searchingly fixed on his face while he spoke. At length letters from his partners obliged him to quit the scene of so much suffering and disaster. It was with the deepest reluctance that Glynn bid Lambert good-bye. The unhappy father ?HH wore the same aspect of helplesness. of sullen submission to the irrestlstlble. He scarcely heeded Glynn's announce ment of his immediate departure, and merely answered his ardent request for the earliest information respect ing any crumbs of intelligence in the affirmative. He put Glynn's card in his pocketbook mechanically. Yet he wrung his hand hard at parting, and bid God bless him, brokenly ? yet heartily. Glynn, not satisfied with Lambert'a promise, obtained an Interview with M. Claude, who was even more curt and Immovable than ever. He. how ever, condescended to promise that he would not fail to let him know should any trace of the missing girl be found. The second day after he had re sumed his attendance at the office he found himself too faint and dizzy to continue the writing on which he was engaged. His head ached Intensely, his pulses throbbed. He rang, and began to explain to the clerk who answered his sumomns that he felt so ill he must return home; but before he could finish his sentence he fell heavily at the feet of his startled hearer. He was conveyed carefully to his own residence, which he did not leave for many weeks ? not till he had been brought to the verge of the grave by a fierce t>raln fever. CHAPTER VII. Wlll-o-'-the-Wisp. A new year was opening on the just and unjust ? the fortunate and the unfortunate. Lady Gethln had arrived in town after a prolonged Christmas visit to some attentive rela tives In one of the midland countries. It was the day after her return. She was thinking, with an unusually softened expression on her strong face, of her favorite. Hugh Glynn. She had been intensely anxious about him during his severe illness. She had constantly visited his sickroom, and satisfied herself that nurses and servants were doing their duty. When his life was despaired of, she was grimly still, silent, and enduring, but she knew that all the woman In her somewhat masculine nature had gone out, in maternal affection, to her husband's nephew. When ho was slowly struggling back to life and strength she accom panied him to a south coast bathing place, and gave him the great benefit of her companionship, for she knew how to be sympathetically silent, as well, as congenially talkative. In this prolonged tetc-a-tete Glynn grew sincerely and gratefully attached to the outspoken, free-thinking old woman. Attachment brought confidence, and before they parted Hugh Glynn had told her the strange history of his sudden love for Elsie Lambert, of the hold it had taken of him in spite of reason, prudence, worldly wisdom ? every motive that ought to guide a man of his maturity and experience. He even confessed to the weakness of regretting he had rejected Lam bert's proposal of marriage with his daughter. In the story of Elsie's disappear ance Lady Gethin was profoundly in terested, though to Glynn's disap pointment and indignation, she did not hesitate to declare her belief that the young lady eloped voluntarily and had probably since informed her father of her whereabouts ? a fact he might think It wiser not to divulge. Reviewing these conversations. Lady Gethin sat forgetful of her book, whon the objoct of her thought* was announced. "Why didn't you come to dinner?" she exclaimed, holding out her hand. "Because I have been dining ear lier than usual at the house of a cousin of mine in the suburbs, where I have been officiating as godfather to his first-born son." "A very patriarchal proceeding. Who Is this cousin ? do f know hjm?" "I think not; he Is a cousin on my mother's side, i'.nd has a cure of souls at Clapham." "Well, Hugh, and how nro you? You look better and stronger." "I am! 1 have turned the corner and am beginning to pull mechani cally against the collar once more." Lady Gethin looked earnestly at hltn. Ho seemed taller than ever ? gaunt and bony. His dark face was very colorless, his eyes sunken; yet his attitude and air had less of lassi tude than when they had parted la*?t. "You have been across the Chan nel?" "Yes; 1 ran over to Paris for a lit tle change, Just before Christina*. Paris drafts r.ie like a maguat." "Beautiful an mr; fett.tUr* la alechief la the air. Howmr, I aa to prophet. I wandered about the >M eeeaee like a troubled ghost, and ( saw Lambert." "Indeed! I wish. Hash, you would ?reak away from all the painful nego tiations with that man; you caa do ilm no good." "True; but I hare the moet pro found pity (or him, all the more tbat lie seems by no means glad to eee me. I fancy hie terrible misfortune las affected his brain. He le sullen, ind averse to speak of anything that leads up to the subject of his lost laughter, and yet ne looks in sur prisingly good health." I "He has not had a brain fever, "J I laid Lady Gethin, slgnflcantly. "I luppose no trace whatever has been liscovered?" "Not the faintest. I succeeded In obtaining an Interview with M. Claude, who reluctantly admitted :liat the French police have rarely ocen so baffled." "It is a most extraordinary case," laid Lady Gethin, and then hastened :o change the subject. "I have had rather a pleasant time of It at the Klngsfords'. I went down the day before Christmas and only returned yesterday. The Deerlngs put up there !or two nights on their way to Lord Arthur Savllle's. Lady Frances was looking a little more alive; and real ty Deering can be very agreeable." "He is, I suspect, a tremendously white-washed sepulchre." "I cannot understand your sus picions of Deering," returned Lady Gethin; "as to his being mixed up with the Lambert affair, it is mere nonsense. What on earth could he have to do with such a man as you. lescribe Lambert? He might have met him in a train, or on a steam boat, or a horse race, but it is impos sible he could have known much of him." "He did, however, I am certain." said Glynn, slowly and thoughtfully; "and you would agree with me had you seen them together. There was deadly enmity as well as acquaint anceship between them." "Well, perhaps so," she returned. 'Will you have a cup of coffee. Hugh? It will rouse you, you look sleepy and distrait." "Thank you; a cup of your coffee will do me good." Lady Gethin rang and ordered some to bo brought, talking cheerful ly on a variety of subjects. But Glynn's attention wandered while he lipped the refreshing beverage, and as he put down his cup Lady Gethin exclaimed, "I don't think J'ou have heard a word I have been saying!" "Yes," he exclaimed, starting from his thoughts, "I have heard, but, I confess, not taken In the sense of what you have been saying. I am perhaps foolishly excited by an Inci dent which occurred to-dav, and as you are tolerably acquainted with all my weakness you may as well hear this instance too. I was, as I told you, at Clapham to-day; after the christening of my little godson we re turned to luncheon at Heathcote's? at my cousin's house, and when the other guests had left he asked me to smoke a cigar with him in the garden. As we talked and walked up and down beside a railing and hedge of holly, which separates Heathcote's garden from the noxt, I heard some one speaking at the other Bide, and as I listened I could have aworn that the voice was Elsie Lam bert's. It was soft and low, yet won dorfully distinct; then a highly pitched woman's voice declared in French that she feared some task would be difficult. Again the voice that made my heart stand still said, 'Difficult, but not insurmountable; kindness and steadiness will over come so much; 1 would trust them too' ? Then I ceased to catch the words, though the well known tones came to me again, ns the speakers ovldently turned away. Great heav ens! I hear It still. It was Elsie's voice! I lost my head for a moment; I rushed to the railing, and thrusting my arms beneath them, tried to tear away some of the branch to look through. My cousin thought I had lost my senses, and begged for an explanation. I told him I felt certain that a lady I had been seeking in every direction was at the other side of the hedge. He said the adjoining grounds belonged to a ladles' school, and I asked him to accompany me to the house, and back mo up In my in quiries, as he was known to the own er and the teachcrs. At last he con sented. The parloylng occupied some time, then we had a walk round by a road which ran the length of the two gardens, to turn again on reach ing the common, and go a little way back to the gate of Montperler House; altogether twenty minutes must have elapsed from tho time I first heard the voice before I rang the bell at Mrs. Storrer's. As we ap proached a cab was driving away. On asking for the head of the establish ment, we were informed that no one was at home but the head governess and tho French teacher. Heathcote sent up his card and begged to bo allowed to speak to one or both of tho ladlcp." To bo Continued, Thaw to Stay in Jail. New York. Special. ? Ilnrry K. Thaw will remain in t!te I'oughkeep sic jail, pending an application of his counsel to Justice Howling, of I he Su preme Court, for a change of the or der romtnilling liitn to t lie State Hos pital for the Insane nt Mattewnn. TH < decision was rendered 1? v Justice M oiseliauser, of l'oiiifhkeep<ie, after lioni inir arguments of counsel in this city en a motion to transfr Thaw 'o a New York State asylum other than nn asylum for insane convicts. Trouble Botv/con Chinese and Japs in California. Ran Francisco, Special. ? Enmity between the Japanese nri('< Chinese in Hie Kast has spread to the count ry mon hero. The Japanese are boy cotting Chinese merchants in tho coast cities in retaliation for the ac tion of the Chinese in the Orient. The feling is becoming aeutc and it is feared that racc conflicts may de velop. ? The ' General Demand _ ?f t he Well-Informed of the Wodd has* always bt? for a iiwplw, pi ee sent and tffleiirt liquid laxative nmejj of known value; a laxative which physicians oould MMtfaw for family uee beeauee ite com ponent parte are known to them to be wholeeome end truly beneficisl in effect, acceptable to the system end gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with ite ex cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of tho laxative for its remark able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well- Informed. To get its bencficial effects always buy the genuino ? manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per botUe. ? ii DEMAND FOR EMPLOYMENT. The demand for employment by educated women la greater propor tionately In England than In any oth er country. Nowhere In ther world la the dilemma of a woman aocustomed to luxury and suddenly thrown on her own resources so distressing as In England. This problem was dis cussed recently at a great confer ence In London, where repreeentatlve women of England, Ireland and Scot land met to decide on the beet means to help educated women to earn a living wage. Mrs. Grundy. Mrs. Grundy Is a person mentioned in. but not Introduced as a character In Morton's j?Jay of "Speed the Plough." She is a near neighbor of one Dame Ashfiold, who. In all the concerns and doings of her dally life, manifests great solicitude as to what Mrs. Gruady would say, "What will Mrs. Grundy say?" has accordingly passed into a' proverb, meaning, "What opinion wftl the eminently vir tuous and respectable portion of so ciety pass upon your actions?'* ? St IjouIs Post-Dispatch. WOT7LD MAKE A FINE WITNESS. "This kid," declared the New York broker, "is no good as an office boy. He has absolutely do memory.*' "Well," Inquired the Junior partner, "shall we fire him or take him lntr the firm?" ? Kansas City Journal. ONE WOMAN'S ENIXJUANCE. Southern Woman Suffers Tortures For Tears. Racked and torn with terrific pains, nightly annoyed by kidney irregular! ties, Mrs. A. 8. Payne, of 801 Third Are.. So., Columbus. Miss., suffered for years. She says: "The palnn In my back, sides and loins were so terrible that 1 often smoth ered a scream. Every i move meant agony. my rest was Broken by a troublesome weakness and the secretions teemed to bnrn like acid. 1 was In an awful condition and doctors did not seem to help. Doan's Kidney Pills bene fited me from the first and soon mads me a strong and healthy woman.** For sale by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Fostsr-MIIburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. The less money a man makes the more he has ? if he isn't married. FITS, St. V ittu'Danr* :N *>rvoun Disease* per manently curod by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Ifvestorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. H. R. Kline. Ld..8?l Arch St., Phila., Pa. To he asked to do that which you know how to do ? that is Opportunity. Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrupfor Chttareti teethi n g, softens * hegums, reduced nHam mo tion, allays pain,c tee wind colic, 25c a bottle It is not a disgrace to fail, but it is a crime not to try again. KKBr TOUR SKIM HXALTIT. Tsttssims toss don* wssdsrs for suffer ers from asssiaa, let t?r, ground itoh, ery ? Lp?la?. IM?M sore haul. Uim ohsres and sitter for sis of skts diseases. In aggravat ed esses of sstsi lis esvss ksvs bsee mar ?sHme sad IfeossasflS et people slog Its 5 raises. Its. si 4r*fcUt? or by nail from . T. Iwmnrs, Dept. A, Savsnssh, Ga. A Qsntle Hint. Senator Fulton at his annual Ore gon salmon dinner In Washington, told a tipping story. "In Astoria" he said, 'there used to be an old fisherman who brought me the first of every month a present of a splemdid eahnoo from his master. 1 always rave the old fisherman a tip. "But one morning 1 was very 'busy and when the old man brought the fWh I thanked him hurriedly, and for getting his tip bent over my desk affxdn. H>e hesitated a moment, Ihen cleared his throat and said: "Senator, would ye be so kind as to put It in writln' tha< ye didn't give me no Mp this time, or my wlfr'll th-ln'k I've went and spent it on rum." ? Washington Star. Why He Could Not Change. The story Is told of a Dutchman who c.ertaVnly needed the service of the far-famed "Lady from Philadel phia," if ever any one required her assistance. He was assigned to a sent In the coach which obliged him to ride back ward through the Black Forest. At the first a'.opplng place he asked the po3tmr.ster to give hlni another seat, saying It made him 111 1o ride back ward. "Ask the man opposite to change with you," said the postmaster, gruffly. "But there Is nobody opposite *c me."' complained the Dutchman, "so I cannot ask Ihlni." ? Youth's Compan ion. Itetyralfif CImoIl A N?w York *41 tor laid 4owi ? Wttsr wit* a lsagh. - "A totter from W. W. Jtctb*. tho. English humorist/' kt Mid. "ImUi lag to wrlto me a Chrlitmu story at a dollar a word. That was not what made mo lanfh, though. "Mr. Jacobs tells ne la this letter ?(boot an American correspondent of his own name. The Americas W. W. JscObs wrote to the English one recently. He said he. too. aspired to literary laurels, but so far with out success. He had a proposition to make. He propoeed that the two work tn lartnorshlp, (he supplying the Ideas, the other writing the Ideas up." The editor took up Mr. Jacob's let ter and read from it: "My American namesake then told of a dream he had had. in which this partnership arrangement evidently an swered satisfactorily; so satisfactor ily. indeed, that publishers' checks came in so fact and furious that the majority of them had to be returned as 'unavailable' ? a happy state which none of us. or very few, ever reach." ?Washington Star. ANTIDOTE FOR SKIN DISC ASKS Thai's what tkttsbisb Is; And it la more. It is as absoluts oar? for eeoetna, tetter, ringworm, erysipelas and all other Itohtag oataaeous diseases. In aggravated oaaee ef these afflictions its cures have boon phe nomenal. It gives instant relief aad effects permanent eurea. DOe. at druggists or by mail from J. T. Baurranca, Dept. A, Sa vannah, Ga. When a man plays for sympathy, he loses if he wins. A man with "a finished educa tion" is just about as useful as any other ornament. Don't be afraid of experience. He is the best teacher. To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up the System Take tho Old Standard Oaovs's Tasts ljcss Chili. Tonic. You know what you are taking. The formula i? plainly printed on every bo':tl?, showing it w simply t^ui nino and Iron in a tasteless form,. and the nioMt effectual form, t' or grown people and children. 50c Habits are part of our life in youlh and all of lif<* in manhood. Hicks' Cupuitiiu* tuiVK women's Monthly I'atns, IWkache. Nervouene**. and Headache. It's Liquid, l-iffects imme diately. Prescribed by physician* with lw?t results. 10c.. 25c.. and 50c., at drug store*. And some shirt-waists would ho less iiiinpled if they were pressed less often. INVALID'S SAD PLIGHT. Af'er Inflammatory TUieumatism, Hair Catnc Out, Skin Pooled, and Hed Sores Developed ? Only Cutlcnra Proved Sueccesfsl. "About four years ago 1 had a very se vere attack of inflammatory rheumatism. My akin i.eeled, and the high fever played haroc with ray hair, which came out in bunches. I also had three large had sore.* on my beck. 1 did not gain very rapidly, and my appetite was very poor. 1 tried many 'sure curse' but they were of- little help, and until 1 tried Cuticura Resolvent I had had no real relief. Then my com plexion eleared and soon I felt better. The bed sores went very soon after a few appli cations of Cuticura Ointment, and when I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for my hair, it began to regain its former glossy appearance. Mrs. l^avinn Ilenderaoii, 138 Drond St., Stamford, Conn., March 0 and 12, 1907." Our leading ph. mid an recommends Cuti cura for eccema. Mrs. Algy Cockburo, bhilob, O., June 11, 1007," There is no disgrace in playing the second fiddle if you play it us well as you can. muni ?MUCK The back is the mainspring of woman's organism. It quickly calls attention to trouble by aching. It tells, with other symptoms, such as nervousness, headache, pains in the loins, weight in the lower part of the l>ody, that a woman's feminine organism needs immediate attention. In such eases the ore sure remedy which speedily remotes the cause, and restores the feminine organism to a healthy, normal condition is LYDIA E. PINKH AIM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND Mrs. Will Young, of C Columbia Ave., Rockland, Me., says : " 1 was troubled for a long time with dreadful backaches and a pain In my | side, and was miserable in every way. j I doctored until I was discouraged and thought I would uever get well. I read what Lydia E. I'inkham's Vegetable Compound huu mOCC f:jr others and decided to try it; after taking three bof.les I can truly that 1 never felt so well in my life." Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of Kast Earl, I Pa., writes to Mrs. I'inkham: " I had very severe hacUachcs, and j pressing-down pains. I eould not sleep, | and had no appetite. Lydia 15. Pink | ham's Vegetable Compound cured me | and made me feei like a new woman." ! FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made i from roots and herbs, has been the I standard remedy for female ills, j and has positively cured thousands of j women who have ta?eii t roubled with I displacements, inllnmmat ion, uleera j tion, fibroid tumors irregularities, ; periodic pains, backache, that l>car . ing-down feeling, tlat uleney,indiges ! tion,dizzincss.or nervous prostration. BROWNING IN KANSAS. I "We want you to say a few wordi ! About Hrownlng." I "Well. ladles. " responded Mn. j Homebuddy, diffidently, "for pies and ? other pastry 1 recommend a hot oven; j for beans, a slow fire." ? Kansas City i Journal. I ! Froo Ouro for Rhou ntaiisnt , Bono Pain and Ecxonta I Botanic blood Halm IB. I* B.) cures the worst rases of Rheumatism. bono pains, swollen muscles and joints. by purifying the blood. 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Bluer* Hurklaberry Cordial. SScent* at dnw tlorc?, or I?t mall. OlrrnlamTra*. UALTIWANOEB tAVLOR I)KUU CO.. Atlanta. ??. CURES STOMACH-ACHE IN TEN MINUTES Mother Q m, KurM in Obi Id - rra'a Ham*. H?? T*rk Oltjr. MOTHER CRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN. FIHE FARMS la nitddl* and ftnnth Oaorfla \V? ran Internal yon In O*or?rt? f*Tm? \n any d?'alr?d. L*ad* that IU well, ?re produc ttr*. and void on May terma. Wilt* ui (or Information. I, A MAR * PEHRT, Winder, (la Dropsy 11 R?aui all nwetttag la I !? M diyt; (Oku ? p?rninrn( cars in .*> to to <J?v?. Trial treatment jl??n fret. Nothtw#e?? be fairer Write Or. M. H. Groan's Sana. SpaclalUlt, Bo* b Atlanta, Or TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body nntisepftically clcnn and free from un healthy germ-life nnd disagreeable odors, which water, aoapnnd tooth preparations alone cannot do. A germicidal, disin fecting and deodor izing toilet requisite of exceptional ex cellence and econ omy. 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Nursing Mothers and Malaria The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHIIX TONIC, drives out Malaria nnd buiMp up the system. You know what you arc taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless, and the most effectual form. For adults and children. 50c.