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Chinese Superstitions. gious superstition asserts itself .nese architecture, and the univer acredness of the numerals 3 and - aown in the arrangement of tem doors. There is a triple gate way each of the halls of the imperial &lace and the same order prevails i ie Ming tombs, and the sacred person .of the Emperor, when he was in hI /Pekin home, could only be approached 'y three times three -rostrationa Best For the Bowels, No matter what ails you, headache to a eancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCAARTS help nature, cure you witliout a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the geuuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab let has C.C.C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. Senator Hoar told the Smith college girls the othe'r day that the angels of glory couldn't compete with tnem in a beauty show. 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It is taken internally, and is made in Toledo,t Ohio by F. J.. cheney & Co. Testimonials free. ai S-.old by Druggsts; price, 75c. per bottle. Hall's Family Pis are the beat. Some people apparently talk so that they woa't have to listen to other people. To Core a Cold in One Day, A Take LAXArxi Bnoxo QUINNE TABLEs.W All druggists refund the money if it faisto a cure. E. W. Gnovx's signature on each box. hi The average politician is addicted to bolts y( and bars. so. 47. ne S Look at your-tongue. A p Is it coated ? de 4 Then you have a bad o taste in your mouth every 4 hr 4morning. Your appetite he is poor, and food dis tresses you. You have of 4frequent headaches and 4 are often dizzy. Your 4stomach is weak and fr your bowels are always fo S constipated. mii 4 There's an old and re- nb liable cure: CO rl 4Tli 4 Don't take a cathartic - . dose and then stop. Bet- < S ter take a laxative dose - 4each night, just enough to , S cause one good free move- 4 e ment the day following. tre You feel better the / S very next day. Your 4Ik appetite returns, your S dyspepsia is cured, your Si headaches pass away, your tongue clears up, your liver acts well, and Ifmi your bowels no longer s give you trouble. def Price. 25 cents. All druggists. h " I have taken Aver's Pills for 3.5 lt years. and I cons ider them the best ae.One pill does me mnorecpood thz half a box o.f any other kmnd. laae ever tried." A MORNINC PRAYER. Let me to-day do something th, take A little sadness from the work store. And may I be so favored as to mak Of joy's too scanty sum a little n Let me not hurt, by any scfish (lee Or thoughtlets word, the heart o friend: Nor would I pass. unseeing, worth: Or sin by silence when I should ( However meagre be my worldly we Let me give something that sI my kind, A word of courage, or a thought of Dropped as I pass for troubled h find. Let me to-niglht look back across tI 'Twixt dawn and dark, and to 1 science say Because of some good act to b man "The world is better that I lived t -Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in the Nc Journal. Mrs. 8 0istlegrow's B4j He'en Whitney Clark. 'M dretful worried noout if 'i vas me, I'd tell her ill a mistake in the first an' that was the hull But la' You might as well talk wind as to talk to brother John his mind's sot on anything." Mrs. Thistlegrow, or Aunt I as the neighbors called her, sho head gravely, as she sat down 1 the potatoes for dinner. "An' here I am, with my lami a-gittin' lamer every day, an' n to be had, fur love nor money. I John a-comin' home, too, an' v am a-goln' to do with such a si aw as Serena Saxon, I can't se pertikler as John allus was, t to think of him a-marryin' a gil can't hardly cook a pertato i yhem Saxons is all a shif-less si erena is the shif-lessest one bull lot; an' it does rile me a h think of her a-marryin' John 1-comin' here to be mistress of ! place. A fine. housekeeper she in' a pretty mess she'll make i kitchen, that I've allus tuck seci with." And the tears almost stood ir rlhistlegrow's eyes, as she g iround the roomy kitchen, whi leed, gave evidence of her thri: naagement. The speckless window panes tI vhich the faintest ray of sui .ound easy ingress; the long ki able, white with its weekly sco he bright array of pots and pan he polished china and glasswai -angd on the spotless shelves < all, old kitchen-dresser-all tc 'areful industry and house hrift. Mrs. Thistlegrow. sighed as ooked aroundl, and thought of hanges that would soon be mz he tidy apartment. "I wouldn't mind John a-gittin led," she continued, "ef 'twas o: omebody smart an' capable; fur rith the rheumatiz in my bac hat spell of ager I hed in the: in't none too able to git abot ~ow. "But to think of Serena n'him like she did, punt< tae ' ~hen h4 ly a-f nnin' a' helped, though, , mus~t try to git sorile, >r, mes. There'll be a hed' coi do, an' of course Serena won't help. She'd only be in the 'clutter up the kitchen, ef she must git Squire Brown to pu vertisement in the paper fer * * * * * * 'You don't look none to chink," mt Rodilla, critically scanning 2ite face of a tall girl before girl with silky coils of bronze ir, and eyes the color of wild fo: ~-nots. "But you hain't been ui say, and mebbe you'd do. H ver' hired out before, I b leve id?' 'No," but I have done housewor me, an' think I could suit you. 'I think so, too," declared Aunt Ia, heartily. "But you hain't your name yet." It's Bella-Bella Bittersw iled the girl, looking wonder: atty, Aunt Rtodilla thought, 'p dimples indenting the fair ch( er which a faint, blooming 1 dl dawned, heightening their deli iuty. Tery well, Bella. I shall be your help. I know. There's h house-cleanin' to do, fur I'm ~tin' my br'othier John home e y', now, to be0 imrried. An' th it-cakes and lemon-tarts to be n 'the affair. An' we might as ke up some jelly rolls while n ut it. Brother John used to be nmmon fond of jelly-roll." .nd when M1iss Serena Saxon wa] o the kitchen one day, as she rntly did. with the air of p-roprit stared haughtily at the fair-fm .who sat whisking eggs, with ed sleeves showing a pair of wi ipled arms such as the Medi au5 herself might have envied Hlumph: so you've got a h ."remarked Sei'ena, turning nt Rodlilla, with a supercilious si her bold, blac~k eyes, and at ners of her sharp, thin-hrp needed one, I think," retorted 3 stlegr'ow, abruptly. "With umnatiz in my back, an' all the ta of gettin' ready for John-" You won't have' the trouble It n,'' observed M\iss Saxon, coin ily. "Form I shall soon be the1 ~S hlere, and1( if you pay y, Tohn's a-comin':" erlied Aunt ai. rushinig through the ball. 3 ena trippling ('10se1y at her he in gr'eetedl his sister affectionai u'e addlressinig his intended br' l'hien you have not changed y' d yet?" he asked, half gloomily ?rena poutedl, andl tossedl her' i antly'. )f eour'se not: I ain't the kind nge( myi imnd r'ier I say a thiL hn looke ~, as if lie I e uip his -2 .. 30rm the sacr'it his hland!somie face looked tr andl downcast. ant MrovHa e-,ed a moment bounce out to the kitchen, as a reliei Lt shall to her indignation. "Bella," she commanded, abruptly, I's vast "bring in a glass of cherry wine. Brother John looks like he needed v e little stimulation of some sort." And Aunt Rodilla hurried back, d while Bella rolled down her sleeves, foe or smoothed out the folds of lihr apron, - need, and carried the glass of wine on a lefend. tray to the parlor door. Brother John stood In the centr? of alth, the room, tall and broad-shouldered, tall aid with Spanish-brown eyes, dark, way. health, ing hair, and moustache tawny as - arts to lion's mane; but with a grave, re signed look on his dark, handsome fen tures-Serena hovering near. her blaclh e span eves gleaming triumphantly. ny con- Bella stood for half a second or east or the threshold of the door; then ther was a crash. a cry of "Jack.' amd V Yok Aunt Rodilla's goblet ay in shattered fragments on the floor, the ruby-red wine splashing over the carpet and the gold-and-crimson wallpaper, and broth ) er John was holding Bella, half-faint T ing, in his arms, showering kisses on the pale cheeks and tremulous coral red lips. "What is the meaning of this'" dc manded Serena, in violent tones "What's this girl to you, John Gro i.. an' ver?" it was John clasped the slender form more place, closely In his arms, and looked defl on It- antly into Serena's flashing eyes. to the ''She is my wife," he answered, tri when umphantly. Finding that her well-laid plans had odilla, thus gone "agley," 'Miss Serena ok her flounced angrily from the house. :o peel And brother John took the first oc casion to explain to his sister how he t back ad secretly married Bella two years o help ago, her guardian being opposed , ) rother the match. The boat on which they that I took their bridal tour had been ter-in- wrecked, the young couple separated e. So and both had been reported lost. And ,o, an' Bella, having no proof of her marriage, *1 that had chosen to retain her maiden lecent. name. t, but of the "I declare fur it if I ain't glad, plum eap to to my gizzard," deciared Aunt Rodilla, , an delightedly. "If I'd picked your wife he ole myself, John, I couldn't a-chose one that suited me better. n this "An' I do believe my rheumatiz' is pains gittin' better already," she added, slip Mrs. ping out to see about the dinner.-Sate Ianced urday Night. lanced ch, in- How Rulers Are Addressed. t and The simple little "madam" Is, as most people know, all that serves be rough tween Victoria and her court to mark :Ishine her dignity as the ruler of a world tchen- wide empire. Had Britain a king he uring; would be no more than "sire," the old s, and French form of "sir," sacred to roy *e, ar- alty. The term of "your inajesty" is >f the only for servants and' eeremonial oc '1d of casions. Not every one In aware, how ,vifely ever, that there are few other courts where this simplicity prevails. The she Emperor of Germany is "majestat" the there Is no pronoun in the title-to all Lde in~ and sundry, even to his family, except when In absolute privacy. The Em mar- peror of Austria Is "eurer majestat" at aly to all times and under all circumstances; wha1: the King of Greece is "vot ' k an' French being the court Ian call, I. the King of Sweden is "els it no- Their royal consorts are addre the same formality. Only at t saxon of Belgium and Italy may cndin' eign be greeted as "sire" or " was us , eh lan Nicho . II.. Is John i rtie d -officials "czar." ykin' To the lips of a Russian peasant face offer to face with his ,sovereign the time way honored "little father," "little mother," did- would spring, as trould "excellenza" an to those of an Itllian. It should be me." noted in passing thiat not even their most privileged coturtiers may speak said to monarchs unless they are spoken to. the This piece of etiquette does not work ier- out quite so stiftly as might be expect-1 gold ed; once embarked on a conversation eget- remarks and opinions may be offeredi siek, with a due amount of tact. ain't you At a Ceylon Hospital. Every nurse who touches at the port k at of Colombo wants to inspect the model < 'little Lady Hlavelock Hospital, which : Rb- was suggested and opeiled by the wife told of a former Governor of Ceylon of that name, says the Newv York Tri ~er," bune. The hospital Is staffed entirely I ully by women, and was built for the ben v'ith efit of the native women whose rell-t eks, glous customs and traditions -forbid t lush the ministrations of medical men. cate The resident surgean, at "the LadyC Havelock is a qualified buteh burgher glad -the first, and so far the only, wom caps an who has studied and .taken her de--' ex- gree in Ceylon. The, hospital stands I rery in the centre of beautiful grounds, full, .t 're's of shady tropica' trees and vivid flow-, y ade ers, and contains ten wards b~uilt -on I well the pavilion plan. Three rupees a day I e're -.91.50-and ten rupees entrance fee 3 on-- cover the cost of nursing, medicines, medical attendance and board..- The ked uniform Is brown hoiland, br-aided in fre- white.r tor, The native women are pleasant and t ted tractable patients. Nightgowns are up- garments unknown to natives of Cey- r iite- ion, and it is curious to see patients in S :anl bed with lengths of linen rolled around I them, these doing duty as robes' de 0 red nuit. .d to - nile The Chinese* Soldier. ii tihe I have read and I have heard It n pedi stated that because of his perfect in- n dlifferenc-e to death the Chinaman will, n irs. when pr-operly led, make a formidable s5 the~ soldier. It is an unconvincing state- s) you- ment. Hie is indifferent to death, and 0 cases are common enough of his 'sell- tl >ng. .ing himself to (lie in the place of a I: plo- convicted criminal, andl then dying nis- stoically. A ('rimninal ab~le to pay fifty It our dollars for a substituite and sortething a more to bribe the law can usually es- p~ Rb- cape. But it surely would be a sorry t1 fiss army that was composed of men to si els. whom life was a hopeless, (lull, aln~osj ti ely intolerable thing. Andl life to the av- el ide. erage Chinaman is that, He is not ej our aggressive, not warlike, not courage- tp4 ouis. He is willing to die, provided ai ~ad that the whole of his body' shall be Si bluriedl with suitable rites by his fain- m to ily: but he fears nothing so much as Pl g," dleatih without those rites; and dismem u berment is more than dlisgraceful and 'vi shameful, since it places him at a n iad marked -disadvantage in that world m ce: to come in which he has been taught s5 ou- lhe will find indemnification for his vi ' troubles in this.-John Russell Cor to I yell, in~ Harper's .Weekly, ~ MfUSIC FOR THE INSAN AkN EXPERIMENT WHICH INTERES ALL THE CIV.L'ZED WORLD, 5ovel Treatment of Women Patients Ward's Island - Some Encouragd Signs-Photographs Which Show I provement-Music as a Remedial Age On Ward's Island, where the S: cares for the insane of Manhattan. experiment Is being tried which int ests all the civilized world. The where the poor are treated, the lat development of science is being r to the test, and daily trials are bei made of the effect of music on t brain, to determine how far it can relied upon as a remedial agent. J what the ultimate result will be It too soon to state with authority. T physicians who have the matter charge are watching and studyi (ach case assiduously. They are ii yet ready to commit themselves to results, but details, as far as t experinient has gone, were cheerful given and are full of interest. The theory is not new. It was knov to and discussed by the ancients. Ilyt agoras prescribed sonnets to those ] boring under aberration of mind. I cause of their rythmic movemei Xenocrates. 306 B. C.. followin'g 1: teaching, played a lyre and sang the insane. Centuries later, Ferine the eminent singer, is said to ha cured Philip of Spain of homicid mania by singing billads to him dail It is well known among students brain disease that few South Germaa commit suicide, and it is held probab that there Is some connection betwe< that fact and the extreme fondue for music which characterizes the n tion. But It was not until quite r ceitly that anything like systemat experiment was made, or any scientif records kept. in 1877 and 1878 son desultory effort was made on Blae well's Island. In 1886 the Lancet di cussed the subject, and Is quoted saying: "Music Influences both bra and spinal cord, probably on accou of music having vibratory or way motion, and thro.igh its vibratory a tion stimulates the trerve centre Music acts as a refreshing ment: stimulant and restorative. Therefoi it braces depresse& norvous tone, at indirectly through the nervous systei reaches the tissues." And now, I Manhattan .Free Hospital, the theor is being daily applied, and effort i heing made to rea:h definite and sa isfactory conclusils. Dr. Bally, th well-known brain specialist, with h able wife, and DL Peterson, who 1 the consulting sur-eon of Ward's Is and, became conviiced that music w. a desirible aid. aad, being eager t prove the benefit, agreed to suppl music for one hour a day If Dr. E. ( Dent, SuperIntende t of the Woman' Hospital, would a nge a class an keep all records. Tl Dr. Dent agree to do, and for a nutlber of weeks th experiment has bee'. under way. TechnIcally theremare' many kind of Insanity. For imeir proper treai ment patients are (v1ded Into group or classes, the cae.of acute manl. lt mu 8 or group sep close -study pog gd t be too many, ferers rom melancholia Wer rs\bosen, Men twelve whose d~isease taky the umte form. The music; will be co h~ed until a class from p each ward lis been subjected to the~test. So fa~there Is a general ieeling among the'physiclans that a gain Is being mad~ but they are con servative, and chdj, of stating any :hing positively, u il closer study has een given, and . eports have been nore carefull; col ldered. Two afternoons ,ecently the writer ittended the class. In the Interval be ween thle first ani second visits two lays only had elaised, yet the faces ;eemed brighter aid more intelligent 2pon the second diy,'and one or two howed a decided Increase in inter ~st. The class i progress was the Lcute .one. :,Amotg Its meisbers was mne poor girl wlo raved incessantly n-an excited mnanser, another who was tpparently oblivbus to all her sur 'oundings, otherstwho were quiet, but tbsolutely dull and lifeless. It was ioticed that the programmes consist d of sentimentd classical music. At rlree o'cI'ock the class is ushered Into he music room The members are liirestri'neid, bit nurses watchl every harige anil hoto it down. 'Before the music begins, anx1 again-when the class q diosed,' he tenperature, respiration bd pulse of eh patient are taken yClie liurses and recorded. During lie''entire hor these attendants are i he watch. r'hrough their carefully algn :notes tke phlysicians keep in ormed of every change, anr from bWe mnake their deductions. It it can e .discovered that change of any sort ollows the treatment, something will lifd been aickieved, for to rouse tile atient or to change the current of iought is all-Important. Acute mania is most helped b~y pe iods of quietnde. The brain is over timulated aird needs rest. If it cans e discovered that one sort of music r another inducm; those periodls, a istinct advantage will be gained. One 'oman, it was noticed, seemedl smil ig in a haippy, contented way. The urse assured us that she felt the mnsic helped to crente her chleer'ful ioments. Thle poor child, who seemed >dden and dull upon the first day. owed signs of pleasure on thle see ad. The most excited patient of ie twelve listened far more quietly pon the latter occasion. The melanch~olia class had completed s allotted'nmonthi when the visit was ande, and Dr. Bond. whlo was the ipsician in charge, believes that on zt:*lilei the experiment has been tfactor. I~is records show that er tihe pulse was quick IedLsQ Jle.'rospiration - enhanced: $Jeffe on2 wpaspown in the i~peratute. *XtuIn1 the monthI set >)tfordias,9lo1ei-miusie was mspenited. In lrdrXtbat the test ight be as perfect as possile. tile itients yere execluded from the regr 'ar con rts, which are given wvith a ew to ntertainmfent only, and do >t allo a study of the effect of' usic o special character. The in rume used are the harp and thet olin, th the piano as accompani ent n singing is included in the, ogra . The voice employed is a E baritone. At the end of the month the doctor feels that the twelve pa tients have improved. and he produed TS photographs taken when the C!ass was opened and again at its close. Even to the casual observcr the sec n group shos increased alertness and :Ippears more intelligent. Th tiraine:i m ye discovers still more developlieu', nt. -New York Post. an THE OLDEST LIVING THINC. ,r- Cnlifornia's rig Trees Antedate the re. Glacial Period. !st Mr. Clifford Pineliot, the forester of ut the Department of Agriculture. has rig compiled a pamphlet on the Big TPoes he of California. which has just been is be sued from the Government Printing St Office. It is handsomely Illustrated Is with a number of fine pictures ol the he great trees, showing their size as com in pared with that of other conifers. Mr. ug Pinchot presents the following salient ot facts regarding the Big Trees. as "T'lie dimensions of the Big Tree are lie unequalled. Its age makes It the old ly est living thing. The majestic beauty of the Big Tree is unique and world in renowned. It exists only In ten .Iso i- lated groves on the west slope of the a- Sierra Nevada Mountains and no e- where else in the world. The Mariposa it. grove is the only one of consequence is which is completely protected. Most to of the scattered groves of Big Trees 11, are privately owned and are therefore re In danger of destruction. Lumbering al !s rapidly sweeping them off. Forty y. mills and logging conupanies are now at )f work wholly or iII part upon Big Tree is tiiber. The southern groves show le sonic reproduction, through which 'n there is some hope of )erpetiating is these groves. In the northern groves a- the species hardly holds its own. The e- Big Tree and the smaller coast red ic wood represent a surviving phehistoric ic genus of trees once widely distributed ic over the globe. k- Mr. Pinchot says that before the s- glacial period the genus of Big Trees, is called Sequoia, fleurished widely In the n temperate zones of three continents, it and Europe. Asia and America each had its share. But when the ice fields moved down out of the north the lux z uriant vegetation of the age declined. al and one after another the different e kinds gave way until only the Big .d Trees and the redwood survived. These 1 trees have come down to us through n the vicissitudes of~ many ceuries sole y ly because of Its superb qualifleations. s Its bark is often two feet thick and t- almost non-combustible. The oldest c specimens felled are still sound at s heart and fungus is an enemy un s known to it. Yet the Big Trees have I- not Increased their range since the s glacial period, and have just managed o to hold their own on the little strip of y country where the climate is locally favorable. s The finest of all groves, the Calave I ras grove, with the biggest and tallest j trees, came into the possession of a e lumberman op April 1, 1900; in short, the majority of the Big Trees of Call a fornia, certainly the best of them, are -ow ed by people who have every right. sin mazy cases, every intention, of Sc tting ti ,m down for lumber. Many no ras era, Mis umn, spent'E. contains 1384) Mariposa grove has nning. came u* forty feet in circumferentednesday even * A Wise eforrving Day wi The address of Emma k'.___ manager of the "Model Home a is in Marietta College, Ohio, deliveren-v. ne the mass-meeting of Syracuse hiouse~r keepers, shows that she is enmphati- -v cally the woman for the situation and be an example for her sex everywhere. se, "The average American man Is just sti my Idea of a saint," said Mrs. Ewing, American man will be that, though his guilty conscience tells hina It is not true, it was tihe right thing for Mrs. Ewing to say. It :ounds it hat should - bethe keynote of the wide r~nd general effort on the part of lovely woman to reform and improve the weaker and inferior sex. The ancient proverb that "more flies are caught with honey than with vine gar" applies equally to the miale htu- e man fly, but Mrs. Ewing appears to be the only refornmer, so far as is * known,. who appreciates the value and the application of the adage. In pri- * r-ate life this method of man-tamiing is widely understood and practiced. Why 0 is it not more generally utlhized by re formners in public? Why do not theS wouldl-be reformers aplpreciate thle ad-* vantage of winning tile weak and sus ceptible heart, man's unguarded out- * pos5t, before attacking the hastioned *0 and buttressedl citadlel of his intellect o and his temper.-New York World. OC Too Severe a Test. 0 An eccentric clergyman in Cornwty * was much annoyed by the habit which 0 some members of his congregation had i of looking round to see late comers. B After enduring it for somec time he said, on entering the reading-desk one day: "Brethren, I regret to se-' that your attention Is called away from y-our religious duties by y-our ve ry natural desire to see who conies in beindiWi you. I propose henceforth to save you the troub~le by naming each person Ell who comes in late." He then began: "Dearly beloved." ,sha but paused1 half way to inlterp~olate,. "Mr. S., with his wife and daughter." LO Mr. S. looked greatly surprised, but - the minister, with perfect gravity, re sumed. Presently lie agt~in pautsed:W "Mr. ('. andI William D).''I The abashed congregattion kept their fo eyes fixed on their books. -The service on ir proceedled in the mlost ord~erly manner, mac: the" parson interriupting himiself every now andI then to announce someit late , conmer. At last lie said, still with the same perfect gravity: '' "Mrs. S., in a new bonnet."th In a moment every fenine lucaend in the congregation, was; turned. Youth's Companion.D ______- Co The Discovery of Silk. !t Was a womlan. andl a Chiineee Em- a~c the pr'oduc't of the silkwor'm a ni pr r'eted a met hod for utilizinhg It. HIr name was See H1eig. and; she livd -thout 2S00 y-ears B. C. It is to her' w' owe that delighmtftul fabric in all i tsj many varlations. WXome(n also nearly -- monopolize the industry of designing rri fo- ailk ?ahries. we Every mother possessE young daughter. That d the responsibility for her f mother. The mysterious less gir into the thoughtf on the watch day and nig] well-being of her daughte children also. I'' When the young girli she experiences headachec an abnorm-nal disposition to limbs, eyes dim,,desire f, society of other girls, wh< friends, then the mother si such a time the greatest , ham's Vlegetable. Coin system for the coming ch this hour of trial. The following letters I oDf Mrs. Pinkhamn's efficien,, Miss Good asks "DinMr.s. PINKHAM3,:-I time with my. monthly periods b it, and put mnyself in your care, month menstruation would bec for six months, and now it has -, vous and of a very bad color. I work ve you wou Cor. 29tI E. Pik jut im ~has ma wokiC ___ '/ V Ever mot eposeds oun daght rTer's dp ekofthe onsbity for heriiza lessh gnianto the wathurhte eon the te day and teritoyg idrtenr ahlo. toHskl tuteninhepecial cars. an abnor0a dspositio tcR.F limbseyes. Write ck frinds tenhemaoth eri thshoro upil They' olo winesgoo lets sop of be. Somekcooks mayicino ow t mak souss good None anime ithem bethlernods so he and.i pats f eiiousar upfor lox cnts -and o t ho heothe aofverybdd!or MockTurte, Tmat wrkgtabe A yurgrcesincas ea yo orun erig juthatm them.ai srt o u oke,"owur mk h mpovedRopeandhelthFey ines Boiers ndMchers An Eids an Repa releg "tnPlesBligI detosipod Valvs ad Fttinstin ont UGUl~i~fST, the welhirm -souref thorae in thce ritryli nideamng thourchiliends ease uin aspca caren. :E CaaOand GTENli.P TI.ERY ON, GUAgentE A DRO5.Yd pC.R.I.F AID e hnwiigav rters quick2 r.AS LA. Bus.a COL LE= Maronbes eo ra.s ibys soup Syre Tats good. asesp :n bie. Some byok mayukow M"w thak ompso's ood.Nter AM I 'II if' I s information of vital value to her aughter is a precious legacy, and iture is largely in the hands of the change that develops the thought ul woman should find the mother it. As she cares for the physical r, so will the woman be, and her s thoughts become sluggish, when , dizziness, faintness, and exhibits sleep, pains in the back and lower >r solitude, and a dislike for the n she is a mystery to herself and iould go to her aid promptly. At tid to nature is Lydia E. Pink ,pound. It prepares the young ange, and is the surest reliance in rom Miss Good are practical proof advice to young women. Mrs. Pinkham fcr Uelp. June 12th, 1899. have been very much bothered for some eing irregular. I will tell you all about for I have heard so much of you. Each me less and lers, until it entirely stopped topped again. I have become very. ner am a young girl and have always had to ryhard. I would be very much pleasedf -I id tell me what to do."-Miss PEABL Goo, Avenue and Yeslar Way, &attle, Wash. The Happy'Result. February loth, 19000. M"s. PnrKHAM:-I cannot pr e tam's Vegetable Co d'enough. ply wonderful the e . your msne e in me. I'feel like another 20w a pleasure to me, while dicine it was a -burden.T and happy girL. I think e your Vegetable Compound ering in the J 'O ~Zyd by e~.mpound. ' aent d Yeslar Way rith the National C ty~' be paid to any perscn who canshwhu is not genuine, or was published before osi~g :ial perminssion.-LYrA E. PnuIorAX Mauscum DROPSY"Jamoz ire Fr.e. Dr. N..x ZEN' w .x x ~s~,O. in - weget so ft manyor'ers ix, Engines, Boilers, Saw flills, Grist Mills, Brick flachinery, Ginning Mach inery, Machinery Appurtenanc~es and y Supplies in General Is "E ASY." ~When in need, drop us a line and we will do the rest. A car load of the celebrated "sprinkle" A SWood split Pulleys just in. .W. H. GIBBES & CO.,A coLrYInAx, s. C. AMILLS,GCORN MULS, i: CANE MILLS, RiCE SAW LRSPEA , HUL. S ERSLERS, ENGINES, BOIL. ERPLANERS AND MATCH. i ERS, SWING SAWS, RIP SAW~S 3and all other kinds of wood working machin * ery. 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