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_p mm REGhiii Pti 1,'iiEvery Tbmsduy - AT- KINGS TREK, SOUTH CAROLINA. LOUIS .1. BlilSTOW, Kditor and Proprietor. These are rapid times. Five or sis months is quite sufficient to make i genuine war veteran. It is estimated that a hundred thousand boohs wore rejected last year by American publishers. With the pay of au electric motonnau, it is said that the authors would have earned, while they were writing their books, one hundred and twenty millions of dollars. It is to be feared that the powers will treat the Czar's appeal for peace as the fishes treated the sermon which was preached to them by St. Anthony: The sermon now ended Each turned and descended; The pikes went on stealing, The eels went on eeling. Mneb delighted were they Hut preferred the old way. TJtuado enjoys the honorable dis tinction of having been the nrst town in Porto Tiico to hold an election for municipal officers on the American plan. The voting was conducted just as it is in au ordinary election in this country, and the new local administration goes into power backed with the expressed approval and authority of the people. The affair presented the fir6t object lesson in the science of ' self-government that has ever been witnessed in the island. In recent coaling experiments at Portsmouth, England, the warship Mars took aboard 750 tons in five hours and 180 tons in one hour. The coaling was done at sea, and 'one of +Via intovnctinrr fnr?ts nf thfi casfl is that every officer was hard at work audthe band played all the time that the laborious undertaking was i \ progress. Music hath not only charms but substantial practical advantages when it comes to the cheering of troops on the march, or the stimulating blue-jackets to more arduous exertions. Spain sides with the Czar and has officially expressed her approval of his disarmament scheme. .Esop once wrote a fable of a fox, which, having lost its tail through stress of circumstances, endeavored to start the fashion among all animals of going without tails. They were cumbersome, he argued, not at all ornamental and a nuisance generally. His arguments were considered good, but his motives were suspected, and the propaganda failed. Spaiu would doubtless agree that navies are an unnecessary expense, and would side with any nation that would suggest the turning of all ironclads into plowshares and pruning hooks. The more competitors there are for the honor of defending the America's n - ? -.1 ti x ^,1 |A%. ? Viup ine oeuer. n i? uui guuu iui u sport to let it fall into a few hands, and the impression should not be suffered to arise that only one yachtsman, or only one small group of yachtsmen, can defend the cup. If other builders than the Herreshoffs are ambitious to build the defending yacht they should be encouraged by all means. It will need crafty designers 1 1 tx. 1 A 1 il>n HL1U (IK11 WW&IUCU IU Citci tuc unuu shipbuilder and his men, but the better training other yards acquire in yacht making the better for yachting. Lively inteiest in the big race, generally diffused, will be an excellent thing, and the worthy and honorable ambition to defend the cuf cannot be too widely diffused. May the best yacht win, in preliminary competition as in the race. The greatest obstacle in constructing a railroad in China lies in the numerous funeral mounds with which the country is covered. The ancestral worship is the culy religion universally respected in China. There is no sacrifice a Chinaman will not make, however economical he may be. to a3?ure the repose of his ancestors. Magi are consulted to ascertain the best locality for these mounds, and the wise man often chooses a spot of his own and thereby turns an honest penny for himself, Once devoted to a residence for the dead the laud becomes sacred, and terrible the vengeauce for any disrespect shown. The most ancient are as much respected now as in their tirst days, and seme of them date from thousands of years. To lay out a railroad without disturbing any of them would require a genius, and to destroy them would bs to excite a revolution, while it is far from certaiu that any indemnity would determine the Chinese to permit the condemning of these lauds, which to them would be sacrilege. .'FIELDS OF ADVENTURE. | THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA. ! , Slortlins: Kurounler ATilli a Fierce j i Pantiier-Tic? r in Venezuela? How He l iVa? In prisoned in a Hut?Treed by j an lUk in the Oregon Woods. ".Several times panther-tigers have killed stock at camps in Venezuela j where I was staying.'' writes a traveler i in the New York Sun, "and once a herdsman in my party was killed by i one of these beasts within a hundred yards of the campfire. His body we J found, partly eateu, a quarter of a mile from the place where he was struck down. Only once I had a I brush with one of these auimals. The 1 encounter was a startling one, and for * 1 1 1 -- 11_ ! gome miuuies xuings iookou sijuuuj i for me and my native guide. But we ! escaped unhurt, and, as the affair | turned out the joke was on the tiger, j It came about in this way. Antonio ; and I, in traveling on a by-trail out of ; the mountains, had stopped for the j night iu a deserted hut built against i the hillside. The hut was a large one I plastered with mud, and it had one I door, with an unglazed window, about a foot and a half square, set very high j iu the wall. I had killed a deer that i day, and when we went to sleep 011 j I the floor a quarter of venison was 1 ' - * ? ?i . 1 . r ai i hanging on a hook on me sine oi me wall opposite the window. It was this that attracted the tiger. The lirst that we knew of his presence he came through the window like a shot from a gun, passing directly over me : and landing under the venison on the J other side of the room. I heard him strike on the floor and instantly rear and tear down the meat from the j hook. Not knowing for the moment ' what had brook en loose, I wrapped my blankets round me for protection, grabbed up my rifle and sidled along, keeping close to the wall, to where Antonio had made his bed. It was j pitchy dark, but I could tell that he was standing in the corner with his machete in his right hand and his blanket wrapped round his lelt arm to serve as a shield. He was standing steady, but his eyes were fairly ablaze with excitement. "What is it, Antonio?" I asked. "A tiger?" " 'Yes, senor. He has come for I venison and cannot got out. Xo, do j not fire senor. for wo are dead men if ; you fail to kill bim. Give me a lurnbre (match), I pray you.' "We could bear the tiger trying to leap up to the window, with the quarter of venison held in bis teeth, and falling back to the floor. Whenever he turned bis bead toward us bis eyes were like balls of red fire, but be did not offer to touch us, his whole aim seeming to be to get out at the window with his plunder. I found a match and gave it to Antonio. He picked up a handful of the dried grass that his blankets had been spread on, twisted it into a torch and lighted it with the match. 13y its light we could see the .tiger staudiug under the window glaring at us over the haunch of venison, which he plainly meant to stay by. " 'Come, senor,' said Antonio, and we edged along the wall toward the door. The tiger turned so as con" * e xinuany 10 mue us us piuuccucu, and growled, but, afraid of the lire, did nor approach us. 'Now, quickly, senor,' Autonio said as we cauie to the door. 'Opeu it just wide enough that yon may slip out and I will follow.' "I opened the door a few inches and squeezed through sidewise, with Antonio crowding behind me. He dropped his torch within as he slammed the door to and latched it. " 'Now we cau breathe easy, senor,' he said. 'We have el tigre captured.' "We could hear the tiger within the hut leaping up at the window and sometimes scratching at the door. Evideutly his whole aim now was to get out, but it seemed imjiossible that he could escape through the window, the opening being so small and the mud wall within affording no hold for his claws. That he had been able to get into the hut through so small an opening seemed wonderful, but for that he had the advantage of the hillside from which he could spring at the level almost of the window. As we waited for daylight, when I intended to shoot him, I heard the tiger spring once more, and this time his forepaws and head appeared at the window, while he struggled to draw his body up through the opening. With my rifle muzzle not three feet from his ear I shot him in the head, and the tiger, slackening his hold, slipped back into the hut before I could pull back the lever and tire again. We found him dead on the floor under the window at daylight, and after all that had happened we had venison steaks for breakfast." Battle With a Wounded lilk. An Oregon minister went out for a little shooting, says the Portland Oregonian, and killed a large bear,which had come down from the mountain to feast on the enormous crop of acorns. This success so delighted the minister, who was little used to large game,that I the very next clay he took his dog ami | rifle and started out again. He wan- j dered a long time and then found himself suddenly confronted by a groat elk. The man was almost as well pleased ! with the prospect of killing so enor- ! mous au elk as he would have been at | an encounter with another bear. He lost no time, but took aim at the fore- j I head of the advancing animal and ! tired. i The ball went true, and the elk dropped. The miuister went up to what he supposed was the dead carcass of the animal, and was looking it over, thinking to himself that it was almost as large as an ox. The dog had trotted up with him, and was suspiciously smelling of the body. Suddenly the great animal made a 1 movement and leaped to bis feet. Seeing the man directly in front of it, it leaped at him, and would ham knocked him down if the dog had not instantly sprung at his nose. The elk turned on the dog, and in another moment was .stamping it to death. While the minister watched his faithful dog, which literally gave its life for its master, being cut to pieces by the elk, he was engaged in trying to put a cartridge into his rifle; but in his excitement he managed to get the cartridge caught in such a way that he could neither get it out nor in, and the gun was rendered useless. By this time the elk had finished the dog, and once more turned on the man. The minister dropped his riflo aud started for a tree. lie did not catch sight of one that he could climb, but he saw a great log, and made for that. Then he saw that he was not out of tho ivfnrintpil animal's reach.and that in an instaut. if lie remained there, the elk would sweep him off with his horns. But he ran on the log as far as he could, and at the end of it was delighted to find a protecting limb of a tree. He seized this branch just as the elk reached him, and pulled himself up into tho tree. Then for two hours he had an excellent opportunity to study a Northwestern elk at close range. He was just out of reach of the animal, but it was determined, notwithstanding, to get at him. The elk would stand on his hind legs aud paw at the man, and occasionally made a mad rush at the tree. The minister, watching, noticed that there were two wounds in the elk's head, showing that the bullet which had struck him had not penetrated the skull, but had followed it around beneath the skin. It had stunned the animal for a moment, but its only other effect had been to infuriate him. rni 1/| 1, 4 1, XI1U LU1L11?) LCI VCXJ WIVl) wui felt confident that he was safe; and so he was, for after about two hours of his hostile antics the elk departed,and the man descended, picked up his gun, and made the best possible time homeward. Ferocioun Cow Elephant. While we were sitting under a shrub with our minds set on refreshment, one of our hillmcn came running up to say that an elephant was approaching, and presently a cowstalked up to within ihirty yards of the tree, says a famous African hunter. We looked at it and waved our bauds, whereupon the beast slowly and deliberately moved oil' into the grass, which here was not so tall as it had been below in the place :.t which we found the herd. We then resumed our interrupted luncheon, and presently the hillman, who had climbed I up to the top of a little tree, said that | tlio plpnhant was asrain aonroachiusf. I My companion scrambled up into the tree, and I, taking my eight-bore gun in hand, stood upon the fork just on a level with the top of the grass, to see what was happening, and made out the elephant looking curiously at us at a distance of forty yards on the other side from that on which she had first appeared. Then suddenly she was lost behind a little clump of trees, aud I looked up and said: '"Whereis she? I cannot see her now." But the words had hardly left my mouth, when, without a moment's warning or a sound, she charged right up to us from behind some trees. I had hardly time to cock my gun and tire both barrels in her face, which was so near that the weapon might have touched it when discharged. The fire turned her, but it was a close call, and in another moment she would have had me and would have butted down the little tree. .Liepnants win cuarge anymiug if they are thoroughly roused, ami think very little of shaking a pigmy euemy out of a bush. Wisconsin Man's Wrestle With a Bear. While walking along the river road in the woods near Oconto, Wis., Edward Brunke was attacked by a bear and had a tussle that lasted until the bear had made carpet rags of Brunke's clothes and left wounds on his arms that will staud as testimonials hereafter to Bruin's ability as a wrestler. According to Brunke's story, the bear approached him walking on his hind legs, front paws outstretched, and with grinniug, open mouth. Brunke at first suspected that the bear Was a make-believe, rigged up by some of his friends, but soou discovered his error wheu the paws laid hold of his waist. "It was a case of catch-as-catchcan," said Brunke, "so I tried the grapevine or hip lock, but the bear's claws were sharp, so to even things I slipped out my jacknife and ran it into hi* throat " The bear let co. but took a new hold, and the pair rolled upon the ground, where both combatants practiced half Nelsons, full Nelsons, strangle and other holds until they rolled into the bushes, where Brunke linally escaped from the animal's clutches. Brunke came to the city to have his wounds dressed and to patronize a tailor. Chan Svree Clubbed the TIcer. Recently two Chinamen named Chan Swee and Chan Teh on the way to Bukit Jelotong, near Seremban, India, came across a half-grcwu tiger. Chan Teh bolted. The beast attacked Chan Swee, but the latter, with a stick which he had in his hands, lauded a fatal blow on the tiger's head. The tiger was brought to Seremban and the usual reward was paid to the Chinaman. A Temple ot Serpents. The small town of Werda, in the kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated for its temple of serpents, a long building in which the priests keep upward of 1000 serpents of all sizes, which they feed with birds and frogs brought to them as offerings by the natives. 1 The Soil Over Umlerilrains. {j Always in digging an underdraw the sj lowest subsoil, often cold, bard and t m without vegetable mould, is more or , hi less mixed with that dug near the sur- j ei face, and which is usually richer. In j qi filling the ditch this mixture continues, . tl so that the soil that was dug from the j y( bottom of the ditch mar often be in 1 the last spadeful thrown iu. Yet we j p never knew this to make any differ- n enee. Always crops of any kind show j fi a betier growth directly over the drain | p than they do on either side, even dur- j d iug the first season's growth. After a : year or two the good ell'ectof the drain i o: extends to land on either side, as the h soil freezes deeper when surplus water tl is removed from it, and the roots of b plants can go deeper for moisture or p plant food. J w Keeping Hit}'. Hay decreases in weight, through 11 drying up of the moisture in it, so | . that, in calculating the profits, one j j?1 must consider this very carefully. | The price for hay will naturally in- j n crease as the winter comes on, but 1 will the price advance in proportion j j' to the shrinkage? The shrinkage in j 11 hay of course depends upon the i amount of moisture left in it at the I time of putting it away. Hay sold . e when quite green will weigh much I heavier than when it is thoroughly I cured. There is a difference of live i * to fifteen per cent, in the weight of l? hay put away by some farmers. If one can find a good customer right after harvesting who will pay as much per ton for green hay as for thor !.1_ 1 1 i.? ... w UUj^UlJ ITUiUU Lie JLUliJ UlUIkU (5UUU profits, but in the entl it may not prove such a good transaction. The green hay will more thau likely de- * velop heat and burn in the mow, and eventually mould and sour. The result is. the purchaser will conclude j that the hay was poor at the beginning, and he will not buy any more from that farmer. As in everything else, it pays to be le honest, and sell only thoroughly cured . w hay even early iu the fall. The farmer j oi who is at all up to date in his busi- n ness will not think of putting away ! c< green hay. He knows too well the I consequence. He will see that the j tl moisture is pretty well dried out of it ir before he stacks it in the mow. ; tl But the hay will shrink even then. I ai There is moisture in it that will come j fr out gradually. It takes months for it | p all to dry out. The amount of shrink- I ai age will therefore depend upon the J a condition of the hay when put in the J w mow. As some farmers put away j h their hay the shrinkage and loss in ! p weight will amount fully to fifteen n per cent. But the average shrinkage is will be about ten per cent, up to the si middle of winter. After that the si shrinkage is almost imperceptible. e< Late-cut hay will thus have less time in which to lose its weight by ir shrinkage, and if the grass and tl weather are both favorable for very ai late harvesting it may payjjone^to cut ai the grass out of the ordinary season. g< This hay properly cured will not lose p: much more than tive per cent, of its weight by early winter. Just before the midwinter holidays prices for hay are generally good, and if sold then the farmer may make five per cent, of the whole weight by a little strategy. In seasons when hay is scarce it does not always follow that the autumn prices are as correspondingly high as conditions should warrant. Then it pays to keep hay, even if it does ^ shrink fifteen per ceut.?A. B. Barrett, in American Cultivator. ej A Drop Door For tho Barn. p The accompanying illustration shows tl a very handy drop door for the base- tl ment barns. It is hinged to tho barn tl Bill at the top. Another pair of hinges tl "fr a J1 ^ r ^ / fc A CONVENIENT BARN DOOR. pi fc are fitted about the middle. By turning sc the button "a" parallel to the boards ol of the door, the lower half of the door ? can be raised by means of the cojd "b," n~ which runs over the pulley "c." Ifitis (j desirable to open all the door, turn the ef button "a" into the position shown in the cut. Then by pulling on the cord *'b," the whole door is raised. Ameri can Agriculturist. ^ A House For Laying Hens. SI In order to make hens produce eggs 1' when most desired, they must not A" only have extra care, but be provided w with proper quarters. At the same ?P time, however, it is hardly advisable al for all poulterers to erect elaborate structures for this purpose, and espe- is - 11 i i_i.? I n Ciaujr wucu we tuite iuiu cuusiuci anun il the desperate competition of the fc present day and the oftentime low in prices of eggs. Accordingly, we ad- | si vance the idea that ordinary persons j w who make a practice of keeping from si fifty to one hundred fowls should in- j w dulge in a poultry-house something like the one shown herewith in the illustration. di As can be seen, if situated by a hi bank, it afforda a very suitable kabita- oi on for laying liens. Indeed, in early D wing and fall, when the chilly days id nights retard the inclination of all ens and pullets to lay as steadily and 51 lrly as they will with warm, nice 11 narters in which to reside, it is just ie thing. Really, it is so roomy, conenient and well ventilated that fowls ?c innot help but do satisfactorily in it. or one hundred hens it should bo [> ot less than tifty feet long, twenty- o' ve feet wide, twelve feet at the highest oint and eight feet where the win- te ows are shown. The pens should be ten by eighteen r more feet square, with neste for o] ivers extending the entire leugth of 10 building under its lowest part, it eing here dark and obscure just the lace in which to deposit eggs which, ith up-to-date nests, can easily bo B ollected by the poulterer at night aud ' ot one found broken.' ? As to the floor of such a building, it hould be raised three or four inches ora the ground to shut out damp- 0 ess, and dry earth and coarse saud u< pread over it regularly after the old i. as been removed, for this gives the if ens exercise and grit, both of which re highly essential to their welfare, fire netting, of course, should be T inployed to divide the pens, and in w le upright part of the building laould be arranged the roosts. Here, Iso, should be arrauged the venti- U itors, which at their best ought to be ' llt-V " ; Mil f b A WINTER CHICKEN HOCSE. p (ft open during the middle of the day, P, hen the hens are down on the floor T r out of the house, and closed at ight, or partially so, to keep out the 5ld. Concerning the stove (look at plan), :i~ui~ r..~ 113 CULLieS UtKliUUiU iUl tUUIVlU^ XKJKJKA. j I its caldron or boiler before feeding le same to the flocks in the morning, ad also for keeping the building free om dampness?a thing highly im- t ortant where a large number of hens t re kept. Have the stove inclosed in " small apartment by itself, aud then 0 hen you wish to warm the rest of the ? ouse open the door and let the heat ass out. Thus you keep the stove eat and clean, while if the apartment 1 i mouse-proof, as it ought to be, a f lpply of grain and meal may be ~ :ored therein for the fowls, which ;onomizes much in time and labor. The windows, which in their slop- f ig position should face directly to T le south, afford the inmates a large n mount of light audsnushiue?all that ? re obtainable?and no matter how ? jvere the weather may be, fowls thus rovided for are always contented and g II t ALLtY AND fHOlifC FLOOR l! 1' PtllS PENS p a I i ! I I ill i I i I I' I i M M I I I I i II I ll| t c INSIDE PLAN OF THE HENNER1*. U a appy, compensating their owner in c iturn with an agreeable amount of r 5gs. When a hard snowstorm is in n rogress, however, it is policy to cover t le windows with straw matting or <] le like, for then when it clears up j{ le mats may be removed, and with _ rem all the snow, leaving the glass erfectly clean and the hens to enjoy regular paradise.?New York Triune. I Chicken Chatter. Fresh air aud fresh water should ;>t be forgotten. Both are essential ? tho health of the fowls. li Have a dusting-box for the hens to si ithe in. Provide yourself with c aundance of road dust while you can. ; is cheap now, and in a little while ti au will need it. Feed regularly. Have certain hours iv feeding aud don't vary them. Be nnctual about your work, and the iwls will be more contented and will )on understand your systematic way ' doing things. See that your henhouses are good? a cracks in the sides?aud avoid t imp floors. A window should be in g ich pen, so that the light and sunline may make cheerful the interior, unshine is a good tonic for the fowls. The scratching-shed should be loroughly cleaned and fresh material ipplied. Feed all grain feed in the ^ tter, and be careful to keep the SI aors well covered, so that the birds ^ i!I really have to work for every 11 rain they eat. This exercise means 1 increased egg yield. u A good poultry feed for laying hens green cut bone. It is relished by _ le fowls, and supplies the animal >od they are so much in need of durtg cold weather. Green cut bones E1 lould be fed iwo or three times a *! cek from October until May. It 1 lould always be fed plain; that is, ? ithout mixing it in the ration. A "unicorn carman," in the London ialect, is a man who drives three ?; orses. This philological fact came C1 it of a recent Coroner's inquest. 11 Beauty I Blood Deep. Cljan blood means a clean skin. No eauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar? c clean your blood and keep it clean, by irring up the lazy liver and driving all im? urities from the body. Begin to-day to mish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, ad that sickly bilious complexion by taking a sea rets,?beauty for ten cents. All drugate, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. Toronto lumbermen report a sudden and creased demand for Canadian lumber from le United States. To Cure A Cold In One Hay. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All ruggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. At Jamestown. N. Y., an addition is being i lilt by Hall & Co., to be used as a dye house 1 id finishing room. * No-To-Bso for Fifty Cento. Gnaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak .on 3trong, blood pure. 60c. U All druggist* U> tun nt'.iny two minion iijiiaoiiuws 01 orlin only 42,000 have an aunuai income of rer 7750. Mr?. W'n-low'sSoothing Syrup for children ;eting, softens the gums. reducing inll iraa- . on.allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottlle The use of electricity on a road hitherto perated by steam is attracting attention in le western part of New York State. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Toar Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be magetic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To? ac. the wonder worker, that makes weak men :roug. All druggists, 50c or (1. Cure guarao:ed. Booklet and sample free. Addreaa terltng Eemody Co., Chicago or Maw York The Hope Woolen Mills, Garden Hills, nt., may be started up on line tweeds by a sw concern, so.45 ,yon dcCo's "Pick Loaf" fcmohlnit Tobacc? i the "best of the best." 2 ounces and cigarrt/* hnnk fnr 10 ppnta. Tit it Too Hanna Pants Mfg. Co., Knoxville. enn.. is making additions to its plant and ill make coats and vests. Edamt* Toot Bowels With Car caret*. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 9c. 26c. IIC. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. Seeded r lisins are becoming an important em among the fruit industries of California. Piso'sCure for Consumption has saved me iany a doctor's bill*?S. K. Hakdv. Bodkin's lin e, Baltimore, Md.. December 2, DOt. A Useful Novelty. A vefv useful, and by far. the most novel jing of its kind is the Laundry List, gotten utbytbe Seaboard Air Line. The upper ortion is an artistic gom, beautifully exeuted, having attached u number of blanks, ne for each week, containing a list of all he articles of the wash, and padded in the arm of a calender. These may be procured y enclosing five cents in stamps to cover 9 ostage. from any of the representatives o! he Seaboard Air Line, or from T. J. Anderon. General Passenger Agent, Portsmouth, a. Catarrh Cured 3lood Purified by Hood's Sarsapa* rilla and Health Is Good. "I was troubled for a long time with caarrh and a bad feeling in my head. I be:an taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it did ne a world of good. My sufferings from atnrrh are over and my health is good.' Irs. A. A. Libby, Pownal, Maine. Hood's Sarsaparilla ~~~s America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six for $5. food's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 35 cents. Snake Trick in a Church. Albert Miller, a colored coachmaa or I>. L. Pulliam, of Richmond, Ya., vas. recently bitten in the face by a aoccasin snake." Frank Nelson's singers :ave a concert at Ziou chnrch, in ManhePter. Miller announced that he was snake charmer and desired permision to display his power over the repile he had in the box, which was a dry und moccasin, three feet long. He rent on the stage and handled his pet or some time. The last feat was to >ut the head of the snake in his mouth nd bite down on its neck. The snake urned and stuck its fangs In the heck of Miller. The man whirled nd threw the snake from Its face bout twenty feet into the body of the hurch. When the audience saw the eptile flying through space there was stampede, and the colored populaion made for the doors and windows, 'he snake fell in the aisle and was illed.?Baltimore American. TUMOR EXPELLED. Jnqualifled Success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Elizabeth Wheelock, Magno;a, Iowa, in the following letter deiribes lier recovery from a very critial condition: 4* Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?I have been iking your Vegetable Compound, and am now ready to sound its praises. It -\ has done won y t jrf, ders for me in W t relieving me W ^ ^ \ of a tumor. Ms_\ y "Myhealth 4 has been poor ^ h Change of life u^?n me" y\ \ much bloated I ? and was a buren to myself. Was troubled with mothering spells, also palpitation of le heart and that bearing-down feelig. and eould not be on my feet much. "I was growing worse all the time, ntil I took your medicine. "After taking three boxes of Lydia . Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ozenges, the tumor passed from me. " My health has been better ever ^ nee, can now walk quite a distance I id am troubled no more with palpitaon of the heart or bloating. I recmmend your medicine to all sufferers om female troubles." It is hardly reasonable to suppose lat any one can doubt the efficiency f Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi? ne in the face of the tremendous volme of testimony.