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When the last cyclone came along I was out in the Held plowing with a four-mewl team. I started to run for cover, but I had not gone more'n four rods when the wind picMd me up. and the next thing X knew I was astride of the .back of one of them mewls, and we were both In a tree top, 50 feet above the ground. The handles had been twisted out of the plow and driven right through the trunk of the tree and one of the other m?*la~wss hanging to them by his Lun." That was a queer thing. And so yon were left in the tree top?" "I was." "And?and?" That's all." "But I want to ack you?" "I don't care to say anything more." "But look here," said the questioner. "You were blown into a tree top along with a mule and?" "Please dont press me sir." "But can't I ask you how you got ^ down?" "Oh, yes. you can ask that and wel "\come, and 111 answer you that some am/1 aKatwva^ ho le^icrs tauic clivu c, auu iuv. tree down. I thought you was going to^ ask me if the wind blew my batband off and if I ever recovered it again, and that's a question I hain't going to answer for anybody."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. V J A Tantalizing Maiden. Do I love her? Dimpling red lins at me pouting. DhnpUng shoulders at me flouting; No. 1 don't! Do I love her? L Prisor.ed in those crystal eyes Purity forever lies: \ , Yes. I do! * - Do I love her? Little wild and willful fiction. Teiesing. torturing contradiction; No. I don't! fT I f y I love her? With. LJ ?s and sweet words aha Aids a^b*>tforts poverty; Yes. I do! Do I love her? ' . ** Quick she puts her cuirass on. Stabs with laughter, stings with aeoni; It * No. I don't! I Do I love her? mv armt ah a fl lag f ilV. 4 lpl? ?v ... Klillnt me with glad surprise; Ah, yes I do; ?Detroit Free Press. Getting Back at Him. A taciturn man went Into a bar rber's shop the other day and began \ by pulling out of his pocket a paper on which was written: "No; I do not wish to Bare my hair eat. I want to be shaved. I do not require any brilllantine or crlmpoline, or anything else ending In 'Ine.' Nor do I wish to be singed or shampooed. All I want Is to be shaved in perfect v. alienee." The barber read the document, and then pointed to a notice on the wall, which ran: The proprietor begs to apologize to his enstomers for not entering Into conversation with them, as he is deaf and dumb."?London TU-BIts. FUNNY. FwpU Will Drink Coffee Wltta It "Docs Such Thtnga." "I began to use Postum because the old kind of coffee had so poisoned my whole system that I was on the point of breaking down, and the doctor warned me that I must quit it. "Mt chief ailment was nervousness \ And heart trouble. "Any unexpected noise -would cause me the most painful palpitation, make me faint anil weak. had heard of Postum and began to driuk it when I left off the old ooffee. It began to help me just as soon as the old effects of the other -kind of coffee passed away. It did not stimuf late me for a while, and then leave me weak and uc-rvous as coffee used to do. Instead of that it built up my strength ' and supplied a constant vigor to my I system which I ran always rely on. It enaKles me to do the biggest kind of , a day's work without getting tired, j r 'All the heart trouble, etc., has passed ; away. ? i "I give It freely to all my children, j from the youngest to the oldest, and it ec.1 keeps them all healthy and hearty." Name given by To-tum Co., Battle SS? Creek,. Mich. Kl j There's a reason. 1 Bead the little book "The Road to iHWlryielifl pk?V DUTY TO GOD OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON An Appeal to Put Forth the Best That is Within Us. Now York City.?Dr. H. Allen Topper. pastor of the Fifteenth Street Baptist Church. preached Sunday ou "Marriage ami Divorce." The text was Matthew xix:4-t>: "And He answered and said unto them: Have ye not read that lie which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said for this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife: and tbey twain shall be one flesh? What therefore Clod hath joined together, let not man put asunder." Dr. Tupper said: Marriage was the first institutional gift of God to man: and the family was the first organization formed by Gcd for the blessing of humanity. During all the centuries, amid the changes of governments, ceremonies and dispensations, the impress of divine favor rested. upon these heaven-born establishments, and when their integrity has been maintained they have been the sources and ceutres of light and love; but when their integrity has been assailed untold sorrows and suffering have come upon mankind. Christ wrought the beginning of His miracles at a marriage feast, in a gathering of families; and the pen of inspiration pictures Him as the Bridegroom and His Church as the Bride. The holy ordinance of* marriage was given to support social order: to increase human happiness, and to provide that through well regulated families truth and righteousness might be transmitted from age to age. The violation of its vows is the caukfr at the heart of huinau progress and civilization. In the West Indies, we are told, there Is a timber that has all the appearance of strength and ^jlidity, but when the test is applied it snaps asunder and a fine white powder fills the air. The cause is now apparent: a worm has eaten its way into the heart of the wood and slowly but surely devoured Its fiber until a hollow shell only remains. The divorce evil. If not arrested, will I craduallv undermine our proud civiliza tion, and when the testing time conies what appeared to be so attractive will prove to be only a hollow sham. In the discussion of marriage and divorce I will call your attention to a divine law, a social disease anil a fatal danger. First?A dirine law. Centuries ago the cunning Pharisees attempted to entrap the divine Teacher by asking Him the question: "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?" In that day there existed two opposing schools. At the head of one was Shammni, who insisted that divorce should be allowed only In the case of adultery; at the head of the other was Hillel, who maintained that a man might put away his wife for any cause at all. The tempters of Christ thought that the trap was well set. for if He failed to hold strict views on the marriage question they wou'.d report Him to the followers of Sharamai, and if He held the opposite opinion they would turn upon Him the enmity of the followers of Hillel. one of whose strong adherents was Herod, who had just beheaded John the Baptist. In the words of another: "Brushing aside their quibbling, Jesus goes back to foundation principles and gives His message to the church of all ages 'concerning marriage and divorce." It is a fivefold message: The marriage of one man and one woman is a divine institution; it is a divine act; it Joins husband and wife in a relation lUndinc than the rela I tion of parent and child; it so unifies husband and wife that they cease to be two and become one flesh; and it can be dissolved only ?by death. When the point was made by the Pharisees that Moses maintained that a writing of divorcement shall be given under certain conditions. Jesus declared that this was a concession to the hardness of heart ol the people. The position of Jesus Christ on the subject under discussion is clearly set forth in H's Sermon on the Mount: "It has been said, 'Whosoever shall pul away his wife, let him give her a writ jng of divorcement but I say unto yon that whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornica^ tion, causeth her to commit adultery." And Mark records these words ol Jesus: "Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband and ba married to another, she committeth adulterv." And in Mtsg .wg nave set forth the same law of Christ, f'roir His recorded words we are forced to the following conclusions: That Jesu* allowed divorce on one and only ont ground, namely, adulter*, and that Ht seems to allow the re-marriage of the innocent party. In Ephesians v:22-23 Paul gives the noblest picture of the sanctity Jlnd dig nity of the marriage relation, for In compares it to the mystic union be tween Christ and the glorious church o! the redeemed for whom Christ died This is no temporary bond to be snapped at will. Jesus is to-dny th< Head of His Church, and it is beinf purified by Him and made withoir spot or wrinkle. Moreover, iu Romans vii:l-6 Paul argues that the Cbristiai is set free from the bondage of the law. as the woman can have a new husband only on the death of the former husband. But in I Corinthian: vii:12-lG Paul speaks of the problem ir 'amily life presented where the bus band is a Christian and the wife t heathen and vice versa. He has tw< things to say about this new problen that had not arisen when Jesus spok< on the subject. His first word is thai the Christian must not force a separa tion. If the heathen husband or wife is willing to continue the union. th< Christian must be willing to do so The marriage is legitimate and tin children arc legitimate. But the othei word is this: Suppose the heathet busgand or wife is not willing to keej up the marriage relation and insists 01 separation, then what? Weil, lei tlx unbelieving husband or wife go. say: Paul. He uses the word "depart" here not the technical word "put away." It would seem that this is a case oi voluntary separation, not a legal di vorce. If this be true, there could, o: ' course, be no re-marriage in sucl cases, for the marriage lias never beei legally annulled. This alternative li not even raised by Paul in this connee tion. It may be properly said, then that Paul did not advocate divorce foi anything save adultery, though he doei , not even indicate this exception save bj implication. This divine law is set forth in no un certain sound on the pages of (Jod'^ Word; and the disobedience of it musi entail sorrowful results to the indi vidua!, the family, and the community Second?A social disease. Divorces > are more numerous in the Unitec States in proportion to marriages thai in any other country of which we bnv< t any record. This social disease is con tagious and spreading. In 1870, 3.1 r~? 1 ? per cent, of marriages ended In divorce. I In 1880, 4.8 per cent. In 1890, G.2 per cent. In 1900, 8.1 per cent. In 1890 the percentage of the divorced to* the married was 0.5. In 1900 it was 0.7. According to the census of 1900 there were 2457 divorced women in the United States under the age of twenty, and 13,175 divorced women between twenty and twenty-five years of age. South Carolina is the only State in the Union which grants no divorce. New York is the only State in the Union which proposes to grant divorces only on Scriptural grounds; yet New York grants, annually, more than a thousand divorces. Illinois gives a fair illustration of the laws of almost all the States. After reciting a long list of grounds upon which a divorce may be granted, the law*concludes by empowering the court to grant a divorce upon any plea which it thinks justifiable. The Western States, in order to increase their population, are making open and shameless bids for those dis. satisfied with the married state to come to them and have it dissolved. <riv*en hv the Chicago Daily OlOUCitvo O" w News Almanac, 1903, show the following number of divorces granted In leading cities of our country in 1901: Providence, .'127: Cincinnati. 403; Boston. 400: Cleveland. 434; Philadelphia, 492: St. Louis. 578: New York. 817; San Francisco, S40; Chicago. 1fi08. The statistics of Ch-.roll D. Wright Commissioner of Labor, for twenty years, from 1807 to 1880, show 32S.712 divorces granted in the United States in those years. In 1807, 99.97 divorces were granted, while in 3880 23.3.33 divorces were granted, making an increase of 137 per cent. The increase of population was sixty per cent, during the-same period. In 1S67 Ohio granted 901 divorces, and in 1900 the State granted 3217 divorces?one to every eleven marriages solemnized in the State. Indiana granted, in 18(57. 1096 divorces, and in 1900, 4599?one divorce to every six marriages solemnized iu the State. Only a short time ago the papers were telling of a woman in Indiana who had eight living husbands, from whom ' she had been divorced, and this same woman was then preparing to be married to the ninth victim. Michigan in 1867 granted 449 divorces, and in 1900 granted 241S divorces?one divorce to every eleven marriages solemnized in the State. A table of divorces in the Christian world in 1885. as given in "Studies in History. Economics and Public Law," Issued by Columbia University, gives the following interesting fact: Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Roumania, Russia and Australia granted a total of 20,111 divorces, while In the same year the United States granted 23.472 divorces?an excess over all other countries in the Christian world of 3361. Forty-five States and several Territories have various and conflicting Laws, and more than 3000 courts have jurisdiction of divorce cases. A , learned essayist says of our legislation , that it "presents the largest and Strang. est.and perhaps the saddest experiment i in the sphere of family laws which free, self-governing countries have ever tried." It was published in a recenl Journal that divorces were granted in Chicago for the following causes: Snoring. cold feet, eating with a knife, insisting upon going to bed in his overnnrf hoots smoking cigarettes, , failure as a cook. During recent years divorce has developed Into an industry in the United States, the legal profession and the bench have done much to encourage this terrible traffic. For 6211 divorces in France In s given period, the United States offers 25.000, the United Kingdom shoeing , 475 and the German Empire G078 foi , the same time. For a period of twenty , years in Maryland the rate of marriage to divorce was 61.94. Massachusetts averaged 31.2S to every divorce. , Some of the popular theories are that , divorce is due to the conflicting and in> harmonious statutes of various States. Thus as Colonel Wright, in his report, nc it is the belief that persons residing in the State of New York I where the law is strict, are in the habil of seeking divorces in Rhode Island But the statistics show that of 44ft ( divorces granted in Rhode Island only , ninety-seven were to parties married in New York, and of 6020 granted ir . Pennsylvania, only 765 were to. parties . married in New York, while of tlie J 280,546 couples whose place of mar k liage was ascertained, 231,867 were di vorced in the same State in which they ! had been married. J Third?A fatal danger. The attack upon the, integrity of the family is an unmitigated evil and a crime againsl , social order, which can only result in , the destruction of all that is purest, , noblest and best in the world. Here ; we find the secret cause of the decline , and fall of the Roman Empire. The laws as to family life were loose; di k vorce became epidemic, and the empire went down in ruin and disgrace. The | Reign of Terror in France followed the * establishment of a law that marriage ^ could be dissolved merely by applicacation; 20.000 divorces were granted in [ Paris in one year, r.nd during the same ; period 48,000 outcast children were car , ric.1 Into foundling hospitals and near * ly 10.000 new-born babies were taker out of the sewers of the city and from the secret places by the police. The iudrseribnble horrors of those times it is impossible to picture, and who will say that directly or indirectly the violation of the sanctity of the marriage s:a;o and the purity of the family life did not contribute largely toward those days of terrorV The rejection of the Bible, the denial of <Jod and the dese oration of the home yielded bitter fruit the taste of which still lingers in the nvn 'h of France, and lessons written in hired have never been forgottenTo-day in that country it is allowabls to obtain separation for five years, and at the end ot that time to apply for the conversion of the separation into absolute divorce if the partiei have uot been reconciled. The practical results of the imperial * ?? *" hnra hppr j divorce 1U W 111 ucia*?uj mmtv v ? ? gratifying. It gives four grounds fot ~ divorce?namely, adultery, attempt ol either husband or wife on the life ol the other; malicious, willful desertior f and continued violation of the marrlag< vows. Both in France and Germanj f attempts are being made to escap< j threatening dangers .by the enforce ment of stricter laws on marriage ant divorce. 1 In Xew England and Wales then ' were 176 divorces in 1870; 336 in 1880 ; 304 in 1900, and 727 in 1889; and th growing evil is at las' attracting the at I tention of the lawmakers. We do no recognize the family at all in our na tional constitution. It appears in ou - State laws only as an object of som 5 care, but not as an element of politics t power. Mr. Gladstone declared tha - bis fear for our future centered ver; largely upon our ability to protect th ' family, for weakness here means disae 1 tor "everywhere. 1 Realizing the perilous position ii 2 which we are placed by the increasing ; social evils resulting from divorces, i > , number of public spirited men inltiatet ???? ??????? a corrective movement in 1878, and ' whr.t is now knowu as the Nutioial 1 League for the Protection of the Family, founded upon a broad basis, was organized in 1SS1. The results from this and kindred organizations have been marked and encouraging. Radicul improvements are noticed in the laws of New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; divorces after residence of only three or six months are no longer permitted, as they formerly were, in North Dakota, Georgia, California and several Territories. All causes for divorce but one have been stricken from the laws of the District of Columbia, and commissions on uniformity by co-operation of the States now exist in no less than thirty-four States and Territories. The question of a constitutional amendment and admission of a national law on the matter under discussion have been agitated; but as long as SJiotAo /in r? ho rolllo/1 in HpfonfiA iwt-ntr oiaico lau ui . .. of the maintenance of State rights, it is a waste of time to attempt the amendments <jn marriage or divorce. But the agitation against this evil goes on as never before. The pulpit, the press, the platform, the schools, col leges and universities are awakening to a sense of the moral and social danger that threatens us. and the out, spoken discussion of the marriage rei lation and the divorce laws must result in great good. , Thirty years ago none of our higher educational institutions gave any attention to the study of the family, but now the theological seminaries, the i law schools and the universities are giving special care to this mas: im portant subject. We may be assured ' that our boasted civilization, our proud commercial greatness, our high educational attainments and our brillip. t material developments will only hasieJ the day of our disaster unless w * proi tect the family and honor the Get' of the home, who is the Father of us all. l An Infidel's Sermon to a Preacher. Never shall I forget the remark of a learned legal friend who was at one time somewhat skeptical in his views. Said he to me: "Did I believe, as you do. that the masses of our race are perishing in sin, I could have no rest. I would fly to tell them of salvation. I would labor 1 day and night. I would speak with all 1 the pathos I could summon. I would warn and expostulate and entreat my fellowmen to turn to Christ, and receive salvation at His hands. I am astonished at the manner in which the majority of you ministers tell your i message. Why, you do not act as if , you believed your own words. You i have not the earnestness In preaching > that we lawyers have In pleading. If we were as tame as you are, we would never carry a single suit." A decade of years has passed away since that remark was made. I bless God it was addressed to me. It put tire i into my bones which I hope will burn as long as I live. God preached a stirring sermon to me that day by the ; mouth or that innaei lawyer.?reicr i ? Stryker. Life It Constructive. A certain evangelist is using a card on one side of which is the question. , "What must I do to be saved?" and following it are the Scriptures which : point out the way of salvation. On the i other side of the card is the question, "What must I do to be lost?" and the answer follows. "Nothing." The reply is simple but wonderfully impressive. Many think that in order to be lost they must run the log gamut . of vices and be aggressively bad. Not L so. We are all bad enough to miss the ? kingdom in spite of the good points we f may have. Life is an active, constructive force, j L It is likened unto a living temple or ( unto a vine. It must therefore be built ; up. and unless there is activity there is no building. Unless there is active > goodness there is no charieter, and un. less there is character there is no salj vation.?Brethren Evangelist. i. Spiritanl I'ovcity. Frofessing Christians sometimes attribute their spiritual poverty to nature. One is penurious, another cow\ nrdly. and they say it is because they have been less generously endowed by I nature than others and cannot help it. it tv/?niri hp finite as reasonable for one ? whose father's table, to which he has ' free access, is daily loaded with [ wholesome food, to go about the streets [ with gaunt, bony fingers and ghastly , countenance, starving to death, and , saying, "I cannot help it." God is able to make a penurious man liberal, generous and benevolent, or a cruel r man as gentle as a Iamb, or a passionate man as calm and serene as the . bosom of a mountain lake when the i winds are hushed to rest. He is able : to make all grace abound toward all i His children.?Christian Advocate. ? Learning What Life It. ( Sorrow is not an incident occurring i now and then. It is the woof which is woven into the warp of life, and he > who has not discerned the divine sa? 1 ?? ?i'l tlio npnfnnnd I ! I'll'uurss Ul 31 nun uuu tut. ! meaning which is concealed In pain i 1ms yet to learn what life is.?F. W. Robertson. i ? ; LABOR WORLD. Car workers have organized at Dut( Icr. Pa. , Wisconsin and Minnesota farmers . have formed onions. I The grape culture in France g!vcs . employment to over 2,000,000 people. ' Holland bus an independent union of ' ca., enters, which embraces 2000 nam' hers. i Thirty thousand coal miners will be In the parade ou Mitchell Day in Scran. tot!, Pa. James Duncan was the first Vice1 President of the American Federation of Labor. ' Less than l.'iO Qrst-class compositors \ are outside of the Typographical Un.ou in Chicago, III. i A new scale of the sheet metal workers, of Washington, D. C., $4 per day, I went into effect. i Some disastrous riots have occurred ' i:t Switzerland in connection with the f fottndrymen's strike, f A movement to unite the organize. 1 tlor.s or plumbers anu steauiuuei& uaa i assumed detlnite shape. At Xiles, Mich., the strike of print1 ers for an eight-hour day lasted less j than twenty-four hours. A strike of shingle-weavers, who dea mand pay-day twice a month, is in full ; force at Antlcortea, Wash. e Railway laborers In the United f s get from two to four times as mv. . * laborers on European roads. p The Cotton Manufacturers' As. tion, of Fall River, Mass., annou.. .cd j an advance iu workers' wages, t The Washington "Legislature defeated y bills to prohibit boycotting and to rce peal the State eight-hour law. i- The efforts to effect a settlement of the Cockers' dispute at Cardiff, Barry i and 1 enarih have been successful.? Bookbinders of Washington, D. C., | have been successful In establishing a * flat wage scale of US a week there. f ? Mlnnsidta Fish 8tory. John Munter and John Frankson returned recently from a week's outing at Swan lake. Mr. Mnnter tells this fish story: "Monday night we were crossing the lake In a small boat, when I nav something floating on the surface of the water. Frankson said It was a fish, and I stuck to it that it was a piece of wood that had been driven by the wind into the middle of theNlake. "Frankson insisted that it wds a fish, and was so sure of it that he fired a shot at it from a shotgun. Imagine my surprise when I saw a monster picke-el flopping about in the water. We secured the fish and it weighed close up to twenty pounds. . "I. have been on Minnesota lakes a great deal, at all times of the day and night, hut this is the first instance of tbis kind I ever heard of."? Minneapolis Special. England's Wheat Fields. A preliminary 3ia?emeni i&miuu uy the Board of Agriculture, shows the total acreage under all crops and grass this year to be 32,286,832, which Is a decrease of nearly 31,000 acres compared with last year. 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It kills th< poi in the blood which e vises these awfu1 syrti ms, giving a pure, healthy blood 8U the joints and mucous mem bra- cs, and makes a perfect cure of tht worst rheumatism or foulest catarrh t.'ures where ail else fails. Blood Bala (B. IT. B.) Is composed of pi.re Botanio ingredients, good for weak kidneys. Improves tho digestion, cure* dyspepsia. J perfect tonic for old folks by giving then new, rich, pure blood. Thoroughly tested for thirty years. Druggists. $1 per largr bottlo, with complete directions for horn< cure. Sample free and prepaid by wnuuf Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and special free medical advice sent in sealed letter. At the risk of killing himself to pra ent running oyer a child, a Eostor automobile enthusiast directed h. bit machine into a ditch. It turned ? pletely over, and fye had a nar jyv* escape from death, being quite se?/ere ly injured. The child was unharmed The man may have been operating the automobile too fast, comments the Buffalo Courier, but he thought quickly and acted heroically. PUTNAM Color mors foods brifhUr and fss'or color* than ai ? ijt My gwwat jdtiif* rtvtof atAJ&f* " A * \ OPERATION Two Grateful Letters froi Serious Operations.?iV from Like Conditions ^ When a physician tells a woman, suf- 1 fering from ovarian or womb trouble. * that an operation is necessary it, of ? course, frightens her. t The very thought of the operating t^He and the knife 6trike3 terror to , hi c heart. As one woman expressed it. when told by her physician that she I must undergo an operation, she felt that her death knell had sounded. Our hospitals are full of women ( who are there for ovarian or womb t operations! t 1 It is quite true that these troubles ' may rer.ch a stage where an operation \ is the only resource, but such cases are ] much rarer than is generally supposed, because a great many women have 1 been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's J Vegetable Compound after the doctors j had said fcn operation must be performed. In fact, up to the point where the knife must be used to secure instant 1 relief, this medicine is certain to help. The strongest and most grateful 1 statements possible to make come from women who, by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, have : escaped serious operations. Margritc Ryan, Treasurer of 8t. An- , drew's Society, Hotel English, Indianapolis,Ind.,writes of her cureas follows: DttrMrs. Pinkbam:? ~ I cannot (lnd words to express mv thanks for the good T,ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable i Compound did me. The doctor said I could not get well unless I had an operation for j ovarian and female troubles, I knew I could not stand the'strain of an operation and made 1 up my mind I would be an invalid for life. . Ask Bra. Mikhail's Adrtea?A Womai PRICE,/P=\25 Cti a ||i mswotoiiai wtf^jvlfsr c<ai ,or tout ? F. IF. Diem< The girlless telephone is coming and the horseless carriage Is going? at a tremendous rate, observes tie New York Tribune. FlTepermanentlycurcd. Nofitenrrervon*i;ess after ilrst day's use o! Dr. Kline'.* (?renl Nervellestorer.ititrialbottieaud treatise :re? Dr.:*. . .-M-isa*. Ltd.. ISl Arch >t.,Phil:?.,i'.i A r.ian will die tor wur.t oi air in live mini:.vs. Mrs. Wins < w's fcooihlngSyrup for Children ' teething, oftenstbegums.reducesiuflamma- | lion,alia s rnin.'uires wind colic.25c. a bottle The o'd local costumes are still worn in r an;.* pavls ot Russia. . doao: badeve diso's Cure for Consuimlicnhasaue iu u for oougis an J colds.?Jons I'.iMtu, I'ciaitvSorin rs. Ind.. Feb. 15, UJK I lean cake is the chief commercial fcr tiiizer in China. The Monumental Bronze Company. 554 Howard Aveaue. Bridgeport, Conn., want a rood, livo agent in this vicinity to take ord"r.*. for their celebrated White Bronze mon nmonis, neaasroaes, gn?\?.- i.uiou, ?v is a ijood, legitimate business and they offer liberal inducements. Someone should write them and embrace this opportunity. Uishop l'otter favor* twenty-minute aerLions. Borne has seminaries representing eightyseven order*. I MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR ?A auai cusi roe? CONSTIPATION, BILIOUSNESS and all disorders of tha Stomaeh and Bowols. SOc. a bottle at drag stores. Around the World Ml havs aaad year Pish L Braad Slickers far years n the Ma. sails a Islands -sad fsaad than the only i artists that salted. I ata asw la this country (Africa) sad think a great sal ? your coats." , (mm on OfUMtm) ffffiBEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR, 1904. [ The war' 1-wide repata- * :k?n ol l ower's Water- w\VTD'a f jrosl Oiled Clothtag assures tbe buyer of [ -tha positive worth of '^iSTalsrsK isbmp A. J. TOWER CO., Boston, U. S. A. I TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED, ' 351 Toronto, Canada. ! FORWOMENTkjJfl s troubled with Ills peculiar to ' their sex, used as a doc.che it marrelousTy suc, cissful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs stops discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness, cures leucorrhoea and nasal catarrh. Panne is in powder form to be dissolved in pore water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for ail TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES 1 For sale at druggists, GO cents a box. Trial Box and Book o 1 Instructions Free. The Paxton Company Boston. Mas*. r - SO. 44. IT unTw*au 'uu* kiif* K9 Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Jood. Use W k_|^|__ja_tlm^_8ojdbr^ruggi<t?: gf_ ir^-rrfHTil yMilqgl FADELE i " A 4. m* ; AVOIDED ^ n Women Who Avoided lany Women Suffering ^ VU1 Be Interested. BV-> ' ? - " i \_-*j ? / . ? /# V Iearing bow Cydia ?. Pinkham's Yegetibla Compound had saved other women from erious operations I decided to try it, an! In ess ":ban four months I was entirely cured; md words fan. to express my thankfulceis." Miss Margret Merkley of 275 3d street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkbam " Loss of strength, extreme nervousness, evere shooting pains through the pelvic >rgans, cramps, bearing, down pains and extreme irritation compelled me to soek nedical advice. The doctor, after making in examination,'said that--1 had ovarian trou- > )le and ulceration, and advised an operation > is my only hope. To this I strongly objected -and I decided as a k^t resort to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. " To my surprise the ulceration healed, all he bod symptoms disappeared, and I am one* nore strong, vigorous and well; and I can* iot express my thanks for what it has dona tor me." Ovarian and womb troubles ara steadily on the increase among- women ?and \>efore submitting to an opera- ?? tion every woman should try Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and write Mrs. Pinkbam at Lynn, Mass, for advice. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound baa been curing the worst forma of femkle complaints, all ovarian troubles.inflammation.nl- *"% ceration. falling and displacement of the womb, leucgrrlioea. irregularities, . ' indigestion and nervous prostration. Any woman who could read tbe many grateful letters on file in Mrs. Pinkham's office would be convinced of tb? efficiency of hdr idvice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. i Best UMntMi a Weau'i (lb. $ ri-GRIPINE fVARANTUDTOCm asm uraniMlC A Mil MSIAlf All. HULV| nMvnvnb m* rmimmot l-SrlBta* to t ditlir %b* woitCawMtM It MOXCY BACK IF XT SMUXT CVMM. rr, M.J)., Muotictimr, IfrtwaliH/Jf* M Q L H H III I BE mi J***\ FOR MM J? W*? 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If I could show you the difference between the shoes made In my factory and those of other makes, you would understand why Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and a rr of greater Intrinsic value man any omcr aj.su hoe on the market to-day. W. L Dmmgtmm Flrooa Ufa < Shocm tcr Man. 92.90, $2.00. Boy V School 9 DraaaShooa.$2.30.$2,$1.7B,$1.B0 CAUTION.?Inslit upon having W. LDouglaa ihoet. Take no substitute, None genuine without hia name and price stamped on bottom WAMJED. A shoe dealer in everv wn whei W. L. Douglas Shoes are not sold. ' Pk " ^ . samples sent free for inspection upon request. Fast Color Eyelets used; they will not wear brassy. , , Writ# for Illustrated Catalog of Fall StylefcW. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton. ON K Y IK!.AND SOUVENIR PO*T CARDS. Six oeautifni colored scenes for %e Coney Island Postal Card Co.. Coney Island, NX SPSS Thompson's EyeWater SSD Y E S