t a . . Llvwrfoenna acts gentlyet prompt ly onthe bowels, cleanses the system effectually, assiste one in overcoming habitual conslKpoAion permanently. To get its beneficial effects buy the genuine. CALIFORNIA SOU) BY LEADING DRUCG(3TS-BOt p.rB0ITU Plenty of Asphalt Asphaltic layers have been found In Syria near Kferle, a village about 85 miles northeast of the port of Lat akla, along the road leading .toward Aleppo, which have been declared by competent mining engineers to be not only rich in , asphalt, but also prac tically Inexhaustible. ECZEMA FOR FIFTY-FIVE YEARS. Buffered Torments from Birth la Frightful Condition Got No Help Until Ciiticiiro Cured Him. -"I had an itching, tormenting eczema ever lince I came into the world, and I am now a man fifty-five years old. 1 tried all kinds of medicines I heard of, but found no relief. I was truly in a frightful condition. At last I broke out all over with red and white boils, which kept growing until they were as big as walnuts, causing great pain and misery, but I kept from scratching as well as I could. I was so run down that . I could hardly do my work. 1 used Cutl eura 8oap, Ointment, Resolvent, and Pills for about eight months, and I can truth fully say I am cured. Hale Bordwell, Tip ton, la., AuC. 17, 1907." "I cheerfully endorse the above testi monial. It is the truth. I know Mr. Bord well and know the condition he wm in. Kelson R. Burnett, Tipton, la." Lightning Strokes. Fire insurance men estimate that 40 per cent of barn fires are due to lightning, 10 to 15 per cent to careless ness, 8 to 12 per cent to overheated flues, the balance to other causes, In cluding Incendiarism. According to the report of the weather bureau ot the department of agriculture for 1900, the total number of strokes ol lightning in 1899 which caused dam age was 5,527, the number of build ings injured 6,256, value of property lost $3,016,520, number of deaths by lightning 563, number of persons In jured 820, number of live stock killed In the field 4,251. Tall chimneys emitting smoke thai carries moisture with it are more oft en struck than other objects, barni containing hay that gives off moisture by evaporation, and porus tree barkr are frequently struck. For the same reason ice-houses are more attractive to lightning than other storehouses Suburban Life. His Time Will Come. The thing most talked about In the closing scenes of Harvard and Yale is the boat race. The man who leads In mathematics, sociology or Iatln composition wanders in the valley ol forget fulness. But he will turn up some time when the fellows who won the boat race have been forgotten. German Trust. Negotiations among the German manufacturers of wall paper havj Anally led to the organization of a trust. The seven leading manufactur ers who have already joined have combined annual production of about (2,620,000. FRIENDLY TIP Restored Hope and Confidence. After several years of Indigestion and its attendant evil Influence on the mind, It is not very surprising that one finally loses faith In things gen erally. A N. Y. woman writes an interest ing letter. She says: "Three years ago I suffered from an attack of peritonitis which left me In a most miserable condition. For over two years I suffered from ner vousness, weak heart, shortness of breath, could not sleep, etc. "My appetite was ravenous but 1 - felt starved all the time. I bad plenty of food but it did not nourlsa me because of Intestinal Indigestion. Medical treatment did not seem to help, I got discouraged, stopped medi cine and did not care much whether I lived or died. "One day a friend asked me why 1 didn't try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking coffee and use Postum. I had lost faith in everything, but to please my friends I oegan to nse both and soot became very fond of them. "It wjn't long before I got some strength, felt a decided change in my system, hope sprang np in my heart and slowly bnt surely I got better. I could sleep very well, the constant craving for food ceased and I bare better health now than before the at tack of peritonitis. "My husband and I are still using Grape-Nuts and Postum." "There's a Reason." Name given by Pottum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and fall of human interest. A War That Descends From Father to Son and Takes All Man's Strength to Finish. The Fight Against Alcohol is Largely Physiological in Its Na ture, Say the Medical Experts, Involvjng Many Com plex Factors and Developing Some Remark able Instances of Heroism. War has its gains and Its losses, but the grim records of men who right the liquor habit to a finish, when they are divested of every ele ment of hysteria, every trace of pathos, are as eloquent of tragedy as the stories of Individual strife on the bloodiest battlefield. A fairly large share of the tragedy of the world Is the tragedy of alcohol. Physicians trill tsll you that what Is generally regarded as a moral and psychological battle Is In reality a physiological battle a fight against disease. The neurologist, the special ist In mental diseases, will declare that the dipsomaniac who uses every effort of will power and resorts to the aid of science to be freed from the curse of drink is a victim of heredity; he fights a double battle that against himself and that against his ancestors. A peculiarly disheartening feature of this conflict of man against the enemy which overwhelms him, in the view of the scientific observer, is the waning resistance of the victim's will under the insidious and aggressive power of alcohol. Usually the victim Is unaware that each fresh wrestle with the enemy weakens his deter mination, giving alcohol, in Its physi ological action, a distinct advantage. The purpose of this article Is to record plain, unembelllshed stories of men In all clases of life who did their best to overcome the drink habit Some ot them won out,, and tome were defeated. Some of them lire alive, and others dead. In some instances the will power alone seems to have been the conquering agent, while in other cases artificial aid in the shape of the newer devices of Iclence were brought into play. A Case of Inheritance. The flrBt instance is that of a brain-worker, a man in his early for ties. His story, as told to the writer by himself, indicates a strong hered itary element. "My father," he said, "drank mod erately in his early manhood. He re ceived a sabre cut on the head in the Civil War, and I feel sure that his mentality was Impaired as a result. "Later in his life he began to drink heavily. He was clearly a victim of alcohol. Finally he became practical ly a mental wreck from it, and he ended his life with a shotgun. Two of my mother's brothers died as the result of drink. "I began to drink at fourteen; In fact,at that age I walked four miles through the snow at night to a distil lery to get brandy. I got a gallon of it, and with the assistance of some young friends drank it. I kept on drinking. When a young man I be gan to study for the ministry. I put in three years taking a course in theology, and as a student preached in three parishes in one of the South ern States. I still drank, and I sud denly abandoned all thought of the church. "It was necessary to do something else, and I engaged in literary work. 1 kept on drinking, and I lost position ifter position. I was prevailed upon to try one of the so-called 'cures.' I remained in the institution for five weeks, taking the full course of treatment. A week later I.was drunk, and I kept on getting drunk. A year passed and I took the same course of treatment, but two days later I was drunk again. Then I took another variety of 'cure,' got drunk again, repeated the latest treatment I had tried, left the Institution and went on a prolonged drinking bout. "I went on this way as the occasion arose until eighteen months ago. Then I regained my senses after a long spree and announced that In thirty years I had had my Bhare of rum. I said I would drink no more, and I have not touched liquor since. In the northwestern part of the State there is a lawyer, an old man now, of whom his friends used to Bay "If it hadn't been for rum he would have been President ot the United States long ago." This man's battle with alcohol and the domination of his iron will Is the most remarkable instance of the kind that has come under the personal ob servation of the writer in an experi ence in this line of observation ex tending over two continents. . The lawyer, a brilliant man In his profession and an eloquent pleader at the bar, was, to use his own ex pression, "drunk for thirty-nine years." He became involved in an argument with a school principal one day on the effects of alcohol on the human anatomy. "Why, Judge," said the teacher in conclusion, "you couldn't stop drink ing if you tried, and if you did you'd die." "You're a liar, Sir, to both of those propositions," was the furious retort, "I've been drunk for thirty-nine years and I'm an old man, but I'll stop now. Wot another drop shall pass my lips." He did stop for eight years. And ke 414 not die, but for three months the struggle, mental and physical, was as bitter as death itself. Eight years later the old lawyer was called to defend the prisoner in a notorious murder case. He began to drink again. That was eleven rears ago, and he Has been drinking ever since as heavily as In his younger days. The combination of a woman's In fluence and the artificial support of a so-called cure averted the threatened wreck ot the prospective happiness ot two young people In this city. A young man who had a responsible po sition as general agent of a great wholesale house in tela city was en gaged to be married. A round of social calls and after-theatre parties In company with his fiancee was re sponsible for his fondness for wine. In a month he was readily classed as victim of drink. The young woman viewed the situa tion with increasing alarm, and finally with growing horror and despair. The young man fought the bitter fight, but all his efforts to overcome what had grown into a confirmed habit were unavailing. Finally the young woman said .to him: "Our engagement is at an end for the present. Unless you have fore sworn this habit Inside ot six months our marriage is out of the question." The Value of Religion. Still the man's efforts to rehabili tate himself were fruitless. One Sun day morning the woman prevailed upon him to go to church. After the service she requested blm to make a call with her. Before he knew it he was Inside of an institution for the treatment of the victims ot alcohol. He was Informed that he inust stay there until cured. That was several years ago, but he has not taken a drink of any intoxicating beverage since leaving the institution. In the Middle West there Is a re tired railroad man, now well along in years, whose name is known to every other railroad man in the United States. He was a conductor on passenger trains for twenty-five years. In all that period ot service he was noted for his great physical endurance, his consumption of liquor and tobacco, and his profanity. For several yearB this conductor had a run of fifty miles back and forth twice in twenty-four hours. He took a train out in the morning, came back in the afternoon, and covered the same route again before the next morning. This train stopped at every station, and the physical strain on the conductor was tremendous. The man was literally soaked In whisky all the time, but apparently kept him-. self well in hand while on duty. Once every two weeks he got two days. With the mental and physical relaxa tion, alcohol gained the ascendency, and he usually reeled home to sit in front of a table loaded with pipe and tobacco, cigars and bottles of whisky. Finally there came the inevitable row with the division superintendent over the conductor's hah Its, and the conductor lost his place. He stopped drinking, smoking and chewing on the same day. That was twenty years ago, and he has not touched whisky or tobacco since. Although an ex tremely profane man, this was his reply when asked how he was able to overcome the fixed habits of a quarter of a century: "The only thing that gave me strength to quit was God Almighty." The following story was told to the writer by a man who travels around the world once a year, on the average, and who has bad many strange ex periences In out-of-the-way places: "Some years ago, at Shepheard's Hotel, in Cairo, I met a young man who, apparently, was engaged in a most earnest endeavor to rid himself of the liquor habit. He was a New Yorker and wealthy, having inherited a considerable fortune on the death of his father. Before leaving New York he had taken three courses ot treatment in an institution . whose business is to cure inebriety. A Case of Violence. "This man was tweuty-elght or twenty-nine years old, six feet three inches tall, and altogether a splendid physical specimen. He was accom panied by a -physician and a valet. When in drink he was Invariably In a fighting mood, I was informed, and this was the peculiar feature of his case. He had been up the Nile to Wady Haifa, then to Khartoum, and down to Cairo, where I Baw him. With his attendants he boarded a P. ft O. steamer to go to India, and on this part of bis tour a steward had in structions to watch him for eight hours of the twenty-four. With the doctor, valet and steward he had a sort of tiree-shift watch over him. "He boarded the P. ft O. steamer at Suet, and there he met some friends he had known in Paris. Then, despite the vigilance of his attend ants, he obtained some intoxicant. "The boat was steaming along through the Red Sea on a calm, clear night with a full. moon. This young man was in his pajamas and was sit ting in his cabin talking to his valet, whose watch it was. This ship had large, square ports. Suddenly, with out warning, the young man sprang from his chair and dived through the open port Into the sea. " - ' ; "Instantly there was the cry of 'Man overboard! The big ship was stopped and then . put full speed astern. A moment later thi young man was seen swimming stran jly, as though trying to save hlmse& Ihere was a sommotlen In the water all about him, and then those on deck witnessed a horrifying spectacle. The swimmer was seized by sharks, dragged down and was seen no more." Shipmasters, as a rule, abstain from intoxicants sufficiently to Insure" the safety of life and property so that It is not endangered through inebri ety. There are, nevertheless, start ling Instances whert sea captains have been unable to resist the craving for drink until there was reformation through the stimulus of despair. The writer was acquainted with a man who had a master's certificate, but who, because of his drinking habits, was unable to get command of a vessel. His father, a shipowner, at his death left him a square-rigged sailing ship. The newly made captain and owner was drunk when he left port with his ship. He remained drunk for two weeks, gave a wrong course to his first mate, and the vessel was wrecked In shoal water. The crew clung to the top rigging, and lashed themselves there.. At the expiration of nine days a vessel sighted them, but all had died of thirst and hunger with the exception of the captain, whose remarkable vitality had pre served a iipark of life. The captain recovered, and later obtained command of another ship. When be left port he was Intoxicated again. The vessel was wrecked, and he was rescued. He never drank again, but his master's certificate was canceled, and he served as mate In humble vessels until his death two years ago. Some years ago a two-term convict found himself on trial for a third felony. He declared that he had no recollection ot any of his crimes and asserted that all were committed while under the Influence of liquor. He was sentenced to State prison, and upon going there stated that while in prison he Intended to find a way to cure not only himself ot the whisky habit, but all who would listen to him. He was put to work in the kitchen and In some way he obtained a quas sia cup. These cupB are turned front the trunk ot the. quassia treet, which Is extremely bitter. Quassia Is a well-recognized medicinal agent with tonic properties. The convict discov ered that water embittered by contact with the quassia cup diminished his taste for liquor, and In time he over came it altogether. - Once out of prison, this man de voted a great deal ot time to advocat ing the "quassia cure" for the liquor habit, and, so far as Is known, he had no relapse. . Frequently the change to an unex pected and unwelcome occupation provides the Btimulus necessary to bring out the indomitable will power which rehabilitates a man who has been in tbe grip of drink. A Texan told of his own experience In this connection, as follows: "I was young, married and had what I considered an easy job as bookkeeper in a store in a small tovn. I began to drink, and before I knew it I was drinking altogether too much. I found that my hands were shaky in the morning, and 1 had to take a 'bracer' before going to work. Then I got to drinking in the daytime, and neglected my work. Finally, I lost my Job. Then my father took me aside and said: " 'Young man, I have fifteen acres ot sandy soli out back there. You know where It is; get out there and see if you can find your salvation.' "I worked that piece of ground one year, and besides its being 'sandy soil,' It was a bad year for crops. I worked it a second year with little better success. The third year about averaged up with the others. Then I resolved that I was no farmer, but I made a solemn promise to myself that If I could get a Job In the city again I would manage to get along without liquor. "I got the city job, and I have kept my promise." Tale of a Sea Captain. Seventeen years ago a sea captain, whose home was In this city, said to his wife: "If I ever get drunk again I'll blow out my brains." He remained sober for fifteen years. Two years ago tbe craving re turned. He went to tbe nearest sa loon, took three or four drinks ot whisky, and shot himself to death at the table where he sat to drink. Of all the sea stories that have to do with loss through drunkenness of the commander of a ship, the most tragic is one fresh In the minds ot all seafaring men, and which involved the loss of more than a hundred lives. The captain of a liner had made the moBt desperate efforts, according to his friends, to stop drinking. Finally, it was believed that he had con quered. "In fact," said the retired seafaring man who related this account to the writer, "he remained sober for ten years. Then he lost a son or a daugh. ter, and began to drink again. He left an English port for the United States, and he was not sober when he sailed. He drank heavily the first night from port, and gave a wrong course to the quartermaster.' "The vessel struck-that night on the Cornish coast, and a hundred lives were lost. It was officially reported that the captain perished, but it ll whispered to this .. day wherever sailormen congregate that somewhere in tbe world the' unhappy captain still lives." From the New York Times Tbe number of books . exported from Germany by German publishers last year exceeded 42,000,000, weighed 42,100,000 pounds, and wera valued at $16,000,003. THE FATAL GIFT OF BEAUTY. The novel reader cried: "I'm sick of the beauties of Enid and Fair, And proud Lady Gwendolen gives me a pain. Paint me a freckle-faced girl with red hair W rite me a novel of plain Mary Jane." So the novelist wrote. But the novel read: Like roses bepowdered with gold was her face, A halo of flame-colored tresses had she; Though a duchess, she waived all her rights to "Your grace," And said, "To my lover, I'm plaia Jeanne Marie." Judge. FEW SPEAKING PARTS. "All the world's a stage." "Yes; and the majority of us are billed as 'citizens, villagers, populace,' and the like." Houston Chronicle. ONE EFFECT. Knicker "What would women do if they could vote?" Bocker "They would always look cool in a convention hall." New York Sun. A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE. Stella "I suppose you have had many hairbreadth escapes?" Knicker "Yes; a woman's coiffure was all that kept me from seeing a play once." Harper's Bazar. HER INHERITANCE. Jeannette "Does Miss Boardman get her lovely complexion from her father or her mother?" Gladys (sweetly) "From her fa ther. He's a chemist." Tit-Bits. WOMEN IN POLITICS. "Mrs. Wardheel Is making trouble for the organization." "As to how?" "Declares she'll wear no bosses' collarette." Washington Herald. MUST BE. She "Is he such a credulous chap?" He "I should say. Why, he car ries an umbrella if the weather man predicts snow." New Orleans Pic ayune. WHAT SHE WANTED. Captious Customer "I want a piece of meat without any bone, fat or gristle." Bewildered Butcher "Madam, I think you'd better have an egg." Sketch. ONE GOOD FEATURE. "I am not aJrolt. Every day I do something that makes me worry." "That's bad." "Well, each new worry makes me forget the worry of yesterday. It might be worse." Washington Herald. IT IS. "The vaudeville people seem to think the old jokes go best." , "That's a mighty comforting thought," declared' the press humor ist, as he tried to strange some new angles to an ancient jest. Washing ton Herald. THE EXTREME OF STRENGTH. "When I see what Barlow accom plishes I am forced to admiration,' said Busting. "He has great physical endurance." "Yes," replied Gargoyle. "That man has the constitution of a debu tante." London Telegraph. A SCHEME. "To what do you attribute your success ?" "To taking people at tbelr word," answered the Polonius with chin whiskers. "Take a man at his word nowadays and it surprises him so that he never fails to live up to it." Houston Chronicle. NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS. A struggling author was one dreaming ot the time when magazine publishers would come to him and Pght for the exclusive rights to his writings at f 1 per word. "But I shall spurn them." mur mured he, at the same time launching a vigorous kick, which -wrecked his typewriter. It cost him $3.85 to get the Instrn. ment repaired.-Louisville Ceurler-fournaL Switzerland Prohibits Absinthe. At a time when the prohibition ot alcoholic beverages has become mora than an academic question in soma parts of the United States, it Is in teresting to lead that Switzerland, has outlawed absinthe, which, as la : well known, Is an emerald liquor' made largely t wormwood macerafr ed in alcohol. The decision to forbM the manufacture and sale of absinthe , in Switzerland was arrived at through the medium of a national referendum, which showed a majority of over ' 80,000 In favor of the proposition. This action of the democratic elector ate Is little short ot heroic, for the most famous brands are made In Switzerland, notably at Neuchatel, and have been extensively exported, so that the prohibit Ion put upon tbelr manufacture end eale will seriously affect .the government's revenue. Providence Journal. NATURE AND A WOMAN'S WORK LYDIA E. PINKHAM Nature and a woman's work com bined have produced the grandest remedy for woman's ills that th. world has ever known. In the good old-fashioned days of our grandmothers they relied upon the roots and herbs of the field to cure disease and mitigate suffering. The Indians on our Western Plains to-day can produce roots and herbs for every ailment, and cure diseases that baffle the most skilled physicians who have spent years in the study of drugs. From the roots and herbs of the field Lydia E. Finkham more than thirty years ago gave to the women of the world a remedy for their pe culiar ills, more potent and effica cious than any combination of drugs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now recognized as the standard remedy for woman's ills. Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 615 N.C. St, Louisiana, Mo., writes : " Complete restoration to health means so much to me that for the sake of other suffering women I am willing to make my troubles public " For twelve years I had been suffer ing with the worst forms of female ills. During that time I had eleven different physicians without help. No tongue can tell what I suffered, and at times I could hardly walk. About two years ago I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice. I -followed it, and can truly say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re stored health and strength. It la worth mountains of gold to suffering women." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound did for Mrs. Muff, it will do for other suffering women. w. I . iiotiflriiu manes inn eeiia mon w 1 men's 3.00 and 3.AO shoes than any other mannfartnrer In the world, be cause they hold their shape, fit better, and wear longer than any other make. 8hoet at All Prices, for Every Member of the Family, Men, Boyi, Women, Mi wee A Child res W.L.Ifcraalii $4 00 sad $0.04 Silt Ed Shorn caaaot muU4 ft my price. W. L. DcraglM $S.OO to S3 00 thow &r Um bMt la th world Fwf Color KvlrU Ufd MjrIuHlV' rTnke No Miilt-Utute. W. L. IoukIM nrnns ami prim It stamped on bottom. Sold errry whets. 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