A QUICK RECOVERY. BR Prominent Oficer of the Reboceas Writes to Thank Doan’s Kidney Fills For It. Mrs. C. E. of the Topeka, Bumgardner, a local officer Rebecons, of Kans, Room § 10, BIZ Kanusax ave-) nue, writes: “I used’ Doan's Kidney Pills during the yeur, for Kidney trouble and kindred ailments. 17 waz suffering from pains in the back snd headaches, but found after the use of one § box of the remedy §f that the troubles gradually disappeared, 80 that before I had finished a second package 1 was well § I, therefore, heartily endorse your remedy.” (Signed) MRS. © E. SUMGARDNER. A FREE TRIAL—Address Foster. Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cexts. past Jilted Man's Revenge. The jilted Philadelphia man who sent as a wedding present to his for mer sweetheart a miniature coffin full of old love letters, took a delicate means of demonstrating that his heart had not been broken. Boys Clothed Statue of Venus. Boys took pity on the statue of Ve nus in Judge Belleck's yard at Strat ford, Conn., the other night, and In the morning she ap adorned in a black silk shirt waist, a straw sailor hat, several large and a placard reading, “Ain't it a shame?” Big Rattlesnake Killed. One of the largest rattlesnakes found in Georgia for several years was killed on Cumberland Island July 25 by Miss Naomi Macon, » guest on the island, and W. T. John ston, cash fer Cumber land. The sn: and 3 inches | i pounds peared roses, 1 hi rattles nd a button. It was killed in the woods about ] the hotel and the dock g.~—Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. cumference Lat woon Ww a Moscow's Barbaric Splendor. No one, go far as we know. has presented to the mind of the distant reader a m vid picture of the barbaric splendc cow than Ar thur Symons passage from “Colors COvVite ¢ fia ¥ in his DOOk shriek by contrast: by another There ight are 10 reticences are mechanical cymbals; @ oo modulation filled with the din Organs, restaurants of vast with drums and great bell clashes against a chain op sl. the trams, to clear the road: the music which one hears is a ferocity of brass The masons who bouses build in top-boots snd pink trousers: the painted churches are ige idols, a. shape solor ’ red or gre like the ‘temp les tortured into ever; and colored His 8having Mug} In a Tree. The Webb oi this “belate regarding & storm which ok pl a few days ago not at home on storm last & neighbor away, and being ht or weather what should have ning he found yroom house had a trace of it was the vicinit ry ondent sand corre maent sens ¥ Pye fee out interest item 400 pight ing gone to distance gpon to stay all nig the threatening arrived at his home next mor his new tw: peared, not anywhere in His shaving mug and brush, which were in the house at the storm, have been found miles away. This leads Mr. Scott to believe that if he had been in the house at the time he would have had 8 long and perilous trip."—Kansas City Journal isap risible time of the in a tree twe FITS permanently cured. No fi pess after drst dav's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer #2trial bottieand creatise fren Pr. BR. H. Krixe Ltd, 991 Arch 8t., Phila... Pa. te or nervous The present population of Peru does not exceed 3,000,000, Plao'sCurefor Consumption i= an infallible medicine for coughs and colds, —-X, W, Baxver, Ocean Grove, N.J.. Feb, 17, 1900, Manila girls carry in bamboo eyhnders, Waler The total amount disbursed in wag- es in Massachusetts in all industries for 1902 was $198.92 20.647, and in 1903, $210,070,163, an increase of $11,140,516, or 5.61 per cent. WHY GET SOAKED -_ PARR CATALOGUES FREE BHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND MATS, A J TOWER Or uavou. MAGS, U.0.A, TORONTO, CANADA, ———_—— DRO PSyzr a Fah Dr. B. HN. ORREN'y Bend, Atlante, Ga Be Thompson's Eye Water EXPEDITION TO DISCOVER MIL- LIONS OF PIRATES’ PLUNDER. Hid in Canyon of the Galapagos !sl- ands in 1820-21—A State Depart. ment Officer—Talks of the Treas ure and the Various Searches for it. This dispatch caught the eye of o State Department official in ington not long ago: Valparaiso, Chili, British yacht Cavalier, jor Maude, a member of Army Reserve, has left for Galapagos Islands, where a search will he made for the treasure which is said to have been hidden there a long time ago. The Cava- lier met very rough weather near Mocha Island, where the crew iempor- arily abandoned the vessel and suffer ed great hardships. The sacht car ries two guns and 100 rif s, “Still arner the Galapagos ure, eh?’ he remarked to respondent on reading this. I hope they get it this time ar taking two guns and 100 jong to kill tortoise, 1 presume. Kno tl Galapagos Is swarm ises, some of them «ht. No doubt, too hinder Wash- August 8-—The the Royal Coquimbo reas “Weil, They lands tori in welis monsters would of treasu i hy makes s? They Keaton be brig Blakely fitted out a couple of years ago, went down to look for the (reas might as well have look at the end of rain Island of going to with and she ure. but she ed for pots of too Cocoa inatead hows fe r ihe of Costa Rica pagos “The latest expedition that went in search of the West Indian was in charge of Capt. Brown of Bos who took a party down from San Francisco in the Herman He had no definite knowledge of the treasure, but thought it was on Cocos Island. He became involved in with his crew, and the schooner put in at Honolulu. Later the crowd dribbled back to San. Fran- disgusted with Brown and hid den treasure. They buried about $600 each of their treasure in the venture, 1 understand “The the amount and character of the pos sengions was an interview with of the Keaton parties in a San Fran- cisco paper. This sald that the treas- ure was variously estimated at from $33.000000 to $60.000000 in money, bullion and utensils. In one excava tion was buried 300.000 pounds of ail ver bullion and money, and in an- other hole 733 bars of gold, ¢gch four by three inches, and two inches thick, as well as jewelled swords, precious stones, and several kettles full of mis cellaneous gold, “And now Capt. Maude of the Royal Army Reserve is after this treasure in the stout yacht Cavalier... Good luck to him! So long as I cannot afford to teke a six months’ leave of absence from the department, I am willing that Capt. Maude should have his trial. I hope he strikes that canon and diverts without superhumsa difficulty the little river that now flows over the spot where the treas treasure ton schooner a con. troversy cisco, ure was buried, It is a good six months’ task. It might pay-—quien sabe? And think of the fun! Think of the international complications to be avoided in smuggling this loot from the jurisdiction of Euca New York Post. Largest Flower in the World. The raffesia is a strange growg in Sumatra and name from Sir Stamford ernor of Sumatra at one time, and his friend Dr. Arnold, a naturalist They were the first white men to discover the wonderful plant, It is said to be the largest and most mag nificent flower in the world. It is composed of five roundish petals, cach a foot across and of brick red color covered with numerous irregular yel lowish white swellings, The petals surround a cup nearly a foot the margin of which the mens, This cup is filled wit the upper where covered with miniature horns. Th cup when fre © wouig hold about The flower w It is very th three quarters plant derives Raflles, gov wide bears sta h a fleshy disk every like surface of which is projections COW'S from its twelve AN INDUSTRY FOR PORTO RICO, Natural Home of Sisal Fibre Pi The Island a ants nen ms a fabri iv «emhbl fabric, which after the ancl mag finest silk Thia named Borl name of Porto Rico, was gowns for court receptions, and was much praised. ® The Belfast manufac turer, after making every preparation to continue the weaving of the fibre had to give the project up in despair, because of the uncertainty of the supply. Ships from the distant izland arrived seldom, and then with very little of the plant product aboard. While in many sections of the Was ent {nto ine inquen making to grow the sizal! fibre. and with varying degrees of success, in Porto Rico, with hardly any bie whatever, the plant attains a which they then cloth.” of about the finely woven carpet Some of the fibre is used for har ness instead of leather and gives ex cellent service. At the present time there is no systematic manufacture of henequen into marketable goods, but a number of men who have ex. perimented in the past hope to in- terest manufacturers of the North. San Juan (P. R.) correspondent of the New York Evening Post. as they call it ——— rn First Lady Motorist. The first lady motorist, it is nald, was Mrs, John Biddulph Martin, of Morton Park, Worcestershire, the widow of Mr. Martin, of Martin's Bank. Mrs, Martin was not oniy the firs? lady to appear on a motor car in Hyde Park, but also the first wom. an to take a motor tour on the Eng. lish country roads, and to visit scores of lovely villages almost entirely une known to travelers. HALL MARKS Beverley Simpson-Jones says he I believe {t—all plazzl and Brooklyn Life, Bertram INDISPOBED. ‘Gee! 1 been sick all de “Melaria?” “Worst. | been cadyin’ dat's only been married Puck afternoon!” fer a couple a weok. = JOY OF ESCAPE Peas haves had all you wanted in life, have you? Optimist—No; but I haven't had that 1 : eitaer, Life, THE imist—You that Brookiy: XPERIENCE remarked HIS E “The tongue an unruly member." “Oh don't ANSWERED tt ie womaniy in raising childisl News NOT ANGELIC 80 PAR "How long n married “Oh. abou "And do angel yet?” “No, not Teleg have you be t two Years you consider your wife an yet."—Buperior (Wis) am OVERHEARD IN BOSTON. Willle—My father is a Chicago man Waldo to have a parent who is unable to answer your questions.-Puack. A SNOB'S GRIEVANCE. “Young man” said Mr, Stax, “I had to work for my money.” “Well, father” ply, “enough people in our set ‘throwing that up to me without your talking about it"—Washington Star. GUARDED ADMISSION. “How delightful that will be! You're going to take your wedding trip in an automobile?” “Why~-ah—e04; we're going to make the start in one.”—Chicago Tribune. ENOUGH A SUFFICIENCY. Holden-"1 suppose you are aware that Cassava starch, or tapioca, is the chief element of the gum oa the back of all postage stampa?” Bolton—"0Oh, yes; that's the reason I never eat tapioca pudding at home, One doesn’t care for a surfeit of any. thing, no matter how much he likes it."-