Do Tour Feet Ache and Burn?
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes Tight or
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lons. Swollen, Hot, Callous, Aching and
Sweating Feet. Sold by all Druggists,
Grocers and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmstud, Leltoy,
N. Y.
Nearly three million Congo walking
sticks are imported Into the United States
•very year.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke lour Life Amy.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
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Bac, the wonder- worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or sl. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis
eions has sent several medical missionaries
to the Philippines.
" The Prudent Man Setteth
His House in Order/'
Your human tenement
should be given even more
careful attention than the
house you live in. Set it in
order by thoroughly purifying
your blood by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
Erysipelas-" My little girl is now fat
and healthy on account of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla curing her of erysipelas and eczema."
MRS. H. O. WHEATLEY, Port Chester, N. Y.
HQO<*> PIIU cur* liver Ills; the non-lrrltating and
only cathartic to talc. with Hood't SamapariUa.
m
For headache (whether sick or nervous), tooth
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weakness in the hack, spine or kidneys, pains
arouud the liver, pleurisy, swelling of the joints
and pains of all kinds, the application of Radway's
Ready Relief w.ll afford immediate ease, and its
continued use for a few days effects a permanent
rure.
A CURE FOR ALL
Summer Complaints,
DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA,
CHOLERA MORBUS.
A half to a teaspoonful of Ready Relief in a half
tumbler of water, reptated as often as the dis
charges C( *tinue, and a flannel saturated with
Ready Reliet placed over the stomach or bowels,
will afford immediate relief and soon effect a cure.
iNTKiiNALLY—A half to a teaspoonful in half a
tumbler of water will in a few minutes cure
Cramns, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Vomiting,
Hearilmrn, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Head
vie, Flatulency and ail iuterual pains.
Malaria in ItM Varloim Forms Cured
and Prevented.
There is not a remedial agent in the world that
■will cure fever and ague and all other malarious,
bilious and other fevers, aided by KADWAV'H
J*l M.S. so quickly as IIAIIWAY'S HEADY
KELIEF. Price, 50 cents per bottle.
Sold by all DriigcistN.
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D1 I ET O-WHY SUFFER. Get a box of
■ Ihi Birdcall's Guaranteed PileOint
ment. It gives instant relief and has real merit.
50 cents a box at druggists, or send to E.T. LAID-
IiEY, 7({ Pike Street, Port Jervis, N. Y.
Horse Killed by Snakes.
Abraui Robeson, near Grautsburg,
Intl., while hunting for a stray horse,
■which had been missing for two days,
noticed a large blacksnake which re
treated toward a cave formed by an
overhanging ledge of rocks in one of
the high bluffs surrounding his pas
ture land. His horse was found lying
in this cavern, but covered with what
looked to him like a mountain of
snakes, so numerous were the reptiles.
Robeson obtained his shotgun and
opened fire, continuing until his cart
ridges were exhausted. After the bat
tle he counted the bodies of 413 snakes,
lying around and over the body of his
horse, which was aead, while many
reptiles escaped in a wounded condi
tion. He believes that his horse,
which was a magnificent auimal weigh
ing 1000 or more pounds, had been
charmed by the reptiles, so that he
was powerless to escape, and he had
finally succumbed through weakness.
—New York Press.
WOMEN are assailed at every turn by troubles peculiar .
to their sex. Every mysterious ache or pain is a
symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
on coming unless properly treated.
The history of neglect is written in the worn faces and
wasted figures of nine-
tenths of our women, fk£fFtlM Ml fMJfb
every one of whom may WW nzfJmlLaV WWmm V
receive the invaluable ad- mmm>a ■a m
vice of Mrs. Pinkham, BwELmLMJ mWM mm9m
M.TR: M Y A,R ITTAG PINKHAM'S AID
MISS LULA EVANS, of —•
Parkersburg, lowa, writes of her recovery as follows: '
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM—I had been a constant sufferer
for nearly three years. Had inflammation of the womb,
l«noorrhcea, heart trouble, bearing-down pains, backache,
Sched all over, and
lid hardly stand on
ly heart trouble was
irould write and see
you could do any
g for m«*. I followed
idvice and now I feel
new woman. All
ul troubles I have no
uiuic, *uu a have found Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash a sure
cure for leucorrhoea. lam very thankful for yozr good advice
and medicine."
Personally Conducted Tourist Ex
cursion to California Without
Change of Cars.
Leaving Washington, D. C., every Tuesday
and Friday, the Southern Railway,"Piedmont
Air Line" and Sunset Route.will operate Per
sonally Conducted Tourist Excursions to San
Francisco. Cal., without change of cars, via
Atlanta. Montgomery, New Orleans, Houston,
San Antonio. New Mexico, Arizona and
Southern California. The cars are the very
latest pattern of Pullman Tourist Sleepers,
beds equal to any standard sleeper, lunch,
lavatory,private apartment for ladies. Three
and one-half days to Mexico and Arizona,
four days to Los Angeles and Southern Call
fornix, and five days to San Francisco. Port
land, Oregon, through the semi-tropical gar
dens of the South, and via picturesque Mt.
Shasta in seven days with only ono change of
enrs. Tacomu and Seattle, Washington, after
noon of seventh day. Tourist carfare less
than any other route: railroad fare the same,
effecting saving of s3i>.oo to $3(1.00.
Return service leaving San Francisco Tues
days and Fridays.
For information and reservations, inquire
of A. J. Poston, Gen'l Agt.. California Tourist
Lines, 511 Pennsylvania Avenue.Washington,
1). 1 '., or Alex. S.Thweatt, Eastern Pass. Agt.,
271 Broadway, New York.
The Free Methodist Church of America
has about 25,000 members.
America's greatest physicians have con
quered La Grippe anil Its ufter effects.
Their treatment has been thoroughly
tested In the hospitals of Europe and of
this country, and Is embodied In Dr. Kay's
Lung Balm.
Rev. H. B. Dye, of Morrison, lowa,writes:
"Mrs. Dye had n bad attack of La Grippe
which settled on jer lungs. She used Dr.
Kay's Lung Balm, with most decided good
i effects, which is a repetition of past ex
perience with her. Nothing is so prompt
and positive In Its effects on her lungs."
You should write for free advice and a
copy of Dr. Kay's Homo Treatment, an
Illustrated book of 116 pages of receipts,
etc. Dr. B.J. Kay Medical Co., Saratoga
Springs, N. Y.
China has begun the manufacture ol
smokeless powder.
What I>o the Children Drink !
Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GBAIN-O? It is delicious and nourishing,
and takes the place of coffee. The more
GBAIN-0 you give the children the moro
health you distribute through their sys
tems. GBAIN-0 is made of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs about
as much. Ail grocers sell It. 15c. and 25c.
There has been a decrease in accidents
in the Swiss Alps this year compared with
last year.
Lane's 112 amily Medicine.
Mores the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently
on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price 25 and 50c.
Germany's production of iron amounts
in nine months to nearly 5.500,000 tons.
Beauty la Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by takinp
Cascarets,—beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
Germany publishes C 033 periodicals ot
various kinds.
H. H. GHKEN'B SONS, of Atlanta. Ga., ara
the only successful Dropsy .specialists in the
world. See theirliberal offer in advertisement
in another column of this paper.
In Austria fourteen is the legal age for
murriage for both men and women.
To Cure a Cold ill One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 'Jo c.
Peculiar Accident to a Hoy.
While a little boy named David
James Francis was playing with his
companions on tlio seashoie at Burry
Port, the other evening he noticed u
penknife at the bottom of a large iron
pipe fixed in au upright position.
The lad forced himself bodily into
the pipe, only to find that there was
not room enough for him to stoop
down to pick up the knife.
In the attempt to do so one of his
legs doubled up under him, and short
ly afterward his comrades were at
tracted to the pipe by the screams of
the venturesome David James. Being
powerless to render and help they ran
for assistance, and « number of men
came to the rescue.
Owing to the bending of the boy's
leg, it was impossible to pull him out
by his arms, and the pipe had to be
disembedded before the 1 o • could be
got out. He had been a prisoner for
three hours and a half.—London
Leader.
A WOMAN'S WORD.
■Strange, ain't it, how a woman's word,
Her answer, yes or no,
Can plunge u heart bj passion stirred
In ecstasy or woe?
An' that's jus' what's a-botherln' me—
I'd give a world to know
Jes' what her answer's Roln' to bo—
I'll bet sbe says It slow.
I'd rather hear tho doom o' death,
'Twould be ne harder blow,
Tban jes' the simple whispered breath—
Her little answer, "No.
But then upon the other side,
Altho' I dare no guess,
Vet there's a hint she doesn't hide—
I b'lleve she'll answer "Yes."
I HowsneHetyeilHim. |
X BY CIIAULES BATTELI. LOOMIS. X
Littlewood Phillips had been iu love
with Mildred Farriugton for two
years, ever since he first met her at
the Hollwell's card party. He had no
good reason to doubt that his love was
returned, yet so fearfuL was he that
he had misread her feelings, so much
did he dread her refusal of his suit,
that he had never hinted that she was
more to him than any of the girls he
met at the church sociables and card
parties in Newincrton. Innumerable
chances for a detlara'ion of love had
offered themselves, for he was a
regular caller at the Farrington mau
sion, but this youth was as devoid of
spunk as a hare, and was no nearer
the goal of his desires today than he
had been when Cupid first aimed his
dart at him.
So matters stood when a snowfall
that brought sleighing in its wake
visited Newington, and Littlewood
became conscious of the fact that he
had actually asked Miss Farrington to
take a ride with him. Of course he
must perforce bring matters to a crisis
now. He was afraid that Judge Far
rington would be asking his inten
tions, and it would be humiliating to
have such a question come before he
could refer him to the girl for an
answer. No, beyond a doubt he must
pluck up courage to ask her to be his
wife or else cease calliug upon her—•
an alternative that was hideous
enough to chill his heart.
The evening was soon at hand. A
crescent moon shone in the east and
the stars were cold and scintillating.
H ■ walked to the livery stable and
asked for the cutter, and a few min
utes later he was driving a haudaome
chestnut to the bouse where his
thoughts spent most of the time. Miss 1
Farrington kept him waiting a good
half-hour, but he reflected that it was
the privilege of her glorious sex, and
it only made him love her the more.
If she had come out and placed her
dainty foot upon his neck he would
have been overcome with rapture. In
fact, iu his present state, which had
a'so been his state for twenty-four
months, Littlewood was not many re
moves from a calf.
It was cold waiting, so he got out
and hitched his horse and paced iu '
front of her house, her faithful sen
tin';! until deuth—if need be. Not ,
that there was uny reason to think i
that his services would be required; ■
but it pleased his self-love to imagine
himself dying for this lovely being of j
whom his tongue stood in such awe
that it could scarce loose itself in her
presence.
At last she appears. The restive
horse slants his ears at her and paws
the grou ttd in admiration of her beauty.
For Mildred was as pretty as regular
features, a fair skin and melting eyes
could make her.
Littlewood handed her into the ,
sleigli, stepped in himself, tucked in
the robes and chirruped to the horse
That intelligent animal did not move.
A Hush of mortification o'erspread the
face of the would-be amorous swain.
A balky horse, and at the start! What
chance would he have to deliver his
precious message that was to make
two hearts happy? He olicked a;ain to
the horse, bat again the horse con
tinued to stand still.
"You might unhitch him, Mr. Phillips.
That would help," said Mildred in liar
sweet voice.
"Oh, yes—t-to be sure. I must
have tie 1 him. I mean I—er—l—di
—I think I did hitch—er "
"There seems to have been a hitch
somewhere," she answered.
He stepped out of the sleigh and
looked over his shoulder at her in a
startled way. Could she mean any
thing? Was this eucouragement? Oh,
po. It was too soon. (Too soon, and
he had been in love two years!) He
unhitched the horse and once more
placed himself beside his loved one.
The frosty night seemed to have set
a seal upon her lips, for as they spe l
over the crunching snow and left the
town behind them she was silent.
"I must have offended her. I've
probably made a break of some kind,"
said Libtlewood to himself. "How
un'ortunate. But I must tell her to
night. It is now or nover. This at
tention is too marked to pass as a
mere courtesy of the winter sea-ion.
She knows I never took anybody but
my mother sleigh lidiug before."
Then began the process of nerving '
himself to the avowal. He ground
his knees together until the bones j
ached. Ilis breatliiug was feverish.
"Mum—Mildewed—l mean Mil- '
dred." And then he stopped. He had .
nover called her Mildred before. He !
hid never called her Mildewed,either, <
but that was accidental, and he hoped j
that she had not noticed the slip.
"I have something of the greatest
importance to say to you."
Did he imagine it, or did she nestle :
(l>ser to him. He must have been 1
m staken, and to show that he was
unite sure he edged away from her as
much as the somewhat narrow con
fines of the sleigh would allow.
"What do you wish to Bay, Mr.
Phillips?"
"Mister" Phillips. Ah, then she
was otlcnded. To be sure she had al
ways called him that, but' after his
last remark it mast have an added
significance.
"I—er—do you like sleigh riding?"
"Why, of course, or else I wouldn't
have come."
Did sbe mean that as a slap at him?
Was it ouly for the ride and not for
his company that she had come? Oh,
he could never make an avowal of love
after that. He knew his place. This
beautiful girl was not for a faint
hearted caitiff like himself.
"Nun—nun— 110, to be sure not. I
—er —thought that was why you
came."
Mildred turned her gazelle-like eyes
upon him. "I'm afraid I don't under
stand you."
That settles it. If she didn't under
stand him when he talked of nothing
in particular, he must be very blind
to his utterance, and he could never
trust his tongue to carry such a heavy
freight as a declaration of love. No,
there was nothing to do but to post
pone it. After all, her house was the
best place for it.
The horse sped on, past mantled
mea lows aud through pine woods full
of filtered moonlight, and Mildred
drank in the beauty of the scenes aud
wished that it were decorous for
women to propose.
The night was ravishing, the sleigh
bells jingled harmoniously, the horse
swept on with steady,rhythmic stride,
and under the influence of sweet sur
roundings Mildred at last said, point
edly; "Is it so that more people get
engaged in winter than in summer?"
She blushed as she spoke. It was un
maidenly, but he was such a dear
gump. Now he would declare him
self. But she did not know the capa
bilities for self-repression of her two
year admirer.
He said to himself: "What a slip,
what a delightful slipl If I were un
principled I would take advantage of
it and propose, but I would bitterly
reproach myself forever, whatever her
answer was" so he said, in as matter
of-fact tone ns he could master when
his heart was beating his ribs like a
| frightened cageling: "I really can't
i answer oft', but I'll look it up for
you."
j "Do. Write a letter to the news-
I paper."
Her tones were as musical as ever,
; but Littlewood thought he detected a
sarcastic ring iu them, and he thanked
his stars that he had not yielded to his
natural desire to propose at such au
inauspicious time.
"What was that important thing
you wanted to say?" asked Miss Far
rington, after several minutes of
silence, save for the hoofs and the
runners and the bells.
"Oh, it wasn't of any importance.
I mean it will keep—l—er -1 was
thinking of something else."
"I think you havo gone far enough,"
said she, innocently, looking over her
shoulder in the direction of home.
Maybe the rotum would loosen his ob
durate tougne.
His heart stopped beating aud lay,
a leaden thing, iu his breast. Had he,
then, gone too far? What had he
said? Oh, why had he come out with
this lovely being, the mere sight of
whom was enough to make any one
cast all restraint to the winds and de
clare iu thunderous tones that he loved
her?
"I think that we'd better go back,"
he said, aud turned so quickly that he
nearly upset the sleigh. "Your mother
will be anxious."
"Yes, when one is accountable to
one's mother one has to remember
time. I sup| ose it is different when
one is accountable to a "
"Father?" said Littlewood, asin
iuely.
"No,that wasn't the word I wanted.
"A-a-aunt?"
Could Mildred love him if he gave
many more such proofs of being an
abject idiot?
"No, husband is what I want."
Littlewood's brain swam. He had
been tempted once too often. This
naive girl bad innocently played
into his hands, and now the
Rubicou must bo crossed, even if its
angry waters eugulfed him.
"Pardon me, Miss—er—Mildred"—
he did not say Mildewed this time—
"if I twist your words into another
meuniug, but if you —er —did—er—■
a husband—do you think that I
would do?"
A head nestled on his shoulder, a
little-hand was in his, and when he
passed the Farringtou mansion neither
lie nor she kuew it.—Chicago Record.
The Rtilroftd and the Farmer.
The railroad is of the greatest ser
vice to the farmer, and here the patent
system is most intimately couuected
with its institution and development.
The railroad ships live cattle and per
ishable fruit? aud vegetables from dis
tances that would be impossible with
the old methods of transportation, be
cause such products would perish on
the way, and, besides carrying more
stable products, it brings the farmer
his implements and fertilizers. In
fact, if he had to haul all his products
by wagon, many large areas in this
country could not be worked, because
they are so far from the markets that
the cost of shipment in the old way
would be prohibitive. The railroad
puts the farmer in touch with the
consumer, no matter what distance
may separate them. ludeed, the rail
road and steel steamship open to the
American farmer the whole world as a
market. The steel steamer is much
more economical than the wooden sail
ing vessel which it has snpplauted,
because it is several times laiger, much
safer and faster than the sailing ship,
and yet it requires a smaller crew and
a shorter period of time to make a
trip, resulting iu a great saving of
wages. The farmor gets the beuefit
of these differences in lower transporta
tion. - Scientific American.
1 THE REALM OP FASHION. I
NEW YOBK CITY (Special).—This
Jainty yet simple waist formed part of
fc dressy toilette of gray and white
satin foulard seen of the Avenue a few
FANCY WAIST.
day's ago, the yoke being of tacked
white mousseline over satin. The
trimming consists of gray and white
ribbon ruching and a fancy belt with
silver clasp encircles the waist.
The waist is supported by fitted
linings that close in centre front. The
yoke is shaped from "ready made"
tucking or the material is tucked be
fore being shaped by the pattern. Tho
lining backs are covered to yoke depth
with the tucking, the front yoke being
included in the right shoulder seam
and closed over on the left. A stylish
feature is the extension of the shonl
der portions on front and back to form
prettily scalloped epaulettes over the
sleeves.
The upper edges of the fronts and
back are also shaped iu soallops, the
BA IRT.
right front lapping slightly over on
the left and closing invisibly. The
fronts are arranged with a modified
blouse effect, the back having closely
lapped plaits at the waist line.
The neck is finished with a stand
ing collar to which is added scalloped
portions that flare gradually from be
hind the ears to the back.
The two seam sleeves are of stylish
shape, fitting the arm closely to near
the top where the slight fulness is dis
posed in gathers. Stylish cuffs with
pointed ends flare over the hands com
pleting the wrists.
All-over lace, corded or tucked taf
feta or spangled net may be used for
the yoke, and if the sleeves are made
from the same material, a pretty
guimpe effect will result. Applique,
lace, spangled bowknots, irregular in
sertions, rnchings of chiffon or rib
bon, passementerie or chenille trim
ming will make stylish and effective
decoration.
To make this waist in the medium
size will reqnire one and one-half
yards of material forty-four inches
wide.
A Striking Tailor Stilt.
Among the many striking combina
tions shown this season, black and
white effects are much favored.
The ciroular skirt of fancy black
and white plaid shown in the large
illustration by May Manton, is styl
ishly worn with a tight fitting basque
of fine cheviot or broadcloth, which is
scalloped on the lower edge and
strictly tailor finished. The perfect
adjustment is accomplished by double
bust darts, under-arm and side-back
gores. The fronts lap slightly in
double-breasted style, and above the
closing smart lapels meet the rolling
collar in notches.
The two seam sleeves are fashiona
bly olose fitting with gathers adjust
ing the slight fulness at the shoulders.
The sheath fitting skirt flares sty
lishly at the foot, the front being cut
on the bias fold of the material. The
skirt is shaped in one pieoe and meets
in a seam at the oentre back. It is
snugly fitted over the hips b.v short
darts taken up at tho waist line, and
underlying plaits meet with cloth,
covered buttons and loops over the
placket opening in centre back.
Black fancy straw turban is trimmed
with wings, satin bow and strass
buckle.
Attractive suits in this style may
have basques of tan, brown, green,
blue or red cloth, the rule being to
select the shade that harmonizes the
best with the coloring that prevails
in the plaid.
Suits having skirt and basque to
match may be of plain, checked or
figured cheviot, serge, veiling, camels'
hair, Venetian, broad or covert cloth,
and braid, gimp, satin piping, or vel
vet may v ~ used to trim if a less ec>
vere completion be desired.
IITo make this basque in the medium
size will require one and three-quar
ter yards of material forty-four inches
wide. To make the skirt will require
four and a half [yards of the same
width material.
A White Lace Novelty.
White lace appliqued on colored
stockings is a novelty. When lace is
introduced in hosiery it is usually in
serted, but the new style is to place a
lace motif on tho front or sides of a
stocking and embroider the edges with
colored silk, "applying" the lace at
the same time. Openwork hose have
long points from instep to knee in
front and zig-zag stripes at the sides.
Pretty Waist For a Miss.
Gray cashmere is here prettily as
sociated with grayish green satin, tiny
satin buttons and nilk passementerie
forming the attractive decoration.
Satin ribbon in the same shade is used
for the crush belt that is prettily bowed
at the left side.
The waist is arranged to close in
front, the linings in centre and the
material under the box plait at the left
side, but the closing may be made in
centre back.
A stylish feature is the draped front,
double box plaits being laid at each
shoulder, -which break into loose easy
folds that blouse slightly at the waist
line. Tapering box plaits are applied
on the Bmooth back from shoulder to
waist. A standing collar finishes the
neck.
The close fitting sleeves have gath
ered puffs at the top, over the lowei
edge of which the material is applied
in pointed outline, the wrists being
shaped and trimmed to correspond.
Waists in this style may match or
contrast with the skirt, attractive com
binations being possible.
All-over lace, net, corded or tucked
DRAPED WAIST.
taffeta, fancy silk, satin or velvet,
shirred or tucked mousseline, with
soft wool or mixed fabrics, may have
gimp, insertion, ruched or plain rib
bon or applique embroidery for deco
ration.
To make this waist for a miss of
fourteen years will require one an*i
three-fourth yards of material forty
four inches wide.