Cleanse
Your Blood
The thing most desired of a Spring
Medicine is thorough purification
of the blood. With this work of
cleansing going on there is com
plete renovation of every part of
your system. Not only is the cor
rupt blood made fresh, bright and
lively, but the stomach also re
sponds in better digestion, its
readiness for food at propor times
gives sharp appetite, the kidneys
aud liver properly perform their
allotted funotions, aud there is, in
short, new brain, nerve, mental
and digestive strength.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Possesses the peculiar qualities—
Peculiar to Itself —which accom
plish these good things for all
who take it. An unlimited list ol
wonderful cures proves its merit
A SwaiioMJu
Is 6QO of tIM earliest birbtngvra of spring— *n
equally sure Indication ts that feeling of lan
gold depression. Many swallows of
H I RES Rootbssr
kMt Mr » (print tonic-mud for a summer
> ■>!>•■• tor •> mi. Wrtu for
U« «112 prmitu oftra* tr— *» M.
Try Grain-O !
Try Crain-O!
Ask your Grooer to-day to show
you a package of GRAIN-O, tho new
food drink that takes the place of
coffee.
Tho children may drink it without
injury as well as tho adult. All who
try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from puro grains, and
the most delicate stomach receives it
without distress. the pi ice of coffee.
15 cents and 25 cents per package.
Sold by all grocers.
Tastes like Coffee I I
Looks like Coffee .
legist that jour gToc«rglve» you QRAIN-0 ■
Aecapt so Imitation. H
H b B 19 m Tht remedy for
pr.Bull Sr h h ~A'?frsf h ffi
Cough Syrup SSWraM 1 ® !
sufferer will soon be cored. Price only 33 cts. j
W»n by Aerial Train.
That American ingenuity is capable I
devising means to overcome ap- |
j>arontly insurmountable obstacles is ,
proved by the method adopted to
supply mail to the little town of Smug- j
;ler, in mountainous Colorado. The i
nail iu carried over a tramway, oper- .
ited by a mining company, from
Telluride. The pouches aro securely j
ockod in a steel bucket twenty-four 1
thirty-two inohes, and conveyed a
distance of one mile, to an elevation
if over three thousand feet, in six
.een minutes, and lauded with per
fect safety at the door of the Smug
gler postofHoe, which is located among
ba clouds.
."\This arrangement is perfect in !
avery particular, aud can be operated
juocessfully every day in the year;
tvhereas it would be almost impossible
to carry the mail on horseback up the
*teep mountain trail during the win
ter season, o" account of frequent j
ino wslides.
Nothing
In the
Wide
World
bee auoh a reoord for ab
solutely curing female Ula
and kidney troubles aa
baa Lyttta E. Plnkham's
Vegetable Compound.
MedMnes that tkre ad
vertlaed to oure every
thing oannot be spool flos
for anything,
Lydla E. Plnkham's
Vegetable Oompound will
net ouro every kind of lll
name thai may aft Hot men,
woman and children, but
proof la monumental that
It -wflf and doea oure all
she Ma peoullarto women.
' Thla la a fmot Indlaput
able and oan be verified
by more than a million
women.
U you are alek don't ex
periment, take the modi
olne that bee the record
of tho largeat number of
ourea.
I.ydU E Pinkham M*< 3 Co., Lynn, M»a».
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SUM. mookJ <ala «ai 10 days' WmUbml
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} Thompson's EisWslw
ANNIE LAURIE.
Across Hie i-u a (raiment,
Blown with the spray and mist,
.Shoreward from rosy distances.
Where shade and shine bold tr>st,
An old son# set In colorings
CH gold nud amethyst.
A ship oa tho horizon
Where misty curtains cling,
Tightly to clearer levels
Her sails of voilet swings:
A schooner nearing the harbor,
Listen! Tho sailors slug:
"Maxwelton brno* are bonnle
Where t-urly fa's the dew.
'Twas there sweet Annie Laurie
Gave me her promise true."
O, thti ratubow lights of boyln oil
Kindle my skies anew.
"Maxweltou braes are bonnle,"
How sweet that old refraiu,
The promises of morning
Break Into bloom again.
And on the lowly roof I hear
The music of tho rain.
"Maxwelton braes are bonnie,"
There's mother at rtio door.
The cattle down the dusky lano
Are coming as of yore,
And mounted on the pasture barj,
1 swing and sing onee more.
"Maxwelton braes are bonnie,"
O, bonnie maid of mine.
Thro' all the mists of distance
Again the dark eyes shine;
The world is lull of music,
And living seems divine!
Across the soa a fragment.
Blown with the sprnv aud mist.
Shoreward from rosy distances.
Where shade aud shine hoM tryst,
A vision and n memory,
In gold and nmethyst.
—Jennie Bodge Johnson, in Lewiston
Journal.
| THE— £
< Forging * the ►
4 Daisy Chain. ►
Mr. Trevors, pretending io riuse
plates in the river 'lh.auaes,looked per
petually toward Miss Daisy Miildletou
industriously engaged in packing
.lislies. Over tho meadow the rest of
the picnic party was dotted mninly iu
pairs, as is pleasant to look upon at n
picnic. If the truth were known, Mr.
I'iavers was pleased to scj Miss Mid-
I :11c on sternly } aeking, for of late she
I ua.l seemed to bestow to.) much of the
j lioney of ho. 1 smiles mou a certain
I bee (to give him 110 worse title) <>f the
name of Congreve; and Miss Middle
lon was rejoiced to tee Mr. Tra*trs
pretending to rin e, siu . e she had a cer
tain uuaeQued ob.ection to hear his
j praises sung by others of horset —as
recently.
People entertaining such approxi
mate sentiments have no business to
be separated by a distance of at least
20 yards. 8o ct any rate Mr. Travels
thought,for he left the meadow sweets
■ that sucked in the eddying stream be
hind him, and, bearing the e'eansed
j platos as a peace offering in his hand,
I approached the lady.
| Miss Middletou lifted her eyes out
| jf a hamper, aud, preceiviug his
■ humility, trailed.
"With fingers weary and worn," he
J began, "aud eyelids heavy and l'. d
I is you perceive, Miss Middletou—a
| man answering to the naineof Travels
has been standing iu midstream—
I more or less mid o'.i an undeniable
! rickety stone for half an hour—tor
rents foaming about him -fatal plunge
imminent and has rinsed picnic
plates till be could do no more."
"During which time," she asked,
"he broke -how many?"
"That is hardly generous," sail
Mr. Travers, gravely. "How many
I exactly I started with I don't remem
ber. One—l ailmit it— 'came to
pieces in my hand,' as the kitchen
maids say. Alio.her I was compelled,
morally and intellectually, to throw
at a grasshopper that came up iniper
j tiiiently to suitl' the mayonnaise. A
I saucer or two, by uature amphibious,
I started down stream. But what would
S you? 1 have four here as clean "
"And I gave you 11," said Miss
Middletou, sternly.
"It's better than picking daises, like
Congreve," said Mr. Travers, slyly.
"Would you like to clean some
i kuives;" she asked, willing to change
the subject. "They don't break so
easily, aud wo shall want some for
tea."
"It's no relaxation cleaning things
that don't break," said Mr. Travers,
discontentedly.
"You intend simply to be idle till
:ea?" she asked, scornfully.
"If you think I deserve n little re
jreatiou for cleansing all those
plates," lie said.
"Breaking them!"
"Let us split the difference and say
'laving them."
"lon crack a joke and a plate in
the same breath," she said.
"Don't you think I might t;ike you
jut in that canoe?" he persisted.
'•Jt's rather' late," she said, doubt
fully.
"We might find some of tlio float
ing saucers," he urged. "The grass
tiopper got on one and was piloting it
magnificently."
"But canoes are so unsafe. Perhaps
if Miss Maltby would come with us,
it would be steadier. "
This was a distinctly unkind reflec
tion on Miss Maltby, whose attrac
tions, in the opinion of mauy, were
(lot detracted from by her weight, Mr.
Travers, howevor, saw light in the
aukindness, and willingly sacrificed a
victim.
"Without in any way wishing to
.leny the merits of Miss Maltby," lie
saiil, "she would add more tran a
fe>&'.her-weight. Besides, in adopting
au iuro ition like canoes, from 1 lia
Ch»eta.vs, one must conTorm to their
custom."
"Which is?" asked Mi*s Middloton.
"Based on the tribal motto—'Two's
company.' The cauoe-t wero con
structed accordingly, and only hold
two."
' "Then there would not be room for
Mr. Congre\eV" she naked.
"I fun tied he was making daisy
chains," said Mr. Travers.
Now, if Miss Middleton had been
adveise to tho voyage, this foolish re
mark would have left Mr. Travers soli
tary. But she was not. She suffered
herself to be constrained—not too
roadily. Yet siuc.% when once the
canoe wan launched. Mr. Travers
seemed to sink into abstraction, Miss
Middletou took up the bnll. Since
this is the very simplest story, devoid
of incidents or criticism, is sufficient
to say of Miss Middleton's conduct,
"sue h is life," and to report her re
marks.
"i'ou'll be very careful, won't yon?"
she said. "I'm like a cut—very
frightened of water."
"What cat's averse to fish?" quoted
Mr. Travers, irrelevantly. "That is
—I mean—l wouldn't lot a drop of
' water touch y u for—what 1 really
| mean is, the canoe's perfectly safe. It
would hold live with eaxe."
"I thought that the Choctaw?—"
hinted Miss Middletou well pleased
with herself.
"Oh, yes, that's all nonsense," he
said, distractedly. "I should say 1
am talking uonsense now. What I
meant was that if five people were in
it, it couldn't be safer."
"It does Fouud lather nonsense,"
said Miss Middletou, unmercifully.
It is not clear why maidens at these
critical times are so much more apt to
i keep their heads than are meu. Mr.
| Travers thought it a hard dispensa
| tiou of nature, aud sought refuse
1 from his distraction by joggiug the
! canoe.
j "Aren't we shaking terribly?" asked >
Miss Middleton.
"Not at all," ho answered.
"Canoes teem very frail," she ex
plained.
"A girl I knew," said Mr. Travers,
, thoughtfully, "used to tell me that
she -was quite nervous until she had
tried a innoe, but in tho end she
i tht.ught otherwise. She even wanted
to get engaged in a canoe."
"Did you gratify her wish," asked
Miss Middletou, with a lushof dig
nity.
"The giil was my mother, you
, know," said Mr. Travers, scenting a !
mistake. "It was a reminiscence of I
hers. She \va< won lering how I should i
some day "
"Yes, yes—don't you think we 1
oticfht to bj going back?" asked Miss
Middle on.
"I should like to know your opinion
of a boat as a popping place,'" he per
sisted.
Miss Middletou supposed that a
j square, solid sort of boat in the style
j of Noah's ark—guaranteed not to up
, set - might not be unsuitable.
"But would you not approve of a
conoe?" he asked.
"It would rock so terribly," she
said
"Why should it rock?"
"Suppose," she said, "the mau
wanted togo down on his knees—just
to emphasize his wishes—that would
set it rolling to begin with."
Mr. Tra\era was willing to enter
tain that supposition.
"Then suppose the girl said '.So?' " j
Mr. 'l'rave x preferred not to sup
pose anything unpleasant.
"Still, if she did," said Miss Mid- |
dleton, "the mau would start up in a '
very bad temper and begin stamping j
about."
Mr. Travers wa< positive that no |
man would be guilty of such conduct. I
Miss Middleton failed to see how Mr. j
Travers could answer for men in gen- j
eul. Mr. Travers admitted that he, !
was thinking of a particular case, j
which caused Miss Middletou togo on i
hastily:
"Then, again, if the girl didn't say !
'No,' she would probably expect " 1
"What?" asked Mr. Travers.
Misr. Middleton had unfortunately j
forgotten the sequence of her sen
tence.
"tint I must know, Daisy, - ' he
sal' l , earnestly. He ceased to pad le
aud tho canoe began to roll. "Would
she expect "
Continuous was the rolling of the
canoe.
"We shall be over I'm sure," said
Miss Middleton "please—yes—yes—
yes "
"At any rate the man expects—"
said, Mr. Travers, and the rolling con
tinued.
When some time lator the canoe
returned to the meadow from which it
j ha I started, the voyagers were grieve I
t > perceive the leu was already almost
finished. Tlie others observed that
punctuality was particularly important
at a picnic. Mr. Congreve especially
insisted on this.
•'Von shouldn't have been making
■ daisy-chains, Congieve," said Mr.
Travel's, irrelevantly.
"What does he mean?" Mr. Con
greve appealed to Miss Middleton for
a solution.
; "Mr. Travers has also been making
daisy cha'ns," she said. —The King.
Microbe* of tlie Sew.
I From the study of phosphorescent
microbes, which has greatly interested
i students of sea phenomena, zoologists
j have now passed to the study of sea
; microbes in general, and are announc
ing their results with much enthusi
asm.
The inference is that aquatic life
' produces a more interesting variety of
. microbe than do the circumstances
j with which we are more familiar.
1 Some oi the luminous or pliosphor
es ent microbes, for instance can live
comfortably at a temperature of zero,
centigrade. OthersgiTe out beautiful
, colore l liquids during their period of
deve opiuent. Many of tho ocean
mi< robes are also capable of sponta
neous movement. As to form they
are varied and have been found in
al>< ost all shapes,
The greati st number of microbes
are to be found near tho shore, the
! number decreasing toward the sea.
FMHIONri
i |
Designs For Costumes That Have Be- jj|
i| come Popular in the Metropolis.
NEW YORK CITY (Special).—Slash
ing is picturesque always, and has a
llavor all its own. It is to be seen on
garments intended for all ages of
femininity, embroideries with ready
made slashings through which rib
fSi
THE SLASH AITI,tEI> TO THE TAILOF.
MADE BODICE.
bona are run being indulged in even
by infants.
An example of slashing suitable for
young matrons is shown iu the ue
companyiug illustration.
The example, in pastel rose broad- |
cloth, appears in a promenade dress j
iu semi-tailor effect. The under |
HANDSOME SJ'IUXC. WAISTS.
i
| bodico is of fulled mousseliue in a
paler shade, while the scarf, which in
this case is laced through slashings
which go round the figure, is of panne
velvet, a shade darker, crimped at the
ends. It is knotted at the left front
in chou effect.
These slashed and laced effects are
seen on skirts also, soft lace or con
trasting silk being used on tho lighter
materials while cloth, panne or heavy
liberty satin may figure on the cloth
dresses.
The Shirt W»i»l Problem.
In the everlasting matter of shirt
waists there is yet more to be said,
though it does seem that the subject
has been done to death.
Look about you and you'll admit
there's room for more such wretched
taste and judgment as is to be found
on every side! The stout woman, as
likely as not, is partial to plaids and
checks, and a straight-across, accented
yoke; while the slender sister is
equally in love with up-arid-down
lines.
As a matter of fact, stripes are very
much more the thiug than plaids oif
checks. In fact, plaids and checks
give one the horrors unless managed
by an artist; you may call them the
shoals of Dressdom! The number of
tair ones who come to grief upon their
treacherous squares is simply appall
ing. Perfectly managed, they are
often most effective; but the number
of botches is enough to scare most of
us out. What we're getting at is the
fact that white is the safest choice.
Those who are ever after color ef
fects, however, are interested in the
varied showings. There are stunning
stripes, mostly white aud a color, and
there are plain colors in the dainty
pastel shades, as well as the more
pronounced hues.
If one doesn't care for the abio
lutely plain color (which is modish),
one may choose a piece with polka
dots, or other unobtrusive figures.
In the double column cut two hand
some spring waists aro showu. The
waist on the left is of corded colored
taffeta, with line valeuciennea inser
tions between hemstitched aud slight
ly puffed strips of silk, and has >i
small box plait back aud front. That
on the right is of mauve taffeta, with
groups of tiny tucks, a fancy white
ribbon being attached by hemstitching
to either side of the tucks.
Fabric* Tlial. Are Favored.
Thread, silk aud cotton appear in '
the fabric gloves. This style of glove
has been brought to a great state ol
perfection lately, so the number of
those who wear it is increasing. The
weave is fine and smooth, the fingers
graduated and tapering, the shape per
fection, and the finish and shades just
the same as a kid glove. Long open- i
work gauntlets, reaching to the elbow j
front, is the style of fabric glove in- I
troduced for wear with elbow sleeves, '
but probably it will not bo generally ■
adopted. Where a gown has elbow
sleeves it is drossy enough to require
kid gloves in keeping.
White Kid*.
The exceedingly popular white kid
glove will be as much In mode as ever. I
Iu kid and Swedish kid they will be ]
well liked, while a new stylo of
white doeskin will make its iuitiat ap- '
pearance aud promises to have a very
favorable reception. These last are '
great favorites in la belle France, and
while tho skin is quite heavy, yet
they do not give the hand a bulky or
largo appearance. Tliqy are ia white,
or chamois color, with double stitched
backs in self-color and have three
large mother-of-pearl buttons.
Waist, Skirt and Itodicf.
If you wish to acquire distinction <
| iu dresu with your separate waists, i
I see to it that there is some relation iu i
in color between the skirt and bodice.
Tho black skirt with bright colored
waists which have no black in their
composition is no longer considered
swell. For example, a blue and fawn
checked silk blouse is very good style
with either a fawn or a blue clotli
skirt, while with black it would be
very ordinary.
A Luce-Trimmed (louse Jacket*
Jig
W\
This is au indoor bodice, or, rather
jacket, from Paris. It is of pink satin,
with masses or rather heavy cream
lace used for frills and revers. The
front is of accordion-plaited white
chiffon, having straps of narrow black
velvet across the chiffon, held by tiny
rhinestone buckles. '
Household Hints.
If there Is one thing ou which the house
wife prides herself, It is that of having her
Inuuderiug done nicely, so that the wear
ing apparel inay be the admiration of all.
The washing Is a small matter, anyone al
most oan do that, but to have the linens
present that flox.lble and glossy appear
ance after being Irone.l requires a flue
quality of starch.
J. C. Ilubluger's new laundry starch
"Red Cross" and "Hubinger's Best" brands
are his latest inventions and the finest
starch ever placed on the market; not t»
new starch made by a new manufacturer
but a new starch by the leading and only
manufacturer of flue laundry starch In the
United States.
His new method of introducing thif
starch with the Endless Chain Starch Boot
snables you to got one large 10c. packagt
Df "Red Cross" sturoh, one large 10c. pack
age of "Hublngcr's Best" starch, with th«
premiums, two beautiful Shakespeare
panels, or one Twentieth Century Girl cal
snc'ar, all for sc. Ask your grocer.
Tlie Major'! Story.
"Major," said the rowautic maiden,
"what was the most eventful moment
i your lite—the moment upon which
til your future depended? Surely
fou have had such a moment? You
lave been in many battles. There
ajust have been a supreme moment
'or you—a moment that meant all in
ill to you."
"Yes," replied the warrior, as he
pulled his goatee and reflected,
"there was such a moment—once."
Then he was silent. His thoughts
teemed to wander back, and the girl,
inxious to hear the story of
Most disastrous ohances,
)f moving accidents by flood and Held,
Df hair-breadth 'soapes 1' the imminent
deadly breach,
j Df being taken by the Insolent foe,
slapped her hands and rapturously
exclaimed;
"Oh, how perfectly lovely! How I
I wish I were a man, so that I could go
, to war uud have thrilling escapes and
do heroic things! How glorious it
[ must be to be able, when the danger
i is all past, to relate how, single
' handed, you held the foe at bay until
; reinforcements arrived from the dis
tant fort! Now tell me all about it,
| Major—about the moment that was so
i fraught with importanoe to yon, I am
juatdyingto hear the story."
i "Well," he said, "I don't know as
i it's anything so very extraordinary.
: The foot is, the supreme moment I re
j fer to —the one that was fraught with
; the most importance to me—was the
i moment when I was born."—Chicago
i Times-Herald.
How Cannula Are Made.
I The following will illustrate one
way of appointing a consul, says
George F. Parker, in the Atlantic.
Early in the present administration,
the Republican members of Congress
from a Western State of importance
met and preferred claims to a consul
for each district; all to be appointed
upon the formal recommendation of
the United States Senators. They
did not pick out individual posts, with
a man of special fitness for each; both
Congressman and candidates knew
their business too well to make it
other than a wholesale job. The can
didates were chosen at random, ac
cording to personal influence, or party
importance, or the relative value of
the places. At last every district save
| DUO had its representative abroad. In
I this one, every plan short of advertis-
I ing had been tried, for more than a
, year, to get a man for a small place in
i France. Fiually, a lawyer in a remote
I villoge agreed to accept it. He was
nominated, confirmed, and Bailed for
bis post, without auy notice whatever
| to his predecessor, froin the Presi
dent or the Department, of his ap
| (jointment. His arrival, with com
! mission and order for possession, was
I ihe first notice to an incumbent whose
j retention had beeu promised. The
uew official had probably not thought
I ot France since he recited his geogra
phy lesson thirty years before in some
iistriet school, while his manner gave
'he impression that he had first heard
the name of the town to which he had
;ome, when appointed as its consul.
Enlisted men of the United States
Army are eligible to commissions
whenever there are vacancies, provid
ed that they can pass the examina
tions.
To Core* Cold In On« Day.
Take LAXATIVK UROMO (JOININS TABI.STS. AH
arucjjtxu refiiuil tho money If It falls to cure,
i E. W. UHOVI'S slituaturo Is ou each box. 80c.
The wuges of Chinamen at Amoy amount
:o about io it month.
Jell-O, tbe I*e»v Dessert
Pleases all the family. Four flavors:—
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry andStrawbetry
At your grocers. 10 cts.
Tho touchy man Is not the best sort tc
approach for a loan.
The Hest Prescription for Chills
and FVver Is a bottle of Guovi's TASTSLIH
CHILL TOMIC. it Is simply iron and Quinine to
a tasteless form. No cure— no Day. Pries fiOo
Berlin has fourteen person* whose an
ouui Income exceeds (209,000.
Kituwit Yonr Bowsls With Caaearets.
Cundy Cathartic, euro constipation forever,
fc, ~xi. If J. O. C. tail, druggist* refund money.
He's n lucky fellow who oan fall io lov«
without hurting himself.
Kow Are Yoar KMuys t
t Dr Hobb»' Sparoaus Pills curs all ktdsey tUs. fan*
] • ,«i Add ■ BterTl :ia Beiuedr Co., Chicago or K. T
Eye* of wliloh the whole Iris Is visible be
long to erratic persons.
Mrs. Wluslow'sSoothing Syrup forohiidren
teething, softens the gams, reduces Inflamma
tion. allays pain, cures wind colic. >!Sc.a bottle.
The stammerlug judge Is apt to be noted
for loug sentences.
Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Luna
trouble of three years' standing.—E. CADY
Huntington. Ind.. Nov. IS, IStM.
The man who excuses hU own faults Is
seldom lenient with others.
To Cnro Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. lOe or Be.
If V. O. C. fall to euro, druggists refund money.
Tbe proper distance between the eyes Is
tho width of one ev«