Auk Tonr Healer for Allen's Foot-Ease.
A powder to shake Into your shoes; rests the
teet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nulls. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new
or tight shoes easy. At nil druggists nod
shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mulled FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y.
The person with 11 sharp tongue is the
one who mukes cutting remarks.
A Mother's Tears.
"l Would Cry Every Time I Washed
My Baby."
" When hn
old, llrst Cos
ters and then jr VYi
large boils ©L
broke out on Ki( '''
my baby's
back until
became ,
mass ol raw
dered him I would cry, realizing what pain
he was in. His pitiful wailing was heart
rending. I hud about given up hope of
saving him when I was urged to give him
Hood's Sarsaparllla, all other treatment
having (ailed. I washed the sores with
Hood's Medicated Soup, applied Hood's
Olive Ointment and gave him Hood's Sat
snparilla. The child seemed to got better
avery day, and very soon the change was
quite noticeable. The discharge grew loss,
inflammation went down, the skin took on
ft healthy color, und the raw flesh began to
scale over and a thin skin formed as the
scales dropped off. Less thnn two bottles
of Hood's Sarsaparllla, aided by Hood's
Modicated Soap and Hood's Olive Oint
ment, accomplished this wonderful cure. I
cannot praise these medicines halt
enough." Mas. GUEBIXOT, 37 Myrtle St.,
Rochestsr, N. Y.
The übovo testimonial's very much con
densed from Mrs. Guerinot's letter. As
many mothers will be Interested in read
ing the full letter, we will send It to any
one who sends request ol us on a postal
card. Mention this paper.
What do the
Children
Drink ?
Don't give them tea or coffee.
Hive you tried the new food drink
calle- GRAIN-0 ? It is delicious
and nourishing and takes the place
of coffee.
The more Groin-0 you give the
children the more hpalth you distrib
ute through their systems.
Grain-0 is made of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes
like the choice grades of coffee but
costs about { as much. All grocers
sell it. 15c. and 25c.
Try Crain-O!
Insist (bat your jrrocer gives you GRAIN-O
Accept no imitation.
Vegetables in Education.
City boys and girls who never have
seen growing cabbages, pumpkins,
corn, potatoes, spinach and other
garden produce soon may have an op
portunity to supply the deficiency in
their education. The School Teachers'
Olub asked the West Park Board yes
terday to set aside three or four acres
in one of the parks where vegetables
may be raised by the school children,
frank E. Tremain is at the head of
ihe movement. The teachers think
this will bo a great advantage for
voung children, who think that grass
hoppers make grass and that butter
flies make butter. There are many
children, they say, who believe that
potatoes grow ou bushes and who do
uot know whether watermelons come
Irom the water works or grow ou trees.
Yet these same children can fiud the
eommon denominator of things and
recite the multiplication table up to
leven times seveu. —Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH
Earnest Letters from Women Re
lieved of Pain by Mrs. Plnkham.
" DEAB MRS. PIXKHAM : Before I
•commenced to take your medicine I
was in a terrible state, wishing myself
dead a good many times. Every part
of my body seemed to pain in some
way. At time of menstruation my
suffering was something terrible. I
thought there was no cure for me, but
after taking several bottles of Lydia
E. I'inkhara's Vegetable Compound all
my bad feelings were gone. lam now
well and enjoying good health. I shall
always praise your medicine."—MßS.
AMOB FESCHLER, BOX 220, Romeo, Mich.
Female Troubles Overcome
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—Ihad female
trouble, painful and kidney
complaint, also stomach trouble. About
a year ago I happened to pick up a
paper that contained an advertisement
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and when I read how it had
helped others, I thought it might help
me, and decided to give it a trial. I
did so, and as a result am now feeling
perfectly well. 1 wish to thank you for
the benefit your medicine has been to
me."— MBS. CLARA STIEBER, Diller, Neb.
No flore Pain
" DEAR MRS. PINEHAU Your Vege
table Compound has been of much
benefit to me. When my menses first
appeared they were very irregular.
They occurred too often and did not
leave for a week or more. I always
suffered at these times with terrible
pains in my back and abdomen. Would
be in bed for several days and would
Cot be exactly rational at times. I
took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and menses became regular
and pains left me entirely."— MßS. E.
V. CUSTER, Brule. Wis.
EyiWaUr
THE DAY OF PEACE.
What of the day, my' brother?
What of the day of peace?
When the dripping sword turns tho green
sward
And the dull, dread noises cease—
The clarion call of bugles,
The shriek of the angry shell—
What of battle that shall pierce the night
Of battle—is it well?
What of the dead, my brother?
What of the dead and dumb?
Who shall pay at the Judgment day
When the Messenger shall come,
Come in the light nnd glory,
Come in the tire and flame,
Whose the strain of the blood and pain,
My brother—whose the blame?
What of tho grief, my brother,
What of the grief and woe?
What of tho tears shed o'er these biers
I'heso stricken hearts brought low?
Low in the day of terror,
Low in tho night of gloom,
Whose the weight of this curse of Hate?
Whose the pain of Doom?
What of the blood, my brother?
What of the blood that flows
In u crimson stream where the lances gleam
And the bugle blows and blows?
Whose the souls that shudder,
Shudder and start and cry,
When the battles' cost by God engrossed
In blood on the brazen sky?
Hasten tho day, my brother,
Hasten the day of peaco,
Wbeu men not slain for of gain
And the dull, dread noises cease!
When shell shall shriek no longer,
When Hatred slink away,
Tho breath of God the blood-stained sod
Make clean—and Peaoe shall stay!
—Rismarck Tribune.
fmnSTj
Indiana Ferguson impatiently
awaited the evening. For n week she
had been visiting her cousin, Silas
Beck, and his wife, and this evening
Bobert Scruggs was to come. Had
she known that Mr. Scruggs was ex
pected she would not have dared to
visit her cousin just at this time. She
was here, however, and now ihnt he
was coming she did not deceive her
self by saying tlrnt she was sorry.
Miss Ferguson felt that she had
been unkind to Mr. Scruggs. He had
offered her his heart, and he was a
sincere tnnn. She had answered
coldly: "Mr. Scruggs, it is impos
sible." How heartless it seemed to
her now. But there had been Prof.
Edward Cantwell Beed, and it seemed
different then.
Mis 3 Ferguson was a mathema
tician. Not that she over did much
in a practical way, but she loved the
science for its own sake. She and
Professor Beed bad sat by the hour
discussi.ig problems in which they
were interested. But for these meet
ings her ouswer to Bobert Scruggs
would have been different.
She now sat in meditation before
the bright tire. How stupid she had
been, she thought, to suppose that
she could enjoy sitting forever drill
ing away at her mathematics! Do
people ever marry for that? What had
Professor Beed done? Married that I
veritable chatterbox and mischief lov- i
ing Tomboy, Sadie Moore. As for j
herself, did she ever really love Pro
fessor Beed? Well, perhaps. Auy- i
how, she was very stupid —she was
sure she was stupid.
And now—certainly fate had thrown
her in the way of tho man whom she
rejected. He believed in woman's in
tuition, and that intuition told her
thut this was fortuitous. She was al
most happy.
When at. last she heard Mr. Scruggs
stamping the wet snow oft' his boots
outside the door she felt that she
turned a littlo pale. She was certaiu
ly nervous—an unusual thing for her.
When he addressed her as "Miss
Ferguson" it sounded odd aud cold.
He used to cull her "India."
"So you're acquainted!" exclaimed
Mrs. Beck, as they Fat about the fire,
her face radiant with amiability.
"Now, I'm afraid we'll have to watch
you two. But then, if you'd a—been
marrying people—too such people as
you—you'd a —been married, both of
you, long ago."
"i r ou may trust Miss Ferguson,"
answered Mr. Scruggs. "I'm an
audacious scoundrel, you know, but
you will find Miss Ferguson, as rigid
as—as the North pole."
Miss Ferguson could not have felt
more uncomfortablethan she did now.
To conceal her confusion she turned
to arrange some grasses in a vase,
which, as soon as she touched it,
tumbled to tho floor, breaking into a
iozeu pieces. Stoopiug quickly to
pick these up, now blushing very red,
she awkwardly upset a large easel and
its painting. Then she rose up very
quickly and left the room, mortiGed
to the verge of despair. She wonderod
if she would ever dare to see Mr.
Scruggs again.
The following morning she had her
breakfast sent to her, complaining of
a headache, aud did not venture down
stairs until she heard Mr. Scruggs'
footsteps going out of the little gate
and down toward a cabin where one
Df his queer funcies took him at every
opportunity to converse with an
ignorant but self-important and
garrulous woodman settler. Then she
crept softly down and entered the
parlor—and there sat Mr. Scruggs
looking into the fire.
With an effort Miss Ferguson con
trolled herself.
"Good morning, Mr. Scruggs," she
said. "I thought I heard you going
ant this morning."
"Not I, this day,"he replied, "I
am disposed to mope. I have sent
Silas down to bring my woodman
friend to see if he cannot cheer me
up. Are you ill, Miss Ferguson? I
imagine that you used to look
stronger."
"I am well now," she answered. "I
have changed since you saw me last."
"I believe you are more beautiful,"
he declared.
"Don't flatter me," she protested.
"I, flatter!" he exclaimed. "When
I will you learn. Miss Ferguson, that I
am incapable of the art? You have
not changed so much, then, after nil."
"i'ou are cruel if you contradict
me," she replied.
"And were you never crnel?" he
asked.
"Perhaps," she answered. "But I
repented."
"Repentance means sorrow," he
said. "Will you be sorry for me now?
I have the blues."
At this moment Silas Beck came in,
followed by the woodman, and when
Mr. Scruggs turned to introduce hit
friend to Miss Ferguson she was gone.
On the following day Mr. Scruggs
put on his overcoat and left the house
as soon as breakfast was over. What
this meant to Miss Ferguson she
would not acknowledge even to her
self. It was a lonely day the loneliest
that she ever passed. Mrs. Beck, tc
be sure, never ceased to chatter, but
what woman's talk can fill the empti
ness of a woman's lonely heart:
When Miss Ferguson put ou hor arc
tics to walk down to the village post
office Mrs. Beck spoke of Robert
Scruggs, nud she sat down to listen.
Directly Mrs. Beck's gossip diverted
itself to a neighbor who claimed tc
have a cousin WIIJ married a niece of
General Grant, and Miss Ferguson
rose to go.
"There goes Bobe/t now," cried
Mrs. Beck, "with Ida Gates. If thai
girl don't talk him to death it won't
be her fault. She's a tur'ble gab."
Miss Ferguson looked out. The
road rau near the house, and she saw
that Mr. Scruggs looked perfectly
happy. He was leaning back in the
sleigh, and Miss Gates was driving,
chewing gum and talking all at once.
Miss Ferguson did not speak. She
went to the tire, removed her arctics,
selected a 1 ook from the table and
read. She read determindely. She
told herself that she was going to
read, and what Miss Ferguson willed
to do she usually did.
When she had been reading about
half an hour Mr. Scruggs came
hurriedly in.
"I am sorry," he said to Mrs. Beck,
"but I have to return to the city. I
have just now received a dispatch.
Good-by, Mrs. Beck—and Miss Fer
guson, I don't know when I shall see
see you again. Good-by."
"Good-by, Mr. Scroggs," she said
naturally, extending her hand.
He took it, presse I it mechanically,
and in anothor moment he was gone.
Miss Ferguson sat down by the tire.
She admitted ti> herself that she was
disappointed. Mr. Scruggs no longer
cared for her. Ho was happy with
Miss Gates, who chewed gum. But
then why should she care? She was
determined not to care. She made it
a practice to take things philosophic
ally, aud there was little that ever dis
turbed her. She liked Mr. Scruggs,
but he was nothing to her. She had
been foolish—stupid—aud she would
try to forget it. Picking up her book
she resumed reading where she had
left off and spent the last of the day
with the novel.
Notwithstanding, that night her
pillow was wet with tears. They were
foolish, she said, hut they would not
last, aud she could put it from her
easier after a little feminine cry. After
that she was determined to have 110
regroti, and what Miss Ferguson
willed to do she nearly always did.
The next day she seemed as fresh as
she had been for a year.
Two days later she received a letter
from the postottice. It read:
"J>ear Miss Ferguson:—l once
asked you to marry me. What I said
thou 1 now repeat with twofold vehe
mence. Does the change in you ex
tend to your heart or is your answer
the same?
"ROBERT SHRTTOOS."
The answer she wrote read simply:
"Dear Bobert:—l have changed.
The answer is yes.
INDIA F."
AN EXTRAORDINARY CRIMi.
The Victim Put Where Her Story of It
WR* Taken for Insane Talk.
In the month of December last an
elegantly dressed man presented him
self to the governor of the district in
which the City of Mexico is situated,
and solicited the admittance of his
aunt, a lady w hose name he said was
Mrs Anrelia Granados de Jaimes, into
the insane asylum for women in Canoa
street. He said that she had lost hex
mind and that, as there was no one at
home to look after her, he was afraid
that some accident might happen tc
hor. The governor issued the permit
aud the lady was admitted into the
hospital.
The lady was not violently crazy,
but she complained to the doctors ot
a pain in her head nnd she was con
stantly saying that a man had driven
a nail into her head. The attendants
of the asylum paid no attention to this
statement, as it was thought to be a
part of her ravings.
The lady gradually got worse aud
ou a recent Sunday she died.
Dr. Alberto Lopez Hermosa, directoi
of the asylum, and Dr. Francisco de
P. Echeverria, assistant director, be
lieving that the lady's case had been a
peculiar one, examined her cranium
after death and made a sort of prelim
inary autopsy. To their astonishment
they found in tlio region of the right
temple the head of a steel wire naH,
which proved to be about eight centi
metres in length. The flesh had
almost cicatrized over the nail's heat
and the latter was hardly visible.
The dootors immediately informed
the governor and the judicial anthori
ties. An investigation has been startec
of which the immediate object is tc
find the man who first brought the lad}
to the governor. Tho lady apparentlj
was about 35 years of age.
Nixed Metaphor.
A lecturer before a large audience
at an impressive moment exclaimed:
"All along the untrodden paths of the
future we can see the footprints of ui
unseen hand."—Tit-Bite.
THS saiSTs op pASHiOH-
NEW YORK CITY (Special).—The
novelties of the moment include what
the English call "a patriotic khaki
shirt for ladies," it being made of that
KHAKI SHIRT WAIST.
material and, so far as possible, fol
lowing the shirt patteirn worn by tho
British soldier in South Africa. As
shown by the cut, this model, savo
for its pockets, is not unlike that used
for the regulation shirt waist for
women in America. It has the same
slightly full front, and the same per
fectly plain fan back. Down the front
is a broad stitched band with buttons,
the two breast pockets, the plaits ard
TAILOB»U)U>S OOSTUUS. APPLIQUE TBIHMED.
flaps of which recall those worn by the
London policemen, beiug buttoued
also. The shirt sleeve ends in a nar
row cuff at the wrist and the shoulder
seams are strapped and finished with
buttons. A high straight collar with
1 small butterfly bow in black or white
Inishes the garment at the throat.
Vogue of Ap|jl!<|iien.
Appliques are a prominent feature
of the handsomest and smartest of the
spring tailor-mades. It is, however,
really an underletting, for, instead of
the appliques being of lace or silk set
on, the material of which the gown is
composed is stamped out into a pat
tern, and silk set under it. Our large
pioture shows an exceedingly stylish
spring costume of pastel gray broad
cloth, made with the prescribed Eton
jaoket with revers and collars covered
with applique. The skirt has a circu
lar ruffle around the front and sides,
with a baud of applique at tho top.
With *iie box-plaited back skirt do
riguer this spring, the back is allowed
to have its full graceful swoop its en
tire length. Any side and front dec
oration stops on cither side of the
back, as the figure of our illustration
shows. In this costume the applique
band is put near the bottom edge of
the skirt, as it has no ruffles. This
is much liked, too, as well as the
ruffled effect of the other, particularly
for short women who do not caro to
risk the becominguess of breaking the
length of their skirt.
A Fetching Combination.
White aud ecru is a combination ex
tensively employed. A lovely sum
mer gown is made of white Swiss em
broidered a small ecru dot.
There is a double skirt to this gown,
and both top and bottom skirts aro
trimmed with three plaited frills of
Swiss, two plain with an ecru one be
tween them. The same style of trim
ming is used on the bodice, the plaits
beiug put on with a fichu effect. Au
ecru linen has bands of white linen
stitched on, while a white linen is run
with ecru lines and has vest, cuffs and
bands on the skirt of ecru linen,
edged with a heavy ecru linen lace.
UnburtiUlied Silver Button*.
A fashionable gown of "cherbat an
lait" (a warm pinky-brown), has the
skirt almost covered with a com
plicated system of tuoks. The re
leased fullness escapes about the
ankle. The distinguishing feature is
the jacket lined and faced with whit;
satin and buttoned down the front
with a double row of silver buttons.
These are not burnished like the plate
upon your dinner tab'e, but have the
dull look of unburuished metal. The
buttons aro not too small and look
solid.
Up-to-Date L'nclerlinen.
Now that our dresses are made ta
fit so tightly around the hips, well
fitting underclothing is a necessity.
The latest Parisian idea is to havo
chomise and petticoat made in one.
The upper part is out to fit tho figure
without tho least vestige of fullness,
and then below the hips it widens out
into an ordinary skirt. These gar
ments have simply a strip of lace or
ribbon to support them ou the shoul
ders and fasten down the centre of the
front to just below the waist.
New Hound Skirt*.
The newest round skirt from Paris
is either gofl'ered, tucked or gathered
at the waist and over the hips; con
sequently the wearer of it should be
slight, and the cloth must not be too
thick. Other skirts are tucked at the
top and then accordion plaited. This
kilted cloth is chic and has the ad
vantage of novolty, but unless care
fully manipulated it will develop into
an unwieldy garment.
Concerning the I'arasoK
Golf parasols are something new.
A golf stick of suitable size is used
for the handle and the decidedly large
frame is covered with an intense
emerald green. The correct thing to
wear with this sunshade is a white
brimmed mauila straw hat. The ma
nila straw is as light as air and very
pretty. It comes in a deep tan aud
should bo decorated by a twist of
white veiling aud several big pom
pous of silk floss in Irish greeu caught
almost in the front of the hat.
Sleeves For Tliln Frock*.
Elbow sleeves aro very fashionable
for thin frocks, and they are com
pleted with cuff turned back, from
which falls a frill of lace or chiffon
wider at the back than It is in the
front.
Substitute For Watch Chains.
Serpents of oxidized pteel which
have a lifo-like flexibility are used for
watch chains. They comes in differ
ent lengths.
A Smart Golf Costume.
Here is a golf costume with a new
blouse front coat of hunter's green
cheviot, trimmed with straps of white
cloth and black velvet. The skirt is
in tan double-faced cloth, cut with
narrow breadths, strapped and fin
ished at the foot with the plaid which
forms the lining.
SCIENCE ANn iMOUSTF.Y.
Scientists are recommending the
electric light bath. It is free from the
exhausting effects of Turkish baths,
and is soothing to nore musclea and
joints.
Conl miners at Ifazelton, Peun., a
few days ago made an interesting dis
covery, in the Laurel Hill colliery. A
jhu ik of virgin copper was dug out
of the middle of a solid seam of au
tliracite coal. Copper in a coal eeam
is a geological curiosity.
Electric flatirons are used excln
jively in many large laundries; their
advantages are apparent. The heat
3an always be controlled so as to keep
the iron at the right temperature thus
obviating the danger of spoiling a
finished dress by smut from an iron
heated by gas.
Poisonous snakes when with voting
ire sluggish and retiring in their
habits. The little ones are born with
fangs and poison glands in full per
fection, and are dangerous even he
tore tasting food or water. The young
ire much more active than the adults
and probably their poison is moie
virulent.
The percolation experiments made
at Rethamsted for about 20 years have
shown that in the winter months more
than half the amount of rain pene
trates into the soil and is available for
springs, while in summer this amount
only reaches a quarter that of rain.
Three gauges were used, each having
an area of one-thousandth of an acre.
The water was collected at three
depths, and was always greater in
quantity at 40 inches than at 20 or
at 60.
"Wherever land is valuablo for agri
cultural purposes the fact that wi.e
fences tako up little space is becom
ing more and more recognized. Some
stone fences are ofteu three to six
feet wide, and therefore, waste many
acres of valuable soil on every farm.
The zigzag fence wastes a considerable
amount of land. The hedge is also
wasteful and they may profitably all
be torn down and replaced by wire
fences, for the crops which could be
obtained from the area thus reclaimed
tvould soon pay for the fence.
Dr. William G'alver, a scientist ot
Washington, claims to have solved a
problem that has been puzzling the
wise men of the earth for 3000 years,
and says that he has devised a method
to utilize the heat of the sun as a sub
stitute for fuel and power. His dis
covery is based upon the simple prin
ciple of the burning glass, aud by an
arrangement of mirrors he can gather ■
to a focus of a few inches all of the
rays of the sun that fall upon an acre
of ground. He can melt iron and
steel as if it were ice, and obtain a
heat of several thousand degrees
Fahrenheit. He also has devised a
method by which the natural heat of
the sun, gathered in that way, may
be stored in reservoirs and applied
both to stationary and locomotive
engines. Dr. Calver has a laboratory
on the outskirts of the city and has a
number of inventions to his credit in
the patent office.
TOOTHACHE.
There Are Several Kind A Due to Very
Different Cause*.
There are several kinds of toothache,
due to very different causes, aud as
not all sorts are capable of relief by
the same means, it is useful to be able
to distinguish among them.
One form of toothache is due to dis
ease of the tooth itself, another to
disease of the parts about the tooth,
and still another to neuralgia of the
nerves, the teeth themselves being
pe haps perfectly sound.
the most common toothache is
caused by congestion or inflammation
of the pulp of a tooth. The pulp is a
soft material tilliug the centre of the
tooth and serving as a bed for the
nerve aud the blood vessels. When
the blood vessels are charged, as they
are in case of congestion or inflauima
tiou. the pulp is compressed,since the
jard walls of the tooth prevent ex
pansion, and so the nerve is pressed
upon and becomes painful.
The ache so caused is fierce and
throbbing (a jumping toothache). It
is worse when the snffjier stoops or
lies down, and is iucrcased by contact
with cold or hot water or food, witl
sugar or salt, or with the air. Thf
The only difference between the pain
of a congested tooth-pulp aud that ol
au iutlumed pulp is that the latter i.'
worse.
If in a case of toothache of this kind
there is a cavity resulting from deca'
of the tooth, the pain can usually b
relieved by the insertion of a littlf
pledget of cotton soaked iu oil o
cloves.
Severe toothacho may be caused bj
inflammation of the sooket of th<
tooth, which may goon to au abscess
with swelling of the face aud grea
distress. In this case the tooth i:
Bore when tapped or pressed upon.
The pain is severe and continuous
not intermittent, as in iutlammatioi
of the pulp—and is usually relieved i
little by cold, but aggravated by hea 112
Sometimes relief is afforded by coir
applications to the cheek; but o
course a dentist should be consultei
as early as possible in order that th
inflammation may be controlled hefor
it results in the formation of a:
abscess.
The worst form of toothache, or i
least the most obstinate, is usually
neuralgia. In this case thero is n
apt to be swelling,the teeth are soui
and the pain is not increased by sweet
or sail, or by moderately cool or warn
food.—Youth's Companion.
Whale 3 oi e never found in the Gui
stream.