Stops Tickling
All serious lung troubles bo
gin with a tickling in the
throat. You can stop this at
first in a single night; a dose
at bedtime puts the throat at
complete rest.
Ayer's
Cherry
Pectoral
The cure is so easy now, it's
Astonishing any one should run
the risk of pneumonL and con
sumption, isn't it ? For asthma,
croup, whooping-cough, bron
chitis, consumption, hard colds,
and for coughs of all kinds,
Aver's Cherry Pectoral has
been the one great family medi
cine for sixty years.
Three sizes: 25c., SOc., $1.09.
I* Tour druggist cannot supply yon, send us on®
dollar Hiid we will express a large bottle to yoo,
*ll chiirjes prepaid. Be sure you eWe ns ymir
nearest express office. Address, J. C. Athr CO.,
Lowell, Mass.
Dolby's Surf Fall.
Some years ago, writes a correspond
ent of the Daily Chronicle, Mr. Dolby
who was Charles Dickens' manager
and has just died "miserable and pen
niless," in Fulham infirmary, was in a
quite respectable position, but was
fast drifting into a reckless, vagrant
life. He was fond of recalling his as
sociation with the novelist, but ncvei
told any anecdotes about him. H>
accompanied Dickens on his reading
tours, and his services were greatly
appreciated. On one occasion Dickens
wrote from Liverpool, "Dolby would
do anything to lighten the work, anc!
does everything." In another lettoi
from Glasgow, he described him as
"an agreeable companion, an excellent
manager, and a good fellow." Dolby
wrote a book entitled "Charles Dick
ens as I Knew Him," which Miss Dick
ens considered "the best and truest
picture of her father yet written."
Senntor Cart or* h Opportunities
The friends of Thomas Henry Car
ter, United States senator from M v.-
tana, are figuring upon securing fui
him a professorship in the CatLol:.
university of this city, but Mr. Caru i
says he has not yet been defeate 1 112
re-election, and considers his ;ia :i e.<-
very good, although the leg > i
Montana, is largely Demo.. > T
Carter waa a school teache ia b
younger days and knows how to do t
—Washington Letter.
NERVOUS BB H JU£ U "
VBOBkBFRS —
WW %U0 BWBEmBm than the strongest man
could endure, and it ia
CURED BY I no wonder that women I
__ __ show the effects of work
art Greene's -vr"-., .
H - Thousands of women
H BfET'lO |JBBIO J% in officea > shops, and fac-
P ■■ Etlffi w wvo/fIM tories break down in
——— _ health under the strain
an£ j b ecomß weak, tired,
9 nervous, and debilitated, tortured with female complaints, or racked
a by headache, neuralgia, backache, and kidney trouble.
■ Here lies the great strain upon the nervous systems of women,
a They have little or no rest; their life is one continual round of workt
■ duties here, duties there, duties without number. What wonder that
H such women goto bed at night fatigued, and wake tired and un
refreshed in the morning I
What women need is that
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and vigor to the nerves, and the MEBwCSm
strong vitality and energy to the
system which will enable women
112 to do their work and yet beep strong and well. It ia this great medi*
cine they need. Nothing else in the world can do its work.
; MRS. M. D. PERKINS, of 100 G St., So. Boston, Haas., says:
" I was completely run down and could not eat, for the sight of food made
ma sick. I did not slesp at night and was as tired in the morning as when I
retired at nigtlt. My head and back ached all the tine. I was completely ex
hausted if I tried to do my housework, and could not walk without being dizzy.
I was excessively nervous and very weak.
" Then I began to take Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and I
cannot say enough in its praise. I have not felt so well for years as Ido at the
present time, thanks to this splendid remedy.
" I can now eat and sleep soundly, waking mornings strong and refreshed.
I do my housework, which is now a pleasure instftsri or a burden as formsrly.
My weight has in
creased about twelve —BBWPHWqjPjta—WWW—W
pounds in the last two
months I would re- BBWyMMBHBHMBHHHMIMI
commend any one af
dieted as I have been
to use this wonderful HHraJwDKr
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The benefit of Qmßh pBMHW
Dr.Oreene'sspecial I HV J 1 W VSm
posal every sick- iMJaISMI
ly woman, and it ia JHWBpgM
well to write for it rl HMBrfftll PSvWBr
or see Dr.
Greene at his offlce,
35w.uthSt.,New
ing so may shorten
time required Mr
for recovery full V
strength, give
<i Information whioh I, |I |Q fyjj
4 will guide aright in I 1 ufijiiyt Ha
the future. Abso- I"
lute ooafidence is I
observed in all con- 1/7
ablutions, and BO V W
Hiis Kiit M annrscrare.
Fine kid is treated with a mixture of
fine flour and yokes of eggs. One fac
tory In London uses ten sacks of flour
and 2000 eggs a week for the purpose.
Expenses of the Illinois public
schools in 1900 were $18.95 per pupil
enrolled.
Try Ornin-O ! Try Rrain-D!
Ask your grocor to-day to dhow vou a pack,
age of Obaih-O. the new food drink that takes
the place of coffoo. The children mav drink it
without injury an well as the adult. All who try
it. like it. Grain-0 has that rich Heal brown
of Mocha or Java, but it in made from pure
(Trains, and the most delicate stomach receives
it without distress. the price of coffee.
15 and 25c. per packago. Sold by all grocers,
Germany and Switzerland produce
over 2,000,000 glass eyes in a year, and
a Pnris manufacturer, with a reputa
tion for finer work, some 300,000.
There are about 30,000,000 acres of
unoccupied public land yet remaining
In Montana.
Cnurhinir l.cade to Conanmptlon.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once.
Goto your druggist to-day and get a sample
bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles,
00 at once, delays are dangerous.
About 5000 horses are annually killed
in Spain in bull flglits. At these con
tests from 1000 to 1200 bulls are an
nually sacrificed.
There are only about 100 negroes in
Paris, which has a population of about
2,500,000.
Iloxslc'a ' roup Cure.
The life paver cf children. Cures and pre
vents Membraneous Croup, Pneumonia and
Diphtheria. SOcts. A. P. Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y.
When a fellow is just cut out for a
tailor he has a fitting occupation.
The Best Prescription for Chill*
and Fever la a bottle of Grotb'b Tastilkss
C'hii.l. Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine in
a tasieless form. No cure—no pay. Price SOc.
The burglar believes in taking matters
into his own hands.
If you want "good digestion to wait up
on your appetite" you should always chew
a bar of Adams' Pepsin Tuttl Fruttl.
When a man lets drop a remark he
doesn't necessarily break his word.
Frcy'n Vermifuge Curea.
Children relieved and absolutely cured.
Reputation of 00 yrs. 25c. At Druggists.
The girl who cherishes an ideal is apt to
remain un old maid.
1 am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.—M its. 'I iios. Kon
uins. Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 190 J.
An Odd Effect of the Sun.
The effect of strong and continual
sunshine on the features is, it seems,
most damaging. A writer in the Syd
ney Bulletin points out that the women
in some parts of Queensland are con
tracting a lifted upper lip. Tills he at
tributes to the fierce Queensland sun
light, which causes one to contract the
facial muscles near the eyes In order
to avoid the glare. The rest of the
face Is, of course, affected by these
muscles.
SCRAMBLE FOR DIAMONDS.
Oeuu Thrown Avar by mn Absent-
Minded Dealer. Q
"Have you got any of those dia
monds?" is the question of the hour
in Birmingham. Some 800 precious
stones have been shared out by lucky
prospectors in Vittoria street, and the
search still continues, says the London
Express. It happened in this wise:
In a fit of abstraction John Davis,
member of a firm of diamond' mer
chants, while walking down Vittoria
-treet an a recent morning, pulled an
old envelope out of his pocket and
commenced to tear it up. When he
reached the last section the terrible
dawned upon him that It was the
envelope in which were some 1,600
small diamonds, valued at £IOO, and
that he had been s"wing these broad
cast over a public thoroughfare. The
news spread with lightning-like rapid
ity. Shopkeepers locked up and came
to the more lucrative occupation of
picking up diamonds, while for a mile
around an errand boy at his ordinary
work was a phenomenon. Such a
scraping of the street with knives and
sticks had never been seen. As it
happened, most of the lost stones went
down the cellar gratings of a jeweler's
shop. Ingenious youths fished foi
them with a piece of soap attached to
a stick and reeled in three prizes at a
time. Others sat in the gutter sort
ing an anxiously guarded handful ol
dirt. Still the crowd grew. At one
period over 1.500 lads were to be seen
hard at work. From noon to seven
o'clock the street was nearly blocked.
When night fell candles, lamps and
lanterns were 'brought to aid the inde
fatigable hunters for treasure trove,
and the scene presented could only
have 'been done Justice by Hogarth.
About half the diamonds have found
their way back to fheir rightful owner.
Some were sold to a shopkeeper and
the rest, like the graves of a house
hold, are scattered far and wide. Dia
mond pins will shortly be fashionable
in Birmingham.
THE ANOA,
Dwarf Cattle of Celebes Are No Longei
Than Ordinary Sheep.
Celebes has the distinction of beinj:
the home of the smallest living repre
sentative of the wild cattle, or, in
deed, of the wild cattle of any period
of the earth's history, for no grout
appears to be known to science. Ar
idea of three extremely diminutive pro
portions of the anoa, or sapi-utan, as
the animal in question is respectively
called by the inhabitants of Celebes
and the Malays, may be gained when
it is stated that its height at the shoul
der is only about 3 feet 3 inches
whereas that of the great Indian wild
ox, or guar, is at least 6 feet 4 inches
and may, according to some writers
reach as much as 7 feet. In fact, the
anoa is really not much, if at all
larger than a well-grown South Down
sheep and scarcely exceeds in this re
spect the little domesticated Braminf
cattle shown a few years ago at the
Indian exhibition held at Earl's Court
The anoa has many of the character?
of the large Indian buffalo, but its
horns are relatively shorter, less
curved and more upright. In this, as
well as in certain other respects, it
is more like the young than the adult
of the last-named species, and as
young animals frequently are gradual
ly lost as maturity is approached it
would be a natural supposition that
the anoa is a primitive type of buffalo.
—From Knowledge.
Th«rc IN fl Cla«S of People
Who nre injured by the usenf coffee. Recently
there has been placed in all the grocery stores
a new preparation called GBAIN-0, made ot
pure grain*, that takes the placo of coffee.
I'ho most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It
does not cost over }( as much. Children may
drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and '25 cts
per package. Try it. Ask for GIIAIN-O.
The Island of Formosa, now a Jap
anese possession, will soon have a new
railway lint' of great importance. It
will be built by a syndicate of Japan
ese capitalists.
Many of the Italian railroads are to
be shortly transformed to the electric
system.
J/aiie's Family medicine
Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache.
Price 25 and 50 cents.
So poor is the spelling in some of the
Chicago schools that a return to the
spelling methods of the country school 3
of two decades ago is earnestly advo
cated in that city.
The Icelander believes that whistling
is as sinful as profanity.
Each package of POTNAM FADELESS DYR
colore eithor Silk, Wool or Cotton porfeotly
at one boiling. Bold by all druggists.
When lightning strikes a tree it oc
sionally converts the sap into steam,
which explodes and scatters the wood
in all directions.
To Core a Cold In One Day.
Take LAXATITB BROHO QCININB TABLETS. All
li-UKKUtft refund thu money If it falls to cure.
E. W. GKOTB'B signature la on each box. 25c.
The impecunious man doesn't need a
magnifying glass to make a dollar look
pretty big.
Best For the Bowel*.
No matter what alls you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CASCABETS help
nature, cure you without a gripe or pain,
firoduoe easy natural movomenta, cost you
ust 10 cunts to start getting your health
iaok. CASCABETS Candy Oathartlo, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab
let has O.C.C. stamped on It. Deware cf
Imitations.
Yon can't convince a man that there is
nothing new under the sun when he has
neuralgia.
The best is the cheapest. Carter'* Ink Is the
best, 7«t It i-ust* no tuure than the puoreet.
Even the professional animal trainet
shudders when he meets the gaze of a lit
erary lion.
THE REALM OF FASHION.
New York City.—Military styles have
taken an acknowledged place and are
in great demand, both for house and
street wear. The glint of gold, the
MILITARY SHIRT WAIST.
straight standing collar, the strappings
and the brass buttons are all dear to
the feminine heart. The chic May
Manton waist illustrated includes all
the essential features, and can be re
lied upon to give ample satisfaction.
As shown, it Is of dark red silk flan
nel, combined with black velvet, and
trimmed with gold braid and buttons,
but can be varied again and again.
The foundation is a fitted lining that
closes at the centre front. On it nre
nrranged the plain back, the vest and
fronts. The vest, which tapers grace
fully, Is attached permanently to the
right side and hooked into place at the
left, and is finished at the neck with a
standing collar portion that meets that
of the waist. The fronts are plain at
the shoulders, but gathered at the
waist and are finished with applied
bands of the material. The shoulder
seams are covered with pointed straps,
and the neck is finished with a regula
tion military collar that closes at the
left side, where it hooks over invisibly
onto the front portion. A pocket is in
serted in the left front that finishes
with a flap, but both it and the shoul-
GIRL'S COSTUME
der straps can be omitted, when pre
ferred. The sleeves are in bishop
style, finished with narrow, pointed
cuffs. At the waist is worn a belt of
black velvGt ribbon held by :i gold
clasp.
To make this waist for a woman of
medium size three and three-quarter
yards of material twenty-one inches
wide, three and a half yards twenty
seven inches wide, three yards thirty
two Inches wide, or one and three
quarter yards forty-four Inches wide,
will be required, with five-eights yard
for plastron, collar and wrist bands.
Glrl'e Costume.
Little girls are never more charming
than when gowned in plaid materials
showing bright, vivid colors. The
very pretty little May Manton cos
tume illustrated in the large cut is
made from camel's hair cheviot woven
with much red and lines of black,
green and yellow, and Is trimmed with
bauds of black velvet ribbon that
serve as an admirable foil. At the
neck is a V-shaped shield of heavy
cream lace over plain red, finished by
a simple standing collar.
The skirt is circular, with a single
seam at the centre back. The upper
portion fits snugly and smoothly, but
below the hips it falls in soft, undulat
ing folds that mean ample freedom
and flare. The fulness at the back
Is laid in an inverted pleat or can be
gathered, If preferred.
The waist is made over a fitted lin
ing and, with the skirt, closes at the
centre back. The V-shaped portions
are faced onto the lining and the waist
proper is arranged over it. The backs
are plain across the shoulders and
drawn down in gathers at the waist
line. The front Is laid In two back
ward-turning tucks at each shoulder,
which provides soft, full folds below,
and also is gathered a* the waist line.
The sleeves are snug, but not over
tight, and are finished with roll over
euffii.
To make this costume for a girl of
eight years of age four and three
quarter yards twenty-one inches wide,
or two and a half yards forty-four
inches wide, will be required, with
one-half yard for V-shaped shield and
ten yards of velvet ribbon to trim as
illustrated.
The Smart Thing.
If yo r visiting costume io of pastel
gray or a tender almond-faun set !t
off with one or two things. Do not
dream of purchasing a hat to match.
You will present a much smarter ap
pearance If you choose either a black
hat, a mass of quilled chiffon ar
range*] in waves, or a charming tur
quoise blue felt "plateau." Trim it
with ribbon to match or with feathers
the tint of your dres3, and do not omit
the correct touch of a few roses or rose
buds at one side under the brim or in
troduced between the superimposed
folds of a double brim.
Embroidered Shoes.
Evening shoes and stockings are em-
I broidered in gold. White slippers have
designs done on the toes in seed pearls
and gold threads. The white silk
stockings that are worn with these
have gold threads, in very delicate
patterns of embroidery, running up
over the instep.
A Woman's Waist.
Fancy waists that include a waist
coat effect are exceedingly smart and
much liked, both for the odd bodices
and costumes made of one material.
Silk, lace, chiffon and velvet nre all
combined, and rightly handled give a
most satisfactory result. The chic
May Manton design illustrated is one
of the latest from the other side, and
will be found desirable in every way.
The model is made from satin Alglon
in pastel pink with revers of cream
guipure over white, soft, full front of
white chiffon, and simulated waistcoat
of pink panne with band of white or
namented with small jeweled buttons.
The foundation is a fitted lining that
closes at the centre front. The back
proper is seamless, but is joined to the
fronts by means of under-seam gores.
The fronts are plain and turned back
to form revers. The full front, or plas
tron, Is attached to the right side of
the lining and is hooked over onto the
left, and the simulated vest is stitched
to position beneath the revers. The
sleeves, as shown, are tucked above
and below the elbows and wrists,
where they are finished with bands of
lace, but, If jweferred, they can be
made plain.
To cut this waist for a woman of
medium size four and a quarter yards
of material twenty-one inches wide, or
two and a quarter yards forty-four
inches wide, with three-quarter yard
of chiffon for full front and five
eighths yard for simulated waistcoat,
will be required when tucked sleeves
are used; three and three-quarter
FANCY WAIST.
yards twenty-one laches wide, or one
and three-quarter yard forty-four
Inches wide, when plain sleeves ure
iiiwL
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Envy la a kind of praise.—Gay.
Everything yields to Industry.—
A.ntlphanes.
It is worse to apprehend than to
Buffer.—Bruyere.
Better goto bed supperless than
rise in debt.—Franklin.
History is the essence of innumer
able biographies.— Carlyle.
To be proud of learning is the great
est ignorance.—Jeremy Taylor.
Never do a thing concerning the
rectitude of which you aro in doubt.—
Pliny.
Of all the evil spirits abroad in tho
world insincerity is the most danger
ous.—Froude.
He who buys what he can't want will
ere long want what he can't buy.—
Josh Billings.
The gratitude of place expectants is
a lively sense of future favors. —Sir
Robert Walpole.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us
lose the good we oft might win by
fearing to attempt.—Shakespeare.
Some people are always grumbling
because roses have thorns. I am
thankful that thorns have roses.—
Karr.
Some thoughts always find us young,
and keep us so. Such a thought is a
love of the universal and eternal
beauty.—Emerson.
We would often be ashamed of our
noblest actions if the world were ac
quainted with the motives that im
pelled them. —La Rochefoucauld.
LABOR IN CHINA.
It Yarlea in Kftlcleacy According to l'luc*
and < Ultimo.
Labor in China varies in efficiency
according to place, and, curiously un
like Europe, seems to vary inversely
with the temperature of the climate.
At Tien-Tsin and the northern ports
It takos much longer to load and un
load cargo than at the ports of the
Yang-Tse, and the husbandry of the
soil shows less care in the northern
provinces than it does lower down.
In fact, the northern seem inclined to
hibernate, and allow the rigor of the
winter to unman them instead of
spurring them to activity.
Still, after watching gangs of coolies
working in many places, it may safe
ly be asserted that the average zest
and genuineness of their labor are su
perior to those of any nation, with
perhaps the exception of our own.
From this it does not follow that the
Chinaman, like the London "docker,"
Joes not know how to play "ca canny"
when he chooses. I had the experi
ence of being aboard one of the last
of the China merchants' steamships
to leave Tongku before the Pei-Ho
was closed by ice to water traffic, and
the coolies employed happened to be
in receipt of monthly wages. It was
neither their object nor their desire to
shut down for the winter too quickly,
so they resolved to take full time and
something more in getting the cargo
aboard, both from the wharf at Tong
ku and outside the Taku bar from
lighters.
It chanced that this cargo mainly
consisted of peanuts for Canton
packed in matted bags of the rough
est make. Each bag was passed to
the comprador's clerk, who stuck a
tally into the sack, and it was then
hooked on by a row of coolies into the
ship's hold. Not only was it possible
to make all this a very slow process,
but the lingering could be turned to a
practical purpose. The hook, if judi
ciously inserted, caused a constant
stream of peanuts to fall out, and
these were instantly stored in hand
kerchiefs and taken as "perks" by
the hungry workmen. It may be
Imagined how easily 24 hours were
consumed in this pleasant pastime.
When, however, it lb a question of
piece work, either directly or indirect
ly through the labor contractor or
gang master, who plays so large a part
■n the industrial organization of the
Celestial Empire, the hours are mirac
llously shortened, and the ships sel
dom exhaust the given time in port
before they are ready togo to sea or
up river, as the case may be. —London
Telegraph.
A Professional I'allbonrer.
There is an usher at one of the
down town theatres who is a profes
sional pallbearer during the day."l
get," he says. *2.50 for every pallbear-
Ing engagement, and 1 like the work.
It is, you see, such a complete and
pleasant change from my theatrical
employment. I must wear a gala
smile at the theatre at all times, and
the gayety there, the mirth and light
hearted ness prove very monotonous.
I long for something different. Igo to
a funeral in gloomy black, with a look
of gloom in my eyes, and the sobs I
hear, the groans, the lamentations and
the lugubrious music are very sooth
ing to me after the eternal heartless
Jollity of the playhouse. The two
kinds of work diversify my life; 1
touch on two extremes; I make, be
sides, a good deal of money. I have
made *3O a week as a pallbcarner. At
the theatre my salary is only $7.50.
There aro certain perquisites at the
theatre, however; perquisites won
through seating people, which materi
ally increase my income. It is not an
uncommon thing among us theatro
ushers to be pallbearers during the
day." —Philadelphia Record.
CordtMllT ln»lt«Ml l« a H»ntln*.
Sheriff Meyers has been overrun
with people who want tickets of ad
mission. Those he has Issued read:
"You are cordially Invited to bo pres
ent to witness the execution of John
Owen. Friday, Dec. 21, at 1 p. m."—
Louisville Courier-Journal.