Fight Your Liver If you want to. But look out, or it will get the start of you. If it does, you will have dys pepsia, indigestion, biliousness, sick headache, poor blood, con stipation. Perhaps you have these al ready. Then take one of Ayer's Pills at bedtime. These p:'ls gently and surely master the liver; they are an easy and safe laxative for the whole family; they give prompt re lief and make a permanent cure. Always keep a box of them in the house. 25 centa a box. If your druggist cassot supply you, we will mail you a box direct from this office npou receipt of the price, 35 cents. Ad dress. T. C. AVER CO.. Lowell, Mass. A Girl's Idea of Bors. At a recent public school examina tion for girls this composition was handed in by a girl of twelve: • "The boy is not an animal, yet they can' be heard to a considerable u tance. When a boy hollers he opens his big mouth like frogs, but girls hold their toung til they are spoken to, and they answer respectable, and tell just how it was. "A boy thinks himself clever be cause he can wade where the water is deep. When the boy grows up be is called a husband, and be stops wad ing and stays out nights, but the grown-up girl is a widow and keeps house."—New York Journal. An agricultural settlement near New York City supplies the Celestials of the Kastern states with their diet. A CRY FOR HELP, Result of a Prompt Reply. Two Letters from Mrs. Watson, Pub lished by Special Permission.— For Women's Eyes Only. Mfech 15, 1899. To MRS. PIUKHAM, LTJW, MASS.: " DEAR MADAM : I am suffering from inflammation of the ovaries and womb, and hare been for eighteen months. I have a continual pain and soreness in my back and side. lam only free from pain whon lying down, or sitting in an easy chair. When I stand I suffer with severe pain in my side and back. I be lieve my troubles were caused by over work and lifting some year# ago. "Life is a drag to me, and I sometimes feel like giving up evei being a well woman; have become careless and unconcerned about everythirg. lam in bed now. I have had several doctors, but they did me but little good. ".Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been recommended to me by a friend, and I have made up my mind to give it a fair trial. , "I write this letter with the hope of hearing from you in regard to my case." Mas. S. J. WATSON, Hampton, Va. November 27, 1899. " LTEAR MRS. PINKHAM:— I feel it my duty to acknowledge tc you the benefit that your advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetabl« Compound have done for me. " I had been suffering with female troubles for some time, could walk but a short distance, had terrible bearing down pains in lower part of my bowels, backache, and pain in ovary. I used your medicine for foar months and was so much better that I could walk three times ths distune that I could before. " I am to-day in better health than I have been for more than two years, and I know it is all due to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetabla Compound. " I recommend your advice and medicine to all women who suffer." MRS. S. J. WATSON, Hampton, Va. This i> positive proof that Mrs. Pinkham is more competent to advise sick women than any other person. Write her. It costs you noihing. Ah AAA REWARD. —We bare deposited with tkl National City Bank of Lynn, S6OOO, VELMIIII whlafcwul be paid to any person who oaa and that the abova testimonial letters OJUUU ZZ.ROI ITAAINT -° RWTRT P Amlrec'a Prenntmfni, The will of Explorer Andree, which he stipulated Bhould not be opened until the end of 1900, was rend early in the present year, in the presence of a few relatives. It was enclosed In a box with some other smaller packages, tightly sealed and marked, "To be burned unread." In addition to these there were a series of letters from scientists encour aging the expedition, and one from his friend Fourville, warning him against the proposed trip. This was indorsed: "Possibly he is right, but It is now too late to withdraw." The will is very short. The opening paragraph includes the following: "My presentment tells me that this terrible journey will signify my death." The testator's small fortune of a few thousand marks is divided between bis brother and his sister. He bequeaths bis large library of scientific works to his brother, on condition that he in turn bequeath it to a public library Lord Ross's telescope, which was the pride of the astronomical world a gen eration ago, is no longer looked upon as unique. Other enormous instru ments have been made, and one will soon be in working order at Oxford. A number of orders for printing presses have been sent to the United States from Mexico recently. And. apropos of this fact, the first printing press of the American Continent was set up in Mexico City. The modern demand for high-power machinery is shown by the fact that in Paris the average horse-power per machine exhibited in 1807 was six teen; in 1878, sixty-two; in 1889, 170; and lu 1900, 973—a most startling in crease. Best For the BoneU, No matter what alls you, headache to a cancer, you will nevor cot well until your bowels are put right. CASCARKTU help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 euuts to start getting your heulth Luck. (JASCABETS Cuudy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab let has (J.O.C. stamped on it. Beware ct Imitations. There's many a slip between the china and the hired girl. TRIUMPH. My greatest triumph has been won— I ne'er shall do a fairer thing! Sly rival prospered yesterday; I heard of it and didn't sunn Him, fearing smiles tliut he might bring. But from my heart I put away The jealousy that had begun To spring up there, and tried to see The good in that wlv';h he had done— To feel that all was earned which ho Had gained—and I succeeded, too! I saw how that in passing me Me hed but won what was his due — I choked down Hate aud strove anew! v-S. E. Kiser, in the Chicago Times- Herald. $ THE PROMOTION of J J PATROLMAN WAGNER. J A TIIUK STOKY. 112 BT RAY STANNARD BAKER. Wagner was so new to brass but tons that he still ran to fires. There are those in the police who do not run after one year's experience; Wagner, being ambitious, had been running nearly three years, and nothing had happened. Wagner is a gymnast as well as a policeman, and he is as proud of his big right arm—it feels like a new hemp hawser —as he is of his drab helmet. On a night in April, some years ago, Wagner was patrolling his beat in Lexington avenue. New York, up as far as Seventy-fourth street and back again to Sixty-sixth street, a leisurely tramp of half a mile,, although dull from being familiar. A few minutes after 2 o'clock in the morning, as Wagner records in his little book, he saw a fire engine coming up the ave nue with horses in full gallop. In the daytime a Are engine is an incident; at night it is an event. This engine turned into Sixty-ninth street and raced to the eastward. An engine in full steam leaves bo hird a broad, bright pathway of burning cinders. Wagner followed this path, and it led him straight to the edge of th'O park. Smoke was al ready rising in a dim, gray cloud above a brownstone house. It needed a keen eye at that hour of the night to see tho building was on flre. in the middle of the street two scantily clad men were "osticulating oddly and pointing upward. On a narrow ledge that ran just below a fourth-story window stood a girl in a white wrapper. She was crouching, with her hands feeling out along the smooth brick wall and over the edge of the steep mansard roof. She had crept from the open window, and the smoke was now reaching out behind her along the wall. It wa9 about 50 feet down to the stone steps of the areaway, and the ledge was not as wide as a man's two hands. As Wagner came up, he saw the girl look down as if intending to Jump. "Wait!" he shouted. "I'll help you! ' Then he ran up the steps of the ad joining building, and when the door was opened he dashed up four flights of stairs and ran into a front room. The window was already open. Two men were leaning out and holding the end of a knotted sheet. The ledge ran only the width of tho burning build ing; consequently, although the girl was near the end of it. she was still separated from the men by more than five feet of bare brick wall; and she was two feet below them. They were dangling the sheet ineffectually in her direction and shouting: "Take hold! take hold!" The girl made feeble passes at the sheet, but she could not catch it; if she had caught it they would, with the best possible intentions, have dragged her from the ledge, and she would have been dashed to death on the flagging below. She was silent and all but dazed. Wagner leaned out of the window, his right hand clutching the casing and his left extended in her direction. He called to her to jump. She glanced down at the gathering crowd in t*ie street, and clutched again at the smooth wall. Wagner knew that the frantic advice of the men below, the hissing of the engines and all the other din of the flre were fast unnerving her. Fitzgerald, a fireman, now came up the stairs two steps at a time. When Wagner saw him he said, "Hold onto my leg." Then he straddled the sill, with his right leg in and his left one out. Fitz gerald and one of the citizens grasped his ankle and braced their feet against the sill. Then Wagner leaned forward, with his left foot pushing on the wall beiow tho window until he stood straight out in mid-air as stiff and firm as the hickory shaft of a hoisting crane. He did not once look below him, or count on the chances of falling. He was facing the girl; slowly he swung to ward her. "Here, reach out!" he shouted. But she did not hear him. She was trying blindly to turn on tho ledge, feeling that escape in this direction was cut off. She was groping for the window that she had come through, not knowing that the room was now in flames from floor to ceiling. Just as she faced about, a sudden gush of fire drove the glass outward from the sash es and shot half a hundred feet in air. The girl shrank back before the heat, looked down, wavered, and then de liberately stepped from the ledge. Her hands were thrown out above her, and those below turned away in hor ror. But Wagner had thrown himself violently forward. As the girl shot past him he grasped her arm near the elbow with his right hand. At the sudden checking of the fall her rigttf arm slipped swiftly through his fin gers, but at her wrist he held her with a grip of steel. His own body was borne heavily downward; his leg, held by the two men within the win dow, was violently wrenched over on the sharp stone sill and drawn down with a snap as the girl's body was stopped short in its flight at the length of his arm. And there the two hung, the man holding by one leg, with his head down and his back to the wall, and the girl dangling by one hand far below him. She was a dead weight of 130 pounds. For a moment Wagner did not move; what with the pain in his leg, the wrench of his arm and the blood in his head, he was convinced that he must let her fall. But his wavering lasted only a second. By sheer 'strength he lifted her up until he could grasp her arm with his left band. And then again he lifted, every straining lurch cutting Into the leg which Fitzgerald and the citizen still held with grim determination. The girl was limp and scantily clothed; he could not get a firm hold, and yet slowly and by sheer strength he succeeded in getting his hands under her arms. Then again he lifted, pushing her up across his body, until one of the men above, reaching down, could grasp her arm. Then they pulled her in, unconscious and more dead than alive. After that, they lifted Wagner and drew him across the sill. They thought his leg was broken, but after a moment Wagner took the girl in his arms and carried her down four flights of stairs to the ambulance. When Wagner reported for duty the next evening, the sergeant read an order from the chief of police requir ing his immediate presence at head quarters. Wagner went with tremb ling not yet having awakened to his deed. The secretary of police seemed to know him and greeted him familiar ly; so did the men of the central de tail. Wagner thought it odd. At the midnight roll-call, the chief brought Wagner out and shook him by the hand before them all. Then he con ferred upon him the two gold chev rons of a roundsman. Never before in the department had courage won promotion so promptly.—Youth's Com panion. A WOMAN'S EXPEDIENT. Clever Schmno to Knable n Prlioner to Cut His Way Out of Jail. "Whenever I see that particular brand of canned peaches," said a New Orleans grocer, indicating a row of tins on the top shelf, "I am reminded of something very queer that hap pened here several years ago. One day in the summer of '96, if I remem ber rightly, a refined looking woman of about 30.. dressed in deep mourn ing, came into the store and bought a couple of cans of California peaches of the brand 1 have iust pointed out. She had a cab and took them with her, and I thought no more of the incident until she returned next day, carrying the tins in her hand. "I have a sick brother at she said, naming a small town in Alabama, and was in tending to send him these peaches, with a bundle of other things, yester day. But, on second thought, I be lieve I will buy a few more delicacies and get you to ship them separately. There was nothing peculiar about the request and I assured her I would be glad to attend to the matter. She or dered four or flve dollars' worth of different articles —jellies, olives, mar malade and so on—paid the bill and gave me her brother's name, directing the things to be sent to him in care of captain somebody or other, at the Alabama town which she mentioned before. As soon as she left, I got out a box and began to pack up the con signment; but as soon as I came to the peaches 1 noticed that the two cans which she had returned were both slightly 'blown,' as we call it in the trade. In other words, the tops bulg ed outward a trifle, indicating that a little fermentation had been going on. Not wishing to send a sick man any thing but the best, I set them aside and putin two fresh cans from the shelf. The box was shipped by the first express. "Nearly six months after this epi sode," continued the grocer, with twinkling eyes, "we were cleaning out our old stock and ran across those two cans of peaches. I picked up one of them carelessly, and. my hand be ing wet, a piece of the label came off. You may imagine my surprise to see a lot of small saws soldered to the side of the tin, and on further exami nation we found that they completely encircled the can, and that the other was- in exactly the eame condition. At that 1 began to have a faint ink ling of the truth and lost no time mak ing a few inquiries. I found that the Alabama Captain was the sheriff of his county and the invalid brother had been one of his official guests. He was a burglar and had since been sent to prison for ten years. The scheme was pretty shrewd. In the first place, the sheriff would not be apt to be suspicious of a package of goods com ing direct from a reputable business house, and.even if he opened the cans before giving them to the prisoner, there would be nothing wrong inside. The crook must have been bitterly disappointed when he examined the substitutes that I sent. The saws, as we afterward found out, were highly tempered and could cut stell bar like yellow pine. Who was the woman in black, did you ask? I have no idea; probably a sister, or wife, or sweet heart. I never laid eyes on her after ward."—The New Orleans Time» Pan-.rvcra.r_ THE EffiKBTS Of 1 FASHION. New York City.—Shirt waists fill au important place in tlie wardrobe of the young girl, as well as in that of her mamma. The pretty little May Man- MISSES* SHIKT WAIST. ton model shown is adapted to silk, Henrk lla, French flar 1 and all the list of washable materials, cheviots, madras, batiste, etc. As illustrated, it is of albatross in Russian blue, with bands of black taffeta and small gold buttons overlaid with a tracing of black. The foundation is a fitted lining that closes at the centre front. On it are arranged the back and the fronts, that also close at the centres, but separ ately. The fronts proper are laid in groups of tucks, three each, that ex tend from the neck and shoulders to HOUSE GOWN. yoke depth, and are drawn down in gathers at the waist line. The back includes a centre V-shaped portion and side-backs, which are laid in three nar row tucks each. The sleeves are in bishop style with narrow cuffs that terminate in pointed ends. At the neck is a stock collar, that also is pointed, and closes slightly to the left of the centre. To cut this waist for a miss of four teen years of age, three aud a half yards of material twenty-one inches wide, two and three-eighth yards twen ty-seven inches wide, one and seven eighth yard thirty-two inches wide, or one and three-quarter yard forty-fouv inched wide, will be required. Woman's House Gown. The house gown that partakes of the nature of the tea-gown, yet is not too elaborate for morning wear, tills a practical need and always finds a place. The May Manton model illus trated In the double-column cut has the merit of being exceedingly effective and giving a decidedly smart effect while. In reality, it is simplicity itself. A deft arrangement of trimming and the applied revers give a bolero effect, and the Watteau back means charm and grace. The model is made from wool crepe de Chine in robin's egg blue with a bias frill at the lower edge: yoke and trimming of cream lace and bands of bias black velvet. The gown is made with a fitted front lining, over which the front proper is arranged, side-backs and Watteau back; with under-arm darts that ren der It smooth and well fitting without being tight. The lace yoke is faced into the lining, the revers are at tached to the lower edge and rolled over the seam, so giving the jacket ef fect, aud the lace is applied as indi cated. The sleeves are in bishop style, but terminate in soft, lace-edged frills over tlie hands. At the front where the revers meet Is a generous how of soft Liberty ssitin ribbon, anil at the throat is a stock of lace banded with narrow strips of velvet. To cut this gown for a woman of medium size eleven and three-quarter yards of material twenty-one inches wide, ten yards thirty-two inches wide, or six yards forty-four inches wide, will be required, with seven-eighth yard of piece lace eighteen inches wide for yoke, stock collar and revers. Tailor-Matin Hat*. Some of the new tailor-made hats are quite pretty witli short skirts, but whether they are practical is another thing. Very smart is the felt toreador with a silky pompom at the left side, and this is all very well if one is sur? one's hat will remain at just the angle fashion decrees it should be worn. But, alas, the wind and weather and the elements in general soon show the scorn with which they regard fashion's latest, decrees and do their host to make them look absurd. The French sailor in black and white plaid velvet, trimmed ttith a black velvet ribbon and one quill, is the latest and is worn straight and lilted over the nose. Itcmly-Mnile Drcas Ornaments. There is very little difficulty in the ornamentation of a bodice or a skirt nowadays, as suitable decorations of lace or silk passementerie can be pur. chased ready for attachment to match any kind of material and in almost any color, and innumerable ideas as to their arra. cement can be obtained from the lording fashior. journals. Woman's Seamle** Corset Cover. The corset cov r that fits witli per- feet smoothness, and that means ful ness where fulness is needed, with absolute freedom from folds where they would interfere with the tit of the gown, is a need that every woman has feTt at one time or another. The model illustrated includes all these features and, withal, is simplicity it self. The original is made from nain sook with needlework edging, bill cambric, long cloth and line muslin are all correct for white goods, and lawn is admirable when a colored slip is de sired, and lace makes an excellent edge. The corset cover is known as seam less, and is very nearly literally such, for back and fronts are cut in one piece, joined by short shoulder seams. The fronts are elongated and arranged in gathers, which give a most satisfac tory result. The garment is closed at the centre front, and may terminate at the waist or :'n nde the circular pep hun, as preferred. The .'atter tits to a nicety and has certain practical advan tages tl.at are apparent at a glance, but the cover is complete without it. To cut this corset cover for a woman of medium size one yarn of material thirty-six inches wide will lie required when peplum is used, live-eighth yard when it terminates at the waist, with SEAMLESS CORSET COYEK. two and a half yards of embroidered edging, one and three-quarter sards of heading and three-quarter yard of insertion to trim as illustrated.
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