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NEW WRINKLL5 IN IWSTOFFICLS
Postmaster-General Meyer Favors Parcels Past on Rural Routes Be
cause It Will Help the Country Merchant-- Poatal Savings Banks
Simple Postal Notes and Automatic Stamp Vending
Machines on Hla Programme
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Boston. Tf the- recommendRtloiiH which are to hp made by Postmaster-General
Meyer are adopted by Congress the immediate future will bring
some remarkable changes in postal facilities in thp United States. An
outline of some of the most Important recommendations to be made before
the next session of Congress was given by Mr. Meyer In his address at the
Postmasters' Convention here.
These Include the further development of the parcels post system to
an extent far beyond Its present limitations, the establishment of postal
savings banks, the Issuance of postal notes in denominations ranging from
one cent to $2.50, and the installation throughout the country of automatic
stamp vending machines. The recommendation as to the stamp vending
machines, however, will depend upon the success of experiments now being
made with a duvlce of this kind.
Probably the most Important and drastic of any of the recommenda
tions which the Postmaster-General proposes to make will be that r"ard
Ing the extension of the parcels post. Not only will he recommend that
the system as at present established he greatly Increased in efficiency, but
that the maximum rate for all parcels be reduced from sixteen to twelve
cents per pound; that the limit of weight for such parcels be increased from
four to eleven pounds; that local parcels posts equipped with wagons or
automobiles be established In cities where the free delivery system pre
vails, and that a special parcels post system with an extremely low charge
for service be established In connection with the rural free delivery.
ANSWERS THK COUNTIIY MERCHANT.
"Two Interest are opposing the extension of parcels post in
country the express companies and the country retail merchants,"
Mr. Meyer. "The latter fear that the mall-order houses will derive a ben
efit to their own disadvantage. It Is In connection with the Country retail
merchants that I desire to speak especially. I propose to recommend the
establishment of a parcels post in rural routes which will meet the objec
tions of the small storekeepers and retailers.
"This will be a boon to our rural population and to the storekeeper,
so the latter can receive his orders by mail or telephone and dispatch the
desired merchandise by the rural carrier. The farmer will be saved from
hitching up his horse and losing the time he needs for planting or harvest
ing his crops, and It will enable the storekeeper to Increase his sales and
meet the requirements of modern trade.
"If my recommendations are adopted It will cost twelve cents a pound
for the mail-order house to send parcels to the rural delivery patron from
any city postofflce, while for delivery from the distributing office of the
rural route, or if mailed by a patron of any rural route for delivery to a
patron on the same route, or at the distributing office of said route, the
charge will be but five cents for the first pound and two cents for each ad
ditional pound up to eleven pounds, or twenty-five cents for a package
weighing eleven pounds.
"I am also considering the advisability of recommending a local par
cels post delivery at city free delivery postofflces, but In order to install
such a system It will be necessary to obtain from Congress a special appro
priation to acquire wagons and automobiles to do the required hauling.
The object of my recommendation to Congress will bo to get an adjust
ment of rates and weights that will meet the rates and weights charged for
parcels sent by post to other countries. This will mean a reduction in the
rate from sixteen to twelve cents per pound, and an increase In the weight
limit from four to eleven pounds.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.
"Another matter of great public Interest which I shall rtC0!rtr8d for
the consideration of Congress is a postal savings bank system. W desire
to encourage among our people economy and thrift and by the use of postal
savings banks to give them every opportunity to husband thfir resources.
The policy will not be to compete in any way with the savings banks, but
ratber to encourage the habit of depositing savings. Our object Is to bring
hidden money to light, to instill life into it, and to lead it again Into tho
channels of trade, for the mutual henefit of labor and capital, and thus add
to the prosperity throughout the land.
"I find that there is a great demand from the public for postal nots,
and It Is the purpose of the department to recommend such paper In de
nominations of ten, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy,
eighty, ninety cents. 1, and up to $2.50. It Is the Intention to have these
notes payable to the party designated. A small- fee will be charged, but
time will be saved, as no advices are to be sent. From one cent to nine
cents, the notes will be made payable to besrer, and no fee will be charged.
"Tests of stamp-vending machines will be begun this month, and if
the machines are satisfactory they will be adopted, as they Bhould provo
convenient to the public in facilitating the sale of stamps."
Of rural delivery Mr. Meyer said that, while there Is a feeling preva
lent In many parts of the country that this service is an extravagant and
an unnecessary drain upon the department, he believes the results accom
plished In the last ten years prove this feeling to be baseless. He pointed
out that where the first rural route was established in the fall of 189C,
and $15,000 was expended during that fiscal year, the postal deficit was
$11,500,000, while for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, the expendi
tures for rural delivery were $27,000,000 and the estimated postal deficit
showed a decrease as compared with 1897 of about $4,500,000.
"The expense is enormous," he said, "yet It has Increased the receipts,
and the benefits to our people cannot bo measured in dollars and cents. The
Isolation which existed In many parts of the country has been overcome.
Medical men have said that already the establishment of the rural service
Is having Its effect upon the mentality of our country patrons, and that
because of It Insanity Is on the decrease."
Eccentric 3enius Spent Years Carving Huge Bouldera
in His Remote Retreat,
Rome, N. Y. After having lived as a recluse and spent many years In
carving the faces of the world's prominent men and women on the many
boulders on his farm, Jacob W. Boody Is dead In his mountain home, fltteen
miles from this city. Since he retired to his farm and began devoting bis
life to transforming large stones Into likenesses of great persons Boody's
handiwork has been viewed by thousands. Tourists have climbed up to
his fifty-seven-acre farm and wandered about It, wondering at the many
familiar faces in stone which confronted them In all directions. They also
were Impressed by the allegorical figures which bad been sculptured from
the solid rock by the eccentric old farmer who lived there with his old wife.
The Boody farm Is In Oneida County. It overlooks the Mohawk Val
ley, and from It glimpses may be seen of Lake Oneida. Only by hard
climbing is the curious tourist able to reach It. On this rock-studded tract
Boody worked year In and year out, carving the faces of his favorites In
stone. There Is scarcely a rock on the place that does not show the result
of his handiwork with hammer and chisel.
Even the border of his parlor floor is composed of cobble stones on
each of which the face of a distinguished man or woman appears. The
lawn is studded with immense boulders carved with skill by the eccentric
old man. Among those who have been honored by his chUel are Wash
ington, Franklin, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, Mrs. Cleveland, Harrison,
Koosevelt, Garfield, Susan B. Anthony. Slgsbee, Dewey, Hobson and Poca
hontas. Even Carrie Nation has not been forgotten. The old sculptor also
left rocks bearing the likenesses of the Rev. and Mrs. Williams, who were
slain In the Beerfleld massacre. "The Rock of Fame," as Boody called It,
contains the faces of Benjamin Franklin, John Howard, John Wesley, Isaac
Cooper and George Washington. One of the features of the place Is a nat
ural rocky couch on which is engraved "Rest for the Weary." It weighs
five tons, and ten horses were used to get the immense rock where Boody
wanted It placed. Another, "The Mysterious Rock," In which many figures
are traced, weighs ten tons. Eighteen horses hauled It to Its place on the
lawn.
Boody was a Blle student and also u lover of music. His instruments
for making melody were stones. By pressing them against a revolving
wheel he succeeded In playing many tunes. His home also la filled with
many curiosities.
In early life Boody was a traveling phrenologist. He also dabbled in
natural history, taxidermy and history. But after he finally settled on the
farm be spent almost all his time at sculpture. Usually he enjoyed the best
of health. Once, when be was Injured In the side by a plow handle, au ab
soesB developed. It was both large and dangerous. Instead of calling in a
surgeon he locked htmsolt In his room, took a razor and operated upon
himself. The operation was a success.
'Gwine Back Home."
By TOM O'MOORE.
As we waited In the L. and N. depot
at Nashville for the train, someone
began crying, and an excitement was
raised among the passengers. A brief
investigation proved that it was an
old colored man who was giving way
to his grief. Three or four people
remarked on the strangeness of It,
but for some time no one said any
thing to him. Then a depot police
man came forward and took him by
the arm, and shook him roughly and
said:
"See here, old man, you want to
quit that! You are drunk, end If
you make any more disturbance I'll
lock you up."
" 'Deed, but I hain't drunk," re
plied the Old man, as he removed his
tear-stained handkerchief. "I'M lost
my ticket an' money, an' dat's what's
de matter."
"Bosh! You never had any money
to lose! You dry up or away you
go! "
"What's the matter ycro?" queried
a man. as he came forward.
The old man recognized the dialect
of the Southerner in an instant, and,
repressing his emotions with a great
effort, he answered:
"Say, Mars Jack, I'ze been robbed."
"My name Is White."
"Well, den, Mars White, somebody
has done robbed me of ticket an'
money."
"Where are you goln?"
"Gwine down Into Katntuck, whar
I was bo'n an' raised."
"Where's that?"
I "Nigh to Bowling Green, sab, an'
when de wah dun sot mo free I cum
up dls way. Hain't bin home sence,
Bah."
"And you had a ticket?"
"Yes, Bah , an' obcr twenty dollahs
In cash. Bin savin' up fer ten y'ars,
sah. "
"What do you want to go back
for?"
"To Bee de hills an' de fields, de
tobacco an' de co'n, Mars Preston an'
de good old missus. Why, Mars
White, I'ze dun bin prayln' fur It fo'
twenty y'ars. Sometimes de longin'
has cum till I couldn't hardly hold
myself."
"It's too bad."
"De ole woman's burled down dar,
Mars White de ole woman an' free
chlllen. I kin 'member de spot same
as If I seed It ylsterday. You go out
half way to de fust tobacker house,
an' den you turn to de left an' go
down to de branch whar de wlmmln
used to wash. Dar's fo' trees on de
odder bank, an' right under 'em Is
whar dey is all buried. I kin see It!
j I kin lead you right to de spot!"
I "And what will you do when you
get there?" asked the stranger.
"Go up to do big house an' ax Mars
Preston to let me lib all de rest ob
my days right dar. I'ze ole an' all
alone, an' I want to be nigh my dead.
Sorter company fur mo when my
heart aches."
"Where were you robbed?"
"Out donhs dar, I reckon. In de
crowd. See? De pocket is all cut
out. I've dreamed an' pondered
I'ze had diB Journey in my mind fur
y'ars, nn' now I'ze dun bin robbed an'
can't go."
He fell to crying, and the police
man camo forward in an officious
manner.
"Stand back, sir!" commanded tho
stranger.
"Now, gentlemen, you have hoard
the story. I'm going to help the old
man back to die on tho old planta
tion and be burled alongside his
dead."
"So am I!" called twenty men In
a chorus, and within five minutes we
had raised enough to buy him a ticket
and leavo fifty dollars to spare. And
when he realized his good luck, the
old snow-haired black fell upon his
knees In that crowd and prayed:
"Lord, I'ze been a believer In you
all my days, an' now I dun axes you
to watch ober dese yere white folks
dat haB believed In me an' helped me
to go back to de ole home."
And I do believe that nine-tenths
of that crowd had tears in their eyes
as the gateman called out the train
for Louisville.
"GMYEN FARM" RECLUSE DEAD, 'MIDST MONUMENTS
Filipinos Greet Taft.
Thayer Declined Candidacy.
Secretary William H. Taft was glv- j John A. Thayer, of Worcester,
en a great demonstration of welcome Mass., declined to be a candidate for
to the old capital of Manila, V. I.. ' Lieutenant-Governor on the ticket
where he long ruled as Governor, by headed by General Charles W Bart
enormous crowds. I lett.
Digestion Not a .Toke.
If the United States Congress
should give up a week to the discus
sion of proper methods of eating and
the ways of curing weak stomachs,
a laugh would go up from one end
of the United State3 to the other, and
there would bo more ridicule than
was caused by President Roosevelt's
effort to promote simplified spelling.
This lack of appreciation of the mat
ted is the real root of the evil. Once
the public gets to feel that half of
the human ills comes through neglect
and abuse of the digestive apparatus,
the difficulty will be half remedied.
The man with a bad digestion
makes a bad citizen; no one knows
how much criminality find its basis
in a mind warped through Improper
nourishment. The healthy man with
a good stomach makes a good citizen.
He feels right, talks right, and acts
right. If we all had good stomachs
countless evils would disappear trot',
our liveB.
We are more sensitive to adultera
tion than to abuse of food. All Amer
ica was aroused over the packing
house disclosures made in 1905, and
when the Government Committee of
Investigation reported that the
charges were true, Congress gave us
a pure-food bill. Much the : m bill
had been V nocking at the doors of the
National Legislature for twenty ; ears
before, without being heard. The
popular vclce was at laBt raised and
relief followed. From "The Crime of
Uneducated Eating." by Charles H.
Cochrane, In the Metropolitan Maga-Elne.
As She is Wrote.
This Is a Bample of "English as site
is wrote" by a German firm which
wishes to tell Americans how tc use
a new mechanical salt cellar:
".It is necessary, that is etnplold
only a salt-table very fine milled and
,very dried. Another salt Is to pound
and to dry previously than In this
case it 1b forming masses (crumbs).
It Is necessary that the suit cellar Is
not placed humid and Is not touched
with bands wets. By a good and ra- j
Uonal use the cellar is functonnlng
blameless and Is of unlimited durabil
ity. The cellar la the best." Judge.
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discliargcd Because Doctors Could
Not Core.
Levi p. Brockway. 8. Second Ave.,
Anoka, Minn., says: "After lying
for five months In a
hospital I was dis
charged as Incura
ble, and glvon . ily
six months to ' re.
My heart was affect
ed, I had smother
ing spoils and some
times fell uncon
scious. I got so t
couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
was Impaired and
the kidney secretions wore badly dis
ordered. I was completely worn out
and discouraged when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they wont
right to the cause of the troublo and
did their work well. I have been
feeling well ever since."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents n box.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Couldn't Blow Out The Light.
An electric light globe securely
stowed away In the grip of a pretty
Highland Park co-ed almost caused
pandemonium In her rooming house
Tuesday night and badly scorched
her clothing. The girl, who had Just
come to the college from her conn
try home, did not know tho workings
of nn Interior electric system.
With her roommate away, she pre
pared for bed alone with the light
burning. The glare disturbed he
rest and she decided to hide its use
fulness. It would neither blow put
nor go out by any exterior arrange
ments that she could see. Finally
despairing of her efforts for dark
nesB, she placed her grip on a stand
and placed the swinging light In It
and closed the sections together
When her roommate joined her for
the night she discovered the odor
of burned clothing and its cause
Because of the danger of students
blowing out. the gas the college au
thorltles have placed hanging elec
trie lights in all the rooms. Th
switches are on a door sill securely
concealed from view. Des Moines
Leader.
A Syndicated Lndy.
Census Taker Your
namn
The
mum?
"I don't know."
"Beg pardon, mum
"I've been divorced. At present
my name Is Mrs. Jones In this State
In several States It Is Miss Smith
my maiden name, and In three States
It is Mrs. Brown, my first husband
name."
"This your residence, mum?"
"I eat and sleep hore, but I have
n trunk In a neighboring State, where
I am getting a divorce from my pros
ent husband
"Then you're married at present?'
"I'm married in Texas, New York
and Massachusetts; divorced in South
Dakota, Missouri. Alaska, Oklahoma
and California; a blgmlst in throe
other States and a single woman in
eight others." Chicago Tribune
Frenzied Finance.
Long I hear you have married
your landlady?
Short Your healing Is good.
Long What on earth prompted
you to make such a misalliance?
Short Well, I owed her three
months' board and she said If
didn't pay up she would sue mc
So I married her to prevent lltlca
tlon, and now she won't get a cent
Chicago News.
Plutocratic Levity.
The stockholders of the X., Y. and
. Railway were about to hold their
annual meeting.
' Well," said the secretary, "shall
we proceed to cut the melon?"
i suppose we may as well, ' an
swered the president. "But first we
will pull a turnip."
Saying which, he looked at. his
watch to see if it was time to open
tne meeting. Chicago Tribune.
Mild Sarcimm.
"What time will you he home to
night, dear?" queried the good wife,
as ner husband was starting down
town.
Oh, whenever I get ready,'' he
answered crossly.
Well, rejoined the g. w., "don't
come any later than that, please."
cnicago News.
His Luck.
Marker Do you believe the find
Ing of a four-leaf clover will bring
a man good luck?
Marker Sure. I found one last
summer and the very next day my
wire s pugnog departed for canine
heaven. Chicago News.
The Danish flag Is the oldest na
tolnal emblem at present in use. The
design of a white cross op a red
ground has remained unchanged
since tne thirteenth century.
On the occasion of the Austrian
Emperor's jubilee next year a sntc
lal jubilee coinage will be Issued, In
cluding, particularly, silver five-crown
pieces and gold hundred-crown
pieces.
OLD SOAKERS
Get Saturated With Caffeine.
When a person has used coffee for
a number of years and gradually de
clined In health, it Is time t'ao coffee
should be left off In order to see
whether or not that has been the
cause of the trouble.
A lady In Huntsvllle, Ala., says she
used coffee for about 4 0 years, and
tor the past 20 years has had severe
stomach trouble. "I have been treat
ed by many physicians but all In
vain. Everything fulled to give re
lief. Was prostrated for some time,
and came near dying. When I re
covered sufficiently to partake of food
and drink I tried coffee agalu and it
Boured on my stomach.
"I finally concluded that coffee was
the cause of my troubles sud stopped
using it. I tried tea in its place and
then milk but neither agreed with
me; then 1 commenced using Postuni,
had It properly made and it was very
pleasing to the taste.
"1 have now used it four months,
and my health Is so greatly improved
that I can eat almost anything I want
aud can sleep well, whereas, before,
I suffered for yean with insomnia.
"I have found Hie canso of my trou
bles and a way to get rid of them.
You can depend upon it I appreciate
Postuua." There's a Reason. " Read
"Tin Road to Wellvil in pkga.
Another One.
The eloquent lecturer was discours
ing on the wonders of nnture.
"Digressing for a moment," he
said, "did It ever occur to you that
there Is not a principle In mechanics,
not a single ingenious device In the
application of power, that has not
been anticipated lr the marvelous
structure of the human body? Take
the familiar Instance of the cogwheel.
The first cogwheels, so to speak,
were the knuckles of the human
hand Double your fists, put them
together In front of you, with the
backs upward, placing ench knuckle
of one fist In the depression between
two knuckles on the other fist. Hold
ing them slightly together In this
manner, oscllate them back and
forth, and you have the original
geared machinery that suggested tho
cogwheel. When you go home, boys,
place the knuckles of your fists to
gether In thU same way, put them
under a heavy weight, and you will
find that by Imparting a cogwheel
motion to them you can lift 260
pounds with perfect ease."
When the boys went home they
tried it and found It wasn't true.
They had listened to another nature
faker. Chicago Tribune.
Effect Of Sun Baths.
"The taking of sun baths Is one
of the most healthful things In the
world," said Evan T. Roberts, of
Cincinnati, at the Tulane. "Several
years ago I visited Germany, and
while there was taken down with
nervous prostration. I called In the
Beat specialists of Berlin. They told
me I needed more exercise, more
fresh air and more sunlight. The
first, thing they made me do was to
take sun "baths. I stripped and would
go out In the yard every morning
and lay for 40 mlnuteB In the broil
ing sun. It was not so hot, but felt
so to me, as I was unprotected.
Well, sir, In- a few days I began to
feel better. In three weeks I was
pronounced a well man. The sun
baths certainly did the trick for me."
Nashville Tennessean.
One Who Had Found It.
"Where shall the weary find rest!"
exclaimed the Rev. Dr. Fourthly,
with dramatic emphasis.
A soft snore from the pew occupied
by Deacon Hardesty was the only response.-
Chicago News.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cueney 4 Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations mado by his firm
.Wat.di.nq, KiXNA.f & Mxavi.-i, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hal l'aCatnrrh Cure istakeninternally.nct
ingdirectly upon the blood and mucuous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Disliked His Tone.
"Will you pass the butter, Mr.
Diggs?" asked the new boarder.
"Every time," replied Diggs.
And the landlady says it was the
way Diggs said it that mado her an
gry. Chicago News.
The milk pall Is kept free from
staleness, sllminess and stickiness if
It is washed with Borax and water in
the following proportions one table
spoonful to a quart of water.
A nun would .1u.it as lief be honi-st
as not If It wore nosslble to muku
any money that w;iy.
I MI35 A0f?LrVlitNICHoLs
PERIODS OF PAIN
While no woman Is entirely free
from periodic Buffering, It does not
seem to be the plan of nature that
women should suffer so severely. Ir
regularities and pain are positive
evidence that something la wron-'
which should be set right or It will
lead to aerious derangement of the
feminine organism.
Thousands of women, have
found relief from all periodic Buf
fering by taking Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, whluh
is made from native roots and herbs,
bh it is the most thorough female
regulator known to medical science.
It hi the condition which
causes so much discomfort and robe
that period of Its terrors. Women who are troubled with painful or Ir
regular functions should take Immediate action to ward off the serious
consequences and be restored to health and strength by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Miss Adelaide NlehcdB of 824 West 22nd Street, New York City,
writes: Dear Mrs, Plnkham:-"If women who suffer would only rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound their troubles would be
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures Female Complaints
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Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs.Pinkhain, at Lynn, Mass. From the symptoms given, tho trouble
may 1 located and the quickest and aurest way of recovery advised.
j
One trial will convince
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LiiUnveivt
will relieve soreness and
stiffness quicker and easier
than any other preparation
sold for that purpose .
It penetrates to the bone,
quickens the blood, drives
away fatigue and gives strength
ana eiasnury ro rne muscles.
Thousands use Sloan's Liniment
for rheumatism, neuralgia, toothache
sprains, conrractea muscles, srirr
joints, cuts, bruises, burns, cr
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' PRICE 254,50. 6 1.00
Dr.Earl S. Sloan. Boston, Mass. US A
SKIN S0REJ-0R EIGHT YEARS
Spent $800 on Doctors and Remedies,
But Got No Hellef Cuticura
Cures in a Week.
"Upon the limbs and between the toes
my skin was rough and sore, and also sore
under the arms. I had to stay at home
seversl times because of this sffection. Up
to a week or so ago I had tried many other
remedies and several doctors, ana spent
about three hundred dollars, without any
success, but this is to-da." the seventh day
that I have been using the Cuticura
Remedies (costing a dollar and a half),
which have cured me completely, so that
I can again attend to my business. 1 went
to work again to-niaht. I had been
ing for eight years and have now been cured
by the Cuticura Remedies within a week.
Frits Hirschlaff, 2-t Columbus Ave., New
York, N. Y., March 28 and April 6, 1006."
Hare And Peculiar Drugs.
A writer In Wlssen fuer Alle
throws some interesting light on rare
and peculiar drugs. Saffron, he
points out, would strike an ordinary-
observer as decidedly expensive at
$13 a pound (to change marks Into
our coinage), until told that It la
composed of the central small por
tions only of the flowers of the cro
cus, 70,000 of which It taken to make
a pound. Attur of roses Hells at $112
odd per pound, and It takes 10,000
pounds, or nearly Ave tons, of roses
to obtain one pound of the oil.
Aconltlne, extracted from the root
of monkshood, Is said to be the very
strongest poison extant, the dose be-
ng one-six hundredth of a grain.
It is sold at the rate of $108 per
ounce.
Turning from the vegetable to the
animal world In search of rare drugs,
the writer refers to the musk of the
Asiatic deer, which at $24 to $30
an ounce must be a prize to the
wily hunter. In some of the tropical
seas, a floating, sweet-smelling mass
of ambergris Is met with worth at
present $30 per ounce, or $480 per
ound In the market. The amber
gris Is said to be the diseased biliary
product of the whale.
Another peculiar product In use
as a drug Is a solution of the pure
venom of the rattlesnake, given oc
casionally In malignant scarlet fever;
while less strong, If perhaps hardly
ess repulsive, is powdered cockroach,
which, In six-grain doses, haB beon
prescribed, with good effect, It la
said, for dropsy. Philadelphia Iiec-ord.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3.00 & SS.SOSHOES
THE FAMILY, AT ALL PRICES.
iKS ft 11 ft ( f anyone who san prove W.t.
CSfUtU J OouSltm damn not mmkoAmoH
fjf ifysf frl 1 moroM an 03 M 0 3. BO mhoom
awsvaw s I than ant other manufacturer.
THE REASON W. L. Douglas shoes are worn bv more people
in all walks oil ife than any ntlier make is because of their
excellent et vie, easy-titling, anil superior wenri s qualities.
The selection ofthleatuers and other materials for each part
of the shoe and every detail of the making i s looked after bv
the most complete organisation of suierin tendents. foremen and
skilledshoemakers, who receive the highest wages paid in the
ehoei ndustrv. and whose workmanship cannot lie excelled.
If 1 could take you nto my large factories at Proclaim ..Mass..
and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, vou
wouldthen understand why thev hold theirshane, fit letter,
wear! onger and are of greater value than am- Dl her maVe.
my 9t.ua una SB.OO GILT rDOl Shoe cannot hr- emi.JI.rf . .
nauTi n m i ti i... u i n 1 z-.r -- r - -
AM, 7
f I Hi M I
A
best in i m I Im
THE WORLD WMHbbIbV
Nuh.tltute. Ak vnurrlealnrfnr W I I Immln
direct tofactory. Shoe Bent everywhere by n-ail. Coia
I i im mttiiMi i. .
ho?s. If he cannot suoolv um ...J
ircc. W.L. Douglas, Brockton, AUs
I rl rhnArrlrnX WAN H """ ""' ''"" March. tm u an
- iibnw ..mi emissive
Vrlu for Catalog.
T.Imt,i.1i l.ri - u
fh.ra si-railway officials, stahllaasil Tw.ntj on. l.ars.' Main La-
V n. r. la Ni lti.nl rimm. Positions n.vlnu Isn .i i
, oar aruiluates iiiKlvr s fl.'iO f.uitnnt. Pnnil. Voii can . L
I 1 A I . TELKuRA I'M INKTITUTi, Mnelnnatl, ohl.
s Col.
r L. a
t iiiidnluad
x.li-uei'.
A Family I'u.zle.
Atkinson The family seems to be
somewhat mixed.
Hughes Yes, It Is; the woman Is
the man's third wife, and the man
Is the woman's second husband; the
baby is the child of the woman's
second husband by his third wife,
the twins are children of the man by
his first wife, the girl with the red
hair Is the woman's child by her
first husband, and tho boy with short
trousers Is the son of the man by
his second wife, and thnt little girl
standing over there by the woman's
second husband Is another of the
woman's children by her first hus
band. Life.
Winchester
ff
FITS, St. Vitus'Danoe iNorvnus Diseases per
manentlycured by Dr. Kline's Oreat Nerve
Restorer. 3 trial bottle and treatise free
ir. H. R. Klino, Ld.,wai Arch St., Phil , Pit.
It Is better to break
than to patch It up.
up a quarrel
Mrs. Wlnslow'sSoothing Syrupfor Cbildron
allays pain, euros wind colic 26cabottlo
A woman Is never satisfied unless
she has something to worry about.
Mule
Team
The -slim -i. i Man.
"About the stingiest man I have
ever seen, said a local oculist tne
other day, "was an old fallow who
came In here not long ago to be fitted
with glasses. In examining his .-
found that be could scarcely see
with one of them, and yet the trouble
was one that could be remedied by
nllght operation. 1 asked him
about having the eye attended to.
but he said; "No, I guesE I'll juit
let It go out, and then I'll only have
one of 'em to fool wtth when 1 get
glasses. 1 can Just save the cost of
hat extra lens each time. " Clove-
and Plain Dealer.
20
BORAX
All h-Ht.Ts. 8mplft, Booklet tvod Parlor ramc
Wrjii.'MOp. u i ttlc( 'on llurmx Co.. Now York
Help fhe Horse
No art lfLr annM
boat the UMe than klicn
Axle Grease, ttit a nrfl,.
tlM Dtudlea hflarm vrm "hn.taV
Op" it will heJp th horse, nod
um AXLE
GREASE
nu-vtiKi than anv
Xlaer nin.sn ..... ..... - '
With a nard imnAll. mm3.
H mica which rcdm-ca
1 1rJcUou Ask he doSS"
i sTTTTrTV TTT I I pa nasi eajaj bji
' 1 iVli
t.j
m
sflMQBBSa
" NUBLACK M
Loaded Black Powder
Shotgun Shells
"Nublacks" are as per
feet as brains and in
genuity, coupled with
first-class materials and
modern methods of
manufacture, can make
them. They are -sure
fire, make even pat
terns, shoot hard and
strong and will stand
reloading. Ask for
"Nublacks" next time.
THEY HELP MAKE BIO BAGS
PATENTS iS
Do too wlah to know about
'ATKNT8? P0 you wlah u
liui. atsiut TEi!H HaiiH-
I Do you with to know about I'ENsIuNbi Do
you wlah to know about I'AY and BOUNTY?
'I In ii t rue to W, H. Will. Attorney -at-Uw
(Notary fuhllc). Villi Huildlus. tU Indiana Ar
suua. n sthln-lou, D C. U years In WasUln.
on Union Soldiers and tailors war Isula-
Tuutlsd to penalou n asu aiuu Ojsy rsaou -i
i oaniloaar deasru wlte slut way Im enUUsd u
lialf his ueualon.
CONSTIPATION.
is so distressing;, yet so
Easily Cured
II you use regularly
Parsons' Pills
Mild but sure In ctlctt. .
Put up In (lass vials.
2S cents. Sold bv all dalers.
I. S. JOHNSON CO.. Boston, Mass.
- . a. a. eataira sea, a." j, 'all
ovKavuut in raw r Aea vt willT
n u j
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
uolor moroaoixla brighter and faster color, than any other dva. Oru. nu.. , i, ., L . . T. w
nya any .annan, wUW rlpplaa aparL Writ, lor frs. at-UoWiZZiSTmu abkaJi uMwI ttUSS