THE MIDDLEBUM POST.
GEO. W. WAOKNSELLF.il,
Editor ami Proprietor.
Mipi-i.rni i:iii, Pa., August 13, iwr,.
A Denver man who whipped Lis
daughter becatiso she wanted to go
wheel rising is now in jail. This show
thst tho man who tries to pat any
obstaclo in tho way of tho bicycle pro
cession is likely to get into trouble,
states tho Denver Times.
Tho 40(th anniversary of tho dis
covery of tho mainland of America by
John Cabot is to bo celebrated at Hali
fax, Nova Hcotia, on tho 24th of Jane,
18J7. The movement is nndcr tho
auspices of the Itoyal Society of Can
ada, and has tbo active support of Mr,
Clement Msrkham, President of the
British Koyal Geographical Society;
Mr. Jutin Winsor, Librarian of Har
vard University, and other distin
guished Americans.
Wo aro constantly assured that elec
tricity "is in its infancy," yet to-day
over $700,000,000 is invested in cleo
trie railways in the United States,
with 1200 miles of roads and 25,000
trolley cars. In addition 3)25,000,000
is invested in electric lighting, with
privuto lighting plants valued at
8200,000,000. Tliero aro ostimatod to
bo 503,000 electric motors in tho United
Status, and our electric investments
are fc-reater tbuu in nil other countries
combined. Taken altogether, these
investments foot up somo 81,253,000,
000, and they aro increasing at tho
rate of 3100,000,000 a year. All of
this investment has grown tip within
twenty year;", and most of it within
teu years.
Among tho latest groat acquisition
of the Hothschilds, according to ro
port, is tho famous, Anaconda copper
and silver mine, tho prico paid being
stated as $30,000,000. This purchase
is chiefly noteworthy as showing the
Vast fortune that spring out of tho
ground, as it were, in those days. Tho
history of thoso mines is in itself a
romance. A few adventurers began to
(ink a shaft for silver, only to find an
almost endless wealth of copper. Now
the cUim for which ?35,000 was held
to bo exorbitant twenty years ago has
just been sold for S30.000.000. What
may not yet bo tho wealth of tho
Rothschilds when it is remembered
that this mine is said to ) '"'il.V" "a. in
its infancy?" It already i; rouut.o I! V,
.'ourth of the world's copper output,
and its profit last year wcro not far
from $1,000,000.
Long alter meetings of protont wcro
permissible to women in England and
America, they were looked upon as
shocking and utterly forbidden in
Germany. Now wo see over 1500 per
sons, mostly women, gathered in Her
lin from among tho most reputable
families, offering spooches and resolu
tion. in behalf of their oconomio in
dependence, demanding property
lights for women in thoir own names,
repudiating, root and branch, tho bar
borio old Roman codo as no longer be
longing to modern conditions, and de
manding new womanhood generally,
Tho old school of conservatism still
smiles contemptuously at those dem
onstrations of women, but the names
of burgomasters, countcssos, baron
esses and duchessos already appear on
tho petitions, and by-and-by it will be
no laughablo matter. Men slip the
fetters of civilizations of 2000 years
ago, but leave women bound by them.
This will not bo tolerated umoh long
er, howovcr, even in conservative Ger
many. United Slates Consul Donnelly,
resident in Mexico, has published a
very iutijrosting report on the relativo
valuo of tho modern languages for
commercial purposes. EugliBh is, of
course, the leading commercial lun
guago of tho world. Jiut, next to
Euglish, says oubuI Donnelly, a
knowledge ti Spanish is worth more
to an American commercial negotiant
than of auy other language. Wo
Americans make moro ctlorts to do
busiuess with 5,000,000 Canadians
than with 80,000,000 Spanish speaking
people in South Amcrisa. Within a
few hours' ride of our frontier are
14,000,000 Spanish speaking people.
England is able to cultivate trado re
lations with them because her com
mercial travelers are all armod with a
kuowledgo of Spanish. England has
coaxed the bulk of South Amorioan
trade away from us by being ablo to
negotiate iu Spanish. Sondiug agent
into theso countrios who cannot speak
tho language is a folly peculiarto our
peoplo. Americans have no equals in
tho art of "talking business." But it
is impossible to talk business without
knowledge of the tongue of one's
solicited customer. Consul Donnelly's
advice is very sensible and timely.
A Punctured Tire.
OU can find my de
scription in any of
the little books dis
tributed by our firm,
and should yon look
it up, you will dis
cover that my picture
occupies the place of
honor on tne second page under the
heading, in large, black letters, "A
High Grade Ladies' Wheel," the high
grade, of course, applying to me and
not to the ladios. 1 defy any ono to
produce a more perfect spocimen of
the bicyclo kind than I was when I
left tho manufacturers' on a beautiful
May morning just two months ago.
They were proud of me at tho shops;
indeed, 1 think there was something
about my graceful framo and polisbod
enamel finish that made mo stand out
as ono apart from tho thousands of
other wlieols around me. The first
journey I took was whou I loft my na
tive city and was shipped with many
companions to Washington.
1 liked this beautiful Capital City of
yours, and longed for a spin on the
smooth asphalt pavements, but it
seemed for a time that I was doomed
to disappointment.
I was taken to tho bicycle school,
where I spent most of my days watch
ing the straugo antics of beginners,
the earnest ellorts of those wuo had
taker tovcral lessons, and tho lofty,
though sometimes uncertain, air of
tho ones almost ready to ride in the
street.
In all of this I had bo part, I was a
now wheel, aud must wait quietly un
til purchased. Sometimes my indig
nation would bo aroused by the rough
treatment bestowed upon tbo poor old
machines, on which thu keginuers
were taught, by their inexperionced
riders, Ho' they slummod those
wheels around I Why, olten I have
seen tho ground strewn with riders
with tho overturned wheels uuder
njath them. Sometimes, though, tho
wheel got on top, aud theu the rider
usually was hurt a little. Tlnn again,
poino lew of the wheels who had not
quite lost all their spirit would get
tired of the endless jorkingaud clutch
ing, aud spin around the track until
the scholar became pare IjVplwl VJjV
less with fear, and then plunge thrOfrxn-
an open gate or up a briek wall, with
tbo rider soreaming: "Instructor!
Instructor! Help!" Those were risky
tricks, though, for you stood an even
chanco of getting hurt yourself.
Day after day 1 watched thefo sights
until I was weary of it all, aud beyond
making a lirru resolution to throw my
self down a precipice before descend
ing to such work, I did nothing for
several weeks. At last one beautiful
morning I remember well it was May
10 the managor of tho place came in
tho pork, accompauied by a very pretty
girl and an older lady whom I took to
bo tho girl's mother.
They came over to tho rack in which
I stood, and drawing me out he suid :
"Here is exactly what you want, miss;
there is not a liner wheel iu the city.
Look at that frame, ood and strong,
beautifully finished . Light weight,
just lift it, not twenty-five pouuds, all
tho bearings turned from tool steel"
The girl's pretty face was a study as
sho looked up aud down iu an anxious
etlort to find tho different parts to
which tho mauager referred so glibly.
"1 liko it," sho said at length,
"don't you, mother? You seo," turn
ing to tho man, "1 have been about a
month trying to . buy a wheel. I
thought it woald be quite easy, but we
have had a dreadful time. Besides
having gono to about twenty places
ourselves we havo had at least thirty
agents, who heard wo wanted a wheel,
como after us, and the most puzzling
part of it all is that each ono says all
the others are perfectly worthless. So
mother and I made up our minds to
givo them all the slip, uud that is why
we camo hero this morning. Let us
take this wheel, mother."
The mother approached me, tried to
look critical, gave mo a gentle shake,
and said :
"Well, it scorns to be a goo 1 strong
one. 1 do hopo you won't have any
accidents."
That very afternoon I was sent to
my now home, a magnificent brown
stone on Connecticut avonue, and iu a
few days I knew all about the family,
for gossip is rife in the servants' hall,
in a little room adjoining which 1 was
kept.
My young inittroBS was named Bes
tie Bainbridgo, she was the only and
needless to say overindulged child of
wealthy parents, and just now, of
course, sho was suffering from a bad
case of bioyclo fever.
Almost every evening after dark the
devotod father and mother would sit
out on the porch and watch Bessie and
me struggle up and down the street.
A young friend of hers wag teaohing
her to ride, and of all patient and de
voted instructors that handsome man
took the lead. Bio was a nice fellow,
too, and never Boomed too hot'or tired
to invent suitablo answers to the parr
ents endloss questions as to why Bes
sie couldn't ride along like the other
girls did, and what made the wheel
wobble so, wasn't 'something' the mat
ter, -M hadn't they better go back to
the man and complain, and was he
sure there was no danger. Tho last
time Bessie had run into tie tree box
it looked from where they sat ss
though she might have had a serious
fall if he hadn't caught her in time.
As I say, ho was wonderfully pa
tient, for Bessie, to tell the truth, was
very stupid and had a silly little way
of grabbing one of my handle bars
tightly and throwing all her weight
on that same side, which was enough
to mako any self-respecting wheel turn
her over in the gutter. I must con
fess I did this numberless times, and
also played a few other little tricks on
her, ono of which turning into the
pavement when tho rider is trying to
mount and turn you out is a great
favorite among the ladies' wheels.
Later on, however, I got to like
Bessie, who was as clever fill a wheol
as she was stupid on, and Bob, asthoy
called tho young man, was my friend
from thu first.
So in objut a week wo bo,;au to
mako a most harmonious trio, aud
tbon Bob would bring his own wheel
around, aud that made pleasant com
pany for me.
Ono thins I objected to from tho
first, and Bob agreod with me I think,
was a friond of Bessie's who came to
the house almost every night uud sat
with her parents calmly sipping some
cool drink, and encouraging us by
calling out from time to time how
such anl such a thing might be avoid
ed, or how to act under certain cir
cumstances. Then he would a id to
tbo comfort of the parents by a low
remark to the effect that "Bob Rich
ards didn't know a thing about a
wheel," and sometimes ho would keep
Bessie's courage up by promising to
tako her for some long ridosas soon as
sho had mastered tho wary bicycle.
I didn't like him and Bob didn't,
and Bessie well, we couldn't tell
about hor. I only know after we had
put in an hour's exhausting lubor she
would get off to rest, and, leaving Bob
to soo to tne, would run up tho stops
to ask if Mr. Meredith didn't think
tho was doing botter, and wasn't it en
tirely Bob's fault that she fell over
that last time; sho thought he had
h",'d ofjka wheel, atd whon she found
Vie hadu't, of course she fell off. audit
was a mean trick to play her! And
then tho whole party berated poor
Bob, whoso sole offence seemed to be
a desire to hasten her progress.
Bob never would say a word in his
own behalf, but I used to even up
matters by going very carefully whon
1 felt him let go, until Bessie woul 1
cry out in delight, "Ob, look at me 1
I am riding beautifully I" and Mr.
Meredith would say languidly,
"Bravo I Now remember what I told
you about the pedals." And thou I
would loso my tempor and stop sud
denly in a bit of mud, and off would
go Bessio beforo you could say Jack
Robinson.
She didn't know a thing about mak
ing herself mistress of a whoel. All
she wanted was to sit on and ride.
She was ono of those girls who will
never mauago anything unless, muy
bo, a husband.
"All things come to him who waits 1"
And so at length Mr. Meredith, who
had been doing the waiting to perfec
tion, had Bessie come to him with the
glad news that she could rido splendid
ly now, and couldn't they mako up
some parties and go out on the road.
Then -we had several very pleasant
rides. Occasionally there would bo
quite a crowd, but very often we went
only four, Bos-io with Mr. Meredith
aud Bob relegated to her chum, a Miss
Grey, who really was a beautiful rider,
I did not like this arrangement, as
Mr. Meredith rode ono of thoso gaudv,
conspicuous affairs that no really nice
wheel would wish to be seen with in
tbe street, but Bossio and I wcro quite
frieudly about that time, and 1 was
trying to pleaso her by giving as little
trouble us possible.
Before long Bessio bocamo con
vinced of tho idea that she was a fam
ous ridr, and suggested that we all
take a trip to Cabin John Bridge.
heard Bob advise her to try a shorter
run first, but then Mr. Meredith came
up and said it would be delightful,
snd of oourso Miss Bossio could do it
easily ; there wasn't a better rider in
the city, and he fixed on the next day
lor tne trip.
The next day dawned clear and
warm, and weset out about 4.30 o clock.
I must admit that Bessie looked as
pretty as a picture in her dainty suit,
with its many buttons and jaunty cap.
Before we started Bob came up to me,
as he always did, to see that all my
parts were secure and firm, and that
no pebbles or bits of dirt were scratoh
ing against my chain. Ho did not look
particularly pleased over tbe trip, and
indeed I fully agreod with him that it
was far too long for Bessio to attempt.
At length we were spinning merrily
along. I was determined to act my
best, so toon tue lead, with that circus
wheel of Mr, Meredith's, leaving Bob
and Miss Grey to follow. All went
well for about four miles, and then
Bessie began to weaken. She was tired,
very tired, as I could easily tell by
the feeble way she' pushed on my ped
als, bat she was determined not to give
up before Ml. Meredith, and own Bob
tight, ob, do. , f
Suddenly she cave a err, something
between a gasp and a scream. "Ob,
look in front of ns see that drove
of cows!"
Thty won't hurt yon," aaid Mr.
Meredith, in a superior way. "Como
on."
"But my wneel -it always alwaya
shies at cows," gasped poor Bessie.
Mr. Meredith sup curled, "i real
ly can't faoe those cows," said Bessie
again, between gasps. "Lelia como
ocd ride in front then yon and Mr.
Meredith can run into them first I"
I gladly slowed up in nursuanoe of
this idea, for Bessie was too tired to
have the slightest control over mo,
and dropped behind with Bob.
"Bessie, you are tired to death, no
exclaimed injndicionsly.
"I d not," replied Bessie, furious
at once. "But I'm afraid of those
cows ; wait till yon see how this wheel
shies !"
"Keen it pointed straight and I be
lieve it will go by all right," acid Bob
soothingly. "Let ns get off and rest,
I am as tired as"
"No. I won't got off; I'm not a bit
tired."
"Take the centre of the road then,"
said Bob, as we neared tbe meek
looking cows. "They can't hurt your
1'ra on their side; don't go up on that
path or you'll get a puncture sure."
That gave me an idea. Bessie was
tired out and too proud to own it.
She would certainly fall oft if she did
not get down in a few minutes. A
puncture would bo an excellent excuse
for resting. Then, again, she had
said twice that I shied at cows well,
I would make her words true.
Without further hesitation I ran
down a little incline in the road and
made for the by path Bob had warned
us of.
Crunch, crunch, biff! A si i very
feeling along my tire, an agonizing
cry from Bessie. "Oh, Bob! Bob I
Liook; I told yon I"
In a moment Bob was bosido us and
had lifted hor to tho ground.
"lour tiro is punctured," ho said
briefly. "Wait a minuto, let mo think
what to do."
I felt a personal interest in the
affair, so let my breath go out as slow
ly as possible, until at length Bob
said: "I have it!" and pulling out
his knife ho ripped a puncture in his
own tire that put mino to shamo.
Then he shoutod to Meredith and Miss
Grey, who came flying back.
" hat is the matter? thev cried.
"We both got in a bad bit here,"
said Bob, "and have punctures in con
sequence. Will you two rule on to
Cabin John and send something after
ns?"
"Yes. I guess we had better go on.
No use of our losing the ride, you
know," said Mr. Meroditb, but Miss
Grey would not agree to that, so they
finally decided to rido back to Bessie's
home and send the carriage after ber.
And then off thev went, and Bessie,
who was utterly exhausted, began i
cry a littlo, and Bob found a ooolin
place under the trees and was trying
to comfort her, much to my interest,
when I suddenly discovered that I Wus
slipping from where Bessie had inse
curely stood mo up boside a tree.
Down, down 1 went, until seeing a
nice, soft spot I fell over on my side
and lay there contentedly for about
au hour.
I was aroused by Bob's voice hailing
a farmer driving by in a wagon. After
some talk the farmer agreod to take
them in town.
"Why, where is your wheol?" I
heard Bob say.
"isn't it against that big tree? I
put it thero about ten minutes ago,"
said Bossio, and her voice sounded
strangoly happy. Tbon Bob went
looking round until he found mo, and
having ascertained that beyond the
deflated tire I had no injuries, he
packed mo with his own wheel in tho
cart and then he and Bessie climbed in
by us.
As we drove slowly toward town I
heard Bob say in a low voice :
"W e will have to got a tandem, now,
Bessie, dear," and sho answered :
"Yes, Bob, but do you know I like
this wheel of mine and want to koep it
always even with a smile if it does
shy at cows."
And Bob laughed haupily and said,
"We will always kcop it and it shall
havo a brand now tire to morrow."
"How about your own? asked
Bessie, with a twinkle in her eye.
"Mine shall have a new tire, too,"
said Bob. "I feel like giving presents
to everything and everybody, 1 am so
perfectly happy, Bess.
Then in the early twilight of a sum
mer's evening we all drove into Wash
ington together. Washington Post.
Cure for Scandal.
Here is a cure for a terrible disor
der of the mouth, commonly called
"scandal :" "Take of 'good nature
one ounce ; of a herb, called by tbe
Indians 'mind your business,' oue
ouuee ; mix these with a little 'charity
for others,' and two or three sprigs of
'keep your tongue between your teeth.
Application : Tbe symptoms are a vio
lent itching of the tongue and of the
month, whioh invaribly takes plaoo
while you are in company of a speoies
of animals called gossips ; when you
feel a fit of it coming on take a spoon
ful of the mixture, hold it in your
mouth, which you will keep closely
shut till you get home, and you will
find a complete cure. Should you ap
prehend a relapse, keop a small bottle
ful about you, and on the slightest
symptoms repeat tbe dose."
, A Famous Band.
It is computed by a statistician ot
the -curious that Queen - Victoria's
hand, which is raid to be a handsome
one, bus signed more important state
papers and been kissed by more im
portant men thau the bund of any
other Quern that ever lived, '
WAVE OF, DEATH.
EXPLANATION OP TUB AWFUL
Dl 3 AST Kit IN .JAPAN.
A Submarine Earthqnake Was PoN
. lowed by an Overwhelming Rust
of Water 30,000 People
Drowned.
ENOUGH details of the terrible
disaster in Japan have now
been received to give an ap
proximately accurate idea ot
its extent and causes. Tho tragedy
occurred on tbe evening of Jane 15,
while tho poo pie were still celebrating
"Tbe Boys' Festival,." one of their
time-honored fete days. In a few
minutes a wave twenty to forty feet
in height, resulting from a submarine
earthquake, swept over about two
hundred miles of the northeast coast
of Hondo, the largest island of the
Japanese archipelago, destroying all
the towns and hamlets, and drowning
or crashing to death over 30,000 per
sons. The scone of the disaster may
be easily recognized on the map, from
the fact that the devastated coast line
swells out into the eastern ocean in a
long, symmetrical curve, like a bent
bow. Tbe part of the wave that
struck the portion of the coast appar
ently swept a littlo east of north in its
jonrocy from tbe place of origin, and
it barely touched a promontory of the
more northerly island ot Jesso.
The evidence indicates unmistakably
tho causes that produced this great
calamity. If wo pour water into a tin
dish and then strike tho bottom of the
dish a tharp upward blow we shall see
the water rise above the point of irn
pact and roll away in a circular wave.
Home time beforo tho arrival of tho
wave carthqnake shocks were felt
along the coast. It is more than
probably that thefo shocks, originat
ing under a track of the sea floor,
caused the great disturbance of tho
sea. The mighty subterranean im
pulse communicated to the surround
ing rocks, would reach the coast some
time before tbe arrival of tho sea
wave, for an earth wave travels far
more rapidly than a wave of tLt ocean.
It was found that tho great earth
wave, originating a littlo west cf
Charleston, and which was felt in our
streets a littlo later, traveled at tho
rate of about 17,000 feot a second.
Other eastern coasts of Japan did
notshare in the great calamity, though
doubtless somo of them were just as
near the epicentr.il tract, oi place of
origin of tho disturbance, because,
fortunately, they do not so completely
fill the conditions that rendered possi
ble the piling up o! the mountainous
wave. Tho convex shore that was de
vastated pushes out far toward the
edge of the submarine plateau on
which Japan rests. Tho shore line is
much nearer than any other part of
Japan's coast to tbe precipitous Tus
carora depths where, until last year,
th,q dap pest ocean soundings Lad been J
made. Lanes or soundings snow tbac.i
tho suomarine slope irom tnis convex
shore lino to deep water is far steeper
than among the more southerly coast.
Now, whoro this wave was formed it
may have been miles in width, bnt it
was not high. This has been so in
other instance)1, and thero is direct
proof in this ca-e, for fishermen a few
miles from tho shore, under whose
boats tbo waves certaiuly passed, ob
terved nothing unusual. An enormous
mass ot water was lifted by a mighty
impulse two or thrco feet above the
general level, and tho wave movement
thus inducod spread rapidly from the
centre, but without increase in height,
until it encountered a steeply sloping
bottom. But upon entering this rapid
ly shoaling water near the land the
wave was crowdod into less space,
piled up and grew constantly higher
until it dashed upon the shore a tower
ing and irresistible mass.
Similar waves have been known to
rise as high as 200 feet, and submarine
earthquake waves that are believed to
have crossed tbo Pacific, meeting just
such conditions on tbe western coast
of South Africa, havo iujlicted enor
mous damage. It is probable that
along the more southerly coasts oi
Japan thero were two or three waves
of more than ordiuary height, but tbe
more gently sloping sea bottom gave
opportunity to retard tho onward rush
ot the water mass, and no damage was
done Now York Sun.
Butter iu fluster o! Paris,
There seems to be no limit to the in
geuuity bestowed upon the devising
of means for accomplishing the trans
port of tho perishable produce of dis
tant climes to the Euglish market A
new method, described iu tho Austra
lasian, is that of packing butter in a
box made of six sheets of ordinary
glass, all the edges being covered over
with gummed paper. Tho glass box
is enveloped in a layer of plaster ot
Paris, a quarter of an inch thick, and
this is covered with specially prepared
paper. Tho plaster being a bad con
ductor of beat, tho temperature inside
the hermetically sealed receptaolo re
mains coustant, boing uuallected by
external changes. The cost of pack
ing is about two cents per pound.
Butter paoked in the way described at
Melbourne has been sent across the
sea to South Africa, and when the ease
was opened at Kimberley, 700 miles
from Cupe Town, tbe butter was found
to be as sound a when it left the fac
tory at Victoria. Case ore now made
to hold as much as two hundred weight
ot butter, and forty bauds, inostiy
boys and girls, are occupied in making
the gluss receptacles and covering
them with plaster. The top, or lid,
however, is put ou by a simple
mechanical arrangement, and is
removed by the purchaser equally
easily. A saving ot twenty-five pe.
cent on freight and packing isolaimed
in comparison with the cost of frozen
batter carried in the usual way.
Scientific American, ' ' -
Ignore
Talk In favor of Howl's Sanupurili, I
other tntnllclna. It ha the gieatMt "A
cure of any medicine In lb worllTj
CnlOOCl
Is the On
sfv2 Sarsapari
1 rnr
Purifier,
Hood't Pillacarcalckhiadarli.N
Our Consular Service
"The consular service Is the Br,
tnd business side of our foray
tercourse," writes ex-PresluVm J
ion In the Ladles' Home JnJ
mere are more tnan twelve 0ai,
persons In the consular servii-.
United States. These are loo,.J
me important commercial cltl
:own of the world, and are d..
jenerslly as Consuls Genera I. f(,
commercial agents, interpreter!,
ihals and clerks. The dim
Consul are various and nmitif.
He Is the protctor and RiiardJ
american commerce; provide f4.
Jtutc American sailors and fcmb
ionic; he takes charge of the .J
r American citizens dying In hj
llctlon, having no legal r'itv(.0.,
tie receives the declaration r
f our citizens In any matter a.
their rights; he keeps a recorj -arrival
and departure of Art.
ihlps and of their cargoes, anl
tfter vessels wrecked; be rtmr,
ew Inventions or Improvou
manufacturing processes that h.
tbserve, and all useful Inrnnni'
latlng to iiinnufni'tures, ponilat:,
fntltlc discoveries, or prctM
Oseful arts, and all events or fn,
may affect the trade of tin.
States, and authenticates lnr.ii,
itMtemcnt of the market value o'
rhandlse to be shipped to the ;
States. Every Consulate Is a o..
Clal outpost; and If the sirv:t
be given permnnence of teiui
t corps of men of competent J
ment. It would become a ,-,
agency Iu extending our cotnnif
WOMAN'S INFU'KXC
The Influence of women nr--civilization
of tho world, cuuic
be measured.
Because of ber, thrones lmri
established und destroyed. TrV
of her eye, the touch of her liau
we havo the marvellous jm
women, glorious In the psh
perfect physical health.
Lydia E. Pinkhum, by htm:
lul discovery ot tne
" Vegetable Com
pound," hue done
much to place this
the V' lands OI
women.
She has lifted
thousands und
thousand out
ot the misery
brought by
of tho
womb, und
all the evils
that follow
diseases of
tho uterus.
The " Vege
table C om
pound " re
stores natural
cheerful nesa. de
stroys despondency, cures lau
strengthens tho muscles, resti'r
womb to its normal condition. r
are changed from a physical n
the Joy of your home nnd frirJ
By tho way the leading ilr:."
tell us thnt the demand fur I.v -Pinkbatn's
Vegetable Compos
simply beyond their power of t
standing, and whut is best e!
does the work and cures wlu-
best phybluiuna utterly fail.
Featherbone f
Edge .V,
SKIRT lilN-
has a strip of Featherbone s:.'
in one edge. It both flaf
binds the skirt nnd holds it
from the feet ; the newest of
II. & M. bindings.
If your dealer will no
supply you we will.
Samplts showing hbtlt and mattrj!!
" Home Dresimakin; Made Easy " ' '"
took by Ml EmmtM. Hooper. cMhtU-'
journal, tells in ftn words how to rr.i'
noma without prevloua training ; rru:l'-l;'
3. M. M. Co., H. O. Box 6ou, N. V
THE UNIVERSITY OF KOTREt;
NOTHK PA. ME, IMH.O
f'laulr, l.rllrra. Hrlrinr, !."'
Tboraiia I'rrimrBlary " ' ""I
loarm iM'cUwiaatK al aiuiirina -r
CnuruM. Hi. FilwMriTa llall. I"' h " 1
1h ICAlU Trrut wUI ""SI,7J
I niM,. i.uiRioiuri Mil rrrr
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t)ru lit Ual war, l.Mljulitatiu . -
nirrWkTdn ni sn us.
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is limn, n id by arui.ni.
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