MY SICK SISTERS.
"I want to toll you what Lydia E.
Pinkhnm's Vegetable Compound hart
done fur me. For twr atj yearn I hA
tufT.Tfd with 1m of appetite, naosea,
Const ipntion
tho Wart,
pain In no
of itiv Imx
.ician Niiil
lti'.litsticn,
invdiiine di
help m on
truu tho
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tatinn of
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all parts
My phy
wan only
but hi
not
parti.i:l;irly A J
L.Viiiu i:. I'ink f.I.-S '7 hntn'a
Vcct.'ililo Coiiimiuu1. 1 have tukou
four IxiltlcM, and now those trouble
are etiivd.
"I cannot praise it enough, ami our
drug r'.st my tho ini'iliciui! is doing a
worli! f tf-fcjd unions his I'listoini-ra."
I'.Kl.I.B S. TiiovmoN, S:v Itvdfuril.
A-KTv
FLAGGED THE TRAIN.
lUint Wm Ilia- Way It I.im:. l, tint Tin r
Wo n .M Milk.-.
F.xj'i .'a No. 1 m tearing nluiij' at
tn ini iinciiH Kpn (1, making up time,
win n ail ut once t ti t'liginwr H;tv a
man ili'wn thx lino wIhtp a wu'iii hail
rr"Hsi '1 the tr.u k waving wmn thiii ml
villi 'raiitii- energy. Tlie airbrake
Trcr.' iti:tiintly iti)i d and the eiigiun
Ti ver . With a runh M binning Htriim,
a ro::r of grinding wheel nnd u cloud
cf svvii ling dunt, tlio train nunc to a
ttop jnt n x tho man ly the aide, of tho
truck wan rourlied.
"What tho mutter?" houtd tho
excited engineer, tlinmting hulf bin body
through tho window of hi cub.
"Xothin, uh I known on," replied tho
num.
"Whnfd yon flag tho train for?"
"Didn't Aug o train."
" Yes, you did. Yon stood there and
wuved u red Aug, which everybody
known itt a sign of danger, nnd no 1
stopped tho train. "
"Didn't wave no red flag."
"Well, yoa waved something red."
"Courso I did. 'Twan my red ban
dannrr handkerchief. Ivm jut a-wav-in
goodby to my gal, who wan aogin to
town on a load o' pumkim. Thar lin
ia now, Roin round tho corner yonder.
8c her?" and tho rod "bandanner" was
again waved frantically. Chicago
Times-Herald.
"Sir John,"
Thcro in, snys a London religious pa
per, u man in the north of England who
is, by tho common consent of all his
friends, awarded a titlo, that of "sir."
It came to him in a curious way. One
day a new teacher came to tho school
where this man when a youth was re
ceiving iiiNtructiou, and the boy was tho
first of whom tho teacher asked theques
tion, "What iyour name?"
"John Wilson," replied tho lad.
"Sir," iiuid the teacher udinoiiihli
iugly. Tho Ixiy only looked stupid. Ho did
not fc'mw v.liut the teuehur iiieunt, for
the boys of that whool had never lxen
taugiit to tuMi'ek their masters i!s"sir "
"You liuiKt always say 'fir' when you
addt'citri mo in tho future, boy, " thun
dered the iiiii'iter. "And now, uguin,
vhat i.-t your nume?"
".ir John Wilson," unswer-d tin
liys prompt ly.
I iiaclur was unalilo to rcfr::iii
from joining in tho lauli which follow
ed, initl from that day to this tho hoy
bus been known u Kir John WiL-on.
His lui.-tako Was ulmost ih h 1 to liim
uti u royal pateut. Youth's Companion.
A I'i iin iiiuKi'r.
Jlr. Newed Well, you can't say
thut I didn't pour oil on tho troubled
wat rs.
Mr. N'ewed Oh, not The only trouble
was that you put a mutch to it ufter
variL Truth.
llixplriitlnn.
"AVOMAyS AVOIILD.
A KENTUCKY WOMAN WHO CARRIES
THE MAIL ON HORSEBACK.
t1i Knlrfl Waist Rathtr tat th New
Wnnian Oo-Olrls Krrnlnii tr Ht
rnr fttnBlt Maldrna rVawtnabl l)n(fs
Hons to the Uentlrr (Vs.
Tho road from Castlow to Anderson
ville is through ono of tho roughest re
gions of Kentucky. Itobberiea are fre
quent, and many a brave man has hesi
tated and looked well to his gun before
entering on tho trip. To Mrs. Ida Min
ton, however, tho highway has no ter
rors. hn enjoys tho unique distinction
of being probably the only female mall
''nrrier in Uncle Sam's service who
rides horseback fearlessly through the
for sis with her pouch, which contains
tho missives which are tbo only means
9
Dick (Yale, '1)7) Come on, Jack
don't Ftund there nil duy watching that
brutal dog tight.
Jack Halfback (excitedly )IIold ou,
Dick ; wait a jilTyl I'm getting an iu
fr-pirutiou for u new college yolL NeW
York t-unduy World
IMo Cripe
S1ien j mi t.iko Ilond'i Pill. The bis, old (ash
kmcil, HiiKar-conU'd pills, which tear you all to
pieces, nrc not In It with llood'i. Kosy to take
Hoodi
jtud eBy to opurate, l true
of Hood's piiu, which are f! II
up to date In erery rcitct. IrlllZ
Hale. eerUIn and sure. AU " W
truuirUt.1. 'Oe. C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mail.
TUe only PlUa to tak with Hood i SaraauarlUa.
HUS. I A MINTOS.
of rommunication with tho world at
lurgn by the residents of Andersouvillo.
Mio is a typical Kentucky mountain
girl, active, xtiong, fearless and very
intelligent. Kho is un excellent horse
woman. No animal is too high spirited
for her, nor does she need help in
mounting and dismounting. With the
mail pouch thrown across tho pommel
of her saddle she rides fearlessly along
tho lonely highway, and it ia safo to
my that any ono interfering with Uncle
Sam's mail would have to bo a bettor
and quicker shot than the ordinary man
or very well mounted to atop the niaiL
Mrs. Minton has born married two
years. It was from her own inclination
to help earn money that she took the
contract to carry tho moils for three
years. She has now completed right
months t t her contract Tho accom
p;mving photograph was taken espe
cially f r tie (jiiciiit.iiti laiquirir.
Hie i:.i'.i-;'.l V.'aWt.
'.' : !: v cm..:! :i v.-.ii,: in France
! i I . 1 1:!. fl'ror.eh the I. H do-
if) l -f f i :.in:i. t V re are jf.Kl er.tntids
f . i. Levin i T'ut t!in s.iiut.tr.v eii'i -tsof
su' !i u i ;u:f ' Nill l e found to a u-cuter
es: ... c c tl.j country in which
tlio Ht ;,',,) l: s ni;;i:iated thitn in it.
Frenchwomen rarely laun tightly, and
ono of tho objis:;io!'s that American
women tnalco to t!ie vi r!c of tho French
drehnmnke:s is thut their garmeuU are
never mado to fit closoly enough. It Inks
Ixs-n tho ftylo for Heveral years in Paris
for women to wear clothes that fit tho
figure only with comparative closeness,
ami this niudt extremely tight lacing
unnecessary.
On the other hand, the women of Ger
many and Austria laco themselves into
such a condition of rigidity that Ameri
cans wonder how life is maintained un
der tho abnormal pressure. Tho women
of these two nations aro on an average
larger than tho Frenchwomen, and tho
height f modishncHs is only obtained
among them when certain conventional
ideas of what constitutes a good figure
have been necured by sufllcieut tension
on ilieir t-i ays.
The variations on this idea in Ger
many nro unique. Thorn tho possession
of a miiuII waist is regarded as highly
important to womanly beauty, but it is
not when viewml from tho front that
tho result is niont udmircd. Tho stays
are drawn with tho idea of producing a
curve, not on tho sides, but in front,
and tho small waist is most highly re
garded when its narrowness is fore nud
lift and not lateral. This is a national
eccentricity of tasto hard to appreciate.
In Ktigland them aro said to be two
classes of women, ono composed of thoso
who scornfully abandon tays nnd tho
other of those who uso them to tho com
ph to loss cf every other idea than tho
most condensed waist they can possibly
bo mudu to produce. Doubtless there is
less tight lacing among tho women of
this country and Franco than iu any
other nation in tho world, and in these
countries tho change iu tho fashion will
bo felt least. New Orleans Times Democrat.
Kiither Let thu Nfw Woiiiuii tin.
When all has been said und done,
when tho new woman has become uu
established pcrsouago umong us, and
has advanced in years us well us in wis
dom and honor, tliero will still be ono
thing for tho world to regret and sigh
for we shull huvo no more fat old la
dies, bless 'em!
For of course tho new woman, trained
) from her youth in tho most approved
bud cllectivo methods of physicul cul
ture, with all her superior kuowlcdgo
of how to oontrol bodily conditions, to
put otT flesh nud tuko it ou at will, will
never, even in her old ago, commit tho
error of growing stout Ho that, wbou
the present generation cf old ladies, our
mistukeu sumo might Buy misshapen
auuts and grandmothers, aro laid to
rest, there will be nobody left to fill
their wida armohairo by the fireside (tho
new grandmothers will probubly be in
the gymnasium), aud the world will
know u wuut which no superiority of
the new womau cuu satisfy. This losa
w ill not Lu felt ull otouoe; it will steal
gradually upon us as a shudow steals
over tho lawn, uud there may even be
some iu thoso progressiva daya "so thin
and long und slim iu mind" ni not to
, recognize it as a loss at all. But theuo
persons will be theonoi who never knew
la childhood for it it upon the chil
dren that the loss will fall heaviest 'the
blessedness of having a stout aunt or
grandmother within whose radiation of
ereuity and good nature they crept as
into the sunlight when tho world sud
denly turned a bleak and cheerless face
upon their souls. Scribtier'a.
Girls' ErrolDf preene.
"The materials in rogue for young
girls' gowns for evening parties are
simple, but dainty," writes Isabel A.
Mallon in Ladies' Home Journal.
"Lightweight silks, chiffon over silk,
organdie or dotted muslin developed iu
the lamo way, with decorations of youth
ful looking laces and many ribbons,
makes particularly pretty gowns for
evening wear. Tho young girl's bodice
is mado either quito high and finished
with a soft frill about her neck or clso
it is cut out in what ia kuowu as tho
'Dutch square, Long sleeves or elbow
puffs are proper with the 'Dutch square,'
and many picturesquo effects aro ob
tained by this combination. No matter
how rounded an arm may le, nor how
pretty tho hand, evening gloves sb.onld
be worn with tho party dress. Tho fan
is not an absolute necessity to tho even
ing toilet, but it is ulwuys a pretty
end n grnei fnl addition.
"China silk, lightweight corded
silks, chilTon, organdie and muslin are
the materials dedicated to the young
girl. When any one f theno is made up
for evening wear, the lining should be
of it lightwi ight, but not a corded silk
or an inexpensive satin. 1'ule blue, tur-
qnoiso b ue, rose anil salmon pink, pale
silver gray, mid, best of ull, white are
tho colors in vogue for tho young girl.
No matter howchurming the heliotrope
shado may seem, it should not bo chosen
for ii young girl. And no matter how
glowing and attractive a bright red
fabric is, it is inartistic us u party
dress and should on no account le
chosen. In this connection it may Ik
said that the prettiest of all party drosses
for a young girl is tho one luude of
white material."
Hats I'or Pmalt Maiden.
For children it is always well to
make your design ns simple as possible.
Avoid two shades of ribbon, if one will
do ns well, uud any unnecessary number
of feathers and ornaments.
Nothing is more becoming to the
small girl than mull aud luce. tShe can
bear it in most delicate tints next to her
fresh young skin, and it will add only
new charms to her clear, laughing eyes.
Plaited ribbon tfr silk is in great de
mand for brimlcss hats, aud very little
is needed besides, sometimes merely a
rosette of luce being quite sudlcieut If
anything tuoru is needed to givo udded
chic, frills inuy always be used in con
trasting colors.
Huts of mull are fashioned on wiro
frames, und a great advantage of the
material is its soft, yielding quality,
which xnukes it easy to place. If it is
plaited in fine machjnopluits, it may be
laid about the crown and face without
the least difficulty.
A unique design for a curly hended
miss has a straight crown of luce, stand
ing liko a balo above tho head, with a
bow standing erect on each side, con
nected by a narrow hand. Tho I. too is
thut most becoming shade of ecru, aud
tho ribliou is corn colored, scattered
with small red roses. Lost on Journul.
I'renrh Co) let.
Some of the diminutive autumn cape.4
thut only cover the shoulders are quite
frequently finished with very long, nar
row stole fronts, or those that reach to
tho wuist line only. Velvet, satin and
moire aro all used, with trimmings of
chiffon or mousselino do soje, but capes
formed of the dress fabric or of ladies'
cloth are ulso fashionably used. It only
requires two yards of silk to make one
of these little French collets, with siilll
cient handsome jet und spangle, passe
menterie to outline a yoke iu points und
cover the standing collar. When made
of the dress goods of dilu rent gowns, u
pretty variety is obtained, but econom
ical women with uu eye to general serv
ice cLoosii u Incoming black cupe, either
of satin, velvet or corded silk, knowing
that it will do duty us u handsome wrap
ubovo whatever gown it may bo worn.
Of course it is always necessary to have
ut leust one utility cotttume, cupo or
jacket included, which will provo suita
ble at times when richer fubrics would
look out of place. This seasou tho lon
ger ciqx'S huvo a nutty tailor air, with
strupped fronts, braiding uud small but
tons nud Hat gimps in rows. Tho golf
capes ure handsomer than ever. Phila
delphia Telegraph.
room I lflts It," she said, "and. what's
mora, It likes roe. Do yon think I
should keep on with it if I didn't like
it? I get more money at this than I
should at anything else, and, thongh I
get a bit tired with standing so long,
when I'm off duty I can do as I please,
ai a girl ought to do when sho works so
hard as I da Oh, of course it has its
drawbacks, but it's a lot better than
drudging as a 'lady help,' or being
tnewed up scmewhere ns a nnrsery gov
cmess, or click clicking with a typo
writer ull duy long. Anyway, I see
life."
The IVtlrrn anil Eton Jacket.
Who will persuade tho short, stout
woman that the bolero and Eton jack
ets, with the clasping celnturcs or gir
dles which accompany them and aro
now so much worn, nre not for herf It
is pnthetl'', soys a New York fashion
writer, tho way women make them
selves unnttractive by studying other
women's fashions instead of their own.
Every woman who has reached the ago
of 2ft has achieved by nceidrntor inten
tion sonio time iu her life n becoming
toilet. It may havo been piecemeal a
hat that specially suited her, a gown
thut hrr friends Fpoko of, a jacket or
mantle that cho knew she lx ked well in
but let her remember tho combination
aud forever dress on that model. It
mut be modified and adapted to the
jrf vailing stylo, but a littlo care will
do this, and in these days of infinite va
riety of farrio and garniture it is ensy
to avoid monotony.
Mrs. Hooker T. Wellington.
Mrs. Hooker T. Washington, tho wife
of the J .1 f tho Institution For
Colored .,..i!i at Tuskegee, Ala., is n;
less earnest in her work among tho wo
men of her race than is hrr husband
among the nero farmers, whom ho has
taught aud helped for years past. In
spired by the resolutions mudh at the
first confen nee of these men in 1802, she
determined to devote herself to raising
their wives und giving them a new
und broader idea of life. Sho begun
her labors in a shabby upper room,
where sho and six other women discuss
ed wuys and means. Toduy there is a
weekly coi'fereiieo of over 400 women,
somo of them walking 10 miles to be
present There are talks on useful sub
jects, there aro classes und a library for
the children, und the wholo neighbor
hood bus been elevated und improved.
Woman's Journal.
Mrs. Mown us (iraiidiiiotlic r.
Mrs. James T. Fields, in Tho Atlun
tie, quotes from privuto letters written
by Mrs. hi I owe soon ufter tho udvent of
her daughter's buby, suggesting u new
way of settling tho woman question:
"I uiu doing just what you suy," sho
wrote, "being first lady iu waiting ou
his new majesty, lie is very pretty,
very gracious uud good, nnd his littlo
mamma and ho aro u pair. I uiu getting
to bo uu old fool of u grandma, and to
think there is no bliss under heaven to
compare with a buby." Later she wroto
ou tho same subject: "You ought to sec
my buby. I have discovered u wuy to
end tho women controversy. Let tho
women ull say that they won't tako
care of tho babies till tho luws are ul
terod. Ono week of this discipline would
bring nil the men on their marrow
bones. Only tell ns whut you want, they
would suy, and wo will do it Of courso
you may imagine me trailing ufter our
littlo king first granny in wuitlngl"
Itouml Crowned TiMjur.
Paris milliners ure sending over round
crowned toques iu contrast to thu oval
shaped models of u year ago. Fashion
able women first adopted these heud
coverings to wear simply with tuilor
costumes, for walking, traveling aud
tho like, but they will now wear them
mado of pearl and Persian bead wrought
velvets, sequiued satins aud other rio
materials en suite, with the most elul
orate and expensivo ojiera, theater an.l
reception costumes. Cream and pinkish
! violet velvets with a crown of peurl dot-
K . a . f r . 1 . .
icu sunn, wun a ouua oi, lue gurouure
edging the brim, are mnoug tho autumn
models from Kcgent street. Another is
u toquo of cream velvet trimmed with
shaded pink velvet roses, with aigrets
to mutch.
A Woman' Rncgrstlon.
A speeiulty which women's exchanges
should tako up more thuu they do is thnt
of clothing for iuvulids. This might
include easily adjusted uuderweur, us
well us thu duiuty bed jacket ami sit
ting sp gowns thut ure needed. There
is the semi-invalid, too, who needs
loose, eusy clothing und still wishes to
preserve tho appeuriuico of being dress
ed. Maternity gowns would como under
tho same heud. Iu view of tho puinful
deficiency of thuuverugowurdrobe when
explored in time of need for sick wear,
u department of supply of this sort ought
to oiler ii vuluublo field. New York
Times.
Tho New Kleevrs.
Many novel und pretty effects are em
ployed iu decorating tho tops of tho new
sleeves, thut uro us close fitting from
wrist to fur above the cltowua they cuu
comfortably bo worn. Vundykes, cups,
trimmed aud draped triuugles of the
dress goods, straps tubs, aud epaulet
aro ull used, uud much origiuulity uud
skill uro evinced in tho urruugemeut of
various d corutions for various iudivid
uul forms.
(iiMid Field For Women.
An American woman who hud uu
absorbing liking for trees began to study
forestry. As knowledge increased, prac
tical landscape gardening upcalod to
her, aud thut too was studied, uu well
as tho draining and clearing of luud.
At present this woman has two largo
estutes under her dint-thin, where lurgo
forces of men aro eugaged iu currying
out her plans for beautifying aud im
proving. Tho Princess of Wales introduced tho
Danish mode of fur trimming into
England, and ever Kiucu winter gar
ments huvo not been correct without
some sort of fur decorutiou. . This your
tliero is u decided cnuo for fur.
Hernial Us In England.
Tho number of barmaids in England
has boon reckoned ut between 80,000
und 1)0,000, and W. IL Wilkius tolls uu
thut on making investigations he found
very few who disliked their calling or
who were dissatisfied with their lot
Bo gives from bis notebook a typical
case. It is that of a sorring girl iu one
of the largest bora in London, and this
ia her statement: "Like the work? Of
A heuped tublespooufulof jum of uuy
kind to u quurt of boiling water, cov
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wholesomo driuk for children.
When stoning raisins, rub a littlo
butter on tho lingers aud kuifo. It will
rolievo tho task of raisin seeding of its
stickiness und discomfort
Fill pincushions with well dried ooffoe
grounds, for mice and moths will never
touch them, uud the needles und pius
will not rust.
If a window does not slide up and
down easily, apply a thick ooutiug of
block lead to the grooves and fittings of
the frame.
Miss Marie Ives baa been named by
the woinuu of New Haveu as a cuudi
late fur tho board of education.
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