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Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Potts tell their stories for the benefit of all wives and mothers. ‘““ DEAR MRS. PiNkEAM :— Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound will make every mother well, strong, healthy and happy. I dragged through nine years of miserable existence, worn out with pain and weariness. I then noticed a statement of a woman troubled as I was, and the wonderful results she had had from your Vegetable Compound, and decided to try what it would do for me, and used it for three months. At the end of that time I was a different woman, the neighbors remarked it, and my husband fell in love with me all over again. It seemed like a new existence. I had been suf- fering with inflammation and falling of the womb, but your medicine cured that and built up my entire system, till I was indeed like a new woman. — Sincerely yours, Mrs. CAs. F. BRowN, 21 Cedar Terrace, Hot Springs, Ark., Vice President Mothers’ Club.” Suffering women should not fail to profit by Mrs. Brown’s ex- periences; just as surely as she was cured of the troubles enumer- ated in her letter, just so surely will Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cure other women who suffer from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous excitability, and nervous prostration. Read the story of Mrs. Potts to all mothers: — ‘ DEAR MRS. PINEIDAM : — During the early art of my married life I was very delicate in health. I had two miscarriages, and both my husband and I felt very badly as we were anxious to have children. A neighbor who had been using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound advised me to try it, and I decided to do so. I soon felt that my appetite was increasing, the headaches gradually decreased and finally disappeared, and my general health improved. if new blood coursed through my veins, the sluggish tired fosting disappeared, and I be- came strong and well. ¢“ Within a year after I became the mother of a strong healthy child, od of our home. You certainly have a splendi wish every mother knew of it. — Sincerely yours, Mrs. ANNA Ports, 510 Park Ave., Hot Springs, Ark.” ; ; If you feel that there is anything at all unusual or puzzling about your case, or if you wish confidential advice of the most exaerienced, write to Mrs. Pink- felt as remedy, and I ham, Lynn, Mass., and you will be advised free of charge. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has cured and 1s curing thousands of cases of female troubles — curing them inexpensively and absolutely. Remember this when you go to your druggist. Insist upon getting Lvdia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mr. Beecher and the Medium. ‘While in England Henry Ward Beecher was entertained by a gentle- man who believed in spiritualism and was himself a medium. One day he asked if Beecher would like to talk with the spirit of his father, Dr. Ly- man Beecher. . Mr, Beecher replied that it would please him immensely. After the seance was over he was asked how it had impresseed him, at which, with the twinkle in his eye, Beecher responded: “All I have to say is that if I deteriorate as fast for the first ten years after I am dead as my father has, I shall be a stark- naked fool.” so WOMEN BREAK DOWN. . Bometimes women drift into a con- ition of “half invalid.” Continual languor—all tired out, run down, back- ache, nerves shattered, headache, terrible pain, no appetite, poor diges- tion. Inninecasesout of ten it's because the kid- neys fail todotheir work of filtering the poisonous system waste from the blood. The kidneys are weak and need the strengthening help of Doan’s Kidney Pills. Read how these pills repair a weakened phy- sical * condition when this condition is caused by sick kidneys. Mrs. Sadie Mettles, of 394 W. 4th Ave., Columbus, Ohio, says: “Prior to the year 1898 I suffered considerably from backache, pain in the head, lan- guor and depression and weakness of the action of the kidneys. The pain was always worse in the morning and I felt miserable. I was induced to pro- cure a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills and I began their use.. They proved prompt and effective. They cured me, and there has been no return of the trouble since taking them. I owe all the credit to Doan’s Kidney Pills.” : A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mrs. Mettles will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. The Strapholder’s Grievance. The Ontario Legislature has before it a promising bill for the relief of “strap-holders” in street cars, the pro- posal being to authorize the passenger who cannot get a seat to tear his ticket into equal parts and give up one of the halves in full payment for a standing ride. In other words, the unseated- passenger would pay but hali fare. The tendency of a law to this effect would be no doubt to cause traction companies to put on more cars during “rush” hours. Hoxsie’s Croup Cure, The life saver of childrea. 50 cents. A woman who never thinks of anything bat dress is more ornamental than useful. Careless Letter .Writers. Ten million pieces of mail went to the dead letter office last year, most- ly as the result of the sender’s care- lessness. Barring serious accident to the means of transportation, like the burning of a mail car, for example, there is need for scarcely a miss ‘in the safe delivery of mail matter—and if . delivery is not accomplished, am- ple means are provided for return to the senders. . The chief difficulty, the superintend- ent says, is found in the failure of senders to give their names and ad- dresses in letters or on parcels. Some- times, no doubt, the failure is inten- tional; but often it is simple careless- ness. Business men now universally use correspondence paper and envelopes with printed addresses, and if for any reason their mail is not delivered, they find out the fact in due season. Private correspondence is generally conducted on the opposite plan, with the element also of all manner of carelessness. A Great Heat Producer. Acetylene burned in a Bunsen burn- er or an apparatus similar to the oxyhydrogen blowpipe produces great heat. M. Fouche has developed an in- strument of this type. The flame is formed by the combustion of a mixture of acetylene and oxygen in a jet under pressure of about six pounds. This rather high pressure is necessary in order that the flame may not travel quick. It melts most metals quite readily and will solder iron and steel, and it is said that even lime and silica may be fused.—Electrical Review. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. What makes life dreary is want of motive.—George Eliot. A heart unspottei is not easily daunted.—Shakespeare. The highway of Loliness is along the commonest road of life.—Pearse. Wit is a desirable zuest only when it does not crowd kindness out of the house. Gentleness is the modest diadem which nature designed for the brow of strength. A soul occupied with great ideas best performs small Muties.—James Martincau. The best way for a man to get out of a lowly position is to be conspicuously effective in it.—Thomas Jefferson. It strikes me that, being a man of average composition, I shouldn't pray for justice, through fear that the pray- er might be granted. ‘We become heavenly-minded by liv- ing to make others happy. If it is the aim and work of your life to be a bless- ing to others, you are living already the heavenly life—E. H. Sears, Tea Drinking in America. In the course of a letter regarding the tea trade of the world during the present year, Messrs. Brook, Bond & Co. of London give the following ac- count of the United States market: “Until lately America has been a coffee drinking country, and the small quantity of tea she consumed, the black, came almost entirely from China, and the green from Japan. Now tea is becoming popular, and im- ports of British grown tea have risen in a few years nearly 100 percent. Two clubs in New York make a feature of afternoon tea. Men who drink it are not laughed at even by their enemies. There are very few villages, no matter how small, where it is not possible to get good tea. These changes are ow- ing almost entirely to the enterprise of certain tea-producing firms in India and Ceylon. The utmost pains, assist- ed by wonderful machinery, are devot- ed to preparing tea, particularly green tea, for the American market. Green tea has always been more drunk in America than black. As it is found that the same kind of tea does not suit all parts, samples of water from all the great cities in North America are sent out and tea is manufactured to suit them. Both in the United States and in Canada people are learning that a pound of British-grown tea produces two or three times as much beverage as a pound of China or Japan tea, and also that the strong Indian and Cey- lon teas are as sustaining as coffee.— Pittsburg Press. A Remarkable Relic. The pope has returned to the Church of San Silvestro in Rome, frequented by the English colony, one of the most precious relics of the Roman church. It is the head of St. John the Baptist. Ac- cording to a tradition ten centuries old, the head which was demanded by the daughter of Herod as a reward for her dancing was carried from Pales- tine to Rome. It reached the.Eternal City a thousand years ago, being brought by certain Greek monks, who deposited it in the Church of San Sil- vestro in Capite, which at that time ‘was a monastery. Innumerable mira- cles were wrought by the agency of the head of the saint, and in such esti- mation was the relic held that regular pitched battles were fought for its possession. .In. 1411, while the head was being carried in procession, cer- tain unruly Florentine attacked the cortege, but they were successfully re- pulsed by the Romans, who were led by the Prince Colonna of the time. After this, fearing that the precious ob- ject might be lost, the popes ordered that it was never to leave the Church of :San : Silvestro, and it remained there until 1870, when Rome was be- sieged = by. the troops of Victor Em- manuel. It was then carried, by the order of Piux IX. to the Vatican. The present ‘pope, however, thinks that there can be no danger in'returning the relic to its ancient resting place. The holy head is contained in a valua- ble silver reliquary weighing over one hundred pounds. Some Signs.of a Long Life. Women are subposed to be longer lived than men. : Some experienced persons say that every woman carries signs that will tell if her life is to be.a short or a long one. The woman who desires long life must have eyes round and wide rather than long and narrow, and if they are brown or hazel life will be longer than if they were black or violet. The brow must be ample and slope back slightly from an absolute perpen- dicular. The head must be wide be- hind and over the ears. :* The brow must be full and well set, and the chin square and firm. The nose must be wide and full through its whole length, and have open, easy dilating nostrils. This in- dicates a good heart and good lungs. If the orifice of the ear is low, in- dicating a deeply-seated brain, there is a better chance of long life. The woman who appears taller in proportion when sitting down than when standing has a good chance to live long. If the body is long in pro- portion to the limbs, the heart, lungs and digestive organs are large. The pulse should beat with full and normal stroke. Limbs and joints should be large and well formed, the flesh neither too hard nor too soft.— ‘Washington Times. A large amount of gold-filled chains for optical and other purposes are exported from the United States to Germany, and this line of goods is deservedly popular in that country. FINANCE ND TRADE AEVIEW BUSINESS IS BACKWARD. | 8ome Branches of Steel Trade Show Signs of Improvement. R. G. Dun & Co.’s “Weekly Review of Trade” says: Tardy spring weath- er, following an unusually severe win- ter, makes it difficult to restore satis- factory trade conditions, but it is en- couraging to find at many points this unseasonable weather the only cause of complaint, and there is always hope that the early losses may be made up at least in large measure when their normal conditions become apparent. In the meantime sales of dry goods are restricted and stocks in all positions from producer to con- sumer are larger than is desirable. Aside from the cotton States, where business is brisk, the week’s dispatch- es. indicate that early gains were maintained, but little further progress occurred. Labor controversies are still an adverse factor. Railway earn- ings in the first week of April were 7 per cent smaller than last year. No definite check to progress in the iron and steel industry is discerned, al- though it lacks uniformity and in some departments it is difficult to find en- couraging signs. In go far as pressure for immediate delivery is.concerned, bar iron and steel are most prominent, makers of agricultural implements be- ing notably importunate. Not only is it difficult to secure early delivery of bars, but shipments four weeks hence are considered prompt and some orders run up to the end of the year. Floods in the West have made it im- possible to begin the much proposed structural work and aside from sup- plies for repair shops, the railways are still operating on a moderate scale. The ore situation remains unsettled. Firmness and activity continue in the Chicago packer hide market, and for- eign dry hides are held steady by the prompt absorption of arrivals. Although quotations are unchanged in the leather market, some improve- ment in tone is noted. Failures this week number 225 in the United States against 212 last year and 16 in Canada compared with 16 a year ago. MARIE ETS. PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat—No. 2 red... ..3 98 99 Rye--No. 2..... £3 84 Corn—No. 2 yellow, ear.. 59 60 No. 2yellow, shelled.. 08 59 Mixed ear... 49 50 Oats—No, 2 white.. 18 49 No. 3. white........ 16 i Flour—Winter patent.. 4 75 Straight winters 4 50 Hay—~No. 1timothy.... 15 25 clover No. Yo............ i3 00 Feed—No 1white mid. ton. <1 0 5 Brown middlings......... L.2050 210 Bran, bulk, = ........... 2000 2050 Straw—Wheat .. 9 00 9 50 Cal... .. iii ane 9 00 9 50 Dairy Products. Butter—Elgin creamery............8 27 28 Ohio creamery....... reo 25 fancy country roll. ¥ 17 Cheese—Ohio, new... il 12 New York, new................ 12 13 Poultry, Etc. Hens—her 1b..ne.c0:c-ez......0.s Chickens—dressed . Turkeys, live............... .. Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh .......... 18 19 Fruits and Vegetables. Potatoes—Fancy white per bus Cabbage—per bbl .. Onjons—per barrel . Apples—per barrel. BALTIMORE. ° Flour— Winter Patent Wheat—No. 2 red «® — wt - «= 7 is <6 <7 PHILADELPHIA Flour—Winter Patent...............8515 535 Wekeat—No. 2re Sescears 104 109 Corn—No. 2mixed...... 50 51 QOats—No. 2 white............. 48 49 Butter—Creamery, extra.. ies 2D 2 Eggs—Pennsylvania firsts......ccocens 17 18 NEW YO R K. Flour—Fatenls.......... ...ccnie... 35 0) 5 40 Wheat—No. 2red - 106 107 Corn—No. 2........ 57 58 Qats—No, 2 White 46 47 Butter—Creamery ... 2 25. Eggs—Stateand Pennsylvania...... X 21 LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle, we Prime Leavy, 142010 1600 Ibs.. Prime. 15€0 to 1400 lbs. ... Medium, 1200 to 1500 lbs Hathelfers........... ... Butcher, 900 to 1000 lbs. . 360 40 Common to fair.......... - BU0 70 Oxen, common to fat.............. 200 00 Common togood fat bulls and cows 250 = 3850 Milchcows;each..............;...;. 250) 8500 Hogs. : Primohea¥y Dogs..s..........occme $55 560 Prime medium weights.............. 5 60 565 Best heavy yorkers and medium... - 353 £0 b 530 5 20 500 400 Sheep. EXtra,medium wethers ............ $450/ 460 Good to choice.......... ot 3i 4 50 Medium ........... 3 425 Commozn to fair.. ! 300 Spring Lambs...................... 500 1000 YeslLextra, ......................... 525 / eas, good to choice.......... i 3. 400 Veal, common heavy 350 A Wise Urchin. Chief Justice Shaw is said to have been a very dull child. The earliest indication of his gift of the masterly and unerring judgment which discern- ed the truth and reason of things was, however, noticed when he was a very small boy. His mother one day had a company at tea. Some hot-buttered toast was on the table. When it was passed to little Lemuel he pulled out the bottom slice, which was kept hot by the hot plate beneath and the pile of toast above. His mother reproached him quite sharply. “You must not do that, Lemuel. Suppose everybody were to do that?” ‘Then everybody would get a bottom slice,” answered the wise urchin.—Exchange. Brick Only Stood the Test. A test of the fireproof qualities of building stone and brick was held in Baltimore and the result showed con- clusively that the stone used is not fireproof. Several kinds of stone and brick were subjected to the test, and only the ordinary clay brick came through intact. The other material | was found to be cracked and crumbled. ' ““] Know Peruna is Worn Gul A MICHIGAN MAYOR SAYS: a Fine Tonic For a System.” Hon. Nelson Rice, of St. Joseph, Mich., knows of a large nwunber of grateful patients in his county wiio have been cured by Peruna.