W. A, Mitchell, dealer in general merchandise, Martin, Ga., writes: “My wife lost in weight from 130 to I68 pounds. We saw she could not live long. She was a skeleton, soc we con- sulted an old physician. . He told her to try Peruna. X “She gradually commenced im- proving and getting a little strength. She now weighs 106 pounds. She is gaining every day, and does her own housework and cooking.” Amount of Gold Coined. - United States is coining annually about $300,000,000 in gold; Great Britain, nearly $60,000,000, Australia, a little more than Great Britain; France, about $35,000,000; Germany, about $25,000,000, and Japan, more than $30,000,000. Worth Knowing About. If vou need a first-class laxative, there is nothing better nor safer than that old family remedy, Brandreth’s Pills. Each pill contains one grain of solid extract of sarsaparilla, which, with other valuable vegetable products, make it a blood puri- fier of excellent character. If you are troubled with constipation, one pill at night will afford great relief. randreth’s Pills are the same fine lax- ative tonic pill your grandparents used. They have been in use for over a century and are sold in every drug and medicine store, either plain or sugar-coated. The Richmond Times-Dispatch says there are 7,000,0000 telephones in this country and 6,999099 of them are “busy.” Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days. Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pilesin6to 14 days or money refunded. 50c. Coal in China costs only 25 cents a ton at the mines. jarfield Tea, the mild laxative, benefits the entire system. Best for liver, kidneys and bowels; for constipation and sick-headache, No man can cannot wait. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens thegums, reducesinflamma- tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle do great work who Thomas Jefferson auction recently. of at A letter brought $160 Tone Up With Good Paint It is good business to keep prop- . erty ‘toned up.” A coat of PureWhite Lead Paint ndt only make spbE—= things look {~ : better and A gives them a higher selling value, but’ it makes things wear better and gives them a higher value for long wear. Pure White Lead gives an opaque, durable coat that protects and pre- serves from the ravages of time and weather. Prospective buyers of Pure § White Lead have heretofore // \ been subject to much attempted fraud in adulteration and sub- {I stitution. You are now pro- 5 tected by the Dutch Boy trade mark which is found on the side of kegs containing only Pure White Lead, made by the Old Dutch Process. : Look for the boy. SEND FOR BOOK **A Talk on Paint,” “gives valuable infor- mation on the paint subject. Sent free upon request. \ you: Bow York, Boston, Bumalo. re Cinna: ncinnati, = | T. Lewis & Bros. Uo.) Pittsburgh [ia iohn Tay Oo) A MONSTER DIAMOND. Latest Addition to World's Gems Worth $5,000,000. What is said to be the biggest dia- mond in the world is reposing in a bank on Holborn Viaduct in London, quite close to the home of the dia- mond merchants in Hatton Garden. The very name of the bank is kept a profound secret. And so careful a matter is the showing of the stone to the representative® of Oriental prin- ces, to commercial syndicates and in- ternational associations of diamond dealers that a number of crystal fac- similies have been made and pros- pective buyers have to be satisfied with these replicas. If, however, it is seen that they mean business the insurance com- pany is notified and, according to the American Magazine, a heavy premi- um paid by the owners for the re- moval of the stone from the strong room of the bank. This gem is twice as big as the biggest egg the biggest hen ever laid, weighs a pound and a third, and is invaluable. Nobody knows what it is worth, but $5,000,000 is a reasonable price. So prosaic is the civilized com- merce of today that this vast treas- ure was merely sealed up in a tin box registered as a postal packet and cent through the mail as though it were a geological specimen. It was received from South Africa at the London office of the Premier Diamond Mining Company, Limited, and measures were taken at once to insure it for about half its value-—say $2,50¢,000. Great Many Races in Wisconsin, Wisconsin epitomizes Central West. No other Western State has such a diversity of racial elements. Illinois alone, with its queer colony pf Portuguese Protestants at Jack- sonville, has an element which Wis- consin has not. None but Wisconsin has Bulgarians and Flemings. It has an Indian population of over 8,- 000. It is the greatest Welsh, Cor- nish, Norwegian and German State. It has Icelanders with Minnesota, Bo- hemians with lowa and French, Finns and Hollanders with Michigan. The oldest and only purely dungarian colony ‘in America is on its soil and the largest Swiss colony. It has a native white element as old as the Knickerbockers and even English- descended families who go back 150 years on Wisconsin soil.—Century. he Editor's Gross Blunder. In a review of its 31 years, Mr. La- bouchere's I.ondon = Truth, which wears for motto, ‘“Cultores veritatis fraudis inimici,” sums up its legal ex- perience in exposing fraud. Of all the actions brought against the pa- per in that time, only four have re- sulted in damages. Of these one turned upon the precise position of a village pump, “as to which,” Mr. La- bouchere dryly observes, ‘I was mis- led into believing the evidence of two beneficed clergymen—a lesson which J] have always remembered to my profit.” Because of putting it on the wrong side of the street he had to pay $500 damages and much more in costs.—Springfield Republican. Clothespins from Maine. Few persons ever wonder where clothespins come from, few ever heard of Bryant's Point, Me., and yet a man there has been quietly turning trees into clothespins for years and tupplying the world with them, amas- sing in the process as comfortable a fortune as many a man makes in a more pretentious business in some money centers. His name is Lewis Mann, and he began with a capital of 8400, with which he purchased an old tlisuséd mill and began the manufac- ture of clothespins. Today he is the largest individual maker of this very necessary article in the world.—Chi- cago Journal. Senatorial Poverty. There has been much discussion fately as to who is the poorest sena- tor in Washington. Notwithstand- ing his name, Senator Money, of Mis- sissippi, claims the distinction of be- hg poorer than any of his confreres. But that is merely a matter of dollars nnd cents. If there is a poorer sena- tor in Washington than Clark of Montana, who has more money than he knows what to do with, we have hot yet heard of him.—Savannah ATn vino THE WHOLE FAMILY other Finds a Food For Grown-Ups and Children as Well. Food that can be eaten with relish nnd benefit by the children as well as lhe older members of the family, inakes a pleasant household commod- ity. Such a food is Grape-Nuts. It not only agrees with and builds up chil- fren: but older persons who, from ad habits of eating, have become dyspeptics. , A Phila. lady, after being benefited herself, persuaded her husband to try Drste tats for stomach trouble. She rites: : “About eight years ago I had a se- ere attack of congestion of stomach for bowels. From that time on I had 0 be very careful abput eating, as ly every kind of food then known to me seemed to cause pain. { “Four years -ago I commenced to use Grape-Nuts. I grew stronger and better, and from that time I seldom have been without it; have gained in ealth and strength and am now eavier than I ever was. “My husband was also in a bad condition — hie stomach became so we that he could eat hardly any- thing with comfort. I got him to try Grape-Nuts and he soon found his stomach trouble had disappeared. “My girl and boy, 3 and 9 years ’ld, do not want anything else for Sreakfast but Grape-Nuts and more healthy children cannot be found.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little booklet, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There's a reason.” : FINANCE ND TRADE ENE DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY Declines in Stock Market Have Not Affected Prices of Commodities —Traffic Conditions Improved. Depression in the stock market did not extend beyond Wall street, com- modity prices ruling high and general business continuing vigorous. The traffic conditions have improved some- what, increasing the distribution of merchandise, and spring sales of dry goods have equaled anticipations. Retail trade is good for the seas- on, and late buying of winter goods necessitated by the severe weather in many sections, has depleted stocks. in a most satisfactory manner. "A few trade reports tell of conservatism re- garding operations for the future, due to high prices and tight money, but there is practical unanimity as to the ‘activity of current trade, comparisons with last year's figures being almost always decidedly favorable. Several wage scales are under dis- cussion that may not be settled with- out further enhancing the co#t of pro- duction or operation, but no serious strike is anticipated, and higher freight rates have become necessary on some roads because of increased expenses. Renewed demand for Bessemer iron from the leading interest indicates that it is unable to provide for the needs of the steel mills, and the dis- tribution of the contract among many furnaces testifies to the good condi- tion of order books, as no single con- cern could make the desired delivery. Other inquiries are noted and there is no evidence of weakness in any de- partment, while strength and activity are conspicuous in the lighter shapes of steel, notably sheets and hoops. The high money market is still postponing’ the business in steel rails, and cancellation of orders for rolling stock are, attributed to the same difficulty “of raising funds. Business. on the books of pipe and tube mills is beyond all precedent, and, as the season advances, there will be extensive requirements for wire products. Jxport inquiries are numerous,- one large sale of sheet bars being.reported for shipment dur- ing the closing months of the year. Large jobbers - state that much spring trade will be lost because goods cannot be secured in time, which should tend to leave dealers’ stocks in a most satisfactory state of de- pletion at the end of the seasnn. MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Wheat—No. 2 red Rye—D2 2 Corn—No. 2 yellow, ear No. 2 yellow, shelled Clover No. 1..... Feed—No. 1 white mid. ton.. Brown middlings...... Straw Oa Dairy Products. Butter—Elgin creamery Ohio creamery Fancy country roll.. Cheese—Ohio, new ew York, new. Poultry, Etc. Hens—per 1b Chickens—dressed Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh Frults and Vegetables. Potatoes—Fanéy white per bu.... Cabbage—per ton.... Onions—per barre BALTIMORE. Flour—W inter Patent. Wheat—No. 2 red Corn—Mixed PHILADELPHIA. Flour—Winter Patent Wheat—No. 2 Corn—No. 2 mixed... Oats—No. 2 white.... Butter—Creamery Eggs—Pennsylvania firsts NEW YCRK. Flour—Patents N Oats—No, Butter Creamery Eggs—Stato and Pennsylvania... LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Cattle. Extra, 1.459 to 1,69) 1bs Frime, 1.200 to 1.409 Ibs Good, 1200 10-1300 Ihc iii. Tidy. 4,050 to 1,150 Ibs.’ ? Common, 700 to 930 1bs oxen, .. Bul s. Pittsburg. L700 to 1,10). Fierh Cows and Springers Prime heavy Prime medium weight Best heavy Yorkers... Good light Yorkers. ... .. Plga......0 . hic. a sade Roughs ... Prime wethers Good mixed Fair mixed ewes and wethers. Culls and. common Lambs Veal calves Heavy and thin calves............. A letter of Thomas Jefferson brought $160 at auction recently. TEST FOR OVEN HEAT. To judge of an oven’s heat, try the oven every ten minutes with a piece of white paperd If too hot the paper will blaze up or blacken; when the paper becomes dark brown—rath- er darker than ordinary meat-pie crust—the oven is fit for small pastry. When light brown, the color of nice pastry, it is ready for tarts. When the paper turns dark yellow, you can bake bread, large meat pies or pound cakes; while if it is just tinged, the oven is fit for sponge cake and meringues. YEAR'S RAILWAY MILEAGE, Nearly 6,000' Miles Built in the United States in 1906. Official returns from most of the railroad companies in- the country, supplemented by the Railroad Ga- zette's own records and figures furnished by the state railroad com- missions, show that approximately 5,628 miles of new railroad line were built in the United States during the year 1906. These figures include fifty-seven miles of new main track relocated, but do not include second, third, or fourth track, sidings or elec- tric lines. The increase in the total over last year is 1,240 miles, about 28 percent. This large increase reflects, in part, the preliminary work carried out ‘last year, when active construc- tion was resumed, following the re- trenchment policy generally observed in 1904. It also shows the new move ment toward the Pacific coast, and the noteworthy prosperity of the present year. The scarcity and high price of labor has become a serious problem to build- ers, especially on the western lines, where agriculture, mining, and the trades offer unusual inducements, while at San Francisco extraordinary wages are being paid skilled and un- skilled labor, attrasting forces away from the Western Pacific and all new railroad work in that territory. Track has been laid on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul’s Pacific ex- tension for only about thirty-nine miles, leaving almost the entire line to be finished; the Western- Pacific has laid 112 miles of its line from Salt Lake City to San Francisco, which is to be 840 miles long (ex clusive of branches), and over 1000 miles remain to be built on the Kan- sas City, Mexico and Orient. In canha- da the Canadian Pacific is building nearly 1000 miles, while the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific plant to build a large number of branch lines in addition to work. now under way. ‘In Mexico the’ Southern Pacific has large plans for new lines to develop the west coast, but the filing of survey maps with the Mexi- can government is not yet finished, and construction work has hardly been begun. New, main track milage is reported in forty-two states and territories, in- cluding Alaska; where fifteen and one- half miles of new track were built. Texas leads the list, with track laid | on 635 miles, an increase of 297 miles over 1905. South Dakota, which built 116 ‘miles last year, is second this year with 388 miles. Louisiana is third, with 334 ,and Nevada is fourth with 282 miles. The largest de- crease reported is in North Dakota, where only 247 miles were built, as compared with 520 in 1905. The number of miles built in Cana- da was 1007, a decrease of 174 miles, as compared with 1905, when 1181 miles were built. Last year the large increase was due principally to the extensive building of the Canadian Northern, 600 miles, and the Canadian Pacific, 227 miles. These two lines added largely to their milage in 1906 but do not monopolize the showing as they did in 1905. In 1906 the Cana- dian Northern built 183 miles and the anadian Pacific 266. On the new transcontinental line of the Grand Trunk Pacific track laying will be started early in 1907 on the section from Winnipeg west to Edmonton, 790 miles, where most of the grade is ready for the rails. Mexico shows an increase of 49 miles, or about 20 percent, the mile- age built amounting to 277. miles, as against 238 in 1905. The following is the mileage built in the United States during the last 14 years: 1893, 3024; 1894, 1760; 1895, 1428; 1896, 1692; 1897, 2109; 1898, 3265; 1899, 4569; 1900, 4894; 1901, 5368; 1902, 6026; 1903, 5652; 1904, 3832; 1905, 4388, and 1905, 5628. The Man of Cheer. We love the man with a smile, the man with the roses on his tongue, the man who sees your boy's dirty face but mentions his bright eves, who no- tices your shabby coat but praises your studious habits, the man who sees all the faults but whose tongue is quick to praise and slow to blame. We like to meet a man whose smile will light up dreariness, whose voice is full of the music of the birds, whose hand-shake is an inspiration, and his “God bless you” a benedic- tion. He makes us forget our troubles as the raven’'s dismal croak is forgot- ten when the wood thrush or the brown thrasher sings. God bless the men of cheer! There is plenty of trouble here, but we need not increase it. There is a lot of dying done ahead of time. There are living men who have already crossed Jordan two or three times, and, unfortunately, they are not of the type who “cross the river of Jor- dan happy in the Lord,” but who sing, if they sing at all, dismalest, drear- iest, deadliest music. The very tone is fatal to happiness. If you have faith, preach it; if you have doubts, bury them. If you have joy, share it; if you have sorrow, bear it. Find the bright side of things—God’s" §ide—and help others to get sight of it also.—Zion’s Herald. The Terrible Price of Age. “Gee, I hope I'll never get as old as grandpa.” “Why, darling ” ; “Didn’t you hear him say when he was at our house for dinner on Christ- mas that he was too old to eat mince pie or more than one piece of turkey ?”—Chicago Record-Herald. Few Russian trains travel at a fast- er rate than 22 miles an hour. STOP WOMAN AND CONSIDER First, that almost every operation in our hospitals, performed upon women, becomes necessary because of neglect of such symptoms as Backache, Irregularities, Displace- ments, Pain in the Side, Dragging Sensations, Dizziness and Sleepless- ness. Second, that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from native roots and herbs, has cured more cases of female ills than any other one medicine known, It reg- ulates, strengthens and restores women's health and is invaluable in preparing women for child-birth and during the period of Change of Life. Third, the great volume of unsolicited and grateful testimonials on file at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mess., many of which are from time to time being published by special permission, give absolute evi- dence of the value of Lydia E. Pinkhgm's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound For more than 30 years has been curing Female Complaints, such as Dragging Sensations, Weak Back, Falling and Displacements, In- flammation and Ulceration, and Organic Diseases, and it ‘dissolves and expels Tumors at an early stage. Mrs. Pinkham’s Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from ‘any form of female weakness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. for advice. Sheis the Mrs. Pinkham who has been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty’ years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law, Lydia E. Pink- ham in advising. Thus she is especially well qualified-to guide sick women back to health. Write today, don’t wait until too late. deal from the pleasure they should affora. at a trifling cost with one cc~t of mixed ready for use. other paint on the market. weather and muddy roads, Carriage and Buggy Paint. Buffalo Boston PAINT YOUR VEHICLES Shoddy or weather-beaten carriages. buggies. sleighs or other vehicles detract a great You can make such vehicles icok like new Buffalo Carriage and Buggy Paint No rubbing or varnishing necessary. buggies and carriages, and can be easily applied by anyone who can handle a brush, Dries quickly and hard and gives you a bright, glossy, piano finish, unequaled by any The kind of paint that wears and resists the ravages of the Made in eight colors and black. ments ground in the best and most durable coach varnish. If your dealer does not keep it, send ns his name and we will send you our color chart and our beautiful Buffalo-head Stick-pin Free. Buffalo 0il Paint & Varnish <o., Chicago Specially made for painting Made from the finest pig- Insist on getting Buffalo Sole Makers San Francisco Thrift in France. It is estimated that the peasant of the south of France spend on food for a family of five an avereage of 2d a day. For breakfast there is bread, with a preparation of salt fish to spread on it; for dinner, stock fish or a vegetable soup or salad, and for supper lentils, beans or other vege- tables. Water is the chief drink, with a very thin wine once in a while. Rabbit is occasionally used as a flavor in a vegetable stew, but that is a lux- ury. Beef or mutton is séldom tast- ed. Most of them dress poorly. But this economy is not for nothing. Many of them have lank accounts and in the matter of hard cash are well enough off. —Tit-Bits. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh chat canrot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CaeNEY & Co., Toledo, 0. We, the u-:dersigued, have known I. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O Hall's Catarrh Cureis tal:eninternally, act- ing directly upon theblood and mucuous sur- faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold byall Druggists. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. A Wise Suitor. A boy over at Howard has an eye for the main chance. He sent his girl a box of fancy stationery for a Christmas present. He had all the envelopes printed addressed to him- self, so she could not use them in writing to any other fellow.—Kansas City Journal. Garfield Tea—just simpie Herbs! The best medicine It regulates the Liver and ne; sJolues colstipation and purifies tue blood. Exports from the United-States to England last year reached $655,025,- 000, a gain over 1905 of $77,660,000. Whale is Champion Jumper. The most stupendous of all leap- ers of the sea is the whale—but the whale is not a fish. I have seen a monster weighing hundreds of tons, possibly eighty feet in length, rise slowly and deliberately out of the water until it appeared to be danc- ing on the surface, entirely clear of it, then sink slowly back. Such a leap is on record in the annals of the British navy. A large whale clear- ed a boat, going completely over it, an estimated leap of twenty feet in air—how many in a lateral direction was not known.—Outing Magazine. The horse can draw the |}§ load without help, if you reduce friction to almost nothing by applying to the wheels. No other lubri- cant ever made wears go long and savesso much I Ww horse power. Next time try Mica Axre Grrasz. Standard 0f! Co. Trnearnarated FREE TO EVERYBODY. SHERWOOD’'S, the largest general supply house in New York City, will send you, absolutely free, a beautiful drawing In colors, size 14x15 inches. in exchange for the names and addresses of six heads of families; those living in the country Mention one at a distance if possible. own name for our catilogue. SHERWOOD'S, New York City. Devpr. NM, preferred, Send your 11, 1907. P. N. -U. DROP SY FEW DISCOVERY; gives quick rollef and cures worst eases. Book of testimonials And 10 Days’ treatment Free. Dr. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, Box B, Atlanta, Ga, IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT ALWAYS KEEP A BOTTLE OF ST. JACOB IN THE HOUSE AND YOU WILL HAVE A QUICK, SAFE AND SURE REMEDY FOR PAIN » WHERE YOU CAN GET pe AT IT WHEN NEEDED. ® PRICE 25¢ AND 50c¢ W. L. DOUGLAS $3.00 AND $3.50 SHOES BEST IN THE WORLD W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 GILT EDGE SHOES CANNOT BE EQUALLED AT ANY PRICE. SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES Men’s Shoes, 85 to $1.50. Boys’ Shoes, 83 to $1.25. Women's Shoes, 84 to 81.50. Misses’ & Children’s Shoes, 82.25 to $1.00. W. L. Douglas shoes are recognized by expert judges of footwear tobe the best in style, fit and wear produced 1n this country. Each part of the shoe and every detail of the making is looked after and watched over by skilled shoemakers, without regard to time or cost.- If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W. I. Douglas shoes are made, you woul? ther nnderstand wh YA they hold their shape wear Jonger, and are of greater value than any other makes. - Ww lasname and price is stamped on the bottom. which protects the wearer against hich ow be ng prices and inferior shoes. Fast Color Euelets usad » relouseircly, Take No Sat atitnte. Catalan mailmd frees, Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. W. L. DOVGLAS, Brockton, Mass. 34 YEARS SELLING DIRECT ess have been sold directfrom our facto: r icles harn to user Tors third of a centu > guaran not satisfied as to style, ‘We ship for examination teesafe delivery. Youare out nothing quali ty and price. $3) We Are The Largest Manufacturers In The World () NY ¢ selling to the consumer exclusively. ‘ehicles, 65 ntyles of Harnees. Send for large, free catalogue. Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mig. Co, CA ‘We make 200styles of /) KH No, 80. Comblustin Bucy ving Wagon. Price com- Biota, extrs seas, $53. 50,
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