reach- D Grant 1, a nt of vhere pro- ment fic of 1 Jaf ecree oring given veral struc- were hold- ed to biiga- s of a creta- to re- r the rtain n be- 1901, rtain ected 'y 15, owell com- iving 1 the owell rainst Cald- raid- 1 and save wal- ola here, arm. inced odies vd at ntire Inng ndies face. res, y by rainst with rejeen- n be- rand post- e op- and nined e ap- lina. for S up- le it sures s and dition iron rders . fur- inded s the ween le E. m at ed to wa. ntral High had - him spen- a bill. hilip- hings cop- eases 1 the ap- inery cads, 1d al- e im- con- hilip- os Fa This boat is simpler and smaller than The Moth War. The Legislature of Massachusetts is to be asked for an appropriation of $300,000 to cover the expense of this year’s fight against those insect pests, the gypsy and browntail moths. The problem of destroying the dangerous insects has enlisted the attention of many fertile minds, and countless ex- periments have been tried in this connection, the cost aggregating in the New England states many hun- dreds of thousands of dollars. This year the moths are to be fought with their own parasites, 80,000 of the lat- ter havinz been let loose recently from the experimenting station at Melrose Highlands, and addiconal thousands will speedily follow. These parasites are understood to kill the moth in its caterpillar state, in vari- ous fashions, according to the nature of the parasite, but the method will be interesting only to the naturalists, the result being the point that draws the attention of the suffering public. The experiment is not a new one, be- cause it has been tried successfully against the gypsy moth in Europe, but it is the first attempt to destroy the pests on so large a scale and in such an approved scientific method, in our country. Asbestos Shingles. Great pressure is used in manufac- turing the new shingle of asbestos fiber and Portland cement, and they absorb only 5 per cent of their weight of water hydration, and gradual crys- tallization on exposure on roofs make them absolutely impermeable. FITS, St. Vitus’ Dance, Nervous Diseases per- manently cured by Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr.H.R. Kline, Ld.,931 Arch St.,Phila., Pa. Worries of Modern Life. Nowadays we must not drink spir- its no reat meats; we will not smoke; the air of cities is poisonous, the air of the country too strong; the light ruins our eyes and the noise racks our nerves; shaking hands is a means of collecting microbes and kiss- ing is pure suicide. Life is indeed growing dull and diffictilt. " EE I 23 Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething,softens thegums, reducesinflammma- tion, allays pain,cures wind colic, 25ca bottle The New Sponge Vessel, The submarine boat has taken in- dustrial form in the new vessel for the sponge fishery of the Kerkenah islands, off the coast of Tunis, the greatest sponge gathering center. A crude attempt at bottom navigation for sponges was made some years ago by Vicar General Raoul of Car- thage, and he organized the local so- ciety that has followed up the problem and has had the present vessel built. those designed for naval use. It is. sixteen and one-half feet long, five and one-quarter feet in diameter, has a displacement of only nine tons and a buoyancy of 1,300 pounds, and car- ries two men. The only opening is the turret at the top. Filling three water ballast tanks causes the vessel to sink, and it is raised, and small movements of ascent and descent are controlled by manipulating the com- pressed air valve. Two steel cars, with water tight spherical joints make it easy for the crew to paddle about. A wheel at the forward end facillitates moving along on the bot- tom, and a movable arm with water tight spherical joint is provided for gathering sponges, with a large bas- ket to hold them. Electric lamps are fed by a storage battery. X-Rays Without Burns. The special] X-ray tube worked out for medical use by Dr. A. C. Geyser has been tried in more than 5,000 applications of five to thirty minutes each and there has been no case of burning of the skin. The tube is of lead glass and a small flint glass window—just large enough to cover the area under treatment—is the only portion that permits the active radia. tions to pass. THE FIRST TASTE Learned to Drink Coffee When a Baby If parents realized the fact that coffee contains a drug-—caffelne— which 1s especially harmful to chil- dren, they would doubtless lesitate before giving the babies coffee to drink. “When I was a child in my moth- er’s arms and first began to nibble things at the table, mother used to give me sips of coffee. As my parents used coffee exclusively at meals I nev- er knew there was anything to drink but coffee and water. “And so I contracted the coffee habit early. I remember when quite young, the continual use of coffee so affected my parents that they tried roasting wheat and barley, then ground it in the coffee-mill, as a sub- stitute for coffee. | “But it did not taste right and then went back to coffee again. That was long before Postum was ever heard of. I continued to use coffee until I was 27, and when I got into office work, I began to have nervous spells. Especially after breakfast I | was so nervous I could scarcely at- tend to my correspondence. | “At night, after having coffee for supper, I could hardly sleep, and on | rising in the morning would feel weak and nervous. | “A friend persuaded me to try Pos- tum. My wife and I did not like it at first, but later when boiled good and | strong it was fine. Now we would not give up Postum for the best coffee we ever tasted. “TI can ‘now get good sleep, am free from nervousness and headaches. 1 recommend Postumtoallcoffee drink- | ers. “There’s a Reason.” | Name given by Postum Co., Battle | Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to | Wellville,” in pkgs. v Ever read theabove letter? A new | one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human | interest. MAN THE SUPERIOR. Shows More Artistic Tas: Than Woman in Dress and in Food. By H. PEARL HUMPHRY. The most enthusiastic believer in the superiority of woman does not pretend that she is perfect and un- approachable at all points. While the most famous dressmakers and the most famous chefs are men, we shall have, sad as it may be, to ad- mit that in some things men have done better than we have. These two subjects are especially within the woman's domain, anc yet in their higher aspects she is content to be led by men. This seems strange at first sight. Indeed, it has been used as a reproach. But, after all, there are a number of reasons that make it quite a natural state of affairs. It is still true, as Burton said in his “Anatomy of Melancholy,” that “Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.” A woman's knowledge of cooking is almost entirely a knowledge of how to prepare things that will taste nice. “She thinks of every dish as an entity, and she seldom considers it in relation to the courses that pre- cede and follow it. She has experi- ence of tastes, but no instinct for suggested flavors. The “Physiologie du Gout” is in two senses an unread book to her. The reason is that she considers food as the wherewithal to remove hunger, and leaves out of her calculations the fact that food is only one-half the question and drink is the other. > The world owes to wine a great deal of good humor, a great deal of fine literature and a good deal of arti- ficial optimism, which, if not so good as the real thing, is, at least, better than any sort of pessimism. But women are no judges of wine, for the simple reason that they have not been educated to it. It is an art, and does not come by nature. What woman ever wrote a drinking song or a tavern ditty? The sex has no great natural leaning to it, and has never been taught to acquire it. That is why the best cook is a man. He is like the leader of an orchestra, who knows every instrument beneath him, its capabilities, where it should blend, where it should detach itself and its proportion to the whole; whereas the woman cooks solos, not concertos. Food as a necessity of daily life is the province of the wo- man; food as a fine art is only mas- tered by the man, with centuries of cultivation behind him. - It is pre- pared by him for his peers; the chef who is an artist does not value a woman’s approbation at all. The very waiters know her status. One of the most humiliating things any woman can do is to order a luncheqn with the head waiter’s eye upon her. The eye is too respectful to be scorn- ful. man reads it and quails. As for the wine waiter, he has the air of a dreamer trying to forget the painful episodes of life. The only chance of soothing him is to leave it in his hands. He will then, in the breadth of his tolerance, give one sweet wine. exactly as one spreads a child’s bread and butter with sugar. Women in these exalted regions are as house painters in the National Gallery. As for dress, the reason for the supremacy of the male (so far) is easily found. Men have always been the executive artists; they inherit the talent of the ages. Women’s in- stinct has not been cultivated to the same extent. They love pretty things, but they do not study them- selves. The French woman knows more about her appearance than the English about hers, put not so much as the Frenchman knows about the appearance of all women. In the external treatment of the picture called woman the man has the ad- vantage of detachment from his sub- ject, whereas a woman has a hundred prejudices. As a rule, a woman falls in love with a frock, or a hat, purely on its own merits, and not because it will suit her so admirably. Just as the man cook knows that food and wine are parts of the whole and must be studied together, so the man mil- liner knows that the woman and her clothes are one entity, and just as the woman cook has concentrated all her energies on food, the woman dressmaker considers clothes apart from their wearers. The really well dressed woman is she who strikes us like a full length Gainsborough at sight—a complete picture, whose dominant centre is the face. When we have a feminine Gainsborough we may look for a feminine Worth. It needs cultivation, like any other art. Men have the dress instinct very strongly; it is only in abeyance just now by force of circumstance. The Stuart and the Louis Seize periods alone would prove this. At present, owing to the frock coat and tall hat, women are having the benefit of this dress instinct, which is at liberty to concentrate itself wholly on them. The fallacy that men never know It says so plainly, and the wo- how a woman is dressed is a mere air bubble. It is true enough that they may not know what she has on; but they always know how she i. dressed —well or ill, too much, too brightly. The woman notices what clothes the other wears; the man knows whether the picture was successful and har- monious or not. It is this cultivated ey: for the whole, the cultivated palate for the whole, which makes the man the supreme artist in dress and in food and will do so until women make up some of the time and ed several tion they have lost du sq -—-F] ry, in Black and White. enturi Pearl Humph.| board FINANGE AND TRADE REVIEW IRON TRADE REVIEW Some Difference of Opinion, However, as to Whether Activity Is Justified. Cleveland, O.—The Iron Trade Re- view says: ’ Great activity continues in the pig iron market, with an immense volume of inquiry and many sales of mode®- ate tonnage aggregating a large total. Following the heavy buying of large interests, smaller consumers in large numbers have come into the market, and orders have been freely placed. There is, of course, some difference of opinion as to whether this buying movement is justified by industrial conditions, and it is unquestionably true that there is a considerable plac- ing of orders in anticipation of in- creased business without positive evi- dence that such increase will be real- ized. Sentiment is certainly doing its share and may have a powerful influ- ence in averting a return to condi- tions which characterized the period of depression. Among the sales re- ported during the week are: Ten- nessee Coal, Iron & Railway Compa- ny, 20,000 tons; Woodward Furnaces; 12.000 tons; Matthew Addy & Co, 12.000 tons; Sloss-Sheffield Company, 6,000 tons; Republic Iron and Steel Company, 6,000 tons Iroquois Fur- nace Company, 9,000 tons. The leading pump interest has pur- chased 8,000 tons and is inguiring for 4.000 more. A large part of the iron sold last week by southern interests was at $11, Birmingham, but $11.50 now -seems to be the bottom prices, and several large interests have ad- vanced to $12. In the north there has been considerable activity in basic. Improvement in the coke market continues. Several furnaces have contracted for their requirements for the last ‘half of the year and others are in the market. There is also some improvement in demand for foundry coke, especially in Chicago and St. Louis. In finished materials the market has, on the whole, been quiet, but there is some improvement in senti- ment. MARKETS. ! PITTSRURG. Wheat—No. 2 red $ & 00 e—No. 2 Corn—No. 2 yellow, ea 80 81 No. 2 yellow, shelled 79 80 TT 73 57 58 56 7 515 5 20 1500 155) 1400. 1150 2900 2950 Brown middlings... 200 27 07 Bran, bulk....... Ceses 2,50 27 OC Straw—Wheat..... cee... .. 820 900 Oats scorns reneiie vy esis sites 85) 900 Dairy Products. Butter—Elgin creamery.... oe 253 26 Ohio creamery...... s 20 21 Fancy country roll 17 18 Cheese—Ohio, new.... 15 17 New York, new. . 16 17 Poultry, Etc. Hens—per ID .....seveesesassessia, $1 18 Chickens—dressed.......... IB 13 Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh. 17 18 Frults and Vegetables. Potatoes—Fancy white per bu.... 85 9) Cabbage—per ton. ........... eee 11507 0% Onions—per Darrol:............... . 950 600 BALTIMORE. 33 38 02 Tt 75 17 18 2) 25 PHILADELPHIA. Flour—Winter Patent............. $ 3) 575 Wheat—No. 2 red....... rie 100 Corn—No. 2 mixed.. 3 80 52 - Jats—No. 2 white. . 54 b> Butter—Creamery........ 24 25 Eggs—Pennsylvania firsts. 17 18 NEW YCRK, ; Flour—Patents...c...ecosvrereenses $ 560 570 Wheat—No. 2 red. 100 s -Corn—No. 2....... 63 67 Oats—No. 2 white ni i Butter -Creamery . 25 26 KEggs—State and Pe 17 18 LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Extra, 1,450 to 1,60) lbs... 30675 7 ye Prime, 1,500 to 1,40) 1bs . - 66) 6 60 Good, 1,200 to 1,300 1bs. 64) 650 Tidy, 4,050 to 1,150 lbs ...... 615 64! Common, 700 to 99) lbs... 5 2H 600 Oxen, 45) 20) Bulis. FE 301 50) Cows............... 33) 48! Heifers, 700 to 1,100........ 35) 555 Fresh Cows and Springers... «1333 BN Hogs. Prime heavy..........iav.iaiiiiad 3570 Prime medium weight BT 5°0 Best heavy Yorkers 57 5 50 Good light Yorkers 5 40 Hb 51 Pigs 5:8) © 5d» Roughs 7 5 2) Stags 35) t 0) Prime wethers, clipped. ........... $47 48) Good mixed......................... 4.0 43> Fair mixed ewes and wether: 4 00 425 Culls and common..... ..... 2 0) 3 A) Lamba, .....ccciifecnnais nis ivives 700 130) Calves. Veal calves .............c..conr-ene 3 00 25 Heavy and thin calves. ............ 3 0 » 0d The range of excuses for passing out of life certainly afford no satis- faction in the punsuit of a reason for self-destruction, contends the Denver Republican. And yet the cause may be found not in the given reason, but in the fact that there is a reason to give. May not that reason be the very fact that each self-destroyer had so centered his life in some ome thing, some one purpose, that when there came a derangement in the scheme of things the tension snap- ped. : It Was Tough, A Delphic response: “It’s hard; said the sentimental landlady at the dinner table, “to think that this poor 1 little lamb should just jt youth 0 ca yup fos SF lived Senna ‘acts vently vel prompt- ly onthe bole Noanbes Ne stem effectually on mn overcorng habitual consti ation evmanently. To oc its Venafioinl effects uy the denuine. anufactured by the : CALIFORNIA Fic Sxrup Co. SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS - 50¢ pe-BOTTLE The Civil Service. The national census bureau has just published a bulletin containing statistics of the executive civil ser- vice up to July 1, 1907. The last pre- vious bulletin was dated July 1, 1903. A comparison of the two shows how steadily the extension of the civil ser- vice system has been going or during the four years intervening. In the earlier bulletin 150,383 employes were considered; the later one applies to 286,902 persons. This is exclusive of the consular and diplomatic service and of postmasters, laborers at navy vards, clerks in postoffices not having free delivery and employes of the [sthmian Cana] Commission. Figures as to the method of appoint- ment show the proportion of employes chosen by competitive examination in 1903 to be 52 per cent; in 1907, 66.9 per cent, being an increase of one- third. The number of non-competitive positions has increased from 0.2 to 1.4 per cent; temporary appointments from 0.6 to 0.7 per cent. The number of those obtained by classification and extension has decreased from 25 to 17.7 per cent, while in the unclass- ified service there is a decrease from 17.1 to 11.7 per cent. There is a notable decrease in the average age of employes, which is now 36.3 years, against 41 years in 1903. On the surface this suggests the dropping out of elderly employes, but the records make a contrary show- ing. In 1903 there were but 1,468 per- sons over 70 years old in the service. In 1907 the number had increased to 2,159. Foot Ball on Horseback. One of the features of Buffalo Bill's show at Madison Square Garden this vear is foot ball on horseback. It has been called the healthiest thriller of the season, and certainly the emo- tions it arouses are of, the virile kind. The game is played with an immense push ball. Four Indians and four cowboys get busy and mix it up in the effort to land a goal at either end of the arena. The horses, instead of kicking the ball, as one might ex- pect, are forced by their riders up against it and shove it along. The horses by no means are broken to the work, and it’s al] the riders can do at times to keep their noses against the giant sphere of contention. Up to date the aborigines have the best of it, appearing able to handle their ponies better even than the rough rid- ers of the ranch. Denatured Alcohol. The production of denatured alcohol for the first six months of 1907 wun- der the new law covering its manu- facture, amounted to 1,774,272 gallons. The supplemental] new alcohol bill will, it is estimated, lead to, a produc- tion of 4,000,000 gallons for this cal- endar year. The operation of the law has already reduced the cost of + wood alcohol from prices varying be- tween 60 and 75 cents to 30 cents a gallon, a fact which amply indicates that a fairly efficient monopoly has been established in the wool alcohol business.—Scientific American. A KENTUCKY CASE. That Will Interest All Suffering Women. Mrs. Della Meanes, 328 E. Front St., Maysville, Ky., says: “Seven 3 years ago I began to notice sharp pain in the kidneys and a bearing down sensa- tion througt the hips, dull headache and dizzy spells. Dropsy appeared and my feet and ankles swelled so I could not get my \ shoes on. I was in misery and had despaired of ever get- ting cured, when I decided to try Doan’s Kidney Pills. One box helped me so much that I kept on until en- tirely cured.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Gas Engines in Spain. According to a British consular re- port, gas engines attained considera- ble popularity in Spain during the years 1901-03, which is reflected in the increased importation of anthra- cite coal used almost entirely for these engines. After 1903 their use declined, owing to lack of absolute reliability for any protracted period. the difficulty of purifying the gas and probably, too, in the case of small en- 1 as unscientific as Chinese diagnosis. gines, owing to the ystitution of cheap electric motors ied with | power from central si: 5, with | which the Spanish market he they fashion. but into flooded; cone have now USE BEETLES FOR FEVER Chinese Doctors Have Queer Ideas Regarding Sickness, Says Prof. Thwing. President Thwing of Western Re- serve university, who has just return- ed from China, and who has inspected Chinese medical schools and hospit- als, says that Chinese therapeutics is The human body has never been dissected in China for medical pur- poses. The Chinese doctor thinks that disease is a conflict between the spirit of light and the spirit of dark- ness within the sick man. He finds in the sick man nine pulses. If he has scarlet fever the doctor may prescribe beetles, for beetles shed their skin. But European medicine is already working great changes. Shields for Modern Warriors. Recent experiments at Sheffield, England, suggest the possibility that in this century shields may once more form an important part of the equip- ment of an army. Steel shields, three millimeters in thickness, and about 150 square inches in area, have been devised, which afford complete protec- tion against bullets fired from the ser- vice rifle at a range of 400 yards. The small size of the shield, which weighs only seven pounds, requires that the soldier shall lie prone on the ground in order to be sheltered. Each shield has a loophole for the rifle, and studs at the sides, so that a series of them: can be linked into a continuous screen. The idea is that by the use of such shields, the necessity of digging trenches may be avoided.—Harper’s Weekly. HAD BAD ITCHING HUMOR. Limbs Below the Knees Were Rawess Feet Swollen—Sleep Broken— Cured in 2 Days by Caticura. “Some two months ago I had a humor break out on my limbs below my knees. They came to look like raw beefsteak, all red, and no one knows how they itched and burned. They were so swollen that I could not get my shoes on for a week or more. I used five or six different remedies and got no help, only when applying them the burning was worse and the itching less. For two or three weeks the suffering was intense and during that time I did not sleep an hour at a time. Then one morn- ing I tried a bit of Cuticura. From the moment it touched me the itching was gone and I have not felt a bit of it since, The swelling went down and in two days I had my shoes on and was about as usual, George B. Farley, 50 South State St., Cone cord, N. H., May 14, 1907,” Electric Steel Process. Little has been heard of late about the application of electricity to the melting of Sheffield steel, but that the idea has not been abandoned is proved by the fact that several elec- tric furnaces of the Kjelling type are being tried at works in the city at the present moment for the production of cast steel of crucible quality. It has been decided to erect one of these furnaces at the technical de- partment of Sheffield University for the benefit of the students. The own- ers of the patent contend that they have now devised a furnace capable of turning out high grade steel on a commercial basis.—The Engineer. The number of victims of tubercu- losis in Germany exceeds 120,000 a ET EP eh N SY Free to HouseKeepers ‘We want every housekeeper to have a Per- fect DustBeater. Every home needs it every day. Hundreds of testimonials. To introduce it we will send 8 New Household Necessity of equal value and Free Premiums. Send 48 cents, stamps or money order. THE ONONDAGA SPECIALTY CO., P. O. Box 414, Syracuse, N. Y. MOTHER GRAY’S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN, . A Certain Cure for Feverishness, Constipation, eandache, 3 Stomach Troubles, i? and Mother Gray, Nurse in Child- in ren’s Home, New York City. TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body antiseptically clean and free from un- healthy germ-life and disagreeable odors, which water, soap and tooth preparations alone cannot do. A germicidal, disin- fecting and deodor- izing toiletrequisite of exceptional ex- cellence and econ- omy. Invaluable for inflamed eyes, throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At drug and toilet stores, 50 cents, or by mail postpaid. S 7 ¥ . Tn Fo 9) Large Trial Sample Sm WITH "HEALTH AND BEAUTY’ BOOK BENT FREE THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Boston, Mass. AIN CURE---2 guaranteed vegetable house. holl remedy for external and | internal pain coughs: colds, catarrh. Acts like | magic. Simple, safe sure. In powder form, by | mail, 3c. Pain Cure Co., 147 W. 66th St., N.Y. City, | WIEIDO WS? under NEW LAW obtained | PENSIONS "Raila 858s h- rom) ” or FOR MIN. bottoms 1 ow eet. s the why Skreemers re: 2 FW Two hundred pon vill tire v HELPFUL lg AN 2 Ea You won’t tell your family docto the whole story about your private illness — you are too modest. You need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink- ham, at Lynn, Mass., the things you could not explain to the doctor. Your letter will be held in the strictest con- fidence. From her vast correspond- ence with sick women during the past thirty years she may have gained the very knowledge that will help your case. Such letters as the fol- lowing, from grateful women, es- tablish beyond a doubt the power of LYDIA E.PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND to conquer all female diseases. Mrs. Norman R. Barndt, of Allen- town, .Pa., writes: “Ever since I was sixteen years of age I had suffered from an organic de- rangement and female weakness; in consequence I had dreadful headaches and was extremely nervous. My physi- cian said I must go through an opera- tion to get well. A friend told me about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and I took it and wrote you for advice, following your directions carefully, and thanks to you I am to- day a well woman, and I am telling all my friends of my experience.” FACTS FOR SiCK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound, made ‘ from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills and has positively cured thousands o women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic. pains, backache, that bear- ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges- tion,dizziness,ornervousprostration. WARM WEATHER Rai ¥ HRI oy Sa TE EMOLLIENTS For Preserving, Purifying and Beautifying the Skin, Scalp, Hair, and Hands, for Sunburn, Heat Rash, Chafings, and for all the purposes of the Toilet. Sold throughout the world. Depots: London, 27, Charterhouse Sq.; Paris, 5. Rue de la Paix: Austra- cutta; Chi ong’ Japan, Maruya, Ltd, Tokio: South Africa. Lennon, Ltd., Cape A va: tc. Russia. Ferrein (Apteka), Moscow: U.S otter Drug & Chem. Corp.. Sole Props., Boston, Post-free. Cuticura Booklet on the Skin. P. N..U. 23, 190s. DROP SY NEV DISCOVERY; gives quick relief and cures | worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 Days’ treatment Sree. : Dr. H, H. GREEN'S SONS, Box B, Atlanta, Ga, nds, more or less, resting t unless the shoe ae rrectly from the bottom up, and or the label. you don't find s how to secure them. D. F. FIELD CO., Brockton, Mass. de hE RL SGA Ny SH EINE
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