What You Cet When You Buy Mexllolne Is m Mat ter of Great Importance. Do yon get that which bat the power to radicate from jronr blood nil poisonous taints and thus remove the cause ot dis t Do you bay MOOD'S Barsaparllln and only Hood f It yon do, yon may Inks It with the utmost confidence that It will do yon good. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla I Amerlca'i Greatest Medicine 1; nil for JA, Hood'e PHI care blllonsnens, lndlvostlon. V. J. Mercer, dry goods editor of the Now York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, recently de livered, at the room of the Merchants' Aasorlatlon, New York city, an ndilrens on "Cotton Industry In the South." At the present time there are 600,000 spln dlea In the Bouth running on that class of goods known more particularly aa Fall Klver goods. The Bouth main tains that its progress o far In the direction of fine goods la only an earn est of what It Is able to do In the fu ture. I found nowhere In the South spinning finer than 60s. nor weaving finer than 40s yarn. Taking the whole South, which I visited, the average week will not be less than 68 hours. Beauty Is Illood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without It. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic clean your blood and keep It clean, by stirring up the lar.y liver and driving all impurities from the bodv. Itcln to Any to bnnleh pimples, boll, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly hlllou complexion by t'lklng t'ns narrts, beauty for III cents. All drngslsta, satisfaction guaranteed. 100. le. Wo. This Is an off-year with the sea ser pent along the New Knglnnd coast. The competition of Spanish wnr ships has driven him out of business. To Core a Cold In One Day. ' Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. Alt Druggist refund money If itfallstocnro. S5c. There could not possibly be a whiter city than Cadiz, unless It were built of snow. As you near the coast you see In front of you a white mass which ap pears to be floating upon the water. The first thought for a foreigner Is that he Ib In sight of an Iceberg. Educate Tour Bowels With Tasesrets. Candy Cathartic, cure rontl potion forever. 10c, Sfflc. If C. C". C. fall, li-UKKit8 refund money. In Florida a wine Is made from to matoes, which Is superior to orange wine. A. M. Priest. nrairtflxt. Shelhvvllle. Ind.. says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives tho nest ot Satisfaction. Cap get plenty of testimonials. as it. cures every one wno taxes ifc urine gists sell It, 7fte. ST.VITl'H' DANTE. SPASMS and all ncrv. ons diseases permanently cured by the use of jr. Kline's llreat Nerve Restorer. riemi for rnr.E fun trial Dottle and treatise to nr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., Oil Arch Street, I'hlla, l'a. Some Hindoos wear mustaches and beards, but all wear whiskers, which are shaved off at once when an adult relation dies. The shaving off of whiskers Is thus a sign of mourning. Clergyman's Kapenment A laudable attempt on tbe part of Nottlnc Hill clergyman to practically Illustrate to tbe working class portion f bis flock the combined benefits ot religion and a tankard of beer has, we regret to bear, proved unsuccessful. The Rev. Prebondnry Den I son started, for tbe social pleasure of bit congrega tion, a club, where tbe reverend gen tleman or bis euro to wont, after dis pensing theological pabulum in the cburcb, and served tbo monitors with beer and other corporeal refreshment!. Tbe idea was to keep them away from public bouses and to afford them bon is recreatlun with a reasonable amount of tlpplo. By tbe rules no man could be served wltb Mquor more than three times in tbo course ot a night But the clergyman was unaware of tbe degree If not of original sin at least of bibulous Ingenuity among the rougher clauses oi Nottlng Hill. They evaded tbe rule by clubbing together their twopences and treating each other, so tbat in the course of tbe evening a member waa able to obtain balf a dozen, or even more, drinks, instead of three. Tbe re sult was sometimes unpleasant, and the 'Prebendary baa therefore reluct antly determined to give up tbe experi ment. London Telegraph. AN OPERATION AVOIDED. Mrs." Tlona Oaum Writes to Mrs. FixOcham About It She Says : Dear Mns. Pinkuau: I take pleas ure in writing you a few lines to in form you of tho good your Vegetable Compound has done me. I cannot thank you enough for what your modi cine bus done for me; it has, indeed, helped mo wonderfully. For years I waa trou ttlod wltb an ovarian tumor, each year grow ing worse, un til at loot I was com polled to consult with' a physician. He said . uothlngcould be done for me but to go under an operation.'' In speaking with a friend of mine about it, she reoommendod Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, say ing she knew it would cure me. I then sent for your medicine, and after tak ing three bottles of it, the tumor dis appeared. Oh) you do not know bow much good your medicine baa dons me I shall recommend it to all suffer ing women. Mrs. Bosa Oaum. 720 Wall St., Los Angeles, Cab The great and unvarying snocess of Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Corn pound is relieving every derangement of the female organs, demonstrates It to be tho modern safeguard of wo man's happiness and bodily strength. More than a million women have beea benefited by It. , -Evwjr aroma who needs advios f ' yai her 'health is Invited to writ to I i rt-V ham, at Lynn, Mass, f" w ns-iFsni Bforjev. WN -j- t 4MbUg s GOOD ROADS NOTES. A Typical Case, What Is to be done under conditions that obtain in many parts of the conn- try? is the question raised by a mem ber of the League of American V heel inen. He says; 'Ve have in this township assessed ronjrlily at 8:150,000 some sixty miles of road. We cannot spend 810,000, $1000 or even $300 per mile on these roads. There is not enough money in the township, all told, to do it, and the law Hit its the bonded indebted ness. To select a few miles of the principal highway is not just to the poor fellow who helps pay for it and must drive Ave or ten miles to reach it, "Much better work might be done than we are doing, but it remains that ninny miles must be attended to with fow dollars. What most is need ed is careful consideration of existing conditions how best to spend $1200 or $1300 on sixty miles of road, re serving $'200 or $'MM) of that for the winter's snows. Teooh us serviceable lessons for communities of this sort, and do not expect asphalt, mncadnm or steel until the follows from town help to bnild them (and they haven't built their own yet). "No wonder the rnstio kicks if the rond is to cost more than the entire value of nil the farms through which it passes. He appreciates good roads, but must remember his slim pocket book. He laughs a little, too, at the big saving heavier loads would make for him. Nine out of ten of him at that tiino of year have little to do fir self or team and are not crowded with what they have to market. He would rather make two trips than one, as he and the horses both need the exer cise." The tendency in snch cases an this is to underestimate the beneficial ef fects of hard roads and to assume that they are of value only during the win. ter. Thoy are of enormous value then, and of equally great value in summer and the busy seasons, when the possi bility of hauling big loads is money in the pocket. In the past, the farmer has been left too much to his own resources in the care of the highways. Now, however. State aid is rapidly being acknowledged as tbe proper means of promoting the good work, and the States are slowly but surely falling into line in adopting it. Until it is generally in force, there may bo time for much good work to be done, and the first steps toward real improvement can be taken by se enring careful grading, thorough drain age aud the adoption of wide tires. In this eonneotion tbe experiences of two southern counties is right to tbe point. In one, tbe loads average 2466 pounds and the tax is ten cents a hun dred. In the other the loads are but 800 pounds and tho tax twenty cents a bundred. Improved methods reduced tbe road tax one-half, and greatly lia proved the roads. This county owns grader, plows, carts, implements and six mules, and superintendent and five men are kept at work on the roads. The work costs $55.17 a mile and though the roads are only plain "dirt," they are kept in snob good condition that three times as much can be hauled as on roads cared for in the old way. Here, surely, is a cheap and easy way to be gin. L. A. W. Bulletin. Inexpensive Road Repair. A correspondent suggests that tho system of continual supervision and repatr of road-beds used by the rail ways would not be praotioable on the highways, because the railway seotion foremen depend for their positions on the thoronghness of their work, have only short distanoea to oare for, and can make themselves thoroughly fami liar with them, while Highway com' tnissioners frequently know and caro nothing about roads, and have long stretcnes with whicn they bave little time or opportunity to become oo quainted. As long as present conditions ob tain, and highway commissioners are chosen for pohtioal reasons, and de vote little time and attention to the roads, not mnoh- in the way of im provement is to be expeoted. It is the system wbiob must be changed, and it will be when the people realize the importance to the oommnnitr of hav ing bard and smooth roads on whioh to travel. It is not necessary to al ways build expensive roads costing, perhaps, from one to ten thousand dollars a mile, but present roads can be vastly bettered by giving them oon stant oare, together with proper grad ing and drainage. This work his been successfully undertaken iu some quarters and good results obtained. as in the caBe referred to last week, iu whioh the expense was so small that the road, tax had been reduced, while tbe roads bad been improved. As long as present methods prevail. "D" thinks that the farmers, and those living off the main roads should be interested in some way in looking af ter J tbe roads that pass their'own doors, so tbat they would remove stones, fill up holes and see that all water ran off quiokly, and suggested that they could pay a small part of tneir road tax in labor in this way, under the ooutrol of the road oommis sioner. The old plan of "working out road taxes has been a complete failure, but it does not necessarily foi' low that something of this kind wonld no work in soma districts, especiully if the people first become in some measure oouvinoed of the ifnportanoe ox the step. . '. A Problem In Uomd IuaprovwiMat. The entrance to the beautiful val ley of the Bamapo is at Suffern, N, Y. The county in whioh the tows lies has many natural advantages, but is unable to obtain benefit from them because of the roads through whioh U people "still flounder la the mire." Iloir easy it would be tot them, and many other oottnties sim iliary situated, to improve their high ways is plainly shown by the Suffern Independent. There are sixty miles oi road, and an expenditure of S'2000 per mile on them would create an indebtedness of $150,000. Suppose this amount was borrowed on bonds payable in from one to flfteon years at four per cent. By paying the annual interest and six per cent, on the principal, the whole amount could be paid in twelve years and the roads kept in order, without a grenter annual expenditure than the $10,000 now required for re pairing worthless roads. The assess ment of the county "la, in round nn in hers, $'20,000,000 of which $150,000 Is three-quarters of one per cent. Now, taking the average assessment of the taxpayer to be $1000. his proportion of the entire debt would be $7.50, and his assessment for each year for this ; purpose would be seventy-five cents." Figured down this way, there seems ! nothing wanting to securing better ! highways but tho will to make the start. An Incomplete Kstlmnto, I Iii the following estimate of the cost of laying stone roads some im-1 portnnt items have been omitted. Ihe Indiana Farmer says that "the ' cost of broken stone for building roads is not so great, as many suppose. I It can be bought at the crushers for ; forty cents per solid yard, and the railroad will freight it forty miles or less, at about fifty cents per cubic yard, making a total of ninety cents; I but suppose we call it $1. Thon if the road-bed is nine foot wide amf the stone is piled on a foot deep, a cubic yard will cover three feet linear at a cost of $1, making one mile (17C0 yards) cost as many dollars. But as only about nine inches are necessary, one-fourth of this amount, or $110, should be deducted, making the ex act amount only $1320, which is cheap enough for a first-class road, the ma terial for which must bo brought forty miles by rail. Substantial ronds can be built at a thickness of nine inches, but the atone used is by no means the only item of expense. The labor of hand ling, placing and rolling it must be considered and, more important still, careful grading and thorough drain age must be secured. Hard roads van be built much more cheaply than formerly, but a "first-class" one oan not yet be laid at such low figures. narrow Venn Wide Wagon Tires. Soientiflo experiments extending over two years have been made midet the auspioes of tbe Stndebakor Broth ers, the widely-known wagon builders, to determine the relative qualities ol wide and narrow-wheel tires. The The results aro too extensive to givt in full. Every kind of road was used to test the question. It was found that on macadam roads the narrow tires were far inferior to tho wide, and they required much greater effort to draw a given load. In a deeply-rntted clay road, the narrow tires runniug in the ruts and the wide tires on top, the narrow tires weto far more efficient. This was also the case with wet mud. But as soon as tho mud began to dry the wide tires showed a vast superior ity. In general, the only justification for narrow tires proved to be thor oughly bad roads. Youth's Com panion. The Crusade Against Rata. Never allow pools of water to stand on a road. If a road is not propcrlj drained it cannot long remain good. It requires longer time and mor power to haul light loads over bad surfaoes than to move twice as much ou good roads. Anything that facilitates intercourse between people tends to civilize them. Nothing helps so muoh toward this end as perfeot highways. Two buildings were lately destroyed by fire in an outlying ward of Cleve land, Ohio, on account of the depth of the mud, whioh provented the en gines from reaching them in time. Common roads may be vastly im proved by being properly crowned and thoroughly drained, and the work of making and keeping them good will be simplified if the traffic on them is on wide tires. The Governor of Massachusetts has reoommended a wide-tire law and tbe subject is being tuken np seriously. Such a simple and effective means of improving poor roads and maintaining good ones ought not to be neglected. Nature is not a road-builder she never prepares artificial means of liv- iug. But she furnishes ample ma terial for every need, and science long since learned to utilize what she offers to meet the necessities of our com plex civilization. The farmers along a road in Central New York have donated twelve hun dred tons of stone, picked from around their farms, for road improvement purposes, aud a neighboring stone crusher has been rented to properly prepare the material for use. The evor-inoreasing tendency to concentrate in big oities can be coun teracted by making country life at tractive. But country life cannot be permanently attractive to city residents unless good highways afford Inter communication and easy transit. Hovel riaav Vot Bill. In the course of speeoh in support of his "foxsoiilp" bill in the Kentucky Legislature Representative Hatfield, of Pike County, said: "I ask for the passage of this bill in the interests of religion and morals. If you pay nn bounty for fox scalps no ons will kill the foxes; if no one will kill them they will kill the chickens, and whi you uavs no ouictens you nsve n preachers, and whar you have n preachers you have uo religion aud no uyoraii." Tours Truly." The habits of people In signing let tera are receiving some attention, and Interesting conclusions are drawn from a study ot the different ways writers subscribe themselves. The ' curt "Yours" and "Yours truly" are found not only In business letters, but In per sonal notes as well, for there are plenty of correspondents who don't believe in gush, and who think that "Yours truly" or "sincerely" means about all they wish to convey. Opposed to those sen sible and essentially practical persons Is tlint class of writers umde up usual ly of young and enthusiastic Individ uals, as a rule of tbe gentle sex, who throw words about as carelessly on pa per as they do In conversation. The use of the word love by such people s a distressing sign of emotional weak ness, or carelessness, or of Insincerity, and possibly arises from the same im pulse that prompts women to kiss each other Indiscriminately. One Boston girl, who Is quoted by the Journal, has taken ber own stand In the matter, and at the risk of being considered "cold" and "thoroughly Boston" she sticks to It. In her childhood she wns taught to Blgn "nftVctlonntely yours" to her far away greataunts and second cousins, sonic of whom she had never seen, but all of whom she tried to like, because of tbe claims of kindred, and tbe word "affectionately" enme to mean to bet nothing at all except pollto and neces sary fiction. So she signs "affection ately" to people she Is supposed to be conventionally fond of, and when she says anything more she means It. She thoroughly approves of "Cordially yours," and this, by tbo way, Is seen I more and more frequently now In notes between acquaintances who are on distinctly friendly or cordial terms. After all, "Your friend," when It can be used truthfully, Is a simple and satis factory way of ending friendly letters. Rome people have tbe habit of not pre facing their names wltb any set form i of words at tho end of loiters. They stop wheu they get through, and write their slgnatuVes without any frills. Worcester (Mass.) Gazette. Expensive Mirth, "Cheery words cost nothing' "That's where you are way off. snld two cheery words yesterday and they cost me $17. "How did that happen?" -"Well, I slapped a big man on tiis back, and said. 'Hello, Fatty P H "That was all right." -"No, It wasn't; be turned out to be) a man I didn't know, so wo knocked each other down and got into court,' Unatnn Journal A New Tork paper says that "the ex pectation that electricity would destroy the demand for horses has not yet been realized." Why, of course not; It Is Im' possible to eat an, electric battery. Platonic love is a sort ot prologue to Ihe real thing. now Relief Came, ! From Colt County Democrat, Jctferso City, Mo. When la grippe visited this section, abont Seven years ago. Herman II. Eveler. ot 811 W. Mala Ht., Joflorson, Mo., was one ot the victims, anil baa since been troubled with the after-oflccta ot the disease. Iln Is a well-known oootructor anil builder, a bust new reaiilrinit muoh montal and nlivslcal Work. A year ago his health began to fail alarmingly, ana time ne uvea to-day Is al most a miracle, Ue says: "I waa troubled with shortness of breath, Cnipimuun ui me uourt nuu s general tle ilitv. Mv back also pained ma anvuraiv. "I tried one doctor aftor another and numerous remedies suggested by my friends, .but without apparent benefit, and pagan to givi up hope. Tuon I saw Dr. Williams' rink l'llls foi Falo People cxioiieq in I St. hLd'dii paper, a at oftflr Invest!, gallon, de elded to glv them a trial. "Attar us. Ins the Oral A Contractor' t MMcultv. box I felt wonderfully relieved and waa satisfied tbat the pills wore putting ma on the road to recovery. I bought two more boxes and continued taking thorn. "After talcing four boxes of Dr. Williams' Fink Fills tor Fale People I am restored to food health aud feel like a new man. am now capable ot transacting my business with inoreased ambition. "Dr. Williams' Fink Fills for Pale People are a wonderful medicine and anyone that Is afflloted with shortness ot breath, pal pitation ot tbe heart, nervous prostration and general debility, will And that tbese pills are the speoltla. HxaxaiH. Kyilib." Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public., this SMtti day of May, 181)7. Adah Podtbioho, Notary Fuhlie. Mr. Eveler will fcladly answer any In quiry regarding this It stamp U enclosed. Dr. Williams' Fink Pills cure people troubled with the atter-effeots ol the grippe because they aot directly on the Impure blood. They aro also a speelilo for ehronln erysipelas, catarrh, rheumatism and all diseases due to impure or Impov erished Wood. Most spiders have eight eyes, al though some species have only six. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Casraret Candy Cathartic. lOe or Sao. If C.C.C.fuil tooure, druiciciats refund money. Be Tiptoes Now.' "What a quiet man your husband la, Mrs, Blcley, and it's surprising, too. Before tie was married he was one ot the noisiest young men I ever knew. How did you break blm of it?" "I didn't break him of it The baby did It. It didn't take him long to learn the value of silence after little Alfred caxua." Thrlltlua. Tie Tbat must be a very Interesting book you are reading. Bhe Oh, It's awfully exciting! Tb heroine changes ber gown sis times la lbs first chapter. A Boston prisoner, arrested for drun keuues, was summarily discharged when be suld tbst he was tbe father of twenty-four children. And he had beea gone an hour before tbe court remem bered that the prisoner bad teatlfled that be was w years old. On Daacerous Qronnd. Dick I am convinced now tbat th funny men are right when' they say woman can't understand a Joke?. Tom Why, what's happened? Dick I called ou Mrs. Dartlelcb that sprightly little widow, you know last night and just in a Joking way pro posed to her. Tom Yes T Dick Welt, It looks now as If t will have to furnlsb a very elaborate dia gram to get nor to tee through It. Clevelnnd Leader. Don' t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tonr Life Away To quit tohaeeo easily and forever, be ning netle. full of life, nerve sndvlgiir. take N'o-To-line, the wonder-worker, thst makes weak men strontt. All tiniKiel"t. Mo nr tl. Cure guaranteed. Booklet ami sample free. Ailiii-es Kterlius Hemeily Va Chleaxo or New York. Artificial lees and arms were In use In Kgypt as early as II. t!. 700. They were made by the priests, who were the physicians of that early time. Among people where the practice of economy Is a g necessity, the buying of soap is an important yearly Item. w a The grocer who has an eye to larger profits, may not 5 S suggest Ivory Soap. He will recommend nothing else g : (t if he is conscientious. Ivory Soap is a pure soap, all 4 . S through. That makes it the most economical and best. - A perfect soap for the toilet and laundry. " A ' IT FLOATS. ' - i C A WORD OF WARNING. Thtrs are many whit soaps, each raprcstnM to be" Jutt g J5 ' aa food as Vn ' Ivory ';" thty ARE NOT, but Ilk all counterfeits, lack the peculiar ana ( ramarlublaualltmoHtatnuln. Aikfor" Ivory "Soap and Insist upongettlnt It i Lcpfi ..? i-a.eiiiiiiia 2 fJo JJeed to Lose a Day of Delightful Spring Riding We can fill all orders at once from stock. We are sure we can please you in quality and price with a ' Machines and Pope r.lfg. Co., PAIJraVALL8 CEILIfJGS H CALCIMO FRESCO TINTS FOR DECORATING WALLS IND CEILINGS orCalcl mo paint dealer and do your own kftlMomintnff. Tula material I mada ua aoiantlAe principle by machinery and uilliad in twenty-four tiuta and ii superior to auy coneoetloa of Glua aud Wail log tbat can poinlbly b oiads by band. Te be Mixed with Cud Water. fa-HENI Volt HAIHPI.H COI.Olt ('AHI)H and If yoa cannot pnrehaaa this malarial from your local dealer 11 ua kuow aud w will put yen la tb way of obtaining it. THE MIHALO CO., NEW BRIGHTON, 8. 1., NEW YORK. What Brings Release From Dirt and Crease 1 Why Don't You Know 1 SAPOLIO Sour Stomach -After I was ! t try CASCA BIT, 1 will aawer be without tbeoi la la boa. Uy Utot waa la a vary bad bau. sad ray b4 aoad and I bad eloawch trouble. Mow. iluca tak ing Caaoarau, I foal Bo. My wife baialao a) en wltb txacaaiai raauiia lor aoar noaiaea. -Jos. KuBBUNa. imi Cougreaa St., St. Loula, Mo. CANDY ' wATrfAKTIO CATHARTIC Pteaaant. Palatable. Puunt. Tut loud, tiir Momu, Waaaau. or aril. I Good, pa SM.SM, ... CUM OONTIIATION. ... w-tSiaiy Biiw.niaaia.llwlwahB.wTe- M 1 A hunting-horn at a aale In London fetched ,800 guineas. It Is an ordinary cow's horn beautifully enameled, the subjects depicted being hunting scenes. It Is about 350 years old. fo-To-llae for Fifty Cents. nnstanteed tohsceohabltcnra. makes wesk men strong, blond pure. Dllc, l. AlldruKKlst. The United Hebrew Charities of Hew York spent last year $130,000 In benevo lent work. , Fits permanentlyenred. No fltsor nervous ne after flrt dn j's use of Hr. Kline's Drest Nerve Hentnrer. Itrinl bottle end treatise free Dr.K.H.Kl.lNB L,td..!l Arch HU'lilla.,I'a, Sent free, Klondike Mas From Oold Commission's official survey, AoV dress UarUner A Co. Colorado tipriugs, Colo, . Mrs. Win-low's HonthlnRRyrnp forehltdren teething, softens the sums, rertuolns In- flammntion, allays pain, cures wind colio. tbo, a bottle. For Whooping ronaji, Plso's Ctife ts a sac Cenfiil remedy . M.F.I)irrsB1W'i'broopAve Brooklyn, N. V. Nov. 14, ISM. Hartford or Vcdotto. Prices Guaranteed. Hartford, Conn. WAGON Bomerhtaf entirely Mw. NUIOjMT PAIS). A batter Seal Ht money than has avr uaea enarao. SCALES Addraaa. on of Bloghamtaa, ninini vrn, r, i. TIE BOXIMNTrnMnW.1,! brae. M page. Hew Maaie. Bright Llt.rattir. Mvamal Womau a Department. Ort Ulubbla OS.r. 14 yearly. Haaaple copy aad areailaai Hat. lOm. tuit DOMINANT. 44 W.SHtbNtM.V. v V JIVJsJWaaM-.o,.: fcucoafijlly Prtov- Calms, LaTaPrliioliialBmAailaar u ...ruloa Bura lyr.lu laat war, iiMlliiHiigalaiiMi, auy al aa,
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