"POOR DIGESTION LANGUID AMD TIRED." I An Interesting Letter Concerning Pe-ru-na. If V yN-M IV ySW sSif W KTf0? Miss UolU .limvi-ftii, (llobo Hotrl, Ottnwn. Out., in from nno of th nlilost and best known Fnmuh I'niitiitlnn famllifs ia Cnnala. In a rooent lettrr to The Terunu Modli'lue Co., of Columbus, Ohio, she says : "Last Hprlnn tny blood ST inert clotjftn I up, my dlgemtton poor, mu head mohed and I clt languid and tired a'.l the lima, Mil phfihtclan prencrlhe-l for me, but a friend advlaed me to tr) Varunn. I tried it and am pleaned to state thnt I ouuJ it a ivonderul cleanlier and purifier of the iiilrn In three veekn I warn like a new wi.m.ni, my appetite hadtncreaneil, I felt buoyant, light and happii and without an ache or pain. Vcruna i a re liable fa mil y metltclne." Adia Ilrittain, of Sokitnn, O., writes: "After usiiik your wonderful IVrunn three months I have had great relief. 1 had continual heaviness in my stomarh. was bilious, and hud fainting spells, but they have all left me sinec uxing t'cruna." -Adia Brittain. If you do not derive nromnt and satis Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold In bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something Just u good," An Unlucky Year. Is this to be a generally unlucky year? Superstitions people say It cannot be otherwise, as there are no fewer than three Fridays which fall on the 13th of the month. One of these Ill-omened combinations hap pened lata month and anmhor awaits us next week, the third following la ter on. In November. Last year only once did Friday fall on a 13th. and that was in June, a month whose opening saw the conclusion of the war and whose close brought the stunning 'blow of the King's illness and the postponement of the coronation. What are the odds, therefore, on the Influ ence that the combination of Fridays and 13 may have on the year of grace 1908? FASTEN AGE MARKS. 5lck Kidney make people look older than they are hasten the evening stays of life; fasten the marks of premature old age. The world over Doan'i Kidney Pllla Is the recognized Kidney Specific. Aolilog backs ore eased, nip, back, and loin pains overcome. Swelling of the limbs and dropsy signs vanish. They correct urltio with brick dust sedi ment, high colored, excessive, pain in pass ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting. l)oan's Kidney Pills dissolve and rcmovo calculi and gravel. Relievo heart palpita tion, aleeplcsaueiui, headache, ucrvousutss. Balem, Mass., Mureh 81, lOfW I received the muiple of J loan's Kidney 111 la, and with tiie una of one mora box from my ilnu-nrlst I am entirely cured of a very Juiue bank. W, A. Cleveland. 1 Galksri'IM. Iu... Mureh 30, 10(13. The sam ple of Uoau's Kidney I'llts came to bund. I also got one 60-cent box from our druirgist. Bud I am thankful to say the pain across the small of my buck dlwipiieuml like a snow bauk iu hot sun. Doau's 1'ilUs reach the spot. Kluxr YVakfisi Ross Gli, Pa., March 29, 1003. Tho free trial of Dunn's Kiduey Pills have been of grcut ueut to me. Biuee using them I have uo oc casion to get np so often at night. My com plaint affvetod the bladder tuore when catching old. Joseph Ltmdiiu ALAI A natural, rock ba3e composition for walls and ceilings to le used lu White or any number of beautiful tints, iu powder form, to be mixed with cold water, making a durable, sanitary and cleanly home. Any one can brush it on. KALSOfwIEFJES are what? Unnatural glue and whiting decompositions for walls and ceilings that stick otily until the glue by exposure decays, when they rub and scale off, epoiliug walls and rendering them uusauitary uud the rooms almost uninhab itable. AlubaJtlne possesses merit while the only merit hot or cold water kalsomines possess is that your dealer can buy them cheap. There are many reasons why you should not use poisonous wall paper and unsanitary kaleomiues. Buy Alabastiae ia J lb. packages only and properly lubeled. Please write us for Suggestions front our Artists in Decorating Vour Rooms with ALABA A INK. ALABAST1NE COMPANY Nsw Vtrk Offics, 106 Wslar It. factory results from t)ie ne of Peruna, utile at oneo to J)r. llnrtman, giving a full statement of your race and he will he plt'.'iisi'd to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hnrtman, President of The llartman umturium, Columbus, Ohio. Said She Knew Him. However the "masher" may annoy women in other cities it isn't in a bluo moon that he ventures to bo Imperti nent In Washington. However, he does crop up occasionally, and he cropped up one day, or evening rath er, last week in a Capitol Hill car. When my eyes first fell upon him he was sitting opposite a very quiet look ing young woman and annoying her as much as he could by his bold stare. Ho was too noticeably dressed to loolt llko a gentleman, but he obvioiiHly fancied himself tremendously In that suit of clot lies. As the car filled un ho left bis scat and stood directly in ' front of the yonnp womnn. making nis presence pcrtectiy lmuierame. ine young woman flushed painfully, and endured In silence for a moment. Then she looked straight up at him. "Don't you know roe?" he asked, un der his brenth. The girl looked him over for a fraction of a minute. Then she. said, in tones loud enough to be heard all over the car: ."I didn't know you in those clothes," she said distinctly. "You're the man who takes our garbage away, aren't you?" Camkria, Wtomiko. rrovions to taking the cample of Uoan's Kidney pills I could scarcely hold my urine. Now I can sleep all millit und rarely have to get up, and thut ach ing aerofs my bark a little above my hips Is gone. Isaac W. Btei-uess, Cambria, Wyo. FOITtK-illLBl HX CO.. liUftMlo. N. V. Hmuie send iie by mn II. without charge, trial box iJoou's kidney l'Uls. Kaiue Post-office.. Btate (Cut out (nupnn on Hnttwl linM and mail to it.MWiurn Cu., initrslu, N. V.) Medical Advice Frse Strictly Confidential BS VHAT? 0Mc and Factory, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, FREE -TO BETTER KIDNEY HEALTH. TUltTLKS I.IVK400 EAltS EVOLUTIONISTS CAN TELL US NOTHING OF THEIR ORIGIN. Some That Weigh a Ton Facts About Only Animal Who Needs No 8trong Backbone Well Daveloped 8enses, Theirs Eggs Hatch by Themeslves. A turtle, waddling his solitary way along some water course, attracts lit tle Interest outside of bis clumRy, gro tesque shape, yet few who look upon him are able to give, off hand, even a bare half dozen facts about this hum ble creature. And If they could givo any, their Information would be limit ed to two or three usages his body Is put to soup and mandolin picks also combs. There are about two hundred differ ent kinds of turtles, and they live In all parts of the world, except In very cold countries. Australia has tho few est, and North and Central America the greatest numher of species. Evo lutionists can tell us nothing of thlr origin, for as far back In geological ages as they are found fossil (a mat ter of a little over ten million years), all are true turtles, not half turtles and half something eb. Crocodiles and alligators, with their hard, leath ery coals, come as near to them as any living creature, and when we see a huse snapping turtle come out of tho water, and walk about on land wo can not but be reminded of the fouow with the armourer back. Turtles are found on the sea and on the land, the marine forms deserving the name of turtles, more properly; tortoises being those living on lund or In fresh water, but wo will use the name, turtles, as significant of the wholo clnss. Tho n ost natural way of classifying these ci oat urea Is by tho way the head and neck are drawn back under the shell; whether tho head Is turned to ono side, or drawn straight back, bending the neck Into a loiter S shape. The Elail! of tho turtle Is massive, and some have thick false roofs on top of tho U3iial brain box. Tho "house" or shell of a turtle Is made up of separate pieces of bone, a central row along the back, and others arranged nround on both eides. These are really pieces of tho skin of tho back changed to bone. Our ribs are directly under the skin of tho back, and if this skin rhould burden Into a bonellko substance, the ribs would Ho flat against It. and this is the case with tho ribs of turtles. So when we marvel that the ribs of a turtle are on the outside of Us body, a second thought will show that this Is Just as true of us aa of these reptiles. This hardening of tho skin has brought about some Interesting chang es in tho body of tho turtle. In all tho higher animals from fishes up to man a backbone Is of the greatest impor tance, not only to carry the nerves and blood vessels, but to support tho en tire booy. In turtles alone the string of vertebrae Is unnecessary, the shell giving all the support needed. So as nature soldom allows unused tissues or organs to remain, these bones along the back become, In many species, ro duced to a more thread. The pieces of bone or horn which go to make up the shell, although so different in appearance from skin, yet have the same life processos. Occa sionally It moults or peels, the outer part coming off In great flakes. Each piece grows by the addition of rings of horn at the Joints, and (like the rings of a tree) the age of turtles, ex cept very old ones, can bo told by the number of circles of horn on each piece. The rings are very distinct in species which live In temperate cli mates. Here they are compelled to hibernate during the winter, and this cessation of growth marks the inter vale between each ring. In tropical turtles the rings are absent or indis tinct. It Is to this mode of growth that the spreading of initials which are cut Into tho shell is due, Just as letters carved on the trunks of trees in time broaden and bulge outward. The shell has the power of regen eration, and when a portion is torn away or crushed the Injured parts are gradually cast off, and from the sur rounding edges, a new covering of horn grows out. One-third of tho en tire shell haa been known to be thus replaced. Although so slow is their locomotion and actions, turtles have well-developed senses. They can see very dla tinctly, and the power of tsmcll Is es pecially acute, certain turtles bcli!;.; very discriminating in tho matter of, their good. They are very sensitive to touch, and will react to the least tap on their shell. Their hearing Is more imperfect, but as they have tiny pip ing voices during the mating season, this sense mum be of some use. Water tortoises can remain beneath the surface for hours and even days, at a time. In addition to the lungs, there are two small sacs noar tho tall which allow tho animal to uso the oxygen in tho water as an aid In breathing. All tutilos lay ort'S. the shells of wliic'.i ar-j white and generally of a par-h treat I'ko cViraeter. They are tie p jfaitod in ta i ground or in sand, and hatch cither by tho warrv.ii of tl.o do cuyli:; vegetation or t!: ik.ui of the bun. In tempoiato conn: tier, tho egga remain .over winter, and t';a litili! tur tics do not emerge until rprhig. Tho eggs of turtles are very ood to cat, and the oil contained in hou 'Is put to many ues. Youn? turtles have a hard time of It. In all thi countries they Inhabit, for thousandi are de voured by storks, alligators and fiahes. Eveu old turtles have many enemies, not the least curious belli? Jaguars, which watch for. tbetp, turu them on their backs with a flip of the paw, and eat them at leisure. Leathery turtles which live In the soa have been reported weighing over a ton. This species Is very rare, and a curious circumstance Is that only large adults or very small baby Indi viduals have been teen, the turtles of all Intermedial growths keeping out of view In ths great ocean. Snapping turtles are among the fiercest creatures In the world. Their first Instinct on leaving the egg Is to opoa their mouths and bite at some thing. They feed on almost anything, but when In captivity they sometimes refuse to cat, and havo been knpwn to go a year without food, showing no apparent ill effects. One method which they employ In capturing food Is Interesting. A snapping turtle will He quietly at the bottom of a pond or lake, looking like an old water-soaked log with a branch its head and neck sticking up at ono end. From the tip of the tongua, the creatures ex trudes two small Ailments of a pluklsu color, which wriggle about and bear a perfect resemblance to the small round worms of which fishes are so fond. Fishes are attracted by these, swim up to grasp the squtimlng objects and ore engulfed In the cruel mouth of tho angler. Certain marine turtles have long-fringed appendages on the head and neck, which they wave about and thus make to serve a similar purpose. Tho edible terrapin has become very scarco in places, so that thousands of them are kept and bred In enclosed areas or "crawls" as they are called. This species haB a great deal of curi osity, and If often captured by being attracted by some miu.uial sound. Tho tortoise-shell of commerce Is ob tained from the shell of the hawkublll turtle, the plate3 of which being very thin, are heated and welded together until of the required thickness. Tho ago to which tur'.les attain has often been exaggerated, but they nro certain ly the longest lived cf all living crea tures. Individuals from tho Galnpn gnn Islands are estimated to be over four hundred years of ase. Uncas In the New York Post. NATURAL EE NT. The Lst ITstste of One Who In Ytuth Was a Mathematlccl Prodlny. "Rpenkln.? o" his Idea of catering to the natural bent of the child re minds rie of n rather curious In stance which has come under my ob servation," said a man who was In a reminiscent mood, "and It gees to filiow that you cannot always tell Just what the bent may be In a particular child. "Unck In my Bchool days I was living In the country nt the tlme I had an acquaintance In the school room who was exceptionally bright In mathematics. Mathematics was an open hook to him. Ho took to the study like a duck takes to water, and things which would often stump all of his classmates wor as plain to him as the noso on a man's face. Ho was a wonder, and tho natural dulness and stupidity which I displayed at the tlmo In tho rtndy caused mo to mar vel at the boy's talent. Ho was a sort of rural sensation, and his friends made hlah predictions for him. Ho could Jurpje with figures until lis inado you dlzr;y with wonderment. Ills friend said he would be In tho leg filature hy the time ho was 21 yenrs old. nnd by the time ho was 23 ho WMtlrt be a member of tho nntknel con -tress fmm hU district, and nt 35 be would cnrtalnly be In the United States renntc. "There was no question about the boy's future. It was as bright as a May morning. In tho meantime ho kept humoring his bont for mathema tics nn-,1 he attained great proficiency In (ho science. I drifted out Into the world nnd lost sight of all my old friends. More than 20 years after wards I dropped back to the scenea of my boyhood days. The first follow I thought of was the brilliant young matbomatlclnn. I scanned all the pa pers of the' section from time to time ns I could get them, expecting to see thtt my old frlnnd was doing big things In tho world. I found no men tl;m of him and concluded that he was dead. "One day I wns walking along the road toward my old home place when I camo upon a man driving an ox tenm. The steers looked more like Jackrabbit.1 th.n oxen, and the driver wns a typical countryman, winburued, with n r'l handkerchief tied around 1:1s neck, a brond-brlmmod hat on his head, brotran t-hocs. and other things in keeping. He asked me if I didn't want to ride. I thanked him and crawled up on tho tongue with him. Ho was a red-heac'.ed rellow with a stubby, sandy beard all over his face, ar.d on Adam's apple that worked up and down like a pump when ho talked. He held In his hand a long whip fastened to a long, willowy han dle, the kind generally uned in driving oxen. iJlrectly a horsefly landed be tween the horns of ono of the steers. With unerring accuracy, after swing-In'- tho lonr whin nround hlstioad once, ho struck tho fly with tho crude er nt tiie whip and killed It. "That mnl:e 101." ho Fnld proudly as the fly rolled olT In tho road. There was my mathematician, and no mistake. I afterward told him who I was and wo talked over old times. So you can't alwaya toll about this thing wo call t!u natural bent." New Orleans Times-Democrat. ' Quite Stuck Up, 'They thought he was dead, you know, and all the papers printed obit uary notlcoa." "And thenT" "Why then he turned up, and since he's read thnee notices he's too proud to spoak to any one."-Chlcgo Post, PEARLS OF THOUGHT. A great man Is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. Lowell. A thought provoked Is worth 10 thoughts Imparted. rhlllips Brooks. The world has a million roosts for a man, but oply one nest. O. W. Holmes. The space between a man's Ideal and tho man himself Is his opportunity. Margaret Deiland. He who 'wanders from the path of rectitude will find the grave of his manhood near by. United Presbyte rian. If I were you, I would not. worry. Just make up your mind to do bettor when you get another chance, nnd be content with that. Deatrlco Hnrraden. Misery will not last happiness will; If only In remembrance. No pure Joy, however fleeting, contains any real bit terness, even when It Is gone by. D. M. Craik. Let us speak tho fullest truth and do the plainest duty that we know; and then we shall not widely fall of what Is best for us In this or any world which shares the boundless fullness of tho life of -God. J. V. Chadwlck. Be pood to the depths of you, and you will discover that those who sur round you will be good even to the same depths. Nothing responds more Infallibly to the secret cry of goodness than the secret cry of goodness that Is near. Maurice Maeterlinck. One can go through his work well or shirk it. One can consider his neighbor or neglect him. One can re press the fever-fit of Impatience or give It wild way. And the perpetual presence of such a choice leaves no hour without guidance. George S. Merrlam. WIND WHEEL LIGHTS TRAIN. Novel Idea of Producing Etectrle Power by Rotary Fan on Engine. A novel Idea In lighting trains by ekictrlclty Is the "Oullott" system, which has been experimented with suc cessfully on a small R-ale on an Impor tant road and is now to be applied to an express train, says tho Engineer ing Review. As In the case of the "axle light" the motion of tho train Is used to generate the electricity. Instead, however, of taking this power from the car axle. It Is furnished by a ro tary fan attached to tho front end ol tho locomotive. The fan Is located close to the boiler head and presents a moving and cut ting surface to the air pressure, caus ing the air to travel to the outer end of tho fan's blades until discharged. No air pressure is massed on the fiat surface of the boiler head, but the curved surfaces of the fan utilize the traveling air and thereby generate powor. The fan cutting through the air revolves swiftly and does not add to the resistance of the air nor retard the speed of the train. No gale of wind Is required to cause the fan to operate; the ordinary pressure of the train moves It sufficiently to generate the rlectrical energy required to light any train and leave a large surplus for ven tilating fans and other purposes. The apparatus so located does not obstruct the view of the engineer nor offer any objectionable complications. The dynamo is located either on or under the pilot and Is direct-connected to the fan by a special device. A storage battery is located on the ten der or underneath each car; and so equipped automatically with cut-outs as to properly govern the flow of cur- rent from dynamo to battery. It Is evident that the coet of Illumination will be only the expense of Installing and maintaining this apparatus. Marketing with a Barrel. Boarding house keepers, with old fashioned Ideas, Wio used to run hous es down town until the tip-town fever got hold of them. Insist that they can buy more cheaply at the big public markets down town than they can any where else. The chief obstacle with most of them Is that ttto public mar ket men will not dollver goods, and that no woman can possibly get along In either an elevated or a surface car If she has a lot of bundles. One boarding-housekeeper In West Ninetieth street hns ono way of doing It. She goes to Washington market with noth ing but her purse to carry and buys two empty barrels In the market, for which she pays 10 cents each. The butcher she patronizes usually has them ready for her. She goes very early and makes tho round of thVi stalls, carrying her purchases as she makes them to her barrels at the butcher's. His boy stows tho pack ages away safely and ties a newspa per over the tops of the barrels. By 10 o'clock her purchases aro made and she pays an expressman 25 cents apiece to have the barrels delivered at ber house before 4 o'clock In the after noon. The expressman makes a busi ness of Harlem deliveries and takes tho barrels at a reduced rate In consld atlon of a regular Job throe times each week. The boarding-house keeper do Clares that she saves at least $3 out of every $10 that she would spend for the same produce at rotallors up town. New York Times. What Made Her Die? A sbc-year-old girl died recently In tho General hospital in Birmingham, England. The pliyoldans announced that sho diod either from eating sau sages or from Bcarlot fevwr. If sho had not oaten the sausages It would have been tho fevor which killed her, and vlco versa. The Btondlng-timber of Canada equals that of the continent of Europe and Is nearly double that of the Unit ed States. - V' illiii lent clubwoman, Mrs. Dan- ii A prominent club forth, of St. Joseph, Mich., tells how she was cured of falling of the womb and its accompanying pains and misery by Lydia E, Pinldiamfs Vegetable Compound "Dear Mrs. Tinkiiam: Lifo looks dark Indued wlien. a woman feeds thut her Ktrenth is fading Rwny and she lias no hopes of ever bointr resttirud. Siu li vat my fueling a few months npo whon I was advised thut, my poor health wns caused by prolapsus or fulling: of the wtmii. Tho words sounded liko a knell to me, I felt that my sun had set; but Lytlla 1'. lMnk limit's Vegetable) Compound came to me as fin elixir of life; it restored tho lost forces and built mo tip until my good health returned to mo. For four months I took the medicine tlaily nnd each dose added health, nnd strength. I am no thankful for tho heln I obtained through its use." 51 its. Fi.oitENcn Daxfobtii, 1007 Alilcs Ave., St. Joseph, Mich. A iiiedleltm thut lias restored so many women to liei'Ith ntl can produce proof of the fact must be repsiirdel with reppeet. This Is tlio record of L.vdlti K. i'liikliiim's Vesetnblo Compound, which cannot lii cciiinlb'il ly any oilier medicine the world lias ever pro duced. Hero Is another case: not seem ' !!..:.. SAi u,) y Ijyditi K. : TiV q! P three of ul lX - A. ' Sanative enjoying Center St., 4j "FnHK MEDICAL ADVICE TO MOMKV." Women would save time and much sickness if tlioy would rrrite to Mrs. 1'lnkliaoi for aid vice ns noon as any distressing symp toms appear. It is free, and bus put thousands of women on the right road to recovery. Mrs. l'iiikliaiii never violates the confidence thus entrusted to Iter, and although she publishes thousand of testimonials from women who haivo been benefited by her advice and medicine, never iu nil her experience has she published such a letter without the full consent, nnd often hy special request or the writer. FOPPPIT if wo rninirit f'-rthwlth ftLuiu tuailui'ji.lalii. which will t)dla romo - Promptly USE FOR TATTOOING. It Serves for Identification of Foreign, ers In the Bankc. "I would bo tip airalniit it if it woro ikji lur utu iwoui uiui u lariat iiuiumur i of foreigners havo of tattooing them- j selves, mill iho cashier of ono of tho Canton bunks. "Some of their signa tures may bo all riKht, hut for the purpose of ldontiik-Rtion, tattoo marks nnd scars are much more convenient. Most of the new arrivals start an ac count, and Instead of relylnu on their signatures we uso a modified Bertil llon syBtem. We locate a certain scar, which Is described on our books, and It is a common thing to have themcome In Mil brush back their hair or roll up a sloeve aa they enter the door. We have but to glance at them and at tho identification slip, when wo ato sine that they aro the t ight persons. A s; lmiU'r la a con uioa mark, but It Is scarcely In tl :',:uiie plate twice, so it causos i confusion. mr, aansmwr.rvm'iaus'M Just ths same as sver II d. St. Jacobs On conllnuu, to bs ths tur cur ol Rheumatism 2l Neuralgia ',. Prico, 35c woman, Mrs. Dan- "Dkati Mr. T'inkham: For years I was troubled villi failintr of the womb, irregular nnd painful menstruation, leueorrhu;n,leariiifr clown rains, backache, headache, dizzy and fainting sn-l!s, and stomach trou'nle. "I doctored for about five years but did to improve. I began the uso of your 1 1 I,..i4.1 ,1 IMiikluun's Vegetable Compound, Jllood l'urifler, nnd also used the Wash and Liver rills, and am now good neniin, ana navo gnineu in nesn. I tlianic you very mucii lor wnac you have done for me, and heartily recom mend your medicine to all suffering women." Miss Emma Snydkr, 218 East Marion, Ohio. nrndiir the orlgln-il rtriand tfgnaturef of i-rnve tlirtr uWiilute na-nuhtMHH. Is. l'iiiMiviu MtH.iuln Co., Lynu, Haft Seltzer cures all f B3 ( Q V NEW discovert; mjf fim I s3 I quiuk relief sail aurM wont eM- Uituk ol te.iununiA and IO dnys' trnstinmik h rrm. Dr. U. 8. QUtts s suss. Bui. Atluw. Us. P.N. U. 17, '03. aililrtril liii TMpnr.tt' Pun ni and Oc. acnes "mm fa n Ts ! am i cU.tt.l;j(M:;ll.tcr7riW-.'.urw'iHU IiFy) ull iwt.Wiiy mkA Im V fdivilJwifl.r-.riJf ThfslCH ?l A 1 AAV 1 i