Copperas for Fertilizer. Experiments made in Belgium indi cate that copperas benefits crops like oats and other grains', while weeds re destroyed. This shows remark able discrimination by the sulphuric acid and the iron if it is true. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervona Bw after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Groat KerveHestorer.iitrfal hottleand treatise free Dr.B. H, Kli;i, Ltd.. 981 ArchRt., Pblla., Po. There are sixty-four shops in Berlin ia which horseflesh in sold Many School Children Am 8lcU1, MotherOray's Sweet Powders for Children, " . nsed by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home. New YorU, break up colds in 24 hours, rnre Feverlslin -sa, Constipation, Htomach Troubles, Teethins Disorders nnd Destroy Worms. Atalllrnc;lsts,25e. Sample mailed Fiie. Address Allen 3. Olmsted, Le Roy, S.Y. Barrie has received more than $250,0C0 from his plnys. A tlilnranteeil Cure For riles. Itching. Blind, Bleeding or i'l-otnirlins riles. Jjruinriil will reiund money it Paro Ointment tails to cure in 8 to 14 days. JUc. There are 2PS miles of railway in the Congo Free Slate. H. H. Gbees's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., are the only successful Dropsy Specialists In tha world. bee tlnjr liberal offer in ailvertlse nient In another column of this paper. Fifty-two billion dollars passed through the London Clearing House last year. Mrs. Wlns'ow'sSootlilnrjSynip for children teethine, soften thequms, redrnw inflamma tion, allnys pain, cures wlud colic. 2ie.n bot tlo jinjr'e eyeglasses, are prohibited in the German Arm--. Home-Made Boxes. Covering boxcB with chintz and French cottons Is the fancy work of the day. These are used for gifts and much Ingenuity is shown in them. The smooth surfaced box is bought from the factory and covered with stitches and glue. Some people pre fer starch paste to any other method. The dainty woman has anywhere from two of twelve of these in her living room. They hold everything, veils, gloves, ribbons, visiting cards, invitations, nn.ntuer photographs and manicure implements. The exports of palm seeds from the Netherlands amounted to 5fl,4f)2, f.OO pounds, rLV1!K,C,u() pounds and 57, 043.S00 pounds in 1901, 1902 and 1903, respectively. , Former President. Steyn, who Is now in Paris, is stiil paralyzed In the -hands and cannot keep his eyes open' long without pain. WOMEN'S NEGLECT SUFFERINGTHESUREFENALTY Health Thus Loet Is Restored by Lydia E. FlnUham'B Vegetable Compound. How many women do yon know who are perfectly well and strong? We hear every duy the same story over and over again. " I do nit feel well i I am ao tired all the time t " More than likely you speak the same words yourself, and no doubt you feel far from well. Thecausemay beeasily traced to some derangement of the fe male organs which manifests itself in depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere or do anything, backache, bearing-down pains, flatulency, nerv ousness, sleeplessness, lencorrhoea. These symptoms are but warnings that there is danger ahead, and unless heeded a life of suffering or a serious operation is the inevitable result. The never-failing remedy for all these symptoms is Lydia . l'inkham's Veg etable Compound. Miss Kate McDonald, of Woodbridge, N J., writes: Dear Mrs. Finkham : " I think that a woman naturally dislikes to make her troubles known to the public, but restored health has meant so much to me tliat I cannot help from telling mine for the sake of other suffering women. " For a long time I suffered untold agony with a uterine trouble and irregularities, which made me a physical wreck, and no one thought I would recover, but Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound "has entirely cured me, and made me well and strcng, and I feel it my duty to tell other suffering women what a splendid medicine it is." If you are ill, don't hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound at once, and write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice it is free and always helpful. Salzer's , National Oats GrTntrt (Mt of the ttmtnrv. Tlrlrtwl In Ohin 1X7. In Ml ph. 981. In Mtv 2M.. unit In N. liiLtmUL I 8W buH. pur acre. ou o&u dom uun reoora id iwd. For 10c and this notice mall jroo free Iota of fnrm BPfd ampin ana oar Dig catamic. 1M Inpallahmitthta oat wonder aud j tuouwuids of other tenia. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. ,. 4C-0C-00 mooo 1 TAKE CARE OF YOUR HAIR BY USING J MONTGOMERY'S HAIR RESTORER. O y Promotes the growth Restores Its O Natural cobr. Prevents the fulling. Y sr J-'re-B from dandruff. Used fifty years. T 2 Bold tiy all (IiukkIbis. 11.00. V 9 WM. C. MONTGOMERY CO. q C S35 N. 8th Street. Phliidstphla. Pa- s 90o oi-o--c o -o ojoy o- nnOC VNEW DISCOVER Y; i-s J y 3 qmoknlMf and oarM wont ,,, Rnd (or book ) tOTtimoniaO nd I O da;' knauMat Bt.a.B.aaua'MOH.i.AUuta.Ba Bottling the Food, The early people had an abundance of one kind of food of which we can certainly deprive ourselves air and this lack Is the cause of much, if not of most, of our ill health. The early people had to work and often work hard for their food, and hence did not often get too much of It. We have food set before us in such abundance and variety that we overeat without knowing It. This causes so many of the illnesses from which modern man suffers that, barring accidents, It may be said that If we are 111 or ill temper ed it is likely to bo our food which Is at fault in some of the many ways we have Indicated. Every day of our short life should count for something, nnd to lose it because one ate the wrong food is foolish waste. The chief object of the thorough mastica tion of the food and its treatment with saliva in tho mouth Is to protect the stomach from overwork. The thoro ughness with which the stomach pre pares the food for tho final act of digestion. Intestinal absorption, de pends upon the amount given It to do. It would seem as if man might learn this lesson rapidly, but the fact is that the average human being holts his food and washes It down regard less of all physiological law. A Second Wesley. Cardiff, South Wales, has published abroad the talcs of a now evangelist, Evans Huberts by name, who, from a common collier, has suddenly leaped Into fame as almost a second Wesley. He draws vast throngs to hear him. To Corn a Cold In One Dnr Take Laxative Diomo Quinine Tablets. All druRjista reiund money if it fails to cure. IS. . Grove's signature is on box. 25c. There are 2"52.4."?0 miles of ocean cable m operation to-day. lamsnrel'lso's iars foriJoiS't-nntlonsavsl myltfethree year a?o. Mih.Thomas Uon UNB, Maple St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17, l'JJ) Seven of the greatest mountains have never been climbed. Ancestral Breakfasts. According to the Oxford Dictionary, 11(13 is the date of the earliest men tion of breakfast, but imlll a century ago It conpislcd of a draught of ale or tea or chocolate, says the Chicago News. There were only two meals a day dinner, ranging from 9 o'clock In the morning in tho Fifteenth cen tury to noon in the Seventeenth, and supper, which similarly advanced from 5 o'clock in the afternoon to 7 o'clock. Popys, for Instance, went down to the admiralty at 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning on no other breakfast than half a pint of wine or a dram of cor dial. But in the Eighteenth century dinner was gradually postponed until 5 or 6 o'clock in the afternoon. When it passed midday breakfast became n necessity and a meal. Before this hunger had demanded the addition cf bread and some such relish as radishes to the morning draught. But when, 100 years ago, cold mof.ts and fish began to be served at break fast the utmost surprise was express ed. Its novelty made it fashionable and led to the giving of breakfast parties, of which Mr. Gladstone's were the last. Eleven or 12 o'clock was the hour, and It was declared to be par excellence the meal for poets. Tom Moore was an Inveterate break faster, and after the trencher work sang for the company's entertainment. Breakfast finally became an institu tion as a necessary oasis in the long stretch between supper overnight and dinner the next afternoon. This ap pearance of breakfast a century ago thus made England for the first time a three-meals-a-day nation. A FELLOW FEELING. Why She Felt Lenient Toward the lrunkrt A great deal depends on the point of view. A good temperance woman was led, In a very peculiar way, to revise her somewhat harsh Judgment of the poor devil who cannot resist his cups, and she is now the more charitable. She writes: "For many years I was a great suf ferer from asthma. Finally my health got so poor that I found I could not lie down, but walked Uie floor whilst oth ers slept. I got so nervous I could not rest anywhere. "Specialists told me I must give up the use of coffee the main thing that I always thought gave me some relief. I consulted our family physician, and he, being a coffee fiend himself, told me to pay no attention to their advice. Coffee had such a charm for me that In passing a restaurant and getting a whiff of the fragrance I. could not re sist a cnp. I felt very lenient toward the drunkard who could not pass the saloon. Friends often urged me to try Postnm, but I turned a deaf ear, say ing 'That may do for people to whom coffee is harmful, but not for me cof fee and I will never part.' "At last however, I bought a jack age of Postnm, although I was sure 1 could not drink it I prepared it as di rected, and served It for breakfast. Well, bitter as I was against It, I must say that never before had I tasted more delicious cup of coffee! From that day to this (more than 2 years) I have never had a desire for the old cof fee. My health soon returned; the asthma disappeared, I began to sleep well, and in a short time I gained 20 pounds In weight "One day I handed my physician the tablets he had prescribed for me, telling him I had no use for them. He stayed for dinner. When I passed him his coffee cup he remarked, 'I am glad to see you were sensible enough not to let yourself be persuaded that cof fee was harmful. This is the best cnp of coffee I ever drank,' he continued; 'the trouble Is so few people know how to make good coffee.' When he got his second cup I told him he was drinking Postum. 'He was Incredu lous, but I convinced him, nnd now he uses nothing but Postum In his home, and has greatly improved in health." Name given by Postum Co., Buttls Creek, Mich. Look In each package for the fnmou little book, "The Koail to Wcllvllla' FERTILIZING ORCIIArtDH. Clover is admirably adapted to fheaply supply nitrogenous vegetable matter for orchards, but to permanent ly nnd quickly Improve the physical quality of poor soil, apply barnyard, manure once In four years. In fall or wlntor, at the rate of five to ten tons per aerp. To aid in the decomposition of vegetable matter and to Insure a sufficiency of lime and plant food, ap ply lime at the rate of twenty-flve bushels per acre once in five years. To provide, in addition, an abundance of all forms of plant food at the time of need for development of tree nnd fruit, apply annually chemical fertil izers in the following proportions: Nl trate of soda, 1X) pounds; South Caro lina superphosphate, 100 pounds; ground bone, 2Kl pounds; muriate of potash, 200 pounds. The amount to be applied depends upon the character of the soil, the kind of fruit and the age and vigor of the trees. The above Is recommended fur poor clay soils which become very hard and dry dur ing hot weather. More friable and fertile clay soils require less in pro portion to their fertility, and sandy soils may be greatly improved by cow peas or clover turned under when about half matured. D. B. White, in The Epitomlsr. RENEWING SOIL FOR PLANTS. When Calla lilies, Zonule geraniums, marguerites or any other heavy feed ing plants fall to do well, notwith standing requisite warmth nnd sun light have been given them, It is pretty safe to ascribe the cause to exhaus tion of the soil iu the pots. In fact, any plant that is not making satisfac tory growth, should either lie given frequent waterings with liquid manure or have new dirt. Put In n pail or half barrel, depending on the amount wanted, the receptacle should be tilled half full and water poured on until It is full. After It has stood a few days, the liquid, diluted with water until about the color of weak coffee, may bo used and, at the end of a few applica tions, its strength increased. To be gin with, the soil should be examined, anil if rather dry, clear water poured on until It Is thoroughly sof'ened. Af ter a few hours the liquid immure may then be used without danger of the plant absorbing It too rapidly. To renew the soil, gently '..noek the plant out of tho pot, and having carefully shaken off such soil as will come off without injury to tho roots, repot it in new soil. Coarse rooted plants, like palms and abulitions, rometlmes iill the pots so full oi! roots that they form a ball which cannot very well be Blink en out. In such instances it does no harm to cut the lower one-third of tne ball off. If reported In fresh earth, which, after a good watering, Is held rather dry for a while, now roots will seldom fall to start Fred O. Sibley, in The Epltomist ArrLES IN BOXES. In 1S82 I commenced experimenting with cases for shipplnc apples to for eign countries, nnd In 18U4 I settled upon what I coll a half-barrel case, as the one presenting the greatest advan tages of nil my experiments, nnd have used It more or less extensively bIiico then. Of course, like anything new, It met with opposition at first, but I am pleased to say that I think It Is go ing to be the future package for pack ing apples in. All rny people that I do business with endorse it, n:id It has become the favorite package iu Europe. The ease is somewhat similar to an orange or lemon case, that U. n case of two compartments. It can bo made of any wood that does not warp. Tb three pieces of wood that form the two ends and middle section should be made of three-quarter Inch wood, and cut to measure enactly twelve and three quarter inches each way. This will, of course, give two compartments of twelve and three-quarter inches square. The pieces forming tho ends should be planed on the outside, but the rest of the wood for the case can be fine sawed lumber. The piece form ing the sides, top nnd bottom should be of three-lharten Inch wood nr.U should consist of nt least two pieces to a side. These should be cut to a width .that will permit, if lu the case of two pieces being used, one crack, and in the case of three pieces being used, two cracks, just one-qunrter of nn inch wide. The pieces forming tho sides, top and bottom should come together at the corners so as to leave no open ing there. The idea of leaving this little crack orf each side Is to enable buyers to look along the crack and see the color and condition of the fruit as well as to g'lve a little air. Use two-Inch wire nails in putting Jhe case together. The outside dimensions of the . case are ex actly twenty-seven and three-quarter inches long, thirteen nnd a half inches wide and thirteen and a half inches deep. The case can be made nt any box factory or saw mill ot a cost of fifteen to seventeen cents. G. A. C. in The Massachusetts Ploughman. They Unto Ahead, In the crop of diaries for 1!Mm, those Intended for dramatic agents. n:.nn rgers and actors put forlh by the the atrical printers nre especially complete and compnet. "Dates ahead" are the most important consideration in the theatrical business, so, besides the blank pages for 1!)03 and columns for the receipts nnd expenses of each per formance, tho theatrltnl diaries are ar ranged to show the bookings for from tares to five years ahead. MONEY-LENDING NATIONS. roiela;a InTKStmsnU or Lara; FroBOTtloM From Many Lands. A German authority estimates the foreign Investments of Belgium, a country having 0,000,000 Inhabitants and about one-quarter as large an area ns Ohio, at no less than $1,500,000,000. In proportion to the numerical strength of the Belgians and their natural re sources, these figures make the $0,000, 000,000, or thereabout, -which repre sents French capital put into invest ments outside of France look small, and they compare well With the larg est current estimates of Great Britain's Investments beyond the narrow limits of the British Isles. Authorities differ widely concerning the nmount of British money put into other countries, some being as low as $11,000,000,000, not counting British pos sessions, like India and British colo nies. To include these favorite fields for British enterprise might double tho figures given. But it is not many years since the London Stock Exchange calculated the probable total-of tho foreign Investments of the British peo ple at more than $17,000,000,000. It does not seem poslblc that any great decrease can have tukeu place since 1SW1. Germany is believed to have half ns much money Invested abroad ns France, or twice as much ns Belgium, but German -wealth and German enter prise are alike fast gaining ground, and these corporations will soon be radically changed. Russia Is the great debtor nation of Europe, and in that country billions of dollars of French, Belgian and German money has found employment nt greater or less risk, and with widely varying returns. Bos- WISE WORDS. Love Is tho secret of learning. Prayer gives wings to our work. Faultless men nre likely to bo force less. ' Workers for God must bo waiters on God. No true soul is content to continue In doubt There is no following without for saklng. The'uninfltieiHinl mau.oflen has tho most Influence. No man's bnck ever breaks under tho burdens of others. Songs of triumph are often for th conquered and tho slain. Didn't Want a Lawyer. "I begun to practice law In Dakotn In Territorial days," said the lawyer from Chicago. "Our judges were seut to us, and some of them didn't know any more about law than they did about the political beliefs of the mound builders. One of tbem I'll call film Jones was so appallingly ignorant that It was a great relief when, ou the admission of North Dakotn to the Union, he left the bench and began to practice law. His successor was a man wholly without n sense of humor, and the only good thing he ever said in his life was -wholly accidental. A man was brought to trial charged wi selling powder to the Indians, The Judge asked him if he had a lawyer to defend him. " 'No,' said the man, 'I don't want a lawyer.' " 'Well,' said his honor, looking about the rooms till his eyes rested on his predecessor, 'I'll appoint Judge Jones to defend him.' "Washington Post Tha Inventions Mind. Mr. Roth, undertaker, had been sum moned to the home of a -wealthy aris tocrat Upon surveying the remains of the deceased, he discovered that the man wore a wig, and that, as he now lay In a reclining position, the wig fell back and exposed the bald pate. "Madam," said the undertaker obse quiously to the sorrowing widow, "1 perceive that your lute husband wore a wig during his natural life. 1 do not suppose you wish this generally known, eo if you will kindly Tavor me with a small pot of glue I will arrange tho wig so that it will be unnoticed." The widow had no glue, but sent out for some immediately. . A short time afterward she ap prooched the undertaker and proffered a small bottle of glue. "Oh, never mind now," said Mr. Roth, consolingly, "I er I found a tack!" Lipplncort's Magazine. A Threatened Kemoval. ' Colonel William Sevelcy, of Musko gee, Indian Territory, was thought fully regarding himself in a looking glass that strangely enough was within his vision, -when that vision was not obscured by a man in a white jacket "Ia some manner," said Colo nel Seveley, "I overdrew my account at one of the bauks in my flourishing town. Next day I happened into the bank. 'Mr. Seveley,' said the cashier, 'you have an overdraft' "'All right,' I replied. Next day 1 happened In the bank again, and was reminded of that overdraft, and the same thing happened on the following day. "Then I stopped that species of an noyance. 'Now, look here,' I said, 'if you don't stop pestering me about that overdraft I'll move It to another bank.' "Washington Tost Oxford Knllne l argely. Oxford has already a large outlook ou the outer world. One of her sons rules over South Africa; another is Viceroy of India; many others are fill ing national posts of ulmost equal im portance abroad as well as at home. But a scheme which opens possibility for leading spirits of the Anglo-Saxon world to learn their lessons nt her feet is, even for her, a -wonderful widening of opportunity. Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute. In Minnesota and other Western States the telephone hs frequently operated to Intercept the horse thief. When the robbery of a horse Is re ported the sheriff telephones to the farmers on every road, and so many farmers have 'phones now that this is practicable. After every inrmer has been given a description of the stolen horse It is prefjy ctlllicult for the thief to escape, for he must pass out of the city over some country roitil, and many captures huve been undo in this way. A locomotive of the London North western Railroad, named "Charles Dickens," has the distinction of having traveled nearly 2,100,000 miles iu haul-, ing express trains, a feat which t lie Scientific American says hits lint been paralleled ou any other railroad in any .part ot the world. The "Charles Dickens," built at Crewe, was put Into service on February (i, and Is still one of the fastest locomotives ou tho road, and in excellent condition, The total distance it has traveled is about nine times the mean distance of tho moon from the earth. The renewed outburst of abandoned and apparently exhausted oil-wells, the sudden changes o g'is-wells into oil-wells and of oil-wells Into gas wells, and the other remaruable freaks sometimes witnessed in petroleum producing regions, are ascribed to dis turbances of equilibrium among sub terranean pressures caused by the hor Inax of the rocks nnd the release of the compressed oils or pases, sometime! nt a considerable distance from llio places -where the pheonoineiia are ob served. A great flow in one place may cause a disturbance In another, and similar effects may. follow the sudden choking of a vent J'luse facts pre sent n marvelous picture of the bal ance nnd Interplay of forces iu tho earth's interior. What would the Romans of the palmy days ot the great empire say if they could revisit their province of Britannia and see the wonderful roads which they built to l;:'ep the con quered tribes iu subjection to their legions utilized as speedways for auto mobiles' It is not impns.ilhle liint such a spectacle may soon be witnessed lu England, for the Roads Improve ment Association, moved by Hie agita tion over the dangers Introduced by m6tor cars on ordinary highways, has appointed a committee to consider the practicability of restoring the ancient Roman roads and adapting- tliem to fast nutoinoblle traffic. A military authority says that this plan would be useful for defense in case of an Invasion of England. In a conference of the Belgian As tronomical Society, M. Kmile Guariiil, the electrician, stated that there Is a permanent or constant current of elec tricity iu the crust of the earth from northwest to Gontceast, and he as cribes it to tho elect-lc induction of the sun on the earth as it rotates. This constant current i subject to the variations from different causes for example, auroras, which are observed, nnd sometimes Interfere with tho work ing of telegraphs. As the earth turns from west to east the permanent earth current he signals has a similar di rection. Ampere contended that earth currents produced the deviation of the compass needle, and M. Gnariii, ap proves of this hypothesis. The earth currents, he thinks, are alro useful lu decomposed chemical products of the soil to form others nior assimilable by plants. Philadelphia Ledger. nl Llmltatlo.is. The petted young beauty In the car riage looked with dismay at the mud that lay between her and the sidewalk. "I think it was Sir Walter Raleigh," she said, "that threw his cloak upon the ground, on n certain memorable occasion, in order that his queen might Hot get her shoes muddy." "You're my queen, all right," replied the young ninu In the case, "but if Sir Walter Raleigh Lad been n clerk on a salary of $15 a week he would have done exactly what I'm going to do." Whereup he carried her to the side walkbut he did it so nicely that she forgave him. Chicago Tribune. Bernhardt'! Secret of Eternal Ynnth. Surah Bernhardt celebrated her six tieth birthday recently, and thus ex plained her eternal youth: "I rise early, go to bed late; sleep very little lu daytime ... I take two months' vacation in the summer and enjoy life nt my country resi dence at Belleisle-sur-Mer. Hunting, shooting and fishing nre my favorite pastimes. I attribute my health and vigor to the moderation which I ob serve in nil personal habits. Fruit is uiy favorite article of diet." An Underground City. To read of an inhabited subterranean city seems strange, yet a place of this character actually exists in (Jniicia, Austrian Poland, and with a popula tion, too, of over 1000 men, womeu and children. It fs called the City of Salt Mines and has- n towu hall and a church. This hitter has several sta tues, all of which, are carved from lock salt. The Feary Mctenrile The thirty-six and one-half (on me teorite, which was brought to this couutqy some years figo by Lieutenant Peary, has been removed from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. GOL. BECK WITH SAYS : I Take Pleasure in Commending Pe-ru-na For Coughs and Colds." V ,v, ; $ -v'h COL. PAUL E. Colonel Paul E. Beckwith, Lt. Col., retired, 1st lice. Minute Men, in a letter from 15U3 Vermont avenue, N. W., Washington, B.C., writes: . "I'romtlm iit imltlrl i-nd iMemcut o maun "f H 'fcii'fs, lalta fcNiii-e in com m e u U I ny your remedial for oikis a nil viIUh. l'aul E, Heck with. IN FIELD OR BARRACKS PE-RU-NA IS EFFICACIOUS. The constant exposure to the elements experienced in an outilour lite is not so apt lo cause cguglis und colds us sedentary habits. Those who nre brought face to fucc with the wr-uthcr every ciny ' in active life are much leu liable to catarrhal -lisuiscs than those who lire housed up in illy ventilated rooms. And yet both of these cliKses nre more or less subject to catarrh and ca tarrhal diKea-"'--. The aolflifl ns nw.ll n. I ln ALL CLASSES ARE SUU.IECT TO CATARRH. civilian finds it frequent;- nt-ccsMirv to use 1 ermin on account of coughs and coMs. No one is exempt. Jlie stmni: a-irl heaithy are less liable than the weak and ill, hut none entirely escape. BEST m OUARANTEED CURE for all bowel troubles, appendicitis, biliousness, bad breath, bad i ' Z , ,wKn' uioBieo. Doweis, loui moutn, neadaehe, Indirestlon, pimples, rains after eating , liver trouble, aallow skin and dixlness. When your bowels don't mora reaularly you are ilea. Constipation ki'ls more people than all otlier diseases together. It 5 i oSiv.rS1!""renV,nd,on yearn of suffering. No matter what alls you, start taking S Ai?J AS ETS o4y.wyo will never get well and stay well until you get your bo we la right Tak our advice, atari with Cascarets today ucder absolute guarantee to euro or Z2?firSt 'fit TneJtenin" "Wet stamped C C C. Never sold In bulk. Sample and " - .iiiiruy v.ampBiiy, cntH.fO If HfW FOTk. SOS Drinking Less Tea. Figures published by the Tea Brokers' Association of London for the five months ending October. 31, this year, show a diminution in the consumption of tea in the British Isles to the extent of 4,000,000 pounds as compared with the corresponding time in 1903, an indication of dire pover ty. '5 YEARS OF TORTURE Ilclilnp and Painful Sores Covered Head 'and liodr Cured 111 Werk by Cutlenra. "For fifteen years my scalp ami fore head was one mass of scabs, nnd my body was covered with sores. Words cannot ex press how I suffered from the itching and pain. I had given up hope when a friend told me to get Cuticura. After bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment for three days, my head was as tlear as ever, and to my surprise and joy, one cake of soap and one box of ointment made a complete cure in one week. (Signed) H. B. Franklin, 717 Washington St., Allegheny, Pa." Park-man' baoo or uatlc. A friend met Francis Turkman walk ing along the street holding two street boys by their coat collars. In reply to his friend's request for an explanation Parkman said: "I found this boy had eaten an apple without dividing with his little brother. Now I'm going to buy one for the little boy and ninke the big one look ou while he cats it." St. Nicholas. Deafness Cannot lie Cured by local applications as they cannot rcaeh t he diseased portion of tiieear. There is only one way to euro deafness, an-1 that is by consti tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an inflamed eoudition of tho mucous llninjr o! the Eustachian Tube. Whenthis tube is ia fluinej you have a rumbling-sound or imper fect heariDK, and when it is entirely closed Ueafness Is the result, and unless the inflam mation can be taken out and this tubs re stored to its normal condition, heariui; will bo destroyed forever. Nino cases out of tea are caused by eatarrh.wliioh is nothini; but au Inflamed couditloa of the mucous surfaces. We will Klve One Hundred Dollars forauv case of Deafness (caused bycatarrb)that can not becun-d by Hull's Catarrh Cure, fend for circularsfrne. F.J. Chef.y& Co., Toledo, O. Mold by DriiRiists, 75--. Take llall's Family Pills for constipation. Some one has been figuring out the number of words n man utters in a year and finds the average to be 11, 800.000. Nineteen pianos, every one of which was a wedding present, are in the pos session of tho Prince and Trincets of Wales. BECKWITH. IVriina has always been a great favo: ito with the military men, both in tiic ui my the slronzest kind of testimonials ere received iroui oflicers of )nh rank con-emm-i; the virtues of l'rruiui for a'd cu, tanlfal ailments. Only a small per cent, of these can be useil for publication for want of sn-icc. Mr. Ilamson I,. Jlcaiu. Jiurnsidc Post No. S, Department of the Potomac, Colonel l-.ncampmciit No. (If). Cnioti Veterans' Le gimi, Colonel Crecn t lav Smith lleciment No. 17. I'. V. C. D. paitment of the Poto mac, Military Order l.oval Legion, De partment of Columbia. Major IMth Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry, writes: "Tlierr In no Innirr iinu inimHon an to Ihervra live finil it Im nt I'cruna In till, tola, l-lnil (roiiWes. Mi,c. rvHuftil mhp bit inmi f,f mi r Inula eitittrn It to voiildviue mid endorse ment." THE CCV.ILS "an ideal sclf-instructor." QUB PHOEXIX Voliing Chair v holds the child securely, pre venting those painful falls and bumps which aro so frequent when baby learns to walk. JBS rTER THAN A MUR9S." The chair ia provided with a re movable), sanitary cloth seat,which snpports the weight of the child and prevents bow-legs and spinal troubles ; it also has a table attach ment which enables baby to find amusement in its toys, etc, with out any attention. "As Indispensable as crcdta." It is eo constructed that it pre rants soiled clothes, sickness from, drafts and fioor germs, and is recommended by physicians and endorsed by both mother nnd baby. Combines pleasure and utility. No baby should be without one. . Call at your furniture dealer and ssk to see one. aUHTTACTCasO QXt BY PKCCNIX CHAI3 CO. SHEgQVCAN. WI9. . Csn only ts hid of your furniture dsalsr. FEND STAMI' liet description of 9) cheapest farms In tihlo. II. N. Bancroft, Jefferson, O. P. N. U. S. 190.- IKS All t:i f AtU. I Bast Ouunh Srruu. Ti UOOU. UN In ttiae. ersd by in '.Oft-. ' S "From tha crartls to the baby chair" I HAVE YOU A EASY? u U to, yoa oughl to havs a VALKIHQ CHA1B Y-As -rv- v It)