Diminutive Bird of Prey.
There Is a strange little bird, about
as big as a robin, which nearly every
winter brings us. He Is generally
alone, like a tiny black and gray
kawk In many of his ways, but re
lated truly to the gentle vlrcos and
waxwlngs. He Is the northern shrike,
or butcher bird, and he gets a cruel
living by catching mice, and little
birds, which he hangs on locust
thorns, sharp twigs, or the points of a
wire fence, as his little feet, unlike
the hawk's are not strong enough to
hold his prey. But he is a hand
some fellow, and rarely one may hear
a very sweet little song as he Bits
on the top of some leafless bush, par
ticularly late In the winter. But gen
erally he is silent, like the true bird
of prey or at best gives only a rasp
ing squeal. St. Nicholas.
American Way the Best.
An English speaker, at a meeting of
the Friends' Educational association
in Philadelphia, gives us a bit of
needed encouragement. This obser
ver. Professor John Lester, says that
the manners of boys in the United
States nre better than those of English
lad. He says that the influence of
our mothers and women teachers in
the schools Is responsible for this.
This point of view he places pictures
quely by declaring that "American
boys learn their first lessons of mor
ality at their mothers' knee. English
boys generally learn theirs across
their fathers.'' Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Lydla . Plnkham's
Vegetable Compound
Is a positive cure for all those painful
ailments of women. It will entirely
cure the worst forms of Female Com
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Backache
It has cured more cases of Female
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AN EVERY-DAY STRUGGLE;
Too Many Wpmen Carry the Heavy Load
of Kidney Sickness.
Mrs. E. W. Wright, of 1T2 Main
Street, Haverhill, Mass., sayB: "In
1809 I was suffer-
. T"' lng so with fbarp
"l pains in the small
of the back ana naa
such frequent dlray
spells I could scarce
lr get about the
house. The urinary
passages were also
4ulte 1; regular.
Monthly periods
were so distressing I dreaded their
approach. This was my condition for
four years. Donn's Kidney Pills
helped me right away when I began
with thorn, and three boxes cured
me permanently.'
Sold by all dealers. BO cents a bos.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.
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An English company has been form
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laundry work with salt water possible.
Now ocean steamships will not have
to carry from 50,000 to 100,000 pieces
of bed and table linen to last during
the entire voyage. Washing can be
done abroad.
Robbed In Church.
Just think what an outrage it is to bs
robbed of all tbe benefits ot the services
by continuous coughing throughout the
congregation, when Anti-Unpine is guaran
teed to cure. Bold everywhere. 25 eta.
W. Diemer, UL i)., manufacturer,
Bpringtield, Mo.
Chinese students in Japan now number
more than 3000.
To Cora Cold In One Day
Teki Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Drugiiists rotund money if it falls to eure. .
W.Grove'sslgnatureoneaohbox. 26c.
Glasgow, Scotland, spends on drink S16,
000,000 a year.
Typewriters Syllables.
German newspapers speak of a new
typewriting machine, which prints
syllables and short words Instead of
single letters, attains much greater
speed than others, and, It is claimed,
will revolutionize the art of type
writing. How's Thlat
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case ot Catarrh that cannot be eured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure is tnkenlnternally, act
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Price, 75b. per bottle. Bold by all Druggists.
Take Hail's Family Fills for constipation.
New Bullet for French Army.
Important improvements have re
cently been made in the arms and
ammunition of the French infantry
soldier, and a new cartridge is short
ly to be issued which combines many
new features. The cartridge is ab
solutely smokeless, not even giving
the small puff observed with the dis
charge of the present cartridges,
while its bullet is a cigar-shaped cyl
inder of bronze. This revolves with
a speed of 3,000 turns' per second
during Its flight and at 800 yards it
will have sufficient power to penetrate
a mass equivalent in bulk and resist
ance to six men standing behind one
another. This new cartridge is fired
from the Lebel rifle, which is thus
brought into the front rank of mili
tary weapons. Harper's Weekly.
Carried in Man's Pocket.
A fairly well-equipped gentleman
true to his calling and to his friends
carries quite a kit of tools. There
is a jack-knife, a match box, a cigar
cutter, a nail file, a corkscrew, a
fingernail tool and possibly a cigar
holder, and some good five-centers
to give away. And yet women
wonder what he finds to put in his
pockets. To facilitate further the
business of just hanging around, he
must have a little money, a handker
chief, bunch of keys, fountain pen,
some lead pencils and sharpener, eye
glasses, notebook, watch, old letters,
papers of more or less supposed val
ue, and a cardcase. Not one pocket
could be spared unless it is the one
on his nightshirt, and that looks so
sweet. Clay Center (Kan.) Times.
UNSCONCIOUS P01S0N1NC,
Bow It Often Happens From Coffees
"I had no Idea," WTites a Duluth
man, "that it was the coffee I had been
drinking all my life that was responsi
ble for the headaches which were
growing upon me, for the dyspepsia
that no medicines would relieve, and
for the acute nervousness which un
fitted me not only for work but also
for the most ordinary social functions.
"But at last the truth dawned upon
me, I forthwith bade the harmful bev
erage a prompt farewell, ordered In
some Tostum and began to nse it Tbe
food effects of the new food drink were
apparent within a very few days. My
headaches grew less frequent, and de
creased in violence, my stomach grew
strong and able to digest my food with
out distress of any kind, my nervous
ness has gone and I am able to enjoy
life with my neighbors and sleep sound
ly o'nlghts. 'My physical strength and
nerve power have Increased so much
that I can do double the work I used
to do, and I feel no undue fatigue af
terwards. "This Improvement set in Just as
soon as the old coffee poison had so
worked ont of. my system as to allow
the food elements In tbe Postum to get
a hold to build me up again. I cheer
fully testify that It was Postum and
Postum alone that did all this, for
'when I began to drink it I 'threw
physic to the dogs.'" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's reason. Read the famous
little book, "The Bond to Wellviile," in
Pkgs.
Garden
Corn the Cheapest Fodder.
The avelage corn yield per acre In
New Hampshire is placed by the gov
ernment crop reports at 31 bushels
per acre, the highest I think of any
New England state. In addition to
the amount of grnin, we have left in
the stalks or stover a food value for
animals fully equal to that in the
grain, or when properly cured and fed
without waste, a value equul to two
tons ordinary mixed hay.
ff a silo is included In the farm
equipment, and young animals and
dairy cows make up the live stock of
the farm, the entire crop, ears includ
ed, put In the silo will yield a feeding
value in a condensed, convenient
form of more than four tons of mixed
hay for every acre so used. B. Walk
er McKean. in the American Cultiva
tor. Horses Thrive on Molasess.
A large sugar refining concern In
Brool'.lyn feeds its truck horses on
the refuse molasses. The molasses
Is mixed with their feed, and the cost
of feeding is said to be but 34 cents
a day for each of these fine horses,
ranging from 1700 to io pounds in
weight, a reduction of 20 to 25 per
cent in cost from the old system of
maintaining them on oats and hay ex
clusively. ,
An experiment tried by this firm on
two run-down horses which had oeen
kept on ordinary rations Is said to
prove the hygienic value of the mo
lasses feed. Their weights were 890
and 925 pounds when put upon the
molasses system, and a great Im
provement was made in weight and
health. At the end of six weeks feed
in? the smaller had gained zM pounds
and the other 181 pounds. American
Cultivator.
Working for Their Food.
One of the ways of Increasing the
egg supply is to keep the hens happy
and contented, and two ways of doing
this ,nre to have scatterings of grain
through the chaff on the door so that
the fowls will keep busy scratching,
and the second way is to see that the
dust boxes are placed in the corner
which catches the most sun during
the winter. Ideal dust boxes are
strong soap boxes filled with road
dust, Into which has been mixed a lit
tle fine lime and a liberal supply of
Insect powder. Soil from the garden
if it is light and well dried will an
swer the purpose quite as well. It )s
an excellent plan to remove all this
dust from the boxes every little while
and sift it over removing anything un
desirable which has gotten into it,
then take It out in the sun, spread it
out thinly and let it dry thoroughly.
Most of it can be used repeatedly if
new lime and Insect powder is added
every month. The dust boxes should
be placed where they will not be
fouled In any way, for poultry will not
use them if too dirty, hence will go
without dusting, and the lice will then
become rampant. Indianapolis News.
Eggs as Food.
Few articles have been as long and
so uninterruptedly used as food as
eggs have been, which should be
proof sufficient to warrant their use,
even though there had been no analy
sis to sustain it, but scientific analy
sis proves them to be a most suitable
article of human food. Aside from
their nutritive qualities which strong
ly commend them. We clip the fol
lowing from Goodall's Farmer:
Eggs aro very easily digested. Raw
eggs are more quickly digested than
cooked eggs. Soft boiled eggs, roast
ed eggs and poached eggs are more,
easily digested than fried or hard
boiled eggs. The stomach will digest
a raw egg in from one and a half to
two hours. Soft-boiled and roasted,
eggs require from two and a half to
three hours, while hard-boiled or fried
egs must be allowed from three and
a half to four hours for digestion.
Eggs furnish a good substitute, for
meat and we believe it would be far
better for the average person if eggs
were more frequently UBed In place of
meat. Especially do they make a
light, nutritious dish for breakfast,
instead of the usual bacon or ham or
sausage. '
The Flock In Autumn.
If there is any weakness In the
flock it will show itself during the
moulting period. Charcoal is a good
tonic at this time. Fed In the form
of parched corn, there is nothing bet
ter to correct indigestion.
Wo find the Leghorns go through
the moulting period with less difficul
ty than the Jarger breeds, but any
breed. If neglected during the moult,
is apt to contract colds and other ail
ments. If the neglected fowls manage
to worry through with unimpaired
health, eggs will be 'few afterward
when they bring fancy prices.
The fowls that roost outside in
trees or under open sheds will be
slower in moulting than the ones that
Occupy warm houses. Small warm
quarters hasten moulting, we find. An
early moult is easier for the fowls and
require? teas time; however, If we de
sire to keep the hens in laying trim
until the pullets begin the production
of eggs, better give them a cool place
"to root, and if any show inclination
to become broody, lose no time in re
moving them from the nest and place
In a confined pen.
Changes in the weather are hard on
the fowls after they begin to drop
their feathers. They need a sheltered
loafing place on rainy, windy days,
and they are miserable enough with
out being compelled to roost under a
leaky roof.
At this season we look after the
ones that show an inclination to stay
on the roost until after breakfast
There are always ar few that have lit
tle appetite and have to be coaxed to
eat and take needed exercise. II
there Is ever a time when liberal feed
ing of wholesome food is important, it
Is while the change of plumage is
proceeding. We do not worry about
the bird laying on a little extra flesh
at this time. ,
The mnles are slower in growing
their new coats than the hens. The
long hackle and sickle feathers are
not grown In a hurry. ' It Is a good
plan to keep them apart from the
hens until they finish moulting. The
hens will do better and eggs will keep
longer during the hot weather we may
expect in early fall. We find the
mals will do well confined in small
quarters if kept clean.
During the moulting season we
mnko a thorough examination of our
stock and select the most promising
birds, with a view to their laying or
breeding qualities. The culls that are
large enough and other unprofitable
old birds we sort out and place in
fattening quarters, and feed for mar
ket. We find it pays to fatten these
chickens, they make better eating and
bring a better price than if picked
up and sold without any preparation.
Fannie M. Wood, in The Tribune
Farmer.
A Good Way to Winter Apples.
Owing to the fact that a certain
amount of decay is always inevitable
in storing apples under dwelling
houses, while, worst of all, the rotten
fruit becomes a propagating place for
disease germs which penetrate the
rooms above, aside from a reasonable
quantity wanted for home consump
tion, they could be kept in a pit or
cave, the more so because this, If
properly made, will preserve them in
excellent shape, and has the advan
tage of being the cheapest of any
possible storage construction. It
should be built into a hillside sloping
northward, for then the entrance will
be protected from the southwest
winds of summer and autumn, and
though In moist soils It needs to be
walled, in dry ones 'all that is re
quired are the upright posts set along
Its sides to support the roof. This
should consist of poles over which is
spread a layer of coarse hay, and dirt
thrown on top of that to the depth
of two feet.. Ventilation is secured
and an even temperature best main
tained by an underground pipe run
from an opening In the floor of the
cave to a similar opening on the sur
face of the ground several rods away.
It should bo large enough to admit a
sufficiency of air and provided at each
end with valves for regulating the
supply; there should also be, for the
exit of air, several flues, the sum, of
whose capacities is fully equal to the
capacity of the pipe, extended through
the roof of the cave to the open air
above. In this way a very equalable
temperaturo will always exist Inside
the cave, for the air as It passes
through tho pipe will be cooled in
summer, and warmed In winter. It Is
pleasant to note that such a cave can
be built almost any size desired. Also,
that the apples is less susceptible to
Injury from freezing than the potato,
ranking In this respect about the
same as mangels, beets, turnips and
similar root crops. Apples are never
better. Juicier, or tenderer to eat In
early spring than when they have
been carried through the winter in a
pit outdoors; indeed they thereby
seem to retain all their flavor and
brlttleness intact, making the winter
ing of at least a portion of ones' ap
ples for home use thus well worth
while. Provided the soli is porous
the most required Is to dig a pit a foot
or more in depth and, having set up
right in the center a box abont six
inches square, with holes bored
through the sides, while there is an
opening left at the top to permit ven
tilation, and long enough so that it
will extend above the surface of the
pit when completed, pile the apples
up around it in a conical heap; if the
soil is not porous, the next best place
Is a well-drained spot, where the fruit
should be arranged w.v-out any dig
ging, on a layer of clean straw. A
generous amount of straw or marsh
hay should then be spread over the
heap, followed by a few Inches of
earth. As soon as cold weather hn".
frozen this, a further covering ol
straw and earth should be applied, oi
else a heavy coat of coarse manure
Subscriber in the Epltomlst.
His Plans.
A benevolent old lady who was vis
iting the inmates of a certain prison
asked one of the convicts, in
whom she thought she detected signs
of repentance, If he had made any
plans for the future, following the ex
piration of his sentence.
"Sure, ma'am," replied the convict,
hopefully. "Two banks and a post
otflce." Harper's Weekly.
Against Emigration.
1 Th Roman Cathollo BlBhops of
Ireland have issued a circular to be
read In, all the chapels of the four
provinces, warning the young genera
tion against the evils of emigration.
FITS permanently eured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use ot Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Rentorer.S'itrlnl bottle andtreatisafree
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The world's production of coal in 1880
was 370,000,000 tons.
A Onarmntead Cnro For Piles,
Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorised to refund money If
FazoOlntment falls to cure In 6 to 14days.50c.
The telephone system of the Illinois
Central Railroad is to be extended.
lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my lite three years ago. Mrs. Thomas Rob
erts, Maple Ht., Norwioh, N.Y., Feb. 17,1300
The German city of Pforzheim has
population of 65.000.
Lost Hair from Fright.
Paul Bowles of Bolivar, N. Y., lost
his hair by fright. A runaway horse
threw him Into convulsions and caus
ed an illness of several weeks, during
which all of his hair came out.
Kruger'a Monument.
News comes from Strassburg that a
large bust of the late President
Kruger, destined to mark his grave
in Pretoria, has Just been completed
by a sculptor at Saargemund, Lorra
ine. stops belching:
Cares Bad Breath Positive and Instant
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A sweet breath is priceless.
Mull'i Anti Belch Wafers will cure bad
breath and had taste instantly. Belching
and bad taste indicate offensive breath,
which is due to stomach trouble.
Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers purify the
stomach and stop belching, by absorbing
foul gases that arise from undigested food,
and by supplying the digestive organs with
natural solvents for food.
They relieve sea or car sickness and
nausea of any kind.
They quickly cure headache, correct the
ill effect of excessive eating or drinking.
They will destroy a tobacco, whisky or
onion breath instantly.
They stop fermentation in the stomach,
cute indigestion, cramps, colic, gas In the
stomach and intestines, distended ab
domen, heartburn, bad complexion, dizzy
spells or any other affliction arising from
a diseased stomach.
We know Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers will
do this, and we wantyou to know it. Thu
offer may not appear again.
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.Ave., Rock Island, 111.
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upon receipt of price. Stamps accepted.
Cost of Colonies.
Colonial empires are fashionable;
but those nations that caught the fev
er late have found that the fashion
is expensive. Even the British tax
payer grumbles at the expense of the
colonial establishment, and calls loud
ly upon the colonists to bear their
share of the expenses of the empire.
But the British were lucky enough to
acquire some of the best quarters of
the globe, and their colonial estab
lishment Is exceptionally well organ
ized. Some of the newer builders of
colonial empire, are not so fortunate
in the showing made by the balance
sheet. This fact is brought to mind
by some figures in reference to the
war in Southwest Africa. Thus far
the German loss is 1,842 lives, includ
ing civilians. Perhaps $50,000,00'
has been spent upon the war. And
It is said that the territory In dis
pute with rebellious nattlves will not
support more than 6,000 white fam
ilies. Bismarck once said that the
Eastern question was not worth the
bones of one Pomeranian grenadier.
What would he think of the cost of
the African colonial empire? Buffa
lo Express.
Gold Hunters Rattled.
That it Is a good deal of a strain
on the nerves to discover gold Is
shown by the story of an Australian
official, who wished to telegraph the
news of the finding of the percious
metal in his district. A small boy,
seeking for a stone to throw at a
crow, had picked up what proved to
be a nugget of pure gold. In his ex
citement the official overlooked the
main point entirely and wrote this:
"Boy picked up a stone to throw at
a crow," and nothing more.
LOST
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Through Coffee Drinking.
Some people question the statements
that coffee hurts tbe delicate nerves of
the body. Personal experience with
thousands prove the general statement
true, and physicians have records of
great numbers of cases that add to the
testimony.
The following is from the Rock ford,
111., Register-Gazette:
Dr. William Langborst, of Aurora,
has been treating one of tbe queerest
cases of lost eyesight ever In history.
The patient is O. A. Leach, of Beach
County, and in tbe last four months he
has doctored with all of the specialists
about the country, and baa at last re
turned home with the fact impressed
en his mind that bis case is Incurable.
A portion of the optic nerve hat been
ruined, rendering his sight so limited
that he Is nnable to see anything be
fore him, but he can see plainly any
Jaiog st ths side of him. There have
The mora wa know of our Ills, the
easier and sooner relief will come.
Pains and aches of the ilesh,
Joints and muscles are
Rheumatic
The mission of the Old-Monk'
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The Perils of Table Salt.
Apropos of the recent death of
Charles T. Yerkes of Brlght's disease,
Dr. Bamuel G. Tracy sounds a warn
ing of the danger attending the ex
cessive use of common table salt. Dr.
Tracy says that the reason a person
who has nephritis should use but
little common salt is because the ex
cessive use of it produces dropsy and
retards the activity of the sweat
glands by increasing the osmotic
pressure ot the blood. It has been
demonstrated by well-known physio
logists. Dr. Tracy Bays, that only
small amounts of sodium chloride
(common salt) are essential for the
well-being of man. Refraining from
a too strenuous life and the avoidance
of excesses, particularly in diet, al
cholle drinks and common salt, will
do much, the physician continued,
toward the prevention of diseases of
ftie kidney. Recent reports from the
New York hoard of health show that
the mortality from kidney disease is
greatly on the increase. Philadel
phia Ledger.
Telephoning In Paris.
The telephone service of Paris
leaves considerable to be desired,
and meets with constant complaint
on the part of the subscribers. One
of the latter endeavored to test the
speed of the various means of com
munication tf the city, sending mes
sages in different ways rom his
rooms in the Rue Richelieu, in the
center of the city, to a friend on the
Avenue de la Grande Armee near the
Bois de Boulogne. He found that a
bicycle messenger made the trip in
11 minutes and 15 seconds, as com
pared with 23 minutes for a cab. A
message sent via the metropolitan
railway required 31 minutes, by omni
bus 34 minutes, a telegram 33 minutes,
a message by the pneumatic tube 3
hours, while the message sent by tele
phone did not arrive at ail. Harp
er's Weekly.
Our Petroleum Exports.
For years the United . States has
produced more oil than It could con
sume, and the surplus has had to find
a market abroad. This has made pe
troleum one of our most Important ex
ports and prior to 1905, it constituted
the largest single item in the state
ment of the exports of manufactures.
In that year, copper, for the first
time, exceeded petroleum In the val
ue of our exports. The total value of
all classes of Iron and steel manufac
tures exported is greater by far than
the total of our petroleum shipments,
but no single item under the head of
iron and steel manufacturers Is as
large as the item of Illuminating oil
exported. Oil City Derrick.
A Queer Autograph Album.
There has Just died at Berlin a man
who possessed a curious autograph
'album," consisting of a complete
skeleton, every bone of which was
covered with the signatures of his
friends and relatives.
Few Jews In Jerusalem.
Of the CO.OOO Inhabitants of Jeru
salem two-thirds are Jews; many of
them have blond hair.
Til CURE THE CRIP lh 9 ill 1 l-fiIE"!!
EYESIGHT
been but few cases of Its kind be
fore, and they have been caused by
whisky or tobacco. Leach has never
used either, but has been a great cof
fee drinker, and the specialists have
decided that the case hat been cansed
by this. Leach stated himself that for
several years he had drank three cups
of coffee for breakfast, two at noon
and one at nighc According to the
records of the specialists of this conn
try this Is the first case ever caused
by the use of coffee.
The nerve Is ruined beyond aid and
his case fa Incurable. The fact thit
makes the case a queer one is that tbe
sight forward has been lost and the
side sight has ben retained. Accord
ing to the doctor's statement the young
man will have to give up coffee or the
rest of his sight will folljw and the
entire ner?e be ruined.-RtgUUr Qa-tette.
That Delightful Aid to Health
3paxtme
Toilet Antiseptic
Whitens the teeth purifies
mouth and breath cures nasal
catarrh, sore throat, sore eyes,
and by direct application cures
all Inflamed, ulcerated and
catarrhal conditions caused by
feminine ills. (
Paxtine possesses extraordinary
cleansing, healing and germi
cidal qualities unlike anything
else. At all druggists. 50 cents)
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The R. Paxton Co., Boston, Masa
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Nitrogen and Plant Growth.
Nitrogen is so vital to the growtB
of plants that large sums are expend
ed for fertilizers rich in that element.
So far chemistry has done nothing
effective in the 'way of obtaining ni
trogen from the atmosphere. Yet it
is calculated that the nitrogen in the
air weighs no less than four billion
tens.
SPENT $50 WITH DOCTORS.
Clot Barber's Itch From Shaving-Worst
1mler Doctor's Care Cured by
' One Set of Cullcora Cost St.
"I want to send you a word of thank!
for what the wonderful Cuticura Reme
dies have done for me. I got shaved and
got barber's itch, and doctored with mf
own doctor, but it got worse all the time,
I spent in all about fifty dollars with doe
tors, buc still it got worse. A friend ol
mine wanted me to try the Cuticura Kern
edies. As 1 had tried everything, 1 was
discouraged. 1 bought one set of the Cuti
cura Remedies (Soap, Ointment and Pills,
cost $1.00), and they cured me entirely, so
1 cannot praise them too much. I would
be willing to do most anything for the pro
motion of a cause like the Cuticura Reme
dies. They are wonderful, and I have reo
ommended them to every one where occa
sion demanded it. I think every family)
l.,lr1 tnnnf al.mif S, flnii-a PmAHil
where they Lave children. Allen Ridg
way. Station Master, the Central Railroad
Company of .New Jersey, Baroegat 6ta
tion, H. J., Oct. 2, 1905."
Franklin's Last Days.
Two of the last Incidents of his
(Franklin's) life are lovingly re
membered. It was he who Intro
duced the motion in the Constitution
al Convention to open their meetings
with prayer. His last public act was
to indite from his deathbed, as presi
dent of the Society for the Abolition
of Slavery, a noble and touching ap
peal ''for those unhappy men who,
amidst the general Joy of surrounding
freemen, are groaning In servile sub
jection," In which the warm heart of
the aged philanthropist seems united
to the unerring conscience of the)
glorified saint. It is fitting that this
beneflcient and symmetrical life
should be closed with this large ut
terance of humanity. Century.
Mrs. Davis Not Rich.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of th
President of the Confederacy, still
keeps her residence in New York, al
though she goes South during ths
winter months. Mrs. Davis is now 81
years old and very feeble, although
not ailing. Her old Mississippi home
stead, "Beauvoir," ia now the horns
of Confederate veterans and wbetf
Mrs. Davis makes a sojourn in ths
South it is usually with friends.
While in New York she lives in a
quiet uptown apartment hotel and
keeps only one servant. She Is fai
from rich.
Loves Music and Cats.
One of the few pleasures to whlen
John Morley tfwns Is music, and he Is
passionately fond of going to con
certs. Mr. Morley Is also partial ta
'cats, and can seldom resist the temp
tation to stroke and pat any Btray klt
ten that happens to cross his path.
Let it be remembered that the eyes
may be attacked in one case and ths
stomach In another, while in others it
may be Kidneys, heart, bowels or gen
eral nervous prostration. The remet!
Is ob7lous and thoula be adopted be
fore too la '.a.
Quit coffee If you anow Incipient
disease.
It Is easy if one can have well-boiled
Postum Food Coffee to serve for ths
hot morning beverage. The withdraw
al of the old ilnd of coffee that Is
doing he harm and the snpply of ths
elements in the Postum, which Mature
nses to rebuild the broken down nervs
cells, lnscres s quick return to the old
Joy of strength and boa 1th, and It's
well werth while to b sble azaln te
"do things" and feel well. There's
reason for
POSTUM