01 Interest To Womeri.
To such women as are not seriously out
of healthlbut who have exacting duties
to perfornV either In the way ot house
hi Id caresW In social duties and func
tidriclAserloiisly tax their strength,
es wrfiaS surslng mothers. Dr. Pierce's
Favorite PtoX-rlptlon has proved a most
valuable sunning tonic and Invigorat
ing nervine. By Its , timely use, much
fprlout sli-U-nfsTinil smr.Tlim mav Tie
avoided. Tho operating table and the
Burgeons' Knife. would, jt Is liclii'Vi J",
seldom have to bo employed If this most
valuable woman'sp'TiiedY ."'f" "ioriHil
to in good time. . The "Favorite Prescrip
tion" has proven a (treat boon to expectant
motners by preparing tno system lor tne
coming o( baby, thereby rendering child
birth safe, easy, and almost painless. ,
Bearlh ulnd, please that Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription Is not a secrot or
patent medicine, against which tho most
Intelligent peoplo are qulto naturally
averse, because of tho uncertainty as to
their eomposltion and harmless character,
but ,iS a MEDICINE OF KNOWN COMPOSI
TION, a full list of all its Ingredients being
printed, In plain English, on every bottlo
- wrapper. An examination of this list of
Ingredients will disclose tho fact that it is
non-alcoholic in its composition, chemic
ally pure, triple-refined glycerine taking
the place of the commonly used alcohol,
In its make-up. In this connection it
may not be out of place to state that the
"Favorite Prescription" of Dr. Pierce is
tho only medicine put up for the cure of
woman s peculiar weaknesses and ail
ments, and sold through druggists, all
the ingredients of which have the un
animous endorsement of all the leading
medical writers and teachers of all tho
several schools of practice, and that too
as remedies for tho ailments for which
"Favorite Prescription " is recommended.
A little book of theso endorsements will
be sent to any address, post-paid, and
absolutely free, if you request samo by
postal card, or letter, of Dr. K. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets euro con
stipation. Constipation is the cause ot
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take as candy.
Courts of Love.
'Courts of love" were established
In the middle ages, when chivalry was
at its height and love the serious oc
cupation of life among the higher
class of society. The first ''court of
love" was established In the south of
France In the twelfth century and was
composed of knights, poets and ladies,
and their decisions on- subtle ques
tions connected with affairs of the
heart were given with great formality.
J' Stimulate the Blood.
Brnndreth's Pills are the great blood
fiuritier. They are a laxative and blood
onic, they act equally on the bowels, the
kidneys and the skin, thus cleansing the
SMtcm by the natural outlet of the body.
1 hoy stimulate the blood so ns to enable
nature to throw oft? all morbid humors
and cure all troubles arising from an im
pure state of the blood. One or two taken
every night will prove invaluable.
Each pill contains one grain of solid ex
tract ot sarsapnrilla, which, with other
valuable vegetable products, make it a
binod purifier of excellent character.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use for
over a eenturv and are sold in everv drufl
"and" hicdicine 'store, plain or sugar-coated.
I faicdicine s
As to 1
i the Size of Heads.
The average adult head has a cir
cumference of fully 22 inches. The
average adult hat is fully six and
three-quarters size. The sizes of
iron's hats are six and three-quart-ens
and six and seven-eighths gener
ally. "Seven" hats are common In
Aberdeen, and the professors of our
coUleges generally wear seven and
onp-eighth to eight sizes. Heads wear
ing bats of the sizes six and three
eighths and smaller or being less than
21 (inches in circumference can nev
er ce powerful. Between 19 and 20
Inches, in circumference heads are In
variably very weak, and, according to
this Authority, "no lady should think
of marrying a man with a head less
than 2y inches in circumference."
People Vith heads under 19 inches
are mentally deficient, and with heads
under 18Mnches invariably idiotic.
London Yaung Woman.
j
Spider Chased a Man.
A story Is told by an explorer of a
large and fierce South American spider
which chases men if they come too
near its lurking places. On one oc
' caslon he was pursued by one. "Rid
ing at an easy, trot over the dry grass,"
he writes, "I observed a spider pur
suing me, leaping swiftly along and
keeping up with my beast. I aimed a
blow with my whip, and the point of
the lash struck the ground close by it,
when it Instantly leaped upon and ran
up the lash and was actually within
three or four lnhces ot my hand when
I flung the whip from mc " London
Standard.
A FRIEND'S TIP.
f 0-Yer-Old Man Not Too Old to Ao.
cept Food Pointer.
' "For the last 20 years." writes a
Maine man, "I've been troubled with
Dyspepsia ' and liver complaint, and
iave tried about every known remedy
-without much In the way of results
until I took up the food question.
"A friend recommended Grape
TJutB food, after I had taken all sorts
ct medicines with only occasional,
temporary relief.
"This was about nine months ago,
and I began the Grape-Nuts for
breakfast with cream and a little
sugar. Since then I have had the
food for at least one meal a day,
usually for breakfast.
"Words fall to express the benefit
3 received from the use of Grape
Nuts. My stomach Is almost entirely
lree from pain and my liver com
plaint Is about cured, I have gained
flesh, sleep well, can eat nearly any
Wnd of food except greasy, starchy
things, and am strong and healthy
at the age of 70 years.
"If I can be the means of helping
any poor mortal who has been
troubled with dyspepsia as I have
been, I am willing to answer any let
' ter enclosing stamp." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
pJead the little book, "Tho Roid to
WeUville," in pkgs. "There's a Beaton.".
ELrfJL
Food We Throw Away.
The French, with more good sense
than ourselves, often cook pea in the
shell, either boiling them whole or
boiling after cutting into strips as we
cut scarlet runner beans. Pea shells
are as nutritious and In every way as
wholesome as many other green foods
for which we pay away hardly earned
money.
Why do. we throw away tender cab
bage Btumps? Why do we throw
away apple peelings and apple cores?
Apple cores and peelings make a
splendid Jelly, but it is well to get rid
of most of the pips. Cabbage stumps,
when young, are a valuable addition to
stews. They should be sliced. Amer
ican Cultivator.
"Just How Much." '
The cook book or the printed page
can give only general directions as to
proportions, order In which Ingredi
ents are added, methods of mixing,
cooking vessels and average amount
of heat required. There is necessarily
a very considerable amount of details
left to the common sense and judg
ment of the one using the recipe. One
can only say with the much-quoted old
colored mammle: "Thar, honey, I done
tole you how much, but you-alls must
fin' out de wo'k In de cookln'; they's
a heap mo'e to l'rn."
The amount of Ingredients, as to
quantity and proportions, with order
and method of mixing, etc., may be
clearly set forth by the types; but
much good material and many pains
taking efforts may be sacrificed to un
suitable conditions in the home. The
quality of the material used matters
as much as the quantity; the under
standing ot the terms used in giving
the directions, the conscientious fol
lowing of the rule, the cleanliness and
suitableness of the vessels, the tracta
blllty of the oven, the amount of avail
able heat, or the lack of it all these
things enter into the question of suc
cess or failure. Good judgment and
commonsense methods are essentials.
Many good recipes may be spoilt by
the typo through the use of a wrong
letter or figure, and the user should
be able to correct the error by experi
mental knowledge of the subject,
which the typesetter is not supposed
to have. Recipes should be studied,
and the materials to be used should
ba measured as much by "judgmcn"
as by cup or scales. If one fails, the
failure should be studied and the cause
of it found out, to be avoided the next
time. A recipe Bhould not be tossed
aside because of failure the first time,
if it "looks good," and proportions giv
en seem all right. If you must cook,
make a business of it, and pursue busi
ness methods in handling tho matter.
It is often remarked that men are bet
ter cooks than women, and the reason
of this is largely due to the fact that
men do cooking by business methods.
Women must master the art of cook
ery by -pursuing it cn business lines
and principles.
J PEARL8 OF THOUGHT,
Flowers are the sweetest things
God ever made and forgot to put a
soul Into. Henry Ward Beecher.
You who would serve the master,
servo the master's own. We call for
the union ot all who love in the cause
of all who suffer. R. J. Campbell.
The withered leaf is not dead and
lost, there are forces in it and around
it, though working in inverse order;
else how could It rot? Thomas Car
lyle. It Is a dangerous thing to be pros
perous. The crucible of adversity Is a
less severe trial to the Christian than
the refining pot of prosperity. C. H.
Spurgcon.
And this our life, exempt from pub
lic haunt, finds tongues in trees, books
in the running brooks, sermons In
stones, and good in everything. Wil
liam Shakespeare.
Farmers may well be congratulated
on the interests of farmers in eco
nomic and political affairs and on
their Independent thinking and inde
pendent voting. John M. Stahl.
Reverence and use aright the hours
which, as they perish, are Imparted
to you. Regard each new day as a
fresh continued gift from God, and
say to it, "I will not let thee go un
less thou bless me." Farrar.
The great cities grow like creeping
paralysis over freedom, and the man
from the country is walking into
them all the time because the poor
restless fellow believes wealth awaits
him on their pavements. Owen Wis
ter. God has made you after his own
plan, and he places you just where he
wishes you to work with him to bring
about the highest results for yourself.
He has given you every opportunity.
Make yourself what you will remem
ber It lies with you. God can make no
mistakes! Alice Freeman Palmer.
Some Breakfast Cakes.
Waffles should be served as soon as
cooked, otherwise, they become tough.
There Is nothing nicer for breakfast,
If they are properly made and eaten
as soon as cooked.
' Light Waffles Beat together yolks
of three eggs and a pint of sweet
milk; have ready a cup of sifted
flour, with a teaspoonful each of salt
and baking powder in it, and mix the
eggs and milk into it until the soft
batter Is smooth. Add a tablespoonful
of butter, not melted, but soft enough
to mix well; have the irons very hot
and well greased with a bit of fat
bacon, being very careful to get the.
hollows well greased. Beat the whites
of the eggs to a stiff froth, add a tea
spoonful to the batter and fill the
irons; do not add all tho whites at
once only a spoonful at a time. It is
the falling of the beaten whites that
makes waffles heavy, as well as a too
stiff batter; the batter should be al
most thin enough to pour. This can
be tried until the right consistency Is
found. This recipe is sent in by Mrs.
M.
French Battercakes Beat the yolks
of three eggs very light, with a table
spoonful of sugar; to this add a scant
cup and a half ot sifted flour and two
teaspoonfuls of butter (measured and
then melted); beat well Into a batter
with half a cup of slightly warm milk,
and add while beating a quarter of a
teaspoonful of baking powder, and
then the stiffly beaten whites of the
eggs. Have, the griddle very hot and
lightly greased with sweet lard; bake
the batter in small cakes, browning
each side nicely. Serve with butter,
syrup or in any way liked. Powdered
sugar may be sifted ovt. thera as
they are sent to the table. -E. L., in
The Commoner.
Punctuality.
"Never put off till tomorrow what
you can do today," said the man whe
quotes proverb3 whsa he oucht to be
at work.
"That's right." answered llr. Dus
tin Stax, "you cr.n never be sure the!
the grend jury isn't golnt; to pft t
work tomorrow and spell the v.-holt
scheme" Washington "tr.
THIEF BEHIND A PORTRAIT.
Substituted His Eyes for Those In the
Picture and Made a Rich Haul.
A Russian official named M. Loktleff
on returning home with his wife about
2 o'clock in the morning was attract
ed by a strange noise in the drawing
room, as If a chair was being pushed.
An examination by candle light reveal
ed nothing amiss, and a search In the
other rooms had the same result.
They returned to the drawing room,
where a large portrait of Mme. Lok
tieff's grandfather, in the uniform of
a Uhlan officer, was standing against
the wall. The young wife glanced at
the portrait and uttering a scream
rushed out of the room.
"What's the matter?" asked her hus
band, greatly surprised.
"I just thought tho portrait was look
ing at me with real eyes!" answered
his wife, who was trembling violent
ly. Her husband laughed at her childish
fears. Half an hour passed before
Mme. Loktleff came to herself, and
then remembering that she had left her
purse in the drawing room with 6
in it she took a candle and bravely
entered the room in her search for it.
A wild shriek followed. Her husband
rushed In and found his wife lying in
a dead faint on the floor. With the
cook's help he carried his wife to bed.
While he was nursing her he told the
cook to search the room carefully, but
she did not find anything suspicious.
The next morning M. Loktleff, look
ins more closely at the portrait, found
that the eyes had been cut out and the
portrait had been moved a little from
the wall. Further Investigation showed
that many valuables were missing. The
thinef had hidden himself, it seems,
behind the portrait and was watching
the couple all the time through the
eyeholes of the portrait. London Daily
Mall.
Longevity and Work.
The records of centenarians show
that the full exercise of the various
powers, mental and bodily, Is condu
cive to great age, so that there need
be no fear ot entering heartily, ac
tively, and with full interest and en
ergy into the assigned work of life,
physical or mental, provided one does
not put more continued strain on
one's resources of strength than they
can bear without protest. Work, en
Joyed as it should be, promotes health
ot body, and, especially if stimulated
by other motives than personal am
bition and gain, engenders that cheer
ful and placid frame of mind which is
one of the adjuncts of centenarlanism.
The inhabitants of almost any rural
district will be found to point with
pride to the number of hale and
hearty octogenarians, nonogenarians,
and centenarians living among them
as an evidence ot their healthy en
vironment and hygienic lives, while
every rich city furniBhes innumer
able examples of unfortunate people
going to unhonored early graves
through idleness and indulgence and
the perverted and unhealthy ways of
living and killing time that Idleness
induces. The normal human brain
and muscular system are able to ex
pend a prodigious amount of energy
without suffering anl permanent de
terioration, provided the strain is not
kept up for such a time that the cen
tres of energy become exhausted and
impaired. Men and women should
learn to know just bow much energy
they can expend without causing
harmful effects to their systems, and
then they should endeavor always to
remain well within the limits imposed
by th!r Individual organization and
endowment of recuperative force.
The Circle.
Teachers' salaries in the New York
city public schools vary from the min
imum of $800 annually to the mul
cium of $;00. .
If You Don't Get Good Cigars
Now, It's Your Own Fault
All you have to do is to stand up like a man and ask the
dealer for cigars identified by the "Triangle A" on the box.
Nothing else.
Nothing easier.
Nothing surer.
When you say "Give me a 'Tri
angle A' cigar, ,r you are absolutely
as certain of getting quality, and
the same quality every time, no
matter which particular brand you
select, as if you had your cigars
made up to order.
We nave succeeded in building
up a fifteen per cent, share of the
entire cigar business of this coun
try. In the face of tha keenest
competition, take notico. You
know well enough that there's only
one way we could have done it :
' Simply by making better cigara
of every grade than any other man
ufacturer has produced and telling
the truth about them.
And by making the strongest
definite claims that any cigar man
ufacturer ever dared to make, and
living up to them.
The one reason why we started
in marking our boxes with the "Tri
angle A" was to enable you to shu
down sharp on the common hit-or-miss
way of buying cigars on some
body's say-so, and make your selec
tion with your eyes open.
It would be worth your while to
take all sort3 of trouble in order to
obtain "Triangle A" brands but
you don't have to bother you can
get them anywhere. ,
It's up to you to ask for them.
Practically every dealer in the
United States carries them.
Do your part! - .
' Give yourself a square deal !
This "Triangle A" merit mark
identifies the product of the most
modern improved methods and
scientific processes of cigar pro
duction, and represents a standard
of quality far superior to that
which the same price could hereto
fore purchase.
If you have been buying your cigars by guess-work and want to put
our claims to a most practical test, just take a new start. Begin by
smoking one of the best-known of all the brands that are sold under the
guarantee of the "Triangle A"
The New C,
REMO
Compare it fairly with any cigar sold at the same price that carries
no "Triangle A" guarantee: you won't fail to see why we are so confident
of your co-operation as soon as you realize just what the "Triangle A"
stands for.
Every box is now extra-wrapped in glassine paper, sealed
nt pnrh pnrl with tho "Trinncrlp. A" in rpn. Tlip nenra nvp ifPTvt
clean, fresh and in perfect smoking condition until the box
is opened.
AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer
iABOIt WORLD.
Essex County (Mass.) Commission
era deny labor unions right to meet in
court houses.
The Master Plumbers' Association,
of New- York City, has agreed to pay.
the journeymen plumbers $5.25 a
day.
In 1866 the first National Labor
Congress was held at Baltimore, on
August 20. This body met annually
in different cities for several years
thereafter.
The British Government has ap
pointed a committee ot scientists to
inquire into the probable economic!
effect of an eight-hour working day
in the mines.
Twenty years ago plumbers in New
York City received $3.50 a day and
worked fifty-three hours a week.
Now they get $5.25 and work forty
tour hours a week.
The Central Federated Union, In
New York City, after a warm debate,
voted to support the legislative put
ting women teachers on an eqnal sal
ary basis with the men.
In England the Labor party is. ask
ing all the affiliated unions to double
their subscriptions to the Parliamen
tary Representation Fund. It is now
two cents per member.
The Reading has decided to in
crease the wages of Its engineers,
firemen, conductors, brakemen, yard
men and other employes of that class
on all divisions from five to ten per
cent.
There are over 50,000 men en
gaged In the carriage and wagon
building industries, of whom 6000
are members of the Carriage and
Wagon Builders' Union ot North
America.
The San Francisco Furniture Han
dlers' Union has decided to ask $3
for an eight-hour day, beginning
April 1 next, this giving the employ
ers the necessary ninety days' notice.
The present rate is $2.50.
EGGLES3 FRUIT CAKE.
This recipe ia sent in as being per
Cectly reliable, having been in use in
the family for years; will make three
medium-sized loave3.
Two coffeeiipfuIs of brown sugar,
one coffee-cupful of moIasBes (not
glucose), one ipint of strong, boiling
coffee, one pound of fat salt-pora
chopped fine, one tablespoonful ol
soda dissolved, one teaspoonful each
of ground cloves, cinnamon, allspice,
ginger, and a little loss of ipepper. one
pound of seeded raisins, one pound of
currants (washed arid perfectly dry),
one-naif pound of mixed shredded
orange, lemon and citron peel (equal
parts), one-half pound of chopped nut
meats. Free tha pork from tho rind
and lean, anil grind or chop very
fine; over this pour tha boiling cof
fee, then mclasw-. with soda Btlrrod
In, then tho supiar nnd upirna, using
flour to m.'x qiite i:tt", add tho fruit,
well floured, stlrrinc; In veil, and
lake slowly fr f"'T.rs. M. 3. H.
Th Commoner.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Whuat No. I red f n
179 No. 2 71
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear 51
No. S jellow, shelled 47
MUed ear 44
Oats No. 8 white .W
No. 3 white sr
Flour Winter patent 8 93
Fancy straight winters 4 00
nay No. 1 Timothy in 00
CloTer No. 1 18 ni
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton It 2 m
Drown middlings It) in)
Bran, hulk ?l 50
Straw Wheat 10 50
Uat ; 10 LD-
Dairy Producls.
Butter Elgin creamery t S3
Ohio croainery g',
Fancy country roll is
Cheone Ohio, new u
New York, new 14
Poultry, Ets.
Hens per 11) ,.8 U
Chickens drennod 10
Eggs Fa. and Ohio, trosh 7
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bu. . . . BO
Cabbage per ton Into
Onions per barrel I M
75
7J
M
48
4?
89
St
4 0)
4 H
ID 50
1H 50
Si 00
lil Oil
2i 50
11 01
11 00
DR. GREWER
Medical and Surgical Institute, Rooms
7 and 8, PostofTlce Building,
DUBOIS, PA.
in i
ii a
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent S 8 fS 8 8)
Wheat No. S rod 11 74
Corn Mixed 4 47
Eggs IM 8)
Butter Ohio creamery Hi V6
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent 3 8 "0 8 M
Wheat No. red 77 78
Corn No. 2 mixed 47 40
Oats No. whlto 44 45
Butter Creamery W 81
Eggs Pennsylvania firsts !i !
NEW YORK.
Flour-Patents 3 8 00 8 70
Wheat No. red Hi SO
Corn No. W M
Oats No. i white 4i
Butter -Creamery '
Uggs State and Pennsylvania.... 20
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle. ,
Extra, 1.450 to 1,8)0 lb..., 8 S ? 8 03
l-rline, 1,!I0 to 1.400 Ibi ..; S r 8 7.5
(iood, 1,2110 to 1.8 10 Ilia 8 21 8 50
Tidy. 4.000 to l.lfpO lbs 4 85 8 23
Common, 700 to 0w lbs 8 ml 8 VI
xen, a , l 4 OJ
Bulls a 60 Hi
I'owh 1 50 8 78
llelfors, 7110 to 1. 101 S 51 4 40
Fivsh Cows and Springers 10 00 SO 00
Hogs.
Prime heavy y 7 43
Prune medium weight 7 41
Best heavy Ymkwr 7 81
U'wd light Yorkers...., 7 4.,
rigx O Ol
Houghs 5 4)
dtaga 4 OJ
Sheep.
Prime wethers $ 5 60
Unod mixe I 5 '?,
r alr mixed ewes and wethers 4 M
Culls and common i 00
Lambs 8 w
Calves. '
Veal calves 0 0T
Ueury and thin ttitlvnn 8 50
7 43
7
7 50
7 00
b
8 li
5 80
5 .VI
ft to
8 00
7 60
DR. E. GREWER, Consulting
Physician and Surgeon,
Dr. E. Drawer, a gradmte of the University
of Pennsylvania and one ot the leading spec
ialists of this State, Is now permanently, lo
cated at the above address, where he treat
all chronic diseases of Men, Women and
Children.
He makes a specialty of all forms of Ner
vous diseases. Blood Poison, Secret Diseases,
Epileptic Fits. Convulsions, Hysteria, St.
Vitus Dance. Wakefulness cured under
guarantee.
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weaknesses of Young Men
Cured and All Private
Diseases.
Varicocele, Hydrocele andRupture prompt
ly cured without pain and no detention from
business.
He cures the worst cases of Nervous Pros
tration. Rheumatism. Scrofula. Old Rnr.
Blood Poison and all diseases of the Skin, Ear,
nose, inroat, Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Liver,
Kidneys and Bladder.
Itching Piles, Fistula. Stricture. Ti
Cancers and Goiters cured wfthout cutting.
special attention paid to the treatment ot
Nasal Catarrh.
He will forfeit the sum of $5,-
000 for any case of Fits or
Epileptic Convulsions
that he cannot cure.
Consultation free In English nnd Onrmn.
and strictly confidential. Write If vnn
cannot call.
Office hours: From Da. m. to 8.39 n. m. o
Sundays 9 to 12 a. m.ouly. , ,
9 51
0 SJ
Th'.-ro la n dcnl of opposition,
amone Scotchmen. t-i Carnecio'a nlft
cf $10,030,031 to Suttieh universities.
Tho slirlit of tint much nionev helnz
given away is uald bj Puck, to be
uoicorallzlns to tho Btudtnt3,
Fate of All Tourists.
Tho tourist crowd Is already Invad
ing us. Ho will bo bled and cheated,
ari will care hut little, for it ia hia
fato .iMterevcr ho to Switzer
land, t!ie Riviera, to A'.gera or tr
Cairo. Allahabad Pioneer.