cen bat kef chr ttaf lis' c ol This woman says that sick women should not fail to try Lydia E. Pinkhani's Vegetable Compound as she did. Mrs. A. Gregory, of 2355 Lawrence St, Denver, CoL, writes to Mrs. Finkham: " I was practically an Invalid for sis years, on account of female troubles. I underwent an operation by the doctor's advice, but in a few months I was worse than before. A friend ad vised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it restored me to perfect health, such as I hare not enjoyed in many years. Any woman suffering as I did with backache, bearing-down pains, and periodic palns.should not fail to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. link ham's Vegetable Copiround, made from roots and herbs, Las been the standard remedy for female ills, andhas positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkhnm invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. Another Windy City Found. Wellington, the political capital or Now Zealand, is one of the windiest cities in the world. Everybody in Wellington' clutches his hat tin round ing a street comer to prevent Its be ing blown into space. A Wellington man is always known In Sydney, Mel bourne and other cities by the de termined manner In which he holds on to his hat through force of long hab it. Chicago Daily News. AT A CRITICAL TIME. -Women Are Likely to Buffer With Dangerous Kidney Disorders. Mrs. John Kirk, R. P. D. No. 2, De troit, Mich., says: "Five years ago at a critical time of life I was on the verge of i a collapse with kid ney troubles, back ache, dizziness, puffy dropsy swellings and urinary irregularities. : I lost flesh and felt languid, nervous or unstrung all the time. As my doctor did not help me, I be gan using Doan's Kidney Pills. In a few weeks all these symptoms left me. I now weigh 163 pounds and feel in excellent health." Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co,, Buffalo, N. Y. Expensive War. Germany's war In Southwest Africa has cost $50,000,000, which has been spent overcoming the resistance of one or two native tribes. .The losses In action were heavy. Eighty-six commissioned officers were killed and the non-commissioned officers num bered 229; rank and file, 1,167; total, 1,482. Among the colonial troops 16 officers and 195 men perished. t Aak Your Dealer For Allen's Foot-Emae. ; , A powder. It rafts the feet. Cams Corns. ,' ' Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Bsile make new or tieht aboe ea sy. At all Druggists and Shoe store, 25 cent. Ao cept no Mjbutitute. Sample mailed Free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. To Prevent Colds. An easy and simple method of cut ting a cold short is to inhale sulphur snroke as soon as sneezing and irri- tation appear in the nasal passages. " Burn a small quantity in a close room and inhale the smoke gradually. MewW.fl We Go? FOB THE LATEST ISSUE Or NEWENGIAND VACATION RESORTS A beautifully iHustratei booklet telling you Low to go, where to stay, what to see, and low much, it will cost. The Landiest tiling imaginable in planning your Summer Outing- . Spni for It tnrtur. It1 rrmrr for tha wkln. Aridrnw, "Trawl Biirrau," l"aaa. Uul't. B. k H.H. U.. Buatuu. Mnaa. rLDI. P T.M. e. M. UltT, 0... . P. H. U. 20. IWi. If ffllrlrd with weak ye, OUR CIVIL SERVICE ARMY. Interesting Figures Concerning Uriels Sam's Employes. There are 106,811 persons employ ed in the postofflce department. The figures Include 37,389 rural delivery carriers, 28,846 clerks in classified of fices, 24,696 letter carriers, and 13.S92 railway mail clerks. Tho 62,663 postmasters and 12,850 clerks aro not included in these figures. If these are added it will be found that the total number engaged in hand ling the mall of the country is 1S0,-33C. People Tell Each Other About Good Things. Twelve years ago few people in the world knew of such ap reparation as a Powder for the Feet. To-day after the genuine merit of Allen's Foot-Ee has been told year after year by one gratified person to another, there are millions who would as goon go without a dentifrice as without Allen a f oot-base, it is a cieaniy, wnoie lome. healine. antiseptic powder to he shaken into the shoes, which has given rest and comfort to tired and aching leet in all parts of the world. Jt cures wane you w.i lit. Over 30.000 testimonials of cure of smarting, swollen, perspiring feet, it pre vent tnction and wear 01 tne ocrihk and will save in your atocking bill ten times its cost each year. Imitations pay the dealer a larger profit, otherwise, you would never he offered a substitute when you ask for Allen' Foot-Ease, the original powder for the feet. Imitations are not advertised because they are not permanent. For every genuine article there are many imitations. The imitator has no reputation to ustain the advertiser has. It stands to reason that the advertised article is the best, otherwise the public would not buy it and the advertising could not be continued. When you ask for an article advertised in this paper, see that you get K.' tteiusa imitations. Robbers Hard to Quell. Armed robbery is still rife In the Kweilin district of China despite the efforts of the authorities to suppress it. Over four hundred executions of offenders for this crime have taken place in this district alono during the last 12 months. Deafness Cannot Be Cured fiylocal applications as theycannot reach ths diseased portion of the ear. There is only on way to cure deafness, and that is by consti tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tubeis in Bumad yon have a rumbling sound orimper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam mation can be taken odt and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will bedestrovod forever. Ninecuses out often are caused bycutarrh, which is nothingbut an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will ri ve One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness ( caused bycatnrrh) thatcan notbecnrdbyHall's!atarrh Cure. Sendfor circulars free. F. J.Chexey & Co.,Toledo,D. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Thumbprint Test for Voters. It is alleged that In the borough of Manhattan, the most important subdi vision of Greater New York, 30,000 fraudulent votes are cast at every election. This charge Is made by the Republican commitee of the coun ty of New Ycrk. "An absolute means, of Identification," declares tho sub committee, "would be to require the registering of thumb prints of each elector on registraticn and election day. This would be practically a complete system of identification." The Bertillion thumbprint test Is ap plied largely to criminals. The next step might possibly be a rogues gal lery of suspected voters. Baltimore Sun. Church Census. Eight churches In one of tho sub urbs of Baltimore secured trained men to take a church census of that sec tion, and a card index has now been arranged that tells the ministers all about the religious affiliations, of every family of that locality. Garfield Tea is of particular benefit to those subject to rheumatism and gout I It pnriftes the blood, cleanses the system and eradicates disease. Drink before retiring. Metallic Ferments, The passage of an electric spark between two metallic electrodes in distilled water produces a solution or suspension that Is called an electroly tic, metallic ferment or hydrosol, and is claimed to have the properties of (liastatic ferments. The different metals yield hydrosols having the same action, although that of palladi um Is said to act better and more reg ularly than others. These substances are administered hypodermically, and aro recommended for pneumonia, rheumatism, typhoid fever, diphthe ria, influenza and many inflammatory diseases. A new work by Prof. Al bert Robin, a prominent French rtu thorlty, explains the physiological snd pathological action, although other physicians doubt that there is really any action at all. LITTLE BOY KEPT SCRATCHING. ; Eczema Lasted 7 Years Face was All Raw Skin Specialists Failed, But Caticura Effected Cure. "When my little boy wa six week old an eruption broke out on hi face. I took him to a doctor, but hi face kept on get ting worse until it got so bad that no on could look at him. Hi whole face was one l crust and must have been very painful. Ue j scratched day and night until hi face wa raw. Then I took him to all the best i specialist in skin disease, but they could not do much for him. The eczema got m hi arms and legs and we could not get a ! night' sleep in month. I got a set of Cuticura Reniedie and he felt relieved the i tint time I used them. I gave the Cuti 1 cura Remedies a good trial and gradually ! the eczema healed all up. He is now seven years old and I think the trouble will I never return. Mr. John G. Klumpp, 80 j Niagara St., Newark, N. J., Oct. 17 and , 22, 1907." Don't Mind Beef Trust. An Eskimo will devour greedily 20 pounds of meat a day. A Russian Tartar will eat In 24 hours 40 pounds. Captain Cochrnno mentions a Tartar who consumed in that time the hind quarters of a large ox, 20 pounds of fat and a proportionate quantity of melted butter for drink. Three of his tribe the Yakuti think nothing of polishing off a rein deer et a meal. New York Press. The Evolution of Paint. By G. B. The earliest use of paint was prob ably heraldic or symbolical, and the colors were applied first to the human body. Remnants of the practice are still seen among savages who, on cer emonious occasions, of war, the chase, etc., decorate their face with con ventional signs and colors. The second use of paint in evolu tion was decorative. The Egyptians, thousands of years ago, used the sim ple colors, both for broad effects and for decorative design. The Greeks are believed to have color-d all their marbles, whether statuary or carving, and the Romans,-who were Imitative In their arts, carried the use of color in architecture to the extreme, as seen in the wall paintings of Pom peii. The pigments used in these earlier days were generally of the simplest type usually r.atural colors found in the earth and requiring only mechan ical treatment to fit them for use. Of these are the iron oxides, such as red haematite, ochres, siennas, umbers, etc., the natural salts of lead, cad mium nnd arsenic yellows, and cinna bar, which are now produced arti ficially, these natural pigments are still in use at the present day, the chief improvement being in the pro cesses of preparation. A few of our artificial colors were apparently known to the Romans, at least, since Vetruvius and Pliny de scribe processes for the production of several. Including white lead and lamp black. According to what can be gathered from these writers and from examination of paints found in Pompeii and Rome, the liquid me dium appears to have been some sort of vegetable gum In solution. It was not until comparatively re cent times that paint began to receive attention as a protective or preserva tive material. All of the earlier allu sions to the subject were along decor ative lines, and down to nearly the beginning of the last century all in formation on the subject was directed to the requirements of artists or ar chitects. The dwellings of the more fortunately circumstanced classes were built of stone, brick and hard woods, on which paint, except for dec oration, was but sparingly ' used; while the shelters of the poorer classes were generally of the flimsiest character on which paint would have been an unthinkable luxury. As the means of the common peo ple Improved and the use of wood for permanent buildings became more common, paint naturally suggested itself as a preservative material, and white lead, being the most generally obtainable of the lighter colored pig ments, its employment received an impetus which it has scarcely yet lost. Of all the artificial pigments, ex' cepting lamp black, this is probably the oldest. The natural carbonate of lead was well known among the Greeks and Romans, and it is proba ble, from some remarks of the writers of the first century, that the prepara tion of the bydrocarbonate by the use of vinegar was also understood. White lead was at least manufactured for their own use by the Italian artists of the Middle Ages. It is probable that the Dutch acquired the art of making white lead from Venice, but in Hoi land the industry received such an Impetus that the process still in use with some modifications, is known to this day as the "Old Dutch Pro cess." The Dutch corroded lead by expos ing it to the fumes of vinegar in por celain pots buried under fermenting manure in a trench excavated in the earth. The industry' was brought from Holland . to England, where eventually certain Improvements brought it finally to its present form, wherein the process 1b conducted in wooden "stacks" or bins by means of fermenting spent tan bark. For many years white lead . re mained the only available white base for bouse paints, and so long as the pigments used with it to produce tints were the stable earth colors and such unalterable artificial products as lamp black, it answered the general re. qulrements quite satisfactorily. Two defects were, however, noted very early the first, its tendency to dark en from exposure from sulphuretted hydrogen gas, and second, its disas trous effect upon the health of those working with it. The last mentioned property led to increasing agitation against Its use, as the practice of house painting spread, and the history of the paint industry from lato in the eighteenth century to the middle of the nine teenth is' full of attempts to replace it with something else. This agita tion led on the one hand to the sub. stitution of white lead ground in oil by the manufacturer for the old form of dry lead ground by the painter himself, and on the other hand re sulted in the addition of zinc oxide. sublimed lead, lithopone, blanc fixe, etc., to the list of available white pigments. - ' It was also recognized quite early that there are certain colors which cannot be mixed with white lead with' out destruction. Artificial ultrama rine, for example, which, after its production by Guimet and others about 1828, came into general use, has its beautiful color quickly de stroyed by contact with lead pig ments. Similarly the Prussian blue accidentally discovered by Diesbach In 1704, is quickly discolored by white lead, as are the . "chrome greens" produced by precipitating to gether Prussian blue and chrome ye! low. This is also the case with all HECKEL. pigments containing sulphur, such as the genuine vermilions, cadmium yel low and some other brilliant colors. Old painters can still remember the days when not only white lead but all their colors came to them in the dry form, to be laboriously worked up by them with slab and muller into the paste form. But finally the superior economy, uniformity and wholesome- ness of the machine ground lead and colors in oil prevailed over the preju dices of the most conservative paint ers, and dry colors as a practical painter's material fell into desue tude. It was a case of necessity the demand for paint, in the United States at least, had outgrown the ca pacity of the slab and muller, as well as of their short lived successor, the hand mill. Painters continued, however, to mix tints and to reduce paste paints to consistency for application by man ual labor. About the time of the Civil War a certain Yankee genius, struck with the growing demand for house paint, conceived the idea that there would be a good market for paints ready for application. He produced and pat ented an "emulsion" paint. Its suc cess was phenomenal despite its de fects, and it was the forerunner of a host of so-called "patented" paints, which froze in the can, peeled off the surface and did a multitude of things they should not have done, but nev ertheless blazed the way for one of the ' most rapid industrial develop ments of modern times. The first ready mixed paint ap peared on the market some time in 1859 or 1860; it has been calculated that the consumption of ready-for-use paints for all purposes in 1906 ap proached 100,000,000 gallons, with a selling value of not much less than $150,000,000. Such a development indicates, first, the meeting of a well defined need, and second, a long step in advance of the earlier products. For, though the prepared paint industry still suffers from the effects of the moral law that visits the sins ot the parents upon their children to the third and the fourth generation, it Is still steadily growing. This must mean not only that it meets a need, but that it yields on the average satisfactory results. The rapid multiplication of beauti ful chemical colors during the past forty years and the improved taste of tho "common people" has created a demand for a great variety of tints and shades which can be met only by the paint chemist who knows what pigments can and what cannot be safely combined. As noted above, the colors which yield the tints of blue, green, lavender, pink, the delicate grays, etc., cannot be successfully made with a white lead base. Here chemical invention has come forward with three or four other whites which are available- for such tints. Again white lead Is apt to darken when used in the interior ot buildings, where sulphurretted hydrogen is always present. Oxide of zinc or one ot the other newer whites form the base for interior paints. Furthermore the content of sulphuretted hydrogen In the atmosphere of towns is annually Increasing with the growth ot manu factories throwing out furnace gases. The sensibility of the white lead is materially reduced by the addition ot zinc oxide, sublimed white lead, and certain reinforcing inert pigments to the paints for outside use. The growth of the industry and the Increased complications of the re quirements has within a quarter of a century transformed paint making from a hit or miss, haphazard, rule ot thumb procedure to a systematized matter of technical science, and in the modern paint factory the practical paint chemist rules supreme. He knows the requirements, he under stands the limitations, and it Is "up to him" to produce practical results. There is another phase of the prob lem not generally appreciated. The supply ot practical painters that is, of painters who understand the mix ing of tints, the adaptations of paint to the requirements ot the Job is limited, and there Is no source from which a fresh supply can be drawn when the present generation has passed away. At the present time those ot them that remain are found principally In the large cities, where they cling pretty generally to the old methods ot hand mixing lead, oil and cdors. But even they realize , that their methods are behind the age and are drifting, one by one, to the use ot the prepared paints which, in their view, leave something to be desired. But in the country and in the coun try town ready mixed paint has come to stay, and in the majority of cases and In the hands ot the average painter, will be found to give better service at less cost, than the hand mixed product. Hardware dealers throughout the country, who handle both ready mixed paints and lead in oil, can eas ily judge of the justice of this asser tion by following up the history of any dozen jobs of each class in their own vicinity. Paint Is not yet per fect even the best of it. If It were. it would never be necessary to re paint, but when it is remembered that the ordinary paint coating Is seldom more than one two-hundredth ot an inch In thickness, the marvel Is how well and at what a small cost It serves its purpose of preserving and beautifying wooden structures. Hardware. A press notice "Hug me closa." . i Whhtis Peru-na? Is it a Catarrh Remedy, or a Tonic, or is it Both? Borne people call Feruna a great tonic. Other refer to Fenina aa a great catarrh remedy. Which of these people are right! Ii It more proper to call Feruna a ca tarrh remedy than to call it a tonic f Our reply is, that Peruna ii both a tonio and a catarrh remedy. Indeed, there can be no effectual catarrh remedy that it not also a tonio. In order to thoroughly relieve any case of catarrh, a remedy mast not only have a speciflo action on the mucous membranes affected by the catarrh, bnt li must have a general tonio action on the nervous system. Catarrh, even in persons who are otherwise strong, is a weakened condi tion of some mucous membrane. There must be something to strengthen the circulation, to give tone to the arteries, and to raise the vital forces. Perhaps no vegetable remedy in the world has attracted so much attention from medical writers as HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. The wonderful efficacy of this herb has been recognized many years, and is growing in its hold upon the medical profession. When joined with CTJBEBS and COPAIBA ft trio of medical agents is formed in Peruna which constitutes a speciflo rem edy for catarrh that in the present state of medical progress cannot be im proved upon. This action, reinforced by such renowned tonics as COLLI! 80NIA CANADENSIS, C0RYDA1IS FORMOSA and CEDR0N SEED, ought to make this compound an ideal remedy for catarrh in all its stages and locations in the body. ' From a theoretical standpoint, therefore, Peruna is beyond criticism. The nse of Feruna, confirms this opinion. Numberless testimonials from every quarter of the earth furnish ample evidence that this judgment is not over enthusiastic When practical experience confirms a well-grounded theory the result is a truth that cannot be shaken. Manufactured by Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. One trial will convince you that Liiximeivt will relieve soreness and stiffness quicker and easier than any other preparation sold for that purpose . It penetrates to the bone, auickens the blood, drives away fatigue and gives strength and elasticity to the muscles. Thousands use Sloan's for rheumatism, neuralgia, i i i i sprains, conrraciea muscies. ...i. I : l.. joinrs, curs, cruises, ourns, c or colic and insect stings PRICE 25. 50. fcUOO Dr.Earl S. Sloon, Bosron.Moss.U.5Ja SHOES AT ALL PRICES. FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES AND m ttCSo Oouglam make mnd asfs mora ?T,-ri mmn'a$2.BO, t3.OOandf3.H0 mhoam ua" than any olhaa manufacturaa In lha JJ world, bocauaa I hoy hold thai? ahapa, th bettor, waar lonoar, and tn arm or praatar vmlua tnan any ahoam In tha world to-day. W. L Douglas $4 snd 35 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Wt'AI'TIOSf. W. L. rtauRlui nitm and prtr t itAmpert on bottom. Tnkf Jfn Mnhtlrttt. Bcilil by th. hc.t .hoe ricnl.rf .WI where. 8Uoe m&il! from far-tory to any part of the world. Dla. trated Catalog free lo any addreu. W. 1,. IKM'Ol.AH, Ilrorkiun, Afasa. DON'T with feet. FKHEEMER y.e make tbem on a scientific principle of foot struc ture. Look tor the label. If yon do not Und these shoe readily write as lor Wesley's Baptismal Robe. The robe which John Wesley wore when he wag christened over 200 years ago is now the property of Miss Em ily Pashley of Worksop, England, It having come to her from her grand father, at whose house Wesley lived for a time when but an Infant. . 20 FTTS,St.Vltns'Dance:NervouB Diseases pei manentlycured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. S3 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. H. R. Kline, Ld.,031 Arch 8t Phila., Pa, Norwegian Wives' Half Fare. TJnder a new Norwegian railway regulation, when husband and wife are traveling together the wife need only pay half price. The Idea may simply be to encourage family life, on the theory that a Norwegian who normally leaevs his wife at home will be tempted to take her along at re duced rates. It will, of course, be necessary when taking a husband-and-wife ticket to display one's mar riage certificate and make an affidavit that the lady Is one's wife. In order to prevent collusion at the booking office between perfect strangers. Kansas City Journal. Jingoes Beaten Again. A party of Japanese tourists visit ing Boston contributed $100 to the Chelsea fire sufferers. These little amenities give pleasure to all except the Jingoes, whose occupation, as far as the United States and Japan are concerned. Is nearly gone. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. No Horseless Age, There were more than 14.000,000 horses In this country In 1S97, but, according to the figures for the year Just closed, there are 19.746,000 horses in the T'nlted States at the present time. This is a gain of nearly 40 per cent In a decade. Boston Trans cript ' m mi V It Liniment toothache . i rr 5rnr CHILDREN. otnar Be Equalled At Any Price stretch your shoe into conformity nn ft Wear ahoe that fit Your shoes fit from the start, because directions how 10 seenre mem. Milliners Help the Plague. Women who wear marabou feathersj are encouraging the plugue In India. The way of it Is this: The mara bou stork, from which these feather come, Is a scavenger bird and bas had much to do with promoting good sanitary conditions in the land where he has long flourished undisturbed. Commercial demand for his feathers) Is so rapidly exterminating him, how ever, that conditions In parts of Ia dla have become very unpleasant h consequence. What is to be dona about It is not known. Certainly no one expects fashionables women to take any Interest In the matter. Terre Haute Star. Every gem known to the lapidary has been found In the T'nlted States. If jm fnflftr from Fit. Falling ftlektMM Pimsrui, or oav i.ui,aren uiai ao aa, wtj I Mow DlMOVry Tftitwwt will trWo them lmmtJlato MiUf. mJ I all you art OAkerl to do lm to Mad tag a Free Bottle of Ir. M EPILEPTICiDC CURE 1 IOompliAtwith Food and Drotni Art ofOonamsi limit Auih U"& ('omnlet dirtx-tinna, mimr ttrnonial of Cl'.iKM, etc., MiKK by Mil, AxprcM s-rrjKuu. uiro aua maa lull a . S. SUT, . S, Ml tori Strait, tats, , 20 MULE TEAM BORAX IN A NEW PACKAGE 5 lbs. Mrwt eronomlcal to bur. All dUm. flw th pn'kiuff tot: f'h am worth 1 coupon . exchamrn for prtattA. Prvniium Lint traa ot PACIFIC COAST ButtAX CO., N. Y. WTDOWS'on1,,r N cw LAW obt1"" nivuirt.-B T JOHN W. MORRI rumpev ah KHMHaaBM JSzcluiuelm.'