2 18 ré= , and a 1d one~ ecutive ompeti= which us col= almost cess, is Juzanne iurance [exican, ) hours So far tims of | thirty=- 1 forty= ve sur- eighty r weeds t a sin- produce 12,000; wheat 65,000; 75,000; ck, 43,~ lowing cannot A sin- x weeds season. i Choce- » I. T., ffice to ther of that he one of names affable tment,” thought yore the ell had ‘he sev- to tha ut $80,« tion of he Ton- security gh and ow heel toward ne is so to form nd from be fixed 'nis pe- tives of r them of Cao- ced toes. rIVES. - Weird res. showed 1t, when 1d were village. rnstalks like so yus clus- her, de- 1orthern Journal. the rat- pebbles nd with om the >, where rmed a athered, d thor- the way ns, three 1 in that rimitive with a e, when » air, re- and the ‘hythmic It is a urally in wing ex- ad now men in- 1al num- walking rections. > faster, of two- 1 ‘around he other aced the a little tretched beauty, n again. e music, laughing een bet- serve all he most ng and quainted sat the watching ad dons sh, with alm tree clear sil- ‘ks, while the sky, de it all Quite familiar ostumes, se naked SO very erners. } # Cures Woman's Weaknesses. We refer to that boon to weak, nervous, _ guffering women known as Dr. Plerce's Favorite Prescription, Dr, John Fyfe one of the Editorial Staff of Tne Ecrecric MEDICAL REVIEW says of Unicorn root (Helonias Dioica) which 18 one of the chiof ingredients of the “Fa- worite Prescription”: ® A remedy which Invariably acts as a uter- nvigorator * * * makes for normal ac vity of the entire reproductive system.” © continues "in Helonias we have a medica- ment which more fully answers the above rposes than any other drug with which I am dinted. In the treatment of diseases pe far to women it is seldom that a case is which does not present some indication this remedial agent.” Dr. Fyfe further + "The following are among the leading ations for Helonlas (Unicorn root). Pain or aching in the back, with leucorrheea : n atonic (weak) conditicf™y of the reproductive of Women, mentd depression and ir+ organs tability, apsociated with chronic diseases of reproductive ofgans of women; constant sensat heat fn the region of the kid. neys; menbrrhagid (flooding), due to a weak ition ofthe reproductive system: Pg pressed or absent monthly ig ¥from or accompanying an Eno dl condition of the digestive organs ifemic (thin blood) habit; dragging n! Pons ip the extreme lower part of the x Ons AdIng_Ingre: SOI W is Unicorn root, or Helonias, and the medical properties of which it most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent ngredient of “Favorite Prescription,” f. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Ben- pett Medical College, Chicago, says: «It is an important remedy in disorders of the womb. In all catarrhal conditions * . d general enfeeblement, it is useful.” SProl. John M. Scudder, M. D., late of Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root : «In relation to its general effects on the system, there is no medicine in use about which Where is such general unanimity of opinion. It $s universally regarded as the tonic useful in all debilitated states.” Prof. R. Bartholow, M. D.. of Jefferson Medical College, says of Golden Seal : «Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, menor- rhagia (flooding) and congestive dysmenor=: rheea (painful menstruation)” | Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription faith- fully represents all the above named in- gredionts and cures the diseases for which y are recommended. — Feat in Bricklaying. In the erection of the House of Representatives office building, ad- Jacent to the United States Capitol at Washington, an interesting fact has developed in connection with the brick masonry work. The first brick was laid at the site on the afternoon of July 5, 1905, and on July 3, 1906, there had been laid in the walls 11- 000,000 brick. This is believed to be the greatest number of brick laid on any one building in one year in the United States, and probably in the world. One of the causes conducing to this record-breaking feat was the remarkably ‘“‘open’”’ winter of 1905-06. In those winter months the work continued almost without interruption from either snow or cold, and not more than 12 or 15 days were lost during the entire winter by reason of weather conditions.—Scientific Ames fcan. TEN YEARS OF PAIN. Unable to Do Even Housework Dee 4 cause of Kidrey Troubles. Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clin- ton St., Napoleon, O., says: “For fifteen years I was a great sufferer from kidney trou- bles. My back pained me terribly. Every turn or move caused sharp, shooling pains. My cyesight was pcor, dark spots appeared before me, and I had dizzy . x spells. For ten vears 1 couid not do housework, and for two years did not get out of the house. The kidney secretions were irregular, and doctors were not help- {ng me. Doan’s Kidney Pills brought me quick relief, and finally cured me. They saved my life.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Worth More Than Real Coin. ‘A well-known photographer who re- cently paid into his bank a sovereign which appeared to be much worn was astonished a short time after- ward to find that its value had been credited to him at 21 shillings. It appears that on reaching the mint the coin was discovered to be a clever counterfeit made of platinum heavily gilt. At the time at which it is sup- posed to have heen made it was worth about seven and sixpence, but at the present price of platinum a sovereign’s weight of that ponderous than a gold.— metal is worth much more sovereign’s weight of Amateur Photographer. The members of the new Persian the votes of all male Persians between the ages of 30 and 70 who are able to read and write, are not in the ser- vice of the State, and have not been Parliament will be elected by convicted of crime. I'S LONE AND IN DISTRESS, By Paul Laurence Dunbar. De rain done hid de mountain's fo'm, De trees is bendin’ in de sto'm, I's lone and in distress. But listen, dah's a voice I hyeah, A-sayin' to me, loud and cleah, “Lay low in de wildaness."” i! De lightnin' flash, de bough sway low, My po’ sick hea't is trimblin’ so, It hu'ts my very breas’. But Him dat give de lightnig’ powah Jes’ bids me in de tryin’ howah “Lay low in de wildaness.” O brothah, w'en de tempes' beat, An’ w'en yo' weary head an’ feet Can't fin’ no place to res’, Jes' membah dat de Mastah’s nigh, A_a’ putty soon you'll hyeah de cry, “Lay low in de wildaness.” It would be easier to be content with little if nobody had any more.— Life. Howell—*"Did that fellow wanted you to invest have thing, as he claimed?” “Yes; I was it."’—Judge. The police, we are told in a local item, engaged in a running battle with thieves. Which way were the police running ?—Indianapolis Star. The world is surely upside down When such strange things we see; Carnegie makes each shining hour Improve the spelling bee. —New York Sun. Friend—*“If you love Miss Gotrox, old man, why don’t you marry her?” Bachelor Doctor— Heavens! man, she is one of my best patients!”— Judge. “Ignorance of the law,” said the judge, “excuses no one.” ‘That be- ing the case,” rejoined the prisoner, “it's a wonder the jury didn’t find my lawyer guilty.”—Chicago Daily News. She—*“Were you ever in a street car accident?” He—“Yes. The car was completely wrecked, but the car was packed so tight that only the out- side layers were injured.”’—Chicago News. * “Our imitation is reallly considera- bly better than the real thing.” “You don’t say! Then hadn't we better be- gin cautioning the public to beware of the genuine?’—Louisville Courier- Journal. {fhe people wake; their flnits they shake At all the grafting men. ime ambles on; the people yawn And go to sleep again. : —Courier-Journal. “Let me see,” said she, “what is it vou call these men who run auto- mobiles?’ ‘Pardon me,” replied the gallant man, “I'm too much of a gen- tleman to tell you what I call them.” —Philadelphia Ledger. “Slowboy is about discouraged. He's been waiting ten years for a pro- motion and hasn’t got it yet.” “That is the trouble. If he'd worked more and waited less he'd have had it long ago.”’—Detroit Free Press. “1 wonder,” said the man who was given to thought at times, “I wonder what is meant by the ‘embarrassment of riches?’ ”’ “The poor relation, very likely,” replied the man who was one. — Philadelphia Public Ledger. “What a wonderful vocabulary the new minister has,” said Mrs. Oldcas- tle. “Yes,” replied her hostess, “it’s almost as big as Josiah’s Uncle Will jam’s was, only his turned into a goitre, at last.””—Chicago Record- Herald. “Can't you find any work at all?” asked the kind lady of Frayed Frank- lin. “Plenty, mum. But everybody wants references from me last em- ployer.” “Can't you get them?” “No, mum. He's been dead twenty- eight years.”—Milwaukee Sentinel. “That's all right, sis,” answered Tommy. “I could see that you were only playing telephone. He was ring- ing you up—oh, you needn’t hide vour left hand behind you—but he had his lips entirely too close to the receiver.”—Chicago Tribune. ———————————— Gentlemen Jurors. For the last three years licensed victuallers have been omitted from the list of special jurors for the West Riding Petty Sessional Division at Bradford, in spite of their possession of the necessary rating qualification. The omission was made by the over- seers in consequence of some one having raised the objection that such persons were not gentlemen. Last week, however, the Bench expressed the opinion that it was not in their province or the province of the over- who a sure Powell-— MUSCULAR AILMENTS The Old-Monk-Cure will straighten out a contracted muscle in a jiffy. ST. JACOBS OIL Don't play possum with pain, but "tends strictly to business, Price 25¢ and 50¢ seers to decide whether or not a pub- lican was a gentleman, and the names of thirty-six licensed victuallers oth- erwise qualified were accordingly added to the list. The Bench are quite right. They would have a very delicate and difficult job if they be- gan to inquire: who among the per- year are entitled to be described as gentlemen, for, of course, the Inquiry could not be restricted to one class.— .| London Truth. me —————————— Not a Bad Blunder. “Typographical errors,” said Will- jam Dean Howells, the famous novel- ist, ‘“‘are always amusing. When I was a boy in my father’s printing office in Martin’s Ferry I once made a good typographical error. “My father had written: « “The showers last week, though copious, were not sufficient for the milimen.’ “I set it up ‘milkmen. A new idea in plows was duly pro- tected by a Georgia woman, while one in Ohio brought to the attention of the world her claims in an im- sons rated at not less than £100 a’ § Hlousefiold Matters. Care of Matting. Mattings never should be subjected to an oversupply of water, Care should be exercised towards keeping it unstained, When it becomes soiled, however, use a soft cloth well wrung out in a suds made of borax goap and water, and air thoroughly by leaving a window open until the spot is dried. Dampness must be re- moved from matting as speedily as possible. Use a pliable, not too stiff, broom for matting. Always sweep well first any flooring or floor cover- ing which may be spotted or soiled and needs a damp application. Safe Red Celoring Matter. To a correspondent asking for a safe red coloring matter for cakes and sweetmeats, The Druggists’ Cir- cular (September) recommends the color from red beets as easily ob- tained and economical. Says this paper: “It is said that a good way to obtain this coloring in permanent form is to heat the beets in an oven until quite soft; macerate with about an equal quantity of vinegar; express; evaporate the resulting liquid to one-half its original vol- ume and then make up to the orig- inal value with alcohol. I'or extem- poraneous use the liquor from ‘pickled beets’ as ordinarily prepared for the table (that is, boiled in water, sliced, and then covered with vin- egar) would prosumably give a deep enough shade. Canned beets are in market and will answer as well in the latter case as the fresh article.” Care of Flatirons. Many people have been annoyed at finding their irons quite rusty after they have been put away a few days. The way to prevent this happening is, before you put them away, to rub a little warm grease over them and then wrap them up in brown paper. When you take them out to use dip them into hot water that has had a small piece of! soda dissolved in it, rub dry, and then put them to heat in the usual way. When they are ready to be used on the ironing board have a piece of brown paper with a little powdered bath brick on it and rub the surface of your iron with this. It seems rather a lengthy pro- cess, but it really does not take long to do, and housewives will be re- warded for the trouble they have taken by finding the irons delight- fully smooth and easy to use, and when they are like this the ironing can be done twice as quickly.—Mas- sachusetts Ploughman. Home-made Lamp Shades. These lamp shades are easily man- ufactured, and add a pretty effect to the room, as well as shade the light to the eyes. Cut a piece of stiff paper in a ecir- cular form and of the depth desired, and glue the two ends together (a piece should be cut out of the circle to make the shade ‘‘funnel-form’), thus making a foundation. Cover this neatly, inside and out, with crinkled tissue paper of any desired shade. Then cut imch-wide strips and make the shade by looping and fastening these upon the founda- tion. The loops are graduated in length, with the exception of the small ones at the top, which are formed to resembie a ruching. A row of narrow crystal fringe sewed around the bottom of the foundation makes a pretty finish, and a few sprays of artificial maiden-hair fern disposed among the loops adds a fin- ishing touch. The shade, if for a lamp, must be placed over an as- bestos foundation; if for a candle, mica should be used. Paper founda- tion is only for use when the object is ornamentation only.—The Com- moner. FLT HINTS HOUSEKEEPER. TEND @ AADEEER — If a bottle of the oil of pennyroyal is left open in a room at night not a mosquito will be found there in the morning. : Mud stains may be removed from tan leather shoes by rubbing them with slices of raw potato. When dry, polish in usual way. When selecting fish for the table choose only those in which the eyes are full and prominent, the flesh firm and thick, the scales bright and stiff. Teapots that are made of metal, if unused for some time, will often give a musty flavor to the tea when next used. This may be prevented by placing a lump of sugar in the teapot before putting it away. In washing woolen goods they should never be rubbed, but cleansed by drawing through the hands up and down. Wring as dry as possible, and rinse in a tub of hot water in which a little soap has been dis- solved. A practical housewife has discov- ered that empty pasteboard cracker boxes and the clean white wooden boxes lined with paraffin paper, are excellent to bake sponge cake in, They will not burn and the paper pre- vents the sticking. It is useful to remember in cook- ing potatoes that after the water has been strained off the pot should be given three or four sharp jerks so as to toss the potatoes. This has the effect of making them white and floury. 3 proved car coupler. tribute their that nearly all of them integrity and the good will of their customers imitations of the Genuine—Syrup of Figs manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., and in order to buy the genuine article and to get its beneficial effects, one has wheu purchasing, the full name of the Company— Syrup Co.—plainly printed on the front of every package. Price, 50c. per bottle, One size only. only to note, California Fig arm Wages in Russia. According to the official investiga- tion, embracing the decade of 1882-91, ural worker in Russia was $32 and for a female worker , §18. To this must be added of subsistence, which is ly low, being on an average of $24 for a male and $22 for a female worker for a whole year, so that the average cost of employing a laborer for the entire vear is equal to only $55 for the male and $40 for the fe- male. The wages for the summer season of five months is almost equal to the annual wages, being $22 for the male and $13 for the female laborer. Wood Paving. A bulletin of the Department of Agriculture ¢n the subject of wood paving states that, in spite of its comparatively high price, its ex- cellence causes many engineers to regard it as the best general-purpose one now in use. The cities using the largest amount of wood pavement are Indianapolis, Toledo and Boston. These five cities together have more creosoted wood pavement than all other cities in the country combined. The total amount of this pavement. in use at the end of the year 1905 was about 1,400,000 square yards. The wood now principally in use is Georgia pine. LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF, Suffered For Three Years With Itching Humor~Cruiser Newark, U., 8. N,, Man Cured by Cutlcura. “} gufiered with humor for about three vears off and on. 1 finally saw a doctor and he gave me remedies that did me no good, so 1 tried Cuticura when my limb below the knee to the ankle was as raw as & piece of beef. All 1 used was the Cuti- cura Soap and the Ointment. 1 bathed with Cuticura Soap every day, aud used about ix or seven boxes of Cuticura Oint- ment. 1 was thoroughly cured of the hu- mor in three weeks, and haven't been af- fected with it since. | use no other Soap than Cuticura cow. H.J. Myers, U.S. N,, U. S. 8. Newark, New York, July 8, 1905.” Weman Cuts Teeth at 77. It is pot everyone who has lived the allotted three score and ten years who can boast of cutting teeth at that age, but such is the unique experience of Mrs. Mary C. Parsons of Portland, Ore., mother-in-law of Labor Commis- sioner O. P. Hoff of Salem. Although 77 years of age, Mrs. Parsons is healthy and vigorous. She however, was obliged to have some of her teeth removed, and has been wearing plates for some years. Re- cently, a full size double tooth began to make its appearance. A day or two later a pew front tooth was dis- covered, and the dentist is inclined to tke belief that Mrs. Parsons is growing a full new set of teeth. Keep in Good Health, There are many thousands of people all over the world who can attribute their good health to taking one or two Brand- reth’s [ills every might. ‘hese pills cleanse the stomach and bowels, stimulate the kidneys and liver and purify the blood. They are the same tine laxative tonic pill your grandparents used, and being purely vegetable they are adapted to children and old people, as well as lo those in the vigor of manhood and womanhood. Brandreth’s Pills have been in use fog cver & century und are for sale every. where, eitber plain or sugar-coated. It takes six months to tan an ele- Algiers marketed 6,600 tons of cork i wood last year from the State forests. OLD UP! consider} {. THE TEL FISH BRAND SLICKER There are two classes of remedies; those of known quale ity and which are permanently beneficial in effect, acting gently, in harmony with nature, when nature needs assist ance; and another class, composed of preparations of unknown, uncertain and inferior character, acting tempo= rarily, but injuricusly, as a result of foreing tho natural functions unnecessarily. the remedies of known quality and excellence is the ever pleasant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., which represents the active principles of plants, known to act most beneficially, in a pleasant syrup in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are used to con- One of the most exce rich, yet delicate, fruity flavor, It is th of all remedics to sweeten and refresh and cleanse the system gently and naturally, and to aseist one in overcoming consti- pation and the many ills resulting therefrom. Its active princi- ples and quality are known te physicians generally, and the remedy has therefore met with their approval, as well as with the favor of many millions of well informed persons who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual experience thet it is a most excellent laxative remedy. We do not claim that it will cure all manner of ills, but recommend it for what it really represents, a laxative remedy of known quality and excellence, containing nothing of an objectionable or injurious character. There are two classes of purchasers; those who are informed as to the quality of what they buy and the reasons for the excellence of articles of exceptional merit, and who do not lack courage to go elsewhere when a dealer offers an imitation of any well known™ article; but, unfortunately, there are some people who do not know, and who allow themselves to be imposed upon. its beneficial effects if they do not get the genuine remedy. 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