A WOMAN'S NERVES.
THE NTOKY OF A WOMAN TO WHOM
NOISE WAS TORTURE.
PrMtratf4 by the l.eat Kxcltrmrnt—
PhVHlclann Ruffled By Ilcr Cnse.
(From the Gate City, Keokuk, lowa.)
Mre. Hrloii Meyer?, whose home Is at 3515
Vernon avenue, Chicago, and whose visit to
Xeolruk, la., will long bo remembered, was
at one time afflieted with a nervous malady
which at times drove her nearly to distrac
tion. "Those torrlblo headaches are a thing
of the past," she said the other day to a
Gate City representative, "and there is quite
a story in connection with it too.
"My nervous system sustninod a great shock
some fifteen yers ago, brought on, I believe,
through too much worrying over family
matters,and then allowing my love for my
books to get tho better of my discretion
where my health was concerned. Why,
whenever my affairs at home did not go
along just as I expected, I would invariably
become prostrated from the excitement and
I would consider myself fortunate indood if
the efTccts of tho attack would not remain
for a week. I was obliged to give up our
pleasant homo not fur from tho Lake shore
drive, because I could not stand the noiso in
that locality. I could find no place in tho
city whioh I deemod suitable to ono whose
nervous system was always cn tho point of
explosion. To add to my misfortunes my
complexion underwent a change and I
looked so yellow and sallow that I was
ashamed to venturo from the house at all.
" 'Madam,' said my doctor to me soon after
an unusually severe attack of the malady,
"unless you leave the city and seek some
rlace of quiet, you will never recover.* Ho
concluded I would visit my uncle, who
lives in Dallas County, lowa, and whoso
farm would surely be a good pi nee for ono
in my pitiable condition. I picked np tho
Gate City one day uud happened to come
across un Interesting recital of tho recovery
ot some woman in New York State who was
afflicted as 1 had been. This woman had
been cured by Dr. Willinuis' Pink Pills for Palo
People. I thought that if Pink Pills cured
that woman they might do the tame for me.
I began to take tho pills according to direc
tions and 1 begun to feel bettor from tho
start. After I had taken several boxes of
them I was ready to go back to Chicago. My
nervousness was gone ami my complexion
was as fresh as that of any sixteen-year-old
girl in lowa, and Pink Pills is what put tho
color In my cheeks. No wonder I am in such
high spirits and feel like a prize fighter. Aud
no wonder I like to come to Keokuk for if it
had not been for Pink Pills bought from a
Keokuk firm I would not have been alive
now." laughingly concluded the lady.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all tho
elements necessary io give new life and rich
ness to tho blood and reslore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams*
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for
60 cents per box, or six boxes for $2.50.
Paris Ever Famous.
Paris was a famous and cultivated
city ages before Venice. If we search
for them, we may find in it historical
associations that may vie with those of
any city in the world, except Home and
Constantinople; and even its antiqua
rian and artistic remains are seldom
equaled or surpassed. At Home, Flor
ence, or Venice, the tourist talks of old
churches, palaces, and remains; at
Paris he gives himself up to the boule
vards, the theaters, shops, and races.
The profoundly instructive history, the
profuse antiquarian remains of the
great city, are forgotten—carent quia
vate sacro.—The Spectator.
Papor plates aro used in some Gorman
restaurants.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cored
With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
It you must take internal remedies. Hall's
Catarrh cure is taken internally, and acts di
rectly on the blood and mucous stir face. J lull's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one of the best physicians in this
country for years, and is a regular prescription.
It is composed of tho best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting di
rectly on the mucous surruces. The perfect
combination of tho two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHUNKY Co., Props., Toledo, Ok 4
Hold by druggists, price 75c.
Moro than 20 villages in Italy aro in ruins
owing to tho recont earthquakes.
The Most Plrnsnnt Way
Of proventing tho grippe, colds, headaches and
fevers is to uso tho liquid laxative remedy.
Syrup of Figs, whenever the system needs a
gentle, yet effective cleansing. To be benefited
one must got the true remedy manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale
by all druggists in 50c. anil 91 bottles.
Now York has 1.000 Chinese laundrios.
A doomv Outlook
is that of the dyspeptic, but his faco will
brighten when he Knows that Kijuiin Tubules
cure that terrible disorder uud will uiake him
a cheerful and happy man.
In certain Prussian restaurants a shilling
is charged for tho use of the table-cloth.
I)r. Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT cures
nil Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and consultation free.
Laboratory Binghampton, N.Y.
Of all tho royal arms of Europo those of
Groat Britain and Irolaud aro tho most com
plicated.
Karl's Clover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation. siGcts. 50cts.
' Moxieo has a pulque famine.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflaum
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle
Tasmania boasts diamonds.
I believe Plso's Cure for Consumption saved
my boy's life lust summer. —Mas. ALI.IE Douu
l.Asti, 1.0 Roy, Mich., OetuberSO, 1894.
Molasses is made from maize.
If afflicted with sore eves use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 23c per bottle
Scrofulous Taints
Lurk in tho blood of almost every one. In
mnny coses they ore Inherited. Bcrolula ep
penrs in running sores, bunches, pimples
and cancerous growths. Scrofula can be
cured by purifying the blood with Hdod's
Hood's Barsa
-1 !•****. parilla
Snrsaparilln. This £ | A
great remedy has had
wonderful success in
curing this disease. It thoroughly eradi
cates the humor from the blood. Hood's
Sursspurllla cures the sores nnd eruptions
by removing the impurities in tho blood.
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 2Gc.
PN 0 1 ~
THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA AS SHE APPEARED IN HER ROYAL BRIDAL ROBES.
j _
The marriage of tlie Czar Nicholas of
Russia and Princess Allx of Ilesse-
Darmstardt took place at St. Peters
bnrg at the winter palace amid a scene
of picturesqueness and splendor which
well-nigh defies description. The Im
perial bride was attired In white, with
a mantle of purple velvet, lined with
ermine, falling from the shoulders and
(lowing in n very long train, which was
borne by four court dignitaries, the
grand chamberlain holding the ex
tieme end. She wore, on entering the
GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
It Was China's Northern Rampart
uud u Stupendous Fortification.
This excellent picture of a bit of the
great wall of China shows It at Its best.
At Nankow, where the photograph was
taken, the wall is in excellent preser
vation. In fact It Is not probable that
any of the original wall Is shown In
the picture, for this sketch Is in the
mountains north of Pekln, and practi
cally has been rebuilt two or three
times since It was first reared.
Long ago Mongolia was not a part of
the Chinese empire, as it Is to-day, nnd
the Ulungnu ancestors of the Mongo
lians were China's most terrible enemy.
SECTION OE THE OBEAT WALL OP CHINA.
So tliis urout Wall was stretched along
the border between China and Mon
golia In order to keep out the formida
ble Invaders from the north. It Is
probably the only instnnce In history
where the precise boundary between
two countries was for ages marked
by a stone wall. The wall, or Its ruins,
may still be traced from the gulf of
Llaotung, at the northern extremity of
the Yellow Sen, far over the plains and
mountains nearly to the western limit
of China proper.
It wns a colossal work and ranks with
the grand canal of China and the pyra
mids of Egypt as among the most stu
pendous of human achievements. It
has a length of over 2,(KM) miles, count
ing the various sinuosities and the dou
ble and triple walls built in a few
places, notably to the north of the prov
inces of I'echlll and Slinnsi. When we
consider that this wall had an average
height of about thirty feet and a mean
width of about twenty-two feet, and
church, a long white veil over her face,
and nearly touching Hie ground. A
few sprays of orange blossoms orna
mented her dress, uud she wore a small
crown of diamonds, diamond necklace,
etc. The marriage service was pre
ceded by that known as the espousals,
during which the bride and bridegroom
exchange rings. This having been com
pleted, a rich silken carpet was laid
down In front of the bridal pair. To
this carpet the priest conducted the
bride nnd bridegroom, holding lighted
tapers, nnd while the choir chanted the
one hundred and twenty-seventh psalm
that It is supposed to have contained
about 1(50,OtH),OOO cubic ureters of solid
masonry, we may gain some idea of the
enormous labor Involved In Its con
struction. But It did not take a very
great many years to build It. The
Emperor Chi Hoangti was very sure he
needed that wall when he began the
great work twenty-one centuries ago.
It cost as much in human life aud treas
ure as a great war, and cost all tho
more because so much haste was made
to erect It. Several hundred thousand
men are believed to have perished
while they were at work on the wall
which was to be at once a protection
against their country's enemies and a
memorial of their martyrdom.
I A great many writers have spoken of
- this wall as a great waste of human
- energy. Tills is a mistake. It is cer
i tain that the wall was worth to ancient
' China fnr more than it ever cost her.
i From a military point of view It proved
I to be of prime Importance. There is
, no doubt that for some centuries the
F hordes of Mongolia were stopped on
F their war expeditions at tile foot of this
I wall which marked the southern edge
t of their land, for the wall was nothing
more or less than an Immense fortifl
-1 cation, the greatest the world ever saw,
- and there were plenty of Chinese sol
- dlers to man it Scattered all along the
t top of the wall were sentinels within
- communicating distance of one another,
and no enemy could approach without
' these sentinels signalling the fact all
along the frontier. Every gale in the
i wall hud Its garrison and every moun
i tain pass througlit which (lie wail was
i built hail Its military camp. Towns
I were built uud agriculture developed
tlie priest addressed tlio pair. Special
prayers and litanies followed, and on
their conclusion the priest took the two
crowns of gold and precious stones,
which, during this portion of the ser
vice, had been held over the heads of
the bride and bridegroom by grand
dukes, who officiated alternately at in
tervals of a few moments in this capac
ity, so that all the grand dukes took
part in tills portion of what was from
first to last a solemn and striking cere
monial. After another prayer he
placed one crown upon the head of the
Czar and similarly crowned the bride.
along the wnll In order to supply the
needs of the soldiers, and this fnet In
Itself was a protection to China, us II
Increased the density of population
along the frontier. For fourteen cen
turies the wnll helped to protect the
empire from its northern foes. Then
came the great conqueror of Asia,
Genghis Khan, who forced the mighty
rampart China hud reared, and from
that day the wall ceased forever to be
of any strategic value.
1' °r long stretches the wnll has now
almost entirely disappeared. Millions
of tons of material have been torn from
It to serve the purposes of the near-by
Inhabitants. The mere wear and tear
of the ages alone would have toppled
much of it In ruins. The time was
when It was a crime punishable with
death to so much as scratch it with a
pin. Yet it Is doubtful if to-day much
of the original wall Is left. What is
now seen of It is the patchwork of the
centuries during the time when the
wnll was China's great bulwark to the
north.
Thieves In Naples Sewers.
There Is a band of thieves In Naples
which, like rats, frequent the under
ground sewers and bore tlielr way into
shops for the purpose of robbing tills
and goods. Not long ago a leather
dealer, 011 unlocking his warehouse,
found a large bole In the flooring, and
skins and money gone to the value of
It,ooo francs, lie called the police, and
several of them, together with some
sewer men, penetrated to the dark
vaults, slipping and sliding along the
mud of the sewers, and with a single
lantern. They hail not gone far when
tliey discovered a man and called him
to stop. Itut with a cry, "Madonna!
Don't kill me," the man fled along the
sewer, the people firing after him and
following him for at least a mile, pass
ing under three or four streets, but
without success. The police are now
watching the sewers like cats, hut there
are many escape holes.—London Dally
"#jws.
South American Fishing.
In South-American waters mullet are
taken in enormous quantities by hoals
which go out with wire baskets at the
bows filled with blazing pitch-pine. Foi
the purpose In view, the craft is so load
ed as to bring the gunwale on one side
down nearly to a level with the water,
and the fish, attracted by the light,
jump on board by hundreds.
Swedish Weddings.
A curious custom prevails in Sweden.
On her wedding day the bride has her
pockets filled with bread. On her way
to church she distributes the pieces
among the poor, believing that each gift
will avert some future misfortune from
the household.
Inhabited Dwellings.
New York State lias the greatest
number 'of lumahlted dwellings,
805.5911: Nevada the least. 10.U0U
New Frying I'an.
A frying pan constructed on an Im
proved principle has been invented by
Inspector Ludbrooke, of the Great
Western Railway, England. Ills pan
consists of an outer plate of sheet iron
and an inner one of burnished steel,
and between the two is a thin layer
of abestos, the advantages claimed for
it being that it cannot get overheated
and burn the contents; that the fat will
not splutter over the sides, and the
Juices of the meat are retained.
AN Atchison woman's poodle dog
sports a glass eve.
All (he Some.
"Many days you have lingered about ray
cabin door; hard times, hard times come
again no more." Ail the same Merry Christ
mas and Ilappy New Year passed as though
iho land was flowing with milk and honey.
Borne bought one thing and some bought an
other, but one of the best investments for a
small sum paid well. It was not for a Christ
mas bush, but thousands got it and thou
sands who had suffered long and wearily
with rheumatism were made doubly happy
in being cured by St. Jacobs Oil. It leaves
no trace behind, and all the same, the harder
times will come no more to them. The lux
ury of health is worth a fortuno.
IF the present rate keeps up, .all the
men will finally be lawyers, and all the
women stenographers.
A A Gentle Corrective
I \ is what you need when your
I \ liver becomes inactive. It's
I \ what you get when you take
I Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets;
A they're free from the violence
- and the griping that
come witli the ordinary
/ hr&Bil i pill- T } . ,c l )est ,e dical
( .-// rera rV/authorities agree that
TO Vy In il l l methods are pref-
HH T rangenicut of the liver,
J&jfjwiy stomach and bowels.
these tiny, sugar coated
go aboiit their
R ■■ good lasts. Once used*
rar they arc always in tn-
I of the choicest, concen
t rated vegetable ex
tracts, they cost much
more than other pills
found in the market,
m gl \ yet from forty to forty
w |l " r re P ut I, P cac l |
r.old through druggists, at the price of the
cheaper made pills.
"Pleasant Pellets" cure biliousness, sick
and bilious headache, dizziness, costive
tiess. or Constipation, sour stomach, loss of
appetite, coated tongue, indigestion, or dys
pepsia, windy belchings, "heart-burn,"
pain and distress after eating, and kindred
derangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels. Put up in sealed glass vials, there
fore always fresh and reliable. Whether
as a laxative, or in larger doses, as a gently
acting but searching cathartic, these little
"Pellets" are unequaled.
Asa "dinnerpill," to promote digestion,
take one each day after dinner. To relieve
the distress arising from over-eating, noth
ing equals one of these little "Pellets."
They are tiny, sugar-coated, anti-bilious
granules. Any child readily takes them.
Accept no substitute that may be recom
mended to be "hist as good." It maybe
better for the dealer, because of paying
him a better profit, but he is not the one
who needs help.
A free sample (4 to 7 doses) on trial, is
mailed to any address, post-paid, 011 receipt
of name and address 011 postal card.
Address WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, buffalo, N. Y.
BEECHAM'S FILLS
(Vegetable)
What They Are For
Biliousness indigestion sallow skin
dyspepsia bad taste ir. the mouth pimples
sick headache foul breath torpid liver
bilious headache loss of appetite depression of spirits
when these conditions are caused by constipation; and
constipation is the most frequent cause of all of them.
One of the most important things for everybody
to learn is that constipation causes more than half the
sickness in the world, especially of women; and it can
all be prevented. Go by the book, free at your drug
gist's, or write B. F. Allen Co., 365 Canal Street, New
York. Pills, 10c. and 25c. a box.
Annual sales more than 6,000,000 boxes.
" The Bes! is, Aye, the Cheapest." Avoid imitation of
and Substitutes for
S A POLIO
I Scott's' Emulsion
of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda, |
is a constructive food that nourishes, enriches tho blood, |
creates solid flesh, stops wasting and gives strength. It is ]
for all
Wasting Diseases 1
| liko Consumption, Scrofula, Anaamia, Marasmus; or for Coughs anil H
Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Woak Lungs, Loss of Flesh and S
I General Debility. Scott's Emulsion has no equal as ;
Nourishment for Babies and Growing Children.
Buy only tho genuine put up in salmon-colored wrapper. -
ISeitd for pamplet on Scott's Emulsion. FREE.
■Scott £L Bowne, N. Y. All Druggists. 50 cents and SI. h
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report
I Baking
Powder
4S§OLUTEE,Y PURE
Vast Armaments of Europe.
Thirteen million bayonets prop up
the Czar's throne. That is the full
strength of the Russian army on a war
footing. Germany eomes next, but af
ter a long interval, with 3,700,000 sol
diers; Italy has 3,155,000 and France
2,e0,000, excluding 350,000 auxiliaries.
Austria's flue army, which in quality
is reckoned scarcely second to Kaiser
Wilhelm's, contains a maximum of 1,-
704,175 men. England at home and in
her colonies can mobilize a force of
602,000. The little martial republic of
Switzerland can summon 486,000 sol
diers to her banners in an emergency,
and even poverty-cursed Spain boasts
of 400,000. Austria, of all the powers,
has the most burdensome military es
tablishment Iler annual expenditures
on her army are $253,000,000, while
Russia's, with au army seven times as
large, are only $136,000,000, and Ger
many's $113,(KM),000. In proportion to
size, England's army is perhaps the
most costly. Iler 602.000 men require
$80,(hx),ooo annually for their support,
or only $38,000,000 less than the
amount which provides Franco with au
enormous host of more than four times
England's numbers.—Boston Journal.
The t'asc Altered.
The sort of sentiment which the
French syßtem of mariages de conve
nancc, or in plain English, of marriage
for money, produces is well illustrated
by a story which a French paper tells.
Marie, a young lady, announces to
her parents that she has accepted the
hand of Monsieur X.
"Child, you are crazy!" exclaims Ma
rie's mother.
"But why, mamma?"
"Young X will have no money for
many years, because it all belongs to
his grandfather, and after that comes
his father, and you will be old before
you get at the property."
"But, mammu—"
"No buts about it—you are a bad and
undntiful child!"
"But, mamma, it is the grand father
whom I've accepted!"
"The grandfather! Oh, you little
an eel!"
Chemistry of" 111-Temper.
Prof. Gates, of Wushington, lias en
tered upon an almost unknown domain
of psychical science. He claims to
have made the discovery that the emo
tions produce a physical reaction which
discloses itself to chemical tests, ami
tliat the benevolent sensibilities, such
as kindness, cheerfulness, etc., exert a
good effect on the bodily health, while
the malevolent feelings exert a corres
pondingly bad effect.
Millions in Charity.
England's poor rates amounted to
over $55,000,000 last year.
Do Not Sloop on the Loft Side.
There is little doubt that an linmenst
number of persons habitually sleep on
the left side, and those who do so can
never, it is said, be strictly healthy. If
Is the most prolific cause of nightmare,
and also of the unpleasant taste in tin
mouth on arising in the morning. All
food enters and leaves the stomach on
the right side, and hence sleeping on the
left side soon after eating involves a
sort of pumpi.ug operation, which is
anything but conducive of sound re
pose. The action of the heart is also
seriously interfered with and the lungs
unduly compressed. Hence it is best to
cultivate the habit of always sleeping
on the right side, although Sandow and
other strong men are said to invaria
bly sleep on their backs.
1 lie Greatest Hectical Discovery
* of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery.
DONALD KENNEDY, of ROXBURY, MASS.
Got this Letter day before yesterday.
Venn Van, X. I'., Xov. 28,1804.
Your Discovery has done so much for
me I am only too glad to tell everybody
about my rase.
When I began taking it, one year ago
last duly, 1 had D YSVEVBIA in 'its
worst form. I was constipated, so much
so as to always use injections, and I had
a constant I'AIX in my STOMACH
and LEFT SIDE. My knees were stiff',
and I could not sit down on a stool or
get down to fix anything on the floor.
But now 1 ran sit, or get down on my
knees, or do anything in my garden. I
feel like a new person. Yon must know
1 was discouraged, as 1 have tost two
sisters and an older brother with
STOMACH TIIOUIILE. Hut J truly
beliere if tliey liitd known of your
remedies they would be well, as 1 am.
You can fix up my letter to suit yourself,
only do publish it, that women may
know what the Discovery has done for
me. Yours truly,
Mrs. MARY C. AYRES.
Send a postal card lor Dr. Kennedy's book.
PN U 4 '95
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They Illustrate that greater quantity is
Not always moat to bo desired.
These cardo express the beneficial qual
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As compared with any previously knows
DYSPEPSIA CURE.
Ripans Tabules : Price, 50 canto n bor,
Of druggists, or by mail.
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They glvo tho bcot value for the money.
They equal custom shoes In style and lit.
Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed.
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