ilfociicine Sour blood la Spring ifi nlmo.'t certain to be full of impurities—the accumulation of tbo win! r mouths. Bad ventilation oJV.vvi'iag rooms, impure air in (lwoll fnhorlos and rliops, overeating, heavy, improper foods, failure of tho kidnrys and liver prop *rly to do extra work thus thrust upon them, aro the prlmo onuses of this condition. It is ol tho utmost importance that you Your Blood How, iw when warmer weather comes and I tho tonic olToct of ccld bracing idr is gone, your weak, thin, impuro blood will not furnish necessary strength. That tire l feeling, loss of appetite, will open tho way for serious disease, ruined health, or breaking out of humors and impurities. To make pure, rich, rod blood Hood's Sarsapurilla stands un equalled. Thousands toslify to its merits. Millions tako it as their Spring Medicine. Get Ilood's, because 1 food C 5 Sarsaparilia Is llie OaoTi-uu Blood I'uriller. Allch-iurerisls. $1 Prepare 1 only by 0. I. Hoot £ Co., Lowell, Ha.. Hood's Pi lis with llouil\s Al-fjopftriU':.. ! livi" Th y Youe Xnmp? Tlio National' circular IMs'ributors' Association had n convi -:tlon iu I'liila delphla recently, and In lio rcpurts and papers which were read smn rather re ill a l'kahle facts were developed. In 1805 nearly 05,000,P00 circulars were distributed by the members of the association. Various methods are re sorted to by which now names and addresses are.obtained. One of those which has been the most successful Is the buying' of letters from custom ers to mantifiiclurers and dealers. At lc-ast :.0 bureaus make a practice of buylni: and selllnjr letters. One riiil udeiphia letter broker lias a collection of addresses which is worth tjt-50.000. It includes 400,000 catarrh cases, 55.000 one-armed men, C5,n00 one-legjjetl men, 11,000 aula;cur dot'. ''cos, 7,800 invent ors, Ikl.ObO "new" doctors, 14,000 halt dye men, h.5.000 bald heads, besides many other classes of possible buyers. WHAT HEADACHE IS. THE DANGER SIGNAL THAT NATURE GIVES TO WOMEN. It Signifies That Serious Ifcmalo Trouble Is luimtiu-nt. Mosfc female diseases manifest, their presence by n headache. \\ hen a .lull lvavv ache in the hcacj Is nceompanicd by disordered stomach, bad tasto in tho mouth, dull eyes, . pains r —ln back and groins, la: i / > I tude, nervous. Hess, despon dcucy aud ix it is time jy YWrxmA'i to locate tho EW ' y ' j fewlj ti-oubla aud ft re,novo it. k \f MM We will tell | you right dow that tlio fc v-kS Byniptoms B Indicateposi- J l\ tivoly that • I Bcrioua womb | trouble is imminent. ' Don't let this fearful disease get you in Its power. If you are uncertain, write to Mrs. l'inkham, atLynn, Ma:-s., giving'- full symptoms. Y'our letter will bo read, acted upon and answered by one of your own six, aud without charge. Note Mrs. Snyder's letter to Mrs, l'inkham. ' Before, taking your remedies, day ' after day f won I read tho testimonials j of women who had been cured by tho j use of 4 Vour Vegetable Compound. "At last I decided to write aud tell | you in}' condition. "I had been examined by physicians 1 who told mo that my womb was | very large aud prolapsed, and alio | said there was a growth 'on tho Inside of tho womb that must bo cut out; menstruations were so painful that I suffered for three days of every month, and it was impossible to get any rest. For two months 1 used LvAia 3A Pink bum's Veg etable /y Compound, M lilood Pui-i --nl I illl now a m ■ / 11 I\ \ L entirely I I II I* \ cured. I had VV\l \ f suffered nine years, thinking there was no cure for me, and it only took five bottles he wrote: "DI:AU UNVU; —Do come to me at one?. Theros snro in bloom, tho cherries ripen ing on the trees, an AI do need you so ter ribly! l want counsel—help, advice. Do come! Affoctionalcly. "PAULINA MORRISON. * Commodore Chesson smiled on the hurried note as be read it. "What is tho matter with the pre cious littlo humming bird uow?" ho said to himself, "is there a little cloud no bigger than a man's band across tho horizon of her domestic bliss? Well, well, I will go to her. I never had a daughter, but when I am with Paulina I can imagino how a father's heart is stirred with the deeps of tenderness." Ho wont to Brier Lodge and ho had a long cunt with Polly before her bus '■ band came home. • ' Vincent was glad to seo his uncle. He was always glad to seo the bland, courteous old veteran; but lio was a Jittlo mortified when Polly joined them, after tea, with an infinitesimal smudge across her nose. | "My darling," said he," "what is i that on your face?". | I'oli.v giunocd ai; the glas?. I "Oh !" said she. rubbing it off with | her pocket handkerchief, "blacks! i I've been doing the kitchen range. Such a job!" Vincent cleared his throat, with some embarrassment. "Can't you give us a littlo music, Polly?" ho paid. But Mrs. Morrison shook her heal. ''Couldn't possibly," said fhe. "I ran a littlo splinter into mv linger this morning scrubbing the kitchcn-clo; et floor, and it has been poulticed ever since. Beside.-, since I have been doiug Bridget's share of the cooking I never get any time to practice. One can't do two things at once, you know." Mr. Morrison rose quickly. "/shall we go down to the stables?" he fciii Ito his uncle. "Tho roan horse has something tho matter with liis foot. Perhaps you could adviso mo about it." But onoo arrived at the stables only one stunted littlo lad could bo found iu charge of tho premises. "Owen!" Mr. Vincent called, some what impatiently ; "Owcu! What can have become of that lazy fellow? Wliero arc you, Owcu?" "Ob," said Oommodoro Chesson, carelessly, "it is Owen Linn you are calling. I scut him about his busino.-s this afternoon. A great, lazy, hoik ing fellow that don't earn his bread! What do you need of anybody more ; than Billy here?" ! Vincent stared. , "But who is to groo: horses?" j said he. j "Do it yourself," said tho comino j dure briskly. "Why, when I was j your ago 1 could have groomed a whole | stable!ul of hoises before breakfast | every morning aud not even felt if. | An able-bodied man like you has no business with such an army of re tainers. A man i. best served when j he servos himself. That is ray maxim." | Mr. Morrison winked involuntarily, ; as if an unexpected shower-bath had j descended on his head. I "And about that horse's foot," said Commodore Chesson. "it's tho oboe ! ing, I dare say. Nobo iy seems, now | adnys, to understand how to shoo a i horse." : "Wixon, clown by the windmill, has ! a pretty fair idea of his business," be gan Mr. Morrison. But his uncle interrupted him sharply. "Nonsense!" said ho. "Do it your ! self." | "What! Shoe my horse?" exclaimed i Morrison. " Why not? A mau ought to know | every tiling about his own stables," , said tho e immodore. "Get tho iron. ! Set up a lit l !o forge. Make your shoe, ; and you'll be sure it iw properly made. ! Shoo your horse, aud you'll be cer ! tain lie's not crippled by clumsy i hands." | "I'm a littlo afraid that it might bo I the other way," said Vincent, rather I ruefully. "J. don't know anything such things." "Then you ought to learn," said Commodore Chesson, with a cheerful air. "1 shall mi.:; Owen dreadfully," grumbled Mr. Morrison. "Don't accustom yourself to bo de pendent u;;ou any one," said tho com modore. "It is never a good plan. Hero's this i'eneo falling down. Are you going to allow your property to go to ruin in this sort of way?" "I'll speak to the carpenter 10-mor row," said Vincent, faintly. "Do nothing of the sort," said the commodore. "Buy a plane, a hammer and a pound of nails, aud do it your self." "My dear uncle, I am not a carpen ter." "Bat you should bo!" shouted the old gentleman. "Every man ought to understand practically tho details of j his own establishment." I Mr. Morrison glaiiced up quickly; ! but Commodore Chesson preserved an | imperturbable gravity of manner. "But don't you see, Uncle Chesson," said Air. Morrison, impatiently, "that | that sort of thing would maUo a. per i feet slave of me? Hero I shall be, all I this glorious summer evening, rubbing i dowu Hit? horses and patching up tho I garden fence." I "There's nothing like beiDg practi cal," remarked ibo commodore. "A strong young man like you should nob be afraid of work." But this time a truant twinkle in his eye betrayed him. "Uncle!" cried Vincent, "this is a plot! You and Polly arc in f ague together agniust mc." "Not in the least," said Commodore Oheseon. "rfho simply told me whnfc your mother said. Now, I think it's hard it' your uncle aho can't have a linger in the family pie. If tho ha i got to bo practical in her kitchen, why shouldn't you he practical in your | stubles aud gardeu? .t don't supposo | she likes to drudge any better than i you do." i "N iucent Morrison pulled his mous j tacbe thoughtfully. ! "No," said lie —"to-be sure not! • But isn't it strange, uncle, that I never thought of the matter in this light before?" "Ve.=," said the commodore, half smiling, "it is straugo what a saltish world this is! But now listen to me, my lad. Take my advice not to take other people's advice. Owen has only gone to Penucassctt, to bring Bridget back again. Your wife it your com ! panion, not your drudge. Don't try | to mould her fresh young bloom after j ihe dried-up pattern of a hundred i years ago. She's simply perfect as | ulio is now," j "I think so, too, sir," raid Vincent, i with enthusiasm. 1 Bridget came back beforo it was ! dark. Owen resumed his old place in i the stable:-', and not a word was said | about tho mysterious changes in tho I household machinery. Except that j Vincent Morrison stopped just long ' enough to kiss his wife as ho went up stairs after a fresh box of cigars that : evening. | "Forgive me, dearest!" ho whis pered. "I ece that I have been wrong, i Hereafter my wife is too precious to j be made a slave of." ! Polly kissed him back again, with ; true, wifely tenderness, j "it's nil right, I see," paid J Undo ■ Chcs.son, when iiis nephew was gone. "Yes," .said Polly, brightly, "it is j all right!"—Satiuday Night. TVootl fur Resisting Fires, A report from Consul Robertson on tho free port fcy .t.'m of Hamburg, just j published by the Stalo Department, j contains the curious item of inforrna j lion that in the great now warehouses j constructed in the Herman port wood it being substituted for iion to secure i better protection against tire. These buildings wero originally provided ; with iron beans and gir lers, but when one of them was burned some years . ago it was found that tho iron ha I ; lie en to bent an I twisted by the heat j a > to become a source of great danger to the adjeiuiug structures. "la all i tho warehouses, therefore, which have •since been built,"observes Mr. Robert ! son, "it lias keen deemed advisable to substitute wJO I for iron as much ns / possible." Probably n heavy wooden j beam, imbedded in soma non-conduct ing mat; rial that would exclude Iho ! air, would be as nearly fireproof as anything except brick or stone, it might bo charred on tho outside, but I tho interior would probably remain | sound in any ordinary heat, it is a [ cui ious speculation to imagine what ; would have happened if tho present | method of construction in Chicago had j been in voguo before tho great (ire. : A twenty-five story, rteel-cago build* | iug warping into a corkscrew and bor | ing a hole in the shy woul I be u spec tacle worth going miles to see. Wind Your Watch in t'.io Morning. 'Few people eeom to realize what a delicate instrument a watch i j . This is shown by the fact that nine men out of u-n pcrJ-t in winding their time pieces at night when they retire, in stead of when they get up in the ! morning. According to a well-known | watchmaker, the winding should l o done in tho ni. ruing, so that the spring w 11 he at its strongest tention during tho day, when tho watch is j more liable to jolts and shocks of var | ions kind i. At night the compara tively weak spring will have nothing lo ( istnrb it. A watch should bo oiled every eighteen months. it might run years without auy lubrica tion, but the wear and tear on tho works will in the cu I work devasta tion. Tho watchmakers r.ro also re joicing in the fad for women's watclu.". especially tho.-e who do a great dral of repairing. The average woman may ho depended upon to neglect her watch, particularly iu tho small mat ter or winding it. In proportion to the number sold, th'.ro are t vico as many women's watches brought back for it pair j as men's.—Philadelphia Record. Leo Fphrabn'.i .Seven-. Certainly the figure seven has marked tho career of L e E.ihraim, of Roanoke, Vn., to an < xtraordinary ex ten'. Bo was horn in tha year 1-577, on tiio seventh day of the mouth an I on the seventh month of the year and seventh hour of the day. Jfo lias •seven letters in his surname and it re quires seveu letters to spell tho name of the Slate i:i which he was born. Ho lias lived in four cities, aud tho name of each one contained seven letters'. Ho h is seven sisters nnd brothers, and one time drew a valuable prize on iho number 77. Oddly enough this prize was not #777. —New York Press. Derivation of \Yif skew. The word whiskers is derived from whisk, nnd tho Anglo-Saxon wiseli, which means a slight brush. Less than a century ago the expression was un heard of tho whiskers as well as tho muslacho being spoken of us part of the beard. It was only when the latter was divided, and tho true whisker ; dis appeared as well, that their name wm* | changed to the mutton chop part of l tho beard left on tho cheek. Oild Provision for Safety of Liners. "Do you know," said a prominent shipping man, who had been discusslnu the St. Paul disaster with a party of friends, "that it is a rule with the biq tra nsa t lant le si on inshi p eon:pa nies t lia I j, the wile of tin l captain shall not travel In his ship? It's a fact. The company strongly prohibits its captains from taking their wives aboard with tlicm. The supposition is that if anything should happen to the ship llie captain, instead of attending to his; public duty, would devote his attention mainly to the safety of ills wife, go that if the wife of a captain wants to go abroad she must take passage in some other vessel. Tliis rule also holds in many of the freight lines." i "Look at Nordien!" said a keen ob server. "Look at that Plymouth Itock .law! No wonder she Is on top to-day! ! Will power is written nil over her in -1 telligcut and sweet mug."—Musical Courier. Favorite Flow rs of Ftatesmcn. Harrison's favorite flower is the or ange blossom, McKinley's the forget me-not. Allison's tlie snowball, Heed's the tiger-lily, and Morton's the ever green blossom. When a little man can sing, his voice never harmonizes well except with the voice of a verv tall woman. Driven From the Citiulel. The warmth of spring and summer may do •much to relax tho muscular system aud make many foel much more com fort abe, I but I hero is this about t lie old euomy rheu i nvdism, Hint when lie once takes hold, he tries to hold Hie citadi lat all seasons of tho year, but whether this arch enemy lurks in the muse is, joints, bones or the nerves, ho is such tm enemy to human happiness that he must bo driven out of any strongiio'd. It was planned lon;,' a' > to do this, and St. Oil as a I.night in battle lms scored wonderful victories. At all times he is ready to overcome an I < onquo, i be eye of the : i T|>< lit ee;nfl tO lIAVe fln e\j,ression of lmlred und malignity. When Traveling, Whether on pleasure bnnt, or business, ake on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Fig;', as it no Is in out pleasantly and effectually on tho kiib ey.'. livor and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches an I other form i of sickness. For c vlo in 50 c lit nnd ?l bottles by all leading druggists Manufactured by tho California Fig -yrup Company only. I could jut get along without Piso's Cur o ( ',i,i-!.M.ptioii. h a:\vi\s i iires.-Miis 15. Mo i.\u\. Nee !' . in. M-OH.*?, 'HI. If ; fllleii u wiiix sore eyes use Dr. Issac Thomn i on i- Kyc-'.vnlcr. Druggist's sell at 250 per bottle Mr-. Win-low's Soothing Ryrupfor Children iccthiiur. • oftcnalhc gums.reduces inflaramil lion, a 11i pain; cures wind colic. 25ca bottle. Mr. Charles H. P.uiiwaoo, tho pub lisher of \' ->C3pnp:r(l<)m, says that it is not often that ho guts so ontliusi* fialic a ; he docs ever HipansTubules. Almost win tho regularity of cloek \v ik ho used to feci, at a' out eleven oYloek, that sonvtldng had gone wrong with his breakfast; especially was this true if ho had had a restless night, us is no uncommon thing with head-workers. "My stomach," said Mr. Patterson, "is under tho standard as to strcugtb, and it seems at those times to not only indiffer ently, and finally to stop. Clouds come before my vision and a slight nausea is felt. Thou I roach out fur my ltipans. (Years of tho sort of thing relate 1 have ma le ran know the symptoms as wo'l as my name.) P )wn goes ono of tho bio33od little concentrated boons, and in n few minutes the visual clouds lift, dis comfort pas3os nway, stomach apparently resumes operations, and at 12.30 or 1 o'clock I go out for my usual rather hearty luncheon—all in delightful contrast with my former practically ruined afternoons —that I sought lo escape by fasting and various i 10503." Plpais Tft'-ul-i ;ir.'bo'il bv druggist*, or hy mill c t'l • ).i i' (.'.O eeniH ah x) lss-ni to Tito u:p u . Uo nlcal <: on ii'iy. X . iO SpriUJ :,t., New Vork. • V/ALL PAPER FREE* Would be dearer than ALA HAST B VK, which lines not requira to be taken otf to renew, does not harbor germs, but dcstioys ihem. und any one can bnirh it on. Sold by all paint dealers. Write icr card with samples. AUBASTINF CO, r.rand P.acids. Mich. In nil nocturnal animals the eyes aro placed to look forward, IUJ in the caso of man. If you bare tried Dobbins' Floating-Borax Soap you have decided to nso it all tl:o time. If yon haven't tried it you owe it t'> yourself to do so. Your grocor has if, or will get it. Be suro that wrappers are printed in red. General Booth's campaign in India Is be- j ing attended with grant SIP.UM'J-S. FITS stopped free by Dir. Ki.INK'S GREAT NKKVK JU>TOHEJ<. NO fits ;ifl • tlrst day's tjsp. Marvelous cures. Treatise and Sli.iiO trial i Lottie free. Dr. Kline, 11.1 l Arch St., Phila., Pa. • | .SKSSKII Poets Break Out | fiud the blood requires it. and as at w & blood purifier it is unequalled. Your £ . . 0 0 pills "are tie best iu the world, i f ln the springtime. And a A a used to be annoyed with " * t great many who are not ® 6 v.(rrrws poets, pay tribute to tho T A season in tho same way. Tho difference is that tho A & poet breaks out in about the same spot annually, 0 9 while more prosaic people break out in various parts 0 S of tho body. It's natural. Spring is tho breaking-out A a season. It is tho time when impurities of the blood a 9 work to tho surface. It is tho time, therefore, to 9 § take the purest and most powerful blood purifier, 9 | Ayer's SarsaparilSa. j A # This testimonial will be found in full In Ayer's "Curebook." with a Q 1 hundred others. Free. Address: J. C. Aycr C: Co.. I.owell, Mass. 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Than Use SAPOLJO j Cripple Crnok--^ , . , ) ! , |*o''*/noVTf r'^c 1 • j In Mumps IIIIIRI I'H i oil W fell I . I* nvcr C'olo. ] CCMI ©ItoD. W, ARLT2CP, Trove City, PeSoto J uLiiJ CD I C0.,F1u., for box of Assorted &ea Shells. ! OPIUM liahlfi cured. Book Rent ' Nt ; I I Russia has the groitost amount of UTS stock of any country In Europe. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP ROOV cum. all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and consultation froe. Laboratory, Hinghainpton,N. Y. The Pulled Htn'.oa pay {"JC0.000 a year R / : it:i weather service. •'BROWN'S RitovnuiAr, TROCHES aro vailed for lelieviu? I'ouglis, Hoarseness mil ill Throat Troubles, bold only in boxes. The United Kingdom spends yearly $750,. ! OOO.COO on tobacco and cigars. I OON'T DRINK IT! SSSt. I caused by foul wnlil' than by any other cause, j Our WVT.I. PRII.I.INO MACHINERY obvtntes the diffi culty and drills woln below an> face contaminations I and ejrertuaUy nuti them out. There Is money In I "'rdllnff wells with oiodernand first-class machinery LOOMiS & NYMAN Tiffin. Ohio, C*. D GERMAN D ELIXIR. CISTS For Skin and Blood Disease] ' VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP MSnSVS i cniptcifSl. JAMIiSA.FAULKNi.IC, Uutlu4,Vt.