Cripple The iron grasp of scrofula has no meroy upon its victims. This demon of the blood is often not satisfied with causing dreadful sores, but racks the body with the pains of rheumatism until Hood's Sarsaparilla cures. "Nenrly four years ago Ij became af flicted with scrofula aud rheumatism. IVHade Running floras broko out on my tbighs. Pieces of bono enrno out nnd an operation was oonteraplated. I ha I rheumatism in my logs, drawn up out of shape. I lost ap petite, could not sleep. I was a perfect wreck. I continued to grow worse and finally gave up the doctor's treatment to Well take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Soon appetite oame back; the sores oommeneed to hea'. My limbs straightened out aad I threw away my crutches. lam now stout and hearty an 1 an farming, whereas four years ago I was a cripple. I gladly rec ommend Hood's Sarsaparilla." Uuban Hammond, Table Grove, II inois. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. (1 Prepare! only by C. 1. Hooil 4 Co., Lowell, lira. Hood's Pills take, e-isy to operate. Xlc. 'Decided by Jury. It Is not uncommon for an English Judge to try to raise a laugh—and strange to say, he usually succeeds— by affecting an Infantile Ignorance of all things lmt purely Judicial matters. Sir Henry Hawkins not long ago asked In court, "What Is hay?" A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says that In a recent libel suit a strange affectation of Judicial Ignor ance was evinced by Lord Russell. Sir Edward Clarke rend, from a book of the plaintiff's, a description of Chopin's "umber-shaded head." "What shade?" asked Lord Russell "Umber,'* replied Sir Edward. "Yes, but wbat is that?" persisted the chief justice. At tills poll I the feelings of the jury wore too much for them. With a unan imity reminiscent of the "Pirates of Ponznnce," they chanted In expostula tory chorus: "Brown, my lord, brown," and the trial went on. HER HAPPY DAY. A CHARMING STORY OF MEDICINE AND MARRIAGE. Two Open Letters From n Chicago Girl -How Happiness Came to Her, Among the tens of thousands of women who apply to Mrs. Pinkham for advice and are cured, aro many who wish the facts iij their cases mado public, but do not r/ffl give permission to WB publish their y names for reasons as obvious as in -r jll ibli s lit m 1 V My dear Mrs. X sgSSSffF A fn'entlof jJ mine, Mrs. jfir me to Wf k° jjj? did her so much good." teen years of age, tall, and weighed 138 pounds a year ago. lam now A mere skeleton. From your little book I think my trouble is profuse menstruation. My symptoms are • * • • etc. Our doctor (my uncle) tells father that I am in consumption, and wants to take mo to Florida. Please help me! Tell mo what to do, and tell me quickly. lam engaged to be mar ried in September. Shall I live to see the day? • ♦ ♦ • LUCY E. W. Chicago, June 16th, '95. My dear Mrs. Pinkham:— This is a happy day. lam well and gaining weight daily, but shall continue the treatment and Vegetable Compound during the summer, as you suggest. Uncle knows nothing about what you have done for me, because it would make things very unpleasant in the family. I would like to give you a testimonial to publish, but father would not allow it. * ♦ ♦ * I shall be married in September, and as we go to Boston, will call upon you. How can I proveiny gratitude? • • • * LUCY E. W. Just such cases as the above leak out in women's circles, and that is why the confidence of the women of America is bestowed upon Mrs. Pinkham. Why are not physicians more candid with women when suffering- from such ailments ? Women want the truth, and if they cannot get it from their doctor, will seek it elsewhere. FN D 20 WHAT IS ALABASTINE? A pure, permanent and artistic wall coating ready for the brush by mixing in cold water. FOR SALE BY PAINT DEALERS EVERYWHERE, rnrr I Tint Card showing 12 desirable tints, 111 LL 1 also A ' ahast i De Souvenir Hock sent fre° u 1 to anv one mentioning this paper. ALABASTINE CO., Grand Riaidt, Mich. AN UP-TO-DATE CORSAGE. To be up-to-date wear one gigantic blossom well planted on the corsage. It will cover the front of your gown almost, but do not mind. Choose a poppy, or a wild, wild rose, a violet or a single dahlia, and let it be Brob dingnagian. Wear it for receptions, either day or evening.—St. Louis Star- Sayings. OREEN STONES IN FAVOR. Green stones are tho fashion jußt now; of these, of course, first comes the emerald, for green diamonds and green sapphires are too rare and small for modern jewelry. Nothing can equal a roally fino emerald—rich, dark, velvety and glossy—yet it is said that a flaw or fault nlways lies in the stone, and an emerald without a flaw is priceless. Next to emeralds como peridots (the Frenoh name for Indian chrysolite). These stones are particularly soft and they are difficult to cut and polish. Peridots, when really fine in size, depth and color, are lovely Btones. They aro a clear, deep leaf-green, showing almost yel low beside tho blue tone of color of the emerald. Few peridots are now brought ipto the market, and those sold aro usually old stones recut and reset in modern fashion. Both omeralds and peridots aro "step out," with a largo broad table of eentor spaoe. The chrysophase is pretty, but lacks depth of coloring. The reason the emerald and peridot make lovely ornaments is that, they can bo set round with sparkling dia monds to show off their lovely color ing, but pale stones like the chryso phase or beryl havo to bo set plain by themselves, as they will not bear the contrast. About twenty years ago a fashion came in of setting peridots with enamel aud surrounding thorn with pearls. This fashion now seems to havo returned.—Manufacturing Jeweller. IIOPE FOR UGLY WOMEN. "Would you rather have style or beauty?" is a question often asked among women,and tho unswer is almost invariably in favor of style, while men quite as decidedly vote in favor of beauty as a matter of course. A pretty face alone counts for but little, especially at a ball or any other social funotion if tho owner is other wise dowdy or badly dressed. An ug ly woman with a good figure and dis tinguished carriage will give the im pression of good looks, and quite eelipso a beauty who has neither, even to masculine perception, for a man feels tho effect of style, although un able to defino what it really is, aud often unwittingly calls it beauty. "A tall, slight woman can make any thing of herself she ohooses," is a say ing quoted from a great French dress maker, which has a great deal of truth in it, although it goes without saying that in addition a woman must have other qualities to bring about this re sult. She must have good taste, percep tion and tho great knack of putting on hor clothes well, which, by the way, is on art that is not understood by nine women out of ten, oven tho famous Worth acknowledging that to show really to advantage his gowns must bo well worn. "That is what tries me more than anything else," he Baid one day to a favorite customer, "to know that my most artistic conceptions aro depend ent upiM others, and may be com pletely spoiled by the way in which thev are worn." A plain woman, thorefore, need never feel discouraged if sho is clever. By studying herself and her possibili ties sho can produce a result which will almost, if not quite, equal beauty, and sho has this great advantago that her attractions never fade, und aro even apt to increase,rather than lessen, as she grows older. "A pretty woman is loved for a while, but an ugly woman forever," is a French saying, whioh must be true, as it has passed into a proverb, and which is comforting to those who hnvo not tho "fatal gift of beauty." —New York Tribune. GOSSIP. A Japanese girl is studying modiciue in Clevelard, Ohio. Daisy Peaoh is tho name of a sohool ma'am of Mount Desert, Mo. They say that Que, 11 Victoria owns $2,000,000 worth of chinaware. Queen Victoria has, it is said, a warm liking for tho beauty and pathos of tho music of the Emerald Isle. Tho Grand Duchess of Mecklouburg- Schweriu has given to each member of her Buitc a bicyole, thirty-nine in all, An authority finds that bicycle rid ing has a tendency to produce tho arched instep coveted by all women. Several women, provided with bloomers aud riflos, havo Btarted for Alaska, where they expect to mako a good living cooking nnd sewing in tho mining settlements. Mrs. America Louisa Jofiin, of South Greenfield, Mo., was admitted to tho Dade County (Missouri) bar, after passing a highly creditable examina tion. She is thirty-five years old. In her memoirs Mary Anderson makes a severo arraigument of tho stage, aud the character which it de velops. Sho had a good dual of ex perience, nnd made u lot of money. George Eliot's memory is to be kept green in her special county, War wickshire, by a suitable monument— a public library at Nuneaton. The building is to be erected by subscrip tion. A woman bioyolist of Springfield, Mass., has kept a record of her riding during tho winter, and says that there have been only twenty-six days since November 1, 1895, when sho hp.s not been out on her wheel. It is an innovation worth noting that the funeral wreath laid on her husband's bier by the recently wid owed Prinoess of Battenberg was of colored flowers, nnd was tied with light green satin ribbon. Away to utilize one's collection of bangles, now no longer insisted onjby fashion to be worn on the wrist, is to use them as umbrella handles. Three or four woldod together at intervals are easily and inexpensively mounted in this way. One of tho best mining exports in Arizona is a woman, and another wo man expert in the same line is Mrs. Clara Wood, of Klamath, Oregon. She is said to know more about tho the minoralogy of the Klamath River than any other person The jewel casket of the Dowager Empress of Russia is the most famous in the world, from a gem point of view. Hardly second to it is that of the Empress of Austria, whoso blaok pearls are noted throughout Europe for their extremo beauty aud rarity. They say that the Empress of Austria spends moro money on saddle horses than anybody else in Europe. She will pay any price asked for a first class hunter, but let the horse hesitate at a fence, or show signs of bad tem per, and she will never mount him again. Some young wheelwomen of Yaki ma, Wash., organized a cycling trip with a new feature a few days ago, Thoy went for a long ride into the country and were accompanied by a horse and wagon, tho wagon being loadod with luncheon, and also hnving accommodations for any of tho cy clists who might fall by tho wayside for any reason. Mrs. Carlisle, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, rides, but is always attended. Mrs. Oluey, wife of the Secretary of State, is learning the art of mastering the wheel. Miss Mary Sheridan, daughter of Phil Sheridan, is a very graceful rider. Mrs. Wilson, wifo of the Postmaster-General, is striving to beoomo an adept at cy cling. Among tho devotoos of the wheel in Washington are Miss Kate and Helen Brice, who are expert cy clists. FASHION NOTES. Yellow vies with green for fashiona ble supremncy. Tho smartest frocks will bo of very pronounced checks. New voilings show medium largo chenille dots or open cirolee. Strings of tulle ara old fashionod ideas revivod in this season ""J mil linery. Tho very swell parnsol is not fluffy, but a chio creation in linen or printed warp silk. For a plain organdie gown a oortain New York Bociety leader has bought a sash costing $7 a yard. Eoyal cremyll lace and chantilly lace gauze arc muoh alike as regards patterns and coloring. ltows of lnoe work nppear in each, giving them the lace effect. The skirts of cloth costumes are not all made after one model; there nro three or four to choose from, all equally effective, and all flaring out around the bottom. Hats aro shown in almost endless variety. There are all sbapos from the agressivo looking poke to tho tiny bunnot that is scarcely larger than a skull cap. Among the popular styles are those with medium width brims and rather low crowns, although tho high crown slightly ourving is liked by many. Chine silk enters into tho construc tion of fancy capes quite a little, and one novelty in dark shades of purple and pink has a deep frill oi blnck glace below the little cape of flowered silk, and a ruche ot silk edged chiffon finishes both edges. Black satin snsh ribbons arranged down the back and fastened with fancy buttons outline the figure very prettily. Even in silk gowns the jackets nre worn, but they aro longer really than jaokets—are, in truth, coats. The sleeve 3 aro one of two extremes, either the elbow sleevo being made very long so u3 to come far down over the hand or else where it is finished in.a point, and has full ruttles of lane inside. This fashion makes the hands look Bmall, but is rather warm for summer weather. Tho small bats or turbans bave brims tbat arc bent in anil out, form ing straw loops. Some of tbeso sug gest tho Napoleon sliapo. A brim formed of loops, wbicb seemed to rad into from a common ceutro, is a favor ite hat in the millinery shop. The loops are sometimes made of straw, sometimes of stiffened and spangled lace, and sometimes of tulle. A bonnet made in this way has ! tops of stiffened bind; laee, spangled with green pearls. There nro loops of lieliotropo ribbon in front and long, groen tulle ties. THE MERRY SIDE OE LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. A Model For All—Thomas Knew— Dlflcront Now—How to Look In. tcllectual—Retiring, Etc., Etc. Ob, busy Bee! in many a lay Doth many a baril thy praises sing, For gathering honey ail the day. Because thou likest that sort of thing. Yet, no reproaoh, art thou, O Bee! To those that idly take their ease? They, cheerful worker, are like thee 1 In that they do just what they please. —Puck. j THOMAS KNEW. Teacher—"Whero is tho capital of Great Britain, Thomas?" Thomas—"Most of it's in this coun try?"— Chicago Record. [DIFFERENT NOW. "Papa, what is a histoiical epoch?" "It is a period of time that used to cover ages, but now it runs along any where front's week to ten days." RETIRING. Mistress—"Mary, I don't approve of your entertaining your young mun in tho kitchen." "Well, mum, he's too shy to come in the parlor."—Life. A FRIGHT. Jimeon—"Havo you a dog?" Smithkins—"Well, I guess! We'vo got one my wife embroidered on a tidy that we hang out on the porch, and it frightens tho tramps speechless." HOW TO LOOK INTELLECTUAL, "That Miss Dawson is a stupid look ing girl." "Yes, isn't she?" "Somebody ought to persuade her to wear eyeglassos."—Chioago Record. NOT NECESSARILY. "The face," said the proverbial boarder, "is an index to tho mind." "Then," said the Ohoerful Idiot, "if a woman's face ip 'made up, is it a sign that her minu is in tho same con dition."—lndianapolis Journal. A VICTIM OF HAniT. Elder Berry—"l believe I told yon Joblots used to be a school teaoher?" Dr. Thirdly—"Yes. What of it?" Elder Berry—"Ever sinoe ho got into tho church ho has beon urging a ohungo of text books."—Judge. A SIMPLE PLAN. Mr. Youngman (after long thought) —"ls thero any way to find out what a woman thinks of yon, without pro posing?" Mr. Benedict (absently) "Yes, make her mad."—Now York Weekly. CARRIED THE AIR AWAY. "You havo a flue climate here," said the visitor to a resident. "Such a bracing air I" "Yes," replied tho resident, gloomily, "but them there bicyclists come along and pump tho air into their pneuma tic tire 3 and carry it off."—Truth. HIS COMPLAINT. Landlady—"Have yon givon up your wheel, Mr. Jones?" "Boarder—"l haven't been riding much lately. I find that it doesn't agreo with mo." Landlady—"How ?" Boarder—"lt increaso3 my appe tite." —I'uok. THE WAY OF THE WORLD. Tho Pitoher—"lt makos me tired to hear some of them duoks talk." Tho Catcher—"What are they sayin'?" The Pitcher—"Here I didn't let a man get to first, aud them follcrs are tellin' each other how the mascot won the game."—Puok. "WHY?" SHE ASKED. Mr. Bloobumper—"My dear, you have an irritating habit of asking 'Why?'after every statement 1 made. Now won't you try to break yourself of the habit?" Mrs. Bloobumpei—"Why,certainly, my love. I'm euro I didn't know I did. I'll oertainlv try to break myself of the habit, ns you suggest. But why?"— Judge. FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS. Younglove (adraonishingly)—"Now that you've opened a bauk account, you must bear in mind that tho ohecks must not bo signed with any of your pet diminutives. Just settle on one name, and uso that abd no other." Mrs. Younglove (plaintively) "All right dear. I'll just sign 'Maude;' but I don't see how they're going to identify mo by that!"— Puck. A CAREER STARTED. "I havo been thinking for a long time," alio said, with a serious ex pression which contrasted strongly with her usual airmese, "that I ought tc have somo serious purpose in life, So I have decided to go into litera ture." "You intend to pursue it seriously, do you?" "Yes, indeed. I've bought a lovely Louis XVI. desk and I've got some of the most exquisite stationery you ever saw. Mother gave mo a gold pen auil a mother of pearl penholder, and I have just tho prettiest silver inkstand ! All covered with lilagreo work, you know." "You are certainly well equipped." "Yes," she replied serenely. "I've got a splendid start. All I havo to do now is to sit down some time aud think up a piece to write."—Washington Star. Whalebone grows dearer eaoh year, and is now worth its weight in silver. Another Fiddle. James Wbitcomb was a prominent citizen of Indiana in her early days and he wns not only a politician, but one of the best amateur musicians in the country. He composed several pieces for the violin, which wns his own chosen instrument, and many are the stories told of him and his flddle. At one time he was travelling from Indianapolis to Eastern Indiana, and stopped for the night at a house on a lonely road. He entered the cabin with his companion, and there they found a lame young man called Amos sitting by the fire scraping at an old violin with most disastrous result. He laid the violin on the bed, and started away to the stable with the horses. Mr. Wbitcomb at once took up the violin, tuned It, and when Ainos returned was playing light and beauti ful airs. Amos was entranced. He snt down and, mouth wide open in wonder, Watched the musician. Then Mr. Whit comb struck up "Hall Columbln," and the youth could bear it no longer. He sprang to his feet. "If I had ilfty dollars," cried he, "I'd give it all for that fiddlel I never heard such music." Mr. Whltcomb said nothing, but kept on playing. By and by, when he had llnished, he laid the violin on the bed. This wns the young man's opportunity. He sprang up, seized the Instrument carried it to the tire where he could see more plainly, and turned It over and over, examining every part. "Mister," he sang out, In high excite ment, "I never in my life see two fid dles so much alike ns yours and mine!" II ow to Keep I tonne. With all the luxuries aud pleasures of this life, its big enjoyments and its smaller com forts, there is an effect or antithesis which wo have to contend with in the form of a -hen and pains. In some way and by some moans every one bus a touch of them in somt form at some time. Trifling as some of them may be, the risk is that they will grow to something greater and rack the system with coustant torture. There is nothing, there fore, of this kind that we have a right to trifle with. Taken in time, the worst forms of aches and pains are easily subdued an 1 j permanently cured by the free use of St. j Jacobs Oil. No well regulated household i ought to be without a bottle of this great ( remedy for pain. One good reason for this is that some kinds of sudden pain are acute enough to be fatal, where the application of the great cure might save life. You waat it also in the house at all times for hurts, cuts and wounds, and the house that always has It keeps up a sort of Insurance against pain. A pound of phosphorus hoads 1,000,000 matches. lVhen Nature Needs assistance it may bo best to render it promptly, but one should roraember to use even the most perfect remedies only when needed. The best and most simple and gontlo remedy Is the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company. San Francisco, Cal., Is 5,250 miles west of New York. Catarrh and Colds Relieved la 10 to 60 Minutes. One short puff of the breath through the Blower, supplied with each bottle of Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder, diffuses this Pow der nv*r the surface of the no-snl passages. Painless and delightful to u-ie. It relievos in stantlyand permanently cures Catirrh, Hay Fever, Colds, Headache, Sore Throat, Ton silit:saiid Deafness. If your druggist ha-u't it in stock, ask him to procure it for you. Over 7,000 varieties of microscopic sea shells have beon enumerated by naturalists. Floating-Bornx Is now the only pure floating leap in ado. Be sure Dobbins' Soap Mf'g Co., l'hlla., ia on every wrapper and cake. Ask your grocer for it. Bed wrappors. No chapped hands with Dobbins' Floating-Borax. Artificial irrigation occurs In 3S of the 90 counties of Nebraska. M. D. Thompson Co., Druggists, Onndere port, I'a., say Hall's Catarrh Cure is the best anil only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold. Druggists sell it, 75c. FITS R topped free by DR. KI.INF.'S GREAT NERVE RESTORER. NO fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline, 031 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. After physicians had given me up, I wns saved by Piso's Cure.—R ammi Krieg, Will lamsport. Pa., Nov. 22,1838. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums,reduces inflamma tion, allays pain; cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Heart Disease Relieved In SO Minutes. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives perfect relief in all cases of Organic or Sympathetic Heart Disease in 3D minutes, and speedily ef fects >sure. It Is a peerless remedy for Pal pitation, Shortness of Breath, Smothering Spells, Pain in Left Side and all symptoms of a Diseased II art. One dose convinces. If your druggist hasn't it in stock, ask him to procure it for you. It will save your life. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Druggist's sell at 26c por bottle Mr. John J. Barry lives at 104 Con oord St., Brooklyn, N. Y., Is 65years old. He used to be a freight clerk, but for eleven years has done no work, mniuly on noeount of rheuma tism. He has always been troubled a good deal with constipation, but a few months since, his attention having been directed to Itlpans Tubules, he coramenoed a coarse of treatment with them, using Ihem noeordlng to directions. As n result the trouble from constipation is overoome and there Is n positive Improvement to be noted In the con dition of his rheumatic joints. Ills daughter, who lives with him and has safferod a good deal from dys pepsia, also nses the Tnbules anil has found in them the greatest pos sible beneflr. Rlpips Tabnlea are sold by drnygt.ts or b* mill If tho price (60 eee'H a box) Is soot to The R'poa. Chem'oal Company, No. 10 Spruce it , Ni w Yoru. Sample vial, lOoentt. The many imitations of HIRES Rootbeer simply point to its excellence—the genuine article proves it. only by The Cbarlet K Btrei Co , Philadelphia. ▲ lie. 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