| rQ, §sj?| No amount of argument can convince the experienced, honest grocer that any other soap will give his customers such general satisfaction as Ivory Soap. He that they prefer Ivory Soap to new kinds, of unknown quality. Ivory Soap will sell because the people want it, the other soaps may look like Ivory, but his customers want the real thing—they may buy a new soap once to try it, but they come back again and again for Ivory Soap, and they insist on having it. Half of the 125,000 Scandinavians in the United States live In Chicago. Tfo-To-llac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weah Bleu strong, blood pure. 60c. 91. All druggists. Van Dyck Tercentenary. In connection with the Van Dyck tercentenary, which is to he celebrated at Antwerp In August next, one mil lion special postage stamps will be Is sued, which will bear a portrait of the great painter from a drawing by Ge rard Postielje. In the program of the fetes, drawn up by the committee ap pointed for the purpose, is included an historical procession representing the development of art from the earliest known time: to the days of Tin hens The Ground Floor Preferred. Little 4-year-old Marie lives on the fourth floor of an apartment-house, and one day she said: "Mamma, is heaven higher than this house?" "Yes, dear," was the reply. "And will we go there when we die?" "Yes, if w-e are good?" "Well, then, mamma," Eaid Marie, "let's bo real goody gopd and maybe they'll let us occupy the ground floor when we go there."--Brooklyn Times. ONE vea3on Mrs. Pinkham's treatment helps women so promptly is that they have confidence in her. Through some of the many thousands of Mrs. Pink ham's friends an ailing woman will be led to write to Mrs. Pinkham at her home in Lynn, Mass., and will tell her symptoms. (?**!pn fC&riflp- The reply, made without charge of %£> sl-V SSf as aiLyfiS, JuCpigi any kind, will bear such evidence KM™ of knowledge of the trouble that fa fiLf iiJ H SJ) belief in her advice at once inspires OftE hope. W This of itself is a great help. Then the knowledge that women only see the letters asking for advice and women only assist Mrs. Pinkham in replying makes it easy to be explicit about the little things that define the disease. MRS. ELIZA THOMAS, of 634 Pine St., Easton, Pa., writes: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM — I doctored with two of the best Joctors in the city for two years and had no relief until I I)c: £ an the use of your remedies. My trouble was ulceration of Wti(6/y~ J , somcl hing terrible, could 5. ) ! /{• n°t sleep nights and f / { thought sometimes that &"TW/ death would be such a re^' To-day lam a well \ woman, able to do my work, and have not Vegetable Compound and \ BSbos 268, Springfield, Minn., —SHI "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM— For about four years I was a great sufferer from female troubles. I hadbackaclieallofthetime, noappetite, painsin stomach, faint ing spells, was weak and my system was completely run down. I also had falling of womb so bad that I could scarcely walk across the floor. After taking two bottles of your Vegetable Compound and one box of Lozengers, can say 1 am cured." "Say Aye W aadYe'll Ne'er be Married." Don't Re fuse AIS Our advice to Use _ SAPOLIO We don't admire a Chinaman's Writing. He doesn't use Carter's Ink. But then Carter's Ink is made to use with a pen, not a stick. Funny booklet" How to Make Ink Pictures"' free. CARTER'S INK CO., Boston, JYlass. STOCKS AND GRAIN (JOIllllliftMlOl), 1-10. Correspondence Solicited. OTTERSON & WILSON,"Sic!* ■?<&.?£*' tboa*. M 37 Bro*!. 42 Dr.adwar. New Yurk. Indian Justloo of tlio Ponce. Antolne Jackson, a full-blooded In dian, known familiarly as "Kanaka .lack," has been elected justice of the peace for the reservation adjacent to Tacoma. Although he can neither read nor write, he is said to fill his office with dignity. The first case he had 10 deal with which came under his notice the other day,was that of a man arrest ed upon the charge of carrying con cealed weapons. The Indian juuge demonstrated that the alleged culprit could not force the entire revolver in question into any of his poeket3 and therefore dismissed the case. Although the court's reasoning was not based on Blackstone and Kent, It was strict ly in accordance with the evidence. <3rucefully Submitted. New York Tribune: 11. Ernest Le gcuve.the senior member of the French Academy, has just received by vote of his fellow-members the f2,000 prize of the Jean Reynaud Foundation. He wished himself to give it to the author of "Cyrano do Bcrgerac," but submit ted with a good grace to the choice based on nis works concerning educa tion and family life. GOLDEN CROWN LAMP CHIMNEYS Arc the bout. Ask Tor them. Cost no more tliHii common clilinuoyK. All <lji crs. PITTsIHIKG GI..ASS CO., A lh'ghnuy, Pa. f|ENBIONW^ 3yrs in flvil war. 15 adjudicatingclaims, att.y since WANTED- -Si'Atnoti to hnndle a oomplecc lino of Lubricating Oils, Greases and Specialties. Boat on the market Good com misaion. Garland lie tin lug Co., Cleveland, O. | NEWS AND NOTES 1 \\ FOR WOMEN. | -A . . -i Two Succpßßful Stenographers. Tweuty-five hundred dollars a year is the highest, salary the United States Government lias ever paid to women. This is the sum that was paid to the stenographers—Miss Mc Naught on and Miss Atkinson—who accompanied the American Peace Commission in Pails. Both these women are familiar with the French ancl Spanish languages. Caslimercd ami Cloths. Cashmeres and light-weight cloths will bo the style during the summer. Some of the newest of these materials aro charming in texture and color. Gray, which has been so fashionable all winter, will be in favor again, there being many different shades to choose from. White, too, is to be quite the rage. There are already a number of charming white gowns being made up in both cashmere and cloth. One, very attractive, is made with coat and skirt trimmed with applique of cut work. The coat is to be worn over a white chiffon waist. One of the newest ideas is to have these cloth suits 111 white or very light gray, with the chiffon waists to be worn underneath. Of course this is only the revival of an old fashion, but the effect is so charmiug it is worth while reviving it. —Harper's Bazar. Mathematics and Matrimony. "It may not be complimentary to the men, but there seems at leust a semblance of truth in the statement that the greater the quantity and the better the quality of education among women the lets the chance of mar riage," writes Professor D. It. Mc- Anally in the Ladios' Homo .Journal. "It has been shown conclusively that college women marry less than others. The explanation of thi3 apparently anomalous condition may perhaps be found in the fact that a large percent age of college-bred women educate themselves for the purpose of becom ing teachers. Teachers have not so good an opportunity of marriage as other women—in fact, teachers in female seminaries have hardly more prospect than nuns, their limited as sociation with the opposite sex and the restraints under which they are visited by gentlemen fully explaining the situation. It is clear, however, from the figures furnished, that the rate of marriage among 'co-educated' women is higher than among women who attend i'einalo semiuarios. It is singular to notice that in tho case of educated women tho same geographic differences between the East and the West may be observed as in the case of tho others. In tho North Atlantic division—thac is, iu Now England— the marriage rate is lowest. It grad ually rises toward the West, attaining its highest figure in the mountain States, a fact which indicates that the educated Eastern women who goes Westto teach has an excellent prospect of finding a husband there." Summer Fashions. A most bewildering display of silk Is exhibited. It is evident that foulard silks are to be more fashionable than the taffetas. The dark ground foulards with the white figures have been worn for several years, aud yet the same idea is repeated, and with such varia tion as to make them seem quite The Liberty foulards are perhaps the newest. They first came out from Paris last year in the imported gowus, but were not seen enough over here to make them too popular. This Liberty foulard is a very soft material aud yet has considerable body. It is a much cooler fabric for mid-summer wear than taffeta, aud some of the new shades aud desigus are exquisite. The old fashioned polka [dot of white on the dark ground is going to be immensely fashionable, but the very fiue dots are the smartest, and there is one new and very smart desigu—a light ground with a dark dot in the centre of which is a white dot. Among the ready-made foulard gowns the circular skirts are the most noticeable, and these are trimmed with bands of lace insertion from three to four inches wide. The principal note in summer mil linery is the excessive use of tulle and chiffon, but tulle is used much more thau chiffon. Very few of the hats are made entirely of straw. They almost all have the brims of these two materials. When the tulle is used it is put on in soft folds, one fold over tho other. The chiffon is sewed into myriads of tiny tncks or puffings. This looks very soft agaiiißt the straw crown, and, as a rule, is beooming. The shapes are mostly of the toque and turban variety—nothing very exag geratod, and the colorings quite sub dued. Every shade ooueeivable of light gray and tan unrelieved in many instances even by white. Among all these neutral tints stand out very sharply tho purple green, aud blue hats, very smart in design; worn with gowns to correspond, they will look far better than they do in the show case. Oddly enough, some tulle hats are in sailor shape with a stiff trimming at the side. But these last are a little too odd, and the smartest hats are those built upon the same lines and looking mnoh like the velvet aud fur turbans of the winter-. This style of hat is more generally becoming than any other, and does not require to he worn tipped exaggeratedly down over the face. The brim is short in the back, allowing a very full,view of the hack of the head, and this means an elaborate style of hair-dressing, and the wearing of the jewelled combs 60 fashionable this spring.—Harper's Bazar. Now York's llunineas Women, With all her faults there is no more •apable business woman to be found anywhere than she who is in the smart set in New York. Xliere is no use^try ing to estimate the number of feminine millionaires who lire in Fifth avenue ami its fashionable tributaries, but it safe to say that most of these ladies know as much of the value of money and how to take care of their inher iteuces as tho wiliest of "Wall street bankors. Miss Serena Rliinelander lias one of the oldest and biggest New Yolk es tates on her hands, and she keeps the management of it mainly in her own hands. She owns scores of tenement and apartment houses, knows their exact condition and the rental they should yield, and she has perfected herself in domestic architecture to be able to examine and criticise intelli gently all building and improvement plana for her property. Mrs. Elisha Dyer personally administers evory penny of her own big inheritance. She superintends and draws a large revenue from her big Maryland stock farm, deals occasionally in real estate and has by clever manipulation in creased her wealth. Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins, who will be a richer womau at some future day than she is even now, is her own adviser on invest ments, her own agent and bookkeeper. To-realize what the care of these estates implies, the reader must un derstand that each aud every one of these ladies is worth in her own right well into the millions. Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard and Mrs. Fitzhugh White liouso are each worth something over 810,000,000. Perhaps either of these two ladies can draw the biggest checks of any woman in New York, aud next after them, perhaps, eomes Miss Caro line de Forest and Mrs. Wysong, who individually enjoy incomes of 850,000 a year, aud who, like Mrs. Arthur Dodge aud Mrs. Herter, know how aud where every cent of their capital is invested. Tho linaucinl good sense and acumen of these millionairesses is very well attested by the fact that rarely does a rich widow or heiress, so long as she keeps in her own hands the conduct of her property, feel auy shrinkage iu her fortune, and all of these women are, in spito of their shrowdness, the most admirable laud holders. Mrs. Shepard's improved tenements are among the best in New York; Miss Khinelander has given more laud as the sites for haudsome philanthropic edifices than any one New York man, and Miss Helen Gould, who possesses as fine a row of tenements as any landlord in the city, has never permitted her agent to press a poor lessee or evict one, though sho has never failed to collect her rents. Chicago Record. Gonflil). In privato life Mine. Duso dresses almost entirely iu white. Women are employed as lotter car riers in several districts in Franco. Tho Empress of Germany's privato wedding present to her relatives al ways consists of a very plain travell ing clock, for she values among all other virtues that of punctuality. Evangelina Probnsco, a Chicago so ciety girl, has established a shoe- I cleaning establishment for women in the shopping districts of that city. Boys will bo employed to do the shin ing. Only one of Queen Victoria's twelve bridesmaids is still living. Sho is the Duehess of Cleveland. She had the honor of assisting us train bearer at the coronation as well as at tho wed ding. Madame Domont-Breton has been elected on the huuging committee of the Society of French Artists, where she will take her place on the jury with Bonnat, Laurens, Detaille, Ge rome, aud the others. Dr. Belle Gommel, a graduate of the medical school of Michigan Uni versity, is at present performing the duties of county physician in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her father holds this of fice, and sho is his assistant, practi cally conducting all the affairs of tho office. Fashion** Fancies. . True lover's knots in black and col ored velvet aud satin, stiffiy wired, appear on some of the new hats. Foulard frocks are inexpensive, cool aud serviceable, and the patterns for this summer are fascinating. Fine imported chnllies are more ar tistic iu color aud design than ever before, and they promise to rival tho foulard gowns. Domino rose is tho 1599 nnmo for the bright but eoft shade of red that the tailors aud dressmakers say is to be worn during the summer. The expensive silk-finished French crepons which are tentatively dis played show wholly novel and stylish arrangements of their soft wavy sur faces. Provident women will find yellow and tan shoes, both high andlow, bet ter for the summer. They don't draw the snn and they are easy to keep in order. The plain, tight sleeve is coining in, but the modistes are hesitating to leave off the becoming little caps which have been such an addition to the sleeves for some time. A boned uuderwaist is ono of tlio most useful garments a woman ever possessed. It is made without sleeves and boned either with featherbone or whalebone, and is cut like a tight-fit ting dress waist. ltuohes of mousseline do soie in a variety of pale colors, machine stitched on the edges with silk to match, are one of the noveltios in trimming. They are very narrow, are box plaited and are very effective. ■ A trimming for a blue and white foulard is a baud of white satin, ou whioh are sewn two rows of black vel vet, arranged in Vandykes around the hem. Frills of white edged with vel vet may trim the bodice, with a vest ! of cteam lace over white chiffon. !f I S GREATLY ENHANCED by knowledge of the world's | best products, which contribute most effectually to per- Tki sonal comfort and health. The contest of lilgli quality \ /yMrafffißjaffi and original efforts, which give universal satisfaction, against the cheap and meretricious imitations will ever continue, and the greatest protection against mercenary : %r J dealers is in being well informed. In the medicinal sphere the well-known laxative remedy. Syrup of Figs, inanufac- J — tured by the California Fig Syrup Co., is used by many who jßfl are enjoying good health and by many others who are seek- f /a* ing health, and this is true to so great an extent that it is t often called the remedy of the healthy. The excellence of S Syrup of Figs is due not only to the originality and sim plicity of tlie combination, hut also the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known only \ to the California Fig Syrup Co. Therefore wo wish to im- \BS press on all the importance of accepting the true and llVvffl original remedy only. When buying note the full name— Bl\w California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every j package, as there are many imitations sold under similar hg&lf iMSuS names and the imitations are really injurious to the sys tern. The true and oilginal remedy. Syrup of Figs, is inanu factured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and when you see the name of any other Fig Syrup Co. printed on any pack- IcSR I \B?ff 'jfl age you may know that it is a tlctltious company and lias no real existence, and that the dealer who offers it to you is \WI rl seeking by cunning and misrepresentation to take advantage IW// */ I of you in order to make a larger profit. (j, j(a hfcwlra The better class of druggists are men of high Integrity, t attending strictly to business day and night and willing to M i 'l mll®®! make great sacrifices. If necessary, to supply their custom- It /I IJj |, 1 era with the best of everything in their line, knowing the importance to health of doing so. and valuing the patronage of their friends and patrons and desiring their confidence. Infs/B'P; *Sgy: Druggists of that class do not try to sell soundliing else when you ask for Syrup of Figs. They give you the genuine remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. When desiring physicians' prescriptions filled, or pure drugs j and chemicals, proprietary incdicincs and fine toilet articles, > you may rely upon them: but as in other callings some black I \R\ f sheep may he found, so among druggists there are some who v jji? will try to impose upon and deceive their customers when they can. and in order that all who are well Informed may < ""*•/ [qVl know them and avoid them we are publishing the facts. J J. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., Louisville, Ky. Sa u Francisco, CaL HER VALENTINE. The Lady of France In Olden Ttinca Chose Hi in for One Year. Chicago Times-Herald: For many years it was the habit of the gay pleas ure-seekers of France, men and women, to enroll themselves in companies com posed of valentines. Every 14th of February they would assemble in the center of the town. Here, two by two (a lady and gentleman riding to gether), they would make the circuit of the neighborhood on horseback. The procession would generally be led by Cupid, Mercy, Loyalty and Chastity, attended by trumpeters, banner-bear ers and a crowd of persons, young and old. Usually the procession would re turn to the town hall, where, in a rather sacrilegious fashion, the 'Val entines worshiped Love in a mass. Then each pair kissed and went their separate ways, for each was now to choose a new valentine. The names of all the gentlemen present, written on slips of parchment, were now drawn by the ladies from a casket. Thus each lady received a new mate for the com ing year. Each gentleman was bound by laws, which were read aloud to the whole company, to be faithful to the lady who had chosen him for a twelve month, He was to supply her with flowers, to make her stated presents, to act as her escort whenever she wished, to compose songs in her honoi, to fight in her honor, to resent every insult offered her. If in any respect he failed he was to be driven from the society of the other Valentines. The code prescribed the manner of his ex communication, the final token of which was the burning of a bundle of straw on his doorsill. A Chicago doctor savs Gen. Eagan Is a neurasthenic. This ought to hold him for quite a while. Don't Tobacco Spit and Rmoko Tour Life Aw ay. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, full of life, ncrvo and vigor, take No-To- Bac, the wntidcr-worker. that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sumplo free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. "Ouida" does not use a table for writing her stories. Fhe sits on a low stool, with an ink pot on the carpet, and writes on her knee. Educate Your Bowok With Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. 100,250. if C. C. C. full, druggists refund money Admiral Dowry's boyhood hero was General Taylor, and the lad's first ambition was to be a soldier'. wt l fiavo been using <'ASIMISKTS for Insomnia, with which I have been afflicted for over twenty yours, and I can say that Cuacarots have given me more relief than any other reme dy 1 have ever tried. I shall certainly recom mend them to my friends as being all they arc represented." Taos. GILLARD, Elgin, 111. CANDY TT CATHARTIC . mmmmm Pleasant. Palatal)!.-?. Potent. Taste Good Dc Good, Nover Sickon. Weaken, or Grl| c He °jp CONSTIPATION'/ ... DEALERS should carry a complete line of Spalding's EsrftJ" Trade Mark ft A Athletic S, Supplies Uv'Zu"* ' Always a demand for them. Write for our catalogue. A. C. SPALDING & BROS.. New York. Denver. thlrngo. <~P*s~T 85M BlsXcys It. P. .Ik-ad Cycle Compuuy. i no n u .. in. DROP SYS!S™7Sr;; EX..*. Book of toßtimonialaami I O <|IIVM* iratm*ut Free. Dr. H. H. GREEN'S RONS Bo* I). Atlanta. Ga WANTED aseof bad hoalih ttint R-I-p-A-N-R ' will not lieueflt. Send 6 eta.to Bipannt hcmii-ul Co., New Vork, for lOtuuupius and loou testimonial-. jCHAINLESS BICYCLE; • • I' Easiest running, most durable • j • HaTest, cleanest. World's roe- • ! ® ord of 251) consecutive daily• t> centuries. Always ready toe 2 tide. Nothing to entangle o£r soil the clothing, e liColumbia Gfiain Models • i • • • Embody the results of 22 years' J • experience in the application f j t 52, of the best methods of oyclof t • fru tiding. JHartfords anil Vedeites. \ • The now Ifartfords have radi-J 1 . • s l enl improvements everywhere.* • A Yudettivs cannot beoquulod for J I • their irice. • ; PRICES: Chalntess. $75; Co-I Jlumbia Chain, ISO; Hnrtfords,; • $33; Vedettes, $23 and $26. J • Catalogue of any Columbia dealer, or • J by mail for uue st-ceut at am p. * I POPE MFa. CO., Hartford, Conn. S or Know Thyself Manual. n,Mii lfoT"!?K\ a nvi^ UO JM!! ° r Mrrtlral Selenco V ... V ONL * whether married, unmarried or i npout to marry s you iifr, middle ugi-d or old. I'rleo i I Mw "L nia,, sealed; sent free for(k.darn AI. I Me rW?. K,,tute . No>4 hulflucb I i... i'i> • , 1 *>l-f Consulting Physician. , L.. ,;S \ ALWAYS (AIRES . T h, \ fa'oo the Penhody Medical Institute ha* at tallied hassubjected it ton test which onlv n merit "'KSfj V'rtrrKo.- n? j"?,„1. WANTED! Ho\ortit5 bl ?or e s(Ss> stock; permanent employ ment; expenses and salary to those who can leave home or eommissiou to local men. Stock strictly tirst-elass. The business easily learned Write at once for terms and territory lor the coming season. State ngo an.l occupation. Till: It. <l|.\Hl<; COAI- I'ANY, South IVnn Square, I'lilludelphla. P. N. U. 16 '99 RHEUMATISM ' "ti 4 ™S! I ■■AUEXANDB* It*M*D*oo..a#(iEWuwlckßl..Ejr.
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