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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
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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.
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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
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Trade Mark ft A
Athletic S,
Supplies Uv'Zu"*
' Always a demand for them.
Write for our catalogue.
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New York. Denver. thlrngo.
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It. P. .Ik-ad Cycle Compuuy. i no n u .. in.
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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-.
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. • s l enl improvements everywhere.*
• A Yudettivs cannot beoquulod for J
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; PRICES: Chalntess. $75; Co-I
Jlumbia Chain, ISO; Hnrtfords,;
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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
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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-
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