"Durability is Better Than Show/' The wealth of the multi-milltonaires is not equal to good health. Riches without health ate a curse, and yet the rich, the middle classes and the poor alike have, in Hood's Sarsaparilla, a valuable assistant in getting and maintaining perfect health, Austria. The citizens of Prague who are called upon to act as Jurymen have unanimously refused to attend for that purpose unless a new hall is built to accommodate them, the old one being unhealthy and too small. The Summer Itntli. Nothing is more refreshing and Invigor ating in summer than a daily bath. But to have it effectual soft water and good soap must bo used. Ivory Soap is the best for the purpose; it is pure, dissolves quickly, sweetens and purill s the cuticle, gives a healthful glow, and leaves the skin soft and white. Early morning, or just before retir ing at night, is the most favorable time for bathing. ELIZA It. PARKER. The Lutheran Church in Iceland numbers about 72,000 baptized mem bers, which is about the total popula tion. To Cure Constipation Forover. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c orSSe. C. C. C. full to cure, druggists refund money. Algeria and Argentine are the only countries in the world where the horses out-number the human beings. Educate Tour Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. 100, 20 c. If C. c. C. fall, druggists refund money. For several years the Church F.xten sion Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church has furnished aid for the erect ion of two churches a day. During the past few months the Bal timore und Ohio ltoad has materially extended the runs of the passenger lo comotives on through trains. Formerly engines were changed on an average every 100 or 150 miles. It was thought that the mountain grades of the Balti more and Ohio Hail Road would pre vent an extension of the runs. How ever, the experiment was made. It has proved successful and reduced the number of locomotives formerly re quired by 24, which can be used in other branches of the service and save the purchase of more motive power. Under the new plan, locomotives are double erewed and make from 7.000 to 8,000 miles a month, as against 3.500 to 4,000 under the former method. THE MAKING OF A MENU. Things to Consider If It Is to Result Successfully The planning of menus is one of the most exacting duties of a hostess who desires to make or keep a reputation as a successful entertainer. "Pot luck" and "take us as you find us" are all well enough up to a certain point; but there are occasions that demand a carefully thought-out arrangement ol a dinner, and when anything less would be a discourtesy to one's guests. In making up a menu the season limits one at the start, for, although It is said that one can now buy any thing at any time of the year in the city markets, that pre-supposes a fat ter pocket-book than most planning housewives possess. Within a short time, however, the best of everything will be comparatively cheap, and sc much will be in season that one need not stop at anything on that account A stumbling block that remains through all seasons are the limitations of one's cook. If you are not the pos sessor of a skilled chef it is of no use to expect high-art cooking and elabo rately concocted dishes. Plan youi menu within the range of your cook's capabilities. It may be impossible to please all one's guests, but it will be well to have those things on the menu that will appeal to the greatest number. A hostess who has divined the idiosyn cracies of her guests and is able to humor them is sure of success. One of the chief attributes of success i 3 tha ability to give a personal or distinctive note to one's dinner, something by which your dinner may be differenti ated from every one else and remem bered with especial pleasure. The method of serving the character of 6ome especial dish, the decorations, any one of a dozen things may bring this about under the management of a clever and ingenious woman. XJO 97/rs. fPin/c/iam, jCynn, 97/ ass, [LETTKL TO MRS. PINKHATF NO. 41.07] 44 DEAR FRIEND —A year ago I was a great sufferer from female weakness. My head ached all the time and I would get so dizzy and have -that all gone feeling in the stomacn"find was so nervous and restless that I did not know what to do with myself. 14 My food did me no good and I had a bad case of whites. I wrote to you and alter taking Lydia E. Pinkham s Vege table Compound as directed, I can truly say that I feel like a new woman and cannot tell you how grateful 1 am to you. 44 1 recommended it to all my friends and have given it to mj daughter who is now getting along splendidly. you live many years to help our suffering sisters."—MßS. C. CARPENTER, 253 GRAND ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y. Over eighty thousand euch letters as this were re ceived by Mrs. Pinkham during 1897. Surely this is Btrong proof of her ability to help suffering woauen. OUR NEW NATIONAL PARK. Mount Rainier Now Stands as the Senti nel of the Most Beautiful Park. (Seattle, Wash., Letter.) Mount Rainier, the grandest moun tain peak in America, is holding up its massive, snow-capped head with added dignity. Its tremendous greatness has been recognized by the congress of the United States, and it now stands as the sentinel of the most beautiful natural park In the world. On March 2 last President McKinley approved an act to set aside a certain portion of lands in the state of Wash ington known as the Pacific Coast Re serve, which future generations will call the Mount Rainier National Park. A great transcontinental railway com pany was forced to return to the gov ernment its title to many, many thou sands of acres of the eighteen square miles in the newly established park. The land ::s now under the Jurisdiction of the interior department, which will at once take steps to care for it so that the people may fully enjoy the many advantages that it offers. The Improvement of transportation facilities, which is already being con sidered, will make the Mount Rainier National Park the Mecca for tourists from all parts of the world. It is now, with all its difficulties of ascent, the goal for the world's famous moun tain climbers who have not yet reached its summit. Scores of people have climbed its slippery sides over glacier ice and snow, and many others will jtjjg" MOUNT RAINIER, THE SENTINEL OP THE NEW NATIONAL PARK IBM attempt the ascent within the next few months. Washington's National Park is un doubtedly the peer of the famous Yel lowstone and other parks in this coun try. In fact, comparison is impossible, as there are no points of similarity between Yellowstone and Rainier. Yel lowstone is simply a grand beauty spot with a few hot-water fountains when compared with Rainier, its majestic scenery and boundless attractions for lovers of nature. Mount Rainier must be named with Fugiyama, St. Elias, Ararat and Blanc. It is more like the mighty mountain of sunny Japan than the supreme peak of the snowy Alps. Unlike Mount Blanc, it is not merely the dominant peak of r chain of snow mountains; it is the only peak in view for hundreds of miles. Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams are similarly isolated and are many miles away to the soutn. Rainier rises from 7,000 to 8,000 feet above the surrounding mountains in majestic loneliness. It springs out of a valley of wondrous beauty 11,000 feet in seven miles. Eminent scientists and moun tain climbers the world over are ready to bear witness to its grandeur. The first view of the mountain to the new comer is awe inspiring. But its beauty is not confined to the huge peak alone. There are acres of meadow land run ning clear up to the snow line—verita ble flower banks—and in the summer season gorgeous with a brilliancy that can scarcely be described. There are wonderful glaciers, scarred with grim crevices of unknown depth. These are bordered with evergreen for ests, and they present a spectacle of wild beauty that is not equaled else where in the world. On the summit of the mountain is the crater of an ex tinct volcano, out of which jets of steam and boiling water are continual ly sp'outing, giving evidence of terrible and unknown things in the depths of the mighty pile of rock and snow. There are many streams full of ice water clashing over rocks and preci pices into waterfalls and then finding tlielr way down to the low lands until they become lost in the rivers that empty into Puget Sound. The greatest on the list of superla tive things that the mountain park affords, however, is the magnificent view from the summit. This summit ?onsists of three peaks, the central and highest being Crater Peak. To the ■outh is Peak Success and to the north Liberty Cap. The billowing tops ot successive mountain ranges stretch off in every direction. Below, to the east and south, lie the plains ot Eastern Washington and the Columbia river valley, a valley that is known at least by reputation to every person in the country. To the west and north are the tim ber covered foothills of the Cascades and the Olympic mountains, the great coast range. Beyond these a light blue haze tells where the old Pacific rolls. Puget Sound lies between like a scroll of molten silver in its emerald setting of green forests of fir and cedar. In several directions, looking like tiny threads of white, the Puyallup, Carbon, Nisqually and Cowlitz rivers can be seen racing on to mingle their waters with the salt waves of the sound. Their glacier sources shine like diamonds when the sun is bright. In 1883 Professor Zittel.a well-known German geologist, and Professor James Bryce, member of parliament, and au thor of the "American Common wealth, made a report on the scenery of Mount Rainier. Among other things they said: "The scenery of Mount Rainier is of rare and varied beauty. The peak it self is as noble a mountain as we have ever seen in its lines and structures. We have seen nothing more beautiful in Switzerland and Tyrol, in Norway or the Pyrenees, than the Carbon river glacier and the great Puyallup gla ciers; indeed, the ice of the latter is unusually pure and the crevasses un usually fine. The combination of ice scenery with woodland scenery of the grandest type is to be found nowhere in the old world, unless it be in the Himalayas, and, so far as we know, nowhere else on the American conti nent." There are several routes to the sum mit, but the only one that has ever proved practical is known as the Para dise valley route. All of the more in teresting features of the great moun tain and the park that surrounds it can be seen from this road and it will probably be the only one used this summer. The start under present arrange ments is made by stage from Tacoma. For two days the prospective mountain climber travels rapidly over a good road through one of the Washington forests of gigantic trees to Longmire Springs. Timber line is then but Ely miles away, over a plain trail. The distance can be covered by pack horses or by walking. Paradise Park, which is a place of beauty beyond description, has been named by untrained mountain climb ers. Here muscles are hardened by climbing over the snow fields and gla ciers and one becomes generally ac customed to the high altitude. Here also guides are to be obtained, for it is not safe to attempt the ascent without an experienced escort. That strang ers have gone to the top of the moun tain and returned in safety is no proof that others can do the same. The ele ments at this high altitude are very uncertain and a storm Is likely to blow up at any time. Then the danger is very great for even those who know the mountain thoroughly. To any one except a hardy moun taineer the ascent requires more than ordinary strength. This is especially true in the case of women, and none of the gentler sex should attempt the journey without at least a month's training by taking long walks until twenty miles or more can be covered without fatigue. From Paradise Park the climb •.com mences. Two full days are usually re quired for the ascent, although it has been made by small parties In much less time. Camp should be broken very early in the morning, and with the necessary baggage strapped on pack animals the journey is slowly contin ued until Camp Muir is reached. The night is spent at this point, and a second start is made at 4 a. m. on the following day, in order to pass Gibraltar Rock before the sun begins to loosen rocks on the side of the mountain. The route continues past a spur which divides the Nisqually and Cowlitz glaciers, and on to the famous rock, which has proven a stumbling block to so many. The terrors of pass ing this butte causes the nerves of the novice to tingle. He is ready to be frightened to death by the first real or imaginary danger, and unless securely roped to competent guides is likely to fall to his death. A REMARKABLE TRIP Of an Ocean Liner in Trying a New Route. The steamer Gaspesia, which was first to attempt to reach London by the new route via the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Milford Haven, Wales, had three months of such experience as happily but seldom falls to the lot of an ocean liner. The dream of a certain group of capitalists is over, for although the distance is appreciably less by the way proposed, the fate of the ship which came limping back into port ten weeks after every one had given her up will cast a damper upon all future efforts. The Gaspesia left Milford Haven on Jan. 11; she made the south coast of Newfoundland on the 19th, and entered the gulf on the 20th. She should have reached Paspebiac in one day. The trip actually took six. It was Feb. 7 when she started out, with her return cargo and tlirec passengers, in the very worst weather o£ an unusualiy bitter winter. She was caught by the ice floes and held helpless. Keen winds raged about her and the rigging froze. The fires were put out to husband coal, and every one on board suffered from cold. Her 75 sailors wore clothed only for an ordinary winter passage In the North Atlantic. They did net know when they would be released or wheth er they might not be driven from a ship crushed like an eggshell to wander over the shifting floe to their death. There are 50.000 square miles of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Gaspesia saw a good deal of drifting to and fro with the wind and current. Deliver ance came when the famous sealing steamer Kite signaled the Gaspesia and went to her assistance. The Kite likes ice; she was built to resist it, and car ries dynamite to blast her way through it. By several days' hard work her crew opened away for the Gaßpesia, and she reached St. John's nearly three months out. She was almost a wreck, and the crew and passengers were quite exhausted. It may be shorter by the new route, but the chances are that ordinary travelers will prefer the old, although Nansen might enjoy the trip as practice. ArHonlml Wall I'liper. The former popular fear of arsenical wall paper appears to have quite sub sided. However, several cases of al leged poisoning by arsenical wall pa pers having occurred in Ithaca, Dr. E. M. Chamot, of the chemical depart ment of Cornell university, undertook a series of analyses of wall papers of various colors and patterns, as a result of which he is said to have asserted that nearly all wall papers sold at the present lime contain arsenic, some of them in large quantities. Central Al jerlcan Floral Curlonlty. A strange flower has been found on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It grows on a small tree and jives forth a per fume (only at noon. I ft this is not the queer part, for in the morning it is pure white, at noon red and in the evening blue. A woman may say all sorts of un kind things about her husband, but she is not true bine if she lets any one else say them DUNKHORST A MAMMOTH. Record of the Boir Who Will Flffbt at Athens. Since the days when Joe ?.IcAuliffe came out of the west to win fame in the prize ring there never was a boxer of note who possessed the same gen erous proportions claimed by Ed Dunkhorst, who meets Joe Butler at Athens tomorrow evening. Dunk horst is six feet high, and weighs, in condition, 225 pounds. He has been nicknamed the "Mastodon," and it is well earned. But Dunkhorst is differ ent from most of the big fellows in that he is fast as a feather-weight. Those who witnessed his terrific fight with Peter Maher at the Arena need no further verification of that state ment. Fast as Maher was, Dunkhorst was equally so, and, although Maher won, he did not get off scot free by any means. While a comparatively newcomer in the ring, Dunkhorst's dozen battles have already demon strated the possibilities of his huge frame, when thoroughly seasoned. One peculiarity of Dunkhorst's is that he seems to be immune from the blows soporific, which so many boxers suc cumb to. Up to the present time he has never been knocked out, and it looks as though he never will be. Al though he was in no condition for a contest when he met Maher at the Arena, and the Irish champion landed again and again on his jaw the pum meling he received did not seem to af fect "Dunk." He took it all good na turedly, and Maher, who always be lieved his good right hand was invin cible, was durafounded. Dunkhorst has declared that had he been in shape he would have beaten Maher that night, and many good Judges agree with him. When Gus Ruhlin was at his best and Dunkhorst only a novice it took the former twenty-two rounds to win from the Syracuse man at the Greater New York Athletic club. The experience he gained there did Dunkhorst good, for he went right up to Toronto and beat Charley Strong BO badly that the referee stopped the bout in the fourth round. Frank Childs, the colored giant, met "Dunk" at Detroit for eight rounds, and the Cadillac Athletic club witnessed the fastest fighting ever seen In that sec- UAH The Church Missionary Society of England has been celebrating its cen tenary. This society dominates mis sionary thought and action In England, and has the largest income of any mis sionary society in the world. It has sent out over 2.000 missionaries, the first going in 1803. Deauty Is Dlood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cuscarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Luscareta,—beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. The Afro-American Review advo cates an alliance of all African Metho dists. They number 6.500.000, and rep resent four large bodies and numerous smaller ones. t \ Vhv let your neighbors know it? And why give them a chance to guess you are even five or ten years more? < Better give them good reasons for guessing the ! other way. It is ve-y easy; \ for nothing telis of age so } quickly as gray hair. ! : Atjers t Hsife i • IMB ll' > ; Vipr : is a youth-renewcr. It hides the age under s luxuriant growth of hair the N color of youth. It never fails to restore color to gray hair. It will stop the nair from coming out also. It feeds the hair bulbs. Thin hair becomes thick hair, and short hair becomes long hair. It cleanses the scalp; re moves ail dandruff, and prevents its formation. * JI We have a book on the Hair which we will gladly > Jig send you. , If you do not obtain nil the bene- fit* you expi'oud from the use ot tho system willed l^h jfl "li'r. J. c! iyi™°Lowtll! MMU. |fK X Hid you ever run across an old letter t S J1 hilt all faded out. Couldn't have been IT I CARTER'S INK | 1! -IT DOESN'T FADE. | J Costs you no more thnn poor ink. Might ft 4| as well have the best. Ix lV r a.NT*D-i n.nl bad health that Jt-I-F-A-K-S "i 11 '!?< hauetlt. Send 6 ota.to Kigali, (llieinical Wcw York, tit io sample* aud leuu testimonial* The harvester earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, but when evening comes, after resting and cooling off, a tub of clear water and a cake of Ivory Soap will make him feel like new. The Ivory Soap bath will fit him for a good night's sleep. Ivory Soap costs less than medicine and will do more to keep the man in good working order. NO DISGRACE. Russell Sa S e Will l>|. Fnll Po ,, csa , 011 Of Ills Riches. "A disgrace to die rich?" asked Rus sell Sage. "Certainly not. Wealthy persons should use their money tc bless the world—that is my theory. But if they give it all away early in their lifetime they will lose their capacity for doing good." Mr. Sage was stand ing in his office, with a light brown overcoat OD and a soft felt hat in his J hand as he uttered these philanthropic opinions, and he declared that he had I been misquoted in reference to Andrew i Carnegie's utterance. "I believe," said Mr. Sage, "that it is my business to husband my resources as far as possi ble and conserve the great property and great highways that I have been instrumental in building up (referring to the Manhattan and other railroads), and that I should protect the interests of the hundreds of people that have put their savings into these companies sim ply because they thought I would pro tect their interests. If I were to give away all I have now I could no longer be connected with these enterprises and my power for doing good would be lost. Yes, I have given a great deal for charity, and shall continue to dc so, but I must keep the bulk of my for tune in order to protect the invested Interest of others." A Now Form of Kite. Scientific kite-flying has made greal progress in recent years. The Compan ion has frequently noted the achieve ments at the Blue Hill observatory ir Milton, Mass. Mr. G. A. Frisrauth 01 Philadelphia has borrowed an idea from the balloon fly, or "telltale," used on ships to show the direction of the wind, and has constructed a kite con sisting of three cones, one within thc other. The mouth of each cone con- ; sists of a bamboo circle, to which the silk bag is fastened. The circles ir the experimental kite are 12, 18 and 2-1 Inches In diameter, and the cones are 24, 36 and 42 inches in length each, j with a two-inch outlet at the end. A little protuberance at the bottom ol the outer bamboo hoop shows where a small lump of lead ballast is attached The weight of the entire construction is seven ounces. The kite at a height of 1,000 feet registered a pull of sixteen pounds. It seems to be an easy lorm of kite for boys and amateurs to con struct. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Toor Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic. full of life, nervo and vigor, take No-To- j Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men ; strong. All druggists, GOc or CI. Cureguaran- , teed. Booklet and sample free. Address j Sterling Remedy (Jo., Chicago or New York. The result of some investigations on I the feeding of milch cows, recently carried out in Germany, was to show I that the production of milk is depend- j ent in certain respects upon the nature j of the food supplied to the cows, but i not as is commonly supposed, solely ; on the albuminoid ratio. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. 50c, gl. Ail druggist* Probably for the first time in history, j it is said, has a street in a German j town been named after a rabbi. This j has occurred at Ostrowo, where it was | decided to call a street Freimann Strasse. in memory of the late Rub- | biner Dr. Freimann. Fitf permanently cured. Nnflt* or nervous- ! repp after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. S- trial bottle and treatise liee. Dr.R.H.K LINK. Ltd. IWL Arch StPhilmPa Mrs. Window's Soothing Fyrtip forrhildron teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic.& r >c a bottle. I cannot spenk too highly of Plso's Cnre for Consumption. Mrs. FHANK MODUS, -15 YV.&KL St., New York, Oct. 2U, 181)4. E. R.Walthall A- Co.. Druggists, ITorso Cave, Ky., say: "Hall's Catarrh Cure cures every one that takes it." Bold by Druggist*. 75c. "A Good Tale Will Bear Telling Twice/ Use Sapolio! Use SAPOLIO "My wife It ad pimple* on her face, but Bho ba-4 been taking CASCAKETS and they have all disappeared. I had been troubled with constipation for some time, but after tak ing the first Cascaret 1 have had uo trouble with ibis ailment. We cannot speak too high ly of Cascarets." FRED WAHTMAN. 570 d German town Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa. TT CATHARTIC TRADE MARK REGISTERED Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. Mover Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 25c, SOo. ... CUKE CONSTIPATION. ... StTlInK Hymy.lT U ap ,ny, (hteno. Montreal. Kew York. 314 Nfl-TH-RAft y r lfl nn< ! RVS rnn,PPrt all drug* K U-i3HU gists to tTKi:Tobacco IlabiL Columbia Bevel-Gear Chainless S6O to 575. Ask riders of the Colnmbia Bevel-Gear Chainless their experience with the wheel. We have yet to hear of one who does not say that the Chainless is easier to take care of than the chain wheel; that it lias A longer | life; that every ounce of power applied to , the pedals is made effect'"— *hat it seems j to possess an activity and life or its own and that you will notice this in starting, stopping, 1 back-pedaling, riding ou levels and especially I I in ascending grades. ' CHAIN WHEELS. Columbias, Hartfords and Vedettes Prices, $25 to SSO. POPE MFG. CO., Hirford, Conn. "BIG FOUR" "THESEA LEVEL ROUTE" NEW YORK. DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE. WAGNER SLEEPING CARS. DININC CARS K. F. IN GALLS, WARREN J. LYNCH, President, Gen. Pass, & Ticket Agt GOLDEN CROWN LAMP CHIMNEYS Are the host. Ask for them. Cost no mora than common chimney*. All dealers. llTTsitliu; GLASS CO., Allegheny,lift. FIENSIONW.E^RV'T 3.vrbi*.i civil war. IS adjudicating claims, atty tiuos DROP SYBMBOTSfis I-NNNA. Book of toalimoninlßand IO davit' treatment I Free. Dr. B. H. OKEEN'B 80NB. Box D. Atlanta. 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