§t' M The great trouble in trying to sell what are called patent medicines is that so many claims have been made for them that people don't or won't believe what honest makers say. We have been telling our story sixty years. Did we ever deceive you once? If we make any statement that isn't so, we will stand the loss. Go to the druggist and get your money back. Here's an example. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is a good cure for a cough that comes from a cold. Your cough, if you have one, may not come from a cold; your doctor will tell you about that. It is a straight medicine with sixty years of cures back of it. There isn't a ghost of the ordi nary patent thing about it. J. C. AVER COMPANY, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Alau. Ayer's Sarsaparilla I Ayer'i Hair Vipor Ayer'i Pills I Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Ayer't Ague Cure | Ayer's Coma tone The Brevity of Ballarat. It was in Ballarat that Mark Twain found the local language so puzzling at first, the good people of the place deeming life too short to dawdle in their talk. The mayor called on the American humorist and laconically said, "K'm." Then when Mark Twain gave him a cigar he simply said. "Q." Subsequent inquiry revealed that these terms w re Balfaratese for "welcome" and "tha.f: ou." —London Chronicle. A Scottish congregation presented their minister with a sum of money, and sent him oft" to the continent for a holi day, A gentleman just back from the continent met a prominent member of the church, and said to him: "Oh. by thc-bye. I met your minister in Germany. He is looking very well. lie didn't look as if he needed a rest." "No," said the church member, "it wasna him; it was the congregation that was needin' a rest." AND STRONG With glowing 1 health all things are possible, small anno}*anccs fade into nothingness and real troubles are battled with successfully. Women who are blessed with perfect health are a constant joy _ "WULIJI m to themselves and all around them. The beauty p.' ; : ?3 which health alone can make permanent is a crown which raises a woman above other E3B?* women. Such beauty is always accompanied E7&/7 U) by a sweet disposition, for snappishness is a jKjjfc sure sign of ill-health and leaves its mark quickly on the features. It seems to be the fashion for women to /*•)uj/ X/^' ignore health and sacrifice it to the little every-dav trials, or offer it up on the altar v^Sf" of devotion to daily tasks. Then again A Bp'■£s?la the nervous organization of women is con- stantly attacked by woman's natural ex- \f\p*j\ perienccs, so that it is practically impossi- #/} f \ blc for her to retain the beauty which B&BBRBBtma nature gave her, unless she has discrimi- fr'vl-) nating advice and right support. Gra@JV® f | }i \M for the 'BfootH and Nerves* 3K|^^^, o r . Trials and troubles are easily overcome by o J 1 * ' the women whose strength is the genuine o strength of perfect health. Dr. Greene's Ner- saßj| Q f CQ ©J vura blood and nerve remedy, bridges the o^C\o jS) chasm that separates the sickly woman from 3 ° happiness. It fills her veins with blood that is ° MRS. WM. E. BOSSE, of 85 Farrington St., 0 I "In regard to mystlf, I have sufforod for years 0 AT with disease, having been troubled with great ner- CJTi vousness, female indigestion, and fyr 0 • i 0 0 G 5 c fflf great weakness and prostration. I did not ave strength to do much of anything. Know- o c VJ ing tho great valuo of healtli and strength fVyr Obi - *XT/ r Mn> I consul teddoctors and took many med4- Jr* clnes, but they all failed to cure me, ° and I grew worse rather than better. muc/i good Dr. Greene' a Pa iJ blood and nerve remedy, was doing in f'[/ restoring to health overybody who took it, and I thought I would try a bottle. I used . it anil to my surprise I began to gain strength every day. lam so thankfnl that I tried itl It is certainly the most excellent tonic and strength giver. I recommend it very highly and wish that otlior people who are troublod in any way would.take warning and uso it." TO PRESERVE WOMANLY BEAUTY At all the stages of a woman's life Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nervo remedy, is shown to be efficient to ward off tho results of nervousness, or over work, or impure blood. From early girlhood to advanced years, this world renowned medicine builds up the forces destroyed by disease, grief, or over exertion, and the effects of this great medicine are quickly felt and permanently retained. Let women guard well their health, and consult Dr. Greene freely. Nothing they can possibly do will so surely keep them strong anil well, or re pair the exhaustion from acute illness, nothing will work so continually to the preservation of beauty as tho great health-giving Nervura. Dr. Greene's office is at 35 West 14th Street, New York City, where he may be consulted either by .personal call or by letter Women may write in perfect confidence, and get J)r. Greene's advice free. Farmers of Dubuque county. la., are banding together to protect what little game is left in that section. Owners of 7.000 pcres have .formed a compact wilh this end in view, and others are joining daily, all determined not to permit further violation cf the game laws. Euco package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYE colors more goods than any other dyo and colors thorn better too. Sold Ly all druggists The revenues of the street car com panies of Buenos Ay res in the month of April in this year amounted to $1,111,- 681.63. • 100 Howard. 9100* The renders of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the •ordinal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's ('atarrh < 'ure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much laith in Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars ioi'any case that It fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CtIKNKY & Co., Tolodo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Ilall's Family Pills are the best. Snails, by means of an acid which they exude, contrive to bore holes in solid limestone. Hest For the IJowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never got well until your bowels are put right. CASCARKTS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce oasy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CARCAHETS Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metul boxes, every tab let has U.C.C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. 1 he abandoned farms in Rhode Isl and number 349. according to the State's official catalogue. To Cure a Cold In One I>ay. Take LAXATIVE IIIIOMO QUININE TABI-KTS. All druargDts refund tho money If it falls to euro. K. W. CUOVB'S signature Is on taeh box. i&o. The report of the Registrar General 'how- crime in Ireland steadily 011 the decline. f do not beliova Plso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.— JOHN F. BOYEU, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. owner, who lias been running it 33 years. A bachelor boarder remained at the hotel 25 years. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after llrst dnv's use of Dr. Kline's Great jSorvo Restorer. trial bottle and treatise Cree. Dr.Ii.H. KLINE. Ltd.OOI Arch Bt.Philu.P4k The British succession duties brought a revenue of nearly .£70.000.000 in the last fiscal year. The Best Presc-lptfon for Thills and Fever is a bottle of (JitOVK's TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It Is Simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price 500. Last year Germany imported 214,130 metric ton of potatoes and 1,370,850 of wheat. _ Tho Rtomnch has to work hard, grinding tho food wo crowd Into it. Mako itP work easy by ehowing L'eeman'e Pepsin Gum. Great Britain imported £317,190 worth of natural ice last year. HOW TO CROW MUSHROOMS. A Cellar, or Other Cool Flare, tho First Thing to Get. | Mushroom growing is said to to the latest fad that has attacked Baltimore, j and interesting stories of the success, I both material and tiuaucial, that pri i vute growers of mushrooms are meet { ing with, are being circulated. Tho cellars of a brewing establishment no longer In operation,in the southeastern j section of the city, have been con- I verted into mushroom farms by some enterprising growers, and it is said j that they are yielding very satisfac- I tory crops. j Besides these growers, who have gone into the business on an exten j sive scale, a number of women have ' started smaller farms in the cellars I of the houses in which they live. Ac J cording to the figures given by Mr j Theodore Eckhardt yesterday, thes< j women farmers run a fair chance o| I adding very considerably to their pit | money. j The yield from a fifteen-foot bed, J Mr. Eckhardt said, should be aboir ninety pecks in three months. Thl j cost of the bed would be about SIC J The mushrooms would sell for seven i ty-five cents a peck, bringing tin I farmer $07.50, making a gain of $57.5, ! on the undertaking. I Tho things that are necessary fo, j success in mushroom growing, accord l [ ing to Mr. Eckhardt, are, first, th( cellar in which they are to be growl j (and this must be so arranged thai | the plants can be kept at a tempera; | ture of from sixty degrees to seventf degrees); second, good ventilation, a] | plenty of fresh air is essential. Ar j rangements must be available also bj which the soil can he kept moist. | Good manure, rich in phosphate, | must be used to form the foundation of the bed, which will be built prefer- I ably upon a dirt floor. Two loads will , be necessary for a bed fifteen feet ! long. The mushroom spawn can be j procured in the shape of bricks from the florists and nurserymen. The tern- I perature of the bed must be tested, | and no planting must be done until j it is below ninety-five degrees. Then I the bricks cau be broken in lialf-ineh | pieces and distributed evenly over the hod. ; In eight or ten days a white thread j like growth will begin to appear, and | when this is noticed the bed must he | covered to the depth of one-half to I three-quarters of an inch with sandy I loam. The beds are built in conical I shape, starting from a base about J three feet wide and building up to j about two and a half feet high, with j a width of about ten Inches on top. j A frame of.six-inch boards may he i used to keep the bed in place, j The expenses will be; For manure, ! $4; labor. $2.50; siy tricks of mush room spawn, $1; loam, s2.so.—Balti j more Sun. "Paper Per cr Transfer." I "I read this morning of a wealthy j woman who walked twenty blocks to save carfare. I may have my faults, hut, thank goodness, there is not a stingy hone in my body." The woman in the turban hat spoke and every one in the car heard. The man in the aisle watched her out of the corner of his eye. "l'es," she continued, "to be miserly is something I detest. Don't you, dear?" Her companion, a meek little woman in a black bonnet, nodded. "I have no use for people that put themselves to inconvenience just to save a penny. Have you?" "Mo," assented her companion. "It is sordid." "Yes." "People of that kind make me lose my temper. 1 have seen one person read over another's shoulder just to save the price of a penny paper. Haven't you?" "Yes, occasionally." "Well, I see it every day. I am al | most tempted to say something. One | day a woman asked me to let her step I on the weighing machine while I was on. Just to save a cent, too. Don't I you call that flaxy?" "Yes." "I should say so, and—conductor, give me a transfer, please." She received Ihe transfer and beck oned to the newsboy on the platform. "Want to buy a paper, lady?" asked tiie urchin. ".\'o, hue I will trade you my trans fer for one." The deal was closed and the news boy stepped off to dispose of the trans fer. The woman in the turban hat lie came so engrossed In her paper that she failed to say anything more about stinginess.—Chicago News. Light iiml Health. M. Trelat, a well-known authority on hygiene, recently gave it as his opinion that the best light for the house Is the slanting light as opposed to the vertical and the horizontal lights. According to this view, the London Lancet points out, houses should he constructed ro receive the rays of light at an angle of thirty de grees—that is to say, from a place cor responding with the mid-heavens— and, in order to obtain tills light, houses should not be higher than two thirds of the width of the street. If a street, for example, were thirty feet ! | wide the houses on each side should ( ! not. be higher than twenty feet. The j suggestion is, of course, not to cut I down our houses, but to Vfiden our streets. Science and Sociely. A friend of mine said to n dear old scientist who could not be persuaded to accept any one's hospitality or stay at any house, "Well, but why won't you?" "Oh," was the immediate re ply, "I should have to wash and dress, and all that rubbish, aud I can't be bothered about it."—Loudon Daily News. THE ACHIEVEMENT OFTHE PESSIMIST He didn't like the world: " 'Tis cruel, crass," said he; "All men are base or coarse. Unfit to stand with me! "I'll ouit tho crowded ways, I'll leave the noise and strife; I'll seek a hermit's cave And settle there for life. "My own companionship Is all that I shall claim- It only may I hold Without a pang of shame." And so lie found a cave And there he hid his face, And bade the world farewell— The thoughtless world and base. At last men learned of this, And, with becoming grace, Admitted that he'd made The world a better place. PITH AND POINT. "Yes, my daughter plays entirely by car." "Well, madame, I can rec ommend an intelligent aurist."—Phila delphia Bulletin. Edith—"The man I marry must be a hero of the gridiron." Ethel—"He will be; if there is any cooking done he'll have to do it."—Judge. .Wife keeps her temper pretty well, Although she does not boast of it; And what she loses, truth to tell, I always get the most of it. —Philadelphia Record. Mrs. City—"How are you getting along without your hired girl?" Mrs. Suburbs—"Poorly. I never could work right unless I had some one over me." Penelope—"Mr. Spooner is going to teach me how to swim." Perdita—"l thought you had been taught already." Penelope "Not by him." Harper's Bazar. Magistrate—"Why don't you re form?" Prisoner—-"I haven't time." Magistrate—"Fortunately, I have some at my disposal, I think I can spare you six mouths." The Girl—"ls your novel a novel with a purpose?" The Author—"lt is My purpose is to acquire enough money to buy a tenderloin steak with mushrooms." —Chicago News. "As I came by tho kitchen window, Jane, I thought I saw you on a young man's knee." "Well, ma'am, it is au artist friend of mine, and I have been giving him a few sittings."—Fun. Her mouth was not so very large, Yet, in a confidential mkiute, She told the dentist that she had Three well developed ackers in it. —Baltimore American. "He suggested that possibly I might learn to love him," said the spinster. "Yes, of course," returned her dearest friend. "Doubtless he realizes the truth of the saying that 'one is never too old to learn.' "—Chicago Post. Suspicious Housekeeper—"Your cof fee is certainly cheap, but how am I to know that It's not half beans?" Grocer—"Easily, madam; no one could afford to sell beans at the price I'm asking for this coffee."—Philadelphia Record. Deacon Goodc (to a little girl for merly of his Sunday-school)—"I hope, Mary, you are still walking in the straight and narrow way." Mary— "Oh, dear, 110, Deacon Goode. Haven't you heard? We now live on the bou levard."—Boston Transcript. Gardener—"l keep this gun loaded, but It is very seldom I discharge it. I call it my magazine riile." Farmer —"Your magazine rifle?" Gardener— "Yes; you see, when anything goes into It there is no telling how long it will be before it comes out."—Boston Transcript. An Owl Attend* Court. Although an owl is known for its wisdom it Is very seldom that one finds its way Into a cpurt of justice, where wisdom is always present. One of these wily creatures did And Its way into the court room at Towson the other day. Court was in session, anjl Judge Burke sat upon the bench with knitted brows trying to fathom some of the intrlcaces of the law which was being explained by one of the legal lights of the county. No sooner had the bird gotten inside the court room than it at once took in the situation,and flying over Judge Burke's head, perched itself upon the drapery polo immediately back of the learned Judge. Here it sat without moving a feather, with one eye turned down ward anil fastened upon the move ments of Judge Burke until court ad journed.—Baltimore News. A Chinese Wedding. The rite of marriage in China is one of much ceremony. The bride is in no way consulted, but is sold to tho highest bidder for her hand. The cer emonies are six In number, namely: finding out the lady's name, the hour, day and montli of her birth, which until tho ceremony tho husband is not supposed to know; the consultation of the soothsayers as to the prospects of happiness; paying the wedding fees, settling the wedding day, and conduct ing the bride to the house of the bride groom. On the day of tliis latter, or sixth, ceremony the bride is gorgeously dressed and carried to her husband's bouse in a tightly closed palanquin. Curious Sentinels. The cave-like places left after coal has been excavated from the mines are supported by pillars formed from pieces of coal. Any dislodgement of these pieces weakens the supports, whicii causes the earth above to loosen and in settling it presses down upon the rats that Inhabit the mines in great numbers. As a result tliey give expression to their discomfort by indulging in n general squealing time, which continues night and day for two or throe veeks. This serves as a solemn warning to the miners to leave that portion of the mine and thus escape the peril which menaces them. m ——B—BgMM—BBI '-""^r-TTTr| How shall a mother who is weak and sick with some female trouble bear healthy children ? How anxious women ought to be to give their children the blessing of a good constitution 1 Many women long for a child to bless their home, but be cause of some debility or displacement of the female organs, they are barren. Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound more suc cessfully than by any other medicine, because it gives tone and strength to the parts, curing all displacements and in flammation. Actual sterility in women is very rare. If any woman thinks she is sterile, let her write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., whose advice is given free to all expectant or would be mothers. I Mrs. A. D. Jarret, Belmont, Ohio, writes: " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : —I must write and tell you what your Vege table Compound has done for me. Before taking your medicine I was unable to carry babe to maturity, having lost two—one at six months and ono at seven. The dootor said next time I would die, but thunfes to Eydia E. a Plnkliam's Vegetable Compound, I did not die. but am tho proud II mother fa six months old girl baby. She weighs nineteen pounds and ft hae never seen n sick day in her life. She is the delight of our home. 11 Mrs. Whitney's Gratitude. " DEAR MR. PINKHAM Prom the time I was sixteen years old tHI I was twenty-throe I was troubled with weakness of the kidneys and terrible pains when my monthly periods camo on. 1 mado up my mind to try your instable Compound, and was soon relieved. K Xt"' •' '• doctor said 1 never would bo able to go my •. S - ■"* '' rao ani ' have a living child, as I was con- IfflreSl * 4 - B titutionally weak. I had lost a baby at seven Ppd# months and half. The next time I continued to take your Compound : and I said then, if I RUP ,X~ I -—l7 wen t my full time and my toby lived to be 'zj V' three months old, I should send a letter to you. <£? M ? Iy bat) y i 3 now seven months old. and is as eh < f "®" /•' healthy and hearty as any one could wish. I Bjqik cannot express my gratitute to you. I was so that I did not dare to go away from homo IfmW /IV''A! t° sta y n "y length of time. Praise Cod for I*l V--\ / tt> Lydia E. Ptiikham's Vegetable Com- IMRS. Id; and may others who are suffering - . do as I did and find relief. Wishing you suc 2?£L? f >"ure as in the past, and may many homes be brightened as mme has been. —MRS. L. Z. WHITNEY, 4 Flint St., Somerville, Mass." The medicine that cures tho ills of women i 3 i LjpiSim Em Pinkfiaam's V&gQt&nMo Gonsfcj&Bßßit/. Young wife—"l knew you would like tlic slippers, Harry, if for no other rea son, because I made them." Husband— "You don't mean this is all your work? Why, what a talented little wife I have, to be sure." Young wife—"Yes, all my work. Of course, I bought the up pers, and Mary sewed them together, and I got a man to sole them; but I put the bows on and did them up in the box. And do you know. Harry, I'm proud of myself. I didn't think I could ever do such things." Vegetables arc usually sold in piles in Buenos Avres. so that you have to measure quantity as well as quality by the eye; and butchers sell their meat by the chunk talltcr than by" weight. yTrs.WlnslnwVßooxtilnsrStyrap forehtldron tei'thiiu', softens the gums, reduces tuftsin mr tiuii. allays pain, cures wind colic. tSu a buttle. Until the middle of the last cenlurv Great Britain imported two-thirds of the iron she used. The use of coal for smelting was then only beginning. LOBBY'S ***** ♦<*><>£ J ♦ ANB < EIEAWS ! t J There is one flavor in pork and ? ♦ beans that all people like. It was ♦ devised in the rural homes of New ■ o k-ngland. It has made Boston the Y synonym of beans. J ♦ In our kitchen we get exactly S! $ that flavor. Our beans are cooked § ♦ by an expert. We put them up in <► key-opening cans. Your grocer £ g will supply you. ♦ t* Plenty of other canned beans, but t that flavor comes only in Libby's. % IIBST, McNtILL £. LSEBT £ Chicago ♦ Send a postal for our booklet, "How to i! ♦ Make Good Tilings to Eat." Dr.EulPsr^'' r^ /-T . troubles. People praise Coujjh Syrup Refuse substitutes. Get Dr. Bull's Coujfli byi uu. N. TT 4', on DROPSY, Bo IK of teatimoniala snd 10 (lavs' lisxtmeut Frea. Dr. B. H. OBEEBS BOMB, Box B, AUuiS, Us. x —Sly neighbor's child wasitlven S . up, the family co.\eluded It ! / v\v \ would beuselessto make furthei f \ clt.irts to siivc it. but mi brim ' a 1 persuaded, they administered \W PREY'S VERMIFUGE, - \an.i over Mi. w-.nns were ex- M I polled. The child recovered.— / Cai.ku Hitchcock,NearZanes / vi 11... Ohio. a.J at nnm. — ,/*** gi-ts, country stores or hy mall. * r A perfect tonif lor children. 10. &• s. I- ICI-0 \ , Hal dm ore, did. i; Uon't £E3t<oi> a obacco Suddenly! 1 istlio.mty nlrH (hat it catty tiSA BAGO-GURO ) anil notilies you when to stop. Sold with a uunr nntee that three boxes will cure any rase. . B&SO-curs iurtt.iS W^-rr'Vis At nil drmnrist* or b.v mail prepaid, > I .OO a box; hoxe-. S'J.SO. Uooklet. tree. Writ-. l!l Uliii.l (tIKWMAI, C 0., l.it ("rosac, \Vi, b f UNtON MADCJ^ The roal worth of XV. """"K. 1,. Douglas &3.00 mid #f A 6l*0 shoes compared £•' " ~>S\ sv if It other makes i* 84.00 to 85.00. f v OtirtqjUi:dKcT.lno L&Jk PJ cannot lie equalled at L/ any price. Overl.ooo.- f | 000 satisfied wearers, k i JiFAST CO F s3o°r f s3:so'6hoßsw" M EYELETq Positively outweir |[ A vs. "•>• two P a ' rs °' ordinary M S3 or $3.50 Wo are the largest makers of men's 83 find 83.50 shoes in the world. We make and sell more 93 and 133.50 shoos than any other hvo mannfaetorers in tho I/. S. The reputation of W. L. DCQT D "!'Rl3 WOO und |S.fio thors for nrOT □CO I Style, comfort, and wrur ill known BEST r r v . erv : ,I,ere throughout the world. $3.50 t;m' Muni 'Hit' maku bmuM $3,00 n , t, ' e •tarn..ml le alwnyt been SHOE. fig T"" SHOE, than thry ,-nn pet chew bin-. *3E2?.nu',iAb'". ,T' rv N \ 11 '""P 1 ® 1, ♦ and 9:1.30 a 11 B ex them i n give M .1 lrr vc „„i„ j n „"h toTm I,lk. no oututc! „„„ h „ lM1 . I i.la. .hoc. Willi nun.- in:.l prir.- itanipnl on bottom fn.Vorv."i,",!,",'.r,.V u V,:'i•• " ,l o."'' n' 1 "1- 1 iT' l " r ''h"' 1 Vir.jJ. ttougl;.!! Mtioc 1:,. is root, ion,.-,, usii." LViUI)/ iffe.r-S; V i'V VyE5 5" aillS f.... j Host t uutrh tSyrup. 'i'a-.rna Gtnxi. Jt.'J' -In time. Sold bvdru-rjlsts. wl ■ore *7OB use {Thompson's Eye Water
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