What Ai)i)(it Your School HoiidM 1 ' You may not this season he able to build ft Hew one. or make the radical change* in the old one that you had in contemplation, hut there is no school district in the United States that cannot afford to tint with Ala bastine the interior of their buildings, thus making them inore attractive, getting colore made with special reference to their effects on the eyes of the pupils, getting a sanitary and rock base cement coating that will not harbor disease germs. The closely crowded school rooms need all tin* safeguards to the health of the pupil that intelligent officials can surround them with, and all sanitarians unite in saying that Alu bastine is the only proper material to foc used on such walls. The London school board has just opened a school for cripples in White chapel, London. Vnt) Allen's Foot-Kase. It is the only cure for Swollen, Smartiag, Tired, Aching, Hot,SweatingFeet.Cornsand Bunions. Aalc for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Don't uccept any substitute. Sample sent I'REE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N.Y. It's generally the lazy chap who feel* that he is too good for his job. null's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and Is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho'system. Write for testimonials, free. Manufactured by F. J. CUKNEY & Co., Toledo, O. It's funny that a girl in society to keep In must be continually going out. FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Norveltestorer. ?2triul bottle and treatisofroe Dr. R.H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 ArohSt., Pkila., l'u. Too much pride is nothing to be proud of. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething.soften the gums, reducesinflamma tion, allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle It's, the fellow with a pull who is gen erally pushed to the front. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life throe years ago.—Mas. THOMAS ROB BINS, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Fob. 17,11)00. In 1001 the Siberian railway earned 72,- 000,000 pounds of butter. Helpful Galactose. A hitherto unknown element in milk, a new ferment, has been discovered, called galactose, which is proving of value in the ripening of cheese. The properties of this ferment are similar to the secretion of the pancratia or gan In the human body. Old cheese 1s a predigested food, and the diges tion i 3 wrought by the galactose. It was found that the galactose would go on working at very low tempera ture, temperatures at which bacteria were practically inert. Cheese was put into refrigerators and kept frozen lor months. Other cheese was kept just above the freezing pofnt. It was found that the first cheese is cured at from 40 degrees to 45 degrees Fah renheit. Practical cheese manufactur ers have maintained that 50 degrees was the lowest temperature at which cheese could be worked without be coming bitter and worthless. The new discovery, will, it is believed, rev olutionize cheese manufacture, doing away with the curing rooms the cheese being sent directly to the re frigerator. The St. Bernards at Work. The military authorities in Batavia ore employing speciajly trained dogs to carry letters and provisions to the enowed-up garrisons among the Ba varian Alps. These .dogs are of the St. Bernard breed. The mountain gar risons are often snowed in three or four weeks at a time, cut off from all communication with the outside world. A regular tri-weekly post has been established, 10 dogs traveling together. All provisions of a heavy kind are in store in the garrisons, but lighter delicacies are often lacking, and these, together, with letters, are carried round the dog's necks. When the snow is frozen hard enough six dogs are hitched to a small ear piled witii things. The authorities on the whole are satisfied with their experi ment. Mrs. D. Arnold, President German Woman's Club, Grand Pacific Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal., Relieved of a Tumor by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : —I suffered four years ago with a tumor in my womb, and the doctors declared I must go to the hospital and un dergo an operation, which I dreaded very much and hesitated to submit. " My husband consulted an old friend who had studied medicine, although he was not a practising physician, and he said he believed that Eydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound would cure me. That same day I took my first dose, and I kept it up faithfully until twelve bottles had been used, and not only did the tumor dis appear, but my general health was very much improved and I had not felt so well since I was a young woman. " As I have suffered no relapse since, and as I took no other med icine, I am sure that your Compound restored my health and I believe saved my life."— MßS. D. ARNOLD. SSOOO FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE. When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhtea. displaeeiuent or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating (or flatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous pros tration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all gone," ana " want-to-be-left-alone" feelings, blues, and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried ana true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. OIL-CARRYING FLEETS. Will Bo Largely Increased—Are Their Cargoes Dangerous? In connection with the mercantile marine, nothing can be said to be more certain than that, the oil-carry ing fleets of the world will be con siderably increased in the course of a very l'cw years. A growing demand for crude and refined petroleum, the discovery of new oil fields, and the all-round development of the trade will necessitate the building of new tankers. At the present moment there must be nearly a score of these ▼easels on the stocks in British and American shipyards. It is a new branch of the shipping Industry, and one which ought to attract a great deal of attention. The tanker has a more expensive and complicated equipment than the ordinary freighter, and this demands the display of engi neering and scientific knowledge quite unique among specialist work in the art of shipbuilding. Oil-field steamers, both cargo-carrying and passenger, will also become more numerous during the next four or five years. Oil as a fuel and cargo is one of the most promising liquids of com merce; it has a future that is both interesting and important. There is a certain unaccountable antipathy to petroleum. Some practical men think it constitutes a dangerous cargo. Ten years ago there were between 60 and 70 petroleum tank steamers, and of these "many carried from 3,000 to 4,000 tons of oil;" now there are three times that number of tankers, and the largest, trading and building, are de signed to carry from 0,000 to 10,000 tons. RACE WITH A CYCLONE. Train Ran Fifty Miles an Hour—Ahead Fifty Feet. Passengers on the Santa Fe flyer fiom Kansas City to Wichita, Kan., had an exciting experience in a mad race between the flyer and a cyclone, and the former came out about 50 feet ahead, after a flight of 12 miles. North bound passenger No. 406, due at Wichita at noon left Arkansas City at 10 o'clock. The cyclone which came from the southwest, started on the right of way and the race com menced immediately. Conductor Strain says that he locked all doors and windows to keep passengers from leaping out. Many women were half ! crazed and tried to jump out. The heat was unbearable. He stood on the rear platform and could feel the suction of the cyclone as it drew nearer. Engineer Watts pulled his train at 50 miles an hour, barely keep ing out of the storm's clutches. Fire man Johnson was so exhausted when the train reached Winfleld, where the cyclone cloud shot upward and dis solved, that he had to be carried from bis cab. The engineer continued his run to Newton. The cyclone swept a path of about 50 feet, destroying farm property. Erought the Steak. Seven years ago Simon Eustace, of Ararat, near Susquehanna. Pa., left home one morning to obtain a beef steak. He did not return, and his wife finally gave him up for dead. After three years she remarried. A year ago she become a widow. Sunday morn ing Eustace returned home with the Beefsteak. He said his mind had been a blank until a month ago, when he found himself peddling washing ma chines at Fort Wayne, Ind. From pa pers in his possession it is shown that he has been all over the United States and Canada. The Duke of Devonshire possesses as an heirloom Claude Lorraine's "Book of Truth," which Is said to be one of the rarest and most valuable books in Europe. It is, at any rate, worth six times as much as the famous "Mazarin" Bible, the most costly book in the British museum. The late Duke refused SIOO,OOO for it. ifvwwywvvwwwvwvwwwwyA^A^wwvvwwwyMy/ || WAR TIME MEMORY || CS Story of Man Instrumental In Up • Knights of tho ✓§XXXAXX)OOVSOQOOQCwvnv%)S( AA>VS^/VWS/WW*A/*V*A*AAA4^ For a third of a century an exile from his home in Kentucky, through fear of an avenging hand, Felix G. Stidger found mercy at the hands of Judge Kohlsaat at Chicago because of tho part he took in breaking up the famous "Knights of the Golden Circle" during the civil war, thus doing the country an invaluable service. The defendant had pleaded guilty to indictment for writing Improper let ters to persons in Crawfordsville aud Goshen, Ind., and was awaiting sen tence. "This man rendered good service to the cause of the union at a critical time," said District Attorney Bethea, and on this recommendation the court suspended a fine which he had im posed. Stidger's service in the war of the rebellion is a part of history. His name is enrolled among the gov ernment secret service agents who were detailed in 1864 to learn the plans of this notable organization of southern sympathizers. Stidger says he was followed for two years by a hired assassin. Bob Spruce, and that his life would be in peril if he were to go to Kentucky, his former home, as surviving members of the "Golden Circle" would kill him. " I served in the United States army from Oct. 8, 1862, to Feb. 14, 1864," said Stidger, "when I was honorably discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability, having taken part In the battles of Chaplin Hills. Ky., Stone River and Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. May 6, 1864, I was employed by the provost I SINAKE BROKE UP PICNIC J Photogr cipher Plays a Mean Trick or\ a Party of 2 Macon, Mo., Girls. 2 7aiMUAUimUiIttUi4UU4i44U44USUU4UU4iU4Ui4a44U4&UU4U4UiE^ A horrid snake broke up a picnic (hat was given near Macon, Mo., a few days ago by the Bachelor Maidens' club of Macon county. It was not a real snake either. That was the worst part of it. The reptile was one of the mechanical kind that qsulrm and twist in a manner that would put a real snake to shame. The bachelor maidens might have overlooked the joke and even laughed at it, but for one terrible circumstance —the whole thing was a plot put up by a photographer. This same camera artist is charged with having, with malice prepense, arranged the toy snake so that it would scare the maidens in order that he might get a snap shot of them while they were having hysterics. It was during one of the sunny days of last week that the bachelor maidens decided to execute a long cherished ambition. The director general issued a call for a spring picnic, and fifteen members of the club responded. Eacu member brought a basket of provisions or something needful. While the women were unpacking luncheons near a stream they discov ered something that caused them to C>OQMMMM3OMMMM£M© DOGS LIKE THEIR MASTERS | Association Causes the Brute to Imitate the Human Being ffi* Who Owns It. A One of the most curious traitß to bo found in the animal nature, said an observant citizen, is that which grows out of the unconscious imitatlvenc 3S of creatures of the lower order. I have observed many instances of where the creatures of a lower order have taken on the characteristics in some noticeable degree of members of the human family. One might know, for instance, the beggar's dog, just from the look of the dog, from the droop of the eye, to the pathetic bang of the lip, and a certain general air of despondency and hopelessness which Beem to speak in the very na ture of the animal. I mention the beg gar's dog because it is a familiar ex ample. The beggar's dog never looks cheerful, never smiles, nor frolics, but simply sits by his master and broods, and begs for whatever charity may give. 1 have seen the dog character mold ed under happier influences and the dog become more cheerful. He was a light-hearted, free-and-easy sort of creature and seemed to get something of the sunnier side of things. 1 am almost tempted to say that if you will Mexico Not Reuily (or lons Panto President Diaz of Mexico, a strong and rugged man, at times reminds Americans of Lincoln, and the simi larity is particularly noticeable in his brief und pointed speeches and in his tendency to answer a question oy telling an apt story. An American born gentleman, now a resident or the City of Mexico, called on him some years ago, and suggested that, while it was evident to him that the Mexican constitution was modeled after that of the United States, he feared that it was not administered to the letter. President Diaz made no attempt io explain the conditions existing among the Mexican masses, but said fo bis visitor that his suggestion re minded him of the story of an uncle, who, forgetful of the age of his year marshal general of the district of Ken tucky, United States army, to iearn the designs of the 'Knights of the Gol den Circle,' of which Clement Vallan digham of Ohio, then residing in Can ada, was supreme head. I became grand secretary of the order for tho state of Kentucky. The officials re vealed to me tho exact details of the proposed assembling of members of tho order Aug. 10, 1364,-for the pur pose of liberating rebel prisoners at Indianapolis, Chicago, Rock Island, Johnson's Island and Louisville. "The plan was also to seize the gov ernment arsenals, arm the rebel pris oners, and, together with the mem bers of this organization, put forward a force of 75,000 armed and drilled men for the rebel army In August, 1864. Your own judgment will tell you that this would have prolonged the civil war at least two years, and added to the cost in treasure and lives. "I was the only man to whom the active head of the order in the United States revealed the plans in detail. To others he gave the detailed instruc tions in regard to their individual parts. Every move contemplated by the traitors 1 reported fully to the com manding officer of the United States forces in Louisville and to Gen. Car rington and Gov. Morton in Indianapo lis daily—often hourly. In this serv ice Secretary of War Stanton in an official communication stated that my help had been worth as much to him as any battle that had been fought during tlje war." shiver with horror. Across the creek was a big, rude mail in a flannel shirt and with a disgusting pipe in his mouth. He had a package under his arm. They told him to "scat" and he grinned and moved on. Then the work of unpacking was resumed. The Bachelorissimo labored earnest ly with a huge jar which was supposed to contain ginger. Finally she loosen ed the lid, but just as she was remov ing it a big snake jumped out and flop ped out. among the viands, sizzling and hissing like an engine. The bach elor maidens tore off yard upon yard of agonizing shrieks, and their cries brought the rude man upon the scene. He picked up the snake and then guf fawed. "Why, It ain't real, at all," he said. "Very well, then," snapped the Bachelorissimo, "you may go about your business." The man left, but after he had departed one of the maidens found a card bearing the name of a photographer, and they are positive he had the snake put in the jar and took a picture of them when it jumped out. They ure now looking with nervous apprehension for a picture illustrating the club's first outing. show me a man's dog I will tell you what manner of man the owner is, with particular reference to tempera ment and his moods. Tho melancholy man, the man who grovels mentally along the gloomier grooves, the pessi mistic man, who is always looking at the dark side of the picture, all the men who come within these unhappy classifications rarely own a cheerful dog. The dog unconsciously takes to the ways of bis master, and in his moods Imitates tho master's way of thinking. But turn to the dog of the jolly, cheerful fellow. Watch him show Ins teeth in laughter when the master approaches, lie is darting across the yard ana dancing and frisk ing around the master's feet iu the happiest way imaginable, but he is up to all kinds of pranks and does all kinds of little tilings to Indicate the good nature that is in him. Ho does as his master does and seems to take the same general view of life. These are small things, I guess, but they show just how important one's actions are in life. Even one's way of thinking may influence onc'3 dog and change his whole view of life. old nephew, absent-mindedly sent him a pair of trousers, "Now, when the boy is old enough," remarked Presi dent Diaz, "he can never wear those pants." KOURU Writing * Nuve'. Bandmaster Suusa's rather creepy story, "The Fifth String," has not been a tremendous lilt, but he is at work on another book. This time it is a history of his boyhood adventures in the form of a novel, and he hopes to have it finished before he leaves in the fall for his European tour. Never hit a man when lie is down. Jump on him. Usually when a man is a failure h© has a patient little wife who makes excuses for him. MEDICAL EXAMINER Of the United States Treasury Recom mends Pe-ru-na. The Women Also Recom mend Pe-ru-na. Miss Blanch Grey, 174 Alabama street, Memphis. Tenn., a society woman of Mem phis, writes: "To a society woman whose nervous force ia often taxed to the utmost from lack of rest and irregular meals 1 know of nothing which is of so much benefit as Pe rtina. I took it a few months ago when 1 felt my strength giving away, and it soon inade itself manifest in giving me new strength and health." Miss Blanch Grey. Mrs. X. Schneider, 2409 Thirty-seventh Place, Chicago, 111., writes: "After taking several remedies without result I began last year to take your valu able remedy, Peruna. I was a complete wreck. Had palpitation of the heart, cold hands and feet, female weakness, no appe tite, trembling, sinking feeling nearly all the time. You said 1 waa suffering with systemic catarrh, and I believe that 1 re ceived your help in the nick of time. 1 fol lowed vour directions carefully, and can say to-day that lam well again. I cannot tlmnk you enough for my cure." Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Peruna is not a guess nor an experiment— it is an absolute scientific certainty. Pe runa has no substitutes —no rivals. Insist upon having Peruna. A free book written by Dr. Dart man, on the subject of catarrh in Its different phases and stages, will be sent free to any address by The Pe runa Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Catarrh is a systemic disease curable only by systemic treatment. A remedy that cures catarrh must aim directly at the depressed nerve centres. This is what Pe runa does. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. llartman, giving a full statement of your case and ho will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The llartman Saint.unnn. Columbus, (J. Two-thirds of the German sugar product is exported. Suprem* Court Sustains the Foot-Ease Trade-Mark. Justice Laughlin, in Supreme Court, Buf falo, has just ordered a permanent injunc tion, with costs, and a full accounting of sales, to issue against the manufacturer of foot powder culled "Dr. Clark's Foot Pow der," and also against a retail dealer, re st mining from making or selling the same, which is declared, in tho decision of the Court, an imitation and infringement of "FOOT-EASE," the powder to shako into your shoes. Allen S. Olmsted, of Le Boy, N. Y., is the ownerof the trade-mark "EOOT-EAHK." The decision in this case upholds his trade mark and renders all parties liable who fraudulently attempt to place upon the market a spurious and similar appearing preparation, labeled and put up in envelopes and boxes like FOOT-EASK. Nearly the whole of the Central Ameri can iudigo crop is gathered in Sun Salva dor. A NEGRO COLONY. Former Congressman White Head of a Land Syndicate. Henry C. White, the last colored man to sit in Congress, a member from North Carolina in the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth congresses, is at the head of a syndicate which has purchased from Senator Robert E. Hand, 967% acres of land near Burleigh. N. J., near Cape May. It is intended to es tablish a colony of negroes from North Carolina. The name of the town is to be Whiteboro. Already several avenues have been laid out. Each colonist is to buy a house on the in stallment plan and is to have 10 years in which to pay lor it. It is to be an agricultural colony on the same plan as the Jewish colony at Wood bine, founded by the Baron de Hirsch fund trustees. Unprecedented Condition. A curious discovery has been made in connection with the veterans of the Italian war oT independence. Instead of dying off gradually, as might be ex pected, they are actually increasing! Forty-two years ago Garibaldi sailed with 1,000 men from Querto. Of this gallant band there are to-day 1,200 survivors. Again, Italy is paying £60,000 a year to 18,421 pensioners of the 1848 campaign. According to the average rates of mortality four-fifths of them Ought to be (lead. MMSEMrnnrnirrl^— Dark Hair " I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for a great many years, and al though I am past eighty years of age, yet I have not a gray hair in my head." Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md. We mean a!! that rich, dark color your hair used to have. If it's gray now, no matter; for Ayer's Hair Vigor always re stores color to gray hair. ! Sometimes it makes the hair grow very heavy and long; and it stops falling of the hair, too. :■ SI.OO a bottle. All druggists. •• If your druggist cannot supply you, send us one dollar and wo will express you a bottle. Bo suro and give tho naino of your nearest express office. Address, J. C. AYER CO., J.owoll, Mass. Genuine stamped CC C. Never sold in balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something jnst as good." ' LIN'S WIZARD OIL I \Mj LAME BACK ALL ORUCGtSTf. SEJ.I IT | WffSMS ThompGff }'• Eye Water | I)r. Ijlewell^ n Jordan. J VVI^WVVVVVVVVI^WVWVVVVVIVVVVVU* DR. L Lie WELLY N JORDAN, Medical Examiner of the U. S. Treasury De partment, graduate of Columbia College, and who served three years at West Point, has the following to say of Pcrttna: "Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the benefit derived from your wonderful remedy. One short month has brought forth a vast change, and 1 now consider my* Uf a well mati after months of suffer ing, Fellow sufferers, Veruna will cure you." Peruna immediately invigorates the nerve-centres which give vitality to the mucous membranes. Then catarrh disap pears. Then catarrh is permanently cured. No Color in Oleo. Commissioner Yerkes, of the inter nal revenue bureau, has settled the contested question as to whether but ter or any other ingredients, artificially colored, may be used in the manufac ture of oleomargarine without increas ing the tax from one-quarter of a cent to 10 cents a pound, by issuing a regu lation which holds in effect that no artificial coloring matter whatever can be used in any way in the manu facture of oleomargarine without in creasing the tax. BIG MONEY I Salesmen tafth H Th.Ure.tT.Uorl.j lllrJ— f um !&V!'ifi per week. Can refer >ou to hundred*) doing it now. A grand opportunity for energetic men. Kvon a part of your time will bring you from n> f'O i r Experience Our garments arc worn by all clauses In every pert oft in- Union. Taking orders is easy, pleasant and profitable. Being tho largest corporation of the kind, we easily undersell all competition. Only one man emplo>ed in each locality. Don't delay. 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Agents Wanted— 1 argent real estate firm in the world is establishing agencies throughout the United Mates for the sale of its New York clt-proje ertlea on instalments of id toltoper mouth,"carry ing a life Insurance. Be.-ides an enormous local business the outside demand for an opportunity to share in the growth or tho Imperial Uity of the World has been so greet the past year and a half that wo hare sold nearly jn.oOu,two worth of property from Alaska to Bouth Africa. Our ugents are making from sl,uuu to &L,