Mother
"My mother was troubled with
consumption tor many years. At
Inst she was given up to die. Then
she tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
J D. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y.
No matter how hard
your cough or how long
you have" had It, Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral is the
best thing you can take.
It's toe risky to wait
until you have consump
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today, get a bottle of
Cherry Pectoral at once.
Three sizes: ZJic, {ft, SJ, All Jracsfstfl.
Conaali yoar elector. if ho take It,
then do sa he I7 n UJj* you not ■
to take i% tken tort take it He knows.
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J. C. ATEB fO.,Xowoll, Mass.
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SCARCITY OF TOMATOES.
Last Year's Pack Exhausted and De
mand Heavv.
I It Is thought that there will be a
M slight scarcity In cai ned tomatoes
this season, in view of the fact that
last year's pack has be< a entirely ex
hausted, and this year':: demand will
have to be supplied al'ogether from
this year's pack. Tomato packing
this year began during the last week
In June, which is several weeks ahead
of the usual time. This was due to
the low condition of the stock. Even
at that time, It is stated, the pack of
1901 was practically dtisuosed of.
Canned tomatoes are now quoted at
80 cents a dozen for spot No. 3 stand
ards and 82% cents a dozen for Sep
tember, October and November deliv
ery, which prices are slightly higher
titan the corresponding period lar£
tear. There is also some scarcity of
canned pineapples, and prices are
firm. The packing of pineapples be
gan in June and continued through
cut July, and the purchases by job
bers and distributers up to the pres
ent time have been about 75 per cent
Wet the soason's pack.
A New York paper has been investi
gating the Four Hundred and prints a
number of receipted bills of the last
century showing that a Stuyvesant
cold handkerchiefs; a Depeyster,
beans; a Rhinelander, hats; a Bre-
Voort, pewter spoons; a Beekman, mo
lasses, and a Roosevelt, lampblack.
TTyoung_ladies.
From the Treasurer of the
. Young People's Christian Tem
perance Association, Elizabeth
'C'aine, Fond du Lac, Wia.
"DEAR Mas. PIKKHAM : I want to
tll you and all the y.ounjj ladies of the
country, how grateful I am to you for
ftll the benefits I have received from
\ using Lvdlu E. Plnkham's Vege-
W table Compound. I suffered for
MISS ELIZABETH CAINL,
eight months from suppressed men
struation, and it effected my entire
■ystem until I became weak and debil
itated, and r.t times felt that I had a
hundred aches in as many place*. I
■ only used the Compound for a few
w weeks, but it wrought a change In mo
which I felt from the vorj beginning.
I have been very regular since, hare no
pains, and find that my entire body is
as if it was renewed. I gladly recom
mend JLydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound to everybody.
Miss ELIZABETH CAINK, 09 W. Division
St., Fond du Lac, Wis.— s6ooo fesfsit If
above testimonial Is not genuine.
At auch a time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydin E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It prepares
the young system for the coming
change, and Is tho surest reliana* for
woman's Ills of cvory nature,
Mrs. Pinkham Invites all
young women who are 111 to
write her for free advice. Ad
dress liynn, Muss.
i
A wd Beat Cough Syrup. Taste* Good. Use ■
* H In tlmo. Sold by druggists. I
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DROPSYM^isj"^
UMI Book of testimonial* and 10 days' tnwlanut
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Teddy's Query.
One brother was tall and slim,
The other chubby and short.
Teddy sat looking at them one night,
Apparently lost in thought.
"Mamma," he asked at length,
J "Which would you like tho best,
I For me to grow north and south, like Tom,
I Or, like Willie, from east to west?"
—Youth's Companion.
The Fenst of l>o)ls.
I On the third day of the third month
teomes the Japanese festival of dolls.
Some of ttho dolls that appear on the
scene among the dwellers in the Land
of Chrysanthemums are over a hun-
I dred. years old, and at least three
days are given up to festivities. Some
are dressed like the Mikado and his
j wife; and many of the old dolls are
surrounded by the furniture in mini-
I ature in keeping with the same period,
and a doll's feast is yearly prepared,
when the small bowls and cups are
filled with anything that dolly may
require in the way of good fare, com
| bined with harmeless drinks. But,
after the three days are over, dolly
returns once more to the sanctity of
private life.—Beacon.
Tlie Intelligent llox-Tnrtle.
The box-turtle Is an especially
amusing pet. A correspondent tells
! of keeping one in a large but shallow
I box tilled with sand to the depth of
, about four inches. The box was covered
with wire netting and contained a large
. dish of water, plenty of fresh moss,
and growing ferns. In the winter tho
turtle was allowed to roam around
. the house, as I havo seen them In
school-rooms. This correspondent
gives an amusing account of the man
| ner in which the turtle went down
* stairs, falling from step to step, each
time landing on its back. After a
j struggle he would turn over and then
, try tlie next step as before. Arriving
; on the ground floor, he always made
c his way to the kitchen and estab
-1 lished himself in a corner near the
> kitchen fire.
' This reminds me of an anecdote
related by Dr. Abbott. Of a box
tortoise be writes: I followed and
found him still traveling in a direct
course, and was just in time to, wit
ness a funny scene. The steep hank
of a deep ditch had been reached,
and the tortoise was contemplating
the outlook. It was too abrupt a de
scent for ordinary crawling, and to
go in search of a more easy crossing
seems not to have been thought of.
At last, leaning over tho edge as far
as possible, the creature withdrew
into his shell, and seat himself, by a
sudden push with his hind feet, head
- over heels down the incline, and land
i od on his back. Was ibis ac
t cldental or intentional? I think the
t latter. The whole ma: ner of (he tor
' toise seemed to indicate it. —St.
j Nicholas.
The French Apprentice.
For the "companions" are fighters
—good fellows, but fighters. It is
their trade tradition. Jealousies be
tween the workmen's corporations re
sult in "Homeric" combats, bloody
battles. It is the one bad side of an
institution that is otherwise so truly
fraternal.
They start out in companies, rarely
alone, to make their "our of France."
Beforo coming hack to continue
their work in their own villages, the
young apprentices go together fro a
town to ti wn, to study on the ground
the masterpieces of their trade, and
to see the best that the griius r.f
their ancestors has produced. It is
the poetic phase, the voyage of ad
ventures, the "knight errantry" of the
workman.
He carnshis living en route, perfects
himself in his profession, learns from
one master and another, sees, com
pares, studies, admires. He gathers
his humble harvest of souvenirs and
Impressions, enjoys the full vigor cf
his early years, and passes his youth
along the sunny highways.
Unfortunately, there is a disagree
ment among the "societies." In
everything there is found a pretext
for quarrels. The society of the "Pere
Soubise" is jealous of that of "Maltro
Jacques," and the "Infants du Solo
mon" take part in the quarrel when
ever possible. '
Two companies meet on the road.
The two leaders—the "master compan
ions."—stop at 20 paces from each
other.
"Halt!" says one.
"Halt!" cries the other.
"What trade?"
"Carpenter. And you?"
"Stone eutter. Companion?"
"Companion!"
"Your society—country?"
And according to the reply they
drank from the same gourd or —fight.
The melee becomes general. They
fight—fist and stick—until the road
is littered with those who are wounded
—sometimes even to death. —(Andre
Castaigne, in Harper's.
Happy Day.
What a horrible noifee that hand-or
gan is making!" sighed poor Mrs. Wil
letts, putting down her book in disgust.
Her nerves were not strong and the
doctor had said she must have rest
and quiet for the winter.
"It isn't a very pretty one," said
Harold, sympathetically, from the win
dow seat where he was curled up half
buried In cushions and reading the
"Jungle Book."
"What isn't pretty?" inquired Un
tie Bert, coming In at that moment.
"That terrible piano-organ," replied
Mrs. Willetts. "I suppose it Is foolish
to be annoyed, but they are such a
nuisance! This is the third today. I
don't understand why they are per
mitted. Do send him away, Bert;
there's a good fellow."
"All right, my dear," said Uncle
Bert, Indulgently. "Come on, Har
old. Let's have our wallc. You
haven't been out today."
Harold reluctantly put down, his
book and emerged from the pillows.
"All right," ho said, yawning. "It's
a stupid, gray day, and I've read the
'Jungle Book' twice in a month."
When he had found his hat and
coat and kissed his delicate little
mother good-by he went out. carefully
closing the door behind him, knowing
that a bang would cause her real suf
fering. Boys with nervous mothers
learn to be thoughtful and unselfish.
Uncle Bert was talking to the
swarthy organ-grinder In somo un
known tongue. The latter had stopped
playing and stood grinning broadly.
As Harold came out he took up the
handles of his organ and started west
ward at a lively pace.
"Come on!" said Uncle Bert, lead
ing Harold in the same direction.
"Where are we going?" asked Har
old. Walks with Uuele Bert in town
or country were sure to be Interest
ing.
"We-re going where the hand-organ
will be more welcome," said Uncle
Bert, smiling.
As they went farther to the west
ward, the houses became shabbier
and shabbier. Each avenue they
crossed was lined with smaller and
poorer-looking stores. Most of them
had their wares —dry goods or gro
ceries—exposed on the sidewalks,
with large pricemarks on them. The
stone-paved, streets were swarming
with men, women and children —es-
pecially children. There were children
big and children little, children fat
and children tiny, children cry
ing and children laughing, and chil
dren scurrying in and out among the
horses' feet, escaping a knock-down
by a hair's breath. All of them were
dirty, and none of them seemed com
lortahly clothed for such a cold day.
At the sight of tho organ, they all
stopped and swarmed toward it. The
good-natured Italian was obliged to
grind whether he would or no—though
indeed, he seemed very willing. He
began to play—a merry tune it was—
and you should have seen those chil
dren! Most of them began to dance
There must have been a hundred, all
dancing at once, and such dancing!
Some whirled about, some bobbed up
and down, others jerked forward and
backward and still others merrily
skipped hack and forth in time to the
music. A few girls danced demurely
in couples, with as much grace as
court ladies, but most of them footed
it alone, their hands on their hips,
their chins in the air and their hair
floating out behind.
' Isn't it fine?" said Harold. "It's
lots nicer than dancing school."
A vol'} ragged little boy stood by
Uncle Bert. lie had on a man's coat
which had faded from black to a dull
green, and hung in tatters. His trou
sers were terribly torn and his legs
were hare, but on his feet were a pair
of much-worn shoes, several sizes too
large and laced with common brown
wrapping cord.
He was very dark and his face was
narrow and pinched, hut his eyes
were twinkling with humor. "I never
saw anybody so thin," thought Har
old. Just then the music stopped,
and one of the children called: "Come
on, Ragsey!"
i'Aw, yes! Come on, Ragsey,"
yelled the crowd. "Ragsey, Ragsey,
Ragsey!"
The face of the hoy by Uncle Bert's
side never changed. Solemnly he
stepped out into the open space the
children had cleared for him on tho
sidewalk. The organ-grinder changed
the tune. It was queer, wild music,
evidently a dance, but Harold had
never heard it before.
Ragsey put his thin, grimy hands
on his hips and began to dance— slow
ly at first and then faster, shuffling on
the ground with his clumsy shoes;
then bounding into the air with a
strange cry, he started off with won
derful lightness on a new dance all
his own. He was so absorbed as he
went on that he forgot the street and
his audience. He was unconscious
even of the strangers, apparently
knowing only his own feet and that
he must go on as long as tho music
continued.
The children at first had encour
aged him by clapping, beating time
with their feet, and wttn cries of "Go
it, Ragsey! Keep her up, Ragsey!"
and the like. Now all were silent,
fascinated by the dancer.
"By Jove," whispered Uncle Bert,
"that boy's an artist!"
Suddenly the music came to a stop,
and the organ-grinder took up his
handles and trundled his instrument
away, through what appeared to be a
solid mass of children, all shrilly pro
testing and urging him to stay. Sev
eral pennies had been thrown from
upper windows where frowsy moth
ers loaned in spite of the cold, watch
ing the dance. These Ragsey picked
up and handed to the "music-man" as
the latter forced his way through the
throng grinning broadly and patting
the hoy on the hand.
"That Is where they like hand-or
gans," said Uncle Bert after a long si
lence, as he and Harold walked home
ward. —New York Mail and Express.
l'lenanntlr Kltlintefl.
"Poor man!" Baid the lady visitor,
addressing one of the inmates of the
insane asylum, "don't you often feel
very sad shut up here?"
"Oh, no," the patient answered.
"The lunatics who come to look at us
are generally very amusing."—Chicago
Record-Herald.
A PUCKERVILLE MODEL.
When Tom twenty, people said.
"He is a medel youth.
Be like him. little children, he
Is industry and truth.''
Now Tom is forty.—Yesterday
We heard a mother shout:
"That boogee man'll get you
If you
Don't
Watch
Out!"
—lndianapolis Sun.
HUMOROUS.
Van Dabble—This is my latest pic
ture; I sold it yesterday. Visitor —
Indeed? You are a genius!
"Blinks asserts that he always tells
the truth." "So he does, but unfor
tunately, he seldom stops there."
Nail—Did Miss Blllyuns act as if
It was a severe blow when she didn't
get the prince? Belle—Yes; she took
the count.
Miss Oldgirl—Do you care for pet
dogs? Mr. Oldbach—Well —er —yes,
when they are stuffed and placed in
glass cases.
Housen —What's wrong, old chap?
Forgot something? Lotts —Yes; con
found it! And that isn't all, I've for
gotten what X forgot!
Wigg—A woman can generally be
depended upon to hit the nail on the
head. Wagg—Yes; even though it
may be her finger nail.
"Pa, what does a diplomat mean
when he speaks of 'expediency?'"
"Usually, my son, it means that his
diplomacy has failed."
"You dentists may be pretty smart,
but you can't improve on nature," said
the man in the chair. "Oh, yes we
can," replied the dentist "The teeth
we make never ache."
Sharpe—l have invented a revolver
for shooting cats. Wheaton —13 it
different from any other revolver?
Sharpe—Yes; it is a nine-shooter—a
shot for each of a cat's lives.
"Say," said the first messenger boy,
" 'Snaketoothed Sam, the Desert De
mon,' is a pretty long story, ain't it?"
"Naw," replied the other. "Yer kin
do it easy in two messages."
Angler—ls this a good place to fish?
Boy—i guess it is. "What can you
catch here?" "I don't know, but it
must he a great place for the fish,
'cause I never see any of 'em leave
It."
Old Gentleman—So you think my
daughter loves you, sir; and you wish
to marry her? Dudeleigh—That's
what I called to see you about. Is
there any insanity in your family?
Old Gentleman—No, sir; and there's
not going to be any.
Benevolent Old Gentleman (point
ing a moral to village school children)
—Now, why do I take all the trouble
to leave my house and come over here
and speak to you thus? Can any boy
tell me? Bright Child (innocently)—
Please, sir, it's because ye like to hear
yersel' talk.
"How about that historical novel?"
asked the publisher. "No good at
all," answered the reader to whom it
had been assigned. "The man doesn't
understand how to write historical
novels, and he hasn't perverted the
truth as we know it enough to make
any kind of a rumpus* among the
critics. His book would fall ilat."
Improved Golf Caddy.
Interest is being shown by the golf
ers of the local clubs in an improved
caddy bag, says the Providence, R. 1.,
Journal. The new carrier has a
round base, with a steel rod running
through the centre. At the top of
this rod is a circle of flexible rubber,
in which there are eight indentations
for holding the clubs. At the base,
which is of wood and leather, are
eight holes corresponding to tho in
dentations, in which the grip ends
of the clubs rest, the top of the clubs.
Ort course, fitting in the rubber at the
top of the shaft. Through the rod in
the centre runs a smaller steel one,
which is sharpened at the end, and
when tho player wishes to set tho
carrier down to extraet a club for
playing a stroke, he pushes this brass
rod into the earth by means of the
handle of the carrier attached to the
Inner rod, and whether the carrier is
on lovel or slanting ground it will re
tain its upright position ready for the
player to take it up without effort and
continue his play across the green.
In the wooden base is a circular cav
ity fitted to hold eight balls. One of
the best features "of the new carrier
is tho arrangement for preventing the
clubs from warping. Tho straight
steel shaft with the base and upper
holder always holds the clubs in firm
position, and. when one returns from
playing around a wet course, where
the moisture from the grass has
gathered on the shafts of the clubs,
he can still throw his carrier where
he chooses and the shaft remains
straight and even. The flexible hag
allows the clubs to warp.
Now the Splilnx In Crumbling.
Mr. D. G. Longworth of the Cairo
Sphinx brings the warning that that
wondrous marvel of the ancient world,
tho Egyptian Sphinx, is rapidly de
caying. It will not be able long to
withstand the altering climate of
Egypt ,duo to the irrigation of recent
years.
A few years ago an hour's downfall
of rain once a year was a novelty in
Egypt. The natives regarded it as
some dire message of reproach from
the gods. The irrigation and the
many trees about the Delta have
changed this. Fifteen to eighteen
days' heavy rain falls now every year
on the head of tho Sphinx. The
severe "khamseem" sandstorm fol
lows and Cits into the Soddened lipie
stout of tne ancient monument, whit
tling away all over the surface.—Lon
don Mail.
PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR
PRAISES PE=RU=NA.
First Presbyterian Chnrcli of Greensboro, Ga., and Its Pastor and Elder*
THE day was when men of prominence
hesitated to give their testimonial®
to proprietary medicines for publication.
This remains true to-day of moat proprie
tary medicines. But Peruna has become
so justly famous, ita merits are known to
so many people of high and low stations,
that no one hesitates to sec his name in
print recommending Peruna.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna a strong indorsement. Men
representing all classes and stations are
equally represented.
A dignified representative of the Pres
byterian church in the person of Ilev. E.
G. Smith does not hesitate to state pub
licly that he has used Peruna in his family
ana found it cured when other remedies
failed. In this statement the llev. Smith
is supported by an elder in his church.
Rev. E. ti. Smith, pastor of the Presby
terian church of Greensboro, Ga.. WTites:
"Having used Peruna in my family for
some time it gives me pleasure to testify to
its true worth.
"My little boy, seven years of age, had
been suffering for some time with catarrh
of the lower oowels. Other remedies had
failed, but after taking two bottles of Pe
runa the trouble almost entirely disap
peared. For this special malady I con
sider it well nigh a specific.
A skeleton dug up in Texas has an
eight-inch jaw.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., Props, of
Hall's Catarrh Curo, offer $ 100 reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot bo ourod by
taking Hall's Catarrh Curo. Send for testi
monials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
About ninety-nine per cent, of the starch
made in tho United States is made from
corn.
FITR permanently oured.No fits or nervous
ness after first day s use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerveßestorer. s2trial bottle and treatisefree
Dr.R.H. Klink, Ltd., P3l Archßt., Phlla.,Pa.
The average duration of life in towns is
calculated at thirty-eight years; in the
country fifty-five years.
Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup forehildren
teething, soflou liiegu ins, red u oes lufl am ma
tion.allayspuin,euros wind colic. 250. a bottle
One of the greatest rivers of the world,
the Orinoco, is also one of the least known
to Europeans.
lam sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life throe years ago.—Mas. Thomas Rob
iw, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, liK)0.
British Columbia loggers are preparing
to export cedar in large quantities to all
parts of the world.
Genuine stamped CC C. Never sold In hulk.
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
"something just as good."
WOMAN'S
EYE
The Sanative, Antisep
tic, Cleansing, Purifying,
Beautifying Properties of
CUTICURA SOAP render
it of Priceless Value to
Women.
Kf— Much that every womsk should know Is told In the circular
wrapped shoot tho BOAT.
"As a tonic /or weak, and worn out
people it has a Jew or no equals.'*—
llev. E. O. Smith.
Mr. M. J. Kossman, a prominent mer
chant of Greenaboro, Ga., and an elder in
the Presbyterian church of that place, has
used Peruna, and in a recent letter to The
Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio,
writes as follows:
"For a long time I was troubled with ca
tarrh of the kidneys, and tried many rem
edies, all of which gave me no relief. Pe
runa was recommended to ine bv several
friends, and after using a few bottles I
am pleased to say that the long looked for
relief was found and lam now enjoing
better health than 1 have for years,
and can heartily recommend Peru
na to all similarly afflicted. It is
certainly a grand medicine." —M.J.
Rossman.
Catarrh is essentially the same wherever
located. Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
j Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
ITHERNSNO^jI
Forty years ago and after nvuw years
of use on the eastern coast. Tower's
Waterproof Oiled Coats were introduced
r> the West and were called flickers by
the pioneers and cowboys. This graphic
aame has come into such general use that
it is frequent!/ though wrongfully applied
to marjy substitutes You want the genuine.
fLook for the Sign of the Fish, and
the mine Tower on the buttons.
/ IN N.ACX AN, YILLOW AND
30LD bY REPRESENTATIVE TRADE
THE WOULD OVER.
A. J. TOWTF? CO. BOSTON. MASS.
I earAßLisnsa isug. m
*
j If more sales of Rlpans Tnbules
are made dally than of any other
| medicine, the reason may be found
| In the fact that there Is scarcely any
{ condition of 111 health that Is not
| benefited by the occasional use of a
Rlpnns Tnbule, and a package, con
j talnlng ten, Is obtainable from any
druggist for five ccuts.
At druggists,
j The Five-Cont packet is enough for an
ordinnry occasion. The family bottle,
60 cents, contains a supply for a year.