THE ell) POLKS AT HOME Are Never Without Peruna in the Bouse for Catarrhal Diseases. MK. AND HUS. J. 0. ATKINSON, INDEPENDENCE, MO. - UNDER date of January 10, 1897, Dr. I . Ilartman received the following letter: i "My wife had been Buffering from a com plication of diseases for tho past twenty five year 3. I "Iler case had baffled the skill of some t of the most noted physicians. One of her ( worst troubles was chronic constipation of several years' standing. "She also was passing through that most critical period in the life of a woman — change of life. In June, 1893, I wrote to you about her c3e. You advised a course of Pcruna and Manalin, which we at once commenced, and have to say it completely cured her. She firmly believes that she •would have been dead only for these won derful remedies. "About the same time I wrote you about imy own case of catarrh, which had been •of twenty-five years' standing. At times I Kvas almost post going. I commenced to use- Peruna according to your instructions W and continued its use for about a year-, |and it has completely cured me. v "Your remedies do all that you elaUn for them, and even more. Ca tarrh cannot exist where Pcruna is taken according to directions. Suc cess to you an.l your remedies. l} John O. Atkinson. latter dated January 1, IMP, Mr. | ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION. The Greatest Distance to Which It May Be Sent at Present. Tho statement is made'by Alton D. Adams, on "The Physical Limits of Electric Power Transmission," that "electrical energy may be transmitted around the world it the live voltage is unlimited. This follows from tho law that a given power may be transmitted to any distance with constant effici ency and a fixed weight of conductors, .J'ovided the voltage is increased di rectly with the distance." Unfortu nately, the physical conditions of pres ent known Insulating devices do not permit, of such Utopian transmission. Distances of 150 miles are now prac tically spanned by power transmission circuits at from 40,000 to 00,000 volts. This, however, represents tho limit of present construction. One of the next steps will bo the employment of an individual pole lino for each wire of a transmitting circuit, as at voltage ex ceeding the present, which may easily be attained by known methods, the sparking between wires located on the same pole, even though spaced seven or eight feet apart, would he prohibi tive. The area of the peat bogs in Ire land has been estimated at nearly 3,00,000 acres, with an average thick ness of 15 feet. At half the heating value of coal these deposits are equiv alent to 2,500,000,000 tons of coal. Prisoners when arrested in Morocco ere required to pay the policeman for his touble In taking them lo jail. Hair Fallsl " I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to j stop my hair from falling. One- 9 half a bottle cured me." j J. C. Baxter, Braidwood, 111. 0 Ayer's Hair Vigor is | certainly the most eco nomical preparation of its kind on the market. A ,' little of it goes a long way. h It doesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair, make the hair grow, and restore color to gray hair. Ji.oo O bottle. All 4ro,jltß. If your druggist cannot supply you. send us ono dollar and we will express you a bottle, lis Bure and give tho name o your nearest express ofltcs. AddreßS, J. C. A YER CO., Lowell, Muss, . anm wb—nnii ■■<"> —■ md The Fate of Them. How sad is the fate Of the song writing sinner-^ A. love song for breakfast, | An ode for a dinner! And thousands must wait, And in poverty grovel CTill they all write "The Great- Great American Novel!" —Atlanta Constitution. A Good Job. "Can't you do something for me, sir ? I'm hungry." "Can't you get a. job as a sandwich man?"— New York News. Particular* Desired. Biggs—"Say, can I sell you a good horse?" Dlggs—"Don't know. What's the matter with the animal?" Chicago News. Ills Opinion. "But you don't think lie's mercen ary, papa?" "Why, yes, I do! I'm afraid he re gards marriage as a get-rich-quick scheme!"— Puck. More Necessary. "Did he make a gift of a scholarship to that college?" "Better than that, lie donated a bed to the hospital for the use of the football team."—Baltimore Herald. The Kesultft I'npl >asnnt. Wigg—"l always like to hear a man say what he thinks." Wagg—"But the people who always say what they think generally think such disagreeable things."—Philadel phia Record. . A Formula. Clarence "l'm going to ask old Jones for his daughter's hand; what's a good way to begin?" Algy "Oh! Spring a few other jokes on him first and see how be takes them!"— Puck. Forced to It. "You ought not to beg," she said. "No, ma'am," admitted the tramp, "Why do you do It?" "Well, ml'am, I wouldn't if I could git people to give mo money by jest lookiu' sad."—Chicago Post. Busted. Towne—"Bankrupt, is he? Why, I thought he had a fixed income of $lO,- 000 a year." Brown—"So lie had, but bis wife fixed that in throe months after their marriage."—Philadelphia Press. Stone Blind. "What have you beeu, my poor fel low?" "A waiter, sir." "Uow did you lose your sight?" "Looking for tips."—Ally Sloper. His Enjoyment. "Do you enjoy historical novels?" "Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox. "I like to read them and then reflect on how lucky I am to live In a time when people refrain from making such con summate fools of themselves."—Wash ington Star. Really Seemed Too Mncl,. Mrs. A.—"l never saw any one so nervy as the woman next door. Why, she actually wanted to borrow a flat iron to throw at a cat." Mrs. Z.—"That was rather nervy." Mrs. A.—"Yes, and It was my eat."— Philadelphia Record. Tommy's Trade. Mother (who had been out for the day)—" Tommy, did you take that med icine that I told you to when I was away?" Tommy "No, ma. W 7 illie Jones came In, and he liked It so I exchanged It with him for a sour apple."—Punch. Discouraged. "I'm sure," said the clumsy man as he slipped off his horse again, "that I'll never learn to ride." "Oh!" replied the riding master, "just keep on trying." "But I'm having my own troubles trying to keep on."—Catholic Standard and Times. In His Father's Footsteps. Blnks "Did Smith's father leave him anything?" Jinks—"Only his debts." Blnks "How is Smith getting along?" Jinks "Well, he has greatly in creased his Inheritance."—Baltimore American. Hnmorons. "But what will you do when all the vermiform appendices shall have been removed?" The great surgeon smiled. "I was reading only to-day," he said, "that the stomach may be taken out." "Without killing tlio patient?" "How funny you are!" exclaimed the great surgeon, and he laughed out right.—Life. 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British agents have been re cently reported in Egypt studying the cotton-growing possibilities of that country. In India cotton is grown, with success—such as it is. Its staple is too short for It to become a seri ous competitor with our Southern products. England's earliest attempt to find a substitute for our cotton was during the Lancashire famine caused by our Civil War, when Southern ports were blockaded. It was then that In dia became an experimental cotton country. John Bright, ridiculing the Tory idea of that time that Lancashire looms could be fod with Surat (India) cotton told of a Manchester minister who prayed the Lord to send cotton for its factories and was interrupted by an earnest voice from the pews: "But not Surat cotton, O Lord!" Indian cotton still remains on inferior article. Probably England will continue for In definite years to come to look to these United States as she does now, for the bulk of the over $200,000,000 worth of raw cotton which she annually buys from abroad —and the rest of Europe likewise. Coal at a Cent a Pound Feared. With the advent of the twentieth week of the Pennsylvania strike do mestic consumers of hard coal find themselves paying sl2 for the ton. In some of tho outlying towns dealers are demanding sl4, and have very lit tle to sell even at that price. Such places as Yonkers, New Rochelle, Newark and Montclalr are entirely without anthracite coal, and bitumin ous prices are going up every day. In New York s'orno dealers say that coal at a cent a pound is one of the winter possibilities. A fine ostrich is calculated to yield $2,500 worth of feathers. Russian Beet Sugar Surplus. According to the report of the com mittee of ministers, tho quantity of beet sugar to be placed on the Rus sian home market for the season of 1902-1903 is 1,552,826,000 pounds and the intangible reserve 180,560,000 pounds. On the basis of particulars given out by the managers of the excise revenues for the term recently ended, and taking into consideration the area of plantations, the harvest and quality of the beet-sugar roots during the last three periods and the existing surplus of sugar at tho differ ent factories, the total output of sugar for the above-mentioned period is es timated at 1,155,584,000 pounds or nearly 650,000 tons. One pound of sheep's wool is capa ble of producing one yard of cloth. ■3* No pain-cure of any' .nd has over succeeded 4f Y In compeUng with ST, JACOBS OIL. Its virtues Y v have been proclaimed by millions of restored V Y sufferers, who have fceencurcdof RHEUMA- **" * TISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA and many J* Y other painful diseases by its uso. 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