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Pabst superfluous Hair Destroyedf orever ._...-. (O-LOjr I.aily. Il you are afflicted with a humiliating, disfigui ing growth cl hair, ..r any other blemish on !...?. neck, arms ..r hands, don't experimenl with dai aerous apparatus, lotlons, liquids, powders, co , b ,i write me ... once, and I will gtve you, free i ? , full information how l l)|.-.| t-tiv it For ever, ? >'our own home, privately, painlessly, xpensively, and without the slighl i ill effects. I will also ol! vou howto secure .1 perfect complei ion and BE BEAI'TIFI'L. Man, claim to ??rcm, .. hair and 111.11 .! 1 so Irmporsirilv. This is ihe only meth d ll it safe and thal "destroys" ii for ever. li is endorsed t.\ s. i< n i. ts ind do. tors, and is fitinr ;iiilei-<l . Write to-day an.l L. glad . v^Ca f "??r - \ _ ( I' I. MAIII KR CO., I arfiVW^af -' - l; " Pa?tu. kcl V. . *W-f ^:--\ ??-?? p; ?????-?? '? \ _2_vJ T. Hill Mansfield's v Capillaris lt Absolutely Cures All Scalp and Skirt Diseases, chronic cases of Ec cema, Palt Bhenm, etc. &C, Fallinu Hair, Piin.lruff. Ilchinf* Scalp. Pui_0-ioa8 Stiiigs and Bitcs. 5 to 10 applica tions draw to surface and cure all huinors bal.ies and children are snbjeet to. Merit alone, without advertisinp, has created an immense sale all over Amcrica, and htmdreda of thousands of sufferers have been cured with from a half to one bottle. All Urtiirplats. 50 ? .nt-. T. IIII1 a~i?l-iM. Agent, <;i. nridge, W. J?. ap JG? -ifur-i A Snjit-rh Artlst-Prooi 19x26 inches, (printn in 2n colors) of Rondel' fam...i? masterpiece paint inc."Purity," giren t.. *?. irarebj-erofatl.OObottl /T'CACA-S _Perfwrrxc The latest, rrifst deliirhtful an.l barJiistlng DBrfooM mada s-n.l tOe. (atamna ..r atlrer) f.r trial ??mpl?.or ror?1.0U and .5c. la boS. tiePerliin .' at. |.a.ke.l and j.r. ,..-i d toanj addi?1 v. tbe I S, FRENCH, CAVE & CO.. MFO. PERFUMERS 430 Aroh St., Philadelphia STRAIGHT LEGS ~cra If yours are n.i T\3 ..... ,:,-t!,,l ..ill T tjvclym ?? So simple you ? dersomeone.il In'tthink Ol lt :.,?!? .i.- ' . ' ' ?? ?? Restores t.. the f.ill natural the stroBi! and wet. leg." -II.-.,.:-. "Correct .".pj>-Amn< e of the let; restored not the Inst dia ourJott." ?>_-??? ?Men r.i't. /&**X>^ ndusedby e_t^ ^s?-? men ol 1 ? A -i everv where. Write (bt photo illustrati : ? 1 ureluent ' I onk, sent e. tir. I. fxe* under pl-in I. THE AUSOIM CO.. Deslt D6. Buffalo, N. Y. fUlyourowRteetriQ ??? r.ef__ :?_. 1 meas hil I?n's ..r those of your friends. ? method t! ,t is painless -^ 1 istin; results l.~ls onlt 1<h- lo limlh. -..-" I t.?l..v f.r 1.1.1.t ? B " li-ll- ill ., not yn r teeth- llox to prcscr-c till l\ ? fili th. 1'iii.n \\ PilM.Ess liKMiST*. i .:.-. i.. 1.1:.. rataM-lii?u i.i >i? n-rld .01 KiniiAt... -ndooBo-?. Plllabaiiab,f_ W ]UBJE9? BLOSSOM WERE HAMJ?D By WarwicK James Price IX spite of the vagaries of present-day weather, still does the sixth of the Imonths bring in the flowers, "the pretty daughters of the earth and sun," and still, for the wise and curious, is their inherent beauty set off by those quaint old legends of classic association, or by fairy lore more Germanic than Grecian, which have come down to these more prosaic times, concealed in names which are called unthinkingly in every market in the land. In one corner of the yard rises in purple dignity theiris?its name-parent, remem? ber, was that rainbow messenger of the mighty Juno. Not far off springs up the more modest peony; and its father. as far at least astitle may go, was that clever I'.ion, physician in ordinary to the deities of high Olympus, who with the roots of this flower healed the wounds of god desses an<l heroes. Even now that same tracition Hngers, though unwitting of its source, in those country districts where the children wear bead necklaces carved of peony-roots to ward off sickness. The violet is so-called from hapless lo, the daughter of that ancient river god Inachus, who. when metamorphosed by funo into a white heifer, was pastured on those tiny purple stars. She was to give name, too, to the Ionian Sea and to the Bosphorus ("cow-carrier") which at another timebore hersafelyaway from ]uno's jealous wrath; but the flower which Yale University has since adopted as its own is far indeed from the only one which gossips in its name of those love affairs of the springtime of the an? cient world. The syringa, for instance, was once upon a time the nymph Syrinx, attendant on Diana herself and well beloved of all dryads. Beloved, too, of the great Pan, tradition tells, and fleeing his too-warm embraces, her friends the wood nymphs came to her rescue, transforming her into those very reeds from which the amorous deity promptly fashioned his magic pipes. Such memories of long-past loves linger in the dal odils, Ihe mint, the laurel and the sad cvpress. For the dalTodils, white as the driven snow in those earlier days. were the blossoms with which Proser pine's arms were laden when she was carried off by grim Pluto his ardent touch turning them yellow for all time to come. Proserpine, too, figures again in the story of the mint. for when fickle I'luto had transferred his affections to fair Minthe, the earlier sweetheart avenged herself upon the latter by ihanging her into the aromatic plant. The laurel was once the nymph Daphne, and the cypress was Cyparissus, both wooed bv Apollo during those incognito trips of his when the gay god sought amuseinent under a shepherd's guise. Daphne, as Syrinx, was given a flower b >rm to save her fr. >m unwelct ime caresses, but Cyparissus warmly greeted her im mortal lover?and so was soon deserted, whereupon she pined away and became fostcr-mother of the embletn of sorrow. The April hyacinth tells yet another Apollo storv, for its name was once born bv the handsome young son of Amyclas, King of Sparta. His beauty appealed to the god, who undertook his education, beginning with the physical training of quoit pitching, but the first disk hurled by Apollo swerved from his hand and crashed into the skull of the little prince. So was he turned into a blossom, whose petals are said by old tradition to bear the exclamations of the sorrowing murderer: "Ai! Ai!" (Alas! Alas!) That other April bloom, the narcissus, brings in its name another tragic tale. Narcissus was the most beautiful youth of all his land, but as hard-hearted as handsome, so that his spunring ol" prof fered love broughl many a nymph to death. "May he too feel the pangs of unreqtrited affection," prayed grieving Echo, an 1 her prayer was heard by Juno and granted. Narcissus fell in love with l.is own reilcction in a clear mountain fountain. starved himself to death rather than leave it; and from his body sprang the purple-centered flowers which. with thedafTodil and hyacinth, nsherin spring. From the body of another demi-god sprang the myrtle, though his story is of crime rather than of mere self-love. Mirtillus v.as enamored of Hippodanria; but her father objected t<> his suit. So this son of Mercury killed the old man. pushing him from a cli'T into the sea Hippodamia promptly hated hi-r sttitor as she once had loved him, an<l watching her opportunity flung him from the rocks at the very place where he had mur dered her father. When, days after. his body was found it had become the root bed <>f the myrtle of to-day. More homely are the tales told of the origins of the namt-s of the celandine and gcranium and wall-flower. Celandine, which country folk know as swallowwort, is merely the English spelling of the old (irct-k word for swallow, for it was with this plant, tradition says. that the mother bird brought sight to her nestlings. The geranium eomes to us from the Greek word for crane, geranos, since the ancic-nts saw in its crimson petals the very color of the crahe's bill. Still an? other derivative of the plant says that it was once the mallow, but that the sacred clothes of Mohammed, thrown upon it while the prophet bathed in a near-by stream, changed its pale yellow to royal red. Seotland mothers the wall-flower. High land legent 1 tcils of a lassie, fair of course and loving, but immured in a baronial eastle, who stumbled one moonlit night while climbing down from her turret chamber to meet the gallant of her heart's choice. Thus it runs: Love, in pityto the deed And her luckless, loving speed, Turned her t > this plant we call Now the Flower ..: the Wall. The reminiscent catalogue may be ex tended almost at will. Some names come down to to-day embodying odd beliefs?as that of the heliotrope. which springs from two Greek words meaning the sun and to turn: the ancients think-' ing the plant always kept its little face sunward. Other names renew the odd imaginings of older times?as that of the glowing nasturtittm. which in derivation from the Latin means only "little twisted nose." Sti'.l others are purely poetic, as mignonette, the diminutive of "Mignon" or darling; or again, pansy which is the Anglicized form of the French pensce (thought) the queer man-faced blossoms typifying recollec tion and affection. "To study flowers is to study history. science and iettres as well as mere botany." T__e _. weeft Girl <G_ratdlt-a8aUe By Franh Dempster Sherman Minerva's out of college. And calls herself A. B., Although I must acknowledge It's difficult to see: For my part, I prefer to Forget how much she knows, And I should liken her to A rose. A Bachelor?Minerva? And wearing such a hat! I didn't think they'd serve a Girl graduate like that! A bachelor much better Has been hers in the past, And that one hopes to get her At last. I'm glad her education Is flnally complete. From careful observation She still is fair and sweet. If luck does not forsake her, I hope, some happy dav. I.ove's Facultv will make her M. A. RATIONAL TREATMENT of Stomach Diseases Discard Injurious Dr\igs. Slycbzone, A Harmless, Powerful Germicide. Send twenty-five cents to pay postage on Free Trial Bottle. Sold by le.trling druggists. Not genuine without my signature: Dept. R, 63 Prince St..N.Y. iVrlt.' for free hnnklct oll Ilatlonal RESTQRES EYESIGHT. "AetliuC a Marvrloaa IMarovrr? that Carr? All Affli.lioii. ol'thr ____: Without luttinc or l>i-uci_i'>c There is BO need Bg tfca menting, . people b___ I \* hcn ? i . N Y , I ' I have bo . I -.'?'?? -???! j. Donf Be SoThin ? ' ' - ? - ABSOLUTELY FREE ? - ? - . ? ? ? M_ ?IIIT. MT< \ . K ? . !_>? H t"H l:i 11 li. Ii. ? - . . . - THE C- I- .KIVKS COMF WS . t ?:IP KI Al.TY ISIII.IHNi .. 1IM1IIA. \ V RMifflS TARTARLITHINE rarely f:tii-. beeanse il thp ne_.sary _u__a____l l ive the ponon oi We want every aofferei t a mmple psekage u I if _-_-_?_U sm free ? THE TARTARLITHINE C< rfcKESSON _ ROBBINS ? FVLTOn CT* - ACTUMA CurodtcSt-iyCured. N'o HO 1 niflMreluise. speDsorot ip toms. Whetzel system i best U. S. medical a\;t:;or:-. - -n known to permanentlv c TESTTREATMEfJT.inc: foi any oneijivinga':: : les scnUinif names oftwe "s FRANK WHP7_r OEPT. C. AMERICAN EXPR-?- B. AGO RUPTURE CJ_f__D th.it i ? ac . . r..l i i ? HENRY NOLL, 77. Bi v > ork. YOUR FC ' tt>. fT_n__ ||1 rl*c*. a: : ' PROF. UO AMZI. ^ TOID V; FREE )