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k&aaA r i ttliueuinTii Fohr Facts For Sick Women To Coiisidei Lydia E. Pinhham's Vcgetabh Compound Ilas an Ufitqualled Kecoid of Cures Mrs. 'Pinkliam's Advice h Couiden tial, Frte, and alwai's Ilelpful Fiiwt. That ulmost every operatlon ln ourkaapltalsperformed upon women becomes micessury through ucgleut of uch yinptoins ns backuchc, irregulur afitl paduful incnstruatiou, loucorrhoea, dlsplaceineuts o( tlie utorus, pain in the slde, burning scusutiou in the stora nch, bearlng-down palns, ntirvousness, dlzilntas and sleeplessness. Second. The mcdiclne that holds tho record for the largest number of absoluto cures of fenialc ills is Lydia . Pinkhain's Veget'able Comp6und. It regulate's, s'trcngthens ancT cures diseases of the fcmale organism as nothlng olse' can. Por thirty years it haa been helplng womeu to be strong, curing backache, nervousness, kldney troubles, alluter ine and bvavlan Inflamrnutton, weak lieis and dtsplacemuuts, regulatiug menstruatlou perfectly and overcom. ing its pattfs! It haa u'lso proved itself invaluable in preparing for childblrtb, and the chan'ge ot Ufe. Tiiird. Tlie great volume of unso licited and grateful testimonials on 111 e at tho Plnkhnm I.aboratory at Lynn, JJass., manVof vrhlch are froin tlrno to tirue published by perinlssion, glve ab olute evldence ot the value of Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetablo Compound and Mra. Pinlchain's udvlce. Fourth. Every ailing woman in the U&Ud States is asked to accept the ollowlnn- invltutlpn. It ls free.. rtill fSisfySjvS.-' '"J.iru "iuu way suvo your llfe, Mro, Plnkham's Standln g In vltat lon te WOma.---"Vomeu suffering froin any form of feuiale wcakness aro invited to promptly communicate with Mrs Pink ham, at Lynn, Mass. All lctters aro recelved, opened, read and unswered by women only. From sy rapbDrns glven, your troubl'e roay bo located and the qulcke&t and surest way "of recovery advised. Out of tho vast volumo of ex perlence ln ireatlng fentale ills Mrs. Pinkham projbably haa the vcry kuowl edye that wlll help your case. Surely, any woraan, rleh or poor, is very f ooliih if she does not take ad'vantage of this genSrous dffer of asalfttanc. By Leased Cable. The anarchist hnd Just hurled the bomb. Slmultaneously the democratlc head of Presldent Loubet and the royal pate of Alfonzo XIII. ducked to avold tho flying fragments. "M. le Presldent," muttered tho boy klng, "which one ot us do you thlnk that fellow was after?" With frue Gnllic politeness, Loubet dlsclalmed the honor. "After you, my dear Alfonse!" he murmured, bowlng deeply. Cleveland L.eader. Ingenloui Engllsh "Duffero." Few people know of the hundrod and 0110 curious professlons by which nfen make thieir llvlng. In London, for instance, "duffing" glves regular employment to a number of men. These indfvlduals pnrchase cheap Jewelry and gilt rings and attempt to pawn them'for more than their value. The Tatler. A LOVELY COMPLEXION NatT Torlt Iadr Proves That Every AVo. tnan Slay naire It liy Utlns Catlciiro Soap, lfr. Jl. Keichenberg, VIR! Of tlie TVell knom jeiyeler, of 146 Kulton St., New iVork, sajrs: "1 had a friend who was just ly proud 'of her complexion. When asked what gave her such a brilliant and love ly complexion, she replied, A liealtliy woman can be sure ot a fine akin it she will do as 1 do, nse plenty of Cuticura Soap ahd water.' She iiisieted that 1 fol low her ejample, which 1 did with 'gpeedy convictlon'.' 1 find that Cuticura Soap keeps the'skiri soft, white and clear, ahd prerents teeu and roug;hneas." Willle's Reward. Mrs. Uperswell Ah', Dorothy, why lsn't brother WHHe at our party, too? Doroth'y rle was a good bdy all day, so ma, said he needn't come. Chcag6 Ie,ws. Asslsted by Cuticura Ointment, the'great Skln Cure, for prserving, purifying, and beautifylng the skin, for cleansing the scajp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stop ping of falling hair, for softening, vhitening,and socthing red, rougli, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings, and chafings, in the form of baths for annoying irritations and Inflammations, or undue per spiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for manysanat'ive,antiseptic,purposes which readily suggesttherhselves, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Sold Ulioq t oot th votld. PetirDrairkCiim.OM)b U A Bkl Wll known-ml)itlou wintnlto IWl A BH lnttrt lnvvnlor In a muranttrtl lilpfrcrntttofk. 6 ptr hrc. An nctpttonal opportunlty for the rlKht mn. Addre m with t Utt two nfrrenrti, Huswll Orar, VinnX Arnl. OtAt and Onrden Bli, I)rlllniiy. 1'blUdtl- phu; r. STIiompson'sEyeWaier THE STORM KINC. I nm Storm The Kingt I live in fortreaa of lire and clond, You may hear my battcrica, harp and loud, i:i tliu BUinmcr nialit Wliuu I and my Iickcs arm for tho figlit, And the birclies moan, And the ccdars Krot, As tliey liciul bi'ncath thc terrible spilug Of Storin-Tlie KIiibI I anl Stoini Tlie Kingl .... My troopa ate thc winds and the liail and thc raiii; My fot'H the lakes and the leaves and thc grain, The obatinnte oak That guards his front to my cuarge tnd stroke, Thc sliiiii on the sea. The hlooins on the lea, And they writhe and break as the war- guns ring Of Storm The Kingl I am Storm The King! I saw an Armadn eet sail from Spain, To redden with blood a maiden s reign, I baffled the host With blow in the face on the island coast, And tore proud deck To splinters and wreck, And the Saxon poets the praiies sing Of Storm The Kingl I nm Storm The Kingl I scour the earth and the sea and the air And drajf the wiithing'trees by the'h'air. nim cnasti inr gamc The (loEcrt dust and the prairie tlame, The mountain snow, And the nrctic floe, And never is folded plume or wing Of Storm-The King! THF PITY OF IT. BY MARY PEABODY ,SA WYER , OT it niust be done, Wll llam," sald hls wife, her lio.'id sllghtly rnlsed and her gray eyes sharp with suppressed excltement. "I shonld be dreadfully raortlfled not to do as much for Ellse as Chaiios dccs for hls childien. Well, not exnctly ns much in every way, uo, of cotirse, -we really couldn't expect her to hnve so much jewelry and as raany aw frocks. But to have Ellse look oltl-UsliIoncd and not have sultable thlngn for her little pnrties why it is poslth ily em barrasslng to her nud huuilllates me." M'llllam Solfdny avolded hls wlfe's gaze, aud methodlcally urranged hls uecktle. He was n plain niau, viith a kindly smllo when ho was not dls turbed by hls ambltious wlfe and daughter. "Well, Willlam, can't you tell me whether you can let mo hnve Iwo muulred dollors or uot this weck?" "I don't see how I can, Ellza. I've had a liavd winter at thc store and n good mnny nccounts overdHe. I wlsh I could mnke ns rauch money as Ohnrles, but I can't seem to do it, any way. He ls a good talker am smart. You knbw, Ellza, that I've worked hard for tlie last twenty-flve years, early nnd late." "Oh, I don't accuse you of being lazy," remarkcd Mrs. Sollday, tartly; "whnt I would llke to see ls somethlng to show for all your work. Oha'rles doesn't get to hls odlce tlll nlne and is always through nt nve, aud niakes nt least a hundred dollnrs a -week in salary and commlsslons:" "111 teil you rlght now, Eliza, that though Charles is my cousin, I would not be In hls llne of buslness for a tliousnnd n weeU. It's iw -use-to-roiJ'- tinue this talk any longer, Ellza. I hope to be able to supply you nnd Ellse with all the necessnrles of llfe, nnd n little more, but as for flttlng out Ellse so She can rpn nroilnd with the set thnt her cousins belong to, I cannot even nttempt It." This closed the conversatlon for' that mornlng, and Avhlle Mrs. Sollday sat ln her room finlshlng her daughter's grad untlng gown, her mlnd dwelt blttcrly on her cramped llfe with its petty economles. She had really loved Willlam Soll day, thirty years ago. He was a clerk then, in her father's store, nnd a geninl, honest young fellow. But when tbe buslness was hls, he did not seem to know just how to make it pny. He bought a good llne of siock, and he had lo sell nt a close margin to compe'fe with the cheap artlcles displayed by hlsr rivals. Then he pald hls help n fair price, nud hls rooinjr, wcll-ventilnt-ed "store cut stlil deeper 'into Ii(s p'rbfits. She suspected thnt snmo of ts old customers had not pald their bllls for ajong tlme; In fact, when n man wns out of work or thore wqs slckness, Willlam never would push Jils clalms, and sometiraes he iost a'goo'd deal'that wny. As Ellza Sollday thought, lier cheeks burned and tbe sraou'derliig flre of dls content burst into a brfgh'ter blnze. She had not ml'nded tlie' scrlm'plug so much when Ertse was little, her clothes cost such q small amount, nud he had not begun to h'ave her soclal ambltions nwakened tlll tiie'hjst year or two. Tho other gfr'ls in the clnss were to have clther a handsome plece of Jew elry or a gold wntch as a souvenir of graduntion dny, nnd there were pho tographs, . sprends, class plns, danccs, nnd the usual nccompanlments of "tho festlve tluie. Chnrles'Sollday's twlii dnngliters hnd evcrythliig thnt nny one hnd, nnd fnr more. Their fnthcr was.to present them wltirwntphes, sgitabjy engrnVed, and their lnotuer had promised thfin, elcgnnj gold bracelels, wjlth dlamond studded clnsps. They were to enter taln the entlro clnss nt nn informnl dnnce, followed by n supper, nt which ench gucst would he presentcd with n spcclnlly dcslgned fnvor. Thc glrls' gowns werp to he mnde by their mother's fashlonable dressnmker, nnd nothlng would be-lncking to com plete their styllsh nppcarnnce. The dotted Swiss muslln which Mrs. Soll day wns rnpldly flnlshlng looked conrse nnd chcnp in her eyes, nnd slie threw it on thc bed with a completely dis gustcd expresslon on her hnndsome fncc. Thnt day Mrs. Sollday 6pent n few hours with her slster, who llved out In the suburbs. Ueturnlng home In the Into nfternoon, she wns obllged to slt In a closely-crowded cnr, nnd her oycs were stnrtled by hpndlines In n speolnl edltlon of 'nn evenlng paper: "Chnrles Solldny Arrestcd. About to Escape with Hls Plunder. Denled Wrong Dolng. but Flnnlly Broke Down nnd Confessed." .Mrs. Sollday felt her henrt stop hent Ing for n moraent, then plunge llke n runnwny horse. Chnrles Solldny, wbose wlfe nnd dntighfors she hnd cn-vlcd-sho could not belleve her own eyes. Mrs. Sollday wns too exclted (o reranln in tho cnr when It npproached her locnllty, so slgnnllng to the con dtictor, she lcft the car nnd wnlked rnpldly townrd her horae. Hnrrying into tho house she wns met br Elsle, who hnd henrd tho news. The glrl was ns exclted ns her mother, nnd they tnlked over (he nstonlshlng sltuntlon. "Isn't II drendful for ncrthn nnd Ber nlce," snld Elsle. "They tlidu't come to school tc-'dny, and the glrls sali that their mother had hystcrlcs nud faintlng spells all dny. Thcre's fntber comlng now." "Tell hlm I nm upstnirs and I wnnt to spenk to hlm rlght tuvny," snld Mrs. Solldny ns she lmstcucd out of tho room. Wllllum Solldny lookcd vcry Hoborly nt hls prctty dnugliter, then tnrncd nnd WHlUed sloAvly to hls wlfo's room. Slio mct hlm nt tho door nnd tho tenrs wcro ruiinlng down her chceks. "Oh, Willlam, cnn you ever forglve ine," she began, "There, Ellzn, don't tako on so," snld her husbnnd, dropplng henvlly Into n blg chnlr, nnd taklng the trembllng woman In hls nrms. "But to thlnk thnt Chnrles hns done and where he is, aud where you might have been if " here she was unnble to go on. "Don't cry so, Eliza. It wlll be nll rlght in time," contlnued Mr. Solldny, nntting hls wlfo's shouldcr nnd hardly renllztng whnt he wns snylng. "Oh, but, Wlllinm, 1 would rnther live nlaln, nnd not have new thlngs nnd l'now that my husbnnd wns an honest mnn. Ahd you wero stronger than I wns, becnuse I was nfrnld of whnt peo ple would sny nnd I mlght hnve diiven you to do somethlng desperato just as Charles hns done," nnd she began to sbb with renowed vlolence. "Now, Ellza, Just llsten n mlnute," snld Wlllinm Solldny. "I hnd n chnnco tp mnke fifty dollnrs to-dny; thnt is, I recelved H on nn old nocount thnt I "11" yuu w;nnt lt to buy somo pretty thlngs for the little gui " "Oh, Wllllnhi, It's more than enough," retuvned the wlfe. "She wlll only need -n'piirt. or it nnd I wnnt you to hnve soino for yourself. I cnn't hnve my gpod mnn looklng shnbby," she cnded with a smllo around her mouth and ber husbnnd was too wlso to object. Aniong tho Iovely young glrls who were glnduntcd thpre wns none more bewitchlng thnn Ellse Solldny, ln her slmple gown and AVlthout nny jlngllng trlnkets. The Solldny twlns were not there, and with their wlthdrnwal from the clnss, the element of extrnvagance which threntened to be tho domlnnnt fenturo avbs ellininntetl. In girllsh fashlou the swing of the pendulum wns toward extVeme slmpllcity of dress, to the rellef of those whose means were Hmlted to a smnll outlny. "Our Ellse wns tho prettiest glrl in the clnss," snld Mrs. Solldny to her husbnnd that nlght. "How could she help it with sucJi a mother," he replied wlthout n moment's hesltatlon. Boston Cultlvator. RESOURCEFUL JAPAN. Thoie at Home Ald in the FreserTatlon of tlie Natlon. Tho splrlt thnt hns anlmnted the Jap nnese nntlon throughout the wnr with Il'ussia is illustrntea in a very strlking mnnner by the reports of various rellef work commlttees which havo renched Ehrope. One of these snys: "We hnvo to mentlon the Secret PJowing So clety of the young men of Nakngnwa vlllage, Gunma County, Qunmn Prefec tijre. Eith'er nt nlght o.r when nobody khqws, these young men co out and plow for those who are away nt the front the fnrms which Ho unplowcd nud unsowed on account of their cul- tlvators' absence, and thus help the la bor of their fnmllies left behind. In Melji vlllage of the same cbunty In the sanie prefeciture, nnd nlso ln Ashlkngn lecture. tuinge was neipea ana ngn cplturnl work wns sntisfnctorlly nc compllshed. In Kuze County, Kyoto Prefecture, the sohool-chlldren helped ln the tlllnge of tho fnrms of those who nro nt the front, nfter their school wn'p over." Another report' says: "In Shlrohlgnshl villnge, Yosa County, Kl oto rrefeeture, n new bufddlng wns put up for rnlslng sllkworms in innm- ory of thc present wnr, nnd young sllk worms, nfter the thlrd stage of their growth, are glvcn out to every house hold ln the vlllage. In Toyninn Pre fecture, the commlttee whose buslness ls to encournge industrles nre plnced in every town nnd villnge, nnd the mcthods of plowing and manuring nre cnrefully tnught so ns to lenvo no beneflt left unrenpcd. In Mle, Fuku- shlmn, and Tokuskima Prefectures, places for instructlrig ln the mnnufac- ture of tnpohnvebeen nowly established or Incrensed, ln order to encournge tho same manufncture." Here Is nnother extrnct: "The villnge nmster of Mlnnto vlllage, Snnbu County, Chlbn Prefec- tute, nccldcntally henrd on hls way to Toklo thnt there had becn very few of hls villngcrs who subscrlbed for the nntlonni lonn bonds nbove pnr, nud deeply impressed nnd very regretful, ho threw nwny the rnllwny tlcket ho had bought nnd hnstened home to hls iintlve villnge, where he prenched the importancc of publlc servlce at this ciltlcnl time, nnd flnnlly succeeded in persundlng the whole vlllage to snb scribe for the bonds nbove pnr." lle Stiltad llli Master. Tho messenger boy who answered a cnll from the hotel cafc was dlmlnu tive nnd of mournful nppenrnnce, nud ns he ehtered the room there snenked nt hls heels n wholly npolOgetlc nnd ranny-rlbbed dog. A guest tho Knn sas CJty Stnr intimntes thnt he hnd a weak spot for tho boys nnd dogs strdTled up nnd eyod tho pnlr. "Is that your pup?" he nsked.. "Ya-ns," replied the boy, ln a lovel tone. The mnn Ieanecl over, snnppcd hls flngers nnd smiled engaglngly. "Good dogl Nlce doggiel" ho conxed. "Here, slii Come up, slr!" But tho dog slunk bnck nnd hls tail tlghtened down between hls legs ns with n spiingt Hls wenk eyes wntered nnd he bllnked nppreheuslvely. Ho nppenred to hnve full knowledge of mnn's perfidy. "Your dog doesn't seem to be very frlendly, boy," commcnted the mnn. Thc dog's little mastcr eyed the bcnst with. melnncholy npproval. "Don't wnn hlm ter be frlendly," he replied, with eoltl dlgnlty. "Wnnt 'm ter be'fen-rr-ce!" r Tfovel Advertldlne. A sranrt navcrtlslug ldoa was thal .which wns recently Introduced ln Pnr ls. Four gcntletucn drcsscd In the hqlght of fnshlon wero sneli lelsnrel strolllrig on ono of tho boulcvards All wete nttlrcd exnctly nllke, nnd ench cnrrled n cnne. Suddonly thej stoppcd opposlte ono f tho cnfes Fnciug the people who sat onting, drlnking nnd tnlklng nt thc little tn bles dotted nhotit, nll clmultnneouHlJ bowed. Tho movemont set ln nctlou somo mechnnlcnl apparatus concenlnd bencnth their conts. Immcdlntclj their hnts wero lllumlnntcd, nnd there appeared in vlew nn ndvcrtisemeul recommcndlng tho publld to try som one's medlcine. Then, tnklng off thelt hnts with n swceping gesture, tho gon tlemen bowed ngnlu, rcvenllng fout bald hends, an ench of which wat pnlntcd thc sainc onnouncement, id hlack, DATCHING FISH WITH CORMORANTS Iiuw These Birds Arc Utilizcd by the l A''Z Ingcnioii3 Japanese. r 1ERRAPIN AND GOLOFISH FARMS IN. JAPAN. WWV.W.V.WAV.V'AmViV.VAVWMSmV.V.V.V. sZlQig HE orlgln of cormorant llsh h ing in Jopan ls lost ln n O O very reinote nntlqulty. At H R leust n thousnnd yenrs ngo SfWsr it ls known to havo llour ished, npd there Is n trndt tlon of lts exlstenco upward of two thousnnd yenrs ngo. Much romnnco nnd hlstory nre connected with the tlsh ery ln tho enrly dnys, and the nnines of somo of Jnpnn's greatcst warriors nnd stntesmen are associnted with it. While n commerclnl enterprlse, lt does not, however, glvo employment to raauy people and Is not conducted ln many places. It ls conflned to rlvers, and the most oxtenslve, intcrestlng nnd fninous flshcry ls thnt in the Nhgnrn Itlver nnd inost noted of tho cormor nnt flshlng vlllnges ls ln tho outsklrts of tho lnrgo city of Glfu. At tho tlmo of my vlslt, tho chief eor. mornnt ilshermnn, whoso nncqstors for mnny generntlons hnd engnged ln this lishery in tho snmo locnllty, ntttred hlmself ln tho pecullnr dress of the T. "," ih,T)urposo of cxhlblt ing hls blrds nntf ih pjoa ot hnndllng thom. Lnter ho nnd mi tbo other flshermcn on tho rlver wont to n rendezvous nnd gnvo n prnctlcnl am monstrntlon of corraornnt flshlng. The cormornnts nro controllcd by mcnns of n slendor cord, which passcs nround tho blrd's brenst nnd is tled in tho lnlddlo of the bnck. Tho cord ls mnde of woody flbers of tho crypto raeiin tree, with the exceptlon of a short section next to tho blrd, which conslsts of whalcbone. There is a snp plemental cord tled nround tho neck nt tho lower ond of the gullet for the purpose of preventing tho flsh from pnsslngf so fnr thnt they cannot be recovered. Tho tylng of this cord is n dellcato operatlon, for if too tlght lt may injure tho blrd nnd lf too loose lt wlll allow the flsh to bo swallowed. The flshery ls conducted from boats, which are of a speclal type, belug long, nnrrow dugouts, propelled prlmarily by pnddles, but when en route to tho flsh lng grounds often provlded with n snll. Each bont has a crew of four men nnd a complement of slxtecn cormornnts. Lnte in tho nfternoon the boats stnrt for a place in the rlver where flshlng wlll begln, tho cormornnts bolng stowed nwny ln palrs In bamboo bas Itets. Tho flshlng grounds cover many mlles, nnd operntlons nre con flned to Buccesslve sectlons of the river nlghtly, in nccordnnce with Inw. Stretches sovernl thousands yards in length nre set aslde ns lmperlnl re sorves, on which no flshlng ls permlt ted. As soon ns darkness provnlls a blnz Ing flre of plne wood is klndled in the iron bnsket ovcrhnnglug the bow of tho bont, nnd the boats drlft down strenm together, sometlmes in a mlxcd group, sometlmes in a llno extendlng ncross the rlver, ench gulded and pro pelled by two men. Tho cnptnlu, stnnd Ing nenr the bow, rannnges twelve cor mornnts and hls asslstnnt four, the cords bolng held between the flngers nnd frennently shlfted ns tho blrds. rmoveapoTin--Trm dlvlng nnd dnrtlng in nll dlrections, those of dlfferent boats often mlngUng, lt is a wonder that they do not soon becomo lnoxtrlcably tangled, but so skillfully nre they mnnnged thnt the lines rnrely becorae fouled. In n short time tho cormornnts' gullets begln to bnlge with ayu; when they nre well filled the blrds nre pulled up to tho gun wnles ono by ono nud their cntch is crentlv snueezcd into bnskets. This contlnues for severnl hours, nnd ench cormorant mny flll its gullet flfteen to twenty tlmos. Spectators usunlly go to tho flshlng grounds in n Ulnd of bnrge, llluml nntcd by lnnterns, nnd cnt their din ner on bonrd whllo waltlng nt a con venlent point for the flshlng bonts to nrrlve. Durlng tho evenlng when i wltnessed tho flshery tho seven bonts In whoso operntlons I wns pnrticulnrly interested nvernged 700 or 800 flsh nplece, nnd the aggregnto cntch wns worth $150 n very respectnblo sum to Jnpnnese flshermcn. The flshery is prosecuted with en thuslnsm by both men nnd cormornnts, nnd tho shonts of the llshermen, tho honrso. cronklng of tho blrds, the rnsh of tho mountain strenm, the splnshlng nnd crenklng of the pnddles, the hlss lug of tho embcrs ns they fnll into tho wnter, the wclrd Hghts nnd shndows comblnc to mnke a performnnce which n Westerner is not llkely soon to for- TEUBAPIN FARMS. Tho cultlvntlon of wntcr products hns gone hnnd ln hnnd with tho flshcrles, nnd ln ccrtnlu llnes hns nttnlned grenter perfectlon nnd oxtent thnn In any other country. The rnlslng of ter rnpln, which with us is nn unsolved problem nnd hns only recently been leiiously consldercd, hns for years becn vcry successfully cnrrled on by tho Japanese. I vlslted n terrapin fnrm ncnr Tokio, whcro 50,000 to 00,000 nrtlflclnlly grown terrnpln nro placcd on tho market nnnunlly. Wlthout nny outsldo nid or suggcstlons, tho Jnpan cse hnvo evolved specinl methods for tho cultlvntlon of mnny klnds of mol lusks, includlng tho penti oystcr, the nrk-shell, sovernl clnlms, nnd vnrlous other Inmelllbranchs, nud, ln'ndditlon, thc commou oyster. Thnt tho Jnpancso shonld rcalize the importnnco of oyster culturo is not strnnge; but thnt they should hnvo tnken it up n ccntury beforo our nn tlon wns born nnd hnvo rccognlzcd tbe most csscntlnl fnctor ln succcssful cultlvntlon, nnmcly, lndlvldunl owncr shlp or control of tho oystcr bottoms, comcs ns somethlng of n shock to our nntlonni prldo when wo remember thnt In tho most Importnnt oyster rc glon ln tho world, wlthln a short dls tnncc of tho cnpltal of tho Unlted Stntes, tho vltnl prlnclples of oystcr cultnrc nro lgnorcd nnd cfforts to np ply thcm nro rcsistcd sometlmes by forco of nrms. The cultlvntlon of oystors hns renched grcntest perfec tlon ln the Inland Sen ncnr Hiroshlmn, nnd somo vcry lngonlons methods hnvo thero been evolved, which nro de scrlbod In a pnpcr by Dr. Bnshford Dcnn recently published by tho Unltcd Stntes Burcnu of Flsheiies. Among tho flshes regulnrly cultivnted nre tho eel, thc mullut, tho cnrp, tbo goldtlsh, nnd sovernl eidmon nnd trout. Tho Importnnt snlmon flshery ln north ern Jnpnn hnvlng suffercd frdm deplc tlon of the strcnuis, tho goverument sent n rcptcsentntlve to this country twcnty yenrs ngo to study our hntchlng methods. It goes wlthout snylng thnt ho took homo with hlm n wcll.flllcd noto book, nud, In nddltlon, the plnns of one of our snlmon hntqherles, nnd ehortly nftcrwnrds from those plnns liullt In Hokknido thc llrst snlmon lmtchcry In Asln. AVIth ihls ns n model nud ceutre, snlmon culture in .Tnpiiu hns stendlly grown, nutll thuro nro now elghtcen snlmon hntcherles ln Honshu nnd Hokknido, nnd Jnpnn hns become the only competltor of tho Unlted Stntes in the nrtiflclnl propngntlon of salmon. Tho cnrp hns beeii cultivnted from very nncient tlraes nud now recelves much nttentlou. In tho Toklo dlstrlct nlone 225 ncres of pools nre devoted to cnrp culturo, nnd the nnnual crop is upwnrd of 400,000 pounds, vnlued nt $15,000. In ono vlllngo in tho Glfu prefecture 250 ncros of pnddy flelds, ln which thero ls growlug rlce, hnvo recently becn devoted to cnrp culturo by tho locnl ngrlcultural soclcty, nnd 25,000,000 yopiigllsh nrc now procurcd there nnnunlly nnd sold for stocklng puriwses. It is a slgnlflcnnt fnct thnt tho cnrp not only does not lnjure the ilco plnnts, but beucflts them by de vouiing destructlve lusects, wherens In this country one of the very loud est nud longest wnll """IBt inirp Is thnt It uproots nquntic vpgetntion, GOLDPISH PAHMS. "'rjio' goldtlsh recelvcB hi.ub ntunin. thnn nny other specles, nnd tho phico lt holds in the nffectlons of tho umsses Illustrntes ono of the rnclnl chnrnctcr Istlcs of tho Jnpnnese nnmcly, tho love for tho benutlful nnd ornnmentnl, nud tlie tlmo nnd money nll clnsses beslow on thlngs thnt nppenl to the esthetlc rn,ther thnn to the merceunry nnd prac tlcnl, Although the goldtlsh occnrs in n wild stnte in Jnpnn, it Is probablo thnt Chinn some 400 years ngo fur- nlshcd tho stock from Avhlch the won- derful vniietles of Jnpnnese goldflsh hnve been bred. It ls reported thnt In feudnl dnys, even when fnmlne. wns nbrond ln the lnnd nnd mnny people Avere stnrvlng, the trnde ln goldtlsh wns flourlshlng. The demnud nt pres cnt appenrs to be Avlthout llmlt. nnd tho ontput shows n substnntlnl In crenso ench yenr. Mnny thousnnds of people mnke n lhing by growlng goldflsh for markct, nnd hundreds of peddlors cnrry tho flsh through the streets nnd nlong the country ronds In woodcn tubs suspended from a shoulder bnr. The leadlng goldflsh centre Is Korl yamn, ncnr the nncient cnpltnl city of Nnrn. Hero nre 350 Indepcndent hrcedlng estnbllshmcnts, whose yeniiy product runs fnr into the mllllons. One fnrm which I vlslted wns stnrted 140 yenrs ngo; nt flrst it wns conducted mercly for the plensnre of thc owner, but it evcntunlly becnme a commerclnj enterprlse nnd is now very profltnble. Tho hlstory nnd methods of goldflsh culture ln Jnpnn constltute n verv en gnglng theme, not less Intcrestlng to tho blologlst than to the flsh culturlst. Some of tho current Americnn idens of the mnnner ln which tho remnrknble vniietles hnve been produced nre'pre posterous, nnd evoked much merrlment nmong the Jnpnnese when I mentloned thcm. Nntlonni Gcogrnphlc Mngnzlne a tjuro i'or the Iimuteratlon Evll In nn interesting nrtlcle ln Hnrper's Weekly on the immlgrntlon problem, Broughton Brandenburg considers n number of Miggestlons mndo by vnri ous nuthorltles proposlng solutions of the questlon. Some of these sugges tlons he dlsposes of ns follows: Presldent Roosevelt (If correctly re ported: "A tnx of 25 per hcnd." The Immlgrnnt nierely wlll hnvo thnt much more to borrow. Dr. S. M. Gregory, Psychopath, Belle. vue Ilospitnl: "Immlgrnnts from more slowly-moV' ing Europe hnve their mlnds nnd bod les overtnxcd by Americnn city llfe. So induce them to ndopt rurnl llfe." How? Dr. Adolphe Dnnzlger, lnte consul at Aberdeen, Scotland. nnd nt Mndrid; "Stop 8hlps from Inndlng immlgrnnts nt nny enstcrn ports nbovo Chnrles ton, South Cnrollnn." Dlsensed nnd debarred lmmigrnnts wlll go to Mexlco, nnd wnde the Bio Grnnde to rench Boston. Dr. Brnndenburg's own solutlon of tho problem provldes for boards of Americnn inspectors, selected by civll servlce process, nnd stntioned nt for elgn ports to exnmlno nnd pnss upon tho qunllflcntlons of intcndlng imml grnnts. "Kgnriied IVItli Tlianki." Somo of our renders, we nre snre, hnvo been crossed in llternture which ls consldered by some to bo a good denl worse thnn being crossed ln love. To these, nnd to others only less, the romnnco of "neturned AVith Thnnks," as set out shortly ln the Bystnnder, should be Intcrestlng. Wo rend thnt Mnnrten Mnmiens wns forced to prlnt hls flrst book hlmself. Qulte recently Mr. .7. J. Bcll mnde nbout $20,000 out of n tlny book, "Wee Mncgrcegor," for which no publlsher Avould mnke nn offer, though the nu thor would hnvo sold tho cntlre copy rlght for flfty dollnrs. Thlnk of Thnckerny's "Vnnlty Pnlr', rofused by Colburn's Mngnzlne hs lnck lug in interest, nltliough wrltten ex pressly for thnt publlcntlou, nnd re fused by every publlcntlou to whom it wns nfterwnrd submltted, Thnckcrny published lt nt hls own rlsk. Tho snme ls true of Stcrne's "Trls trnm Shnndy." Keble's "Chrlstlnn Yenr" wns offered to n publlsher for $100, nnd flnnlly published nt its nu thor's rlsk, bringlng hlm in, lt ls snld, $200,000 durlng hls lifetlme.-London Nows. Cat Mahes It Ilomellbe. On n slde Strcet nenr the Rhnnntnir dlstrlct is a womnn's ten room, which mny bo found crowded with women shoppers nt tho lunch hour. It is dnmuiy rurnisiica nll in one subdued tlnt; tbo wnltrcsscs nrc soft footed nnd soft volccd, cnkcs nnd ice crcams nre a speclnlty, nnd to ndd tho lnst touch to this femlnlne lntorlor thero is n cnt. She hns nll tho nlensinc nudnoitv nt n pct. She wnnders from tnble to tn- uio inrouguoui xno mncii nonr, de mnndlnc their cholcest tlilhtfa nt i,n guesis; nnd the curious spectnclo mny uo iianjf BKvu ui liisuionaoiy gowned women lunchlng nt n downtown res tnurnut with n cnt in their nrms. New YorK i'ress. A Lone-Rauce Vmir. ., Rnmo nluetv nillllmia nt uni. " " - 1'ivifiu tlu. Atlnntlc hnvn vnlnml 41.,1..' aii. - ,,,K4fc iUViil nnd their dlgestions by n iltct of hot . . .t .. . i . urenu uhu uunujf wasueu wown jvitu lced water. London Telegfriph. Austrla-Hungnry ilins 18.000 medlenl meu to tnkecnreof-n nopulntldn of '47.- 000,000, y BRINOINQ HER AROUND, Vlia OH, Old Story Told ln Another Way. Ilavlug recelved her modern educa' tlon, Gertrudo wns lct looso upon n unsuspcctlng world. Shq pcrinlttcd hcrsclf to tnko n vralk ln tho woods. "Nnture," anld Gcrtrude, somowhht deprccntlngly, "hns been brought up on wholly unconvcntlounl lluea. Sho Iiub, nlnsl no system. Thcso tree truiiks nro ullowed to fnll ludlscrlmln utely. Such wnstel Aud ns for con servntlon of cnergy, whero Is it? Everywhcve I seo nbout me pnthctlc evldences of gross cnrclessness, not to menUon wholly bnd nrtlstlc eliccts." Iteturning to hor pnrents, sho vlowed them nlso with a certuln suvor of dls crimlnntivc critlclsm. "You npponr," she sald, "to be bnflled by your surroundlngs. There ls an lutelllgent calmness thnt comes froin phllosophlc reslgnntlon, to which vou nro wholly ullen. Your servnnts when you hnvo them oppress you Your fiiendshlps, mnde wholly wlthout regnrd to utilltnrlanlsm, are too often unproductlvo ot anythlng but vnln plonsure, thus weakenlng your mornl ilbie. A more intelllgent use of tho prlnclples of soclology would produce ln you n greater symmetry. lon wor ry, wlthout kuowlng that worry is nierely moleculnr, or pcrcelvlng for n moment thnt thero is n psychology of the lipnrthBtone which, lf judlclously npplled, would 11ft you nbovo vnlgnr routlne." - porccn-DyTJircumstflllces beyond hor ImuiPdlntG control sho wns olillged to pns,$ n few wceks ntn suuimer resort "Gregniiousnpss," snld Gertrudp, "Is -nftciltlmps ninnslnir ln Hs nttoHnr nK pects. Tlieso poor toois, luueu uy "eerx tnln pnrnlogisms of the mlnd, imngine they nro hnvlng n good time. And yet how nbsurd. their pose. Did they but know thnt thlngs nre not whnt they seem thnt the sen ls morely n sensn- tlon, nnd fleetlng styles in bathlng gnr niorits only an nppenl to the excltatlon of the gnngllonlc centres, they would seek in s'lmple conteraplntlon whnt plensure there ls In subjectlvlty, nud shnke off the shnckles of mere mnte rlnllsm." Whlle rccordlng tlieso phenoraonn, nnd belug for a moment qulte nlone on the bench, with tho llght of tho nioon overhend, sho wns npproached by a young mnn, who upon severnl prevlous occnslons had ohtruded hlmself upon her consclousness. "I love you," said the young man. "Love," replied .Gertrude, "Is purely relntlve in lts nctlon, nnd" cnn never be n thlng-ln-ltself. It hns no objectlve vulldlty." "It Is extremely plensnnt," snld the young mnn, tnklng her haild. "Pleasure and pnln," replied Ger trude, "are slmply sensntlons obeylng the law of contrnst. If nll thlngs wer rcduced to an nbsolute zero, there would be nothlng nt all. Whnt we term renllty is nothlng but tho lnter- changlng of nctivltles, produclng heat which becomes lntent ln objects, thus ennbllng us to differentiate their iden tlty." "Good," sald the young man. "I per ceive that you nro wound up, but be llevlng ns I do thnt nt henrt you nre In renllty n sweet nnd lovnblo glrl, I'in golng to let you run on. Por I love you, with nll your pecullnrltles. You do the tnlklng nnd Iil do tho love- mnklng. I hnve come to stny." A week lnter, when the moon hnd renched lts full, nud the soft sympn- " 1 "' " innrn lilllll)tr.Jlli'eiJtflJtQ,. n supreuie Joy that she had never felt hefore when earth nnd nlr nnd sky seemed to surronnd them, with n hoav cnly sweetness Gertrude sntonee moro with her hend. on the young mnn's shoulder. "Denrest," she murmured, "wlll you forglve mo for nll my nonsense?" And he smiled lndulgently ns he snld: "Ycs, dnrling, I knew you would re cover nll rlght. But I want you to promlse me one thlng." "Anythlng!" cxclnlmed Gertrude, penltently, ns she snuggled up n little closer. "Whntisit?" "Only this," replied the young mnn, ns a momenfary shadow flltted across hls face nt thc thought of whnt he had endured for her sake: "Promlsb me that you wlll never havo n relnpse." Tom Mnsson, In Llfe. The Crucl 'Hanco." There would nnnenr to be no senson o the yenr in which calamlty ln somo form does not He lu walt for cnttle left to shlft for themselves on tho great plains. In winter they slowly perlsh from long-contlnued cold and lnck of food. In tho spiing storms destroy the young and the less endurlng of the older stock. Lnter they perlsh from sunimer nnd nutumnnl droughts. Thc indlcntions nre thnt the rangc stcer is golng out of exlstence in n slmllnrly perverse wny. With hlm goes the cowboy, the most plcturesque llgure of an Immnture Western clvlllza tlon. He gnye us some flne types. Did not Roosevelt hlmself develop from n cowboy? But even Itoosevelt to-dny condemns the rnngo system, with lts wnsteful use of lnnd nnd its necessnry monopo lles, ns well ns its crucltlos. So lt wlll not be long ere the spectncle of cnttle perlshlng ln thousnnds ns the result of n henrtlcss system wlll hnvo be come somethlng of the pnst. Tho "Western stockmnn" wlll knve become n fnrmer. St. Pnul Ploneer-Fress. Why Don't You? Why don't you nnswer your frlcnd's letter at once? Why don't you make the promised vlslt to thnt lnvnlld? Sho is looklng for you dny nfter dny. Why don't you send nwny that little gift you'vo been plannlng to send? Mere klnd iutentlon never nccoinpllshes nny good. Why don't you try to shnro tho bur- deu of thnt sorrowful one who works beslde you7 Is lt becnuse you nre growlng selflsh? Why don't you speak out the cn- couragiug words that you have ln your thoughts? Unless you express them they nro of no use to others. Why don't you tnke more palns to be elf-sacrlflclng nnd loving In the every- dny homo llfe? Tlmo is rnpldly pass Ing. Your denr ones wlll not be with you nlwnys. Why don't you create nround you an atmosphere of hnpplness nnd helpful ncss so thnt all who come ln touch with you mny be mndo better? Is not this posslble? Class Mnte. The ITntband'a Letrem. Should wlves onen their husbnnds' Inttpi-s? This erentlv deDends on the liitnlinnil. snvs Chic. If he bi nf tmrh n stendy golng nature that hls wifo hns perfect tvust in hlm, she cnn comfort nhlv nllow hlm to rend hls Ietters. If. however, he- be of a gay nnd rovlng dlsposltlon, lt is cienriy nef tluty to protect hlm from nll eplstolnry temp- tntion, in spiio oi me mci inni-nc mny not bo proruseiy grnterui. nudvnrd Klpllng says that tlie dp. vclonment of the autouioblle has Iiphp. fited humanJty. ' A 8ubtle Flatterer. A Scotch dlvine, who was a bacho lor, nnd whoso mnnso was In tho keep Ing of nn old housekeepor cnlled Jn not, wns constantly nnnoyed by the fnct that tho good dnmo always fell fast nsleop ns soon as ho enterod tho pulplt, whereas she kopt wldo awako whonever n stranger was tho preach or. Ono day ho summoned hls courngo to tho stlcklng polnt and tackled tho old lady on tho subject. "Janet," sald he, "yo ken when I preach you're almost always fast asleop beforo I've well glven out my text; but when any of these young mcn from St. An drew's prench for ine, I see you never sleep n wlnk. Now, thnt's whnt I call no uslng mo as you should do." '.riTC.?,''M'-" "h-lv- "U hnt, n'? I'll soon tell yo tho renson of that. When you prench, we a' ken the Word of God is safe ln your hands; but when thne young iilrkles' tnk' lt ln hnnd mn certio! but it tnk's us a' to look nfter them." Glasgow Evenlng Tlmes. A Costly Desk. A desk from the Metteruich art col ection nt Koenlgswnrt (Bohemla) has been sold for 40,000. Tho desk is of rosewood and gold, and Is one of the cholcest mnsterpleccs of Prench nr tlstlc crnft ot the 18th century. It wns made a present by Napoleon I. to Prlnce Metternlch. It was oiigin nlly glven to the Duc de Cholseul by Louls Qulnzo. Prinress Paullne Met ternlch declarcd to an intervlewer that 80,000 were offered for tho desk durlng the llfctime of her husband, the late ambassador ln Pnrls. The desk ls sald to have been bought by 4 Pnrls museuni. London Chronlcle. The flrst Western Stnte to possess a rallroad was Mlchlgan, In 1830. FITSpermanentlycured. Nofltsorncrvoui nnss aftor ilrst day's nae of I)r. Kllne's Great Nervellestorer,$2trlal bottleand treatlso f rno Dr. It. II. Kr,iNB,Ltd.,931AreliSt.,PhHa., Pa. Alcohol is comine into considerable use for illumination in l'rance. Uo Allen't 7ooMto. Itlsthe only euro for Swollen, Smftrtln, Tlred, Achlag, Hot, SweatlnR Feet.Corns and ' Buulo&a. Askfor AlIou'sFoot-Kaae, apowder tobe shaken Into the ahoen. uSrea whlle yo.i walt. At all DrugQlsts nud Shoo Store?, 25o. Don't nocept anr sub.itltuto. Samplo sent Vrek. Addrei.i.Allou K. Olmsted.LeTtoy, N.Y. A librarian declaies there are more than 1,500,(100 novels. MrB.Wlnalow'sSoothtnnSyrup forCblldren .teothintf , sof ton tho Kums.reduees inflammn--.miijm irrt y ftl lr,vuiT7f,TT t ut. -mv, ..... In 1750 diamonda were sold in Europe at $40 n carat. Plso's Cureo.iunot be too htghly apolcaao: teacough cure. J. W. O'UaiEy, S22Thlcl Avonue, X., Mlnnenpolb, Mlnu., Juu.ti.lM), The German ilag waa lirst unfm-led in 1S67. South American Letter Press. 'Clgaretts and conversatlon, and ragtlme dancing on ledgers," snld Cnpt. Robert Quinton of the llghtshlp Blunt's Reef, which recently complet ed a unlquo voynge ot 15,000 mlles from New York to San Franclsco, "constltute the chief reasons why the races of South America aro behind thoso of North America In all Import nnt partlculars. As to the clgarettes nnd the conversatlon, I wlll nrrlvo ln a mlnute. but flrst of all I wlll speak of the rngtlme dancing. In our busl ness ofllce in San Franclsco when the clerks wlsh to take a copy of a letter or any other buslness document, why, of course, they take a copy In a proper and ordinary copying machlne. But down In these South American coun trles when they wlsh to do that trlck, why, the letter or other document ls put between the carbon sheets in a bfg book, which ls put on the floor, and then the clerks do a dance upon the book to take the copy. Say, lt ls the funniest slght in the world to see nll those clerks, every one of them with a clgarette In hls llps, dancing upon tho books." San Franclsco Chronlcle. Watery Help. A man telephoned to the Coates House recently asklng the clerk, Geo. Mong, lf D. M. Pond was employed there. Mr. Mong turned to W. E. Gardner, the cashler and tlmekeeper, and repeated tho questlon. Gardner looked ln the book to-see. "No," he replied, "no Pond here, but we have Dlck Rlvers In the kltchen and Chnrley Wnters ln the englne room. Wlll they do?" Kansas City Times. WANTED TO SLEEP.' Curloua That a Tired Preaohsr Shonld Hava Such Deatro. A minister spcaks of the curious ef fect of Grape-Nuts food. on hlm nnd how it has relloved hlm. "You wlll doubtlcss understand how the suffering with lndigestion with which I used to be troublcd made my work an nlniost unendurnble burden, aud why lt wns that after my Sabbnth dutlcs had been pcrforined, sleep was a stranger to ray plllow tlll nearly dny llght. "I hnd to be very cnreful as to what I ate, and even with all my care I ex- pciienccd polgnnut physlcnl dlstress nfter meals, nnd my food never sa'tl's- fled me. "Slx months hnve elnpscd slnce I be- gnn to uso Grnpe-Nuts food, and the hencfits I have derlved from lt are very dellnitc. I uo longer suffer from lndi gestion, and I began to improve from the time Grape-Nuts nppenred on our tnble. I flnd thnt by eatlng n dish of it after my Sabbath work is done (and I always do so uow).jny nerves nre quleted and rest nnd refreshlng sleep nrc Insured me. I feel that I could not posslbly do wlthout Grape-Nuts food, now thnt I know its value. It is Inva rlably on our tabe we feel that we need It to complete tho meaWand our chlldren wlll eat Grape-Nuts when they cannot be persunded to touch any thlng clsc." Name glven by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mlch. There's a renson. Read the fnmous little book, "The Boad to Wellvllle," ln each pkg, Our Cold Wnves. Wo Amerlcnns nre nlwnys talklng nbout our niountalns of gold nnd coal nnd Iron, of our fnt flehlB of corn nnd whcnt. but few of us over rcal ize thnt wo hnvo In our cllmnto a great ndvniifneo over nll other na tlons. In tho oold wnvo which In summer nnd winter so often sweeps ncrnss tho lnnd nnd sends the thor momotor tuiubllng 30 degrees In al most as mnny nilnutcs, we hnve n con stnnt, n never dlmlnlshlng nsset of prlceless value. Tho wnve ncta ns a tonlc, but, unllke nny tonlc made by ma'n, It cnrrlos no renctlon. No other lnnd hns cold wnves llko ours. To the cold dry nlr of this perlodtc cold wnjrp, which brlngs extrnordlnnry clinuges of teniperature, we owo much rnoe Ccntury. CONSTANT ACHINC. Bnck irrfies nll tho tlmo. Spolls yonr nppetlte, weniies tho body, worrles the mlnd. Klilnpys cnuso It nll nnd Doau's Kldnoy PlllsrelU'vo. unq cnrc lt. II . H. McCarver, of 201 Cherry tit.. Portlund, Ore., Iu sppctor of froght for thc Trnns-Cmi-tlnentnl Co., snys: "I used Donn'sKld ney Pills for bnck nche nnd other symptoins of kld ney trouble which hnd nnnoyed niefor montlis. I thlnk n cold wns responsl blo for the whnlo troub.o. It seemed (o settle ln my kld neys. Dnnn's Klduey Iills rootcd lt out. lt Is severnl moiitlis slntc I used them, nnd np to ilato ;hpro hns been no recurrenre of the tiouble." Donn's Kldney Pllls nre for snle by all denlers price 50 cents per box. Fos-tpr-Mllburu Co., Buffiilo, N. Y. Cause. Prosecutor (examlnlng talesman) Hnvo you ever known the prlBoner or hls counsel? Tnlesmnn Yes hls counsel gave me some advice once ln a lawsult. Prosecutor You aro excused you would evidently sympathlze with tha prisoner. Llfe. Doubtful. "She looks well preserved." "Oh, yes; but I hnrdly thlnk she wotim-staiiatt cuottit . Llfe. Tho buslness- of selling the man darln rank in China has been so much overdone that buyers are be comlng scarce. I'lnnt Llne, Ocenn tvlps to Novn Scotln, Cnpe Breton, Prince Edwnrd Islnud or New rniiiHllnnd. Sl. ilnyn' crulso 1400 mlles for $18. Kiom lloston, overy Tuesday nud Satiirdny 1'-' nnnu. Uest trout aud salmon llsliing nud shootlng. Benutltul pconery. This don't hnlf tell it. Send etntnp for booklot, mnpf", eto. A. W. Perry, Gen. Mgr., Unlon VVhnrf, Boston. Lloyds, the famous marltlme agency had lts beglnning over two hundred years ago. 728 "I hid tronble with my boweli which made my blopd lmcun. M faoe wi covered with plmpTii which no txterDal remedy could rvmoTe. I trled yonr Caiciet and creai vu my Joy when tha rlmplet dliappearcd after a month'i steady o. havo recoipueiided them to all my frlendi aad lte.a fow hav foand rellef." O. J. f uich, W7 Park Ave.. Now Tork City, M. T, Ptanant, Palatable, Potent.Taf te Good. Do Qoet. Hiter Slcken, Weakea or Orlp. ltc. Mc.Me.NerS Jold In bnlk. The cenalue tablet itaraped OOCC Isaranteed to core or yonr money back Bterllng Remedy Co., Chlcago or N.Y. 6oo AHHUflLSLE,TEH M1LLI0H BOXES FOR WOMEN troublcd with ills ceciillir to their lex, used at a douchs ii marvclouelync. Itops dlscbatgea, beala inOammation and locai oreness, cures leucorrbcea aud nasal catanh, Paiilne ls In pdwdcr lorm to, be dUsolved in purs water, and is iar more cleansing, healing, eermlcUal and economical than liquld antiieptlcsf cr all TOILET AND WOMGN'8 SPCIAL, U6E3 For ule at dru ggists, C0 cents a box. Trlal Box and Boolc of Imtructlona Free. Thc n. paxton company Booton, us. ROAD MAPS 0 New Enfrland. Xew Jereey aml w York by dietricta; some dfstrli'ts 25c, eouieiM'c; liindsomely rolnred; roads nnd point 8 of iuterest sliowniof riealer or by malhrSfnd for d( BOrtptl vb rataiogue. lil.it. IT. V. IjKKR iV !!. LfthouraiiberB. 21 Higli St., nenr Kowca Wlnrf, Bonton. iOVo CUARAMTEED Tadinir Pennsj lranin Corporatlon oft'era a llmlted amount of rartlal n'ork for ubrrltlon, at par Qb Kreliaro. Uhldfiuln of not Uss tlion lu rercent per annum iruarantefd. InventorB risblnir to make an extremely ronnervatlTe inTFttinent of any amount, ln a practlralh elaw rorporatlnti ahmtld writ for partlrularn tmlay. lmtM'll Oray, Klscal Arent, Brldga andOardenHtM llrideslrarir. Plilladelpbia, Pa. ARE YOU LUCKY7 Lncky daya lirinif sucresf, healtb and proa perlty; unlucky daya, dUanter, tlcknes and rala. i'lnd tbe lucky ones 1 ran tell you. Your irood dari for one mnuth, 1'. Seml raitlculara of blrth. Al'OLLON, Lotlt IJox IW, New York Ulty. ra S 191 I Attorney, Washington, ,D. C. MaOroatEnsllsh Remody jBH BLAR'S PILLSWMm tmfS WBTftfi flSf fallS. Dett Comib i eyrup. Taatca uooj. uae I ln ttme.