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The Lexington Advertiser THE ADVERIISER FIB. CO., Publishers. LEXINGTON. : 71 MISSISSIPPI. There Is Still Room. Charles M. Schwab's he ply to tin declaration of Prof. Nathaniel Butlei that the day of the self-made man it «ver is valuable as coming from om ■who. having made his own way in thf world, is as well informed on condi tfons existing to-day as any man ir the country. Mr. Schwab, comments -the Detroit Free Press, takes strong exceptions to such a statement, insist lng that opportunities for young men were never more plentiful, and that there is every chance for the one de termined to come to the front to win success. A glance at the situation lends color to Mr. Schwab's argument There is a growing tendency to decry the limitations which corporation; place about individual effort and the difficulty experienced by those de priced of extended educational ad vantages in gaining recognition when pitted against more fortunate Individ uals. As a matter of fact, there nevei was a time when merit commanded the compensation it now receives, porations are reaching out for bright young men and paying well for theii services when they And them. Chances for advancement are as numerous as ever, in spite of the increased t-xac tions imposed by the requirements o! modern commercial life. The young man made of the right stuff will comt to the front if he asserts himself The one disinclined to exert himsell will continue to remain in the back ground and lament the lack of oppor tunity, It has always been so, ant will continue to be, the assertions o/ Prof. Butler and others of his class to the contrary notwithstanding. Cor Business Strain. The Chicago board of health has compiled some interesting statistics which show that deaths from nervous disorders have materially decreased in the Windy City of late years. This is not at all because the business pact has slackened or because we are less burdened with affairs, declares the Sat urday Evening Post. It is because goli and country clubs have come intc vogue, and. as a rule, business men are conducting themselves more sensi bly when away from their desks. The dragon of overwork, which is repre sented as annually devouring the flow er of our commercial manhood in the great centers, is in sober fact hardlj more deadly than his papier-macht brother in the opera of Siegfried Ninety-nine times out of a hundred il Isn't what you do when in the office, but what you do when away from it, that determines the state of your nervous system. The bartender and othei servitors of the lower nature could throw a great flood of light on those horrifying stories about the devasta tion wrought by business strain. Not long ago the builder of a large mercial enterprise was gathered to his fathers in middle age and in a very shattered condition. The fact fur nished a text for various preachments about the deadliness of modern busi ness—in which, however, no mention was made of the two pints of whisky the 20 black cigars and the several hours' devotion to the poker-table which figured in t*he daily regimen ol the deceased, and which presumably had something to do with the wreck Of his nerves. com Women in Banking. On a capita! stock of $5,000 the Bank ot Joplin, in Missouri, reports $250,00C in surplus funds; deposits, $476,57!); interest and exchange, $5,311. The bank's cashier, assistant cashier and three bookkeepers are women. in the state of Iowa, slates the New York World, are at present 14 women bank cashiers and 18 women assistant cash iers. Two-thirds of these officials started as bookkeepers. No Iowa bank directed by a woman has ever failed, and no woman placed in a bank posi tion of trust has proved unfaithful. And this in a state which has seen 36 tank failures in five years, leading to six suicides and six convictions in the criminal courts. It has been said that in the small things of life—par ticularly in trifling social emergencies —women are more readily dishonest than men. So far as the evidence of two states goes, the ratio of reliability fh large fiduciary affairs seems to turn the other way. Iowa and Missouri should not b® lost upon depositors and policy holders elsewhere. It may be necessary to de mand lor the common good that bank ing and insurance affairs in general shall pass to the control of the safer ■The returns from sex. The vestrymen of old Trinity church, on Broadway opposite Wall street. New York, recently refused $3,000,000 for the site, which was want ed for sky This is not the first time that a large sum has been offered for the property, but the vestrymen steadfastly turn their backs on all such prospect*, mindful of the historical associations connected with the old place, and per haps reflecting that the Trinity cor poration, already enormously wealthy, does not need the money. •aper office buildings. More than passing Interest attaches to the announcement that a railroad company has placed orders for 1,500 pressed steel passenger coaches, in rolving an expenditure of over $ 7 , $00,000. It marks the first step by the railroads In the country toward abol ishing wooden passenger cars, langer from coaches of the patterns oow in common use has long been apparent. In the event of wreck h... »f life has usually been attributable to the ease with which they were crushed and burned. The A SONG OF STREET LABOR. I They arc working, beneath the sun, In Its red-hot handing glare, Iri the dust from the toiling team, In the noise of the thoroughfare. See them swing and bend, fai down to the end, With the rhythm of the strokes they kea,. Thr cords of the sinewy arms Stand out like the cable s twist; No blow sf.a.l miss ur.d no stroke shall fail From the grasp of the brawny fist, I As 'k* *jj uUi<,er * wing * wlltn th,: *' ick " a * | And thd hand springs Arm from the wrist. I shod Let the feet of the dain: Pass by on the other Where the youth of the si tor back and limb Stands watching—the list.' with ewe "8 day's toil—ami arc satisfied. | A Lord, in American Illustrated j i J j ■ yed; nd with i lin and the j v If. The —-Cardin Magazine n I | ! THE BORROWED FIANCE I Tbs Campaign (or a Maiden Aunt's Fortune. By HAMS KORINA P OST OFFICE CLERK 8CHIN-! DF.RL'S family were the fortunate possessors of a real, live aunt. who. carefully calculated, was worth at least Sot) crowns. Needless to say, this worthy elderly lady was spoiled and petted In every conceivable way during her yearjy visits to the Schlnderl family. Mizzi, the only daughter of the Schin derl's, was therefore considered heiress presumptive to her aunt's fortune; and as this became known, various aspirants to her hand presented themselves. But. strange to relate, of all her suitors none took the final step. Thus several years passed, grew older, but remained fret would gladly have accepted even a petty official, which, however, her mother would not consider for a moment. j ■ Mizzi She -tf! Such a person is not good enough for you, my child," she would say. your aunt ever dies you will dispose of a large fortune entirely unsuited to obscure position in society." At last an assessor, over his ears in an debt, appeared on the scene. The young man was in a great hurry to declare himself and ask for the hand of the heiress. Mizzi dutifully referred him to hor: That very day the mother, and Mrs. Schlnderl gave her blissful consent. *1 ! V Jf — uv * a j I - i ■ M EJ 1/7 Tf i ■ Ml I 1 , >1 s CM / •/ >% , ^ 1-pi \ y ' Att . |l "AYIIAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?" following telegram went to the rich mnt; "Mizzi engaged to be married. Let ter follows." The letter, however, did not follow Immediately, That evening when the fiance was sitting in the family circle at the Schinderls' and smoking one of papa's cigars, he asked carelessly: "By the way, how old is this Aunt Mina?" "Aunt Mina? Oh, only prospective mother-in-law replied, in nocently. "What? Only 46!" the assessor ex tlaimed in amazement. "1 thought, she was a very old lady." Thereupon he became more and more monosyllabic, and at last bade the family a rather distant good night. The next morning a letter came, in which he broke the engagement in the firiest and most conventional terms. (Vlmost at the same moment a tele gram arrived from Aunt Mizzi: "Warm congratulations. Am com ing to-day." The excitement at the Schinderls' was beyond description. "Auntie is coming to celebrate the engagement and there is no fiance. Oh. she will be fearfully angry," the dis appointed mother exclaimed again and again. "Husband, can you see no way Dut of it?" "1?" Mr. Schinderl asktd, ironical ly. "I don't see anything for you to do but to borrow a fiance for the few days Aunt Mina will spend here." Mrs. Schinderl stared her husband. "Are you in earnest, Alfred?" she isked. "But where," Mizzi sobbed from her torner, "is it possible to borrow Df those—wretches?" "Are you crazy?" Papa Schinderl shouted. "1 was only jesting." Mrs. Schin "A borrowed than none. A.unt Mina ,will be furious if she finds lhat she has undertaken the long jour ney in vain and will be quite capable of disinheriting our Mizzi. how irresponsible she is." When Mr. Schinderl heard of disin heriting, he, too. began to consider the matter seriously; and the upshot of it eli was that an ever hungry young bar- j rister who lived in the top story of the house was taken into their confidence and prevailed upon to act the happy fiance in consideration of some free dinners and suppers. Later, when the punt should have gone home, the bicaking of the engagement would be announced by letter. Toward evening the expected guest arrived. Mizzi acted her part with great skill, and when the supposed fiance appeared in Papa Schinderl's j best suit, his eyes beamed with hap-! pmess, presumably at the prospect of; the rich repast in store for him. the 46," vacantly at one "Well, I don't know," lerl said, reflectively. Sauce would be better You know I I On the whole, he was a good-lookin'' fellow, and made himself as agreeable as could be desired. His courteous and obliging manner won the heart of the elderly lady, who in the course of the evening found occasion to whisper t c her niece: „, , . ,, . . , A charming man—my Ideal of a hus band for you." Turning to the barrister, she asked: , ,, What is your full name. The old lady made an entry in a lit I tie memorandum book. "Frederick Gott | lieb Furze!," she repeated. "Pardon I 1 tun so forgetful. i And what is >cut profession?" | Plated, j raised, for she had never before heard this high-sounding equivalent for bar i rister. J "I—I am a member of the bar of th j imperial royal court of justice," Furze ■ replied, with great dignity. "Really? A member of the bar of the royal court of justice!" the aunt re with eyebrows respectfully j When, however, the visitor had de I parted, -the poor fellow sank back Into | insignificance. ! his life was the The only ray of light in daily meeting with I .V :zi. The latter always smiled at him and pleased him belter and better, until one flue day he screwed up his courage te speak to her and ask: ...a,! in T llr( ' how *' ollr &unt is? ' Mr I ' urz " 1 ' wrote ahe was not feeling very well, r fP ,l ® (, ' wlth a troublwl face , Th « barrister thereupon walked with he f * or a * lorf whUe - s f ,eakin K of *«■ ' 1 room ' w arln * lf, ' art and love ir: genera . The young people were just j about ready to part, with a warm hand pressure and a still warmer glance, when Mrs, Schlnderl came around the corner. "Mizzi, what can you be thinking o ■ to let yourself he seen with this mem ber of the bar?" "But, mother—" "Hush! Come home with me at once!" and away swept the lady, fol lowed hy'her reluctant daughter. A few days later the young man was sitting, hungry and cold, in his attic, when the letter carrier knocked at the door and handed him a communication * Iom a notary in D , the home of Aunt Mina. As attorney for Miss Wil helmina Schlnderl, deceased, the no tary announced the ami :ing news that dd lady had made Mr. Purzel sole tae ^eir to her large fortune. Shaking his head, the barrister was rea< *' the incredible loeument for the tenth time, when there was knock on the dpor. At his "come in" Mrs. Schlnderl, wearing a very humble expression, entered the room. a "Have you already heard, dear Mr. Purzel?" she fluted, in her voice. sweetest The barrister started, then a smile spread over his face, and he answered; "Alas, yes!" "W ■. 'alas':' Surely you love my daughter, Mr. Purzel?" "Yes; but 1 loved her just as much a few days ago and then she good for me." "My dear Mr. Purzel! my haste—I—" "1 forgive you, but only on one con dition. and that is that was too Oh. forgive Mrs. you, Schinderl, never enter my house." "Never?" "Well, at least only for a few days at a time, by the way of a loan, so to speak. ' Mrs. Schlnderl was obliged to give in, and when the happy heir brought his Mizzi home, he laughed over the borrowed fiance and the mother-in-law "by the way of a loan,"—From the German in N. Y. Sun. had often MAKE FARMER'S FRUIT CAKE j j A Christmas Delicacy That Is Easily and Inexpensively Constructed by Average Housewife. To make a farmer's fruit cake, chop fine half a pint of dried apples; with half a pint of cold water and let them soak over night, says Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in Ladies' Home Journal. cover The next morning add a cupful of golden sirup; simmer gently for one hour. Stand aside to cool. Beat, half a cup ful of butter to a cream; add one cupful of granulated sugar, a teaspoonful of soda in two table spoonfuls of water and add it to half a cupful of buttermilk or sour milk; add this to the batter; add two tea spoonfuls of cinnamon, half a tea spoonful of cloves and one beaten. Sift two cupfuls of flour; add a little flour, a little of the dried pie mixture and a little more flour until you have the whole well mixed, The batter must be the thickness of ordinary cake batter. Four this into a well-greased cake pan and bake in a moderate oven for one hour. Dissolve !gg well ap Somewhat Similar. "Women and men are very much alike in one respect," said the home grown philosopher. "What's the answer?" queried the inexperienced youth. "Men," «xplained the philosophy dis penser. "lie about the fish they didn't catch and women lie about the men they could have married had they wanted to."—Chicago Daily News. Had Her. Mrs. Henpec—Really, you're enough to make a saint swear. Mr. Henpec—Go ahead, often called you a saint? Daily News. BEFORE HE WENT TO BED. Haven't 1 —Chicago th {?v AfO ■ Lyc7 m Old Chap—Young man. you must he up and doing to attain success in this w orld. Do you ever see the sun rise? Young Man—Once in awhile— Old Chap—When? Young Man—Oh! On my way home I in the morning —Cincinnati Enquirer, I IS LOST II BUS JOHANNESBURG RESIDENT IN PERILOUS ADVENTURE. NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH Staging Over a Hundred Feet Below Surface of Earth Saves Unfortun ate-Faced Drowning—Works His Way to Safety. London.—It is doubtful if any of the competitors at Bisley rifle meeting has experienced an adventure som- or perilous than one that befell Mr. Menzies, one of the members of the Transvaal team. more grew As most persons know who have lived in or about Jo-1 hannesburg, there is a disquieting !arge number of death traps on "the fields in the shape, of abandoned mine shafts, which have been left without and without being railed off. "I was walking from the mine to my home." said Mr. CO 'or Menzies, in telling the. story, "on a dark thought 1 was keeping to the road, but I must have turned aside a few feet. I was going along when 1 lost my foothold, ful blow, and then another, fallen down a disused evening. I briskly enough, I felt a fear I had j shaft. I fell down an inclined shaft, 70 feet, as I i afterward measured, second Incline, 20 feet then a third section, this time verti cal, 20 feet more. • Then came a | or more, and Finally 1 landed a-straddle a couple of pieces of wattle staging laid across the last section of the shaft. About a hundred feet below this again was the bottom part of the work ings, full of water. Had I fallen to either side. Instead of in the middle on the timbering, i must of course have fallen in to the water and drowned. As far as I thought at all, I wondered what had happened and what would happen next. When I came to myself a little I put my hand to my head, where there was pain, and my hand whence I concluded that I had struck my head against the side in falling ami was bleeding. For a long time I remained there, clinging desperately to the staging, and not knowing whether I should become so weak and giddy as to fall again to my death. I had no matches, and of course, was in total darkness; but I felt my way to the side timbers and to some piping, and by these I man aged that night to climb up to where an overwhelming became sticky, r(%m rndm f Irma &■ A Jpi V J ^ / ■ m Ml mr si i fl vi i I I ' 0 1 l HE FELL HEADLONG INTO THE DE SERTED SHAFT. the second section of the shaft began, 20 feet above. "How I got through the next day I have scarcely a notion. I know I clung there, and listened desperately for any sound which might hint of coming help; but as the hours passed and no body came I had to recognize that, no body was likely to come near the work mueh less down them, and that unless 1 could save myself there was no prospect of being saved. Several times I heard people pass witlnn a short distance of the mine, and then I cried out as loud as I could, but I got, no reply. Once I felt sure I heard my little daughter calling to me, and I called back with all mjf might, but nobody came. I found afterward that my little girl had been there, but though I heard her she could not hear me. I suppose my voice was weak, and that the sound when it reached the surface was dissipated in the upper air, and so could not be made oat ; * Early the next morning the sec ond morning of niy imprisonment— partly by 'shinning' up pieces of tim berings, partly by 'clawing' and dig ging into the sides with my hands— for i had net even a knife with me— I managed to clamber to the top. It was 10:30—38 hours from the time when I had fallen. "I shall not forget my first, look at the upper world again. I was, of course, shaken all to pieces, and when I got home 1 felt more dead than alive." in Takes Swim in His Sleep. English, Ind.— Deserting his bed for two hours or move, at least twice a week, and then denying that he had been absent at all, caused Airs. Gabriel Jackson to become suspicious of her husband and it 1 b/r m fiave her broth era keep an - ve upon him." Recently i Gabriel slipped out as usual and was j followed watchfully by his brothers-in- j law while be traveled more than a mile to the old "swimming hole" upon his fatber's farm, where he divested him self of his clothing and swam to and fro across the pond three or .our times. When he emerged he carefully re dressed and then returned home and to lied The next morning he knew nothing of the occurrence till told of it, and could not believe it till brought to the scene and shown the footprints in the sand. The queer part of it is that Jackson is not known to be a somnambulist, though he had been thus afflicted in childhood. The Squirrel Fish. In color the squirrel fish is a bril liant red, which makes it a conspicu ous inhabitant of the sea as it darts here and there with quick, alert move- j ments The body cf the squirrel fish j shows a few stripe? and is well cov- | ered with sharp spines. | MAD ENGINE MAKES DASH FOR FREEDOM. J Runs Shrieking Three Miles Across Suspension Bridge and Through a Town. Waco, Tex.—No. 138 had been gloomy for weeks. That is the reason the engineer gives for the recent eccen tric occurrence that threw all Waco into a panic and furnished incontro vertible proof that an engine has a soul. Fireman Jim will say that any engine is 33 moody as a woman. "You can't drive 'em," he says. "You have to humor 'em. And No. 158 hadn't been coddlol enough, so she Just slipped her bit" j No. 158 lives at the Houston & Texas Central railroad yards in East "17 u I m fl j | | ; wJBt N ^KS>2 1, I ! HI j " M; Ill'll i ^ Vv (i | | m THE BIG ENGINE DASHED TOWARD THE BRIDGE. Waco, in a barren and ugly district. Her soul revolted, and as she brood ed over her wrongs, there grew in No. 158's mind a bold and daring project She was nervous and captious. Fire man Jim, all unconscious of the fires already raging in her iron bosom, piled in fuel for the afternoon run. He and the engineer went out for dinner. What happened during the next 15 minutes none can say with certainty. The railroad yards were deserted, no one was seen to go or come. Blit at precisely 12:15, with a shriek of rage like a maniac's defiance, a big black engine dashed out of the yards and at top speed fled toward the suspension bridge over the Brazos river, which connects East Waco with the flourish ing town of Waco. A stupid but well-meaning engine, seeing suicide in No. 158's mein, barred her path. She hurled it aside a crushed and broken mass. An out house verged upon her wayward course. She paused long enough to demolish it. In another instant she was thundering across the bridge still shrieking like a demon. Once across, she slid over the tracks, through the heart of the city. The rail road is unguarded; electric cars and vehicles cross South Fourth street at will. Yet, in a town of 35,000, with a traffic commensurate to its size, the mad engine harmed neither carriage nor pedestrian. Straight to the station of the Mis souri, Kansas & Texas, and, flushed with triumph, her panting sides ab solutely unscathed, she drew up amid a group of engines that had just re ported for duty. All sorts of explanations have been offered. Some suggest that a mis chievous boy may have crept in and turned on No. 15S's steam, but Fire man Jim says it's "the critter's spirit just kickin' the insides out of her." LONG RACE WITH A GHOST Kankakee, 111.—A Bradley man tells 0 f a thrilling experience with a ghost as was returning no- :e late at night recently. He was walking up the Illi no j S Central tracks from Kankakee w hen he first noticed a weiru figure in white closely following him. He grad lla iiy increase! his pace, but the white specter seemed possessed of a good p a j r 0 f walking sticks, and increased his gait to correspond, The Bradley man being lateandwish ; n g t0 ge t h 0lne before his wife missed him, broke into a run, but on glancing behind saw the ghost without the least effort keeping the distance just the game. Up through Broadway the two went at breakneck speed. The man started to leap the water works' ditch, missed his footing and fell headlong, He got up and sat on the oppe te side 0 f the ditch, but there was the ghost facing him. The Bradlev man drew a deep breath. The ghost looked him di rectly in the face and said; "That was a mighty good race we had. wasn't it. mister?" "Y-y-yes," replied the man f rom Bradley, "and we're going to h-have another as soon as I get my b-b-breath." Bradley, III., Man Tells of Spookish Contest Which Takes Place Late at Night. Held at Bay by Wolves. Crystal Falls, Mich.—Hemmed in by a pack of 30 or more wolves and armed only with small woodmen's axes. Roy Sullivan and Stephen Lowney, land lookers, passed three nights in tne of Iron county. Only a circle fires maintained until daybreak Kept animals at bay. The constant vig hence, without sleep or rest, wore the i oien out and they were forced 'o break j camp wUhout completing their work, j The wolves wou!d disappear at dawn, only to return at dusk. It is supposed *key had killed off all deer in sur founding country and were in a fam condition, Dog Reverts to Wild State. Utica. N. Richfield Springs in 1903 Gen. George Field, of Buffalo, misst i his pet dog, a valuable greyhound. He was after ward seen roaming "ild in the woods, and all efforts to reach him were un successful. Recently the dog caught in a trap set for wild animals. Y.—While summering at was Queer Suicide ?act. Three young men in Salzburg. Austria, out of employment, pooled what money they had bought a revolver, had a dinner at r j rant, drank to one another's "fu Buda-Pesth resm re j and then went to a cemetery and corn mitted suicide, one after the other, w.tb the revolver. SCARED AWAY THE GHOST Resourceful Curate Knew How to Put Unwelcome Visitors to Rout. A zealous young curate went to stay With seme friends at a country house, relates Ram's Horn. On descending to breakfast each morning he noticed his hostess inquiring particularly how he had slept, -and seemed relieved when he said lie had passed a very good night. On the last morning his hostess said: "Mr.-, you perhaps noticed how very particular we were m our inquiries every morning as to how you had slept, but the truth is that the room you occupied is said to be haunted, and we were anxious to know U you had seen the ghost." "The ghost!" repeated the curate, thoughtfully. "Oh, yes; I do remember the first mght 1 was here some fellow came and stood by ray bedside." "Oh!" said the company with great in ter- st. "and what did you to!" "I said: 'Please, will you give me a sub- ! script ion for my Sunday school?' He in- I stantly disappeared and 1 never saw him j agara." Cures Rheumatism and Catarrh — j Medicine Sent Free. These two diseases are the result of ; an awful poisoned condition of the I blood. If you have aching joints and j back, shoulder blades, bone pains, crip- j pled hands, legs or feet, swollen muscles, j shifting, (sharp, biting pains, and that j tired, discouraged feeling of rheumatism, ! or the hawking, spitting, blurred ey sight, deafness, sick stomach, headache, n-. -os in the head, mucous throat, dis •charge s, decaying teeth, bad breath, belch ing gas of catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.). It kills the poison in I the blood which causes these awful gymp- \ toms, giving a pure, healthy blood supply i to the joints and mucous membranes, anil j makes a perfect cure of the worst rheuma tism or foulest catarrh. Cures where all else fails. Blood Balm (B. B. B.) is com posed of pure Botanic ingredients, good for weak kidneys, improves the diges t.on, cures dyspepsia. A perfect tonic for cid folks by giving them new, rich, pure blood. Thoroughly tested for thirty years. Druggists, 81 per large bottle, with com plete directions for home cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and special free medical advice sent in sealed letter. e Honesty of the Modern Kind. "And now, my son," said the bank pres ident, "on this, the threshold of your life, I desire to impress one thought upon you. Honesty, ever and al ways. jo the policy that is best." "Acs, father," said the young man. "And. by the way," appended the gray beard, "I would urge you to read up a little corporation law. It will amaze you to find how many things you can do in a business way. and still be honest."—Min neapolis Journal. basin CUTICURA, THE SET, $1.00. Complete Treatment for Every Hu mor, from Pimples to Scrofula, from Infancy to Age—A Set Often Cures. Cuticura Treatment is local and consti tutional-complete and , , perfect, pure, sweet and wholesome. Bathe the affected surtaces with Cuticura Soap and hot .... ter to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle, dr> without hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Ointment freely to allay itching, irritation and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and lastly take Cuticura Re solvent Pills to cool and cleanse the blood, and put every function in a state ot healthy activity. More great ■ • scrofulous and hereditary humors are daily made bv Cuticura reme dies than by all other blood and skin remedies. in cures of simple, Sure Enough. "I'm from Beantoivn." "Boston?" "That's the only beantown, isn't it?" "Well, there's Lima, O."—Chicago Sun. A man may have his favorite doctor, and a woman her favorite preacher, but who ever heard of a dentist being much cd a favorite with anybody in thig world? A dog has attained the highest eminence .her when he can e Journal. ever reached by a philosor forget his fleas.—Somervill Some men never seem to be satisfied with anything until they attend their own funeral. CONVINCING EVIDENCE That Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Will Cure Rheumatism. " People can cure themselves of a good many common ailments at a very small cost if they go about it the right way," said Mr. Hoar, recently. ''For instance, ) ^ ave J USt C T ared "/f lf °, f a vur >' I )am - ful disease. I might have begun to treat it sooner, that's all the mistake I made in the matter. But I found the root of the difficulty and I picked out the right remedy without tile oid of 8. doctor. " It. was really all in my blood. I first felt a twinge in my left foot and ankle i?i the middle of last January, following exposure to cold I realized I had rheu- j mutism and I knew that really comes i from bad blood. Cold simply develops I it. Then my hands and feet were cold J and Clammy even, ill hot weather, and nutnb a great part of the time. I con eluded that my blood was thin and poor and the circulation sluggish. "After a time my tee t and ankles' swelled SO badly that I could only tie 1 in v shoes half wav un «swollnd fnvvihW on T . nn twou/ i , > terribly anil I could walk only a short distance before giving out completely. I "When I read of thecuresof all kinds of blood diseases, that had been effected bv Dr.Williams' Pink Pills, I was con viuced that they were just the remedy_ for my case, and so it proved. I could see that they were benefiting me before I had quite used up the first box. The improvement was decidedly marked af ter I had taken two boxes. ' Three more boxes restored my hands and feet ami legs to natural size and feeling and then I stopped taking medicine and have since been perfectly well." Mr. F. LeRoy Hoar lives at No. 132 Constitution street, Bristol. R. I. Any one can get convincing evidence that Pr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured anaemia, rheumatism, erysipelas and other serious diseases of the blood by simply writing to the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Be*t < oush tijrrup. Ta*tes Good. Uee in time. Sold by druggist.*. BsEsnsssassa A. N.K.-F 2102 PEACE AND COMFORT Are Sure te Come te Thosa Who Smoko the r> A FIRST-CLASS CIGAR MADE Or A FINE QUALITY HAVANA TOBACCO. Try Them. "3#5" and "Agents" 5e Cigars Are Leaders of the World. | a ^ t L*i c J s , N sf :wi'is. iDILFS NO MONEY TILL CURED' 1 Lfa J pm T Upturn* < MIMOB- «>0 om 3T. K*ltSA3 CITY, MO. (BtAMCB QffKT APT LOUttll JOYS OF MATERNITY A WOMAN'S BEST HOPES REALIZED Mrs. Potts Tells How Women Should Prepare for Motherhood The darkest days of husband P.nd wife are when they come to look for ward to childless and lonely old age. Many a wife has found herself inca pable of motherhood owing to a dis placement of the womb or lack of strength in the generative organs. ! I j js/ei & n \ a: \*r A j ; I j j j j ! Freouent backache and distressing Dock . a< \ nc , ana i distressing P ams « accompanied by offensive dis char i? es and generally by irregular I an " scanty menstruation indicate a dis \ placement or nerve degeneration of i the womb and surrounding organs, j The question that troubles m -» m Jm l, am l j Mrs. Anna Potts women is how can a woman who has some fe male trouble bear healthy children? Mrs. Anna Potts, of 510 Park Avenue, Hot Springs, Ark., writes: Mr Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— r ' During the early part of my married life I was delicate in health ; both my husband mid I were very anxious for a child to bless our home, but I had two miscarriages, and could not carry a child to maturity. A neighbor who had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advised me to try it. I did so and soon felt that I was growing stronger, my headaches and backaches left me, I had no more bearing-down pains, and felt like a new woman. Within a year I became the mother of a strong, healthy child, the joy of our home. Lydia E, Pink ham's _ Vegetable Compound is certainly a splendid remedy, and l wish even- woman who wants to become a mother would trv it." Actual sterility hi woman is very rare. If any woman thinks she is ster ile, let her try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free to expectant or would-be mothers. SICK HEADA C H E CARTER'S Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dis tress from Dyspepsia. In digestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect rem edy lor Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness. Bad Taste In tho Mouth, Coated Tongue. Pain in the side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. IPITTLE IIVER 1 PILLS. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Genuine Must Bear ™ |TTlE Fac-Simile Signature ffe. —I REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. CARTERS W. L. Douglas *3= &'3= SHOES FOR MEM W. L. Douglas $4.00 Cilt Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. *Ct»U6Uj SHOES * Me PRICES, n A'A /l Kill 'best ID DH m ■ : Wfflili g m ^ W.L.riOUGL AS MAKES AND SELLS THAK fl'mnnn REWARD to .nyone who can $ I U,UUU disprove this statement, ^ *- Douglas $3.50 shoes have by their ex quamies!achie"ed the largest safe* of an> e $3.50 ? h h " difference Is the price. II I could take S>*ou into 'octory at Brockton, Mass., the largest la "h^irthTcarTw.'Mch'eve" pair of Douglas shoes is made, you would realize r h o y e^o!foce >0 d7n l ?he $ woHd' h0£> ,re ' he be " If 1 could show you the difference between the shoes made In my factory and those of other wh/th^ld their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of srsater Intrinsic value than any other $3.50 ^ r oe , on ' he H, arket -i 1, ' day ' „ . Mon?$2?BO, $2.00 ? "oym' SahooPs DrossShoes, $ 2 .50, $ 2 , $1.76, $1*50 CAUTION.— Insist upon having W.L.Doug shoes. Toko 110 substitute. Non© genuine without his name and prico Stamped on bottom, WANTED, a shoe dealer in every town whers W. L. Douglas Shoes are not sold. Full line o£ samples sent free for inspection upon, request, Fast Color f v e,efs " serf < - the « «'M not wear brassy. Wrlt0 4£. r T ln " 8 i? T ^ . c * ta J°K <> f Fall style* W.L.jjoic.Ah. Brockton. au«. i 10/ . U Mvl V S i Wf TM osicm mimct OIUDCLOTHING Hade »n black or yellow for aJI kinds J 'OT^V/ of vitt work. On salt everywhere x \ Look for the Ji«n of the Fish im) r L 1! A ^ the name TOWER on the buttons sE-V /1 , eN dr , : •STS' Jt / A j tcwci <«. ietre« ma»$ u t a rewu oRMiMt c#.',e*r^ tevoN+o cam i Mi WHEN WKITING TO ADVERTISERS plra.e .title that jron .aw the AtlTerilw meat In thli paper.