Woman Messi Avcsi! PiGfvous Prostration If yox are da no- rouslv sick what i the first duty of your physician ? lie quiets me nervous system, he deaden the pain, and you sleep well. You ought to know that when you ceasca io De reg-ular in your courses, grow irritable without cause, and pass sleepless nights, there is serious Mrs. Hartley. trouble somewhere, and nervous pros tration is sure to lollow. You ought to know that indigestion, exnaustion, womb displacements. fainting-, dizziness, headache, and backache send the nerves wild with. affright, and you cannot sleep. Mrs. Hartley, of 221 Y. Congress St.. Chicago, 111., whose portrait we pub lish, suffered all these agonies, and was entirely cured by Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound ; her case should be a warning to others, and her cure carry conviction to the minds of every suffering woman of the un failing efficiency of I-ydia E. PInkham's vegetable Compound. SEN R TV Genuine Cartels Little Liver Pills, Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Slmlle Wrapper Below. Terr email and. aa easy to take as sugar. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION CARTERS ITTLE IVER PILLS. t. CURE SICK HEADACHE. 2? - 5n Vigorous health is often g nearer at hand than tired-out a numcu uieaiu ui. a. lie pam in top and back of the head, jjj jj the backache, the nervous- s w ness, debility and other ills to j which women are prone, are commonly due to inactivity u p of the liver. Try $ Storm's t $ Lever Regulator g w . . s g It restores proper activity $ w of the liver; then constipation j $ is cured, the blood is enriched, j the nerves are strengthened p and all the organs of the body $ J perform their functions. No- jjj jjj tice, too, the improvement in g your complexion. There is & ifo health, beauty and energy in J Storm's Regulator. Price 50 g W cents. Money back if it fails. i w is ri SOLD BT ALL DRUGGISTS. A Prepared by JAMES S. ROBINSON, jpi Memphis, Tenn. S6e6-&6&:&6;&:665-:6-:&6fe TO HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS Three Daily Trains. TO OKLAHOMA AND Indian Territory Two Dally Trains. Pullman Sleepers and Free Reclll log Chair Cars all the wt without Changs, vo TEXAS nd "e WEST- The very bf is of cunut-ctums. Cheap home-seekers tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays each month Memphis Ticket Office, 13 Monroe St. F. D. BLACKS! AN, T. P. A., Chattanooga, Tenn. Frank M. Griffith. T. P. A., Memphis, Tenn. Geo. H. Lei, Gen. P.4T.A., iitue hoc it, Aric. CUHES WHiKE ALL fLSfc FAILS. Beet Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Cae in time, fctold pt orueiriBia. The Fourth- of July Is a World-wide Holiday The Significance o! the Fire-Cracker Is To-Day Known to Many Different Peoples THE boom of the cracker, the roar of the gun, the whir of the rocket that proclaims American freedom on the nation's na tal day is, at the beginning of this twentieth century, heard all around the world. The celebration of the na tion's birth never ceases so long as the day remains upon the calendar of the year, and the significance of the Fourth of July is known to many peo ple in lands lying far below the equa tor to the icebergs of the frozen north. Let us hope that before long the intrepid explorers now on their way to Arctic seas will nail "Old Glory" to the north pole and plant the can non cracker at the very axis of "Old Mother World" before they return. It has been the boast of our English cousins that "the sun never sets on the union jack." The same is true to day of Old Glory, and where the flag flies there is found also the Fourth of July. When the patriotic American states men affixed their signatures to the historic document that proclaimed American freedom the nation which they represented was almost small enough for the welcome news as pro claimed by the iron tongue of the old liberty bell at Philadelphia to pene trate to every point. The 13 little colonies stretched along the Atlantic coast from K"evv Hampshire on the north to Georgia on the south. To the west was an almost impenetrated wilderness in which lurked the sav age red men. A move to the south was made ia 1820 when Spain ceded Florida to the United States, and another larg stretch of territory was brought un der the protecting folds f Old Glory. Later the Lone Star state knocked at the door of the union asking for ad- mission to the sisterhood of states, and the close of the Mexican war saw Independence day celebrated from th Atlantic to the Paoiflo. Through the influence of Secretary Seward Alaska was admitted to our territory in 1867, and the Eskimos of the frozen north began to learn th meaning of the boom of the cannot cracker when the days were longest. Ever since the old liberty bell tolled out the signal that the great paper had been signed by the patriot state men at Philadelphia American liberty has been traveling steadily west ward, northward and southward, and with it has gone, as a matter of course. the typical celebration of the day that marks the real beginnning of Amer ican liberty. Faster even than ths government at Washington moved the American people moved, and they carried the ideas of a popular form of government to the islands of the Pacific, and Hawaii came knocking at our doors asking for a share of our freedom which has been granted the people there. But in this beginning of a new cen tury it is not alone the islands of the Pacific, but the islands of the Atlantio as well that have learned how to cele brate the birthday of American free - , r L .-. . tits- .' -v t -.'7-.'. . . -V a---.. ' vAf re.' f ' - ' - ' ... .' w :" - Vy ' yyi" :y ' ' . ' . .... ; " 1 :..'. FREEOOM'8 FIRECRACKERS ARE HEARD ALL AROUND THE WORLD. The end of the seven years' struggle for independence brought with it a desire to grow, and then began the national expansion that has carried the Fourth of July all around the world, and made its significance known to many people speaking many lan guages. Men who had served the struggling provisional government of the col onies in the ranks of the patriotic army returned to their homes only to find them burned and destroyed either by the British or their faithful allies the Indians. With the same courage they had shown upon the field of battle they moved westward into the un known wilderness to begin life anew. By the time Gen. Washington had been chosen president for a second term western Pennsylvania was figuring in the nation's history and Independence day was being celebrated along the Ohio river. Gradually the venturesome settlers worked their way still further west ward. Ohio was invaded and crossed, and before the patriotic Washington had closed his public career and re tired to private life at Mount Ver non Tennessee was celebrating the nation's natal day as a state in the federal union. For years after the admission of Tennessee as a stato the American ship Columbia carried old glory on its first trip around the world, and with it went the story of the Declaration of Independence. Sailors on that good Boston schooner told the story to the natives of the isles of the far Pacific, and inspired in the downtrodden colonies of Europe in all parts of the world a hope of sim ilar freedom. But more than 2,000 miles of un known territory still lay to the west ward of even the farthest advanced of the American outposts. In both the north and south the settler, backed by the soldier and his own heorism, were rapidly advancing the line of civilization. Hardly had the nine teenth century opened before the Mis sissippi river had been reached, to cross which meant to enter French territory. It seemed for a time that the expansion must stop there, and the meaning of the Fourth of July be unknown on its western shore. But the young nation was anxious to expand, and France was willing to 11 the great unexplored territory which she claimed in the very center of the North American continent, and n 1803 Independence day crossed the Mississippi and began its march to the Pacific coast, dom. Our war with Spain broke th fetters Spain had placed about the islands of the Atlantic and the far eastern Pacific, and added them to the expanding territory of the American union. Now Old Glory flies from the flag staffs of Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, the little island of Tutuila in the South Pacific, Guam, that lies farther west ward, and the countless islands of the Philippine archipelago, and where Old Glory flies there is celebrated tho Fourth of July. In Manila, in Havana, in San Juan, in Honolulu the boom of the cannon cracker, the roar of the gun, the whir of the rocket will pro claim the anniversary of the birth of American freedom, and in but little more than 100 years the Fourth of July has almost encircled the globe. "WRIGHT A. PATTERSON. A PICNIC BREAKFAST. Odd Predicament Which Befell a Household Through a Serv ant's Misdeeds. Convivial servants are anything but treasures, as one housekeeper found to her sorrow the other day, relates the Baltimore News. This housekeep er has a large family for which to care, and so the news brought her by a policeman at two o'clock one morning recently that her trusted colored henchman had been arrested for fighting and was now languishing in the station house was by no means welcome. It didn't make so much difference about the man himself he rightly deserved his fate the housekeeper said, but it dJL make a difference that he had the keys of the buffet and of the refrigerator in his pocket, and that there would not be anything like knives and forks enough to go around at breakfast, nor any butter or cream at all. At seven a. m. a member of the fam ily went to the station house to seo what could be done for the iniquitous Abraham, and in the meanwhile those of the household who were obliged to breakfast early took turns at using the two knives and three vforks that were all of the table equipment not locked up. It was a real picnic breakfast, "Please lend me your knife" being the remark oftenest heard, except certaiD expletives, but it wasn't voted a sue cess until the repentant henchman appeared with his keys, purified by a good-sized fine, and opened the aoora of the closets. BOTH MADE MISTAKES. Tet in This Particular Case Tvrs Wronci Didn't Blake On RIffht. Probably it never will be known just how the story leaked out, but the man ner of its escape doesn't matter so much. The fact remains that one of the most ceremonious and socially am bitious matrons of the West side has experienced a shock from which she is recovering but slowly, and her large circle of acquaintances are laughing over a joke of which the lady was a victim. The consideration of the ma tron's never-ending hunt after the so cial, financial or other lions lends pro portionate zest to the enjoyment of her friends, relates the New York Her ald. An elderly gentleman of the south who has recently sprung into much prominence was visiting the city for the first time. With him was his wife, an estimable lady of near his own age and sharing in her kindly character her husband's simplicity, outspoken ness and lack of veneration for con ventionalities. The man was undoubtedly a celeb rity, but a celebrity in the rough. When it is explained of him that on the occasion of his preferment to a high position which called for his pres ence in Washington he counseled his wife to pack the grip and suggested that they start out to walk the dis tance from their southern home to the capital because of the distrust of "keers," an idea of the man may be obtained. However, that was many years ago, and, anyway, maybe it wasn't so. If t was so, it must be put down to the eccentricity of genius, for the man is rich enough to be entitled to the term eccentric. At all events, this partic ular West side matron wanted him and his wife to dine en famille. After ward, when they were better acquaint ed, she would arrange a more formal function, where she might exhibit her gray lion and put him through his paces. A peculiarity of the lady is her in sistence on disparaging her own ef forts. No matter how elaborate have been her preparations, she is invari ably excuseful to the point of being a bore when she presides. There are apologies for this and apologies for that, and all the time she is treating her guests to glimpses of fairyland prepared by the most expensive florist, and banquets arranged by $10,000 ex perts in that line. Yet she apologizes, knowing all the time that she is sham ming humility. When the old gentleman and his wife arrived they were hungry in the extreme. They had been used to the old-fashioned noon dinner, but had waived this on the ocasion referred to as having a tendency to "spoil their appetite." They were ushered into the drawing-room and beguiled with small talk until the dinner hour. Just before the announcement the hostess began her apologies. She was so sorry she hadn't something better to offer them; she just knew they would not consider her dinner satis factory, and so on, ad nauseum. The old man finally arose. He had listened anxiously to the tale of table deficien cies, and his hunger had rebelled at the prospect of a poor meal. Visions of empty plates and skimpy dishes flashed before him. "Madam," he said, reaching for his hat, "you knew we were coming. Come on, Sary, let's go back to the hotel and eat a table doty dinner." And they went. While out in the candle-lit dining- hall was spread a feast fit for Lucul-lus. Strawberry Salad. Arrange large ripe strawberries in a glass salad bowl, dust with powdered sugar and a little nutmeg. Pour over a dressing made of two tablespoonf uls of sugar, a gill of sherry, a tablespoon- f ul of Maraschino, the juice of one lem on and two oranges; mix the fruit light with a fork and set on ice half an hour before serving. Good House- keeoing. "That eastern eirl who is Buffering from unstrung nerves made a mistake when she tried to doctor herself." "What did she take for it?" "Diamond rings and any thing that she could lay her hands on." Cleveland ilain Dealer. Hoax "You sav he owes evervthinr he has to you." Joax "Worse; lie owe more than he has to me." Philadelphia Record. Peace In the Philippines. Peace in the Philippines is bound to prove profitable to all concerned. Warring con ditions, whether they be inthe Philippines or in the human stomach, are equally dis astrous. If your stomach has rebelled, there ia one authority that will quickly subdue it. It is nostetter's Stomach Bit ters, and it cures constipation, indigestion, biliousness, nervousness and dyspepsia. See that a private Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the bottle. An Inklnd Cat. Te?s Do you think the cut-of my skirt pretty? Jess Yes, indeed; very. "Do you, really?" "Yes. I had two like that when they were the style." Philadelphia Press. The Summer Hotel. Young Guest It seems to me that you don't object to the mosquitoes singing in your room. Old Guest You bet I don't! Why, wien the mosquitoes are singing I can't hear the university glee club practicing on the piazzo. Chicago Daily News. Do Ton'r Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy, Cures Corns, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress. Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. Y. Fairy Stories. "I tell you your country is painfully new. Why, you haven't even any fairy tales." "Haven't, eh? Well, you just come with me and look at the tablets on our best mon uments." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of is a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. "Great Scot!" exclaimed Starboard, as they turned the corner; "the boarding house is afire." "Let's hurry," suggested Port; "maybe we'll get something warm." Philadelphia Record. FRAGRANT a perfee! liquid dentifrice for the Teeth and r1oufh G New Size S0Z0D0NT LIQUID, 25c S0Z0D0NTT00TH POWDER, 25c Large LIQUID and POWDER, 75c At all Stores, or by Mail for the prloa. HALL A PUf!icrr N-w York. tSlmV, Wtafe LIGHTHIIIG RODSISSS, will never see each other apain till to-mor- A44r - atw. o. I ffu row niKht." "Boar np sweet one' was his rcnT . f my COTTOH rTTHP encouraging remark. "Time will pass. Be- I. rill A I N emu. I I Mr ftOo sides I'll write to you when I get home and WW VUU1H111 cow uul lo in the morning." Philadelphia Times. c A woman in front of a mirror naturally WHES wniTI.VO TO ADVEKTISEHS feels quite beside herself. Philadelphia :.n aut tht 7ou uvr (ke AdTerU Record. neut la thla ppper. iMlTCHELL'S EYE SALVE 6k isii4iiii - - llf FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHEIlSiLl 2 -w .MarM mW a-.w.-w-, m . . - . . ss 4 insist upon curing mem, take no outers ana yoa win get ute oat aneus uu mowj mj. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM. "WWW 99 'ajnriajiajijiiajiajajijiT' I Hv' - ILWy fr I 1 I I - I I III I SI I . Ill I ? tZ7LM mikZ I i,.ii wain g wKi-iijnjaai i I in r i iimiirmi 1 - " ?:Route to Texas. 1 1 1 In going to Texas, via Memphis, you can ride jjau aay in a cotton oeir. arlorCafevCar for ofrly fifty cents 'extra,' iTHis car is furnished with ::V Targe easy i' chairs, has an lihobservationfsmoking room,' -Va'- ladies'i lounging room and :.:a;Caf e.iwhere meals. are : iserved .on$ the ? European ' plan at. reasonable prices. Besides a Parlor Cafe Car. Cotton Belt trains carry Pullman Sleepers at night and Free Chair Cars both day and night. Write and tell us where you are going and when you will leave, and we will tell you the exact cost of ticket and send a complete schedule fo the trip. We will also send an interesting little book, K Trip to Texas." PEEIER, D.PJL, Memphis) TeaH. a ADAMS, TJJL, Hashwlte, Ten. WATT. T. P. JL, Cincinnati, Ohio. H. AOAMI, T. P. L, Cairo, 111 , , LW.UBail!HLG.P.andT.JLSLlouIs.U(L. 4 W PHI LI ibin A LUXURY WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL! Lion Coffee is not GLAZED. COATED, of otherwise treated with EGG mixtures, chemicals, glue, etc etc Lion Coffee is a Pure Coffee. tt CHEER, BOYS CHEER. Watch our next advertisement. Just try a package of LION and you will understand the reason of its popularity. LION COFFEE s now used in mil lions of homes. Cher, boys, cheer, your limbs are full of action. Healthy and strong, you make a picture grand. Your faces show your solid satisfaction You've had your coffee, the famous LION brand. Cheer, boys, cheer, your parents know their duty, ; Give you the food that's wholesome, pure and true. Builds up your forms and makes your boyish beauty. Sure LION COFFEE is very best for you I Cheer, boys, cheer, your sisters and your brothers Surely will thrive on LION COFFEE fine. Best for the young-, the middle-aged or others. Best for the old when they breakfast, sup or dine. Cheer, boys, cheer, there's neither glaze nor coating. Nothing but COFFEE in LION brand is found. Millions of homes on LION brand are doting. Sold in the bean, and the package weighs a pound. Cheer, boys, cheer, the Lion heads be saving. Inside the package. Premium List you'll find. For something nice no doubt you will be craving. Knives, Watches, Kites and goods of every kind. Cheer, boys, cheer, the task is quite a pleasure. Save Lion heads and get your present free. In a short time youll get the one you treasure, Drink LION COFFEE and happy you will bel In every package of LION COFFEE you will find a fully illustrated and descriptive list. No housekeeper, in fact, no woman, man, boy or girl will fail to find in tho list some article which will contribute to their happiness, comfort and convenience, and which they may have by simply cutting out a certain number of Lion Heads from the wrappers of our one pound sealed packages (which is the only form in which this excellent coffee is sold). WOOLSON SPICE CO.. TOLEDO, OHIO. HD To protect your health and our reputation, we will gladly pay this big reward to any one who will furnish us infor mation on which we can secure conviction of a dealer who tries to sell worthless fake imitations,when CASCARETS are called for. When you're offered something "just as good", it's because there is a little more money in the fake. Buy CASCARETS from the honest dealer. They are always put up in blue metal boxes with long-tailed trade marked C on the cover every tablet stamped C. C. C, and they are never sold in bulk. Remember this and when ever fakes are offered when CASCARETS are called for, get all the details and write us on the subject at once. SIX MILLION BOXES SOIJD LAST YEAR OUR BEST TESTIMONIAL BEST FOR BOWELS AND LIVER. THIS IS X. WVwC THE TABLET 10c 25c 50c NEVER SOLD IN BULK. DRUGGISTS GFARAXTEED TO CUKE all bowel troubles, appendicitis, bllloauieM, bmd breath, bsfcd blood, wind on tho stomach, bloated bowels, foal month, headache. Indigestion, pimples, pains after catlac. liver trouble, saUow cont- aixziness. w? nen ywur wwwvi uun i nvre res many y aro nlexlon and retting sick. Constipation kills more people than all other d I ceases together. for It is a starter for the chronic ailments and lens- years ofsofrrlDr that come .n.m.Mt. nr.. natlrr what ails TOO von will never aret well and be well all the time until yon pat yoar bowels rlVbk TskJsoFsdTleet star with CASCAJUTa today, nnder an absolute tusraaiee to cure or money ixum r oilni one &Oc box, return the anused &Oe box and the empty box to y malU or the druuclst from whom yon purchased It. and aet your money h for both boxes. Take onr advice no matter what alls you start today. lt will antekly follow and you will bless the day vou first started the use !-GAJTS. liook free by mall, .dd SIskLUifl JLUI CO., Mm lork sr Cstaac. flrABAXTErj) TO CTJKEi Five year nro the first box of CAS CARETS was sold. Bl ow It is over six million boxes a year, greater than anv similar medicine in the world. This Is absolute proof of jrreat merit, and. onr best testimonial. We have faith, and will k1ICA8CAKT8 absolutely B-uaranteed to cure or money refunded. 60 buy today, two &Oe boxes, give them a fair, honest trial, as nersimnle directions, and If von ar ant tatl.tra alter using one &Oe box, return the unused &Oe box and the empty box to back for Health will ontekly follow and you will bless the day von first started the use fCAtGABTB. liook free by mall. Add SIskLUiA KfJUDI CO., Xw lork sr Cstaacs.