Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 April 1899 — Page 3

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Immediately after tha Plaster is applied, yon feel-f"

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fluence. Its healing remedies! I quickly penetrate down deep II into the inflamed tissues. 18 Pain is quieted, soreness is re- Ij

nevea ana sirengin imparxea.

No plaster was ever mate like it Ne piaster ever acted so eokkly and tboroaiUy. No plaster ever Bad sack complete caulrol over ait kiads pais. Placed over the chest it is a powerful aid to AVer's Cherry Pectoral ; relieving congestion and drawing out all inflammation. Vt)K AU TIT AXX naueatsmi.

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WHiSKERS DYED A Matueai Btstott by Buckingham's Dye. foloa M euti at &I1 drogziita or B. r. BmU A Oe, Haahua.II.fl.

An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial eScta of the well known remedy. Stbup of Fios, mannfactnred by the f AtrromnA Fis Sykup Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liqnid laxative principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting" them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxative, cleansing' the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation permanently. Its- perfect freedom front every objectionable quality and substance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the Calitokhia Fie Syrup Co. only. In order io get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAM FRaWOTHOT). CSX. LOUIS VUJUE. XT. M.BW TOSS, ST, T. For sale by all Druggist. Price 50c. per bottle,

It Coras Cold. Coughs. Sora Threat Crane, laa certain cure for Consumption in Brst !, and a sure relief in aaaoced Mate. Use .at ace You will tee the excellent effect aftet taUoa the first dose. Sold b sealers evenmwm. Lara bottles 25 casts aad M celts.

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bavo been win- CASCAKETS for Insonrala, with which I have been afflicted tor oter twenty year. audi can soy that Caacareta bave given me more re Uef thau any other remedy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recommend them to my friends as being all they are represented." Taos. Gituac, Elgin, 111.

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ADVANCE IN WAGES.

MARKED INCREASE IN NEARLY ALU INDUSTRIES .

Improvement of Wages Is But tlic Natural Movement Toward Better Time for Toilers, Which Set In Soon After the I8SM1 Election.

TIip numerous announcpnients of advances in watres. partlifiilarly for ilio mauy tlnmsumls employed iu tin; Iron nud cotton industries, is but the natural movement toward better tinw-s for wage earners which set in soon after the electiou in November. WW. At that time a million would-be workers wore out of employment, and those who Imil employment were not fully occupied. The improvement from the date of the recovery In December, 1S06, was slow but progressive. Industries began to work full hours and then they began to employ more men as prospects Improved. Two years this Improvement went on silently until the mass of men who were idle in IStMi were taken off the streets Into the workshops, and the factories which had been working ten hours on half the days were operating on full time and some of them day and night. All this time there was no apparent Improvement in wages. Agitators, calainityites nud demagogues allied to disaster declared that there could be no better times until there should be an advance In wages. The regular employment which succeeded three or four days a week and the demand for lalior which had absorbed the million of idle men, thus adding to the aggregate weekly amount paid to wage workers 15 or 20 per cent., were as much an advance of wages as if a few cents a day had been added. It Is the full employment of labor at a fair price which measures the general prosperity of the country, because such employment gives to workers the largest aggregate of wages. As the year opened the improvement in demand and prices made it possible to take the next step in two or three of the larger industries, which was the advance of wages. This followed naturally after the absorption of the unemployed. The upward movement had begun. In the past two weeks the wages of more men were advanced 10 per cent than during any similar time in our Industrial period. Ami the remarkable fact about this advance is that it has been made without a strike, without a demand, but by the free act of employers. In this connection the

returns of wages by the recent bulletin of the Massachusetts Bureau of l.a'ior shows some interesting facts. The average of dally wages paid In eighteen employments In twelve cities of the United States was as follows: 1ST0. $2.LDi4: 1880, $2.31: in 181)0. $2. IS: In 1S03, $2.49; In 180(5, 2.40; 1807. S2 40; 1898, $2.38. But for the fall in the wages of bricklayers the wages of 1808 would have shown a gain over the preceding year. By Bradstreet's index numbers It appears that in October. 1890, given quantities of 107 staples cost 105.996, that the same quantifies could be purchased during the emire year 189(5 for 05.777, and that prices began to rise In 1897, and during 1S!IS the cost thereof averaged 75.527. This means that between 1S90 and ISfiti wages fell only 3.22 per cent., w'.ille prices fell 38 per cent., and between 1890 and 1898 prices fell 2G.S per cent. This means that if all wage earners could have had full employment between 1S90 and 1896 at 10 or 15 per cent lower wages, the fall in prices was so much greater that they would have been quite as well If not better off. It was not the decline in wages of the employed which caused the distress during the period which followed the inauguration of Mr. Cleveland In 1893, but the entire loss of pay by a considerable per cent, of those who live bywages and the partial loss by half or two-thirds, employment by others.

Farm Labor Prospering, Too. Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota farmers are not worrying about getting their notes extended this spring. They have plenty of seed on hand. The ground is getting nicely Irrigated for spring plowing and planting. Prospects for good crops and good prices were never brighter. Still their prosperity ointment is not without its insect. The one source of worry to farmers at present particularly the ones with large farmsIs the difficulty experienced la contracting for help for the spring and summer season. Two or three years ago the opening of spring brought a long procession of hungry-looking men to efry farmer's door looking for work. W ' were not much object- The unemp jd wanted work. They had come out from the manufacturing districts of the Kast and from the congested labor ranks of the larger cities of the West in the hope of finding employment of any sort. Not only was no difficulty experienced in getting willing laborers at from $12 1.0 $18 a month, but it actually became a source of annoyance In refusing the applications of those to whom no Work could be given. In this year of our Lord the I8ntli, and of the administration of William McKinley the third, things are different. The farmer Is finding his spring work looming ahead of him in mammoth proportions with men to do it exceedingly scarce. Instead of laborers coming to him and begging for employment, be Is getting out and hustling in his search for the necessary "hired man." It is not always an easy matter to find him, nor is it a matter of facility to make a contract with Iiim when found. Wages have jumped from the $18 maximum to an $18 or S2U minimum, with $25 more like an average figure and more being paid in some cases. The farmer usually considers himself lucky when he gets good meu at these figures. Thus the prosperity that lias come with the opening of the factories instead of the mints has not been long in reaching the farm laborer. It will be Interesting to note how the antl-pros-perlty papers will explain this situation. Sioux City Journal.

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Increased Employment of Labor. Mr. James M. Swank, of the American Iron and Steel Association, reports that the total product of Bessemer steel ingot in the United States i:i 1808 was 6,609,017 gross tons. This is more than doable the number of tons produced Iu 1893, the flrst year of the ailiuinistni- ' Ion which came into office pledged 1 he infliction of free trade by gradual degrees upon the country, and over a third greater than the number of tons produced during any one year while that administration was in power. The increased production of steel has meant an Increased employment of labor. The steel and Iron workers "if the country, who are among the nitU intelligent workmen that there are, lu-n. i n rule recognised where their chance- for bread and hnf.ter lav anr 1' n1 ly voter for pivtecuon. ot

I be likely to change their views as a resuit of the comparative showing made j by the steel nud iron industry under

protection and free trade. Tar ff Must Nut Protect Trusts. The St. Paul Pioneer Press makes a pertinent and timely appeal to the Mepublican party in lake the Initialive In dealing with those great trade combinations that take advantage of our revenue laws to straniile competition and enhance prices. Not counting those ureal trusts that came Into existence

prior to ISDN, such as the Standard Oil. I the American Sugar Hennery, the ! American Tobacco Company and many : others, it estimates that the past fouri teen months have witnessed the forj matlon of 110 less than eighty trusts 1 with an aggregate capitalization of I over S2,0liiMKHi.oiio. How fur a trust i or combination which relies solely

upon the natural and economic forces of organization and capital to increase and cheapen production, and which results In supplying a bettor article at 0 lower cost than could be produced under competitive conditions, may be justified is a question for debating defies. It is undoubtedly the duty ... legislatures and courts to protect society from the aggregations of capital which destroy competition iu order to enhance prices. For these there cau be no excuse, protection or defense. The Pioneer Press declares that it is

the duty of (.'01 grrss, iu both branct.ea of which the Uepubl leans have a majority, to abolish or suspend every protective duty under the shelter of which its lieiiellciartis have organized a trust or combination of any sort to advance prices. The purpose of the protective tariff was to foster Industries, not to protect monopolies. No mercy or consideration should be shown to any combination of capital that takes advantage of a protective tariff to mulct American consumers. It should be the lirst office of the Republican majority in Congress to free its skirts from ail responsibility for trusts, which under shelter of the tariff exact higher prices from the people. Wherever the protective tariff enhances the price of the product of a trust to the American consumer It should be reduced or removed entirely. That is a pretty safe proposition. Its adoption will remove the stigma of fostering trusts from the Republican party. Money Talks. Before the enactment of the Dingley law. the tin plate industry In this country was prostrated. American dealers were oblige?! to p to Kurope for that commodity, and before it reached the hands of the consumer it became ex

pensive because of the eosi of transatlantic transportation and the fact that the manufacturers had a corner on the market. We were told by the free traders that tin plate could not be manufactured In the United States in quality and quantity that would meet the demand. Hut American capital and American ingenuity have been equal to the emergency, and we now lind the making of tin plate among the leading industries of the country. The men who are earning $54 a week will not agree with the free tradei that the Dinghy tariff has been of uo benefit to the tin plate industry. Money talks, and that is what the employes of the tin plate manufactories aru earning. Trenton (N. J.) (.iassette. When Business Is Good. It is no new thing iu this country to find that when our wage-earners are at work and business consequently Is good there Is a demand for foreign as well as for domestic products, for when everybody is making money everybody can and does buy liberally. When a Wilson law closes American mills and factories it seems at lirst a tine bargain for Americans with pockets well supplied by home industries to be able to buy cheaply. Kut when the pockets are emptied and no more earnings drop into them because our own Industries are no longer paying wages, it ceases to be such a line thing. We had that experience when .e repealed t lie McKinley law, which had Increased thp purchasing power of everybody. U 1 should have a repetition of It if we were to make a similar mistake with the Dingley law. New York Press. Opinion of llunkerb. Representative Rabcoek, who Is a member of the committee of the Republicans of the next House to make an investigation of the currency question as a basis of legislation, has recently given the Milwaukee Sentinel the replies of lite hundred bankers to whom he suit questions relating to the subject. To the question, 'Would you favor a bank note circulation based upon the .commercial assets of the bank?" 89 of 111 answers were "uo." In answer to a question regarding retirement of the greenbacks, 47 of 84 bankers were in favor of retirement. In regard to the President's proposition of paying out only for gold the greenbacks that have once been exchanged for gold, 104 of 113 declared themselves In favor of It. -Indianapolis Journal. They Mie the Pointe. Henry (May was the great champion of the protective principle in his day. Under It the country has always prosperedIt is prospering to-day under it. It does not foster nor build up trusts; it cannot do that, because it creates competition and not coiubinaf ion. The truth of tin? matter Is that, for some reason best known to themselves, the so-called Democrats and free-traders miss the point. Norwalk i.Conu.) Reflector. Xeeda Iiivctttitfntfon. Whether the bounty system Is the best way to bring about the desirable results of American shipbuilding expansion is too deep a question to lie answered right off. It Is a subject that will bear thoughtful Investigation. Wilmington (Del.i Herald. A Settled l-'act. "We have quit discussing tariff." said President McKluley at Boston, "and have turned our attention to getting trade wherever It can be found." A protective tariff is a settled fact, and so is business expansion. Hot Springs tArk.) Republican. Hi Kconotny. Mrs. Murkle John, you know I promised to get along without a tailor-made suit If you would get me a sealskin coat last fall. Mr. Murkle - Yh, dear, and It was a beauty that I got, wasn't If? Mrs. Murkle - It was. Indeed, love. Dear me'. I shall have to get a terribly swell Easter outfit to keep folks from thinking we arc slipping backward In money matters. The Last Illiinn Vintage. The greater part of the Rhine vintago of 1898 Is said to be so sour that, were It not for its cost, the best thing would be to label it vinegar. The telegraph lines In Chill arp owned by the government A message of r, -'oi ls can be sent to c ,i:.i . Of, the country for about eight ceu-i

BIGAMY, If Not rol'K"" Otira Authorised In K u rupe. Among the early Teutonic tribes, 89 among all savage nations, polygamy was openly practiced. According to Herbert Spencer Hie Merovingian princes also had u orc than one wife. But so far as is known no civilized European government ever authorized the practice. In the thirty years' war the Diet of FraneoniM. sitting at Nuremberg, passed the following remarkable law, "permitting each man to marry two wives, 011 account of the numerical superiority of the women." Article 3 of this law ran: "Any man is allowed to marry two wives, but husbands are advised that If the fate of two persons Is Intrusted to them they must in turn behave with prudence and discretion, providing for them sufficiently and taking such measures as ma;- prevent quarrels." Herbert Spencer may consider the Diet which could pass such a law civilized. And they may have been, but to the casual observer it would seem that they were also to a certaiu extent insane.

SORROWS OF STERILITY

Lasting Impression. The fact that early impressions linger long In the memory needs no proof, but an interesting illustration of It happens along now and then. "There are meu," said Jones, "whose simple personality is more persuasive than any oratory could be, who can impress jou more powerfully with a gesturea wave of the handthan if they uttered whole dictionaries of words. Did you ever come across such a iiiaiiV" "till, yes," replied Brown. "My father was a man of that kind. 1 cnuie across him, as it were, quite frequently. It was when I was across him across his knee- that a wave of his hand always impressed me most powerfully. Ah, yes!" Days of the Horse Numbered. The greatest electrician in the world declares that the days of the horse are numbered, and that in a short lime electricity will supplant ii. Disc-aura of the stomach, liver, kidneys and blood would he n cuii-, osity if sufferers would take Hosteller's Stomach Bitters. There would then be practically' no dyspepsia, indieestiou or coustiputiou. Mollified. He kissed her boldly on Market street, opposite the Plielan Building. "Sir1." siie shrieked, "you are an utter stranger to me. What means this familiarity?" "Miss." he replied, bowing low. though we never met before, you must excuse tue. I bel my friend that I would kiss the prettiest girl I saw ou the block." A soft, forgiving siuiie replaced her wrathful glance. "You are forgiven this time," she 6aid, sweetly, "but please lou't let it occur again." Sau Francisco News Letter. Try Grain-O! Try Graln-Ol Ask your Grocer to-day to show yoa a packaeeof GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it. like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. V4 the price of coffee. 15c. and 25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.

MOTHERHOOD is woman's natural destiny. Many women are denied the happiness of children through some derangement of the generative organs. Actual barrenness is rare.

Among the many triumphs cf Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable

Compound is .he overcoming of cases of supposed barrenness. This great

( vfVmtmmU WWlSb I medicine is so well calculated to recn-

late every function of the generative organs that its efficiency is vouched for by multitudes of women. Mrs. Ed. Wolforu, of Lone Tree. Iowa, writes:

" Dear Mrs. Pinkham Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I had one child which lived only six hours. The doctor said it did not have the proper nourishment while I was carrying it. I did not feel at all well during preg

nancy, in time I conceived again, and thought I would write to you for advice. Words cannot express the gratitude I feel towards you for the help that your medi

cine was to me during this time. I

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tip to me last, ana was sick only a Khnrt tim Mir li.Ki, ,on4,al &2fl

pounds. He is a fine boy, the

joy of our home. He is now six weeks old and weighs sixteen pounds. Your medicine is cer

tainly a boon in pregnancy." Mrs. Flora Cooper, of Doyle, S. Dak., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham Ever since my last child I suffered with inflammation of the womb, pains in back, left eide, abdomen and groins. My bead ached all the time. I could not walk across the flour without suffering intense pain. I kept getting worse, until two years ago I wrote to you

for advice, and began taking

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I I had not finished the first bottle before I felt better. I took

four bottles, and have been strong and perfectly healthy ever since, and now have two of the nicest little girls."

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The ami or the iiiuuicipali'y of London !s 071 acres. Including the metropolitan and city police districts, Loudon Is 443.421 statute acres iu size.

"Peace Hath Her Victories ffp less renowned than luar, " said Milton, and now, in the Spring, is the time to get a peaceful victory over the impurities which have been accumulating in the blood daring Winter's hearty eating. The banner of peace is borne aloft by Hood's Sarsaparilla, It brings rest and comfort to the weary body racked by pains of all sorts and kinds. Its beneficial effects prove it to be the great specific to be relic! upou for victory, lloo I's never ditapiMittts, Salt Rhoum " My mother whs seriously aftoVtttJ wait suit rtifiim uml puinfitt ruuuiug sores. Xu medicine helped her until Hood's Sursapurill was used, wiiicli limd.f Iter entirely well." Fsbx K. MAri.KTuN, 358 iiearborb Street. Cbioneo, 111. Tired Fe-ellng-" I had tbattiR-d.dntlfeei-intf. (lyspep t. kead'U'hett and sitikttii spells, but Hood's Sars&mrilt& made me u nw num. I never whs ttetter thau UOW." JoHH MacK, Oskaloos. Iowa.

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the imly f-atUuutlc to take with Howi's SarempartlU.

EXCURSIONS TO THE FREE GRANT LAND OF WESTERN CANADA.

During the months ' f MuivL und April, oxcurlious will luavti.O.iiouml M iohigaii Hiitiu fr Vtsirn Cauaila.on M-jii-Uy of each wifk, '1 Less Kxcursiou will I arcuiUi'umeJ by atifiits f the G'At'rninviit. an J

lueciiil I'tirn wii! uruvidtH lr ttit- ibr. tiuh trip-

For particulars a to how tw ulituiu 160 wrtr ot Und fren, and railway ntn for s? itlrr. apply u; B u peri i)U mien t of limmration. On aw. CanaUn, ortoJas. Grieve, Mt. I'lt-asaut. MtcL; It. L. C'avvu. Bad Axe, Mich ', il- V. Mm-Iuiics. lu'trott, Mich.

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THE SCHOOLS Of Greater New York, Boston, and many other places use Carter's Ink exclusively and won't use any other. That speaks veil for CARTER'S INK and gives you food for thought.

French Divorce Laws. France has now u law by which marriage may be dissolved without cost to the applicants. The Paris Divorce Court devotes Thursdays to gratuitous decrees. Ou oue day recently 2'M couples were divorced during a session ol four hours, an average of more than one divorce a minute. The applicant? belonged to the working class, in whioh divorces were infrequent before tinpassage of the law.

Mutual ftu fieri uxr. "There was a poor tramp here this afternoon," said the young wife. "The poor man was worrying over the next meal, he told me." "I wonder," said the husband, "If worrying over the next meal is any more torture than worrying over the last one'" Indianapolis Journal,

Suspected. "What a flatterer your wife Is." "Flatterer? Oh, 110, you wrong her. What has she said that makes jou think she flattered you'"" "It wasn't me she flattered; but don't you remember what she said about hoping that your hoy would grow jup to be Just like his papa?"

A SENSIBLE LETTER. A Western Canadian Settler Writes to an Illinois Pricud. In writing to Mr. T. Hawkyard, of Rock ford, ill., Sir. G. Slmpkius, of I.e due. Alberta, Western Canada (and to which points especially low rates are beiug quoted over .all Hues of railway), says: "Dear Sir Received your letter the 14tb lust. We have had uo snow till after Christmas, and the cattle have been able to live out, uud are all in good condition. It Is snowing now. That Is what we want. Have about six inches now. The old settlers say when we have lots of scow it means a good crop the coming season. It never drifts here. The weather is calm and bright. We do not have to dress any heavier thau iu Illinois, and the horses never shiver with the cold when we take them from the warm stable, as they do iu Illinois. It has not frozen iu the stable this winter. "The most of the stock runs out, but there is no need of it, for timber is plentiful, and there is no expense to build good stables and houses. We have good log bouses, and they are very warm. Two men can put up a house 10x114 in two days. There are good rails for fences. We live ter. miles from the coal district, the price being from 50 cents up to $'2. The laud is a very rich, loamy soil, from six inches to several feet in depth; the hills have the deepest. It is a rolling country, and excellent for stock of all kinds. Sheep do well, and there are plenty of small lakes, where the cattle can get good water. The cattle got out of grass last year, about the middle of April, and run at large; unless In charge of a herdsmen, we have to fence agalust them. Wheat goes from thirtyfive to sixty bushels per acre, oats eighty and ninety, very often over a hundred. As to potatoes, a neighbor plauted seven bushels and dug 22U bushels and no bugs. Roots of all kinds do well. There are lots of strawberries and lots of red raspberries, black and red currants, and gooseberries, where the fire has not burnt them. Cattle are scarce. I have been trying to buy some for eight months, and have got only three two-year-olds, and paid $30 each. "Hogs are scarce, but can be got. They sell for U cents dressed, and cost more for stackers. Wheat 50 cents per bushel, oats 25 cents, eggs SO cents a dozen, butter 15 and 20 cents, poultry was 10 and 11 cents dressed. Sheep are scarce. If you come, bring your farm tools, but bring no seeders; we use drills. Bring cows, but do not bring horses unless you are an experienced hand In shipping them, for so mauy of them are hurt in shipping. There will be plenty of work for a binder. Two good horses will break, but three lighter are better. The horses you get here can work without grain, but are better with It. It will be hard to tell what prices horses will be. for the immigration will be very large the coming spring. They could not be had last spring at oue time. They claim the best time to break is

June, but my experience is to break in the spring aud work it. You can break till the middle of July."

Pocket rieklnst in Iiondon. Pocket picking is r.n occupation that admits of a vast display of ingenuity. While disclaiming any particular merit for that country, saj-8 a London paper, It Iu an indisputable fact that again Kugland is iu the van of all nations in that her pickpockets hold their own against all foreign competition, in London alone over 100,000 meu, women and children gaiu their daily bread entirely by this unscrupulous mode of living. Bromua lnertnia Graas I It's the (ire.tteit grass ou earth Salzer says so. Thi-i grass yields 4 to 7 tons better hay than timothy iu dry, rainless couutries; yields even mure than that iu Ohio, Ind .VIhh., Wis.. Iowa, III., Mo.. Kuns., Nehr.. M jilt., yes in every State of the I'nioii! Salzer warrants this! Potatoes $1.20 a Hid. Send this notice to JOHN A. SAI.ZER SEED CO.. LA CROSSE. WIS., and 10 ceuts postage aud receive their great Seed Catalogue and sample of this grass seed and nine other farm seed Rarefies free. (c n.) An Cnsntiafoctory Kxplauatiou. Biggs I wonder why they call It a foot-ball game? DIggs Why, I suppose It's because they kick the ball. Biggs But there Is just as much kicking done at a base-ball game.

- Shako Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a jniwdcr for the feet. It cures painlul, swollen, smarting, nervous feet and instantly takes the sting out c f corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes leel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot. tired, acliins feet. Try it to-rfnr. Sold by all di uggistn and ihoe stores. By mail for 25c, in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Koy, N. V.

Devoid of Sensation. "Is that new English novel interesting?" "Xo, there isn't a single consumptive person in the book." Chicago Record.

Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 23 and 50c.

Only two animals are known Jjg layers. Tliey are found In a. The lirst Is the ornl' orlr or duck-billed platypu'V, i tha echidna, or porcup , '' .y, ater.

St. Jacobs OU corn Kan. -,& St. Jacobs Oil " Neuralgia; St. Jacobs Oil " l.unUga St. Jacobs Oil " twiatio. St. Jacobs Oil " Sprain. St. Jacobs Oil " llraHes. St. Jacobs Oil " Soreness, St. Jacobs Oil " Stiffnsi St. Jacoba Oil " Bscksch. St. Jacobs Oil " MiucuUu Aahs A woman is always perfectly sure that she is in the right until it comes to backing her opinion with money. Chicago News.

lluwiness. The Groom (very wealthy) Why did you marry an ordinary chap like me? The Bride I haven't the slightest idea. Mamma managed the whole affair. Boston Traveler. Have It Hand)-. He cried out iu agony, and they ran to the neighbors for help. Sciatica was torturing him. Better run for St. Jacobs Oil, or have It handy. It is known to cure the worst cases.

Even In the darkest hour of earthly ill, woman's fond affection glows. Sand. Passengers for points in the Middle Wot, lo points in tiie Rocky Mountains or 1'acilie Const, should bear in mind that the three fast express lraiiu on the Nickel Plato lioad each makes direct connections with through lilies at Chlcao. Splendid equipment, (ii.it time and loncst rates. Every essential for a safo aud pleasant journey is placed within tho reach of the travetiug i.uhlio.

To Cure a Cold in Oue Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A li druggists refund the inoiiev if it fails to euro. 25c. The genuine has I.. U. Q. on each tablet The number of blind persons In Australia ii proportion to the number of tho population is considerably less than In most other countries. .

We will forfeit $1,000 if any of our published testimonials are proven to be not genuine. THE PISO CO.. Warren, Pa. The only benefit of flattery Is that by hearing wliai: we are not. we may be Instructed what we ought to be. Swift. The Lowest Bates East or West are offered via the Nickel I'lalo Road. With solid through trains to New York, and through sleeping ears to Boston and direct connections at Chicago for all points west, travelers via I his deservedly popular low-rate line are offered all conveniences of an exacting traveling public. Then, too, the quality of tin; soi vice is tinsiii passed. Jiodom day couches and luxurious sleeping cars coi.'ribtitc to the comfort of passengers, while unexcelled dining cars cater to the titslcs 'A Hi" most exacting.

.Mrs. Wiitslow-ii SiK'THlNO Srncr for CblMrao :i'''!)iinir: fcortu.s t Jim uuiaa. reduces itinaumstioti lla;n pun. curon wiutl tuliu cents s bottle.

WAXTKn. OaMiof KM Health that U IU SS will fiat tH-iiH. Sru.i 5 crtus to Ktpans Chemical Co New York. fir 10 sauutfes and UMI testimonials.

Avoid the Night Atr. Avoid the night air when damp and cold, ami you will often avoid having neuralgia, but St. Jacobs Oil will cure it uo matter what is the cause and no matter how long It has continued.

Planning for 11 Oood Time. Mr. Bigguus -So you waut $10 with which to go shopping? What do you intend to buy? Mrs. Bigguus I dou't know, dear. If I did there would be no use of my going shopping. I could have you stop In somewhere and get It.

A Remarkable Offer. The SMHial oJTt'r niiule c!s'whro Inoar&dvertihin;r columns l,y the T. M. K tiertn Supply House, Mi:meiipolts. Mi'llll., Khoufd it car'ffully read by very radr of tltis paper. It is made in trood faith. I.y u reliable Ijrm, and consult of remarkable vulues. The darkest hour iu the history or any youug man is when he sits down to study bow to get money without earn Ing it- Horace Greeley.

Ob, Thnt Delicious Coffee ! Costs hut 1c. per lb. to grow. Salzer has the seed, tieruiau Coffee Berry, pi;;-, lfie.; Java Coffee pkg. Ific. Salzer's New American Chicory 15c. Cut this out aud send l.rc. for any of ahove packages or send 30c. and get nil 3 pkgs. and (treat Catnlogue free to JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse. Wis. (c. n.)

xtaafnsms Can't Be Tarasr By local applications, as they cannot raaeh tfes clsnd portion of the ear. Tuere is only ona way to core Desfueaa. and '.li it is by eonstit. tfoual rtiteodics. ilea'uenB i causoaby au la. flamed condition of the mueous lining of tbs Eustaobiau Tnbo. w hen tins : ube Bets inflamed ?ou have a rumbling ammd or imperfect bsax. ng, and when It is eutirely cinaed Deafness is. tbe result, and ntilnss tha inilaniniatfon flan be taken out and thin tube restoitd to its norma condition, huariug will b destroyed forever nfnec&aei out of ten are caused by eatarrau wblcb is nothing but an luniiuied condition off Ihemucoui surfaces. We will RfTr Jlr Hundred Dollars for any caae of Deafneaa ricaused by Catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. 8aat for circulars, free. K. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, OWo. Sir Sold by Druggists, 75c.

Cotton and Iron as Cargoes. Among stevedores cotton Is regarded as the hardest to stow and railway iron the easiest. Couebs Leads to Consumption, Kemp's Balsam w ill stop too cough at once. Go to yourdruggist ic-dav and get a sample bottlo free. .Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangeioui. A happy family is but an earlier heaven. Bowriug.

A Bad Opinion of It. Mr. Wilberforee-What do you think Of the third party, Miss Dialling? Miss D'nillng Oh, I always detested a chaperon. Louisville CourierJournal What Do the Children Drink? Doa't five them tea or coffee. Has you tried the new food drink causal GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nouriaainx, ami takes the place of coffee. Tbs more Grain-0 yon give the children tie more health you distribute through their systems. Graln-O is made of pare grains, and when properly prepared tastes lik the choice grades of coffee, but costs about as much. AU (procera aaU it. 16a. and 25c . Owning Their Own Gas Plants. More than 200 municipalities In England, Scotland and Ireland now on the municipal gas works.

Eagle Linen Letter Paper and Envelopes are the proper thing. Tell your printer to use this brand on your next order.

The services of the Niekol Plate Road to New Yo-k and Boston is a demonstrated success. The demands of the traveling nblie are met by providing . three peerles fast express trains in each direction daily. The-e trains are composed of modern first-class day coaches and elegant vestihuled sleeping ears between Chicago, Now York and Boston, and unexcelled dining cars, bolld, through trrlns lie t ween Chicago aad New York City have uniformed colored porters in charge cf day coaches, whose services are placnl at the d sposal of pussengers. If yoa want to travel comfortably, economically and safely nee that your ticket Is routed via the Nickel Plate Road.

TWO BEHARKABLE CURES Of Two Prominent and Well-Known People, A Catarrh Cure that Cures. Some Seasonable Spring Sayings. Springtime has come at last, and now Is the time for all catarrh sufferers to begin a systematic course of treatment for this disease. The greatest difficult y iu the way of treating chronic catarrh Is that the patient is so liable to catch cold during the treatment and thus delay the cure. This liability at this seaBon of the year is, in a great measure, removed, and no one should neglect the opportunity to begin treatment. Miss Dade Stegcman, superintendent of the Chicago North Side Woman's Club, of Chicago. In a recent letter to Dr. Hartmau, speaks of Pe-ru-na as follows: Chicago, Jan. 23, 1899. Pe-ru-na Drug M'fg Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen Pe-rn-na has often been

used oy the men bers of our club in eases of stomach trouble and general debility also reeently in cases of la grippe, and always with the most beneli c I a r y results. I think a great deal of Pe-ru-na often recommend It to my friends, and am

glad to say all who have tried it speak a good word for it Yours truly, DADE STEGEMAN. Send for free catarrh book. Address Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus, Ohio.

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OESEBAL S. S. TOBXB. Notwithstanding that a great number of people have been 'cured of chronic catarrh by taking Pe-rn-na during the past cold season, yet It cannot be denied that the cold, wet, stormy winter has retarded many cures, and in some cases ac tually prevented a cure. General S. S. Yoder, ex-Member of Congress from Ohio, in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, speaks of Pe-ru-na as follows: Washington, D. C. Te-ru-na Drug M'fg Co., Columbus, p.; Gentlemen I ceslre to say that I have found Pe-ru-na to be a wonderful remedy. I only used It for a short t me and am thoroughly satisfied as to ira merits. I cannot find words to eip ?ss my gratification for the results -talned. As a catarrh cure I shall (!.-,) ly recommend It to all sufferers. T urs truly. S. S. YOTl' ?

SAPOLIO IS LIKE A GOOD TEMPER, "IT SHEDS A BRIGHTNESS EVERYWHERE."

Faraers ICrflies Free! T2jXSl0l2SS& N'orUieru Grown 8e.ti will at ouctj ctiurtaoa yoa Uuro ar no better truwn an J wa therafora male tha following onboard of offer to tbe ruclsr of this paper, 47 Packet trmh u&rdtan toed, ami knife No. b, a) Ifor 'ncta. postpaid or S! JiackiMjtM trmh, garden eeeds fcnd knife NoTJsb. nil for 97 ct postpaid. Cut out this Hilt art Isimont ana bmivI ou 7?ct. if SDn want knife So.

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SKEINS, t retail prictt it over 1.15i and we will en4 the entire 37 pjuikeu and the knife FREE, all Potnaifl. IN0.1SB. lPstfr. Gem Paa, 1 pka. EoUpsjn Bl&odTnr.

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t nno rem, 1 pas Bum a neant, 1 pug. fellow lanvjrs flat Onion 1 pk. Kobba Gem YVattWTnalon.l pkg. Ox Heart Car. rots. 1 pka. Laro Early York Cabbage. . 1 pktt. U orbits Mammoth Drumheao , CanbaffO, It pkg. Tmou Greon Cooumber, 1 pka. IJaiiTBr half lontf CarroUilpk. , GruanCitron Muskmelon, 1 Ko. TiSfi.

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)-H. t en roiiuu x uuanui. a pku. Trophy Tomato, 1 peg. Kutaboya, 1 i kg. Big Donton La-.tuuo. ii Uattra Fnt-Dle Tan

Tarnlp, 1 pk if. Hollow Crown P&ntniiia. 1 itkn. lona Scarlet

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1'aiwley, 1 pkg. Calory, 1 pkg. Thym, J pkg. French Break fast Had ii.li, 1 pkg. Summer Crook neck 8.uash, 1 pkg. Curled Bimpeon Lattaee, 1 DkiL- IvaarW fiatDatoh Tarnln.

1 pkg. Bcurlot Turnip Kadith, 1 pkg. Deavor Market Lettnee, 1

pkg. kAi ir ilu3iin imcumoer. 1 kg. Outcast King Cabbage, 1 pkg. wet Putniikln.apk.i Karly Mlune-

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KNIFE FREE. At 77 c mta tl.e No. 7b, f blade Cmgrvtm buck hornl handle, )et st'-ol warranted knifowill aWBoutFREE. TheNikn.b. knife U just what evary fa rmor thould have. Ectm weight, finely polished trmd. throe harr sitLMul liiA-tiM- Iticludinii hoot

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freeh pockoia of giwdeuiweJto anyone postpaid tor Kctsuo better awd(trojrn or -eoM at any price. Ttti col leotloncannot be broktin or any variation made. Htujxstssl.ln order to fat thin newspaper aa au ftdvtitistug mtrktiuiu. T.t everyone wit will enclnee thit aavcrt)9ruitat vltli their r.ler wo will ad SO packages tva'.ti $1 ifrw, making r? packages of rruah garden stHli aad th! kiilii iNu. "M tr 77 cents, or knife No. ;7ii and 5? aciufi f.r 17 etuls. A remarkable offer. T. M. kuberts Supply Mouse, Minneapolis. Minn.

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i" Early innerOnlo.....;"l0e' " Brilliant Floew8eeda.....Ua. Wrth $1.00, for HCte. u! Above 10 pkgs.. worth ILOO. we will mat I you free, togetW with oar great Plant and 8eed Catalogue, upon re- I ceipt of this notice aad 1 4e poatege I

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DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION AND other disease permnnr-iuiy cured Id two montlu ivltlimu iiH-dtfiae or dietlug. Writo. lnrl using 2 tviltd tur nil titrt'i'tiorw. Have nothing to teil. Sati a.tlnD guaranltt.'d. Wrl'P ht mnr and take uo mor drilgH. MiVltK A. 1IAYCOX, lUtrttrta. Wis. IlElwSfra f Successfully Prosecutes Claims. LatePrtnclD&l ictxAai Jier 0.8- Pension BurMO 3yrHluuvuwsu li auiiicatiiichUinsi.attyidiHJ

Don't Ron. ESTABLISH A HOME OF YOUS OWN Read "Tbe Corn Belt." handsome monthly paper, beautifully illustrated, containing exact and truthful information about (arm lands in tbe West Send 25 cents in postage stamps for a year's subscription to Tew Cokm Belt. 209 Adams St., Chicago.

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