Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1898 — Page 3

The Secret Out.

Dixon—l understand that Mrs. Hasher, the boarding-house keeper who died last week, left a fortune of over $50,000. Hixon —Is it possible? Why, I had so idea there was no much money in keeping boarders. Dixon—There isn’t as a rule, but you see she owned a large prune orchard in California.

Innocent Children Sacrificed.

The “slaughter innocents” continues, until it is estimated that onefourth of the human race die before attaining their fifth birthday, owing to our rigorous and changeable climate. AM there are thousands of adults in this land that stomach complaints are reducing to confirmed invalidism, whom Hostetter's Stomach Bitters would promptly relieve ■'ad invigorate. , Sarah Bernhardt is a total abstainer from all alcoholic drinks, and to this she attributes much of her wonderful energy and mental power. Her favorite beverages are milk and water.

OVER-WROUGHT NERVES OF WOMEN. Extracts From Letters Received by Mrs. Pinkham. **l am so nervous and wretched.” “I feel as if I should fly.” How familiar these expressions are. Little things annoy you and make you irritable. You f t ordinary burdens, and ion helps to make you tche and pains low down n top of head, later on in. >n points unerringly to ouble. rritten to Mrs. Pinkham ; experienced impaired ?ou would have been spared these hours of awful suffering. Happiness will be gone it of your life forever, my act promptly. Procure ’s Vegetable Compound . its use, then write to t Lynn, Mass., if there is , your case you do not be afraid to tell her the id not explain to the docr is seen only by women itcly confidential. Mrs. .st experience with such bles her to tell you just t for you, and she will nothing for her advice. (Nie Bierly, Youngdale, ’* Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—Will you kindly allow me the pleasure of expressing my gratitude for the wonderful relief I have experienced by taking your Vegetable Compound. I suffered for a long time with nervous prostration, backache, headache, loss of appetite, a heavy bearing-down feeling, also burning pains in the groins. I could not sleep, was tired all the time, had no ambition. Life was a burden to me. The pains I suffered at times of menstruation were Something dreadful. I thought there was no cure for it. I saw your advertisement in the paper, and my husband advised me to try your medicine. I took five bottles, and now lam well and happy. Your medicine saved my life.” A Million Women Have Been Benefited Dy Mrs. Pinkham’s Advice and Medicine Bear in Mind that “The Gods Help Those Who Help Themselves.” Self Help Should Teach You to Use SAPOLIO

one Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SWOP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL _ LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, N. K •••WHMNHMMiaoMOMee tFOR 14 CENTSI W & wish to gain 150,000 new cus- Z $$ tomers, and hence offer 1 Pkg. 13 Day Radish, 10c X 1 Pkg. Early Spring Turnip. 10c • 1 “ Earliest Red Beet, 10c © 1 *• Bismarck Cucumber, -10 c ft) 1 M Queen Victoria Lettuce, 15c ft) 1 * Klondyke Melon, 15c X 1 •• Jumbo Giant Onion, Inez 8 ° Brilliant Elower Seeds, 15c 5 Worth SI.OO, for 14 cents. ft Above 10 pkgs, worth SI.OO, we will Z mail you free, together with our a great Plant and Seed Catalogue X upon receipt of this notice and 14c. X postage. We invite your trade and • know when you once try Salzer’s ® seeds you will never get along with- © out them. Potatoes at $ 1.50 a a Bbl. Catalog alone sc. No.C-N. X ) JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., LA CROSSE, WIS. X i®®®o»e®aeo©c®o®3®eoe®©©ei rCLOVER’sEEDI • Largest growers of Grass and Clover Seeds ft ft in America. 6000 acres. Our Grass Mixtures last < a a lifetime. Meadows sown In April will give aT 2 rousing crop in July. Prices dirt cheap. Mam-® 2 moth catalogue and 11 pkgs. Grass and Grains, © O FREE for but 10c. and this notice. Catalogue sc. © • JOHN A. BALZER SEED CO., LACROSSE, WIS. (C.N.)ft ©©©©©•©©©©•©©•©©©©©©©©©©©e PENSIONS Write Cipt. O’FAfiEELI. reunion Ajent.Wsjhlnjton, D.C. A TPS?BITT® I Watson E. Coleman, Solicitor h Ka n B bl M of Paints, 902 F St., Washing- ■ ■ ■■■• ■ V ton, D. C. Highest references, Tfj GURtS WlOt ALL kd Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use gi Er] in time. Sold by druggists. El

The Fellness Thereof.

Amid ’ the discomforts of life and the fullness thereof, reaching to every family, there is that which can so easily mitigate or entirely cure, the wonder Is why we endure and suffer so much. From big pains to little aches, which are the wear and tear of the physical structure of man, there are always remedies good, better and best. The choice should be always for best as the surest and the cheapest. In chronic or acute suffering with rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica or lumbago, or with the minor ailments of sprains and bruises, or of soreness and stiffness, the efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil and the fullness thereof In so many complete and perfect cures make It stand out as the best remedy for pain. Why, then, should we stand on the order of going for it. and not go at once? In numberless cases the aggravations of discomforts and pains are from delay. Why should we suffer? Lake Huron owes its name to the French word hure, a head of hair, In reference to the Wyandottes, whom the French settlers designated Hurons, owing to their profusion of hair.

Chinese Cotton Mill.

An American manufactory has been introduced into China In the form of the international' cotton mill, recently established at Pootung, a small town near Shanghai, under the auspices of the American Trading Company of New York. It is the third cotton mill erected in China. It has 45,000 spindles and two engines of 1,600-horse power now in motion, and a number of looms will be added soon.

$400 FOR NEW NAMES!

The Salzer Seed Co. want suitable names for their 17-inch long corn and White Oat prodigy. You can win this S4OO easily. Catalogue tells all about it. Seed potatoes only $1.50 a barrel. Send This Notice and 10 Cts. in Stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis., and get free their great seed catalogue and eleven new farm seed samples, Including above corn and oats, positively worth $lO, to get a start, c.n.

Landlords and Tenants.

For some time the landlords of Berlin have had a blacklist of undesirable tenants, and now the tenants have retaliated by making a blacklist of unpleasant landlords.

What Do the Children Drink?

Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about *4 as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c.

A Quiet Tip.

De Lome's troubles should remind us, As history’s pages o’er we tur<f, That ’tis unwise to leave behind us Letters that we ought to burn.

If Id te POMMEL A-a, SLICKER Keeps both rider and saddle perfectly dry in the hardest storms. Sniffy Substitutes will disappoint. Ask for 1807 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker— SwjjL. is entirely new. If not for sale in your town, write for catalogue to W&S* A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. EXCURSIONS i To the Free Grant Landa of Western Canada, where ' twenty-five and thirty bushels of wheat are grown to I the acre, vrill be personally conducted by a Canadian i Government representative on ■ MARCH 23 AND 30, AND APRIL 6, leaving St. Paul on these dates. For particulars as to ; the specially low passenuer and freight rates apply to 11 41.1 ej.j i JLT-'iwmaCTWi C. Broughton, 1223 Mo- . nadnock Building,Chicago, B'r t. - Curri «- stwn. Point, VMsconr.iiuM.V, Mo Innes. No. 1 Merrill Block, ■JriTCI Detroit,Michigan;D.Cavon, P Bad Axe. Michigan, or Jas. ul /MFkpl 04 Grieve, Reed City, Michi* 1" g« n > N- Bartholomew, Dea KJ Moines, Iowa; D. H. Mur. i phy, Stratford, lowa, I Aoskts fob thx Govebnmunt or Canada.

Economy in Food.

. Experiments made by several learned professors establish the fact that sixteen cents a day will feed a man at moderate work, and thirteen cents a day is required for food for a woman. But shrewa buying and economical cooking are necessary. You must select your own meat, not allow tne butcher to do it. You will soon learn to know the best. Round steak is, all tnings considered, the cheapest. There are better cuts, but, as a rule, not worth the difference in price. There is more in the cooking of the steak than there is in the portion of the beef from which it is cut. Make your own bread. It is far cheaper and should be better. Twenty-five per cent, of water is added to bread in mixing, and water at five cents per pound is not cheap. A good vegetable lard is cheaper and more wholesome than hog lard. Sugar is a cheap food; give the children plenty of it. Beans and peas are very nutritious, and are “muscle formers. Tomatoes are of very little nutritive value, and are composed very largely of water. Buy the best butter, and take note of the amount of cream that rises on your milk. Buy fresh vegetaDies when you can get them at a reasonable price. Above all, variety is the spice of a good appetite. Let there be anticipation at each meal, and not have the same dishes day after day. Even a Thanksgiving dinner will became monotonous if served alike for a w»>ok.

Whitebait.

One of the first things an American orders when he arrives at London is whitebait, of which, however, there is a great variety of species. In February the season for whitebait begins, but then "yawlings,” or yearly herrings, are served. A little later this esteemed delicacy consists cf “heads and eyes,” a small hamparort fish well described by the above phrase. At other times tin* fishermen call the bait “Rooslians,” “Sticklebats” and “polwigs.” In August young sprats appear in large numbers, and these being In appearance a silvery white, give to the little fish its well known name, Whitebait. It is called “bait” because formerly it was exclusively used for baiting lolister and crabs. So long ago as 1780 it was considered a savory dish. When you go to London tiy it, and you will, either out of love for it, or fear at being called provincial, pronounce whitebait a great delicacy.

GAINED 22 POUNDS IN 5 WEEKS.

From the By-Slander, Macomb, ill. Alderman Louis W. Camp has astonished his friends by a remarkable gain in weight, having gained 22 pounds in five weeks. “I was broken down in health,” said Mr. Camp to our reporter, “and was so badly afflicted with a form of stomach trouble that life was a veritable nightmare. “1 tried various remedies during the six months of nay sickness, but obtained no relief. “About two years ago I was advised to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. I purchased one box and received so much benefit that I used five more

Interviewing the Aiderman.

and was entirely cured. I gained twentytwo pounds in five weeks. Since I stopped taking the pills I have scarcely had an ache or pain. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills restored me to health and I most heartily recommend them.” L. W. Camp on oath says that the foregoing statement is true. W. W. MELOAN, Notary Public. Following is the physician’s certificate as to Mr. Camp’s present condition: I am a regularly licensed physician of Macomb, McDonough County, 111. I have very recently examined Mr. L. W. Camp as to his general physical condition, and find the same to be all that could be desired, appetite qnd digestion good, sleeps well, and has all the evidences of being in a good physical condition. SAMUEL RUSSELL, M. D. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of September, 1597. W. W. MELOAN, Notary Public.

Paving Stones of Grass.

Paving blocks made of meadow grass are now manufactured. Their inventor was a clergyman, and the meadow grass, impregnated with oil, tar and resin, is pressed into blocks and finally bound with iron straps. The advantages claimed for these blocks are that they, are noiseless and elastic, resist the wear well and are impervious to heat and cold.

Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach tl- seat of the disease. Catarrh-Is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure It you must take Internal remedies'. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Kull’s Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It vjas prescribed by one of the best physiolans In this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. Tlie perfect combination of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results In curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists, price 76c. It has been calculated that if a pound of thread made from spiders’ webs were required it would occupy nearly 28,000 spiders a full year to furnish it. No one can act fairly without acting sympathetically; nor can any subserve his own best interest while that is all he has at heart. Why wouldn’t the pink of propriety be an appropriate flower for our national emblem?

Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children.

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children’s Home in New York, cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and destroy Worms. Over 10,000 testimonials. They never fail. At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Beet sugar culture is to be tried on one of the North Carolina penitentiary farms. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money If It fails to cure. 25c. Never come from high heels to low heels at one jump. FITS Fennanenlly Cured. No Ou or nervouaneei after first. CUJ’J use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. send for FREE 810.00 trial bottle and treatise. Db. K. U. blink, Ltu., sol Arch st.. Rtuladclphla, Pa Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Strup for Children teething; Aottens the gums, reduces inflammation. •Blys rain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle.

DIE IN THE FLAMES.

MANY LIVES LOST IN AN APPALLING CHICAGO FIRE. Avenues of Escape Cut Off and Victims Leap from Windows or Are Buried in the Kains of a Six-Story Structure on Wabash Avenue. • Terrible Scenes Witnessed. What was probably the most appalling Chicago fire since the cold storage holocaust at the World's Fair, broke out in the Conover piano building, 215 to 221 Wabash avenue, at 11 o'clock Wednesday forenoon. The death list may reach fifteen and the number of mangled and wounded is twice that. Within half an hour after the sheet of fire shot out from the top floor of the six-story building, the entire structure was wrapped in flames, and the crash of the huge walls as they tumbled down was heard for blocks around. The Conover Piano Company occupied three floors of the building, including the ground floor. The remaining tenants of the building were the National Music Company, the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sweet, Wallach & Co., photographic supplies. The fire started on the floor occupied by the photographic supply company. The floor was stored with chemicals and the dry. tinder-like materials employed in manufacturing photographic supplies. It was among this inflammable stuff that the fire started. The flames quickly spread to the floor beneath, where the National Music Company bad tons of son?; fleets packed away upon counters and shelves. Elevators became unserviceable, stairways filled with stifling smoke and all exits save by the windows were cut off. There were nearly 400 persons in the building, and to the windows they rushed on every one of {he upper floors. They crawled out on the cornices and down the fire escapes like flies. They poured out of the exits over one another. Men and women leaped from the windows. Some were caught in the nrms of bystanders and in blankets, escaping with their lives. Others fell tb death. The street was packed with people. The flames reached a store of varnish and chemicals on the third floor. There was an explosion, and the front wall was blown out. Plate glass windows across the street were shattered. Scores were burned, and many more were struck by the flyjug debris. The throng in the street became seized with a panic. The people started to rush along the thoroughfare. Men and women fell. They were trampled upon. In a solid mass the crowd pushed on. Huge burning brands dropped on their heads. Teams from the cross streets plunged into the struggling mass. Neither horses nor people stopped. Some of the horses reared and struck out, wounding men and women. Ambulances were called out from all stations in the city to care for the dead and wounded. The financial loss will'exceed $1,000,000.

RUSH TO THE FROZEN NORTH.

Many Klondike Prospectors Beach the Pacific Coast. Over 5,000 prospectors have passed up the Straits of Georgia since the season opened, bound for ports, according to n letter from Consul Smith, received at Washington. Mr. Smith writes: The advance division of the army of prospectors bound for the Klondike gold fields has arrived on the Pacific coast, and In even larger force than was anticipated so early In the year. At least four-fifths are Americans, though many come from England and also from various British colonies. That more have net gone is due to the lack, of room on the boats, although there are at least fifty steamers and schooners constantly and solely employed In carrying men, stock, horses, dogs and provisions up to the still frozen region of the north. Most of these are from the Hound, and, contrary to the general rule In the waters of the Pacific, the majority are American ships, manned and owned by Americans and displaying the stars and stripes. A list just published shows that forty-two steamers and twenty-four sailing craft are now engaged in this trade between Puget Sound and Dyea, Skaguay, Wrangell, and other Alaskan ports. About one-third of the American steamers touch at Victoria on their way north. In addition to this fleet, twelve British steamers and several schooners sail from this port as often as they Cun make the trip, which Is every two weeks. Sometimes several Alaskan steamers leave this port In one day. Many old hulks that have been Idle for years have been overhauled, repaired, equipped and pressed Into this service, and all go loaded to their utmost capacity. As a natural result, the price of passage has already been advanced 20 per cent., and strikes frequently occur among the men employed on the steamers. This congestion will inevitably be much relieved when the ocean steamships now on their way here arrive, which will be next month, unless, indeed, the throng Increases as the days lengthen. The dangers of the route, the suffering already prevalent and the knoivledge that not one In ten Is at all likely to secure even an Independent livelihood do not hinder the heglra to the frozen North. In consequence of the Immense Increase In the coasting trade, pilots have to be occasionally employed who are not familiar with the many reefs and rocks of the archipelago of Islands through which the channel to Alaska lies, and already two steamers have been wrecked, and each proved almost a total loss. But as long as there are letters received like the following addressed to a resident of Vancouver, “We have struck It rich on an unknown creek across the border In Alaska never before seen by man. In the crevices of the rocks In one day we picked up $30,000 In coarse gold. Sell your business, or give It away, and come quick with ten men"—so long will the crowds go north, regardless of snow, Ice, storms or wrecks. The outfitting trade Is the scene of fierce competition among the different cities of the coast. It has given new life to all and caused material prosperity, such as they have not known for years.

Telegraphic Brevities.

California’s petroleum trade is booming. Thirty-two new wells have been sunk since March 1. Reports from various points in New England show that the cotton mill strike will soon end. The convention of cattle raisers at Fort Worth, Tex., raised a subscription for a monument to the dead of the battleship Maine. At Holly Springs, Miss., little May Briggs, the 4-year-old daughter of .Tames Briggs, swallowed a button and choked to death in a few minutes. Kain has fallen abundantly all over Kansas, and stock water, which was scarce, is now plentiful, and pastures and wheat are much benefited. A contract was let by the Board of Public Affairs for lighting the city of Fort Smith, Ark., with electricity. The contract carries with it an electric street car franchise, to be put in operation in twelve months. Spain’s ideal hero, Franscuelo, the celebrated bull fighter, who has been honored by the queen regent and high officials of the Government, is dead, and all Spain is in mourning. There is no doubt now that at least eleven of the deputies of Sheriff Martin will be tried a second time on charges of feloniously wounding strikers at Lattimer, I’a., last September. Enlistment of able-bodied seamen for the United States navy is being rapidly pushed on the receiving ship at Mare Island navy yard, and large supplies of provisions and ammunition are being laid in, and the Yorktown and Pbiladelplua are being placed in readiness for sea.

America’s Greatest Medicine

The following 18 a characteristic Hood's Sarsaparilla testimonial. Facts like these have made Hood's Sarsaparilla America's Greatest Medicine and endeared It to thousands of homes scattered all over this broad land. *° / “’rbi "" "J \ \JW>/ “Wc like to tell what Hood's Sarsaparilia has done for us. Our four children had diphtheria. From the very lirst our little boy Ralph, then seven years old, was

Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine, because it accomplishes wonderful cures when ull other medicines fail. Sold by all druggists. 81.00, six for 85.00. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.

A Spy in a Royal Court.

“Marie Antoinette as Dauphine” • is the title of an article In the Century, by Miss Anna L. Bicknell. Miss Bicknell says: Marla Theresa had a strong desire to give suitable guidance to her daughter. She consequently arranged with the German ambassador, Comte de Merey-Argenteau, a secret correspondence, by which she was to be told of everything concerning the young Dauphine. Mercy kept a journal, which was regularly sent to the Empress, in which the most minute details of the daily life of the Princess are jotted down; every act, every Incautious word, is registered. Being in utter ignorance of this agreement, Marie Antoinette treated Mercy with full confidence, often expressing astonishment at the Information possessed by the Empress concerning her, but never dreaming that Mercy, whom she entirely trusted, was in fact an accredited spy through whom everything was revealed. There is, it must be owned, something revolting in the part played by Mercy. True, the revelations were made only to her mother; but she was Empress of Germany, and while Marie Antoinette ought henceforward to have been devoted to t.he Interests of France, the country over which her husband was to reign, t.he one idea of Marla Theresa was the prosperity and welfare of her own empire.

Origin of the Term “Spinster."

There are few persons that have not looked Into the dictionary especially who know how the term “spinster” originated. We often find it in Shakspeare and other of the English classics, but It is not always used to define a spinster. This Is its specific meaning. Its general significance Is wider. There was an old practice, in the years agone, that a woman should never be married until she had spun herself a set of body, table and bed linen. It Is not difficult to see how easy the term became applicable to all unmarried women, and finally became a law term and fixed.

Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show yon a packageof GRAIN-O, the new foot) 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. GHAIN-0 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. V 4 the price of coffee. 15c. and 25 eta. per package. Sold by all grocers.

Richest Find.

“What was the richest find you made?” And after long thought the returned gold-seeker answered: “A pound of coffee in an abandoned shanty.”—Washington Star.

Ask for Alien's Foot-Ease,

A powder to shake into your shoes. It cures Corns and Bunions, Chilblains, Swollen, Nervous, Damp, Sweating, Smarting, Hot and Callous Feet. At nil druggists’ and shoe stores, 25c. ASK TO-DAY. Sample FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted. Leßoy, N. Y. It lias recently been claimed that Iron ships fitted with electric plants suffer rapid deterioration of their pipes having direct connection with the sea, due to electrolytic action.

Coughing Deads to Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. Never wear one pair of shoes all the time unless obliged to do so. Two pairs of boots worn a day at a time alternately give more service and are much more healthful. For lung and chest disease's, Piso’s Cure is the best medicine we have used.—Mrs. J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont., Canada. Why isn’t the book-keeper’s lunch the bite of an adder?

FOR 30 DAYS MORE YOU CAN TRY IT FOR 25 CENTS. JX. Rheumatism, La Grippe. w Jr Health Than for the Past (TRADE MARKJ Fifty Years. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., Chicago. Dear Sirs:—lt is Just about one year ago when I first commenced using your “5 DROPS" for Nervous Rheumatism, Catarrh in the head and Bronchitis. I was so bad that I could not eat at all, in bed or anywhere else; my nerves were all in a quiver, and my Liver and Kidneys were all out of order; in fact, I was so bad that I had to raise up In bed from flve to twelve times in ope night to get my breath and to keep from choking, but to-day I am heartier and in better health than I have been for the past fifty years. Others are using it here with wonderful results and still more calling for it. Yours truly, GEORGE YEAGER, Portland, Ind., Feb. 18, 1898. ' IT IS THE BEST RHEUMATIC MEDICINE ON EARTH. . Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago. Gentlemen:—l received the order all right, for which I send thanks. lam still taking the *6 DROPS.” and am gaining every day -haven’t felt so w“ll for ten years. I have used all kindso! medicines, but have never found anything that han done for me what “ft DROPS” has. Our utage driver bringsmy medicine to me from Sharon, and he brings it very carefully, for he thinks th ere 4 a eaP A He is using it for Rheumatism; he has only used it for three weeks u * .as done wonders for him. He couldn’t harness his horses without sitting down a number of times, and It has stopped all the pain U his limbs. MRS. GEO. H. ROWELL, Strafford, Vermont, Feb. lb, 1&8 OP | S ” cnre * KJ»®"»atlsm, BciatUa, Neuralgia. Dyspepsia, ftackaehe, Asthma. Hay Fever. Catarrh, Sleeplessness. Nervousness. Nervous and Nenralglc Headache, Earache. Toothache, Heart Weakness, Croup, Swelling, La Grippe, Malaria, Creeping Numbness. FOR THIRTY DAYS LONGER t^*n Q b !? TO^ Grerßto ? iT ®** Cl> ®9P®” afc,eß ’' tsfcr * a^ilrew *^send® 1 ~ 11 J, 1 , H 7 n »ample bottle, prepaid by mail, for 25 cents. A sample bottle will convince you. Also, large bottles (300 doses) $1.00,3 bottles for |2,60. Not sold by druggists, only by us and our M»nta. Agents wanted in new territory. Write us to-uay. SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO M 167-160 Dearborn St, CHICAGO, ILL.

very sick and for several days it seemed as if he would never be any better. After a while he began to improve and in a few weeks was able to go out, although weak and miserable. Then, gradually All Strength In His Limbs gave out. The physicians told us it was paralysis, which sometimes follows an attack of diphtheria. We did everything for him, but he grew worse until he was in a pitiful condition. He suffered terribly at night and complained continually of his head, and in what little sleep he was able to get, moaned unceasingly. He lost all control of the muscles of his body and limbs. He had no appetite and complained of feeling sick at his stomach all the time. After we had tried many different remedies and had about given up ail hope we commenced giving him Hood’s Sarsaparilla. In a short time he ceased to complain, his appetite improved and at the end of three months he was able to attend school n part of the time. Now he is well and quite a strong and rugged boy. You are at liberty to use this testimonial it you

Old-Time Street Dighting in Paris.

It Is exactly 200 years since the cities of France have been lighted at night, though Chief of Police La Reyale had caused lanterns to be used regularly in Paris thirty years before. In the edict issued by King Louis XIV. In 1097, ordering the Innovation, he says: “Of all the arrangements made In our good town of Paris there is none whose usefulness is clearer and more generally admitted than that of the lanterns which light the streets, and as we believe It our duty to care no less for the safety and convenience of the other towns in our kingdom we have determined to establish the same system in them and provide the means for con tlnulng It forever." The system consisted In hanging a lantern with a lighted candle in It across the middle of the longer streets.

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 25 and 50c. “Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.” Don't wait for something to turn up by which you may gain an easy position and good aitlary. Work your way up; It’s harder, but surer.— Retail Clerks’ Gazette. aim pleaaure nml hoslthfulneM ot the bslh It irrvatly entranced by Glenn's Sulphur tioap, Hill'u Hair and Whisker Dye, black or brown, 60c. Boasters nre cousins to liars.

AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WK ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OVR RIGHT TO TH". EXCLUSIVE USE Ok THE WORD “OASTORIA” AND “PITCHER’S OASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER’S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now / z- on tvery bear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” which has been, used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought /'rf //fy. on Ihe and has the signature o f wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. 11. Fletcher is President. z March 8, 1897; Do Not Be Deceived. A Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which ova'll, he does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF ’ Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed YplrJ VNI ftNTAUR OOMRANV, TY MURRAY «TRKKT. RKW YORK CITY. J *’"2 ® “Any old thing" a will do to clean with—some women think. ■lAnyfihuhg' \ * S enou gh for them—get a i ot J* f° r mon€ y7 W is unwise ’ surely. Isn’t it worA'fyfifle to out 'tyhich will wrest ij Il Ilk 'vl?' worn, and do it without harn/jqj paifit IJ an -d woodwork and fine surfaces * S . the k est cleaner. Pearline saves rub—saves work and wear.. Nothing is too good for it. I* will wash and clean evinrything that water doesn’t hurt,

desire, as we feel we cannot say too much in praise of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a Mood purifier and building up medicine.” MRS. R. E. ANDERSON, Cumberland, Maine. | Economy is also a characteristic of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Every bottle contains 100 Doses, and hence there is a solid fact concisely stated in the familiar line, 100 Doses One Dollar.

The Real Thing.

Author- How do you like my new play ? Critic--It is simply great. The robbery in the third act is the most realistic piece of work 1 ever suw on the stage. Author (pleased)—Do you really think 1 so ? Critic—Of course I do. Why, even the works spoken by the thieves arc stolen.

It Cure. Cold., Couth,. Bor, Throat, Orono,, itha•n», Whooping Cough, Bronohltl. and A.Unuu A certain ouro for Consumption in fir.t >U(<ia. and a .uro relief In advanced itagee, Una at onoa. Ton will aeo the excellent effect after taking the Ant dona. Bold by dealer, avarywhoro 26c and 60c Par Bottle.

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