Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 October 1909 — Page 6

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Joanna, the

A little over four hu cured year iro tho Princess Joanna was bora In the magnificent palnce of her renowned i a rents, Ferdinand und IabcUa uf Spaiu. On the 24th of Februar. i;0o. she married the Archduke Philip, sou u( the Emperor Maximilian. Thus the morning uf life opened before her mure brilliantly than before almost any other moital" Its etontns closed in darkness and storms as evt re as ha ever wrecked a human heart Within a year .Joanna gave birth to a thilil. who suNfe.pently became the world renowned Kmperor Charles V. Jcvannu. with her husband and babe, visited her parental hme. where they wire received w.th all tho dazzling pugeantrv which the crown of Spain could Uvish upon its illustrious gues. Their progress wo a triumphal march throusji a continued series of proces-el'iik-. ilhimi'ia'iinf, rinsfjng of bells, and evr oiaor demonstration of public JC ri..liT was in possession of almost b"ti"..J! xs weal h He was the heir or in 'pert.il spln!or. and was so re-n.a-raMe for bis p rsonal beauty that h i known In history as 1'hilip the Handsome. The ijun k eye of Isabella goon dx-itvered tlia' her dauglUe: was far from happ Philip was au utter pr. uate. and was indulging in all t:i i t'ses of guilt) pleasure Joanna, neglected and humiliated, was s1 i:.n at timet t actual madn sü b the indignities 'o which she was 10:11pt I cd to nubicr nioi: to i- r leased from the restraint which fie presence u.' his Wife ii: : ,. l it; on t . . I'tulip detided. notw ; : .-tancling h : must earnest remonB' ai.io and ! ' ie of her parents, to ltu.e .Im,, una iii ! the babe in Spain, a' ! to itt urn to the Netherlands by th wa of Pa is, where Louh XII wiuld introduie luni to scenes of gu.:t and shame which would have added to the i.-grace, even, of BelsLazar s palace After the deiarturc of her husband Jiunn.i resigned herself to the deepest ti.daiit holy She took no interest in h-r vhild. an 1 would sit for hours lcT in thought. Mtt'iing not a word. K.;ru months of the deepest gloom th is passed awav At last he re- !, at all hazards, to set out for Flanders to rejoin her husband Her parents remonstrated earnestly. If was midwinter, and she could not traer.-e France, for the two kingdoms wre at war It was very unsafe at that sraon. to brave the terru:s of 'he Northern seas Soon the li.samtv of Joai.na was devel sped beyond all doub She was rending with !.. r moth r 'n the castle of Medina t'ne evemnc, Isabella being at W v:Jt lorty miles distant. Joanna 1. : . er apartments, and in deshabille, wri.i. any aligned reason or any ii :i jiint. sailed out to leave the t .' The consternation was great. N 1 oil, dared to u.-e violence, and yet t.! . n;raties were in vain The b -h p or Hurg( s. in charge of the caat . at leng'h ordered the gates to be c ! J -aiii.a was thrown into a paroxysm o' rjfef She sat down upon a bench it, the uusbeltered courtyard of the castle, and persistently refused to return to her apartment. It was a bleak, cold tuht, she was thinly clad, and yet he infused to accept of any additional clothing. Isabella was hastily sent tor Shocked by the tidings, she immediately set out on her return. whil two influential nobles of her coirt were dlsratched, with the utmost speed to Medina, to render such assistance as they could. The two nobles found poor Joanna still shivering In the courtyard. With much dlfliculty she was persuaded to enter the castle. She went into the kitchen, stopped there a few moments, and resolutely returned to her seat in the yard, here Isabella found her crazed child. A mother's gentle influence somewhat soothed the disordered intellect, and the mind of the unhappy princess gradually regained some degree of composure. Several months passed away, and in the spring of IGtM Joanna embarked for Flanders Here new Indignities stung her. She found her dissolute husband still living in sin and shame. Upon one occasion she fell, with all the ferocity of a maniac, upon ono of tho frail favorTHE NATIONAL SIN. Extravagance, Public and Private, America's Worst Menace. A few nights ago I sat with a party of menono an up-State banker, two New York merchants, one of them head of a great corporation whose product enters Into the manufacture of a dozen or more leading staples used in nearly every home, and the other engagsd in a lorge way with International trading: the fourth gentleman, a literary man of recognized attainments. ' and the last other than myself a politician of natlonul repute an honest man. though the reputed possessor of a large fortune ncqulred principally by making shrewd Investments and as a result of advanced Information respecting wall-street operations. The topic, entirely by chance, was tbe extravagance of the present age. and the concensus of the opinion eprrssed and assented to by all was to the effect that national. State and mum :pal governments rush into engaceitieti involving In execution vast sums of money raised and to be raised through tho only available source tax aion of the people, and many times larger than the known wealth of the co intry or the probable endurance of the people's prosperity warrants. The iMople, inherently committed to woeful wasto and prodigality according to their msnns in personal expenditures, are blind to proper reallxntlon of the meaning of these stupendous budgets. They are too much nbsorbed in their own pursuits to give ntlcntion. even could many of them do so tinderstantlingly, to the direction nffnirs are taking. The multiplicity and duplication of public offices and tho Incumbents thereof, many of whom arc In charge of vast expenditure of public funds.

Insane Queen

He of her husband, throwing her upon the lloor. trampling upou her toartug out her beautiful ringlets by the handful Isabella, overwhelmed by these sad tidings, sank down and died. By hex will she settled the crown of Castile upon her daughter Joanna. Philip being appointed regent until the majority of their child. Charles. Philip, who was In Flanders, asserting the incapacity of Joanna, claimed the throne for himself. A bitter family quarrel ensued. The widowed Ferdinand strenuously opposed the claims of his son-in-law, and Joanna sided with her father. Philip, exasperated, caused his wife to be placed under rigorous confinement as a lunatic. At length a compromise was effected, and Philip, wiih loanua. in February, 1505. embark d for Spain. The fleet was dispers I 1 a storm, and the ship In which .loanna and Philip had embarked took Are and cam near Toundering. The shattered fleet put into Weymouth. England, and the royal pair we:e entertained at Windsor, for three uum'hs. with profuse hospitality. Fpon their arrival iu Spain civil war envied, and innumerable trouble. Hut Philip and Joanna triumphed, and the c'o.tes took the oath of allegiance to them as sovereigns of Castile. Philip incarcerated his wife as a lunatic, and seized the rein of goveru-nien-himself. Suddenly the dissolute monarch died of a malignant fever, in the t ienty-ei.ith ear of his age It was on the 25th of September, l.'.OiJ. The queen sat in silence at his dying be.1 No wc.-d of endearment escaped her lips, not a tar dimmed her eye When he brea'tud his last she gazed vacantly upon him. lost In apparent insensibility And there she remained, mute as a statue, in the darkened chamber, her head resting upon her hands, in profound melancholy She declined all the duties of her station, saying. "I have no oth r duty now but to pray for the soul of my departed husband " A provisional government was organized, but Joanna, exhibiting the wildest treaks of inan:tv. refused to sanction any of their proceeding!, or even to grant an audit-nee to any committee Three months alter the death of h r husband the insisted upon having the cottin of wood and lead opened, that she might view the corpse Opposition roused her to frenzy. Without apparently the slightest emotion she gazed upon the revolting spectacle, placing her hand upon the mouldering Itrow. She determined to remove the remains to Granada A magnificent car was piepared, to be drawn by four horses, and to be followed by a long train of ecc lestiast if s and nobles. The procession moved only t hrough the night. A widow.-' said ioor. crazed Joanna. ' w ho has lost the sun of her own soul, should never expose herself to the light of day." Before the dawn of each morning the body was deposited In some church oi monastery, with funeral solemnities An armed guard prevented any female form approaching the remains. One morning the body was taken into the courtyard of a convent which the queen supposed to be occupied by monks. To her horror she found it to be a nunnery. Terrorstricken, she ordered the remains to be taken instantly Into the open fields. it was dark, and a stormy wind swept the bleak and treeless plains. The que n insisted that the coflin should be opened, that by the light of a tlann ns; torch she might satisfy herself that her dead husband had not escaped to meet the nuns. The wild aypect of the queen, her haggard features, and squalid, disordered attire, shocked her friends. At length this most mournful of funeral processions reached Granada. The body of Philip found Its final resting place in tho Monastery of Santa Clara, .loanna selected for herself looms in the palace from w hi h she could constantly behold his sepulchre. And here oor. crazed Joanna remained, at her melancholy watch, for forty-seven years, till death placed her by the side of her unfaithful husband. Such was the tragic life of the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, the wife of Philip the Handsome, and mother of Charles V., Emperor of Germany. are in the hands of men who never have made and never conld make commercial success in business ventures of any description. They look on while graft, direct and indirect, runs riot with the people's money. Contemplation of the foregoing; picture is not pleasant. Is it too grossly painted? Communication in New York Sun. How to Achieve 100 Years. It Is easy to live to be 100 years old, that Is, if you know how, declares Seymour Andrews, SS years old. who attended the annual meeting of the Western Association of Pioneers at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Chicago. Mr. Andrews, who is a wealthy retired merchant, living In Centralla. 111., gives this recipe for a hundredyear life: Don't worry. Live a plain life. Don't brood over the next life. He a moral mnn. Fse tobacco, smoke cigars or a pipe and chew the weed. Eat and drink everything you care for. Don't hurry through life. Don't work too hard. Eight hours' sleep Is sufficient. Don't swear that loads to other evils. Be cartful of your health. Tnke exercise a-plenty. Be good-natured, not a "groufh." Good Copy. "I'll give ye two a week, said the country merchant. "I can't live on less than four. ' declare 1 the nmbittoun hoy. "Ye don't know what yo enn 6 'til ye try. John. Try It on two for at- die It will make better reading fer our biography when ve git rif h -Ixuts-vllle Courior-Journal.

An Old Sweetheart I Tt ortette Naomi is alway s cheerful too cheerful, golden-haired little Ullia.d says sometimes petulantly. But then Naomi is thirty, aud It is yean, that "bring tho philosophic mind." KIghteen years ago, when Xaoml was twelve, she had received baby Lllllard. her newborn stepsister, as a legacy from the hands of a "dying mother mild." When, ten years lator. their father, gay, debonair Ernest Komer, laziest and most charming of men und artists, had followed his wife, leaving her two children utterly unprovided for. Naomi had quietly and naturally slipped into the position of breadwinner and house provider. Then had come n lover, too poor to provide for both Naomi and Lllllard. Then he had gone away to make n fortune in distant lands, and for eight years Naomi had never hoard of him. There conios a ring at tho doorbell, and little Alice Sparrow, Naomi's maid of all work, puts in her hoad to any. "A gentleman for yo, please, miss." Naomi rises in surprise as a tall, weli-bnilt man, with a sunburned complexion and a head of tawny hair, enters and, striding to her side, takes her hand. "Naomi, have you forgotton me Martin Colquhoun?" For a moment, the room swims round Naomi, but the next she has recovered herself and is saying quite calmly how it astonishes her to hear her own voice : "How do you do? I did not know you were in Washington." "I only came yesterday," he says agerly, "so you see I have not lost much time. I found out your address In the directory. What a grand institution it is! Naomi, you are not shanged. Am 1?" She smiles a little. "I would know you. but you are changed." "I shall tell you all by and by." he says, and at that moment Lllllard rushes in. "Marie is out. Is it not a shame?" Then she pauses, blushing, and Naomi introduces the two. "So you are Lilliard?" says Martin Colquhoun. smiling. "I remember you as a tiny girl In short dresses, who always searched in my pockets for chocolates. Are you as fond of them yet?" "I believe I am." says Lilliard. laughing. Then she sits down, and so does Martin Cohmhoun, and they spend a pleasant, even gay. evening together, Martin telling them of all the dangers he has passed in the search for a fortune, which, it seema. be has found. Martin Colquhoun calls again and again He comes in the evenings, when Naomi plas. and he and Lilliard sit In tho window together. He caJU In the afternoon and takes them driving In the park and to Mount Vernon, and ho and Lilliard generally sit together and do most of the talking. And occasionally he takes them to a concert or the opera. And every day Naomi feels that the trial of hor life Is drawing near. But why should she grudge It? She loves Lilliard. She loves alas Martin. She desires the happiness of both. As for her, It only means that ber sky will grow a little grayer, her life a little emptier, but at thirty, she tells herself, one does not foel the pain so keenly as at twenty. One evening he calls. Lilliard Is out and Naomi alone. He looks strangely nervous. "I have called to tell you I shall have to say goodby," he said abruptly. "I am going away on Monday." "Going away!" Naomi echoes faintly. "Yes, for four years. My business requires me. And I have come tonight to say something that means a great deal to me that all my future happiness depends on Miss Römer." Naomi's heart Is still. Tho blow is coming", then. "I think I can guess what it Is." she says, wondering if her voice sounds strange and unnatural "Mr. Colquhoun, I will do the most I can. I desire your happiness as much as as Lllllard's." He seizes her hands "Then yon are willing? You have havo thought of It?" he asks, a little unsteadily. "I have no right to be anything else." she answers smllinsly. "if Lllllard Is wllllnp. that Is all you require." "Lilliard? I do not understand you. Naomi. What has Lllllard to do with it? Don't you understand, dear, that I love you more yes. a thousandfold more than ever. Naomi, it was not my fault that I have been silent all these years. My letter the last one was returned, marked 'Left no address.' But I have never ceased thinking of you. and now I want you as my wife. Naomi. Naomi, after waiting all these years, am I to be disappointed at the last?" "Oh. stop!" Naomi cries, a little wildly. "I I thought It was Lllllard you cared for, not me." "Lllllard!" He grows bolder then and. drawing her within his arms, lays her sweet face against his breast. "Why. Lllllard and I are very good friends, but she knows the truth, Naomi. My darling, is that why you have been so cold to me? I have sometimes thoucht tho pas was dead to you dead and burled you were so cold. But It Is not so. Naomi? You still love me, my sweetheart of long ago?" And Naomi's answer, though too low for any ears but his to hear, is evidently hoard by Martin Colquhoun, for ho bonds bis head and then and there triumphantly kisses hor. American Queen.

AUTO RACING BY COWBOYS. Unwritten Rules Which Are Rigidly Enforced In Western Texas. There are certain unwritten rules that muKt be rigidly obserboy bu autoinobllists in tho ranch region of western Texas, a Brady tTex.i dlgHitch to the New York Sun says. Tho joyrider soon comes to grief In this part of tho count rv The automobile is in genoral use In ih- range territorv, but tho cowboys lo hot permit any undue liberties to

bo taken in running the tunrh'ne TV shooting up of autotHobtLs by cowbovs Is a com -on practice. Tbl method of bringing aa automobile u a stop is not used unless tho cowboy thinks that bo has not been threated with i rtjper consideration. Au instance occurred noar Hrady o fw days ago. Dick Davis btuited

I from here on a thirty-mile trip to lit ranch in Cent ho County He was driv I lug his autouu bile himself and bad i c j passenger He um in a hurry if j reach the ranch and did not observt I the ru!e of the n- . laid down in 1 this part of the couutry. He was spinning along at a high spued when he came upon a drove ol mules in charge of a man on hor -haik. who carried a riile in a scabbard Instead of bringing the automobile tt a stop when he came upon tho mulet Mr. Davis sped rigbt past them, cans j ing a stampede. A moment later three c.uicK reports oi a rine were nearc and the automobile's two roar tlrei collapsed. "The bullets knocked the machine completely out of commission," Mr Davis said in telling; of the affair "Tho man with the mules got his stray animals together and continued with them right down the road. 1 knew that he was right, so I didn't try tc round him up." A man from Ohio opened a real os tnte otllce at Sweetwater recently and bought a big automobile iu which tc convey customers over the country He had an experience on his first trlr that taught him a lessou. He had four Missouri land prospect ors in hl automobile and was on the way to look at some land about forty miles south of Sweetwater. In ordet to make a short cut to the property he was crossing a big pasture. In the distance could be seen large numbers of cnttle which were being driven by cowboys. "None of you men ever saw a cattle round-up, did you?" inquired the roal estate dealer. There was a chorus of answers In the negative. ' W'oll, that's what's going on ovet there. I'll Just run you over to the placu and we'll watch 'em a while." The automobile was headd In the direction of the gathering herd of cat tie and soon attracted the attention ol the cowboys. They gesticulated at the auto, but tho signs were not under stood by those at whom they were di rected. The cattle were beginning tc snort and were on the verge of a stam pede whon two of the cowboys pulled their stx-shooters and began to fire at the automobile. The bullets whixzeJ around the wheels. "Here!" yelled ono of tbe land p""oa pectors to the real estate dealer, "get us out of here quick!" The real estate man wanted to gel away from the scene as badly as hif companions, and be lost no time in turning the automobile around and spinning away as fast as the machine could go. Many of the ranch bronchos are not used to automobiles, and when one ol these animals Is being ridden by a cowboy and comes upon an autorno bile in toe road, the chauffeur wbc knows the customs of the region stops and keeps the machine quiet until the horse and rider have gone by and are a safe distance on the other side. COOK PROPHESIED. How His Accomplishment Was Foreshadowed Before Known. An interesting scrap bearing upon tho polar controversy may be gleaned from a letter, dated October 3. 1S0S almost a year ago, written for Reu ter's news agency by Its correspond ent at St. Johns, N. F., and recently repriuted by the London Times. The writer at St. Johns devoted about a column of newspaper space to discus sing the fate of Dr. Cook in the arctic. It was well known in Newfound land, it appears, that Cook had started tor tho iole from Annoatok early in 190S, for tho Reuter s correspondent said, with ono or two Inaccuracies of detail: "Cook made his headquarters at Annoatok, twenty miles north oi Puary's station at Etah. and remained there until March 3 last, when he started on his cruise for the pole, with two Eskimos and eight dog teams laden with supplies." The correspondent continues on Cook's trail with considerable accuracy, judging it by the explorer's later story, saying: "He crossed the North water, a channel be tween Greenland and Ellesmere land, on tho Ice floe and he traversed Ellesmere land In a northwesterly direction to Cape Hubbard." In discussing Dr. Cook's fato, tho Router's correspondent is again remarkable in having forecast last October, as a "possibility." the course of travel by which tho explorer now claims to have returned to his baso at Annoatok. To quoto: "Nothing has been heard of Dr. Cook in the meantime, and much concern Is exhibited regarding him. The Krlk's people are doubtful of his being alive, as tho arctic voyagor who ventures on the Ice floes takes great risks, as Peary's case has shown. Of course, there are two or three possibilities tending to indicate Cook's safety. In tho first place, he may hnve made his dash across the pole and returned to Ellesmere safely, and yet be unable to cross North wator on account of the Ice being broken up. Ho had nothing but a canvas boat. In which it would be suicidal to attempt to cross a channel twenty miles wide. He would thus be compelled to remain In Ellesmore land, If he got there, until the channel froze over acaln this autumn, and as there Is plenty of game In that country, he could support himself and his helpers while tholr ammunition held out." This Ib Just what happoned. according to the story Dr. Cook published almost a year later, except that his ammunition did givo out, and his route was somewhat more roundabout, and he was several months longer In reaching his buso than Router's correspondent allowed to him. The curious phase of the case Is that this letter to Router's seems to have attracted no attention in Et.glnnd. assuming that It was published thoro at all widely a year ago this autumn, and that whon Dr. Cook announced himself as having arrived, no one In England seemed ever to have hoard that ho had boen In the arctic regions.Springfield Republican.

Art's Discouragements. "Why do so many theators close lu the summer time?" "Bocauso," nnsvverod the burlesque manager, "peoplo can't bo expected tc take much interest in comic opera cos t nines during the seaside bathing dls play.'' Town Topics.

Tramp's Idea of Heaven. "Gee," said the tlrat tramp, "I wish ! I wuz an Eskimo." "Why?" said tho second tramp. "I see in do papers dnt Eskimos bathe only once a year, an' den not always." Detroit Freo Pross. Discouraging. MIfklns I understand your dnugh tor is looming to play tho piano. BIfkius Then your understanding must be better than mine. It soim.l more Hko work than play. BABY'S WATEHY ECZEMA Itrhnl Mini Serntelieit I'nltl Illooil Itnn S.'O Silent on l'elei Trrnturnli l)lhr:iti' .St-ciiiri! I nciirii llo -Cared by t'ulletirn fur SI. SO. "When my little boy was two anil a half mouths old be broke out on l.et'i checks with omnia. It was the lt by, watery k!ud und we had to keep lus little bnnds wrapped up all the time, and If he would happen to get tln in uncovered be would claw his face till the blood streamed down on his t balling. We caPed In a physician at once, but he gave an ointment which was so severe that my babe would scream when it was put on. We changed doctors and medicines until we bad spent fifty dollars or more and baby was getting worse. I was so worn out watching and caring for him night and day that I almost felt sure the disease was incurable. But finally rending of the good results of the CiHb-uni Homedlet. I determined to try them. I can truthfully say I was more than surprised. for I bought ouly a dollar anil a half's ! worth of the Cutlcurn Remedies (Cuti-j cum Soup, Ointment and Pills), nnd they did more good than all my doctors' medicines I had tried, ami In fact ' entirely cured him. His face Is perfectly clear of the least spot or scar of anything. Mrs. W. M. Comerer, Burnt Cabins. Pa.. Sept. lö. 100S." Potter Drus & Chem. Corp.. Sole Props, of Cutieura Itemed les. Boston. Asking Too Much. "What' did you raise in your garden?" said the interested friend. "You ask too much," replied Mr. , Crosslots. "You can't expect me to be enough of a botanist lo give the correct name of every weed that grows." I Wncklnrtnn Qtr Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver nud bowels. Susar-coated. tinv trranules. easy to lake as canuy . How the Wind Blew. Senator La Follette. discussing certain tariff changes at a dinner in Washington, said: "One knows what will happen, even If one Is not told outright. A word here and a word thero show how the wind blows. Thus Harvey Lnnlgnn never said he disliked his mother-in-law, but "Harvey Lnnlgan's mother-in-law was taken sick at his house one night and helped herself to a large doso of rat poison, thinking it was painkiller. "They had a frightful time with tho aid lady She had consumed sulflcient poison, the doctor said, to kill a dozen persons. But she pulled through. " it wns a close shavo,' said the doctor the next morning. 'She took enough to kill the whole family, but the stuff, fortunately, must havo been in stock for some time, and nearly all Its strength was gone.' "A month later a frlond askod Harvey Lanignn to recommend a reliable druggist to him. "'Squills Is a good man. I understand,' said the friend. 'Know anything about him?' "'Well,' said Harvey Lanignn, sloyly, i couldn't conscientiously recommend Squills & Co. lo you, old man. They swindled me on some rat poison once.' " LouisvHlo Times. Foolish, Indeed. "Today my wlfo and myself had the most foolish squabblo of our marrler career." "And what was the subject of your discussion." "How we would Invest our money If we had any." Kansas City Journal. A BANKER'S NERVE Droit br Cntlre nnt! Kmtorrd bj I'ofttuni. A banker needs perfect control of the nerves and a clear, quick, accurate brain. A prominent banker of Chattanooga tells how he keeps himself In condition: "Up to 17 years of ago I was not allowed to drink coffee, but ns soon as I got out Into the world I began to use It and grew very fond of It For some years I noticed no bad effects from Its use, but In time It began to affect mo unfavorably. My hands trembled, the muscles of my face twitched, my men tal processes seemed slow and In oth er ways my system got out of order These conditions grew so bad at last that I had to give up coffee altogether. "My attention having been drawn to Postum, I began its use on leaving off the coffee, and it gives me pleasure to testify to Its value. I find It a dell clous beverage; like It Just as -well as I did coffee, and during tho years that I havo used Postum I havo been freo from tho distressing symptoms that accompanied the use of coffee. The nervousness has entirely disappeared, and and I am as steady of hand as a boy of 25, though I am mora thnn 92 years old. I owe all this to Postum." "There's a Reason." Read tho little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs. Grocers sell. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest.

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WOMAN CURED By Lydia EPinkham's Vegetable Compound Gardiner, Maine "I havo w.r . great sulTeror from organic ihM i.-irwn-3."i. i k p doctor sal-1 1 would havo to g.. to t.,P hospital fir a-i operation, lut i could not bt;ir t, think of it 1 cV. eldocl to tryl.v,..a K. Pinkluru's Vff. ctnblo ('oiiip,,UI1(j and Sanative v.. 'iOj and w;i sent ir'y cured after Ur.i months' use of them." airs, s "Williams, 11. F. D. No. 11, Bvx Gardiner, Me. ' Is'o woman should submit to a h irjn. cal operation, which may m. an i. a;;, until sho has given Jydia J:. l'MikUm s Vegetable Compound, made en Iimu. ly from roots and herbs, a lair ;ral. This famous inedicino W u n,.n has for thirty years proved ti U ti.e most valuable tonic and renew, r of the femalo organism. Women r ing in almost every city and t'un n tho United States bear willing t mony to tho wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable CumpouDd. It cures female ills, and creates radt. ant, buoyant femalo health. If y..ti are ill, for your own sake aa well as thoso you love, give it a trial. Mrs. Pinklmiu, at Iynn, Mass Invites nil sick women to writo Ii er for advice. I Ier advlco is fret'i and always helpful. He Had No Home. At a recent dinner in New Y seph II. Choate, former anil t'lor from the United States t (, Brlttaln. was speaking of the ne. . -for proper ambassadorial rtsnl.-TK foreign countries. "When I tlrst went to I'nu'i in ! : ..VI i.said .Mr. ("hoato. I spent wee' -weeks looking for a house I most arduoiM ervice in n. ,r ; interest. 1 trailed all over t!..- . able sections of London, and w1 was at It a London bobby arr--: man who was pursuing a n ' -1 and forlorn course out tl : I way. "'Here, my man,' said the N. 'What are you doing? "Whv a i. ' go homer "'Home?' replied the man Ihm. 'I have no home. 1 am the Amambassador.'" Cleveland I.e.i.i. r .1 K Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, a mercury vtIH surely d.tr".v tlm et: of imell and completely oran,i' i',e systea nen Ufering tt thrr,,it-:i t .e n.couh surface. Such articles hu rj n- " j used except on prescription's fi.'in r;- ; It physicians, as the damse iher . '1 H t-n-fold to tbe good you can po !r!r from them. Hall's raUrrti t nr.- t. w. .fatured by K. J. Ch-ney A Co.. TlU... o contains no mercury, anil Is takfn Kr t -actinic directly upon tbe blood and ;s surfaces of tbe 8yntem. In bn'.'Ti,- M' i Cataarb Cure be sure ynu Ret the f - (n It Is tuten internally and mad r.i T Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Te,:,x. n.ais free. Sold by r)rur.i;lN. Trice. 7V. i r '-tMt Take Hall's Family Pills for con-: .; j:. a The First Ballcor.ists. Mention of the experiment of jiving dogs In battleships suhj- ''! 'o bombardment recalls the fact th.r ai, Imals were used as passer.p rs w. the early experiments In flylnjr In fact, the first modern aerial traveh rs w -e a sheep, a cock and a duck, wh were suspended In a cage hen ith f' hnlloon sent up from Vers.nl! M ' seph MontKolfler In 17S3. vcmzof two miles left them quite ur.injured, except the sheep had i the rock in the wing. In Am- nra. too, early experiments were mid- ia animals, which were let up to a certain height by a rope. London '!r 'tilde. The Sad and Splendid. Solomon was In despair. ".My wives gave me 700 samp!- " match on my way downtown th morning," he cried. Herewith he became color blind -Now York Sun. At the Casino. "She says sho'd rather waltz tun eat." "Well, she'll find plenty of men would rather sigh a dance Pr"f than a dinner check." Kansas nty Journal. WW X acts e jeX vowv owvc bowels; deceases vg system e$ccuay; assss oxvgvovcxcotv ejjects,awas mf evxe, CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLD DY LEADING DRUGCI5T5 50 ABOTa