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Overwhelming Proof that Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound Succeeds.

One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman's dread enemy Trmor, The growth of a tumor is so insidious that frequently its presence is wholly unsuspected until it is well advanced. So called "wandering" pains' may come from its early stages or the presence of danger may be made manifest by excessivo monthly periods accompanied by unusual pain, from the abdomen through the groin and thigh. If you hare mysterious pains, if there are indications of inflammation or displacements, secure a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from native roots and herbs, right away and begin its use. The following letters should convince every suffering woman of its virtue, and that it actually does conquer tumots. Mrs. May Fry, of 830 W. Colfax Ave , South Bend, Ind., writes : Dear Mrs. Pinkham : 'I take great pleasure in writing to thank you for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I also took the Blood Purifier in alternate doses with the Compound. Your medicine removed a cyst tumor of four years growth, which three of vhc best physicians declared I had. They had said that only an operation could help me. I am very thankful that I followed a friend's advice and took your medicine. It has made me a strong and well woman and I shall recommend it as long as I live. Mrs. E. F. II ayes, of C6 ßugglesSL, Boston, Mass., writes : Dear Mrs. Pinkham : 'Ihave been under different doctors treatment for a long time without relief. They told me I had a fibroid tumor, my abdomen was swollen and I suffered with great pain. I wrote to you for advice, you replied and I followed your directions carefully and today I am a well women. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable? Compound expelled the tumor and strengthened my whole system. Mrs. Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, writes : EOT HAS SIXTH SENSE. Xorvrea-fan Lad Can Find Mlsalnc People Throag-Ii Myaterloas Power. A mysterious sixth sense which enables him to find missing persons Is the J, wer which Is making John Floettuni, the 14-year-old sen of a small farmer, an object of curiosity and awe throughout Norway. One of his most remarkable successes Is recorded by the Aftenposten to have Just taken place. A wealthy farmer of Glommen left home and could not be found. A search party of seventy men organized by the family scoured the surrounding country without finding any trace of the farmer. Then it was decided to appeal to young Floettum. The youth was shown a photograph of the missing man, and immediately proceeded to draw a rough plan. Indicating a route through the district, which he stated the farmer had taken. Scores of the villagers then set out and followed the nlan, at the end of which, near a narrow river, the missing man's handkerchief was found, but no trace of the man himself was Tislble. On the following day the bry led the search party. He entered a boat, which was sailed alöag the river according to his orders. He pat In the stern with a vacant stare, apparently oblivious, td his surroundings. Suddenly he sprang to his fect, crying: Here he lies." The water was dragged and the body of the missing man was found. The boy is credited with dozens of similar remarkable feat?, and crowds of people are traveling from all parts of the country to see him. A MISSOUEI WOMAN" Teil m Storr of Awful Snfferlne and Wonderful Itellef. Mrs. J. D. Johnson, of G03 West Hickman street, Columbia, Mo., says: f oilowing an operation two years ago, dropsy set In, and my left side was so swollen the doctor said he would have ,to tap out the water. There was constant pain and a gurgling sensation around my heurt, and I could not raise my arm above my head. The kldnev tlon was disordered and passages of the secretions too frequent. On the advice of my husband I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. Since using two boxes my trouble has not reappeared. This Is wonderful, after suffering two years." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Miracle Lettuce. , "Yes," said a florist, "I can work miracles la my business. For Instance, I can grow you lettuce while you wait aweet, crisp lettuce that you may eat for your d nner with the broiled spring chicken. MI do It In this way. I take a handful of lettuce seeds that have been soaked overnight In alcohol, and I plant them In a box containing three Inches of loam and quicklime. I water this soil, and In ten minutes the seeds burst In twenty minutes two tiny leaves push through the earth. The leaves grow and multiply. In an hour they are as big as half dollars. Then you may pluck and eat them. They are delicious a fairy salad. "Sometimes, when I give a dinner party, I have one of these little prepared lettuce beds in the center of the table. The guests see the lettuce grow, and when the time comes for the salad course, thzre is their salad blooming fcefore them, all ready for them to pluck." Chicago Inter Ocean. Bathe In Lily Pad. One of the prettiest sights to Le seen In any of the parks that boast fountains and water lilies is the bathing of the birds. The little fellows hop from one lily pad to another until they find one that dips enough to take on water, and Lere, in the round, green, floating tub provided by nature, they flutter and flourish until the bath is accomplished. It is a sight of never-ending interest for bird lovers. A Mean Trick.. Smith You say you write dunning letters to yourself and s!n them with fictitious names. What do you do that for? Jones Tou see. my wife is always after nie for money, and when she reads those letters she becomes discoursed.

Dear Mrs. Pinkham : "1 was told by my physician that I had a fibroid tumor and that I would have to be operated upon, I wrote to you for advice, which 1 followed carefully and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I am not only cured of the tumor but other female troubles and can do all my own work after eigh years of suffering." Mrs. S. J. Barber, of Scott, N. Y. writes : Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "Sometime ago I wrote you for advice about a tumor which the doctors thought would have to be removed. Instead I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and to-day am a well woman. Mrs. M. M. Funk, Vandergrift, Pa., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham : "I had a tumor and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound removed it for me after two doctors had given me up. I was sick four years before I began to take the Compound. I now recommend Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound far and near." Such testimony as above i3 convincing evidence that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound stands without a peer as a remedy for Tumor Growths as well a3 other distressing ills of women, and such symptoms as Bearing-down Sensations, Displacements, Irregularities and Backache, etc. Women should remember that it is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that is curing so many women Don't forget to insist upon it when some druggist asks you to accept something else which he calls "just as good." Mrs. Pinkham's Invlta'tTcn to Women. "Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham who has been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law, Lydia E. Pinkham in advising. Thus she is especially well qualified to guide sidi women back to health. FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA. Terrible Itching: Prevented Slcsf Hands, Arms and Lee Affected Cutlenra Cured In Six Dar"I had eczema nearly fifteen years. The affected parts were my hands, arms and legs. They were the worst In the winter time, and were always Itchy, and I could not keep from scratching them. I had to keep both hands bandaged all the time, and at night I would have to scratch through the bandages, as the itching was so severe, and at times I would have to tear everything off my hands to scratch the skin. I could not rest or sleep. I had several physicians treat me, but they could not give .ne a permanent cure, nor even could they stop the Itching. After using the Cutlcura Soap, one box of Cuticura Ointment and two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent for about six days the Itching had ceased, and now the sores have disappeared, and I never felt better In my life than I do now. Edward Worrell, Band 30th ü. S. Infantry, Fort Crook. Nebraska. Fond of Crab. A Jolly old boy frci the Midlands entered into one of the hotels at the seaside, and, seeing on the slab on the right a crab dressed on the shell, with tegs, claws and parsley ranged vound, said to the landlord: v "What d'ye call that?" "Crab,' was the answer. "Looks good. 111 have 'un, and gie us a pint of ale." Bread and butter was added and the diner left to' his dinner. In about an hour the genial landlord entered the dining saloon to see if bis guest was getting on all right. He found him chawing up the last claw, the chawer red in the face, but beaming. "Like the crab, sir?" Yes. lie was capital I never tasted one afore, but I think you baked un a little too long. The crust was hard. Let's have another pint." He had eaten the lot shell, claws and all, complete. London Tit-Bits. Canaries to Kent. J "Canaries have served an odd purpose ' this reason," said a dealer In birds. "They have been used as one of the features In house and church decorations. . At weddings, commencements, and social affairs of all kinds where lavish decorations were In order, cages of canaries have been hung here and there among the flowers and foliage. Most of these birds were rented for the occasion. In the spring and early summer the demand for canaries as part of a decorative scheme was so great that I kept more than a dozen extra birds on hand for renting purposes." PUTS THE "GINGES" DI. The Kind of Food Uaed by Athletes. A former college athlete, one of the long distance runners, began to lose his power of endurance. His experience with a change in food Is interesting. "While I was in training on the track athletic team, my daily 'jogs became a task, until after I was put on Grape-Nuts food for two meals a day. After usiDg the Food for two weeks I felt like a new man. My digestion was perfect, nerves steady and I was full of energy. "I trained for the mile and the half mile runs (those events which require so much endurance) and then the long daily 'Jogs, which before had been such a task, were clipped off with ease. I won both events. "The Grape-Nuts food put me in perfect condition and gave me my 'ginger.' Not only was my physical condition made perfect, and my weight Increased, but my mind wa3 ma Je clear and vigorous so that I coulcl get out my studies in about half the time formerly required. Now most all of the University men uae Grape-Nuts, for tbey have learned Its value, but I think my testimony will not be amiss and may perhaps help some one to learn how the best results can be obtained." liiere a reason for the ef?ct of Graiie-Nuts food on the human body and brain. The certain elements in wlutat and barley ere selected with special reference to their iover for rebuilding the brain and nerve centers. The product is then carefully and scientifically prerared so as to make it easy of digestion. The physical and mental results are so apparent after two or three weeks use as to .produce a profound Impression. Head "The Itoad to Wellville, In pkgs. There's a reason.

Letruce makes fine feed for the ducks and chickens. When milk is quickly cooled the growth of all germ life Is checked. The producer cannot control the price, but ho should aim to produce cheaper. Ninety per cent of the milk used In England Is from Shorthorn cows, so it is said. Gather the eggs daily in hot weather and keep separate all those found in new nests. Bear In mind that an application of manure Is one of the essentials in a good system of crop rotation. Don't mortgage the farm in good times. You will have to ray the mortgage In hard times, to your lasting regret. One little strawberry growers' association In Caliornia last year received $108,000 from their crops covering CSO acres. If discouragement rer overcomes you, sit down near some ant hill In the path and learn a lesson In persistence. With almost any crop of stock, because there is a season of unprofitableness, Is no reason why all the future will be the same. It is considerable work to set roles for lima beans. A strip of G-foot fencing with well braced end posts It Just as good and saves much labor. The family cat Is frequently a great chicken thief unbeknown to everyone. We make It a practica to shoot eyery cat that looks crosseyed at a chicken. Always feed fattening cattle to the minute as near as possible. To keep them waiting an hour after the regular feeding time causes a loss of weight. A man's time may be ever so valuable In the hay or harvest field, yet few farmers have ever added much to their world's accumulation by neglecting the ox that hapiened to fall In the well. One thing sure Is that farmers who live In Irrigated countries save an immense amount of energy by not havlDg to discuss the weather conditions which Is so commonly done ty the corn belt farmer at every hour of the day. Better knowledge of market conditions is deserving of far greater attention than it has yet received by producers of beef, and more thorough understanding of the demands of the trade is essential to the greatest success in supplying these demands. Celery likes a strong, deep, loamy soil well manured and well drained. Well-rotted stable manure Is an excellent fertilizer, though It may be benefited on most soils by the addition of 500 to bOO pounds per acre of a commercial fertilizer containing about 10 per cent of potash. 31. Kale of North Yakima, Wash., has a freak fruit which came as the result of pollenlzing a peach with the flower of an apricot. The fruit ripens and Is gone by June 1. It Is said to be sweet and of excellent flavor. It 1 reported that Mr. Kale has refused on offer of $3,000 for one tree. Keep the blossoms picked off the panBy plants or they will cease to bloom, as the production of seed Is an end to flowering. Work a small quantity of fertilizer Into the soil around each plant occasionally, and at the end of the year trim them much with straw, and the oil plants can then te useo another reason. Everything el.se being equal. It Is a good policy to have the soli covered over with plants whenever conditions are favorable to their growth. We have yet much to learn regarding the value of rover crops. Anything which we can do to prevent the leaching of fertility and Increase the humus should bo faithfully practiced. A daily newspaper in Washington prints as a remedy for nodular disease in sheep the following: "Shut them In a tight room and fumigate them with sulphur smoke, allowing them to Inhale the smoke for fifteen minutes." This would undoubtedly kill all the parasites in the sheep, but would as certainly kill the sheep themselves. Hemp can be easily grown in all sec tions of this country, but the obstacle to its successful cultivation Is the labor of preparing It for market. There is a wide field for Inventive genius In devising appropriate machinery for specially treating hemp and -other fiibrous plants whlcn demand more labor in some sections than can be profitably bestowed on them. Gluten meal is that portion of the corn left over after the starch has been removed, and It Is, therefore, a highly nitrogenous food. It should be fed in connection with other articles. When middlings are used It Is best to mix such foods with cut hay that has been sprinkled, as the unadulterated middlings are liable to cause Indigestion. Bran and linseed mea! form an excellent combination at all seasons, and promote digestion. Violations of the twenty-eight-hour llvo stock law are costing the railroads. f the country about ? 10,000 a day In fines. These fines have not been collected, however, and the railroad o21cials apparently pay no attention ti the violation of the law, which pr hiblts the carrying of cattle In cars for more than twenty-eight hours without food, rest or water. They evidently figure that It Is cheaper to pay the fines than to obey the law. Grease or oil the wagons once a week if they are la constant use. Any of

the various axle grease mixtures on tha market will do for heavy wagons, but for light buggies and carriages there 1 nothing better than castor oil. Remove the wheel and wipe the axle and box clean with old newspaper, then with a cloth wet In kerosene, which will take off all old grease and dirt, apply a small quantity of grease or oil. If too much Is used It will run out and grease everything that comes near.

Hed Ilaspberrle. I have tested all the leading varieties of red raspberries and find the London to take the lead In both hardiness and productiveness, with the Culbert second, says a writer In American Agriculturist. These are both good varieties, good shippers and also good market varieties. We prefer the Loudon a3 a table berry, also for canning purposes. It also hips well, making a fine appearance In the box, having a deep red color, which does not fade In canning, l'aspberries are good feeders, requiring a liberal amount of plant food and responding readily to good treatment. The Climbing Roie, The rose Is not a natural climber; It can ramble over low shrubs, large bowlders and such things, . but when grown about a veranda pillar it must be artificially supported by tying up occasionally as It grews. This Is more satisfactorythan Ignoring It until the end of the growing season. It is then a hard Job to straighten out the badly tangled or twisted shoots, and .the wind is likely to break them when they are very long. Never let one shoot grow upright for too long a period or get very far ahead of the others, advises a writer In the Garden Mazagine. If you do, the strongest or leading shcot will receive the greatest quantity of the sap and the plant, by throwing Its strength to the top, will soon become nude at the base. Variation In riant Foods. Plant foods vary In, composition, and the most fertile farm may lack in some particular element of feitillty. Manure that does not contain all the essential elements that tend to recuperate the soil is not In itwlf complete. It will, of course, enrich the soil, but as the soil does not receive from the manure all that It yielded In the shaie of food, no figures are necessary to demonstrate that In the course of time the sale of milk will exhaust the soil of plant foods (mostly of nitrogen), Including potash, phosphates find other mineral matter. It is admitted that a grass plot will be largely assisted to secure nitrogen by the rains (which bring down ammonia and nitric acid), and with clover (with the aid of bacteria), but these sources do not admit of deriving the potash ara phosphates. The nitrogen so secured is but a small proportion as compared with that dally sold In the milk, the total amount of milk annually leaving some farms being many hundreds of cans. The amount of nitrogen, iotash and phosphates sold from farms that provide for large herds caji not easily be estimated, but suffice it to say that the quantity, though oot apparent, is very large, and in the course of a few years the soli must certainly be affected. Neglected Oltl Orchard. In almost any part of our State can be. found orchards of advanced age which do not par, and It Is readily seen that something a wrong. The problem of renovating a;i orchard is sometimes a large one and often proves to be very expensive. Th causes which are responsible for tn unprofitable orchard are many and may be brieflly stated thus: Unsuitable varieties, poor drainage, unfavoratje site, poor soil, negiert, unfavorable climatic conditions and old age. The first ancr- most important point In rejuvenatiug an orchard is whether or not the trees are worth saving. The varieties may not bo what you desire or too far frone to be responsive , to treatment. If the trees are on wet land, cut them down or thoroughly drain the sell, as a fruit tree will never thrive with wet feet Apple trees over thirty-fJx or thirty-seven years old, which have long been neglected, are not worth saving; likewise the cherries over twenty, the pear over twenty-two or twenty-three, the plum over fifteen and the peach over twelve years of age. In fact, the trees which' should not be worked -with, are those with a high head, partially decayed trunk and in a generally run down condition. If nothing more serious than insects and fungous diseases is present, the orchard may be very economically reclaimed. Oregon Experiment Station. Apple and Tear Slltei. In a study of the mites on apple and pear trees, five siecies have been recognized by the New York station: Erlophyes malifolia, E. pyrl, E. pyrl variolata, Fhylloeoptes, schiechtendall and Epltrlmcrus pyrl. Erlophyes pyri, commonly known as the leaf-blister mite, Is the most abundant and the most injurious species. The structure, habits and systematic position of these pests are discussed and a list ia given of all American species of the family with their host plants and an analytical tablo for their Identification. Particular attention is given to E. pyrl, which produces the well-known blister spots on the leaves of pear and apple trees. On apple trees the blisters may have a reddish tinge, but usually are less brilliant. The mites Injure the fruits and fruit stems as well as the leaves, and have been found on 2o0 varieties of apples. After a little experience the Injuries caused by mites may be readily distinguished from those due to spraying or to the apple rust. A parasitic mite was found preying upon the blister mite and is described as a new species under the name Seius pomi. . In experiments on apple trees a coinpa ri90u was made between kerosene oil, miscible oil, kerosene emulsion, whale-oil soap and the sulphur washes, the latter being prepared according to various formulas. On account of Its harmlessness, cheapness and efficiency, kerosene emulsion diluted with five parts of water and applied during the dormant season Is recommended as tha most practical remedy for the treatment of apple orchards Infested with the blister mite. In pear orchards tats pest may be controlled by proper pruning and by spraying with kerosene emulsion in the fall or spring.

Iroaa of Life Greater Than Is Commonly Supposed. In this country ve have no means of tscertalning precisely what Is the mount of mischief done by lightning, lays the London Chronicle. In France ind Germany statistics on the subject ire systematically tabulated by the foverrrment every year. If complete Jtatistics were accessible there can be tittle doubt they would show that the aunual loss of life and property is far greater than is commonly supposed. In Dne respect the damage is often greater than It need be, even apart from any consideration of lightning conductors. During five or six days In the summer of 18S4, it was estimated by a competent authority that besides other mischief not less than COO animals of one sort or another in England were killed by lightning, most of them being sheep and cattle In the field. In all such casualties it is usual to regard the carcasses as unfit for human food, and they are ordinarily buried. This summer has been especially disastrous. 'In various parts of the country thunderstorms have been frequent, and scarcely a week has passed of late In which the newspapers have not recorded the destruction of sheep and cattle. But, besides the killing of sheep and cattle, there have been several disasters fatal to human life, to say nothing of a great deal of mischief to property of various kinds. Here, again, the mischief is often quite easily avoidable. It Is, of course, very well known that a good lightning conductor properly fixed is an absolute reliable safe guard against all Injury; but a fact which is not so well known Is that an efficient lightning conductor might often be set up at the cost of a few shillings by taking advantage of the conducting power of treces. Everybody should be aware by this time that trees are a source of peril Ie times of thunderstorm, though from accidents which every now and again occur it would seem that there Is still a great amount of ignorance on the subject. Only a few days ago a lightning flash struck a poplar tree neai Winchester and killed a man who had taken shelter at the foot of it, nc doubt In igporance of his danger. Suet fatalities are exceedingly common, anc" it has not infrequently occurred thai cottages and other buildings have beer struck by lightning in consequence ol the vicinity of some tall tree. The casualties to animals are öfter due to tha fact that with the com mencement of a thunder shower thej are irpt to gather for shelter beneath the branches of some Isolatec tree. The explanation of the niischlei Is very well known. A tree Is a con ductor of lightning, but not a very gooc one. In the absence of a better chan nel the lightning will flash through It but there Is always a chance of lti glancing aside to any medium that affords a readier passage. Now, the bodj of a man or an animal constitutes t much better conductor than a tree does and, consequently, the electricity whenever It has an opportunity üf doinj so will leave the tree and flash through the animal body. Ta same thing wit often occur whe the lishtnlng, pass ing downward through the tree, reachet a point at which a readier passage Is presented by some adjacent building The full volley is deflected from tb tree Into the building. It has been suggested that In al such cases If a metal rod were carriei from the earth for a ßhoit distance uj the tree there would bo no such deflee tion. The metal conductor would af ford a readier passage than the bodj of a man or the material of a house and the tree, which otherwise is a source ol danger, would become an ab solute protection, even to persons oj animals sheltering beneath It. Ol course nobody would suggest that al trees should be thus dealt witls, but li often happens that from its specia' position a tree during a thunder storm is not only a source of some ieril, bui is the occasion of much uneasiness ani anxiety. According to the Lightning Rod Con ferencc appointed a few years ago bj the Meteorological Society of Loudoi to Inquire Into the subject and repor on the best form of the thing, there li nothing much better than a solid iror rod.

The Landlord of lOlO. - "I made a good deal this morning,' said the New Yorker. "What was it?" asked the countrj friend. "Well, I leased the basement of inj building for a rattskeller ; then 1 leased the lot for a hundred feet be low that for a storage cellar, and thi hundred feet below that I leased tc the Underburrow Company for a sub way station. And there's a man aftei me now for the hundred feet below that for a Turkish bafh says heT pay a good rent, too, as he'll get hii heat free." , "What, with all that and your flftt story office building, you must mak a mint of money cut of your skiinpj little lot," said the country friend. "Oh, that's not all," answered thi New Yorker. "The hundred feet ol air above my roof I leased to the Joj line of air freighters, and above that I get the ground I mean air ren for the station of the Ljondon-New York airship line." Preparing for Dinner. One of the residents of the town o Idvor was noted for his parsimony. Ld us call him Mr. Wiggles. There wa; an old major In Idvor who said to hii valet one evening, "Go and tell the cool to get me ready a chop and a poached egg." "Pardon me, major," said th valet, "but have you forgotten that yo are dining with Mr. Wiggles to-night?' The major frowned. "Yes," he said, " had forgotten it Tell the cook to mak( it two chops and two poached eggs." An Anecdote of Aarassls. On one occasion a person enteret Professor Agasslz's room with a plctun which ho desired to sell, denominated a Blrdseye View of Cambridge. The professor contemplated It for t moment, lifted his eyes, looked at th vender of the picture, and said, witl his characteristic accent, "Well, i thank my God zat I am not a bird." Boston Transcript Locating It. "You live outeido of the city limits! How far outside?" "Goodness knows. I don't. It's aboui fifteen minutes the other side of where he map stops." A woman Is enthusiastic over being married ; not over the man she Is married to. The smaller the man, the bigger the chip he carries on his shoulder.

Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIONS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER

V V ;irls One Piece Dress. The oni-p:ece dress is always a dcFirabk one for the younger girls. It means the long lines that are so becoming, it docs not biir.per its young wearer in the least and is exceedingly simple to make. This one is really very charming and distinctly novel, while it allows of such variation as to really mean two models in place of one. As illustrated there is a little chemisette and the double sleeves are used, but the dress can be made high at the neck with either short or long sleeves and with single or double sleeves as liked, so that two frocks of quite different PATTERN xo. 5733. appearance can-be evolved from the model. In tills case pafe blue linen Is made with chemisette and sleeve bands of white embroidery and is worn with a belt of black patent leather, but almost every material that is used for little girls' dresses is irpropriate for tliis one. The drerc is made with front and backs which are laid in plaits that are stitched fiat to tne waist line and pressed to position below. The above pattern. will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Tattern Department of this paier. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. Xo. 5733. ! SIZE VDDULSS Plaited Walking Skirt. unquestionably -the plaited walking skirt is the favorite one of the time, and it has many advantages to commend It. It is very graceful and becoming, yet 'simple withal, and it can lo finished in various ways. In this case three folds are applied and the plaits sire stitched flat over the hips; but, if the wearer be shorter than the average, it would be well to omit the uj er most f(,ld and to content lierself with two. Or again, the stitched hem only can be used, or braid or banding of any sort can be applied. The model is simplicity itself, being cut In one r ATTER x so. 5719. piece, and is adapted to all skirtings of the lighter weight. As illustrated it is made of Sicilian mohair stitched with beldlng silk. The skirt is made in one piece, being perfectly straight at the lower edge. The folds are arranged on indicated Hues and the fulness is laid in backward turning plaits. The above pattern will be mail id to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. Xo. 5710. SIZG NAME ADDRESS Unfamiliar Facts. English sheep are sometimes fattened on snails. German officers say that London could be taken in thirty-six hours. Great Britain owes more land of North America than the United States. Butter was used for many years In India solely as an ointment for applying to wounds. The Angora goat furnishes most of the hair which adorns ordinary dolls. This product is valued at $10,000,000 a year. Japan has forty commercial museums and the government labors steadily to improve them. Chicago deaconesses made 19,000 missionary and parish calls in their work last year. All the hospitals and almshouses in Berlin are regularly supplied with flowers from the city. Three-fourths of the area of Japan ts mountainous, and less than 10 ieiecu' is under cultivation. Ia Reddington, England, hot oatmeal mush is delivered with the milk each morning to those who desire It.

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rHE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND AMERICAN FOOD STUFFS. Contract for Canned Meats Placed in Chicago Brltlah War Office IIa Every -Confidence In tbe Stockyard Producta. Another large contract for tinned meats for the British Army has been placed with Libby, McNeill & Libby of Chicago, through the Director of Suiplles Department of the British War Oflice. This contract was a competitive affair, England, Canada, Australia and Brazil entering with tenders. It was quality and method of packing that got the Chicago firm the business." General Clayton of the War Department in an Interview, according to the London Standard, stated that the British Government is highly satisfied with the Foodstuffs supplied by Chicago, and they have every confidence In the manufactures entering Britain from the Stock Yards. "The foods for the Army will be packed under the supervision of British representatives at the Invitation of the packers,' he said. "Although the Government is ready to rely upon tbe new Türe Food Regulations recently Inaugurated in the United States. All the talk about the Inefficiency of the new law is sheer nonsense. British officers in America have gone fully Into the matter and the authorities are perfectly satisfied to place orders in Chicago -when conditions call for outside supplies of canned meats. Tto of a Kind. Miss Hilda Englund, the young Swedish actress, whose remarkable portrayals of Ibsen and Strlndberg roles have brought her international reputation, was recently the center of a party of women in a little restaurant on the East Side. During the course of the dinner stories went round, and Miss Englund told some incidents of her apprenticeship upon the stage at Stockholm under the personal direction of that great actor, August Lyndberg. Lyndberg was an august person and a strict disciplinarian. One day a young actor who had already been the victim of several reprimands and severe scoldings came in very late. He was haggard, disheveled and showed very plainly that he had been drinking. In a very dignified manner Lyndberg, who had been watching for him, approached and said In Impressive tones: Er cr been on a drunk again?" "So have I," responded the young actor, quickly. Bohemian. An Epitaph of Pope's The following epitaph, written by Pope, was highly commended by Johnson. It was written to keep alive the memory of Elizabeth Corbett, who sleeps now in St. Margaret's, Westminster : Here rests a woman, good without pretense. Bleit with piain reason and with sober Reuse ; No conquest she but o'er herself desired; No arts essayed, but not to beadmired. Passion and pride were to her soul unknown, Convinced that virtue only is our own ; So unaffected, so composed a mind. So firm, yet soft; so strong, yet so refined. Heaven, as its purest gold, by tortmes tried; The saint sustained it, but the woman died. There Is n.re Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases pnt together, and until tbe last few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great raanv years doctors pronounced It a local disease and presrrllied local remedies, and by contantly fallln to cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Science has prorcn catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by T. J. Cheney ft Co.. Toledo. Ohio. 1 tb only constitutional cure on tbe market It is taken lnternaüy In doses from 10 drops to a tea?poonful. It acta directly on the hlood and raucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for tor case It falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonial. Addrosj K. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Fold by Drneirlsts. 7.V. Take Hall'a Family Mils for constipation. If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use I ted Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package. 5 cents. Mrs. Win low Bootrik. Site tot Cbildiw tMthitic; softens tns rasa, rduo üimnuai, larspaia.arwU4siio. 36 mal a boulat

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