St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 23, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 December 1896 — Page 3

THE CHANGE OF LIFE. INTELLIGENT WOMEN PREPARE FOR THE TRYING ORDEAL. A Time When Women Are Susceptible to Many Bread Biseases. The anxiety felt by women as the •‘change of life” draws near, is not without reason. When her system is in a deranged condition, or she is predisposed to

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r does its de- / structive work. Snch warning symptoms as sense of ■uffoeation, headache, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and inquietude, dizziness, etc., are promptly heeded by intelligent women who are approaching the period in life where woman’s great change may be expected. Thousands at this critical time consult Mrs. Pinkham, and conduct their habits according to her advice, and. with the Vegeta- A. ble Compound go through that distressing time with T ' C perfect safety and M \ comfort. Mrs. W. 5/ L. Day, of Betts▼ille, Ohio, I ■ays : XA “ When all else iSjßk failed, E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved my life. It carried me through the change of life all right, and I am now in good, health. It also cured my husband of kidney trouble.”

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Gladness Comes With a better understanding 1 of the transient nature of the many physical ills which vanish before proper efforts —gentle efforts —pleasant efforts--rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual disease, but simply to a constipated condition of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, promptly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acts. 11 is therefore all important, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note when you purchase, that you have: the genuine article, which is manufactured by the Caliform" Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxatives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. PENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHNW MORRIS, WASHINGTON. D C. Late Principal Examiner U S. Pension Bureau. 3 yrs. in last war, 13 adjudicating claims, atty six©* Sure relief • PTmj J KIDDER'S BI8PUE8£S1« nPiUaB^^DRONkENNESS

[ The Blue and the Gray. Both men and women are apt to feel a little blue, when the gray hairs begin to show. It’s > a very natural feeling. In the normal condition | of things gray hairs belong to advanced age. They have no business whitening the head of ) man or woman, who, has not begun to go down the slope of life. A.s a matter of fact, the hair turns gray regardless of age, or of 1 life’s seasons ; sometimes it is whitened by pi sickness, but more often from lack of care. When the hair fades or turns gray there’s no B need to resort to hair dyes. The normal color of the hair is restored and retained by the use of I Ayer’s Hair Vigor. B Ayer’S Curebook, “a story of cures told by the cured.” C ' 100 pages, free. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.

A NEW FAD. London Women Have Taken to the Breeding of Pet Mice. London fashionable society has taken up a new and somewhat novel fad—the breeding of mice—and clubs are formed for the purpose of displaying the little rodents, and exchanging notes as to their proper care and as to what are the best breeds. Some of the mice owned by the aristocracy have long pedigrees, covering a period of three or four years, which comprises from twenty to thirty generations. These blueblooded mice fetch as much as SSOO, while $25 is quite an ordinary price to pay for a rodent of the •‘matching” varieties. Mouse clubs have existed for some time in Whitechapel, Poplar and the pooler districts of London. But the cult has now been adopted by the west end, and not merely the titled belles of Mayfair but also famous clubmen are enthusiastic breeders of fancy mice. National mouse shows have already taken place, the competition among the exhibitors being very keen. Among the most successful of prize winners have been Lady .lane Grimston, daughter of the Earl of \ erulam; Miss Dickenson, niece of the Earl of Londesbor-

apoplexy, or cou- < gestion of any or- ‘ gan, it is at this ' period likely to become active —and with iN xN a host of \\ nervous A I 'X irritaH y ) tions, •OL make 1 hfe a 1 1 ‘ ^ Ur " ’ den. 1 % Can- 1 / Jln cer € often 1 \ ]i-i shows 1 / jt / itself, 1 / and (

A Wwly Jr > /Wi Sky £7 S W I llw V England’s champion moi he.

ough (an heiress whose elopement to America with a imurhsl man a few weeks ago created such a sensation In England), and W. Maxey, who owns "Queenie,” the champion mouse of tho United Kingdom. “Queenie” is the champion mouse of the United Kingdom ami winner of the SIOO challenge cup. It Is laid down invariable Hilo that the aristocratic mouse must Ue good size, with long, clean head, not too fine or pointed at the nose, the eyes large and bold, the ears big, wide apart, tulip-shaped and carried erect. The bodj’ must be long and slim, a trifle arched over the loin and “racy'' In ap pearance. The tail must be long, thick at the root and tapering like a whiplash to a fine end. the lengxn being equal to I that of the mouse, while the coat must ; be perfectly smooth, glossy and sleek | to the hand. The results most prized In mouse breeding are' most difficult of attain ment Tortoise shells, for Instance, are the rarest; a good specimen would be almost priceless. Black and tarns rank I next among the rarities, because it is so difficult to get them with the black lof a good color. A pure raven black. I even throughout, is only attained j among the very aristocracy of the I mouse world. Among the elegantes of • the mouse world must be ranked the sables, which are really charming In color. Current Condensations. A New York cat wears a false set ot teeth. A lump of nickel weighing 4.500 ■ pounds is worth half as many dollars. In Italy the value of land is consldI ered to be thirty-four times the annual rental. Conductors and motormen on the । electric road running from Newark to Irvington, New Jersey, are compelled to wear white neckties. The grenadiers, a body of tall, strong soldiers who threw bombs or grenades into the enemy’s ranks, were established in France in 1007, in England In 1085.

BIG BANKS GO DOWN. B 1 National of Illinois causes 8 OTHERS TO FAIL. , ft.kels Scores Officials-Comptroller . Says the Suspension Is Bue to Reck--3 less Methods — Managers Received r Warning. Three Banks Closed. The National Bank of Illinois at Chicago failed to open its doors to the pub- ' lie Monday morning. This action was the ' sequel to the stop taken by the committee of the Clearing-1 louse Association, which Saturday evening decided to suspend the . bank from clearing-house privileges. And , as a result of this suspension E. S. Dreyer & Co. and Wasmansdorff. Heinemann & Co., two private banks clearing through tile Illinois National, were forced to make application in court for a receiver. So far as can be ascertained by Chicago advices, the trouble is not likely to reach beyond these three banks, ami in every ease it is stated that depositors will be paid in full or nearly so. Not since '73 has Chicago banking circles been shaken up ns they were when the news of the closure of the National Bank of Illinois was made known. It has always been considered the second strongest national bank in the city. It was organized in July, 1871. passed safely through the Chicago tire, the panic of '73, the troubles of '77. and the troublous times of ‘93 with a clear rec »rd. According to Comptroller Eckels, “the failure is due to injurious, reckless and imprudent methods foil owed by the officers and not cheeked by the dimeters. though their attention had been individually called to the same and over then- individual signatures they had promised to remedy the weak points in the bank's condition.” The essence of the trouble with the National Bank of Illinois was that the entire capita), S2,(W.<>OU. and surplus, $300,000, was practically 1 nied in one or two hands. Tae bank had advanced some $ I,s< *Mhh» on Calumet Electric Railroad stock, a property of momentarily, at least, doubtful security, while nearly $500,000 was loaned to E. S. Dreyer & Co., who in turn hid spread their capital over an expanse completely out of their power to handle. Other large loans to individuals more than completed the sum of the bank's capital and surplus. When these facts were brought to the attention of the clearing-house, a week or so ago, a committee was appointed to investigate, in order if possible to discover some means of averting the failure. The result of the c.umnittee’s investigation was to demonstrate that the management of tlie bank had been drifting into methods which no amount of bolstering up could offset, and that limvi ver willing tin Chicago clearing-house might be to go to the assistance of the Illinois National, the most honest, safest and best policy would bi- to make a cb an breast of the whole business and forth ■ credit of tb“ clearing-house itself, to s :spend the bank from membership pending a re'.wrt by the government bank examim r. CITIES MUST HIRE WATCHMEN. Decieton by Indmnii Supreme Court n« to Railway Street Cro«M>injr*. Thu Indiana Snpre»no Court. 1 >-'•s- - Umi hh tTWnrpor.C. •. or -Ify has not the power, by ordinance, to com pel a railroad company to keep a watchman and erect gates at its op n expense at points where tracks < r< ss a street, upset a local pdi<-e regulation that has been exercised in nearly evi: y tow n and city in the State f w many year- The case In which the de< i- n - ann seed cairn from Crown Point, wh. re the P< nnsylvania Company r- fus. 1 to obey the ordinance. Judge '1 v. ho wrote the decision, holds that tl.e wat lunan and gates, if maintained, iuo’ be paid for by tho towns am! cih’ - He mainiaibs that a railroad company m cros-mg a । •treet is ou au equality with a ;t;/> u. , & V w I ’ij : 7- : . The National Wool Growers' Assoda tion unanimously adopted a resolution favoring an extra session of Congress. A bill was introduced by Representative Bull of Rhode Island, appropriating $50,000 for the erection in Washington of a monument to James G. Blaine. “Gen.” J. S. Coxey. of Commonweal army fame, is in Washington to resume his effort to secure Congressional action on his schemes for good roads and noninterest bearing bonds. Members of the House Ways ami Means Committee say that the reports from Washington outlining an elaborate scheme for a duty on silver in the new tariff bill is merely a fiction. The agricultural bill follows very closely the lines of the one drawn last year and the amount to be appropriated will be about the same, which was, including the weather bureau, $2,2118,532. The Inauguration Committee has received applications from the Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio National Guard; the Pennsylvania State Fencibles Battalion; the York, Pa., Rifle Association of Veterans, ami others tor places in the parade March 4. The bill for -the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, carried a total of $21.GG7,8G9, which is $1,099,821 less than the estimates, and $37,899 less than the appropriations for the current year. The Executive Committee of the American Bimetallic Union has reached a determination to enter at once and with vigor upon the work of what it terms “thoroughly educating the people of th< country upon the merits of the silver question.” The Secretary of the Navy has mad<, public the findings in the court of inquiry upon the battleship Texas, which recently sunk while being dry-docked in New York. The Secretary says in substance that the Texas is all right, and has suffered no more accidents than any other boat of her class in the navy.

The Cause of Rheumatism. Toe cause of rheumatism is lactic ■-eld In the blood. To this acid are due the aches and pains, the swollen joints sharp, agonizing twinges. Rheumatism affects the limbs, arms, back and h.ps, causing misery day and night; stiffness of the joints, lameness swellings, agony. Rheumatism can be cured only by purifying the blood. Do not vraste money and time on liniments or other applications. Do not dally with unknown medicines. Cure rheumatism at once, surely, safely, promptly permanently, by purifying the blood’with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Thousands of cures of this and other blood diseases conclusively prove that Hood's Sarsapai la has wonderful curative power. o gieat merit of Hood's Sarsapanlla as given it the first place among medicines. it is the reason for its wonderful cures. It is the explanation of Its enormous sales. Hood’s Sarsaparilla stands not only upon its record of cures the past, though this is unequalled by any other medicine, but It is to-day curing'thousands of cases of catarrh, rheumatism, scrofula, dyspepsia, and many other blood diseases. It is to-day the medicine which the people take to Klve them health, strength, pure blood, good appetite ami digestive power. A Curious Cow. ♦QJmXoughbred Jersey cow Ivelongtng Co J. L. English, of Hartford, Conn., baa attracted notoriety this season by giving birth to two calves, not twins, but born at an interval of more than three weeks apart. The cow is registered as Ona's Grinnell. The first of the two calves was l»om June 29. It is a heifer, and has every mark of a Hol•teln. Ihe second i-alf, which Is a pure Jersey bull, was tmrn July 23. three weeks and two days after the first. Borne Down with I nfirmities, Age finds Its surest solace In the benignant tonic aid aftorded by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which counteracts rheumatic and 1 Btisrlal tendencies, relieves growing Inactivity of the kidneys, and Is the finest remedy eitaut for disorders of the stomach, I liver an bowels. Nervousness, too, with which old people are very apt to be afflicted, la promptly relieved by It. A True Characteristic. To his aged patents In far-off Ireland they brought back the sa 1 story. ‘ Youri poor son, Pat," they said, “alas; he was captured »by cannibals ami boiled *Uve. I’lmt was just like Pat," sobbed the heartbroken mother, “he was always a broth of a boy!” lon Want a Farm. We have, fifty miles west ol Houston, at Wiestervi le. H,e best tract in T. \ is. High prairie, well ill. i el, aiundant rainfall goo-1 soil; lo V prn . - and . a-v t. rnvs. Write uid receive ou I <ok "Fertile Farm Lands” fW-e, and nfonna um as o cheap exetir-' •lon- and free n.re Addro- Sot ihekn Texas < 01 omz v i ion Co.. John l.inderbolm, Mgr., 110 Kialto Building, Chicago. Not Hu If So Much, Aga:'-i - tew ^nustaeli^^ i;,—X ^urn-h ns I am. Clairmont IN. Yd National Eagle. To Ucl fomin in 72 Hours. The California Limited, via Santa Fc Route, lea v ( >s Chicago Gp. m., Wednesdays and Saturdays, rem hl ng Los Angeles in 72 hours and San Diego in 76 hours. Returns Mondays and Tliurs days. Connis'ting train for San Fran cisco via Mojave. Through vi stdmh d equipment of su1 perb Pullman palace sleepers, buffet ■tnoklng car and dining ear. Most luxurious service via any line. Daily California expro'S, carrying both palace and tourist sleepers, leaves Chicago iu.25 p. m For descriptive literature addn ss G. j T. Nicholson, G. P. A.. A. T. A S. F. Ry., I Chicago. A S hinder. Bala way Jagson is very 1 in his j habits, isn’t he? Chadwick When I saw him last i night he was very tight. Washington i Times. Deafness Cannot Be Cured bv local applications, as they cannot roach the I diseased puition of the ear. There is only one wav to cure Deafness, and that is by l omtltutlohal remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed comiilien of the mucous linirnr of tho Eustachian Tube. \\hen/.bis tube gets inflained you have a rumbling ><»und or lm| i rfeet liearIng. ami when it is ent.rely t 10-ed !’eafnc's [s the result, and unless the iiitluiic. iition can lie taken out and tills tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed fotever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing, but an Inflamed eomiltion of the mucous surfaces. We will give ('ne Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused bvcatarrh that cannot be Cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. *3"Sohl by Druggists, 75c. “What made you so long buying 'hat spool of thread?” “Why, 1 had to wait until some shop ladies got through telling each other what they dreamed last night.”—Chicago Record. On Nov. 30th the John A. Salzer Seed Cog La Crosse, Wis., the largest seed potato growers in the vvo'rld, received an order for three thousand bushels of seed potatoes from one firm in Texas. As late as the year 1545 Hie people of France entered complaints against caterpillars and had lawsuits to stop their devastations. 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 headachy Price 25 and 50c. The pike, says Bacon, is the only fish that has been known to live over 200 years. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is our only medicine for coughs and colds.—Mrs. C. Beltz, 439 Bth ave., Denver, Col., Nov. 8, 1895. There Is no virtue In doing right simply because we have to. Why rub, and a id >r out yourself and your clothes on wa.-I.uav. win 11 ever since 1865 Dobbins’ • E ectrlc Soap las been otler'l on purpose to lighten your ii bor, and save your clothes. .Void try It. Your ’ grocer has H. Mri. Winslow’s Soothing strut for children teething- sottens the/KUins. reduces Inflammation, tlbtys pion, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle,

Coughing Leads 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 «re dangerous. “While we were in the country we went to the theater. The play was ‘The Robbers,’ and it was so naturally given that when we came out my wife missed her bracelet!”—Fliegende Blaetter. If you desire a luxurious growth of healthy hair of a natural color, nature’s crowning ornament of both sexes, use only Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Kenewer.

J the main mus^lTrsuppc^ ;» body WEAKEN AND LET CO UNDER ST BACKACHEUm G OR LUMBAGO. TO RESTORE, STRENGTHEN, sk USE r ^ tows not takc a tablet of Cascarets S Candy Cathartic last evening-. Cascarets 3 prevent sour stomach, tone up the intestines, 5 stimulate the liver, leave no chance for sick head- 5 £ aches in the morning- You eat them like candy, J A • ^ Cy ^ Ve yOUf ^ reat ^ sweet and fragrant. A’ £ Better send out for a box right now, 10c., 25c., J ** -50 c-, any drug store, or mailed for price- Write kt Q M for booklet and free sample, j* k

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jdL figO -r ■ wMk Irin J'lafSwSli w An intelligentmatron, a -evident of Ithaca, N. V., makes it very plain to all her nei^h®rs that she thinks there is no medicine like Ripans Tabules. She believes that they saved the life of her son, a boy of twelve, who had been taken sick with v. hat the doctors cal.cd liver trouble and catarrh of tie stomach She says that after tr-ating him a year, without doing him am good the doctors gave him up to die. About that time his uncle who had had experience with Ripans Tabuks and found that they had done h ; m much good for catarrh of the stomach, insisted that his nephew should trv them. After they had been taken two months, according to directions, the boy was able to go to school and four months aftet he began taking them he replied to an inquiry : “Why, I am just as well as ever I was.” “A Handful of Dirt May Be a Houseful of Shame. Keep Your House Clean with SAPOLIO ,

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