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How Three Women Found Relief.
While no woman Ik entirely free from periodical suffering’, it does not seem
to have Ik-i'ii the plan of nut lire that woman should suffer so severely. I.ydlli
K. I'lnkluim's Vetfetuble Compound is the most thorough female regu
lator known to medical science, it relieves the condition which produce* bo
much discomfort and robs menstruation of its terrors.
The three letters here published should encourage every Woman who suffers :
Aug 0, 1898.
“Drab Mbs. I'ixkham:— I have
suffered since the age of sixteen with
painful menstruation. I have been
treated for months, and was told that
the womb had fallen a little. The
doctor says that is now in place again,
but I still have the same pain. I’lease
tell me what to do.”—Mas, Emma
Kt’Kitr.. 112 Trautman St., ltrooklyn,
E I)., N Y.
, Jan. 10, 1800.
“Dear Mrs. Piskiiam: After re
ceiving your reply to my letter of
Aug. u f followed your kind advice,
and am glad to tell you that 1 have
been cured of the severe pain at time
of menstruation through the use of
I.ydia E. I’inkhutn’s Vegetable Com
pound. I have taken six bottles of
it, felt better after the first bottle,
and after a while had no more pain
or womb trouble.
“1 had doctored from the age of six
teen to twenty-six, and had lost all
hope, but. your medicine has made
me well.
“ I would like to have you use my
testimonial, so that others may see,
and be inspired with hope, and take
your medicine,” Mas. Emma Ki'kiii.,
i 12 Trautman St.,Brooklyn,E. I>. ,N. Y.
Feb. ao, 19(H).
*• 1 saw your medicine so highly
recommended I thought I would write
to \ on for advice.
My menstruation occurs every two
weeks, lasts a week, and is painful. I
have been troubled in this wav for
some time. I suffer from siek head
ache and backache ull the time, appe
If there is anything’ aliont your ease about which you would like special
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■urely help y ou, for no person in America has such a wide experience in t rent
ing f cmnlo ills ns she lias had She lias helped hundreds of thousands of
women buck to health. Her address is Lynn, Muss., and iter advice is free.
You are very foolish if you do not accept her kind invitation.
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April 23, 1900.
‘‘Since receiving your answer to
my letter I have been taking your
Vegetable Compound, nnd it lias done
me more good than auy medicine I
have ever taken. My menses arc all
right now, and appear once a month,
and I feel so much stronger. 1 shall
always praise your medicine.”— Min
Maggie I’on.inn,*3l9 So. Ith St.,
Kichmoud, Ya.
“ I was troubled with female weak
ness,irregular nnd ...ns
painful menstrua- ,l M
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A Msan Man.
"There’s the meanest man I ever
met,” said the shoe dealer, as the cus
tomer passed out of his store. “A
number seven boot tits him nicely, hut
he buys number elevens, because lie
gets them for the same price."—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
A NEW TRANSPORT WACON.
Can Carry Ration* for Forty Men on Out*
pott Duty or Serve With a Battery.
The old idea of taking few measure!
for the comfort of the troops in th«
field, because they are usually com
pelled by the force of circumstances tc
do without any comforts, was exploded
long ago and to-day every good officet
tries to bring his men to the field
of battle in as fresh a condition at
possible.
One of the most arduous duties
(other than actual fighting on the fir
ing line) is outpost duty, and any
means that will lighten this service in
the field will be welcomed by the army
Wagon transportation will not always
be available far to the front, and yet
the South African campaign has shown
that even at the outposts it can often
come into play, and would be of ines
timable value In sparing the men un
necessary labor.
A new military transport and shelter
wagon is the direct outcome of the late
experience in the Transvaal. It was
designed by a volunteer artillery colo
nel of Sheffield, England. The wagon
is built of wood and is mounted on
springs and four wheels. The tires
are eight inches wide, to facilitate
travel over soft ground, and the rear
wheels are on a broader gauge than
those in front. It is arranged for horse
or traction engine draft.
The top of the wagon box is sur
rounded by stout wire netting, inside
of which Is the platfo'rm. Under the
platform floor is a water cistern of 40
gallons capacity. One each side of the
wagon are hinged doors, closing re
cesses in which a canvas shelter is
kept rolled up. This canvas can be
run out in a very few minutes, and
when held up by the wagon at one
end and by posts planted out at the
side of the wagon at the other, will
form a rectangular tent for fifty men.
Scats are also provided at the sides of
the wagon in the form of hanging
steps, so that the men can be carried
on them when necessary. When not
in use these seats can lie. folded up out
of the way. Rifle or carbine racks are
also part of the equipment. The
wagon can carry four tons of stores
and would thus provide a detachment
of forty men with rations for 100 days,
it is designed either for the supply of
a detachment on outpost duty or as
part of the equipment of a field bat
tery, and with its tent shelter, will
prove far more valuable, under cir
cumstances where horse or traction
engine draft is available at all, than
the transport wagons now in use.—
New York Sun.
kingdom of Asturias boasts of
twenty-eight centenarians in a population
of oooiooo.
All goods at- alike to Putnam Vakki.kss
Dvkh, us they color all fiber* at ono boiling.
Hold by all druggists.
Only one colored soldier wears tlie \ ie
t-oria cross Uancc Sergeant Clordon, of the
West Indian regiment.
Mr*. Winslow * Soothing Syrup (or children
(••thing, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, alleys pain, cure* windeolie. 25cabottla
Only three weeks are required to de
velop a perfect mosquito from the egg.
Plso’s Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds. N.\Y. Samuel,
Ocean drove, N. ,).. Feb. 17. 1900.
About 10.000,000 cattle are now to he
found in the Argentine Republic.
■T. (. Simpson, Marquess, IV. Ya... says:
" Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bail
ease of catarrh.” Druggists sell it, 75c.
Cape Colony has .’IO.OOO acres of vine
yards. with 90,000,000 vines.
Happiness cannot be bought, but one of the
great hindrances to it* attainment can be re
moved by Adams’ l’epsin ’i’ntti I'rutti.
Even the tall cashier may be short in his
accounts.
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If y nr eyes are weak ersore.lnu It Dickey s
01. l ' ltellnblo Kye Miner will cure them at
mice. Don’t burn or hurt. iKk'ts. Hickey Drug
Co., Ilrlstol, Tenu.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first lav’s use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Kesteeer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. It. 11. Ki.ink, Ltd.. IMI Arch St., Phita., Pa.
An oil well and an orator are neither of
them much good unless they spoilt.
About fifteen of the capitals of the
Stales m Mexico have an altitude of 5000
feet or more.
ELECTRICITY FOR HOMES
AN ARABIAN NIGHTS' DESCRIPTION
OF THE HOUSE OF THE FUTURE.
Tlif Prod action of Klertriclty l»v Inrx
fimnivf Mel hail* Mean* a I'erolution in
JJoinestir KcODOBiy-iScientist* Are Kn
deavoring to Solve flie Power J*ro!>lein.
Since tlie successful harnessing of
Niagara, and the conversion of the
mighty power into electric lighting,
heating and traction, the value of
electricity in a hundred different
fields has been demonstrated, and we
are told that we stand upon the edge
of a marvelous future in which every
thing will be cheapened and simplified
by this invisible but all-important
agent. The production of electricity
by inexpensive methods means a revo
lution in our household economy, anil
already scientists are studying the
power problem with every promise of
success, and inventors are coquetiug
with the tides of the rivers anil bays,
and with the currents of air that
sweep over our heads, and even with
the waves of the ocean. It has been
estimated that the tides of the North
anil East rivers exert a power much
in excess of that required to do all the
mechanical work of New York City,
and that the vast Mississippi, Mis
souri, and other rivers could he made
to supply power enough to light anil
run nil the machinery in the great in
land cities. Even the mighty Niagara
is still wasting power enough to run
two large eities, anil the question has
been under serious consideration for
some time of constructing an electric
conduit from the falls to New York,
or to some other large city.
With the power problem solved the
work of electrically installing our
cities would be greatly facilitated, anil
the millennium would he hastened by
a hundred years. The new power
would be clean, cheap and effective,
and it would rapidly displace the old
steam boilers, coal stoves and com
mon heating apparatuses. Private
and public houses would ho lighted
and heated by the new power, and
the cities would no longer be be
smirched with clouds of smoke anil
steam, and the atmosphere vitiated
with coal gas and dust. Toilers in fac
tories and stuffy basements would no
longer swelter under an artificial heat
that is as dangerous and debilitating
as it is uncomfortable anil disquieting
to the nerves. The home would not
he suffocated with tlie fumes from the
kitchen basement or with the clouds
of smoke, soot, dust and ashes that
continually arise from the streets of
the city.
The electrically installed house
would uot be confined to the city. Even
the farm house would profit by the
change. Some neighboring stream of
water could he dammed up anil tur
bine wheels would be turned continu
ally by the running water. These
would convert their power into the
manufacture of electricity, which the
farmer would employ to light and
beat his home, and to run all the farm
machinery on the place. Electric
plow*, threshing machines, rakes,
weed killers and other farm imple
ments have been invented, anil their
successful operation is limited only
by the cost of the power. With a
farm once electrically installed, the
need of horse power to cultivate the
crops would no longer be felt, and the
twentieth century farmer would stand
head and shoulders above bis ances
tors of yesterday.
Anticipating tlic speedy cheapening
of the production of electricity and
the harnessing of the winds, tides and
water-falls, thousands of inventors
have worked in every field of labor to
produce economical implements to be
operated by the new power. In the
home their efforts have been crowned
with as great success as upon the farm
or in the factory. It sounds almost
like a fairy tale to hear the descrip
tion of an electrically installed house
of the future, in which the housekeep
er is tile magician with power greater
in some respects than ever imagined
by nil Eastern story teller. She com
mands the tides and currents of the
rivers and bays, turning their mighty
flow into heat or light as she wills,
regulating her household affairs by
the simple turn of a knob or the gen
tle pressure of a button. In her
kitchen, economical labor saving in
ventions contribute to make life ideal,
and the servant question is more than
half solved. If the servant leaves or
proves unsatisfactory, there are the
unite, always obedient, little insulated
wires to answer the call. They cook
tlie meal, beat and light the house
and do oilier labors that are per
formed to-day by a great expenditure
of physical and nervous force.
The cooking and heating imple
ments for the electric kitchen are al
most as complete as one could wish
for. and it only needs the cheapening
of the electric power to introduce them
111 nine-tenths of tlie homes of this
broad land. The electric stoves are
uot so odd looking as they are magic
like in their performance. They are
connected with the wall by an insu
lated wire, and by means of a peg in
the wall and another in the stove the
heat Is regulated to suit the needs of
the housewife. The stoves vary in
sixe. from tlie small six-inch in diam
eter ones to the large, heavy affairs
capable of accommodating all the
cooking utensils for a large family.
The stove is insulated on the outside,
so that, while a raging heat may be
burning the things in the oven, there
will be hardly a perceptible Increase
In the outside temperature. This is
one of the great advantages of the
electric stove. It can be used on the
warmest summer day without baking
and cooking the operator, who is com
pelled to stand over it. The heat is
ilso concentrated and economized.
The waste is only a fractional part of
>ne per cent. As soon as the heat is
turned on the stove is ready for use.
and when fhejtooking is finished 11 rs
shut off Immediately.
The even of the stove is sur
rounded by code of wire in such a sci
entific war that all parts of it are
evenly heated. There is no danger
of burning the top of the cake while
tlie bottom i* left uncooked and
doughy. The regulation of tlie heat is
made even more effective by a small
knob in front. When a slow oven is
needed the knob is pulled out, but if a
“quick” even Is required for baking
two knobs arc pulled out, and as if by
magic a quick, intense heat is sup
plied. Cooks can no longer complain
of bad ovens, slow ovens and “con
trary” ovens. Tlie electric stove
avoids all these irregular tempera
tures that make cooking so aggravat
ing in tlie ordinary coal stoves. Even
the amateur would find it a delight
to cook under such circumstances, and
she would undoubtedly he unduly
flattered by the success of her first
experiments, for, as every good cook
knows, half the battle is won when
the stove is properly heated and regu
lated.
Places are arranged on the stove for
tea kettles, coffee pots and other im
plements, anil the heat is concentrated
at the openings, so that little of it
escapes into the room. But. in addi
tion to this, separate portable broilers,
tea kettles, chafing dishes and coffee
pots are made to use either on top of
the stove or in the dining-room, sick
chamber or wherever electric connec
tions can lie made. These are ar
ranged with separate coils of wire,
which can be brought to an intense
heat by simply connecting them to the
wires in the side of the room, and the
cooking can be accomplished in less
time than it takes to make an ordin
ary fuel fire. With a full supply of all
these coekiug utensils one is almost
independent of tlie large stoves, ex
cept on wash days. Even electric
irons are manufactured on the same
principle, the coils of wire being ar
ranged inside of the iron, so that, the
Implement is kept hot all day long.
The heating of the house by the new
power is another and valuable feature
of the question, and no housewife who
has been burdened with the care and
fore-thought necessary to run steam
or hot water furnaces can fail to ap
preciate the new system iu store for
her. It is as far ahead of steam or
hot water as they are aheatP of the
olil-fashioned stoves and hot air furn
aces. There is no fire to watch, no
coal to buy or put into the furnace,
ne ashes to take out, and, above all, no j
dust, smoke or gas. The heat is dis- j
tributed about the house by means of j
handsome radiators, and these are '
connected with the electric storage j
house some miles away by means of i
an invisible wire. By pressing a but- i
ton at tiie head of the hod on a cold
morning the heat can he turned on,
and in a few minutes the radiators !
will be too hot to touch with the i
hand. Within half an hour the house
will he warm enough on the coldest
morning for one to rise and dress with
comfort. The heat can be economized
at night time in this way, or it can
be kejit going all day anil night with
out interruption. The supply is uni
versal, regular and ready for use at
all times. There need to he no in
tense suffering from the cold at one j
time and positive discomfort from the j
heat a few hours later. The tempera
ture can he regulated with the same
ease and readiness characteristic of
the kitchen fire just described.
These are the more pronounced bene
fits that will be derived from electrici
ty in the future, when it will cost no
more to install a private house than s
it does to-day to put in a steam heat
ing plant and coal stoves in the kitch- j
en and laundry; but there are many
minor advantages that will accrue as
we become accustomed to the new j
agent. With an invisible power that
can be converted at will into light,
heat or power the tendency will be to
invent all sorts of implements for re
ducing the inconveniences of living.
For instance, the sewing machine will
have an electric attachment that can
be employed at any moment to run
the machine as long or as short a time
as needed.
Many an overheated housewife must
have viewed with envy the electric
fans that cool the air on hot days in
restaurants, and it would not be long
before appropriate fans would be
placed in every household for private
use. With the electric power always
ready, it would be no extravagant ex
penditure to connect the electric fans
on hot summer days, and keep them
going until night brought relief. With
such fans iu the kitchen, dining-room
and parlor, life in summer would he
robbed of half its terrors, and one
would not have to seek the sea shore
or mountains for cooling breezes. The
cost of installing the house with tin
electric fans would he comparatively
small after the electric plant itself
was once established. They could
also bo introduced in the bed-rooms, so
that on warm nights, when slumber
seems impossible, a constant current
of refreshing air could be created for
the benefit of the members of the
household and their guests.
Just at present the question o r cost
is the only one that delays tlie arrival
of this foretaste of the millennium.
The production of electricity is too ex
pensive to permit of its universal use
in the way described, but there are
Important experiments living conduct
ed to-day by eminent scientists, which
promise to open the field for the im
mediate reduction of both the initial
expense of installing a building and
of supplying the house with all the
electric heat, light and power needed.
—Ceorgo E. Walsh, iu the New York
Independent.
of th<> semicolon.
Whatever fate awaits the famous
semicolon, it can't be denied that It
has been an undisguised blessing to
the singers of topical songs.—Bosto
Transcript.
,•% HOUSEHOLD
Unity In Furnishing*.
Successful house decorators strongly
advocate one general style in furnish
ing. so as to lend harmony and dignity
to tlie homo. They greatly prefer a
whole house after the prevailing colo
nial than one room colonial, the next
Flemish and the next an Oriental snug
gery.
To Restore Furniture.
The best preparation for cleaning
picture frames and restoring furni
ture, especially that somewhat marred
or scratched, is a mixture of three
parts of linseed oil and one part of
spirits of turpentine. It uot only cov
ers the disfigured surface, but ro
-1 store s wood to its original color, leav
ing a lustre upon the surface. It
should be applied with a woolen cloth
and then rubbed, when dry, with silk.
Yellow Shades For Windows.
There is nothing like soft yellow in
a window. It always suggests sun
light even on the gloomiest day. A
celebrated wit mazing a tour of a
lady's apartment and coining upon o
bath-room hi which there was a win
dow with yellow panes, sald:“l see
you bathe iu sunshine!” In the dark
bedrooms, therefore, or in those 'pen
ing on shafts, or in windows only a
few feet away from an opposite wall,
yellow is strongly urged. When this
cannot be done with drapery, or
when windows with leaded panes of
yellow glass are not possible, resort
may be had lo varnish, mixed with a
little raw sienna or the Venetian pink
which give a yellow. I know one
window coming against a house some
twelve feet away, which when so
treated gave perfect privacy to the oc
cupant of the room, besides adding :tn
agreeable light. Even at night the
window was opaque.—Harper's Ba
zar.
Tlie Wall l'inisli.
It is interesting to note the attention
! that is given to wall decoration in
! modern houses. A few years ago a
group of sad-looking family portraits,
a wishy-washy etching, some colored
pictures, tlie majority of which owed
their existence to the lithographer
rather than to the artist, were alone
adopted for family use. The pictures
were applied to the wall with plumb
line precision, and hung high above the
head, to the jeopardy of the necks of
those who craned them in the effort to
discover their significance. The frames
were ugly and seldom suited the pic
tures, while only a few designs for
mounting were in existence, or so one
would judge from the painful same
ness. It is so different now! *The
framer is not only an artist with an
! endless variety of moldings, but can
! suggest how the pictures may be dis
tributed to the best advantage. If
money was to lie spent no one dreamed
of spending it for decorations. Instead
all was expended upon furniture.
One has only to glance at the inte
rior of a modern house to appreciate
the advantage of the present system.
Photographs, bits of rare china and
souvenirs of an artistic character are
all applied to unpromising wall sur
faces with pleasing effect.—Washing
ton Star.
Hoi SEHOLD RECIPES
Lemon oiiuce—One tablespoonful of
cornstarch, one tablespoonful of but
ter, half a cup of sugar, one egg and
one pint of boiling water. Put the
cornstarch, egg, butter and sugar into
a howl and beat well; add to this the
boiling water and stir over the fire un
til it thickens. Remove from the fire
and add the juice and grated rind of a
lemon. Serve in a sauce-boat.
Blanc Mange—Blanc mange for sis
persons may be made with a quart of
sweet milk, half a cup of sugar, eight
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch and quar
ter of a teaspoonful of salt. Put the
milk to boil in a farina boiler, moisten
the cornstarch with a little cold milk,
add it to the boiling milk and stir till
it thickens; then add the sugar and
salt, remove from the fire and pour
into custard cups to harden. Serve
cold with cream sauce.
Cake Without Eggs—Half a cup of
sugar, two cups of flour, one teaspoorv
ful of baking powder, one cup of milk,
two tablespoonfuls (or two ounces) of
butter and a teaspoonful of vanilla or
bitter almond extract or the grated
rind of a lemon for flavoring. Beat the
butter and sugar to a cream, add the
milk anil flour and beat vigorously;
then add a pinch of salt, flavoring and
baking powder, mix well and bake in
r moderate oven thirty minutes.
Cottage Pudding—One tablespoonful
of butter, one cup of sugar, half a cup
of milk, two eggs, a heaping teaspoon
ful of baking powder and one and a
half cupfuls of flour. Stir in the but
ter, sugar and yolks of the pggs to a
cream, add the milk and theu the
flour. Beat well. Beat the whites of
the eggs to a stiff froth, stir lightly
into the pudding, finally add the bak
ing powder and mix well. Poug the
mixture into a well-greaseil pan and
bake in a moderate oven three-quar
ters of an hour. Serve hot with lemon
sauce.