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Syruprffigs ^xlixirtfS Cleanses the N ua Ily; Dispels duo to t^oias Constipation; anai ieau dunes Acts naturally, acts trul es (L Laxative. Brat! fforMen^^men Old. an i ren- / bung and do its Al ways luv tie Genuine Kas me jull name oj tie Corn pany CALIFORNIA F?o Strup Co. bv whom front it is manufactured,printed of package. on the ovory SOLD BY only, ALL LEADING price DRUGGISTS, bottle. one size regular 504 p*r FOURTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE MEN wlth teams are selling our products FARMERS Seventy in thirty-four different useful articles that country need. We furnish the goods and give time to turn them into money. Address, J. R. WATKINS CO.. Winona, Minn. Penknives are tempered at 470 grees. Hicks’ Gapudinc Cures Women’s aud Montaly Headache. Pains, Backache, Nervousness, It's Liquid. Effects iinme* diateiy. results. Prescribed by physicians With best 10c., 25c., and 50c.. at drug stores. “Boston’s Stump.” * < Boston’s stump” is I he local name of the tower of the parish church of St. Botolph, in Boston, England, which was damaged by lightning, not long ago. The church dates from the fourteenth century, and its tow¬ er, 272 feet high, is the tallest but ono among the parish churches of England. f It has 365 steps, one for each day of the year, and the church has seven doors, fifty-two windows and twelve pillars, for the days In the week and the weeks and months in the year. For the twenty-four •hours in the day there are twenty four steps in (he porch by which the library is reached. Two flights of sixty steps lead to the roof, one for the seconds, the other for tho min¬ utes; and the tower is in four stories for the four seasons. Thus does time stand still in Boston.—Spring field Republican. BABY’S QUILT. Get one and one-half yards of whRe eiderdown, if three-quarters of a yard wide, so that when it is folded over it makes a perfect square. Sometimes ycu can get it in remnant length, which comes cheaper. Turn in edges and buttonhole stitch all around with biue or pink wool, then make little •bows cf the same colcr baby ribbon ahd sew on here and there instead of the wool knots. It makes a warm quilt and is mueh easier to wash than those filled with cotton.—New York World. ALMOST A SHADOW Gained 20 lbs. on Grapc-NutSf There's a wonderful difference be¬ tween a food which merely tastes good and one which builds up strength and good healthy flesh. It makes no difference how much we eat; unless we can digest it. It is not really food to the system until it is absorbed. A Yorkstate woman says: “I had been a sufferer for ten years with stomach and liver trouble, and had got so bad that the least bit of food such as 1 then knew, would give me untold misery for hours after eating. “I lost flesh until I was almost a shadow of my . original self and my friends were quite alarmed about me. "First I dropped coffee and used Posium, then began to use Grape Nuts. although I had little faith it would do me any good. “But I continued to use the food and have gained twenty pounds in weight and feel like another person in every way. I feel as if life had truly begun anew for me. “I can eat anything I like now in moderation, suffer no ill effects, be on my feet from morning until night. Whereas a year ago they had to send me away from home for rest while others cleaned house for me, this spring I have been able to do it my¬ self all alone. “My breakfast Is simply Grape-Nuts with cream and a cup of Postum, with sometimes an egg and a piece of toast, but generally only Grape-Nuts and Postum. And I can work until noon and not feel as tired as one hour’s work would have made me a year ago.” “There’s a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,- Mich. Read, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. e “13% {50:9 W T\' ftt &$S3. v IN WmmMm y /** vj i' M sNl sj m m r t^ •V CQ I TO SWIM THE CHANNEL. Miss Lillian Smith, captain of Ladies’ Perseverance Swimming of England, has declared her tion of trying to swim the Channel during the present Though she is only eighteen, she already performed some feats as a swimmer, She panied Jabez Wolffe in one of his tempts to swim the Channel and mained in the water four and a hours. She is not the first woman make the attempt. Last year Kellerman, of Australia, made a iant effort to reach Calais, but WALTZ NEVER OUT OF FASHION. Dances may come and dances go, but the waltz, w'hich this attains its centenary, never loses popularity. It is the most dance left to us now that the days the minuet are over, and it has spired some of the most delightful strains in the world of melody. Where every other dance nowadays a waltz it is necessary to accomplish this really well, and the girl who gains a reputation as a graceful waltzer rarely suffers from the ago¬ nies of “wallflowerdom,” if we may coin such a word.—Woman’s Life. SUFFRAGE IN DENMARK. The women of Denmark are re¬ joicing over the granting of com¬ munal and municipal suffrage to them. A delegation from the Danish National Suffrage Association waited upon the Prime Minister and the Min ister of the Interior to present me niorials thanking them for their ef forts in behalf of their country- ia French Salad Dressing. The bowl in which the dressing sa. 2 is to be made should be rubbed with garlic or half an onion. o “ flavor the dressing. 1:0 s ~ c\ Just enough will adhere to the bowl to “ Now put in teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of one 5 pepper, and pour slowly over this, a few drops at a time, half o cupful of olive oil. Stir well all the time, and when the pi- a U e salt is dissolved add two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, This 5= rs “ should be well blended with the other ingredients, and the Q. dressing should be used at once. women. At the public celebration both ministers delivered short speeches congratulating the women on their victory. During the jubilee banquet that night a telegram was sent to the Ivin^, who returned an answer expressing his good wishes for the results of the reform. FOOD FOR HUSBANDS. A woman, discussing how to feed a husband, said she soon cured her husband of fussiness and faddishness about his food. He said that he had to take what he could get. Now, why should he? His work and money buy every scran of food which enter the home. It is the husband’s right that he should have the food that he likes best, properly cooked and served on the table he bought, in the house whose rent he pays, by the wife to whom he gives a housekeeping allow¬ ance as a trust fund. He strives his very best to support his family ia comfort and some degree of luxury. His wife should strive her very best to lay out the money he intrusts her with so as to secure health, happiness and content in the home. It is a very clear bargain between husband and wife. If a man is “grumpy” at meals there's usually something the matter with the meals. The sou rest-tem¬ pered male begins to smile when the savory scent of an appetizing dish rises like incense before the altar of his appetite. Kisses and sentiment do not compensate a man for poor cooking and monotonous catering.— New York Times. WILL TEACH LOVE OF FLAG. Moved by a desire to do "active patriotic work,” which shall include "teaching the true meaning of the American Flag to immigrants and ' their children,” women of New York City and nearby places have formed the National Society of Patriotic Women of America, and they filed I with the Secretary of State at Albany, a certificate of incorporation. The directors are Mrs. William T. Hel muth, Mrs. William R. Stewart, Mrs. N. T. Phillips, Mrs. John F. Yawger, Miss Mary Van V. Vanderpoel, Mrs. Oliver L. Jones, Mrs. William C. Story, Mrs. Benjamin S. Crurch. Miss Florence Gitersney, Mrs. C. A. J. t Q. Berner, Miss Mary G. Hay, Mrs. John C. Coleman, Mrs. Robert H. Rucker, Mrs. C. C. Ruthrauff and M,-s. Gabriel S. Mulliner, all of New York; Mrs. J. Heron Crossman, of New Rochelle, and Mrs. Joseph S. Wood, of Mount Vernon. The Educational Theatre of New York City, formed “to provide moral training and inculcate in the mind3 of children and young people the ideal of life and conduct by the pre¬ sentation of plays and entertainments of ennobling character and to main¬ tain reading and class rooms, lecture and music rooms,” also has filed a certificate of incorporation. The di- rectors are Samuel L. Clemens, Rev. Percy S. Grant, Otto H. Robert J. Collier, Miss A. M. and Charles E. Miner. LABOR BUT FOUR HOURS. Many of the upper servants in sian households lead very easy lives. During a period when waiters and chambermaids employed at large tablishments, hotels and in Warsaw decided to strike, servants in private houses refused support them, and some soon turned to their employers. A servant in the employ of one nobleman who does not exact work from his household received men who had come to persuade to join them. "What do you men want?” he asked languidly the sofa on which he was reclining. "To join the general strike for an eight hour day,” was the reply. servant sprang from his sofa. "How dare you even suggest a thing' he demanded indignantly. “I never heard of anything like it in my life! Eight hours indeed! Why, you won’t find a self respecting foot man in the whole town to support such movement!” < < How many a hours do you work?” asked the as t.onished delegates. "Two or three at the most, I spend most of my time on this sofa, reading the news¬ papers, which are very interesting, just now. I’m not fool enough to example, gentlemen! »» follow your "Then give us some money for the committee, i the deputation urged. "Never! I should be acting against all my principles if I gave as muca as a kopeck toward supporting an or- j ganization do mestic servants working eight houi - 3 a day!”—New Haven Register, (J £ a V *>W£AR \| Velvet wraps are worn with linen gowns. A beautiful taffeta gown is covered by a batiste redingote. The colors of ribbon should be gov¬ erned by the gowns one has. This season ail the best gowns have sleeves that are no sleeves at all. Petticoats of different material from the tunic are conspicuous on gowns. The square dot is a very effective design for decorating collars, waists, belts, etc. Short boas of feathers are worn and tied at the back with a bow of black velvet. The new skirt hugs close to the limbs and lies in a wad on the ground around the feet. Hats of the lightest description are needed tc complete the picture during the present season. Ruches just long enough to go about the neck are tied in the middle in a way that suggests Elizabethan ruche. The inexpensive striped lawns make cool and delightful morning ■waists and frocks for the house and veranda. Old rose is a color that is coming ver y much into fashion at the present moment, and it can be used for an all-white gown, It is always good to have a band and a bow of black, and one of black and white striped ribbon, as these go with every costume, Sweet peas represent modistic tri¬ umph just now, the manufacturers having surpassed themselves in the beauty of the colorings. Add a dainty touch to the simple white lawn waist you are embroider¬ ing with soutache by putting the seams together with the tiny French beading. The ideal skirt for clinging, grace¬ ful lines is made of one of those soft materials like chiffon cloth with a band of satin about the low’er edge to drag it down. There was a question whether the fashionable American woman adopt the sheath style; but the of satin knickerbockers to match and the falling off of petti* sales tells the story. Lake Morat, in Switzerland, turna every ten years, owing te tha of a tiny plant which is vial* only through a microscope. ; Hints for Housekeepers; Do not keep the family skeleton in a closet; give it a Christian burial. The ‘‘family jars” which ally disturb every household those which don’t contain jam. When the woman’s club fails to lieve ennui, try twins. The proper place to hang the cuckoo clock is in Switzerland. Be patient with the quarrelsome neighbor; but when patience is ex¬ hausted, get a phonograph. With some women housekeeping i3 but a question of doilies and scents. The most difficult thing for the young housekeeper to comprehend is that cigar ashes are good for the car¬ pet. When raregoric fail3 to put the baby to sleep try blowing out the £as. It is advisable to clean house just as often as you wish your husband to leave town. To give the library a more "book¬ ish” appearence—put more books in lt. No sensible woman will require long hours for her help; all hours should be limited to sixty minutes. In arranging a cozy corner it does¬ n’t matter what materials are used, so long as you catch tho market right. When purchasing the sofa, remem¬ ber that the cost may range any¬ where from twenty-five dollars up to a suit for breach of promise or di¬ vorce. Too many cooks may spoil the broth, but they can’t hurt the break¬ fast food. The day of tacked down rugs and carpets is gone; nothing is now tack¬ ed down but the mortgage. Practice little economies; even the sweepings may be taken to a tobac¬ conist’s and made into cigars for fath¬ er’s birthday. It is not well to hang the portraits of ancestors where they will be likely to give offense to strangers; but by all means hang them, if the originals be unavailable. Polished hardwood floors, with rugs of varying size and texture, are now the preference, not only for aes¬ thetic and sanitary reasons, but be¬ cause they develop the agility, and the "hard finish” is revivfying to persons of unsteady habits.—Thomas Speed Mosby, in the Bohemian. WISE WORDS. No government is safe unless it be fortified by good will.—Nepos. The burden of my song must be praisa, and the teaching of every les¬ son has been trust.—Bishop Han nington. Great results usually arise from great dangers.—Herodotus. This ought to be our endeavor, to conquer ourselves, and daily wax stronger, and to make a further growth in holiness.—Thomas a Kem pis. What ripens fast does not last.— Shakespeare. Wiles and deceit are female qu-ali ties.—Aeschylus. Poverty, like a lamp, shows every¬ thing bad and annoying.—Aristo¬ phanes. Between bridge and stream the Lord’s mercy may be found.—St. Au¬ gustine. To fear death is very great folly, for it is fated to all men to die.— Antiphanes. In some good time, His good time, I shall arrive; He guides me and the bird.—Browning. Combs Made of Old Shoes. A mountain of old boots and shoes, indescribably ugly, indescribably filthy, lay in the factory yard. “We’ll make combs out of them,” said the chemist, “combs that will pass through the perfumed and lus¬ trous locks of the most beautiful girls. Seems strange, doesn't it? “Very.” “Yet it’s a fact. That is what be¬ comes of the world's old shoes; they are turned into combs. The leather is first cut into small pieces and im¬ mersed two days in a chloride of sul¬ phur bath; then it is washed, dried and ground to powder; then it is mix’d with glue or gum and pressed into comb molds.” — Philadelphia Bulletin. The Baffling Egg. They who uphold the doctrine of utility In all natural phenomena may well take- pause at the color varia¬ tions of the cuckoo's eggs. It is diffi¬ cult to suggest any purpose in them. Resemblance of the egg to those of the bird dupe can serve no protective purpose. The diet theory, if ever seriously entertained, has been dis¬ missed as untenable, and the mystery Htlll remains,—The Field. THE PASSING OF 'HE french. Cmall Rate of Increase in One of ths Greatest Nations. The population of Franc O, 30,000.000 formed the most nun:-: national monolingual group in Euro:) at the opening of the last 2entur | has increased only 20 per cent, d ur ing the past 100 years, ^s against England's 350 per cent, and Am ericas 1,000 per cent. The total population cf France is now 38,350,788. The female sex ex ceeds the male in number, the figures being, respectively, 19,533,890 and is,, 810,889. On the other hand, an ex cess in the number of the unmarried is shown on the masculine side, the respective figures being 9.917,178 and 9,114,350. Thtjre are 2,384,879 widows and divorced women, as against l,. 005,884 widowers and divorced men. The number of French families is 9.781,117. ot which 1,314,773 are with¬ out childre 2,249,337 have but one child; 2,018,605 have two; 1,246,201 have three; 748,841 have four; 429.- 799 have five; 248,159 have six; 133,- 7C9 have seven; 71,841 have eight, and 33,917 have nine children. These fig ures continue to represent, in a rap icrly decreasing proportion, the num¬ ber of families having a larger num her. Upon comparing these groups of figures, it will be perceived that for about two-thirds of the families of France t.he average number of children does not exceed three; while for about 1 1-2 per cent, of them the average number is seven, and for less than 1 per cent, of the same, eight children. Twenty-four families are recorded, however, as possessing sev enteen, and thirty-four as possessing eighteen "Mi-’r®)).—Earner’s. Striking an Average. The children were not allowed ia the kitchen, but nobody had ever forbidden their sniffling outside the door to catch the delicious odors which could be obtained by a close application of a small nose to a crack. ‘‘Why, Ethel,” said Mrs. Harwood, who discovered them in the entry just outside the kitchen door one Sat¬ urday morning, “why are you twitch¬ ing “Tommy’ and slapping him?” n > Cause he isn’t playing fair, moth er, »* said Ethel, ‘He’s had five smells and I’ve only had four, and It’s my turn. “I am, too, playing fair,” asserted “Tommy,” Ihis utterance smothered as he again applied his nose to the crack. t( I’ve got an awful cold, and I can’t smell half as much, as she can!”—Youth’s Companion. THE COME AND SEE SIGN i2V V ,v « ■V A y y v v .y This sign is permanently attached to the front of the main building of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass. ? What Does This Sign Mean It means that public inspection of the Laboratory and methods of doing business is honestly desired. It means that there is nothing about the bus¬ iness which is not “open and above¬ board. W It means that a permanent invita¬ tion is extended to anyone to come and verify any and all statements made in the advertisements Compound. of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Is it a purely vegetable herbs—with¬ compound made from roots and out drugs ? Come and See. Do the women of America continu¬ ally use as much of it as we are told r Come and See. Was there ever such a person as Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick woman are asked to write _ ? Come and See. Is the vast private correspondence conducted by with sick women kept women only, and are the letters strictly confidential ? Come and See. from Have they really got letters over one million, one hundred thousand women correspondents ? Come and See. Lydia . E. Have they proof that Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has cui-ed thousands of these women V Come and See. This advertisement is only . tor doubters. The great army of women who know from their own personal in the experience that no medicine world equals Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound for female ms will still go on using and being ben¬ efited by it; but the poor doubting, suffering woman must, for her own sake,be taught confidence, for she a-so might just as well regain her heaitn