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trouble, but had said nothing. "Tl

show you new trick"
Nothing dangcrous?' asked the
man holding tic bottle.
No; but an easy way to open Il
bottle in such an emergency as this"
The quiet man took the bottle and
then asked for some newspapers
These were gwen him, and while the
rest Of the party watched with interest
he folded them neatly and placed one
on top of another until he had made
quite a pad of paper, which he placed
on the deck. Then he removed the
tin foil from the cork and lifting the
bottle in the air brought it down
smartly on the wad OF paper, striking
the bottle fairly.
The onlookcrs gasped. They i'm
agined the bottle broken and their
short supply OF liquor considerably
lessened, but to their establishment
when the bottle struck the wad OF
paper the cork flew out OF the neck
with pop and not a drop Of the
liquid was spilled.
That's new one OH me- was the
general exclamation. "How did you
do IT."
when you strike the bottle fairly
the liquid in it congresses the air
under the cork and forces it out.
Never saw it to fail"
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kcOu. nau De-
come very despond-
ent and thought I
would never be well
again.
" But with a faint
heart I wrote to
DIR. K. v. Pierce, of
Buffalo. N. ", and
described my symp-
toms as best ] could.
He promptly an
swered by letter,
and sent me q treat
Use on Woman and
Her Diseases D.; he
nj Gn nustsu nd
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LAWYER BESTS MEAN CLIENT.
How an Attorney Collected an Unexpected Fee

How an Attorney Collected an Unexpected Fee
Some years ago ex-Judge Harper OF
indianapolis was consulted by a mer-
chant named Gossitt. The merchant
was badly embarrassed, as he owed
about $4,000 and the wholesale
houses were pressing him. The law
yer learned that Gossitt's wife had
some time before come into possession
Of about 81 500, which had been given
her by her father. This money she
had loaned her husband and it was in
vested in his business.
The attorney advised Gossitt to Sc
cure his wife the first thing, and he
did SO. "Well, we finally got the
matter settled up" said Judge Harper
in telling the story the other day,
"and Gossitt and his wife started in
business again. The creditors, of
course, were losers to certain extent,
but felt it my duty to advise the
man to look after his family first. l
didn't see him for several weeks after
the business was settled and / began
to wonder about my fee. / ought to
have had at least 5000, thought.
Gossitt didn't come around, and one
day l sent note asking him to call
at my office. He came in day or
two and asked about my fee, stating
that l would be willing to square up
for 500. l also recalled to his mind
that had performed legal service
for him to the best of my ability and 1
thought should be paid. As soon as
l finished my speech Gossitt jumped
up and started for the door.
"'I haven't got time to talk about
that to-day he snapped as he went
out of the door. OF course 1 made up
my mind that my fee was an assured
thing and let the matter run for
few months. Finally one day l met
Gossitt on the sidewalk in front OF the
Vance block and l held him up l
asked him to come to the office, as
wanted to talk with him. He was in
clined to be little impatient and
wanted to know if l couldn't do my
talking where was.
"Well, l might, Gossitt,' said /,
but it is possible l might say some
things that you would not want the
public to hear
IL think Gossitt understood that he
had better come to the Office, and he
signified his willingness to come with
me. We came upstairs, and as soon
as We got into the Office he drew
piece OF paper from his pocket, and,
throwing it down on the table, he re-
marked: Take that or nothing
81 picked up the piece of paper and
saw that it was a note that had been
given by man named Balder several
years before. 1t had been outlawed
long ago. The principal and interest
amounted to something over $500. l
knew Mr.. Balder, and remembered
that he had become bankrupt several
years before. l showed the note in the
drawer OF my desk as worthless in
strument. A week or two later, how
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with female weakness for about four years
before l asked for your advice" writes
Mr.. ]. w. McGregor of 62d Street and
Princeton Ave, Chicago, Ills. rYou
advised her to take DR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription which she did faithfully for
nine months, and now we must acknowl-
edge TO you that she is arX loman.
We cannot thank you enough"
YOU CAN BE CURED
by "Favorite Prescription if your lis
ease is durable by medicine; and the
facts show that only two women in ev-rv
hundred who have given "Favorite We
scription" a fair and faithful trial II I'VE
JAILED of complete cure. Women nho
have suffered for years and have hal the
advantages of the most skillful medical
treatment, have at last tried "Favo,!te
Prescription" and been cured. Women
who had been pronounced incurable. and
given up to lifelong suffering, have been
perfectly and permantly cured by the
use of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Sick and ailing women are invited 10
consult DR.. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is held in sacred secrecy
and the written condolences of women
are guarded by the same strict pioics.
sional privacy observed by Dr. Pierce in
verbal consultation with sick women At
the Jnvalids' Hotel and Surgical Irst!.
tute, Buffalo, n. " Address DIR. r. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, y. y.
Accept no substitute for vFavor te
Prescription" though the dealer saws that
1t is "jast as good" If he told the whole
truth he'd say the substitute was bette, -
not better for You but better for him.
because of the little more profit paid by
the sale OF less meritorious medicines.
ARE YOU II?
Then at the expense of one-cent for
each year Of your life YOU can pay the
expense of mailing free copy OF nr
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser.
in paper covers. This great me i, Il.
work contains more than a thous.ri
large pages and over 100 illustrations,
and is sent absolutely free on receipt o:
stamps to pay expense of mailing o"h.
Send II one-cent stamps fo- the book IN
paper covers, or thirty-one stamps TO,
the cloth-bound volume. Address DR..
r. ". Pierce, Buffalo NJ "
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treatment for me which followed to the best of
my ability. and after taking six bottles of the
Favorite Prescription ! can truthfully say
that felt like n new woman. In n few months
afterwards, when was suffering with the many
troubles due to pregnancy, procured Favorite
Prescription again and took il through that
time. soon became very stout and felt we'll
I was in labor only short time and got along
well: better than l ever did before. My baby is
a fine boy, now two months old and has never
been sick any. ] cannot find words sufficient
to express my praise of DIR. Pierces medicine.
i never miss an opportunity to recommend il.
! hope all suffering ladies will consult him. for
they will be benefited by taking his medicine"
Letters to DIR. Pierce are treated in the most
sacred confidence, and never published without
permission, and the most careful. professional
advice is given by return mail free Of charge.
Women would understand their own men,
tai and physical natures better; they would
make better wives and mothers: they would
be every way healthier, happier and more
capable, by reading and studying Dr.
Pierce's great thousand-pag illustrated
book, The Peoples Common Sense Med
ical Adviser. 1t is a veritable, complete
family medical library in one magnificent
volume. More than half million copies
have been sold at 81. so each, but free
copy, paper-bound, will be sent to any
woman on receipt of 81 one cent stamps,
to pay the cost of mailing only; or il a
heavier, handsome cloth bound book Is
preferred, send 81 stamps.
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A Glass Of Water at Bedtime.

The human body is constantly un-
dergoiug tissue changes. Water has
the power OF increasing these changes,
which multiply the waste products,
but at the same time they are renewed
by its agency, giving rise to increased
appetite, which in turn provides fresh
nutriment. II you do not accustom
yourself to drink water regularly, you
are liable to have the waste products
form faster than they are removed.
Any obstruction to the free working
of natural laws at once produces dis
ease. Great weakness and languOr
on rising in the morning is generally
due to a large secretion of these waste
products, and the remedy is to drink
tumblerful of water-either hot or
cold-just before retiring. This ma
terially assists in the process during
the night, and leaves the tissues fresh
and strong, ready for the active work
of the next day.
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her, she didn't realize her own weari-
ness. But once at home, exhaustion over
came her If woman were thoroughly
robust, without ache or pain, she could
not keep this work up without under
mining her health What shall be said
then of those women, who are not strong,
who suffer from headache, backache,
bearingdown pains, and other conse-
quences of a diseased condition of the
womanly organism9 And these women
are in the great majority. There are
few women who are free from diseases
peculiar to their sex.
BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS.
That expressive saying not only sug
gests the most rapid form of waste but
also the most foolish. When woman
overtaxes her strength i'll any cause,
whether in the enjoyment of social
pleasures, or i'll the service of church or
charity, she is rapidly fastening to the
end Of her public activity.
The proof of this is found right at
home. Young matrons who are not
dancing any more, church workers who
are no more active ; these have not step
ped aside because of loss of interest but
because of lack of strength.
There is not weak woman who would
not like to be made stroug again. There
is not sick woman who would not like
to be made we'll And there is not the
least reason. in ninety-eight cases out of
every hundred. why women should con-
tinue to be weak and sick. The first
step to the establishment of the gen.
eral health is to establish the local
womanly health
III feel that it is only my duty to send
you statement of my case" writes Mrs.
Mary f. Wilcox, of EMO (Rainy Riverl,
Algoma Co., Ont. II suffered untold
misery for many years with uterine
trouble, until / commenced taking DR..
Pierce's good medicine and used the
local treatment as advised. l took two
bottles of 'Favorite Prescription and
two of Golden Medical Discovery l
also sent for one box Of your Antiseptic
and Healing Suppositories.' have only
ulcd two and that was two months ago.
Have not had to use any since, but l
sAallkeep them in the house. w"tii
AAv6l6s every woman who suffers frcul
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ever, / got to thinking about the mat
ter, and sat down and wrote Balder a
note, asking him to call at my Office if
he should happen to be in the neigh
borhood. He came within n few days
and showed him the note.
AYES said he, Il gave that note,
and it is perfectly good. Now I'll say
to you that within two days I'll pay
5000 on that note, and will settle the
remainder by paying 500 or 5000
every month"; OF course / was
amazed. said to Balder that would
only ask him to pay 500, but he in
sisted that he would pay every dollar
OF it. Then l suggested that he only
pay the principal.
"No, SIR he declared, Il owe the
interest, too, and, since / am making
money now, expect to pay every cent
of it,
well, TO make long story short,
that man, within few months, paid
off every dollar that note called for
A short time after lie had finished
paying the note Gossitt came into my
office one day. What do you think
he said to me? He said that he had
understood that Balder had paid off
the note in full, and, since had only
demanded fee of 800, he supposed l
would pay over the remainder to him.
Did do it? Not much. l simply re-
called to Gossitt's mind that he had
thrown an apparently worthless note
on my desk with the suggestion that l
take that or nothing Gossitt
scowlcd and walked out of the Office"
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Church Lights and
Social Leaders.

!ive7y community, however small, has
il: group of energetic Worleu, Who lead
AMI Ugh; the way III cve:v loC4! enter
pre-. !, il Is charity, 4 hal.aar, church
la. or Auv o.hcr benevolent undertAs-
iny. thew work dav and n,g III TO make il
i success They ATE not III, women WHO
neglect thcII h"nicS 10 serve the public.
They simply 4" double service. Many
d husband tnoWs what il IS TO bring his
wife home from far or bazaar near the
hour q midnight and see her drop, in
sheer exhaur~ion. into the Tirst chair She
comes to. While the lights were bright
and the talk and laughter were all about
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Logging car equipments of all kinds.
A specially OF conceived tram wheels.
Highest market price paid for old cast
ron scrap, brass and copper.
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A "Sure Thing" Bet.

Those who are unsportsmanlike
enough TO bet on a sure thing might
try this: A bets that B cannot eu-
dure piece OF ice on his arm for two
minutes. A to select place between
the fingers and the elbow. B bares
his arm, and A puts piece Of ice on
the pulse in the wrist. In Al seconds
usually the pain becomes so great that
b gives it up. This catch originated
on the London Stock Exchange. 1t
is said that Guy Kickalls, the oars
man, is the only one who ever endured
the pain two minutes.
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OHc vi inc SduueSt tnlHRS tnat can nap-
pen To a woman is to fall into such a depth
of dependency through unnatural weakness
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liberation of the uterus and piles to use

liberation of the uterus and piles to use
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
1t is the best medicine in the world.
Also write to Dir. Pierce for his advise.
have felt better i'll the past seven
months than l have for years. Every
month used to have to go to bed and
have hot poultices and take laudanum to
case the pain. I don't go TO bed now.
nor do take laudanur. Every spring
used TO be troubled with piles, but |
did not have any trouble of that kind
this spring. l keep DR.. Pierce's Com
pound Extract Of Smart Weed in the
house. II is a wonderful medicine"
THE WAY or ESCAPE
from the diseases which afflict women,
is marked by the footsteps of hundreds
of thousands Of women who have been
raised to strength from weakness and
from sickness to health, BY the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. II estab-
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lis h G s perfect regularity,
dries the drains which
weaken women, heals in
flarnmation and liberation
and cures female weakness.
1t cures backache. head
ache, and the other painful
consequence of wonanly
disease. 1t tranquilizes the
nerves, encourages the APP
petite, and induces refresh
ing sleep.
ri feel it my duty to
send you this testimony"
writes Mrs. Title I.innev,
of Gravel Switch, Marion
Co. Ky. III had been a
sufferer from uterine trouble
for twelve years, having
doctored with the most
skilltul physicians but find
ing only temporary relief
from medicines prescribed
by them. l WAS advised
by a friend to take Favor
lite Prescription, which l
did, and after taking SIX
bottles | find that it has
effected a complete cure"
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' Rssss sss Of ZzZIzw

Society.
The Deacon-Mrs. Wadburn is
greatly offended ut your sermon
against the extravaganza of social
entertainments.
The Pastor-Why, l did not point it
so directly ut her, did /?
The Deabon-That's just the trouble.
Mrs. Wadburn is very jealous OF her
social hospitality.
A Denial.
49," exclaimed Senator Sorghum
indignantly, &c that man told you my
vote was for sale?"
Z" He said so in SO many words"
"Well, you can so to him and re-
flute the calumny. It's for rent once
in awhile, but never for sale"
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1t ashin1ton Standard
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
'ion,y,uc< Should knoA That


often tie outcome II being compelled
,r H.. wod t,,at r.ch food in rhild-
l5.3
A,sle mad, With two csgs j. Just
& Iql1tqtlc u. au~ made with Fix
e-c-. II +, J.. ifo-b. well baked, and llay-
oroI. and Looks attractive
Physicians are advocating the Use Of
pure olive 81 for weak lungs. 1t bids
tl.r 70 take the place Of cod Tiger oil,
and il j. Thought by many pleasanter
to take.
TO clean wa. paper, use bread about
a day old. Ii the paper is only dusty,
flick and rub it with ."it mop. II it
is marked with grease, hold piece OF
hlutting paper over the spot with hot
fat non for a few seconds.
70 clean ollcloth: 1t should he
washed with a large cloth dipped III
lukcwarm water (hot water should
never be used On account Of the palnt).
II the oilcloth is very dirty, it can be
cleaned with yellow soap, but the less
water used the better.
\ baked custard is one OF the easiest
things to make and one OF the easiest
to spoil in baking-if left to it's own
devices. 1t must be made OF fresh ma
terials, and bakcs better in shallow
dish than in deep one. The dish
containing it should be placed in a
shallow tin pan holding hot water,
and the oven must be moderate.
Watch it, and just as soon as the blade
OF a knife comes out clean when you
try it-take it out. If you leave it
longer it will be watery.
To give lookir g-glasses and mirrors
a brilliant polish apply alcohol with
sponge, then dust whiting over the
glass, rub it off with linen cloth, and
polish with channels. The following
French method may be preferred by
some: Pour into half pint of boil
ing water, three tablespoonfuls of vim
egar, then drop into it a piece OF
chalk weighing about 2 or. 1t will
sink to the bottom, but it will give
the water a milky color. The fluid
must be poured off and strained be-
fore all the chalk has quite settled.
Smear this liquid over the mirror, and
rub it quickly with linen.
Grease Spots.
Photographs are being continually
damaged through being handled with
greasy fingers Especially by children),
drops from oil lamps and many other
causes. When the stains are fresh
they can usually be removed with ben
zole; the difficulty is with stains OF
long duration, says the Philadelphia
LtecOTu. DST I<eUeU TuOTtCuI pIO.
poses the following mixture for their
removal from delicate textile fabrics;
at all events, it is worthy of careful
trial: Analine and soap, one part
each, dissolved in 10 parts OF water.
Colonial Sponge Cake.
The following recipe took the prize
awarded by the N. Y. Journal, for
sponge cake. Mrs. G. ID. Merrill, OF
Detroit, Mich, was the winner:
Ingredients: Ten eggs, one pound
of sugar Cline granulated), one-half
pound of flour, weighed after sitting;
Juice of one-half fresh lemon.
Directions: The success OF the cake
depends upon the beating of the eggs
by two persons Zone the whites, the
other the yolks) for half an hour.
Mix sugar with whites and cut into
the yolks. Stir flour in very gently,
only enough to mix it. The cake will
be tough if beaten after the flour is
put in. Bake in a moderate oven.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-27
GIoSSotOS Municipal 6eIe-

The ceremony at which the new mu-
nicipal telephone system of Glasgow
was formally opened about two weeks
ago was a notable event even for the
city which has become famous through
successful kindred adventures. 1t was
notable scarcely more because it cell
ebrated the second instance of q mu-
nicipal telephone system in the United
Kingdom and the first in a large city
of that kingdom than because II
marked the successful issue of an eff
fort which, with characteristic Scotch
persistence. has been pursued ia face
of distractions and delays for more
than eight years.
1t was in April, 1893. that the Town
Council appointed special committee
to inquire into the advisability of es-
tablishing a municipal telephone sys-
TEN, and in the following August that
body decided to apply to the Postmas-
ter General for the requisite license
The reasons for this decision were
principally tho commercial need for a
better telephone service than that
which then existed and at less cost and
the desirabllity OF retaining in the
city's hands the CONSTITUTIONAL work
in the streets which would be neces-
sSry for installing a proper system.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-27
IT CURED A BAD HABIT.
The Smart Practical Joker Had tn.

The Smart Practical Joker Had tho
Tables Turned on Him.
Il never indulge the practical joke
habit" said gentleman who recently
visited New Orleans, "and / have a
good reason for taking no sort of stock
in such things. There was time in
my life when l was fond of playing
pranks, and have turned some clever
tricks along this line. But it has been
several years since | made my last eff
fort. 1t was living in a small town up
in Arkansas and at the time was
boarding with an aunt who was even
fonder OF the practical joke than |
was. Along about Christmas time a
young man came out to the town in
which lived to spend some time with
friends. He was a dudish sort of a
fellow and was just at that period of
life when the gold watch and chain
he wore impressed him as being the
most important thing in the world.
My aunt was quick to perceive his
weakness. She hatched a plot. l was
to slip into his bedroom and steal the
watch and chain after he had fallen
asleep. The night was fixed, and my
friend retired about 10 o'clock. He al
ways hung his vest, which contained
his watch and chain and other valu-
ables, on the bedpost at the head of
the bed. My aunt knew exactly where
| could find it. and about 10:30 l
slipped stealthily into the room, found
the vest and began to rifle the pock-
cts. My friend raised up quickly, as
he ran his hand under his pillow.
Bang! bang! bang! / was shot. l
was shot three times, with the revol-
yer pressed almost against my breast
l could feel the holes in my back where
the bullets had come out, and the blood
was trickling down my spinal column
My aunt came rushing into the room,
My God! l said. 'Auntie, I'm shoti
She got the camphor bottle. 1 told
her the bullets had passed clear
through me and had rolled down into
my shoes. They could stand it no
longer, aid, to my amazement, my
aunt and my friend broke out into
perfect spasms of laughter, and by
degrees the real situation dawned up
on me. My friend had expected my
visit He had extracted the lead from
three cartridges in the pistol at the
suggestion of my aunt, and had turn
ed the tables on me- Since that time
| have played no jokes"
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-27
A HimaIayan Dairy.

Eight thousand feet above tie sea
level, in the heart of the Himalaya
mountains, within seeing distance of
snow covered Mt. Everest, and three
miles from any road-save the beaten
foot path of natives and ponies, hill,
rock and cloud bound-such is the To-
cation of the subject of this letter,
writes ]. E. Nissley in Chicago Prod
uce.
While leisurely strolling through
the public bazaar (market) one morn
ing in Calcutta l noticed the sign,
Fresh Butter Made by the Alighari
Dairy" OF course l was delighted to
see so familiar term as fresh but
ter" and Immediately learned. all
could concerning 1t, and especially the
place at which the butter was made.
To my surprise, l was informed that
the dairy was nearly 500 miles distant
part of the way on horseback or afoot
only; but as had desire to see the
HOyatsi9s4 sg9 ? most novel rsiIrQad