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and Investigating mind, an earnest seeker after knowledge, and above all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa- thetic nature.
 In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham, builder and real estate operator. and their early married life was marked by prosperity and happiness. They had four children, three sons and 8 daughter.
 In those good old fashioned days it was common for mothers to make their own home medicines from roots and herbs, natures own remedies calling in physician only in specially urgent cases By tradition and ex- perience many of them gained won derful knowledge of the curative prop critics of the various roots and herbs.
 Mrs. Pinl1ham took great interest in the study of roots and herbs, their characteristics and power over disease. She maintained that just as nature so bountifully provides in the harvest fields and orchards vegetable foods of all kinds; so, if we but take the pains to find them, in the roots and herbs of the field there are remedies ex- pressly designed to cure the various ills and weaknesses Of the body, and it was her pleasure to search these out, and prepare simple and effective medi- cines for her own family and friends.
 Chief of these was rare combina- ton of the choicest medicinal roots and herbs found best adapted for the cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu- liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink hams friends and neighbors learned that her compound relieved and cured and it became quite popular among them.
 All this so far was done freely, with out money and without price, as a labor of love.
 But in 1873 the financial crisis struck Lynn. Its length and severity were too much for the large real estate interests of the PinlSham family, as this class of business suffered most from fearful depression, so when the Centen- nial year dawned it found their prop erty swept away. Some other source of income had to be found.
 At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetabl Compound was made known to the world.
 The three sons and the daughter, with their mother, combined forces to
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restore the family fortune They argued that the medicine which was so good for their woman friends and neighbors was equally good for the women of the whole world.
 The Pinkhams had no money, and little credit. Their first laboratory was the kitchen, where roots and herbs were steeped on the stove, gradually filling a gross of bottles. Then came the question of selling it, for always before they had given it away freely. They hired a job printer to run off some pamphlets setting forth the merits of the medi- cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and these were distributed by the Pinkham sons in Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
 The wonderful curative properties of the medicine were, to a great extent, self f-advertising, for whoever used it recommended it to others, and the de- mand gradually increased.
 In 1877, by combined efforts the fam fly had saved enough money to com mcnce newspaper advertising and from that time the growth and success of the enterprise were assured, until to- day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege. table Compound have become house. hold words everywhere, and many tons of roots and herbs are used annu- ally in it's manufacture.
 Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not live to see the great success of this work. She passed to her reward years ago, but not till she had provided means for continuing her work as effectively as she could have done it herself.
 During her long and eventful expe- rience she was ever methodical in her work and she was always careful topre- serve record of every case that came to her attention. The case of every sick woman who applied to her for advice and there were thousands-recelved careful study, and the details, includ- ing symptoms, treatment and results were recorded for future reference, and to-day these records, together with hundreds of thousands made since. are available to sick women the world over, and represent a vast collabora- tion of information regarding the treatment of woman's ills, which for authenticity and accuracy can hardly be equaled in any library in the world.
 With Lydia F. Pinkham worked her daughter in law, the present Mrs. PinlIham. She was carefully instructed in all her hard-won knowledge, and for years she assisted her in her vast correspondence.
 To her hands naturally fell the direction of the work when its origina- tor passed away. For nearly twenty five years she has continued it, and nothing in the work shows when the first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham, now the mother of a large family, took it up. With women assistants, some as capable as herself, the present Mrs. Pinkham continues this great work and probably from the office of no other person have so many women been ad- vised how to regain health. Sick wo- men, this advice is ''Yours for Health" freely given if you only write to ask for it.
 Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound made from simple roots and herbs the one great medicine for women's ailments, and the fitting monument to the noble woman whose name it bears.
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A FROST AND A THAW.
BY ELLIOTT WALKER.

bearin' wife-to shoulder such a curse all my days. and you dyin' for noth- in'?"
 You'd a ben we'll left and pro Vlded for" said Cope doggedly. Folks would say twas temp'rary insanity. I'm shook up some, but I aint crazy. l meant it. Livin' don't seem quite so bad as it did" He gave a grim smile, adding, "Twasn't the way to go, but you'd have ben better off Dorcas. Gan you say you wouldn't?"
 You ain't eXplainin this" cried his wife with sudden excitement The Idea Of layin' the fault onto me. What is it? You'll tell me, Beecher Cope. I'm endurin', but this is past endurin'. Something you've got in your head agtn me, and I'll know it. What have done?"
 You've froze mel" exclaimed her husband loudly. T dunno how to tell 1t, but that's it."
 And you've froze me-" returned Dorcas, her sallow cheeks flaming.
 It's your own doing I'll tell you this -l went to the barn to say that I meant to leave you-that I'd rather live in a refrigerator than go on with never a look nor word to slow I was anything to you nowadays-no more than COW. Froze you, indeed, I've been stiffened up and frost-bitten till l haven't even a warm tear left to shed for sick baby!"
 The old couple gazed at each other. Loud ticked the wooden clock on the
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old cloth-covered mantel. One min ute, two minutes. Then the husband spoke slowly.
 Was you thinkin' of a separation, Dorcas?"
 Tt had come to that pass with me. Beecher."
 For good and all?" "Yes, sir"
 Copes feet shifted forward and he hitched his chair nearer.
 Most ten years ago." he said, sol- emnly, q smashed my thumb mendin' fence, and I come to you to have it done up. You done it all right and kind enough, but there was somethin' in the way your face looked and your fashion of turnin' away, disgusted- like, that hurt my feelin's dreadful. Twas as if you hated to touch me, or have me touch you, and it bit into me. Thinks l. if I've got too old for com fortin' and being fused over, so be it. All day, kep' feelin in my DOCK cts to see what I'd lost, but things was all there. What I'd lost wasn't in my clothes. And I tried to cuss away the feelin', but It wouldn't leave me. I hated to go in to meals-somehow-"
 "I rec'lect that mornin'," rejoined the woman absently. My nerves was all on edge with neuralgia. Was that the day you set readin' your paper after supper, and I come up to put my arm around you, meanin' to give you kiss, and you turned your head away quick and shrinked from me? It made my heart stop beatin', was so surprise. and mad. Says I to myself. The next kiss comes from him. It never e.
 Funny you should have remem- bered that" muttered the farmer, stroking his chin whisker thought fully.
 Funny you should have remem- bered your thumb" Dorcas pulled out her spectacles, adjusted them careful ly and looked at him.
 And the next day, and the next, till 1t was weeks, months. years of livin' in an east wind" quoth her spouse. "Perlite and respectful we was al- ways, put COuluH SHiht Oi lle ull- ference. It eat into me. Lately, it's ben worse I got sick of 1t. Twas all through me like a disease, and us growth older and queerer. That's why IT borrowed your clothes line"
 Were those tears trickling from be- heath the spectacles of Dorcas? The old man did not see. He could not for the sudden mist cloudins his eyes.
 Perhaps it's best to let you go,' he murmured "but-I-dunno."
 "Twas your left thumb cried Dor cas- irrelevantly Let's see it"
 Cope gave another hitch and their knees touched The woman bent low over the rough, scared member, pressed her lips to it and sobbed
 'I take 1t back, husband" she choked. The first kiss comes from me-" 8Ni lNI
 God be thanked!" His husky whis- per broke "The winds from the south now, Dorcas. We'll keep it blowi2' dear, we'll keepjt blQwin'!"
 (Copyrlght. 1905. by Joseph B, Ecwies>
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BITS OF INFORMATION.
The Eton College Chronicle expr

The Eton College Chronicle expresses the opinion that lawn tennis is it for tame curateS" only.
 The Welsh national eisteddfod is the biggest open-air concert in the world. At least 10000 people attend it every year.
 The greater part of the almost s2,000,000 worth of firecrackers annual ly exported by China comes to New York And the United States stands next to China in the use of them.
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Judge IebbeuS R. Wilfley.

Judge Lebbeus R. Wilfley, attorney general of the Philippine islands, has been appointed to the judgeship of the United States court in China, which is to replace in a large measure the present consular court. Judge Wildey is from St. Louis.
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Best in Existence.

"I sincerely believe. all things con- sidered, Hunts Lightning Oil is the most useful and valuable household remedy in existence. For Cuts, Burns, Sprains and Insect Bites, it has no equal, so far as my experience goes"
 G. E. Huntington,
 Eufaula, Ala.
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Never Fails.

There is one remedy, and only one I have ever found, to cure without fail such troubles in my family as Eczema, Ringworm, and all others of an itching character. That remedy is Hunts Cure. We always use it and it never fails"
 w. M. Christian,
 Rutherford, Tenn.
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WHO SHE WAS.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
 Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused
 it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose maiden name was Estes, was born in Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, com ing from a good old Quaker family. For some years she taught school, and became known as a woman of an alert
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Railway Tariff Simplified.

Germany has just revised its rail way tariff. which involves a multi plication of tickets. It is calculated that a traveller with a small family going from Mulhouse to Bale will find himself furnished with 60 tickets, in addition to which are those for bag gage.
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LIKE EDGE OF THE WORLD
Una1asl.a, in the Alaskan Islands, a Desolate Spot-Where White
 Men May Not Land.

1 OHdIaSka resembles other northern stations, having warehouses, docks, the inevitable Greek church and a score of wooden cabins. Whalers leave here for the Arctic regions. Dutch Harbor is a station for our revenue fleet. There is much coming and going of ships of all nations; | there are quite formidable fleet, and | only two ships out of twelve carry colors of the same country. Just before entering the harbor one | notices detached rock high against the side of the cliff. It bears strik ing resemblance to a Russian priest in full robes. Touched by the sunset light, he seemed to stand blessing the harbor.
 Sailing north out into Behring sea, one looks back at the desolate, silent, treeless islands, which seem to wall the edge of the world. Hundreds of miles west they run toward Vladi yostok.
 Two hundred and forty miles north of Unalaska are the Pribilof islands; not large, but the greatest seal islands in the world. There are many fur seals around the shores of Behring sea and the Aleutian islands, but the great mass of them are bred on the Pribilof group. No white slan is per mitted to land on these breeding grounds without a permit, signed by the secretary of the treasury of the United States.-Outdoor Life.
 Nothing Succeeds Like ''EGG-O-SEE."
 The man who breaches the best ser mon; the man who tells the funniest stories; the man who keeps the best store; or the man who makes the best goods soon finds that people come to him. Merit is the best advertisement In the world. People speak we'll of things they know are good. They pass the good word along.
 The best breakfast food is EGGO- SEE, for it contains all the life-giving properties of natures best food, which is wheat.
 EGG-O-SEE is deeply in debt to the thousands of wives and mothers who use it in their homes, for these good women tell their neighbors about this great food.
 Children and aged persons alike are friends of EGG-O-SEE.
 Merit and common sense are the things that advertise EGG-O-SEE most EGG-O-SEE is cheap. A 10- cent package contains ten liberal breakfasts. EGG-O-SEE is sold every where. Grocers must keep it if they want to keep their good customers, for good customers insist on buying EGG-O-SEE.
 The fact that no preparation, no cooking is required, makes EGG-O- SEE very popular. Open the package; put as much as you like in dish; pour on milk or cream and eat. It is delicious It is wholesome. It makes you strong.
 A lot of interesting facts about EGG-O-SEE have been published in book form entitled, Back to Nature" This book also has course of phys ical culture-fully illustrated. Any one wishing this book will receive it free by addressing EGGO-SEE Con- pany, 10 First St., Quincy, III.
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It Does It.

The remedy that cured your mother and your father of chills twenty years ago is sure good enough to cure you and your kids at the present time. Cheatham's Chill Tonic did it and will still do it. It's guaranteed.
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You Don't Fave to Wait.

Every dose makes you feel better. Lax Eos keeps your whole inside right. Not one eripe in full bottle. Sold on the money back plan everywhere. Price 50 cents.
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A Harmless Laxative.

Ii you must take laxative, take a harm less one. Lax-Fos does not gripe, therefore does not irritate. Irritation IS what does the harm. Price 30 cents.
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Visits European Military Schools.
 Col. Charles P. Echols, of West Point, who has been on the continent visiting military schools, is now in England on the same mission.
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Do what you consider right, what ever people think of it, despite cen sure and praise.-Pythagoras
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-02

Some men are so perfect that it seems as though their wives ought 10 have them stuffed and mounted.
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Sir Gilbert Parker, the novelist M P, does most of his writing nowaday while standing up.
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J. o. Monroe,
 Atchison. Kas.

Boys will be boys, especially the gay old ones who have passed 60
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She'll Die in
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was the verdict of the doc. tors who were trying ta stop an attack of flooding from which my wife was suffering,' is an extrace from a letter from Mir. A. Fail, of Chicora, Miss. Hi2 letter continues: CT hese attacks were incident to Change of Life for 9 year2s Ten doctors failed to re. lieve her, but a lady friend told me to get a bottle oa G.F.P fzsa's Slss,.,,s ,sss... 1 did so. The third dose relieved her, and the doc- tors were astonished. So was I, but the lady who advised it was not. She knew her ground. The medicine has stopped tho flooding and my wife is doing finely"
 This Is just one letter but VI have fho1r sands of similar ones. showing that G. 3. "a is the best Female Tonic and is everY dAe curing Painful. Profuse and Delayed 4sa struation. Whites. all Womb. Ovarian al Nervous Troubles. Don't fail to get . bo4ok at once. 1t is sold under . monST~baaG guarantee.
 eERsTLE MEDICINE CO.,, chassansses fsuA
 At All Dealers, in One Dollar Reedsa
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They Should.

My honest conviction, based upon my own experience and that of my friends, is that Hunts Cure will cure larger per cent. of skin troubles, especially of an itching variety, than any other remedy. Certainly those af- flicted with any form of itch should try it."
 J. O. Monroe,
 AtchicOn KaS
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To sheer al success is the preroga tive of failure.
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neyed by thoughtess and superficial wiseacres,
elements of truth beauty and special fitness which
make the reason and the right of their survival
To adduce one more instance let us refer to The
Though disdained by our mushroom aristocracy of
letters, this statement has everything to recommend
both its and matter.
To begin with it is a deed of charity, for in
ninety-nne cases out of a hundred it is the only
recognition of any sort that the bridegroom receives
in the whole affair. The mere mention of him is a
ment to refer to his raiment While columns are
devoted to detailed description of the robes worn
by the bride, her attendants and her relatives and
guests is it not meet that the bridegroos wearing
apparel should have at least ten words of men
ton? Why, ordinary telegram would give
that much.
And So having proved that the hackneyed phrase
needs defense, and is glory and honor to
language let defend it vigorously and at all times
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By John Holt

shapes, such as Greek vases or classic urns. This
does not suggest to him that the woman's neck is
shaped like an urn; it only fills his mind with in
definite beautiful images
We are also criticized and ridicu1ed for announc-
ing that heroine is possessed of an indescrbable
charm. This phrase is surely its excuse for
being. Since the heroines charm is indescrbable
what remains but to say and be done with it?
To do otherwise would be gliding refined gold and
painting the lily, and it is impossible, besides. The
phrase is incontrovertble truth, and therefore as
imperishabe as the world itself
She burst into tears " is also condemned Now
how foolish to object to that! No one is so utterly
silly to think the woman really burst and if she
tears. But the word burst in this connection gives
a graphic picture of the sudden explosive effects
with which the feminine nature is wont to begin
crying spell
And SO with all the phrases condemned as hack
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up and were sitting placidly around the campfire.
Eyes, we're both from Texas" | replied.
'Well now, you don't say sol" he exclaimed
Enthusiastically. Shake again, and just take another
pull, both of YOU out of the bottle there. I'm from
Kentucky myself-ran away from home when kid,
and drifted to South Africa. I'm mighty glad you
boys stumbled up against mel There's nothing like
the bond of Dixie Land, is there?"
Although | had decided that he was an English
man, agreed with him, and talked various
themes until there pause in theHonversation,
which he interrupted after pulls on his pipe.
I've been thinking of something, he said. We're
fellow-cOuntrymen in one of the most God-forsaken
regions of the earth We ought to be able to trust
each other. Now, I've got gold right with
than you fellows will find in this country.
What's the matter with doing each other good
turn"
Howl" 1 asked.
why" he answered slowly, blowing out cloud
of smoke and gazing into it-"why, by robbing me-"
WHAT"
q mean what 1 say" he went on quickly The
scheme is simple. I've thought it all out l will
start for Victoria tomorrow with the gold. At
certain place down the mountain that | will name
you boys can hold me up and take the bars. 1t will
be easy for you to carry them your donkeys.
will go on to Victoria and report that have been
robbed, and that you making off to the Trans
wall l will start the police in that direction They
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A DEFENSE OF THE HACKNEYED PHRASE

A ND yet why should it need a defense? Our
"A wise men from way back have been blatantly
insisting on Natural Selection and the Survival Of
the Fittest. If, then, phrase has become hack
neyed it IS because it has survived; and if it
defend the fttest?
Take, for instance, the expression Her a1abaster
neck This expression has been condemned by
htterateurs scorned of authors and TESTED about by
the funny Yet is it not adequate in descrip-
ton? The imaginative reader does not think of
the GOODNESS and hardness of the alabaster he well
the thought of the exquisite pearly whiteness
and the satin smoothness of alabaster, and though
he has never in his life piece of the substance
he realizes at once its adaptabty a word picture
of feminine flesh Moreover he accepts without
question the fact that the writer uses the term as
expressive of beautiful substance to suggest an
other beautiful substance and this is legitimate
and satisfactory Again to an imagination capable
OF further flights, aabaster connotes beautiful
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all SO weak from malaria that you needn't worry
about them keeping up the hunt for any length of
time. You can camp at your in place to the
north of here that | know of. In week will Join
you and we can head across country for Portuguese
East Africa and the coast, each of with over
thirteen thousand dollars to the good. How does
my idea strike yOu?"
1t strikes me l exclaimed rising, that you
confounded rascall'
"Oh, it does does it," he answered, smiling un-
pleasantly up into my face. Well, II thought it
would. hoped it would. You see, l have to be
very careful about my gold up here, and wanted to
lind out what your intentions were, to be my
guard | wanted to test your Ca1iber."
Mine is forty-fve, | replied with half smile
glancing toward my rifle.
Well now that l have found out just as a pre-
caution, you know, such any man in my position
would take that you gentlemen all right, we can
be better friends than ever can't WEI" The mine
managers tone was conciliatory. What do you
say to another drink"
Il think We'll say goodnight" 1. answered
At dawn we broke camp, and before nightfall had
put twenty miles between and this example of
dishonest avariciousness in the wilderness For
several days we travelled through pretty rolling
country, covered with grass, and dotted here ard
there with dark patches of thorn bush We
camPed night at the Zimbabwe ruins, which
mark the place, it is said where the miners of