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and Investigating mind, an earnest
seeke after knowledge, aud above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham.
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
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 a physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics OF the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a 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 lind them, in the roots and herbs
OF the field there are remedies ex-
pressIy designed to cure the various
Ills and weaknesses Of the body, and
1t was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi.
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
Hart 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 Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
NAL 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
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
With their mother, combined forces to
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The Farmer and the Auto.

Some years ago, soon after auto
mobiles began to be used throughout
the United States, an agent for a New
York house turned up at a village in
Central New York. He expatiated to
an old farmer upon the virtues of the
new machine, dwelling upon what a
time it was. and withal how
fashionable it would be for the farmer
to be able to ride down to the village
on one of the ~new-fangled machines
whenever he wanted to.
why" said the salesman, when
ever you go to the post office, bank or
store, everybody will stop and stare
at Farmer Wilson, and pretty soon
you'll be the most talked Of man In
the whole country"
The farmer thought he needed a COW
more than an auto, but finally agreed
to let the agent bring over one Of his
machines. When the agent returned
with it some days later the farmer
took him in charge and carried him out
to the lot and showed him a fine Jersey
cow.
That's what 1 bought with the
money l saved up for you" said the
farmer. And without waiting for the
agent 10 recover from his surprise he
went on: Il lowed l needed the COW
mon l did the machine. an there
she is. Amt she a beaut?"
When the agent recovered his breath
he said:
you'll look funny riding that COW to
town, won't you?"
"Ya-as," drawled out the old farmer;
"but I'd look a darned sight funnier
tryin' to milk an Observation-Disclosures
Magazine.
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The White Paint of the White House.

The White Paint OF the White House.
The White House at Washington.
which has been the "King's Palace'
Of the American People since 1t was
first occupied by President Madison in
1909, has recently undergone a thor
ough course Of remodelling, renovation
and repair. Every American citizen Is
owner of an undivided eighty or
eighty-fve millionth part Of the White
House, as well as Of the other Public
Buildings and Monuments in the Can
itol City. An item in the renovation
Of The remodeled White House was
repainting. Every visitor In Washing
ton knows Why the White House is SO
called-because j, is literally a white
house." The exterior paint must there
fore be white. Now while the pure
white surfaces and simple lines of the
White House, set in the midst Of green
lawns and beautiful trees, produce
a very satisfying effect of digniied
simplicity, white paint from a practical
point of view, is about the most IN
satisfactory Kind of paint that could
have been selected by the original de-
signers. First, because any white
paint is easily discolored by smoke and
dust, and, second, because ordinary
white paint itself gradually turns gray
or brownish yellow from exposure.
But white the White House is. and
white it must remain or it would no
longer be the "White House." So the
renovators, making the best of a dis
couraging situation, sought for the best
kind of white paint procurable. The
average citizen if asked to guess what
kind Of paint they finally decided on
would probably answer-'wh!te lead
and OIL" but he would guess wrongly.
The paint selected as the best obtain
able, was ready-mixed pa.Ilt. such as
can be bought in any well-furnished
village store. such as is used by more
than half of the eighty or e~ighty-1ve
million owners Ct the White House on
their own homes. That one brand of
mixed paint was used instead of an
other is a mere accidental detail
there are fifty or a hundred brands on
the market mat might have oeen Sc
lected in other circumstances, and, in
fact, a different brand was ased in
painting the Capitol.
Every property owner, therefore,
who paints his house with a high
grade ;eady-mixed paint is following
the example set by the Government
Authorities at Washington, who used
ready-mixed paint, because they could
find nothing else as good.
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The Automobile in Canada.

Consul Woman, of Three Rivers,
Quebec, says that while the local Par
lament of that province is planning to
restrict the speed of automobiles by
enactments that may limit them to
foul miles per hour, and other like I'M
favorable legislation, the people of the
Dominion of the Great Northwest are
providing every possible stimulus to
automobiling. At Winnipeg, Manitoba,
1t is proposed to construct a 15S-mile
road for automobilists. 1t will be oval
/ n form, and the expense of construc-
ton and maintenance will be met by
the tolls collected from those who use
it. 1t is proposed to u some big
races on the road, which will be oiled
to keep down the dust.-United States
Consular Reports.
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FATAL RAILROAD WRECK
Fast Trains Collide on the Pennsyl
vania Near Altoona.
misunderstanding of Orders and a Freiekt
Blockade Responsible For smash-Up
Ten Killed-Many Injured.

Altoona, Pa.-Chicago mail train No.
10, eastbound, and the Chicago and
st. Louis Express No. 81, w%estbound,
collided while running on the Penn
~sylvania Railroad at full speed, eigh-
teen miles west of this city, at II
o'clock p. m. Ten persons We're killed
and many were injured.
The collision was indirectly due to a
freight smash on the middle division
at S.24 o'clock, when twenty-seven
loaded cars of an eaStbound fright
We're wrecked at Union Furnace, about
twenty miles south of here, blocking
all tracks.
In order to avoid detention of trains
passenger traffic was sent over the
Petersburg branch. The Pennsylvania
Special, the eighteen hour flyer, west
bound, was the first train to pass
around and make the trip in safety.
No. p, the st. Louis and Chicago Ex-
press, was the next train to be sent
westbound over the branch. 1t col
lided with No. IS, the Chicago Mail,
going iii an opposite direction, on a
single track, nea Glover Creek juno
ton.
Both locomotives were wrecked. Six
cars on No. 1S-fve mail cars and a
coach-were caught in the smashup.
The accident appears to have result
ed from a misunderstanding of orders
on the part of the train crew Of the
Chicago and st. Louis Express.
Physicians from Altoona, Hunting
don and Williamsburg were sent to the
scene to render aid to the injured, who
were brought to the Altoona Hospital.
The dead are:
J. w. Wagner, postal clerk on No.
10, of Miffiin, Pa; died on way to hos
pital.
J. W. Cox, No. IS, of bennington,
Pa; killed instantly.
E. H. Shultz, postal clerk, No. IS,
Washingtonboro, Pa; died on way to
hospital.
H. S. Jones, postal clerk, No. IS, of
Lickdale, Pa; killed instantly.
F. G. Harder, brakeman, No. 10, of
Harrisburg; killed instantly.
j.. W. Herr, baggage master of No.
p, Elizabeth, N. j.; died on the way to
hospital.
Mrs. w. N. Trinkle, of Duncannon;
killed instantly.
Max Carlowe, in charge of horses on
No. IS, of South Norwalk, Conn; killed
instantly.
J.. w. Conover. travelling salesman,
New York; killed instantly.
G. H. Law, President of the York
Neckwear Company, of York, Pa.
The official report of the wreck
shows that twenty-five passengers
were in the coach which was directly
behind the engine of the ~eastbound
train. -Four were killed by the tele-
scoping of the coach by the postal car
Immediately in it's rear, and the other
eighteen were hurt, fortunately some
of them but slightly. The postal car
contained seven clerks. The front end
was mashed in and the roof torn off
by the roof of the coach. The front
of the car fell to the track and the
rear raised, pitching the clerks into the
midst of the wreckage. Four of the
clerks were killed.
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RAPS RAILROADS o DEATHS
Interstate Commerce Commission Reports
11O9 Killed in Three Months.

Interstate Commerce Commission Reports
1109 Killed in Three Months.
Washington, D. Can almost un-
~precedented number of casualties to
railroad employees throughout the coun-
try occurred during the last three
months of last year, according to the
accident bulletin for that period issued
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. The number of persons killed in
train accidents during the quarter as
shown in reports made by the railroad
companies to the commission under the
Accident law was 320, and of injured
3797. Accidents Of other kinds, includ-
ing those sustained by employees while
at work and by passengers getting ON
or off the cars, ETC., bring the total
number of casualties up to 1S,227-11O9
killed and 17,119 injured.
The reports deal only with passen-
gers and employees on duty and take
no account of the hundreds killed and
manned at crossings, etc.
There were 2077 collisions and 1915
derailments, of which 267 collisions
and 1873 derailments affected passenger
trains. The damage to cars, engines
and roadways by these accidents
amounted to $2,S17,294.
The Commerce Commission points
out that the list of casualties for the
quarter is larger in nearly every item
than during the preceding quarter. 1t
attributes this partly to the increase in
traffic. Lut largely to the fact that new
and untried men were entrusted with
dangerous duties, and that employees
OF all classes were kept on duty for
many hours beyond a reasonable day.
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The National Game.

Sheckard is showing his best form
for Chances aggregation.
Catcher Heydon says the "spit ball'
is not in it with Falkenberg's drop
curve
The strike of the Baltimore pitchers
has been settled, the club acceding to
the salary demands of Burchell, Adkins
and McNeal.
The Brooklyn Club has traded First
Baseman Gessler for Pitcher Knobs,
of Chicago. This means that Tim Jor-
dan will play first for the Donovans.
Wagner is faster than ever this
spring.
Cleveland has a great dutch" or
'pretzel" battery in Hess and Buelow.
Look out for Detyoit," was the ad-
vice given to Manager Lajoie by Ned
Hanlon.
The Chicago Club a transferred
outfielder Danny Green to the Milwau.
kee Club.
Pittsburg players say that Chicago's
young southpaw pitcher, Pfeister, has
everyth.ng-but courage.
Pitcher Ewing is Using the "spit
ball." and is said to have wonderful
control Of the elusive shoot.
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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 n and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing a gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
1t, for always before they had given
1t away freely. They hired a Job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the med'
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-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam.
lily had saved enough money to com.
mence 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 Oh roots and herbs are used annu-
ally n its 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 eve methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
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-rec-.ved
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-
ton OF information regarding the
treatment of woman's IL Whit for
authenticity and accuracy a hardly
be equaled in any lib~qry in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law, the prcse1 Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefullyinstructed
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 q large family, took
it up. With woman 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 nams it bears.
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Wants to Marry an Indian.

A prominent and accomplished wom-
an Of Denver who wanted to marry a
full-blooded Indian attired in a gay
blanket and feathers was unable to
find a minister who would perform the
ceremony. Thus do the clergy stand
in the way of the onward march of
civilization. Things have come to a
strange pass when an accomplished
white woman cannot marry an Indian.
Rochester Union.
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0 R CASE OF ECZEMA.
spread Rapidly Over Body-Limbs and
Arms Had to Be Bandaged-Mar-
VelOus Cure by Cuticura.

MY son, who is now twenty-five years
of age, when he was four months old be-
gan to have eczema on his face, spreading
quite rapidly until he was nearly covered.
We had all the doctors around US, and
some from larger places, but no one helped
hlm a particle. The eczema was some
thing terrible, and the doctors said it was
the worst case they ever saw. At times
his whole body and face were covered, all
but his feet. l had to bandage his limbs
and arms; his scalp was just dreadful. A
TREND leased me to try Cuticura, and l
began to use all three of the Cuticura
Remedies. He was better in Two months,
and in six months he was well. Mrs. R.
l.. Risley, Piermont, N. H., Oct. "a, 1905"
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Point Not Well Taken.

Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego-"I don't
see why they call it grand opera when
it's in English. 1t isn't grand opera
when you car understand what the
singers are saying"
Mrs. Seldom-Holme = "Why, bless
you, you can't understand them any
better when they sing in English than
when they sing in Italian."-Chicago
Tribune.
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rs he too weak to go out?"


whats this peculiar instruments"
inquired the visitor.
THAT" replied the manufacturer,
sis a table knife. We've just filed a
large order for a Chicago firm"
"But what's the idea in the raised
rim all around the blade?"
That's to keep peas and things from
rolling of."-Philadelphia Public Led
ger.
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INSURANCE COMPANY RUINED.
Oldest Fire Insurance Concern in Chi
cage Goes Into Receivers Hands.

cagO Goes Into Receivers Hands.
Chicago, III. The Traders instr
ance Company, N of the oldest fire
risk concerns in Chicago, and with
many prominent financier, on its direc-
torate, has been placed in the hands of
a receiver.
This action was taken in Judge
Mack'6 court at the instance OF the di-
rectors them elves. Byron L. Smith,
president of the Northern Trust Com
pany, was appointed by the court to
take charge of the company's affairs.
His bond was fixed at S2,O 900.
Crushing rises suffered as a result
of the San Francisco earthquake and
fire are what have laid the company
low.
The result of the collapse will be e
total loss to the stockholders, their
STOCK bearing a market value of 49,
100000, the virtual wiplng out of insur-
ance policies to the amount of $780,
100000 and a forced compromise set
Element of the San Francisco losses,
which, it is estimated. will net the los
ers there little more than two-thirds of
their claims. A score of smaller fire
insurance companies are facing trouble
as a result of the Traders crash.
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Misiudped.

"That Bliggins is the worst fool /
ever saw
"You misjudged him. He's not as
much of a fool as he seems. He has
succeeded in making his wife think
his senseless performances are mani
festations Of the eccentricities of gen.
tus."-Chicago Record-Herald.
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Case of Survival Of the Fi.tes,

IN Ireland from time immemorial,
candidates for political honors have
had to cope not only with Irish brains
but with the noble Irish oak in the
shape of a shillalah.
When George ". visited Ireland an
election for Galway was pending.
The king inquired of a Galway gen.
tleman, who came up to Dublic to at
tend his levee, which candidate would
probably be returned.
'1The survivor, sir" replied the gen.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Magazine.
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TEN YEARS FOR A PROFESSOR.
Author of Noted Book Forged Deed
to City Lot.

Kansas City, Mo.-Convicted of for.
gerry, Michael Angelo McGfnnis, a for
mel college professor and author of a
standard work on mathematics, was
sentenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary. McGinnis and a confederate
forged a deed to a city lot and sold the
property for $500.
While publishing a newspaper in
Newton County, Mo-, McGinnis was
sent to the p~enitentiary for misuse of
the mails, and while there wrote the
book which made him famous with
mathematicians throughout the world.
After his release the book was pub
lished simultaneously in America and
England.
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In 1925.

The grand stand as well as the
bleachers was filed to overlooking and
it was time there was something doing.
How many of you are there ON the
grounds?' asked the umpire of a 20.
liceman.
"About 800" was the reply.
"All right" said the umpire. "Play
ballr!'
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brought a strain on the back. 1 had
frequent attacks of gravel and the
urine was passed too often and with
pain. When 1 used Doan's Kidney
Pills, however, all traces Of the trouble
disappeared and have not returned. l
am certainly grateful"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Kills Laughter, Shoots Herself

Mrs. John R. Waters shot and killed
ner daughter, Agatha, twenty-five years
old, and then herself. in her home at
No. IA West Seventy-sixth street, New
York City. Mrs. Waters husband is
an insurance man. Friends of the fam
lily could assign no motive for the
shooting. Mrs. Waters had been i'll for
some time.
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BOX OF WATERS FREEING DRUGS
CURES BY ABSORPTION,
Cures BeIching of Gas-Bad Breath and
Bad Stomach-Short Breath
Bloating-Sour Eructations-
Irregular Heart, Etc.

Take a MulPs Wafer any time of the day
or night, and note the immediate good eff
feet on your stomach. 1t absorbs the gas
disinfects the stomach, kills the poison
germs and cures the disease. Catarrh o
the head and throat, unwholesome food anC
overeating make bad stomachs. Scarcely
any stomach is entirely free from faint o.
some kind. MulPs AntiBelch Waters vii
make your stomach healthy by absorbing
foul gases which arise from the undigesteC
food and by reinforcing the lining of the
stomach, enabling it to thoroughly mi1
the food with the gastric juices. Thi;
cures stomach trouble, promotes digestion
sweetens the breath, stops belching anc
fermentation. Heart action becomes strong
and regular through this process.
Discard drugs, as you know from expert
ence they do not cure stomach trouble
Try a common-sense (Nature's) methoC
that does cure. A soothing, healing sensa
ton results instantly.
We know Mulls Anti-Belch Waters will
do this, and we want you to know it. Thi
offer may not appear again.
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The Place For Him,

Notwithstanding what you say
about Kraftie," said Goodart, che
seems to be a loyal fellow. He ap-
pears to keep in with his friends"
"He should be kept in with them"
replied Crabbe. "Most of his friends
are in jail."-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
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Revised Formula.

For a number of years requests have
come to me from a multitude of grateful
friends, urging that Peruna be given a
slight laxative quality. l have been ex,
perimesting with a laxative addition for
quite a lei 9Th of time, and now feel graft
that l have incorporated such a quality in
the medicine which, in my opinion, can
only enhance its well-known beneficial
character. S. B. HARTMAN, M. D."
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College Editor,s Copx.

A sad story from New Brunswick,
N. j., is printed in the Newark News.
The students at Rutgers College, with
the help Of a large committee of alum
nj and an editor-1n-chief who is an
alumnus, started to get out a special
edition of the Targum, the college
weekly. When the copy was SUBJ
mitted to the faculty, that learned body
is said to have dumped it all into the
waste basket, because it was ill-writ-
ten and ill-edited, feeble in thought and
%sloVenly in style.
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brought on by daily
work. 81 first noticed
it eight or ten years
said Mr.. Light
ner. 1.-THE dull pain
in the back fairly
made me sick. 1t
was hard to get up
or down, hard to
.straighten, hard to
1n 0- -4nIr 4144
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An ABIDING Faith.

81 don't see why there should be any
difficulty about settling these life in
surance complications" remarked the
patient looking man.
"The subject has commanded the at
tention of some Of our most eminent
men,"
Eyes. But they ought to send for
the agent who got me to take out my
policy. There isn't anything that man
COULDN'T explain. " Star.
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Annoying.

Mr.. Gardner-"Well, dear, how are
the tomatoes you planted?"
Mrs. Gardner-"Oh, John! I'm afraid
We'll have to buy what we need this
year."
Mr.. Gardner-"Why, how's that,
Mary?"
Mrs. Gardner-"I recollected to-day
that when 1 did the planting I forgot
to open the cans!"-Puck.