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and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, aud 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 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 physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained n won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took q great interest
In the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
beautifully 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
IL 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-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia Z. 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 q
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were toe
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. Pinlxham'e
Vegetable Compound was made known
TO the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
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wireless relegraphy's Danger.

One of the characteristic features OF
wireless telegraphy is, from the point
OF view of the staff. the constant risk
of being struck by lightning. Whenever
there is thunder about the danger is
very real. Should the electric fluid
strike che of the antennac connected
with every wireless telegraphy station,
the wires would be destroyed and the
lives Of whole staff W ould be in peril.
A Quartermaster of the French fleet,
named Connan, Las invented an auto
matte apparatus for counteracting the
lightning, should it strike an antennae,
by diffusing the electric fluid In space
and isolating the operators. Prelimin-
airy trials have given good results. and
the Minister of Marine has named 4
committee to carry out exhaustive
practical fesfs{
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Readily Tanned ard Faithful In Its
Attachment


The snake bird Is readily tanned
when taken young. The Rev. John
Bachman, who reared some of these
birds. said: MY best pet was tame
from the beginning OF its captivity,
and followed me about the house. the
yard and garden. until l thought 1t
quite troublesome, in consequence of
It's peculiar attachment 20 me. 1t is
fearless bird. keeping at bay the
hens and turkeys In the yard. and
never sparing any dog that CHANGED
to pass by it, dealing blows right and
lett with its sharp-pointed bill, and
occasionally posting itself in the
trough where they are fed, to prevent
them from taking a morsel of food
until he has tantalized them sufTici-
emily, then he leaves them to share
Whatever he does not relish.
1T was not until my bird was fully
hedged that l found It willing or
anxious to go TO the water. and then
whenever 1t saw me going toward the
pond it accompanied me as far as the
gate, seeming to say, Pray let me
60 On my opening this gate 1t at
once followed me. waddling like q
oucK, and no sooner was it in sight
OF its favorite element than It i'm.
mediately let itself In, not with a
plunge or a dive, but by dropping
from plank into the stream, where
Tor while 1t would swim like q duck.
then dipping it's long neck it would
dive for the purpose of procuring fish
This bird sleeps in the open air,
ana during warm weather perches on
tne mouse or the bars of the fence,
with It's head under its wings, placed
there from above its back, and in
rainy weather 1t often sits in that
same place for nearly the whole day.
IL appears to be very susceptible to
cold, retreating to the kitchen. and
near the fire, battling with the dogs
or the cooks for the most desirable
place on the hearth. Forest and
Stream.
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COMMERCIAL

r. c. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
Of Trade says:
The violent decline in prices of securi-
ties is no criterion of business conditions.
Railway earnings h9ve continued to sur
pass those of the corresponding period
IN any previous year, the gain for April
being 90 per cent over the same month
OF 1905, and other standards of measure
ment make equally gratifying exhibits
Liabilities of failures last month showed
a decrease of over 40 per cent. in manu-
featuring and II per cent in trading
branches OF business as compared with
the previous year. The only drawbacks
regarding the future are the labor con
trovcrSieS and the stringency in the
money market, neither of which may
prove of more than temporary duration
Manufacturing plants report little idle
machinery. and trade in seaSonablc mer-
chandiSc feels the impetus of settled
weather Foreign commerce for the last
week shows gains of $I.0oo,072 in ex-
pots and S2,o43, 720 IN imports, as COM
pared with the same week last year.
Commodity prices are well maintained
by a good demand and the crop out
look is fully as blight as usual at this
date, while in many departments an in
ceased acreage is under cultivation.
OF greatest importance TO the iron and
steel industry of all the events of the
psf week was the strike of longshOrc-
men on the lake water front. IL this
struggle is not promptly settled it will
soon become impossible TO naintain pig
iron production at the highest point on
record
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Had His Crown Now.

"The late Paul Lawrence Dunbar,
the negro poet" said an editor, "once
addressed a Sunday school in New
York. / heard the address. 1t was de-
lightful. An odd incident happened
though at its end-an incident that
Dunbar laughed at as heartily as the
rest Of us.
Dunbar, toward the close OF his re-
marks, said:
asApd, my little friends, if you do all
these things some day you will wear a
gold crown. Yes, each of you, some
day viii wear a gold crown
"A little chap on the front row,
catching the poets friendly eye, piped:
My faver wears one now
rNo!' said the poet.
Yes, he does-on his toof, said
the little chap"
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IN The FIELD OF LABOR.

OF the common laborers in Massa-
chusetts 1850 per cent. are foreigners.
A new lodge OF the brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen will be formed in
Salem, Mass.
Constanlinople got the first hint of
paper making in Europe from the Chi
ness, A. d. 65I.
international Compressed Air Union
will held its annual convention in New
York on June 8.
The labor organizations of Chicago
ILL.,, are becoming interested in the cru
SADIE against tuberculosis.
The only strike that the Amalgamatcd
Association Of Street and Electric Rail
way Employees of America has on al
present is in Paducah, Ky.
Machinists of the Grand Trunk Rail
way expect hat the difficulty with the
company will BE- settled by a board of
arbitration.
Cuban pharmacies have great difficulty
in obtaining good clerks The pay is
SIS 10 $500 per month. They are free
three tipses week after p. NJ.
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Maud Consented

An absent-minded clergyman tells
how once he was unconsciously re-
sponsible for helping a bashful lover
His mind was filled with a subtle the
illogical problem when a neighbor's
daughter passed in company with a
diffident youth. His thoughts were
interrupted as she called out to him:
"Oh. doctor, we are just going for
ramble. Won't you join us?"
with pleasure. Do you want the
ceremony in church,"
The bashful lover was suddenly fred
with an enthusiasm that four years Of
gnawing at his heartstrings had failed
to arouse, and he fairly shouted:
Eyes, yes, and If Maud consents, the
sooner the better. "-PhiladeIphia
Public Ledger.
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VICTORIA FALLS TO BE HARNESSES
Cataract tn South Africa 60 BE Used e
Generals Electric Power

Generate Electric Power.
a project not unlike that connected
with Niagara Falls and the Niagara
River is interesting South Africa di.
rectly and the entire earth indirectly.
Engineers propose to put the ZambesI
River, at points near the Victoria Falls,
at work generating power that is to
De pushed into many parts of South
Africa, indeed ultimately 1t is hoped
to points hundreds of miles away.
American and continental electrical
experts are on record in favor of the
scheme. All agree as to its feasibility.
practicability and value. Professor
Forbes, famous in connection with the
work at Niagara, was the first to point
out the possibilities of the Zambesi.
Luckily, on the Zambesi, as on the
Niagara, dams and canals are not
needed; the fall is usually perpendIcu-
lar and abrupt, or nearly so. Cali
fOrnia, on the Yuba River, has a plant
that is sending power 40 miles, driv-
ing trains in Oakland. Niagara sends
power TO Buffalo, twenty-five miles.
There is power generated at Lachine
and Chambly falls for Montreal, six
ana seventeen miles. respectively,
away. The falls OF Tivoli, once the
JOY and glory Of Roman mobiles, is
turning power into modern Rome, light
ing it and running its cars. On the
AIDA, in northern Italy, vast power is
being placed at the disposal of the silk
and cotton mills of Lombardy. In
deed, Italy is undergoing a marvellous
industrial and commercial renaissance
because of the waters in her hills and
mountains. So, too, is Norway, Swift
erland and parts of France.
The ZambeSE it Is believed, has pos
sibilities readily available, reaching as
high as 100000 horse power. At pres
ent the Rand. which the projectors of
the present scheme hope to supply, uses
100000 horse power. There is an avail
able head at present at the Victoria
Falls of $50 feet. BY cutting a canal
fifteen to twenty miles in length, which
may be easily done, a head of 1000
feet will be obtainable which would
mean 100000 horse power. The con-
structiOn of such a canal would cost
comparatively little. Moreover, the
beauty of the falls would not be
married.
AT present the plan is to employ
what is called the continuous current
system, for this makes the present
scheme commercially feasible. At the
comparatively low voltage to which the
alternating current system is limited in
long distance transmission, says a
South African expert. the enterprise
would be killed by the capital cost of
the large and expensive transmission
cable required, the best route to the
Rand running to no less than 700 miles.
The advisers OF the syndicate that
has a seventy-zve year concession are
for the continuous current. Wilson
Fox, connected with the company, talks
of beginning with 10000 morse power
delivery. The field is one that will
warrant great deal of effort and
enterprise on the part Of United States
makers Of machines. implements and
.appliances.-New York Telegram.
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restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which wac
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 stepped on tho stove.
gradually filling 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 pampiIfets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons ia
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used il
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 r. PinSham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used aanu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia e. PinJxham 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 to pre-
serve a record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were misunderstanding
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 q vast collaborn-
ton 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 E. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law. the present Mrs.
IlHhnun. one was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her In her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally felr the
direction of the work when it's 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. Pinlsham,
now the mother of n 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 name it bears.
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Why Mans Love cooIs-

They had been married but two
months, and they still loved each other
devotedly. He was in the back yard
backing his boots.
"Jack!" she called, at the top of her
voice. Jack, come here, quicl1!"
He knew at once that she was In
danger. He grasped a stick and rush
ed up two flights of stairs to the
rescue. He entered the room breath
lessly, and found her looking out of
the window.
Look" she said. That's the kind
of bonnet | want you to buy me-"
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RUNNING SORES ON LIMBS.
Little Girls Obstinate Case of Eczema
Mother Says; "Cuticura Remedies
Household Standby"
st year, after having my

Last year, after having my little girl
treated by very prominent physician for
an obstinate case of eczema, resorted to
the Cuticura Remedies, and was so well
pleased with the almost instantaneous re-
lief afforded that we discarded the phys-
clans prescription and relied entirely on
the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with
the Cuticura Remedies her feet and limbs
were covered with running sores. In
about six weeks we had her completely
well, and there has been no recurrence Of
the trouble. We find that the Cuticura
Remedies are valuable household stand
by, living as we do twelve miles from
doctor, and where it costs from twenty to
twenty-five dollars to come up on the
mountain. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas,
Paramount, Waiden's Ridge, Tenn, Oct
10, 1905"
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BOX OF WATERS FREEING DRUGS
CURES BY ABSORPTION,
Cures BHlching of Gas-Bad Breath aud
Bad StomSch-Short Breath
Bloatlng-Sour Eructatlons-
Irregular Heart. Etc


Take Mulps Wafer any time of the day
or night, and note the immediate good eff
feet on your stomach. 1t absorbs the gas,
dls'nfects the stomach, kills the poison
germs and cures the disease. Catarrh of
the head and throat, unwholesome food and
overeating make bad stomachs. Scarcely
any stomach is entirely free from faint of
some kind. Mulrs Anti-Belch Waters will
make your stomach healthy by absorbing
foul gases which arise from the undigested
food and by reinforcing the lining Of the
stomach, enabling it to thoroughly mix
the food with the gastric juices. This
cures stomach trouble, promotes digestion,
sweetens the breath, stops belching and
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) method
that does cure. A soothing, healing sensa-
ton results instantly.
We know Mulrs Anti-Belch Waters will
do this, and we want you to know it. This
offer may not appear again.
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Forcing Nature Perhaps.

Every autumn the papers of the
larger cities are much concerned over
the inadequate school facilities and
publish dreadful statistics of the thou
sands of pupils who must be placed
on half time, yet 1t has long been
known that in London schools the
half-timers who work half of each day
really progress faster than those who
go to school all day. Have we not
upset nature too quickly in our
schools also?-American Medicine
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Dyspepsia is often Caused by CGtdrra
Of the Stomach Peruna Reiieues CGtdrrh
Of Ate Stomach and is Therefore Remedy
For Dyspepsia.
SS%~%%Ss~%~<~%$~%~
: Hon. NJ. Z. Butler, Ex-U. S. Sena-
tor from South Carolina for two :
: terms, in a letter from Washington, .
: d. c., write5 to the Peruna Medicine I:
: CO., as follows: I.
IL can recommend Peruna for
: dyspepsia and StOnl0c h trouble. L
i haze been using yOlGT medicine :
: for a short period and feet UerU :
: much relieved. 1T is INDEED :
: tCOnderfUL medicine, besides a
{. good tonic"
~ ATARRH of the stomach is the cor
" rect name for most cases of dyspepsia.
In order to cure catLrrh of the stom-
ach the iatarrh must be eradicated.
Only an internal catarrh remedy, such
as Peruna, Is available.
Peruna exactly meets the indications. .
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Would Have Women Police

Mrs. Charles Goldzier of Bayonne
N. J., gravely suggests to Mayor Gar.
ven of that city that women be EN-.
ployed on the police force. With equal
gravity his honor promises to give
the matter his careful attention. Mrs
Go.dzier's enthusiasm on behalf Of her
sex is well known. She is a member
of half dozen clubs. in New York, be-
lieves in the single tax idea and is
prominent in equal suffrage circles.
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HoUsa Thia9

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
81. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known 4. ).
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in oil business transac-
lions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST d TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, y.
WALDINo, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cureis Internationally, act
jDgdirectly upon the blood aud mucuous sur
faces OF the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, Toe. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
lake Halls Family Pills for constipation.
It's mighty interesting what To-
of kissing little mouth can do.
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brought a strain on the back. had
frequent attacks OF gravel and the
urine was passed too often and with
pain. When I used Doan's Kidney
Pills. however. al traces OF the trouble
disappeared and have not returned.
PM certainly grateful"
= Sold by oil dealers. 90 cents box.
Foster Milburn Co. Bunalo. n. x.
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Revised Formula

For a number of years requests have
come TO me from multitude of grateful
friends, urging that Peruna be given a
slight laxative quality. have been cN.
perimenting with a laxative addition for
fed to announce to the friends of Peruna
that l have incorporated such a quality in
the medicine which, in my opinion. can
only enhance its wel-known beneficial
character. S. B. HARTMAN, NJ. D."
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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 '72' Caused
1t 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 n good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as n woman of an alert
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Cures Ith"n"'Htirm aud CmImrrh-- nIedIciuo
Sent Free.

Cures Kh"""'Hti~rr aud Cninrrh-- Medic cine
Sent Free.
Send no money simply write and try
Botanic BLOOD Balm ut our expense. Bo-
tanic Blood Balm Oh. b. b kills or de-
stroys the poison in the blood which causes
the awful aches in back and shoulder
blades, shifting pains, difficulty In moving
fingers, toes or legs, bone pains. swollen
muscles and joints of rheumatism, or the
foul brenth, hawking, splitting, droppings In
throat, bad hearing, specks flying be
fore the eyes. all played out feeling OF Gu
tarrh. Botanic Blood Balm has cured hun.
dreds OF cases Of 30 or 40 years standing
after doctors. hot springs and patent mcdi-
ciDes had all failed. Most of these cured
patients had taken Blood Balm as IL last re-
sort. 1t is especially advised for chronic
deep seated cases Impossible for any one
to suffer the ngonies or symptoms of rheu-
matism or catarrh while or after taking
Blood Balm. 1t makes the blood pure aud
rich, thereby giving healthy blood supply.
cures are permanent and not IA patching up.
Drug stores. 81 per large bottle. Sample OF
Blood Balm sent free and prepaid, also spec
ial medical advice by describing your trou-
bic and writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta
Ga
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brought on by daily
work. 81 first noticed
1t eight or ten years
ago." 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
do any work that
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Birds Come North.

Patience-Birds from the north go
south in the winter, don't they?
Patrice-Why, certainly!
And some southern birds come
north in the winter. don't they?"
Il never heard that"
well, you go to any first-class res
taurant, and you can get South Caro-
lima grouse on toast"
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New Yorker owns Famous BANNER

New Yorker OWNS Famous Banner.
Mr.. Eben Appleton of New York
city has in his possession the famous
"Star Spangled Banner" that in
spired Key to the writing of the much
admired national song. An effort will
shortly be made to purchase the
house in Baltimore in which this flag
was made and use it as a museum or
patriotic shrine.
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Dysentcry. ChOleramorbus Cured
by trial OF DIR. Biggers Huckleberry Cor.
olal. At Druggists 25c and sue per bottle