THANKFUL TO Mbs. FiXHAW [ Letters Proving Positively, that there is No Medicine for Woman’s His Equal to Lydia E. Pinkham’s

Vegetable Compound.

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cannot say enough in regard to Ip'dia E. rinkhnni's Vr^-cUble Compound. It haidonemc more good than all the doctors. 1 hare been troubled with female weakness in its worst form for about ten years. 1 had Icuoorrlioea

and was so weak that I could not do my housework.

I also had falling cf the womb and inflammation of the womb and • and at menstrual periods I suffered terribly. At times my back i

uld not lift anything or rig. any heavy work ;

and ovaries

. ... Ic %a«ld acb* eery hard. I could not lift anything or do any heavy work ; waa not able tc itand on my feet long atm time. Nr !iv_sband spent hundreds of dollars fot doctors bat the/ did use no good- My hm-band’s aiKtcr wrote what the Vegetable Compound had done for her. and wanted mo to trv it. but 1 did not then think it would do me any good. (After a time, I concluded to try it. and 1-paa truly say it does all that is claimed for it. Too bottles of the veg ble tVmand feven packagei of Sanative (\Va.sli have made a new woman of u I have had no womb trouble f inre taking the fifth bottle. I weigh more than 1 hav/

«nd

Teg. with-

for 1

-th llct Springs, Ark.

Gratefully yours. Mia. A..MC Tiioursc:;. South llot Springs, A

CHANC.2 OP LIFE. “ I was taken sick ?Td'«pis;'3

PR0PU5E PERIODS.

despair, certain mint hired blm-

cers’ good This

i* old days, as many ns 25 years ago. 'bef ' ** ’ *“ down to the task

Cowed very

antll

and longs got act

bad, 1 suffered terribly; the blood went up in ray longs and stomach, and

rent up in ray longs and stomach, i vomited-it up. I could not icaroety anything. I cannot tell wrtat l suffered with my bead. My husrand got me a bottle of Lydia H. Pinktao's Vegetable Compound, r.hd before J-hnd taken half of It 1 began to im-

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.me after.

Was also troubled with leucorrhoea, tired feeling, bearing down sensation, pain across the back and thighs. I

i a heavy ,

taken two bottles of the medicine, and now have better health than

I have had for four years." T.itttv fhexsos Iloaoz,

i, Ohio.

pain

felt os though there'

weight I have i

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SERPENTS OF SALVATION.

The Ordeal of a Night In a Texas Cabin.-

•T OW|BfDOI.Ktt OVEUTOX.

TOM. £

It was partly noble and heroic self-

traegatlon which prompted Maclhtosh o constitute himself the saviour "of Barclay; but it was also partly hope of tinning the hundred which the rest of he mess put up and which would

fnable him to pay, by several >ooner than he would otherwl

done, for the carved ivory crop, the stiver spurs, and the gold cross-sabres, and oUier trifles of the sort that he had bestowed upon Miss Cunningham In happier days. Thus Is the pure' metal cf our finest actions ever com-

bined In (he coining with base alloy. Macintosh had been in love with

Mias Cunningham for some time, and waa so still, though now he had noth□g to hope. He had had reason to lelleve At one period of the negotla-

Ions that he found favor In her Then Barclay had come upon

light the

■ne, wl iding

. prospects, ooks. and fr

put

and when It proved definitely ed-

>11

i

gener

the horses of his troo)

i it'-pi

he did not go Into the world

>d and

merally. He even continued to put

tnd making a spectacle

blessed In persons 1 appearance than the other, he had nothing to expect In i future beyond promotion and fogies. In the natural course of death

and years.

his faith to the test bow-

1 del C at le o atinv

oop-at Miss

nlngham's disposal, though now she

Yet. for all e been more

than human had he not experienced a certain secret satisfaction at seeing >hmed there—and that by Bar-

ic to

surprisingly soon, and in the following

manner.

Barclay and his lady had a quarrel one day. and, whether It was A relapse to habits of his past life (for Barclay was a civil appointment) or whether

pla

clay himself. This thing came to pass

md ii

It was that the lieutenant hired, himself down to the offlerra - room and drank more than was good for him— considerably more. This was, of

In thi

•fore thf service least commissioned

course, Ii

taps that though naughty. wh|pk< ren sutler's whiskey—was 'Tiice, Barclay took to drink regularly and all at once; and for a period of several months, except when he was on duty, never drew a sober breath. JUs brother oScers shook their heads hi decent sorrow and said that the poor fellow going the way of many a better —since It is always the brightest who have gone ,before ns. and the fleet who are left behind, low there Is one thing which evert 9 has probably observed regarding i man who is In his cups the best part of the time, which is. thst besides being the special care of Providence, the war department looks after him tenderly, and his wife' Is geijfrafiy his adoring slave. iss Cunningham was not Barclay's wife as yet. to be sqra^but she would have liked to hs.-sb It came to pretty much the saifie thing, and In proportion as hte vice took stronger hold upon him. he took stronger hold upon her heart. Then her parents Interfered, and what with thsir opposition menaces, and Barclay's entreaties promises of amendment after each new fall, the poor girl had a very bad time. Every one ifms sorry for her. The older officers got at Barclay and pointed to hideous examples of what his end would be, and to the graves of

first day out Barclay drank . water. But be Atood it In' silence until they halted a£ noon under a mesqelte bush, an Barclay gave a great •groan: it s ro nearly a eob that Macintosh shuddered. He asked wbst the trouble wac. but he knew very well. "I’d give my eternal soul—If I haven't already—for a-drink,’’ be sold: "1, don’t believe I can stand it, old fel-

low; let’s go back.”

But Macintosh refused; he had ccme at to be gone eight days, and he was olng to stay out- “You’re two di

would be/ and to the grav youths and cf old men, who had done aa be waa- doing, which dotted the face of Texas and of the territories In 1. Barclay was sorry, sincerely sorry. He pledged himself to reform— and straightway tinned again. And there, where all others had stepped in and rhlevrd success. He fcrd bxm off on a hunting leave, and had got bad to the post just m time to report , and and go over to the mtan. Bar-, day beloagadjo the mass, but he was not there, and Macintosh, looking around, asked where he might he/ “flick ” salit tbs adlutam lacdni-

when he’s In love, but when he's In love and can’t swear off. he Is In a very d way.” And they went on to point t at length how the subject of discussion might end up all at once In a general collapse, to which flfclsh the air of the country was favorable, or. on the other hand, might last to a

nk. and the retired

can’t most always tell,” d ’’but, so Jar as I’m co tonld like to see him die o

dared one, .

cerneUr-J should like to see him die oB early endugh for Mltrf Cunningham to get over Jt -and forget all about 1L”

•’l,” said Madntost

him cured.”

“You,” observed a captain.

Aon. ’’n ost Sui

"had rather see

In. with ad-

miration. "must have been drawing on lunday school library. Come Whereat all the contrariness of Macintosh’s nature wasaroused. “I would.” he Insisted. Then an Idea seemed'to strike him. "And I’ll bet.” he addfed. “that I’ll reform him. too." “Angda have trod there," they assured him. '“but It would be picturesque to see you rush in. And. by way of incentive, we'll bet you a htm

i’L"

was set as the limit of time In which he might show the finished article. "Provided, always,” he stipulated,

“that the C. O. will ,

II give c

a and bis

rted off together, on

:be commandment—the matter

being presented to him—agreed to do.

So Macintosh told Barclay of certain aagnificent hunting grounds he had iscovered on the last trip, and worked on~hU Imagination and bis sportmun-

Ip; and the

rseback,

in rubber ponchos, and provisions on a led-horse. Maclntofh did not Want a private or any one else along. Barclay, being In a state of new and abstained from t&k-

alghg.-

not believe in foolhardy heroism of that sort, anq his.saddlebags held two. Their way led across an ell but Interminable waste of chaparral. The

Bard

lays ted;

<t back.”

re you got b Barclay had no choice but to keep Macintosh said nothing about the flasks in the saddle-bags. He was keeping-thoae for possibly a more ur-

gent use.

to a settle-

■een two bare toot-

a deserted settlement, of

n a -forsaken I ever had a

as had

lose skel* still hobbled—lay across the entrance of the one street, which ran along the bottom of tbfe gully and lined on either aide by a dozen

j^t nightfall Jhay cj

mept In a gulch b£we«

hills. It was a d<

shaft or two, s

7e can put up

houses tonight,” Mac]

fully. “I did when

days ago.”

In one of those

ing, looked dnblons, and said that he wonld prefer to .sleep outside, under a poncho, aa they .had done the night before. “The rlores are probably alive with centipedes or tknnks or something.” he complained. Macintosh'had a career of falsehood opening before him for the night-flu any case, so be entered courageously upon It.now. He said that the house he had gone Into had been singularly free from anything of' the sort, that dubltably batter than lira stars. 'they cooked their sujjner and hobbled their stock, and w$ea the moon they took thsir beddlng-

qver. his courage rose also. Inch by Quote: Hens, pj-jc; old rooster*, e* Inch. And At last he spoke In qnltbsa. acaasc: spring chicken*, loaur; wi normal way. ao that Macintosh drew a ter do. a lbs. and under, iaside. Duel

said Barclay, bis voice breaking and JmA» between rage and sheer scare, *V.t that candle and look, If yon don’t

believe me."

Macintosh went for the candle, walking circuitously to avoid something colled and beginning to stir, and there-

disturbing y

by t ratth

iturblng yet one more, which

too. • ■

Barclay turned around with a spring. “Perhaps you didn’t hear that?” he d»

manded.

"Hear what?” asked Macintosh,

patiently.

brought the candle, and Barclay 'took It In his band and put It almost at the raised and darting head of a rattler. "Maybe you don't spe now,” he triumphed.

Intosl

Macintosh lett like dancing as the

tenderfoot* does when the shoots at the floor beneath He wondered If his and Bare: .leggings and boots were surel)

owboy i feet clay's

surely fangtogether, but

only reached out and took. the candle sway. “Come to bed. old fellow." he Insisted, once more; "you’ll

be all right by daylight.” The sympathy, of his

Barclay to middle of

Ings

proof. His teeth clicked

be c

frenxy. He he room, iklrlj i. held hlfih In w a rirele of

got

ly sti

worked Into the

itaggerlng. arlntosh's

vague light,

and In the circle were no less than eight snakes—some colled some moving. some raising evil heads, some writhing away Into the gloom beyond. "Do you mean to ssy you don't see those?" Hit hand swept an unsteady

circle.

Mscldtosb steeled himself, and uld thst be only uw the floor. The other stared at him wildly far a moment, then gave a howl of terror that froze the blood In Macintosh's tempo* and mode him Vish that be had left Barclay to go mad In his oyn chosen war. Horrible thoughts began to come to him. of what would happen If the fellow were to go Insane here In the mldct of the desert, in a forsaken settlement with only hundreds upon hundreds of rattlesnakes everywhere around. • “Oct me. out of this—oh. get me out of this!” pleaded Barclay, starting for the door and stopping short with a hiss of fright as a snake' shot uji Its head and ratUed. Then, in a patch~of

T. a

began to

crawl, slowly at flretafla more swiftly. His eyes fixed thsmselvAs upon it. glassy, and be stood perfectly still, his breath coming In robs and gulps. When the crawling thing had disappeared Into a crack he turned deliberately about. His face showed livid and aged and lined. "On your word of

honor. Macintosh.” he uld, with quiet, “are hone of thos< htfeT’ - —

What things r said Macintosh. He looked forward over the seven or eight

daikess yet to come, and whether be or Barclay wonld first, or. If not that, then which first be stung. Bat there was no

way oat of It now, no way bnt to make eternal enemy, a fool of himself. I a fizzle of the whole attempt, not to speak of losing his bet. Besides, he

i good act.

t Barclay up on top of the 9 lit one candle as another burned out, and all through the night kept alternately poking up the .__jaa and insisting that there were no snakesMhere. the while he laid quieting hands on the trembling form and looked about Mm to see that bo centipede or scorpions should come iar. He could have given Daptf and

II ton pplntar

But when'morning approached he led Barclay, a broken, qulverng man. Into tta empty street, and caught

hdrres and saddled them

th pain- ; things

out I the. Bari:

As the day be ran to break he ti to him! “Would you like to. go w that ItVjlgnter. and see for

f that there was nothli

asked. If I

them, while

Barclay sat huddled on the ground.

turned

back, your-

Ing in there?”

now that 11

self

’ , Bare]

spoil the

■clay were to accept,

ould spoil the whole thlngprobably,

that had to be chanced.

. “No.” said Barclay, and smiled wanly. “I’ll take your- word for 1L Only

Just get me home."

So they mounted and turned back r the road tb«y had pome. for. it had _ A beyond (alt question of Barclay’s handling a gun. As the sun rose, how-

iWAMflAL AND C3VMEkC'M_

Br»<5«trn • Financial Rivicw” ny»: "Not only did the activity of the stock .•narkt-t fall off abi> w.-ck. but reaction/a|BE ary trndencir. .re-.cried tlicipselvc* in the ' movement < ( |.r:,.-. Stu-.-idation was « fJ-ore profctsional ti--n had been the * • ate in tin preceding f-irtnight, and the . , trade*- under the V.d „{ sonic heavy } opersn.M. i flowed a u illingne«t to act on

the short side of the account.”

The flank clearings t all the desring houses in the Untied States last week "ere S1.784113.ai4. agam-.t $1,987,143.- ' k* 947 for the previous week and $1417.- Jj?’ ^73461 lor the corresponding week last

'mi

Tfc

STATE OF TRADE

Oradstreel's Review Shows Thai Bnilses* Is’

flcocrsli) Sitis(acton

New York says:—“Trade

further

k (Special).—Bradfreet's e aj a whole has shown expansion this week, despite se-

terc weather tending to check trade at some northern and western markets rnd in the face of very unsatisfactory conditions in the- cotton tnanufacturiyg trade, brought about by dullness in notion goods at first hands The posiii.Th’i of retailers with large stocks has been* really improved by the continued cold

weather. ,

Foremost among the lines noting 4 improvement this week is the dry goods trade, which is reported acme on Sring accbunt by jobbers. The boot and shoe industry has likewise con-

tinued in a satisfactory shape.

"The cereals show little definite movement, taking the week as a whole, excepting in Hour, which is 10 to ao. cents a barrel higher Wheat is fractionally higher and corn and oats a.e "Wheat, including flour, shipments for •_ five days aggregate 3.424.30* bushels, against 4^14^78 last week and 3.660850in the correponding week of 1900 , Corn; expons for the week aggregate3.267,668 bushels, against 4.71)0.422 last week and

2.896.17; in this week a year ago.

' Business failure-, in the United State* for the -week number 219. as against 226 last week and 168 in this week a year ago. Canadian failures for the. week number 24. as against 39 last week and

28 in this week a year ago."

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