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The Wingham Advance, 1905-09-14, Page 3/Ott *fete v $le . tec Alin e le Sat 4, iecieltatt +It I. +if t +++et tteeaellaelle+fleft?•$*****„. . POTEE5 IIUNTIN6 IN IRELAND'. I mom .srit.,L, OP VW WILD, WOST COUNTRY,. The wild west of Ireland is the luau - roe bonus of "poem" or illicit whiskey, This is because of the loneliness ana re- moteness of the spats chosen for maks lug it, almost inacceseibIe, through the mountains. and Dogs, save to those who know something about the ceuntry, ere all in favor a the sieugglers escaping detection, while ite network of snountaiii , lakes and small running streamat' fords the necesoary cola water for con- densing the distillea fumes into spirite during the cooling process, 'Writes the Gael in the New England Liquor 'Teta- nal. The report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for 130(3 shows that the • number of tletections a illicit distilla- tion was 390-5 in England, 0 in Scot- land and 388 in Ireland. Sweeter and -clearer tayond any "Par- liament Whiskey"—by which expression he denotes that tiorb wake has paid the tax imposed by the Saxon Government, —la this fiery fluid, to the heart of every true peasant son of Connaught. And in the Interests of truth it must ,be added that those who inhabit the coast counties, from Jamey's to "Dorieretl, inclusive, are also fullyealive to it se- ductive merits, Indeed, many dectoss (local, of course) will tell you that well made poteen is better in sickness than the adulterated whiskey usually met with in the small public housee in this region of poverty; for in the Connemara country, at any rate, the illieit whiskey is made of pure malt; though ranter as it that the less particular palate of. Donegal, for instance, is satisfied with a firewater mainly made from molasses, potatoes—aye, sometimes front almest anything you please. But to -realize all the humor and wild, reckless spirit shown in prosecuting this precarious in.dustry one should take a hand in attempting to put down the traffic. Poteen hunting is about as ex- citing as deer 'stalking and fox hunting combined, and there are great Imam- pa•nying. hardships to be endured. The best time to catch men making , it is naturally about Christhatistide or the New Year, when our northern win- ters are, to say the least °Lit, inclement, and especially so I think, in the moue- I tainous west oi Ireland, where rale 1 seems to 2be the nornaal condition of af- fairs. Tremendous tramps through mountains and bogs (the latter often unsafe) nodnight trips of ten or twenty miles, with a snatch of sleep in an open boat, often in rain or frost, are getter- ' ally necessary in order to reach suspect- 1 d places undetected before dawn. Ij have seen a boat's crew after rowing in ; the darkness nearly :ell night, and strik- I hag on and shoving off from, one would think, nearly every submerged rock in the lake, find themselves at dawn near the spot where they first lost their bearings: It is always called "the stuff" in the ! trade. You first prepare your barrels of "wash," or ground. malt properly fer- I . meted, which you can test to its fitness ; for distilling by throwing in a handful 1 of dry oats and seeing whether they I sink or swim in the liquid. These bar- 1 reis the police occasionally almost walk ! into, concealed iii. lonesome places or on barren, islands in the lakes by burying .them nearly up tosthe top rim and cov- ering all with a few boards or poles and • essith a. layhr of grass etc. You fill your still with wash," and light a fire under 1 it. Tito still is a huge round tin uten- oil riveted and airtight with a convex • bottom like that of a black bottle, to . concentrate the fire underneath, and nar- j rowing at the neck, into which is fitted . (and the joint also made quite airtight) 0, worm. tle stone, barrea islands red elicit like spots, usefta neither to mom nor West or any other earthly purpose. As it rule the poorest and most reels - less of the pemantry snake the potece, a middlemen ot some substance asuelly getting the lionea share of tee profits, and peeing for elle meterIals and. the fine that may be incurred; the Yielt is borne mainly by those actually engaged in the manufacture, it being Almost impossible to reselt the real culprit who lures the poor folk into so much trouble, '.1110 smoke and lere _of the still fire is usualiy the impeded° cause of de. tection; nn a tbat remind% me that the nearest lestence I knew of a poteert ma. ker evading suspielou for a long boa° was by an imusually 'Audacious plan. He rented a house Adjoining ft police her - racks aud med an upstairs room as his lepoeking 0, Cue into the po- lice chunney. With teeter handy, aria being on the hest terms with the par- ties next door, but naturally with a stand-off distitet manner toward theta he thus put rid ofilas smoke by their t. noeent and unsolicited assistance. The fire in a Felice kitchen in Ireland you must know is kept burning night and day, to warm and feed conatent patrols going from and returning to barracks. No arrests are made Wheal men can he made amenahle by a summonsto the court, and as a general rule no resist- ance is offered, as the constabulary are men of splendid physique, and are also known to be armed on this duty: Ine; deed, in such a sportsumulike spirit do • many of the poor peat:teas themselves take the genie that they bear the pollee I little or no malice if the catch tea fair ; one; but woe to an informer thould countryside detect him I have myself ealowna party of constables stormbound in their boat, which they could. neither , leave nor get beim, to be supplied ; gooni ani victualy tbe very smugglers they come out to catelt. ANNY AFT_E_ EATING Dr. Williams Pink Pills Cure the Worst Cases of Indigestion. I: "I suffered so much with indigestion that my life had become a burden," says Miss Nellie Arc:Weald, of abeet Harbor, N. S. "Every time 1 took even the light- e.st meal it caused rue hours of agony. The trouble eausea a choking sensation in the region of my liaise, which seri- ously alarmed me. My inability to pro -4 limey digest my food left me so weak i s.nd run down that 1 could not perform ' even the lightest bousework, and I would ; tire out going up a few steps slowly.1 I soughe medical aid, and tried sev- eral medicines, but without getting the least benefit. My sister, who lived at a considerable distance, an who had been an invalid, wrote us about this time that she had. 'been cured through using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and this de- cided me to give them a fair trial, prac- tically as a last 'resort. in the course of a few weeks there was a notable cluinge , in any condition, nad I began to relish my meals. From that time on 1 began to gain new strength, and by the time I had used seven boxes, all signs of the! trouble bad. vanished and 1 was once more enjoying good health, and I have not since had any return cif the trouble." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure indiges- tion, because they make the rich, red blood that briegs torte and strength ta the stomacb. Nearly all bhe common ail- ! metits are due to bad blood, and ,when the bed blood is turned into good blood by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, the trouble disappears. That is wily these pills cure • anaemia,dizziness, heart pelpita.tion, general debility, kidney trouble, rhea- matism, sciatica, lumbago, and. nervous , troubles, such as neuralgia, paralysis,1 and St. Vitus' dance. That is why they bring ea.se and comfort at all stages of ! womanhoocl and girlhood, and cure their I secret ailments when the blood. suppler 1. becomes week, scanty or irregular. But , you Taunt get the guittinci pills. Substi- tutes and imitations which some dealers offer never cure anything, When you buy the pills, see teat the full name Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People is printed on the wrapper Around moll box. Sold by all dealers or sent by nutil at I 50 cents a box, Or six boxes for $2.50, by writing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockeille, Ont. - • BLUE LIGHT ASA REMEDY. Simple Proeess to Give It the teffects of Ordinary Anaesthetics. A proposition to produce insensibility to pain by utilizing the effect of blue light on the higher nerve eentres was advaneed at the liwiss dental congress at Lausanne last year by M. Bedard, pro- fessor of enedicine at the "University of Geneva. It is stated in the British Med- ical Journal •that he has since made a further communication oit the subject to the National Institute at eleoeva.. Says this paper: "He states that each of the primary cetera has a definite and ischatacteristie. effect on the organism. In the case of red lila it is excitieg to the extent of being irritating. lea!' yellow light the effect ia depressing, while blue light is calraing and produces a general feeling of well-betug. Professor Redard now claims that the general psychic effect of the light can be cottverted te the uses of sue' gery and employed as a substitute for ordinary anaesthetics in operations, wbiah, though naturally productive of considerable pailaettre of comparatively brief ;duration. Ilia procedure, whatever its advantages, is at least sufficiently Simple. Nothing beyond an electric light of sixteen candle power, a elite glass globe and a sheet of blue satiriette ap- peer to be necessary. The lamp is fixed. it front of the pa- tient's eyes at a distance of a few Indies and the aptient told to stare at ita keeping Ids eyes wide epee, ilia head and the lamp are thee covered with the blue cloth, so as to exclude all natural light, anil he is assured that, if he keep on staring, he wilt be umonseious of any pale during the operation which is to Now a *tam, which is worth three eor four pounds sterling inerely as old cop- per, is a long pipe or tube (coiled in a .epiral to give as much surface as .pos- eible to the cold water outside),through which the fumes or steam driven off bythe heat from the confined liquor in ,the still must pass and in which they ere condensed by the external cold into diquktspirit, which is caught in the end. of the pipe in a bucket, as it flows in a constant small stream. If this •runs too freely the process is going on timore rapidly than it should, and the five .snust be lowered. accordingly. This worm its kept submerged. in a barrel of cold water, and a constant supply is neces- jettry itt order to keep the water in the !barrel from heating, in which case, of .course, the wornwould fail to do its work—hence running vsater or a lake is necessary to tile distiller. 'len worms :flavor the stuff with a. metallic taste; • copper ones, which are expensive, do not. Once ruts through the still the liquor .is called "singlings," twice run through 'fat is "doeblings," or has been, as it is ,called, "doubled," and is the coinpleted 'spirit. It is very raw and powerful, of course, much overproof, and hess espe- cially when. taken hot frettt the still, a 'very exhilarating effect. Its flavor is samOky and itidescribable, but not bad. Yoteetas get poteen at about 10 shit - Mugs to 12 shillings a gallon—that is, if you know whom to apply to and are inot caught by the authorities. An idle scoffer, whom 1 id not believe, once ;told me that the only two places where 'terve could he really certain, to find a drop of the best poteen in Ireland were :eh° priest's house and. the police bar - tracks. When finished Men convey it to it des ' bination in kegs containing several gal - Rona each, carrying them on their backs Iby night across the bogs and through linfrequented passes itt the mountnins; And, irt truth, it is evonaerful haw Men can cross the rough country with aueli loads as are sometimes found on there. 'They avoid the main mettle, it eeemine- ly unnecessary precaution. the easual vis - ;leer woula say who drives mile after "mile through wintry, forsitken Conne- initta. Indeed, to realize the general .0:lee:1ation of the greater part of that portion of Ireland you must remember the saying of the lady who reinarked, when the firet telegraph poles were be- ing put tip there, that they would give ;the eountry girite a wooded. appeartutee. The penalty for Ifeing 111 possession of ite making it, or bob* found at or .bear the place where it is made, (eye- • ing or having it eossessiOn any land. or Adace where it is fouhd, etc., io Very • ireany—one hundred pands, whielf tan if3e Mitigetea to lee peunds, or thtee ineriehe hard labor in lien of paynient. itideo everything used it concealing it, blind peeked With it (much, for bt- ettuiee, feriterly *ent iiito ClaiWity hid* 'den irt the middle of the leads of turf). •or conveying it (as a horse tor Cart or boat) becomes forfeit, and, if not suf. ,fielently valuable to a& is deettoyed tie the spot. Evety subsequeet &Mae 'delibles the penalty on the previous don. 4ictions being proved; so that a man eistice totaictea cannot be fined less then itereltre pettule; tirade, twenteefour petteldit eta& ear Ott. Becautle of this tite &buses -selected for its iliteit Menefactere almotiimi OMNI* UM, lite 1.1 / II I. I I I 10111 t MOW. Prefeetear Redard state* that if I the eloth ie reMoved itfter the aapse of I front two to three mirilites the patient 1 will ns found to le in a conditioe Of gen- eral anaesthesia, with dilated pupils, and that this is eufficieetly deep for the painless performance of any operation of brief deration. Ile 4440 thee he bee bed Ivery few faillarefe anti that he has towel those which letve occurred to be due to the feet that the patient has neglected to stare continuously, le'lle idea of course, at once encore that the phenom- enon must be due to a species of auto- suggestion, bat this, taking the diatom - tions to be accurate, would. appear to be • negatived by Prefesoer itelaraet state. ilient that he is unable to produce the same effect with either yellow or red ligia. According to the periodical from which we quote thie aceount, ether 'med- ical men have followed AL liederd's pro- cedure and have Prune it to prelduee the xerallt stated." --4 - 1 TRADITION Or THE FLOOD. .•••••••••••r• Males A* of Pueblo Indians Contains Some Carlene Animals. "Steer Clear" VP of all tea5 that Are not in ealed packets under the registered brand QEYL.C)N TEA. The tea that receive,..1 the highest award qiipSt. Louis Exposition. Black, Mixed or Green, Sold only in sealed lead packets. 40c, 50c, 60c per ib, By eltgrocerls. - I amee-e-e-e-e-e-e-rehreree-e-e4-•-e-e-e-e-e-e-e. mind, honey, you can drink the—ohs Charnel to think you would epeak to me I like that 1 just love to sip the meltea I portions of a plate of cream, and here ; you have a whole pia ef it and simply setae touch it, but get angry instead. LIAM AND EGOS FOR DINNER The children of the Pueblo Indians jeese...e.0.444-.44.0..eeeeeeeeeeesesearii have a Noah's ark of their own, and some of the animals it contains are very„ (New XI:irk Sun.) curious indeed—such -animals, in _fact, , "So there, now. I just don't care What its civilized young people are not ac• ariyone says. The only primer acid for quitinted with, .Among them are moue- this kind of weather io something light aingoats, queercreaturesolotlectatdeeelingrdlutYlike aehiffonufortlbe,anapong-horne4antepen.AreirenhingiokwelimnteorgndiLt. of these animate Are made out of clay , Jag dreso. Besides, Nora, has left simply and baked like pottery, after -which they ; because else got a chance to play the solo are painted in quite an, artistic and life- i t trombone in the Beffin Beach Imperial like fashion. 1 Arctic Orchestra. And what am I to do, Like most other peoples, the Puehl° • stand over the stove cooking lobster sal - Indians have a tradition of a great flood,ads and scrambled (seem when it is evi- The eataetrophe oecurred long ago, when , dent nature intended us to eat other they lived ju. the ancient land. Clf their i things? why, we aimed. ea cool beep forefathers, One day the earth beg shake- g "! are not ittended to be eaten, why are to louder and lour, until at lenggth an .ssew ilhcaYt is: wajaailifiligasdkuryingou astileas$4,senItiTiebrIC openieg yawned in the middle of the elan, central square of the town. • Out of "You can't expect a heavy meal at this tbe opening gushed a mighty stream of season, and. oh, I'm so pleased, dear, that watee overwhelming the houses and you have no intention of askieg for it, flooding the valley, so tbat tbe inliabi- You'll feel better whoa you start out for tants fled with their live stock to neigh- the office in the morning, or when you boring mountains. ' come 'home at night, if you have just a Presently there rose out of the 'hole dainty little meal, served up in appetlz- in the earth the head of a gigantic ine style, and surrounded by the neate-at turtle, which towered to the very roof and cutest table ware You know the of'Atte sky, Everybody was terror- meal itaeIf isn't everything. There is stricken, but the chief man of the town the service of it—the surroundings count — whose name ought to have been Noah for a great deal—and the home atmos- - plucked up the courage, to ask the plaere of love and devotion makes it per - great reptile what it wanted. The turtle feet replied that it was hungry ana that its "In the hot weather I believe it is the appetite could be appeased. only by the duty of human beings to reserve them - sacrifice of a young man and a young selves so that •when the cold weather woman. There was nothing to do but comes they will be able to meet the de - to obey, mid so a handsome youth and a mands put cm them. That is why. I have beautiful girl were delivered up to the decid"ed to reduce our food to a rigorous - turtle, which took them in its mouth.ly seientific sunirner basis. and sank with them through the hole. 1 "I read somewhere that melons aro Immediately all of the water flowed the very best of all summer foods. The away and in the place where the reptile piece also said that the cucumber is a had appeared there rose up a large black melon, So 1 bought a bottle of the deli - rock, whale 'according to the myth, may cious tine sweet pickles, You have no be seen at this day, testifying to the, idea how good they are. Will you try teeth of the story. lone, Charlie, dearest? No? Please, just Unfortunately, the deluge left things' one. This little bit of a fellow, There, it such a damp and uncomfortable con -j e e.ew., you would like it if you could dition, after destroying all of the houses once bring yourself to try. and most of the portable property, thati (what have e for einner? I thought the people thovgbt it -wisest to go away. you . ;had dinner downtown to -day, and So they started on a journey northward, would want nothing but .some trifling the whole tribe of them, and the crane, dainty when you gut nozne. You had which .is a sacred bird, flew ahead to only a glass of iced tea and a slice of pick out the driest route. At length,, watermelon? Now, that is really awful they came to the region which their de -1 of you, going and trying to live on such seendants now hambit, and which is so ;things. Iced tea is gooe enough once in extremely dry thee the water supply Is ' a while, but 1 do not see how you can always a subject of anxiety. spend money for such a thing when you - - - can get a whole big glass of nervitio for the tmane price, or eise can buy an iee How and Why China Boycotts Arneriea. ' creani soda in one of the Third avenue Saliasee the Boxer uprising nothing places if you walk up there. No, it isn't has happened to eir up lee people of so very much of a walk; only fifteen or twenty blocks, and out-oadoor exercise China so much as the present agitittion 1 againet the United Stats This is cone s is 6 just :pia:. you need. "You don't get aneroid demonstration made in view of I "Of course, if you -will Moist on eating the renewal of the treaty between these beavy stuff in this weather 1 suppose 1 two countries regarding the entrance can't prevent you. I had a very late and residence of Chinese subjects in the lunch, just a little cold bouillon, veal United States. The present movement ' ehutlits, tomato salad and frozen pie, but is one to boycott all American trade In you waa to overeat yourself I pre. all schools conducted byAmericans, and mime you will, no matter what I say. all Amh i ericaemployers n all the ports"Here. There will be at least one tbin of China. It ranges from Singapore olg that is proper for uthis season. 1 the south to Tien-Tsin on the north, g pint f ' cream and put it lathe refrigerator for you. What? and from Shanghai on the east coast away to Mang in the west, a thousand miles Why, wilYt It's all melted! Oh, dear! up the Shanghai River. It s most viru- That ice was absolutely no good. Never lent at Canton and Shanghai. The pow- erful Chinese merchant guilds are pushs ing the matter, and as they have branches in every port city of China they -wield coniederable power. Even the old Dowager, who probebly bad never spent a thought before oat the diffieulties of a .Canton coolie entering the Golden Gate, has beee led to ex- press her sympathy with her "ill-treat* ed children." The student class tvho are much eon - culled in -the treaty, have taken up the movement eagerly and as a result one mission school in Shanghai had to close its doors, and several other larger ins*. tutions were depleted of a. large num- ber of etude:asbecause of this boy- cott. Meetings are held to agitate or subject and placards are distributed or posted ih convictions placee—(he-Foo correspondence of Leslie's Weekly. -a - t- - Shaping Silk Hat Brims. The nail of his right forefinger was long, yellow, horny and the fingertip had so thickened and hardened •that it seemed to be covered with pale leather. He was a silk hat maker, and it was from curling bat, brims that his finger had changed so strangely. Describing the process of a silk hat's manufacture, he said: "The belief that cardboard fornis a silk bat's foutidation is an error. The hat is first built up of variollt thick- nesses of linen—layers of limn soaked in shellac that, by means of wooden moulds and hot irons weighing twenty pounds apiece are welded one on the other till n perfect shape, brire and All complete, is obtained. "The 'silk is next put on. This silk wets front $10 to $15 a yard. It looks like plush le the piece. The hattisaker cuts it on the bias and moulds it round the 'stiff linen foundation. The strips must bt very accurately eut, and great afire is heeded in 'their ironing Mid cea menthig se tie to give it perfect diagenel joint Look at your silk hat's seam the next time you ',veer it The joint's per- fection will perhaps amaze you. "The brim, up to this poiat, id flat. Now itg ending' commences. That is where my queer forefinger detnee in. The bi tl a mat- -- shaping of 4 hat. s pu e y ter of heed tied eye sea taste. The brine While being Shaped, is heated high- ly so As to give it pliability. "And, of course, working, on thie hot Material, patting and prodding it, tbe forefinger thickens eta the Mal gets horny, 'NoVertheleds, hat .teitling IS pleasant, artistic worktat curlers have reputa. tient, the eartie eti artiats. Their work is distiettive. An e*pert eau tell itat glimee—Thibidelpliia tat.* Difficult te Sae. tease/ Passeeeet Greet Juet etiolating bean finial tiell—What 4t preutiarly sour exiMeastele that young lady Iu the tar cellar has? ' Vetoed—Yes; she le evidently- mad becttuse, tbe 'ouag man with her tact ho eektiltig thltorstgtg altiotalit'Vel, armostat gig Is Mid "Surely you are not going to fry harn and eggs. Then 1 shall leave the room, Inc I cannot stand. the odor of anything so coarse and gross in this hot weather. If you want to stuff youreelf with fuel forming foods and teliaga thee oaten protein and nitrogen aud other germs the women's inagaeines say should be • avoided, Jell let you alma. You insist : on havingham eta eggs? Very wen. euit. youroelf. I base* tried to convince you that 4 eimple diet wee best, but you will uot have it. No, there Isn't any bread to eat with your ham and egg3. I suppose you can get a loaf at the bak- er's, or at the dehcatermen store Gra- cious! I don't see how you ten do such a thing. 1 know very well that I can't. But then men are diferently constituted Item womeu. • "Please, beloved! Don't go out in the heat hat to get a loaf of Mead.. Sit here where it is cool and comfortable. Here ie a charlotte russe to eat with your ham and, eggs." SOUVENIR POSTAI, CARDS. Popular Irlisapprehension That Makes Many of Them Unavailable. A law was enacted by Congress a few years ago which provided tbat clods of the same size and weielit as the ordin- ary postal cards might be sent through the mails as ordinary postal cards pro- vided a 1 -cent stamp was affixed. • Many of the printed cards sold as sou- venir postal cards meet these require- ments and can be written upon and sent through the mails with 4 Iment stamp affixed. The trouble is, however, that not all, or indeed most, of the souvenir postal cards do meet the government re- quirement. Many of them aro much bigger than the ordinary cards and they are made of leather and Wood and. al - roost everything else. All of these cards are mailable as merchandise at the rate of 1 cent an ounce, but if anything is written upon them then they require letter postage, which is 2 cents an ounce. The leather cards, which are so popular this season, are of about the same size as the or- dinary cards and would be mailable if not written upon 31 14 were not for the fact that they are much thicker than the ordinary postal cards. This bars them from the mails except as merchan- dise, and if written upon letter postage must be paid.. The wooden souvenirs are generally much larger and heavier than ordinary postal cards and generally weigh more than an ounce. "Upon these, if there is any writing, 4 cents in stamps must be affixed. These few facts cover the government regulations, and if everybody was fa- miliar with them end obeyed them they would save much trouble and more sou - venire would reach their destination, But the trouble is that to many people all souvenirs "look alike" and they af- fix 1 -cent stainps to big and little, write their messages on the back and, dump them into the letter boxes. The great majority of them do not reach their des- tinations and. then there is sorrow anti disappointment.—Portland, Me., Press. • Tumors Conquered Without Operations Unqualified Success of Vegetable Compound and Miss Adams. Lydia. E. Pinitham's in Cases of Mrs. Fox One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Piterham's Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman's dread. enemy, Tumor' SO -Celled "wandering pains" may come from its early stages, or the pres- ence of danger may be made mauifest by exoeseive menetruatiOn accompanied by unusual pain extending from the overies down the grebe and thighs. If you have mysterious pains, if there are indications of inflammation ulcera- tion or displacement, don't welt for time to eonflem your fetes and go through the horrorsof a hospital opera - thin; seeure Lydia E. Vege- table Compound right away and begin its use Bed write hire. Plulthem of Lynn, Mese., for fleeted. Reed these strong lettere from gretes fill Women who have been eured: Deer Mrs. Pinkie= tr.— (First Dotter.) "In )(melee over your beak 1 see that'Vont medicine came Tumor of the Dthru.s. I have been to a doetor add ho tells me 1 haVe a M- inor. 1 Wilt bO Mere than grateful if yon eat help me, ne I dose dread an operation." —Fa:Intel/Fox, 7 ChettnutStetradford,re Deer hire Pinichatrie- (Second Utter.) • "1 taloa theliberty corigeettilate you on the seceess I have had with your wonderful "Eighteen 'Mahe era say mettlilien stopped. Shortly after I felt so 'brullyI Suli- ntltted to ti thorough examivation, by a pity - titian, Mal WM told that 'I bed a tenor oa the uterus -and would have tei tuidergo an operatiort. 4"aeon afteie teed One of setter tideetti* meat* and decided to give Lydia le, home s Vegetable Compourel a tritil. .Atter taking flee bottifte as dieeetea, the tumor is tnitireAy tone., I hate avid been Maireined Lyda E. Pialchtun's %eta* Graismit: , • by the physician and he says 1 haven() signs of a tumor neNV. It has also brought my monthlies atound onee more; and I me entirely Well. I shall »e -ver be withoat a bot- tle of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compotind in the hoeso."—Vannie D. Pox, Bradford, Pa. Another Cfltle of Tutuor Cured by Lydia F.. rinklutines Vegeta- ble Compound. Dear Aim. Finkbani:— " About three years ago I had intensepain in my stomach, With cramps and raging headaehea. The doctor proscribed for ree, but finding that I did not get any better be etatitinad tne awl, to my surprise, declared I had a tumor itt the uterus. "I felt mire that it meant mydeath warrant, nue was very disheartenel. 1 spent hunareds of damn itt doetoriter, but the tumor Itept growing, till the &toter gala that nothiug but an operatioe would save me. Fortunately I oarreepontied with my ninibi» tho New Eng - and States, who advised me to try Lydia E, Finkhatn's Vegetable Compound before sub - ratting to an operation, and tut ohms ttetted taking a mister treatment, fieding to my great relief that my general health began to unpeove, and after three months I noticed that the tumor bad reduced in size.I kept on tektite, the Compoutel, and in.ten Months It had entireiv disappeared without an veer- ation, end taiug no atealcine but Lydia, n. Plulaharies "Vaateable Coetponnti, and 'we -ds bit t) exproailtme eretefui I am for the gooa 14 bag dnn roca'aalklira Luella Ada; is, 0)1ota- node Hotel, tleattie, 'Stich unquestionable toztjinotty pronea 'the 'value of Lydia r. Pielthant's Vegetable COMpound, end should -01w emilidenee Auld hope to every 141.4.k xvoresan. ttrs. Pinlrhant invites all ailing women to write to her at Lynn, Maus., for advice a Woman% atttely for Watt's Igt. 2,4„,7"r"ri. 1.441/4+044+04-14.4444+++++++114+++++44+++++4++++44++++1i Social Life of Cuba's Capitals fta Pktwequo Fillictiotts and iononitifts, 4++++++++++++++++++t++++++++++++++++++++++++++++4t+4 (New York Ilerale.) by tbe natiouse •demote weloir *WW1 te. .1Ct‘litIsetUitttlbei72)11g1131'estiteteemvittb °* v.rfleuuecutieshozest bcoeunbs•w.srictsteptlitat bole: stIttersanaptdetc:iratest tolitoils:::att;c04:1;0131tbilienantaroeliell:T;ortoutrit, bus been seal about its !melte life, attractioes AO A winter reeort, but little pdioangonl JIG:fleet Is gipiroytoe4tt: pr ecobuilretecrqae:00 le rather an ifneortent Nature' In 4 _or Mt' beribialaieecearenep;ietnteanotforMit our a few days, teem they bring letters of in- aleposal. u� troduction, see nothing of the tocial lee of two hundred and fifty thousami !Mali- g",14"_•ilia.xay Co. Imp itente. Tourists who come to Havana. for L 1 i of the city, aud many complein that the NOT TIBI.P IT. women Imre are veithee beeutiful aor well blti ryno!ruis t::°0 4;41 i'Ir;ovr:a!nieil Ititab a' rl ttebstis: elopres;e7tt Yro !II nal 12;1 ekea tNtgbiat hew:4 IP• YIrs:k:t e 1X1 t yob fl '• 2.11:aanaelageeemnratPtIellurCri:eenICI:190Min: nttirheiit"lyeity44°2;de People while climtiug the Statue of Libor- te or la a hasty visit to the Cite elate me Roca Aerchange or various autueenient halls which strangers bit toWit are Went tb /re. 004? Then neither pan the 'sweeter in Manna expect to run across the earefelly senesce Cubart beautmo hia pllgeinaage through the Old aled Interesting Parts of the city. but If be comes with 4 letter of in:rodeo- ilea to some prominent family be will he eutertalaed In so charming a maoner that he will have no cause for eonameint about PrettY woreell in a shatter space Of thee tban lie could ore emewhere. -Cuba Mrs been a rePUbliett for only years; the Yoke Of Spain, alWRY0 A galling oae, was especiany severe on women, but It sur- prioing to seo how quickly the Cubans bave responded to American influence and of aunt Alt employe one of the exe- cutive departments, are in the luibit of meeting frequently in la downtown bil- liard parlor in. the evenings and. tasting their abilitiea as amateur champions of the cen, nt a recent Assembling one of the party expatiated emphatically con. eerning the torrid condition of the pre, veiling temperate:re, "Oh, let up on the weather," petulant. Je said another of the party. "It only makes one hotter to be constantly re- ferring to the heat." The others jeined in and discussed the inetter, It ended in an agreement to meet the nod:night, and if any man in the party mentiened the weather be was to be fined 50 cents, the sum total to be expended for re- fresleueuts some time when the tem - how much the edgeated Cuban Wonlan . perature had lowered. The genial pro. copies her American sister. Under Span- pricier of i he billiard parlor wee to re- am rube women of position never went out alone, married women as inue as single cora and. collect the fines. women; they were always accompanied The first man who made his appears servant, To -day many women pay vione , and stop alone, and in a. few yearo e will ie the interior department and the lint bone athecosmtriateostsn, anigahstestssopstiseeteaCubbyanthws =prosn. bViruTtrdasinh,et nthttiesread swaaerraehter ?7,OrAneatdSsieltrati verbial duenna, Girls go out in pairs, and as families are largo and family affection ?1,1 a little book that was in readiness more frequent than with us. Cuban 'wo- SO cents against bim. Two others of strong, friendships betweea sisters are the boss of the place recored a fine of men have fewer amusements than we have in large cities. There are no matt:tees to Mar -e the gang came in. One of them re- wbich they ean go alone, no art exhibi- k d to the other: "I must pool off. by some member of the family or an old fume on the next, evening was a clerk, • dons, oo fairs, few concerts, no card par- S'poSe we take a gin rickey. They re tees, and no women's clubs. The most eommoa mode of entertaining is good in hot weather and this is the hot - These occur every week, twice a moeth the afternooa or °veldt% day at home. test day I ever struck." or once a moth, In the latter case, the stood said his companion, "nrereury evening receptton usually means a dance. od '100 in the shade at what% his seizes with avidity upon each opportunity . name's piece to -day." And down went more m the billiard man's book. for the Cuban is very fond of dancing end $1 • tle balcoeles or wide verandas, make te:C., bis station at a window and sighed, It . but tookappeared. tiaorgeinesuallgare, iwnittbliethetairvomritaerbpleastimaoer.a, oTelhle, HeT111,aeidfonuervtahr sof virtoIrted. aftrieniirdsst, Inge from fifteen to twenty fttet in height, . vrith fttil length windows opening upon lit, that there will be to dancing at a certain was not long before he had. to record his the hosts will not lack for guests. "kick." "I knew a man once who atm- cellent ballrooms, and it it is understood house. Dinners are confined almost entirely to 1 - . mitted suicide on accoont of the heat," unknown. Cards hold sway, only at the ' the diplomatic sot, and dinner dances aro 1 one could be justified in taking les be Said. "If there was ever a day when life on such an account it's just such tl we've had to endure to -day.'" and no description of the social ns, be owe, ter as. men's clubs or In the American colony, 1 the Vedado, the pretty modern suburb colony. Its principal headquarters is in 1 liThen the little fine book showed a tinsel - Mal exhibit of n. Cuba of the present (ley would be emu - Diet° without a mention of the American Te remaining tie° members of the dens. It is easily reached by trolley from; td-hem."11in'n: Havana. There is n fine carriage road going to abuse tbe weather as much as aafateerwatar detached and set in quaint tropical gad- I me rigntm:walyn,""soanid by the sea, where the houses are mostly ; party Skirting the sea from the Malecon to the I want to. This is by all odds the hot- Gozada, with the exception al a few blocks still uncompleted. In the Veda° the American Int-melte° is very strew:. Here you see women and girls alone visit - Mg at the weekly progrersive euchree, bridge parties or at the tennis club. This club is quite an institution, dts member- ship Including all the young nien social test weather I ever experienced in sny life." "Me, too," said tbe last man. I was in Southern Arizona on a surveying expedition one bot season and Inever suffered as much from the heat as I have to -day." It didn't take long to 01 club want in for football, and the games „. gather in. that $3 for refreshments. n prominenee, who generously offer the fr on Mondays and Fridays. TMs winter tee place had never opened his mouth. Ile Herbert G. Squiers, who came to Cuba ''• attended strictly to buisness and lima were tremendously popular. The presence of so many foreign Miele - from China, where he was First Secretary the men who had agreed not to talk; which is very pleasant. Our Minister, Mr. itv—WashingtOn Star. Lets gives a diplomatic flavor to soulety, about the weather with exact impartial - house on the Prado, where en the bus —.....--.• : of tho Legation at Pekin, has his residenve is transacted. air. seeders' house was for- -why happy inoss .,,, uCO_IsIDENSED TRUTHS. Spoil your wife, spoil yboeurwihifoe. shoula at marianao. The Legation is at Prado, 13, altos, or the upper floor of it two storied woUla he combine the advantage of wealth with the compensations of poverty! A generatiort seldom makes its own dom of the club to their woraen friends the meantime the rnan who owned the merle the summer home of a rich eubita family. It is one story in height, with a patio I uthe centre and a magnificent gar-. den at the rear. The gala extends acroas foreign countries, Back of the sala Is Mr. past and it continues and completes the NW inherit respect, attain respect, and prepares the future. vthiaessfarbat lot tihse bueoususetirauniidy °PfuenrnisTeda, waindif° contains many objects ot art picked up in Squisrs' library. The long corridor leading command respect; We seldom earn it. to the dining room has its tables and 930 riot make us think; make ma or Delvers. The dining ehairs, its pede.stale, bric-a-brac and vases . talk," is the general demana. of the room opens on the I time. The Minister and his wife, assisted by garden, and is a very stately apartment, I charmingly. They have a weekly reception 1 has the most need an Courage is the qua. lity the world ad - or it us the one of which it d has the least of. three attractive daughters, entertain mires most, day, and usually give a couple of dances during the season, invitations to which are eagerly sought after. Opposite the house Is the tennIs court, and on Saturday' after - noes friends of the fatally come out for o game of tennis or croquet and a cup of Len. Havana is at its apogee durins' the carni- val season, which not only includes the V to 't i often so encumbered, three days before Ash 'Wednesday, but the a: four following Sundays. There are balli e alt; I 3 • • • sOmo in mask and domino and othera in Abase bheothveavaerf,rotmliatieere is little enjoyment to PPrado,roeesslwo nhse,ti toilaes alesrhnsosonpapsasseies triple g up and down each side of the broad boule- Strengthen as you may. the artificial vard, some of the occupants In costume, . present the 11'necananleitgilleagiitivehse nw leer tios the There is the stupidity of intelligence, it is stupendous! Hatred dies out in time; contempt, never. The appearance of principle is more profitable than the practice. Youth is the fertune which the Fates hroTrlithe rs(etir averis itleveenearra.!IyInoxbiloiguess ttohemrnatkee daetefsotrtyuonue. Never lay others under an obligation; surface. rich afternoon dress, all receiving and throwing showers of confetti and rolls of serpentine. cauftbearsneownsmposaseho afternoon, and ustially they take a turn eitiefly to render ourselves less depend. - adopted the eustom of paying calls in the ent on. Fortune. around the Prado before going home to women, beautifully attired, in handsome so intolerable as are the annoyances of The troubles of the poor are seldom dinner, consequently see often sees pretty private eqeipagea, driving eiong the Male- tl e rich eon between and o clock. The Cuban day, socially, is short; the evening long. Coffee is served when yral awake In tire morning; breakfast is front eleven to twelve; dinner front seven to eight. In the interval between breakfist dress tor their talernon drive, and visits increased—Dem: for Colored Glass. and dinner, the women take their siestas, or do little shopping on Obispo street. As the dinner hour is late, no one calls inm,tolliert "Sinee the fad of having electric light evening before half-pnet nine, and on en evening at home guests frequently shades maile of colored glue has appear - curtain a -the theatre. The first act Is taken a big jump," said C. N. Caspar. How delightful would. vontan be were she all eve expect; and how loathsonie were she all we describe her to bet—•The London Truth. at ten. No one ever sees the rising of the oil the manufacture of colored glass has fill up, and the sesond act see3 nearly all "Many of these shades are expensive, and pi Ice as played to an empty house, but dttring the fonewing intermission, the boxes begin to tho .• Of the audience le its mtg. Cubans Are very fond ot mete. On re- feet. Yet they ked for thein seems entirely trent Meets at the Maiecon it is almost out of proportion to their decorative ef- haltainet eight. Society, r----------.otes not ornonski:gan excellent substituet for the im- and elaborate lamps in nee be - are handsome, too, and Imposrible te find it vacant their titter illatiorttigiestawriidtl! tittle dgvoewsd attreouatneal aatraounaaroatnhde f;)orpetuattlioligaudtv.ent of electrieity as the • ; the eine° at the feet of the Prado wow "(heat .the seleetious are being leaved ami tope I quantitiee of toiored glass are ; a turn en as far as the Parent Central dor. anule at Ottawa, and this is bold tre • • ing the ten minutes intermission. •the mills, that turn it into every conceit - The opera reasoe is AlWitys looked forwsrd I able shape and form, from the ahAdes I , to and Is well patronised, It usuany ; wee speaking of to the most artistic 04t.,ts front tour to six weeks, beginning' , . . ;either, In December or afteuary, and abet ttecorative winuowe you see in. the big engageMents are suspended on sub.ierlo,. eh/traps, ColtOreil ea4St ie not bloWn like , Dort nights at the opera. The ivemen ae. the otainsuy window •pane- and bottles, the horseshoe With its throe tiers qf boasts Wt. is rolled out into huge sheets. It is are gotten into the same piece, arid the i Deer iu gorgeous costumae, adorned with i superb jewels, And the glittering erred of nil occupied by dark...eyed creates, Is A ; pieeee tad put together by a lead CCM. 1 l'rklay nirtt la noche de mode, or the j.ttall'ehttnortmbele otivetril'Ile%toildtertnhe AslithilalutiglitCtto,ttl I erselgThOttttteilSi in'teo I'lateY milt; e pie.ecT,natied° the 4.1 tl diff t lots • smart` pet at these runetlu»s. , . I rs,eptiona, there aro lho various clubs to IN'titItiletre6riatliel6eltotritiestbimIsesngoddettae.e aPeittil'eafpinettsrt- i nealaettl the theatres, private bells and 'popular. ! drirtepg or ruturtece, nett as Mariana° ta it ., from iittvena tikes bee that an moue, ' fteverite summer reeera are the trip tett Sunder efternoon tiances are vevy naukee Sentinel. together had no artistic instinet."—Aill- In permanent eonnuemoration of the liantheon for HruStels. • 1The iTavena *Yacht Club, ; usually gives a deuce in February, iternAlnAlt"e. i, ether.; are always very telect. Durieg the . • , summer it gives h series of afternoon ) The Oerinen Club to% ter te in s o a the nee. .,,,',.tio.,(',1,1,t,,,..,,-11,if th tttertintal..eer8:01;Yeletlilete.Putelegt teen fea,t tim,e, rale givea lts princited . — ''!" -- ...7ea a- . '' - ;11 leree li. t tf eseeehite etteelhei.e• Nehlett I 1 t is to he set up elone to the "Perte de 1, lit:i...11:11oiatr:iono;wtrilt:ntlidrint:srrthinh,asoa:ni.oltntstes,.m oat!: Toetillotthieoittueb:uttlint-t39- : 11/4,thit.:trlavtauuy:tiirl: atilltalisswii•ilis btetyguerrilettminga::iti:x in +honor of illustrious Pelgians. ;never to be torgotten sight. ent, ' opera end ene often Bees Membelis of the putting ef tbe small pieces together is :I considered OS facture In 01 ilte. tide ',teenage the person who puts the bits „Cuban on of prominence. t The Aterate y 'Oreille tie la Debatie 1,1%0111 51(Illate geacrat4 Wit"tatuSs, teere eatative mien club, and goon • eleat•ing of the assigned Ares, rill la!1.1 1.0P •l''''turvi u"I" VIt"trt11111-101.11' altheet, entirely involve tite pullint down jene,t,u'qt,,,g;,0ft gtozu 111011 08 tlitt famous little Mollere t eatre. :rr,14-4,,t,ginn6nattlt. gitet?°atirscalleg0rittlentilla, thatt4t "a8riellviibtrolti eatti tho Ametteo given its *mums wetted i.ouvard, ttre MAItleled Oft the Parthebbits 11; wette *rid ta,o-stett are the mat Athens. The estimated teat of t.he tW Voroist gate& te,4147 Jo, t-janu wi.a bulitlimot ir 40,006000 Irmo* 4 :so