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Show me raM F to '"victed Rarest-o- r M.A.A AFTER 1 YEARS under i ty, low. 'or I Wis Cured by Lydia L Pink, barn's Vegetable Compound th. lj !ulei Wauriki, Okla. 1 had female trow, tries for seven years, was ail run down. April Jr the t ffort to new t RCIU03 are not only the rarest of flowers, but they are among the rarest of all the to the J products of nature. To find were i, and bring back to civilization cremjtf the choicest of these petaled outnu,, trophies, "orchid hunters" are a tbe all the while braving In tropical Jungles dangers and hardDu ships as great as confront any present day soldier of ;nce. fortune. there Is Similarly Suit u the whole family about defendd of mystery orchids an atmosphere ur a wfl jiucb as no longer obtains In the case of any denied not even ither of milady's standard trinkets iry thai in tbe case of the diamond. No wonder, then, that as these facts "have man become more generally known and as the pe the mur; culiar history and characteristics of the or- ;ed, but bids have become common knowledge there to lift Lave swept in upon us a great wave of idersUui: in behalf of the orchid an almost uni- T K i ' forct-ures- s - -- gained my average) and welL" weight and am now iiX .1111 J- ' f V V,. ."- - , b V I I I rj.':n wy Iff feminine longing to possess and wear strange flowers with their peculiar tints, toft velvety petals that look so artificial that more imitations of the orchid pass muster than of any other flower, and their subtle fas cination. There Is no question, too, that tbe strona; -- Mrs. Baiuk Stevens, ft p.D., No, Box ZU Wanrika, Okla, I, Another Grateful Woman. X versal hese T hfran Ita nam manil w Mrs. iintnam ror advice,' la short time I had wrote entl-me- essel e. I rtfflm - i SHIP. ana so nervous a could not do any. thing. The doctor treated me for dl& ferent thing but did mo no srood. irot aa bad that could not sleep day nr nfirht- - WMla In this condition I read of Lydia . link. iiumo v egeiaoie) and L'omnntinrt. V Huntington, Mass. "I was In a nervous, run down condition and for threa years could find no help, "I owe my present good health to Lydia . Pinkfiam's Vegetable Com. round and lilood Purifier which 1 believe saved my life. "My doctor knows what helped m and does not say one word against it." Mrs. Mari Janettjb Hates, Box just as do the collectors of coins or postage stamps. The raising of orchids from seed Is a very slow operation, and one requiring an Infinite amount of patience. Orchid growers who are In tbe busi- 134. :. Huntington, Mass. ness either for profit or pleasure, preBecause your case Is a difficult oni bulbs-brown doctors having; done you no good, do fer, as a rule, to simply buy the not continue to suffer without giving: and withered and unpromising and by watchful care nurture the Lydia 12. llnkham's Vegetable a trial. It surely has cured latent spark of life until In time the casea of female ills, such as inmany In blooms. One ticklish task plant flammation, ulceration, displacements, connection with the raising of orchids fibroid tumors, periodlo Is the keeping up of tbe successive pe- pains, backache,Irregularities, that bearing-dowriods of rest and activity natural to feeling, and nervous prostration. each species of this floral family. As an orchid plant Is passing Into what Is Open-Al- r Schools Increasing. known as the dormant state It reSince January 1, 1907, sixty-fivopen quires a gradually slackening supply of water, whereas when It Is revived air schools for children afflicted with from this and returned to active or predisposed to tuberculosis have cities, growth there must be a continual In- been established In twenty-eigh- t crease In the amount of moisture sup- according to an announcement made plied to the plant arousing from Its by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. drowsiness. Orchids newly arrived from foreign The first open air school In the United parts must have an exceptional States was established on January 1, amount of attention after their long 1907, by the board of education of sea voyage. First, all the old leaves Providence, R. I., at the Instance of are removed and then the plants are Dr. Ellen A. Stone. The next school allowed to repose for a time In a cool was established In May ot the same building where they have shade. After year at Pittsburg, and the third at two or three days of preparation the Iioston In July, 1908. According to new arrivals are put In pots and the reports received by the national "nursed" until they give evidence of association, the result of the open air, has been to restore- - most active growth. After this It Is largeof to normal health and the children of a temperaregulating ly question ture and moisture although such are the peculiar. efficiency. One of these open air Ities of these erratic flowers that every now and schools or classes should be estabthen an experienced grower will lose a number lished for each 25,000 population, especially In cities. of plants for no apparent reason. to some said which are of have These flowers, Irish Landmark Gone, the ability to kill with their fragrance, are In The famous temple of liberty, on reality distant cousins of our familiar blooms, landmarks, was the snow drop and the lady's slipper. There are, ot Ulster's all told, more than 5,000 varieties of orchids, but burned to the ground the other morn-InErected at Toomebrldge, on the the ones which have been most prized are the strangely beautiful forma which have come from County Londonderry side ot the River blistering deserts, fever swamps, the tops of Bann, by the late Rev. John Carey, mountains or other localities where It seems as aome (0 years ago, It had a romantlo though Dame Nature had done her best to hide history. Its founder was a remarkthem away from prying human eyes. To per- able man, possessed of considerable sons who have not learned to love them there wealth. He was a descendant of a is often a suggestion almost of the uncanny Cromwelllan family, and had been arabout a fanciful orchid, and such persons will rested and tried for murder, but was not be surprised to bear that one of the choicest unanimously acquitted by the Jury, of orchids was first found clinging to a tombwhereupon he erected the building la Com-pou- nd Ips prcK muci id stea: deserted a passec: by the ter tbe .4 'be valae is estim -- v iff' , 'V II i I It V.ir;vW v &jr esca the id and fight, I irried crew, nails. ;STRAC;J ntlonef saraoiA avowed ji Ion igali ent Estra class-wor- Bspioiuf the Vtill regime, SalvaCTet of the fascination of these wonderful received bwers is not by any means explained by the esday f (ere fact that they are so expensive, which departs ms so often been advanced In explanation of an min lay so many people are eager for these rt devipwers. No more than half a century ago the whole chid family was virtually undiscovered. pother. ply a few varieties were known, and they rices f ere by no means in general cultivation. Now southere is a mad quest In all quarters of the one for these fashionable flowers. nmer The ut most parts of the earth are being ransack )unce er SuB for new varieties, under the spur of the ormous prices which collectors will pay for ilalmed Sre "finds' and expensive greenhouses have ours, pillaged en Installed to permit the cultivation of the Jews. pore delicate members of tbe orchid family red adv Dider the same conditions as to light and tem-- ; that al Future which obtain In Its ancestral home ,t time O the tropics. re coal Tbe orchids in their native baunts are und growing In all sorts of stranxe wars. lf-- naturally when they are transplanted they ayes W e nara plants to grow. Moreover, there are t -- The i rules for the cultivation of orchids. In oth-- " branches of tbe floral kingdom all the mem-- n ce situx of a given floral family may be expected r the s. yield to the same general method of luring r 75 and varied only In minor detail to permit aptatlon to the needs of each member of agrceff I9 family. led Not so with the eccentric orchids, ;ment t plant is seemingly a law unto (ever. Every likelv to reaulre methods of culti- in inert F'tioa distinct in themselves, and perhaps the run opposite of those which obtain In the Me of other able. members of this fascinating fam- 1 cul-jatlo- oj-u- " Gcnn lat the M luctions if which t f the p is made n ackno' ardlng stla. from of the : e ice le IT. The rareBt "pe e of nf pftir.'RQ. p ones most sought and the ones which Mamand the hlehest Drlces. do not stow I'ter the fashion r ""respecting plants which bury their roots P the Roll. InBtead thsn orchids are. in ef- Ft, paraslteB. fastening themselves to tree runkg or tree limbs. It is these species which their native home deep in the Jungles of topics and the hotter and damper the of these unhealthy tropical forests ,r nstance, those' of Brazil the more the in'as seem to thrive. Now when the of such tropical captives are to be thA nrrhMa Anil, 1 uiMiri nurtured and cultivated in the civilized environment of the temperate zone, it goes without saying that It is no easy task to duplicate the conditions which produced the species. To do so at all necessitates the construction of the special greenhouses above mentioned, with varied equipment, including a steam heating plant big enough to heat buildings many times the size of these greenhouses. The lure of rich reward attracts many daring and resourceful men to the orchid business, although as may be surmised, the rich prizes of gold come to the men who discover, or at least the men who bring back to civilization heretofore unknown varieties of this numerous family. Th leading Arms engaged In O.e o' chld trad a retain at lare salaries men of wide experience whose sole occupation Is to trail the orchid in the almost inaccessible haunts where there Is ever the magnet of possible unheard of varieties to beckon one forward. Sometimes an orchid hunter will search for a year or more, facing the almost Intolerable conditions of an unexplored land In order to capture in the end some heretofore unknown variety. During his quest, be It long or short, he must brave foul disease at almost every step; must be ever alert against the hostility of tbe tribes which inhabit the region he In vades; and must risk all sorts of personal mis-.-, haps In grasping his prize, even after the quest has been successful, since most of the rare orchids of the tropics flourish only at the tops of the tallest trees. Tbe hunter must either climb the trees, or more likely be will cut them down, but he dare not trust aiy hands save his own to undertake the task of gathering these fragile flowers. An energetic orchid hunter will forward great numbers of plants, some rare and others not so rare, to the orchid consuming centers of Europe and America every year, but it Is no easy matter to get the orchids to the coast after they have been found and wired Into boxes by skillful packers, and on shipboard, even though the temperature of special cabins be regulated to sustain these floral natives of the tropics, there are other perils to be passed, and many plants perish during the ocean voyage. Indeed, It Is claimed that on every large consignment of orchids from Brazil or Madagascar or other orchid producing paradise there is a loss amounting to thousands of dollars through the demise of plants that cannot withstand the rigors of an ocean voyage and in consequence pass from their dormant condition into a sleep from which they cannot be awakened. The roots which come safely to market are usually put up at auction, and since there are no flowers on tbe plants, and no means of positively identifying them not even the orchid hunter having seen them in bloom it not Infrequently happens that what are sold for orchids of a common variety, and consequently bring low price, turn out to be rarities of great value. In this way one unidentified orchid plant that brought half a dollar at an auction sale in London was, when it bloomed, alter a lapse of two years, discovered to be buch a uovclty that the very firm that had disposed of It at auction bought it back for This price Is by no means a record-breake- r $2,500. for a rare orchid, as notable specimebeen sold for sums as high as ns-have Nor Is it necessary that an orchid $5,750. shall be what tbe layman would regard a distinctly different from all others in order to command a fancy price. If it merely has markings distinct from those on tbe orchids of the same class which have come to light previously, It will be eagerly sought by collectors who take account of all such minor differences best-know- rh,t ust. rly Women Need la Not aa Much Medicine W :orpori nl 31, now But a Lot of White Lies. comes a very learned man, Psychologist, a physicist and a who 8eeni8 to have investl-l- a the whole to his own subject e. mm, cd c Ft' ilBtant v Secret'' Mr. Ad1 ' it Jun ' Fowl' ilBtant! 5, win l tencral i, Use Flattery for Health suc" Iowa. ""action, and finds that the world jwsed with truth, or, rather, with of Hi8, numan belnga, thnuo .u . phrHlcal torments, It appears, are not buoyed up by me!... tPry' What women necd nm so much quinine and os "u Of Whit. II.,. tin..- -Ipecac a UOU "" .v jua Wlfe of b0f0m yoU rtft! "Ol to toll her hnyur .hm tor.Ua had L Bn'!1'1 t0 hav doctor at once. . xou muBt tell her i. y y Now, this learned man Is right in We do not know his fundamentals. whether or not a case of appendicitlB may or of cerebrospinal meningitis be cured by flattery, but if more men went home to their wlvea with cheerful faces, with loving words, with the most tender courtesy and a box of candy or a bunch of violets, a lot of heart trouble would be cured The principal fact about a woman is that she Is a woman. She lives on love. She Is made for It and stone In New Guinea, Orchid growers would, most of them, be In no end of difficulty In classifying and identifying their specimens, were It not for ' the Orchid Studbook, which Is Issued every years Just as is the studbook of horses, which lists all of the domestic varieties of orchids with Information as to their respective lines of descent from the original wild kinds. There have been many famous orchid collectors. Mrs. Roosevelt was very fond of tbe flower and It was due .to her efforts that a respectable-size- d collection of orchids has been formed at the White House conservatories. Perhaps the most enthusiastic of all orchid collectors, however, has been Joseph Chamberlain, and tbe name of tbe English statesman will live forever In the domain or the orchid as a devotee who devcted his leisure and thousands ot dollars of bis wealth to the Indulgence of his bobby for the gentlest and frailest of flowers. Ought to Have It A councillor of the Paris Prefecture, who has not reached the age at which he Is entitled to a pension, has applied for his pension on tbe ground that attendance at state banquets has ruined his digestion and made him so much of an invalid that he is no longer able to perform the duties of bis office. normally cannot exist In good spirits without It. The greatest injury that can come to a woman Is the feeling that she awakens no romantic Inspiration In her husband. If every husband would tell his wife once a day that he loved her, as well as show It, the world would be much happier. It Is not alone necessary to love your w.fe; you must show it by a thousand things that seem meaningless trifles to the men, but are the larger part of life to a woman. she looks younger than 6he has for was as yearB, and that ehe never dear to you, and that you are hardly able to pull through your daily tasks by because you are so distracted thoughts of ber. The remedy at least Is chenp. It costs nothing but effort, but, alas! more effort than some men are willa , r ing to put forth. It Is not because '" ..ii.i j i jijliijman Is too truthful to tell lies to his When the Teacher Blushed. Hats. wife about her appearance, but "What is it," asked the teachor, woman's idea the average is "What It mind. ho hasn't tbe willing "that binds us together and makes us Is too common for men to presume ot spring poetry?" In a millinery way, better than we are by nature?". something married "Oh, are that simply because they "Corsets, sir," piped a wise little girl or sen- I guess." ot eight. Red Hen. they need not bestow courtesy timent upon their wives. Some men Never Any1 Ing Else. reserve tht.lr stories of flattery for When He Flourished. toothache bad?" "Is your parmakes other men's wives, which "Used to be a waiter, you say?" look particularly doesn't it "Well, In tbe ticularly Interesting reading "Yes; those were his palmy days." good to me." divorce courts. uriji-- i n g. 1, with abnorr oing F' k Origin of the Piano. The pianoforte was directly evolved from the clavichord and the harpsl-chorIn 1711 Sciplone Maffel gave a detailed account of the first four Instruments, which were constructed by Bartholommeo Chrustoforl. It was named by him the pianoforte and was first exhibited In 1709. Marlus, In France, exhibited harpsichords, with hammer action, In 1716, and Schroter, In Germany, claimed to have invented the pianoforte between 1717 and 1720. Marlus was at first generally credited with tbe Invention, pianos of that period were shaped much like the modern grand variety. The first square piano was constructed by Frederics, an organ manufacturer of Saxony, in 1758. The first genuine upright piano was Invented In England and the United States by John Isaac Hawkins, an Englishman, in 1880. question. London Mall. Labrador's Future. Accordtng to statements made the other day by Dr. Grenfell of Labrador, the Cinderella of British possessions has a brilliant future before It Dr. Grenfell, who has lived twenty years In that snowy country, says that In days to come It will carry a population as easily as Norway does today. It Is, he says, a better country than Iceland, and to be greatly preferred to Lapland, Finland, Siberia and northern Alaska. DAME NATURE HINTS When the Food Is Not Suited. When Nature gives her signal that something is wrong It Is generally with the food; the old Dame Is always faithful and one Bhould act at once. To put off the change Is to risk that a which may be Irreparable. An Art-son- man says: "For years I could not safely eat any breakfast I tried all kinds ot breakfast foods, but they were all soft, starchy messes, which gave me distressing headaches. I drank strong coffee, too, which appeared to benefit me at the time, but added to the headaches afterwards. Toast and coffee were no better, for I found the toast very constipating. . "A friend persuaded me to quit coffee and the starchy breakfast foods, inand use Poetum and Grape-Nut- s stead. I shall never regret taking his advice. "The change they have worked in mo is wonderful. I now have no more of the distressing sensations In my stomach after eating, and I never have any headach.ee. I have gained 12 pounds in weight and feel better in make a deevery way. Grape-Nut- s licious as well as a nutritious dish, and I find that Postuni Is easily digested and never produces dyspepsia symptoms." Name given by Poetum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the little book, "The Road to la plcgs. "There's a Wellvnio," Reason." Bvor TrnA the abor lettrrf A aparara from din to time. Tbff era Kaalaa, trna, and full of haaia latereat. |