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FARMER WILLIAMS7 LESSON
In Time of Adversity He Got to Un
derstand Who Were His Real
Friends Prosperity in Stand
ing Together
Copyright 190G by Alfred C Clark
What y got there Sis inquired
Farmer Williams as he kicked off his
felt hoots and set them carefully be
hind the stove to dry Thats what
I thought It looked like one of them
there Chicago catylogs though I haint
seen one clost for quite a few years
back Me an your ma ust to buy
mighty nigh everthing we used out
of them catylogs when we first come
to Kansas Land sakes I have to
laugh now sometimes when I think of
the way we would git ketched onct in
awhile Theys some cheap things in
them catylogs an then agin theys a
lot t aint so cheap Y never kin
tell till they come an then its too
late to send em back But as I was
a sayin wo haint bought nothin out
of a catylog fer a right smart o years
now an the way it come about I had
as well tell y cause I dont think
y really remember much about it
When we come to Kansas long in
the first of the 80s we got along right
well We was able to pay cash fer
what we got and we got the money
fer everything we sold We was pay
in out on the place right along crops
was purty good an we was a feelin
like the Lord was a smilin on our
efforts and the happy home we
dreamed about when we first got mar
ried was in sight
But they come a change in Kansas
long in the last half of the 80s
Times got hard and kep a gittin
tighter Four straight years it was
so dry y had to soak the hogs afore
theyd hold swill though I will say
they was some extry reason on ac
count of the swill bein so thin wheat
jest died in the ground fer want of
rain and the hot winds biled the ever
lastin sap out of the corn They
wasnt no pasture no nothing You
can know we was a feelin purty blue
about that time but we was young
and strong and thought with the
chickens an hogs we could git through
anyway
Then one day you got to complain
in and lookin so thin it worried us
Your ma is a middlin good doctor
take it all around but nothing she
could think of done you any good
Well you kep a gittin pindlier and
pindlier till you got sost y wouldnt
do nothin but set in a chair by the
kitchen stove wrapped in your mas
pld shawl an you looked so pitiful
that we made up our minds to have
the doctor even if it took th last
chicken on the place Well he come
and after hed looked at you awhile
an felt your pulse he shet his watch
up with a snap an says quiet like
Better fix up a warm place fer her
jn the front room dont have too much
light nor any drafts to strike her
Then we knowed it want no small
sickness we had to fight an when we
got you fixed up in bed I follered Doc
out on the porch an I says Well
Doc sez I whats the matter with
our little girl
I dont want to skeer ye Mr Wil
liams says he but Im afraid shes
in for a siege of typhoid fever
Well after he was gone I went out
in the kitchen an told your ma but
she says brave as kin be Well Ezra
if the Lord has seen fit to put that
much more on our load we must bear
up an fight it out doin our duty the
best we kin leavin the rest to him
An I thought so too So we jest kep
pur hearts brave an done what
seemed right t do
The hardest thing was to figure out
where t git the medicine an fruit
an dainty things your sickness called
Why Certnlee Mr Williams Jest
Let Us Know What You Want
for We hadnt been tradin much
with the stores in Huston buyin
mostly from the catylog folks y know
an so we didnt have any credit there
to speak of But I went t Foster th
druggist an I told him how things
was I didnt have no money t pay
fer th medicine an things an the
prospects fer the next year was as
poor er poorer than th last
Why certnlee Mr Williams he
says jest let us know what you want
an well carry you along till times
come better fer you Were all in a
tight pinch now but if we hang tgeth
er things is all goin to come out right
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in the end I have faith In th coun
try an In the people that live here
an nobodys sick baby is a goln to
suffer If I kin help any
Well It was the same thing at
Harlows grocery an th coal yard
everywhere in th town Certnlee
Mr Williams well see y through on
this It made me feel mean an small
some way though I dont know why
An often when theyd put in a few
oranges or somethin like that sayin
in a pologizin sort of way little
somethin fer th sick baby Williams
why somehow it made a hard lump
come up in my throat an I had a
queer feelin in my eyes kinder achj
like y know
Well to be short about it fer eight
weeks you kep a gittin weaker an
weaker an we kep a feelin more n
more hopeless It was a sad Christ
mas in our home that year Your ma
was jest wore out with watchin an
tryin to do her work between times
an I was so nigh sick with trouble an
discouragement t I ust to go around
by the barn an jest cry like a baby
But I never let on to your ma though
ner she t me We tried t encourage
each other though we knowed in our
hearts t all our cheerful words was
lies an each one knowed the othei
knowed It too
Well jest th night before New
Years Doc called us outside your
I Sez Les Burn It
room Oh how my heart sunk then
I dont want to hold out any false
hopes to you people he says but I
think with proper care from now on
your little girl is goin t git well
Elsie it seemed jest like a ton of
hay had been lifted off my chest right
there As fer youf ma why she jest
busted down an cried as hard as she
could After Doc was gone we went
out to the kitchen an kneeled down
right there an thanked God fer the
most glorious New Years gift he ever
give t anybody in th world the
health of our baby girl You know
your pa aint no ranter er shouter
yer ma bein a Baptist has furnished
most of th rligion fer our house but
jest then I seen how it was that they
comes times in peoples lives wheri
theyve jest got to have somethin
bigger an greater than anything hu
man t turn to with a great joy er a
great sorrer v
Well it was a long time yet before
you was strong enough t play out
doors an it was a hard winter I
burned every post of the fence around
the south eighty fer firewood afore
it was over But it seemed like we
had so much t be thankful fer that
we was strong t care fer any any of
th smaller troubles that we come
acrost
It really haint so bad to look back
at it now after th trouble is over but
them hard years in Kansas drove
nearly all our neighbors t give up
their land an move away broke in
hopes an pocketboqk Them of us as
stayed is purty well fixed now but
v e fit fer everything we got an fit
hard too An O yes about th caty
logs Well after you was well an
things begun t take a turn fer th
better one night ma brought out that
Chicago book an laid it on the kitch
en table an says Ezry vhat do you
want t do with this An I sez Les
burn it An your ma sez Jest what
I was thinkin too An so we did
burn it an whats more we aint
never had one in th house since an
we never send away fer anything we
can git at any of the stores in Huston
cause we want to deal with them as
has an intrest in the country we live
in an in us people that live clost by
Why you neednt of put yours in
th stove too Elsie I didnt mean
yes I dont know but what its jest as
well y done it after all
Folk Denounces Mail Order Idea
Addressing a meeting of retail mer
chants in Jefferson city recently Gov
ernor Folk of Missouri said
We are proud of our splendid
cities and we want to increase wealth
and population and we also want our
country towns to grow We wish the
city merchants to build up but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper I do not believe in the mail
order citizen If a place is good
enough for a man to live in and to
make his money in its good enough
for him to spend his money in
No merchant can succeed without
advertising in one way or another
Patronize your town papers build
them up and they will build the town
up in increased trade and greater op
portunities Do not be afraid that
business is geing to be hurt by the re
cent exposures of wrong doing in the
commercial world
Mixture of Many Nations
Louis N Parker the dramatist was
born in France his father was an
American his mother an English
woman his first language was Italian
and he was educated in Germany
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BLOATED WITH DROPSY
The Heart Was Badly Affected When
the Patient Began Using
Doans Kidney Pills
Mrs Elizabeth Maxwell of 415 West
Fourth street Olympia Wash says
For over three
years I suffered
with a dropsical
condition with
out being aware
that it was due
to kidney trou
ble The early
stages were
principally back
ache and bear
ing down pain
but I went along
without worrying much until dropsy
set in My feet and ankles swelled
up my hands puffed and became so
tense I could hardly close them I had
great difficulty in breathing and my
heart would flutter with the least ex
ertion I could not walk far without
stopping again and again to rest Since
using four boxes of Doans Kidney
Pills the bloating has gone down and
the feelings of distress have disap
peared
Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
Whine from Henry James
Henry James pursuing his theme
The Speech of American Women
speaks of a group of Boston young
women all articulating as from sore
mouths all mumbling and whining
and vocally limping and shuffling as it
were together He compares also to
its great disadvantage a school where
parents pay so much not to have their
boys taught to speak as gentlemen
with one beyond the sea in which
the proviso that the schoolmaster
shall speak as a gentleman is so abso
lutely vital
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used In order to get the
desired stiffness it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness which not only destroys the
appearance but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De
fiance Starch as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes
MANY SOURCES OF SALT
That from Natural Springs Is Gener
ally Most Nearly Pure
The purity of salt depends upon the
source from which it is obtained and
the sanitary conditions under which
it is prepared for the market The
supply of common salt the most in
dispensable of all the seasoning sub
stances both as a relishing condiment
and a well nigh universal food pre
servative is exhaustless yet even so
there is salt and salt says the Pic
torial Review
Formerly salt was obtained by evap
orating ocean water a process that
left many impurities in the residuum
to say nothing of its exposure to all
kinds of dirt in its shipment from sea
ports The Turks island or rock salt
which is still largely used in pork
packing and in the manufacture of ice
creams comes to the United States
in holds of vessels continually sub
jected to dirt and foul odors Upon
its arrival it is again handled then
packed in coarse burlap bags permit
ting dust to sift into the salt In this
condition it reaches the consumer
Latterly however the product of
salt springs has largely taken the lead
in this country not only for table salt
but for meat packing The annual
production from this source in the
United States reaches more than 40
000000 bushels the state of New York
in the vicinity of Syracuse furnishing
a large proportion of this important
supply
NEVER TIRES
Of the Food That Restored Her to
Health
My food was killing me and I didnt
know the cause writes a Colo young
lady For two years I was thin and
sickly suffering from indigestion and
inflammatory rheumatism
I had tried different kinds of diet
plain living and many of the remedies
recommended but got no better
Finally about five weeks ago
mother suggested that I try Grape
Nuts and I began at once eating it
with a little cream or milk A change
for the better began at once
To day I am well and am gaining
weight and strength all the time Ive
gained 10 lbs in the last five weeks
and do not suffer any more from indi
gestion and the rheumatism is all
gone
I know it is to Grape Nuts alone
that I owe my restored health I still
eat the food twice a day and never tire
of it Name given by Postum Co
Battle Creek Mich
The flavor of Grape Nuts is peculiar
to itself It is neutral not too sweet
and has an agreeable healthful qual
ity that never grows tiresome
One of the sources of rheumatism
is from overloading the system with
acid material the result of imperfect
digestion and assimilation
As soon as improper food is aban
doned and Grape Nuts is taken regu
larly digestion is made strong the or
gans do their work of building up good
red blood cells and of carrying away
the excess of disease making material
from the system
The result is a certain and steady
return to normal health and mental
activity Theres a reason Read
the little book The Road to Well
ville in pkgs
OLD CAPT CACKS QUESTION
8omewhat Pointed But It Denoted
Quick Intelligence
Pierce Jay the commissioner of
banks of Massachusetts at the Ameri
can Bankers associations convention
In St Louis advocated a better ac
counting system
But above all said Mr Jay in
a discussion of his idea we want
intelligence if embezzlement is to bo
thoroughly put down Systems are
good but intelligence Is better and
in cashiers and tellers and book
keepers and note clerks we want the
same keen quick intelligence that
characterized old Capt Hiram Cack
of Gloucester
Cack lay very ill One day he got
down hearted feeling that his case
was hopeless
I fear doctor he said there isnt
much hope for me
Oh yes there is the doctor an
swered Three years ago I was in
your condition precisely and look at
me now
Cack intelligent and alert said
quickly
What doctor did you have
No muss or failures made with PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES bright beauti
ful colors a certainty
Nothing hurts a conceited man like
being ignored
Mrs TVInslows Soothing Syrup
For children teething softens tho icrnns reduces tn
lamination allays pain cures wind colic 5c a bottle
Some men cant even do their duty
without making a fuss about it
Lewis Single Binder Cigar has a rich
taste Your dealer or Lewis Factor
Peoria 111
When members of a family quarrel
a lot of truth leaks out
TO CUKE A COID IN OKE BAT
Take LAXATIVK BItOMO Quinine Tablets DniK
Kists refund nioriev if it falls to cure IS W
UUOYES signature Is on each box 25c
A woman would rather do things to
worry a rival than to afford herself
pleasure
Top Prices for Hides Furs Pelts
Write for circular No 0 N W Hide
Fur Co Minneapolis Minnesota
Complaint is generally despicable
always worse than unavailing Car
lyie
Furs Hides Pelts
Write for prices and ship to McMillan
Fur Wool Co Minneapolis Minn
Many a man who prays for rain
would doubtless steal his neighbors
umbrella if his prayers were answered
Take Garfield Tea the Natural Laxa
tive for constipation indigestion liver
and kidney derangements and colds It is
made of Herbs Guaranteed under the
Pure Food Law
We frequently fall into errror and
folly not because the true principles
of action are not known but because
for the time they are not remembered
Give Defiance Starch a fair trial
try it for both hot and cold starching
and if you dont think you do better
work in less time and at smaller cost
return it and your grocer will give
you back your money
Knows Whom He Can Trust
Police Commissioner Bingham has
learned one important fact that will be
of aid to him in his official career
When he desires to get the exact facts
about some large question that is to
the front in New York city he calls
in the newspaper reporters located at
police headquarters and has a heart-to-heart
talk As one of them says
He gets it straight and so straight
that not all the men of the force can
fool him on that one point
ALMOST A SOLID SORE
Skin Disease from Birth Fortune
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Cured Her with Cuticura
I have a cousin in Rockingham Co
who once had a skin disease from her
birth until she was six years of age
Her father had spent a fortune on
her to get her cured and none of tho
treatments did her any good Old
Dr G suggested that he try the
Cuticura Remedies which he did
When he commenced to use it the
child was almost a solid scab He
had used it about two months and
the child was well I was there when
they commenced to use your Cuti
cura Remedies I stayed that week
and then returned home and stayed
two weeks -and then went back and
stayed with them two weeks longer
and when I went home I could hardly
believe she was the same child Her
skin was as softas a babys with
out a scar on it I have not seen her
in seventeen years but I have heard
from her and the last time I heard from
her she was well MrsW P Ingle Bur
lington N C June 16 1905
No sooner does tfce average man dis
cover that he has made a mistake
than he gets busy and maufactures an
explanation
Tallest American Soldier
The distinction of being the tallest
man in the United States array be
longs to Ernest D Peck a first lieu
tenant in the engineer corps He is
six feet four and a half inches in
height Lieutenant Peck is a native
of Wisconsin and was graduated from
the Oshkosh high school Lieutenant
Peck is now on duty at Yellowstone
Park Wyoming and has supervised
the building of a military road known
as Peeks Pike He is called Pikes
Peak by his comrades in the service
STATE OF OrtlO ClTV OF TOLEDO I s
Lucas Cocrr f
Feakk J Ciiexey makes oath that he Is ecnlol
partner of the firm of F J CiiESzr fc Co doing
business In the City of Tledo County and State
aforesaid and that eald firm will pay the sum of
0E IIUXDKED DOLLAKS for each and every
case of Catakrit that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Cataerii Cuke
FBAXK J CHEXET
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence
thU 6th day of D jceiabur A D 13 6
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SEVLf Xotaet Public
Halls Catarrh Cure U taken Internally and acta
directly on the blood and mucous Burfacej of tho
lysteni Send for testimonial free
F J CHEXEY CO Toledo O
Sold by nil Drusrlns 73c
Take Ualls Family IllU for constipation
Each wrinkle on a womans brow
represents an experience
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Is it a Catarrh Remedy or a Tonic
or is it Both
Some people call Peruna a great tonic Others refer to Peruna as a great catarrh
remedy
Which of these people are right Is it more proper to call Peruna a catarrh rem
edy than to call it a tonic
Our reply is that Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy Indeed there can
be no effectual catarrh remedy that is not also a tonic
In order to thoroughly relieve any case of catarrh a remedy must not only have a
specific action on the mucous membranes affected by the catarrh but it must have a
general tonic action on the nervous system
Catarrh even in persons who are otherwiso strong is a weakened condition of some
mucous membrane There must be something to strengthen the circulation to give
tone to the arteries and to raise tne vital forces
Perhaps no vegetable remedy in the world has attracted so much attention from
medical writers as HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS The wonderful efficacy of this herb
has been recognized many years and is growing in its hold upon the medical prof ession
When joined with CUBEBS and COPAIBA a trio of medical agents is formed in
Peruna which constitutes a specific remedy for catarrh that in the present state of medi
cal progress cannot be improved upon This action reinforced by such renowned tonics
as COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED
ought to make this compound an ideal remedy for catarrh in all its stages and locations
in the body
From a theoretical standpoint therefore Peruna is beyond criticism Tho use of
Peruna confirms this opinion Numberless testimonials from every quarter of the earth
furnish ample evidence that this judgment is not over enthusiastic When practical ex
perience confirms a well grounded theory the result is a truth that cannot be shaken
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Price 2 5c 50c r 100
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Sloans Treatise On The HorseSentFree
Address Dr Earl SSloanBostonMas
NO MORE MUSTARD PLASTERS TO BLISTER
THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER IRRITANT
CAPISICUM
VASELINE
EXTRACT OF THE CAYENNE PEPPER PLANT
A QUICK SURE SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR PAIN PRICE
15c IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES AT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS OR
BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF 1 5c IN POSTAGE STAMPS DONT WAIT
TILL THE PAIN COMES KEEP A TUBE HANDY
A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster and will not
blister the most deiicate skin The pain allaying and curative qualities of
the article are vonderful It will stop the toothache at once and relieve
Headache and Sciatica We recommend it as the best and safest external
counter irritant known also as an external remedy for pains in the chest
and stomach and all Rheumatic Neuralgic and Gouty complaints A trial
will prove what we claim for it and it will be found to be invaluable in the
household and for children Once used no family will be without it Many
people say it is the best of all your preparations Accept no preparation
of vaseline unless the same carries our label as otherwise it is not genuine
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la tho Mouth Coated
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TORPID LIVER They
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The tcstmony of thou
sands dur uc the past
Tear is thai the Canadian
West sthe best Wemt
Year by year the atcri
cu tnra returns have In
creased In volume and In
Tame and still the Cana
dian Government offers
lOO iicre FKEK to
every bona ride settler
nine of the Advantage
The phenomenal Increase in railway milaRe
main lines and nrancnes has putalmostevery por
tinn of the finmtry witlnn easy reach of cnurcbes
sohnus markets cheap fuel and every modern
Cf ivenionro
Ttc X1N ETY MILLION WHEAT CROP
of ibis year mfans SOJOUOtXJU to the farmers of
Western anada apart from the results of other
grains ind caitle
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what they are worth SEND FOR
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