A FRIEND’S
_ADVICE
Woman Saved From a Seri
ous Surgical Operation.
Louisville, Ky.—“For four years I
suffered from female troubles, head
aches, and nervousness. I could not
sleep, had no appetite and it hurt me to
walk. If I tried to do any work, I
would have to lie down before it was
_ _ » i nnt- _ j_
U1U0UCU. AUW UVV
tors said I would
have to be opera
ted on and I simply
broke down. A
friend advised me
to try Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound,
and the result is 1
feel like a new wom
an. I am well and
strong, do all my
own house work ana
J L-l_ • 1 T 1_ _
nave an eignt pouna DaDy girl. i Know
Lydia E. Pinkham’a Vegetable Com
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman dreads.” — Mrs.
Nellie Fishback, 1521 Christy Ave.,
Louisville, Ky.
Everyone naturally dreads tho sur
geon's knife Sometimes nothing else
will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound has saved
the patient and made an operation un
necessary.
If you have any symptom about which
you would like to know, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass., lor helpful advice given free.
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN
Children love Skinner'S Macaroni
and Spaghetti because of Its delicious
taste. It is good for them und you
ciiu give them all they want. It Is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. It is sent free to
mothers.—Adv.
Tipping Habit Strong.
A hotel proprietor in New York who
sets out to kill off tipping Jins about as
much chance of success ns did old
j King Canute when he ordered the deep
1)1 tie sea to chase itself away from his
royal brogans. Hear Copeiaud Town
send’s wail. He has announced that
despite signs asking patrons not to tip
bat boys the public persists in shunt
ing dimes the brigands’ way.
Some even got sore and wrote him
sarcastic letters that they could tip i‘
they pleased and intimated that it was
none of Ills business, so there you are.
Even waiters themselves have the
tipping habit. At a recent dinner a
hundred extra waiters were required
I and a room was given over where they
could check their hats and coats.
Every one of these waiters gave a
tip, despite the notice that it was not
required. In London there is a hotel
that has banned tipping successfully,
but Americans want to tip and they’ll
do 5t, b’gosh!
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make !t Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur>
iant and Remove Dandruff—Real
Surprise for You.
Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluf
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus
trous and beautiful as a young girl’s
after a “Danderine hair cleanse.” Just
try this—moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just a few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig
orates the scalp, forever stopping itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks’ use when you
will actually see new hair—fine and
downy at first—yes—but really now
hair—growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of it, surely get a 25 cent bottle of
Knowlton’s Danderine from any store
and just try it. Adv.
The Juvenile Artist.
Teacher—What is that you have
drawn on your slate, Elmer?
Elmer (aged seven)—A man, a wom
an, two children and a house.
Teacher—But I can see nothing ex
cept a house. Where are the man,
woman and the children?
Elmer—Oh, they have gone in the
house.
Sortie Consolation.
We are told that housewives can no
longer afford to servo cabbage. That's
too bad, of course—but how much bet
tor the boarding house of the future
is going to smell!
As we grow more sensible, we refuse
drug cathartics and take instead Nature’s
herb cure, Garfield Tea. Adv.
Nearly all men are suspicious and
nearly all women are superstitious.
svmw
yf.jpnm.uuu
•f wish to see Lady Vesdris Pendual.”
The soberly dressed little man looked
questlonlngly at the maid servant who
opened the door to him.
“Nobody of that name in the house,
sir.”
I "No? Tou surprise me,” he smiled,
then added: "However, as I am not
blind, I can see her at this very mo
ment playing tennis in the court.”
He pointed casually in the direction
' of the distant lawn.
"That is Miss Peggy Smith, sir. The
! gentleman she is playing with, being
the young master.”
| The little man coughed.
"Then, my good girl, would you have
the kindness to tell Miss Peggy Smith
that Mr. George Brent, solicitor to the
late earl of Porthawn, would like to
see her for a few minutes.”
[ The servant stared, then asking the
solicitor Into the house, she Bhowed
him into the drawing room and de
parted on her errand. Brent had not
long to wait, for ere many minutes
had elapsed, the door opened and a
pretty, winsome girl entered the room,
closely followed by the young fellow
whom the solicitor had seen playing
tennis with her.
“So you have found me at last, Mr.
Brent,' she remarked by way of greet
ing.
“’Uin, yes, my dear Lady Vesdris,”
replied the solicitor, I should be pleased
if you would accord me a few minutes'
private conversation—alone.”
"Well, we are alone, dear Mr. Brent,”
said Vesdris, smiling. “Bert being in
the room does not alter the fact for—
we, you see—we have no secrets from
each other."
"Ahem." The solicitor’s eyes twink
led more than ever. "Am I to under
stand. by that confession, that you are
engaged to this gentleman?”
‘‘Not yet,” replied Vesdris, hurriedly,
before Bertram Wilmot had time to get
a word in edgeways. "We—we”
she paused, then flushing hotly, said:
"What was it that you wanted to see
me alone for?"
'Ah, of course, I was forgetting the
object of my visit In the pleasure of
seeing you.” The smile died from his
lips, as he added, seriously. “It is my
pleasant duty to Inform you that my
late client, the earl of Porthawn, died
Intestate, and such being the case, you,
as his lordship’s only surviving relative,
inherit alike his estates In the duchy of
Cornwall and his fortune.” He paused;
then added: "The title, of course,
lapses, though It couid doubtless be re
vived, always supposing that you con
tracted a suitable marriage."
Vesdris laid a hand on the little
man’s arm.
“That, Mr. Brent, you know that I
should always do,” she said, smiling
into his eyes.
i urn ittr rrum uemg certain on
that point,” said the solicitor, a slight
note of testiness apparent In his voice.
"I remember the time when you told
me in all seriousness that you wanted
to marry the gardener's boy.”
"But that was when X used to Invite
you up to the schoolroom to tea with
my dolls, Mr. Brent.”
“Those were happy days. Vesdrls,
when I used to come and drink thim
blefuls of tea with you and listen to
the respective history of your dollies!
Eh? I little thought then that you
would ever have been thrown alone
on the hard world as Miss Peggy Smith.
Two years’ hard hunting it has taken
me to find you.”
“I knew that you would want me to
come to you, If I let you know of my
whereabouts.” Vesdris said softly, ’’I
did not want to be a burden on you,
for I thought that I could earn my own
living! Rather than do that X would
have accepted the hundred a year Un
cle Walter offered me, when he stepped
into everything at the death of my
poor father.” Her lips trembled omin
ously for a moment, then steadying, she
continued, “I have been very happy,
here. Everybody has been so kind to
me, and Bert has looked after me as
carefully as if I were his own sister.”
“Perhaps more so than If you were,”
said the solicitor dryly, adding briskly
as the young man colored awkwardly,
“well, I must be off now. I am due at
York at 2, and”
“But you will stay and have some
lunch,” said Wilmot, speaking for the
first time. ”1 know Peggy—er—lardy
Vesdris would”
“Thank you, but I am afraid I can
not. I have Just ten minutes In which
to get to the station.” The solicitor
spoke briskly. "Good bye! Of course,
you must leave here, little girl, at once,
and come up to town. You have a lot
of documents to sign before you can
enter possession of your own. I_et me
see, today Is Monday—I shall expect
you at my office not later that Tuesday
week. Good bye! Good bye! Remem
ber what I said about the title and
making a suitable marriage. As you
one of the biggest, ifnot the biggest,
heiresses in England, you have money
enough to revive It.” And so saying,
the busy little solicitor walked to the
door and out of the house.
Bert was standing by the window,
his hands thrust down Into his Jacket
pockets, gazing absent-mindedly out
Into space. So occupied, indeed, was
he in his own thoughts that he was
unaware of Vesdris’s presence till he
felt her hand lightly placed on his
shoulder.
“Bert,” she said, wistfully "you told
me this morning that you had some
thing to speak to me about.”
He turned to gaze at the girl beside
him In mute agony.
"Wont you tell me now what It was
you wanted to say to me, dear?”
“No, I am afraid that I cannot,” he
said hoarsely, as once again to turned
to look out of the window. ”1—I—to
tell you the truth, I—I forget what 1
was going to say.”
“Don’t tell a fib, Bert,” she said qui
etly, as putting her arm through his,
she laid her head upon his shoulder.
“You know really quite well whut you
were going to say. Won’t you tell me—
that is, if I really want to hear?”
"You—that is—I can never tell you
what I was going to say, now.”
“Why wont you tell me now, when
half an hour ago you were willing to?”
“Why?” He placed his hands on her
shoulders and looked straight into the
violet eyes raised half shyly to his. “A
great deal has happened in those thirty
minutes—and I wonder If you would
be angry with me. if—I said—that you !
have hardly been quite fair with me.”
"Why do you think that I have been '
unfair?"
”1 don’t know why I should have
said It,” he said, "unless It Is, that the
world has suddenly seemed to grow
cold und bitter to me,” he said abruptly. 1
his voice becoming oddly strained 1
“You came to us as Peggy Smith, 1
nearly two years ago, and as Peggy
Smith, I loved you! X”
"Cannot you see your way to love
Vesdris Pendual as much as you loved i
P*‘ggy Smith?" The faint flush man
ning her i hecks deepened into a furi
ous blush.
"It would not be honorable on my
part to tell her so. even if 1 did, and”
"Bui you have," she said, a ling of
triumph in her voice. "And now will
be honorable for you to tell Vesdrl*
Fendual that you lore her. when yot|
could do bo without dlsnonor to Peg
gy Smith?"
"Ah, little woman, cannot you under
stand?" he said fondly. "You are an
heiress, and one of the richest women
in England at that; whilst I—I ain
merely the son of a country squire,
with a few hundreds to call my own!
As Peggy I might huve found courage
to ask you to be”
He paused abruptly, to turn and gaze
anew out of the window.
"Yes. dear—to be what?" She
glanced up at his face pleadingly.
"Bert, to you I shall always be Peggy.
Don’t let money prove a barrier be
tween us! We have been so happy
together, and, Bert, tell me what yoq
were going to say?”
“Vesdris,” he lnterrputed hoarsely,
“do you know what you are saying?
Do you know that you are tempting
l me?”
"I want to tempt you, dear,” sha
said, as, laying her head on his should
er. she hid her tear-blurred eyes from
his view.
"Then Peggy darling—for I shall al
ways call you by the name I first
learned to love you under—will you
be my wife, dearest?"
Though tear-stained, it was a happy
face she raised to his, as she replied
simply:
“Bert, dear, I shall be the happiest
girl in the world If you will only huve
me?”
“If?” He pressed her closely lo him,
smothering her resistless lips with
hungry kisses. ’.’If? It will be more to
the point to say if Mr. Brent will let
me have you.”
"I am of age,” she said, mutinously.
"But somehow I don't think that he
will find there is a Just cause or Im
pediment why we should not marry,
dearest.”
Vesdris proved a propheress. Mr.
Bent did not, and when Peggy entered
Into her own, it was as I.ady Vesdris
Wilmot.
Too Bad to Lose.
“If I played such a part as Tom did,
I should lose my reputation.1'
“Well, I should think you'd be glad
to do so; you have the worst reputation
of any man in the company."
Teacher—What do they raise in New
Jersey?
Tommy—Trusts and mosquitoes.
A Russian Marriage Market.
Wolf von Schierbrand, in Harper's
Weekly: Perhaps the best known of
these Russian marriage markets is the
one which takes place annually at
Klul, near Moscow, and which has
Just been held with the usual success.
It occurs during the week of Epiphany
(Russian style), and all the young
women who wish to get married in
the course of the year are mustered
in a long row In the principal street
of that large and straggling country
town. In order lo make themselves
attractive to the young men who come
to see and admire them they wear
nearly ail their belongings on their
backs. Their finery does not consist
only of their best clothes, but it in
cludes a lot of old family trinkets.
?ometlmes valuable scarfs, cloaks and
urS, heavy silver jewelry atjd neck
laces, Jackets showing rows of prettily
clselated or filigree silver buttons, anil
many of the girls bring even their
linen and other domestic property
along with them in gaudily painted
cheats and trunks, sitting on them like
dragons watching a treasure.
After exposing themselves for hours
to the close scrutiny of the would-he
benedicts the girls march off in a pro
cession to church, there to perform at
the shrine of some saint particularly
potent in procuring connubial bliss,
such as St. Chrysostom and St. X'iu
•/.an/.en. worshipful prayers. On the
way to church It is not only permissi
ble but good form for fbe young men
to follow and accost one or the other
of the girls in the way of conversation.
If any two of the voung people think
they suit one another a formal visit
is paid by the intended groom to the
parents But before the ac tual mar
riage is arranged a number of Inter
views takes place between the re
spective parents, every item of the
trousseau being exuded beforehand
And noted down as part of the bride's
«o\v ry.
A resolution providing for the regis
tration of union labels lias been intro
duced in the Canadian parliament a/
I Green’s
[August Flower!
When the stomach and liver are In
' good working order, in ninety-nine
cases out of every hundred general
good health prevails.
Green’s August Flower has proven a
blessing and has been used all over the
civilized world during the last fifty odd
years. It is a universal remedy for
weak stomach, constipation and nerv
ous indigestion. A dull headache, bad
taste in the mouth in the morning, or
that “tired feeling” are nature’s warn
ings that something is wrong in the
digestive apparatus. At such times
Green’s August Flower will quickly i
correct the difficulty and establish a
normal condition. At all druggists* or
dealers’, 25c and 75c bottles.
I Green’s 1
[August Flower]
1 1 ■ ■ -
Rats Are Dangerous
Kill Them By Using
STEARNS’
ELECTRIC PASTE
U. S. Government Buys It
SOLD EVERYWHERE — 25c and $1.00
HI II rBT LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED
BLAIR K^#,LACKLEemt*
fresh, reliable; i
fl| W"* preferred by'
■ Bfl flf V western stock*
B „ men, because they \
protect where other
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Tf Write for booklet and testimonials. .
10-due pkg. Blackleg Pills, $1.00
50-due pkg. Blackleg Pills, $4-00
Use any injector, but Cutter’s simplest and strongest.
The superiority of Cutter products is due to over 15
years of specializing in VACCINES AND SERUMS
ONLY. INSIST ON CUTTER S. If unobtainable,
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PARKER’S
. „ HAIR BALSAM _
▲ toilet preparation of merits
Helps to eradicate dandruff. 4
For Restoring Color and
Baauty to Gray or Faded Hair.
60c. and $1.06 at Druggist*.
Avoid operations. Positive Liver A btomach remedy
(No Oil)—Results sure; homo remedy. Write today.
f Gallstone Remedy Co., Dept. W-7,219 S, Dearborn St.,Chicago
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Exaa Copy of Wrapper.
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For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
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Get This Good Book
“Health and How to Have It” tells import
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is clean, concise, and scientific. It tells
you why you drag along uncomfortable
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If it doesn’t appeal to you, you are not under obliga
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It’s yours for the asking. If your druggist can’t give you a copy, write
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The Peruna Company, Colnmbua, Ohio
Fixing the Time.
Bill (coming to after a shell has hit
his (logout)—Have 1 hen long uncon
scious, William?
William—Oh, a gooilish hit. Bill.
Bill—What do you call a "goodish
hit,” William?
William—Well, a longlsh time. Bill.
Bill—Well, what's that white on the
hill? Is it snow or daisies?
SKIN TORTURES
That Itch, Burn and Scale Quickly Re
lieved by Cuticura—Trial Free.
It takes about ten minutes to prove
that a hot bath with Cuticura Soap
followed by gentle applications of
Vuticura Ointment will afford relief
and point to speedy healrnent of
eczemas, itchings and irritations. They
jre Ideal for all toilet purposes.
Free sample each by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cnticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
A woman always thinks she is bet
ter than other women mid a man
thinks lie's no worse than other men.
Anuric cures Backache, Lumbago,
Rheumatism. Send 10c. Dr. V. M. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y., for large trial package.—
Adv.
The prune crop of the whole state
of California is valued at $0,500,000.
Garfield Tea, by purifying the blood,
eradicates rheumatism, dyspepsia bnd
many chronic ailments. Adv.
A danger signal has been devised to
w arn of overhead perils.
Uric Acid!
Ever since the discovery of Scheele in
1775 that uric acid was found within the
body—most eminent physicians agree
that rheumatism is caused by it; also
many distressing symptoms as head
ache, pain in back, stomach distress,
swollen feet and ankles, gout, etc.
It was Dr. Pierce of the Invalids’ Hotel,
Buffalo, N.Y., who discovered a new agent
— called Anuric, a harmless remedy
that if taken before meals will carry off
the uric acid from the system and in
this way the pains and aehes, the creaky
joints and all the distressing symptoms
of rheumatism and other maladies dis
appear* You can easily prove this your
self, by obtaining Anuric at almost any
drug store, or send Dr. Pierce 10c. for
trial package. Try it and be convinced
that Anuric is many times more active
than lithia and eliminates uric acid as hot
water melts sugar.
Husband’s Qualities.
Agrics—The ostrich doesn't see much
and digests everything.
Grace—What an ideal husband.
Glass is now made so as to be prac
tically unbreakable.
You can cure
that cold in a
day. Take—
CASCARAgQUININt
The old family remedy-in tablet
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opiates—no unpleasant after effects.
Cures colds in 24 hours—Grip in 3
days. Money back if it falls. Get
the genuine box with Red Top
and Mr, HiU’s picture on it—25 cents.
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HUE B IIilk without pain or a sur
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I WITHIN THE REACH of every woman—
I health and strength. They’ra
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tho chronic weakenesses, de
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up, strengthen, and invlgorat®
every "run-down’’ or delicate
woman. It regulates and as
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At somo period In her life,
a woman requires a special
tonic and nervine.
If you’re a tired or afflicted
| woman turn to " Favorito
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never fails to benefit.
Sold in tablet or liquid form.
You will escape many ills and clear up
tho coated tongue, the sallow complexion,,
tho dull headache, the lazy liver, if you.
will take a pleasant laxative made up of
the May-apple, juice of the leaves of
aloes, root of jalap, and called "Pleasant
Pellets.” You can obtain at drug store
these vegetable pellets in vials for 25c.—
ask for Ur. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The Quinine That Does Not,
Cause Nervousness or
Ringing in Head
Because of its Tonic and Laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININE can be taken by anyone without causing nervousness
or ringing in the head. It removes the cause of Colds, Grip and
Headache. Used whenever Quinine is needed.
—but remember there is OraSy One
“Bromo Quinine”
■ Thai is the Original
Laxative Bromo Quinine
is open to you—to every farmer or farmer s son
who is anxious to establish for
himself a happy home and
prosperity. Canada’s hearty
invitation this year is more attractive
than ever. Wheat is much higher but
her fertile farm land just as cheap, and
in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskat
chewan and Alberta "i
180 Acre Homesteads Are Actually Fret to Settlers
and Other Land Seld nt tram $15 to $20 per Acre
The great demand for Canadian Wheat will
keep up the price. Where a farmer can get
This Signature on Every Box
Ummd tho World Ovsr to
Cura a Cold o tZ v*
In Ona Day. ■XOCa
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Canada’s Liberal Offer of
Wheat Land to Settlers
near ior wneat ana raise l\j to ouwicm w
the acre he is bound to make money - that’s
what you can expect in Western Canada. Won
derful vielda also of Oats. Barley and Fla*.
Mixed Farming in Western Canada is fully as
profitable an industry as grain raising.
The excellent grasses, full of nutrition, are the only
food required either for beef or dairy purposes,
flood schools, churches, markets convenient, climate
excellent. Military service Is not compulsory in
Canada but there is au unusual demand for farm
labor to replace the many young men who have
volunteered for the war. Write lor literature and
particulars as to reduced railway ratqa to Supt. of
Immigration, Ottawa, Can., or to
M. J. Jokmtoae, Drawer 1»7. Watertown. S. D.i
W. V. Benrett, Room «. B«e Building., Otaahi. Neb.,
ud R. A. Garrett, 311 Jeckion Street, St. Patel. Mtnn.