H ■ Owe Their Health To I Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound — overshadowing S indeed is the success of this great medicine. Compared with I it, all other medicines for women’s ills seem to be experiments. I Why is it so successful ? Simply because of its sterling worth* a For over forty years it has had no equal. Women for two I generations have depended upon it with confidence. $ Thousands of Their Letters are on our files, which prove these statements to be facts not mere boasting. I Here Are Two Sample Letters: 1 Mother and Daughter Helped. Middleburg, Pa.—“I am glad to state that Lydia E. Pinkham’a VegetableCompounddidmemuch good when I was 35 years old. I was run down wi th female trouble and was not able to do anything, could not walk for a year and could not work. I had treatment from a physician but did not gain. I read in the papers and books about Lydia E Pinkham’s Vege table Compound and decided to try it IWfirst few bottles gave me relief and I kept on using it until I got better and was able to do my work. The Vegetable Com poundalso regulated my daughter when she was 15 years old. I can recommend Vegetable Compound as the best medicine I have ever used.”—Mrs. W. Yerger, R. 3, Box 21, Middleburg, Pa. rail River, Maas. — “Three years ago I gave birth to a little girl ana after she was born I did not pick up well. I doctored for two months and my condition re mained the same. One day one of your little books was left at my door and my husband sug gested that I try a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound. I started it immediately and I felt better and could eat |! better after the first bottle, and I continued taking it for some time. Last year I gave birth to a baby boy and had a much easier time as I took the Vegetable Compoundfor four months before baby came. On getting up I had no pains like I had before, and no dizziness, and in two weeks felt §, about as well as ever.”—Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson, 363 Colum bia Street. Fall River. Mass. DON’T LET THAT COUGH CONTINUE! Spohn's Distemper Compound will knock it in very short time. At the first sign of a cough or cold in your horse, give a few doses of "SPOHN’S.” It will act on the glands, eliminate the disease germ and prevent furth er destruction of body by disease. "SPOHN’S" has been the standard remedy for DISTEMPER, INFLUENZA, PINK EYE, CATARRHAL FEVER. COUGHS and COLDS for a quarter of a century. 60 cents and $1.15 per bottle at ail drug stores. SPOHN MEDICAL COMPANY. Goahen. Ind. MARTHA JANE A DIPL0MA1 Even Stern Mamma Couldn’t Den; She Had Obeyed the Strict Letter of the Law. Martha June’s sweet tooth had bee) Indulged «o much that her mother hn< Issued the decree, “No more candy, and the reminder of the box hat been relegated to the top shelf. 1 few days ago It was brought down aut judiciously apportioned to Marthi Jane, for whom a taste spelled more und even a second taste did not sat isfy. When her mother saw her abou to take a third helping she remarked emphatically: "Now, don’t let me see you take an oilier piece.” Presently Mrs. S- was callet from the room, and when she retumet sin* found her four-year-oid daughte: in the farthest corner of the couch hastily making way with a nice, plum] chocolate cream. “Martha Jane,” said her mother, li her sternest tones, “didn’t I tell yot not to let me see you take anothei piece of candyT” “1 know you did, mother,” said th< little diplomat, “but I took this on< while you were gone.” Relic of Roman Occupation. Digging in Stepney, London, a workman unearthed a Roman burial ora containing human bones supposed to lie nearly two thousand years old. m CLOSE STUDENTS OF NATURE ' Examination Papers Proved That Pu pils Must Have Made Keen Ob servations of Their Subjects. i A nature study and biology tenehei I sent the Nature Study Review the ’ following from her pupils’ papers, re. I garding their observation and conclu , sions in the domain of nature: I “Organic matter is when you have i something the matter with your or , gans.” “Five devices by which seeds are : scattered are wind, water, explosion, , torn up, taken out and thrown away.” “Tb«H|ie<'ullars of an insect are some . of them bring diseases, others destroy food, suck the blood, spoil the flowers, I lay eggs and kill babies.” I “The grasshopper, when he walks, ■ either jumps or hops.” “The jaws of a grasshopper move i east and west.” “A larva Is an unfinished animal.” i - i Fact. "Before I unchain the dog, an swer me this: Are you one of these f here bolshevik!?” “No, madam; I’m Just a plain hobo or bum." "In that case, here’s a piece of pie.” —Philadelphia Bulletin. A woman derives more satisfaction from the things she suspects than from what she Is sure of. 1111. I One Trial I of Grape-Nuts will do more than many words to convince you of the goodness of this wheat and barley food. But it’s worth saying that Grape Nuts contains all the nutriment of the grains, is ready to eat, requires no sugar and there’s no waste. 1 Grape-Nuts is a Builder < THE NEWER COLONISTS. What is to become of the old Ameri can stock is a very serious question. Furthermore, it Is one which cannot be put aside for consideration at a later day. A federal official located in Chicago has a chart prepared for the purposes of his office which shows that two thirds of the Chicago population were either bora abroad or are the children of parents born abroad. Hut. some one replies, the Chicago population is not a fair sample of an American population. The children’s bureau of the depart ment of labor reports that 65.2 per cent, of the population of Saginaw. Mich., is made up of two classes—foreign born and the children of the foreign born. In Manchester, N. H.. the percentage is 77. However, in a rural county in Kansas, it is only 23 per cent. Since 1880 nearly 24.000.000 immigrants have come Into the United States. Fur thermore, among these groups the birth rate is high, while It is low among all other populations, including the Irish, Hermans, and Scandinavians who came here prior to 1S80. I am not saying that the stock of the foreign born is not good. There is much to be said on both sides of that ques tion. My contention is that the old American stock is passing away. It Is up to the members of that stock to de cide w’hether the tendency should be remedied and how. The department of economics and soci ology recently published the results of an investigation of the families of un dergraduates in Mount Holyoke college. More than 99 per cent of these students were native born, while 82 per cent were pative born of native parents. Informa tion was obtained as to the families of 620 students, the great majority of old American stock, The inquiry revealed the number of children of their own mothers, grand mothers, and great-grandmothers. The average number of children in the fami lies of the great-g#ndmothers was 6.19, of the grandmothers 5.09, of the mothers 3.15. If a similar decrease should take place for another tw'o generations the average number of children would be less than 1. To maintain the family stock an average of almost four chil dren to the family 1b required. The students at Holyoke were selected for study because they are drawn from typ ical familiess In the main of old Ameri can stock. If anything the average number of children to the family among the native stock is less than 3.16. We recall the study of birth rate among the Mayflower descendants published a few years ago. As far back as 1870 the director of the census warned the American people of a dangerous downward tendency In the birth rate. . _ In 1880 the director repeated his warn ing. making the statement that in cer tain sections of the country the birth rate of the old native stock was not high enough to maintain the stock. Since that time the birth rate among the racial groups coming mno -- and 1S80 has likewise fallen. Making of a Friend. We nodded as we passed each day And smiled and went along our way; I knew his name, and he knew mine. But neither of us made a sign That we possessed a common tie; We barely spoke as we passed by. How fine he was I never guessed The splendid soul within his breast I never saw. From me was hid The manly kindly deeds he did. His gentle ways I didn't know Or I’d have claimed him long ago. Then trouble came to me one day And he was first to come and say The cheering words I longed to hear. He offered help, and standing near I felt our lives in sorrow blend, ljly neighbor had become my friend. How many smiles from day to day I’ve missed along my narrow way; How many kindly words I've lost, What joy has my lndife.rence cost! This glorious friend that Now I know. Would have been friendly years ago. The bud but very little shows To tell the beauty of the rose, And him we greet In passing by With scare a nod, the day we Blgh May blossom as the storms descend With all the beautfy of a friend. —Kdgar A. Guest, In the Rotarian. Undue Speculative Activity. From the New York Journal of Com merce. Feverish "boosting” of prices on the stock exchange, followed by equally un warranted and sudden reactions with "bear raids,” alternating with "manip ulation” to advance prices, have again been renewed and brokerage houses are once more forecasting a period of easier money with relaxation on the part of the banking authorities designed to per mit greater speculative activity. It Is announced that the public is again back in the market, and that what appears to be likely to be a new "boom” is under way. It is to be hoped that these manifesta tions are only temporary and that they do not represent the attitude of any responsible section of the financial com munity. There has been a mushroom growth of speculators and speculative operations during the past two or three years and operators who have profited by the excited movements of stocks are loath to let go until they have extracted the last possible dollar of profit through the manipulation of •qprlcea. Spring’s Ballet. “ When Spring rolls up the curtain Of rainbow bordered showers. Upon her stage of vernal green Appear the dancing flowers; The daffodil In yellow, The violet In blue. The velvet pansy cherishing An amulet of dew. In tints of palest purpls And azure, white and gold And every shade of dainty pink The crocuses unfrtd, like rows of Incandescent! That fairy fingers string Across thi lawn—the footlights Of the ballet of the spring) —Minna Irving, - > known to the majority of people, • • - ■ but which are of great Interest on «• ■ • account of their freakish nature - » • - Word deafness and word blind- • • ■ > ness, are two rare diseases. In - • - - which in the first Instance the pa- > > -. tlent is able to hear all sounds ex- ■ • < ■ cept spoken words, and In the lat- ■ ■ - • ter to see everything and be able < > A to spell and yet cannot read. - > •. Arlthraomanla—the medical name «» -» for another diseas»-ls full of in- - • - > tercet In this the patient has the ■ - - ■ Irresistible Impulse to count a cer- • • - > tain number of times before do- - • - - lng anything. One case recorded - ■ - - Is of a girl who had to tap on the • ■ - ► edge of the bed nine times before - • - ► getting into It; 100 times before - ■ <► brushing her teeth; to knock - - - - three times on a window by the < ■ - - side of tho dgor, and a similar '.. A number of times on the door Itself A - ► before she would unlock ltl A t .♦ fctttft + ijkff Hi* Winning Way. "It’s wonderful how much feellnp can he expressed tn the tones of tin human voice,’’ said the studious per son. "The same thought occurred to tut only yesterday," said Mr. Gadspur "while I was listening to n candidate harangue.” “What was he talking about?" "He was pleading with tlie voteri to call him ’Bill.’ ’’—Birmingham Age Herald. For true blue, use Red Cross Ball Blue. Snowy-white clothes will be sure to result. Try it and yon will al ways use It. All good grocers have it His Interpretation. Mortland Jones, the five-year-old son of Rev. Rhys Price Jones, pastor of the First Presbyterian church tn Franklin, refused to sing "America" with the rest of the members of the primary class lu Sunday school. When questioned he gnv’e as his reason the line of the song, "Land where my fathers died." “My futlier didn’t die." he said, “and I won't sing It.”—In dianapolis News. Thmk what that means to you in ,.*pw,7(4 R. A. Gtrrstt, 311 Jsckws Stmt. Su Psal. Mias. Canadian Government Agents. I Your New I Home should be made artistic, sanitary and livable. These walls should be Alabastined in the latest, up-to-the-minute nature color tints. Each room should reflect your own individuality and the treatment throughout be a complete perfect harmony in colors. The wall* of the old home, whether mansion or cottage, can be made just as attractive, just a* sanitary, through the intelligent use of Instead of kalsomine or wallpaper How much better, when you have a new home, to rtart right than to have to correct errors afterward from former treatment with other materials, when you come to the use of Alabastine, as does nearly every one sooner or later. Once your walls are Alabastined you can use any material over it should you desire, but having used Alabastine you will nave no desire for any other treatment. Alabastine is so easy to mix and apply — so lasting in its results — so absolutely sanitary — and so generally recognised as the proper decorative material in a class by itself that it is becoming difficult to manufacture fast enough to supply the demand. LAlabastine is a dry powder, put up in five-pound packages, white and beautiful tints, ready to mix and use by the addition of cold water, and with full directions on each package. Every package *f genuine Alabaettne has cross and circle printed m red. Better write ua for hand-made color deaigna and special ausgeationa. Give ua your decorative problem* and let ua help you work them out. ALABASTINE COMPANY Grand Rapids • • Michigan* No Smoking Allowed. "Did you tell her that smoking Isn't allowed?” "Yes.” "Did you point out the notice?” “Yes.” “Well, what did she do?” “Lit her cigarette with It.”—Tit Bits. Marriage Is a gamble when there is money back of it. Guarding His Own. The Patient—Ten dollars for ex tracting that tooth? Lucky I didn’t take gas. The Dentist—Why? The Patient—’Cause I have another $10 bill in my vest that you might have found. A woman Isn’t necessarily ar art ist’s model when she poses as a hero ine. Acid Stomach Makes the Body Sour Nine Out of Ten People Suffer From It It sends its harmful acids snd gases all over the body, instead of health and strength. Day and night this ceaseless dam age goes on. No matter how strong, its victim cannot long withstand the health destroying effects of an acid stomach. • Good news for millions of sufferers. Chemists have found a sure remedy—on* that takes the acid up and carries it out of the body; of course, when the cause it removed, the sufferer gets well. Bloating, indigestion, sour, acid, gassy stomach miseries all removed. This is proven by over half a million ailing folks who have taken EATONIC with wonder ful benefits. It can be obtained from any druggist, who will cheerfully refund its trifling cost if not entirely satisfactory. Everyone should enjoy its benefits. Fre quently the first tablet gives relief. We Have FARMS of All Sizes in MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, DAKOTA. Customers for all prices. CONSULT US before buying or selling. LARSON LAND AGENCY X450 T«mpl« Court . MINNEAPOLIS Film# and Photo Supplies Finishing for Amateurs Enlarging Prices on application - ZIMMERMAN BROS., EASTMAN KODAK CO. 60S Pierce St., Sioux City, Iowa 100 a. Farm on Fine Highway, 4 mi. from R. R. 36 a. under plow. Clay loam noil. Bldgs, worth f3,000. $2,600 personal prop'ty. $9,000. Brush-McWUllams Co., Antigo. Wls. Iowa Improved Farms, Chickasaw, Adjoin ing Cos. Direct from owners. $176 to $225 a. Agts. Wtd. Reilly Bros., New Hampton, la. 40,000 Young Men, Women Wanted; lifetime govt, positions. Ry. mail clerks, letter car riers, listing, tiling, dept, clerks, etc. Course $10. O’Brien School. J19 9. Dearborn,Chicago. We Buy and Sell banks and any other busi ness, large or small. Excellent opportuni ties. Interstate Bus. Exch., Sioux City, Iowa, Easy. ‘‘I wish I knew how to make a bar rel of money?” sighed the little mad. “That’s easy,” replied the big man. “Spend a half barrel of money in ad vertising and you'll soon have a barrel of money.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Another Royal Suggestion DOUGHNUTS and CRULLERS From the New Royal Cook Book Doughnuts made the doughboy happy during the war and no won der. There is nothing more wholesome and delightful than doughnuts or crullers rightly made. Their rich, P golden color and appetizing aroma will create an appe tite quicker than anything else in the world. J Here are the famous dough nut and cruller recipes from the New Royal Cook Book. % Doughnut* I tabieapoona a hortening H cup sugar leg* % cup milk ttsaepoon nutmeg 1 taaspoon salt t cups flour 4 teaspoons Royal Baking p I Powder Cream shortening; add augar and well-beaten egg; sUr in milk; add nutmeg, salt, flour and baking powder which hare been sifted together and enough ad ditional flour to make dough stiff enough to roll. Roll out on floured board to about M Inch thick; cut out Fry in deep fat hot enough to brown a piece of I broad In W seconds. Drain on unglaxed paper and sprinkle with powdered augar. Afternoon Tea Donghnnts 4 tablespoons sugar V teaspoon salt S % teaspoon grated nutmeg ROYAL * BAKING POWDER I Absolutely Purs \ 1 tablespoon* shorts nine 0 tablespoons milk t 1 cups flour S teaspoons Royal Bakins Powder j ‘ Beat eggs until rery light; add sugar, salt, nutmeg and melted shortening; add milk, and flour and baking powder which have been sifted together; mix well. Drop by teaspoons Into deep hot fat and fry until brown. Drain well on unglased paper end sprinkle lightly with pow dered sugar. Crullers 4 tablespoons shortening 1 cup sugar 1 JegJrs 3 cups flour 1 1 teaspoon cinnamon 14 teaspoon salt j t 3 teaspoons Royal Baking Pow der J i 14 cup milk | Creani shortening; add sugar gradually and beaten eggs; sift togsther flour, cinnamon, salt and baking powder; add one half and mix well; add milk and remainder of dry Ingredients to make soft dough. Roll out on floured board to about 14 Inch thick and cut Into strips about 4 Inches long and 14 Inch wide; roll In handa and twist each strip and bring ends togethar. Fry In deep hot fat. Drain and roll In powdered sugar. | FREE * New Royal Cook Book con taming these and scores of .dellfhtful recipes. Writs for it TODAY. BO YAL BAKING PO WD KB OO. ) US Fulton StrMt ' § Now York Oitf i J I “Bake with Royal and he Sure99 »•—-- .... -»---_