jf$IX MONTHS I : t COULD HOT WORK K Lydia E. Pickham’s Vegetable ~ w Compound Made Me Strong and Able to Work—I Recommend It To All My Friends. Bayonne, N. J. —“I had pains in back and legs so that I could not stand caused ' by female trouble. I felt so tired all the time, had bad head aches, and for six months I could not work. I was treat ed by a physician and took other re medies but got no [| relief. A friend told me about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound and _t h a s helped me very much. I am i ell and strong and now able to do my work. I cannot thank you enough and I recommend your medicine to my friends who are sick.’’-Mrs. Susie Sacatansky, 26 East 17th St., Bayonne, N. J. It must be admitted by every fair minded, intelligent person, that a medi cine could not live and grow in popular ity for over forty years, and today hold a record for • eucn wonderful success »s does Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, without possessing great virtue and actual worth. Such med icines must be looked upon and termed l oth standard and dependable by every thinking person The Thinnest Thing. The', thinnest thing In nature is the Mack spot that appears on a bubble 1 '.'ore it bursts. That black spot 1* flit- center of a number, usually five, of eoaeenti'ic rings on the skin of the bubble, which form as the skin weak ens. The thickness of these rings de creases by regular steps toward the center, and there the bubble Is so thin that It cannot reflect light, and there fore appears black. It is about seven molecules thick. But mica lias been split by mail into layers only one > • ' cult' thick. A Polite (Fiction. "‘Are lawyers truthful?” “In tlie nature >df things they can't Bie.” “Why not?” “Aren’t they .yijhvnys nihlress'lng the •‘intelligent gentlemen of the Jury’?”— Birmingham Age-Tie raid. MOTHER! - ; i '‘California Syrup of Figs”1 ChileTs Best Laxative -1 ' I .Accept ■^California” Syrup of FStg* i«nl.v—look rtor the name California ua the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most hanit i less, physic for the lltt&a stomach, liver -and bowels. Children love its fruity ■taste. Kali directions.on each bottle. ••XoiU: oiust.say “California.”—Adv. .There is mere action An an ounce of ;k|tten than, JUi a ton of .elephant. The man with horse .sense knows ■.when to say-nay. Find tie Cause! lit fm!4 right ;to drag alo^g feeling onisanblc—half ««k. Find pi* what is waking .&M1 feel m badly anti try to cnsreat .’it. Perhaps your kidneys are causing -that throbbing backache or tlhoue ebatP. subbing P*m«. Y«i may haste morning lameneee, too, heafcxchee, diasycpelleftkd irregular kidney action. I’m jBeOff’S (Sidney foils. They leave helped 4bou*apdi of aikog folks. Ask s yew neighbor 1 ASufiOdioti Cute , Mrs. A P. Tla. _if erl ey, Belle our eh e, 8. D„ gays: "Swnettmes I ®ad such terrible « States In my back I Would sink right ■i low*. My kidneys J fane very weak - arid Madder trouble J bothewrd me. After using different «em edlee without g»t thig someone told me aboet * Doan's Klgney Pills. Btx boxes re lleved me of the backache, etreegth ened my kidneys and I felt like aMlf Cerent woman." \ Cat Desk's at Aay Store, 60b a Bea ; DOAN'S V.11V i TOSTO.M1LBUWI CO-. BUFFALO, N. Y. (National Crop Improvement Service.] WHEN the commission mad on any grain exchange first examines the grain samples which have _ been fur nished him by the state Inspec tion department, taken from cars on track and consigned to him for sale, he immediately proceeds to check the grade which has been put upon It. The sample usually comes to him In a paper sack. He first plunges his hand deep into the sack, and so ex perienced is he that by the feeling of it he can tell almost exactly the percentage of moisture contained. He then spreads It out on his palm and examines It for dirt, weed seeds and blighted kernels. Then taking a double handful he sticks his nose In It, taking a long and judicial sniff, which tells him whether the grain la moldy or out of condition. [ He then takes his little bran shale, the bucket of which Is so proportioned that It will give the exact weight per bushel. The federal grades are exactly, stipulated so that each of these Items Is given In fractions of per cents. If the commission man be lieves that the sample will grade one notch higher he Immediately calls for a resampling, and In Chi cago the board of trade main tains a resampling department for the purpose, and other exchanges have a similar department In this way the commission man always protects hi* country cus tomers. It is his Job to sell that car for all he possibly can, and his • success depends upon his skill and ability as a grain Judge and sales man. He knows that If he doe* not get the highest market pric$ the farmer’s elevator which shipped him the car will find a more capa ble salesman. War or Peace. From the Indianapolis News (Republ:can.) Choice between the League of Nations and no league is a choice be tween certain war within the lifetime of this generation and the chance of permanent peace. Since 1800 we have had the American Civil war, the Dar' ■'■. war, the war between Prussia and Austria, the Pranco-Prussian > i Re :so Turkish war, the war between China and Japan, the Russo *• v :u”, our war with Spain, the South African war and the great -j mention only the wars of importance. France and Italy - Africa, and there have been fierce struggles in Greece and i i tio years there have been 10 wars—not counting the minor e every pi* years. reason whatever to hope for anything better in the next something positive, and wholly new, is done to stop this ithout. a League of Nations there will inevitably be a re balance of power system, with its shifting and uncertain < t treaties. ..nd its International suspicions and jealousies - . ; of which tlu world war was born. It is this system which those a - k.iguo and those who favor it wish to destroy, Mb. prvfdiets sov hat we shall almost certainly he Involved In the next Jxropoan war. President Wilson was quite right when h© said that under such ^Conditions neutrality would be tor us an impossible role. The Hague arrangement has been /tried and has failed. It has failed ss completely that Wen Senator Harding proposes to "put teeth" In it, which means, if it nseisns anything, thaA he would be willing to '’Send ooir boys abroad to fight” Kor as has been/ssid, the only teeth that ace good tor any thing are those that bite. Yet tike league is objected t© because it con itemplatos that possible use ofyPorce—or ’»Seeth.’’ The Judgement of ah ing to do tn the face of tarn ■great emergency ? To do nothing Is to insure the continuance of those very conditions under which *! wars ©charred in «0 years, and to make probable aitather-great war'ia which hurnfireds of thousands of Americans, many of ‘them now in theirtsnadles, may Ikave to be Ifed Into the great war machine—kind the/next war, *t>out which people are even now talking, and against ■which our* go veil' mnU y s preparing at enormous cost, will be fright ful beyflpit all imagination. Here, then, is an instrument Which the wisest men of «sd! naUons believe will be «®ective in preventing war. It is the best offered for adoption. Wai the America* people reject it? Hare they t*ke'the chance? RsKiier they -should demand that the whole power of the ^western hemisphere, including the enormous strength of the great republic, be put into the league. Dt may be that we have reached a turn ing ixrtat in civilization. Even now men are demanding that the Yersaillea 4 treaty 'he modified in the interest of 'Germany, though the effoet of such modifl-mtions would be greatly to increase her war power. The treaty was designed to destroy that power. A vote against the league is a vote for war anil for heavily increased armaments as an insurance—which does not insure—against it. Tennyson asked: "Have we risen from out the beast, then! back Into the beast again?" The question is not simply political—if is rorral and religious. ___-_ W-bcn Feminism Was Flanked. From the St. Louis Post-Dispancb Whe 1 the history of the men of l*e 20th century is written, the name of Us* Williams, of Gillespie, Macoupin count*', 111., U S. A., will loom large. The faith ful chronicler will tell how Osa, in man’s darkest hour, with the she-homos In toe saddle and riding hard, led the way to , the blight and showed how even men might still be of some use on the earth. It "Kill be recorded that In September, 1S20, while the women politicians of Ma - coupin county were mobilized at the county fair contriving the complete sub jugation of man, Osa Williams executed a masterly flanking movement and gained the domestic science position and there entrenched himself and showed all -men how they could rehabilitate theta selves by doing the things the women had left undone, in order to do the things that the men had always drag. Osa Williams is a bachelor. And • >baker. Not the professional kind. Strict ly a,gentleman amateur. He is a homo body and bakes only for his own pleas ure. When ho discovered that the women had left off baking to run the country, he invaded the baking field with six cakes and several different kinds of bread , and at last accounts he was cap turing the blue ribbons like a skirted vet eran of the'bake pans. It Is too soon to estimate the far reaeblng effects of the baking of Osa Williams, of Gillespie, Macoupin county, but It cannot be doubted that In the fu ture when the tale la told of how the men escaped complete extinction in the flood «f feminism in the early part of the 20th century. Osa Williams and his roll ing pin and bake pans will get their due. ‘Potatoes Prove It. Irmas (Collier's Weekly. Potato nateer* in Michigan have sprouted a good idea Hot only that, but they've planted It and made It grow. It is an Idea cahed .co-operation. Three i years ago these Mlchlgese found their i business ww# Jeopardlxed by the uncer tainties of the local market, and they met together and organised the Michigan Potato Fix change. fit Is composed of local potato growers’ associations, the • members of which market their crop, collectively, through the central organi sation. No potatoes are bought by the exchange There to no attempt to hold op or to regulate the market In any manner save through timely delivery of the crop The fanner delivers his crop to hto local association and to paid for it Mftar It has been sold. Having no capital invested In the crop, the ex change cannot be put out of business by a sudden slump in the market or by competition, fair or unfair. It regulates the quality of the product it places on the market, god Its word stands behind ihsry carload li-shipe. All sales of po tatdruf of the tODie grade are pooled, and each farmer receives, for the same quaiiW\pf stuff, exactly t$e etwne price that bto k^gblwiuicccixg* _a-. ii. -——4k -OfeS*5®* - —vrsii There were 27 local association* in tin exchange ithree yours ago. There are 9 now. It 'has added at least 15 cents i bughel to the average price reecived b) the growers, on the one hand, whil giving tile consumer hotter quality at no increased prlc*. on the other. Farmers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Colo rado have oopled the Michigan plan daring the past year. Farmers in other states are making inquiries. Oe-operatian of this character will not solve our whole agricultural problem, not 'by a bushel, but It Is one of tha things that farmers may be doing while endeavoring to bring about a general reorganization of fanning conditions. “O i aarmamant." •‘Put up the. sword!" The voice of Christ once more Speaks, in the pauses of the cannons roar, O’er fields of com by fiery sickles reaped And left dry ashes; over trenches heaped ’With nameless dead; o'er cities starving slow m Under a rain of fire; through wards of Down which a groaning diapason runs From tortarad brothers, husbands, lov rri, soap Of desolat# Women in their far-off homwfc Waiting to tear the step that never comes! O men and toptea, let that voice te heard! War fall, try poaoa; put up that useless sword! —John Onenleaf Whittier. Hope Far “Wets." From aprlngflald Republican. The New Jersey fimar Dealers’ Pro tective League, meeting 1In Atlantic city, received In stupefied alienee the news that Governor «px and In North Da kota that he womdaft Interfere with the lMh amendment and tea always voted “dry” when the opportunity offered— New York Tribune. founded. But thogr Bsqr gab a Harding highball If the Cte oockfall fads ttem. It was Senator tending who announced, after voting so Hines teg “wet" poltetao since 1915. that te WHred reimbursing the Hquer trade for ail Its loss through prohibition. Compensation Is a potiap that can always be brought forward and It would duet, perhaps, not mors than P wfi Up For Fair Candidates, Wtam the Grand Rapids Praia. Wo win vote. «ald we firmly on wa tering the primary booth, for any de serving young woman candidate wte will corns out like a man and show us her ears. Extra wd’n’ry. Fram Punch (London). An witling report reaches us [ream Yorkshire, tt appears that a rlan has teen discovered who la "~-«t to read without glasses or even to walk to market oust a week, _. t I After Thorough Trial a Detroit, I Mich., Maw Endorses Pe-ru-na | The following letter written from Detroit, Michigan is no snap judgment expressed on the merits ol Pe-ru-na, the well known catarrh remedy, but rather a mature, sober opinion formed after a full year’s trial. This is the way Mr. Michael Fako of 606 East Palmer Avenue, in the Michigan Metro polis, writes: “After using PE-RU-NA for about one year will say I have found it a vary good medicine for ca tarrh. It has helped me a great deal and I am very well satisfied. I have gained in weight, eat and sleep well, my bowels are regular and better color in my face. "PE-RU-NA has don© wonders and to ine is worth its weight in shall continue to use PE-RU-NA as long as I live and recommend to my friends who are troubled w 1th catarrh Nothing can be more convincing than an en dorsement of this na ture from an actual user. There are many people in every com munity whose experi ence,in using Pe-ru-na, has been identical with Mr. Fako’s. It is the standby for coughs, colds, catarrh, stomach and bowel disorders and all ca tarrhal conditions, Put up in both tablet and liquid form. Solo everywhere. Punishing the Missus. "Does Friend Wife call you often during office hours?” “She used to,” said Mr. dipping, "but I cured her.” "How?” "I hired an office girl to answer the telephone, who has a voice like a coo ing dove.” "CORNS" ■»-isw-w. JKiHL — Lift Right Off Without Pain Doesn’t hurt a bit! Droji a little "f'rr4*on«” on an aching corn, Instantly corn stops hurting, then shortly . j’04 itft It right off with Angers. Truly! T«ur druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Freezone” for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the calluses, without soreness or Irritation. Airplanes to Chase Bandits. The Chinese government plans to use airplanes to locate bandits and smug glers, transport precious metals from the Interior to coast ports and explore for new railroad and highway routes. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOHIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that It SI| In Use for Over 30 Tears. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria A man’s politeness isn’t all on the surface when he gives up his seat to a lady QUININE FOR AMO Cold*, Cough* 'OM^ l*R Grlpps Neglected Colds are Dangerous Take no chance*. Keep this standard remedy handy for the ~ Breaks up a cold in 24 hours — Relic' Grippe in 3 days—Excellent for H Quinine In this form does not affect the head—i r Laxative—No Opiate in Hill’s. lA*~ ALL DRUGGISTS Exceeded the Speech Limit. “So your car got Into the police court. Were you exceeding the speed llmltT’ “On the contrary, the blamed flivver wouldn’t budge and the policeman overheard what I suid about It.”—Bos ton Transcript. The Mfttajlfcieftion. ~ “Should KrftMp pie Plexus win (hnt prize fight In? & “Leftliook hIiouJJ neve the best at the argument.” ■ “I am not IntereanH In who has th«; best of the argument. How about th4 fight?”—Detroit Free Press. 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