HOW THIS WOMAN ’ GOT STRENGTH Put Up 300 Quarts Fruit, 500 Glasses Jelly and Took Care of Four Children Norwalk,Iowa.—“ I have been mean* ing for some time to write and tell you Inmi'iiMiMiimmi'ilhow much good your medicine nas none me. When I started to take it I was al most bed fast and would have been in bed all the time if I had had any one to care for my children. There was so much swelling and pain that I could hardly bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound and used Lydia E. Pinkham’s San stive Wash, and found that so healing. I am not entirely well yet for I was in' bad shape when I started your medicine, but I am so much better that I am not afraid to recommend it, and I think if I keep on taking it, it will cure me. I have done my work all alone this sum mer, caring for four children, and I canned 300 quarts of fruit and made 600 glasses of jelly, so you see I must be better. I feel pretty good all the time and I am glad to tell others about the medicine.’— Mrs. C. J. Wenner Mark, Box 141, Norwalk, Iowa. Women can depend upon Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to re lieve them from female troubles. For eale by druggists everywhere. Lost Talent A great (leal of talent is lost in the world for the want of a little courage Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained in obscurity because their timidity lias prevented them from making a first effort; and who, If they could have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lengths in the career of fame The fact is that, to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shrinking and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. —Rev. Sydney Smith. 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Freckle and Supborn Remoter—Send inim. (or guar'd cream. Large jar, 65c pp. Agenta wanted. Borne Lab., 60S Vermont, Quincy, III. Alfalfa, Bed aad Sweet Clover, M; Timothy, $S. Karma aad city property for aala and oachange. J. KULHALL. 8, on* Cttty, Iowa. ♦ ♦«► ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦••♦•♦♦♦ 41 ♦ 4- TALL CORN KERNELS. ♦ 4- 4 ■4- Compiled by I. N. S. ♦ 4- 4 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- + 4-4-4-4-4-4>4-4- + A cyniCai writer Is one who calls the people "boobs,” and Is famous because the boobs applaud.—Dubu que American Tribune. Havana has experienced its first daylight robbery. Give Cuba time and it will be as modern and civilized as this country.—Cedar Rapids Ga zette. And this is the season of the yea* when every comic strip has e life guard in it.—Waterloo Courier. He was about to propose, yet thefw was one matter which lay heavily upon his mind, so he asked her.— "Can you wash dishes?” “Yes,” she answered sweetly, "can you dry them?”—Charles City Press. The best way to get a good set of teeth for nothing is to go in some one's back yard and kick a strange dog in the ribs.—Des Moines Tri bune. The man who boasts the loudest that no woman will ever boss him is the most nervous guy in the poker game after midnight.—Des Moines Register. Where Are The Young Leaders? From the Florida Times-Unlon. History in the making, events of today that are to be history a decade of a century hence, appears to have in it very few young men. Their el ders are making history, in all the various lines of worth-while human endeavor.' In science, in art, in lit erature, In the crafts. It seems as If all the really “big things” are being accomplished by men who are no longer young, but by old men, as age is regarded. The Richmond News-Leader takes the arena of politics under observa tion, past and present, and asks: “Is it a day of old men?” It looks that way. And to prove the affir mative, the News-Leader calls up the past which, in the Richmond news paper wording, speaks as follows: “Patrick Henry was 29 when he reminded the burgesses that Caesar had his Brutus. James Otis was 36 in the year that witnessed his great protest against the writs of assist ance. Jefferson was just two months past 33 when he presented the Dec laration of Independence. “Light horse" Harry Lee was 25 at York town. Madison was 36 when he co operated with Hamilton, then 30, in the Philadelphia convention, where another leader, Edmund Randolph, argued brilliantly at 34 for the plan he drafted. John Murshall was not a member of the body that drew up the Constitution, but he was not 33 when he spoke for the ratification in the Virginia convention in 1788. James Monroa had been under 20 when he distinguished himself in the Nrw Jersey campaign of 1777, and at the time he was In the Virginia convention with Marshall, Madison, Randolph and others, he was 30. At 32 he was United States senator from Virginia. John Paul Jones was 32 when he fought Serapis with his Bonhomme Richard. Washington, needless to say, did so many great feats in his youth, that he seemed great from boyhood. He was still under 50 when he carried the revo lution on his high shoulders. A lit tle further down in the annals of the nation was Hayne, 39 when he debated with Webster, then 48. Stephen Douglas was 45 in the spring before his deba.es with Lin coln, who at that time was four years his senior." Albania Making Progress. C. A. Tashko, formerly Acting Vice Consul for Albania in the United States, in Current History Maga zine. Many factors contribute to the in crease of instability in Albania. The country has no real constitution, the present provisional machinery of governrm nt being based on the “Statuto of Lushnja” of January, 192C. TL.^ “Statuto" submits the function? of the sovereign to a coun cil of fo’.r regents; one Catholic, one Ea.-:em Orthodox, one Sunni Moslem and one Bektashl Moslem; these are chosen by Parliament, which in turn is chosen by universal manhood suffrage on a system of double election. The powers of the regency a:e those of a strictly United monarchy. The Ministry is respon sible to Parliament. Tirana is the provisional capital. The Albanians have so far shown scant comprehen sion of the principles of parliamen tary government. The late parlia ment convened on April 21, 1921, and adjourned on September 31, 1923; the members proved themselves incap able of anything but a scramble for Ministerial positions. The election* of last Decomber were for a consti tutional assembly, which would have eliminated the provisional status of affairs. The assembly convened January 21, 1924, and in the months already passed, has done nothing but discuss possible fnture ministerial combinations, the question of the consitution being held secondary importance. On March Z, 1924, the assembly formally declared itself a parliament, this step, it was said, be ing taken to cope with certain im mediate, but unspecified demands. Considering the condition of Al bania prior to 1919. and the country’s previous reputation of being incap able of self-government, it has, des pite the present domestic muddle, made perc< ptible progress. The do mestic difficulties are due directly te the fact that the clan and quasi feudal social system is disintegra ting under pressure of the rising pro fessional fftid intellectual class, the ablest members of which are the dis ciples of the American Gospel of Lib erty. _ Storing thousands of tons of coal under water, the Western Electric company of Chicago has found an absolute remedy against loss by fire caused by spontaneous combustion. Well Trained. From the Edinburgh Scotsman. A commerc’al traveler visiting a Glas gow warehouse made a bet with the manger that he could pick out all the married men among the employes. Accordingly he stationed himself at the door as they returned from dinner and mention* i all those he believed to be married. In almost every cas* he was right. “How do you do It?" asked the mana ger. “Oh. It’s quite simple," said the trav eler. “The mat led men wipe their feet on the raft; the siuxle pqes floa t." I “Miss Los Angeles” in Beauty Contest Miss Lillian Knight, of Los Angeles, baa been chosen to bo ‘‘Miss Los Angeles" In the annual beauty contest in Atlantlo City, N. J. A PLACE OF RENEWAL From Collier’#. The path slants Into the woods past a vanguard of young pines, and slopes down int9 a glen lined with laurel bushes, growing be tween the rugged trunks of lofty trees. All about is a wel coming stillness, measured by the ©coasional crackle of a dry twig underfoot, or the clear call of a bird. The air is ccvol and spicy. And the soft light, filtered through the leafy roof of the woods, is a benediction. Here is a place of re newal. Stillness is to the life of the hilnd as rest Is to the body— In stillness the human spirit is Strengthened and restored. Hoalth Is here for body and mind, amid the spicy silence, surrounded by the poised assurance of the tower ing trees. High Tide of the Year. Now is the hlgh-tlde of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Cornea flooding back with a ripply oheer. Into every bare Inlet and creek and bay; Now the heart la ao full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God wills It; No matter how barren the past may have been, 'Tls enough for us now that ths leaves are green; We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell f We may abut our eyes, but we can not help knowing That skies are clear and grass le growing; The breexe comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions CP* blossoming near, That malxe has sprouted that streams are flowing, That tke river la bluer than tfce sky, That the robin la plastering hls house hard by; And If the breexe kept the good news back, For other couriers we could not lack; We could guess It all by yon heifer’s lowing,— And harkl how clear bold chanticleer, Warmed by the new wine of the year. Tells all In hls lusty crowing. —Lowell. Going Strong From the American Legion Weekly. A draft of Missouri mules had just arrived at the corral, and one new buck private made the common hut Ead mistake Of approaching too near the business end of one of them. Hls com rades caught hlrp ©n the rebound, placed him on a stretchy and started him for the hospital. On the way the invalid regained con sciousness, gaxed at the blue sky over held, experienced the swaying motion as he Was being carried along, and shakily 'lowered ms hands over the sides, only to feel space. "My gosh!’’ he groaned. "I ain’t even hit tke ground yet!" Punishment. From the Boston Transcript. A New York magistrate Is flxlgg the fine for speeding at a dollar a mile, a case where the speedometer makes the punishment fit the crime. One of the latest aommeqplal i*ee of the airplane, which may possibly be perfected to revolutionise certain phases ?if agriculture, Is that of sowing seed rom the air. successfully flenionstritoJ n the suburban terrltery >f Ml^ml re cently where 640 agree of land ware sown to carpet grass within twenty min utes. For the area sewn during the experiment, it was said It would re quire two handseederg tlprty day*. Suggestion has been made for the erection of a broadcasting station at the Peace Portal erected on the United Btates-Canndlnn herder for the dissem ination gf peace messages. Bailors on duty with submarines »n the Japanese navy are to adopt safety suits, resembling divers' garb. It le be lieved these suits will enable eotae of the men to save themselves by opening the submarine aqd lighting their way te the eurface should the craft in«et with disaster. Figures made publlo at the recent na tional convention of the Socialist p-my of Germany show that the party has 1,860,000 members who pay du»*. tf Whom 190,000 are women. The party now has 169 newspapers. A Solution. From the Baltimore Sun. Prof. Todd's announcement that the aun Is splitting In two is most welcome. Thte phenomenon. If ac tually occurring, la the only event of sufficient cosmic Importance to appear as a possible cause of the weather that has troubled this part of the world. And that It Is taking place seems most probable. It le the Obvious result of the sun's at tempt to meet the two times now la use. One sun will take care of the davllght-savers and the other will shut by ftapdard time. _ Charm of the Road. From the Atlanta Constitution. In addition to their value ns aids to commerce and the practical side of life, good roads have an esthetic value, and exert a tremendous in fluence on the intelligence and cul ture of the population. Stretching like a winding ribbon past farmstead and village the mod ern highway gives grace and charm to the landscape, and, like Eugene Field's poem, leads the thoughts wandering “over the hills and far away.” Enohantment and mystery linger qJ>out any kind of road. A road— whether It be the first rude trail of the pioneer or the great national highway of today—is the vital thread which connects us with the outside world. Among the many thrilling sensa tions which modern life has brought to humanity none is more exhilarat ing—none appeals more powerfully to man’s primal Instincts of explora tion and adventure—than to glide swiftly over an unknown road into unfamiliar localities ana be per mitted to feast the eye upon scenes new and strange. He who cannot get some measure of pleasure from the endless panor ama of thg countryside, the countless pictures of people, trees, luxuriant fields and tumbling brooks—which motoring along the average highway presents, must Indeed be deficient in the fcreat gift ef appreciation for the unusual, the beautiful and the picturesque. _ Sales of ordinary life Insurance In the seoond quarter of this year were higher than In any other quarter on * record, according to the Idfe Insur ance Research bureau, which Is now established In Hartford, Connecticut. Sales of Ilfs Insurance In every month this year have been higher than In the corresponding month a year earlier, but the amount of Increase over last year has been falling off. In June, sales were only one per cent, greater than a year ago. For the first six monriis the Increase ever last ysar was 3 per cent. --— The offloial naval visit to Helsing fors, Finland, of the Swedish Baltic fleet and the unprecedented cordiality characterising the reception is hailed with grtr‘ satisfaction in Finland and Sweden a" Anal proof of the complete disappearance of all frictioi between the two countries. The Swedish war vessels are also visiting other Baltic ports, especially Riga, Reval and Ru noe. Iqeland has b aen so Isolated—from choice of tne people—that records 1,400 years old can be read and understood readily by the present-day Icelanders. Through isolation and lack of associa tion the native tongue has beeu hand ed down with very few changes. Destiny, I sometimes think that never blows so red The rose as where some burled Ca.esar bled; That every hyaolntb the garden wears Dropt In ber lap from some once lovely head. And this revltnag herb whose tender green Fledges the rlrer-llp on which we leap— Ah, lean upon it lightly I for who kitowa From what ones lowely Up it springs unseen I Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears Today of past regret and future tsars; Tomorrow!—Why, tomorrow I may be Myself with yesterday's sev'n thou sand years. From some we loved, the loveliest and the host That from this vintage rolling Time hath prest, Hava drunk their eup a round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest. And we, that now make merry In the room They left, apd summer dresses in new bloom, Ouraelves must we beneath the couch of earth Descend—ourselves to make a couch—for whom? Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we, too, into the dust de scend ; Dust unto