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Loop City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY. - - NEBRASKA. Are All Criminals Insane? If the murderer may escape legal punishment for his crime because the emotional explosion which brought about the homicide is adjudged to be a temporary insanity, where is the line between an irresponsible condi tion and mere hate? asks Collier’s Weekly. How many emotional Ital ians, poorly nourished, badly bred, in heritors of none knows what taint, are yearly convicted of varying degrees of homicide, and swiftly punished, who, had they the money to employ able experts and counsel, might prove that the state of mind in which they jabbed stilettos into the other men, was com parable to a neurotic cyclone, in which their poor physical members whirled in a state of complete moral anesthesia? In a hundred years will our whole crude legal machinery for drawing hard lines about responsibili ty seem as barbarous as the ancient tests for witchcraft? Plainly, in the relation of punishment to crime, we are as yet children groping in the dark. It may be noted in this connec tion that a bill has been introduced in a state legislature to provide that mur derers who have no money and wish to enter the plea of insanity may em ploy a suitable medical expert at the expense of the state. What Makes Spring Early or Late. Until recently it was taken for granted that the heat given out by the sun was always the same in amount, not differing one day from another, or one year from another. But it has been finally ascertained, through a long series of experiments, that the amount of beat given out by the sun is constantly varying, and that at dimes it is not less than one-sheth greater than at other times, a differ ence amply sufficient to account for exceptionaly cool summers or warm winters on the earth. Indeed, says Rene Bache, in the Reader Magazine, there can no longer be any doubt that we owe our weather, to a great ex tent, to the solar luminary; and our government is at present engaged in a painstaking study of the subject in the observatory on Mount Whitney, Cal., the expectation being that, when it has come to be more fully under stood, science will be able, by obser vation of the sun s activity, to make forecasts of raeterological conditions for at least six months in advance. In the simultaneous discharge of eight of the ten 12-inch guns of the Dreadnought, a shock was given the vessel of 400,000 tons, more than double that of any broadside ever be fore fired. The vessel of 18,500 tons skidded sideways several yards, list ing many degrees. The guns are 53 feet long, and each shell of 850 pounds is discharged by 265 pounds of cordite, with a muzzle velocity of 2,000 miles an hour. It is calculated that if the eight guns could be com bined in one and fired at the height of the atmosphere, the shell would travel around the earth forever as a miniature satellite. Many of the unwedded ones in Fort Dodge, la., seem to take in deadly earnest the municipal ordinance im posing fines on those who remain single, although it is extremely •doubtful if the constitutionality oi such a regulation would be upheld by the courts. At any rate, men and women are getting married by whole sale. In two days a local magistrate married no less than 33 couples whose avowed object was to escape the fines to which they would have been subjected under the terms of the ordinance. Many towns or France have a beautiful custom of crowning with a wreath of roses the young woman who has distinguished herself during the past year for her kindness to her family, her virtue, and her assiduity in her work. The contest for the honor is bound to be keen in St' Cloud, a suburb of Paris, this year, for a generous citizen has willed a sum sufficient to provide an income of $120, to be given each year to the winner of the rose wreath. James Ford Rhodes, whose history of the civil war has added so much to the authentic annals of the United States, was until a few years ago an extensive iron and steel manufacture er of Cleveland. For sheer love ol historical research and literary work Mr. Rhodes, who passes much of his time in Washington, abandoned an eminently successful business career to devote himself wholly to the prep aration of his history. Two Frenchmen, a senator and an editor, have fought a duel with iswords, in which both were wounded. This sort of thing will be apt to bring into disfavor a form of amusement which hitherto has been regarded as harmless. A child was killed in Lisbon by a royal automobile. These are some of the pleasures denied to the Inhab itants of a republic, although some of our captains of industry do their best to make the want felt but slightly. Soon after the coronation of King Edward there was published a photo graph which showed him at a modern office desk with a telephone stand at his elbow. Still more striking is a picture recently printed of Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of state, seated at a desk before an American typewriter. A South Bend (Ind.) girl played de tective and caught a man who tried to flirt with her. And many and many a girl has caught one—and without playing detective, either. HOW TO ADVERTISE EFFECTIVE METHODS THAT WILL BRING RESULTS. SHOULD TELL THE PRICES Generalities Are Meaningless to the Public—Why the Mail-Order Man Wins—Try the Plan. If you. Mr. Merchant, would compete with the mail-order houses there are three main essentials to success—the goods—the prices—advertising. The last of these is quite as essen tial as either of the others. In the great majority of cases the local merchant has the goods, and he makes the prices, hut in very many cases he either fails to do the adver tising, or what he does do is not effec tive in the same way that the mail order man's advertising is effective. The writing of effective advertising is not. an art. it is not a business that requires years of study to learn. A few hours of study and comparison will give you every essential detail that you will need. It is comparatively safe to say that 75 per cent, of the advertising carried by local merchants in the local papers is worded in generalities only. Such advertisements as the following are found in every paper: GO TO BLANK’S FOR Hardware, Stoves and Tinware BEST GOODS LOWEST PRICES The mail-order man's advertising is different. It is specific, and while the glowing descriptions given are often misleading—a thing which Blank's ad vertising should never be—they at tract the attention of the reader and possible purchaser because they tell about some one thing that he may pos sibly want. The mail-order man makes a run on a few things which he is willing to tail the goods lie has to sell, and quotes the price he asks for it will attract the favorable attention of the public far more often than the one who deals only in generalities. It is this kind of advertising that pays. It is this kind of advertising that is at tracting the dollars from the smaller cities and towns and farms to the mail order houses of the city. It is this kind of advertising that drew $200, 000,000 into the coffers of the Chicago mail-order houses alone last year, and it is this kind of advertising on the part of the local merchants that the mail-order houses fear more than any other one thing. But, Mr. Merchant, whether your line be hardware, dry goods, groceries, clothing or other commodities, it is well to go further than your newspa per advertising, though this is the foundation of success. Go to the local printer and have him make you little catalogues of your own. They do not need to be large affairs, but small folders of four, eight or 16 pages. Put into these folders the descriptions and prices of the goods you are carrying, or leaders in the line. Be sure that the prices quoted are right, then put one of these into the hands of every customer; keep them circulating throughout the community, and make a practice of getting out a new one every few weeks. You, Mr. Merchant, can make adver tising pay larger returns than the mail-order man secures; you can make it the mainstay of your business, and you can make it the means of killing the mail-order competition in your community. And when you do this do not begrudge the publisher the reasonable price he asks you for ade quate space in his columns. He will give you better valqe than any other commodity you can buy. WRIGHT A. PATTERSON'. NO THORNS IN HER PATH. Josephine Daskam Writes in Tribute of the Golden Rule. "I believe myself to be notably for tunate in my relations with my do raestic employes. During a period of eight years, in which I have employed household labor in four widely differ ent places, I have never once been ad iisw v By the aid of the editor the home merchant can ride the mail-order magnate out of the home community on the rail of publicity. The moral is advertise; advertise systematically and persistently. Tell the public what you have to offer, and tell it so they will understand. sell at a close margiji of profit in or- | der to attract trade In his general line on which heavy prodts are made. Blank should advertise hardware in much the same manner the mail-order man advertises hardware, and he has this advantage—he can invite the peo ple of the community to visit his store and see the goods for themselves so they will know just what they are buy ing. If, instead of expressing meaning less generalities in a two-inch space, Blank had used a little more space and properly displayed an advertise ment something like the following he would have been sure to have at tracted attention to his store, and in all probability would have been sur prised at the drawing power of his ad vertising: WASHDAY BARGAIN SALE AT BLANK’S EVERYTHING NEEDED FOR WASHDAY AT BARGAIN PRICES During Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week $3' 7Q for- a 5 year guaranteed best quality Clothes Wringer, the King of Wring ers. Solid rubber rolls, steel spring and patent guide board. $I«4.S *or. a.*°°^. American clothes wringer. 10 inch rolls, hardwood frame. ^ AC *or genuine "No Sag ’ Curtain Stretchers. J Center brace and will not sag. 98c for extra heavy copier rim and bottom wash boilers. I^C -or 5 dozen of the first quality Clothes Pins wflr* for 50 foot white Cotton Braided Clothes Line. 89c for hardwood folding Clothes Bar of ex ceptional size for the money. f°r full sized very best quality Wash Boards.* for nii Tubs. for medium sized galvanized iron Wash 75^ ~ * f°r \2-qt. heavy galvanized iron water or scrub pail. ier for best quality liber Water Pail cf ex ceptional merit. ' 70C r°r an excellent qual ty of ironing boards • that will not warp. Ciir f°r an extra large heavy willow Clothes basket. The prices given here are of course mere fiction, but the prices Blank should quote in his advertisement should show the pualic that he is giving bargains: they should be prices that would compare favorably with the prices of the mail-order catalogues, and he should impress it upon the public that he not only shows them what they are buying before they pay for it, but that the purchaser has no freight \to pay, and does not have to wait iui interminable time for the goods he buys, as when ordering of ,the mall order house* It Is specific advertising that draws. The advertiser who describes in de dressed with intentional disrespect by any person in my employ," says Jose phine Daskam Hacon in the American Magazine. “I have never been left a day with out my regular staff of employes, which has varied from one to five (that is to say, that I have never been left suddenly or without suffi cient notice to supply the vacancy). "I have never had a satisfactory worker leave me except for what I considered a good reason (in the ma jority of cases an advantageous mar riage). "I have never lost an unsatisfactory one except by my own dismissal. I have never to my knowledge, or even suspicion, suffered the loss of a pen ny's worth by theft, and my record for breakage is such that it produces utter incredulity. "In three cases out of four I rtave had services willingly and frequently offered me along lines where it was not expected or requested. I have had extra money offered by me to off set extra work occasioned by sickness refused on the ground that at such times all the household expected to share the trouble. "And as a climax I am able to state that once, at least, on my offering a raise in wages to express my appreci ation of competent and devoted serv ice I was met with the astounding sug gestion that as my expenses were heavy at the time and likely to in crease I had better not consider it. ” Worshiped as Deities. Snakes, the objects of terror to mcst Europeans in eastern lands, are worshiped in most parts of India. In sorne districts there are from 15,000 to 20,000 shrines dedicated exclusive ly to the worship of snakes. These shrines, which are Invariably in honor of one of the minor divinities of the country, possess, in some instances, valuable properties for their mainten ance and for the cost of the numerous ceremonies which their keepers have to rerfcrm. In these shrines the Hin dus set up fantastic idols of serpents. The devotees of this strange religion make periodical offerings of dough and milk and cooked rice to the ser pents living in the shrine, in order to receive their favor. Only One Novelty Left. Sirs. Flora Annie Steel, the author, wi! asked recently by an American friend for some information about her self. Mrs. Steele replied: “I have been married, I have borne children, I have two grandsons, I have, there for}, lived through the life alloted to woman, and the only novelty before me is death.” Encourage Saving. The wise father and mother will never discourage the fancies of their children for accumulating things. It is a natural instinct, inborn in the most of people, and given a little thought and care by the older heads may be turned to good account. If the child begins to collect “pretty" pebbles or shells at the seashore don't throw them out—but iet them form the basis of a little geological col lection, and with proper guidance the j youngster will soon be looking upon “sticks and stones” with an interested and educated eye. THOUGHT HIM A LUNATIC. Man’s Queer Jumble of Words War ranted the Inference. Prof. William Lyon Phelps of Yale recently told this story at New Ha ven's chamber of commerce banquet: A hard drinker was told by his doctor | that he could be cured if every time j he felt that he must have a drink he would immediately take something to eat instead. The man followed the advice and was cured, but the habit of asking for food had become so fixed with him that once he was nearly locked up as i a lunatic. He was stopping at a hotel ! and. hearing a great commotion in the room next to his. he peeped over the transom to see what the mhtter was. ' He saw. and rushed madly down to J the office and shouted to the clerk: 'The man in 153 has shot himself! Ham and egg sandwich, please!”— Lippincott's. SPLENDID APRIL TONIC. Easily Prepared at Home and Harm less to Use. This is known as “Blood-Cleaning Time,” especially among the older folks, who always take something dur ing this month to clean the blood of impurities and build it up. The following is the recipe as given by a well-known authority, and any jne can prepare it at home: Fluid Extract Dandelion one-half <unce, Compound Kargon one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three aunces. Get these simple ingredients from any good pharmacy and mix by shak ing well in a bottle. The dose is one teaspoonful after meals and at bed time. Everybody should take something to help the blood, which becomes impov erished and almost sour after the win ter season, especially those who are subject to Rheumatism. Catarrh, Kid ney and Bladder trouble. It is said that one week's use of this mixture will clear the skin of sores, pimples or boils. This is sound, healthy advice, wdiich will be appreciated by many readers. HAD NERVE, BUT NO MONEY. Jnlucky Man’s Modest Request for Pecuniary Assistance. Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, while in New Orleans a few months ago, took the opportunity of going to the races. During the afternoon he tashed several tickets, the result of food guesses. He was feeling happy ifter the last race, and started for Jhe automobile which was to convey aim back to his hotel. As he was ibout to climb into the machine he ’elt a hand on his arm, and a man shouted in his ear. "Hello, Hitchcock, how are you? Hear you put a crimp in the bookies ;o-day.” Hitchcock blushed and shook hands sheepishly, not recognizing the man, and not wishing to show it. “Say, I want to speak to you con fidentially,” said the stranger. “AH right; what is it?” asked the comedian. "Well, I am up against some hard luck to-day. They cleaned me and I want to get home. Now, don't let any one of these people see you. but slip me enough for car fare, will you?” “Sure,” said Hitchcock, placing his liand In his pocket. Then he paused and queried: “Where do you live?” "Vancouver,” was the answer. Hitchcock took a flying leap for his machine, and unless the visitors at New Orleans are more gullible, the impecunious one is still looking for car fare.—Harper’a Weekly. ROMANTIC DEVONSHIRE. The Land Made Famous by Philpotts’ Novels. Philpotts has made us familiar with romantic Devonshire, in his fascinating novels, “The River,” "Children of the Mist,” etc. The characters are very human; the people there drink coffee with the same results as elsewhere. A writer at Rock House, Orchard Hill, Bideford, North Devon, states: “For 30 years I drank coffee for breakfast and dinner but some 5 years ago I found that it was producing indi gestion and heart-burn, and was mak ing me restless at night. These symp toms were followed by brain fag and a sluggish mental condition. “When I realized this, I made up my mind to quit drinking coffee and having read of Postum, I concluded to try it. I had it carefully made, accord ing to directions, and found to my agreeable surprise at the end of a week, that I no longer suffered from either indigestion, heart-burn, or brain fag, and that I could drink it at night and secure restful and refreshing sleep. “Since that time we have entirely discontinued the use of the old kind of coffee, growing fonder and fonder of Postum as time goes on. My digestive organs certainly do their work much better now than before, a result due to Postum Food Coffee, I am satisfied. “As a table beverage we find (for all the members of my family use it) that when properly made it 1b most refresh ing and agreeable, of delicious flavor and aroma. Vigilance is, however, necessary to secure this, for unless the servants are watched they are likely I to neglect the thorough boiling which It must have in order to extract the | goodness from the cereal.” Name given j by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, “The Road to Welhrille,” in pkgs. “There’s a rear i son.” ANOTHER WESTERN CANA3.X RECORD. The Way in Which a Swan River Far mer Cecame Wealthy. Swan River, Manitoba, Nov. 21, 1906. Two weeks ago we gave an account of the prosperity of a farmer in West ern Canada, and this week we repro duce another. “I have been asked regarding this year's work on my farm, and I here- j with willingly submit the following statement: "Three years ago 1 purchased an improved farm of 1S6 acres on Sec tion 9, Township 26. Range 27 west of the First Meridian—-two miles from the town "of Swan River. I plowed and cropped 122V£ acres of land during this year (1906), 80 acres in wheat, 30 acres in oats, and 1214 acres in barley. “The cost of putting in and taking off this crop this season is as follows: Cash paid for blue stone.$ 1.50 j Cash paid for hinder twine... 39.00 j Cash paid for hired help. 123.00 Cash paid for threshing. 175.00 Total .'..$ 340.00 "Receipts for the year as follows— 80 acres of wheat, (yielded 30 bushels pei' acre)—Total. .2,400 bu. 30 acres of oats (yielded 46 bushels per acret—Total..1,200 “ i 1 stack of oats in sheaf. 200 “ 12V<. acres barley (48 bu. per acre) . 600 “ Crop potatoes. 300 “ j Hay, tons . 15 Sold. 1.168 bu. wheat at 62c.$ 724.16 1,232 bu. wheat in granary at 62c . 763.84 300 bit. barley at 35c. 105.00 300 bu. barley in granary at 35c . 105.00 1,200 bu. oats in granary at 25c . 300.00 100 bu. potatoes at 30c. 30.00 j 200 bu. potatoes in root house at 30c. 60.00! 1 stack of oats in sheaf for feed . 50.00 j 15 tons of hay at $3.00. 45.00 ; Garden roots and vegetables. 30.00 i Total .$2,213.00 Cost of above, besides niy own labor . 340.50 Balance .$1,872.50 I have in all, 125 acres ready for crop next year, including 10 acres cleared and broken this season. Total Assets. 1S6 acres land, with house, stable and outbuildings, etc.$5,000.00 Implements . 500.00 4 head of horses, and harness 800.00 15 head of cattle. 375.00 20 pigs . 200.00 Receipts of this season's crop 1.872.00 Total .$8,747.50 Liabilities are . 1,000.00 Total assets .$7,747.50 I have made the above amount by farming in Manitoba. I think it has paid. This is my standing to-day. I am a single man. a Canadian, and 26 years of age. For particulars how to secure low railway rates to the free homesteads cf Western Canada apply to any Cana dian Government aee-it. English Shipbuilding. England added last year over three- I quarters of a million tons to its regis- ! ters of steamers and sailing vessels, and experts are wondering whether i this is not more than trade conditions warrant. That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package con taining one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. One of the things you can't buy on credit is experience. j Laundry work at Some would St* 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 alsc 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. Prize for the Unmarried. The latest novelty in bazar attrac tions is that introduced by the Spring side Wesleyan chapel. Rawtenstall, England. A wedding cake was cut up, and in one section was concealed a marriage certificate. It was announced that tho bachelor or spinster securing the “chunk” containing the document had the opportunity offered to be mar ried free of cost within the next 12 months by the Rev. J. Bennetts. Dissertation on Henpeck. An Ohio man is reported to be at the point of death from blood poison ing; caused by henpeck. This is rather queer. There are many men in and around Eskridge who are hen pecked a thousand times a year, and while it makes the blood boil no poisoning has set in.—Wabaunsee Tribune. Whether you be men or women, you will never do anything in the world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind, next to honor.— James Allen. For constipation, biliousness, liver dis turbances. and diseases respiting from im pure blood, take Matures remedy. (tar lield Tea. It is made wholly of health giving herbs. Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.—Bruyere. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5e cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory. Peoria, 111. Lots of folks do a thing twice in order to get it done once. Mr®. Winslow’s Soothing1 Sjrap. For children teething, softer the guras. reduces In flammation. allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Cupid someiimes grafts a peach on an old shrub. ILL FROMJPWORK NERVOUS PROSTRATION CURED BY DR. WILLIAMS’ PINK PILLS. By Toning uptho Bloodand Newt* Pa tient Recovered Weight, Strength and Good Spirits. When the nervous system is broken | down from overwork, or whatever cause, i life loses its joys. Not only is the ner vous victim a sufferer liimself but ho is usually a trial to the whole family. Nervous breakdown is often gradual, appearing at first to be merely an unu sual fret fulness Dr. Williams’ Pink ' Pills tone up the nerves in the most direct way and not only cure minor troubles but serious disorders as well. * Mr. W. W. Munroe. of 16 Hazel Park, Everett, Mass., says: “Abont four years ago this September I became all run ■ down from overwork and from confine ment to work duriug warm weather. For two mouths I grew steadily worse. I lost in weight and strength and had no appetite. My memory failed me quite rapidly and I became in a very low state, both physically and mentally. I took no interest in life, neither in busi ness nor recreation. In my position, as foreman in a large manufacturing chemist’s establishment in Boston, a good memory is absolutely essential to success because of the immense amount of detail that must be carried in the head. 4,I grew very despairing, could not bear to have people meet me and my friends remarked on my condition. About the middle of December a friend told me one day that- he had tried Dr. Williams’ Piuk Pills and found them reliable. I commenced taking them and at- the end of two weeks the change for the better was remarked by friends I continued using the pills until I was thoroughly recovered. I regard them as a fine remedy and make this statement voluntarily in gratitude for the benefit I received from them.” These pills actually make new blood and have cured such diseases as rheu matism. nervous and general debility, indigestion, nervous headache, neuralgia and even partial paralysis and locomotor ataxia. As a tonic for the blood and nerves they are unequalled. If you are a sufferer from any’ disor der of the blood and nerves write for proof of what Dr. Williams’ Pick Pills have accomplished in cases similar to vours. Every testimonial used by this company is" carefully investigated before being published and is authentic. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or direct, by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 60 cents per box. six . boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams ; Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, BACKACHE AND DESPONDENCY Are both symptoms of organic de rangement. and nature's warning to women of a trouble which will soon er or later declare itself. How often do we hear women say, “It seems as though my back would break.’’ Yet they continue to drag along and suffer with aches in the small of the back, pain low down in the side, dragging sensations, nerv ousness and no ambition. They do not realize that the back is the main-spring of woman's organ ism and quicklv indicates by aching MISS LENA NAGEL | a diseased condition oi tneieminme organs or Kinneys, ana uiaL acres and pains will continue until the cause is removed. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound made from native roots and herbs has been for many years the most successful remedy in such cases. So other medicine has such a record of cures of feminine ills. Miss Lena Nagel, of 117 Morgan St., Buffalo. N. V.. writes;— “I was completely worn out and on the verge of nervous prostration. My back ached all the time. I had dreadful periods of pain, was subject to tits of crying and extreme nervousness, and was always weak and tired. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound completely cured me." Lydia E. Pinkham’s 'Vegetable Compound cures Female Complaints, such as Backache. Falling and Displacements, and all Organic Diseases Dissolves and expels Tumors at an early stage, it strengthens au«i tones the Stomach. Cures Headache and Indigestion and invigorates the whole feminine system. Mrs. Pinkham’s Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free. GET RICH e IRRIGATION years. IHU.OGOopec. Easy payments. Kirst opening April 22. Others to foil rails. Industries wanted. Act at once or yon willhe toolate. Write l'O* K Toucan tile on 40. Ml. 1X or M acres of public irrigated and in Idaho, B ehest land an f most successful irrigated tract in tbe world. 340. don acres set t letl i n i wo ow. Chea p power from Shoshone rst National Bank Bldg, Chicago. The General Condemnation of So-Called Patent or Secret Medicines of an injurious character, which indulge in extravagant and unfounded pretensions to cure all manner of ills, and the National Legislation Enacted to Restrict Their Sale have established more clearly than could have been accomplished in any other way The Value and Importance o! Ethical Remedies.. Remedies which physicians sanction for family use, as they act most beneficialiv and are gentle yet prompt in effect, and called ethical, because they are of Known Excellence and Quality and of Known Component Parts. To gain the full confidence of the Well-Informed of the world an ' the approval of the most eminent physicians, it is essential that the component parts be known to and approved by them, and, therefore, the California Fig Syrup Company has published for many years past in its advertisements and upon every package a full statement thereof. The per fect purity and uniformity of product which they demand in a laxative remedv of an ethical character are assured by the California Fig Syrup Company’s original method of manufacture, known to the Company only. _ There are other ethical remedies approved by physicians, but the product of the California Fig Syrup Company possesses the advantage over ail other family laxatives that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts, without disturbing the natural functions or any debilitating after effecis and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name of Syrup of Figs, and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the mod excellent of family laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians and the Well-Informed of the world to be the best of natural laxatives, we have adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtlessly it will always be called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs; and to get its beneficial effects, always note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.— plainly printed on the front of every package, whether you simply call for Svrup of Figs, or by the full name, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as Syrup of F'igs and Elixir of Senna is the one laxative remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company, and the same heretofore known by the name, Syrup of Figs, which I has given satisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale by all leading druggists throughout the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price of which is fifty cents per bottle. Every bottle is sold under the general guarantee of the Company, fiied with the Secretary of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C., the remedy is not adulterated or mis- \ branded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 1 Louisville, Ky. San Francisco, Cal. U. S. A. London, England. New York, N. Y.