CRISIS OF WOMAN'S UFE Change Safely Pasted by Taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Wacooer. Okl».—"l never get tired f pr*t* r.( Lydi* E. Pinkham’a VW table Compound because during Change of Life! was in bed two jean and had two operations, but all the doctors and op erations did me no good, and I would Bare been in my grave today had it not been for Lvdia £- Pinkham s Veg etable Comnound wfeids brc«g*t me act of it *11 right, so 1 atr now well and do all rr.y housework. b^Mdr* warding in my girder. Several *t my adrthan htn CM well by tak ■rLftJl Pitkham'sYegeUbleConi - Mrs. Viol* Finical, Wagon er OLa. —- warning ry iptaini as vnv of ■IhMM^ htUhibag headaches, back acb- s. crewd of tsr.fading evil, timidity, aourda is tae ewrv palpitation of the k«*rt. ijurki before the eye*, irregu arr e.st2n»ti'jo. variable appetite, we*.- nr t ari •.i.sz.r-.eaa should be Deeded by n ixhe-ik?- - women Lydia E. Pick tars » *< eg. tt: -f -r iword has earned ffiacy wfors taf !j through the cnsia. The Army of Constipation U Cr »u>| Sasllrr Every Day. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS responsible — they ft of cr.. g .ere.i — they perms- _ . ff I oE W» Heaaacke. SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE. SMALL PUCE Genuine mist bear Signature Tr* SJoaerr. Shepherd. A :.t A. . rvnii sb* ;«b-r l rides an - .rp . - .:. i - Lotl • *•*-r hi- large - A -heej He S») » to tHII COVef t »e t.a*e» a* touch lerr.***ry in a day wiilt a flying macfc.i au automo inter with. u: _• rd for rough it- aImI speed in «.ing after Ilia v.e- - Th~ change emph'-izes two important points. An American i« the ftrvt rd ? fly over tus fb«ks, fa .i’rt*! with the slow method- of the shepherd* <*f the old world. who bate ufl.-r-led mm h material for the part* and the maker- of picture*. And u- •: .■ -i -epkeeplng pay*. The aer.i - . j ! J St. niey Smith of Ui.r.L«liii. M.tr and he has more -te than : y tint ha- personal u-e fur : • arty 1 •• •••> of them and lie cm j.:.i ; on and dog* t" take care of Tie Wot gr. er- All these need mv;-' tg and the owning shej* herd h*» been drtt .ng over the hills for - -m, t. -.r- it. hi- motorcar for th:.’ j — V * he has enlarged Id- IS.* »* and hi- pasturing area so Bu> h thi Lust fly to look after the 1-a- iie,. S • rich that he may have a wir- — • .at to ride In before long.— Wort-e-eer iJJi-i.) Telegram. Fates of Queens. «t> <)■ me think enviously of (hose m i.o are ' m t the purple." aad con •Ul-T 'Iretn tupiiT and fortunate u hen lh~*r lives af. shadowed t*y sorrows • ; • — •: -r Tl«4. jjevet know > Eugenie on re queen «if fashion and t-niprts- of France; Cmr. b-;- ieselr a.ud : Elizabeth of H* .1 an Exile In England. Natalie. «; summer doing menial tasks In a 1 ren'-b hospital; Alexandra of Rus sia at the mer r of an unfriendly j~- i/i.- - .r-i> 'Isv are not women to t- eu\ . the leaves of the ape* »t r.nd « .untie*.. other tragedies •ha* ha» • t*eei. :i**.ielnted with queetl rfalp Mary Stuart and Marie Antoi ne". i.. at once into mind.— Detroit Free l‘rn» S x’h Atone* has the largest knocn unexplored area. t • .ted State* fountains 200.000 Grape Not* contain* the rich supplies of phosphate of potash grown in wheat and barley. Its mission is therefore clear and plain—it supplies what ordinary food lacks. And it does its sturdy. straightforward. dependable way. as tens of thousands of its users can testify. 1W. a laassa” OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC UTILITIES — Land commissioner wants government to make good Item* of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the State House Wntern Newspaper l'n*on New? Service. After a prolonged discussion the bouse decided to join with the sen ;n asking for government owner ship of railroads and in approving the movement to have the govern ment take over all other public utilities Beal's S F. 67 relates that the failure of the railroads to fur nish a sufficient number of cars to move last years crops and other products is but another evidence that privately owned system cannot be depended upon to give adequate service when the people need it most. Congress is "earnestly me morialized" to take immediate steps leading to government ownership, all the leads to be operated under strict civ.l service rules "for the con venience and accommodation of the public Tather than for the conveni n'-. and aggrandizement of private corpora* ions." Wants Government to Make Good La:, i Commissioner G L. Shumway l- taking an inventory of lands due th. sTui. of Nebraska for government r.gi-t of way grants and by reason of re-surveys. Several thousand acres are due the s’at» trorn shortage found by resur vey s running through a period of near ly thirty five years. This is the first time the matter has been cheeked up. I :ie department of the interior at Washington has reserved from entry fiar farms in Grant county pending the < necking of claims by the United fates department. Indemnity has bem requested by the state The land < ommissioner is interested In gett.ng the government to cede land -' rn forest reserve for this purpose.1 since few choice selections remain ©^t;-'ie these acres. Any land ac quir'd by the state will be transferred to school land. Laud Commissioner Kendall made the hut selection on November 21. 1" t-mi e then the Alt resurvev re d.i re many 640-acre sections to 500 & and other surveys have never be. t, eked up and no request has be. - made for indemnity, and no se 1"> non of lieu lands has ever been E.~d> No action has ever been taken a- to lands occupied by the Union Par ,i r.cht of way prior to surveys. To Employ Convicts as See Fit The house staged a warm debate over the question of what to do with tue convicts at the state penitentiary. The matter came before it in S. F. 300. Oberiies' bill primarily intended to provide for the employment of the state's prisoners on the roads of the various counties, as amended the board of control was given power to do with them as they pleased. The grave point of difference was w ether to prohibit the men from be lt.g placed also on work that brought t:.-m into competition with skilled me chanics. The farmers generally in sisted that this restriction be* elimi nated on the ground that no matter what they are put at they come into Competition with somebody's labor and the mechanic should not be picked out for special exemption from compe tition They also insisted that the health of the men demanded they be employed at something. Thank* Governor Neville for Support President Wilson, in spite of the stress of preparation for active war fare has noi overlooked the proffers of support which Governor Neville made to h;m and which was unani mously approved in resolutions passed by both houses of the Ne - braska legislature. In a letter to Governor Neville the president says: “Accept my warmest thanks for your telegram of April 4. 1 am very grateful to you and to the members of the Nebraska legisla ture for this reassuring pledge of loyal support. ••Cordially and sincerely yours, • WOODROW WILSON.” “Obey the law; keep your mouth shut." is the advice of the United States attorney general. The United States district attor ney's office has received the follow ing message from the department: “No German alien enemy in this country who has not hitherto been implicated in plots against the in terests of the United States, need have any fear of action by the de partment of justice so long as he observes the following warning: “Obey the law; keep your mouth | shut.” — File* Bill for Expenses Woodruff Bail of Valentine. Neb., chairman of the temporary state for estation commission for the last two years, has filed a claim with State Auditor Smith for $94.32. which will be allowed. It is for expenses in con i nection with his trip to the capitol. where he spent ten days—March 19 to 29—in lobbying in the legislature for his bills to create the commission and make the temporary one perma : cent. For Vocational Education. One of the governor's bills, appro priating $18,000 for vocational edu cation to match a federal allotment of .*•*1 amount and $2,500 additional for expense was reported out by the finance committee. It has been amended so as to limit the distribu tion of the money to public schools. The administration of the act is placed in the hands of a special board con sist ng of the governor, state treas urer and state superintendent, with the last named official as secretary. REQUESTS ENLISTMENT Governor Urges Young Men to Offer Services Young men of Nebraska are urged by Governor Neville, in a proclama tion just issued to enlist for service4 in the war with Germany, in response to President Wilson’s call. The gov ernor also calls attention of the peo ple generally to the need of practic ing economies and guarding against waste, so that all the resources of the nation may be conserved for the impending conflict at arms. He says: “Congress has declared that a state of war exists between our country ind the imperial German government. “The members of the legislature of the state of Nebraska have renewed allegiance to country and president, and have pledged Nebraska's man hood and resources to the end that the nation’s honor may be main tained and its prestige undiminished. “Untold sacrifices may be demand ed of our people for, having entered the great struggle, we can be assured that no stone will be left unturned, and regardless of what our previous views may have been, to bring the war to a successful conclusion must, from .his day. be the single purpose of a united people. “All men of military age, pihysi cally qualified, who can be spared '.rom the industrial and business life of the nation, and upon whom others are not dependent for subsistence -nd support, are urged to respond at once to the call to the colors. There can be no place for slackers in Ne braska. if the traditions and honor of our state and people are to be main tained. It may be some time before the effects of our participation will be felt, but immediate steps must be taken to meet every possible contin gency. Waste of every description must be reduced to the minimum, wealth must be conserved and the pro duction of foodstuLs must be increased to the highest degree. Every acre of tillable land should be placed un der cultivation; every available plot of ground in the cities and towns should be utilized for garden purposes. “With absolute confidence in the pa triotism of the people of Nebraska. I urge that they give their undivided support to the president in this emer gency.” KEITH NEVILLE. Governor New State Banks Chartered The state banking board granted c barters to six new state banks in one day last week, making a total of 891 state banks now in existence in Nebraska. Since February 21. when the supreme court of Nebraska re fused to sustain the state board in its attempt to limit the number of banks the board has granted permis sion to thirty-eight new state banks to go into business. This is more than one new bank a day, excluding Sun days and holidays. As two newly chartered banks at Sutherland merged into one institution, and as one new bank at Thurston did not start in business but bought out a bank al ready in business, the number of state banks authorized to do business since the supreme court gave its opinion is exactly one daily for the past thirty eight working days. ^ Capital National Bank Again. Five of the six members of the joint senate and house committee appointed to investigate the possibilities of col lecting $194,502.02. the sum the state lost in the failure of tue Capital Na tional bank in Lincoln in 1S93. are in favor of pressing the matter further with the view of collecting the loss from the directors of the bank. These five are asking the legislature to ap propriate $5,000, of which $1,000 they ask to be set aside for further investi gation of the possibilities of making the collection. New Man on Hotel Commission Governor Neville has appointed J. B. Meyer, a Lincoln traveling man, as assistant deputy' state hotel com missioner. This is a new office created by the consolidation of the hotel com mission with the state pure food de partment. which became effective Fri day, in carrying out the provisions of a legislative bill which just passed with an emergency clause. The state university can be of service in war time. Chancellor Aveiy believes, by speeding up the ma chinery and turning out expert work men as rapidly as possible. War, the chancellor says, will mean that all must make sacrifices and one of the sacrifices will be self imposed restriction on social affairs. The chancellor says he believes many university men, anxious to be of service, can do more good by join ing the ranks of the producers than by taking up training for military service. Nebraska Second in Automobiles Approximately 300 more automobile licenses were issued during the first two and a half months of 1917 than were issued during 1916 altogether, according to the records of Secretary of State Charles W. Pool. The number in 1916, which was 100, 53i, has already been increased to 100,800. in round numbers, and ap plications are still pouring in at the rate of 200 to 300 a day. In January as many as 7.000 applications were received in a day. Having previously amended a sen ate bill so as to require banks going | out of business to pay over their ac cumulate! guaranty fund assessments to the state treasurer to be held by him as a special reserve fund for guaranty purposes, the house adopted the resolution passed by the senate last week which calls upon the at torney general tx> take the proper steps for collecting about 11,750 of such assessments from banks at Waterloo, Merna and Callaway which | have liquidated without turning the money over. FAIRY TALE A short Story that will be of inter. If est to all readers of the Northwestern, I l and especially the little folks. It ap pears In this section weekly. What's * your opinion of it? For the Lady Readers Miss Julia Bottomley, an expert on fashions, is the author of this department. She offers practical sug gestions on every day dress that aid materially both country and city folks. Her fashions for women arc es sentially modeSt, tafieful, simple, economical and becom ing to the wearer. i MDOTSMNC n MAW OftMjAM BCPER. CROWING ROOSTERS. “There were some very wonderful roosters in the barnyard belonging to a farmer,” said Daddy. “But it was no surprise to them to hear people ) talking about their wonderful looks, for they were really most conceited. “ ‘I feel sorry for roosters who haven’t fine shoes,’ said Mr. Fuzzy Black Rooster. “I never knew roosters of any sort had shoes.” exclaimed Nancy. “Did their master give them the shoes to wear to make them look so j fine?" asked Nick. “No," said Daddy, “their master didn’t give them the shoes to wear, but their feet were covered with feathers, lovely long feathers which completely hid their feet. They always called them shoes and were proud indeed of them. Some different colored roosters had different colored shoes and they j thought they were about the best- j dressed roosters in the land. “ ‘I feel still more badly,’ said Mr. ; Long Tail Rooster, ‘about the roosters who haven't long tails. They have nothing to drag around after them, j Long tails are so stylish.’ “As they were talking some small children came along. “ ‘Oh. look at the roosters with the ■ long tails!’ they exclaimed. “They look like ladies with long skirts trailing be hind them.’ “ ‘And see the roosters with the feathered feet.’ said another. “At this the roosters all began to crow: “ *Cock-a-doodIe-do. We’re very glad that you. Admire a pretty shoe. Not only one but two.’ “And they kept on repeating as they , crowed. ‘Not only one but two,’ for they evidently thought it was very fine i to have both feet covered with feath- ! ers. “The children loved the black roost- i ers and talked to them. Of course the roosters were delighted. They crowed j and thauked the children for liking them so much. “And the children gave them good crumbs and some fine grain, and then i started to walk around the barnyard. “They saw the two white peacocks— i all white with beautiful white tails j which they spread out. And they saw i the green and blue peacocks with all the many colors which are so wonder ful. “There were the pheasants with their j lovely-colored feathers and beautiful j tails and some of them were arguing Children Gave Them Crumbs. and fighting with Mr. Fuzzy Black Rooster. They wanted to see every thing first and so did Mr. Fuzzy Black Rooster. After they had pecked each other a little they all became friendly and decided they would look at every thing together. “ ‘Well,’ clucked the Bantams, ‘the children had better notice us,’ and they did, but the roosters got most of the attention. “ ‘What are you talking about. Long Tall?’ asked Mr. Fuzzy Black Rooster. ‘You are crowing and crowing for all you are worth and I haven’t heard you say a sensible thing.’ “ ‘Neither have I,’ said Mr. Long Tail Rooster. “‘Then why have you been crowing and cackling so much?’ asked Mr. Fuzzy Black Rooster. “ ‘Becnuse,’ said Mr. Long Tail Rooster, T know a secret.’ “ Tell it to me,’ said Mr. Fuzzy Black Rooster. ‘I love secrets.’ And they put their heads together so that their tail crowns looked almost like one. “‘We might just as well make a lot of noise and appear talkative and in teresting,’ said Mr. Long Tail Rooster. ‘That’s why they pay so much atten tion to us. Of course, we’re beautiful and unusual. But at the same time we must talk so they will pay attention to us. If we never made a sound they would simply think us strange-looking, but very dull and stupid. They don’t understand rooster talk anyway, so we might just as well crow about nothing, rather than try to think up something to say each time.’ “ ‘That’s a good idea,’ said Mr. Fuzzy Black Rooster. “And all the other roasters thongkt It such a good idea that they strutted around, with their heads thrown back crowing and crowing and crowing about absolutely nothing at all!” Hard Task for Edwin. "Edwin," said the teacher, “write a sentence containing the word ‘con tents’.” After a few moments’ hard la bor Edwin submitted the following: “The contents of a cow is milk.” NEW ARRIVAL IN COAT-DRESS. Just where and how far the design ers of women's clothes are going in their strivings for something new, no one knows, hut they are on their way. To prove it. here is a new coat-dress which we can easily forgive for keep ing us guessing as to whether it is a dress or not, because it is so pretty and so full of style. There Is provo cation for a quarrel as to whether it is rightly called a dress or not, but its designers have so named it and we will take their word for it. It is made of one of the new weaves in silk in a heavy crepe effect and hangs straight from shoulder to hem. There is .no definition of the waist line, but lest its lines depart from their straight and narrow way, a belt of the material holds them so that they cannot flow outward. The belt crosses at the front and fastens to the body of the dress at each side. Ali the way down the front pearl buttons attend strictly to the business of mak ing the straightness of the frock emphatic. Everything has real pockets this spring, and this dress is provided with one at each side in the style of a coat. in shapes. They prove how much we ' owe to artists who transform the j simplest and humblest headwear by interpretations of their own into hats of irresistible charm. At the right the summery and flow ery hat is made of fine black hair braid, set over a cap made also of a narrow black bruul. The top crown j is covered with tiny forget-me-nots in several colors and the brim edge is softened by little black silk balls, set close together about it. Narrow black velvet ribbon in two long ends have no particular reason for joining forces with the hat. except that the designer chose to put them where they are. At the left a fascinating coolie shape is made of silk in deep orange color and black, set on a turban of black satin. Silk cords and twin tassels, orig inal and splendid products of China, find themselves very much at home as a decoration for this model. About the edge small orange-colored sticks, make a finish that is unique. The littie turban is of black lisere and against its shiny surface Chinese characters in apple green are applied by means of black stitches. Each BORROWING HAT STYLES FROM CHINA. They are square and are buttoned down with a single button to the dress. A cape collar among many cape col lars, becomes Immediately Interesting when its designer thinks of making slashes in it. This one is of soft pique and black velvet ribbon is run through the slashes, forming ties that hold the collar up about the neck. This Idea is so good that it bears rep etition in the turn-back cuffs also laced through slashes with ribbon. It takes just these touches to make us concede that this new model Is en titled to be called a dress. Taking it all In all it will prove very useful for wear Instead of a suit. Fashion Is eliminating distances and the Chinese seem net remote since we have been borrowing hat styles from them. The war in Europe has brought the art of China and Japan. In tugs and furniture, In china ware and in ap parel more forcibly to our notice than it has ever been before. Two lovely models, inspired by the coolie hat. and a turban, shown In the group above ore replicas of originals V character must represent a sentenc« for each is followed by a period. We are left to wonder whether these char acters might be translated into a maidens prayer or not. and might go on speculating if it were not for an other pair of splendid Chinese tas sels. These are in green silk, with ex quisitely made colored heads, and they lure the mind away from all else. New Neckwear. On ultra-fnshinnable gowns, collars do not stand up or turn oxer; they simply do not exist. While every woman may not accept this verdict, it is well that she should know about It. If she wears collars she must re member that the neck line is always flat. The square cape collar is out of fashion. Whenever a collar is boned at the back today it must be pulled down snugly to the front, so that the material never leaves the neck. sunup OF HGS FOR n CHILD’S BOWELS It is cruel to force nauseating, harsh physic into a sick child. Look back at your childhood days. Remember the ‘dose" mother insisted on—castor oil, calomel, cathartics. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. With our children it's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do. The children s revolt is well-found ed. Their tender little “insides” are injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only deli cious “California Syrup of Figs.” Its action is positive, hut gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take it; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet en the stomach, and that a teaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomor row. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Adv. An Exception. Johnnie's father had a comfortable income that did not require that he should have any settled ocupation. and the only thing in the nature of work that Johnnie had ever seen him do was to write checks. At school Mary an nounced that her father was a doctor. "My father is a lawyer,” said Ed ward. Johnnie thought a moment, and then said : "My father pays his debts.” Druggist’s Experience With Kidney Medicine Ever since Dr. Kiliner'9 Swamp-Root has been put on the market we have enjoyed a splendid demand for it and those who have taken it are very grateful for the beneficial effect produced’ and they speak very fa vorably regarding Swamp-Root. We are satisfied that Swamp-Root is a splendid preparation else we would not have to re order so often. Very Oct. 3. 1916. Prove Whet Swamp-Root Will Do For You Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer t Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bot tle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable infor mation, telling about the kidneys and blad der. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one dollar size bottle* for sale at all drug etore*.—Adv. trulv vours. C. B. TRrinv Druggist. Macon, Mo. The Soy Bean. In 1915 the United Suites imported more than 3,837,000 pounds of soy beans, valued at approximately $87.000; nearly 6,000.000 pounds of cake, valued at $64,000; and over 19.000.000 pounds of oil valued at nearly $900,000. | WOMEN! IT IS MAGIC! I LIFT OUT ANY CORN ! • t f t 1 Apply a few drops then lift I ‘ corns or calluses off with i fingers—no pain. Just think! You can lift off any corn or callus Without pain or soreness. A Cincinnati man discov ered this ether compound and named it freezone. Any druggist will sell a tiny bot tle of freezone, like here shown, for very little cost. You apply a few drops di rectly upon a tender corn or callus. Instantly the soreness disapiiears. then shortly you will find the corn or callus so loose that you can lift it right off. Freezone is wonderful. It dries instantly. It doesn’t eat away the corn or cal lus, but shrivels it up with out even irritating the sur rounding skin. Hard, soft or corns be tween the toes, as well as painful calluses, lift right off. There is no pain be fore or afterwards. If your druggist hasn’t freezone, tell him to order a small bottle for you from his whole sale drug house.—adv. Not With His Money. “What are these eminent financier* doing?” “They are planning to mobilize the nation’s dollars.” “They are, eh? Well, I’ve got $18.o0 in the bank. I’ll just draw It out and show those fellows a thing or two." CLEARS AWAY PIMPLES Does Cuticura Ointment—Assisted by Cuticura Soap—Trial Free. On rising and retiring smear the af fected surfaces gently with Cut lour* Ointment. Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. When the skin is clear keep it so by using Cuticura for every-day toilet and nursery purposes. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L* Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. “Best" Sellers Only. Father—I'd like to get a good young girl's book like— Clerk—Sorry, sir, but they don't print books for good young girls any more. Superior. Wis., now has 45 miles of paved streets. Sore __ I_. Eyes®5 4/ iuit Eye C Granulated Eyelids. Eyes inflamed by expo sure to Son, Hast and WM luickly relieved by MoriM No Smarting, just Eye Comfort. At Druggists or by mail 50c per Bottle. Marhe Eye Salve in Tubes 25c. For Reek el the Eya FBEE ask Neriee Eye Remedy (•„