W-fi . .. .,. . .. " --- i t)UlUhAJftUMH(aMMMM)ff)IM RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF LI s AsL $1 ! 'a! i r WOMAN COULD NOT SIT UP "Now Does Her Own Work Lydk E. Pinkham's Vegeta MeCotnpound Helped Her. Ironton, OWo.-" I am enjoying bet ter health now than I have for twelve years. When I be gan to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound I could not sit up. I bad female troubles and was very ner vous. I used the remedies a year "and I can do my work and for the last eight months I have WOrkeri fnr nthor women, too. I cannot praise Lydla E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound enough for I know I never would have been aa well if I had not taken it and I recom. mend it to suffering women." Daughter Helped Also. " I gave it to my daughter when she was thirteen years old. She was in school and was a nervous wreck, and could not afcep nights. Now she looks bo healthy that even the doctor speaks of it You can publish this letter if you like. " Mrs. Rena Bowman, 161 S. 10th Street, Ironton, Ohio. Why will women continue to suffer y lndy out and drag out a sickly, balf-beartod existence, missing three fourths of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydla E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound? i?f9,.?ayell!0.,1,Bhte8t doubt that Xydift E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound will help youtwrlte toIiydiaE.PinkhamMedlcineCo. (confidentiul)Lynn, Massif or ad Vice. Tour letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman ana held In strict confidence. Your Liver Is Clogged Up Tkmf. Why You're Tired-Out of Sort Have No Appetite CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS will put you right in a few days. They do. their duty. CureCon-l tinatlon. Biliousness, Indigestion and Sick Headache SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICK. Genuine-must bear Signature Aged 8hould Eat Sparingly. A British scientist lays down a regimen of hygiene for the treatment of the aged. It is pointed out that the aged require lees food of all kinds, because they utilize less. Overfeed ing, or rather a normal adult's ration, overtaxes their digestive powers and floods the blood with effeto products which the kidneys and other emunc tories cannot handle. Drinking water should be encouraged, and baths, -which should bo taken regularly, should bo neither hot nor cold, of abort duration, and preferably in the evening, when they conduce to a good night's Bleep. Fresh air and exercise are indispensable. Clothing should bo light, warm, loose and of woolen material. The feet should be well pro tected, i The Montessori System. Old-Fashioned Mother What is this MontoBsorl system of child education that I hear bo much about? Old-Fashioned Fathei- I dunno, ex actly, but, the keynote of It seems to bo "votes' for children." Constipation causes and seriously aggra vates many diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated granules. Adv. A good sense of humor can be turned into dollars. The modern prac tical joker writes them and sells them. Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more goods than others. Adv. Vanity will continue to flourish as long as it can feed on itself. The best way to learn how to waste money Is to get it easy. Housework Is a Burden It's hard enough to keep house if in perfect health, but a woman who is weak, tired and suffering from on aching pack has a Heavy burden. Any woman in this condition has good causa to suspect kidney trouble, especial ly if tbo kidney action seems disordered. Doan's Kidney Pills have cured thou sands of suffering women. It's tho best recommended special kidney remedy. AN INDIANA CASE Mrs. Mary A. El aerkln, south Frank lin 6t, Pendleton, Ind.. sayai "I be lieve) Do&n'a KISney "JBerP tur n iu a Mow" mis savea my me. I was in sfony with gravel and was confined to bed. I became so bad that I wasn't expected to live through the alsht On a friend's suggestion. I used Doan's Kidney mils and In a short time they cured me. I have not had a symptom of kidney trouble during- the past nine years." Get Desert Aay State. Me a Be DOAN'SViOT F03TER4ULH WIN CO, BUFFALO. N. Y. sflllWae tap MflT wMl T W n'K , AM&NrSm eaW ITTLE aaaaV allVER jpa PILLS. &&?&&zg vl H I GRAPHIC STORY OF VERA CRUZ Capture of Mexican City After Two Days' Fight Presents Vivid Picture. VALOR OF OUR BLUEJACKETS Warships 8helled Buildings In Which Mexican "8nlpers" Had Taken Ref uge Natives Surprised at Cour tesy of American Troops. Vera Crus, Mexico, April 24. Twelvo Americans were killed and thirty wounded before tho city of Vora Crus came Into tho undisputed possession of the American Invading forces after a two-day fight. Although tho Mexicans suffered more severely, the number of their casualties has not been ascertained. Tho best estimates obtained by Capt "William R. Rush of the battleship Florida indicated that in tho engagements of Tuesday and Wednesday their dead numbered about one hundred and fifty. No per son knows how many Mexicans fell wounded, as many of them were taken away and bidden by friends. In tho Btreots about tho plaza Wednosday afternoon lay fifteen or twenty bodies, a majority of them at tired in citizen's clothing. Somo of the men evidently had been dead since the engagement Tuesday and the tropical heat made their Immediate disposal Imperative. One of tho first orders given after the town had been captured was to bury the Mexican dead in a trench at tho sea end of one of the streets leading from the tiaxa. Scores Are Taken Prisoner. When the city was taken the order was given to advance carefully and search every building for men bearing arms. Scores of prisoners were taken, the majority of them protesting vol ublymany hysterically that they were not guilty of any unfriendliness toward tho Americans. Accustomed as the Mexicans are to seeing their own contending forces shoot Imme diately all prisoners taken, tho cap tured men could not but believe that they would receive no less draatio treatment at the hands of the Ameri cans. The guns found in houses were thrown by the marines and blue jackets from the upper balconies to the pavement below. The most spirited action was the taking of the naval academy. Aside from that fight, no definite, organised opposition was encountered by the Americans. A hot fire was poured from the naval college, but a few well directed shots from the cruisers Chester, Ban Francisco and Prairie tore gaping holes in the stone walls and silenced the rifle fire of the Mexi cans inside. The bluejackets then were enabled to proceed with the task they bad in hand. Escape From Fight Cut Off. Despite the shelling It had received Tuesday, a squad of soldiers continued to give considerable trouble to the Americans from the battered Benito Juarez tower. After they had been silenced and removed from tho tower It was discovered that the soldiers had continued fighting for lack of ability to do anything else. The shells from the warships Tuesday had torn away tho stairway In the tower and the men had been compelled to remain In It Appeal From Aged Mexican. Coincident with the orders for the general advance of the Americans an aged, white-haired Mexican, carrying the white flag of truce, came down a street from the center of tho city. He carried a letter to the chief of po lice, the only authority ho hoped to reach,' and desired Consul Granada to read It. It was an urgent appeal to the chief of police to call off tho snipers and prevent tho bombardment he believed would follow if tbey con tinued their execution. Even before the messenger -had climbed tho stairs into the consul's offlee Capt Rush was Informed of tho contents of the note he bore and im mediately sounded "cease firing" and "halt" But It was too late. The action had been begun all along the line and It was not considered wise to attempt further measures to stop It. The commanders ordered their men forward at double quick, which they carried out with a .vigor that afterward gave them the 'city. Evidences of War. Blood-bespattered sidewalks, broken windows and bullet-scarred walls gave the plaza a grewsome aspect. Within the Dlllgencla hotel there were forty Americans, most of them women, who had been there since the commence ment of hostilities. When the square was taken they were Immediately no tified that they might go on the Span ish cruiser Carlos V. outside the breakwater in order to give the Prairie room to flro her guns. Tho Spanish commander refused, saying that he dared not maneuver bis boat in so email a space at night Ho also de clared that he needed to take on a supply of frosh water. Admiral Fletcher insisted yesterday that his order bo carried out and tho Carlos V. moved outside Just before the at track on the center of the city began. At 10.08 Wednesday morning the Americans were In undisputed pos session of all the city except the southwest quarter, In which the bar racks are situated, and a few outlying aisincts. m noon they bad taken the barracks. When tho city prison, which faces tho main plaza, was cap tured, Lieutenant-Commander Buchan an of the Florida mado nn inspection tour through It. There was great sur prlso among tho Mexicans who had gathered thero that tho prisoners wero not released. Thoy had beeu accustomed to seeing tho victor al ways releaso prisoners and then lm press them all Into his army. Chief of Police Captured. Chief of Police Antonio Villa Vin cenclo wns taken prisoner by tho Americans shortly after thoy had oc cupied tho main plaza of tho city. It wnB suggested to him that ho con tinue In IiIb official capacity to direct tho city's protective system. Ho took tho question under advisement Had tho frightened mayor made up his mind to nccedu to Admiral Fletcher's suggestion, which was mado through Consul Canada, tho Mexicans might have been spared the humiliation of being forced from tholr positions and undoubtedly a number of lives would not have been sacrificed. When Admiral Fletcher directed that battalions of bluejackets and ma rines bo landed from Rear Admiral Badger's ships before dawn and be drawn up in tho plaza beforo the rail road station, thenco to proceed to tako tho entire town, ho acted only after warning and after 1G shells from tho Prairie's three-Inch gunohnd been thrown Into the steel framework of tho new market, which faces Mar ket place. A persistent but scattered flro camo from rifles In tbo market during all tho early hours of tho morn ing, and Admiral Badger's men land ed to tho accompaniment of riflo bul lets over their heads. Uniforms Dyed With Rust When tho rush started Admiral Bad ger's bluejackets, clad In orango col ored clothing, made for them on the trip down by dyeing whlto uniforms with Iron rust, moved In close column formation up tho water front past tho market and across the front of the naval college, a long, three story struc ture built of adobe and having a tile roof. The column moved steadily for ward until the first company had passed beyond tho college and tho re mainder were covering tho whole front closo, against the wall. Suddenly a spatter of rifle tiring broke out Flashes from the rifles were plainly visible in the upper win down of the college and along the roofs. The Jackies stood their ground plucklly. Somo or them huddled close to the wall to avoid the rain of steel jacketed bullets from above, while oth ers dashed across a small open space directly in front of the building. These bluejackets dropped on their stomachs and lifted their rifles high to get a range on the windows above. Finally the American officers hustled their men either forward or backward un til they were In the shelter of nearby buildings. Men In Front Undaunted. The Jackies in front held their places, however, and the Prairie sent shell after shell from her three-Inch battery into tho windows of the col lege; huge columns of red dust leaped upward as each shot went home. The Chester also joined in, and with a roar her six-inch shells tore great gaps In the roof of the college. Far to the right of the harbor the mine ship San Francisco opened with her five-Inch guns, and, taking the front of the col lege, shot out window after window, planting the shells with the precision of target practise. After 15 minutes of firing the Prai rie and the San Francisco ceased and the column of Jackies formed again and pushed ahead, deploying around the front of the college. A few shots were directed at them, but none came from tbo college. The Chester contin ued hurling shells into any building In which snipers lurked and also far out into the suburbs. The Jackies went ahead without fal tering, spreading out through the wa terfront sections, selzlrig the high est buildlngs.and organizing squads of guards at street intersections. Tho flro along the front gradually slackenod and then died out but the Chester sent a few shots into the bills beforo ceasing. The Hancock, with JOO marines on board, and the 'battffcshtp Michigan arrived too late to participate In the fighting. Wounded and prisoners were taken aboard the Prairie until the arrival of tho Solace, about noon. Vera Crux Thoroughly Cowed. Conditions in Vera Cruz began to tako on a normal aspect Thursday. Some of the restaurants were opened and a considerable part of the native population began to appear in the streets inspecting tho damage done. There were no expressions of good will for tho Americans, but there was no apparent antagonism. The Mexi cans here seem thoroughly cowed and appear to acoept with passivenesa the presence of tho foreign forces. SENATORS OFFER TO ENLIST Fall, New Mexico, and Sheppard, Texas, Tender Services, Washington. Senators Fall of New Mexico and Sheppard of Texas have written tho president offering their services In the operations against Moxico. Senator Weeks of Massachu setts already had volunteered. Senator Fall wrote that he was ready to resign from, tho senate and go to tho front Senator Williams of Mississippi, who mado a speech in tho senate Tuesday opposing war 'with Mexico, had writ ten to tho president asking that bis son, Robert Webb Williams, be ap pointed a second lieutenant in the volunteer service All offers have been sent to the war department iNIIIMriONAL ausrsoiooL Lesson (By K. O. HELtnitS. Dlrec-lor of Evening lrpnrtmcnt, Tlio Moody lilblo Institute, ChlcivRO.) LESSON FOR MAY 3 THE PRODIGAt SON. I.nSSON TnXTM.ulio 13:11-22. GOLDKN TC.KTV'I will nrlso nnil ko to my f nth or, nml will any unto him, Tnthor, I Imvo nlmirri nKnlnst henven, und In thy BlRlit." l.uUe JG:1S. Tho parables of Jesus luro marvels of unity and condensation, yet no nec essary detail Is omitted. This, per- naps ina most rmnous, is no excep tion even though It does carry a dou bio lesson. Who thinks of tho older brother when this Btory Is mentioned? Though designated tho "Story of tho Prodigal," wo need to remind our selves that tho word "prodigal" novcr onco occurs In tho Btory. Tho open ing scntenco epenks of a father and of two sons. It Is really tho parnblo of a porfect father, the unveiling of tho truo heart of God. Against that background is set off a self-centered Bon lacking In natural affection. Also nlongsldo tho wayward son Is tho mis erly, selfish ono who lacked all tho good qualities of his brother, but who was truly a wnndortr nnd out of har mony with Cod tho Father. In the background we sco tho citizens of tho far country who helped this young Jew to his placo of want, famine and degradation. Remember, it Is our Lord speaking to Jews. When the Gentiles of tho fnr country Bent him to feed swlno they insulted him by compelling him to get his living through an occupation instinctively repulsive. First Fruit of 8ln. The father makes equal' partition "divided unto them." (V. 12) though neither son had a right to demand a partition of bis estate. At tbo 'bot tom of the son's request was a desire to have his own way to bo independ ent of God. He did not go away from homo at once, though his heart was already in the "far country." I. Into the Far Country, w. 13-16. Fun 1b the first fruit of sin, and that the son readily found so long bb his money lasted (Hob. 11:25). But the consequences followed, closely on its trail, for when he had "spent all" he began to bo in "want." There are many attractive things about this young man, but those qualities were perverted, they lacked control, they were good servants but bad task masters. It is not always physical, temporal want that comes to the sin ner, there are deeper and more In tense longings soul want and soul hunger. Thesa always come to the bouI away from God. Being in want does not mean that a man's will has been subdued. Some prodigals in tho most abject temporal need aro aa proud as Lucifer, find boast of tholr rebolllon. So he "Joined himself to a citizen of tho country." He did not belong thero the citizen did. He was Bet to tho most degrading task im aginable for a Jew feeding swine. Like a Lost Sheep. II. The Home Coming, vv. 17-24. The first step waB for tho son to stop and really think. That is where sal vation always begins In thinking. Ho knew bo was lost, e. g., out of adjust ment in tbo wrong place, out of his element and like tho lost sheep, "ready to die." He saw his condi tion, money gone, friends gone, hogs for companions, no food for bis sus tenance. He saw his value. Ho was more Important than tho servants of his father's home. Ho saw his fath er's love, already manifested in what had been givon him and wo fain would believe that when ho left home he had the father's urgent plea to re turn. Ho saw a way to escapo from his present position. All of this after he "camo to himself." Before that, impenitent, ho waB morally Insano, now he has reasoned, Isa. 1:18. With his reasoning also camo tho deter mination to make a full confession. "I will say unto him," not alone con fess his need but the fact that bo had sinned. This is tho only way for a sinner to como to God, Ps. 32:3-5; I John 1:9; Luko 18:11-14. Ho did not stop with resolving but "ho arose and camo to his father," v. 20. Ho ex pected to apply for a sen-ant's posi tion, but novor had tho opportunity for the father Baw him "a great way off" and "ran and fell on his neck and kissed him." Notlco the kiss of recon ciliation was given beforo ho even had a chance to confess. In his confes sion bis first thought is that he had sinned against God and then against his earthly father. Tho father had not once forgotten him; he "had om passion" even though tho son was un merciful to himself and to all of his loved ones. Tho father kissed him beforo ho was washed or otherwlso made presentable. Neither of tho sons aro perfect but he who uttered tho parablo was him self the true son of tho father. Ho novcr departed from hU fathor, wasted his father's substance, nor brought discredit upon his name. Jesus was in full sympathy with his' father's heart for ho welcomed tho wandering publicans and sinners to himself, took tho Journoy into tho far country to find tho wanderers and to bring them home, Christ's mission was to bring many "sons to glory" (Heb. 2:10), which means restoring the wanderer and fulfilling In him the perfectness of aonshlp. BUSINESS ABOVE ALL THINGS Farmer Willing to Let Wife Sob Her Fill If He Got His Price for the "Coo." Tho farmers mot In the market town, and there wns a calculating look in tho eyes of both ns they faced each other. "About that thero coo I was tnlklng to you of tho other day," be gan Farmer Dobbins, "will you tako twelvo pounds for hor, Georgo?" "No, no. 01 couldn't part with 'er for that not by n long chalk." "But t'other day you told me you might lot 'or go for that." "SotnclhliiK'R 'npponed to the coo since then." "Mercy on us, George, what'fi tho matter? Coo dead 7" "Worser 'n( that," said George. "You bop, my old inlBmis can't abeur to pnrt with t' old coo. It 'ud broak 'er 'eart. Sho'd sob 'erself Into a lit over It." "Well, well, 1 suppose that ends the tnifllnoHH?" "Well, 'm not bo suro o' that, Farmer Hayseed. Look 'ere. Mnko It twelve pun' ten, nnd let the mlsBiie Bob." London Tlt-Ults. Not Worth Loafing. Hcmmandhaw I thought Bean brough wns going on a month's vaca tion. Shlnimerpntc Ho was, but tho boss only wnnted to glvo him two weeks nnd ho refused to tako half n loaf. Its Moral Advantage. "Thero Is going to bo a great moral reform In side to thlH freak fashion of wearing pink nnd purplo hair." "What's that?" "A woman, won't havo to Ho about Its being all her own." Why Btieor at tho overshoots the mark? high aim that ALCOHOL-3 PtR CENT AMrtftiaUe Preparation for As- similating the Food and Refute ling Ihe Stomachs and Dowels of Promotes DiaestionXheerful- nessandResLContains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral Not Narcotic . , Mtism in fits v "WPIf IWFWl i A A Derfcct Remedv forConstloa. lion , Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions.Feverish ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature ef Thb Centaur Company, NEW YORK. Ouarantecd under the Feodai Exact Cop of Wrapptr. Disfigurements. Don C. Soltz, of New York, was praising the nowBpaper advertisement. . "But billboards," he said, "bring small returns, and, besides, they dis figure he landscape. "In a recent play the stago manager staged a meadow with chewing-gum and cold-cure and cigarette ads. on every rock and tree and fence. " 'Hold, hold,' said tho star. 'Ads. In our meadow scene! That's carry ing commercialism a bit too far.' "'Commercialism nothing,' said the stago manager. 'I'm a' realist, 'I am, and I want that meadow to look like a genuine one."' - - i ' Not Guilty. Mother Well, Dobble, I hopo you wero a good boy at Mrs. Bond's and didn't ask for two pieces of plo. Bobble No, ma, I didn't ask for two pieces; I only asked If thero wasn't goln' to bo any. The Particular Person. PompouB Stranger Call mo a taxi, ploase. Careful Citizen Cab or demist? Indiantkpolls Star, JL ONES IN THE FACE Make Women Look Old and they show the effect of unnatural iufferinga of bdacke, fack chee dkataeM, hot fUafcea, pains ia lower limb, mum ia croiaa, bearing -dowa mbmUoiu. ThMeavraptoma indicate that Nature noeda help. Overwork, wrong IDS', lack of ezerclM, and other cauaoa have been too much for natur ouulde aid muat be called upon to roatoro health and itrength. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription -.?if.X?.f.b,e.Remed7 'F Woman's Ills that relieves nervous azhauitloa ana irritability and removes other distressing symptoms due to disturbed condU uona of the delicate feminlno organism. ti.. nfT!M5?rtyS",7.lu 5 oeea sed with more than satisfaction by rjHVfK' 'ddle-aged and the elderly by wires, mothers and daughters. You ZSm ii? ; b?f "i-, Bj!d3r Mdlcwe Dsalera in liquid or tablet t one, oc send Dr. 8. V. Fierce, Buffalo, N. Y., CO ono-ceot stamps for trial box by malL DK. PIKKCE'S PLKASANT Uea. reeraUU the liver, aaet llllll Proof. She I don't think you lovo me a much ii h ou iiRod to dol He What tnakes you think that dearest? Slio You are not half bo foolish as you tiBcd to bo. t Wo know some railway bridges that seem to bo dependent on Providence and n coat of paint. Tho follow who tolls a girl ho would die for her wants to ho killed with kindness. 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