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OPERATION . It there is any one thing that a woman dreads more than another it is a surgical operation. We can state without fear of a contradiction that there are hun dreds, yes, thousands, of operations performed upon women in our hos pitals which are entirely unneces sary and many havo been avoided by LYDIA tLPINKHARI'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND For proof of this statement read the following letters. Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman, Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham: For eight years I suffered from the most severe form of female troubles and was told that an operation was my only hope of recovery. I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound, and it has saved my life and made me a well woman." Mrs. Arthur li. House, of Church Road, Moorestown. N. J, writes : ' "I feel it is my duty to let people know what Lydia E. Pinkham's vege table Compound -has done for me. I suffered from female troubles, and last March my physician decided that an operation was necessary. My husband objected, and urged me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and to-day I am well and strong."' FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the ,3 Mn.1 fA. lift and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled wim displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains; and backache. Mrs. Pinkham Invites all sick women to write ber for advice. She lias - Raided thousands to Health. Address, lyiin, jaass. W. I tfcratftM makes and tolls am mt SU.00 and iboM than say othvr tnsroaf acturer tit tlie world. be unu they hold their shape, at better, and wear longer than any other make. Mom MM Priest, for Every Munbtref the telly, Mn, BoytMa, MitMti CMIdn W.l HwlMt,S1.00ntleJ.biii iae W aiatil.4 W ur arte. W. L Dwclu $S.M MA -Take Me MMIIau. W. L. DaiulM nun and price sumped oa bottom. Bold smyticn. shoes malted from factory te any MK mi ) wwiw. iMiiuur w. L. ouuus. mi sew at. Western Canada the Pennant Winner "Th c Last Best Vcst 19 The government of Canada now gives to every actual set lot! acres of eat-drowlnd land free and. an additional 160 acres at $3.00 an acre. The 900,000 contented American settlers making their homes in West era Canada is the best evidence of the superiority of that country. They are becoming rich, growing from 25 to 50 bushels wheat to the acre; GO to no Dusn els oats and 45 to 60 bushels barley, be aides having splendid herds of cattle raised on the prairie grass. Dairying is an in portant industry. The crop of 1908 still keeps Western Canada In the I .d. The world will soon look to it as Its food-producer. Thft thin wbleh most impressed ns was the aunltml of the country tuat la availiible for aanouuiirai enruotttlk" AuHonui Editorial Low railway rates, good schools and churches. markets convenient, prices tne msnett, climate perfect. lands am for sale by Railway and lAnd Com anU'K. lieacrlptivo nampbltUH and maps tet free. vor railway rates auu ouwriaionuauuB apply to Superintendent of Immigration tjttawa, tasua or to the authorised Canadian Gov't Agent: W. V. BENRETT. Ml Hew Turk IBs BeUaaC Omaba. Rskrstta. ' of this paper 6c- Keaaers used in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all or inularjons. '3 Stroke Self Feed Hay Press" Two men can mo IU Bocord, 3 tons in one hour. Easy draft. SATISFAC TION GUARAN TEED. Ak for catalog No. vlfc THE AUTO-FEDAN CAY PRESS CO. 1W1 W. lath ati-eet, Kahsas Cirr, Ma CANDY For famous and delicious e&naiea aoa cnoeot&Les, wri t to the maker for eat aloff, wholesale or retail. Gimthr Confectionery 212 Slate SUtvt, CUca lit WORSES SET NEW WORLD'S RECORD TWENTY-FOUR MARKS SHAT- TERED BY TROTTERS AND ; ' PACERS' DURING 1908. MINOR HEIR AND UHLAN STAR Former's Mile in 1:59'2 Establishes New Record for Green Pacing Stal lion Wonderful and Sensational Runs by The Eel, Leading Lady, Hamburg Belle and Other Horses. Coming right after such a record- breaking campaign as was experi enced in 1907, another year ot sensa tional performances has just closed, or practically so, and statisticians axe knee deep in work figuring up the great season performances and new world's records that were established since last July by the time annihilat ing trotters and pacers. No less than 24 new world's records were shattered during the last, sea son, while some splendid season per formances were given that almost equaled world's records. The feats performed by fleet trotters and pacers were so many and of such a sensation al nature that it is difficult to select whicli is the greatest. The record taken by The Leading Lady in a trial agajnst time at Lexington of 2:07, which establishes a new record for three-year-old trotting fillies, is of course a remarkable performance, but it can not compare with some of the other splendid exhibitions of speed and courage displayed by the other equines whose names will be inscribed in the hall of fame of the horse world. Perhaps the performance of the two pacing wonders, Minor Heir and The iiiel, were as great as any of the shining stunts pulled off by any cam paigner, although it must be consid ered that the performances of The Harvester (2:08), Hamburg) Belle (2:04), Uhlan (2:07), Czarevena (2:12), and Highball (2:03), are all record-breaking ones, and any of them would stand out very prominent ly if it were the only exceptional performance of the year. So much attention is now paid to breeding that faster horses are bound to grace the turf, .and next year it is expected that another collection of speed merchants will appear that, al though they may not eclipse the marks established this season, they will prob ably lower a number of the present records. The Leading Lady's record of 2:07 lowers the record for three-year-old fillies, that has stood for 15 years. It was made ' by Fantasy in 1893 and was 2:08. The performance of TJh lan, when he trotted a mile in 2:07 at Columbus, broke the world's record of 2:08, held jointly by John Nolan made sin 1893, and Boralma made in 1906. . Fleming Boy's record of 2:07. sur passed Kinney Lou's record of 2:07 for the fastest heat ever trotted by a green stallion, while Highball shat tered the record of 2:04 for the fast est heat eVer trotted by a gelding, which was held by Tiverton and Went- worth, by reeling off a mile at Peoria in 2:03. The mile in 2:07, trotted by the ill-fated mare, Alceste, in the M. and M. race at Detroit, in the fifth heat, established a new record for trotters for a similar heat. By trotting a third heat in 2:04, Hamburg Belle lowered the former record of 2:0& held by Sweet Marie, while at Tere Haute Jack Leyburn es tablished a new record for the three fastest heats for trotters of either sex by reeling off three heats in 2:07, 2:06 and 2:04. This lowered Alix's mark made in 1894, also that made by W. J. Lewis in 1906. Jack Leyburn also lowered The Monk's record of 2:05 and 2:06 made in 1902 for the two fastest heats ever trotted by a gelding. He trotted two heats at Detroit in 2:05 and 2:04. Minor Heir established a new record for a green pacing stallion by pacing a mile in 1:59, while he also equaled Star Pointer's race record of 2:00 made in 1897. , The Dean stallion also lowered Bolivar's record of 2:00 for a first beat. Citation equaled the world's record for the fastest heat by a pacing mare in a race, held by Ec static at 2:01. Jerry B equaled the world's record for a sixth heat by a pacer, held by Planet at 2:06, while he also holds the record for the fastest seventh heat ever paced. At Lexing ton Jerry B paced a mile in the sev enth heat in 2:07, beating the record held by Baron Orattan made in 1904 and King Direct made in 1904 of 2:07. Gilbert to Manage Cardinals. Billy Gilbert, who played part of the past season at second base for the Cardinals, will succeed John J. Mc Closkey as manager of the St. Louis team next season. Gilbert is in New York to spend the winter and has with him a signed contract which binds him to boss the Mound City aggrega tion in 1909. The deal will not be of ficially announced for some time, but It is a certainty that it has gone through. Unable to Agree. It is announced that all negotiations looking .toward a renewal of athletic relations between Brown and Dart mouth, ancient rivals, have been dropped. The trouble arose over a baseball game last year, and all ef forts of alumni of the two institutions have been unable to - bring the au thorities to an agreeable understand ing, permitting the annuel football game between the schools fcr this fail. Trttth and Quality appeal to the Well-informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent success; and creditable -standing. Accord ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but' one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acta pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, us it is free from all objection able substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug gists. NOT EXACTLY. Flossie Footlight Part of the Jap anese wedding ceremony consists in the burning of the discarded toys of the bride. Winnie Wings Horrors! You don't mean cremating her cast-off lovers, do you? " As He Understood It. Despite the imaginative nature of the child, it has a decided tendency to see things in a literal sense. This is noticeable in the acquiring of lan guage. For instance, little Herbert was pleading to go out of doors to Play- . "When I see fit, you shall go," said his mother, decidedly. This settled the matter, and the lit tle fellow went off to his blocks. In about half aa hour he returned, and Bald: . ; . "Mamma, have you seen him?" "Sevn whom?" replied the lady, ut terly in the dark as to his meaning. "Why, seen Fit." Her Experience. ' Letty was a little colored girl whose chief occupation was the bringing of water- from . a distant spring.. This was very much to her discomfort, for the summons to fill the empty water bucket called her often . from her play. . One day her young mistress was giving her a lesson in Bible history, the subject being Noah and the flood. "Letty," she said, "what did Noah do when he found that the water was all gone?" Letty, who had been giving scant at tention to the story, replied with a sigh: "I. spec' he sent after mo'." Her Qualifications. A prominent educator tells of a unique recommendation made by the board of examination with reference to certain questions put to a primary school In an Indiana town. " "I desire to recommend Mary Wil son also for a reward- of merit," stated one of the board in a note appended to the report. "Being very young, Mary naturally missed the point of all the questions in the examination papers, but her answers were in ever" Instance so ladylike and refined that I think she should be awarded a medal." Harper's Monthly. Sweetbreads. Let them soak in lukewarm water for two hours; then jut them in a .stewing pan and simmer gently for ten minutes. When nearly cooked add a can of green peas, which greatly Improves the flavor, and make a 'thickened gravy by adding one table spoonful of flour, one tablespoonful f butter, 1 pints of milk. Creamed Celery. Scrape and cut the celery into inch pieces; stalks which are not sufficient ly blanched for use raw or in salads w!il do. Drop them into boiling water and simmer until tender, about 20 min utes. Drain and to one pint of celery add one cupful of white sauce. SIm mer 20 minutes. "SfaTe "Z.feaZi urripfings. , Soak bread in cold water, then squeeze it out dry, let stand for one tiour, add one egg, piece of butter size (walnut, half teaspoonful of salt. Mold into bails about size of an egg, drop into boiling water, keep covered and boil 20 minutes.- These make deli cious dumplings to be served with veal or chicken. . Appetizing Touches. If a turkey or chicken is rubbed inside and out with a lemon, it will fnake the meat white, juicy and tern der. Fruit and vegetables put up In tin cans should be opened at least half an hour before using, as the air com ing in contact with them improves their flavor. Persauslon. . After he has hammered his thumb noil a few times it is easy for a .i-.an to feel that he really has not the ti-ne to nail down the hall carpet. SOME REMARKS FROM MINNE SOTA EDITORS. What They Think of Western Canada. A party of editors from a number ot cities and towns of Minnesota recently made a tour of Western Canada, and' baying returned.: to their .homes .they . are now " telling - in their ' respective newspapers of what they saw on their Canadian trip. The West St. Paul Times recalls the excursion of the Minnesota editors from Winnipeg to the Pacific Coast ten years ago. Re ferring to what has happened in the interval the writer says: "Thousands of miles of new railway lines : have been built, and the development of the country has ; made marvelous strides. Millions of acres, then lying in their wild and untouched state, have since been transferred into grain fields. Towns have sprung up as if by the wand of a magician, and their development is now in full progress. It is a revelation, a record of conquest by settlement that is remarkable." The Hutchinson Leader scharacter izes Western Canada as "a great coun try undeveloped. The summer out ing," it says, "was an eye-opener to every member of 'the party, even those who were on the excursion through Western:" Canada ten years ago, over considerable of the territory covered this year, being amazed at the prog ress and advancement made in that short space of time. The time will come when Western Canada will be the bread-basket of the world. , It was a delightful outing through a great country of wonderful possibil ities and resources." Since the visit of these editors the Government has revised its land regu lations and it is now possible to se cure 160 acres of wheat land at $3.00 an acre in addition to the 160 acres that may be homesteaded. The crop3 of 1908 have been splen did, and reports from the various dis tricts show good yields, which at pres ent prices will give excellent profits to the farmers. , From Milestone, Saskatchewan, there are reported yields of thirty bush els of spring wheat to the acre, while the average Is about 20 bushels, TV'S quality of grain to be shipped from this point will be about 600,000 bush els. Information regarding free lands and transportation will, be freely given by the Canadian Government Agents. THE NEWEST MODE. Susie What dees the new baby at your house look like? Is It nice? i Sammy Must be the latest thing in babies.. Maw's as tickled over it as if it just come from the milliner's. ImDOrtant to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it. Bears the Signature of w Use For Over 3t Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. The deepest thoughts are always tranquillizing, the greatest minds are always full of calm, and richest live have always at heart an unshaken re pose. Hamilton Wright Mabie. i Mrs. Wtnslows Soothinc- Rvrnn. For children teething, softens the (rums, reduces b OaxnmatlOD, allays pain, cures wind collu.. 25c a bottle. When men are friends there is no need of justice. Aristotle. , Gurestlrcd.acuimg.sweatinylcct. 2dc. Trial package tree. a. d. uijubwu. uu imu , . There are no vacations in the school for scandal. There is no guess-work, no un certainty, about this world- famous remedy. Since first pre scribed by Dr, D. Jayne 78 years ago it has brought relief and ef fected cures in millions of cases of disease, and is today known and used in all parts of the world. DR. D.JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT If you have a Cough or Cold ou cannot afford to experiment you know Jayne's Expectorant to be a reliable remedy. It is also a splendid medicine for Bron chitis, Pleurisy, Croup, Whoop-ing-Cough and Asthma. Get it at your druggist's in three sice bottles, $1.00, 50c and 25c. Dr.D.Jayme'iSanative Pills isathor- ' ough'y reliable laxative, pur- , gaiive, cathartic ana stomach tonic. (lP The jJKjl Best I Four I J 1 atons 1 Quince Marmalade. Take one-half apples and one-halt1 quinces. Cut up fruit without pelling or core it, but remove stems ano flower ends.p Cook until tender in enough water jto cover it. Strain pulp through a fine sieve. Allow one pound lof sugar to a pint -and a half of pulp. Cook the marmalade until it is stiff enough to .; form fttrring frequently,, as it burns easily after the sugar Is added. Had Many Changes of Hair. Women's .-hairdressing 1 was expen sive in the '.sixteenth century. : Queen Elizabeth at one time was possessed of no fewer: than 80 sets of false hair. By loving whatever is lovable In those around us, love will flow back from them to us; and life will become a pleasure! instead of pain. Dean Stanley. ! ".. Here's where the wear comes. Children's shoes need strong soles. Buster Brown Shoes have soles that wear. v Mothers say they' never saw children's soles wear so well , BUSTER BROWN Bine Ribbon SHOES! For youngsters, $150 to White House Shoes for srrown-ups. ' Ask THE BROWN SHOE MEANS 0ll&"TV For Group Tonsillitis and Asthma A quick and powerful remedy is needed to break up an attack of croup. Sloan's Liniment has cured many cases of croup. It acts instantly when applied-both.inside.an4 outside of the throat it breaks up the phlegm, re- Sloan's gives quick', relief in all cases of asthma, bronchitis, sore throat, tonsifius, and pains in the chest. Price, ssc. and l.oo. '. Dr. Earl SJ Sloan, Boston. Mass. mmmmmmmmmmamKmKMmmmmmiBBmmKBaMimmaMmmmm A Treated Duster. ; A big piece of cheese cloth wrung out of turpentine and dried is almost a magic duster. It accumulates all dust, does not scatter it and at . the same time brightens-' everything it touches.. ., Dishwashing Hint. Invert all hard cooking dishes over Bteam or hot water for a few minutes and every particle will wash off easily, especially dishes that have been used for syrup, bread or pastry uougn "Expert" Carving. At a dinner where half a duck was served each guest the host was com plimented upon his skilful carving. Later it was divulged that before cooking them the birds were cut in Itwo, stuffed, sewed together - and baked. Mr. Host merely ' cut the threads at the table. To Keep Flues Clear of Soot. Stove pipes, boiler tubes and flues may be kept free of soot by occasion ally throwing a scrap of zinc into the fire. t - ' Why Not? Among the oddest personals ever In serted in the society column was one that appeared In a paper published In an eastern town. It reads as follows: "Mrs. Coulter, being confined to her bed by Illness,; ; will not be at home next Thursday; as usual." Harper's Weekly. Seek to Revive Old Industry. A thousand mulberry trees have been planted at Seville, Spain, in an attempt to revive the silk industry, for which the city was once famouc. ' The Smug Fellow. "1 don't see why Goodley should be unpopular with you all. He never speaks ill of anyone." "No, but he's one of these very smug, fellows who can say: 'Oh, yes! Jones seemed very happy when I saw him last,' and say it in such a way as to give the im pression that Jones was horribly drunk." - Tt.. Majority, Is Never Right? (. The majority is never right. Never, say. This is one of those society lies which a free, thinking man mut The Villains of Fiction. What would happen to writers of fiction if the, world suddenly became good and there were no rogues left, no bad men, no bad women? It is to be feared that thfa craft of novelship Would then be in sad straits, because, as it happens, the wicked make much more interesting reading than the good. Book "Monthly. Aerial Railway on Farm. J An Ingenious Japanese ' small fruit I grower in California has rigged up SICK HEADACHE Positively cared by these Little Pills. CARTERS r 1TPE treSH from Dy-spepaia, In- I I I VtR Eating. A perfect rem- I I Sail e - or T-lzzlneBS Kso I I PILLeSe flea, -XKosiness. Bad W" ff Taste in the Month, Coat- r -assT ed Tongue. Pain In the lai. TORPID L1VKR, They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simire Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. nrriAtirr ctarpii Bieat towor& with -r-M inivwei - atarchea starches clothes nlct. W. N. U., LINCOLN, NO. 47, 1908. $250 your dealer for them. CO.. Makers. SL Louis. U. S. A. Housework Mittens. -' Kitchen mittens can be bought in several thicknesses and sizes for. vari ous branches of housework. Thero are thick ones with straps across the wrist to wear when polishing the' range, then there are others to put-ontr-when scrubbing floors or sinks and, still thinner ones with chamois cloth; insides to use for polishing silverware., These mittens are a great protection, to the hands and finger nails, and they really simplify the work more than, those-women who have not' availed themselves of this convenience realize. Boil Rice in Bag. , :A . This is a delicious substitute for tlie old way of boiling rice: Put one cup-t ful of rice into a pudding bag that' will hold about" one quart, tie the has so as to leave room for the rice to swell and put this into a kettle con taining a liberal quantity of boiling water. Add a teaspoonful of salt, and' boil briskly for half an hour; then turn from the bag. and serve with . cream and sugar. ; Rice cooked in this way is far superior to ordinary boiled rice. Might Be Worse. The Boss 'angrily) ''Loo herej James, I have been ringing an honrj and you've only just come.' Office Boy! "Well, don't get fussy about it. ' If, hJ. hadn't come now yon might have Kept on ringing for another hour. ' Would Be Easier for the Camel. "I wish," said the bachelor who wa trying to thread a needle, "that there was a camel here. I'd tie this thread to his tail and drive him through." Kaap:us City Times. rebel against.! Who are they that make up the majority of a country's inhabitants? Are they the wise or the ignorant? I believe that' we must agree that the ignorant are overwhelm ingly in the majority everywhere' on the wide earth. But it is never right that the ignorant should rule over the intelligent. Henrik Ibsen. ; Habit Hard to Overcome. . Many people .find it impossible to get oyer the habit of adulterating the truth which they use. an aerial railway in his strawberry fields on which trays of fruit are oar Tied to the little packing house, says Popular Mechanics, which also. con-, tains a picture of the device. It con- -sists simply of a row of posts, a ' -inch wire, two barn door, hangers and a frame for carrying a dozen trays. " ' . : How. to Find Out. Some people never learn to appre ciate the comforts of home until they ' have traveled on river steamboats. CARTERS llTTLE IVER PILLS, a an ) sty Liniment