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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1906)
f The Road to Success. / TIius the public schools In 'the East bve years bjijiTtajsen a new place in kfiV lives of ! t e ctilJttren for whomi they Were created. Not only do they teach 'the three "R's , " but , step by step , they help boy and girl along the toad to success that leads out from the highway of liberal education. 'The 'girl learns to be strong , womanly and wise , versed not only in the wisdom of books , but in the knowledge that every housewife , every mother , needs. The boy is schooled in the practical gospel of self-help , self-reliance and a clear conception of the duties that fall to the lot of a manly man. St Niche las. _ WASTED TO A SHADOW. But Found a Cure After Fifteen of Suffering- . A. H. Stotts , messenger at the State Capitol , Columbus , Ohio , says : , _ - - . "For fifteen years I had kidney trou bles , and though I \ doctored faithfully , could not find a core. I had heavy back aches , dizzy head aches and terrible uri nary disorders. One1 day I collapsed , fell insensible on the side walk , and then wast ed away In bed for ten , weeks. After being given up , I begai using Doan's Kidney Pills. In a cou 'pie ( of months I regained my old health and now weigh 188 pounds. Twelv < boxes did it , and I have been well tw < years. " Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. His Vocabulary. The man whose house was next door was scraping an acquaintance with the 'man who had just moved in. "I see ydu have an automobile , " he jsaid. "I suppose you will use the barn as a garridge. " "Yes ; I expect to usce it as a garahzh , " responded the new neighbor. This held him for a minute or two , and then he made another overture. "The man that lived here last year , " he said , "used this back yard as a cab- bahzh patch. " BOY'S HEAD ONE SOLD ) SOKE. Hair All Came Out Under Doctor Three Months and No Better Cuticura Works Wonders. Mr. A. C. Barnett , proprietor of a general store in Avard , Oklahoma , tells in the following grateful letter how Cuticura cured his son o a tter- rible eczema : "My little boy had , ecz'ema. His head was one solid sore , all over his scalp ; his hair all came out , and he suffered very much. I had a physician treat him , but at the end of three months he was no better. I remembered that the Cuticura Reme- .dies had cured me , and after giving him two bottles of Cuticura Resolv ent , according to directions , and using Cuticura Soap and Ointment on him daily , his eczema left him , his hair grew again , and he has never had any eczema since. We use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment , and they keep our skin soft and healthy. I cheerfully recommend the Cuticura Remedies for all cases of eczema. A. C. Barnett , Mar. 30 , 1905. " Millionaires' Freat Dinner. I 1 "Freak" dinners have become quite fashionable with millionaires in Lon- < tXlon and America. The latest "freak" repast in London * x-u5 the return banquet of the Hatton / Garden diamond brokers to their forni- ij rhost _ , Mr. Harry Barnato. On Sxt- i urday the eleven gentlemen , in addi tion to Mr. Barnato , who sat down at tbe New Gaiety Restaurant in the Duke of Connaught Rooms , found themselves suddenly translated to the congenial region of the Kimberly diggings. The deception was marvelous. Birds flew around as they entered , and chirp ed as they flitted from plant to plant Huge quartz blocks , artistically ar ranged at once suggested the mines , and sand had been liberally strewn on the floor. A large tent was erected In the cen ter of the room , and close by was a portable washing stand with the in junction , "Please wash your hands be fore sitting down to eat. " Veldt carts , pickaxes , bags of "dust" ( gold , ol course ) , helped to give a finishing touch to the striking scene. No detail was too insignificant to H. Nobile , who designed the unique function. Turtle soup served out of a huge cauldron , while two armed Boers did sentry duty , was enough to complete the illusion. When dessert was reached three huge blocks of ice representing n Cape cart drawn by bullocks was wheeled in on a trolley , and from this cart ices were served. London Mall. TRANSFORMATIONS. Remilts When Coffee Drink- in ? In Abandoned. It is almost as hard for an old coffee toper to quit the use of coffee as it is for a whiskey or tobacco fiend to break off , except that the coffee user can quit coffee and take up Postum Food Coffee without any feeling of a loss of the morning beverage , for when Postum is \ well boiled and served with cream , it is really better in point of flavor than most of the coffee served nowadays , and to the taste of the connoisseur it is like the flavor of fine Java. A great transformation takes place in the body within ten days or two weeks iiftcr coffee is left oft and Postum Food Coffee used , for the reason that thepoi son to the nerved has been discontinued .and in its place is taken a liquid that -contains the most powerful elements of nourishment U is easy to make this test and prove these statements by. changing from cof- Ice to Postum Food Coffee. There's a reason. " ' " . * - : . - r- ' , , , - , . . - - _ "Wf * ' -v "i ' ' - * ' - - i'-j " OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS THE COUNTHY CHU&CH. | T a time when some pessimists fancy that the church is not holding its own as an in fluence in the world , and when they even enter into a discussion of the causes of the supposed decline , some facts recently ascer tained concerning the conditions of the coun try churches are encouraging , although they are not surprising. According to the religious statistics , which are compiled annually by the League for Social Service , the average gain made by each of the reHgious associations in the United States during 1901 was three members. With a single exception , all the Protestant churches showed a smaller number of accessions in 1904 than in 1S94 , the corresponding jrear of the previous decade. More recently gathered statistics from one hundred and ten rural churches present quite a different picture. The churches were of all denominations ; every State except six was represented , and forty of the churches gave fig ures which permit of comparisons. During the ten years from 1S94 to 1904 the average membership of these churches increased from one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and sixty-six , an average gain of "forty-seven members ; and during last year there was an average gain of ten members. These figures show most hopeful conditions. The cause of the gain of the country churches must in some degree be at tributed to the rural ministers , especially to the younger ones. The level of ability and cultivation has risen pro portionally more among the country clergy than among their city brethren ; and where diversions are less en ticing , intellectual ability is a magnet which attracts even those who are indifferent in religious matters. Youth's Companion. . - THE STRUGGLE FOB SUCCESS. HE world wide struggle for success has al ways been going on , but nowhere has it been so generally participated in or so' hard fought as it is now in the United States. It is the biological struggle for existence car ried into the highest sphere of life. The struggle for existence among animals is car ried on chiefly with tooth and claw. The battle for suc cess among civilized men is carried on mainly with cun ning , skill and genims. There have been some changes in the conditions of the contest besides that of weapons .which are worth noting. The struggle for existence among animals in a state of nature necessarily is immediately destructive , however much in the long run it may promote evolution , while that among civilized men generally is and almost always might be whollly constructive. Under natural conditions the number of animals that can find in a given area enough nuts or fruit or grass to live on is strictly limited. The success of some , therefore , means the death of others. If the vanquished are not killed by the victors they must starve to death. The same thing was true once among men , but science , the arts , division of labor have made it true among them no longer. Whether one man's i access hurts other men depends now on the way he wins and uses it. If he win it by treachery and robbery and use It for purposes of extortion , like some American "captains of industry , " it is injurious to others. Its effects are strictly analogous to those of the destructive victory of the beast that preys. On the other hand , the success of the man \vho rises , and , having risen , holds his place by sheer force of character and ability , is a blessing not only to himself but to those "What in the world is the matter tvith you , Henry ? " queried Ma Jones , fc'ith a look of astonishment , as the genial head of the Jones Family sud- lenly threw down his paper , peeled off his coat , and started to roll up his sleeves. "Have you got 'em again , or Is it jast one of your regular attacks ) f everyday idiocy ? What do you see : his time ? Do they wriggle like spa- ; hetti or waltz like pink alligators ? Shall I get you some cracked ice , or vould you prefer a straight jacket ? Shall I " "Silence , madame ! Silence , worn- mi" thundered Pa , in a commanding : one. "What do you mean by such slander ? How dare you make such a ierious accusation ? How dare you cast isperslon on the fair name of one who las been rallying around the reservoir iver since the first of the year ? I vant you to distinctly understand that ips that touch cough cure can never iouch mine ! I want you to distinctly mderstaud that I am an ardent disci- ) le of the water faith. I want you " "But , Henry , " interposed Ma , not at ill frightened at Pa's savage glare , 'you ' are acting so funny ! You are icting so much like n. Jones ! You look lust like you did the night you thought : ou had cow horns and crawled iround on all fours trying to hook lit- : le Fide ! What agitates you , anyway ? iVhat are you oing to do ? What " "What am I going to do , Mrs. Tones ? What am I going to do , sweet- leart ? " yelped "Pa , in a loudsome voice , is he contemptuously glanced at the lewspaper. "What do you suppose I tni going to do ? What would any emi- lent citizen do when he waxes wroth > ver the new-fangled recipes that the iditoriai geezers are now soaking in he cook page ? What would any loyal- learted patriot do when he sees the jood old customs of long ago distorted ike a monkey face in a cheap side : how ? Do you think that I am going 0 sit here and read that stuff without mitting a protesting yelp ? Do you inagine for one momeut that I am go ng to stand for such modern concoc- ions as long as I can raise my hoof 1 a strenuous kick ? Not on your life , : > vey-dovi.r ! Not on your life ! I am oing to show these yaps how to make udge , I am " , "Aake ! fudge , " exclaimed the har- \ over whom he triumphs and every one else. A man cannot honestly get to and keep at the top of a great busi ness without introducing into it economics or improved methods which benefit his customers and the public. He cannot honestly get to and keep at the top of his profes sion , whether it be that of lawyer , physician , engineer , or statesman , without rendering services that redound to the advantage of the community. The public does not think things out fast , but usually In the end it gets around to the right conclusion. Under the influence of the classic English political economy , which came near teaching that everything economic that is is right , there long _ existed a tendency to regard every man who achieved large material success as a kind of public benefactor. It has lately dawned on the popular con sciousness that a man may amass wealth and give em ployment to thousands of people and still be only a public robber a human beast that preys. It seems likely , there fore , that hereafter a healthier public sentiment regarding the struggle for success will exist. There will be , as there shoujd be , a disposition to measure a man's genius and claims to public respect less by the results he achieves and more by the way he achieves them. Chicago Tribune. A SQUARE DEAL. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S square deal epi gram and his fearless integrity in following it up with good works has increased his pop ularity immensely. Farmers are in sym pathy with the President in his recommen dations , almost to a man , regardless of their party affiliations , because they believe in honest legislation. Farmers represent the whole country better than any other class because their interests are * more , homogeneous. We have no big get-rich-quick schemes like promoters o big _ commerqifil enterprises and our wishes are identical with the great mass of con sumers. It is not te our liking to have the postoffice run in the interest of the express companies , or laws contin ued that favor the adulteration of food products. It is not to our interest to have the present raflroad rebate practice continued. . The railway managers would also Ifke to discontinue the practice if they felt they could trust each other. It is not to our interest to retaliate with Germany until we get our farm products shut en tirely out of the marke t But what are we doing to in fluence legislation ? Are we writing to the Senators and Congressmen who are paid to represent us ? Are they familiar , with our viesvs on these subjects ? Hadn't we bet&H * take some of the responsibility home with us and deliberately think it over. ? Faum , Field and Fireside. HIS WIFE'S MONEY. upon a time a man married a woman who had inherited $ oOO from a grandfather. This was all she ever received , but the man never got credit for his efforts the' rest of his life. He built a new store. "Did it with his wife's money , " the neighbors said. The home was made over and enlarged. "His wife's money did it , " was the only comment. The little measly $500 she inherited was given the credit for everything he did during life , and when he died and his widow put up a monument with his life insurance , "Her money paid for that , " was said again. But this is what her money really went for : During her engagement she bought herself a $350 piano and a $150 diamond ring , and in a few weeks lost the ring ; there was always some regret that she didn't lose the piano. Atchison Globe. poouful Ma , in scrapful accents. "What does an old qtiawk like you know about making fudge ? Who ever accused you of being sweet enough to cook candy ? I don't believe that you " "What are you talking about madam ? What are you talking about ? " inter jected the barkful Pa , looking wild- eyed at his little Mary. "What are yon trying to spout ? I suppose you think that I don't know anything about fudge ? I suppose you think that the only real candy makers on earth are the esteemed Smiths ! But there is where you guess again. Mrs. Jones ! There Is where yon guess again ! I want to tell you right here that I know all about the candy game from the planting of the sugar cane to tli6 heart .pangs of the poor dnde who has to buy it ! I want yon to get wise to the fact that I not only fried fnclge in my boyhood days , but also served an apprenticeship in pasting taffy on thesticks. . I want "For mercy's sake forget it. you. squeaky heathen ! " ? interrupted Ma , pet ulantly. "Talk about something else ! Chirp about your famous ancestors ! Tell me what a wonder you are ! Sing it over again to me ! Shont the " "Don't get gay , Smithy ! Don't get gay ! " was the squally response of the exasperated Pa. "Don't try to act kitty like your dear mother ! Just you follow me to the kitchen ! Pick up your feet and hustle hence to the cookery ! I will show you what I know about the fudge business ! I will show you that when I cackle words I have got the deeds to back them ! " So saying Pa swiftly sailed from the room , consorted by Ma and little Fide and in a few minutes another charac teristic Jones stunt was in full swing. "Don't sit around like a substitute , madam ! Don't sit around like a sub stitute ! " commanded the strenuous Pa , as he turned more steam on the stove. "Drop that infernal dog and get me some chocolate ! If you haven't got any chocolate get me some chocolate chips or coal tar ! Norah , trot out the fry ing pan ! Where do you keep the fry ing pan ? You can never find anything in this house ! You can never find any- thig here but the Smiths ! Where is the sugar , Mrs. Jones ? Don't you have sugar ? Do you sweeten the coffee with that dill pickle smile of yours ? Norah , fetch me the butter. That's the stuff Holy smoke ! I didn't ask you to haul out enough to grease a life-size locomo tive ! I am making fudge ! I am not starting an oil refinery ! Where is all the milk , Mrs. Jones ? Where is all the milk ? If you can't flag a milk train occasionally , I'll sell Fide and buy a brindle cow ! If you " "Shut up , you simple heathen ! Shut up ! " shouted Ma , with considerable spirit. "You make me mad ! You make me peevish ! If you will run away and play I will buy you some candy ! If you What are you doing ; you crazy crook ? That's not theway to make fudge ! You are only wasting the materials that you are putting in it ! You don't stew candy the same as you would fry Easter eggs ! You have got enough butter In that pan to keep a ham sandwich foundry working for six months ! You bave " "Who is doing this , sweetheart ? Who is doing this ? * * broke in Pa , with" " a dartful glance at Ma. "Who is the su perintendent of this fudge factory ? This isn't any of your modern recipes. This isn't any of your cooking- school styles with a hemstitched apron and rubber gloves on the side ! This rs the real thing ! This is the way my good old mother used to make it ! ThisIs the Ah , see how it bubbles , Mrs. Jones ! See how it boils ! Now then , Norah , chuck me a pan ! Chuck me a pan quick ! Get out of the way , Sniithy ! Back off and give me a chance to pour this out ! Doesn't that look all to the good ? Doesn't that make you Jealous ? Just wait until it gets cool and bard- ens ! Yuin-yum ! I can almost taste it now ! And to think that you spitefully insisted that I didn't know how to make fudge ! Don't you wish you hadn't said it , dovey , dear ? Don't yon wish you hadn't said it ? " With this Pa put the candy out to cool , but when he went to take a look a few minutes later it hadn't fudged. It was the same an hour later ! It was the same two hours later , and it was safe betting that it would be the same forever. "I told you so , you sweet old hero ! I told you so ! " cried the delighted Ma. with a scornful smile at the disappoint ed Pa. "I told you that you were'n't so many ! I told you that you were mak ing a mess of it ! If you want to eat that fudge you will have to suck it through a straw ! " It" was then that the battle began in earnest and early the next morning all the natives for blocks around were ask ing each other if they had heard a fearful rumbling the night before that sounded li e an earthquake. Philadel phia Telegraph. Ask the average woman how old a contemporary is , afid she will say : "Oh , I don't know. She's a good many years older than ! . * The Senate Friday entered upon consid eration of the amendments to the railroae rate bill under the fifteen-minute rule The measure was changed so as to in elude on pipe lines as common carriers not excepting the one on the Isthmus o Panama. A proposal by Mr. Foraker t < exclude refrigerator cars from the opera tions of the measure was voted down , a ; was an amendment by Mr. McCumbei making the requirements concerning thesi cars more stringent than in the origina bill. The Senate adjourned until MOD day. The House spent the day consider ing the naval appropriation bill. Mr Burton ( Ohio ) delivered a speech against what he termed the needless enlargement of the navy , while Mr. Butler ( Pa. ) and Mr. Calder ( N. Y. ) supported the bill , Other speeches , covering a wide range ol subjects , were made by Mr. Flood ( Va. ) , Mr. Clark ( Fla. ) and Mr. Shackleford ( Mo. ) . " _ The Senate was not in session Satur * day. General debate on the naval appro priation bill terminated with the close oi Saturday's session of the House , one par agraph of the bill being read in order to make it the continuing order before the House adjournment. International arbi tration , the reduction of armament , a carefully prepared address on the achieve ments of the navy and a defense of the naval program for 1907 , together with a speech in favor of a monument on King's Mountain battlefield were the features of the legislative day. Those who addressed the House formally were Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri , Mr. Johnson of South Carolina lina , Mr. Webb of North Carolina , Mr. Tirrell and Mr. W kS of Massachusetts. . * % i * " * In the House Monday forty-five impor ri tant bills , covering a wide range of sub- jecs , were passed. The Senate spent most of its time on a single amendment to the railroad rate bill , and ended by adopting a substitute instead. The provis ion under discussion was Senator Fora- ker's prohibition of the granting of re bates , passes , drawbacks , special passen ger rates , or discriminations in accommo dations to railroad patrons paying equal rates. Senator Culberson finally secured the adoption of the following substitute : "That no carrier engaged in interstate commerce shall directly or indirectly issue or give any f-ree ticket , free pass , or free transportation to any person except to the officers , agerots , employes and attorneys exclusively in the service of the carrier issuing the same , or to ministers of re ligion , inmates of hospitals , eleemosynary or charitable institutions. Any carrier violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor , and shall for each offense pay to the United States a penalty of not less thMi $100 nor more than $2,000. " The House devoted Tuesday to the na val appropriation bill and accomplished tfte reading for amendment of the first fifteen pages. Several topics were dis cussed , including the difficulty of obtain ing enlisted men in the navy , the location of the na-al training station on the great lakes , the cost of smokeless powder , and finally the unnecessary expenditure of $100,000 a year for chains for ships. This last matter was under consideration when the HoHse adjourned. Aside from a few minutes devoted to the reception of the Allison amendments to the railroad rate bill and a half hour given to routine busi ness , the Senate devoted its entire ses sion to the ineffectual consideration of the Elkins amendment prohibiting com mon carriers from engaging in mining coal or in the production of other com modities in competition with , shippers , and adjourned in a state of great confusion as to the exact subject before fir. Nearly the entire time off the House was taken up Wednesday by two proposi tions first , whether the Navy Depart ment shottfd go into the open market and purchase anchors , chains smd cordage , or continue to manufacture these- articles , and second , , whether the cost of transport ing coal from Atlantic and gulf ports to the Philippine Islands , in American bottoms toms , should be limited to $5 or § G- per ton. Mr _ Grosvenor's substitute amend ment giving the Secretary of the- Navy the right to purchase in free markets should it demonstrated that this could be done more cheaply , was adopted , 85 to 76. The reading of the naval bill was continued until adjournment. The- Sen ate spent the greater part of the day again in the consideration of the question Df divorcing the production oE coal and other commodities from their transporta tion , and closed that branch of its work by adopting a modified provision formally offered by Senator Elkins. but originally suggested , by. Senator McLaurin. " The Senate Thursday completed the jonsideration of the second section , of the railroad rate bill , and just before ad journment listened to the reading ? of sec- : ions 3 and 4. The following ; amand- nents to the bill were agreed , upon : Re storing the imprisonment penalty of the ict of 1887 ; imposing a penalty of fine ind imprisonment against sMppers who secure rebates from traasportation com panies ; giving government business the preference over all other traffic m time of ivar The naval appropriation bill again ivas before the House , and an amendment idopted providing that shells and projec- ules for the navy , after June 30 , 1906 , jhall be purchased in the open market. Vjnendments designed to enlarge the navy rards at Washington and Pensacola were Jefeated. Xntionfil Capital . IS'otes. Viscount Aoki , recently appointed first * imbassador of Japan to the United States , has been presented formally to .he President. The House committee on territories de- ided to make a favorable report on two _ ills by Representative Gushman of Wash- ngton , regulating fishing in Alaska. One iill prevents aliens from fishing in Alaa- : an waters , and is said to be aimed espe- ially at the Japanese. President Roosevelt has signed the bills ) assed by Congress making an extra ap- > ropriatfon of $100,000 for Mare Island lavy yard , at San Francisco , and making in appropriation of $70,000 to meet emer gencies in the Postoffice Department in he State of California. . > * * OPES PUBLICITY TIfE BEST GUfltitaWTY'OF MERIT. When the maker of a. medicine , soh3 through druggists for family use , taki his patients fully into his confidenceibjf frankly and fearlessly publishing broad cast as well as on its bottle wrappers , a full list of all its ingredients inplain English , this action on his part is tha best possible evidence that ho is not afraid to have the search light of inves tigation turned full upon his formula and that it will boar the fullest scrutiny and the most thorough investigation. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Proscription for tha euro of the weaknesses , periodical pains and'functional derangements of the or gans distinctly feminine , is the only medi cine put up for sale through druggists for woman's special use , the maker of which Is not afraid to take his patients into his full confidence by such open and honest publicity. sc A glance a"t the published ingredients on each , bottle wrapper , will show that 16 Is made wholly from native , American , medicipal roots , that it contains no poi sonous * or habit-forming drugs , no nar cotics and no alcohol pure , triple-refined glycerine , of proper strength belne used instead of the commonly employed alco hol , both for extracting and preserving the active medicinal properties found in the roots of the American forest plants employed. It is the only medicine for women's pecular diseases , sold by drug gists , that does not contain a large per centage of alcohol , which is in the Ions run so harmful to woman's delicate , nerv ous system. Now , glycerine is perfectly harmless , and serves a valuable purpose by possessing intrinsic value all Its own , and besides it enhances the curative effect of the other ingredients entering into the "Favorite Prescription. " Some of the ablest medical writers and teachers endorse these viosvs and pral all the several Ingredients of which "F a- Torlte Prescription" is composed rep- ommending tbem for the cure of thfc very same diseases for which this world * famed medicine is advised. No othg ? medicine for women has any such iffi ? , fcsatonal endorsement worth more than any number of ordinary testimonials. Il interested , send name and address to Dr. * E. V. Pierce , Buffalo , N. Y. , for his little took of extracts from the works of eminent medical writers and teachers. ' endorsing tbo several ingredients and telling lust what Dr. Pierce's medicines are mag > ojyg free fojjhgjwking. . . * v * * ? " y-Jn * * * " * * * * - - f"- - " 7 - - rq . " - "The" oys" are saying that Gayman cleaned you , Qut in the little game you had at the club the other evening. " "He did but I've bought the summel hotel at the resort over in Michigan whera he always spends his vacations. Don't say anything to him about .it , will you ? " A Bit ; Libel Action. The criticisms against so-called patent medicines which have appeared in some eastern magazines are not being allowed to pass unchallenged by tha manufactur ers , as is shown by several recent law suits. Now the proprietors of Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills ha-ve brought an action agamst the publishers of Collier's Week ly for malicious lioel in the publication of alleged false and defamatory state ments regarding their remedy. There are , perhaps , some unscrupulous people in the proprietary medicine < usiness as there are in every other business or profession , but an unreasoning attack which includes standard household remedies , whose value has been universally- recognized for a gen eration or more , can only result in plac ing the crusaders themselves on the de fensive. "Wanted to Know. "I had a tramp for dinner to-day/ "Is this some of him ? " asked hej husband , , poking his fork into the metf rather suspiciously. Houston Post. MX * . "Wlnslow * * 8ooCTZX frnrcr for CMJdrw { thine ; , acton * th * cnnu , reduces LaflammUoa , a ! Uya pain. COTM wlad colic. 35 o au a bottle , The Need. "Here Is another question that ought to be brought before Congress , " said the earnest citizen. "My dear sir. " answered Senator Sor-- , "Congress now has all the ques- it can take care of. WQat it needs Is some answers. " Washington Star. Increasing Among Women , But Sufferers Need flot liespair THE BEST ADVICE IS FREE Of all thedfeeases known , witfrwhich the female organism is afflicted'r ' kidney disease is the- most fatal , and statistic * show that this-disease is on the-increase among women. Unless early and correct treatment ii applied the patient seldom surriYea when once the disease is fastened upon her. We believe Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound is the most effi cient treatment for chronic kidney troubles of women , and is the only med icine especially prepared for this purpose. When a woman is troubled with , pain or weight in loins , backache , frequent , painful or scalding urination , swelling of limbs or feet , swelling under tha eyes , an uneasy , tired feeling in. the- region of the kidneys or notices & . sediment in , the urine , she should' ' lose no time in commencing treatment with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound , as _ it may be the means of javing her life. For proof , read what Lydia E. Pink- iam's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Sawyer. " I cannot express the terrible suffering I rad to endure. A derangement of the female Jrgans developed nervous prostration and a erious kidney trouble. The doctor attended ne for a year , but I kept getting worse , until. [ was unable to do anything , and I made up ny mind I could not .five. I finally decided : o try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- xmnd as a last resort , and I am to-day a well voman. I cannot praise it too highly , and 11 every suffering woman about my case.5 * -Mrs. Emma Sawyer , Conyers , Qa. Mrs. Pinkham gives free advice to- ivomen ; address in confidence , Lynn , * TT-