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COLUMBUS
NEBRASKA
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
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RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are- Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given in a Few Lines.
Domestic
Fifty thouasud acres of land situ -
ated in the Goose Creek valley in
southern Idaho were opened to settle
ment. Tbe lands are controlled by
the Twin Palls Land and Water com
pany, which has commenced the con
struction of an irrigation system to be
completed in eighteen months, at a
sost of approximately 12,000.000.
Alice Webb Duke, divorced wife or
Srodie L. Duke, the tobacco magnate.
was committed to the asylum for tbe
insane at Kankakee, 111. Tee once
brilliant and wealthy bride of .Mr.
Duke appeared a complete mental and
physical wreck and but ten minutes
were required to impress the jury with
the need of restraint of, and treatment
for her.
The fifty-ninth anniversary of the
admission of California to statehood
was observed at the Alaska-Yukon Pa
cific exposition as California day. the
notable features of the day being ad
dresses and a reception in the Cali
fornia building and free distribution
f fruit and other California products.
The president has approved the sen
tence of dismissal imposed by a gen
eral ccurt martial appointed by him
at Denver. Colo., in the case of First
Lieut. Clarence S. Nettles, U. S. A.
(retired), lieutenant Nettles first en
tered the service as an enlisted man
in the second South Carolina volun
teer infantry during the Spanish
American war.
Former President Roosevelt has re
queeted that the United States gov
ernment send a supply of black bass
to British East Africa to be deposited
In Lake Naivasha. Mr. Roosevelt's
request was made in a personal letter
to Commissioner George M. Bowers
off the bureau of fisheries and it will j
be complied with if possible.
Three unknown tramps who were .
riding. in a box car weie killed when
a. Chicago Great Western freight
train was derailed near Maloy, la.
The first bulletin of the director
of the censusshowing the operations
CONDENSED
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of the cotton giuners for 1909 was J iron smelting and the iron and steel
issued this week. It covers the pe- industry generally, and thus makes
riod up to September 1. and shows j use of the vast deposits of iron ore
that for that lime r.77.r52 running which exi- in several portions of the
bales have been gained as against . country, according to Consul General
402.220 fcr the same period of last , A. E. Anderson of Rio de Janeiro. The
3ear. j aid to be given the new industry It
Thomas S. Phelps, jr.. commandant ' is believed will take the form of an
at the Mare Island navy yard, has : offer of a subsidy to one or more com
recsived his commission as a rear i pauies to establish plants,
admirai. The captain's flag formerly j a treaty by Haron Rio Branco. Bra
used by the commandant v.as nauled J 7.nian min'ster of foreign affairs, and
down and that of admiral was raised j Herman Velarde, the Peruvian minis
on the receiving ship Independence. ter. has put an end to the frontier dis
Bear Admiral Phelps' commission is ptIte between Brazil and Peru in the
dated July 2!. Aazon. Each country letains its ac-
"Daram bread day" will be oh-' (Uai possesisons in the Amazon,
served in North Dakota by proclama-; japans purpose to gain a strong
lion of Governor John Burke of tha . cemmercial foothold among the coun
state on October 7. The agricultural J tries of South America is indicated
department has been notified that the in the statement of Consul Winslow
-people of North Dakota have been j of Valparaiso. Chili, that Japan now
urgeu Dj me governor to ouserve tne.
day by using only bread made from
duram wheat flour. Duram wheat is
a hard cereal grown only in the far
north and is a special product of
North Dakota. Governor Burke has
requested the agricultural depart
ment to give special attention to the
observance of "duram wheat day."
An order invoking approximately
a million dollars in reparation was is
sued by the interstate commerce com
mission. It included claims in what
is known as the central yellow pine
association territory Louisiana, Miss
issippi and western Alabama and in
volved a refunding of amounts paid
by a large number of shippers of
enow pine lumber from the terri-
lory to points m otner states on '
which an overcharge of two cents a !
hundred pounds was collected bv va
rious railroads.
Contracts with the Maryland Steel
company of Sparrows Point, for the
$880,000 were signed by Acting Sec
, retary of the Navy Winthrop.
Accompanied by his son Casper and
his private secretary. Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson arrived at
Deadwood, S. D.. Sunday afternoon.
He will be entertained over Sunday
by Congressman Martin and on Mon
day will leave for Belle Fourche.
where he will inspect the farms under
the new government irrigation project.
Emmet A. Gould, since 1902 general
superintendent of the northern dis
trict of the Missouri Pacific, with
headquarters In Kansas City, has re
signed to become general superintend
ent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton at Cincinnati, effective Sep
teber 15.
The threatened speed war among
the "Chicago-Denver-California railroad
systems is on. In anticipation of the
cutting of schedules by the Burling
ton and other Hill lines the Chicago
& Northwestern announced a reduc
tion of two hours in running time
between Chicago and Denver.
Count Hermann Osheim, former
heir presumptive to the grand duchy
of Saxe-Weimer, who renounced his
right to the succession, was married
in London before the registrar. The
bride signed her name as Wanda
Paola Lottero, and gave her age as
twenty-five years.
The Aero club of St. Louis lias
rabled Glenn H. Curtis, tie avitator,
"who won at Rheims last weak, an in
vitation to give flight? during the
centennial celebration in October.
Wilbur Wright is expected to repiy
definitely this week io an invitation
a:ade recently.
After a desperate Ught, ia whlcfc
she barely escaped death by her owir
I shotgun which her assailant wielded.
Mrs. Harry G. Draper of Tampa, Fin.,
succeeded In frightening away a negro
who attempted criminal assault upon
her. The negro succeeded in escap
ing. James Bellows McGregor cele
brated his 108th birthday at his home
"The Maples," at North Newport, Ji.
H., Monday. He has been a free
mason since "1827.
The articles of association" of the
Kansas City (Mo.) Navigation com
pany, formed to conduct boat traffic
between Kansas City and St. Louis,
were filed in the office of the recorder
of Jackson county. The capital of
the company is $1,000,000. The pa
pers will be certified to the secretary
er state at Jefferson City and a
charter to the company issued.
Nineteen persons narrowly escaped
death at Monroe, Iowa. Monday in
the burning of a boarding house.
Many guests were forced to jump
from the upper windows and two
were seriously injured. Samuel Bar
row, district manager of the Texas
Oil company, leaped from a second
story window with his six-year-cld
, SOn in his arms, after both had been
painfully burned. Mr. Barrow was
badly bruised, but the child escaped
further injury.
.Mrs. Anna Dickens, the first white
settler in Iowa, died at her home at
the uge of eighty-eight. A fractured
hip received in a fall induced her
death.
The international air navigation
exposition has decided upon the week
beginning October 3 for "aviation
wi ek."
The Maryland Steel oinpany of
Sparrow's Point submitted tne lowe.;t
bid at the navy department for con
structing the naval collier authorized
by the last congress at a cost not to
exceed $900,000." The company ub-
f mitted two bids, the lower being
$889,600.
One killed, several injured and
$100,000 damage is the sum total of
the breaking of the central Missouri
di ought Monday. The storm cen
tered iu north Christian county. At
Spokane, Mo., Hiram Cornoga, post
master, was killed by lightning.
John Embry. United States attor
ney for the western district of Okla
homa, tendered his resignation to
the attorney general. Mr. Embry
wiil enter the private practice of law
at Oklahoma City.
A. A. Robinson, owner of the Com
mercial company of Detroit, his wife,
and Mrs. H. E. Tremaine of Bay City,
were instantly killed in Bay City
when an automobile in which they
were riding was struck by a fast
Michigan Central train. A daughter
of Mrs. Tremaine is thought to be fa-,
tally injured.
Foreign.
The deposed shah of Persia left the
confines of the Russian legation Thurs
day and started his journey to Russia.
He is to live in practical exile, prob-
ably a; Odessa
Brr. J1 has determined to develop
nas three subsidized steamers plying
between that country and the west
coast of South America. The last
steamer which was placed in service
, is the "American Maru " which
leached Valparaiso recently. The
steamers are to be freighted with
Japanese bric-a-brac and specialties,
and are to return loaded with nitrates.
Word has been received by the Vic
toria Sealing company that the seal
ing schooner. Thomas F. Bayard,
which was in Behring sea hunting
for sea otter, has been ordered by
a United States revenue cutter to de
part. As hunting fcr sea oters is not
piohibited. protest will be made to
Ottawa with
a view of having rep
resentations made to Washington.
Miss Florence Breckenridge, daugh
ter of General J. C. Breckenridge of
Washington, D. C, was married in
Paris to Thomas F. Hesketh, an offi
cer in the English horse guards.
J. G. Walter of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
was arrested at Saskatoon. Saskatch
ewan. Can., on a charge of embezzling
$10,000 in connection, with the opera
tion of a line of elevators in the
ortbern states, under the name of
the Plymouth Elevator company.
Minneapolis men supplied the money
to Walter and ordered his arrest for
not meeting his obligations.
The international association for
testing materials opened its congress
at Copenhagen with an attendance
of delegates from fourteen countries.
Among the delegates is Prof. W. K.
Hatt of Purdue university, who is
present as the official representative
of the United States forestry service.
The public issue or 70,000 shares
in the Central bank of Korea, which
is being established at Seoul by the
Japanese government to simplify and
systematize banking at Korea, has
been over-subscribed 500 times. The
shares have a par value of one hun
died yen ($50.)
Lieut. Benjamin D. Foulois, of the
signal corps, has been detailed to
represent the war department at the
international aeronautical conference
to be held at Nancy, France, Septem
ber 18-24. Lieutenant Foulois has
been specially designated for instruc
tion in the operation
Fire at Krivoy-Rog, Russia, de
stroyed 450 buildings. The nroperty
loss is about $500,000. Five thousand
persons are homeless and destitute.
Latest reports from Montera Mex
ico, place the number of dead in the
recent storm at 1,200 to 1,400, and
the property loss is ery large.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Kama of intercat Taken Frew Hera
and There Over the State.
County Attorney John L. Cleary of
Hall county has filed a information
In the county court charging Ernest
S. Stout with the murder ia the first
degree of Joseph B. Rlcheson.
Reports from eight threshing out
fits from the once supposed arid landa
of western Nebraska are most flatter
Ing and indicate the largest harvest
ever gathered there.
The farm home of R. II. Thomas,
one mile east of Indianoia. with all
contents, was-burncdL. It was a sod
ind frame structure, and was one of
the very earliest houses In this coun
ty. It was an old landmark. No one
was at home but two small children.
J. W. Bergman, the postmaster at
Odessa, has been in quarantine be
cause his son is afflicted with spinal
meningitis. The state board of health
'das required this to be done owing
.- the epidemic now spreading over
the state.
Ben Cartney committed suicide at
Tilden by banging himself. He arose
at the usual hour .to. .do his chores.
His father soon became alarmed at
his long absence and went in search
of him and found him dangling from
a rope, life being extinct.
Mary Brabec, wife of Joseph Bra
bee, a Bohemian farmer, living near
Barneston, who tried to hang him
self some time ago, and who was dis
charged after an examination by the
insanity commission, has filed suit for
divorce against her husband. She
charges him with extreme cruelty.
One of the highest prices ever paid
for a farm in the vicinity of Lawrence
was paid last wek. when the farm
owned by Nick Brom was sold by
Hilton & alman to Joe Thier, a local
farmer, for $125 per acre. This is an
eighty-acre tract, with only fair im
provements, and is considered a re
markable price, as corn is a short crop
this year in that part of the country.
In its reprint of news published in
the York Republican thirty years ago
corn was worth 20 cents a bushel and
hogs about the same as cattle, then
worth $2.50 per hundred. C. C. Cobb,
the pioneer merchant, was advertising
as a leader ten pounds of sugar for
$1. A comparison of prices received
now shows hogs worth $8. cattle $7.60.
corn 57 cents and wheat nearly $5.
August Wellenseik, a young man
residing with his father near Talmage,
met with an accident which resulted
in his death. He was in the loft
throwing down some hay and threw
down the fork and the handle stood
up straight. He jumped out of the
loft, the handle struck him in the
stomach and was forced into his
bowels.
J. W. O'Brien, state fish commission
er, has been at Nebraska City, several
times recently with his car and each
time secured a carload of bass, rang
ing from two to six inches in length,
from the ponds on the east side of the
river. There are millions of these
game fish and since the river has be
come low they have been left in the
ponds and are easily secured.
The dry spell has been broken in
Dixon county by a splendid rain. There
is great fear of frost, as the drop in
temperature has been as great as it
has been sudden. Many claim that
there was frost Sunday morning, but
as yet there has been no injury in this
manner. Corn is in first-class condi
tion, not having been injured by the
dry weather in that section.
B. S. Peterson, an osteopathic doc
tor of Kearney, was returning from
an early call near Odessa and was
riding a motorcycle. Railroad graders
near that town had placed a barb
wire fence across the road to corral
their horses and Peterson ran into it
at full speed. He was thrown off and
turning a somersault he lighted on
;he back of his neck on the wire, cut
ting a deep gash.
William D. Tully, administrator, and
Flora Tully, next of kin, have filed
i petition in the office of Clerk Lang
man of .the district court of Hall coun
:y, suing the Grand Island Telephone
company, the Grand Island Electric
rompany and the Fairmont Creamery
company for damages in the amount
of $13,732 on account of the death
of Stewart Tully. who was killed by
a live wire near the Fairmont cream
ery's plant some weelcs ago.
Nearly 500 Seventh Day Adventists
from over the state are in Hastings
for the thirty-fourth annual Nebraska
camp meeting of their denomination.
The conference headquarters of the
Adventists for Nebraska are located
there and the last three annual camp
meetings have been held in Hastings.
The main assembles are conducted
in a large tent with a seating capacity
of 2,000, and it is filled almost to its
limit for each session.
Directors of the winter wheat grow
ers' branch of the American Society
of Equity, says a Hastings dispatch,
are working on a plan by which they
hope to induce all farmers in their
pool to sell through their agency once
a month direct to millers and manu
facturers. They say that they are now
concerned altogether in the manner of
marketing the product rather than in
obtaining a fixed price. They deny
that farmers in the pool have agreed
to hold their wheat for any particular
price.
Chase county is no more a part of
tbe great American desert only by
location. It will have more than the
average crop of small grain, and the
yield of corn this year will average
as much if not more than 1908. Land'
buyers from all over eastern Nebraska,
western Iowa and northern Missouri
are investigating and all find it to be
worthy of a higher rating than Is
generally given.
The Stanton county fair dates have
been set for September 14 to 17.
Some entries for horse races have
been made, but not as many as in
other yearsr
John Page, Tom Carr and George
Peabody of Santee paid fines aggregat
ing $40 for violating the game laws,
so Game Warden Gielus has been in
formed by his deputy. Jacob Peters.
S. J. "Willsey of Oxford pleaded guilty
to fishing illegally and was fined $20
and costs. With these there were
twenty-one convictions during the
month of August for violations of the
game laws.
The new Carnegie library and sci
ence hall of Hastings college, erected
with a contribution of $20,000 from
Andrew Carnegie, will be dedicated
October 18.
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Delayed meals increase tbe house
wife's burdens.
Penned hogs will not be as profit
able as those on pasture.
Don!t monkey with the runts in the
poultry yard. It don't pay.
Ashes for the pigs help to
good strong bony framework.
make
Cleanliness is one of the esesntials
of successful chicken raising.
Market your own eggs and make
the profit the commission man would
get from you.
Beekeepers favor buckwheat as a
cover crop, as it not only provides
humus for tbe soil but good feeding
ground for the bees.
Be sure that the water used in rins
ing the butter is absolutely pure. If
at all uncertain as to the quality of
your supply, boil the water you need
and cool before using.
How inconsistent to complain of
conditions in your district and never
pay any attention to public affairs
or use your influence' or take time to
vote to have things better.
Some potato raisexs. make-the -great'
mistake 'of allowing the weeds to fill
their potato patch. This not only saps
the moisture, but the fertility which
should go into growing tbe tubers.
If the schools of your district are
not as good as they ought to be, in
terest yourself in the matter and try
to find out the reason why. It is
your business and your duty to do so.
The ideal soil condition for wheat
is when by cultivation it has been
pulverized and made compact. The
seeds of wheat are small and it re
quires fine and compact soil to settle
about them for proper germination
and the establishment of a good root
SVstem to carrv th. ntnnto c,inc.l
fii MW .i.",. Zu .- ,..,
fully over winter. There is little
danger of making wheat ground soil
too fine or too compact, especially in
a dry fall. Extra work in this mat
ter pays well. Young wheat growers
are apt to slight the work of prepar
ing the wheat seedbed, believing that
light working is enough. The older
and more experienced wheat grower
knows that the soil must be worked
well and that when it seems to be
woiked down and in good condition
it should receive one or two more
harrowings or similar workings.
A combined ice house and milk
room make an ideal arrangement.
The milk room section should be well
lighted and well ventilated and of
convenient size, the size depending
upon the amount of milk and cream
to be handled. There should be room
for the separator. On one side of
the room there should be a cooling
tank, high enough to permit nearly
the full depth of the can to be im
mersed in water and wide and long
enough to permit a number, of cans
to stand beside one another sideways
as well as lengthwise in the tank.
This will prevent tipping and the
spilling of milk and cream will be
obviated. All of tbe water pumped
for the stock should be made first to
run through the milk cooling tank.
The inlet of the water pipe should be
at one end of the tank and the outlet
to the stock tank at tbe other. Milk
and cream should be put into this
water In the winter as well as in the
summer. This quickly cools the milk
and prevents it from freezing. The
can may be weighted down so that
the surface of the milk in the can is
a few inches below the surface of the
water in the tank. By stirring the
cream occasionally with a cream stir
rer, quick cooling will be facilitated,
and the cream will be more uniform
in its consistency.
In reference to eliminating the rat
pest from the farm and preventing
the serious damage which they caqse
yearly, a government bulletin sug
gests the following methods: 1. Pro
tection of our native hawks, owls, and
smaller predatory mammals the nat
ural enemies of rats. 2. Greater clean
liness about stables, markets, gro
cery stores, warehouses, courts, al
leys, and vacant lots in cities and vil
lages, and like care on farms and
suburban premises. This includes the
storage of waste and garbage in tight
ly covered vessels and the prompt dis
posal of it each day. 3. Care in the
construction of buildings and drains
so as not to provide entrance and re
treats for rats, and the permanent
closing of all rat holes in old houses
and cellars. 4. The early thrashing
and marketing of grains on farms, so
i that stacks and mows shall not fur
'nish harborage and food for rats. 5.
'Removal of outlying straw stacks and
piles of trash .or lumber that harbor
rats In the fields. 6. Rat proofing of
.warehouses, markets, cribs, stables
aud granaries for storage of provi
'sions, seed grain and feedstuffs. 7.
Keeping effective rat dogs, especially
in city warehouses. S. The systemat
ic destruction of rats, whenever and
wherever possible, by (a) trapping,
(b) poisoning and (c) organized
hunts. 9. The organization of "rat
clubs" and other societies for a sys
tematic warfare against rats. To de
stroy all the animals on the premises
of a single farmer in a community has
little permanent value, since they are
soon replaced from near-by farms.
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Provide plenty, of ventilation far
your hen house.
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Proper feed and care ,1s the secret
of healthy chickens.
Cut out the old raspberry and black
berry cane and burn.
ReHeveyourselftand 'watch theotbv
er fellow for new ideas.
Soil washing is one of the great
Wastes-which is robbing many Amer
ican farmers.
Alfalfa hay must be well cured be
fore stacking .or it will be apt to
heat and spoil.
A good dairy thermometer is quite
necessary where much cream is
handled. Test your cows.
Picnic lunch is fine, but don't for
get tbe horses that haul you to the
grove. Have feed for them, too.
Alfalfa for seed should be cut when
the greater portion of the seeds are
bard, but not sufficiently ripe to shell.
lxits of chance , for leaks on the
farm. Look out for them. Stop them
up as quickly as possible when found.
Wet ground can be successfully put
down to red top and alsike clover.
The plowing and seeding can be done
during a very dry spell.
Feed the young chickens freely. Lit
tle danger of overfeeding. But feed
the old stock only what they will pick
up clean in a short time.
Know what your cows are doing for
you by using the scales in weighing
their milk and the Babcock tester in
determining the quality of the milk.
Better farming means better crops,
and better crops mean more money
and more comforts on tbe farm. Why
not study to improve your methods?
Tbe colt. like the boy, is easily
spoiled, and it it bard to undo mis
management. But raised right, colts
and boys prove one of the most profit
able productions of the farms.
Warm and cold cream should never
be mixed. Cool the former to the
temperature of the latter before put
ting together. It is a good plan not
to mix different days' cream, whether
it is of the same temperature or not.
Alfalfa is first cousin ot tbe clover
family, and a high-culture crop which
must be handled with especial care. It
should be cut when about one-tenth
in bloom. This gives a better chance
for subsequent cuttings in tbe season.
It must be handled in such a way that
tbe leaves will not be lost, for if they
break off. the part of the plant most
rich in protein is lost. Each season
two or three cuttings of. alfalfa may
'mu u lu L
be harvested if care is used at each
time, and
natural.
if tbe season is at all
The egg which hatches the larva of
the peach tree borer is laid in Au
gust on the bark at the base of the
tree, says Prof. H. A. Surface, and
after some days the larva, or grub,
hatches and commences to feed at the
surface of the bark, finally eating its
way through and boring up and down
and across beneath the bark, often
cutting off the total sap supply and
causing the tree to wither. After the
pests have passed beneath the bark,
they are concealed and can not easily
be reached with insecticides. They
should then be killed by cutting them
out, always cutting lengthwise rather
than crosswise of the bark, or by
piercing them with a pointed wire.
Weeds often become a serious pest
in agricultural communities because
some one failed to do his duty in ex
terminating them at the first discov
ery. Such carelessness is intolerable
because it is usually a comparatively
easy matter to get rid of weeds in
their incipient stage. Some of these
weeds are left to grow and spread be
cause the land owner does not realize
that the new plant is damaging to
crops, until the pest is thoroughly es
tablished. Perhaps in no other period
in American history has there been
so much complaint among farmers on
account of spread of noxious weeds as
now. This is due in a large measure
to the impure seed that is foisted upon
farmers who depend upon the market
for their supply.
Swine feeding is a science. The
Illinois experiment station has found
that pigs fed on ground corn and wa
ter alone for a period of six months,
the fourth to the ninth months in
clusive, made a gain of only 20 pounds
per head during the entire period as
compared to 250 pounds gain made by
other pigs fed a mixed ration during
tbe same period. The gains in tbe
former case required 21 pounds of
ground corn per pound of gain, and
in the latter 4.6 pounds of feed per
pound of gain. It was further shown
that ground corn, water and mineral
matter, such as salt, wood ashes,
bone-meal, charcoal, etc.. without oth
er feed, will give very good and prof
itable results when fed during the Inst
portion or the feeding period to pigs
that have been properly fed up to
six months. By giving pigs access to
a clover pasture in addition to ground
corn, water and mineral matter dur
ing the first three months of a six
month feeding period, they, made 2.7
times as much gain in live weight as
was made by the pigs that had ground
corn, water and mineral matter, but
no clover. By feeding pigs a bulky
ration during the early part of their
life when their capacity for eating
feed is greater than their ability to
utilize the digested material, the ap
petite may be satisfied, the digestible
nutrients held down to the proper
point, and the capacity largely re
tained. When pigs during the grow
ing period were put on full feed and
fed three times per day, other con
ditions being equal, they made no lar
ger gains than when they were fed
twice per day. Bj- feeding three
times per day, they ale more feed
without making correspondingly lar
ger gains, which made the gains more
expensive. During the fattening stage
feeding three times per day was more
effective than feeding twice.
A TEXAS CLERGYMAN
Speaks Out for the Benefit ef Suffer
ing Thousands.
If. Gray, Baptist clergy
Whitesboro, Tex., says:
"Four years ago I
Buffered misery with
luaabago. Every
movement was'dno
of pain. Doan's Kid
ney Pills removed
"the -whoiediflculty
after only a short
time. Although I do
not like to have my
name used publicly.
I make an exception
In this case, so that other sufferers
from kidney trouble may profit by my
experience."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a ock.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. T.
SIX MONTHS.
Mrs. Bill Now. tell me at once
where have you been all this time?
Bill Why. dear, it hasn't been
long.
Mrs. Bill How dare you tell me
that? You have been out all night.
CUT1CURA CURED" HIM.
Eczema Came on Legs and Ankles
Could Not Wear Shoes Because
Of Bad Scaling and Itching.
"I have been successfully cured of
dry eczema. I was Inspecting the re
moval of noxious weeds from the, edge
of a river and was constantly in the
dust from the weeds. At night I
cleansed my limbs but felt a prickly
sensation; I paid: no attention to it
for two years but I noticed a scum
on my legs like fish scales. I did not
attend to it until it came to be too
Itchy and sore and began getting two
running sores. My ankles were all
ore and scabby and I could not wear
shoes. I had to use carpet and felt
slippers for weeks. I got a cake of
tbe Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment. In less than ten days I
could put on my boots and in less than
three weeks I was free from the con
founded itching. CapL George P. Bliss.
Chief of Police, Morris, Manitoba, Mar.
20, 1907, and Sept. 24, 1908."
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Anything But ThaL
Little John is tbe youngest- of a
family of five boys, 6ays the Deline
ator. One day his mother said to
hm: "O, John, isn't it too bad I have
tit one little girl? I could curl her
bair and make such pretty little
dresses for her. Don't you wish you"
were a little girl?"'
"Why, mother," he said. "I'd rather
be most any other kind of animal you
could mention than a girl."
Tt's thp judgment of manv mnofcers that
Lewis' Single Binder .k: cipar equals in
quality mot 10c lijMrs .
In Madagascar everyone wears silk,
which is cheaper than linen.
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disjei'. It i IboTouKhlv cured Iit lir.'llrrrcs
I'lca&anl reliefs. Tne favorite Janulj laxative.
Woman thinks bhe will be man's su
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"Do you know of any woman who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound?" If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar
to her sex will ask her neighbors this question, she will be
surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in
this country where women cannot be found who have been
restored to health by this famous old remedy, made
exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs.
During the past 30 years we have published thousands
Df letters from these grateful women who hjive been cured
?y Lydia E. Pfnkham's Vegetable Compound, and never
in all that time have we published a testimonial-without
the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly
published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine.
Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts
that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's experi
ence with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write
and ask her.
Houston, Texas. "When I first began talcing Xydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound I was a total Atreck. I had been,
sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia,
and a liver trouble. I hud tried several doctor's medicines, but
nothing did me any good.
"For three years I lived on medicines and thought I would
never get well, when I read an advortisment of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try it.
"My husband got me one bottle of the Compound, and it did
me so much good I continued its use. I am now a well woman
and enjoy the best of health.
"I advise all women suffering from such troubles to give
liydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. They won't
regret it, for it will surely cure you." 3Irs. Bessie li. Hicks,
819 Cleveland St., Houston.
Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surelv
not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should it
not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Kicks.
LOW COLONIST FARES TO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST.
Union Pacific Passenger Depart
ment announces that Colonist Peres)
will be ia effect from Sept. 15 to Oct
15. 190, to all points in the West aadl
Northwest.
This year the West looks more
promising than ever. Now is the time
to secure land -at tow.qprteeaaBi. at
the same time, to vfeK the many inter
eating points in the West and North
west, at which liberal stopover ar
rangements may be made.
A better estimate of raw lands ean
be made now than formerly, because
these lands are ia proximity to new
farms that are producing wonderful
crops.
For descriptive literature, write
to E. L. Lomax. G. P. A., U. P. R. R.,
Omaha. Neb.
Women in Postal Service.
The distinction of first appointing a
woman postmaster does not belong to
America, nor is tbe employment of
women in the postal service a new
idea. As early as 1548 a woman post
master was appointed to look after
the mails of Braine le Comte, an im
portant town- of-France. Ia the try
ing times of the Thirty Years' war.
the principal office in the postal serv
ice of Europe was held by a woman.
Alexandrine de Rue. From 162S to
1646 she was in charge of the mails
of the German empire, the Nether
lands. Burgundy and. Lorraine. She
was known as a master general of the
mails. In America, Elizabeth Harvey
was the first to bold a place in the
postal department. She had charge
of the letters in Portsmouth. N. II.. in
the beginning of tbe seventeenth cen
tury. A half century afterwanTLydia
Hill was placed in charge of 'the post
offlce in Salem, Mass.
Why We Are Stronger.
The old Greeks and Romans were
great admirers of health and strength:
their pictures and statuary made the
muscles of tbe men stand out like
cords.
As a matter of fact we have ath
letes and strong men men fed on
fine strength making food such as
Quaker Oats that would win ia any
contest .wjth-tbe-old-Rasaa or Greek
champions:
It's a -matter oftfoed The finest food
for making strength of hone, muscle
and nerve is fine oatnteaL Quaker
Oats is the best because it is pure, no
husks or stems or black specks. Farm
ers' wives are finding that by feeding
the farm hands plentifully on Quaker
Oats they get the best results in work
and economy. If yon are convenient
to the store, buy the regular 3fza pack
ages; if not near the store buy the
large size family package. 2
An Arbitrary Classification.
"So you think every patriot has a
more or less clearly denned ambition
to hold public office?"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
"As a rule, patriots may be divided
into two classes the appoiotedSand
tbe disappointed."
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