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Show r ,1 ' That Tired Feeling Often Forecasts Sickness "When you are tired wiih ut i;ood cause, lack ambition and feel out of sorts , generally, you- - may be heading straight for a sick spell These symptoms often show the whole system, especially the blood,- - is disordered. Dont wait till you are sick in bed. Almost every ailment can be warded off, if attended to in What to timp. Any doctor will tell you that. Start at once to drive impurities from your system and help enrich your circulation with famous S.S.S., the vegetable blood tonic of fifty years standing. Get SJ3.S. from your druggist today, and write about your condition to Chief Medical Advisor, 847 Swift Laboratory, ' Atlanta, Georgia. Mie Jior CHSTPHMTfndDH Take a gcxx dose of Carters little Liver Pills By JOHN F. THORNTON, JR. (From the American Boy, Detroit). REMEMBER distinctly the parting words of my old schoolmaster that June morning my iiass graduated. "What ate you lellows going 1 suppose to do now?" he asket). every one here has several ideas of what he would like to be fluttering around In his head. Its pretty hard to decide between them on a day like this when the fish are biting up in Old Sandy. My advice to each one of you is to get your fishing pole and eairj tue question along wdth you. Near the shores of OhL Sandy" you will find schools of polliwogs. Learn a lesson from them. These polliwogs are on their way to froghood. You fellows are on your way to manhood. But the polltwogs are not in any particular hurry. I dont think youll find them trying to leap around and lift their voices like frogs. As a matter of fact they are going to assume several different shapes before they settle down Into froghood. For the present, howeter, they are content to go right on being polliwogs. You fellows x the polllwog stage. Your are powers and abilities are only half revealed. , Look around before you decide what you want to be or do. In u few years you may become aware of qualities in jour makeup whose existence you never At the same time, abilities that you ti uik jou now possess may fade away. Take your tn . ou may save yourself from the fate of a misfit. You e heard of them the doctors are bemuse they are not lawyers, the chemists who would he of more service to the torld as new .pa pel t)i,en. 1 a e piiWd on these wise words to many boys. And I pass them on now with a new application to the snmll-tow- n boy who dreams of achieving suciess in the city. 11s nund is crammed with Horatio. Alger, JrM stu'V. He I as read the picturesque life stories of some of our big men who left the farm for the city. The whistles of a locomotive among the hills inn! es him yearn for the city, bristling with n.nitics. He looks upon the glistening rails as t tie one avenue to his opportunity. 1 e is t A few years ago, a big city was the place for an young man." It needed him, and it was prepaied to reward him with mohey and position. Today, however, the story is reversed. An erica has grown too fast, say our deep thinking iconoinists and publicists. She has spread herself thinly over a large area. The future of the country lies in its undeveloped small cities and towns. , Are you looking for opportunity? Examine that town of yours, before you lit'e old y II. ink of buying a ticket from There are many ambitious, and very wise, young men wlio are deliberately leaving the larger cities and in e-- -I op-p- oi slant-sighte- one-ho- it one-wa- aioilng Into towns such as yours. A few months ago I visited a country store in a typical small town of the West. The owner is a young man. Ten years ago be left the town and went to Chicago for a real job. But he had not worked long before he realized that It would be many years before he could get the kind of Job lie wanted. There were opportunities for foreand other men, managers, superintendents But they were purely administrative bosses. jobs. He wanted to create and build up a business of his own. The death of his father called him home to care for his mother, and he got a Job in general store f the town. It was a terrible grind. The work Itself was not back breaking. But the daily round f little things to do the same dull routine, hour sfter hour, day after day, week after week, got n his nerves. Weighing out a bagful of this, wrapping up a handful of that it was hard work pimply because It was not interesting. Did this young fellow settle down and wear him-el- f deeper and deeper Into the rut? He did not Be simply began to look around to see If he could Bven things up. i He suggested to the owner that he advertise. What for? Advertise ! snorted the owner. were ! knows here round everyone TOiy ptu re. And open for business all the time. Ptu! 'And carrying almost anything in stock that theyll ever want. Advertise! Wha t for? . Me suggested specializing. Why not throw out g articles and put In some of these more sell quickly?" that goods We depend on the No. said the merchant. farmers for the bulk of our trade, and weve got to carry a general line a little bit of everything. 37o ptu! weU go right on with our line of staples. The next year the young man bought out the business-builde- r. ld man and started in to be a His first reform was to get rid of half the stock. f0U know what a collection of Junk, the average odor country general store Is, with its haunting of harness grease, calico, sodaf crackers, horse ' liniment and cheese. He had observed that the women did most of the to meet buying. So he molded his stores service habits? their needs. He investigated their buying Be learned that those who could afford to buy or sent finery patronized the large city stores, Cway to the mail order houses. ( The young man visited the Jobbers and In the city. - He brought back a large Consignment of hats, suits, dresses and other Eitylisb things that women wear. Then he fitted from which p a special department in the space nails had thrown the gun oil and , -- slow-movin- manu-jfaeture- tea-penn- y CARTERS and skunk traps and a lot of other odds and ends. The other merchants of the town predicted ruin for the youngster. So did the bunker of the community. . .Hell never be able to compete with the city J . stores, he said. But the young merchant surprised them. He sent letters to a list of prospect ie customers.' The womens wear was sold in two weeks. From that time on he gradually turned the old general store Into a womens and childrens store. He did not specialize on clothing. But he limited his stock to those things in which a wpuiun is naturally interested clothing and house furnishings and groceries. S And he advertises. That is one of the main reasons for his .success. The town alone could not support his store. One new business idea he uses is very effective. He lias appointed agents In the surrounding small towns. Their work Is to report to him weekly, on printed forms, any information that will put him in touch with new customers. If a girl becomes engaged, or a couple is married, he knows about it, and is after the business that usually results .from such events. He knows also wheneier a new bouse is built, or an old house is remodeled, or a uew family moves into his territory. In seven years this , young man has built up a business that is known for miles around. per cent , of his business is done with farmers' and their families, who drie or motor in from points fifty miles away. That is the reason why, during the past year, he has been able to do a business of more than $780,000 in a town whose population does not run much over 2,900. Hundreds of small towns hold similar oppor--, tunities for young men. If ever there were golden merchandising holds opportunities," small-towthem today. For American farming is fast becomWealth is acing a mighty fine paying business. tually increasing faster in the rural districts than in the cities. And the American farmer and his family are no longer satisfied to exist on the very barest necessities of life. They are buying lux- -' uries and conveniences in large quantities. The Introduction of electricity alone into farming communities is creating a tremendous demand for electric churns, wnsliers, irons, fans and vacuum cleaners. Water system, porcelain sinks, wall paper, paint and varnish, better house furnish-- ings these are only a few of the things that are selling heavily In the rural districts. An expert has figured that the American farm market has a wealth of $80,000,000,000. Part of that market is around you. The chain stores are spreading out from the cities. The mail order bouses have secured quite a hold on the farmer's trade. But If you decide to build up a business in your community you need not worry over their competition. The mail order houses give no better values than It Is possible for a local merchant to give. And a man .or wouiaq always prefers to trade Vlth a friend w believer that is possible. The - young man with a capacity for friendship and a goodly share of brains and energy has every assurance of success in small town merchandising. But merchandising Is only one of several fields In which the small town offers excellent- oppor' tunities, Thq president of one of our big Pacific coasj banjis devotes an unusual amount of time to the development of bis employees. One day he called ttvo clerks into his private oflice. I believe, he said, that you two young men are going to make good at banking. But yon need , a little broader experience with bunking problems lu a big place , than your work here afford? you. like this, you know, you are liable to lose your " sense of perspective. I have made arrangements with two of our correspondents. There is a Job awaiting each of you in a country bank. On these Jobs you will be called upon to do' a little of everything. You will become banking factotums. When your education to completed there Is an executive position here- - for each of you. You have a week to think n . It over. i Th? young men thought well of the proposiBut the tion, and disappeared Into the bushes. presidents plans went awry. Neither' man returned to him. One wrote him a long letter in w'hlcli he listed some of tfie advantages of a smull-tow- n job over a city job the cheaper living cost, the more healthful surroundings, and the chance to make more Intimate friends.' The othef man. Id a telegram, quoted Caesar, accbrding ttf Better die first in a little Iberian Longfellow: village than second In Rome. There are something like thirty thousand banks s of in the United States. More than of less ten thou- than in towns sittiated fire these smail-tow-banks - sand population. , It is in these leaders are being that many of our future-bankin- g 'forflied, for here a' new Idea in banking is being three-fourth- n i developed. As One banker has said, it has been found good business to take Interest in people as well as from .them. In other words, the bankers of the country are going out of their ways to help their clients to grow richer. J could mention many Instances of the rise ot young men In the banking world because of theit ability in this direction. But space permits of only ' , one. In a ccitain Eastern farming community there banks. They were Wfre, a few years ago, two In one ot very strong competitors. A young man the banks said to the cashier: There is Just so much money tn this community. Both banks here are falling over each other, trying to Induce farmers to bring their business to them. We have a great many good accounts already. Why not roll up our sleeves and help our IITTLJS I depositors to become richer? If tts doing this they have the best argument n world for bringing their accounts to us." farmers of the community were bard ,, But they had no leader, without a single by your leave" the bank as- umeJ Hie leadership. It organized a Farmers Forum. , On the banks recommendation the farmers employed a field demonstrator, thoroughly grounded In the theory and practice of scientific farming. The federal government paid half tha expenses of this soil doctor. He spent his time traveling from farm to farm, making soil tests and advising the farmers regarding the products f best adapted to their acres. The bank a carload of purebred cattle, selected purchased by a government dairy expert. These were sold 'to tha farmers at cost. That was three years ago. Today, that community is ope of the most prosperous agricultural districts In the country. There Is only one bank. HJe business of the competing bank has been taken over by the livebank. The young man is president of the enlarged bank. He has been offered a 'ce presidency in a large city bank, with a salary doui a that which he now 'receives. He prefers to rema'n in tha bushes." He, too, would "rather be fltwi ft a little Iberian village than second in Rome." On a trip last year through one of the richest agricultural sections of the Middle West, I was continually hearing the name of one man. I call him Jim Ingalls because that Is not his name. Five years ago he was an overworked reporter on a big city daily. His work did uot seem to be getting him anywhere. There were half a dozen men ahead of him in the line for promotion, and the best that he could hope for was an assistant editorship jibout ten years. When' ids vacation period rolled around, he made a trip through he rural districts of his state. He did not return to the city. For in a little town he found the subject of many dayn dreams a country newspaper for sale. And Into it he put every cent that he hajd managed to scrape together on his job. ' Not a ery promising city baby, you say. But Jim Ingalls had a vision of possibilities. The town was in the heart of a prosperous farming region that was well populated. Most of the farmers had a big city daily delivered aL their gates. There was a growing community spirit among the county dwellers. Jim saw the need for a real community newspaper. The fiist thing that he did was to improve the appearance of the paper. Then he toured the county, and created a chain of correspondents, Railroad agents, school teachers, doctors, lodge secretaries, justices of the peace everyone in a to gather news was supplied with sta, position tionery, and given free subscriptions. There were few who lid Hot cons.der it a privilege to send In news I lias, , ' He gav up foreign news entirely, leaving this to the citf dallies. ' His news policy has always been one if intensive reporting of the affairs of town nd bounty. His correspondent pour in to him everjJweete'a steady stream of the gossip and chitchat V every hamlet and crossroads village. Farmel If Porter's wife holds a pie social, site knows wffljre she will find a full account of It, and her guests know where they. win find their unities In all the glory of print. Farmer Lawler and Ids neighbors gre interested in the hay, grain and forage reports from up stuts. They look In Jim's paper for them. He keeps close tabs on the developments at the county experimental farm, and nothing gets by him at the meetings of the , comity agricultural societies. The paper circulation is now nearly four times what it wus when he took it over, and it is recog, nized as a valuable advertising medium. Jim uo longer has to worry over bis income. But he has made more of his paper than a mere chatterbox of the county's go.ssp.NHe realizes that, in his little newspaper, he has 'K powerful tool. Ami lie uses it to encourage the dWefier? of the county to carry out the Improvements which will add to the comfort of all. and make everjSiown.a better place in which to live and bring up cliHdren. Tli re are openings for a great, many more Jim In the United Stutes there hre about Ingalls. ten thousand centers of population where neys-papeThere are uhqut twenty; are published. ' five Hundred daily newspapers, and 'nearly Six" tunes as many country weekties. Our smaller communities are beginning to political activity with' awaken Tliere is increased in their boundaries.- And they need fearless, , nt local papers. Width brings us to the question of the smalltown hoy and politics. The joung man who plans to follow a political 1 career ian do no better than to begin at .the botBy tom in fiis own village, township or county. l lenin how to handle mixing ip local affairs human nutuie. And he will learn to be practiwork-n,ellien- f. IVEH PILLS then take 2 or 3 for a few nights after.They cleanse your system of all waste matter ana Regulate Your Dowels., Mild -- as easy to take as sugar. Gcmiln beat tlgna ta Small Pill. Small Dose. . Small Pricfe. n Neighbors Luck. So you saw the doctor today about Does your daughter play Beet- - y I believe she does, but 1 . your indigestion. Did lie ''ask you to hoven? Yes, $2. tliink she prefers bridge. give up anything? Self-denia- l. Freshen a Heavy Skin - ' With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-cur- a A Talcum Powder, an exquisitely scented convenient, economical , face, You naturally feel secure when yotl skin, baby and dusting powder, and know that the medicine you are about to i perfume. 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' ' teellng ashamed of your freckles as Othine A sworn statement of purity is with double strength is guaranteed to remove these homely spots. bottle of Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Roo- t. Simply get an ounce of Othine double every strength from your druggist, and apply a little of it night and morning and you If need a medicine, you shouhj you should soon see that even the worst freckles have the best. On sale at all drug stores have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom in bottles of two sizes, medium and large. that more than one ounce is needed to com to try this However,' if you wish-fir- st pletely clear the akin and gain a beautiful great preparation send ten cents to Dr. clear complexion. Be sure to ask for the double strength Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for' a Othine, as this is sold under guarantee of sample bottle. When writing be sure and money back if it tails to remove freckles. mention this paper Adv. ' FRECKLES MAROONED FOR THREE YEARS Sailors ' Long Period of Loneliness Small Island Located in the on South Seas. two-wee- run-dow- J occasionally Marooning brings about a modern Crusoe; just as it did with Alexander Selkirk, who was pm ashore at Juan Fernandez, and whose adventures gave Defoe the foundation for "Robinson Crusoe. The trading schooner, Queen Charlotte. a small island of the Marques s in the South seas, landed her boat to investigate the smoke of a fire, as it w as understood the island was uninhabited. Here was found a United St.i es seaman, who had been put nslime with three shipmates by their captain, on account of their mutinous conduct. The 'three others had died, Lut the man from Connecticut had coptrived to live on the fish he caught, and the breadfruit and coconuts and other products which he could gather. When rescued after three years loneliness, his utensils consisted of great shells, and two cups which he possessed, nntde from the skulls of his ' ' ; I NOT WHAT THEY LOOKED FOR Like Readers of Novels, Wanted What They Had Been Used to Getting. Audience, Dr. William Lyon Phelps of Yule said at a dinner In Philadelphia : The average popular novelist and his audience are very, very well, it t reminds me of a story. An oldtinfe music hall artist turned up, after some years of absence, in a certain provincial town where he had once been a great favorite. He went on in his usual make-u- p bulbous red nose and so forth expecting a grand reception, but all his Efforts were received in gloomy silence. Whats the, matter with em? he said afterward to .the stage manager, ,and he dashed a tear from his eye. Have they forgotten old Bill?!. No, Bill, they aint forgotten you, said the manager In a kindly voice. No, it aint that but youve changed your Jokes about. Youre Jellin the one about the star boarder ahead of the one about the limburger, and It upsets em. Alls Well Is the drama going back? Wont Do. We must not wink at the law." I think not. Chorus girls seem as Particularly when It is personified i ! in a lady judge. ' shapely as ever. Made Just tolburlaste And Always the Same secure uniformity of strengthen! flavor in your mealtime drink, bythe portion ied. IMMT PS1M is 1 ' i cal. Let nrit the joung man think that participation in smallttown affairs will jaunt his growth. If he is desined for larger tilings, a few years will find him, us A matter of course, functioning on a larger Jtnd a record of tilings done that new scale? school tor Beaver Hollow, the park at Four Cornet sj the new municipal lighting plant. m the w railroad branch r.il will serve as leioiiui.en d. tions 'when lie goes before the voters. , ( instead of.coffee or tea) X can be made 1 1 ! " the placing' in a cup, then adding hot water. Better for nerye and digestion. 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