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EOST HOWARD E RATE FINDER CO Mew York City BURTON A8SftttVVD nt on application! full Proe Control and umpire work toll itod IeadvUle Col Koferenco Carbonate National Bank MADE OLD GENTLEMAN Backache Makes Anyone Feel Old Nothing age anyone more quickly than weak kidneys It ia not alone the aching back the stiff but the evil effect of bad painful joint poisoned blood on the nerves the vital Oggnna and the digestion The condition of the kidneya makes good health or ill health The kidneys me the Altera of the blood Active kidnej s filter from the blood every day over one ounce of poisonous waste and pass it off dissolved in the urine If the kidneys are weak or diseased only part of thia filtering is done and the blood ia heavy with uno acid and other poisonous or waste matter Instead of being nourished by the blood the nerves and vital organs are irritated and the circulation digestion etc are disturbed If your back aches constantly if your joints are stiff lame and painful suspect the kidneys Kidney sufferers are likely to feel dull heavv restless at night rheumatic dizzy at times subject to headaches and annoyed with sharp piercing pains thnt make work an agonv and rest impossible Doan’s Kidney Pills are the and most widely used remedy for weak or diseased kidneys They act quickcontain no poisonons nor ly drugs and leave no bad of any kind— just make you feel better all over Silon WROTH Miiunderstood Editor’ Ute of French Word and Trouble Wat With Difficulty Averted It was in Indiana not to very long ago that the daughter of an old White River farmer was reading the country newspaper to himself She had got to the “Personals” and read this: "Mrs Willie Morritts nee Black has returned'-froa visit to her parents in Indianapolis” "I don’t quite understand that" said the old gentleman “What don’t you understand?” quired the daughter "That part about ‘Mrs Willie Mor ritts nay Black’ What does ‘nay The following caae is typical of effected by Doan’s Kidney Pills testimony is the best evidence 8AVED HIS LIFE Made Gave Up E I Wert Port Aransas Texas tavsr “The secretions from iny kidneja were too fiequvnt in liassage burned terribly and t sediment t contained a thick red My back ached all the time and there were pains tliimigh my kidneys and sides after stoopI mmplv couldn't straighten When m bed I couldn’t even turn ing on my side I had awful duzv and nervous spells and mv eyes got so bad that I couldn't use them much I was confined to mv bed for months Finally my own doctor called in a specialist for consultahnd but a short tion They told me time to lne I happened to read of a similar case that hnd been cured by Doan’a I sent for this remedy at 1’ills Kidney once and from the time I began it in two month I felt better and stronger I was aide to work every day nnd in another month I waa as well aa ever For twelve ears I have had no sign of kidney w “ Every Ptcturi 7tilt a Story' trouble” Is Lame— Remember the Sold by all Dealers Co Prfco 50 centi Name' PELS DOAN’S KIDNEY mean?” that’s French and means she was born Black" ther excitedly “Yes nee is French for horn” "Well It ain’t sot’ ’ejaculated the old man Jumping up and shaking his list “I knowed her parents and Doctors Hope When Your Back Black’ Well After the cures Grateful Buffalo Y N Proprietors "Oh they were as white as anybody’ that ever lived in Indianny and I’ll see that editor about it" But before he could get away the daughter explained matters and the old gentleman cooled down— Exchange Not Missed “If a man gets an idea into hlB head that the community he lives in cannot get along without him the surest cure is for him to take a month’s visit somewhere” remarks E B Going of Osawatomie “When he comes home he will find that the cow has been milked during his absence that the corn has been husked and cribbed Just as well as he could have done it that the chickens and ducks and pigs didn’t stop growing during his absence that the regular winter literary society has been organized and is without his making progress august presence that the roads have been dragged regularly and that some of his own neighbors didn’t even know he had been away These are Just a few of the little things that make a fellow realize he is not so many potatoes to the hill as be thinks he is— Kansas City Journal Stole Ten Thousand Nickels After saving up nickels since 18S3 Mrs Emily Kuhn of New York the entire bagful 10000 in all to a burglar A collection of German coins was not touched Besides the nickels a quantity of valuable jewelry was taken Inherited “Was there ever an Informer in your family?” "What do you mean by such a question as that sir?" “I noticed that your baby is clined to be a squealer” ' This Tommy — Pop thinker? Pop— A man who Record “That mere “Do Is Unkind what is freethinker my son is any isn’t married— Philadelphia His Status man is something more than marine" you mean he is an ultrama- ine?’’ Turn about when applied is to a fair play — except band organ STEADY HAND Hand Should Bo the A 8urgeon’s ' cst of Firm All “For fifteen years I have suffered from Insomnia indigestion and nervousness as a result of coffee drinking” said a surgeon the other day (Tea equally injurious because It contains caffeine the same drug found In coffee) “The dyspepsia became so bad that I had to limit myself to one cup at breakfast Even this caused me to lose my food soon after I ate it “All the attendant symptoms of indigestion such as heart burn palpitation water brash wakefulness or disturbed sleep bad taste in the mouth nervousness etc were present td me such a degree as to Incapacitate for my practice as a surgeon “The result of leaving off coffee and drinking Postum was simpl? marvelous The change was wrought forthwith my hand steadied and my normal condition of health was restored” Name given upon request Read the famous little book “The Road to Wellvilie” in pkgs “There’s a reason” Postum now comes In concentrated powder’ form called Instant Postum It is prepared by stirring a level teaspoonful in a cup of hot water adding sugar to taBte and enough cream to bring the color to golden brown is convenient Instant Postum there’s no waste and the flavor is alSold by grocers — ways uniform tin 30 cts tin 60 cts A trial tin mailed for grocer’s name and stamp for pastage Postum Cereal Co Ltd Battle Creek Mich Adv SHORT Luckily The illustration given herewith show It was built by tbv Binder” comic county Mich ed Btone and “U Q I a “Tony penetration ROADS GOOD ROADS SUs ASSISTANCE AID Tank Road” tu method with crush- TO FARM VALUES Modem Ideas Induce Farmer to Pay More Attention to Drainage Grading and Graveling It OF BOYS NEEDED Enthusiastic Youth and Team of Horsss Will Do WOnders Toward Improving Country Roads ' If you can enlist the boys or girls In any country community in any good work it will soon be done and it is not likely to be done very soon unless If you get the you do enlist them boys and girls Interested in a Sabbath school It goes without saying that you will have a good school If you can get the boys and girls to attend church regularly you will have a prosperous church If not your chuych must inevitably decline A minister who can not attract and hold the young people had better be thinking of handing in his resignation If we are ever to have good dirt roads in Iowa it will be necessary to If they are ever In enlist the boys terested In the job we will get the A drag full benefit of the road drag and a boy and a good team of horses will do wonders the boy’s provided heart is in it not otherwise Theory you say? Well let’s see Miss Jessie Field the superintend ent of schools in Page county 'Iowa seven teams numbering organized Each team from four to ten each When it met and chose a captain came time to drag the roads he ordered his boys out and they obeyed Mr W C Brown president of orders the New York Central railroad who has a farm in that county gave a prize of $100 to the best team of boys One of the best things Colonel Hepburn ever did in his life was to present a trophy to the boy who had the best half mile of road at the end of the season The teams put up signs at each half mile giving the name of the for dragging boy who was responsible that piece of road Finally the supaid the expenses of D pervisors come to and Ward King judge the work and decide which team was endollars and titled to the hundred which individual boy was entitle to the trophy Now it goes without saying that if this work is continued and extended Page county will have the best dirt roads in the state of Iowa or in any of the adjoining states Why? Because Few the hoys have taken it in hand a tremendous people realize what thought the master gave to the world when he said: "Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them the kingnot for to such belongeth dom of God” In other words he rec— boyognized the value of childhood hood— not merely for spiritual things “The boy is father but for all things to the man” that is what the boy Js the man will become Why Trees 8hould Be Planted In addition to serving as a great source of wood supply the forest exinbeneficial erts certain These fluences to human interests (1) Upon the climatic are Influences: area forest the within conditions (2) upon the distribution and character of the water flow (3) upon the and erosion of condition mechanical the soil under cover and (4) upon the and aesthetio conditions of sanitary the people ON BROTHERLY William was not kind to his small brother Henry in fact he looked upon him as a nuisance a scourge sent from heaven to try his spirit and spoil his fun that day was Henry Especially a thorn in the older boy's flesh In his efforts to rid himself of bis burden William resorted to all the methods the mind of youth suggested but in vain to stick as Henry continued close if not closer than a brother "William” finally said the boy’s father who had witnessed unheard the final paroxysm of the unequal struggle “you should be ashamed of yourself to treat your little brother la that way! He ought to be sacred to L Doubtful "Have you a good cook now?” “I don’t know I haven’t been home since breakfast!” — London Opinion want to to get the women in the world get thin the other half want fat THE Wanted Slaves for Missouri: On January 27 1778 Don Bernardo de Galvez governor of the Spanish province of Louisiana which included Missouri petitioned the king of Spain for aid for the settlers along the Missouri river and Mississippi river ln Missouri “The said Inhabitants” be wrote” in order to promote the culture of these plants (flax and hemp) would desire that the compassion of tbe king should deign to provide them with negro slaves on credit for whom they mAy pay with the crops afore- CASE to is a noticeable fact that farm lands have raised in value more in the last two or three tyears than they did in the ten years previous to that time writes Luclen A Sweet in the you" Farm Stock and Home Now the William mpde no reply but shortquestion to be answered is this: Why ly afterward believing himself to be does this condition prevail? he was heard to free of surveillance First the R F- D mail has placed address Henry thus: “Always taggin’ the farmer nearer to the city in get- after me! If you weren't sacred I’d ting a daily delivery of his dally pa- break your blamed face for you!’’— pers and letters The Sunday Magazine Second the cooperative farmers’ This source of comfort telephones ARMS COVERED RINGWORM brings the farmer Into almost the homes of his neighbors in almost the Colo— Denver St 2073 Ogden an of of cost and twinkling the eye bothered this comfort luxury and necessity is "About four years ago I was around my with ringworm only from three to four dollars a year dreadfully much attention mouth I did not pay Third the automobile in the hands to it at first although it looked bad of many farmers It spread rapidly and itched and By the introduction of the R F D The first thing I burned dreadfully mall and the use of automobiles by knew from tbe elbows down the farmers It has caused them to were my armswith and my covered ringworm be much more interested in the drainI got some mediface seemed worse age grading and graveling of the which relieved the itching and roads — both for the use of the mail cine of dried up the ringworm but it carriers and for the use of their autos sort I decided to let kept coming back — so that in the last two years more the medicine go and I scratched them gravel has been put on tile roads in until At that time they were sore southern Minnesota than has- been must have been four on my face were there placed there since the roads One extended from the corner of my laid out was the mouth under my chin That Fairmont Martin county township one but the smaller ones lookthe writer's home for 30 years adopt- largest ed as bad for they were kept fiery red ed what is known as the cash system from Each of these my scratching of road making — through the hard red blotches was raised about one sixwork of a few of our voters we car- teenth of an inch and the centers ried the election by a mojority of one were covered with pieces of dried skin This was done about eight years ago giving them a very rough appearance since that time we have paid no poll "One I got hold of tax but all lands and properties of a small day accidentally of Cuticura Soap and all kinds have been assessed a cer- in a fewpiece I noticed how much tain amount to raise cash to be ex- good it wasdays I kept on usdoing me pended on the roads as iuch and of it to a ing the Soap spoke The town board baa appointed a friend of mine She told me of the road overseer who takes charge of all Cuticura Ointment and by using both the roads of the township Notwith- the ringworm disappeared in a short standing the township has eight or time” (Signed) Miss Helen Magee ten gravel pits with the very best June 11 1911 quality of fine gravel very little has Cuticura sold Soap and Ointment been put into the roads until the last throughout the world Sample of each two or three years But since the free with Address Skin Book work of graveling the grades and til“Cuticura Dept L Boston” ing the water away from the low Adv grades in the sloughs the roads are so much Improved that the voters Looking After His Balt two old expert Daniel and Harvey are now raising twice the money for were “still” for road purposes that they did before fishermen fishing the gravel was used and th) roads trout in deep water sitting with their backs when Daniel acciwhere graveled are in fine conditon together fell went boat of and out the To be sure this year the crop was dentally Harvey looked back and missgood and two years ago the crop was down who at that mogood also but as the farms are tile ed his companion drained and the roads are made good ment oppeared on the surface pipe farm lands advance very rapidly still in' his mouth shaking his whiskers 1b profusely While there probably no one thing I jest missed Harvey — Gosh Dan! that has contributed altogether lo the ye been? rapid yise in land values in the last ye! Where Dan — Oh I Jes' went down for ter two or three years it is quite plain to be seen that the drainage of the see if me bait wus all right — Judge wet places along the roads and the Limited Knowledge graveling of the roads putting them in A Muncie bride of two months went very good condition has been the main factor in putting land values where into a department store of tbe city to four time the are at buy present pairs of socks for her husthey band asked "What size please?” the An Orchard Hint The difficulty encountered in har- young ’woman clerk “Well all I know is be wears a 14 vesting apples in orchards where collar" the bride— replied Indianapclean cultivation is given the trees as a result of the fruit falling in the olis News dirt may be overcome to a large exBusiness Acumen tent by sowing rye the latter part of “What! Fifty cents for putting in July and cutting it about two weeks before the time for harvesting and tbe load of coal? You charged only a letting it lie as a carpet to protect quarter the last time” "Yes mum but coal has riz” the fruit Fruit Bushes Protecting Currant and other bushes that are liable to be broken down by heavy Bnows may often be protected from such damage by simply tying them together ln an upright position so that the snowdrifts cannot bond and break the canes OFTEN LOVE William Had Grace Enough Remember That Henry Wae Sacred said” Still Untasted asked Mrs Oldcastle as she a volume of Limp Feather the Classics “do you think of Thucydides?” “I really don’t know” replied Mrs Evelyn— Did you have a good time Gottalotte after she had straightened at Miss Fussy’s party? a corner of her $600 royal Persian Loraine — No Mrs Fussy worked rug “we’ve never had any Josiah so hard trying to make her guests feel says they’re no good unless you get at ease that she made everybody urf them fresh and our grocer never comfortable seems to have any except the ones ln — Exchange cans” to Rose the Occasion “Where did you get those lovely 8ilencer roses dear?” Dr Henry Van Dyke the distin"Aren't they beautiful?” guished clergyman has a neat way “Yes — where did you get them?” of silencing the censorious “Robert Bosqueau gave them to At a luncheon in Princeton a cerme" tain bishop was being discussed and "Bobbie Bosqueau? Why — " a visitor said: "Yes I know what you are going “I don't like the bishop He is too to say His wife has been dead only much a man of the world to suit me” six weeks and isn’t it pathetic that “Quite so” Dr Van Dyke retorted he is bringing me roses?” “but which world this or the quickly “Yes — haven’t they kept well!” next?” And the breeze blew and the raindrops fell and it wasn’t for quite a Important to Mothers while that the fierce enmity started— Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for Exchange infants and children and see that it Beans In His Hqad Dears the had Two one of which beans Signature of sprouted into an embryo plant were In Use For Over 30Years removed from the head of a Mexican laborer at San Bernardino Cal by a Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria For months the man had physician of severe pains The contained Surprised “I am going to bring my son up so beans had entered his head through his left ear Tbe growing plant was that like George Washington he can nearly an inch long and apparently say: ‘I can not tell a lie’ had flourished in the ear tube “Why I thought you were going to bring him up to follow in your Standard Carat Adopted The international carat which has The flirt Is always practicing a been adopted in this country to be effective July 1 next is 200 milligram- game she never intends to play mes or of a gramme (3 086 grains) and is now Ln use in France Germany and practically all countries except the United States Great Britain Belgium and Holland Nine times in ten when the liver la right the stomach and bowels are right WHEN RIBBEKS BECOMEI NECESSARY And your ihoeo pinch the CARTER’S Allen LITTLE to be shaken Into the powder Antiseptic shoes Is Just tho thing to uso PILLS Try It for LIVER Sold Everywhere Breaking In Niw Shoes gently but firmly com25o Sample FFEE Address A S Olmsted NY Bon t accept any substitute Adv pel a lazy liver to jf LeBoy “What” picked up Edition of Make the Liver Do its Duty its duty Cures Constipation In- - do Name the Line Hubbubs — Have you any Lonely vllle? — Subbubs Yes All our late — Stray Stories to late trains trains are Mrs Wlnslow-Soothing By rap for Children teething (often tbe gums reduces Inflammation allays pain cures wind colic 25c a bottle Aa A married man has reached the tom of the ladder when he begins brag about his wife’s relations The sting the "Health’s best day” — Coyne way — Eat Apples ev- man to After Eating SMALL DOSE must SMALL PRICE bear Signature FREE TO ALL SUFFERERS defeat outlasts It takes a sharp a dull one PILL Genuine to ery of Distress SMALL bot- of of victory sw’eets Sr”' Headache end make a tool If yon feel “out of tort’—“run downor”got tho bines “sutTorfrora kidney blndder nervous diseases chronic weaknesses ukenKkin eruptions piles Ac U is tbe uiont Instructive write for my RiLhbook nodical book evur written It tells all about these res effected bytbcNew diseases and the remarkablera No No brunch Remedy "TIlfcKAPlOX No and yon can decide for you reeif if it lathe remedy for bunt send a cent Its absolute! our ailment I HUH No OrXeClereMetL followup ’circular Cullavertock W N U lid Uaniptad Salt Lake City tsf No Mamma Says for Children "Its Safe CONTAINS NO OPIATES fOLDISORESICURED! 4 lieu liroiiu i i ersiione I kcers Scrofulous Ulcer aricose I leers dolent I leers Mercurial Ulcers W ilk I cur h ever Sores si loid eom sii BsJklst free JT ALLIEN lept A31 BL Paul Minn iik’ttil A IH’YC- Best Cough Syrup Tsstes Good ia tins Sold by Drerritts - Um hair balsam aad besuUiiss ths hsb Promote a hurunanl frovtk Never Tails to Bettor Grti Hsir to Its Youthful Color Prevents hair falling1 MAftni GRAS BEAUTIFIKRS used by i flntd ladles everywhere Ketuove wrinkles orowa feel blackheads fret kies and all facial blemishes Restore flabby tissues Whiten and beautiy tb handsandanua tCau de Beaut eooiplexion (Tem de Heaute and Cosmetlne oomplete “Set” liberal ’‘Trial Set $1 Caa DB 4Ru |