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Tie McHenry Plaindealer * tuWIshed by F. &• SCHRgtNK^ f McHENRT. ILLINOIS Tills to a merry old world, After all. We all belong now to the dan of mo.:" * " 'v Conserve th6 the coal you Ww Hi (he basement. 9 Edward to in a fair way to mde to all the kingdoms of Europe. Chicago policemen are mueh straighter than they did. shooting formerly A short-weight coal firm has been lined $100. Even giving short weight to not ail profit MEAT PROFITS, BIG SENATOR M'CUMBER DECLARES FARMERS GETS INADEQUATE ftrruitNS FOR PRODUCTS. . ' f y * ? WifcSOtt COMPARES PRICES This to the season when the Missis­ sippi levees must brace themselves for any emergency. Stovaine may yet be relegated for ronly on the patient's pocket while pays the doctor's bill. The poultry show is a good thing, provided it doesn't keep the hen away from her duties too long. w ,, That man who was robbed Of $100 just before his wedding was cStiglit at a most inopportune time. Five suspected crooks have been shot to death in Chicago this season. Prudent crooks will avoid being sus­ pected. Incendiaries tried to burn down an engine house in a New York suburb. This was certainly adding insult to in­ jury. Something apparently has disgrun­ tled the weather man this year, if one looks at the style of weather he has been giving ns since It began. Acetylene torches for use in dense fog have been supplied to the Parisian police stations. It would seem that the London police would need them more. Edison believes that the time is coming when laborers will tire as cap­ italists. This will balance things, as modern capitalists work as hard' as laborers. 1$h French submarine that dived under a sinking boat and held it up while "the crew was rescued to the first that really practical use has been made of. ' v ' The governor of New York calls for stringent automobile laws. They will have to have them if the metropolis is to continue to lead in the population of World cities. In some localities, it la said, the farmers are becoming so careless with their motor cars that a town man is almost afraid to drive; his horse OOt. into the country. Chicago man in the bustttesa says the customer who asks for strictly fresh eggs gets charged more and that's all he does get. Queer no one ever thought of this before! Kermlt Roosevelt shot three bon- goes, whatever they are, and his fa­ ther has not bagged any. Seems to as that comes pretty near being an exaggerated case of lese majeste. The best preparation for a woman who contemplates marrying a man to reform him is to take in washing for a year. If she tikes that sort of tiling she can then set the day. The metropolis has received a bitter body blow. The wife of a prominent British pubWc man has fled from the noise of London to seek rest in such a very quiet, sleepy place as she takes Hew York to be. How Chicago %HH chuckle and Boston beam! A prize for one of the best papers on "How Can Clean and Wholesome Milk be Purchased at Least Cost for the New York Market?" offered by the health heard of New York city has been awarded to a man who has for several years been an Inmate of the State Hospital for the Insane at Mid- dletown, w. Y., and the officials are wondering where the laugh comes in. Secretary Shows Enormous Advances Both by Wholesaler,and Retailor-- [,Says lates on 8uflar»,Tea, Spices, Crackers Have Been Reduced. Washington.--"That the farmer gets KB inadequate return for his prod­ ucts," was the declaration of Senator (McCumber of North Dakota, Friday, while discussing the question of in­ creased foodstuff prices in the senate. The senator made some statements •tfhich, if they are founded on fact, show that the packers, wholesalers and retailers of meat are making prof­ its beyond the conception of the hu­ man mind in their enormity. He used his own knowledge, a report of Secre­ tary Wilson and a price card Of the senate restaurant to prove his con­ tention. "An average beef animal on a Da kota ranch brings $70," he said, "but, according to the prices here," pointing to the senate restaurant bill of fare, "it is sold to the consumers who eat there for the enormous sum of $2,500, enough to buy«half a farm. And prices in the ordinary restaurant show that the $70 beef animal Is sold for $2,000. The fact that the farmer gets but $70 Bhows that he does not get the money, and the effect of the bills to take the tariff off meat and the prod­ ucts of the farm would be to establish a legislative boycott against the tiller of the soil." The comparison of prices submitted by Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture show enormous in­ creases by both wholesaler and re­ tailer--the advance being greater for the retailer in one product and for the wholesaler in another, but mostly the big advance was by the whole­ saler. Here are some samples: Bread--Wholesale;, 25.1; retail, 4.9. Butter--Wholesale, Elgin, 89.8; creamery extra, 27.5; dairy, 216; re­ tail, 30.6; no quality indicated. Cheese--Wholesale, 26.9; retail, 20.3. Coffee--Wholesale, 3.9; retail, 5.0. Eggs, new laid--Wholesale ( 39.8; retail, 36.2. * Wheat flour--Wholesale,, spring, 43.6; winter, 26.8; retail. 24.4; no q u a l i t y i n d i c a t e d . v Lard--Wholesale, $3.3; retail, 38.2. > Beef--Wholesale, fresh, 11.8; salt, 41.9; retail, fresh, 14.9; salt, 10.6. ! Dressed Mutton--Wholesale, 21.4; retail, 26.8. t Bacon--Wholesale, 54.4; TOtall* 62.9. Ham--Wholesale, 21.9; retail, 31.8. v Milk--Wholesale, 30.0; retail, 18.1. Potatoes--Wholesale. 70.6; retaQ* is.5. _ ; ' • • The a report shows that prices on sugar, tea, spices and soda crackers have been slightly reduced. The advances shown by the secre­ tary were for the year 1907 over the year 1899, which was regarded as nor­ mal. And great as those advances are. they have been greatly swelled by ad­ vances since 1907. In the report of the secretary, which was in response to the resolution- of Senator Crawford, he showk in. a measure why advances by the whole­ salers were generally greater than those by retailers. The substitution of poorer goods in the case he gives, the report says: "It is not possible, in taking the-re- tall prices over a large area, to secure results standardized with the same degree of accuracy as in the case of wholesale prices. It was known that In the retail trade, as prices advance, substitutions are made of the same same but of inferior grade, it is im­ possible to determine to what extent this process of substitution may have taken place in the various articles." 47 SAVED BY WIRELESS GUI ^MERELY.MENTIONED THE WORD. STEAMER KENTUCKY SlNKS OPF vCApI HATTERAi, -4- tatter* Are Taken Aboard AldHa of Ilia I lory Line In Safety--Are ' Bound for Kay West.£ ̂ ' -§;:; New York. -- Thanks again to the wireless and ;th« international d tress signal, "S. O. S." Capt Moo and his crew of 4$ men are safe on board the Mallory liner Alamo bound tor Key West, while their vessel, the steamship Kentucky, is at the bottom of the sea off Cape Hatteras. It is another case of a disaster avert­ ed by wireless and told to the world by the same medium. The Kentucky, a wooden vessel of 966 gross tonnage and 203 feet long, was bound from New York to the Pacific to carry pas­ sengers between Tacoma and Alaskan ports foi the Alaska Pacific Steamship Company. First news of the Kentucky's dis­ tress was received at the United Wire­ less Company's station at Cape Hat­ teras. There the operator heard the "S O S.." quickly followed by this message: "We are sinking. Our latitude til 32.10, longitude 76.80." ( Almost simultaneously the operator heard the Alamo respond to the Ken­ tucky's call for help, Informing Capt. Moore that the Alamo was making all speed to the sinking vessel's assist ance. Thereafter no message was re­ ceived from the Kentucky, indicating that water had interfered with tit* power, putting her wireless apparatus out of commission. . ( The navy department at Washington in the meantime flashed wireless mes­ sages along the Atlantic coast, dis­ patching the battleship Louisiana and two rey<enue cutters to the scene, but at five o clock word came from the Alamo tfcat she had arrived first and had taken off all hands in safety. Thto> is the message as received In New York by the United Wireless Company from its Cape Hatteras Btation: "Latitude 32.46, longitude 76.28. Steamship Alamo has just taken Capt. Moore and crew of 46 men from sink­ ing steamship Kentucky. Water hid1 already reached fire room and steam­ ship will sink before midnight. The Alamo is now procedlng to Key West." TRYHO 10 # ^ I, 'v ' % >\ N tWKC-S KORSetMOrtH V Afmk<*4N FIND MINER BLAMED FOR FIRE LETTERS TO WOMAN REVEAL CHERRY MINE FUGITIVE. Another Man Who "Knows Things" Said te be In Hiding to HU^| Evidence. •* : A watchful observer has discovered that there is "a straight and slender tail trailing behind the nucleus of Halley's comet." This is as It should be. No well-regulated comet appears in public without such an appendage, and as the original Halley visitor was known to have one the latest discov­ ery appears to^be a guarantee of «ood faith. The year begins in Europe with some of the disatrous experiences of 1909 lapping over. The storms which have prevailed there recently resulted In floods which have caused wide­ spread devastation. Eastern Bou- melia is reported to have been an es­ pecial sufferer, many persons being drowned, while losses in crops and livestock are particularly heavy. The region affected is dependent chiefly e« agriculture, and the people being poor the blow falls heavily. Boston had an icy tidal wave. It has popularly been supposed that any at­ tempt to bring added coldness to the center of Intellect was like carrying coals to Newcastle, but the weather succeeded in the trick. BUST KILLS SEVEN »|EN Auto Party Blown Into Unrecognis­ able Mass--Some Are Tossed One Thousand'Feet. fcfehln, Ariz.--Seven men weire Instantly killed in an explosion two miles from this place on the Ray Consolidated Copper . Company's new railroad, leading from the mines .to Phoenix and points to, the east. ; The dead are: ' H. H. Lyal, formerly of Los Angeles. Walter Krentz, recent graduate Uni­ versity of California. >• A. S. Bieber, civil engineer. J. H. Joyce, civil <engineef. J. H. Griffin, civil engineer. W. H. Freeland of Denver. R. P. Coleman of Salt Lake. Workmen employed in the construo- tion of the new railroad had prepared four blasts. The four lines of fuse were lighted, .by William Jamison, fore­ men of the gang, while the,workmen were at dinner. Before the explosion of the blasts a railroad motor car approached and the occupants were warned of the danger. But after waiting until they had heard two of the expected explosions, the party in the motor oar became impa­ tient of the delay and moved forward, it is understood that the three en­ gineers, Bieber, Joyce and Oriffin, un­ dertook to assist the men in the motor car past the danger point Just as the seven men were opposite the place at which the fuse had been lighted, the delayed blast suddenly exploded and not one fo the seven was left to tell, lust what had caused them to advance In the face fo siich peril. ^ ' HALT IN BALLINGER CASE SJvery now and then the,.new#' of Ae day contains the account of some person being burned to death while smoking in bed. The moral of such "accidents" and all lilte them in that disaster is generally one of the promptr dipt things in the world to come to one deliberately invited. The assassination, of four promi- it officials in far and near eastern Sountries in a single day may induce grateful reflection in the minds of our public men who are only roasted te the opposition organs. mi orth Dakota to going back to the fashioned spelling bees in the dis­ trict schools to teach the children how to spell. After all, any system is best Jttdged by its results, and the spelling •f the present day does nibt give atari Ufcjg testimony id favor of the oduca . :4"1.; Me • Postponement |S Made Until Feb. 1' to Permit Secretary's Counsel to Make Preparationa. Washington.--To permit the arrival In the city of counsel for Secretary Ballinger and to allow counsel to be­ come familiar with the catte, the Bal- Jinger-Pinchot investigating committee Friday adjourned its hearings until February 11. John J: Vertrees of Nashville, Tenn., and Carl Rasch, formerly United States district attorney for Montana, have been formally selected to repre­ sent Secretary Ballinger, Land Com- tnissiorier Dennett and Field Agent 8chwartz In the investigation. It developed at the brief public ses­ sion of the committee that tinder date of February 2. Senator Nelson, chair­ man of the committee, wrote to Sec­ retary Ballinger that he had been di­ rected by the members to suggest to him the importance of being represent­ ed by counsel to examine and cross- examine witnesses and to present in orderly fashion such evidence- as would be material to "the other side." Pit Explosion Kills Eleven. Indiana, Pa.--Ten Hungarians and one American were killed by a gas explosion in the Ernest mine of the Jefferson and Clearfield Coal Com­ pany, near here Saturday. The ex­ plosion occurred in a heading contain­ ing 12 workmen. , Fyedists Qhre Ttismselyes Up* ! Blueflelds, W. Va.--After long re­ sistance the feudists, James Daniels and his five sons, who are charged with murder, have surrendered them* selves to the Kentucky authorities. BIG EXPRESS MERGER IS ON Reported That Southern Pacific Has Sold Its Holdings In We|ls- ' Fargo to American. New York.--What Is believed to be virtually a merger of two of the largest and wealthiest express com­ panies in the United States was re­ vealed when the secret got out that the Southern Pacific Railroad Com­ pany had sold its holdings of stock in the WellB-Fargo Express Company. The name of the purchaser could not be ascertained positively, but in authoritative circles it was said to be the American Express Company. If that to correct the purehaae »e»ns virtually a merger. Firebug Makes Confession. Evansvllle, Ind. -- "Because « he wanted to see the horses run," John Byers, a teamster, confessed, ac­ cording to the police, that he started the fire destroying the building of the Journal-News last week, and had caused other flres In the business dis­ trict. Satisfaction of his mania, the police say, has coat property owners $200,000. Cherry, ttl.--Alexander Rosen jack, who was mainly responsible, ac­ cording to miners; for the fire that caused the loss of nearly 300 lives in the St. Paul mine last November, was found through letters received recent­ ly by Mrs. Annie Stofan, at whose home he roomed before he was hustled out of Cherry. Rosen jack to working for a street car company in Cleveland, says Mrs. jSto- fan, and lives with his father, Martin Rosenjack, there. Robert Dean, who is told to have shared responsibility with Rosenjack for the mine fire, is said by his sis­ ters to have beept sent to Scotland tp prevent his giving evidence in th,e investigation on the cause of the fire. Indications are that no more bodies will be removed from the mine before the end of this week. A large num­ ber of men are making every effort to reach the dead and relieve the sus­ pense of anxiOus women. Five bodies of men who lofet their lives in the disaster were discovered in a passageway south of the air shaft, but before they could be removed tons of rock and coal fell on them. Stench in the mine beepmes worse each day, making searching conditions almost unbearable. The passages are dangerous, loose rocks slipping down into the galleries unexpectedly at fre­ quent intervals. Several of the ex­ plorers have been hurt The one body recovered from the mine was buried at Ladd. Although, the miner was identified officially by his check number as Maestro Lliric* he waa turned over to relatives of Louis Costi, v^hqae body they declared it was. No one claimed the body as JJiric's. ,, FORD JURY FAILS TO AGREE After Being Out 18 Hours They Re> port Their Inability to Reach Verdict--Are Discharged. WARSHIPS SAIL FOR ATHENS British Fleet Hurries to Greece as Cretan Question Is Raised-- ti Turkey Issues Warning. Malta.--The British battleship Don- can, flagship of Rear Admiral Sir George Astley Callaghan, second In command of the British Mediterranean fleet, with the cruisers Lancaster, Minerva and Barham, and four tor­ pedo boat destroyers, left, here Thurs­ day for Piraeus, the port of Athens, Constantinople.--It Is stated that the government has Informed the pow­ ers protecting Crete that if the Cre­ tans go to the Greek national assem­ bly it will be regarded by the porte as a casus belli. Among the many warlike statements current are asser­ tions that part of the army of Epirus Nl SECURED A <^6BHAfi|AC. TION IN CENTRAL CANADA. It to not only from Kentucky, but ftrom thirty-five to forty different States that there comes the expression of satisfaction from those who have taken up lands in Central Canada $s a free homestead or have purchased lands. Mr. B. K. Bell, of Frankfort, Ken­ tucky, writes to a Canadian Govern­ ment Official, and says: "I have just returned from Alberta, overjoyed with my trip. Your literature waa very flattering, but not half what I found it I bought a half section between Cal­ gary and Edmonton, one mile from railroad, near a good town. This is the best country I ever saw or ever expect to see. I will go in the spring and get to work on my place. I think It is the coming Country of the World." Some of the papers describe the set­ tling of the Canadian West as "be­ coming a fever with a great many peo­ ple. The lure of its golden promises to creeping into their hearts and many are they who are answering the call of that unsettled territory." This pa­ per editorially cautions its readers to exercise care and thought before mov­ ing to a diBtant country. This would be a wise precaution, and is exactly what the Canadian officials ask. The success of the settler who has' made Canada his home for years Is the best evidence that can be offered. And of the large number of Americans who have made their homes in Can­ ada, very few have returned. •U-aro satisfied. •»'•# .'.J;'. *' i On Ghosta. James H. Hyslop, the brilliant psy­ chologist, narrated, during a discus­ sion of the Paladin case in New York, an original old lady's opinion of ghosts. "Ghosts!" exclaimed the old lady, scornfully. "I don't take any stock in them. If you die and go to the good place it isn't likely that you'd want to waddle back to this poor vale of trouble, while if you go to the bad place you'll be kept there." Sloan's Liniment Is the best remedy for sprains and bruises. , It quiets the pain at once, ani >• . Can be applied to the tendered ' s pari without hurting because w * doesn't need to be rubbed -- afl ou have to do is to lay it oft » i ^ ISl gestion, and reduces the swelling-.' Here's the Proof. \ Mr. L. ROLAND, Bishop of Scran* , ton, Pa. says:--"On the 7th of / •fhls present month, as I was leaving the building at noon for lunch, •lipped and fell, spraining my wris^.Cf< t returned in the afternoon, and at . four o'clock I could not hold a pen*. SI in my hand. I returned honrip ti you have to do is to lay lightly. It is a powerful prepsj ration and penetrates instantly-) .relieves any inflammation and cot iter and purchased a bottle a|> Sloan's -ft Realnol Ointment Cured When Nothing Else Would. I have had a breaking out on my neck every summer with something like Eczema, and nothing ever cured 1& until I used Resinol. . Barbara Carpenter, Ogden, 9.' C. _ A man can be so proud of gettliig down to breakfast nearly on time that and the Third army corps at Salonikl, | be can get mad with his wife for not are ready to cross the frontier and enter the plain of Larlsso. London.--Should the Cretans at* tempt to send delegates to the Hel­ lenic national assembly, convoked by King George, which would be consid­ ered a serious threat to peace in the near east, or in any other way disturb the status quo, international troops will be landed on the island. One of the conditions under which the troops were withdrawn was that the Cretans i should take no steps against the sov-[; erelgnty of Turkey. The sending of delegates to the Greek assembly would' be a breach of the agreement The danger Is not considered immi­ nent, however, as the national assem­ bly is no* expected to meet for months; and responsible Greeks and Cretans f have assured the powers '.at they will do nothing to disturb the peace. r saying it's because he's so smart, she had to call him only three times. Let none of you treat his brother lit a way he himself would dislike to he treated.--Mohammedan. tt of Cincbmati.--After deliberating Kburs, the Jury in the case Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford, charged with blackmailing tharles L. Warriner, the defaulting local treasurer of the Big Four railroad, reported to Judge Swing that they were unable to arrive at a verdict and they were discharged. The jury stood eight for acquittal and four for conviction. When the foreman made the an­ nouncement Mrs. Ford collapsed, but was revived by a physician sufficiently to be removed to her home. Suicide Cornered by Poeee. Walker. Minn.--Walter J. McDonald, who had been defying the sheriff's posse since Thursday night, when he barricaded himself in his house after killing Howard Sexton, committed suicide by shooting Saturday. Missouri Men Qet Busy. Kansas City, Mo.--Feeling that Im­ mediate action is necessary to have the Missouri river appropriation, a committee of business men l^ft here Friday for Washington to press their claims before the senate and house committees. Congressman Loverlng Dead. ' Washington.--Representative Wli 11am C. Loverlng of Massachusetts died at his residence in this city Fri- 4ay.. He was 16 years old* a Detito* erat. and cotton manufacturer. Vwenty-Eight Midshipmen Are Let do* Annapolis, Md.--Twenty-eight mid­ shipmen have been found deficient in their studies as a result of the semi­ annual examinations, just concluding, and will be dropped from the serv­ ice. Held 36,000,000 of Eggs. New York. -- There are 36,000,000 eggs In one cold storage warehouse In Jersey City, according to the information placed before the Hud­ son county (N. J.) grand jury in its investigation of the big packing and other concerns which maintain ex­ tensive warehouses on the other side of the Hudson river. The eggs have been there since last March, it was learned, together with 100,000 pounds of poultry storedsjlne^ April last. , . , Victim Last of- Aldene. / . • ' Salt Lake City. -- Harry AMen, whose mutilated body was found by a railroad track at Cucamenga, CaJ Friday, was the last descendant of John and Priscilla Alden. made fa mous by Longfellow. , . Brazil te Ask $5,000,000. Rio Janeiro.--The government Mr day authorized the minister of finance to negotiate with"the Rothschilds for a loan of $5,000,000, the funds to be used for the conversion of the out standing external debt, issued at live per cent, into four per oapt bond% P : ^ • • " " ' • ,'k^m • tdefs Brtng tteotf Frtw*. J New York.--One hundred and aev- •nty-eight ancient idols from 81aa& China and Japan, brought fTJOO at aa art auction here Friday. MORE CAUGHT IN GRAFT NET Chicago Grand Jury Brings in Indlet- mentis Against City Engineer and Ten Others. Chicago.--Four true bllia, charging city hall officials with conspiracy in connection with the $45,000 "shale rock" matter, were returned Satur­ day by the county grand Jury. The men indicted were: John Ericson, city engineer. Michael H. McGovern, contractor.' Paul Redieske, former deputy com­ missioner of public works. Ralph A. Bonnell, former assistant city engineer. All of the above With the exception of Ericson were indicted a short time ago in connection with an alleged at­ tempt to defraud the 'city of about $250,000 in the building of section N of the Lawrence avenue sewer. Second indictments were returned against ten persons and the seven others who were indicted last week on charges of attempts to defraud the city of $250,000- in another deal con­ nected with the Lawrence avenue sewer. Dr. Detchom's Relief for Rkeuu relieves in six hours. Why suffer? ?5e>' Pompadours are many a high-brow. responsible for and used it five or six times before- I went to bed, and the next day JE Was able to go to work and use < ftand as nsuaL" Sloan's Linimeni to an excellent antfe^ septic and gerxA'-"-" killer-- heals cut bums, wounds and. contusions, and wi%^; draw the poisoijil ^ from sting of poijfJ% sonous insects, sni.-j 26o.,60o.and$1.0$^ Slnaarti book horses,cattle, shfef. and poultry tV<se„ Addrtu - ' Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Msss,, TUSA. Hay's Hair-Health lals1 (o It* ps its falling la not • 30 and soc. FREE Never Falls io Restore Gray Hair to Its Natural Color and Beauty. Stops its falling out, and positively removes Dandruff. la not m Dye. 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Pink* " Tbam's Vegetable Compound has cured thousands and thoij^ f sands of women of the ills peculiar to their sex, then w^~ loiag far an opportunity to do so by direct correspondence^ Meanwhile read the following letters which we guarantor to be genuine and truthful. 8ay Packsrs Are in Contempt; Albany, N. Y.--Meat trust ofidAls are now confronted with fine and im­ prisonment or both for contempt of court. Attorney General O'Malley is accumulating evidence thtat the Ar­ mours, Swifts and their associates have for nearly eight years flagrantly defied a New York state supremo court Injunction against their fixing prices, preventing competition and otherwise violating the anU-monopoly law. ttoamshtp Fir* Extinguished. Galveston. Tex.--Fire which discovered in the hold of the Morgan, steamer El Dorado while at sea and which was still bulging Friday wh#n the vessel reached Galveston, was ex­ tinguished. ! Broker Hit by Panic. • ( Butts, Mont.---C. W.' Cockr«iI, for­ merly in the brokerage business and well known throughout the northwest, committed suicide Thursday as a re­ sult of financial and domestic diffi­ culties. Cockrell had been wealthy, but lost everything la tte panto 1WF. - " ' .1 » 1 >,<1 ii ij1 •' t , Richest Preacher Dead. Mew York.--Rev. Dr. Richard Lewis Howell, known as tike richest preach­ er in, the United 8tates, la dead at Ms home hera. He was M yaars old. .' V' Debts Jump Up $5,000,000. " New York.--Latest estimates the Boston offices of Fisk & Robinson,' bankers, whose failure was announced on the floor of the stock exchange here, place the liabilities at 912,006,-< 000 instead of $7,000,000 as orlfrtnuily stated. • Noted Indiana Divine Die* <1 Wabash, Ind.--Rev. Dr. W. J. Vlgus* sged 74, field secretary of Winnna Lake assembly, one of the most noted Methodist ministers la Indiana, 4M here Sunday. Hudson, Ohio.--" I suffered tor %longr time from a weakness |-nfl ft.ni m AtJnnT dtcftdful pftiiis 6aCh month tiod supp r688lOH« X bad been doctoring and receiving only temporary relief, when ft friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com* pound! I did so, and wrote to you for advice. I have faithfully followed your directions and now, after taking only five bottle# ef the Vegetable Compound, I have every reason to believe I am ft well woman. I give you full permission to use my testimonial̂ --Mrs. Lena Carmodno, Hudson* Ohio. B. F. I>. No. 7. St. Regis FallN. T.-̂ fwo years ago I wa» go bad that I had to take to my bed every montl̂ and it would last from two to three wê ks. I wrote to you for advice and took Lydia E.PinJB* ham's Vegetable Compound in dry form. I aft happy to say that I am cured, thanks to you* medicine and good advice. Tou may use my letter for the good of others.** -- Mrs. J. H» [Breyere, St. Regis Falls, N. IT. 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TWM HSHISK/ *^ Washington.--A plan for 1 channel of the Arkansas Pass harbor, Texas, to cost 9277,600, has beea ommendsd to partment PAY YOU TO PAY MORE -BBSS * Toys**-# -otter made to •el« K Mp alltk* dkmb«7 brlnilng erea-ui ItetMaS UfcetWs Wltl a Natleasfl m jnm mm If niwtrli T»tl t > by Dm war