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THE McHENBY PLAINDEALER, McHENRT, ILL. * - ^|f.y "•*V>1fe V A,*, " WWW^TSH** ; "t'T "' ""^5s Wk--m-3^ jCs* ;•> ••; v;» -f . ' ..»»\»'" *£f" V rr ',__ ? k n *r-mt' -BIG INCREASE IN I Farmers Asked to Devote Large Acreage to Cereai. FOR MAN AND BEAST <s*i« fir,- Si#" Mf"; Mr mkr •Secretary of Agriculture Appeal* to Farmer* to Push Production to Ifo Limit--Ten State* Picked . for Work. Washington.--The secretary of agri­ culture has issued the following state- -Sent: Corn Is America'8 most Important Oreal. It can be grown successfully OVer a wider area than any other, and r famishes nutritious food for man as Well as the staple grain feed for cattle ' and draft animals. The production of ; corn should be increased this year to the fullest extent, taking into consider­ ation seed, labor, and existing eco­ nomic conditions, and the availability <jf good land in corn-growing regions ' .iiot needed more urgently for other ' crops. The acreage may well be in­ creased in most of the country east of the one hundredth meridian, as com, in general, thrives in this region. An appreciable increase, in the corn crop is most feasible, however, in the sections of highest corn production. Favorable growing conditions exist in such regions; farmers there are famil­ iar .with corn growing; they have the necessary equipment available, and #have adapted corn pioduction to pre­ vailing economic conditions. Farmers in such regions, through many years of ikperience,. have learned methods of stKfessfully combating adverse condi­ tions. They know that the planting of vlrtle, tested seed in well-tilled, friable mil, immediate replanting of missing hills, and early and continued cultiva­ tion of the fields, count for much in ability of the plants to produce a bountiful yield. This knowledge should Se put to good use during the coming Season* in order that, however unfavor­ able conditions may be, production of •tn exceptionally large crop may be as- Hired. '.In practically every county In the ;A . country in which experience has shown * ttat corn may be produced success- folly, the possibilities of increasing the corn crop without encroaching upon V lither important crops is at least wor­ thy of consideration, If land, labor and •?-' '-Ifcea are available. 1 Areas of Maximum Corn Production. >A list of the leading corn-producing j bounties in the principal corn-produc- I'- teg states^ marks roughly the area in I Which efforts to Increase the produc- tlon of corn should be most successful. Such a list of counties for the ten leading corn-producing states follows. The states and the counties within them are named in the order of their Importance in corn production. Al­ though early plantings have been com- Dieted or are in progress in some of the counties, late additional plantings - a»ay be advisable in such regions. -t: ILLINOIS--Counties: Champaign, Iro- <8*ola. L&Salle. Uvingston, McLean, Bu­ reau. Christian, Edgar, Henry, Lee, Lo­ gan, Macon. Sangamon, Shelby. Vermilion, Will. Adams. Coles, DeKalb, DeWitt, Donglas, Fayette, Ford. Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Kankakee, Knox, McDonough, Macoupin, Mason, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan. Ogle, Peoria. Piatt, Pike. Taze­ well, Warren, Whiteside, Woodford, Madison, Marshall, Moultrie, Wayne, White. Greene, Jasper, Jefferson, Kane. McHenry. Marion, Stephenson. Carroll, dark. Clay, Cook, Hamilton, Henderson, Kendall. Menard, Winnebago, Cass, Clin­ ton. Crawford, Effingham, Franklin, Rock laTand. St, Clair, Schuyler, Stark, Wash­ ington. TOW A--Counties: Harrison. Plymouth. Pottawattamie, Sioux. Woodbury, Adair. ,V> Benton. Black hawk. Boone, Buena Vista. "L Rutler. Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cedar. , „ Cherokee, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas. Kranklin. Fremont. Greene, Grundv. Guth­ rie. Hamilton. Hardin. Jasper, Johnson, Keokuk, Kowuth. Linn, Lyon, Mahaska, Marshall. Mills, Monona. O'Brien, Page, Pocahontas, Polk, Powpshiek, Sac. Shelby, : Story, Tama, Washington, Webster. Wright. Audubon. Buchanan, Cerro Gordo! -s Delaware, Fayette, Ida, Iowa, Madison, i /Marion. Mnptgomery, Clay, Clayton, Floyd. Hancock. Jlenry, Jones, Scott, Tay- l'; icr. ^"-trren. Wavne. NKBHASKA--Counties: Custer. Buffalo, Case. Knox, I>anoaster, Saunders. Antel- •i& Ore. BUine. Bonne, Butler, Cass. Cedar, i •' -Clay, Cuming. Dawson. Dixon. Fillmore. .Frontier Furnas. HamiUon. Holt. JefTer- i.'V t2T'n' Johnson. Lincoln, Madison, Nuckolls, Y>vM* ©toe. Pierce. Platte. Richardson. Saline! '"?• "?eward. Thayer. Wayne. Webster. York, '. * Adams Burt, Dodge. Franklin. Phelps. , ' Polk, Redwlllow. Thurston. Vallev. Oree- 1»"-. He'l. Harlan. Howard, Kearney, .. Jfance, Nemaha, Pawnee, Sherman, Stan- f' nfi '«• ' MISSOURI--Counties: Bates, Nodaway " Vernon. Atchison. Audrain. Barton, Calla-r 5 • -Spay. Carroll, Cass. Harrison. Henrv, i?i Johnson. Lafavette Macon. Monroe, Pet- f ; lis. Saline, Boone, Chariton. Dekalb Holt. • Ray, St. Clair. Andrew. Caldwell, Clinton " Coor,er Daviess. Gentrv. Greene Jackson' § Jasper. Knox, Linn, Pike, Stoddard Ben­ ton, Cedar, Dade, Lincoln. Livineftnn, Madrid, man, awrence, Randolph, sm, Scotland, Scott. £ INDIANA--Counties: "Wontgomerv. Tip Benton, Knox, : # ,vT,p^anoe- Clinton', } *, . ^Madison. Sbelbv, White. Hamilton, Hend- Ticks. Randolph. Rush. Warren Mien Tarroli. Delaware, Fountain. ' Gibson' W- v!grant- "enry, Jasnen IAporte. Newton! , „ s;Sf ,Fo?ey, Sullivan. Wayne. Bartholomew ^ V \ass. Daviess. Greene Hancocw, Howard > »iohnscn, Kosciusko. Marion. Miami Mori 5 fe'- .*»,"• Parke. Putnam. Tipton. Vigo Wells <"• •"K'VS '•^dams. Dacatur, Elkhart. Fulton! Hvint- tfcl?s,,r>p- Jackson, Lake. Marshall Porter k Jayf'warrlck.Jo8eph> Wabffi What Makes a Man Rich. No man c&n tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It Is th»j soul that makes a man rich. He Js rloli or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.--Henry Ward Beecher, , TEXAS--Count!**: Collin, Fannin, Gray, son, lysnmr, Denton, Hunt, Navarro, Bell, Ccoke, Hill, Mclennan. Milam. Red R.iv*r, Dallas, Fails, Hopkins, Limestone, Mon­ tague. Smith, Wise, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Corvell. Ellis, Fayette, Gonsales, Kauf man, Rusk, Van Zandt, Wilbarger, Wil liamson, Anderson, Bowie, Gaudalupe Harrison, Henderson, Houston, Lavaca, Nacogdoches, Parker, Robertson, Wash ington, Wichita, Baatrop, Dewltt, Fort Bend. Freestone Grimes, Panola, Shelby Tarrant, Travis. Upshur, Wharton, Wbecler. Wood. KANSAS--Counties: Butler. Jewell, Mar­ shall, Nemaha, Reno, Republic, Sedgwick, Smith, Surfiner, Washington, Barber, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Cowley. Craw ford. Decatur, Dickinson, Graham, Green­ wood, Harper, Jackson, Jefferson, King­ man. Labette, Lyon, McPherson, Marion, Mitchell, Morris, Osage. Osborne, Phil­ lips, Pottawatomie. Rice, Stafford, Bour­ bon. Cherokee, Franklin, Linn, ^Miami Montgomery, Neosho, Shawnee, Wabaun­ see, Allen, Anderson. Harvey, Norton, Pratt, Riley, Rooks, Saline, Wilson. Atchi­ son, Doniphan, Douglas, Elk, Johnson, Ottawa, Sheridan, Barton. Chautauqua, Kiowa. Ijeavenworth, Lincoln. OHIO--Counties: Darke, Wood, Madi­ son, Pickaway, Clinton, Fayette, Frank­ lin, Greene, Putnam, Ross, Butler, Cham­ paign, Clark, Hancock. Henry, Highland. Mercer, Miami, Paulding. Preble, Van Wert, Auglaijte, Fairfield, Hardin, Lick­ ing. Logan, Marion, Montgomery. Seneca, Shelby. Union, Warren, Adams, Allen, Brown, Clermont, Delaware, Fulton, San­ dusky, Wyandot, Crawford, Defiance, Hu­ ron, Knox. Richland, Stork, Wayne, Wil­ liams^ OKLAHOMA--Counties: Caddo, Cana­ dian, Comanche, Garfield, Grady, Grant, Kay. Alfalfa, Blaine. Bryan, Craig. Cus­ ter, Garvin, Kingfisher. Lincoln, Osage, Stephens, Tillman, Washita, Dewey, Lo­ gan, MeClain, Major. Noble, Payne, Pot­ tawatomie. Tulsa, Woodward, Mcintosh, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Pawnee, Roger Mills. Woods, Cleveland, Ellis, Jefferaon, Kiowa. Ottawa, Rogers, Wagoner. KENTUCKY--Counties: Graves, Hen­ derson, Union, Christian. Daviess, Gray­ son, Hardin, Ohio, Pulaski, Warren, Bar­ ren, Breckenridge, Calloway, Crittenden, Hopkins, Logan. Madison, Adair, Bal­ lard, Butler, Hart, Hickman, Lawrence,, Livingston, Marshall. Muhlenberg, Nel­ son,. Pike, Todd, "frigg, Wayrte, Webster, Whitley. JHE VICTORIOUS HOSTS OF LIBERTY RETURNING Elephant Had Toothache. 'Charlie" Snyder, keeper of the ele­ phants at the New York zoc^was lean­ ing up against Alice discussing ele­ phants in gejieral and Alice in par­ ticular. He allowed that Alice had a toothache. "Lonesome," he said. "Why, this poor thing can't have the slightest ailment but that she cries like a big bai)y. I saw her standing with her head in that corner and I knew that something had mfide her blue again. When I came in she opened her mouth, and I saw that her teeth were sore. Notv she's all right, but if I go out she'll make more noise than a couple of herds have any right to make." As Mr. Snyder talked Alice moved from one foot to the other, bumping hitn. After discussing the peculiar­ ities of an elephant's mouth, he told Alice to open hers. Alice did, and al­ lowed the keeper to show where the medicine had been rubbed. This done, she closed her mouth, stopped bump­ ing Mr. Snyder and walked slowly over to the corner. She put her head down into the piled up fodder and stood quite still. Wished She Waa a Sailor. With raiders and U-boats making every voyage an adventure, sailors are wild to get back from trips to hear all about what is going on and to tell of their own experiences. The wife of a seaman who had returned from a three months' cruise called at the Sea­ men's institute in New York to wait for him, Presently he came up South street with four other seamen of his ship. AH were singing as they pound­ ed along. Their vessel had been chased by a German raider. The waiting wife met the seaman. She threw her arms about him while he stood looking straight ahead. "Simon," said the fond wife, "you don't seem a bit anxious to see me. The little home is all ready for you and I'm so glad you are back." So" am I," said Simon, mechanically putting his arms about her. "So I am. But, Lord, Julie, I wish you were a sailor; I'd have an awfui lot to tell you." German Care of the Wounded. An American newspaper man writing from Germany, where he had been al­ lowed an opportunity to study the sys­ tem of sanitary and medical service in the army, makes the interesting state­ ment that it is not only extremely thorough, but that the conservation of life and limb is the policy and practice of the surgeons. That is, their great endeavor is to save life and to avoid amputation of legs or arms where it is possible, says the Indianapolis Star. That they have remarkable success is indicated by the fact that out of 1,587 severely wounded men brought to a certain field hospital within a given four weeks, but 17 died. Out of hundreds of operations performed, only, ope was an amputation of a limb. There is no postbattle butchery by eager young surgeons, for no operation is performed until it is pronounced necessary by a competent head su» geon. Apples Good for Insomnia. Apples are useful in nervous dyspep­ sia ; they are nutritious, medicinal, and vitalizing; they aid digestion, clear the voice, correct the acidity of the stomach, and are valuable in rheuma­ tism, insomnia, and liver troubles. An apple contains as much nutriment as a potato in a pleasanter and more wholesome form. A Ruthless Man. Sir," said the mathematics profes- •or heatedly, "if you say but one more - , word of a disparaging nature to me I . ft • shall be obliged to reduce you to your 4 -t- • f" '~ common multiple." t Valuable Assistance, v-' ^ ***!• girt was watching a survey- p. .v/\i . or cat work near by with great interest. jB* 'P|=y^ After a time she joined him^nd timid- BiV < l.v asked to help. "Well, now, what coilld you help me do?" he jocularly in- tm Squired. "I could help you walk," she EN* '; JI'V- '>entui& „ i Duty. Duty though set about by thorns, * ^"may still be made a staff, supporting £.V'*V^even while it tortures. Cast it away .<>. * and like th® prophet's wand, it changes Co a unake.--Douglas J err old. V., _ Comparison*. "My butler left me without any warning." ' "There are worse things than that. Mine left me without any spoons." Electricity From Windmill. ElectricUy is generated by a wind­ mill so successfully at a German tech­ nical school that it is estimated a sim­ ilar plant could supply light and water for 100 persons at a cost of $125 a year. Ahvjm DRAFT LAW IS URGED STRIKE IN GERMANY VOLUNTEER PLAN SHOWN TO BE FAILURE, SAYS WILSON. Got Better Acquainted. One day Dorothy was visiting. her grandmother, and upon being asked if she liked bananas she replied: "Well, when I first was acquainted With them I didn't, but now I do." Readjusting Ambition. A lot of young men are ambitious when they start out in life, but as soon as they discover that a man has to work most of the time to get to the top they decide to learn to play pool instead.--Detroit Free Press. President Says Selective Method Means Service for All--Believes System Not Understood. Washington, April 21.--President Wilson sent a letter to Representative Helvering of Kansas explaining and strongly supporting the administra­ tion's army bill with its selective con­ scription plun. The letter indicated the purpose of the administration iQ insist upon enactment of the measure vigorously. It follows: I welcome the Inquiry of your let­ ter of April 19 because Khuve realized the truth of what you say from my own observations, ' namely, that what is meant to be understood by the se­ lective draft is not generally under­ stood throughout the country. "The process of the draft is, I think, very clearly set forth in the bill draft­ ed by the war depurtiuent afed which I so earnestly l»^p« tfre congress will adopt, but it is wovfn while to state the idea which underlies the bill a lit­ tle more fully. i I took occasion the other day in an address to the people of the country to point out the many forms of patriotic service-that were open to them and to emphasize the fact that the military part of the service wus by no means the only part, and perhaps, all things considered, not the most vital part. Our object is a mobilization of all the productive and active forces of the nation and their development to the highest point of oo-operation and effi­ ciency and the idea of the selective draft Is that those should be chosen for service In the army who can be most readily spared from the prosecution of the other activities to which it must de­ vote a great deal of its best energy and capacity. The volunteer system does not do this. When men choose themselves they sometimes choose without due1 re­ gard to their other responsibilities." HHIIIMMMIIHHimi NEWS FROM FAR A Nil NEAR Indianapoli* April 21.--Six persons were burned to deulh on Thursday in the Colfax office building and apart­ ment house on Meridan street, oppo­ site University park. About twenty panic-stricken persons were injured slightly in trying to escape. Washington, April 23.--Ambassador Page at London cabled tJiC state de­ partment that the British government will grant safe-conduct across the At­ lantic to Count Tarnowskl von Tar- now, recalled Austrian ambassador to the United States, and meipbers of his staff. New York, April 23.--Anthracite coal operators of Pennsylvania, western New York and parts of Ohio granted the principal demand made by the United Mine Workers of America, and announced they would consent to n 20 per cent increase In wages. About 173,000 miners are affected. MUNITION PLANTS ARE AFFECT­ ED, TAGEBLATT SAYS. Soldier* and Potice Guard Imperial Castle Beset by Great Crowd--' Soqie Windows Smashed. Copenhagen, April 20.--The number of Strikers in Berlin is placed in even the semiofficial report at 125,000, and is distributed, according to the Tage- blatt, through machine works, some electrical establishments, and part of the munition plants. The Tageblntt's statement is interesting in view of a dispatch from the official press bureau denying that munition factories are af­ fected. The Tageblatt says, however, that the great munition industry at Spandau lias not been involved. Reports in all the Berlin newspa­ pers which have arrived agree in say­ ing that most of the demonstrators were orderly, although roughs resort­ ed to occasional window breaking in Unter den Linden, Friedrich and Leip­ zig streets and other central thorough­ fares. Soldiers as well as police were used in cordons thrown about Unter den Linden and the imperial castle. Great crowds gathered in the neighborhood of rhe castle during the day and the temper of the crowd, especially the women, Is described us extremely bit­ ter. The strikers denounced the farmers, the wholesalers and the government in fqual measure for responsibility for the food situation. Even socialist leaders that opposed the strike made It evident to the authorities that a fur­ ther curtailment of rations from any cause could not be borne. 6,000 MACHINE GUNS FOR U. S. Ohce Rejected Fleldpiece Becomes Im­ portant Factor in Entente Armaintents. Washington, ApHI 2o!--Emergency orders for G.000 Lewis machine guns for the army andv navy have been placed by the government, although the American-made weapon, whl^h has been the subject of such bitter eotitiovefrsy. has not been adopted as the standard light machine gun for the army. Tests of the Lewis and other light weapons will take place May 1, it was said at the department, as a result of which a final decision would be reached. The Lewis gun, once re­ jected by the American government, has become one of the great factors of the entente armaments, on the west­ ern front. FOOD CONSERVATION PLAN Call* State* "to Meeting. Washington. April 24.--Secretary of War Baker telegraphed the governors of all states, asking each to send & delegate for a national demense con­ ference, to be held in Washington on May 2. Pastor Offer* to G« to Trench**. Pana, III., April 24.--Itev. Dr. A. Frank Ferris, sixty years old, pastor of the Pana First Presbyterian church, is the first aged minister in Illinois to offer his services vin the trenches In France. He wired Governor Lowden. Most of 'Em Are &af* Tt Is said thajt white clothing worn by little children injures their eyes, but the oculists will get n© great rush of business from the little children who had a chance to wear their white cloth­ ing an hour or so. Boy* March in Chicago. Chicago, April 21.--Three thousand high school boys paraded through the downtown district in the afternoon, to show that the youth of the nation was ready for active service, whenever the Call is given by Uncle Sam. ; *• • " Yankee* Reply to Sniper*. ' " El Paso. Tex.. April 21.--Snipers who fired at an American sentry sta­ tioned at the viaduct in the suburbs were tired upon in return. One Mexi­ can was seen to fail after a volley had Secretary Houston Recommend* That Government Be Authorized to Fix Price* During War. " *. Washington, April 23.--Secretary of Agriculture Houston, replying to a res­ olution asking for a comprehensive food conservation plan, recommended to the senate that the government be authorized to fix food prices during the war period. Legislation to carry out his recommendation probably will be laid before the st-«»ate within a few days. 8peciat Law for Roosevelt. Albany, N. Y., April 23.--A bill de­ signed to authorise the governor to ap- polut Col. Theodore Itoosevelt a major general of the National Guard was in­ troduced in the legislature on Frl day. . ^ No Steps tor "Dry* Nation. Washington, April 23.--Flnnl de­ termination of the government's atti­ tude on the production of intoxicating liquors during the war will await the return to the United States of Herbert C. Hoover. War' Riot* In Tuokey. London, April 21.--W*r riot* are taking place in Constantinople, says a dispatch received here. During a dem­ onstration In favor of peace German army officers were attacked by Turkish Women und beaten. 7* Killed Under the U. ft. Pla*. * Paris," Apill 21.--Edraond C. C. Genet, tht Americnn aviator, whose death wasNrfficlally announced, was the first Aujlerlcan to die In France fighting undir the American flag, apt wu kliiQd nc«r Hap fRENGH Id BIG DRIVE PRISONERS TAKEN Ift FOUR DAYS • Wtt 19,000--ADVANCE f* UNCHECKED. $ MORE THAN 100 GUNS TAKEN Further Proeres* M«d« by General Nt- velie's Troops North of the Aiane, in Champagne and the Argonne Foreat, Paris Report*. Paris, April 23.--Hard fighting con­ tinues betWeen the French and the Germans all along the southern front in France. The French war office, In its latest communication, records fur­ ther progress for the forces of General Nivelle north of the Aisne, irrtCham- pagne and in the Argonne forest. More than 19,000 Germans have been made prisoner and guns in Excess of 100 have been captured by the French «ince the offensive began last Monday., "T6 the north of the Aisne our, troops, harassing the enemy, have con­ tinued to progress toward the Chemin des Dames. We have occupied the vil­ lage-of Sancy," says the report. \ "About/ six o'clock this evening, after violent preparation by their ar­ tillery, the Germans launched an at­ tack with large effectives in the region of Allies and Hurtebise, which was broken by the fire of our artillery and machine guns and completely dis­ persed. The artillery fighting in this region continues very effective. "In the Champagne we have cap­ tured several important points of sup­ port In the grove of Monronvilliers, notwithstanding the stubborn resist­ ance of the enemy." Fighting in the Argonne Is the neW feature of the report. "In the Argonne," Sltys the official statement, "after sharp fighting our de­ tachments penetrated up to the second enemy trenches. They found a great number of German dead." The afternoon report told of violent fighting during the night, in the course of which the French made further gains in the region of Laffaux and the Vauclerc plateau. Several lines of trenches east of Lolvre were captured. Heavy counter-attacks by the Germans in the Champagne were repulsed. Medicine m Many Cases -Doe* Better than the Surgeon's Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound. ' bx^ratloii or Beath-- r" tared. GENERAL VON BISSING DEAD German*5* Governor General of Belgium Dies--Von Zwehl Named a* Successor. London, April 20.--Renter's Amster­ dam correspondent says that, accord­ ing to a Brussels dispatch General von Bissing, German governor general in Belgium, died Wednesday evening. Another dispatch from Amsterdam says General von Zwehl has been named as his temporary successor. [General von Bissing was appointed governor general of Belgium In Novem­ ber, 1914, in succession to General von der Goltz. He was born in 1844. Gen­ eral von Bissing came into prominence many times, notably in connection with the execution of Miss Edith Ca- vell, In frequent clashes with Cardinal Mercler an4 in the deporta£iou of Bel­ gians.] , fr£rtTtirtrCrCrtrCrbfrCrtrtr{tt{ttirCrCr-Cr{rCr{rCr{3 ' FLAGS ON THE PLOWS Ocilla, Ga., April 20.--'"Nail a flag to your plow and work for your country as you would fight for her," is the slogan udopted by farmers of Ben Hill and Ir­ win counties. Preparations are under way today by a commit­ tee of safety of the two counties to provide the flags, fallowing a mass meeting here, ut which .Georgia farmers^ were to produce larger food south urged crops. KILL STRIKERS IN GERMANY Kaneer** Troops Slay Krupp Rioters- Town I* Besieged--Magdeburg Scene of Outbreak. London, April 23.--Ten thousand strikers, njostly munition workers, tried to burn"4 the townhall of Mag­ deburg, according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company . from Oldenzaal, Holland. Soldiers fired on the rioters, killing and wounding many, and the town now is in a state of siege. WILSON TO CONTROL EXPORT Senate Commerce Committee Recom­ mend* the Passage of the Fernald Bill. Washington, April 20.--The senate commerce committee unanimously vot- ted to recommend passage of the Fer­ nald bill, giving the ̂ president absolute authority over exports "so as to Insure their wise, economical and profitable distribution to other countries." Wheeling Strike at End. Wheeling, W. Va., April 24.--Fires were lighted at the Yorkvllle CO.) plant of the Wheeling Steel and Iron company, following the ending of a two-weeks' strike. ompaCny officials agreed to the scale. ' Des Moines, Iowa.--"My husband says I would have been in my grave today had it not been for Lydia E. Pmkham's Vegetable Compound, I suf­ fered from a serious female trouble and the doctors said I could not live one year without an operation. My husband objected to the operation and had me try Lydia E. Rnkham's Vegetable Compound. I soon commenced to get better and am now w»ll and able to do my own housework. I can recom­ mend Lydia E. Pmkham's Vegetable Compound to tany woman as a wonderful health restorers--Mrs. BLANCHE JEFFERSON,703 Lyon St., Des Moines, Iowa. Another Operation Avoided. Richmond, Ind.--"For two years 1 was so sick and weak from female troubles that when going up stairs I had to go very slowly with my hands on the steps, then sit down at the top to rest. The doctor said he thought I should have an operation, and my friends thought I would not live to move into our new house. My daughter asked me to try Lydia E. Knkham's Vegetable Compound as she had taken it with good results. I did so, my weakness disappeared, I gained in strength, moved into our new home, do all kinds of garden work, and raised nundreds of chickens and ducks. I cannot say enough in praise of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." --Mrs. M. O. JOHNSTON, Route D, Box 190, Richmond, Ind. Of course there are many serious cases that only a surgical operation will relieve. We freely acknowledge this, but tne above letters, and many others like them, amply prove that many operations are recommended when medicine in many cases is all that is needed. If you want special advice write to Lydia E. JPinkham Medi* cine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened# read *n<l answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. feife. Wants Garden* In Ball Parka; St. Paul, Minn., April 24.---Use «f baseball parks and golf links for the growth of garden products was recom­ mended by Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, who re­ turned from California. -. • -- -- -- " ' A Montgomery, Actor, It OeteA Chicago, April .28.--"Dave" Mont­ gomery, who, with his stage partner. Fred Stone, made thousands laugh died in the Presbyterian hospital here from a complication of illnesses. He yr&* in tbe hospital since March 12. British Smash Turk Unas. London. April 23.--Turkish positions In Palestine over a Jront of nearly seven miles have been smashed by a new British advance say official dis­ patches received on Friday from head- quartera ia Cairo. ' f. "H Uv Carter's little liver Pills You Cannot be A Remedy That Makes Life Worth Living aafcM bears ilgoiidf* Constipated and Happy Small Pill Small Dote Small Pricc CARTERS ABSENCE of !roa In the Blood ia the reason for many colorless faces but BARTER'S IRON PILLS • wiB greatly help most pale-faced people AN ANCIENT JAPANESE ART Embroidery Made in Flowery Kingdom' for Centuriea Before Country Waa Opened to World. Japanese embroidery, now so popu­ lar in this country, is one of the oldest arts of the mikado's people. FM* cen­ turies before the country was opened to foreign intercourse heavily embroid­ ered silk kimonos, screens, and other articles were made by professional embroidery experts, principally in Kyoto. This same profession con­ tinues today, having been handed down from father to son for many gen­ erations. For this reason the center of the country's art-embroidery Indus­ try is at Kyoto, although cheaper em­ broideries, principally for export, are produced in large quantities in other part of the Kobe district. The majority of the workers In Kyo­ to are men, who produce the finer grades of embroidery. It is essentially a household industry, and is usually conducted in small shops, where from three to ten apprentices and skilled embroiderers are employed. The men received from 40 to 75 cents gold per day. The women, however, are able to earn from 15 to 50 cents gold per day, depending upon their ability and diligence. 1 The manufacture of hand-made lace Is a comparatively new industry In Japan, as lace was not used by the Japanese before the advent of foreign­ ers. The industry is still in its in­ fancy, and the output is small. Why Ha Subscribed. A collector of subscriptions for the brass band fund once came across a farmer who was noted for his mean­ ness. To his surprise the farmer at once consented to subscribe fully as large a sum as any he had yet re­ ceived. "Mr. Hardflit," he said, addressing the farmer, "you are surely very fond of music to give so much." "Oh, yes," said the farmer; "they're grand for scaring the crows from ma 'tatles when they're practlcin' an' I'm grateful." A reflector concentrates the heat at the top of a neV electric cook store. Force of H^bit. "Why did your wife leave you?" ••Force of habit, I guess. She a cook before I married her." FOB SKIN TROUBLES That Itch, Burn, Torture and Disfig­ ure Use Cutleura--Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. They usually afford Immediate relief In itch­ ing, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruff and most baby skin troubles. They also tend to prevent little skin trou­ bles becoming great if used dally. 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