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• • - $ ' {*- ' , < < , <••-•• ^ t'» J 'V - « •tfn? IWrWRXitT 'PT, ATlSmf^Af/R'R.' WfTTElTRT; • : *->..« ii \ * ' Why Not Make Some Gifts This Christmas? |Call "duty" presents and of all gifts ithey give the least pleasure to the giver. So try, to put yourself In your gifts 'this year. Begin early and knit the cherub a play suit. Nothing is so soft, so warm and so comfortable for robust children outdoors in early winter weather. Por big brother get ribbon two and one-half inches wide, eight inches long; fringe both ends, then embroider ini­ tial In center or have gold letters put on. The bnnd cnn be glued inside of his hat to indentify it. , Father will need n new desk calen­ dar and file for his office. So cover a form with leather, cretonne or any durable material and hung it by silk cords. Crimson is a suitable color scheme. Apply an easily read calendar, near the top center and \yJfh celluloid tabs index the lower part so daddy may fill his advance engagements In proper style.. For daddy and brother a chnd can enamel gayly the handles of garden and carpenter's tools. This adds an at­ tractive touch to cold steel. For the children an "evergreen pie" served at the Christmas breakfast ta­ ble always causes great excitement. To make it fashion an immense pie dish of cardboard, paint it leaf green nnB cover thickly with sprays of ever- gfeen. Put in the presents--all previ­ ously wrapped and labeled--andjthen put on the lid. The latter is shaped in cardboard and covered fclth nice ever­ greens. The wee baby makes a new appeal to oyr gift instincts. Cover a downy square pillow with palest pink silk and like the one pictured, cover this with fillet lace and handkerchief linen in strips that are strapped with satin baby ribbon set off with two soft rosettes. A delightful carriage pillow Is this. TK) often the days immediately be­fore Christmas arfc speftt In wor­rying over the buying of gifts Iwhlch the giver can but ill afford, and jwhich are going to people whom she Scares little about These are what we Some Good Things For the Christmas Stocking SOME philosopher or other said long ago that we do not appreciate that which we do not work hard to obtain and that • we love more the people whom we do for than we lova the people who dp most for us. If your best friend motors make her a cap, a la sunbonnet, out of some dur­ able silky material that matches her motor coat. Stiffen the visor with buckram, line It with plaid silk and 1 ; * w use the rest of this for a banding that ties carelessly in front. Smoking jackets, suspenders, bafh mules, necktie and collar cases for travelers, knitted golf gloves, throat mufflers and tooled leather picture frames are some of the gifts you can make for the men in your family. Nothing "boughten" could compare with the joy furnished a youngster by these toys that daddy made himself. Pine or sweet gum wood are easily manipulated, and the delight enters with the gay enamel paint that daddy so skillfully applies to the elephant's howdah, the parrot's wings and the sailor boy's middy. Mother may like something new and attractive in the form of luncheon nap­ kins made of one and a half yards of white linen (a good quality comes at 73 cents a yard) cut into six squares and bordered with a picot Irish edge after merely rolling the edges. v Or she may prefer a theater bag njade of brocade velvet In any of the Hew colors and lined with a soft silk in contrasting color. They are made with a pocket in the bottom, either oblong or round, and the top has a casing through which gold ribbon Is drawn. Now that patriotism runs high make hubby a red, white and blue pillow for ^-w r \ * i The Fun of It All. If everybody refrained from spending money foolishly during the Christmas season, there-would be very -; little fun. A tightwad may lose the thrill of the Christmas spirit, even if * ' the rascal does enjoy the January 1 Mint, all dunless and without a bill. A Continual Christmas. y A good conscience it a continual Christmas.--Benjamin Franklin. Be Liberal. 'geatter Christmas charity with a lavish hani. • • his morris chair. The cut suggests the embroidery done on a background of linen crash. A quickly made gift for a little girl and one which serves to teach her a lesson of neatness is a set of ribbon rolls for her hair ribbons. Small paste­ board cylinders, such as are used for mailing purposes, are first covered with cotton wadding and sachet powder and then with silk or satin. The material may be plain or flowered, but must be of a quality not to "run." „ For the friend who jjoards a glass of homemade jelly or orange marmalade would be useful as well as ornamental. Apple jelly and orange marmalade can be made at the holiday season as well as In the summer, and then one can truthfully say on the little card of greeting that it was made expressly tor the friend to whom it is sent. The Heavenly and the Earthly. The grand difficulty is so to feel the reality of both worlds as to give each Its due place in our thoughts and feelings--to keep our mind's eye and pur heart's eye ever fixed on the land of promise, without looking away from the road along which we are to travel toward it.--Hare. A Christmas Wish. A bright and blessed Christmas Day, With echoes of the angel'a song. And peace that cannot pass away, And holy gladness caim and strong; And eweet heart carols, flowing £re#i This la my Christmas wish to the* CAREER OF Ef.RUHG Msfortune That Befell Himift His Railroad Baptism. SKIDDED ALONG TOP OF QUI So 8tripped of Clothing That He Had to Slink Around Untii Dusk Before Parting f°r Home--studied Engineering. Albert 3V fearling's railroad baptism was eventful and disastrous. Born not far from Rugby Junction, Wis., in Jan­ uary, 1848, he wanted, on leaving school, to enter the railroad service rather than to serve in his father's store, B. C. Forbes writes in Leslie's. A husky fellow, by the name of Tom Pollard, whom young Earlihg used to help with his lessons, had become con­ ductor on the Milwaukee road, running between Milwaukee and LaCrosse. During vacation the young conductor gave the lad a temporary job as brake- man on his train, an "extra," which was sent out to pick up wheat along a certain part of the road. Tom had a sweetheart and was anxious to ex­ pedite his train so as to enable him to reach the point where she lived, and when the train failed to do this the first day, he roundly scolded the two brakemen. The next day, the- same thing happened--except that thfe scold­ ing this time was much more severe. Chance Was Disastrous. The third day the crew were deter* mined to speed up and take a chance, with the result that they ran full tilt into an onepming train on the single track. Tom and the others, who were at the front of the train, jumped; but Earling happened to be on the top of a box car toward the rear and, having no time to jump, squatted on the run­ ning board on the top of the car and gripped it firmly with both hands. The Impact sent him skidding from end to end of the car, lacerating his hands and his body painfully and so stripping him of clothing that he had to slink around until dusk before he could start for home. ' He decided then he would rather be­ gin his railroad career as a telegrapher. Took Up Engineering: The youthful telegrapher who had worked at night and attended college during the day had meanwhile taken up the study of engineering In his spare time. He steeped himself in en­ gineering hooksrworked out engineer­ ing problems, lost no opportunity to inspect engineering feats and contract­ ed a desire to shape his career so as to afford scope for the exercise of what­ ever engineering taste and talents he possessed. When a 2G0-mile extension was to be built In Iowa between Marion and Council Bluffs, Earling was dele­ gated to supervise its construction, and here his engineering skill proved of practical use. Other and more responsible posi­ tions, both of supervision and con­ struction, were filled by Earling In the late '70s and early '80s. In 1884 he became assistant general superintend­ ent of all the lines and in, 1888 gen­ eral superintendent Only two years more passed before he was asked to become general manager. Here, also, although only turned forty, he made good, and was rewarded first with the vice presidency, In "1895. and then, In 1899, with the presidency. LONGER TRAINS ARE HAULED Southern Pacific Improves1 8ejrvtce Over Sierra Mountains--Over $12,000,000 Is Spent. In order to expedite' service over the Sierras and care for the Increased volume of traffic which war'demands have produced, the Southern Pacific, railroad has institute^ a program of extending every station passing track between Blue Cahon and Truckee. This will enable the company to handle trains of 55 to 57 cars instead of 45 as at present, and will greatly facili­ tate the movement of . perishable as well as ordinary freight. There has been spent on the con­ struction of second track from Rock- lin to Colfax, Colfax to Blue Canon and Sparks to Truckee, over $12,000,- 000. The additional construction now announced will enable tjtie company to secure greater efficiency on this ex­ penditure by Increasing the commer­ cial train length over the Sierra Ne­ vada mountains. The capacity of the track for freight service between Bhio Canon and Truckee will be increased about 27 per cent by this means. • , WORK SWITCHES ON RAILWAY Prime Object of Invention of South Carolina Man Is to Lock Switch In Any Position. The Scientific American In illustrat­ ing and describing an automatic switch, the Invention of H. H. Palmer of Charleston, S. C., says: The invention relates to means for automatically operating the switches on railroads, including street railroads and particularly relates to that type of switches adapted to be operated au- tomatcally by .trips provided on a car C;0st of Feeding Nippon's Soldiers. It costs about 43 sen a day (abot lurl, a venaeular papef. for meat and, vegetables, not as small as! is one-third tint! bought for the 'army. menu includes vegetables and fish oi meat. Cooking and distribution carefully done'by a staff of 12^men, eluding three lieutenants, three s 800. Unused food is sold to tihre occasions. KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT EASILY RECOGNIZED Carter's little Lh For Constipai The Great Vegetable - Bemed, rer PiHs ttOlfc' v ' • I • ^ Pots Ton - Right Over Night Small Price Colorless or Pale Face»S^3? ê,jT*,,'Mr a condition which will be greatly helped tqr^Al'tCr SUTQQaJuKS Applicants for Insurance Often Rejected : Or Distemper In stallions, brood mares, colts and all others J meat destructive. The germ causing the disease nruat be r*-f> .. moved from the body of the animal, To prevent th« irwablo- ,-6# til* Mine must be dene. > ' -\fi SPOHN'8 COMPOUND Li \ | Will do both--cure tha sick and prevent those "exp'jsed"* fFW*r>' •«( having the disease, 50 cents and II a bottle; 15 and $1* ^ 4oiein. All druggists, harness house*, or rranufactiarem. , ITftHir MKDICAX. CO., MatiafaetvNxa. Cssfcw, Bod* >V 8witeh in Operation, or locomotive and arranged to depress switch-operating plungers In the tracks at the sides. The prime object is to provide means, for locking the switch in any position to which it has beetfe thrown. TO ENLARGE RAILWAY YARDS SAFETY IN CROSSING TRACKS Many Motorists Killed by Engine 8talling in Frortt of Train--< 8afest Thing to Do. More than one motorist has been killed by stalling his motor on the tracks in front of an/oncoming train. The driver slows down when approach­ ing the tracks, believes he has time to get across, and then fails to start his motor up sufficiently to negotiate the rougher going across the tracks. The safest thing to do Is to shift Into second or low before starting across the tracks, and you can then be sure of keeping going when going 'ahead may be all Important.--Milestones. Vast Amount of Freight Going to Ayer Camp and Elsewhere Makta Improvement Necessary. *The Fltchburg railroad is being worked to its capacity at present, and the vast amount of freight going to the Ayer enmp and elsewhere has made necessary an enlargement of the yards at East Deerfield. Mr. Hustls, receiver for the Boston & Maine, has been au­ thorized by the court to expend $214,- 000 for Improvements at East Deer- field and $151,000 for necessary Im­ provements along the road. The entire expenditure will be charged against the Fltchburg company, and the Bos­ ton & Maine will not have to pay for the work. The Improvements will no doubt pay for themselves In the in­ creased efficiency and economy of op­ eration. BIG NET OPERATING INCOME Total for June $349,739,636, Exceeding These for June, 1916, by $49,720,256. The net operating income of rail­ roads in the United States for Jun<v 1917, was more than the same month, _ of 25916 by $82 per mile, or 8.1 per cent. The bureau of railroad economics so announced in n bulletin of revenues and expenses. The total operating reve* nues for June were $349,730,630, ex­ ceeding those for June, 1810, by f4©,> 720,256. WGMEN PROVE "SAVIORS OF INDUSTRY" -r An examining physician for one of the prominent life insurance companies, in an interview of the subject, made the as­ tonishing statement that one reason why so many applicants for insurance are re­ jected is because kidney trouble is so com­ mon to the American people, and the large majority of those whose applications are declined do not even suspect that they h«re the disease. Judging from reports .from druggists who are constantly in direct touch with the public, there is one preparation that has been very successful in overcoming these conditions. The mild and healing inliuence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is eoon realized. It stands the highest for its remarkable record of success* We find that Swamp-Root is strictly an herbal compound and we would ad­ vise our readers who feel in need of such a remedy to give it a trial. It is on sale at all drug stores in bottles of two sixes, medium and large. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Pinghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.--Adv. Philippines Is increasing ricO pro- Auction. *' Venezuelan,meat packers are enlarg­ ing plants. Canadian Farmers Profit From Wheat r. ,•* & • The war's devastation of European crops has caused an unusual demand for grain from the American Conti­ nent. The people of the world must be fed and wheat near $2 a bushel offers great profits to the farmer. Canada's invitation Is- therefore especially attractive. She wants aettiers to make money and happy, prosperous homesfor themselves by helping her raise immense wheat crops. Yon can get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE wad other lands at remarkably low prices. During many years Canadian wheat fields have averaged 20 bushels to the acre many yields as nigh as 45 bushels to the Mere. Wonderful crops also of Oats, Barley and Rax. Mixed farariag as profitable an industry as grain raid­ ing The excellent grasses full of nutrition are the only food required for beef or dairy purposes. Good schools, churches, markets convenient, climate excellent. There ts an extra <Ser.iand for farm labor to replaoa tb» man; young men who bave T«lunteere<i for the war. Tha Government Is nrsing farmers to put extra, acreaga iato vr»in. Write for literature and particulars aa to red Deed railway mac to Bupt. oi immigration, Ottawa, Caaa4a.ee Broushtoo, Room 412. 112 W, Adanaa > Straat. Chicago. Ql.| M. V. Maclenee, 17# JiBihob At--oa. Diinit, Mich. Canadian Government Agents Overworked Women must learn not to neglect their health How Women are Restored to Health Spartanburg, S.C.--"For nine years I eol> fered from backache, weakness, ami irrego* laritieaso I could hardly do my work. I tried many remedies but found no perma­ nent relief. After taking Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound I felt a great change for the better and am now well and strong so I have no trouble in doing; my work. I hope every user of Lydia E. Pinkham's "Vegetable Compound will get as great relief as I did from its use."--Mrs. S.D. McAbkb, 122 Dewey Ave.t Spartanburg, S. C. Chicago, 111.--"For about two years I suf­ fered from a female trouble so I was unable to walk or do any of my own work. I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound in the newspapers and determined to try it. It brought almost immediate relief. My weakness has entirely disappeared and I never had better health. I weigh 105 pounds and am as strong as a man. I think money Is well spent which purchases Lydia E.Pink- liain'u Vegetable Compound."--Mrs. Jos. O'Bkyah, 175S Newport Ave., Chicago, 11L YOU CAN RELY UPON LYDIA E "• H ill . _^jfv • v: ' i • S : VEGETABLE COMPOUND s < ; •« AMERICAN GIRL8 SHOW THEMSELVES CAPABLE WORKER8. Women are working in railroad yards nil over the country, laboring In every capacity. They are filling their jobs capably, leaving little room for complaint. The women caught on the work with great rapidity, and they did not need much schooling. Most of tbe women were stenographers and clerks, holding down delicate Jobs. Now they are doling all the rough and tumble work in the yards, and they like It. Many of the girls started in without much color or physical condition. But^ they have developed into as husky a set of young American girls as you'd ever wish to see. Their new work does not promise much in fees for doctors. Women have been aptly termed the saviors of industry and they are deserving of this great credit. In England and Prance an<Tother countries at war, women have taken up all work left to be done by the fighting men. The women of America have responded nobly to the call, and are already working In many lines new to them, and as efficiently as women of other countries. > Rectifying Her Mistakes. In the midst of war Engltind has discovered the absolute necessity of rebuilding her school system, of re­ turning to a shorter workday in her factories and of encouraging the op- building of the child welfare agencies that gave up their activities earlier in the war, notes the Ited Cross tfiaga- zine. Sir Herbert Fisher asked in par­ liament last spring for an increase, of £3,829,000 over last year's educational budget. The committee on juvenile ed­ ucation has recommended a general' fourteen-year age limit for leaving school throughout England with the abolition of all exemptions, and the es­ tablishment- of day continuation schools for, children between fourteen and eighteen with compulsory attend­ ance for at least eight hours a week. important to motnora Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that if Bears the Signature of In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria The Hurtful Truth. "I cannot marry you, James Henry. You ore too rich. Folks would say that I married you for your money." "But what do you care what people say?" . "Ordinarily, Jauies Henry, I shouldn't care at all. But in this case it would be true." Save the Calves t Stamp ABORTION fa! «i Herd and Keep II Oat! _ Apply treatment yourself. SmMp expense. Write for fr«*e boqMoj * .<u Abortion, "Questions aa Answers". State uuabtr cattle in herd. "V State of Ohio. City of ToIed<V tAicaa County--sa. Frank J. Cheney m&Vea oath that he senior partner of tho lirm of K. J. Chenev Sc. Co., doing business in the City of To­ ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN­ DRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrh that eannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH MFDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to befor® me and subscribed 1° my presence, this 6th day of December, a. d. m (S-*al> A. TV. Oteason, Notary Public. HALT/S CATARRH MEDICINE is tak­ en Internally and nets through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Svstem. Druggists, 75c. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohiix Machinists Get Increase. Machinists employed In the locomqr. tive department of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad have secured the eight-hour day and raised wages 7^4 cents an Jbour* aMk- lng the rate 53 cents. W. E. Dupe row Promoted. W. E. Duperow, well-known in rail* "oad circles, has been appointed gen- •ral passenger agent of the Grand Trunk railway, with headquarters in Winnipeg, Maa» Elected Vice President. At a meeting of the board of direc­ tors of the Colorado Southern Railway company, held at the office of the company In New York, B. B. Greer was elected vice president and general manage?, with headquarters at Den­ ver. Preparedness. "I presume that young woman la knitting for the soldiers." "Yes. She has three sweethearts in the army." ' "Ahem! Isn't that too many?" "No. You see, there are the casual­ ties to consider. She Isn't going to die an old maid If she can help ft" Reassuring. Proud Wife (to nervous friend in au­ tomobile)--I feel so safe with George driving now be has jojned the Red Cross. He is learning first aid and knows where all the hospitals are.-- London Opinion. " Tearing Up Old Tracks, •ogtneers of a St Louis street rail­ way huve built a machine to tear up old tracks bodily and break the rail* i»*<i lengths tfrflt a**? figgiiy -••••Mxtifiifuitiii! ii i iii > mini urn mi Mirine is for Tired Eyes. 1 1 HlOVieS Red Eyes •-- Sore Eye» -- a i wmmk QrannUttad ByMldt. -- a = Refreshes -- BMlorm. Murine 1b a KavonM s E Treatment for Bye* tb*t feel dry »od '.uiaru a Z Qive roar Bye* u HDach of your k v ui^ ciiras S M jroor Teetb tnd with theUIM mulurit/. ~ | CMEFMTHEM VWCMMOT WT«EW ETES1 5 £ Bold at Urutf and Optical Storaa or by M.UL 3 ~j till MwiM E/t Remedy Co.. Cklcag*, tar Fn« Bcck S uniiniiimimimi|||HHtllimnii -f"ia $r*f;: The Eternal Feminine. Lola--Jack, dear? Jack--What is it, darling? Lola--You love me, don't yon? Jack--You know it, sweetheart. Lolu--And you are quite sure I am the only girl you ever told about the, other" girls you have been In love with? ANTISEPTIC POWDER FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE Dissolved in water for douche* slope pelvic catarrh, ulceration and! r flsnfr matioa. Recommended by Lydia E» Pinkham Med. Co. for tea yean. A healing wonder for aual catankt soie throat and sore eyes. Economical. Ha* Wtinlmy ckwaiog and genakkkt liunif. ! .SMfkFtM. 5<y. _a.ll rfrossMs, «r sxji«i)3|» J1 Nf- W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO. 49-1917. Or. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach, (hie little Pellet for a laxative, three for a cathartic. Ad. A Near-Patriot. "Is Dubson patriotic?" . **I nuppose so." /'Didn't he buy a Liberty bond?" "No. He said he couldn't afford It. bnt he bought a record of The Star Spangled Banner' to play on his phono­ graph." -- j-Cramophone for Reprisals. , the London Times occurs this amusing advertisement by an obvious­ ly much-tried man: WAITED--A loud, second-hand opbone--for reprisals. . < v Cow's milk contaths from to 4 per cent of ftit. Whales' nitlk con­ tains 43 per cent Why of Course. « Though thoroughly patriotic, John- . ' ny, aged nine, dining with his mother, In one of the cafeterias on wheat less day, could not understand why he'j should eat corn bread instead of the,_• usual white bread, relates the Indian- ^ apolis News. In the argument that ensued May;s; mother, losing her temper, ordered the ** young man "to get outside of his por» f tion of bread right away." After a thoughtful moment Johnny , commented: "Mother, then I would be ° the peeiin', wouldn't II" , - * > » ^ 1 ' W " ' a * Your Mistake.j. |w; Nothing is.more discouraging thaai to find that you have been rumiiag tha elevator to take the other feflow to tha top. 59* ,, PERSISTENT COUOIS indanftrow. Relief Is vmpt tai ftoal* Remedy for Coach* sad CoMa. Mhi lined «aft tot roans and oid. Ho ««ia«M to PISO'S