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TTO McBKKBY PLAINDEAI.ER, McHENRY, TLb. r*& • ifm ws' Lift off Corns!™E "0,,0CC0 hurt a bit and PreezoM only tt few cents. With your fingers 1 Too can lift off • lliy hard corn, soft corn, or corn bel)|* een the toes, and the hard skin caltfcses from bottom of feet. A tiny bottle of "Freerone" costs little at any drug store; apply a few " drops upoD the corn or callus. Instantly it stops hurtlns, then shortly fou lift that bothersome corn or callns fight off, root and all, without one bit 'jit pain or soreness. Truly I No hum- ' •' His New Excus#.: Mrs. Flatbnsh--Where have been till this late hour? Mr. Flatbush--To the lecture, as I l|>ld you before I went. i "But you wouldn't be at a lecture as jjAte as this?" i "Oh* yes I would. You see, the l«fr ttfrer stuttered." y<m The man who is always waiting for prosperity to come usually gives oppnr+ rmtt^ ft Tfr-pptfnr? Nowhere on Earth la It Possible to Stage • Scene Mere Picturesque or Mors Charming. T^a Moroccan encampment, whether it is military or that of some traveling band, is always picturesque. The tents of persons of distinction are often surrounded with copper balls and decorated wtth arabesques of cloth. Camping Is a fine art _iji Morocco, where the roads are almost impassable, and the chief means of transportation is by caravan. AH day one rides across the great plains, prodigally covered with Iris, daffodils, daisies, buttercups and wild lavender. Perhaps a wild band of horsemen will gallop by, their robes of sea green, salmon colored and blue, streaming in the wind, their horses richly caparisoned like those of some crusading king. Occasionally one skirts a little village built of mud and wattle and surrounded by fields of wheat and barley. Here and there the white domed shrine of some saint rises serenely above the plain. And at sundown the shepherds playing on their reed flutes drive their flocks of sheep and goats home from pasture. Then it is time to pitch the tents near a grove of orange trees or on a carpet of red anemones. One dines on roasted sheep and cous-cous, and Is lulled to sleep. by the songs of the guard under the intense blue. of the African sky.--Elsie F. Well, in Asia Magazine. . ~WWDefeat Germany Haa That Tired Feeling. "I like hot weather, don't you?" "When It gets too blamed hot to work."--Boston Transcript. Nobody gets mad these days If people forget t<* shut the door. Save the Babies INFANT MORTALITY Is something frightful. We can hardly realise that of all the children born in civilised countries, twenty-two per cent., or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirty-seven Er cent., or more than one-third, before they are Bra, and one-half before sy are fifteen 1 We do not hesitate to eay that a timely nee of Caatoria would earn many of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deatha are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain mora or less opium or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity, they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. There can be no danger in the use of Caatoria if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher yf _ as it contains no opiates or narcotics of any kind, /y Genuine Oastorla always bears the signature of J<i/cA4&C INERT MATERIAL IN COAL Pen4ntage of Ash an# Slate Reaches Total In Tonh That Psii ' Would Believe, * A suggestion has been made by one of the large anthracite coal operators that they be permitted to increase the Sercentage of impurities in the coal y 2 per cent more than the present Standard. This means that 1,500,000 additional tons of slate would be sent to market. To transport this Increased amount of Impurities to market wou^ require about 40,000 railroad cars, necessitating from two to ten weeks for Its delivery. The bureau of mines has estimated that the coal mined In the United States, in 1917, had an increase of 5 per cent, as an average, in the amount of ash, taken for the whole country. ^.Iso, that this Increase In ash content meant an additional loss of 17% per cent in the efficiency of the power plant. Furthermore, in some of the mining districts there was a much higher Increase In ash than Is Indicated by this average. As we mined and shipped 544,000.000 tons of coal in 1917, some 27,000,000 tons of this amount were inert material.-- Chicago Journal. Direct Shot. Barrister--Now, sir, you have stated under oath that this man had the appearance of a gentleman. Will you be good enough to tell the jury how a gentleman looks, in your estimation? Down-Trodden Witness--Well, er--a gentleman looks--er--like--er-- Barrister--I don't want any of your "ers," sir; and remember that you are on oath. Can you see anybody in this courtroom who looks like a gentleman? Witness--I can if you'll stand out 4>f the way.--London Tlt-Blts. From the Middle of the Pack. He was a well-dressed and Intelligent man, somewhat crowding Father Time, but he didn't know a single thing about buying tickets. For he said to the young fellow in the box office, in the loud voice of one accustomed to calling across the open: "Give me a couple out of the middle of the pack, son. I'm taking my city cousin to the theater tonight and she told me to be sure and get seats In the center." They Appreciate Us. Henry Ford said at a Dearborn-dinner : "Since the war the good people across the herring pond appreciate us almost too generously. The great English soap king. Lord Leverhulme, who #nly works his hands, by the way, six lours a day, said recently of our marvelous American quantity production: '"They tell me that if a man in America Is making a watch and drops "s|t on the floor, he can make a new one quicker than he can stoop and pick the other up.'" FRECKLES Nsw b Iks TUBS ts Cd M sf TIMI Ugly SftU Tkut1! M tain tke allgbteat iNd of feeltag JjihaMad af your freckles, aa Otklac--double % Is gSafSStMd to HMT* theee fceuely Simjfty ait uubc* of Otbtae--dmblc •treagth--from your drualit, aid apply a little •f It Bight and morulas and you should boob act that <trl the worst freckle* haTe begua to dla- •ppear, wktle tb« lighter onea bare vaalahed ea tlrely, It u seldom that more tban oae ounce la needed to completely clear the akla aad gala S beautiful clear completion. Be rare to aak for the double •trrmjttb QtMfc. S* this la aold under guarantee of aoMf If It falls to remove freck lea.--Adv. Resourceful Individual. •*Browti's in luck, ain't he?" -Huh?" ' "He used the .telephone arid electric light poles around his house in making his chicken yard. All he had to buy was the wire and staples" The world owes no man a living, but It owes every man an opportunity to make good. Some men are as hard to get along with as balky horses. Dent Foraet Cuticura Talcum When adding to your toilet reqnialtea. An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby and dusting powder and perfume, rendering other perfumes superfluous. You may rely on U because one of the Cuticura Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum). 25c each everywhere* Adv. High Ones. Mr. Syles--I'm going to get myself a high hat. Mrs. Styles--I wouldn't, dear. "You wouldn't?" "No, dear. They're not becoming." "Why do you wear them, then?" "Me wear a high hat?" "Judging from the bills, I never knew you to wear any other kind."-- Yonkers Statesman. The Brighter Side. "The floor walker reported me fqr inattention and I've been banished to the hardware department." "Don't let that bother you, son. Although the hardware department may lack distinction, it's much easier to sell a suburbanite a hoe than it is to sell a lady of fashion a pair of gloves." --Birmingham Age-Herald. To Collect Toy Statistics. The toy manufacturers of the United States have been Invited by the Smithsonian institute of Washington, D. C., to gather a complete collection of all American toys that were popular during the war, to be placed on permanent exhibition, and a special committee has been appointed for that purpose. Collection Bird Calla. A Kansas university professor Is making a collection of bird calls, and later plans to have them put to music so they may be whistled or played on the phonograph.--Kansas City Star. OLD AGE STARTS WITH YOUR KIDNEYS 55 -K Science says ttat age begins with weakened kidneys and digestive organs. This being true, it is easy to believe that by keeping the kidneys and digestive organs cleansed and in proper workin* order old age can be deferred and life prolonged far beyond that enjoyed by the average person. For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil has been relieving the weaknesses and disability due to advancing years. It is a standard old-titue home remedy and needs no introduction. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil is inclosed ia odorless, tasteless capsules containing about 5 drops each. Take them as you would a pill, with a swallow of watw. £h« oil stimulates the kidney' action and enables the organs to throw off the poisons which cause prematura old sge. New life and strength increase as you continue the treatment. When completely restored continue taking a capsule or two each day. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules will keep you in health and vigor and prevent a return of the disease. Do not wait until old age or disease have settled down for good. At the first sign that your kidneys are not working properly, go to your druggist and get a box of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. Money refunded if they do not help you. Three sizes. But remember to ask for the original imported COLD MEDAL brand. Ia sealed packages. The British postal censor is soon go- 4ng the way of the telegraph and cable censorship--out. Judging from criticisms in America, such as that of the Merchants' association to the postmaster general, the going of thta war Institution will be just as joyously welcomed abroad as In England. l$ut whatever the petulance of those who think war restrictions have held over too long, the postal cenfeor. In the opinion of those who have watched his work from the viewpoint of British and allied security throughout the war, has been of the greatest service In defeating Germany. The nearness of the date of tbe demise of this institution has called forth considerable information about Its work. Thus far, however, there has been tio amusing side such as was shown during the obsequies for the cable censorship. Just after Mr. Lloyd George succeeded Lord Kitchener as secretary for war It is related that he provided the ammunition for the censor to give the paragraphers a lease on war life. Mr. Lloyd George went to Bramshott to bid good by to a Canadian division about to cross the channel.' After the inspection he made a speech from his motorcar, concluding with a quotation from the Bible: "And may the Lord of Hosts be with you." Correspondents who sent their dispatches first to the censor were surprised to find the final words of the secretary running In this fashion: "And may be with you." It was amusing, but also serious, In the minds of the news writers, so they protested. However, they got their reply from the censor's department: The kaiser, having claimed the Lord as his aid-de-camp, no reference must be made to the Divinity In this connection." Enemy 8chemes Thwarted. As I said, the postal censorship has aa yet turned up no morsel of relative cholceness. The postal censorship, however, has thwarted many enemy schemes that make just as Interesting or more Interesting reading. Furthermore, the British postal censorship was a much farther reaching organization than was attempted In America, simply because England was the channel through which virtually all questionable mall matter flowed. The postal censor In London was the dam which held the flood of continental mnll until each portion of it could be passed upon and approved before being scattered over the wide world. An Idea of the immensity of the task can be obtained from the fact that a staff of nearly a hundred expert linguists was constantly employed to examine and approve mall matter written and printed In more than * hundred languages and dialects. Manuscripts in every conceivable tongue found their place hi this great mass of mall, estimated at about 150*000 letters daily. Much of the mall was passed with only mechanical Inspection, so sure did the examiners become of certain categories of communications. But considerable more than the time saved on harmless mall was consumed in exhaustive examination and tests of questionable matter, some of which was subjected to all manner of acid and X-ray Inquiry to detect hidden messages. There *ras also for a time a great smuggling campaign, harmless looking bundles such as newspapers containing various commodities then obtainable In enemy countries, such as coffee, rice, tobacco, sugar, and *lo on. Some even contained rubber hiddtn between the pages of the papers. The most-sought-after evidence waa that of military character, and the censorship of mails more than repaid its expensive outlay In detecting Information that might have wrought havoc with allied arms, or at least helped Germany in no uncertain degree. There is little doubt that ndne of that character of Information which the censorship obtained will be made public, but officials directing Britain's war machines have not been slow to say that thanks to the postal ceusorshlp much valuable military information, of every conceivable character, came to their attention. Propaganda was the greatest and most constant effort of the Germans. The most harmless appearing sets of newspapers and magazines, some of them with covers dated before the war, dispatched from neutral nations to individuals or societies, such as scientific organizations, were often found ' to contain the latest German accusations of British mismanagement . In Egypt, India or Ireland. Books, not always In German, were found to conlain everything except what the title proclaimed. The postal censorship today possesses an Intensely Interesting museum of many of the propaganda carriers the Germans sent out, or caused to be sent out from their agents In neutral countries. Rule Air War Washington.--Previous to the entry of the United States into tbe war, the problem of airplane radio development had received attention from the army. In August, 1910, the first wireless transmission from airplanes was made. In the years following the development of the airplane radio was carried on through a series of accomplishments. These may be summed as follows: 1912--Message transmitted from airplane to ground by wireless telegraph over a distance of 50 miles. 1915--Fan type of driving the wireless power plant oh the ajpplane developed and adopted. 1916--Radio telegraph transmission from airplane successful over 140. miles of distance: radio messages transmitted between airplanes In POSTWAR ACTIVITIES ON THE THAMES NewuwMr Unloit With the end of the war the locks of the Thames river are becoming alive with pleasure craft again. Great crowds flock to this river to enjoy the pleasures It afforda. Our photograph shows Boulter's lock on a warm 8unday. flight;, airplane radio telephone constructed. 1917--The human voice transmitted by radio telephone-from airplane to ground. Talk Thousanda of Mlleai Contemporaneous with this was the commercial development of the radio telephone for groynd and ship use by engineers of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. This culmU nated in a successful transmission from the naval radio station at Arlington to stations thousands of miles away. In May, 1917, steps were taken to combine the experience of the engineers and of the army In developing tbe airplane wireless. Six weeks later the ajrplane telephone was a fact, and In October, 1917, a long-range, test was made. Telephonic communication was carried on between airplanes In flight up to 25 miles apart and from airplane to ground up to a distance of 45 miles. The development of voice command ed flying was definitely begun at Gerst ner field. La., in May, 1918. On4 June 1 an aerial review was given by an air fleet of two squadrons of 18 planes each, followed by a close order drill by a section of six airplanes. Throughout the review and the drill command was exercised by the voice of the commander flying with the fleet. At the signing of the armistice, development and training In voice commanded flying wns well under way. Numerous demonstrations were held during November and December and a fleet of 204 airplanes was maneuvered In the air at San Diego by voice command. In the practical application of the airplane radio telephone to airplanes, over 6,000 flights have been made with this apparatus in this country. In the last 2.000 flights there have been only 74 cases of airplane trouble and only 25 cases of radio trouble. Shipments of the apparatus to France In quantities began August and September, 1918, and of trained air service radio personnel In October. Had the war continued the voiee-eom rnanded military air unit would undoubtedly have made Itself felt. Cotton Seized in 1867 1 * Is Paid for by U. S. Savannah, Ga.--The claim of the Imperial Importing and Exporting Company of Georgia for S176.666.69 for cotton illegally seized by the federal government In 1867 has been paid, it developed through the filing of a petition in superior court here for permission to notify by advertisements stockholders and others interested. The money Is to' be divided among residents of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi. North and South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Lawyers, however, will get half of the total. The case reached final decision In federal courts recently after ten years of litigation. - Troth la mighty--mighty scarce. ALIENS GOING HOME 1,300,000 Will Take $4,500,000,- 000 With Them. Chicago Expert Figures on Vast Kxadus for the Department of LaboA * Washington, D. C.--One million three hundred thousand aliens In the United States are plnnning to desert this country for their homeland and they will take with them approximato- 4,000,000.000 American dollars. These facts were disclosed In a report by Ethelb^rt Stewart of Chicago, director of the Investigation and Inspection service of the department of labor, after an investigation of prospective emigration from America. The estimate, Mr. Stewart says. Is conservative. That tbe aliens will take $4,000,000,000 is figured on the basis that the average amount each allea will carry Is $3,000. An- official statement from the department of labor says that up to June 1 investigation^ covered Chicago, the Indiana steel mill district (South Chicago, East Chicago. Indiana Harbor, South Bend, Gary, etc.), Detroit. Pittsburgh and Surrounding steel districts, Johnstown, Pa., Youngstown, O., and Wilkesbarre, Pa;, and surrounding coal mining area. Of 163,498 Poles covered by the investigation, 24,590, or 15.04 per cent, will retrun to Poland. Austro-Hungarlans. 28.02 per cent; Russians, 35.70 per cent; Croatlans, 21,75 per cent • Lithuanians, 9.72 per cent; Roumanians, 64.29 per cent; Italians and Greeks. 11 per cent; Serbs, 36.90 par cent; Slovaks. 34.50 per cent. The center of the quinine cultivation activity until recently in Perue^has been transferred to Java. ' ' 'M . How To Live To Be Eighty Eat Pie, Buckwheat Cakes and Other Fried Things and Drink Black Coffee. Rlchwood, N. J.--Strong blade coffee three times a day, fried potatoes, fried eggplant and other fried foods, with buckwheat cakes every mornlfig for breakfast and warm mince pie for lunch, in season--this is the sort of diet of so-called "digestion ruiners" that Joseph Munyan of Rlchwood has thrived upon and which Just sort of whetted his appetite for his sixtieth wedding anniversary dinner, served at a family reunion to celebrate the event. Mr. and Mrs. Munyan have been living at Rlchwood for a half century, the husband having kept 'the general store in the village for 25 years, until he retired about fifteen years ago and turned the business over to a son. His survival of a diet which would liav# laid many an ordinary man low before his prime may be attributed to thefact that he got onte of "the best cooks in the world," when he married the present Mrs. Munyan at HurlFvttle, Gloucester county, on May 30, 1859. OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN--WELL? York Broker Paya $75,000 to Lose One Wife--Gets Another. Now New York.--It cost Theodore Dougherty, member of the firm of J. F. Whitney 4 Co., ship brokers at 10 Bridge street. $75,000 to become the husband of Mrs. Ruby Buchanan Dougherty, formerly a telephone operator at the Waldorf-Astoria. Upon the basis of 25 cents on the dollar, Mr. Dougherty's first wife, Mrs. Frances B. Dougherty, settled her action against the telephone girl for alleged alienation of his affections. v The sum total of the settlement, which tfas revealed recently In' the su- :• .. . • -' preme court after the clerk was directed to strike the case from the calendar. was $25,000. Mrs. Dougherty had sued for $100,000. She had previously received from her one-time husband $42,000 after divorcing him in jifly, I8r?, and weekly alimony of $6Ql < > Plan to Make Paper From Leaves of Banana Tree. Mexico City. -- Experiments conducted by Canadian capitalists have, according to published reports, shown, that from the leaves of the banana tree can be manufactured at a low cost an excellent class of calendared paper. Organizers of the industry are understood to be awaiting the arrival of machinery to establish their first plant at a Pacific coast port within ejixy reateh of the banana-producing districts of'Mejtlco. ••o»»e»»eeee»»»eeM»»o»+»+ Wrapped to insure its perfect condition in ail climates and seasons. Sealed tight--kept right. The perfect gum in the perfect package* . r WERE SAFE IN CLIFF HOUSE Inhabitants of Dead City In New Mexico Had Safe Refuge From Ensmy Attacks. A lost city of 20,000 homes has been found In a great canyon barely forty miles from the city of Santa Fe, N. M. It is reputed to be the first known city of the Cocliiti tribes of Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. The place is called Rlto de los Frijoles or Tyu-on-yl, and Is one of the world's wonders. Here In little caves in the sides of gigantic cliffs dwelt the prehistoric cliff dwellers of America in communal dwellings, that were almost Immune from attack by either man or the giant beasts of the stone age. The great ceremonial cave of Klva, where the people's councils evidently assembled. Is located two-thirds of the way up the side of a cliff, in a cave Inaccessible save with ladders. The temple is carved out of the solid rock, partly by nature and partly by hand. Little Is known about the forgotten people that once lived in this beautiful retreat in New Mexico, although many of the symbols of a race fhat was are visible in the Interiors of the recently discovered homes. WHY DRUG6ISTS RECOMMEND SWAMP-ROOT Vto many yean druggists have watched with much interest the remarkable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the gnat kidney, liver and bladder medicine. It is a phyiicisn's prescription. Swamp-Root ia s strengthening medicine. It helps the kidneys, liver and bladder do the work nature intended they should do. Swamp-Root haa stood the test of years. It is sold by al) druggists on its merit and it should help you. No other kidney medicine has so many friends. Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writina be flora aad mention this paper.--Adv. Iklnr, i aged The Anti-Meat League. C. H. Taylor, president of the quln club, said at a dinner in Roaton: "Two aged vegetarians were tall at the Anti-Meat league, about an i meat eater. " 'I saw him at the bank yesterday.* sneered the first vegetarian, *and he had the face to tell me he felt like a two-year-old.' " 'Haw,' said the second vegetarian. 'Haw, haw! I guess he meant a tf^ year-old egg.'M • Jap Farmers Prospermia. In sharp contrast with the f iinitlll-- In Industrial and commercial centers, Japanese farmers show wonderful1 prosperity. This, according to Gentaro Shlmura, president of the Hypothec bank of Japan, is because of the price of rice and cocoona. tares rifrltacoiv HI HMMSI b.y7TMs y Suitable After All. This young Frenchman had learned his English In France and found that It was often quite different from that used In tbe United States. After he had been over here a little more than a month his host asked him to substitute In his place at his card club. And he accepted. When he entered the clubroom he tried as usual to make a speech whtch would be both complimentary and explanatory. "Ladles and gentlemen." he began, 1 come not as a regu.ar but ln« la mt k«4 1 sot a • lk. pSl rtkA-fr SSI1 BoflMKi. Bafor* I Salsh«d (*•&!•« IVI MS SB •sUsSad that I nluolktr, iii wkaa mr ksai wmm fUwall ItotathliSHUlaaaaaSthMnrtaasM* faad kaapa thaa wall. Jla Imw S. Ms. 1. OLD KENTUCKY MFG. CO, B e t t e r T h ci n P i l l s For L i v e r I Ms ^h$_reoaon NR Ton if* h t _ Tomorrow A l r t < - » h ' The word "substitute" would not come to his memory. He knew that "volunteer" wns not the suitable one. "I come not as a regular, but as a-- and then came one--as a cavalier," he finished blandly. 320 Acres -- 320 Acm --3291a OIL OIL OiL III acre* rl»ht In the haart a( (to M bi( atrlks in Butler County. Kaasaa. D covery well on our royalty only 3 ft. sand producing SOS BARKEL& DAILY. Well in adjoining aection, ID ft la aa) producing 3.000 to 6.000 bbis. daily. * wells drilling Timbers on ground far more wells. Room for 71 w WLs. THE Gl'ARANTKE TITLE a of Wichita, 1'iawii laaue certificate* and pay divtda royalty la paying dividends now. Wall M Johnson, offset to Hnlden No One. SiWII-- at about 2,000 ft. We look for thla Watt come big. Whan It doaa price of onlta vfll advance. I own and offer for aala a limited narnfcSV of units Stanley-Jonea Royalty aa the HlH* en-Johnson-Splnden-Land at )S.M each. )50.00 smallest amount accepted. ISSb account on 1100 00 or mora. Act quickly •afcS'S the price advancea. 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