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HANFORD RESISTS UNDER FIRE --QUITS AS HOUSE COMMIT­ TEE INVESTIGATES. GIVES TAFT WORD BY WIRE Jurist Threatened With Tr ia l Before Congress Says III Health Is the Reason for His Retirement From the Bench. Seattle, Wash., July 24--Judge j Cornelius H. Hanford of the United i States district court, whose conduct . on the bench has been under investi­ gation for nearly a month by a sub- ^ committee of the house judiciary cofn- j mittee. telegraphed his resignation Monday to President Taft. The impeachment proceedings j against the judge were the direct out- , growth of a decision rendered by him ; last spring declaring forfeited the j naturalization papers of a resident of j this city named Olsson becausc of his j Socialistic views. Hanford based his action on the ground that Olsson had deceived the court and that- his rad- j ical opinions constituted a menace to j the institutions of the country. i The impeacTnn-eiit 1 evolution was in- I troduced in the bouse by Representa­ tive Victor Berger of Milwaukee and j on its adoption a subcommittee head­ ed by James M Graham of Illinois was appointed to conduct an investi­ gation in this city. In the hearings witnesses testified that Judge Hanford had been seen repeatedly in an intoxicated condition on the bench and in the streets: that the judge manipulated receivership cases to the advantage of a favored appointee; that he had sought favsrs of the Northern Pacific Railroad com­ pany white that corporation was a litigant in hi6 court and that, after he had been given an option on certain lands by the Northern Pacific, he ren­ dered a decision favoring the company in a tax suit The judge was accused also of hav­ ing a part in the wrecking of a busi­ ness firm which was brought into his court on a claim of creditors. In connection with this particular case the name of Richard A. Balllnger, former secretary of the Interior, was mentioned in the hearings. When the committee met here Mon­ day It wa« believed the last oral testi­ mony would be presented before night and the committeemen be ready to begin consideration of the mass of documentary evidence already in the record. While the range of subjects to be considered was not known. It was thought probable the trial of Charles F Munday and those of the other Alaska coal land operators would be Investigated. To a question put by a reporter as to whether the resignation of the Judge would relieve the committee from further doty, the chairman de­ clined to answer. Washington, July 24.--President Taft will take no action in connection with Hanford's resignation until he has received a letter which the Judge has written him. The president made this statement: "Judge Hanford has telegraphed me that he has written me a letter." said the president, "and I shall do nothing until I have received it." New York, July 22.--Severe j-atn* storms, accompanied by high winds in some localities and involving loss of life at widely separated points, Swept all New England, down the coast as far as the Virginia capes and west­ ward to Pittsburg, the heaviest rain­ fall coming after noon. At Wilmington, Del., two person* ? were drowned; in New York a man was drowned on the roof of a twelve- story building and in Pittsburg one man met death. In addition to the death of one man in Pittsburg the trolley lines were • forced to suspend operations, rail* roads were washed out and many basements flooded. LOSES SEAT IN CONGRESS Representative Catlin of Missouri Is Ousted From House, But Wins Bride Same Day. Washington, July 22.--While the so­ ciety columns of Washington newspa­ pers were announcing Friday the en­ gagement of Repf^sentatlve Theron EL Catlin of Ml^ouri to Miss Laura Mer- riam, daughter of former Gov. William R. Merriam of Minnesota, the house elections committee No. 2 was report­ ing that Representative Catlin*s elec­ tion to congress had been obtained by frand and declaring his seat vacant The vote in the committee was 6 to 8, the record having shown that $18.- 000 was expended by the candidate and his father, Daniel Catlin, a re­ tired tobacco multi-millionaire of St. Louis. It wsf contended oil behalf of the accused representative that most of this money was expended by his fa­ ther without his own personal knowl­ edge, but this bore no weight with the members of the committee. TELEGRAPH: NOTES GOVERNOR DENEEN FOR TAFT Illinois State Republican Nominees Will Stay by Party--New Ticket Is Promised. Chicago, July 24.--Gov. Charles S. Deneen and the other nominees on the Republican state ticket told the Progressive party committee of five Washington, July 22.--The impeach­ ment court which will try Judge Rob­ ert W. Arch bald of the oommeroe court, after a brief session here Fri­ day, fixed August 3 as the limit for all formal answers in the case and then adjourned until July 29 without decid­ ing if the trial shall go on this sum­ mer or go over until fall. Washington, July 20.--The senate adopted a unanimous oonsent agree­ ment for the disposition of the pend­ ing tariff bills. It was agreed the wool bill should be disposed of on the calendar day of July 25, exciss bill July 26, and sugar bill July 27. Pittsburg, Pa., July 20.--It was said here that Charles M.1 Hays, the pres­ ident of the Grand Trunk railway, who lost his life on the Titanic, had with him when the ship went down signed contracts for the purchase of $10,000,- 000 worth of coal properties in this region. Jacobs Creek, Pa., July 2a--Nine persons were drowned In Barren Run. on the farm of John Raymond, near here, in a cloudburst. The dead axw Mrs. Raymond and her six children; ike Rovinsky, her brother, and Mrs. Rovlnsky, her mother. Kalamazoo, Mich., July 20.--On ft track made exceedingly heavy by s hard rainstorm. Joe Patchen IL had little trouble in making the 2:10 pace, every heat of the race being run in exactly the same tlem. WOMAN ADMITS FATAL ERROR Operator Testifies She Misunderstood Order That Caused Burling, ton Wreck. Chicago, July 21.--"I misunderstood an order." Mrs. Julia JL Wilcox, said to be a former inmate of the hospital for the insane at Dunning, 111., and block signal operator at Western Springs, the scene of last Sunday's wreck on Monday they were first of all Repub­ licans; that they expected to support the Republican national ticket, and . -- that they would not indorse Theodore J Chicago, Burlington tc Quincy • railroad, accouuteu for the catastro­ phe. She said her error In a telephone Roosevelt and his new party. When this information was conveyed at noon to Senator Joseph M. Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt campaign at the Congreas hotel, he said it could mean but one thing--the nomination of another state ticket composed of men who were identified with the new political party. None of the Republican state nom­ inees left the committee of five long in doubt, The Progressives-- Medill McCormick and Chauncey Dewey of Chicago, J. T. Williams of Sterling, B. F. Harris of Champaign and F. G. Allen of Moline--went Into conference with the governor at the statehouee in Springfield and in two hours had re­ ceived the answer of all the nominees. Senator Dixon professed surprise that there should be any question raised regarding a third ticket in this state. order whereby she unnecessarily had stopped two trains, had caused the confusion which brought about the collision. Her admission was wrung from a mass of evasive and argumentative testimony given at the coroner's in­ quest held at La Grange, 111., on Thurs­ day. The inquest was a fourfold investi­ gation of the disaster In which thir­ teen lives were lost. Andrew Lang, Scholar, Dead. London. July 23.--Andrew Lang, es­ sayist, historian an* one of the best known educators of the present dec­ ade, died at Benchery, Desside, Scot­ land. Sunday, of heart failure. He arrived at the Hotel Benchery from London last Tuesday apparently in perfect health. . fe. New Tree at Appomattox. J Washington, July 24.--'The famous old apple tree r^ar Appomattox Court­ house, Va.. under which Lee surren­ dered to Grant, carried awav by sou­ venir hunters, is to be repWd bv a tree planted by Governor Wilson. Olympiad for 1912 Ends Stockholm, July 24.--With the finish of the yacht rare* Monday the Olym­ pic games for 1912 ended with the points gained in the yachting events Sweden leads all the parti, i l)ating nations with a total of 138 points. j Icebergs Surround Big Steamer. Boston, July 24.--Passengers on the Allan liner Parisian, which docked , Monday, tell of a thrilling hour on the passage over when a break in the fog fcank showed that the Parisian wag Surrounded by 14-huge icebergs Swartz's Body Is Found. New York, July 20.--The body of Nathan Swartz, whose father informed the police that his son was the Blayer of fourteen-year-old Julia Connors, was found Thursday on the fourth floor of a tenement on Chrystie street. Pas* Rivers and Harbor* BMt. Washington, July 20.--The confer­ ence report on the rivers and harbors bill was adopted by the senate Thurs­ day. Senator Ne!son said the bill now carries $33,209,873. As passed by the house it carried $26.365,000. f* , i. , ' . ? wV r ' [ " ' HIS FIANCEE CONGRESSMAN DEATH FOLLOWS STORM Hie McHeiry Platatfealer FOUR ARE KILLED BY WINDAKD CLOUDBURST. 80HREINER. ILLINOIS ILLINOIS. McHENRX. New England States to Virginia Capes and West of Pittsburg Hit by Ssvsrs Tornado. STEPS BUT THE engagement has been announced of Congressman Theron E. Catlin of St Louis, Mo., and Miss Laura Mer­riam, daughter of former Governor and Mrs. W. R. Merriam of Minnesota. Mr. Catlin is a Republican and a graduate of Harvard and is serving his first term in congress. Miss Catlin is very prominent in Washington society. By a vote of 6 to 3 the national house election commmittee on Thursday voted to oust Catlin, declar­ ing his seat was obtained by fraud. SINK BIG WARSHIPS TWO OUT OF EIGHT ITALIAN TOR­ PEDO BOATS SUNK BY TURKS. IN FIGHT OFF DARDANELLES Six Others Are Seriously Damaiged by Bombardment From the Turkish Forts--Rome In Ignorance of thte Engagement. Constantinople, Turkey, July 22.--- The entrance of the Dardanelles were attacked Friday by sight Italian tor­ pedo boats. f The Turkish forts replied vigorous­ ly sinking two of the Italian war ves­ sels and damaging the other six. The cannonade lasted 45 minutes. The cabinet ministers were called hurriedly to the palace, where at a council of war it was decided to closs the Dardanelles. Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish ambassa­ dor at London, who was appointed grand vialer July 17, has undertaken to form a new cabinet This bombardment of the entrance to the Dardanelles is the second at­ tack on the straits connecting the Aegean sea and the Sea of Marmora since the outbreak of the Turco-Itallan war. Rome, Italy, July 22.--The Italian government, according to a semi-offi­ cial note issued here Friday, knows nothing of the reported action be­ tween a flotilla of Italian torpedo boat destroyers and the Turkish forts at the entrance to the Dardanelles. NAME CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Announcemnt of Selection Is Made by Dsmocratlc Nominee Himself Aftsr Several Hours' Conference. Sea Girt, N. J., July 20.--The cam­ paign committee which is to run Gov­ ernor WilBon's campaign for president was selected at a conference at the nominee's summer home here Thurs­ day. It consists of 14 members, as fol­ lows: William F. McCombs of New York, chairman; Josephus Daniels of North Carolina, Judge Robert 8. Hudspeth of New Jersey, Wlllard Salusbury of Delaware,, Col. Robert Ewlng of Lou­ isiana, A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsyl­ vania, Joseph E. Davles of Wisconsin, former Judge Will R. King of Oregon, all members of the national commit­ tee, and from outside the national com­ mittee Senator Thomas P. Gore of Ok­ lahoma, Senator James A. O'Gorman of New York, Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, Congressman Daniel J. McGilllcuddy of "Maine, Congressman Albert S. Burleson of Texas and Wil­ liam G. McAdoo of New York. Robert Shaw, Artist, Dead. Wilmington, Del., July 20.--Robert Shaw, the noted water-color artist and etcher, is dead here. Bomb Hurled at Infanta Isabella. Madrid, July 22.--An attempt to kill the Infanta Isabella Friday by means of a bomb which was exploded in Cat- alona square, Barcelona, failed. Sev­ eral buildings in the vicinity were wrecked and a few persons hurt. I. Lloyd's Lom $251,575,000. London, July 20.--Statistics pub­ lished here show that Lloyd's losses from steamship wrecks In the six months ending June 30, 181*. were $251,375,000. This exceeds the losses for the sane period last year. $40,000 on Foot Race Mahanoy City, Pa., July 24 Forty j Steal $25,000 In QemS. thousand dollars changed hands Mon. ! ph1cago, July 20.--Jewelry valued at day on the 220-yard race 1n which Nat I '25,000 nouteriously disappeared Cartmell the former I'niversitv r>T { Thursday from the sidewalk in front Pennsylvania runner, defeated \\;; 1 : °' * loop building from under the £tartfn of Walla TV alia, Wash ! watchful eyes of a guard and as hun­ dreds of persons were passing. Indicted for Towel Plot. Washington, July 22.--Five local laundrymen were indicted by the fed­ eral grand Jury Friday for conspiracy to defraud the government by shutting off competition in the laundering of towels used by the government. PARKER HAD MILLION W. F. SHEEHAN OF NEW YORK TELLS SENATE OF FUND. Declares Check for $10,000 From Su­ gar Corporation Was Returned to the Donor. Washington. July 20.--When Alton B. Parker ran for president in 1904, the Democratic campaign fund con­ tained about $1,000,000, said W. F. Sheehan of New York, who testified Thursday before the senate commit­ tee Investigating campaign funds. Mr. Sheehan was then chairman of the Democratic national executive com­ mittee. Money was sent by the com­ mittee. he said, to Maine, Colorado and Nebraska. The witness declared the commit­ tee made a rule at the beginning of ths campaign to accept no money from any trust. "There was $10,000 contributed," be­ gan Mr. Sheehan. "by the American Augar Refining company--not by Mr. Havemeyer--to the state committee. Before the check was cashed we heard about it and it was returned." Washington, July 19.--Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock on Wednesday told ths senate committee investigating campaign contributions of 1904 and 1908 that the records of the funds used in President Taft's election, as filed at Albany, N. Y., were correct. Mr. Hitchcock said the total collect­ ed through various agencies of the committee in 1908 was $1,655,618.27. Of this amount $620,150 was collected in various states and handled by the state committees. No contribution was received from a corporation, Mr. Hitchcock said, be­ cause congress had just passed a law prohibiting it. JAPAN'S EMPEROR VERY ILL Critical Sickness Is Causing the Grav­ est Anxiety--Physicians Pronounde the Case Acute Nephritis. Tfikyo, July 28.--The critical illness of Mutsuhito, emperor of J^>an, is causing the gravest anxiety. The court physicians Sunday pronounced the "case acute nephritis with alarm­ ing symptoms of uremic poisoning. The empress, who has been in al­ most constant attendance since the acute attack occurred, remained at his majesty's bedside. His majesty is nearly sixty years of age. The change for the worse came suddenly Friday evening. In the midst of a conversation with the em­ press the emperor suffered a sudden collapse and the court doctors were summoned. Crown Prince Yoshlhite, who is convalescing from chickenpox, has so far recovered that he will be allowed to visit his father. 60 MEN MURDERED MEXICAN REBEL8 BLOW PASSEN­ GER TRAIN FROM TRACK AND KILL VICTIMS. PRIEST STOPS SLAUGHTER After Sacktng Express snd Baggage Pars Zapatistas Pour Oil on Coaches and 8et Th&m^Afles-- Gomez Is Arrssted. People Lose $120,000,000 by Theft. Washington. July 23.--Postmaster General Hitchcock in a statement shows that arrests for defrauding ths people through the mails up to the close of last fiscal year, June 30, was 1,063 and money filched $120,000,000. Taft's New Aid at Work. Washington, July 19. -- Car mi Thompson of Ohio, the fourth secre­ tary President Taft has had at the Whits House, is at his new post, though his nomination has not yet been sent to ths senate. Chinese KMI 1,000 Tibetans. Peking, China. July 19.--The Tibet­ an forces, which retreated from Tatslenlu beforo the re-enforced Chi­ nese army, were defeated in battle near Lltaug, Szechuan province, Wednesday, losing 1,000 men killed. French Train Derailed; Many Killed. Paris, July 22.--The Paris-Beziers express trtiln was derailed near Lee- tras Friday and -several passengers killed as well as a number Injured, ac­ cording to a special dispatch publishsd by the Journal Des Debats. Edward Corrlgan Starts Life Afisw Kansas City, July 22--Edward Cor­ rlgan, former king of the American turf, came back to Kansas City last Friday and will start life o*er again where he left It In this city mors than 30 yearB ago. _ Taft Names Luther Conant. Washington,, July 19. -- President Taft on Wednesday named Luther Conant. present deputy commissionsr of corporations, to be commissioner of corporations, to succeed Herbert Knox Smith, who resigned. Esther W. Wins $10,000 Rsos. Kalamazoo, Mich., July 19. -- The 2:11 trot and the $10,000 purse that went with it was won.here Wednes­ day bx Esther W., a young mare that has been a Pennsylvania county fair lavorlte this year. Mexico, July 23.--In an attack by Zapatistas Sunday on a passenger train between this city and Cuernav- aca, Morelos, more than sixty persons were killed and many wounded. The Zapatistas, who are said to have numbered 500, placed a mine, under the railroad track, which exploded as the locomotive passed over It. The overturned engine hardly had settled when the Zapatistas sprang up from all sides and poured a murderous fire into the train. First the object of their attack was a second-class coach in which were riding a federal military escort with a captain and two lieutenants. Ths federals got out of the car as quickly as possible and answered the fire of the assailants, but their efforts were futile. All of the command, with the exception of five who were wounded and two who escaped, were killed. Thirty passengers In the second' class coaches were killed and many wounded. In the first-class coach no one was killed. One was dangerously wounded and may die. The conductor, an American named Alter, is not ex­ pected to live. After the train had been swept by their fire and few of the passengers or ere* not killed or wounded, the Zapatistas rushed on their stricken victims and began kill­ ing the wounded. After sacking the express and bag­ gage cars, the rebels poured oil on the cars and, putting the bodies of the dead on them, set fire to the train. When the relief train arrived there was nothing but debris and a few per­ sons, most of whom were hurt, to tell the tale. San Antonio. T«._ July 23.---EmiMo Vasquee Gomes, for a short time pro­ visional president of Mexico, was ar­ rested here Saturday night by secret service officers. Francisco Guzman. Gomez' private secretary and Dr. P. Rueda also were taken Into custody. MANY DIE IN CLOUDBURST Seven Troughs and Mszuma Mining Camp of Nsvada Badly Damaged by Big Storm. Reno, Nev., July 20.--A report re- ceived here Thursday says that a cloudburst destroyed the Seven Troughs and Mazuma mining camps and that many lives were lost All available doctors are being rushed to the scene. Telephone and telegraph communication has been cut off and it will be several hours before details can be obtained. Deficiency Bill $11,000,000. Washington, July 23.--The house ap­ propriations committee' put the finish­ ing touches to the general deficiency bill Saturday, the last of the supply measures to be taken up in the house. It will aggregate $11,000,000. Lorlmsr In Auto Smash. Pittsburg, Pa., July 23.--William Lortmer was slightly Injured in an au­ tomobile accident near here Sunday when the machine in which he is trav­ eling from Washington to Chicago ran Into a telegraph pole. Ssys Csptsln Smith Is Allwa Baltimore, Md., July 28.--Burs hs saw Capt. E. J. Smith, who Is sup­ posed to have died in the Titanic dis­ aster, Peter Pryal declared Sunday that he was sure ths ootnmander of ths Ill-fated ship is alive. Peking Situation Vary Greve. Tientsin, July 23.--Because of the fact that the premier insists on re­ signing, the situation is decidedly grave at Peking and news of a thseat- ened rebellion at Yangtse was |P- oeived Sunday. Chicago.--James J. Ragan, St. Paul, Minn., was unanimously re­ elected president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Prof. Michael O. Rohan, national chairman of Irish his­ tory committee, made known a pe­ culiar fact. . "It Is a strange fact," said Professor Rohan, "that in the schools in Milwau­ kee the teaching of the Gaelic history appeals to others than the Irish. Two prizes offered for the best essay on Daniel O'Connell were carried away by a Polish girl and a German girl. The first prize was won by Mary jCelocowschl and the second by Marie 'Schneider. Bloomington.--Mussel seekers at "work in the rivers of central 1111- iiole report several valuable finds of pearls. John Sleek of Beardstown found a pearl weighing 100 grains, which Is said to be worth $2,000. John Maloney of Jefferson found a pearl in Rock river which he values at $2,000. Frank Linn of Averyville discovered a pearl for which a' professional buy- «r paid him $400. Bernard Palmer, also of Averyville, located a pearl which he valued at $300. Greenville.--A good roads con­ vention will be held here Thursday, August IB, in connection with the country-wide movement for a great national highway. Tire chief speaker will be Jesse L. Taylor of Jamestown, O., who has made a study of the good roads proposition. Another^speaker will he Homer L. Tice, a member of the Illinois legislature. The program partially agreed upon provides for an elaborate course of entertainment for the hundreds of visitors expected. Bloomington.--That it pays to ad­ vertise will he vouched for by Edward Supher, a machinist of Chi­ cago Heights. He placed an adver­ tisement In a matrimonial paper, stat­ ing that he sought a wife. Miss Laura Nichols of Mount Sterling was among those who replied. The pair corre­ sponded for two years and this week, meeting for the first time, were mar­ ried. Springfield.--Members of the stats primary canvassing board Issued a certificate of nomination to Charles W. Middlekauff, Republican, candidate for state senator from the Twelfth senatorial district. He re­ sides at Lanark. The Btate board took this action pursuant to a decree of the Carroll county circuit court, which gave the nomination to Middlekauff, -who, the court found, had defeated Alva Wingert by a majority of 30 votes. Springfield.--This city has author­ ity to pass ordinances to com­ pel the closing of barber shops and meat markets on Sunday, according to two opinions handed down in the circuit court by Judge James A. Creighton. Action had been brought against John C. Stewart, a barber, and William R. Richter, a butcher, for violation of the city ordlnanoe. The $10 fine against each was upheld. Ap­ peals will be filed. Centralis.--A double funeral was held here when Kasper Meier and Henry Renter, tyo lifelong friends, were laid at rest. The former was sixty-six years of age And the latter sixty-five years old. They had passed the greater part of their lives togeth­ er, and their deaths occurred at al­ most the same hour. Champaign.--William B. MeKlnley of Champaign, congressman and traction magnate, gave $5,000 to the Urbana board of education for the purchase of ground for an athletic field for high school pupils. He pre­ viously had made a similar donation In Champaign. Two and a half acres will be purchased adjoining' the new $7o,000 high school building in Ur­ bana. Chicago.--Testimony was given before Master of Chancery Mor- rlsson in the hearing of the injunction suit against the Chicago butter and egg board that a week ago on the El­ gin board of trade the Chicago inter­ ests succeeded in setting the price of butter at 25 cents a pound when but­ ter was selling on the street at 26ft cents a pound. Decatur.--Rev. Henry Scott, pastor >f the First Congregational church, turprlsed his congregation when he asked all of the men to stand up. When they compiled, he requested them to remove their coats in order to be comfortable during ths hot weather. Every man was agree­ able and ths Innovation will be per­ manent. Carmi.--Duplicating his trick of seventeen years ago, George Boqs- £er, held In White county Jail on a larceny charge, sawed through his cell and escaped. Seventeen years ago hs sawed through the same cell. Peoria.--Modern Woodmen of Amer­ ica camps cannot take money from their general fund and use It in ths fight against the proposed rats in­ crease, even though a majority of the members of any camp are "insur­ gents," according to a ruling' mads by Leslie D. Puterbaugh. in the cir­ cuit court, when he issued an Injunc­ tion prayed for by a "stand-pat" mem­ ber of Baker camp here in Peoria. The camp bjr an overwhelming vote decided two weeks ago to take the general fund money and use It In a fight on ths Increase of rates. McLsansboro.--Harry Norris of this city and William Gibson of May- berry township have been appoint­ ed delegates to. represent Hamil­ ton county at the Boys' State Fair school, which Is held at Springfield at the time of the state fair in Oo- tober, where they will receive gratuit­ ous Instruction in matters pertaining to the farm. Misses Sadie Kuykendalt of Dahlgren township and 8tella John­ son of Macedonia were also appointed delegates to the Girls' State Fair School of Domestic Science, to be held at th# same time. SAVED FROM BftN OPERATION How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, DL, Escaped The Sur- . geoa't Knife. Peoria, I1L--"I wish to let everyone know whatLydiRE.Pinkham'sVegetabto Compound has dons forme. Fortwoyears I suffered. The doc­ tor said I had a tumor and the only remedy was the surgeon's knifl. My mother bought me Lydia EL PInkliam's. Vegeta­ ble Compound, and today I am a well and healthy woman. For months I suffered from inflammation, and your Sanativs Wash relieved me. I am glad tp tell anyone what your medicines have dons for me. You can use my testimonial in any way you wish, and I will be glad to answer letters."--Mrs. CHRISTINA Rsed, 105 Mound St., Peoria, I1L Mrs* Lynch Also Avoided Operation. Jessnp, Pa.--"After the birth of my fourth child, I had severe organic ipflaaw Jnation. I would have such terrible paini that it did not seem as though I could stand it. This kept up for three Ions months, until two doctors decided an operation was needed. "Then one of my friends recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound and after taking it for two I was a well woman."--Mrs. JOSEPH A* LYNCH, Jessup, Pa. Women who suffer from female ilia should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta­ ble Compound, one of the most success- fol remedies the world has ever knowq, before submitting to a surgical opera* tion. FOOL QUESTION ANSWERSD. * rQ> Percy--It I were rich, my darling, would you love me more than you do? Virginia--I might not love you any more, Percy, but I know J would look forward to our wedding day with a degree of impatience that never seams to possess me at present ExceHeivt Plan. MI see," said Mrs. De Jones, while Mrs. Van Tyle was oalling, "that you have a Chinese chauffeur. Do you And him satisfactory?" "He's perfectly fins," said Mrs. Van Tyle. "To begin with, his yellow com­ plexion is such that at the end of a long, dufty ride he doe ant show any spots, and then when I am out in mx limousine I have hts pigtail stuck through a little hole fn the plate-glass window, and I use It as a sort of bell rope to tell him where to stop."-- Harper's Weekly, Two Enough for Her. He was a small boy with a dark, eager face and he was waiting at the end of the line of eight or ten per­ sons for a chance to make his wants known to the librarian. When his turn came he inquired briefly: "Have you got Twenty Thousands Legs Un­ der the Sea'?" "No," responded the librarian a lit­ tle snappishly, for she was tired, "I'm thankful to say I've only got two. They're not under the sea!" ,vi58&&:V.k 1- A"' ; if - L„: Tn5 C'VSSnS/i "Jane," said her father, "how does it happen that I And four good cigars on the mantelpiece this morning? Did Henry leave them for mer' "No; he took them out of his vest pocket to avoid breaking them last night, and I guess he forgot all about them afterwards." The laugh that followed made her wish that she had been as careful with her speeeh as Henry had been with his cigars.--Detroit Free Press. A WINNING START A Perfsctly Dlflpstetf Breakfast Makes Nerve Fores for the Day. Everything goes wrong if the break­ fast lies In your stomach like a mud pie. What you eat does harm If yon can't digest It--it turns to poison. A bright lady teacher found this to be true, even of an ordinary light breakfast of eggs and toast She says: "Two years ago I conn-acted a very annoying form of indignation. My stom­ ach was in such eemdition that a sim­ ple breakfast of fruit, toast and egg gave me great distress. "I was slow to believe that trouble could come from such a simple diet, but finally had to give it np, and found a great change upon a cup of hot Postum and Qrape-Nwts with cream, for my morning meal F*>r more than a year I have held to this course and have not suffered except when injudi­ ciously varying my diet. "I have been a teacher for several years and find that my easily digest­ ed breakfast means a saving of nerv­ ous force for the entire day. My gain of ten pounds in weight also causes me to want to testify to the value of Grape-Nuts. "Grape-Nuts hoMs first rank at our table." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Road to WelMlle," in pkgs. K v t r r e a d t h e a b o v e l e t t e r r A n e w «i»p*ar» from time to time. They are K< uulae, tnw, an* toll «( humea hitereab '