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V v 4 . ^ ^ <k ^ ^ ^v f /v 4 <- V > v * , nx . - - * - \ » ;" , i ; , * : ; • • * - - v . / • ; ? v • • * BniBptT PLAINDEALEB, MTHENRY '" 'Si flllfei i? ,,:-k-^- %*%%% :̂ :WJ 2w HaTpj Kin£ Tootle lllus&raf ions by 5/?J COPYRIGHT DY A.C HWJLURC CO.. I9i& mv £&* SYNOPSIS. (iHoita Kerr, a motherless girl, who hu apent most of her life In school, |irrlves ftt her father's home In Belmont. David Kerr i» the political boss of the town, and Is anxious to prevent his daughter Sf^mtng of his real character. Xenda.ll. reprissentlnK the Chics.gro packers, is ne­ gotiating with Judflfe Gilbert. Kerr's J advisor, for a valuable franchise. Taey t»ar the opposition of Joe Wright, editor of the reform paper. Kerr asks the as­ sistance of Judge Gilbert In introducing Gloria to Belmont society, and promises to h*lu him put through the packers' franchise and let him have all the graft. Gloria insets Joe Wright at the Gilberts. It appears they are on Intimate terms, having met previously In a touring party ta Burope. CHAPTER IV.--Continued. "Of course It Isn't our fault," added Dr. Hayes emphatically. "I still say, Rose," turning to his wife, "that I have no sympathy for people who use the. bath tub for a coal bin," "111 tell you about it some other time," said Mrs. Hayes to Gloria, not despairing of making her a worker. "I'm afraid you'll find ige hard to convert" "Then IH appeal to Mr. Wright to help me." "I have no influence with her," laughed Wright. "Not since you ran away from us in Paris," pouted Gloria. Dr. Hayes and his wife left the 11- turary convoyed by Mrs. Gilbert For the first time that evening Gloria and Wright found no one to in­ terrupt their conversation. He was standing in front of the grate, his admiration for the girl shin­ ing honestly forth from his eyes as he watched her say the last good-bye^. When the others had gone, she turned to Wright with a smile. Walking •cross the room to him she held out her hand, and said simply: "You don't know how glad I am to find you here." "Are you?" be replied, retaining her hand while he spoke. "Since that's the case I wouldn't care to be any­ where else in the world." Then they sat down to talk of other <fars. •'ft*"'.-i CHAPTER V. Iter* was ao much to be said that Wrtght and the girl were at a loss to know where to begin now that they had an opportunity to talk without In­ terruption. With Gloria there was an undercurrent of unrest caused by th? fact that she feared he had carelessly broken the promise made on the Rhine to meet her again in Paris. She had waited and he had not come. Wright was no less interested in what they were about to say. In the first place, after a long absence, he was again with the girl whom he had made it a point to meet at various places in Europe. To add confusion to their friendship, which he had high­ ly prised, had just come the astound­ ing revelation that she was David Kerr's daughter. How could he be a Criend of the daughter and an enemy of the father? Then, too, what did she knew of her father's methods, and of his own attitude toward the boss of Belmont? And if she knew, what did she think? These things made con­ versation rather an exhausting mental «xerdse. "Well?" Gloria smiled, inviting him to begin the story of all that had hap­ pened since they had shaken hands 3 fS'.'Wh ISiiP m- "l Had- Hoped to Meet You Hi Paris Again." •nd parted, he to go to London and •he back to Paris where she was to •ee him later but where disappoint­ ment awaited her. "Well," he answered. He wanted Jier to begin, and thus give him the cue to her line of thought I "This isn't much like Paris." "You're here." *^e laughed, "and you're MTe, too. That's why it isn't like H Paris when I saw it last." „any ***** I ,n w*'re both ••re." He was anxious to have her Interpret the present. "For me it is the first time In twelve jeers." i oMoe m a glad surprise to »^ Wright. Then she cannot know much g- he thought Her remark emboldened -:S him to say: Y, , J'01*5"'1 you tell me your father was • teal estate operator?" .•..'•.-•••"Yes. Didn't you know that?" ,* "* had almost forgotten. You see. £•'1^ l*m practically a stranger here. You «nd I are alike iq that respect, if you h»ve not beeD here for a dozen years " "Oh, I wouldn't say that," she re- body and everybody knows father. I shall know every one in a week." "Yes, that's true," he said cautiously, "How long have you been in Bel­ mont?" asked Gloria, seeking to satis­ fy her own curiosity now that she bad told him something about herself. "Only a month or so." "I think It's the queerest thins in the world that we should meet hero of all places. What are you doing here?" And then Wright lied. He did not have time to consider what might be the ethics of the case. He listened to his heart, which may have made him a traitor to himself, and answered promptly: "I've been doing some magazine writing and an occasional bit of news­ paper and similar work." Had he been asked he could not have explained why he had not replied just as promptly that he was the own­ er of the Belmont News. What the real reason was he could not even ex­ plain to himself. Earlier in the eve­ ning he had talked glibly of a news­ paper and Its duty, and here an hour later he was denying his own under the fire of a pair of laughing eyes. Gloria, whose ideas of business were as vague as her notions of politics or esoteric Buddhism, accepted his expla­ nation as adequate; especially since she recalled that when in Europe he had been writing some magazine ar­ ticles about the tariff. Since she never thought about the matter at all she never thought It strange that Belmont should be the place for such labors. "Have you ever been to Locust Lawn?" was her next question. "I have that pleasure in store for me." This pleased her. Even before he came there were many little things she could do to make the house appear to better advantage. Although he had not yet made explanation of his fail­ ure to come to PariB,' she found her­ self anxious to have him once more on the old footing of intimate friend­ ship. "Are you the same as in the mad old, glad old Paris days?" he asked. She parried the question with an­ other. "Are you?" "In some respects--only more so." "That's a riddle. I hate riddles." As he made no reply to this, she went on after the pause of which he had not taken advantage. "I hope we meet accidentally as often as you met our party abroad." "Was it accident r* he made bold to ask. "Wasn't it? You pretended it was." Then the mischievous little spirit that ruled her tongue forced her to say, "I don't blame you; I think Annabel Hitchcock is a beautiful girl. We all know you were crazy about her." "Was I?" Rising inflection. "Weren't you?" Also rising inflec­ tion. "Ill admit I followed your party," he conceded. "Now we're getting at the truth of the matter," she replied triumphantly. She felt she was teasing him, and she enjoyed it "But why didn't you come on to Paris as you promised us? I'd like to know why we suddenly lost you. Was it another girl even prettier than Annabel?" He did not Join her when she laughed at the picture she had painted. All the light joyouBness, the first which had been his since he had come to Belmont, died out of his face as he answered: "After the Rhine I had hoped to meet you In Paris again I looked forward to it as the beginning of an­ other happy time. And then, in Lon­ don, I received a cable--my mother was dying." "No," protested the girl, her eyea wide with pity. "I had just time to catch the express for Liverpool that would put me aboard a liner an hour before she sailed. Miss Kerr, I know I thought of Paris, but things all seemed blurred to me, and so the message I had planned to you--not to Miss Hitchcock was never sent." "My poor friend." "I reached America too late." "I'm so sorry," she sighed. He had told the^whole story. There was nothing more to say. Both sat gazing into the open fire, busy with the thoughts of life and death. At last Gloria said quietly, with no more movement than if her thoughts had of themselves become vocal: "Tell me of your mother. I never knew my mother, and so I envy you. You loved her?" "I loved her," he began. Of his own affairs he seldom spoke, yet here was one who by her very presence made him glad to tell his story, and glad that it was a story he cov'd tell with pride. "Son never loved mother more. And never did a son owe a mother more than I owed mine. I never knew my father. He was a good man, but not provident When he died, mother found she had to support her­ self and me, an only child. O Miss Kerr, if you knew the bitterness ^of that struggle as I know it your heart would ache, too, at thought of It" He paused, but something clutched at Gloria's throat She could not speak. "If mother could have a fault It was her pride of me. I suppose wh$n all the things she had planned for her­ self came to naught at my father's death she centered everything on me. He couldn't go on, and Gloria, re­ specting his grief, was silent, too. "I'm so glad she lived to see It all come true," Gloria said finally in • low tone. "It makes me think of what sacrifices my father has made for me. Just because he loved me and wanted me to have everything, he has given up what joy I might have been to him. Your story has taught me what I owe to him " At this a sudden pain shot through the man's heart It made him pledge himself before heaven protect her from the truth. "My mother died when T was • baby, just as your father did/ she ex­ plained wistfully. "And, as I tola you, I envy you your mother. I wish you had written me. I could have at least sent my sympathy." Now Gloria understood. All that year her thoughts had presented him other than in the true light "I wrote to you," he said gravely, "as soon as I wrote to anyone. I didn't know your address, and ventured let­ ters at Brown, Shipley's In London, and the American Express company in Paris. I had heard you speak of both places, I thought Both letters came back." "Give them to me. I want to keep them. We left Paris before you wrote, and hurried to Japan. Our mail was sent in care of Cook's. What did you do--afterward?" "I took a long rest There was not a relative to share my sorrow with me. Now that I've come down out of the mountains and taken stock of life I find I haven't a soul In the world--" "Don't say that, Joe." She felt ir- resistably drawn to him and put forth her hand and laid it on hls^ sympa­ thetically. He turned his own and let hers nestle within it. "You're still the same Gloria." "A year isn't so long a time." And so they sat, with never a word to say, just that hand clasp of silent sympathy as they gazed into the fire. CHAPTER VI. In the drawing-room, Kerr and Gil­ bert were just beginning a conversa­ tion which had for its theme the new turn affairs had taken, when Dr. Hayes passed through the hall on his way out with his wife. Sam IlayeB was a member of the ring'B inner shrine, a*"\ when the opportunity arose for what was termed a quick clean-up he was always a member of the syndi­ cate. Therefore, the die having been cast the Judge called him in and an­ nounced the determination to push the franchise, a deal with which the coro­ ner was already familiar. Far more than for any other reason Kerr was always willing to include him becuse his Belmont connections wfere so Btrong that he really lent an air of re­ spectability to any undertaking. "We are going to put a line to the stock yards down Maple avenue, Sam," began the attorney. "So it's settled, is it?" "Yes. You remember that vacant tract beyopd Benton Park? The one that the Belden Brothers are thinking of cutting up for a residence addition? Well, you can't build a house in a mile of It when the road's through there, but it'll be worth a great deal more for factory sites. "You'll have railroad connections, see?" explained Kerr. "What's doing?" asked Sam, always keen for a dollar. , "Get an option on It" continued Gilbert, "and we'll cash in big." fflow long an option ?* The attorney looked at Kerr. "Sixty days," said the latter. ' "In that time we can ram the fran­ chise through the council, and when that's done any bank'll lend us the money to take over the property." Hayes went out to rejoin his wife, after promising to take tfio matter up in the morning. Gilbert was just on the point of be­ ginning a discussion of Gtorfa'afuture when a reporter from the Banner was announced. "I'll come cut to see him," said the lawyer, rising. "No," objected Kerr, "have him in. I Want to sea him. too." 8o Mr. James Win throw, the yottng political reporter for the Belmont Ban­ ner, was admitted. Winthrow, like the usual run of ptar reporters in a town the size of Bel­ mont, was not only a *j*rewd young American, but he was also well aware of hlB great shrewdness. He had made as many political prognostica­ tions as any young man in the coun­ try, and they were quite as misleading in the main as were any of the others. Being on the machine paper and a loyal reporter, it followed as of course that he was a loyal machine man. Old Jerry Winthrow, the editor, was a dis­ tant relative, but friendly enough and interested enough in the youth to ex­ plain to him some of the turnings of the political wheels. When Winthrow saw Kerr closeted with his legal adviser he could not suppress a whistle of surprise. "Evening, judge. Good evening, Mr. Kerr." "How are you, Jim?" said Gilbert The boss merely nodded an acknowl­ edgement of the greeting. "What can I do for you?" "Some stock-yard terminal rumors in the air, judge; just rumors, and I can't find out a thing." "I haven't heard a thing about It," the lawyer assured him. Then to Kgrr, "Have you?" "Not a word," answered the bOM. "Where did you got it?" queried Gil­ bert. "Floating 'round town. I met Mr. Kendall just now going to the sta­ tion, but he wouldn't talk. I know that the surveyors have been out. When Mr. Kendall said he'd been her* to dinner, Bilby, he's our city editor, told me to see you." Gilbert turned to Kerr. The leader was a man of few words. He disposed of the matter under discussion with one sentence. "Tell Bilby, Date Kerr said not to print a line; he'll understand." That was all.. It was an order, and the reporter accepted it as such. Things in Belmont were so well regu­ lated that there was no danger from any source which would cause Kerr to think twice before sending his order to the city editor of the Banner by the reporter of that paper. As Winthrow rose to depart, Kerr asked: "You have anything to &> with the society columns?" "Occasionally stumble on a story." "Tomorrow put in that Miss Gloria Kerr has returned from a trip around the world." Winthrow put It down, and then asked with pencil poised: "Is she at Locust Lawn?" "Yes," said Kerr. "Don't write the item until I tele­ phone you later In the evening," inter­ rupted Gilbert He had been plotting and planning along social lines ever since Kerr had told him of Gloria's return. Several things he had already thought of flashed through his mind. The impossibility of Locust Lawn as a social center was one of these, and Gilbert had something to suggest be­ fore having the Banner write the story which would herald her return. "You can add this, though. Say that Judge and Mrs. Gilbert will issue Invitations next week for a dance to introduce Miss Kerr." . No sooner had the reporter gone than Kerr turned to Gilbert and said with what was for him unaccustomed warmth: "That's mighty good of you, Amos." "Not at all." Then the lawyer went on in an injured tone, "I'm only sorry that you put the franchise up to me as a trade. I'm not doing it for that." "I knew you'd do it for the girl's sake, but I want you to get what you can out of it Amos. I owe you that much." (TO BB CONTINUED.) MARKETING HAY CROP wmrwm • wMJvm • asofies • asanas STRICT ENGLISH COURT RULE t Queen, 8hocked at Laxity in 8eciety, Makes Erasures In Her Vis­ iting Lists. Queen Mary is making her influ­ ence and her strong personality felt at court in no uncertain manner, and those who wish to be received and to be held in good repute within its charmed circle must look well to their manner of going. Never before have there been so many erasures from submitted lists and never hae the llpe been so sharp­ ly drawn as to the proper qualifica­ tions as at the present time, the New York Herald's London correspondent states. No lady who steps out of her sphere of true womanliness and cor­ rect feminine modesty; no one who has a breath of scandal against her or him (for the male sex is also in­ cluded in the ban), and, above all, no individual who has figured as a prin­ cipal in the divorce court need seek to find favor with Queen Mary, and such a one applying for a "command" to the royal presence will surely meet with a prompt refusal. The queen--and the king is said to be in cordial agreement--Is deter­ mined that her court shall, as far as possible, be one of absolute purity. She has been much shocked at the many causes celebres and their un- edifying details, as well as by the so- called recreations and amusements of a certain section of society. More­ over, it is reported that the queen views with great dislike any further laxity in connection with the divorce It wasn't right, of course, because I I law. She regardB the marriage tie wasn't worth it, but I Hrted, always I as sacred and binding, and while de- l ried to be worthy of that pride. And 1 plorlng the lightness with which in taken, she yet holds that once it has been entered into it should be held in­ violate. It is even whispered that Queeti Mary has brought her Influence to bear on the subject to a very material extent and that government inaction with regard to the findings of the re cent divorce commission Is thus hot a little accounted for. Never Heard of Great Financier. A member of the Morgan family In New York has received a letter from an old lady of ninety living in the heart of New England and asking for some particulars about J. Pierpont Morgan. Mr. Junius Morgan--father of the late financier--she knew well and had often been in his house, but she can find nothing about the son, and would be grateful for particulars. The old lady says: "I take a semi- weekly Hartford paper, a dollar-a- year paper, but can not find anything about it Please tell me about it if you can. Did he ever marry any one? It is all such a mystery to mo." And yet there are still those who pursue fame's fleeting phantom. One of Leading Industries W ; Many Parts of Country, ^ Much Difference in Demand* of Indl- vldwal Markets--Certain Practices In laling and Marketing - , •hould Be Corrected. ~ 'It • r: (By H. B. M'CLURB.) AM a separate industry, growing and marketing of buy ia the United-States Is comparatively new. Prior to 1870 marketing was a sinj- pie matter, and was carried on in a somewhat haphazard manner. Little hay was shipped more than 20 or 30 miles. In many instances the pro­ ducer sold his product directly to the consumer, and there was little need tor standard grades or bales or for other trade rules. The growing of hay for the market has now become one of the leading industries in many parts of the coun­ try. It is estimated that about 22 per cent of the 1912 hay crop, or over 15,000,000 tons, was removed from the farms. There is a considerable difference in the demands of the individual markets in the various sections of the country In regard to the size and weights of the bale and the kind and grade of hay which bringB the best price. Certain practices in baling and marketing cause a loss to the producer, which could be avoided if a proper adher­ ence to the requirements of the mar­ ket to which the hay is shipped were observed. How to dispose of low grade, hay la a vital problem with every one who handles this class of hay, and every dealer has more or less of it; usually more low grade hay than any other kind. The shippers, receivers, and dealers can help much in solving this perplexing problem. The country buyer and shipper especially can help materially, and should use every fair means in his power to lessen the trouble caused by low grade hay. The first step in the right direction is for the l-roducer to learn the different grades of hay. It is just as important for h\m as it Is for the city buyer to know the grades. If hay sells by grade in the country the man who has the poorest product will receive less than he does now. At preBeut the man who has choice hay receives less than it is worth on the market, and part of the profit which the shipper makes on the good hay must go to make up for the loss on the poor hay. With the present system of buying hay there is not enough difference in the price paid for the better grades in the country as compared with the price paid for the lower grades. Therefore, if the man who has No. 2 hay receives within 50 or 75 cents of the price of his neighbaor's choice hay he is satisfied and thinks that it is not necessary to take the precautions'that hl« neighbor did in order to get a slight advance. Standard grades of timothy, clover, prairie hay, straw, mixed hay, and alfalfa have been adopted in the most of the important markets, and it is of vital Importance to the producer to know and meet the demands of the markets to which he ships. GREEN MANURING GOOD SOIL Training the Modern QM. "If I had a daughter, I know, what I should say to her. If she was pret­ ty, I should say, 'My dear, make the very most of your looks and of your time. Don't try to be clever, be­ cause you are probably a fool--but that doesn't matter. Keep your mouth shut, and look all the brilliant thlnga you haven't the wit to say.' And if she were ugly, I~ would say, 'Foi Heavens' sake, be amusing, and cut tivate the gift of patience, and don' hope for the impossible.' "--"East • ^Adoulflklv "if* tried to be worthy of that pride. And I plorlng the lightness with which In the Shadows," by Mrm. Hubert ! i p v n i ( * * i w a e r k n o w s e v e r y - 1 w h e n s h e c a m e t o d i e -- s h e w « » f c o * - r * - " ' w s n y - o a s e e t l » e c o n t r a c t * a r e u n d o r - l « I * g r • - p V . / Practice Cannot Be Recommended Ex­ cept at Long Intervals to Furnish Needed Humus or Nitrogen. Given manuring as a definite farm practice can be recommended only under certain conditions. It is profit­ able in upbuilding poor soils and in improving the physical condition* of sandy, clayey, and adobe soils. In orchards green manures may, as a rule, be used advantageously, as they do not interfere with the fruit crops. Gieen manuring cannot be recom­ mended on good soils, except at long intervals, when there is reason to be* lieve there is need either of -more humus or more nitrogen. Where red clover or alfalfa can be used in rota­ tion the need of a special green ma­ nure is seldom felt The reason lies in the fact about one-third of the weight of the clover plant and nearly one-half of that of alfalfa is in the root, so that these plants virtually pro­ duces a green manure crop under the ground in addition to the regular crop of hay. Sweet clover is another plant of this class and of wide adaptation as to soil and climate, but unfortu­ nately the hay is not readily eaten by cattle, so that it is used in limited seotlons only. It (s Well to Know That-- Alfalfa boards Itself and pays for the privilege. Alfalfa adds humus to the soil. Alfalfa sod plows hard. Alfalfa sod produces good crops. Alfalfa yields are large. Alfalfa hay represents quality. Alfalfa is heat seeded without a nurse crop. Alfalfa should h« seeded with a drill. Alfalfa should not be pastured un­ til well established. Alfalfa should not be pastured in tha. spring, when starting growth. Feeding Affecte Wool. Proper and intelligent feeding adds to the quality of every kind of live stock or product the feeder may have to put on the market. Bven the wool that comes from the back of the sheep Is good, bad or indifferent, acoording to the manner In which it has been fed. •plendid Poultry Run. All apple orchard makes a splendid ran for poultry. It furnishes shade and protection, and the fowls can al­ ways find groen food and Insects among the trees. The poultry is also a great benefit to the orchard, because of their destroying the Insects, most of which are harmful to the fruit VARrOUS FEEDS FOR HORSES For Bone and Muscle. Oats and wheat contain a good per* rentage of the elements necessary to bvlld bone and muscle. The former espeetalljr is one of the best poultry foods to he had. * ..^'V ^Desirable to Know Value of Different v Hougbages in determining °*|,W Economical Rations. The problem of feeding work horses is one Involving the economical pro­ duction of energy and maintenance of health. It is of considerable impor­ tance to know how much hay and how much grain a farm horse at hard labor should receive in order that he may work with the greatest efficiency and economy. With high priced grains It Is very desirable to know the relative value of different roughages in order tuac ctunuuij may to practiced !u making up a ration for work horses. In order to determine some of these points a number of experiments have been conducted at the Illinois station, ten teams being used in the tests, with the following results: But little difference was observed in the value of clover and timothy hay when fed in conjunction with com, oats, oil meal and wheat bran, the difference being slightly In favor of clover. The results show a slight saving due to mixing ground grain with chaffed clover hay, but not sufficient to justify the expense. , • Horses fed alfalfa and timothy ate less grain and hay and gained slightly more in weight than those fad clover and timothy while doing the same amount of labor. Twenty to twenty-two per cent less grain was required to maintain the Weil-Fed Horses. weight of horses fed alfalfa than those fed timothy hay. Horses fed corn and alfalfa ate 22 per cent, less grain than those fed the mixed ration, and lost 6 pounds more in weight per head in eight weeks. The ration of corn and alfalfa cost 6 cents less per horse per day than the mixed ration. Horses fed ground corn and oats with wheat bran, oil meal, timothy and alfalfa hay consumed 9 per cent less feed and gained 3 pounds more in weight per head In six weeks than those fed whole corn and oats with a similar ration. Farm work horses at hard labor should receive from 1 1-5 to 1 1-8 pounds of grain, and from 1 to 1% pounds of hay per 100 pounds of live weight per day, in order that their weight may be maintained. CASH IN EARLY VEGETABLES Half an Acre Will Produce Astonish­ ingly Large Amount of Truck If Worked Intelligently. For those who live close to a rll lage or small city the early vegetable catches the dimeB and dollars. Even though there are many gardens in town, there are a great many who prefer to buy their vegetables. In connection with the sale of vegetables, early plants pay a handsome dividend, says a contributor to the Farm and Home. The great thing in gardening it to have the vegetables ready a week or two before the other fellow. You not only get the advantage of high prices at the first of the season, but when once a customer, if you/ goods are O K, you can hold them through­ out the season. A quarter of an acre is largs enough to begin with. This amount, if worked intelligently, will produce an astonishing amount of "truck." The piece of ground selected for the garden should be cleared of all rub- French Salad Plant. blsh or trash, such as large dry weeds, sticks, etc., that will interfere with cultivation or which will cause the soil to lose moisture. The spot selected should be top- dressed with well rotted stable ma­ nure or that from the pigpen or poul­ try house. Use All of these; there if no danger of getting the soil too rich. But be sure and get the manure well mixed with the soil. After plowing and harrowing the piece of ground, scatter 125 pounds of high-grade com­ mercial fertilizer over it and work it in three or four Inches with a culti­ vator. Cultivate the garden all you can before planting. It matters not how rich the garden it, the fertilizer will warm It early In the spring, and also start and help to keep up a rank growth throughout the season. Most Profitable Feed. With hogs, especially the feeding that produces steady, speedy growth* is the most profitable. A pig that is stunted in the early days of its life should never have a placf' tn the breeding herd. What a Hen Eata. experiments have proved that a hen In good condition will eat, on an average three ounces of mash in the morning, two ounces of grain at noon, and four ounces of grain at night; . Infertile Eggs Best Infertile eggs will withstand mar­ keting conditions much better than fertile eggs.* . . ..., i;-< MRS. HINGES OPERATION r< Wa» Saved From Surgeon'g Knife byLydia Pirikham's Vegata* f Me Compound & Mm _ Auvuiibvvruj I was married I suffered so much female troubles and bearing down palm that I could not stand on my feet long enough to do my wot*. The doctor, said I would have to undergo an opera* tion, but my husband wanted me to try Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con* pound first. I took three bottSe* and it rna-ie me well um| strong and i avoided a droadfm ep&tnf tion. I now have two fins healthy dbD- dren, end I cannot e&y too much abooft whatLydiaE. Prnkham'sVe^etableCom- pound nas dene for me," -- Mrs. Lea MANGES, R. P. D. 10, Mogadore, Ohio. Why will women take chances with an operation or drag out a sickly,, half­ hearted existence, missing three-fourth® - of the joy of living, when they can find -health in Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound ? For thirty years it has been the stand* ard remedy for female ills, and has re* stored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with such ail*, ments as displacements, inflammation ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etbft, If jon want special advice write to Xjdia E. Plnkham Medicine Co. (confi­ dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a Wonan and held in strict coi ~" Zero In Various Lines of Endeavor. " "My notion of nothing to be when you have become one," grimly re­ marks the Old Codger, "is a golf champion. My idea of nothing to be­ lieve is a railroad official's explanation of the cause of a wreck; of nothing to listen to is a reminiscence of tho hard winter of eighteen hundred and something; of nobody to hold a recep­ tion for is Mrs. Pankhurst, and of nothing to write pieces to the Speak­ ing the Public Mind department about is why there is no gas, why there are so many holes in the pavements, Vhy all this foolishness about the Metro­ politan franchise, and so on and so forth, as long as Kansas City is with­ out commission government"--Kan­ sas City Star. Bronchial troubles weaken the system. Pneumonia sometimes follows. Dean's Men­ tholated Cough Drops prevent trouble. Philadelphia police have been In­ structed to enforce rigidly the law governing the speed of trolley cars. Bore Byes, Granulated ByelM* and BttM promptly healed with Roman Kye B*£ Mrit. Adv. Ceylon yearly exports tea valued at more than $25,000,000. TORTURING TWINGES Much so-called rheumatism is caused by weakened kidneys. When the kid­ neys fail to clear the blood of uric acid, the acid forms into crystals like bits of broken glass in the muscles, joints and on the nerve casings. Torturing pains dart through the affected part whenever it is mbved. By curing the kidneys, Doan's Kidney Pills have eased thousands of rheumatic cases, lumbago, sciatica, gravel, neuralgia and urinary disorders. AN ILLINOIS CASE Chsrles Easter, B. Walnut St.. Wataeka, 111., saya: "I had acl- atlo rheumatlam and kidney trouble for years. I was laid up for months and epent hundred* of dollars u n s u c c e s s f u l l y f o r doctors' treatment. After hope had fled, Doan's Kidney Pins came to my aid. They cured the awful mis­ ery and I have never suffered alnoe." ff Get Doaa's at Aap Stale. 90s a Beat DOAN'SV.H1/ FOSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO. N. Y. CARTERS ITTLE PILLS. 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