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ResG% 1900 West Broadway, Louisville, Ky. Since we guarantee that all testimo nials which we publish are genuine, is it not fair to suppose that if Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has the virtue to help these women it will help any other woman who is suffering in a like manner? If you are ill do not drag along tmtfl an operation is necessary, bat at once take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Write to iLydla E. Pinkham Medicine Co.9 (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter wil be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence* '•'•'.V-Z? r * /i - • ' M'HENRY PLAIXDEALER, M HENRY, ILL. The Value of Enemies. One of the best assets of a news paper, or a public man, or a man In business, is the sum total of the fel lows who advertise him by exposing a grouch or a grudge through their criticisms. The boosters help--and the knocke^p also help without know ing it! When you hear a man trying to tear down a newspaper you Imme diately get that newspaper on to and into your mind, don't you? Never try to silence the knockers--they are your helpers whom you do not have to burden your payroll with. Better put the knockers on your payroll than let them quit!--Jewell Mayes in the Richmond (Mo.) Missouriaa. SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR Years Younger! Try Grandma's _ U«clpe of Sage and Sulphur and Nobody Will Know. Almost everyone knows that Sago Tea and Sulphur properly compound ed, bringB' back the natural color and luBtre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray;, also ends dandruff, itching scalp and stops falling half. Tears ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is mussy and troublesome. Nowadays we simply ask at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sul phur Hair Remedy." You will get a large bottle for about 50 cents. Every body uses this old, famous recipe, be cause no one can possibly tell that you darkened youf hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morn ing the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two, your *iair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy and you look years younger. Adv. Provocation. **I am sure you have had provoca tion," said the relative, "or you would not be so determined to leave your husband." "Provocation!" echoed the indig nant woman. "I bought Fido a pack age of dog cake. This morning I made biscuits for breakfast. Can you be lieve me when I tell you I found th&t brute of a man trying to feed Fido my biscuits and coax the dear little pet's perfectly good dog cakes away trom him?"--Washington Star. 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WanMr's Safe Rkaitk Kmm4?, $1.2S Vim'i Safe Pills, 25c WlMt for BookttL WanMr's Safe Remedies fa, ROCHESTER. N. Y. . sL. DELICS SACKED TO CfiDISlTANITY NE of thet most desirable results of the present world war will be the elimina tion of Turkey as a power and the liber ation of the territories under her yoke, including the Holy Land, with all the sites of Biblical history and the Savior'B life, for so many years in Moslem hands. Then, at last, we shall see an end of the outrageous conditions that allow the barbarous Turks to control the holy "city of Jerusalem, wfth the sepulcher of 4 the Savior, the temple of Solomon and its other almost innumerable sacred sites Christian civilization has gained some rights in Jerusalem, but in other sacred places of the Holy Land Christians are entirely shut out by the Turks or must venture there 'at the risk of their lives. In Jerusalem the American tourist could, before the war, visit such sites as the gar den of Gethsemane, with the olive tree where the Savior was betrayed by Judas and the garden tomb of Je sus, near Mount Cal vary. Many of the most in teresting parts of Jeru salem have, however, not been open to the visitor or the explorer. Chief among these is the site erf the temple of Solomon, which can not be touched by a Christian or a Hebrew because it is occupied by a Mohammedan mosque. Excavations in the temple area may still reveal the altar of sac rifice, the brazen altar, the table of shew bread, molten sea and various other sacred objects mentioned in the Bible. The palace of Solomon, where he received the queen- of Sheba, is a building Concerning which great interest is naturally felt. It was "built of the cedars of Lebanon." When the stories of Her od's palace are unearthed it is not Improbable that beneath these may be found the cedars of Solo mon's building, for in those times they had a habit of building on the ruins of their predecessors. A notable instance of a Biblical site of extraor dinary interest from which investigators are en tirely excluded is the tomb of Abraham and the Hebrew patriarchs at Hebron in Palestine. It was here that Abraham, the forefather of all the Israel ites, dwelt with his family, as the book of Genesis tells us. Before he died Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place for himself and his family (Genesis 17). The site of the cave of Hebron has been kpown from time immemorial. It was known in early Chris tian times, and in the days of the Savior. No con fusion has ever arisen as to its position, such as has occurred in the case of other Bible siteB. * The cave of Machpelah is situated within an inclosure called the Haram, formed by a gigantic Herodian wall. Above the cave stands a church built by the crusaders in 1187, but since converted into a mosque and for many centuries in the pos session of the Turks. In the cave were buried Abraham, his wife. Sa rah; his son, Isaac; the latter's wife, Rebekah: Jacob, son of Isaac; Leah, wife of Jacob, and Jo seph, son of Jacob and Rachel In the mosque above the cave are monuments in the form of tombs to Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Leah and Joseph, but they do not inclose the actual bones. These are presumably in the cave below. The Mohammedans. venerate the Hebrew patriarchs, although they oppress their descendants. Ordinarily Christians and Hebrews are not even allowed to enter the Haram surrounding the mosque. Occasionally Christians of great influ ence, such as the king of England's heir, have been permitted to enter the mosque. Recently photographs were taken for the first time of the six cenotaphs or memorial tombs of the patriarchs within the mosque. These are reproduced in a recent report of the Palestine exploration fund, which gives some very inter esting information about the building. "In thtf church pavement," says the Rev. A. B. Grimaldi in this article, "are three movable slabs which give access by ladder or rope to the cave. But two dre fastened up, and not even Moslems are allowed to enter by the third. It is used to throw down written petitions to Abraham; and. looking down, the floor is seen to be covered as with snowflkkes. "When King George V (then prince of Wales) visited the mosque a light was let down, and the rocky sides were seen and a doorway entering out of this antechamber into the tomb cave itself. With the granting of freedom to the inhabi tanta of Palestine the representatives of religion and science will be able to enter this mysterious cave and disclose its contents to the world. Around Hebron center all the interesting events of the patriarchal age recorded in the Bible. Here Abraham prepared to sacrifice his own son, Isaac, In obedience to the will of God, Jacob labored seven years for Rachel, and Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. From here Joseph started on his fateful Journey to Egypt. A remarkably interesting relic affected by the war is the monastery of St. Catherine, on Mount Sinai, shown in one of the accompanying photo graphs. This occupies the traditional spot where the Lord delivered the ten commandments to Moses. In the library of this monastery was recently v * % 1 SEEMED A PROPER QUESTION Surely Little Question as to the Social 8tatue of Mr. Samuel Brown. 8enator .< Morris Sheppard of Texaa is an ardent advocate of river im provements. Apropos of the river steamers, before the advent of the railroads, he tells the following aneo- dote: In "befo* de war" times it was cus tomary, among the dusky belles, to regard the stoker on a steamer as one of high social status. At a negro ball one night, on the Mississippi river bank, a certain Sam Brown was in troduced to a dusky belle. Facing her former partner, she turned up her uose and remarked: "What fur does yer introduce me ter such low-down trash as Sam Brown?" "Sam Brown low-down trash!" ex claimed the man, tolling the whites of his eyes in surprise. Why, 'ooman, yer don't know what ver is talking about! Why, Sam Brown is the biggest man in Mississippi--he fires de middle fur nace on de River Queen all by his- self!" UVEa BOWELS For sick headache, bad breathy Sour Stomach and constipation. THE PROFESSOR'S STATEMENT. roujur--** found the oldest known manuscript of the Bible The monks have occupied this ancient mon astery for about 1,800 years, since the foundation of the Christian religion. This monastery lies along the route by which the Turks were re ported to be advancing to attack the British de fenders of Egypt. It is possible that the peace ful inmates of this v?ry ancient sacred building may be driven out by war. At the foot of the mountain lies "the plain of assembly," where the Israelites waited for Moses to bring down the laws to them. Persons who have read about certain modern enterprises in Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land may have gained an idea that the Turk has become more amiable in recent years. This is a mistake. You can only get anything from the Turk by paying him exorbitantly, and this is not always possible. "Until recently," writes the Rev. Lewie-B. Pa- ton, professor of Old Testament history in Hart ford Theological seminary, "no permits for exca-. vation were given by the government, and when under European pressure, firmans were at last granted, these were hedged around with so many restrictions that they were of little practical value. According to the present Turkish law of antiquities, the consent of the local authorities must first be secured before a permit will be issued in Constantinople. To obtain this a lavish expenditure of money is necessary in order to overcome the fanaticism and prejudice of the provincial authorities. "The site desired for exploration must be purchased at a price estimated by the owners. After local permission ie secured endless delay and bakshish are necessary before an edict can be secured from the central government. When at last it is obtained a Turkish commissioner, whose expenses are paid by the excavator, must be constantly in attendance to decide what may and what may not be done, and all antiquities dis covered must be turned over to the imperial Otto* man museum. These conditions stand in dis agreeable contrast to the liberal provisions in Egypt, where any competent person is allowed to excavate, and is required only to divide his finds with the Cairo museum. "At the beginning the exploration of Pales tine was confined to the study of places and objects that remained above ground. Edward Robinson, the distinguished American archeolo- gist and professor in Union Theological seminary, New York, in a series of journeys carried on dur ing the years following 1838, and the French scholar, Guerin, ascertained the modern names of many localities, and succeeded in identifying them with places mentioned in the Bible. The Palestine exploration fund, founded in England in 1865, and largely supported by American con tributors, conducted an elaborate survey of Pales tine, whose results were embodied in their 'Great Way of Palestine,' which is still the standard. "Other explorations were carried on at Jern- isffiRX CHm3rj*mD£K& Hrrftrwro salem since 1867, and a little digging was done outside the present city limits to determine the lines of the ancient walls. In the course of the superficial study of the land a number of impor tant monuments were discovered still standing upon the surface. In 1868 the German mission ary, Klein, discovered an inscription of Mesha, king of Moab, who is mentioned in II Kings 3. In 1880 some boys, playing in the conduit which leads to the pool of Siloam, discovered an inscrip tion in ancient Hebrew characters dating from the time of King Hezekiah. In 1891 Schumacher discovered a monument of Rameses II (1292 B. C.), who was probably the Pharaoh who op pressed the children of Israel in Egypt, and in 1901 Prof. George Adam Smith discovered a beau tiful stele of Seti I, the father of Rameses II." The Harvard expedition at Samaria in 1909- 1910 discovered remains of the palace of the Hebrew kings Omri and Ahab, and in one of its chambers potsherds were found containing busi ness accounts written in a character similar to that of the Siloam inscription. These discoveries are only a beginning of the exploration of Palestine. The sites excavated, except that of Samaria, are relatively unimpor tant towns. The great religious centers of an tiquity, such as Hebron, Jerusalem, Bethel and Dan, remain unexplored. Hundreds of large mounds exist all over the country, within which the records of ancient times are deposited one above the other in chronological order. It is not unreasonable to expect that, if these mounds could be explored thoroughly many more Baby lonian tablets such as those found fit Tanach would be discovered. Perhaps even a whole library might be un earthed in such a place as Kirjath-Sepher, whose name means "Book Town." Since Hebrew in scriptions have been found already there Is no reason why more flight not be found, or why even manuscripts might not be discovered sealed up in earthen jars, which, as we know from Jere miah 32:14, was the custom of the Hebrews. Think how the world would be startled if some of the lost books mentioued in the Old Testa ment were rediscovered, or ancient manuscripts of some of the canonical books! Not only the sacred places of the Holy Land but the most famous sites of the ancient and classical world, barring those of Greece and Rome, lie under the clutches of the unspeakable Turk. Among them are Constantinople, Troy, Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, Tyre, Sidon, Arbela and many others. Before the war French archeologists had just ; begun some very interesting researches at Con stantinople. They have now partially 'aid bare the ruins of the palace of Conatantine, which; of course, is of great interest as the residence of the emperor who gave his name to the city. This amazing building covered a space of many acres, including quarters, baths and ever}' luxury for the one thousand persons who composed the im perial household and the guards of the palace. It surpasses incomparably both in extent and splendor the palace of the Caesars at Rome, and yet it is probably equaled in interest by many o.' the other ruins in the city. Few Americans realize the extraordinary in terest of Constantinople and the strange manner in which the wealth of the ages has been locked up in it. Constantinople has a longer continuous history than any other great city in the world. Everybody hopes that one of the first results, of the war will be to free this ancient center of culture and Christianity, as well as the Holy £and, from the horrible, barbarous Turks. The "America" Manuscript. Perhaps the most precious manu script acquired by any library of late is the original manuscript of "Amer ica," of which Harvard university be came tiic (jiibluiiiaii recently. The inaii- nscript is the gift of the son of Dr. Samuel Francis Smith, Doctor Smith wrote the famous hymn in 1832, three years after he was graduated from Harvard..' It was first sung on the Fourth of July of that year in the Park Street church in Boston.-- Youth'a Companion. Working Days Increased. The geological sugvey reports that the number of working days at the anthracite mines last year was the largest on record--257. The average nuiiiber of mon employed waa 175,7-15, an increase of about one thousand seven hundred over the previous year. Owing to the increase in the use of artificial gas and coke, says the report, there is little probability that the production of anthracite will show any marked increase ia the fu ture.--Exchange. Plenty of Room for It. Horace Traubel, poet, author and editor, has a head covered with dis orderly white hair that makes him look like a luxuriant chrysanthemum. JHe was walking down Chestnut street the other day when a hurrying news boy passed by and then stopped to look. "Hey, mister," called the urchin, "go git a haircut" And then after a moment's reflec tion he added: "rs«t two haircuts." Always in Opposition. District Attorney Whitman was talk ing at the Lawyers' club In New York aJbout a very troublesome litigant. "He keeps the lawyers busy," said Mr. Whitman. "He always has two or three suits on hand. He reminds me of Blanc. " 'My goodness, George,' said Blanc's wife, plaintively, I don't know what would happen if you ever agreed with me about anything!' " 'Humph,' growled B'anc. 'I'd b? wrong. I'd be wrong.'" Prof. Aug. F. W. Schmitz, Thomas, Okla., writes:' "I was troubled with Backache for about twenty-five years. When told I had Bright's Disease in its last stages, I tried Dodd's Kid ney Pills. After using two boxes I was somewhat re lieved and I stop ped the treatment In the spring of the next year I had another at- Prof. Schmitz. tack. I went for Dodd's Kidney Pills and they relieved me again. I used three boxes. That Is now three years ago and my Back ache has not returned ip its severity, and by using another two boxes a lit tle later on, the pain left altogether and I have had no trouble since. You may use my statement. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills when and wher ever I can." Dodd's Kidney Pills, 50c. per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medi cine Co., Buffalo, N. T.--Adv. Get a 10-cent box now. 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"Well, you see, the starch polygons are of such a nature as to facilitate (expansion and render it explosive in character; there is a fraction of a particle along Its two radii, the endos perm Swelling very considerably, the peripheral portions cohering with the hull, but the fractured quarters turn ing back to meet l«low the embryo- why, son, where are you going?" "I was going to tell little sister." CARE FOR CHILDREN'S Hair and 8kln With Cuticura. Ing Easier. Trial Free. Noth- The Soap to cleanse and purify the skin and scalp, the Ointment to aoothe and heal rashes, ltchlngs, red ness, roughness, dandruff, etc. Noth ing better than these fragrant super- creamy emollients for preserving and purifying the skin, scalp and hair. Sample each free by mail wKh Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. Felt He Hao It Coming. "Why are you so crazy to take mud baths? There's nothing the matter with you." "It's this way, doctor. I was brought up in a lace collar and a Fauntleroy suit And I always vowed that I would get my share of playing in the mud some day."--Louisville Courier-Jour nal. Very Much 8©. v "There is one disadvantage Japtt has in putting up her food supplies.'* "What is that?" "She can't put her live fish in eoi§ storage." From the Style Book. "Pop, what are pajamas?** ' , "A happy medium, whose parest* were a smoking jacket and a Mother Hubbard." Poverty may be a virtue, but it makes a poor Christmas tree orut in en t. True Economy Every man who is seeking to save by smoking 5c cigarettes, should see how much more satisfaction in better value he can get by paying 15c for 20 FATIMAS. & U. S. GOV. LAND FREE Under special act of Congress the agricultural land of the U. S. Forest reserve of Arkansas can now be homesteaded in tracts not to exceed 160 acres to each person, free of cost. 1,000,000 acres free pasturage range where cattle, hogs and sheep fatten eight months in year without grain. No overflow lands. Country very healthy, and well watered with run ning streams. We select these agri cultural lands, take applicant to lands and locate you. Send 25 cents for State map showing location of Re serve and copy of Special Act to A. V. Alexander, Locating Engineer, Little Rock, Ark.--Adv. Rather Old-Fashioned. "I like to see a house with all mod ern Improvements." "So do I." "But a woman of that sort doesn't look human." FwTwtit Ou BiBii •%ri«ties at BAftDY Foster Mother Rooi Appl* Gtyftt make •iforoas, Miijr bstrlnf, heaviif froUmg. ctam htarted. K>og tms. To pro™ worth. r 6 Graft* (rvutcd) foe wt&ng. it you will eeod lOr to help cover coal aud m&iliof expense. They will bear barr«l4 upc-u banela uf tula ia a few mm* cm«. Ciriheee WUaf ah--a e*W wfiM< B»it eruits, arngiimyq murafe R1*3. etc.. FUl. Wri» Mat. TWGartcarXiw>f|0> »B<k j-- Hoistein Calves I will bavo 40 bead of Y»r j choice heifer ud boU calves in (he Jaj-s. out of hlnli-«ra4«uhca.TT milking dams, sired bT Blr Korndv Kol, whose <i. Sire Is H brott -- Ux», and by a (Jrundson of i Kol, whose <i. Sire Is brother to Kln^of tb® 1*OB- Hooof*teaa Jr. Ife Kol, I. null oj u vi ruuusuii i 11 uurnMjau %i r. iw J ; I ntlliell at $15.uu oach. orated, while ih«7 1 First dru.it takes them. L J. Foley, UepL W. N„ G&ats* Kane U,! CORN-OATS-RYE Wiseoiisiu yields on top--Salier's spvdaltieelwiMe dolt. 111G SHKD CATALOG FBBH. Jolut A. Salzer Seed C*.. B<>* 7QO, CfviK. O A I E C l l i l l Experienced to sell Adrertlae* ORLCwMRII Dollar Baxor In local terriutro. Si* JBe Hend 2" 1)1£ H A ii -K trr-, ior sample and details. SL'AKI, KuiherfortJ, 91° Watson E. Col*aaa« Patent Lawyer.W whlngtaa, IXC. Advice and books Batss reasonable. Hlgbaat references. Ueexmurriam. 44A Acre* Washita, County, Oklahoma. HlcM* " Improved; ISO in cultivation, all tl!LaDl«, Price W0 per acre. 11. C. DOBNKY, Cordeil. OUk W. N. Us CHICAGO, NO. 4-191& ffCanadianWheat to Feed ihe Worlds The war's fearful devastation of Europesa crops has caused an unusual demand for grain ' from the American Continent. The people of the world must be fed and there is an unusual demand for Canadian wheat. Canada's Invitation to every industrious American is therefore especially attrac* live. She wants fanners to make moaeyajad h&jpy, prosperous homes for themselves while helping AM to raise immense wheat crops. You can get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE utiior lands can be bought at remarkably law prices. Think of the money you can make with wheat at its present high prices, where for some time it is lia ble to continue. During many years Canadian whsatifislds have avenged 20 bushels to the acre--many yields as high as 40 bushels to the acse. Wonderful crops also of Oats, Barley aad Flax. 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