WOMAN GOULD m Restored to Heald> t>yLy£* E. Pmkham'a VegetaMe Fulton, N. Y. -- "Why will women pay out their money for treatment and receive no benefit, when so many have proved that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table C ompound will make them well? For over a year I suffered so from female weak ness I could hardly stand and was afraid to go on the " street alone. Doc tors said medicines were useless and only an operation Would help me, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has proved it otherwise. I am now perfectly well and can do any kind of work."--Mr*. Nkllie Phelps, care of R. A. Eider, R.F.D, No. 5, Fulton, N. Y. We wish every woman who suffer# from female troubles, nervousness, backache or the blues could see the Set ters written by women made well by Ly dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If you have bad symptoms and do not understand the cause, write .to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for helpful advice given free. Anticipated Eyesores. Ma--I think Josephine had better study painting instead of music, then she won't make any noise practicing. Pa--Oh, I don't know. There's an end to noise, but pictures will last for years. FALLING HAIR MEANS DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE Save Your Hair! Get a 25 Cent Bottl* of Danderine Right Now--Also Stops Itching Scalp. Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandruff--that awful scurf. There is nothing so destructive to '• the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of its luster, its strength and its very life; eventually producing a feverish- ness and itching of the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and die--then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderine tonight--now--any time--will surely save your hair. (Jet a 25 cent bottle °of Knowlton's Dandeilne from any store, and after the first application your hair will take on that life, luster and luxuriance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and fluffy and have tWe appear ance of abundance; an incomparable gloss and softness, but what will please you most will be after just a tew weeks' use, when you will actual ly see a lot of fine, downy hair--new hair--growing all over the scalp. Adv. Heads--She Lost. The room was full of little girls In I^nk slips and pigtails.... They sat in rows at wooden desks, as quiet as mice. Over them presided ft sweet- faced damsel, stern withal. The lessoft concerned coins of the realm, and they had been through the entire range, from pennies to silver dollars. One little miss, however, was singularly .in attentive. Her gaze was fixed upon a playful sparrow on the window-sill, and she had no thought for coins. Sudden ly the teacher pounced upon her. Plac ing a half-dollar on the pupil's deck, slvj demanded: ^What's that?" "Heads," came the InsftaiitaneeaB reply. New Art Disguises Uniforms. One of the latest conceptions for rendering military uniforms less vis ible on the field of battle js to use ma terial in pronounced irregular alternat ing patches of contrasting light and dark colors with navy outlines. Some of the darker patches are out lined in a atill darker color, and small er spots of contrasting color break up the color effect of some of the patches, so thut the effect of uncertain light and shade is produced, to cause, the garment to lose its identity by min gling with the background. When a man talks much about him self he has nothing much to talk about. Go out of your way to do a favor and make a friend. Foods Are Increasing In Price But you can still buy at the same price. This staple cereal in its air-tight, wax-pro tected package will keep indefinitely, yet is ready to eat at a moments notice. Giape-Nsts is # fulTcf compact nourishment with a delightful wheat and barley Savor. The Moil Economical of Prepared Cereab WROTE CONTRACT FOR COOK- Shyster Lawyer's Plan lo Retain Help Right Until Marie Hwpf . About K. * * . The Wife of the shyster lawyer was worried. "Darling," she said, "we simply can not keep a cook. We've had three this week and a new one is coming to night." "Ah," said the shyster and ambu- Innce-chaser, "you are lax In your methods. Each cook should sign a contract, and, once signed--ahem!. They cannot leave! Now, I'll write out a tractcon--I mean a contract, and have the new cook sign it. And there you are!" \ On the stroke of 6:30 Marie Antoi nette McCarthy, the new German cook, weighing 238 pounds, arrived. The shy ster lawyer approached her carefully with a baseball bat. "I have a contract for you to sign before you go to work. Fll read it: " 'The party of the first part, Marie A. McCarthy does hereby agree to cook, wash, iron, mend clothes, do dishes, sweeping and dusting for the party of the second part for one year from date. And the party of the first part agrees in part with the party of the second part to take part in any extra dinners plaqhed by the party of the second pa^t. And whereas the party of the first part thusly--'" Here the shyster was struck on the head by a milk bottle and thrown down the cellar stairs. Ireland's Patron Saint Moonshine and Fishing. We have made a good deal of fun of country folk who "set store" by the phases of the moon in planning their work or trying to forecast the weath er. The general idea seems to be that things will not turn out well when done "In the dark o' the moon," or when that luminary is waning, on the theory that a growing moon symbo lizes increase, advance, growth, Where as a waning moon'symbolizes decline and decay. But a new and somewhat more philosophical turn is given to the matter by an angler who writes in The Country Herald (England) and who suggests a novel explanation for tlu> periodical dourness of pike as follows: "An old angler friend rather surprised me this week by asking my opinion of the effect of the full moon upon pike prospects. I had nothing to say, because I had never considered there was any relation between the two.. But he thinks so, his view being that the jack take advantage of a moonlight which almost turns night in1o day. to feed. Consequently when the angler arrives the following morning thejr ap petite is satisfied and they have tio de sire for his lures." • Waiter Couldn't See the Joke. Dipping the other day into Mrs. Stuart Menzies' biography of Lord William Beresford, there is the follow ing good story: "It was at the Raleigh club" (writes Mrs. Menzies) "that Lord William and one of his brothers, Lord Marcus, I believe, for some reason, or perhaps for no reason, put the ball porter into the refrigerator. "The heat of the man's body, or his language, caused the Ice to melt, so one of them drew from the tap some water into a tumbler and sent it with his compliments to a friend in the smoking room, describing It as Garcon Glace (literally 'iced palter'), "The porter was left in a little too long, and there was some trouble af terward. This became known as the Garcon Glace incident. "Everybody thought it funny ex cept the waiter, and he had to be paci fied." British Manicure Lady. "In English barber shops you do not have to pay for mirrors, elaborately tiled floors and a manictfte girl," writes Homer Croy in Everybody's. "Over there a manicurist Is consid ered the last vocable, in the way of smartness. The manicure girl hasn't the run of the shop as she has5 here; she lias a little cage down in one cor ner, where she Is bottled up as if she were a rare liquid. When a man wants to have any light* housework done -on his hands he thrusts one of them through the bars, while the pro prietor hurries up with a newspaper for him to read. In America we would be insulted if the owner of the shop put something into our hand to read while the manicure girl was working on us. In England the art of jolly ing the manicurist is unknown." Feminine Instincts. Woman today is a product of age long inheritances. Her special and peculiar faculties (only some of \l*hich are here discussed) have been devel oped through the activities of her sex in thousands of bygone generations. These faculties may properly be called "instincts" because they represent in herited experience. They are particularly interesting as a subject of study for the reason that they are suggestive of the history of feminine occupations since the earli est dawn of human existence on the earth. * Faith Sublime. > We wonder if there ever was a woman whose faith in her husband was so absolute that when she found the small shreds of a letter In a fem inine handwriting in his wasteba*ket she didn't try to piece them together but dismissed the matter from her mind with the reflection that of course it was a business communication.--Co lumbus (O.) Journal. May Be a Hairless Race. The hair growth on various parts of the body is regulated to perform s specific purpose. When we tamper with this growth for centuries we de velop new forms. Perhaps this is why baldness is a modern affliction, en tirety unknown in primeval periods. Eventually the human race will prob ably be denuded,of all hair. Good in Various Vegetables. Potatoes are said to improve the hair, which may account for the won derful heads of hair In Ireland. Cel ery and lettuce are aids for the nerves, and cucumbers and carrots affect tke complexion beneficially. * lis* 3*3*3*9*1* ST. PATRICK: "A stone lay deeply bedded in the clay until one of strong hand uncovered it, heaved it aloft and made it the capstone of a noble edifice." This is his description of his life. He was a centenarian wait ing for his death when he wrote it, and to his eyes the career of the Apostle of Ireland was a blend of human worthlessness made capable of lofty achievement by the call of God. It is a great man's humble estimate of his share in remaking a great nation. And it is correct as to the humble beginning, and the mighty accomplishment, and the abiding of humility in the bosom of the man who wrought so mightily. Not without reason has the nalie of St. Patrick been held in veneration through these many generations. There is nowhere a teacher whose services for learning exerted so wide an influence in a time so critical for all culture. There is nowhere a states man whose activity so completely reformed the character of any people. There is nowhere such a national hero : whose fame is sounded across fifteen centuries and can still stir emotions of ardent enthusiasm' far beyond bis nation's shores. There is nowhere t saint whose teachings are blended like his with the destinies of his nation, so that the invocation of his name can be at once the cry of patriotic devotion and the expression of religious venera tion.--Rev. T. P. McDonough. 9*9*9*9*9* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X * S X X 9 S f * & X X * $ X X X X * 5 ST * * * * I * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - -J - i [Net Contents 15FltudDnnt ALCOHOL-3 PER GEHT. \ AVe^etablcPrcparationforAs ;similatin^ the Food fry Rc^tila [ tingtheStoroachs afldBawels !s$r SJv-- T VIA NTS CHllPKEN Thereby Promoting ! 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First let our well-read correspond ent spr^ii; "I have read every author worth rending on the question and with only one desire, namely, to find out the truth, and have no more doubt on the question that he was born In Brittany than I have that he was a real live human being. English and Scotch desire to appropriate every thing and everybody worth while. Is the cause of the error in the case. For every line that can be said about his French birth one hundred are written on the British (island) side, hut such claimants have no tor Ilealy's theories. :uh1 then ask yourself if there is a shadow of the Scotch claim left. Yet we are con tinually dinned with the dogmatic assertion that "St Patrick was born in Scotland." ' ' * Oh the othep-fmnd, to quote from. Archbishop Healy of Tuain: "Philip O'Sullivan Beare, a mnn of learning and authority, declared that Patrick was born in Bretagne. He was the first writer of note who put forward that opinion, for ^an cient writer known to us ever ad vanced It." The difficulty has been to settle where exactly Bonnavem Taberniae is, which is the town Pat rick mentions la his "Confession" as his ^ome. ' Lannlgan believed In a French but npt ® Breton l)irthplace. Doctor riealy states that his view was n modification of O'Sulllvan's. - "He says that the Bonnavem Taberniae of the confession w'»s the same town as Boulogne-sur-iner, in Picardy and was the birthplace of our saint. But the confession does not state that Bonnavem Taberniae wpjs Patrick's birthplace, but that it was the place where his father had a villa from which he himself was cawled off a captive." Doctor Healy himself states: "It appeurs to us to be quite clear from the account the saint gives of him self that he was a native of the Ro ut his preface as follows: A| "I had conjectured that It should be sought near the Severn or the 4ft Bristol channel. The existence of three places named Banwen (which 9ft may represent Bannaventa) in Gla- morganshire opens a prospect that the solution may possibly lie there." The reader Is now in possession of the names of the chief authorities modern and ancient on the subject, and he may weigh O'Sullivan and a* Lannigan against Doctor Healy aud Cardinal Moran, or Colgan and A*, O'Flaherty against Keating and O'Hanlon. Or he may weigh l'rofes- A* sor Bury and Sir John Ithys against them all. Whatever the merits of the question it cannot be a dogmatic 'ussertlon on either side. But even if St. Patrick had been born in what is now called Scotland or Britain, in neither case could it be claimed that he was what is meant by either of the modern terms, "Scotchman" or "Anglo-Saxon." The word Scotus In those days meant Irishman pure and simple, and was only given to Scotland owing to the Irish colonies which undertook civilizing work on her west coast (Argyle means liter- ally Arergaedltal, the land of the Irish). As for the "Anglo-Saxon," ^ that peculiar breed had not yet left COLT DtSTEMPE-R You can prevent this loathsome disease from running through your stable and cure all the colts suffering with it when you begin the treatment. No matter how young, SPOHS'S is safe to use on any colt. It is wonderful how It prevents all distempers, no matter how colts or horse* at any agre are "exposed." All grood druggists and turf goods houses and manufacturers sell SPOHN'S at 50 cents and $1 a bottle; $5 and $10 a doxen. SPOHS MEDICAL CO., Chemist* and Baeterlolotfata, Goahen, lad., V. S. A. SOHyy DRUGGISTS PRAISE DR, KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT Customers Always Satisfied With Results the German forests. t When they came to Britain they drove the Brit- lsh Celts westward, but eventually adopted their name of Briton. It Is safe to describe St. Pal rick as 4ft a Komunixed Celt, whether he was TJ born in Irish-Scot land, Celtic Brit- 2^ ain or in Un-Franked Gaul. Wher- ever Ills upbringing, he came In Sp touch and understanding with both ^ the Itonurn Idea and Gaehlom. He was the first to realize what a splr- ltual combination they were likely to make. History has justified his «| experiment, for, today there are ^ ' more bishops In the Roman church After his book was In press he bf Gaelic blood than of any other ^ received a cominnnfcntion from Pro- branch of the human family.--From ^ fessor Hhys, which h'tl him to add the Magazine Ireland. 9* "H # H H n* & * 99 X& H 3*3* 3$ & XH H MS * 93%, critical argument on their side. It 'nuin province of Britain, and in all is all a part of the so-called "Anglo- Saxon" propaganda, and I hope that when the paper again alludes to the question, it will go into the facts of the case, which the Scotch claim ant never do. See Keating, O'Han lon, Professor Moore (Protestant). Lannlgan, Don I'hillp O'Sullivan, Father Morris, Canon Fleming, Miss Cusack, Father O'Farrell and a host of others, for the full analysis of the case. Then read the best that can be said on the Scotch side by Archbishop Healy; read Professor Bury for a complete disjiosal of Doc- probability was born on the banks of the Clyde-In Scotland." To turn now to Professor Bury. He writes as follows In his "St. Pat rick "In the absence of Any trace of a Bannaventa In north British regions, we must, I think, give deci sive weight to the general probabili ties of the case and suppose that Bannaventa was south of the Wall of Hadrian somewhere in western Britain, not far from the coast." 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You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, . telling about th£ kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. - •, v Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar aize bottles for sale at all drug stores. -fM1 Swearing Off. "Why are you So strong for pro hibition?" "Well," replied Uncle Bill Bottletop, "a country is a good deal like an In dividual. After bavin' had liqupr with out limit for a period of years, It's a mighty good tiling to go without for awhile."--Washington Star. IRISH LOVE OF EQUALITY In Some Way# it Has Tended to Pre vent a Closer Unification of the Great Race. The art and literature of the Celt naturaliy is pure, noble, moral, re fined and idealistic. Besides, his love of equality has a leveling effect, anil a tendency to uniformity of social and economic ideal*. This love of equal ity has, however, prevented a closer unification of the Irish race iu matters vital to its independence as a separ ate and distinct people. Their sensi tiveness, It must be admitted. Is the real reason why, notwithstanding their acknowledged valor, they lost their in dependence ; and mainly because of this natural Instinct, they cannot and never could accept conquerors or. mas ters with that humility thajt would have lulled suspicion and created a new starting point for a successful, dash and break for independence. This sensitiveness absolutely prevents forgetfulness, and the hatred engen dered by centuries of persecution can not be dulled or dispeHed by promises QUAINT BELIEFS IN IRELAND Leprechaun and Banshee Have Been ftecognized "Institutions" of Em erald Isle for Centuries. • The two preternatural beings most spoken about in*Ireland are the lepre chaun and the banshee. The lepre chaun Is only the artisan of the fairies. But he knows where their crock8 of gold are hidden. He Is a very little fellow, and he Is always en gaged in his trade of shoemaking. If you are near a "rath" or an old castle you may hear the sound of his ham mering. If you discover the felloW, draw close to hifri without making a Bound that would betray you. If you are lucky you may be able to take him in your grasp. Then ask him where those crocks of gold are hid den. Insist upon Ills telling you. und do not let jour mind be dissipated by bla excuses. But in the end he will cheat yoc. He will say or do some thing that will distract your attention, and when you look again the lepirtne Ybaun will have disappeared. madeJRn extremes. You may clothe the Irish in rags, as Curran said, but they will not wear chains. Lucky Four-Leaf Clover. It Is difficult to say what was the original shamrock, trefoil or Herb Trinity. The leaf now recognized as the national emblem is that of the white clover, but the name shamrock is generic and Is applied also to the purple clover, the speedwell, the pim pernel and to the wood sorrel. The clover of two or four leaves was held sacred In....the festivals of the Greeks. The one of four leaves, when carried about, is supposed to Irsure success at play and confer the |A»wer of detecting evil spirits. The lover may put It under his pillow Und he will dream of his beloved, or th« maid en may slip It into her sweetheart's shoe without his knowledge and It will Insure his safe return from any Jodrnev. It may he employed to pre vent the wearer's, being drawn Into military service. Is said to be a cure for lunacy, and Is still, among the Irish,, regarded as magical, even sacred. Snukes dislike It exceedingly aud will not remain where it is growing. Famous Invocation. Following is an invocation to the Shamrock- of Luck, common in parts of Ireland and the Isles: " i Thou shamrock of good omena. Beneath the bank growing, Whereon stood gracious Mary, The Mother of Qod. The seven juys are, Without evil traces, On thee, peerless one. Of the sunbeams-* Joy of health, Joy of friertda, Joy of kin, Joy of sheep, Joy of sons • And daughters fair, Joy of peace, * Joy of God. The four leaves of the Straight stem. Of the straight stem from the root or thb hundred rootlets, Thou shamrock of promise on Mary's Day Bounty and blessing thou-art at all times. Always of Lofty Ideala. The Celt undoubtedly was the most purely moral and religious of all the barbaric races, and this necessarily grew out of his lofty Ideals and lively ImQglnatlon, which demanded pleas ures of mind rather than thought of future food and raiment. This made for Improvidence, but who will say the gain is uot greater than the loss? IRISH JUNE Will you listen to the laugh of It Guyhing from the fiddle; More'f the fun of half of it - Than e'en an Irish riddle. Sure, it's not a fiddler's bow That's making sport so merry; h's just • the fairies laughing so--* I heard them oft in Kerry. Will you listen to the step if it Faith, that tune's a daisy; Just the very leap of it Would make the feet unaisy. Hold your tonguep, ye noisy rcgue* And stop your giddy prancing; It's me can hear the weshee brogues Of Irish fairies dancing. Will you listen 10 the tune of it Sweeter than the honey, I'd rather hear the croon of It Than get a miser's money. Sure, my son, it makes me cry-- But don't play with any other," May God be with the days gotie bj& 1 it with your mother. I' Rt*. Hugh F. Blunt InIrith WtU. DRIVEN FROM THEIR COUNTRY With the Fingers! Says Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn can shortly be lifted right out with the fingers if you will apply on the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. At little cost one can get a small bot tle of freezone at any drug store, which will positively rid one's feet of every corn or callus without patn or sore ness or the danger of infection. This new drug is an ether compound, and dries the moment It is applied and | does not inflame or even irritate the • surrounding skin. Just think! You J can lift off your corns and calluses now without a bit of pain or soreness. If your druggist hasn't freezone he can easily get a small bottle for you from his wholesale drug house.--adv. She Knew Him. "One night while you were away 1 heard a burglar. You should have seen me going downstairs three steps at a time." Wife (who know* him)--Where was he, on the roof? Not Always. Doctor (examining recruit)--And you always stutter like thatf Recmit -- No-n-no, sir. Onlf* i w-w-when T t-talk. Invented by How. ; The first complete sewing machines was patented by Ellas Howe, Jr., Ufc- 1846. Grippy this. weather box of-- ... . > «.. • - •• •- • •:* CASCARADjuinihe The old family remedy--In tablet form--safe, sure, easy to take, rte opiates--no unpleasant after effectk Curs colds in 24 hours--Grip in 3 days Money back if it fails. 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The treaty of Limerick was signed October 3, 1691, but despite the protests of King William, who was apparently a brave soldier and an able statesman, the treaty was soon Ignored as a mere scrap of paper. The odious, barbarous, prescriptive legislation known as the penal code was LU full swing shortly after 1700. and large contingents, rep resenting the flower of Irish manhood and chivalry, began to|fly to the Con- and®lh< America. These unhappy children of tlnent of Europe ie shores of Io. maddened by tl)FE English gadfly, fled Into all lands, carrying wiffi them A memory that enabled them to recog nize the gadfly wherever encountered, and a spirit that prompted them TO swat it remorselessy whenever if crossed their path* Canada Offers 160 Acc^| Free to Farm Hands ! 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