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ppplpfl m- % 1 r«; • -N kg .'. THE MefifiCNBY FlAIJfDEALER, McAENBT, ILL. Ksl;*&;¥ Y. ̂ * W. * tftl'/.' W . L . D O U G L A S 'THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS 8HAPS" Beat Known Shoe® in 96 $7 a Douglas dealers. theWorld on the bot* S3 $3.80 $4 $4.50 $0 Save Money by Wearing W. •hoes. For sale by The ~ WA L. Douglas name and the retail price ** torn of all shoes «t the booty. The v*lue is guaranteed *nd the wearer protected against high prices foe inferior shoes. The retail prices are the ™-- everywhere. They cost no snore in San Francisco than they do in New Yfldc. They are always worth the price paid for them. ' I "he quality of#. L Douglas product is giurwttal by more than 40 yean eipcrience in malring fine shoe. The smart styles ate the leaders in the Fashion Centres of America. Tney are made in a wefl-eauipped factory at Brockton, Mass. by the highest paid, datkd shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all waiting with an hooest determination to make the beat shoes fat the price that money can buy. Ask yonr alio* dealer for W. I» Donglu shoes. If he «sn $8 p^l^gon with the .hind you want, take no other rshoes of the return mall, poitsg* free. for Intereetins booklet explslnini ehoos of tho highest (teadsrd M explaining how to quality for tne price, LOOK FOR W. L. Dough* asms and tho retail pries ttampsd on As bottom. I4&!bri.<a£*4 PfMldant UW.t. Boys* Shoo* tat In tin World $3,00 $2.50 moo President ° W. h. T)ocglae Shoe Co., 186 Spark St., Brockton. 1 You Take No Chances in Buying a Saxon Yon may boy a Saxon believing it to be the best car in its class and you will get what you psy for. You may look for longer service, better per­ formance and lower up-keep bills from your Saxon than from any other car of like priest And you will not be disappointed. If there was any doubt that Saxon cars are the best in their respective divisions it has long since disappeared. And the proof of this yon wiS find, s thousand­ fold over, in the records of Saxon owners-- and in the opinion of motor-car buyers in general. Saxon cars have definitely estab­ lished their superiority in every phase of motor car performance. And just as surely and decisively as they have proved themselves abler acting ours, have they proved themselves cheaper cars to keep up. To build cars of such quality and such value clearly reflects the strength and soundness and ability of the Saxon organization. Saxon Motor Car Corporation Detroit, Michigan There is still some good territory opsn for Saxon Dealers. For information yoa should apply to Saxon Automobile Company of IU. Chicago, 111. Ml Raise High Priced Wheat on Fertile Canadian Soil Canada extends to you a hearty invita­ tion to settle on her FREE Homestead lands of 160 acres each or secure same of the low priced lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. This year wheat is higher but Canadian land just ss cheap, so the opportunity is more at* tractive than ever. Canada wants you to help feed the world by tilling some of her fertile soil--land similar to that which during many years has averaged 20 to 45 bushels of wheat to the acre. Think of the money you can make With wheat around $2 a bushel and land so easy to get. Wonderful yields also of Oats, Barley and Flax. Mixed farming In Western Canada is is profitable an indvstry as grain growing. Hie Government rtrie year is erirtng fanner* to potto- creased acreage into grain. There is a great demand lor farm labor to replace the many young men who have volunteered for service. The climate is healthful and agreeable, railway facilities excellent, good schools and churches convenient. Write for literature as to reduced railway rates to Supt. of Immigration. Ottawa, Can., or to % cbtt J. BratKtlitott. Room 412. 112 W. Adams . Chicago, lit.; M. V. Machines, 17# Jaff--••••» AvaoM, Dfboit Miek Canadian Government Agents To Dynamite a Stream. The editor of a Jersey newspaper, a thorough sportsman, is sa|d to have received this query from a reader: "Please advise me how to dynamite a stream." The newspaper man sent thsfollow- tng advice: "Four sticks of dynamite are suffi­ cient. Tie them securely around your neck, attach fuse, light it and run as fast as you can away from the water to avoid injuring the other snakes and reptiles."--All Outdoors. Blow your own horn, but blow It with discrimination. Broad things may be cat from other people's leather. DAISY FLY O plsoed swywhois, attracts and kills all fltes. conveniaalt Mads a* metal, eaa't ^ill [ or tip ovar; will not soQ r injure any thing. Gaai* [ anteed effaetiva. Sold bf I dealers, or 6 sent by as* press prepaid lor |UNi ijMMHLB sowsas. ISO BZ MLS AVS.. SROefS-YM, K.V, fAUTO POWER TRACTOR "i Mr. Tuawr:-WtT not combine labor MTbif, trntai •ffdencT and prodoetlTeness -- meanina larger pro St* sod >»»"* aeeonnt? By owning one or rs yon can plow, bar kite of fans /<>ar <i5«?r Tractor rtoED 17 antomobi 1® In I me to take off. Ootna but <1X6.00 oompiei Trac ingoi •low, barrowi cultivate, har-~ i labor. Attached to n ID minutes and less 0 complete. Po.lt! t« guarantee for one raar with every Tractor. Writ* flOW for full parti en Ian. We will consider ap- - jdbointiBga few mora agencies. ,£^LCCS AUTO POVXS* TRACTOR CO. Liberty Street Mew York City Amateur Gardening. "Planted anything in your garden yet?" "Both rubbers, two pencils and a fountain pen." , SOFT, CLEAR SKINS Made So by Daily Use of Cutjcura Soap and Ofntrpent--Trial Free. The last thing at night and the first in the morning, bathe the face freely with Cuticura Soap and hot water. 11 there are pimples or dandruff smear them with Cuticura Ointment before*' bathing. Nothing better than Cuticura for daily toilet preparations. Free sample each by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, s Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. English as She Is Spoke. "That was a great send-off they gave Jabbs." "Yes, if there Is no come-back to Hjir Pies are Just as good today as were those made when we were children The change is In the eaters. jfe*' c\v I W. N. U, CHICAGO, NO. 21-1*17. llla. 11.. - 1 iMairfa! Msrlie Is for Tlrttf Ejeli I M0V1SS Red Eyes --Sore Eye. = Granulated Byellds. Bests-- = --Be* to re*. Marine 1* a Favorite S • and smart. -loving care -: -- - i regularity. = i cMEFMinai. T« CUNT an an msi i ; Sold at Drag and Optical Stores or by MalL = [ Ask Swiss tr» Rasa* Cs.aHMgs.tw Eras took § iiuiiaiiiuui luuMMHiaiiiiiiiwiesiMimiMiiniutmJ V 4 ' 1 v.. .Wf'Y* L** . k: -r- . ,.k. Difficulty of Securing High Boots Probably Will Affect Lengfjt ] of Skirts. PARIS ABANDONS N^ROW TOE American Women Said to Be Last In Civilized World to Cling to Pinched Vamp and Exag­ gerated French Heel. New York.--The fashion in shoes has been unusually Important for three years, but now It hgs taken on renewed vigor. Women and manufac­ turers are vitally concerned' with what to wear, and how high or, low it, should be. ', The recent shipment of shark's skins to this country to supply the deficiency In leather is interesting. The manu­ facturers say that the. effect of shoes made out of the man-eaters that threatened and frightened us on the New Jersey coast last summer will be good and that women will not com­ plain that leather is no longer to be easily had, because they, will be satis- fled with the new things. Cloth is also being substituted. Can­ vas is readily used with a bit of leath­ er in the way of strapping as a sop to an bid tradition that shoes must be of certain hides. Brocade, silk, tussah, •wtton are all called to the colors to serve the country In time of need. Leather shoes are mounting, in price, naturally, and yet, there is no disposi­ tion on the part of the manufacturers to make any other kind of shoes at a low price. All labor is too high for any material reduction to be possible. The difficulty is to get worker and leather, and dire prophecies are made concerning both If the war continues well into the future. The French lengthened their skirts for spring and summer to meet the difficulty of procuring high boots, they said, and, therefore, the American woman is considering well the ques­ tions which are put before her by the shoemakers and the dressmakers. The Shoe and the Skirt. There is no separating the two UN sues, it would seem, for a woman who has been used to wearing the very short skirt will certainly be hampered If sfie can no longer find the shoes to meet the situation. If%the substitu­ tion of other materials than leather does not meet with her approval, and she thinks the new kind are ugly, then she will lengthen her frocks and be In the first fashion. As so many questions were asked concerning the situation, and as it was evident that Paris was the source of both fashions, that is, the leinrtln-iu'd ft/ $ This is an attractive morning frock of voile. The color is chestnut, the •kirt is plain, and the bodice is em­ broidered in small flowers. The belt Is of blue velvet ribbon. gown and the new types of shoes, I sent there for the best information to be had, so that women who read could make up their minds as to their iwn course through expert knowledge. No matter how good our workman­ ship in shoes in this country, we may have to go to France for ideas, Just as in other days France came to us for the short vamp, the Cuban heel, the reliable sole, the lacing in front. And today France and the United States are working together to meet the situation created bjr the deficiency of shoe materials, and French skill has created some excellent results. Our long medieval vamp, with Its consequent lengthening of the foot and the curious pinching effect at the toes, is roundly rejected by Paris for the sensible reason that her women are walking now, as they have no car­ riages or automobiles. „ France claims that the pinched vamp is hot for the pedestrian, and she gnve up the style that she indulged in for so long and at which Americans laughed; now our American women are the only ones on the civilized parts of the planet who indulge in the medieval toe balanced on an exag­ gerated French heel. What Paris Is doing today and how she has met the difficulties presented is clearly and interestingly told in the story which follows : The last installment of American shoes for spritig arrived during the winter, and the French article cut after the latest throb of the American market is now being placed in the win­ dows here. ' -- Long Vamp Disappears. It is faithful In all main points to Its model, but the long v;u;:p so loved In this house gown of blue and sil­ ver the satin skirt is draped with chif­ fon, with yoke and bodice of silver and blue stripes beaten flat. Belt of violet velvet. Sleeves of blue chiffon. In France up to a dozen years ago has disappeared, probably forever, for French women, always wide awake to anything that heightens or detracts from their good joints, have learned that the long vamp not only 'adds' inches to the foot, but is uncomfort­ able unless the shoe be two sizes too large. Every American model that came to Paris a year ago showed the ex­ tremely long, narrow shoe, but Paris bootmakers shortened the vamp when copying it for their trade. The shoe that is a la mode today and will be for the summer Is the half-short vamp with arch under the foot, and the Cu ban heel. If a boot, then it will be the black with colored top bordered In the patent leather around the lacings at the top, and the seam at the hack will be covered. The top part is of cloth or covert, and the color beige, gray or white. If the shoe is low, It wiil be of the new kind of patent leather with a long tongue that extends above the instep and posed over the toes will lie a wide black buckle--steel„ If for after noon, imitation black enamel If for morning. For evening the smartest thing Is the strapped yellow slipper of brocad ed silk (generally yelldw and white) or else the slipper is laced across with ribbons, then wound about the leg above the ankle, filet fashion. Paris Gives Up Buttons. It took Parisiennes a long time to give up their dearly beloved buttoned shoe, but once relinquished they have taken to the laced article with en­ thusiasm. For elegance they admit the buttoned model Is the best, but the other article now appears so feminine to them that it Is sure to remain. The delicate shades of gray, pink, biscuit and beige for low shoes ap­ pear in the windows. The beige and gray will sell well because of their harmonizing tone. The tan and rus- sel, too, look very encouraging, and women will be investing in this shoe on the first bright day. With the russet and tan the heel is Cuban, and the newest low shoe is rather high over the instep and laced. The tie variety does not appear jto be fashionable, though there are many women who prefer narrow ribbon to laces in their shoes. All leather is varnished and suggests patent leather, though in many cuses this is due to the finish. Gun metal has never taken here, probably because it is hard to keep clean in the constant rain and slush. (Copyright. 1917, the McClure Newspa­ per rate.) CLEAN FURS WITH SAWDUST It is not easy to keep white furs white in summer and one does not like to go to the expense of having them cleaned in mldseason. A perfectly harmless way of cleaning the furs yourself is by means of sawdust. Secure sawdust that Is made from as porous woods as possible. However, any clean sawdust will do. Have plenty of it and rub it thoroughly into the fur, allowing It to remain on for eight hours at a time so as to absorb any grease that may possibly have got on the furs. When the saw­ dust has been well worked into the fur and allowed to remain there some time shake the fur in the open until It is out. Corneal is also ef­ fective. but the nnwdust is cheaper, and this Is a consideration when one has to use it frequently. Of course the sawdust or Cornnieal should be used but once as It comes away carrying dust and soil. Furriers frequently use hot sand to clean furs, and this Is very good, too. For the girl at the seashore it would "be ah excellent idea to get a quantity of pure, clean sand for this purpose. , Matching Costume. One of the most recent fads has to do with the shoe and spats made of material to match the sports skirts. This means that khaki and similar fab­ rics have been put to novel use. The first impression is that this fad will not be of long duration because the figured fabric tends to make the foot appear freakish and to increase Its apparent size. It is likely that the majority of women will adhere to the plain spat, even though its color m*v contrast with that'of the pump. Muslin In Can*Jy Stripes. Candy-striped muslin in pink and white, yellow and white and red and white, is used for one-piece frocks for country wear. They are trimmed with borders»of die solid color or with Irish or filet lace. CMMS mil Increased by About Sixty Psr Cer.t in Past Six Months. That Canada is at war Is now more fully appreciated on this side of the boundary line, now that the United States has stepped alongside Its north­ ern neighbor and linked hands in the great struggle for a freer democracy throughout the civilized world. As a result of this a greater interest tliata ever is seen In the mutual effort to develop both the United States and Canada. Recently, Just before the time that the United States declared Its Intention to enter the contest and contribute of Its resources to the de­ feat of the autocracy, whose design was to permeate the world, Western Canada made an appeal for farm Idbor to tm the fields and prepare the soil for the crops of grain that were nec­ essary to feed the fighting forces and keep up the requirements necessary for the Allies. The responses were so great that before half the time limit expired, over six thousand laborers were secured. This was not sufficient, but once, the United States was de­ clared to be in a condition of war, and farm labor required here to meet any exigency as to short rations that might arise, the sister to the north, withdrew from attempts, which might mean a restriction of the farm labor supply in the United States. But even with this it Is thought Canada will now be fairly well supplied. Apart, however, from the farm labor proposition, it is gratifying from both a United States and Canadian point of view that the Immigration of farmers to take up homestead lands and to pur­ chase Improved and unimproved land in Canada, has shown such a wonder­ ful Increase In the past three months. The great struggle for Increasing the food supply has a broader and greater significance than ever. The food must come into existence, whether the rich soils of the United States or those of Canada be the factor. It is altogether probable that the ac­ tion of the Canadian Government In taking the duty off wheat going into Canada, thus automatically lifting the duty off that coming Into the United States, may not be responsible for an Increased immigration to Canada. Can­ ada's reputation for growing larger av­ erage yields and a better quality of grain, and on lands, many of which are free, as well as those that range from $15 to $35 an acre. Is an appeal that Is being responded to by farmers who are now renting high-priced lands, is another reason for expecting an In­ creasing number of farmers from the United States. Mr. W. D. Scott, Superintendent of Immigration at Ottawa, Canada, re­ cently gave out figures concerning Im­ migration from the United States, which shows that the increase in the past three or four months was 60 per cent over the same period last year, and Mr. Scott forecasts that during the calendar year of 1917 there will be over one hundred per cent Increase and be much heavier than for many years past. Mr. Scott declares that already this spring more settlers' ef­ fects have entered Canada than crossed during the whole of last year, and the movement has just' merely started. The new settlers are coming from numerous states through the ports of Emerson, North Portal and Coutts, as well as from Oregon and Washington, through Klngsgate and Vancouver. There arrived in Saskatchewan dur­ ing the year ending December 31, 1916, a total of 8,136 persons as compared with 5,812 during the twelve months previous. At the same tiine nearly twice as many immigrants passed through the Immigration department at Edmonton, Alberta, in the last twelve months as for the same period of the year before. The number of settlers from Eastern Canada migrating to the west also in­ creased. From January 1 to March 81, 1917, the number of cars of stock that passed through tfie Winnipeg yards was 750, as compared with 361 last year. A fair estimate of the value of each car would be about $2,000, which means that the west has secured addi­ tional live stock to the value of $150,- 000 or more, during the first three months of 1917, not taking Into account that bought in by Immigrants from the United States.--Advertisement. What He Could Do. _ ^ *** want to serve my country." said the loud-voiced man in the street car. "But I'm too old to carry a irun." "So?" ! u\ es," he continued. "The way they run things down there at Washington nowadays there's no chance for a man like me. I could be mighty valuable to them If they'd only take me." Til tell you how you can serve your country if you really want to," said a meek little man. "All right. Tell me what to do and rn do it." "Just keep your mouth shut." GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER has been the most successful family remedy for the last fifty-one years for biliousness and stomach troubles, to which the American people are addict­ ed, causing sick headache, nervous in­ digestion, sour stomach, coming up of food and a general physical depression. 25 and 75c.--Adv. YES! LIRA CORN _ OFF WITHOUT PAIN I An Effective Pica. "What do you mean by begging from door to door when your country needs such husky fellows as you?" asked the patriotic person. Indignantly. "I've walked sixty miles te en­ list, guv'nor," answered the tramp. "Dls is de las' lap of the journey, an' I t'ought under de circumstances you wouldn't mind glvfn' me a handout." "Certainly not. Step around to the kitchen and I'll have the cook fix yon up a good breakfast." f Exodus of Genesis. - •: She-^-Don't you just love to think of Eden and our first parents? He--Oh. I don't know. You see. mine got divorced so often that I can't remember which were the first.-- Judge. Cincinnati man tells how to dry up a corn or callus so it lifts off with fingers. You corn-pestered men and women need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you before, says this Cincinnati authority, because a tew drops of freezone applied directly on a tender, aching corn or callus, stops soreness at once and soon the corn or hardened callus loosens so It can be ; lifted off, root and all, without pain. I A small bottle of freezone costs very ; little at any drug store, but will port* | tively take off every hard or soft com ! or callus. This should be tried, aa it is inexpensive and is said not to irrt» tate the surrounding skin. If your druggist hasn't any freezons tell him to get a small bottle for yott from his wholesale drug house.--ada« Present Times, ^ . ? Willis--Bu'mp is going to ^eaa: a .bunch of monev this year." ? " ' 4 Gillis--How so? ' Willis--He }s going to tear dowa that eighteen-story building that ha owns. ' Gillis--Ami erect a higher one? Willis--Oh, ho. Phmt the site Witit onions and potatoes.--Town Topics. L ~ Itlsn't always safe to keep knock­ ing merely because the victim does not strike back. *j 'M. M 'Jm . ,* I f - s(f'* +& Necessity is the mother of some 1» ventions, but the majority of them are orphnns. Middle >iae N Many distressing Ailmenl by them are Alleviated by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. '. ,rV It' Here is Proof by Women who Know. Lowell, Mass.--"For the last three years I has* been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad feelings common at that time. I was in a very ner­ vous condition, with headaches and pain a good deal of the time so I was unfit to do my work. A friend asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta­ ble Compound, which I did, and it has helped me In every way. I am not nearly so nervous, no head­ ache or pain. I must say that Lydia E. Pinkhanrfs Vegetable Compound is tlie best remedy any sick woman can take."--Mrs. MAKQABST QUINK, Rear 259 Worthen St., Lowell, Mass. • .-.-V She Tells Her Friends to Take Lydia E. Pinkham's North Haven, Conn.--"When I was 45 I had the Change of lib which is a trouble all women have. At first it didn't bother ma but after a while I got bearing down pains. I called in doctors who , told me to try different things but they did not cure my pains. One day my husband came home and said, ' Why don't you try Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash?' Well, I got ' them and took about 10 bottles of Vegetable Compound and could feel myself regaining my health. I also used Lydia E. Pinkhanrt Sanative Wash and it has done me a great deal of good. Any one coming to my house who suffers from female troubles or Change of Life, I tell them to take the Pinkham remedies. There are about 90 of us here who think the world of them.**--Mrs. Ftioaasron Box 107, North Haven, Conn. You are Invited to Write for Free Advice* life other medicine lias been so successful In relieving womaaftB suffering- as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women may receive free and helpf ul ad vice by writing- the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co^ Lynn, Mass. Such letters are roceived mill answed by women only and held in strict confidence. l •ilh-S. : SoH/v Puts a ... Stop to all Distemper CURES THE SICK And prevents others having: the disease no matter how exposed. BS eents nnd $1 a feottle, S5 ud flS a ImS Settle*. All good druggists and turf goods houses. SPOHM MKOICAL CO., . ClNMlate sad BaeteHologiiti, Goalies, M, V. S» Mm • • Jet Contents ISFluid Pi C h i l d r e n C r y F o r t sinulatin$lhefood l. I TINGTHESLNAACTOMRIBAWELS^ I M A N T S ( H I L U R h N Thereby Promoting Cheerfulness Mid neither Opium, Morphine n* ! Mineral. NOTINAHCOTIC AtxSrmm- &B. a* /href A helpful Constipation and Dtarrlw** and Feverishrwssmd , Loss or SLEEP wHudtink ihgreftoa-ttW'P facsimile Tug GnrrADH GOKPANE. NEW TTORKj; What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use lor the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giviag healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea--The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYSi I Bears the Signature of M (> ino n Exact Copy of Wrsppcr. In Use For Over 30 Years fu| 1 S 1 » • '"•/ * - - * • - * p. k : The Kind You Have Always Bought THI C K NTAUfft COM PANY. N*« YOUK OltY, % '••• -II €s r„.. -ik.:i