River Falls journal. [volume], October 23, 1902, Image 6

About River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019

Image provided by: Wisconsin Historical Society

                
I^SlsiK&f
THE FOLKS AT HOME.
The . oiks- at home believe in me,
The faithful folks at home.
They boast of what I’m going- to be
To other folks at home;
And' father says to l/ncle Cy
That he would like to bet
I’ll be a great man by and by,
And folks shall see it yet.
He knows full well that I’ll not shame
The honest folks at home,
Nor will forget the good old) name
Of all our folks at home;
For father says he’s understood
And said so at the store.
When he went down to sell some wood,
That now’days boys need more.
My father’s grar.’dad. marched away,
Left all his folks at home.
And footed forty miles or.e day
With other folks from home.
Then in the fight on Bunker Hill
Fought bravely, it is said,
And at the finish lay there still,
Face to the front, stone dead.
Godibe my help! I’ll nor. forget
The loving folks at home,
Nor cause them shame nor keen regret.
The dear old folks at home.
God grant mo strength, and wit, and will
To do the best I can,
As gran’dad did at Bunker Hill,
To live and die a man.
—Herbert C. Thorndike, In Boston Tran
script.
f f
l ppom a Dog’s l
Notebook :
i
♦ By JVL D’fIRCY WETMORE.
IlfEAIt it is quite the custom' in
these days for the great and
well-beloved to occasionally chron
icle their lives, and as I have rather
an extensive acquaintance both
among people and those of my own
kind, I have concluded that a brief
account of myself and my doings
might be gladly welcomed by the
public.
My name, “The Angel Dog,” was
not given me, I am led to believe, in
early infancy, but only added in later
years by my owner, who in many re
spects is rather a clever woman,
witli much taste and discrimination
on a few subjects. Alas! though, she
shows weakness in some strains, such
us her love for cats, fine clothing,
and the attention and admiration of
young men, too, that I most hate,
and whenever they call I go on
awfully barking at them, and nip
ping their shoes to such an extent
that I have succeeded in driving some
of them away entirely. But these
soft spots in her are fortunately re
deemed by a just appreciation of my
own race, whom she often classes
under the general term of “Angel.”
Although American born, I am of
Scotch and Skye extraction, and am
therefore very beautiful. This I
know to be a fact, for my mistress
has told me as often as a hundred
times in one day. I have heard
spiteful people, however, remark
that my waist line is too big for my
short legs, and that my tail is too
abbreviated for beauty. But my
eyes are unmistakably handsome, my
bangs are soft and silky, of a bluish
gray and my stout body is covered
with blackish hair. My paws are
yellow, and large, and are. considered
by my owner as particularly attrac
tive, for when I give her one, she
overwhelms me with pet names. I
have rather a nice appetite, dainty,
perchance, like all gentlemen of my
breed, blit I often condescend to
take scraps, and when I feel badly
I resort to primitive medicine such
as grass and gutter water. I live
in a pretty good sort of house and
have two or three maids, as well
us my mistress, to wait on me. The
bouse is not much for style, I am
told, but it has some good points;
n number of soft chairs and sofas,
\vith their covers much worn, which
can be easily torn and scratched up
When so desired. The beds, too, are
Squashy and available, and when I
feel playful it is great fun to jump
Upon them and tear off the foolish
ruffle)! on something they call
“shams.” It makes the maids angry,
but my mistress seems to think it a
big joke, and laughs and kisses me and
says: “The poor Angel Dog, did he
amuse himself pulling things to
pieces?”
One thing I do not think consistent,
[however, with my mistress’ usually
kind heart, for every now and then she
declares that her “little boy” (another
foolish name she has for me), is very
dirty, and then the maid chucks me
into the tub, and lathers me with soap
and brushes and scrubs me until I feel
like a miserable sinner. Often she em
barrasses me by having the eats around
at the time, and even if they do enjoy
the high sounding names of “King,”
“Queen,” “President” and “Prince,” I
»w sure that they are not only my in
feriors in race, behavior and breeding,
but in morals, for they unhesitatingly
take everything they can get hold of
to eat. and often, alas! shall I say it,"
stay out at night with their friends,
whereas I sleep the sleep of the just,
end the overfed, on the bed of my fav
orite maid, a pretty little German girl.
My life is pleasant, though a simple
one. I get up quite late and when I come
down I run out for my morning walk;
n few nice, but common, dogs, come up
politely and speak to me, though my
mistress mortifies me greatly by cali-
Modest Conclusion.
%Tones —What is Newlywed Bigg-
Led;) looking so glum about?
SmPh —Why, the gypsy fortune
teller just told his wife that she
would have two husbands, and that
the second one would be a very fine
sort of a man.
Jorjes—Ha, ha! And Bigghedd
thinks: that is a reflection on him, I
suppose?
Smith—Oh, no! He thinks his wife
must have been married before, and
never'told him.—Tit-Bits.
I'p to Emperor William.
If Emperor William wishes to keep
■up with the procession, says the Chi
cago Record-Herald, he will have to
be operated on.
ing from her window: “Angel Dog,
don’t look at those low, forlorn ani
mals.” I, of course, take no notice, and
go off as fast as I can around the cor
ner with a fat, good-natured pug whom
I rather affect. Then, after a late
breakfast of griddle cakes and milk I
take a long nap and every afternoon
my mistress and I go out for a ramble.
Now, having told thus far, I want to
say what I have done recently to heip
her, and how I have more than repaid
her for any kindness she may have be
stowed upon me.
Nearly every day we would meet a
| a very silly little fox terrier, who was
wild and playful, and although my
mistress wanted to insist that 1 would
walk by her side, and pay no attention
to him, I, as usual, took my own way,
and as it was useless for her to remon
strate she got in the habit of allow
ing the terrier, as long as she could
not help it, to accompany us on our
walks. The terrier, I soon observed,
had not much sense and knew nothing
of life, not even his age, still I saw that
he was of a good family, for he wore a
pretty collar, and had a clean, well
groomed appearance generally. He
told me that his master was a gentle
man who went to something he called
a “club.” He said he thought that
there must be good eating there, for
when he came home late in the night,
he was jolly and kind, yet he never
offered to take him along, nor did he
care to walk with him. One afternoon,
however, I saw my young friend ac
companied by a rather good looking
man, just the style my mistress would
like, for he dressed well, had a smooth
face, and looked bright and silly. Now
I said to myself, I will have the terrier
in peace, and we can go cat hunting
and scratching up the flowers in the
beds on the squares, unmolested, if
my mistress only hus her attention, for
the time being, diverted from her
“Angel Dog.”
At first, though, our owners took no
notice apparently of each other, but
insisted that we should separate, and
they each called us off continually, but
we, of course, were deaf to their sug
gestions to part, and the terrier con
fided in me, that he too never minded,
though when it meant a whipping, and
as I never was even slapped, only
kissed as punishment, I did not pre
tend to obey, and so we trotted off to
gether. When I looked back later, sure
enough, my mistress was walking by
the terrier’s master, and talking to
beat the band. I knew just what she
was saying without the trouble of
listening. She was just telling him
how valuable I was (just as if he had
no eyes to see for himself) and what a
comfort I was, and she was asking him
if he thought that his dog could pos
sibly hurt me, as if I wouldi allow such
a thing for an instant. Then she fol
lowed up these remarks with a his
tory of the cats. Now why she will
thrust these animals into society I do
not know. He seemed amused. “How
curious men are,” I said to the terrier,
“they laugh at whatever my mistress
THE POOR “ANGEL.” DOG.
says,” but the terrier was not analyt
ical, and only asked what I would have
for supper when I got back, and when
I told him caramels and sugar cakeslie
seemed scornful. Then she went on
to tell the terrier’s master where she
lived, and who she was, and where she
was going, and who she liked, and who
she disliked, and a lot of things, before
he could say a word.
The next afternoon, however, as we
walked in the same direction, and just
at the same point, the tender came
along and whispered to me: “I have
him out again. Corte on, I know where
there is a dead rat; we will have some
sport, and they won’t bother about
us.” The terrier showed more dis
crimination, I thought, for sure
enough my mistress smiled amiably as
the terrier’s master joined her and
soon they took precious little notice
of us.
Time has run on. I do not know
just how many afternoons we four
walked together, but at last my mis
tress told me something she called a
“secret.” She says that she and I are
going to live in the same house with
the terrier and his master, and that he
has promised to love the “angel dog”
just as imich as he does her. How fool
ish to tell me that. Of course he will
and she has asked me if I mdnded? I
said promptly*: “Will the German girl
go?” and she understanding m - barks
and looks, declared that she would
surely* take her little maid with her. So
the question is settled, for the terrier
toldme to-day that they will have some
thing they spoke of as a wedding, and
lots of cakes and- goodies; then we can
all live in one house instead of two,
and he and I can always play together.
He says, too, that his master declares
that he and. I made the “match,” what
ever that may mean. Perhaps some
of m - readers ma3* know.—N. 0. Times-
Democrat
An Intelligent Answer.
“Here’s a young girl who writes to
ask if it’s perfectly- proper to serve five
o'clock tea in n:ouselline de soie,” said
the reporter, who was acting for the
editor of the Woman’s Page, who was
on her vacation. “What would jov
say?”
“Tell her ‘sure,’ ” replied the sport
ing editor, “that’s just as good as an
other brand of china.”—Philadelphia
Press.
Business Expansion.
The Missouri clergyman who has a
scheme to merge five churches, says
the Montana Record, is entitled to be
called a theological captain of indus
try.
The human skeleton, exclusive ol
teeth, consists of 208 bones.
HOUSEHOLD TALKS.
Dainty Dishes That Are Delijililfnl
on a Hos Day —May Be Made at
Any Time of the Day.
A housekeeper suggests the follow
ing dishes for a cold luncheon on a hot
clay, says the New York Tribune.
With such a bill of fare the meal may
be prepared long before the guests ar
rive: Sandwiches spread with
chopped meat, veal loaf, deviled egg s,
vegetable salad, cottage cheese, gela
tin with cream, custard or ice cream
and angel cake. Olives and radishes
may accompany both courses.
Maple fudge is liked better by many
persons than chocolate. Put into a
saucepan one-half cupful of granulated
sugar, iy 2 cupfuls of scraped maple
sugar and a cupful of milk. When the
sugar’s melted and the mixture hot add
two tablespoonfuls of butter and boil
for 20 minutes. When it hardens in
cold water, it is done. Upon removing
it from the fire add a teaspoonful of
vanilla. Begin to beat as soon as it
comes from the fire. When it shows
signs of granulation turn into but
tered, shallow tins, and when cool
enough mark into squares. Two table
spoonfuls of grated cocoanut and a
cupful of walnut or hickorynuts may
be added, if they are wanted, with the
vanilla.
Mint bags for the linen closet are
liked by some persons. Put into little
silk bags a mixture made of a pound
of dried lavender, an ounce of thyme,
an ounce of mint, an ounce of ground
cloves and caraway seeds and a table
spoonful of "dry salt.
A woman who has tried it avers that
a watermelon may- be kept for any
length of time by varnishing its en
tire surface, leaving no spot untouched
and open to the air.
Panned tomatoes are an excellent
accompaniment for a roast of lamb or
veal. Peel and cut in two six plump
tomatoes. Put them in a pan with a
tablespocfnful of melted butter, and
cook slowly on top of the stove for ten
minutes. Then brown in the oven.
Arrange the tomatoes on a hot plate
and serve with a sauce made in the
pan in which they cooked. For the
sauce put another tablespoonful of
butter into the pan, and when it has
melted cook in it for four minutes two
tablespoonfuls of flour, stirring it con
stantly. Then add two cupfuls of milk,
salt and pepper, and turn it over the
tomatoes.
Some housekeepers vary the flavor of
potato salad by boiling the potatoes
for it in stock, or, if it is more con
venient, in the soup kettle.
Dainty and seasonable sandwiches
may be made of thin slices of brown
bread with mayonnaise and separated
by a thin slice of a tart apple.
Stewed okra is one of the dinner pos
sibilities. Select the small green pods,
and remove the stems and discolored
tips. Put into boiling salted water and
cook until tender. It will take about
half an hour. Then drain; add a heap
ing tablespoonful of butter and a
tablespoonful of vinegar, and season
with pepper and salt. Simmer until
the butter is absorbed, and serve ho't.
Experiments in canning peas report
ed in a government bulletin show that
heating under pressure to secure a
higher temperature than the ordinary
boiling point. 212 degrees Fahrenheit,
is necessary to insure keeping. Where
a temperature of 242 degrees Fahren
heit was maintained for about 30 min
utes very few swelled cans resulted;
at 232 degrees a much larger number
spoiled. This shows that it is>hardly
wise for the average housekeeper to
attempt to can any of the fruits and
vegetables most liable to spoil.
Imimlsiveness.
If a thoughtful woman were asked,
“What is the greatest curse of your
sex?” she might well answer, “Im
pulse.” It is responsible for almost
all the mistakes made by the gocul
hearted among us. May it not safely
be said that a few minutes’ thought
before speech or action would pre
vent most fatal blunders? Many of
us are in positive bondage-—quick
ness to feel, to show our feelings,
to retort or to respond. If we are
hurt we must immediately “give our
selves away,” as the phrase runs, if
not by bitter speech, at least by look
and manner, y r et reflection frequent
ly brings the keenest regret for lost
dignity", the betray r ed secret or other
ill results. —Home Magazine.
Quinces with Apples.
If possible use pippin apples or a
variety- that is firm and sweet. Take
equal quantities of apples and
quinces. Pare and cut the apples and
quinces in round slices; remove the
cores with a small round cutter.
Stew the quinces in just enough wa
ter to cover them until they are ten
der; then remove them and put the
apples in the same water and cook
them tender without breaking them.
Place the fruit in separate dishes and
cover them with a hot syrup made
of one part sugar and two and a half
parts water; cover and let them stand
over night. In the morning reheat
the fruit and syrup and place in al
ternate layers in glass jars and seal
at once. —Washington Star.
Chocolate Wafers.
One-half of a cupful of light brown
sugar, as much granulated sugar
creamed with one-half cupful of but
ter, one well beaten egg, one-half
cupful of grated chocolate, one and
one-half cupfuls of flour, one-quar
ter of a teaspoonful of salt, one tea
spoonful of vanilla. Mix all together
to a soft dough, roll out a little at
a time very thin and cut into circles.
Bake in a moderate oven. —Detroit
Free Press.
Little I*l*B in Blankets.
Large oysters, fat English bacon,
pepper and salt, buttered toast. Sea
son the oysters with pepper and salt.
Wrap each in a very thin slice of ba
con and fasten with a wooden tooth
pick. Have the chafing-dish very hot
and cook the pigs just long enough
to crisp the bacon, taking care not
to let it burn. Serve hot on small
pieces of toast. Garnish with par
sley.—Miss Mattie E. Jewell.
A Political Definition.
“What’s harmony?” asked the poli
tician’s little boy.
“Harmony,” answered his father. “i»
what the faction of a party that's get
ting the worst of it yells for loudest.”
—Chicago Post.
Sleeves are getting larger at the top
and snaal’er at the bott-om,
lifting arrangement.
For Removln* Bed or Ladder* from
the Farm Wagon It Is Said to
Be I'nennalled.
A good lifting arrangement for re
moving bed or ladders from the wag
on is herewith illustrated. To the
joists of the loft over the barn floor,
at proper distances, are chained two
pulleys. Over each of these passes
a half-inch rope, one end of which
is connected with a stretcher large
enough to slip over the end of the
wagon bed. The upper crossbar of
the stretcher may simply have a deep
notch at each end, just wide enough
to receive the rope. A knot in the
latter just below the stick serves to
hold it in place. The lower bar is a
trifle longer and has the rope se
curely tied at each end. Supposing
now that the stretchers are Sufficient
's'
HANDY WAGON BED HOIST.
ly low to receive the bed from the
wagon, the rope passes from one pul
ley toward the side of the barn floor,
then through a hole near the top of
the windlass or revolving pillar, as
shown in the engraving, and out
again to the other pulley.
The windlass may consist of a six
inch cylindrical post which receives
the rope near its top, while at a con
venient height from the floor are
holes lor the insertion of levers used
in turning. The wagon being driven
into place, the stretchers are slipped
over each end of the bed, which is
then quickly and easily drawn to the
top by revolving the windlass. WTien
sufficiently high one of the levers is
left in place with the outer end rest
ing against some upright timber of
the barn frame and thus holds it se
cure. For hay ladders, instead of the
lower tar of the stretcher, the rope
may terminate in a ring, which slips
over an iron hook. These hooks are
permanently" fastened to the ladders
at suitable points where they- will
not interfere with anything else. —
Orange Judd Farmer.
STARTING THE FURROWS.
If the First Are Crooked It Is Hard to
Make Any Straight Ones
Afterward.
Good plowing requires a knowl
edge of the principles of soil turn
ing, and requires experience in doing
the work. If the first furrows are
run carelessly or incorrectly it will
be found exceedingly difficult to do a
good job. The plowing of old fields
is less difficult than the plowing of
new ones, for the reason that the
old fields have landmarks that are
easily" understood. This is, of course,
true only if the plowing of former
years has been correct. It is a
somewhat difficult task to turn
straight furrows across a new
field with nothing to serve as a guide
but some object on the further side.
The skilled farmer should not in
trust the turning of the first fur
rows to the boy or the unskilled hired
hand. If the first furrows are
crooked it is difficult to make any
straight ones afterward. The best
plowman will find it difficult to cor
rect the errors of his predecessors.
Even the skilled plowman will not
find it an easy matter to run the
first furrow straight ahead of him
and keep his team well under con
trol. If the field is to be plowed on
the “lands” plan, then there is an
added reason why the best plowman
on the farm should take the mat
ter in hand, for there will be sev
eral “first” furrows to plow. The
first furrows are the patterns of all
that are to follow them. Landmarks
set up on opposite sides of the field
will assist the plowman in making his
furrow straight whether he be skilled
or a novice.—Farmers’ Review.
Sawdust for Horse Stalls.
Sawdust for bedding horses was
used by me one summer. It is cooler
than straw which is worth consider
ing in midsummer but would be ob
jectionable in a cold stable in win
ter. If it can be obtained from a mill
near by it is much cheaper than
straw. Hardwood dust is not so
good an absorbent as that from pine
or hemlock, but when it decay's it
will be of some worth as a fertilizer.
The dust from soft wood is of little
value, except in rendering clay' soils
more friable. Its fertilizing value
would bear the same difference to
hardwood dust as ashes from the
same quantity of wood of each kind.
—J. H. Andre, in Farm and Home.
Bell Sheep as Car Leaders.
A story' comes from Hailey, Idaho,
about three ewes and a wether that
have been taught to lead sheep into
cars in which they are to be loaded.
On each of the leaders is a bell. The
sheep that are to be loaded follow
one of these bell sheep into the car.
The owner goes with the leader} to
keep the bell from ringing when the
car is full, and the bell sheep is going
out, as that might cause the sheep
to file out again. The same sheep
have been taught to lead flocks of
sheep through the town to the stock
yards. For these services the owners
receive a small fee, ranging from 25
to 50 cents per trip.
More than 4,000,000 farmers in the
United States now have mail deliv
ered daily at their doors.
KEEP THE PULLETS.
The Wise Fonlitryman Can Reap a.
Rich Regard This Year by Reins
Conservative.
Prices of eggs hold up well and there
is no reason why they should be lower
till next spring, even if they are then
in fact there is every indication that
they will be higher right along. Every
keeper of hens, whether a small flock
or a large number, ought to plan to
reap a harvest from this fact.
The first thing to do is to help the
moulting hens to get their new dress
on just as soon as possible; give them
good, dry quarters at night and a
chance to get to such during the day
should it rain; feed liberally with a
variety of food including some linseed
meal, sunflower seed or green cut
bone. The next thing to do is to keep
all the likely pullets.
Do not be led into selling a single
pullet just because the prices for
spring chickens are good. A pullet
well fed from now on will gain in
flesh or weight till she begins to lay,
then for awhile her keeping is at a
daily profit.
When she is through laying, if you
are disposed to sell her she will bring
you nearty as much, if not just as
much on the market as a hen as she
will now as a spring chicken. That’s
one advantage the pullet has over the
cockerel. As he grows from a spring
chicken to a rooster he loses in price
as he increases in weight, and in the
vast majority of cases is a useless
boarder all the while. Get rid of as
many of them as you can spare at
once and make room for the pullets.
Having decided what pullets are
worthy of being wintered, feed them
from now on to produce growth and
eggs. Be liberal with your feed, and if
the fowls are running at large a feed
of corn just before going to roost will
not make them overly fat. A poor,
scrawny hen is not likely to produce
many eggs.
When we advise saving every likely
pullet we mean the late hatched ones
as well as the early ones. They will
all keep growing till they lay if fed and
cared for as suggested above. The
early hatched ones should begin to lay
in a few weeks now and the others
should follow right along as they reach
the proper age.
Keep the pullets. —Farmer’s Voice.
HANDY SHOP MACHINE.
How Any Ingenious Farmer Can Con>
sect a Turning Lathe wiitli a.
Sewing Machine.
I
Every farm should have a tool
room and machine shop of more or
less size. A very convenient ma
chine for doing various kinds of re
pair and other work is a turning
lathe. At little expense a sewing ma
chine may be easily put to such serv
ice, as the illustration portrays.
Take the mandrel that works the
needle of an old.wornout sewing ma
chine out, with the pulley and bal
-IF,Cr-1 rw »
1 "0® 10"
|| 5 T- ,tv 2
LATHE FROM SEWING MACHINE,
ance wheel on, as shown at d
and e, Fig. 1; also drive wheel and
treadle. Attach drive wheel to post
c, treadle rod to b and c. The man
drel has a small hole drilled in the
end outside of the balance wheel, in
which a sharp-pointed steel pin is
inserted and on which it revolves;
see Fig. 2. The mandrel is babbed
in post b. Fill half way on mandrel
and let cool; then fill one inch above
mandrel, putting a small stick to
make a hole for oiling. If the man
drel is of steel, have a blacksmith
flatten the end, as at f; if cast, have
holes drilled in pitman wheel and
threads cut and pins put in like e f
to hold wood in lath. Pieces a a are
three by eight inches by six feet long;
c, b, and g are two by six inches. From
floor to top of a is 30 inches; from
top of a to e ten inch-es; h is a screw
with a crank to it and works
through g to hold wood in lathe, as
shown by dotted lines in Fig 1. This
lathe is intended only for small work,
as the power is not sufficient for heavy
work. —J. D. Magruder, in Farm and
Home.
Importance of Alfalfa.
Alfalfa is rapidly growing in im
portance, and becoming a considerable
factor in the enlargement of the
meat supply, largely taking the place
of corn in feeding west of the Mis
sissippi valley. The area is enlarg
ing, and the first cutting of this
year is very large. Horses thrive on
it with little grain; cattle fatten on
it with a finish of corn, and in its
use the hog has become a hay-eating
animal. It is, to an increasing ex
tent, taking the place of range
grasses in the economy of the cattle
industry, and the change will cause
an enlargement rather than a de
crease of the meat supply.
Feed Corn on the Farm.
A heavy shipment of corn from the
farm is nothing to be proud of. It is
an evidence of poor farming methods.
Annual assessment levied on the fer
tility of the soil, and the proceeds
shipped away in that form, is ruinous.
We are a meat-eating people. The
grain is but a small part of the corn
stalk. When corn is sold, the stalks
are in many instances worse than
wasted. If the corn crop is fed on the
farm and its equivalent sold in beef
and dairy products, the soil is contin
ually increasing in fertility.—Farm
and Home.
Windfall Apples for Stock.
There are many farmers who place
no value on the immature and wind
fall apples for feeding purposes. One
farmer has fed to all kinds of stock
except sheep—he has no sheep—and
has never seen any but beneficial re
sults from so doing. As the apples
near maturity and ripen they are
more valuable, of course, as they are
also more relished by the stock. He
prefers to so use the inferior ripe
apples to making them into cider,
except such cider as is needed for
making apple-butter and vinegar.
Miss Nettie Blackmore, Minneapolis,
tells how any young woman may be per
manently cured of monthly pains by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
“ Young Women :
dark spots before my eyes, and at my menstrual periods I suffered
untold agony. A member of the lodge advised mi to try Lydia 11.
F'nkliam’s Vegetable Compound, but I only scorned good advice aii'i
feit that my case was hopeless, but she kept at me until I bought a
bottle and started taking it. I soon had the best reason in the world to
change my opinion of the medicine, as each day mjr health improved, and
finally I was entirely without pain at my menstruation periods. lam most
grateful.”— Nettie Blackmore, 28 Central Ave., Minneapolis, Minn_
Painful Periods
fire f?uickly and permanently overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. The above letter is only one of hundreds oi
thousands which prove this statement to he a fact. Menstruation
is a severe strain on a woman’s vitality, if it is painful something
is wrong. Don’t take narcotics to deaden the pain, hut remove
the cause —perhaps it is caused by irregularity or womb displace
ments, or the development of a tumor. Whatever it is, Lydia
E. Pinkkam’s Vegetable Compound is guaranteed to euro it.
If there is anything about your case about which you would like special
advice, write freely to Mrs. Pinkham. No man will seh your letter. She can
surely help you, for no person in America has such a wide experience in treat
ing female ills as she has had. She has helped hundreds of thousands of
women back to health. Her address is Lynn, Mass., and her advice is fiee.
You are very foolish if you do not accept her kind invitation.
Details of Another Case.
“Dear* Mrs. Pinkham:— lgnorance and
carelessness is the cause of most of the suffer
ings of women. I believe that if we properly
understood the laws of health wo would all be
,r- well, but if the sick women only knew the
truth about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
pi .'My Compound, they would be saved much suiler
iv \ /-y-a MSjf ing and would soon be cured.
fegfjA tp' “ I used it for live months for a local dmi
® culty which had troubled me for years,
and for which I had spent hundreds
fgffi of dollars in the vain endeavor to rec-
tify. My life forces were being sapped,
and I wr* daily losing my vitality.
“Lj .a E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound cured me completely, and
lam now enjoying the best of health, and am most grate till,.and on y
too pleased to endorse such a great remedy.” —Miss Jennie L. Ldm Aims,
GO4 II St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Pinkham, whose address is Lynn, Mass., will answer cheer
fully and without cost all letters addressed to her by sick women.
The Season.
There was once a fullback who hunted
For trouble, and cot all he wanted;
For he started to fool
With a government inule—
His tombstone reads simply: “Outpunted.”
—Catholic Standard and Times.
Gratitude.
“I think.” said the doctor, “that you have
perityphlitis.”
“Oh, thanks,” Cholly murmured faintly.
“I almost hope that I may never get well.
It will be so nice to die happy.”—Chicago
Record-Herald.
No one would ever be bothered with con
stipation if everyone knew how naturally
and quickly Burdock Blood Bitters regulate
the stomach and bowels.
“J often see the foreign papers alluding
to ‘floating debts/ ” said the grand vizier.
“What is a ‘floating debt?’ ” “My navy!”
groaned the sultan cf Turkey.—Philadelphia
Record.
Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infalli
ble medicine for - coughs and colds.--N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, IUOO.
Truth, of course, is wholesome, but much
of it has a very disagreeable taste.—lndian
apolis News.
“A dose in time saves lives.” Dr. Wood’s
Norway Pine Syrup; nature’s remedy for
coughs, colds, pulmonary diseases of every
sort.
Selfishness is the seed of sorrow. — Four-
Track News.
1 ST. JACOBS I
| OIL
POSITIVELY CURES
g Rheumatism
I Neuralgia |
| Backache
| Headache
IFeetache
All Bodily Aches |
AND . ' |
CONQUERS I
„ PAIN. J
YOUR GRANDFATHER
LINIMENT
cupboard Sixty Years Ago.
LAWYER'S
vJyEXCELSIOR BRAND
tfflm Pommel
Wmsiickers
p $ jt' ~/r''w Keep the rider perfectly dry. No
R //f i !/j water call leak lu ott the *»(l<lle,
ifln ' I cut extra wide anil loug In the
/Sk TV iklrt. Kxtra protection at nhoul
Kas^'Cambridge
IX INVESTMENT
Tho Preferred Stock of the
W. L Douglas s co°.°
Capital Stock, $2,000,000.
51,000,000 Preferred Stock.
S i ,000,000 Common Stock*
Shares, SIOO each. Sold at Par.
Only Preferred Stock offered for sale.
W. L. Douglas retains all Common Stock.
The Preferred Stock of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Com
pany pays better than Savings Banks or Government
Bonds. Every dollar of stock offered the public has
behind It more than ft dollar ft
vr ;S. worth of act us! assets. VV'. 1..
fei Douglas conttnues to own
li§> one-half of tlie business and
Jpg---- jpg is to remain the active head
" This business Is not an nn-
I Wf'l undeveloped prospect. It la a
V/'M h. if//demonstrated dividend pay-
WM vA rjj er. This Is the largest business
fe.'JjjfejJj; > / In the world producing Men ■
f Goodyear Welt (Hand Hewed
A Process) shoes, and has al-
W./fi y I ways been immensely prollt-
I able. There has not been a
ASL year In the past twelve when
Kllw^' ; /Lf2V&. the business tins not earned
:■ /Jfzm Wk In aetiinl cash inueli more
mSSKtSmf.-jr ©T ban tlie amount necessary
IvWC*Bliv iwfSov/)®) 10 pay 7 per cent annual
dividend on the preferred stock of $1 OOU.OOO. .
The annual business now Is $5,500,000, It A*
very rapidly, and will equal si,ooo o«) for tlie year W(«.
The factory is now turning out 7»00 palrs of shoes per
day, and an addition to tlie plant is being built widen
will increase tlie capacity to 10,000 palrsper flay.
Tlie reason I am offering the Preferred Stock for sale
is to perpetuate the business. , , .... „
If you wish to Invest in tlie best shoe business In the
world, wliieh Is permanent, and receive 7 per cent on
your money, you can purchase one share or more in tms
great business. Send money by cashier’s cheek or certi
fied check, made payable to W. L. Douglas. If there
is no l«ank in your town, send money by express or
post ofTlee money orders. . . ....
Prospectus giving full information about this great
and profitable business sent upon application. Adtircsa
W. b. lIUbUi.A.S, Urocktuo, Mum.
wihazardl
vary!** The contents of any I
package is tlie samegj
deuce**n<! ,tt e*Plaln» *" 1 art R
why Hazard Powders are so ponular. Use w M
the majority use, and Insist that your ea . ftj
carries Hazard Powders In stock