LEST HE FORGET.
No Roseate Postcard Without It!
Thorn of Suggcst on.
Harold's mother—we'll call him Har
old—went abroad a month ago. leav
Ing Harold under the somewhat tin
substantial control of his elder sisters
In spite of the itemized direction!
with which even unto the moment o
final leave-taking she had not ceasei
to bombard him, Harold's mother wa:
far from sure that her efforts wouh
have any lasting effect.
Her voyage was more or less dis
torbed by these doubts, but befon
she landed on the other side she ha<
determined on a course of action. Lik<
all small boys, Harold is most cov
etous of picture postcards and hat
looked forward to a harvest from hi:
mother's trip. He got it.
Every day she sent at least ont
card. And whatever else it bore in thi
way of inscription, there was not ont
which failed of this introduction:
“Just as soon as you get this go ant
brush your teeth."
ONLY A COW.
Artist (who has been bothered by
rustics breathing on him all the morn
Ing)—My good fellow 1 assure yot
that you can see the sketch with more
advantage from a little distance!
$100 Reward. $100.
The readers of this paper w,. bp pleased to loan
that there is at least one dreaded disease that scicnct
has been able to cure in all its stages, and that I;
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is- the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. ( atarrt
toeing a constitutional dise ase, requires "h constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally. acting directly upon the bin- u and inucoui
surface's of the system, thereby destroying tht
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist*
ing nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have
so m ich faith in its curative powers that they offei
One Hundred Dollars for any vase that it /alia Ui
*ure. send for list of testimonials
Address F. ,t. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, O.
bold by all Druggists. 7f c.
Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation.
Conan Doyle at It Again.
"It is clear, Potson.' said Herlock
Shames, "that the farmer who raised
this spring chicken was very tender
hearted."
“How in the world do you know
that?" asked the astonished Potson.
■'It’s simple enough. The farmer
hesitated so long before striking the
laud blow.”-—Poston Transcript.
The Entire Family.
Grand Pop used it lor Rheumatism.
Dad for Outs, Sprains and Bruises.
Mammy for Burns. Scalds and Aches.
Sis for Catarrh and Chilblains. I use it
for everything, and it never disappoints
any of us. It surely yanks any old
pain out by the roots:.
Hum's Lightning Oil is what I am
teiliug you about.
Only Colony of Kind.
The colony of Barbary apes on the
Rock of Gibraltar Is the only one of
its kind in existence, and is being pro
tected by the British government.
Capudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
Sour stomach an<l heartburn no matter
from what cause. Gives immediate relief.
Prescribed by physicians because it iu
pure and effective. Trial bottle 10<\ Regu
lar size 20c itnd 00c <*i all druggists.
*■ Turn thyself to the true riches, and
team to be content with little.—■
Seneca.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svrap.
For children teething. PofteiiF theguiDh. re«luce«= to
'iiinn allays pain, curet wlau colic. 25ca bottla,
He has no force with men who ha»
to faith in them.
HELPFUL
ADVICE
You won’t tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness — you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass., the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Youi
letter will be held in the stric test eon
tidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that wil
help your case. .Such letters as the fol
lowing, from grateful women, es
tablish beyond a doubt the powero:
LYDIA E. PEN KH AM’S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
to conquer all female diseases
Mrs. Norman R. Uarndt, of Allen
town, Pa., writes:
“ Ever since I was sixteen years o
age 1 had suffered from an organic de
rangement and female weakness; ii
consequence 1 had dreadful headache
and was extremely nervous. My physi
cian said I must go through an opera
tion to get well. A friend told m>
about Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetabl.
Compound, and I took it and wrote yoi
for advice, following your direction
carefully, and thanks to you I am to
day a well woman, and I am tellin|
all my friends of my experience.”
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, madi
from roots and herbs, lias been tin
standard remedy for female ills
and h as positively cured thousands o
women who have been troubled wit]
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities
periodic pains, backache, that bear
inc-down feeling, flat ulency, indiges
tion,dizziness,ornervousprostratioE
i Farmers Educational 1
—AND—•
s Co-Operative Union
Of America
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Farming Is Farming.
1 Farming is farming lor all the year
'round
Plowing and planting and working
the ground,
' 'Tending the crops and heeding each
call.
Buying and selling and planning for
all;
But the fullness of life comes with
hearty good will
, If you give good measure of labor and
skill.
This good work goes on 'neath the
J-ord's blessed sun
In the country's pure air each day's
course is run;
And the man grows athletic and
brawny of arm,
Independent and .strong when he lives
on a farm,
While success holds a prize for the
wideawake man,
Who plans out his work and works
to his plan.
And farming is farming all the year
'round,
When clear brains and muscles bring
out of the ground
The food for all nations in various
ways,
And the farmer is "monarch of all he
surveys;”
Then all hail to the farmer! all hail
to the farm!
The mainstay of nations, the coun
try's right arm.
-—Eugene I.yon Dow.
Story of a Rural Revolutionist.
The World's Work: It is hard to
“bring home" to the readers of print
ed pages the extent and full mean
ing of the work that is going on in
tlm i’nited States to build up rural
life—to make farming pay; for this
is a kind of work that a man must
see to understand it, to measure its
full value, and to know what it will
mean in the near future to the peo
ple. Here, for example, is a little
story from life:
The best small farmer in this
nelghbothood sent his only son to an
agricultural college. When the boy
had linished his studies ite had a plan
to go away and to begin life for him
self, but his lather was eager to keep
him at home. He wouid stay only
if his father would give him complete
control of the farm. Since tlie old
man himself was the best farmer in
his part of tlie world, he yielded to
the boy's wish, with reluctance, but
he J ieldc d.
'.Vow what do you suppose John
did?" he asked, as he told the story.
“He hitched all three of the mules
to one plow. I had never done that,
but 1 pretty soon saw that he was
right. Then he spent a lot of time
and care in selecting seeds. I had
never done that so thoroughly, but 1
soon saw that he was right," and so
on, iketn after item.
The result was that, although the
farm had for years made a larger
yield titan any other in the neighbor
hood, the yield the first year of the
young man's management was :10 per
cent larger than it had ever been be
fore; and the second year 50 per cent
larger. Within a few years the meth
od of farming in the neighborhood
had become so much better that the
farmers now receive $50,000 more a
year in cash than they received be
fore John took his father’s farm in
hand.
Similar changes are taking place
in many parts of the country. The
difference is the difference between
a life of hard struggle and a life of
independence, between good roads and
bad. between good schools and bad.
between hard lives for women and
comfortable and refined lives, the dif
ference between stolidity and a glad
intellectual existence.
A Great Help.
“That old sow is not a party bird,"
said the farmer, “but she's done
more'n her share t'waru supportin’
my l'amly. liaised two litters last
year, 1!i pigs. .Made our meat from
her pigs, kept four of the best ones
for breeders an' sold t'other ten for
'nough to clothe an’ shoe th' children.
Over an' above all feeds I reckon tin
profit on her pigs last year was
more'n $100. H'goshl that's not bad
for an’ ole sow wuth mybe $20—an' I
got my 'principal' yet.”—Ruralist.
Dignity in All Work.
A great many hired men refuse to
milk cows. They seem to iliink it is
a woman’s job and beneaih their dig
nity. That's foolishness. There's no
work cf any kind on the farm that Is
beneath the dignity or any man.
Ignorance is sometimes mistaken for
dignity.
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Do not frighten your nens. Go
about the yards and houses where
they are, quietly and gently, and your
hens will soon learn to know you
and not stamper away in a great
friight as we have often seen them
do on many farms, when the thick
ens were considered a kind of neces
sary nuisance that had to he loler
uted, and it often becomes necessary
to set the dogs on them from being
too familiar. With such treatment
you will not get the eggs that would
come lo you if you treated your fowls
with care and kindness.
To ascertain if water is free front
r organic pollution place a lump oi
sugar in a bottle nearly full and cork
it up, and if after thus excluding the
* air and keeping the bottle in the
' light for two or three days no milky
! cloud is apparent, but the water re
' mains clear, it may he considered
? free from phosphates with which
’’ sewerage water is impregnated.—
Engineering News.
» Mustard is better in the kitchen
than in a wheat held. Pull it up by
the roots.
Who Says Hard Times?
Chief Statistician Clark of the agri
cultural department estimates that
ihe ninth successive good harvest Is
practically assured to the American
farmer and that the crops of 1908
will he worth nearly $8,000,000,000.
Eight billion dollars would pay the
net interest hearing debt nine times
over.
Or it would pay the national debt
and leave enough to buy at par the
stock of all the railroads in the
count ry.
It would nearly pay off the entire
bonded debt of every American rail
road.
At assessed valuations it would buy
every acre of land in New York fity
and replace every building in it with
a little remnant over equalling the
combined assessed valuations of Chi
cago, New Orleans, St. Louis, Seattle
and San Francisco, says the New
York World.
Corn does not travel far from the
place where it is raised, which is
lucky, as there are not enough rail
roads to carry it.
A crop of 2,700,000,000 bushels
would load 2..">20,000 thirty-ton cars,
."i-fO more freight cars than there are
in the country of every sort.
The freight cars of all the world
would not carry out wheat and corn.
If there were cars enough and if
the wheat and corn were loaded into
thirty-ton cars, forty to a train, and
trains were run at two-mile intervals
at a speed including scops of thirty
miles an hour, night and day, it
would take nearly six months for the
procession to pass a reviewing stand.
A bin built the size of a city block,
t)OOx2GO, would need to be more than
six miles high io hold this wheat and
corn alone.
The hay and cotton crops and the
stupendous annual egg yield of the
American hen are in bulk and value
equally amazing.
Rural Schools.
After the pilgrim lathers had land
ed in 11'.20. the very first act of the
English colonists was to establish a
high school, hut these were for very
few people. In 1636 Harvard was
founded, and soon after that Yale and
Princeton. About lull or 160 years
after that Thomas Jefferson, who was
the father of the country school sys
tem; Washington, the great promoter,
and Alexander Hamilton, the great
teacher, gave time and thought to
this cause, and made it possible for
education to reach the masses of me
people. Washington said; "Lay broad
and deep, then, the foundation of the
general diffusion of knowledge." The
old method of teaching is pretty near
ly eliminated. The education of to
day lias come to our homes through
the rural schools: Very often the
rural school children do not go to
high school or to college; therefore,
v.e must give our rural school child
ren every advantage.
We believe that the country schools
a"e doing a great work, but we must
add domestic science and agriculture.
Good results will come then through
the little school house in the country,
and it will bring sunshine, prosperity
and good citizenship into the future
homes of these children.
Agricultural Statistics.
This is a very pretty story, very in
teresting,—this report of the govern
ment on ilie conditions of other peo
ples' crops and prognostications of
good yields; but the bureau of the
Department of Agriculture which gath
ers and issues the information is a
large and expensive bureau, and some
may ask, ‘what is the real use of it?
How does it help the farmer?’ Well,
we all know about the "pit”—the “corn
pit" and the "wheat pit" in Chicago
and elsewhere, where they get cor
ners on grain and other commodities
and maintain the prices to the detri
ment of both the producer and the
consumer. Were it not for rc-liable
government statistics on crop produc
tion. the manipulations would be far
worse than they are. and at certain
seasons the big speculators would "get
together" and practically fix the
prices. The official statistics keep them
largely in check. If there were no gov
ernment statistics, the speculators
would simply agree on a policy and
thei manufacture crop statistics to
enable them to carry out that policy
and the farmer and the bread winner
of the country would suffer.
Cotton Industries in tne boutn.
In the great cotton belt of the
South are SIS mills engaged in t russ
ing cotton seed for its oil and other
products. In these mills are 2,008
presses and in connection with them
2,702 ginstands and 3,120 linters. It
is estimated that in the production
of cotton seed oil and by products
more than $83,000,000 Is invested.
The mills annually use about 4,000,000
tons of seed, costing about $60,000,000.
When made in oil, cake, hulls aTni
linters and other products, its value
is about $90,000,000. At the present
time but little more than half the
total seed produit of the country Is
crushed.— Popular .Magazine.
"I believe in a spade and an acre
of good ground. Whoso cuts a
siraight path to his own living by tbo
help of God, in the sun and rain and
sprouting grain, seems to me a uni
versal working man. He solves the
problem of life not for one, but for
| all men of sound body.”—Emerson.
The day of the educated farmer is
upon us. Another generation and
ihe fellow who believes that all the
knowledge of farming needed can be
gained upon the farm it self will be
haid to find.
The postmaster general has ruled
that free rural delivery will be dis
continued on roads that are not kept
in condition to be traveled with fa
cility and safety at all seasons of the
year. The habit of running a few
furrows and cutting out the brush
and calling it a road will not do.
Do not fail to attend every meeting
of your local for the next two months.
Measures of vital concern are to be
discussed and you should be present
I to learn of them arid lend your cou»
i t>el to their solution.
ALCOHOL-3 per cent
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Exact Copy of Wrapper.
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD.
Pinxit—I have just finished the late
Mrs. Peck's portrait. It's a speaking
likeness.
The Widower Peck—Would it be
too much trouble to—er—change it a
bit in that respect?
SPOHX’S DISTEMPER CT’RE will
cure any possible case of DISTEMPER,
PIN K 1-A E. arid the like among horses
of all ages, and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper.
Any good druggist can supply you. or send
to manufacturers. 50 cents and'$1.00 a bot
tle. Agents wanted. Free book. Spohn
Medical Co., Spec. Contagious Diseases,
Goshen, ind.
Microscopic Writing.
A remarkable machine made by a
lately deceased member of the Royal
Microscopical society for writing with
a diamond seems to have been broken
up by its inventor. A specimen of its
works is the Cord's prayer of 227 let
ters. written in the 1,237,000 of a
square inch, which is at the rate of
53.Sf>0.000 letters or 15 complete
Bibles, to a single square inch. To
decipher the writing it is necessary to
use a 1-12-inch objective, which is the
high power lens physicians employ for
studying the most minute bacteria.
We Reiterate
That for more than fifteen years
Hunt's Cure lias been working on the
afflicted. Its mission is to cure skin
troubles, particularly those of an itch
ing character. Its success is not on
account of its advertising, hut because
it surely does the work. One box is
guaranteed to cure any case.
No Room to Pass.
"Was I scared?” exclaimed Miss
Lacer. “well, I should say! My heart
simply sank down into my boots.”
”Impossible!" retorted her candid
friend, “it couldn’t possibly get past
your waist."—Philadelphia Ledger.
Don't Delay.
Save a possible serious spell of fever
later on by cleansing your system now
of its accumulation of impurities. Sim
mon's Sarsaparilla will do it. It
makes fine blood, fine appetite, great
strength and grand ambition.
Cause of the Break.
“What caused that awkward break
in the ’conversation?” Some one
dropped the subject.”—San Francisco
Argonaut.
Hicks’ Capudine Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, sleepless or
what not. It quiets and refreshes bruin
and nerves. It’s liquid and pleasant to
take. Trial bottle 10c—regular size 26c and
Kk: at druggists.
People who are true blue never suf
fer much from the blues.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
WHEN YOU GET RICH
Only Then Are You Appreciated for
Your True Worth.
Upton Sinclair, the novelist, was
’alking about wealth at Lake Pla
cid.
"It is pleasant to be rich." he said.
"Nobody can deny that. Many of the
pleasures of wealth, though, are false
and mistaken ones.
“When 1 was making my living by
the composition of blood and thun
der tales for boys—and I could turn
out my t-.OOO words a day— 1 knew a
pale, bent, ink-stained old chap who
wrote love stories.
"His stories did not pay; he was
very poor; but an aunt died, and sud
denly the old fellow found himself a
millionaire.
“He saw me one afternoon on Broad
way. He stopped his red car and we
chatted about old times.
“ 'And is it pleasant to be rich?’ I
asked.
" 'Yes. it is.’ he answered, as he
lighted a Vuelto Abajos and handed
me another. And do you know what
is the pleasantest thing about it? You
have an opportunity to make real
friends, friends who can understand
you. You get at last to know people
callable of esteeming you for your ow n
qualities alone. You find, sir, that
you are at last appreciated.’ ”
A Believer.
“Do you believe in telepathy?”
asked the mystical person.
"What do you mean by telepathy?”
asked Mr. Dustin Stax.
"Thought transfer—-the faculty that
enables one person to know what an
other person is thinking about.”
“Oh. yes. There’s my old friend,
Mr. Skinboodle. I know what lie's
thinking about this very minute.”
"What is it?”
“Money.”
More Important.
“Ah! Mrs. Newcomb." said the up
pish Mrs. Subbubs, “my many social
duties have prevented me from calling
upon you as I should. However, I will
surely return your visit some day—”
"Oh! that doesn’t matter much,”
replied Mrs. Newcomb promptly, "but
I do wish you’d return the groceries
you've borrowed from time to time."—
Catholic Standard and Times.
Actual Facts.
For upwards of fifteen years Hunt's
Cure has been sold under a strict
guarantee to cure any form of itch
ing skin troubles known. No matter
the name—less than one per cent, of
the purchasers have requested their
money back. Why? It simply does
the work.
Comparatively Easy.
“It's hard to lose the savings of a
lifetime."
"Oil, not vi bard. I know of a dozen
men with schemes tliaL you could go
into.”
AHealthfilSleep
DOES YOUR BABY
Gain at Least a
Pound per Week?
This is the proper gain. If it doesn’t the
fault lies with the stomach.
Dr. McGee’s
Baby Elixir
makes lean babies fat and sick babies well.
It puts the stomach and bowels in such a
perfect state of health that all it eats goes
into nourishment. Cures Diarrhoea,
Summer Complaint9 Sour Stomach
and all disorders arising from teething.
Good winter and summer. Pleasant to
take. Guaranteed to contain no opium or
poisons. Splendid for delicate women with
sick stomachs. At your drug
gists’s, 25c and 50c a bottle.
Avoid all substitutes.
Mayfield Medicine Manufacturing
Company,
{Not Incorporated).
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Even the Hash.
Embarrassed in the fashfonable
restaurant by the menu written in
French, the Wall street man of busi
ness exclaimed:
“Hang these froids, entrements and
hors d'oeuvres—bring me a plate of
good plain hash, if you’ve got such a
thing on the premises.”
"You mean an olla podrida, sir,”
said the waiter, in a tone of dignified
reproach. “And afterwards?"
TO DRIVE OUT MAI,ARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM.
Talli' tho Old Standard (iROVK'S TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking.
Tho formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless
form, and the most effectual form. For grown
people and children. 50o.
Not Always Profitable.
The trouble about being a prodigal
son is that the old man doesn't always
own a fatted calf.
It Cures While You Walk
A lien *8 Foot-Base for corn sand bunions, hot, sweaty
callous aching feet. 25c all Druggists.
Love does not stop at the boundaries
of liking.
nOnWY NEW DISCOVERY; gives
M quick relief and cures worst cases.
Book of testimonials and 10 days’treatment FREE.
D11. U. U. GREEN'S SONS, Box R. Atlanta, Ga.
W. Ii. Douglas makes and sells more
men's 93.00 and S3.60 shoes than any
other manufacturer In the world, be
cause they hold their shape, lit better,
and wear longer than any other make.
Shoes at All Prices, for Every Member of the
Family, Men, Boys, Women, Misses & Children
W.L.Dovglu M OO sod $5.00 QUtEdg* Show cannot
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TaH Color 1tueleto Uaott Jiacelurtvolv.
ar Take No Substitute. W. L. Douglas
name and price is stamped on bottom. Sold
everywhere. Shoes mailed from factory to any
part of 1 he world. Catalogue free.
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MAKE MONEY EASY
We buy Milk from the FARMERS and have
them ship it to us by express. We pay the top
market, on a butter basis. Write us today for
particulars.
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314-316 Center St.. Little Rook, Ark.
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terest no taxesfor two years. Farmers are making
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Kellogg’s Halftones. $1.00 Up
Suitable lor printing in newspaper or on sta
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order and do the printing.
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medicine. Wine of Cardui. It is the grandest female medicine on earth.
"1 suffered for 10 years, with pains all over. The doctors said
they were all caused by female trouble.
“1 have been taking Cardui for a long time and find more help in
that, than in anything 1 have ever taken, i am now able to do all my
work. I will do anything I can to help you to sell Cardui.’’
The benefit that ladies get from taking Cardui cannot be measured
or described in words. It helps them over their hard times and makes
all times seem easy.
You need it, if not always, at least whenever you are out of a
A dose in time will save nine. So you had
better keep it on the shelf, as thousands of other
women do, so as to get its help when they need it.
Cardui’s pure, natural, harmless, vegetable
ingredients, make it a safe and pleasant medicine
for girls and women, of all ages, beginning Just
before puberty.
It has relieved the constant suffering of
thousands, and helped them back to health.
MRS. pigford, Try CarduI- Druggists sell it, with full dt
Tcacheys, n. c.’ rections for use.
Take CARDUI
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