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nature's own blood purifying and skin healing
remedy—~SULPHUR ~prepared in a way to
make its use most efficacious. Use it in the
bath; use it as a lotion atolying to affected
parts; and take it internally.
50c and $1 the bottle
at your druggists. If he can’t supply you
send his name and the price In stamps and
we will send you a bottle direct.
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COMPANY
Baltimore, M4. x, «3
Hawesed Sulphur Crmpound Obwr &H- 5 »
ment 28 and SOewfor wi vith the aN “Ci
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Bend Be for Virginia Farm snd Timber
Bulletin, Department Q+ Emporia, Virginia
Sure Sign.
“Jehosaphat !”
the hall.
“What's
wife,
“I'm going to get caught |
“Don’t be foolish. There
of rain.”
“Yes, there is, too. Som:
my Gmbrella.”
Henry, in
exclaimed
wrong, dear?
hod y's taken
Not a Hard Sport.
My husband
and duck shoot
of a
fond
Are
Mr.
Hostess is
of fishing
you much
Soothem?
New Pastor
very
ing.
sportsman,
I don't
I usea
ut I have given
Really am,
think I o it to say that [ am.
to collect butterflies, b
up even that now.—Boston Transcript.
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.
druggists
with
won that
ng
rts from
lireet touch
Judging from reg
who are constantly in
the public, there is one preparat
has been wery successful in overc
these conditions, The mild and healing
influence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp -Root is
soon realized. It stands the highest for
ita remarkable record of success
An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
© many applicants for insurance ars re.
jected ia because kidney trouble is so
sommon to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica.
tions are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. I: is on mle
st all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
{ilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.—Ady.
Lingering Traces.
“Have the Germans abandoned thelr
program of atrocity?”
‘I'm afraid not entirely
Miss Cayenne. “The manners of one
of their to peace
delegates the
clous.”
Sight Seeing at War Prices.
Recently the
at Holyoke, Mass. had oce
asion to em.
a city building. Soon after it received
this strange bill:
“To 5 looks, S12"
The bill will be
Magazine,
pald.—~Cartoons
ooerced Wright's Indian Vegetabis
sfiort.—adv,
Inevitable,
AMERICA'S DEST
10 LAFAYETTE
Washington Paid Tribute
to Great Services
Rendered.
HEN the Revolution
Americans
neers and straight sl
The country was full
who had seen service in
the French and Indians,
had been his life a sol
surprising that Americar f
felt quite able to handle the military
situation without assistance fron the
host of applicants for cor
from abroad. Therefore when Was
ington heard that a young French
named Lafayette had left his wife and
child and crossed the ocean to serve
the merican 48 a volunteer
without pay, he muttered: “One more
were still
1
fil
not
CRuRe
“Give me a chance: I do not want to
He went to Washington's camp and
there began a friendship which ran
through so many years like an idyl. In
1788 Brissot visited Washington at Mt
Vernon with a letter from Lafayette.
keepers,”
fdeals.”
“Na.
said the man of
of hookkeepers.”™
Inappropriate,
“Are all the branches of the army
appropriately armed?”
“I suppose 20."
“Then, do the cavalry carry horse
pistols?”
Couldn't Do That.
"When you grow up, my little man, I
suppose you will continue your fath-
er's business.”
*Well, I guess not; he makes a busi
aess of licking me.”
ctip———
Deserved Credit.
Pargon-—Always speak well of your
‘neighbor.
Mrs, Gingham-I do! And yet 1
assure you she Is one of the most de
testable creatures on earth!
an
The worst of braggers Is the man
who boasts of what he Is going to
do. i
Our ren! enemies are within rather
than without, :
Noailies
F706 miles from
?
| Young Sal:
{ lux
{
| They understood Americans,
the particul
which impressed them m
iden imported
| America into France.
{i Ro
my un
wan
was from
bambeau placed olf and his
jer the comn of Washing-
The
had the right of
ragged wericans
Naot
ge was taken without pay-
Before Yorktown the Ameri
{cans were not skilled in siege opera-
and Washington gratefully
ged the sers
The French fleet of
ler came.
$0 much
| tions, ac-
| knowled
sed the
river, With
that French help we tremble to
i think what might have happened.
| Fired Lafayette's Ardor.
{ Toward the close of the year 1778
| the duke of Cumberland, who was the
| brother of King George III of England
]
|
I
| engineers,
and the surren
ont
Broglie, a veteran
| to do honor to his distinguished visitor,
{ he invited some of hig officers to meet
{ him at dinner,
{in fact, in banishment.
received news that
belied and declared themselves
tyrannical king.
the duke of Cumberland told the story
with some gusto, as if he were not al.
{ together sorry that his brother was in
| trouble, One officer listened with par
| ticular attention. He was a youth of
| nineteen, tall and thin, with a long
nose and reddish hair. His solemn ex.
| pression and his somewhat awkward
manner contrasted strongly with the
{ frivolous ease and grace of the other
Lafayette,
He says Washington "spoke to me of
M. De Lafayette with emotion: he
considers him as his child™ Later,
Lafayette sent to Washington the key
to the destroyed Bastile, saying: *“It
is a tribute which I owe as a son to my
adopted father, as an aid-de-camp to
my general, as a missionary of liberty
to ity patriarch”
French Eager In Liberty's Cause.
The spirit of Lafayette was the
spirit of Rochambean's afmy. A host
of young Frénch officers looked on the
expedition as a crusade for liberty, and
crowded for places. Young Berthier
was a volunteer at Yorktown, and he
became a marshal of France, Viscou
| young officers present. He was a mar-
quis of long descent, connected by
marriage with one of the greatest
families In France, and he had at his
own disposition a very large Income.
He listened intently, he asked many
eager questions, and when he rose
from the table he had made a moment.
ous and historic cesolution. He had
resolved to abandon the pleasures and
luxuries of the gayest court in the
world, even to leave his young wife
and child, and to cast in his lot with
these strange robels in America. In
his own words, “When first I heard of
American independence, my heart was
enlisted!” That young man was La-
fayette; and when the American ormy
went to the front in France, it merely
paid a small part’of the debt of grati.
tude we owe that splendid young of-
fleer—that true nobleman,
1 Appointed a major general by Wash.
uly, he foug!
ine in Septembe
1 an ugly wound, 8
ie, he we
fF at fh
nt thro
many vi
ith Wash.
i privations
at Yorktown, in 1781. Although
werals had joined him previous
rrender, Lafayette,
orce, had Initiated the rout of
Cornwallis at the battle of Albemarle
fayette is shown by
Washington warmly thanked and com.
plimented him in the presence of the
sis Fapov
the fact
practically ended the war.
Patriot of Marblehead.
General Lafayette paid a
Marblehead, Mass, by making
An Old-Time Patriot Cut Off the Cor
ner of His House That Lafayette's
Carriage Might Go Through His
Street. |
received with bands of music and a
huge procession of citizens. It is re
lated that on his first visit in 1784
there was a controversy as to how the
procession was to proceed through the
main streets of the towh, owing to the
fact that at one of the sharp turns, a
house so Jutted into the road that the
general's conch could not pase, On the
morning of the great event, it was dis
covered that the patriotic family ocen
prying the property had cut off a sec
tion of the house, removing the offond
ing corner and thus the coach wav
driven without a hiteh through the
street. The house with part of the
this year of 1010, and is shown in the
Mestoation,
A FAMOUS
Hew Lydia E. Pinkham’s
egetable Compound
Is Prepared For
Woman's Use.
A visit to the
successful remedy is im
even the casual looker-on with
ability, accu , skill and cleanliness
which attends making of this great
medicine for woman's ills.
Over 350,000 povuds of various herbs
are used anually and all have to be
gathered at the season of the year when
their natural juices and sub-
stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes in
the medicine is pasteurized and sealed
It is the wonderful combination of
together with the
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use of
pound which we are continually pub-
ishing attest to its virtue.
Growing Old.
When
means he 8 getting along
Macon Republican,
y using hard words
e tax on soft drinks
Some are alread
§ ur
i
LIFT OFF CORNS!
Doesn’t hurt a bit and costs only
a few cents
Magic!
on that touchy corn, instantly it stops
eching, then you lift the cor
Truly! No hu:
Try Freezone! Your druggist
tiny bottle for a few cents, st
*id your feet of every hard
corn, or corn between the
Freezone 18
genius,
soreness or irritation.
nnati
General Pershing's War Map,
In installing
the old National Museu
General Pershing's +
the
doom at
the
front Just as it
map was in actual use, is
Here
tha
Lie
general
night and
corded. The table at which the officers
looked over documents will stand as it
that was a background for the map.
The map was brought over in pieces
now joined together, and the conven
tional design of the lineoleum is said
watched history writing itself in
very literal sense on the wall,
A Fair Proposition.
“Mr. Grabeoin, I've saved up 83.000
aad I want to marry your danghter.”
“Do you realize that $3000 won't
last long nowadays?’
“Oh, yes, sir. But it ought to take
at the end of that time if I haven't
convinced you that I'm an ideal son-
in-law you needn't do a thing for na”
As we have to live with ourselves
we should see to it that we always
have good company.
| FARMERS ARE WORKING MARDER
And using their feet more than ever B<2sre
For all thews workers the frequent use of
Allen's Foot= Ease, the antiseptic, healing
| powder to be shaken into the shoes and
| sprinkled in the foot-bath, increases their
efficiency and insures needed physical com.
fort, It takes the Friction from the Shoe,
freshens the feet, and prevents tired sch.
ing and blistered feet, Women everywhers
are constant users of Allen's Foot=Fase,
Don’t get foot sore, get Allen's Foot=Eass,
Bold by dealers everywhere ~Ady,
The Ruling Passion,
Mrs, Talkerton—Oh, dear! 1 wish
there was some way to break little
Gladys of sucking her thumb.
Her Husband-—Don’'t worry: when
she gets a little older she'll notice that
it interferes with Her talking. Then
she'll quit it hergel!,
Buy a Farm Now.
| Because land is cheaper than it
be again. The U f
is prepared fo furnish frees infors
| Bomeseskers regarding farming
#. We have nothing to sell; no
iend; only Information to give
fully with refarence 19 your Deeds
i the state you want ts learn sbout
Edwards Mansger Agricult
U. 8 Rallroad Administration,
Washington, DD. adv
will svey
Bection,
Boom 16%
ural
“The way of the transg
he Is tryir
i hard,” when ying to transgress
tf
1
the laws of nature.
The Cuticura Toilet Trio
| Hating cleared your skin keep it clear
by making Cuticura your every-day
tollet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talenm to powder and pers
No tollet table Is completes
fume,
in an argument may
i important to Mothers
| Examine carefully every bottle of
| CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
{ for infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
| Signature of
.
| Children (
ory
i
ighter I8 an embarrassing sad
esession~Menande
| STRENGTHENS
KIDNEYS—
PURIFIES BLOOD
You esn't expect weak kidn
filter the acids and poisons ont
&ystem unless they are givena
Don't allow them to become
when a little attention now w
vent it. Don't try to chest nature,
As soon us you commence to have
backaches, feel nervous and tired GET
BUSY, These are usually warnings
thet your kidneys sre not working
operly
Do not delay a minute. Go after the
cause of your ailments or yon may Sind
Yourself in the grip of an incurable cise
esse, GOLD MEDAL nn Ol cap.
i i #t immediate relief
GOLD MED-
1s d Capsules will do
k. They are the pure original
asriem Oil Capsules imported direct
from the Ia ries in Haarlem, Hole
land.” Ask your 4 uggist for GOLD
MEDAL i no substitutes,
s to
Ha
and sccept
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on
every box, Three sizes, sealed packages,
Money refunded if they do not quickly
lp youeAdw
Authors’ Handwriting.
end admirers of the pol
ices of popular authors
the original manuscripts
their works are printe
» given interesting side
the character and personal
The handwriting of
‘hesterton has been described by
lish editor as “shocking™ W.
acobs, comedy writer of the ssa
has alli his literary work typed and
| wakes but few corrections on the fin-
manuscript. Other Eaglish
{ writers whose copy Is reputed to be
| neat and quite acceptable to a printer
H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling,
| Arnold Bennett and Sir Arthur Co-
| nan Doyle. Editors say they never
| know what to expect from that im
a il can
1GETS
id see
which
wou
from
lights on
ity of the writers,
{ ished
{ are
:
| aginative genius, H. de Vere Stacpoole.
| Sometimes his work is neatly typed on
good paper, but often it is scribbled te
sheets torn from a copybook.
Heard on the Train,
“Is this Mr. Riley?”
“Eb--what?” said the deaf old chap
“Is this Mr. Riley?”
“Riley! Oh, yes!”
“1 knew your father”
“No bother”
“I say 1 knew your father™
"What?
"I—knew-—your-father,”
“Oh, did ye? So did L Boston
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