1 AFTER SUFFERING FOR YEARS Cured by Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound Park Rapid 3, Minn. "I was siek for vears wmio passing Ihrongh the Changa of Life and was hardly able to bo around. After tak ing sis tiotMos of Lydia E.l'inkhnm's Vegetable Com pound 1 gained 20 poundg, am now able to do my own work and feel U,f,'r JWf lVW 1 wen.- mys. i:d. WMJMmM La Dotj. l'ark Ran. iub, Minn. Urookvillo, Ohio. "I was Irrejrnlar and extremely nervous. A neighbor recommended Lydia E. llnklmm's Vegetable Compound to me and 1 have become regular and my nerves are (much better. "Mrs. -11. Kixkison, ferookville, OWo. Lydia E. rinkham's Vegefablo Com pound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotic or harm ful drugs, and to-day holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases we know of, and thousands of voluntary testimonials are on file in the Finkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass., from women who have been cured from almost every form of female complaints, inflammation, ul ceration.displacements, C broid tumor3, irregularities, periodic po ins, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every suffering woman owes it to het Belf to give Lydia E. l'inkham's Vege table Compound a trial. If yon want special advice write Mrs.Pinkhnni, Lynn,Mass.,for It. It is free and always helpful. PAGE FROM ANCIENT HISTORY Incident of Hannibal's Career That Writer Appear to Have ;' Overlooked. Hannibal and his start were pacing - merrily over the Alps on their faithful war elephants. Suddenly a man with a tin badge and chin whiskers rushed Into the roadway and held up his hand. "You stop right whore you bo!" he cried. "Why should 1 stop?" thun dered the great Carthaginian as his mahout hooked the el;phant's ear. "You're cxceedln' the speed limit," re plied the man with the star. "An' I'm a duly appointed constable, by heck." Hannibal was so overcome by this amusing holdup that he tossed a bng . of gazoollans to the oftlcor and laugh ling hysterically rode away. Later on, however, his indignation uppercut sense of humor, and he proceeded to tfMmSii I J slam the life out of tho Roman con suls and their picked veterans, forc ing the fighting to the very gate of shuddering Rome. Boston Traveler. . African Logic. Dusky Driver (ushering ladies from steamer) Yes, mnrm dis way, marm; ca'Iage to de hotel. First Lady (hesitating at step) And what will yon charge? D. D. One dollar, marm. Second Lady Half a dollar apiece, when the hotel is barely a block away? Why, we'd just as lief (D. . D. (interrupting) Would you Jest as lief go In de hotel bus? Dey charges a quarter. Ladies (In chorus) Just as lief. D. D. (with flourish) Den step right into de ca'ige, marm, an' I'll take yu fer de same as de bus dey is some folks prefers de ca'ige and I has to charge accordin'! Virginia Vintage. , In a Hurry. It was Anna's first visit at the sea side. She was only a little girl, and very enthusiastic over the long-looked-for opportunity to go into the water. - ' ' h cur jtnmA tnn Into 1 1, o niuvlnm day for a dip in the surf, so Anna was Yip early, and as she put on her bath ing suit while the rest were at break- her haste. ' "Well, you see," replied the thought ful child, "I want to hurry and go in before so many people get in and get the water cold." , No Friend of t-Ha. "Is Mrs. Gausslp a friend of yours?" fNo; she's a friend of my wife's." jIsn't that the same thing?" '"Not at all. She feels very sorry yor my wife.".. i' Happiness grows at our own fire- I J 1 i- l l V 1 T J .. J lavs, tmu jb uui iu ua yic&eu up iu strangers' galleries. Douglas Jerrold. . r .v r- - !"- ; w -VVKTZ - "'- 'r. '.T. a.,.,., t.-a Thy ebfjse eye mmif f Red, Weak. Wearr, Watery Ees .ud K GRANULATES EVELIDS G MurineDoesn'tSmart-Soothes Eye Pain Dmcab ami Mario Era HtmUj, limit 25c. SSc. tl.'jt KuriM Er. S1t, inAsMtioTAr,2'Jc,t.OO V J YE BOOKS AMD Aln'ICU iiEE BY MAIL Mtmnci-ye Xcmeay o.,t-riica; tfOBMcST km erfoxr ro exec mcZAWj OREST fires, the worst enemies to conservation that exist in the nation, have again swept their way through millions of feet of valuable timber and sacrlflced'the lives of those who went out to fight them and protect their homes and towns from destruction. The recurrence of these great fires has been so regular as to prepare the country for like disasters almost every year. In 1908 they reached the forests of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and south ern Ontario, wiping out entire towns and killing many settlers. Within a few years great conflagrations have run through the Adirondncka and the forests of tho south and southwest. Is there no way to stop this waste of property, or to protect Bettlers and small towns in the midst of the woods? The question 1b nBked on every hand; Is hurled at tho forest service in Washington, and is the subjert of general comment in sec tions where true forest conditions cannot bo appreciated. Tho forest service experts declare that there are ways to prevent these annual fires; but these methods can not be employed with any certainty of success with the existing forces of wardens and rangers, or the amount of money now provided by the federal and state governments for forest supervision. Three things must be accomplished, declare the foresters: The causes of fire must be eliminated; the condi tions in tho woods which help its spread must he dono away with, and the people who use and frequent the forests must be educated or forced to give up careless practises in the handling of fire. Protection the Only Way. "The first measure necessary for the successful practise of forestry is protection from forest fires," says Henry R. Graves, chief forester of tho Vnited States. To this end the forest service has bent every activity of recent years; yet the fires that have wiped out timber worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in the far northwestern states recently, hardly paused in their course to look at tho puny protec tive efforts of tho forest rangers and fire wardens. To stamp out fire, or to prevent it, a force four times r.s large as that now e. yis imme diately necessary. This it, admitted by Chief Forester Graves. In addi tion, there is needed nroney enough to permit the thorough equipment of the forests with well-built roads and trails, over which the firemen can quickly reach Br blaze; apparatus near at hand to fight the fires; patrol men along all railroads to put out sparks; a complete telephone system so that fighters may be hurried to the scene of any fire, and stations at every strategic point in the woods, inhabited by rangers and fire wardens equipped for immediate duty. Since 1906 the forest service has built 4,850 miles of telephone line through the woods. Yet in many sections of the tig forests of the northwest, one watchman has to care for more than 100,000 acres of tim ber and often without the aid of tele phone communication. In Germany there is a fire warden for practically every 1,000 acres of forest. If thorough communication can be established and fire wardens sta tioned at frequent intervals, aid may ultimately be close enough to the incipient fires to prevent the outbreak of conflagrations such as have re cently devastated the northwestern states. Similar conditions muBt at the same time be developed in the private forest areas, to insure safety from forest fires. Protection is the slogan of the for est experts today. They declare it is not surprising that great fires oc cur, when more than 75 per cent, of the private timber lands of the coun try have no protection whatever; lees than one-fourth enough men and equipment is provided for the nation al forests, and the user of the for ests are only partly educated to the elimination of fire causes. The Fire Watcher's Work. "The risk from fires can never be entirely eliminated." say Chief For ester Graves, "for in the forest there is always inflammable material which is very easily Ignited. They may, however, be largely prevented, and under eftlclent organization their dam age may be kept down to n , very small amount." It 1b a picturesque business, that of fire watching, as practised in some of the larger national forests today. "a I to- r 1 Two or three men In one of the ranger's cabins which have become such an important adjunct of forest guardianship, are near the summit of Bome peak, from which a view can be had over many miles of woodland. In the early part of the year, be fore the rains cease and the ground dries out, these rangers and wardens are employed at ordinary duties through the forest, repairing trails, establishing telephone lines, watching for careless campers and lumbermen, cleaning up dangerous underbrush and the like. As the dry season ad vances and the conditions develop that are especially favorable to for est fires, these men become the "lookouts" of the forest protection force. Day and night they Fcan the distant horizon with strong glasses, for traces of smoke or reflected flames. In the woods, from such an eminence, a fire may be seen for miles, and the first traces of It may be detected by these lookouts long before It would be observed from a ranger's cabin much closer to tho scene. Men and Money Needed. . It is to cope with such conditions that the forest service Is asking for more men and better organization of the forests. At present the men on tho hilltop stations use methods as primitive as those of the Indians to flash the news of a forest fire to dis tant stations where help can be se cured. Often there is no telephone at the mountain lookout station; or no telephone connection to other points where rangers and fire ward ens are supposed to be oh duty. Smoke signals such as the Indians used, made with a blanket over a smoldering fire, or pillars of smoko or flame from a number of fires, con stitute the methods of communica tion used by many of the forest ranger stations, and with which all of the men in the woods are expected to be familiar. The heliograph, flashing the light of the sun; flag signals such as are used in the army, and other systems of signaling, also are used. In some places where a small settlement ex ists near the fire lookout, a ,uniquo means of summoning aid is used. A small windmill is erected at the look out station, equipped with a revolv ing ball in which mirrors are set at every angle. The watchman who dis covers traces of a distant fire, sots his windmill In motion if the day is bright, and departs at once for the scene of the fire, secure in the knowl edge that the signal will call to his aid every man who sees the flashing mirrors. ' To get rid of the fire causes Is the first lesson taught the forest guard ians, and the end toward which the forest service is constantly working. The origins of fires in the woods are roughly classified as follows: Sparks from locomotives, sparks from sawmills and donkey engines used in forest operations, camp fires not properly safeguarded or extin guished, the burning of brush to clear land, the burning of grass to im prove pasturage, carelessness of smokers and hunters, incendiarism and lightning. From the last there can be little protection except equipment to fight the flames as soon as they make their appearance. From every other cause, . however, the standing forests of America can be fairly well pro tected with proper equipment and funds. Ways of Fighting Blazes. The firemen of the woods learn that the night is the best time for their fight. The damp air retards the progress of the blaze. A fire that will sweep ten or twelve miles in the day time will eat its way slowly at night, when there is little breeze and the air is heavy. Then the fire fighters attack it with all the energy they possess, and often bring it within con trol. The forest fire will burn up hill with such rapidity that no strategy of the fire fighters can cope with it. Sweep ing from the bottom of a canyon, or the foot of a hill, it rushes up the slope like a hot blaze up a chimney, carrying the fire to the top In an in credibly short time. Once at the sum mit of the hill, the fire burns more slowly descending the other side, aad the fire fighters have an opportunity to dig trenches, cut fire lines and pre pare other defenses to head it off and stop It. . The source of the greatest danger to forests 1b the presence of dry tops and piles of brush left by lumbermen and by the windfalls of heavy storms. rby WILBUR D NEfBIT p5j Ah, here In the picture tnken By a flnshllght at the feast When It snapped, your nerves were shaken. Yes, they were, or shocked, at least. Let us look at It touether To discover who Is who Also, try to find out whether This is he or that Is you. For you are a Juilue and he Is a Sir Rut one Is a smixlRe and one Is a blur; And maybe that's Scott and maybe that's Hurt, Dut who Is the man who Is nothing but Bhlrt? It Is splendid In the morning; To reflect on how you sat When they grftve to you the warning That tho lens would go to bat. How you Itenryclayed your features. How you lifted up your l'ace, Knowing that of all the creatures None excels the human racel Well, one came to speak, and one owns a bank. Hut one Is a streak and one Is a blank, And one down In front has a face that must hurt. But who Is the man that Is nothing but shirt? Since Belsliauar's famous blow-out Tt has always been the same. When the (lash would spurt and ko out Ail the diners dreamed' of fame, Hut upon tiie morrow momlni? When the picture they would see. With a frown their brows mlornlnK Each would murmur: "Which Is me?" For there was a Judge and there was a Sir Dut now one's a smudge and one Is a blur, Yet tell me, I pray and don't think me pert Who Is the poor man who Is nothing but shirt? Rubbing It In. ,"I suppose," says the interviewer to Roderick O'Hamme, the eminent purveyor of dramatic art, "that it is most annoying to members of your profession to see these jokes about actors counting the ties, and all that sort of thing?" "Indeed, it is,'" gloomily says Mr. O'Hamme. "It Is doubly disagreea ble when onq picks up the paper con uilnlng such a joke to while away the moments when he is resting between the countings." Next. After four years of privations in the north, the explorer returns to civiliza tion. ' "I did not discover the pole," he announces. . ' Immediately fifteen eminent savants, nine hundred scientists, ten rivals, six Eskimos, one man who is posted on astronomy and a gruff old sea dog who can calculate the latitude back ward with hjs left hand, supported by an affidavit brigade of appalling pro portions, demonstrate that he toust have discovered the pole. At Recited by Freddie Jones. Wen free dumfrummer moun tonight Unfurlder stander toothy air ' Sheet ore the azherbbe of nye Tan set the starsuh glory there. Sheem ingle dwlth Its gorge us dice Theem tlky bald rick of the skies Sand stripe dits pureccy lestshul wlte With stree kings suv the morning HghtA Then frummls manshun nln the sun She caider lggle bare er down Nan gavln two his my tyhand The cymbals uvver chose an land- Unmanageable. "This," gasps tho first man, "la what the poets call the 'driven snow." "Yes," wheezes the second man, en deavoring to pick a handful of It out of his ear, while about a. peck of it sillies down his back. "And it acts as if a woman were driving it." Brevity b'fing the soul of wit, w begin to understand the immortality ol the conundrum about the cow thai crossed the road. rrr Jk THl STEADY WhITI UCHT KNEW HIS DESTINATION. TT'V,,A .. ..,.1. .W.i "UfltJ JCI 1114. 4 "To Jaytown." "Well, you'd better hurry if ' you wanter sleep indoors tonight. Do Jail in dat burg closes at nine o'clock." A PERMANENT CURE. No Sign of Kidney Trouble for Over a Yea.r. Mrs. C. J. Decker, 38 Chestnut Sq., Jamaica Plains, Boston, Mass., says: "I was a physical wreck. I could not have walked a block bad my life de pended upon 11. The kidney se cretions were in terrible condi tion and I bloat ed badly. I wished for death. I learned Of Doan's Kid ney Pills and as trf a mt r?Huri, i began their use. Gradually I im proved until dt last I was well. Over a year has now elapsed and not a sign of kidney trouble has appeared. I give Doan's Kidney Pills credit for saving my life." Remember the name Doan's. For sale by all dealers. GO cents a box. Foster-MIlburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. Tuberculosis In the West Indies. Associations for tho Prevention of Tuberculosis have been formed In Cuba, Porto Rico and Trinidad. In Cuba there are over 40,000 deaths from tuberculosis every year, and the death rate from this disease is nearly three times as high in tho United States. In Porto Rico there are over 6,000 deaths every year out of ,1,000,000 in habitants. In Trinidad, the death rate from tuberculosis In Port-au-Spaln, tho only place where figures are available, was 4.75 In 1909, nearly three times the rate in New York city. Condi tions in the other lshindB of the West Indies, where no active campaign agnlnst tuberculosis has been under taken is even worse. The chief rea son for this high mortality is found In the unsanitary, dark, and poorly ventilated houses of the natives of the islands. - flrOHX'S DISTEMPER CP RE will cure tiny possible case uf DISTEMPER, 1'lXlv J'AK, and the like among horn of all ages, and prevents all others in the same stnble from having the disease. Also cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper. Any good druggist can supply you, or send to mfrs. fiO cents and $1.00 a bottle. Agents wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co., Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind. Man's Many Attributes. What a chimera, then, is man! What a novelty, what a monster, what a chaos, what a subject of contradic tion, what a prodigy! A judge of all things, a feeble worm of the earth, depository of the truth, cloaca of un certainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe. DR. MARTEL'S FEMALE PILLS. Seventeen Year the Standard. Prescribed and recommended for Women's Ailments. A scientifically pre pared remedy of proven worth. The result from their use is quick and per manent For sale at all Drug Stores. Made 8ure of Death. A student of a school in Shlnshu, Japan, recently committed suicide by jumping into the crater of Asama yama. The tragedy was not discovered until three days afterward, when some documents left by the suicide near the crater were picked up. Mrs. Window's Soothing- Syrup for Children tvethlng, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25o a bottle. The world will always be indiffer ent to the churches that emphasize their differences. Nothing enlarges the life like letting the heart go out to others.. S " 1 j I immM r The Rayo Lamp is a high trade lamp, told at a low price. There ro lamps t fiat cent more. But there I n nn better lump nmile at nnj prim. OnnMritcti'd rtt Molld bniMi nli'kel plnleil emtllf kept tiletin; an ' ornament to sny room In snr holme. 'J'herels nothing known to thn art of luinp-mukliift- tlmt uun add to the Tallin of the HA YO l-nnip an a HgtiU sWIng divlrfl. Knirjr dealer ererrwhera. If out at youra, write for duauriptlveui miliar to the nearetit agi'iicy of the ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY (Incorporated) W. L. DOUGLAS hafnrdo-Sed SHOES JTEH'8 $2.00, 12.50, 13.00, 3.B0, $4.00, 5.00 WOMEN B S3.00, S3,3.0, W B0Y8' W.CO, T2.50 &. 13.00 THE STANDARD tna on vara no I m. ' They are absolutely tho UtJ '("i f i most oopularandbestshoes 1 7 T7 for the price In America. t-'.-wSN, They arc the leaden e7ery- ; where because they hold V' - - 3 their shape, fit better, i'pt'-u look better aal wear Ion- Jr- f j , e;r than other makes. 1 .31 ? They are positively the most economical shoes for vou to buy. W. L. Douglas name aud the retail piice are stamped on the bottom value fruarsnteed. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTII If your dealer cannot supply you write for Mall Order Catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Miua. "I have been using Cascarets for In somnia, with which I have been afllitted for twenty years, and I can say that Cas carets have piven me more relief than any other remedy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recommend them to my frienda as being all that they are represented." Thos. GilUrd, Elgin, 111. Pleasant, Palatable, Potnt, Taste Good. , IJoGoort. Never Bichen, Weaken or Gripe. 10c, ?Sc, 50c. Never sold in bulk. Thetrin. nine tablet fttamocdCC C. OuaraaUied ti euro or your tucuuty back. &4 ' MEN WANTED SALARIES $800 TO START AND PROMOTION TO $1800 Yonriff men who would !Ikn to nlcf thm Hallway Mail Fryioi mHouM prepare fnrtlie examination which will he held November l.Uk In neverul cities of thin fitute. An eTAtnlnntlnn for Pnt Offipfl Clerk n1 Carrier will be held during the llrt week vt November. In the Hnltwny Mall flprrlff, pnlarli rnn lil-'i nn IKtHi. The Pout Office pulUou pa irum kvxf toi::w. The commercial conncspnNnrvcH PCHOOLH of Uoi'hpHier, N. 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A Etlle Paitioe powder -solved in a glass of hit water makes a delightful antueplic so lution, poiKuing extraordinary clean ting, germicidal end heal ing power, and abaoluteiy haro leit. Try a Sample. 50c a large box at druggists or by maiL THE PAXTON TOILET CO.. Borrow. Maaa. V T.AMENFSS from TtonA RnnHTL RiiiL' Jlone. Hpllnt.Cnrh, htdo UoniJ iiulW Uoubie cau be Mopped witb Fti1! tMrftrtlnnitln mtmnhlnt with Ataeh fwtAa tie. Does not blister or remove the nalr.uo'l horse ean rn wnrkeo. fcUUa but tie. llorne iiook 0 E free. AnsnuniR..TR..fnrmiinVlnll tl trial 13a bottle. KemoveaPulnfttlHwelUnaK. Kn Ui?ed Glands. Goitre. Went, Brutaes, Varl eow Veins. Varid ml tie Oil Hnre. AllaraPaln. Your druKifitt can nupplv and irlve reference. Will tell you more It you write. Manufactured only bf W. t. TOUiG, P. B. Ml Vat Mat BiaMe Bm SOUTHERN LANDS In th. Snntbeaat an toe Imt dtrtdrad paying farm lands in America, to br had al the lowest prices, the largest oppor tunity for successful agriculture In all I lines, Hetnms from well tilled farms proTO this. Millions of acres aaar to markets. Write for publications. M.T. MCBSDS.taissWIHslstl.,lawis V.. a i. ltie ress. -nhi.,1.., a, c. 747 OFFICE POSITIONS year Center the responsibility of your busiTiess training and a position afterward on a responsible school. svwi v uwbkLUh Pittsburg, Pa, warn fob "thb proof" rr aflllrted ThompGon'sEyeWater srtta wean e.oa. aae DEFIANCE Cold Wafer Starch make laundry work a pleasure. It) ox. pkg. luo. PATENTS luiton.D.C BaokntrtM. Uigiv a rctueosjea. Heat neuli W. N. U., PITTSBURG, NO. 40-1910. I II a-ear'C-i 8 AXLE GREASE Keeps the spindle bright and free front grit. Try a box. Sold by dealers everywhere. Atlantic Refining: Co. Uocwpoeateil)
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