SEVEN
YEARS OF
MISERY
All Relieved by Lydia E Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound.
Bikeston, Mo. 'Tor seven yean I
■offered everything. I was in bed
ofor four o T five days
month, ai. so wea{
I could hardly walk.
I cramped and had
backache and head,
ache, and was so
nervous and weak
that I dreaded to
"see anyone or have
anyone move In the
room. The doctors
gave me medicine to
ease me at those
times, and said that I ought to have an
operation. I would not listen to that,
and when a friend of my huabaud told
him about Lydia E. Plnkbam's Vege
table Compound and what it had done
for his wife, I was willing to take it.
Now I look the picture or health and
feel like it, too. I can do my owu house,
work, hoe my garden, and milk a cow.
I can entertain company and enjoy
them. I can visit when I choose, ana
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. I wish I could
talk toevery sufferingwoman andgirl."
—Mrs. I)ema BKTmnfrE, Bikeston, Mo.
The most successful remedy In this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia £. Pink,
ham's Vegetable Compound.
It is more widely and successfully
nsed than any other remedy. It has
cured thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, In
llammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means had failed. Why don't you try it?
/Tv 11 Cure Dropsy
of Any Kind Curable
Address DR. JOHN T. PATTERSON
' Drop*? Specialist
wM' " 18 Widdell Slreel. Atlanta, G*.
Settled Them.
"I've a Bight o' sons—thirteen alto
gether," remarked a prosperous old
farmer, "and all of 'em's done me
oredlt save the three eldest, who
•owed wild oats at a pretty rapid rate,
and then came home and saddled my
shoulders with the harvest.
"Well, I own I wiy# glad to see 'em
Back, and 1 feasted 'em, and petted
'em, and set em on their legs again,
onty to see 'em skedaddlo off afresh
when things had slowed down, with
all the cash they could lay hands on.
"That thereabouts sickened me, so
I called the rest of 'em together and
said:
" There'B ten of you left, and If any
of you 'ud like to follow t'other three
I won't try to stop you. Hut, under
stand this, though there may be a few
aiore prodigal sons, there'll be no
more fatted calves. I've killed the last
of 'em!'
"And," continued the old man, tri
umphantly, "I've baa trouble wl' none
of 'em since!"
Exactly.
Noting that another piece of valu
able china has been broken. Sena
tor Allen asked his housekeeper how J
the breakngo occurred, and sho hast |
lly replied:
"It fell down and Just broke Itself.' j
"Merely an automatic brake," quiet i
Iy commented the senator.
Sensitive.
"You don't like educated Indians!' |
"Oh, yen, I like them well enough, bul
I always feel a sense of shame wher '
1 meet one. lie knows that my an
eesjors cheated his ancestors out o' i
their land, and he knows that I know !
he knows it."
Extravagant.
Ada—Cholly Sapliedde was In 8
brown study the other day, and I of j
fered him 'a penny for his thoughts, j
Edith—You spendthrift! You uevei
did know the value of money!
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Some people make
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CCABIONALLY the ppo
ceedlngs of congress tak-
m — JTM en sld« by side with the
proceedings state
legislatures, or more par
tlcularly perhaps state
" political party conven
tions, present pictures of 
curious contrasts.
One Ohio Republican state conven
tion endorsed in Btrong words the ad
ministration and deeds of Theodore
Rooseyelt, who then was president.
In the same platform which gave the
president his endorsement there were
words of the strongest commendation
for Senator Joseph Benson Foraker
and his work In the senate of the
United States.
The platform therefore expressed
approbation of the legislative efforts
of two men, calmly Ignoring the fact
that one of them was seeking to pre
vent the doing of that which the oth
er wanted to have done. The resolu
tions of the convention were insin
cere either in one case or the other
and the historian must take his
choice.
Senator Foraker was one of the
strongly picturesque men In the sen
ate of the United States. He wbb
strong In speech and In political and
parliamentary methods, and he was
picturesque in manner and appear
ance. He was nervously energetic
and as watchful as a lynx. He was
the head and front of the Republican
opposition in the senate to the rail
road legislation which had the In
dorsement of President Roosevelt
Senator Foraker, In fact, was the tire
less enemy of the measure. He knew
that he was espousing a losing cause,
but if there had been hope that the
measure might be defeated he could
not have been more constant In his
attendance at the sessions when the
bill was under consideration, nor
nvore alert at every Instant of time
to raise some point tending to
strengthen his own line of belief and
of argument.
To one who lacked all knowledge of
the ways of Ohio politics It would
have appeared that Senator Foraker
was facing the certain condemnation
of his constituents by his course of
antagonism to his party and to the
president. From the wordß that came
to Washington from Ohio It appeared
practically certain that the people of
the state who held no corporation af
filiations were like the same classes
of people In other states —determined
advocates of railroad regulating meas
ures.
Other senators who were as bitter
ly opposed personally to the legisla
tion as was Senator Foraker paid
heed to the feeling at home and voted
for the bill, . The Ohio senator seem
ed to gain strength In opposition
from every message that came over
tho Alleghany mountains telling him
that he was taking tho unpopular
side. Mr. Foraker's attitude had In it
I more than a suspicion of defiance.
He was in the thick of the fight
from the day that the Hepburn bill
reached the floor of the senate until
the hour when It was put upon Its
passage. His long speech in opposi
tion to the measure was one of the
greatest speeches which he had ever
j delivered. It was eloquent It was
| based upon premises which by the
| speaker's art was made to appear
| sound, and the listening laymen might
! well have been "almost persuaded"
j that all the right and the reason and
! the logic were with the cause of the
j senator from Ohio.
it was a long speech which Mr.
i Foraker made, but its interest made
the time speed on Its way. He was
j not content with the one utterance.
I At different times durtng the debate
j he rose to combat the statements of
| some of his colleagues, and at every
| such time he spoke vehemently and
well.
President Roosevelt during the
j months of agitation over railroad rate
matters said some things which made
it appear strongly that he felt that
men who opposed legislation which
| he favored were not likely to have
the countenance of their constituents.
He lived to see a convention of his
party declare practically that he was
right, and the men who were diamet
rically opposed to him also were right
The Republican party In Ohio suc
ceeded in framing resolutions that
read much like a hit of the rarer hu
mor of Mark Twain.
Senator Foraker In addition to be
ing opposed bltterly»to railroad rate
legialation, was the chief stumbling
block in the Benate to the securing of
such action on statehood questions
as the president wished to have
taken. Mr. Foraker did not wish to
, see Arizona and New Mexico united,
and he did not Hesitate any longer to
take issue with the president on the
matter than he hesitated to take is
sue with his own rate legislation.
Certain great corporations were
greatly lnt«rested la the queetlon of
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FPLCTUPES
■CURIOUS CON
the admission of the two territories
as It was flrat proposed. There wm 'a
lobby evidence in Washington, and It
worked literally night and day to de
feat In the senate the statehood bill
aa It had passed the lower house.
The Ohio senator paid no attention !
at all to the stories of outalde lnflu j
ences that were brought to bear to
secure the defeat of Joint statehood
He at times was vitriolic In hlB
speeches on the matter of the adrais
Blon of the territories. To him every
other man's logic was Illogical and J
every other man's reasoning was un I
reasonable. Seemingly he cared noth
Ing for criticism, and In truth the
senior Ohio senator did care nothing
for criticism.
Possibly It Is this sort of sticking to
one course no ipktter how the tides
and the winds may set In and blow,
that kept Mr. Foraker's constituents
at that time loyal to him, even though
they disagreed utterly with that which
ho said and did. Certain it is that
they gave him an Indorsement for do
ing that which probably nine-tenths
of them think that he ought not to
have done.
If the Ohio state convention of sev
eral years ago had declared specifical
ly In Its platform that a certain law
should be passed by congress the next
winter and Senator Foraker should
have gone to Washington and caused
the defeat of the statute which had
been demanded, a great many of his
constituents doubtless would have
patted him on the back for disobey
ing them.
The agitation for Canadian reciproc
ity during the last winter brought
sharply to mind the final success of
the demands to enter into a reciprocal
trade agreement with Cuba during
the earlier part of Theodore Roose
velt's administration.
Cuba already had cost the United
States a large sum of money In addi
tion to that spent for the prosecution
of the war against Spain. Eight years
ago President Roosevelt called con
gress together In extraordinary ses
sion for the express purpose of dis
cussing a measure of trade reciprocity
with the Island which had just taken
a place among the independent na
tions of earth.
One of the most lnteresfcng debates
and one of tfie most Interesting situ
ations known to legislative history
grew out of the desire of this country
to give Cuba commercial advantages.
In the first instance new trade rela
tions were provided for by the treaty.
The senate of the United States alone
has to deal with treaties after they
have been drawn In proper form by
the state department and have been
sanctioned by the president. It Is for
the senate to ratify or to reject
treaties.
Under the Constitution all measures
for the raising of revenues must orig
inate In the house of representatives.
The leaders of the house, knowing
that the trade treaty with Cuba
touched the revenues, objected to the
form of the legislation and insisted
that Instead of a treaty the reciproc
ity measure should have its origin In
the lower house of congress. The
reasoning of the house members was
disputed weakly, and the representa
tives won their point.
The Cuban reciprocity treaty be
came the Cuban reciprocity bill. After
the ways and means committee of the
house had considered It it went to
the floor for debate and there both
the Democrats and the Republican*
tried their best to make political cap
ital out of the legislation. The Dem
ocrats held that the Republicans were
coming over to their way of thinking
and that the Cuban* could thank their
stars that Democratic doctrine had
prevailed.
The Republicans held that reciproc
ity was a principle of the party em
phasised by James O. Blaine and later
by William McKlhley. At lk was, the
bill went through the house practical
ly unanimously, and It was sent over
to the senate In plenty of time for
that body to have taken action before
the close of the extraordinary session
which was to come perforce at the
hour set for the opening of the first
regular meeting of the Fifty-eighth
congress. The senate, however, to a
deliberate body, almost maddeningly
deliberative at times, and so It was
that the Cuban reciprocity measure
was not acted upon until the regular
session had come and was some weeks
on Its way.
The senate had a row of its own
] before the reciprocity bill, after com
i ing from the house, was referred t(j a
committee for consideration. When
In treaty form the measure necessar
ily was booked for consideration b*y
! the committee on foreign relations, of
[ which Senator Shelby M. Cullom of
Illinois was and Is the chairman. The
j minute that the house made good Its
I contention that the measure was a
j bill and not a treaty, the finance com
j mlttee of the senate declared that It
was the proper body to consider the
measure, and a strong fight was made
to take the matter away from Senator
Cullom and give it into the hands of
j Senator Aldrlch. The Rhode Island
senator was a power, but the Illinois
j senator was also a power, and In this
particular Instance Illinois came out
ahead of Rhode Island. The commit
tee on foreign relations took the
reciprocity bill under consideration,
and later reported upon It, and after
j debate it received the senate's sanc
tion.
The house of representatives spends
a good deal of tlmo occasionally over
what seems to be trivial things. It
Is only fair to the house to say, how*
! ever, that most of these seemingly
j trivial matters are those which con
cern the spending of money, and with
the navy drawing over $100,000,000 a
year and with the other departments
keeping pace with the navy's draft on
the treasury, economy In small things
Is necessary. The house succeeds In
getting some fun out of the disputes
over small expenditures, and the time
and the task are lightened by the
pleasantries.
In an army appropriation bill s
small sum of money was Included to
provide for the purchase of books,
magazines and newspapers for the
use of the general staff. Of course,
the supposition was that all the read
ing matter purchased was to be of a
technical kind and of service to army
officers In their profession. In fact,
money previously voted had been used
for service magazines and for mili
tary books only.
An Indiana member, however, want
ed the appropriation cut to S2OO, and
said it should be specifically stated
that nothing was to be bought ex
cept printed matter bearing on the
profession of arms
General Hull of lowa, who was chair
man of the house committee on military
affairs, jumped to the defense of the
assaulted army. He said that there
wasn't a yellow-backed book on the
shelves of the war department. He
declared that "army officers may like
to read books like Wllkle Collins'
'ljady In White,' but they buy them
out of their own pockets.**-
General Hull's mistake In naming
tho title of Wllkle Collins' "Woman In
White" was the subject of a good
natured gibe or two, but attention was
quickly turned away from the slip by
a Democrat from the Hoosler state
who Jumped to his feet and said that
In connection with this army bill
there was an "Ariel" thing that he
wished to speak about
The members turned to the Indi
anlan qnickly, expecting from the use
of the word "Ariel" a rapid Jump
from "The Woman In White" to "Tho
Tempest," but the Indlanlan disap
pointed them by talking about an
army flying machine which he said
was Intended to make naviga
tion possible, "but which fell kerflop."
The sunny southern land which gave
the country Pod Dismuke and Dink
Botts contributed recently three more
candidates for name arid fame, and
when they were read out In the sen
ate the grave ones were moved into
smiling. Among the nominations pre
sented to the senate for confirmation
appeared these names of residents of
Dixie: Tllman Bunch, Lovlck Plnk
ston and Kpaminondaa Blgler.
Not Father's Gain.
"I hope your father will consent,"
he said.
"Well, your Income Is rather smalt,"
she replied.
"Money!" he exclaimed. "Bah!"
"Oh, yes, I know! Love's every
thing—except bread and butter and
dreaaes and motor cara." She ahook
her head wisely. "And then I expect
dad will be sorry to loae me."
"That'i easily got over," observed
the young man. "I'll remind him that
instead of losing a daughter he'll gain
a son."
"No, don't do that, dear," ahe said
seriously. "It would be fatal."
"Fatal!" he queried. "Why?"
"Because —well, dad's a little touchy
on the Bubject of extra sons," she ex
plained. "You see, he* has three of
them boarding with him as It 1a!"
Oh, Don't Rock the Boat.
They were canoeing on the Charles.
"The water here to over my head,
lant Itr tire aaked.
"Not as long as yon keep It under
your feet," answered Smarty.—Boston
Transcript
FEW RATIONS FOR FATTENING
Agricultural Experiment Station of
Psnnsylvsnls Gives Combinations
Worked Succesfully. '
The agricultural experiment station
of the Pennsylvania State college sug
gests the following grain ratlona for
fattening poultry, as having been used
with success by them. Where yellow
flesh Is wanted, a ration should be
made of cornmeal, five parts; ground
oats (hulls removed) two parts; ani
mal meal, one part. Mixed with sour
milk. Wbefre a whiter flesh is want
ed, the following rations are recom
mended. Cornmeal, two parts, ground
buckwheat, two parts; ground oats,
two parts. Mixed with sour milk. An
other, barley two parts; mid
dlings, two parts, buckwheat, two
parts; cornmeal, one part. Mixed
with sour milk. Another, the refuse
from shredded wheat and sour milk.
When birds are confined for fatten
ing, sour milk aids digestion and j
keeps the system from getting fever- i
lsh. If no milk Is available, some
form 0C animal or green food must be
supplied to make the best gains. !
Should a chicken, for any reason, get
oft its food, a good plan is to turn It
out in the yard. It will usually re
cover In a short time. Water should
be given once a day and grit twice a
week. The rations Bhould be fed rath
er soft, about like porridge. The food
should never retftain before them from
one meal to another. Take It away
20 minutes after feeding.
INFERTILITY OF HEN'S EGG
Soma of tne Principal Reasons Why
•ome Pall to Hatch—Something
Worth Remembering.
Beginners, who are often nonplused
because some of their eggs fail to
hatch, are given a splendid reason in
the accompanying Illustration. Dead
germs and non-fertility are not the
only reasons, however, for poor hatch
es, but usually these are self-ex
planatory. ' If the novice will test
out hi* eggs when about seven daya
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Character of an Egg.
Incubated according to the conforma
tions shown,' discarding the "dead"
ones, he will have taken a long step
forward in securing satisfactory re
sults. The membranes shown In the
live germ strikingly show why the old
hen turns her eggs; otherwise those
would adhere to the shell, and so make
the birth of the chick difficult, and
often impossible. In artificial incu
bation It to well to bear this in mind.
Keep the young chicks out of the
rain and dampness.
Corn, with nothing else, is the
greatest cause of no eggs.
Artificial Incubation in recent years
haa assumed large proportions.
Over-feeding causes chicks to be In
active and susceptible to disease.
The very best rule Is to "watch the
fowls and feed about all they will
eat.
The material used In preparing the
nests for sifting hens should be fresh
and clean.
Ducks are very dirty about the wa
ter pana, making the drinking water
unfit tor chickens.
If you cannot get one this year, get
a brooder and wait for the Incubator
until next season.
Fowls require the equivalent of
about 27 pounds of dry feed for each
600 pounds of live weight.
Hens require plenty of green food,
as well as room for exercise, in addi
tion to liberal grain feeding.
A hen that la laying an egg every
ether day will consums considerably
more food than one that to not laying
at all. •
Chickens and ducklings bred from
Immature stock hsve not the same
vigor aa thoae whoae parents were
full grown.
The unsanitary conditions of the
coops la the cause of the mortality of
thousands upon thousands of chlcka
every seaaon.
Apply kerosene to the roosts with a ,
cloth or awab twice a week during the
summer or warm weather to kill the
red spider lice. ■
There are almost as many ways and
methods of feeding and caring for tur
keys are there are localities where,
they are grown.
Frequently cleaning and disinfect*
tog of all the poultry quarters means
less trouble sad more profits. Use
sarbolsted whitewash freely.
.
Doctors Said He Would Die
——————. •
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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