J MOTHERHOOD WOMAN'S JOY Suggestions to Childless Women. ? Among the virtues of Lydiu i}. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is tl\e ability to correct sterility in the cases of m^zy women. Tnis fact ia well established as evidenced by the following letter and hundreds of others we have published in these coiums. Poplar Bluff, Mo. -?"I want other women to know what a blessing Lydia TT> T_ -tr zj. x lii&uoui a v tes table Compound has been to me. We had always wanted a baby in our home but I was in poor health and not able to do my work. My mother and hus band both ursred me to try Lvdia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I did so. mv im proved and I am now the mother of a nne baby girl and do all my own house work. "-Mrs. Allia B. Timmons, 216 Almond St., Poplar Bluff. Mo. In many other homes, once childless, there are now children because of the fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound makes women normal, healthy and strong Write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medi cine Co., Lynn, Mass.. for advice ? it will be confidential and helpfuL There was a young lady named Banker, who slept ?hife the ship !siy at anchor: *; She awoke in dismay when she heard the mate By. " Now hoist up the top sheet and spanker." It't enough to frighten anybody to awake afl* covered out of a sound sleep with the first symptoms of a cold clutching at the throat and lungs, with that chilly creepy feeling all over. Quick action is necessary at such times to nip it in the bud and thus prevent bronchitis or serious lung troubles. If you will alway^ keep a bottle qI old reliable Boschee's German Syrup handy there is no need to worry. It gently soothes inflammation, eases the cough, insures a good night's sleep, with free expectoration in the morning. This old remedy has been successfully used all over the civil ized world for the last 51 years. 25c. and 75c. sizes at all druggists and Sealers everywhere. Try It and see. STOCK UCK IT-STOCK LIKE IT For Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. Contains Cop peras for Worms, Sulphur for the Blood, Saltpeter for the Kidneys, N'Qx Vomica, aTonic, and Pure Dairy Salt. Used by Vet erinarians 12 year?. No Dosing. Drop Brick in feed-box. Ask yourdealer for Blackman's or write BIACKMAN STOCK REMEDY COMPANY CHATTANOOGA. TENNESSEE COLORED PEOPLE I can have nice, long, straight hair by tising Exelento Quinine Pomade, which is a Hair Grower, not a Kinky Hair remover. You can see the results by using several times. Try a package. Price 25c at all drug stores or by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. Agents wanted everywhere. Write for par ticulars. Exelento Medicine Co.. At lanta, Ga. tiDHMCU AN DlTCfBuds Rats. Mice, Sura. nUUOnOnnAla Die outdoor I5cand25c W. N. U., CHARLOTTE-, NO. ,5-1917. iet ContentsloFMdtoc 'I. '??' ; -ALCOHOL ~3 PER CENT. J A^^efablePreparatiai&As ? 3 simiiatingtbeFood byBegula tingthe Stomachs and Bowels rf ? Thereby-Promoting Digestion Cheerfulness and Rest Contains neither Opiam,Morphine not; || Mineral Not Narcotic J . ? Uf ' ' JrtdpeafOifWr. SMmHT&R Jhanpinv Sttd Irk 5SV Stsa \fkv>r ? 1 ? ? ? ? ? Tl A helpful Remedy foe I Constipation and Diarrhoea. and Feverishness and \ Loss of Sleep fiesutting therefrom-' ' JS" lac-Simile Signature [GOKPANXI HIGH COST OF LIVING This is a serious matter with house keepers as food prices are constantly going up. To overcome this, cut out che high priced meat dishes and serve your family more Skinners Macaroni and Spaghetti, the cheapest, mofet de licious and most nu'.ritious of all foods. ! Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha, | Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling how to prepare it it a hundred different ways. It's free to every woman. ? Adv. . As the Old Year Died. "I couldn't set ont of marrying her," j Henpeck explained. "When she pro j posed she said: "Will you marry me? ; Have you any objection?' You see, no matter whether I said 'yes' or 'no,' she | had me." "Why didn't you just keep silent, | then?" inquired his friend. "That's what I did. and she said, i 'Silence gives consent,' and that ended ! it." MOTHER'S JOY SALVE for Colds, Croup, Pneumonia and Asthma ; GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT for Neuralgia, Rheumatism and Sprains. For sale by all Druggists. GOOSE QREA&E COMPANY, MFR'S. Greensboro, N. C. ? Adv. Clinched His Assertion. "Anything new in the show?" asked the local manager. "Yes," answered the visiting agent. "The biggest sup ply t>f new songs, new faces, new jokes ever shown in captivity. .Tust to show you the trouble we've taken with that show, we've been collecting all that material for the last ten years." TAKES OFF DANDRUFF HAIR STOPS FALLING Girlsl Try This! Makes. Hair Thick, Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful ? No More Itching Scalp. Within ten minutes after an appli cation oi' Danderine you cannot find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair j and your scalp will not itch, but what will please -you most will be after a few weeks' use, when you see new hair, -fine and downy at first ? yes ? but really new hair ? growing all over the Scalp. A little Danderine immediately dou bles the beauty of your hair. * No dif ference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand it a time. The effect is amaz ing ? your hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance ; an incomparable luster, i softness and luxuriance. Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's I Danderine from any store, and prove I i that your hair is as pretty and soft as any ? that it has been neglected or injured by careless treatment ? that's all ? you surely can have beautiful hair ind lots of it if you will just try a lit-, le Danderine. Adv. Couldn't Help It. "I have been spoken of as a logical I candidate for the legislature." "Never mind !" consolingly said J. j Fuller Gloom. "People will talk, you | know." ? Judge. A Definition. "Pa, what is a luxury?" "Anything you want, my son, when you haven't got the price." Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes weak women strong, sick women well, no j alcohol. Sold in tablets or liquid. ? Adv. The average girl would rather be in love than be happy. " GASTORIA For Infants and Children, Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of For Over ? \ i I Ji ? -v. . _f> ' . _ : -v.-,-". _ LEAF BLISTER MITE DAMAGE Small Animal, Invisible to Eye, At tacks Standard Varieties of Pear and Apple Trees. - I Red or green blisterlike spots ap pearing in the spring on the foliage of the apple and pear are usually due j to the leaf-blister mite. This is not an insect but a small animal, invisible to the unaided eye, which attacks stand ard varieties of pear and. apple trees j and often inflicts serious damage, i Where trees are seriously infested the j premature fall of both fruit and leaves may result. Iq such cases a special application of lime-sulphur wash or j other spray may be necessary. Ordi- , narily, however, the regular orchard spraying is sufficient to control the mite. Badly infested branches of the pear trees may be cut off and burned. Care should be taken not to confuse the work of the mite with the leaf spot disease or the results of heavy j spraying. The leaf-blister mite passes the win- ; ter beneath the -bud scales. There it | waits for the opening of the buds and attacks the young leaves as soon as | they push 'out in the spring. The tiny j animals bore small holes from the un- i derside of the leaves into the interior, . Section of Pear Leaf, Showing Struc ture of Gall of Blister Mite. Pear-Leaf Gall, in Cross Section, of Leaf-Blister Mite. where they lay their eggs. This causes the small, pimpielike galls on the upper, surface of the leaves. The spots later increase in size, sometimes to one-eighth of an inch, and on the pear tree are red and often brilliantly colored as they grow. In the case of the apple the eruptions lack the more brilliant coloring and are found more along the margin of the leaf. In both cases the spots finally turn brown- w; black, and if the pest is abundant the leaves become ruptured and wrinkled. More than 250 varieties of apples I are attacked by the mite, injury being especially severe on some well-known commercial sorts, such as the Ben Da vis, the King, Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening and the Williams Favorite. Where orchards are seriously in fested, as has been noted in New York state, lime-sulphur washes give excel lent results. They avoid the injuri ous effects upon fruit buds which sometimes result from the use of oil sprays. The wash should be applied thoroughly, coating the twigs and branches. A standard solution of ' kerosene emulsion may also be used. The stock solution should be diluted with five parts of water for spraying purposes. On the pear the mites may be kept reduced^ to an important extent simply by searching out in the spring small branches bearing worst infested leaves, pruning these off and burning them, or sprays may be employed exactly as indicated for the apple, if this is con sidered necessary. Except in cases of serious infesta tion special spraying for the blister mite will not be necessary. As to Leaf-Blister Mit&? 1, Dorsal View; 2, Ventral View. whether or not it is advisable to spray, the orchardists will have to decide after determining as exactly as is pos sible the amount of injury thaf is be in^ done by the mites, and care should be taken not to confound with its in jury that which has resulted from fun gicidal or paris green sprays, and from leaf-spot diseases. DESTROY APPLE-TREE BORER ?. i '/ ' ' . ? l'.'* ? Service Tree Is Favorite Food Plant of Insect and Should Be Removed From Orchard. ' ' ? v-"; , The round?-headed apple-tree borer may^be greatly reduced in numbers by /destroying the 1 common service tree when in1 proximity to orchards. ?: It-has beep found that the- tree is a favorite food plant of theinsect. ? V V'"'V ' :? ' t .. J ?' ? .y- fig '?% ?' V \ ' J ft ? gg& . ?? .. - ?r ? - ? . "vi-v . '~r* 'f oii.v r. > ? ... 1 ... S ? V '? SANDSTONE FOOT Is DUG UP SW - SI ?? y.v v.'tji fc?S r< - ? ty Found in 'Canal Intake In California, Away Bsfow the 8urface. Redding, Cal. ? A curiosity Leld by the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District is a human foot in sandstone that was dug up from the bottom of the main canal at the outlet of the channel at the intake. The foot is evi dently that of a woman. The outline is perfect. e*-en down Jo the toes, the church cuts off worms Closes Fish Bait Field to Step Sun day Angling and Help Attend ance at Services. ?jV - ? # f McGregor, la. ? The trustees of the local Methodist Eplscopa.1 church, have taken effective means of inducing Sun day attendance In posting the follow ing notice in the churchyard : "It cost the Metho'iist church consid erable to maintain a drainage ditch ground the church in order to keep the DIVER TO TRY FOR $2,000,000 That Amount Went Down in the Brother Jonathan Half a Century Ago. San Francisco.? Martin Lund, a sea diver of renown, has left here on the steamer Del Norte for Crescent City to salvage the wreck of the old side wheeler Brother Jonathan; which was lost off the coast of Del Norte county half a century ago with more than $2. ? K>0.000 in specie, government bills Any man becomes an ideal husband ;he clay his wife becomes a widow. ^ Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills contain nothing but vegetable ingredients, which act gently as a tonic and purgative by stimu lation and not by irritation. Adv. Speechless amazement is .one of the few things that go without saying. Only One "BROMO QUININE" To get the genuine, call lor lull name LAXATTVH BROMO QUININE. Look for signature of H. W. I GROVB. Cures a Cold in One Day 25c Explained. "I was held up in this city before 1 I had been here a day." ''Didn't you get a chance to cry out?" "Oh, yes, but what did the nurse care for Hvjt?" i HAVE SOFT, WHITE HANDS Clear Skin and Good Hair by Using Cuticura ? Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal.. Besides , these fragrant, super-creamy emol lients prevent little skin troubles be coming serious by keeping the* pores pty*/from obstruction." No.thing better at any price for all toilet purposes. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere. ? Adv. 9 Wood Being Put to Many New Uses. Among the products made exclusive ly from wood are charcoal, without which we could have no formalde hyde; cellulose, which, converted inti viscose, furnishes us with artificial sausage skins and artificial silk from which neckties, stockings, braids and tapestries are made. Nine-tenths of all paper is made from ? wood. At the forest products laboratory at Madison, Wis., of the American Forestry association the mill waste of long-leaf pine has - beer turned into a brown paper that has a variety of uses ; cut into strips, it is spun into threads and woven into bii^s. matting burlap, suitcases > and furniture. That laboratory has also produced a dye from the mill waste of osage orange that is a substitute for fustic. No sick headache, sour stomach, biliousness or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box now. Turn the rascals out ? the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases ? turn them out to-night and keep them out with | Cascarets. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom ach. Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach, remove the sour fermenting food , take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and" poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great; A Cascaret to-night straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store, means a clear head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Chil dren love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv. > - , Their* Practice. "Dentists ought to make appealing orators." ?* V "Why so?"* "Look at the way they can draw tears by working on people's feelings. 1 ? ball of the foot tad the delicate 'lines of the instep. The specimen was dug np at a depth of 20 feet, or below the glacial deposit of bowlders and gravel that was made thousands of years ago, as geologists measure time. The explanation of the find is that, years and years ago, when the flat east of Redding was mud, an Indian maiden walked barefooted across^ the plain. Her feet made a well-defined imprint, that was filled up later in some flood drift by san*1 4Xbe sand in time turned to sandstone and uiade the rare specimen now held by the ir rigation district Corn Hides Motor. Mason . City, la? Northern Iowa corn is so tail that it is possible to hide an automobile in a cornfield and leave it there six weeks before discov ery. A brafeeman on a passing train discovered the automobile of Roy Mar tin of Mason City in a cornfield near here recently, six weeks after the car had disappeared ~ ? - water from flooding the^ basement. Parties are in the habit of digging earth worms in this ditch, which causes the water to run into the basement. This practice must be stopped at once. By order of the church board." Anglers say the trustees know the churchyard is the only good place to dig worms in McGregor and that no one can go Ashing Sundays without bait. One inventor uses charged wires to prevent cat concerts. | Cat Adopts Rabbit. Marietta, Pa. ? Abraham B. Lot*, who tenants a farm near town, hal an old oat that isrearing a rabbit, to gether with a litter of kittens. Whllt going to the barn early one morning lit noticed fhe* rabbit and thinking it would die he decided to place it with the little kittens. The cat has adopted It, and It is a curious sight to see th? I rabbit with the kittens. Chicago has dedicated a new club house for boys in Larrabee street. and other valuables. J. C. Freese, ma rine contractor of S?n Francisco, Is associated with Lund, in financing and equipping the expedition. Bass Fell Into Boat. Shelbyvflle, .Ind. ? Lytle Nail and Claude Ben.von spent two weeks fish ing at Flat Rock cave,, south of here, and they caught nothing but redeyes, suckers and sunfish. The last day of their outing, as they were returning to shore in their boat. Nail struck a log with his. oar, Ther^ was a splash and two bass, each weighing two pounds, fell in the bottom of the boat. The fishermen caught them and triumph antly brought them ashore. ^ Courage of Desperation. ""When young Doddle* went under while swimming the other day ail the women bathers formed a human chain and dragged him in at ?rreat risk to themselves. Wasn't that courageous?" "Courageous, your grandmother! He was the only young tuau staying at the place." Really Annoying. "Well, that's enough to try the pa tience of Job !" exclaimed the village minister, as he threw aside the local paper. "Why, what's the matter, dear?" asked his wife. "Last Sunday I preached from the text 'Be ye, therefore, steadfast,' " an swered the good man; "but the printer makes it read, 'Be ye there for break fast.' " ACTRESS TELLS SECRET. A well known actress gives the follow ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and ^4 oz. of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. Full directions for making and use come in each box of Barbo Compound. It wili gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft and glossy. , It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv. Natural Means. "How does a poet laureate manage to maintain his standing?" "Of course, by his poetic feet." Aviators attached to the Signal corps station at San Diego obtain weather reports. An Edible Currency. At Cobham, a rural station in cen tral Virginia, Mr. Bell is the store keeper. One day a small negro came into his store with a single egg. He went up to'Mr. Hell and displayed ihe new-laid egg. "Mr. Bell, mummer say please, sir, give her a needle for dis egg." "You can get two needles f??r an egg," answered Mr. ftell. "Nor, sir, mummer don' want t wo needles; she say please, sir,' giv<> me tje change in cheese."? Youth's Com panion. INSIST ON YAM NUTS? | Up-to-date grocers have them? the new ! food with an "unforgetable flavor," made | from Southern yams. Try YAM Nl'TS i once, they'll win you sure. The Williams Co., Greenville, S. C. Adv. The Toiler. "Does a fanner have to work hard?" "Yep. But not hard as the aver age person who has to buy wh it us farmers raise." Thirty years ago t;here were only two Protestant churches in Chile. Now there are 70. Why Rheumatism Gomes With Gold Weather! BY VALENTINE JIOTT PIERCE, JUL. D. A close" conneetion exists between these two ? cold weather and rheu matism. Prof. Alex. Haig, of London, has the most followers in the medical profession in the belief that the prud ence in the system of uric acid, or its salts in excess, is the real cause of rheu matism. Everyone has recognized the difference in the appearance of their water as seon as it gets cold ; there is often a copious sediment of brickdust. Several causes may lead up to an accumulation of uric acid in the system, which, in turn, causes rheumatism or gout, or creaky joints, or stvollen fingers, or painful joints. For ope reason the skin does not throw off the uric acid, by profuse sweating, as in the hot weather, and the kidneys are unable to take care of the double Ipurden. Another reason is that people do not drink as much water in cold weather as in summer, which helps to flush the kidneys. Again, they eat more meat in cold weather, ana some people are so susceptible that they soon develop rheumatism after eating meat. At all such times persons should drink copiously of hot water, say, a pint morning and night, and take Anurio three or four times a day. This An uric comes in tablet form and can be had at almost any drug 6tore. It dis solves the uric acid in the system and carries it outward. I would advise everyone to take Anuric occasionally, and continue for three or four weeks, and in that way avoid rheumatism, goufe and many of the painful disorders due to uric acid. ? Adv. l His Occupation. "What is that man doing?" asked the customer, as he saw the clockmak er's assistant painting the houi~? on a ctock face. "Oh," replied the master, "lie is sim ply making time." j The Inducement. Willis ? What makes a man always give a lady a diamond ring? Gillis ? The lady.? Orange Peel. I Prominent Citizen. Bug? Who is he? Caterpillar ? That's Mr. Firefly, one of our leading lights. TAKE Tiffs Pills The first dose often astonishes the Invalid, giving elasticity of mind, buoyancy of body, GOOD DIGESTION, regular bowels and solid flesh. Price, 25 eta. jgSfglSMSTH's HollTonic Sold for 4^ years. For Malaria, Chills and Fever. Also a Fine General Strengthening Tonic* COc and II OO i Drui Stor? ? ?iiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiimfiHiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiy | Hunting 1 j Rifles 1 = When you look over e = the sights of your rifle E j| and see an animal = = like this silhouetted = 5 against the back- == = ground, you like to ? = feel certain that your E = equipment is equal E EE to the occasion. The fj EE majority of success- s = fn1 hunters use Win- C EE Chester Rifles, which shows how they are esteemed. == EE ' They ^ are xnad? , in various styles and calibers and =2 = ; ARE SUITABLE FOR ALL KINDS OF HUNTING If QiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid . ? , " . - .????' r. 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