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WOMEN FROM
45 to 55 TESTIFY
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To the Merit or Lydia EL Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Com¬
pound during Change
of Life.
Westbrook, Me. — “I was passing
through the Change B of Life and had
. . , back
pains in my
and side and was so
weak I could hardly
do my housework.
•i;j j I have taken Lydia
■ E. Pinkham’s Vege¬
f table Compound and
ill fife IjCIi; it has done me a lot
m of good. 1 will re¬
commend your med¬
/ icine to my friends
/ and give you permis-
sion to publish my
testimonial.” — Mrs. Lawrenck Mar-
TIN, 12 King SC, Westbrook, Maine.
Manston, Wis. — “Atthe Change of
Life I suffered with pains in my back
and loins until I could not stand. I also
had night-sweats so that the sheets
would be wet I tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking one bot¬
tle of Lydia El Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound I began to improve and I
continued its use for six months. The
pains left me, the night-sweats and hot
flashes grew less, and in one year I was
a different woman. I know I have to
thank you for my continued good health
aver since. ” — Mrs. M. J. Brownell,
Mansion, Wis.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, Is unparalleled in such cases.
If yon want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi¬
dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read und answered by a
Woman, and held la strict confidence.
Million a Night for Fun.
A million dollars a night. That’s
what a proprietor of a Broadway hotel
in New York figures that the natives
and visitors spend for revel and pleas-
ure. lt sounds fanciful, true. But
hero’s how he spends the million:
Dinners, $125,000; suppers and wine,
$125,000; theaters, $175,000; cafes, flow¬
ers and other Incidentals, $300,000.
“If there Isn't a million spent In the
Broadway district In a night," he
adds, "what Is left wouldn’t enable a
man to have a steam yacht and a
country home."
Mother
Knows What
To Use
W To Give A \
Njj^Relief Quick
HANFORD’S
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For Bruises, Cuts, Sprains, Bunu,^^
Strains, Stiff Neck, Back,^^^L
Ol3 Chilblains, Lame Wounds,^^!
Sores, Open
and all External Iry’uries. ^
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Price 25c, 50c and $1.00
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W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 15-1914.
MEMORIES of the Old
1"1 South in Every Can
of French Market Coffee
The romance of the days of Andrew Jackson, of Henry Clay,
of the picturesque pirate chief, LaFitte, and of the beautiful
women and brave men of the old South, clings around
every cup of delicious old French Market Coffee.
Enjoying its unmatched aroma
and wonderful soothing flavor in-
yokes the picture of the quaint
stalls where belles and beaux
congregated after every festive
occasion for the crowning pleasure
of a good-night cup of this most
popular of all beverages.
The French Market Coffee that
you get from your grocer, in per-
e* ch_Ai. * ^
£ ^
1
$ n
£offei n
- &
FOR
MALARIA and general as a TONIC OLDEST
[it If not sold by yonr dru, 1st, will be sent by Parcels Post
[il*] on receipt of pact, it Peter & Co, Louisville. Ky. BEST
Nap In a Nutshell.
Marks Are you reading this new
history of the Napoleonic tragedy
that's being printed?
Barks No. To me the tragedy of
Napoleon may be summed up In two
lines. The divorce of Josephine was
the prelude: Elba the Interlude, and
his last battle the Waterlooed.
FAIl BRTTKIl THAW qi'INIIVB.
1011 vlr iinlx-k cures malaria whera
quinine falls, and it can bo taken with
impunity by suffered old and from young. Malarious
“Having Fe¬
ver for several months, getting no relief
from quinine and being completely brok¬
en down In health, ‘Kllslr llnbek’ efTect-
2,1*Permanent cure." WUllam F. Marr.
Kll.tr Hiihck 50 cents, all ,, druggists , or
by “ki Parcels post prepaid from Kloczew-
* Go.. Washington. L>. c.
Natural.
Belle Is that girl’s hair naturall;
curly?
Nell Yes, natural result of th'
curling Iron.
SPRING SUGGESTION.
Take two or three Wright’B Indian
Vegetable Bills upon retiring a few
times and you wtd say that they’re
the best Spring Medicine you've ever
tried. Send for trial box to 372 Pearll
street, New York.—Adv.
Bell Never Stops Tolling.
A bell In a temple In North China
has b<-en kept ringing for a century!
A tax Is levied in the district for
paying relays of ringers of work In
cessantly day and night. j
HAIR CAME OUT IN BUNCHE
Route No. 3, Box 20A, Broken A|
row, Okla.—“My trouble began wit!
an itching of the scalp of my hea<!
My scalp at first became covered wit!
flakes of dandruff which caused me t!
scratch and this caused a breaking
out here and there on the scalp, il
became so Irritated until I could no!
rest at night and my hair would com!
out In bunches and became short an!
rough. I
“Everything I used would cause ll
to grow worse and It continued thal
way for about three or four year*
While reading the paper I saw thl
advertisement of Cuticura Soap an!
Ointment und sent for a sample. gel II
proved so good that I decided to
some more. I used them as directed
and In two weeks I saw a good efl
feet. Now my hair Is longer anJ
looks better than I have ever knowB
it to be. 1 give all the credit of ml
cure of Bcalp trouble to the Cutlcufl
Soap and Ointment.” (Signed) Mr®
Ella Sheffield, Nov. 30, 1912. ^
Cuticura Soap and Ointment 4old y
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post¬
card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”—Adv.
Very Different.
“Were the flsh biting on your last
country trip?"
“No, but the dogs were.”
Calomel Is an Injurious Drug
and Is being displaced in a great
many sections of the South by Dr.
G. B. Williams’ Liver and Kidney
Pills. Those pills stimulate the Liver
and Bowels without that weakening
after effect which Calomel causes.
Sold by dealers 25c. bottle. Sample
mailed free on request. The G. B.
Williams Co., Quitman, Ga.—Adv.
When our own fingers close on
graft It generally feels like a reward
of merit.
COLDS & LaGRIPPE
5 or 6 doses 666 will break any case
of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe;
it acts on tho liver better than Calo¬
mel and does not gripe or sicken.
Price 25c.—Adv.
Tomorrow never comes, but the
morning after the night before always
shows up.
fectly-sealed packages, is identical
with the historic French blend
served in the old French Market
in New Orleans,
Try it once and you >n agree there
j 3 on ] y one rea i Q ld French Market
Coffee— only one coffee with a
history.
Roasted by our unique, hygienio
process.
French Market Mills
(New Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd., Proprietors.)
NEW ORLEANS
Directions—We recommend that you make
French Market Coffee in your usual way.
If you find it too strong reduce quantity
until strength and flavor are satisfactory.
French Market makes more cups of good
* coffee to the pound than other brands,
thereby reducing your coffee bilL (109)
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rope and May Be Done
\e Profit of Both
Consumer
8. DUDGEON.
IELLS HIS BUTTER IN THE CITIES
bushels l^ntained
either pr their year’s sup-
ply or would not 'ake a contract w ith
anyone who could not furnish all that
they might need during the year.^<
“In fact no one in the whole city
wanted our potatoes. We were carsT-
pelled to practically give them away.
It opened our eyes, We know now
what the farmer is up against in the
city markets when he has anything to
sell. The farmer can no longer sell
a product without going from hou3e
to house as a peddler. As business is
now conducted his situation is hope¬
less. It seems to me that It is co-ooeV-
ative marketing or nothing for the far¬
mer.”
Colorado Peach Grower Has Trouble.
Nowhere on earth do they raise bet¬
ter peaches than in Colorado. Recent¬
ly in an exceptionally good year one
grower marketed 10,000 boxes of fine
peaches in the usual way expecting
big returns, When the final settle-
meut arrived he took it home so that
his wife and children who had helped
with the work might enjoy it with
him. When ho opened the envelope he
found first a long and detailed state¬
ment which he did not fully compre¬
hend. But turning to the accompany¬
ing letter he read this paragraph: “I
think we are fortunate indeed, in view
of all the circumstances, to find that
no liability stands against us. If you
will send us your draft for $50 this
will close the account and no further
liability will attach to you.” Finally
it soaked in that the result of the en¬
tire year was a loss of $50.
But ho possessed himself in pa¬
tience and thought it all over. From
inquiry he learned that while retail
prices were good, the peaches had
passed through the hands of six to
eight persons each of whom had taken
out a profit. No one person had robbed
him. No one had been dishonest. No
one had made excessive profits. Each
one had simply looked out for himself.
The farmer had been fool enough not
to do the same thing.
Farmer Tries to Sell Direct.
The next year at the opening of the
season the grower went to the Denver
retailer who had handled his product.
He was glad to find that his peaches
of the previous season had arrived in
good shape, had been readily sold, and
had brought a good price. The dealer
said he would be glad indeed to han¬
dle his peaches again if possible. Then
the grower demonstrated with pencil
and paper that the grower by selling
directly to the retailer would double
his own return, double the retailer's
profit and still leave ample margin for
all expenses intervening. The retailer
gave a respectful hearing but slowly
shook his head. “Nothing doing,” he
said. “If I buy my peaches directly
from you the wholesalers will suggest
that I buy my pineapples and bananas
of you too. I tried it once. It did not
take them long to get wise. I was in¬
formed that if I ever did that again I
would not be able to buy any fruit in
the city. You can’t blame them for
they think they are protecting their
business in the only possible way.”
Inquiries of retailers in other parts
of the city brought the same answer.
It was absolutely impossible for the
grower to market his fruit in the city
of Denver.
ARNESVILLE, GEORGIA.
1 Bayfield, Wis., is in the midst of a
j new fruit country. The^ they have
a high-grade of cherries, I irawberries
and other small fruits. isi junall local
co-operative society ■ceting all
their stuff in Minneapol didl ■Vc ^11 asked
uhe manager why he in oth-
Ibr cities—Milwaukee,!
rwhere the retailers shl willing
' to good prices for a wm\. His
pay InJ B
reply was that he •!
unable to find any his MiB_ fr^P^^Tuse mm
who would take they
said that they* must deal only with
those who handled a full line of
fruits; that if they bought cherries
and strawberries of him they would
find themselves unable to buy the
other] SuchJas fruits bananas, which peaches, he did not pineapples handle,
and 1 lie like. The same condition ex-
is'^i everywhere. The retailer will
■ifot buy in small quantities nor will
they buy of those who cannot sell
them a full line of supplies. A repre¬
sentative of the Society of Equity of
Wisconsin went to Chicago to work
up a trade directly with the retailers
of that city but gave up the plan in de-
BtJair. He concluded that either the
co-operative marketing concerns must
combine upon broad lines in order to
be able to protect the retailers who
bought of them, or else the consumers
must combine and buy co-operatively
of the producer. In short, the Ameri¬
can farmer cannot, unaided, invade the
larger cities. Even the smaller co-op¬
erative organizations find themselves
too weak to go into the city markets.
Federates to Invade Cities.
But here in Germany, and in fact
in many other countries, the farmer
does successfully invade the cities,
large and small. He does it through
the federated association of co-opera¬
tive societies which thrive everywhere.
These organizations do a tremendous
business. They are enormous con¬
cerns, capable of taking big contracts
and making good on them, fully able
to hold their own in competition with
privately owned concerns. The Ger¬
man retailer knows that when he deals
with such a concern or organization
he can get all that he wants whenever
he wants it.
We have just been investigating the
methods of one of these federated sale
societies, the United Pomeranian
Dairies, a concern which represents
thousands of farmers. We found the
manager a most businesslike individu¬
al with an amazingly wide knowledge
of all matters connected with the mar¬
keting of the products handled by him.
He has at his tongue’s end the an¬
swer to all questions, whether they
have to do with the technicalities of
the product itself or with tlio business
methods of the concern. The retailers
do not hesitate to deal with this con¬
cern for they can rely upon it to sup¬
ply all of their needs, all of the time.
It markets the butter and cheese com¬
ing from over half a million cows and
supplements this when necessary with
imported products. It is through Insti¬
tutions such as this that the German
farmer invades the German city.
Union of Co-operative Concerns.
“This is an association of associa¬
tions." the manager stated. “It is not
connected with any Landschaften or
Reiffeson bank. Our associations are
formed solely to aid the farmer in mar¬
keting his produce. In fact, nearly all
the shares are held by farmers. We
have over twenty thousand separate
members. There are 110 associations.
We are marketing our product through
fifty-six stores.”
This is a co-operative concern in the
true sense of the word. All our con¬
cerns are operated upon the “one man
one vote" plan, as are all of the co-op¬
erative societies in Germany. The
small farmer has as much influence as
the big man. Everybody connected
with us participates in our profits and
is responsible if we have losses. Ev-
■ erybody votes, nobody votes more than
once. We charge about three per
cent, on the turnover to pay the ex¬
penses involved in marketing. What
is left goes to the members who sell
through us.”
‘The chief product is butter, but we
handle a great deal of cheese and
some other farm products. We import
considerable of our cheese from Cana¬
da simply to meet the demand and to
make it unnecessary for those who
buy of us to go elsewhere.
Keeping Up the Quality.
"We regard the standardization of
products as the most important fea¬
ture of co-operation in Germany so
far as the marketing of it is concern¬
ed. All the butter which we handle
is graded and branded. Each producer
is given a most complete score sheet.
Every time one of our subsidiary con-
cerns get a consignment of butter from
a producer It is graded as is indicated
on a score card.”
The score card is in duplicate, the
original to be kept at the central office,
and a carbon copy to be filled out and
forwarded to the producer. The card
states that the quality of the shipment
received has been marked upon the fol¬
lowing points: (1) Geruch (smell);
(2) Geschmack (Flavor); (3) Salz
(Salt); (4) Bearbeitung (Well
Worked); (5) Konsistenz (Texture);
(C) Verpacking (Packing), (7) Klassi-
flziert (Classified); (8) Remarks.
The manager continued: “If we find
a creamery is not sending us a high-
grade product we send someone to
make investigation and to help im¬
prove the quality. As things now are
no creamery supplies any butter of
a grade less than the highest which it
is capable of producing, The score
card is of course a great help in keep¬
ing up the quality. We keep the orig¬
inal score card ourselves and send a
carbon copy of it to the producer who
is thus able to know in what particu¬
lar his butter is less than it should be.
In this way each creamery gets a re¬
port every week upon its butter so
that it knows at once if there is any
falling off in quality. We ar%now mar¬
keting the butter produced by from
six hundred thousand to seven hun¬
dred thousand cows.”
An Efficient Plant.
No American, accustomed to farmers
who are always individualists and sel¬
dom combine, would think from an in¬
spection of this plant that it was
owned and managed by 20,000 farmers.
It would seem to be rather the prop¬
erty of some captain of finance who
had spared neither expense nor scien¬
tific effort in order to arrive at the
highest stage of efficiency.
Everywhere we .found labor saving
devices. Everywhere the machinery
was carefully protected so that danger
to employes did not lurk in the power
machinery that was in operation. (Ger¬
many it must be remembered has a na¬
tional policy that requires that all
workmen be fully protected). In one
room was an ice plant; in another was
the electric plant producing the pow¬
er used in operating the machinery and
in lighting the establishment.
An Outside Opinion.
Naturally anxious to hear wffiat a
dealer who was no't a co-operator and
had no interest in the co-operative
movement had to say about co-opera¬
tion, we went to the manager of a
jobbing concern dealing in dairy prod¬
ucts. We found him intelligent and
ready to talk. “This is a wholesale
company privately owned,” he said.
“I deal with many co-operative dairy
associations, My experience with
them has been excellent. They have
better machinery, better organization,
better business methods, produce bet¬
ter butter than do private creameries
and are altogether satisfactory. There
is another thing which should not be
overlooked. We like to deal with a
concern which can furnish us in large
quantities in absolutely uniform qual¬
ity This is what the co-operators do.
No single creamery could give us but¬
ter in such quantities as do the co-op¬
erative associations which market the
product of several federated creamer¬
ies. Neither can we get such an abso¬
lutely uniform quality elsewhere. We
do not say but that at times a private¬
ly owned creamery will produce just
as good a grade of butter. It is al¬
ways a problem with us, however, as
to each creamery. We have to know
the creamery itself and have to know
whether or not they continue to have
the same butter maker. With the co¬
operative concern, however, it is dif¬
ferent. Nothing gets hv them unless
it is up to standard. They give us
better stuff and they get better prices.
Danish Butter.
“We do not buy Danish co-operative
butter to any extent. It is too high.
Besides that there is a duty of ten
marks for a package of fifty kilograms
For example where we can buy Ger¬
man butter for 125 marks ($25) per
fifty kilograms we would have to pay
138 marks (($27.60) for Danish but¬
ter. The difference is greater than
the amount of the duty because Da¬
nish butter has a reputation; also be¬
cause there is a demand for Danish
butter everywhere. Most of the Da¬
nish butter goes directly to England.
Cream is admitted to Germany free
of duty. We have tried to ship cream
from Denmark and make butter here,
but it has not succeeded. It is too
troublesome a process. Everybody in
Germany will admit that the Danish
butter is as good as our best German
butter; most think It is better. It Is
necessary for us to handle the poorer
grade of butter for some of our trade.
We get some Siberian butter which is
considered of the second and third
quality.”
A Successful System.
This is the way the German farmer
sells direct in the city. He unites
with his neighbor in a local co-opera¬
tive society, This society federates
with others until there is a combina¬
tion that is big enough to compete
with and out-do any private concern.
He produces a high quality of prod¬
uct. He handles it in a business-like
way. Naturally he gets a fair price
and makes a fair profit. Co-operatiou
seems a success.
MAN THEY WERE L00KINGT0R
Fortune Was Good to Youngster*
Eager for the Delights of the
Moving Picture TheateP.
"Going in?” queried the small boy
excitedly. the elderly
His question was put to
pedestrian, Behind the boy came
other boys, all peering eagerly into
the pedestrian's puzzled face.
They hung to hi« footsteps until ha
found himself, a little further on, in
the midst of a numerous crowd of
youngsters. Each boy clamored for
the pedestrian to accept a five-cent
piece. demanded the
“What is all this?”
pedestrian sharply.
“We are too young to go In alone,”
volunteered a ready spokesman. “If
you will buy our tickets for us we can
go in with you.”
Then came a sudden light and the
old man smiled broadly. He went to
the ticket window of an adjacent
moving-picture theater, where he
paused to count faces.
“Nine tickets,” he said,
“There is a law against children,”
objected the ticket man. “Are thos*
little people with you?”
“They are,” declared the old man.
“Come on, boys—going in?”
Ancient Stage to Be Used.
A more than usually interesting dra¬
matic revival is announced for April
16, when the “Agamemnon” of Aes¬
chylus will be performed in the an¬
cient Greek theater of Syracuse.
Nearly 24 centuries have passed
since Hiero I embellished his city with
the theater w r hich tradition attributes
to the architect Democopor Myrilla,
Aeschylus must have taken refuge
in the court of Hiero very soon after
its completion, and it may be conjec¬
tured that the great trilogy, which be¬
gan with the “Agamemnon,” was
often performed on its stage; it is
known that the “Persae” w T as per¬
formed there and a work written for
Hiero by Aeschylus, entitled the “Et-
neae,” of which no trace remains.—
New York Sun.
Caravaggio Picture Found.
An important find has been made in
the art collections cf Marchese della
Stufa at France. It is a painting by
Caravaggio, which had been lost sight
of for many years. The painting was
known to connoisseurs through a print
in the Galleria degli Ufizzi.
Sig di Pietro, the secretary of this
gallery, was determined to find the
picture. It was known that in the
year 1700 it was in possession of the
Cerretani family, which is now ex¬
tinct.
Sig di Pietro, while examining Mar¬
chese della Stufa’s collection saw the
painting and immediately identified It
The Ui|zzi print is an exact reproduc¬
tion of ! the picture, which is a topical
Caravaggio. It depicts six youths, one
of 'whom is playing a violin, one a VjKe
and one a flute, while two are singing
and one is listening.—New York Sun.
It Is Still Fashionable.
: Pa, what’s poetic justice?’
5 The former president of bache¬
a
lor club being married to a woman
who makes him feel that he wmuld
rather lose his job than be late for
dinner furnishes a pretty fair sample
of it.”
A Ghange.
"Did Caesar’s disposition change
much during his life?" asked the pro¬
fessor.
“Well,” answered the, bluffing stu¬
dent, “he had a lot more Gaul when
he died.”
Folks who say the right thing at the
right time are as popular as they are
scarce.
It’s easy to he happy; all you have
to do is be foolish.
A Sure
Favorite
—saves the house¬
wife much thank¬
less cooking—
Post
Toasties
The factory cooks them
perfectly, toasts them to a
delicate, golden-brown, and
sends them to your table
ready to eat direct from the
sealed package.
Fresh, crisp, easy to serve,
and
Wonderfully
Appetizing
Ask any grocer—
Post
Toasties