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WOMEN FROM 45 to 55 TESTIFY l 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 Balsam of Myrrh For Bruises, Cuts, Sprains, Bunu,^^ Strains, Stiff Neck, Back,^^^L Ol3 Chilblains, Lame Wounds,^^! Sores, Open and all External Iry’uries. ^ Made Since 1846. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 All ruiyuuiVHi Dealers o-c.HTniord^.ca. SYRACUSE. N. Y. 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) ' . m lyf . .. HPil \ % \ w fcv I ;h Co-operative Cream. ive Farm larketing 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