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Particularly the Ladies.
Not only pleatant and refreshing to
die taste, but gently cleansing and sweet
ening to the system. Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna is particularly adapted
to ladies and children, and beneficial in
all cases in which a wholesome, strength
ening and effective laxative should be
used. It is perfectly safe at aU times and
dispels colds, headaches and the pains
caused by indigestion and constipation so
promptly and effectively that it is the one
perfect family laxative which gives satis
taction to all and is recommended by
millions of families who have used it and
who have personal knowledge of its ex*
cellence.
Its wonderful popularity, however, has
led unscrupulous dealers to offer imita
tions which act unsatisfactorily. There
fore, when buying, to get its beneficial
effects, always note the full name of the
Company—California Fig Syrup Co. —
plainly printed on the front of every
package of the genuine Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna.
For sale by all leading druggists. Price
50 cents per bottle.
THEN ALL WILL PRAISE.
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Scribbler —What’s the best way to
become a great poet?
Ruyter—Write a bunch of junk that
no one can understand.
HANDS WOULD CRACK OPEN
"About two months ago my hands
started to crack open and bleed, the
skin would scale off, and the good
flesh would burn and itch dreadfully.
When my hands first started to get
sore, there were small blisters like wa
ter blisters which formed. They
Itched dreadfully, it just seemed as
though I could tear the skin all off. I
would scratch them and the skin would
peel off, and the flesh -would be all
red and crack open and bleed. It wor
ried me very much, as I had never
had anything the matter with my skin.
I was so afraid I would have to give
up my employment.
“My doctor said he didn't think it
would amount to anything. But it kept
getting worse. One day I saw a piece
in one of the papers about a lady who
had the same trouble with her hands.
She had used Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment and was cured. I decided to try
them, and my hands were all healed
before I had used one cake of Cuti
cura Ointment. I am truly thankful
for the good results from the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, for thanks to them
I was cured, and did not have to lose
a day from -work. I have had no re
turn of the skin trouble.” (Signed)
Mrs. Mary E. Breig, 2522 Brown
Street, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to “Cuti
cura.” Dept. L, Boston.
Positively Brilliant.
“Did you hear young Pounders play
ing on the piano just now?”
"Yes. I consider him a remarkable
performer.’ r
“How is that?”
“He crn hit more wrong keys in
less time than any other person I ever
saw.”
A Hint From Shakespeare.
"Why do you call your dog Ham
let?”
“Can’t you see why? He's a Great
Dane.”
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of sun
shine in the soul, and fills it with a
steady and perpetual serenity.—Ad
dison.
He who reigns within himself and
rules passions, desires and fears is
more than a king. —Milton.
DOCTORS FAILED
RESTORED BY PERUNA.
Catarrh of the Lungs
Threatened Her Life
Miss Ninette Porter, Braintree, Ver
mont, writes: “I have been cured by
Peruna.
“I had several hemorrhages of the
lungs. The doctors did not help me
much and would never have cured me.
"I saw a testimonial in a Peruna
almanac of a case similar to mine, and
I commenced using it.
"I was not able to wait on myself
when I began using it. I gained very
slowly at first, but I could see that It
was helping me.
"After I had taken It a while I com
menced to raise up a stringy, sticky
substance from my lungs. This grew
less and less in quantity as I contin
ued the treatment.
“1 grew more fleshy than I had been
for a long time, and now I call myself
well."
on ^6ffIELD
PROF. BEKAaIRD rj.
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T. Patrick's day,
March the 17th, be
longs to the Sons
of Erin by world-
Z wide assent, but
a -A fi? few Americans, out-
CM side of those de-
scended from na
tives of the Emer
vL 'W?/ ald Isle ' pause t 0
MCSt la consider what
IM memorable services
'WW/ were rendered by
Irish during the
Revolutionary war.
With the single ex
ception of our
French allies, they merit the highest
commendation for their aid to the
cause of freedom; and only because
the former people hailed from an al
ready established government are
their claims granted precedence.
Irish historic emblems, both in device
and tincture, are woven unalterably
into the fabric of the evolution of
American history. Here, for the
first time, are set forth items of
great heraldic importance, giving the
proper credit to Erin’s emblems, as
they have formed an equation in the
development of the present govern
mental devices of heraldic or sym
bolic meaning.
It is generally supposed that the
only important matter which engaged
the attention of the first Continental
Congress, on the fourth day of July,
was the adoption of the Declaration of
Independence; but the records show
that no less essential national problem
—a government signature, or seal —
was a part of the considerations of
that eventful occasion. It w-as about
three o’clock in the afternoon, when
the Liberty Bell was still sounding
the call to arms and proclaiming the
dawn of freedom, that John Hancock,
president of the Continental Congress,
arose from his chair dnd said:
"We are now a nation, and 1 ap
point Dr. Benjamin Franklin, John Ad
ams and Thomas Jefferson a commit
tee to prepare / a device for a great
seal of the thirteen United States."
The committee immediately proceed-
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Du Simitiere’a Design of Seal. Thompson’s Design, the Basis of Present Seal.
ed to perform its assigned duty, and
after six weeks of labor, during which
time many designs were considered.
It was announced that the device ar-
One of the Proposed Harp Designs.
ranged by Jefferson, based on the com
pilation of a Huguenot named Du
Slmitier, be reported to Congress on
August 10, 1776. The design in ques
tion was quite elaborate and indicated
fundamental knowledge of the laws
of heraldry, besides containing primal
symbolic language, and one impor
tant element which appealed strongly
to the Irish pride of race. The pro
posed shield carried an emblem to
represent the six great nationalities
taking part in the war for independ
ence, or those who populated the col
onies and were earnest in the tight
for American Ij^loin. Thus, for Eng
land appeared iFrose, for Scotland a
thistle, for Ireland a harp, for France
a fiuer-de-lys, for Germany a black
eagle, and for the, Netherlands a Hon.
Du Slmitier, who was the heraldic art
ist, placed Ireland third in this im
portant subdivision of that proposed
shield for the Union, and it is inter
esting to note the reasons set forth
for this recognition of the patriotism
of the_colonial inhabitants who came
here from Ireland:
The third Quartering, green, with a
harp of gold, was to be the respected I
symbol of Ireland, and was placed 1
upon the shield as a token to the Irish j
patriots who took an active part in the i
war for independence; in fact, having i
brought over with them a spirit of dis- <
like and revenge against England, i
they fought most bravely in our strug- |
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Device Proposed by Benjamin Franklin.
gle. Six thousand Irish came to this
country In 1729, and dispersed and
settled throughout the colonies, princi
pally in Maryland, Virginia and the
Carolinas. From among those deVout
settlers sprang some of the most
prominent and Influential colonists.
The musical instrument which sym
bolizes the land of Erin was an at
tributive ensign of the Goddess Hi
bernia, the patroness of early Ireland.
As early as the fifth century, the harp
was so common in Erin that hardly a
peasant house was without one. In
the old laws of Wales and Erin the
Triads specified the use of the harp
as one of the three things necessary
to distinguish a freeman or gentle
man from a slave. Pretenders were
discovered by their unskillfulness In
"playing of the harp.”
That the heraldic device of which
Du Simitier was the author pleased
his critics is proved by the fact that
Franklin at once withdrew his design,
Adams abandoned his and Jefferson
relegated his diagram to oblivion in
favor of the compilation offered by the
French expert. Also there were other
designs placed in evidence by distin
guished colonists. Among them was
an emblem of Ireland, a “Harp” with
thirteen strings, and the motto, Majora
Minorobus Consonant, meaning “The
greater and lesser ones sound togeth
er." The strings of the harp were of
different lengths, yet they composed
one instrument in a strong frame and
sounded in harmony. This appropri
ate device was Intended to represent
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Barton’s Second Design. '
the new government under the Con
tinental Congress, as composed ot
provinces of various siaes and
strength, but all working and re
sponding harmoniously for the gen
eral good—made united in strength
and purpose by the framework of Con
gress. This design rib doubt was ob
jected to as an American emblem ou
account of the harp being representa
tive of Ireland.
But this, like many other devices,
was not reported from the committee.
There Is good reason to believe that
the following design came as a later
proposal from Doctor Franklin, as he
refers to it in his writings:
“Supporters.—ln the dexter side:
the genius of America (represented
by a maiden with loose auburn
tresses), having on her head a radi
ated crown of gold encircled with a
sky blue fillet, spangled with silver
stars, and clothed in a long, loose
white garment bordered with green.
From her right shoulder to her left a
scarf, semje of stars, the tinctures
thereof the same as in the canton;
and round her waist a purple girdle,
fringed or embroidered, argent, with
the ’ word ‘Vlrtute,’ resting her in
terior hand on the escutcheon, and
holding in the other the proper stand
ard of the United States, having a
dove argent perched on the top of it.
“On the sinister side: a man in
complete armor, his sword-belt azure
fringed with gold, his helmet encircled
with a wreath of laurel and crested
with one white and two blue plumes;
supporting with his dexter hand the
escutcheon, and holding In the interior
a lance, with the point sanguinated,
and upon it a banner displayed, vert;
(green), in the fess-point a harp strung
with silver, between a star in chief,
I two fleurs-de-lys in fess, a pair of 1
i swords in saltier, In basses, all argent.
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i
• The tenants of the escutcheon stand t
on a scroll on which is the following r
I motto: *Deo Favente.’ which alludes ♦
to the eye in the arms, meant for the I
eye of Providence.” t
i The Congress evidently counted It ' r
- more important to possess the seal; j
than a flag, for no definite action on | c
the national banner was taken until
June 14, 1777. But Jefferson was so
impressed with the idea of recogniz
ing the countries from whence Amer
ica was peopled, and to show definite
ly admiration for their patriotism In
the fight for liberty, that he placed be
low the Du Simitier Idea the motto.
“E Pluribus Unum,” to indicate "From
Many (People), one (people);" or
"From Many Nationalities, one na
tion;” or "From England, Scotland,
Ireland, France, Germany, and the
Netherlands —the United States.” The
motto does not mean“ From many
Colonies, one nation,” as the basic
definition is clearly indicated in the
device and in Jefferson's description.
Still, Congress was hard to please,
and the report of the distinguished
committee was set aside and a new
committee assigned to the task.
Though Jefferson continued deeply in
terested in the matter and submitted
seveial other devices, no less than
twenty designs w ere under discussion,
and four subsequent committees la
bored with rhe seal problem.
Then in 1782 a committee called to
their aid a certain Mr. William Bar
ton, a patriot, soldier and heraldic ex
pert, and he designed a seal which
again incorporated the emblems in
token of the Irish allies of the Re
public. His design was elaborate and
practically became the basis of our
present seal. In the shield the Stars
and Stripes appear and the eagie and
eye of Providence. But the special
consideration of the Irish is found in
the two figures supporting the pro
posed design. The harp and the fleur
de-lys relate to the assistance ren
dered by Ireland and France, and are
blazoned on a green banner. How
• ever, this committee’s report fared no
better than its predecessors, and
finally the entire question of evolving
an appropriate seal was placed in the
hands of the secretary of the Conti-
I nental Congress—the Irishman,
; Charles Thomson. He, with the aid
of William Barton, gave to the world
| our present emblematic signature.
. Americans in general, and those of
Irish ancestry in particular, will be^ln-
i terested tn the following sketch of the
career of the man who solved me
problem of providing a seal for the
Government of the United States:
Charles Thomson was born at Ma
ghera. Ireland, November 29. 1729, and
came to America with his three elder
brothers in 1741. They landed at ;
New Castle, Delaware, with no other
dependence than their industry. ,
Thomson was educated by Doctor Al- ;
lison, the tutor of several of the ]
signers of the Declaration of Inde- i
pendence. He had a great passion :
for reading and when yet a young
man he had gleaned sufficient knowl
edge to be counted among the "Uteri.“
He was afterwards a teacher in the
Friends’ academy, at New Castle, Del
aware. From thence he went to
Philadelphia, where he became ac
quainted with and obtained advice
from Benjamin Franklin; he soon be
came the intimate friend of the
"learned Philadelphian” and their
friendship seemed to increase daily. |
In 1772 he served as negotiator with |
the Iroquois and Delaware Indians. •
and his good, conscientious work ;
among the natives brought for him
the worthy nickname, "Truthteller.” :
by which name the Indians always :
after called him. He was a man of rare •
abilities and had the peculiar requi
sites to make and keep friends where
ever he happened So wander. He was
called to the responsible duty of keep
ing minutes of the proceedings of the
first Continental Congress in 1774, and
from that time until he resigned his
office In 1789 —then fifty-nine years old
—he was the secretary of that digni
fied and important body.
John Adams called him "the Sam
Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the
cause of liberty." This certainly was
a compliment, coming as it did from a
tried and honest patriot. Thomson, it
is true, made a most diligent secre
tary. and In that position he had the
rare pleasure of taking notes of alt
the important congressional actions.
For the first year’s work he received
no pay. He served as permanent sec
retary during the eventful fifteen
years that followed. His seal was at.
cepted officially on June 20, 1782.
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Some time ago I began the use of
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. me believe that my great sufferings
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1 bad at times I would faint away and
had sinking spells. Finally a new doc
tor was called In and he said that I
had kidney trouble and gave me medl-
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obtained some relief from this, but I
was getting weaker all the time; 1
could not sleep and suffered so much
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had to lift me in and out of bed. After
this time two friends sent me word
• to try Swamp-Root, which I did, and
I I am glad to state that the first dos»
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r । the third dose I was helped into bed
, and slept half of the night.
> I took several bottles of Swamp-
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this wonderful remedy. The two fam-
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three months. I would have to be
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times every night. After taking Dr.
• Kilmer’s Swamp-Root for/two days I
was entirely free from getting up and
could sleep soundly.
MRS. D. E. HILEMAN,
Tunnelton, W. Va.
Personally appeared before me, thia
1| 11th of September, 1909, Mrs. D. E.
Hileman, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that tho
same Is true in substance and in fact.
JOSEPH A. MILLER,
1 Notary Public.
Letter t«
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COMMON FORM OF CRUELTY.
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Bessie —Yes, he claimed his wife
pinched him severely whenever she
asked him for money.
Bert —Well, he needn’t flatter him
self that he is the only man who has
been pinched for money.
Blissful Ignorance.
“Have you seen Joe lately?"
“Why, yes: I saw the old chap yes
terday. And, what do you think? —
I he’s going to be married.”
“Can it be possible? To whom?”
“He’s going to marry Mary Merrle.”
“What! Why, I didn't know they
knew each other.”
I “They don’t That’s why they're go
ing to be married."
Probably the Truth.
The druggist in a small town died,
and his widow continued the business.
A month later she arranged the win
dow display so that It was very at
tractive. That week the town paper
contained this item of news:
"Mr. Arthur Edwards, a prominent
druggist of Higginsville, took In the
sights of our city yesterday. He was
very much interested in our drug-
I gist's attractive widow.”
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"I have been troubled with a severe
case ot Tetter for ten years. In Colum
bia last week a druggist recommended
Tetterine. I bought a box; it gave ma
relief, so I bought another and am en
tirely well." Lew Wren, Chicago.
Tetterine cures Eczema, Tetter, Itching
Piles, Ring Worm and every form of
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With every mall order for Tetterine we
give a box of Shuptrlne's 10c Liver Pills
I free.
The longing of the moment always
seems the great essential. We are
apt to forget the long eternity of re
gret.—Corelli.
IF YOU
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lust what you need. They tone up the weak
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