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DOVE-TAILED PUTTY LOCK SASH
Nobullder coan afford to use the old
ki d when he can get the Putty Lock
Bash just as cheap. I"ox: -..1q by
Randall Bros., ", ;3 slind"
GREATEST Protective and Beneficial
Order ever started. Over 50,000 mem
bers. Both men and women., Helps get
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES with other
people. HIGIHER WAGIS, LESS TOIL
and IMPROVED CONDITIONS general
ly. NO RACE DISCRIMINATION., SIOO
ot death; $256 to each male member at
wife's death; $lO at child’'s; MANY
OTHER BENEFITS. Membership open
to all honorable people alike, LEADING
RACE MEN AND WOMEN DEPU
TIES WANTED IN EACH LOCALITY.
Work after hours. LIBERAL PAY
AND PLEASANT WORK. Write at
once for full particulars, enclosing 10¢
for postage. The I-L-U GRAND LODGI,
178 I-L-U BLDG, DAYTON, OMIO.
Billion Dollar Grass.
Most remarkable grass of *the century,
Good for three rousing crops annually,
One lowa farmer on 100 acres sold $3,-
800.00 wprth of seed and had 300 tons of
hay besides. It is immense. Do try it.
FOR 10¢ AND TIIS NOTICE
send to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis., to pay postage, etc,, and
they will il you the only oriuinnf seed
eatalog published in America with “sam.
w:n of Billion Dollar Urnnn( Macaroni
heat, the sly miller mixer, Sainfoin the
dry soil luxuriator, Vietoria Rape, the 20¢
& ton green food {))r()du'.'('r, Silver King
Barley yielding 173 bu, per acre, ete,, ete.,
ete. i
Antd if you send 14¢ we will add a pacic
age of new farm seed never before seen
by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. A, C. L. :
Lots of people look easy until you
try to do them.
HAD ECZEMA 15 YEARS
Mrs. Thomas Thompson., of Clarksaviile,
@Ga.. writes, under dute of April 28, 1:07: I
suffered 15 years with tormenting eczema;
had the best doctors to preseribe; bat noth
ing did me a .y good until I got Terrerive.
It curod me, I am so thankfal.”
Thousands of others can testify to slmilar
oures. TerremiNe is sold by druggists or
sent by mail for boc. by J. T, BHUPTRINE,
Dept. A, Savannah, Ga,
No man can think well of himself
who does not think well of others.
Only One “Bromo Quinine”
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look
%r the signature of 1. W, Grove, Used the
World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
It's better to work for nothing than
to play a losing game,
Free Cure for Rheu
. matism, Bone Paln -
and Eczema
Botanic Blood Balm (B, B. B.) cures the worst
cases of Rheumatism, bone pains. swollen
muscles and joints, by purifying the blood,
Thousands of cases cured by B. B, B, after
all other treatments failed. Price SI.OO per
large bottle at ding stores, with complete
directions for home treatment Large sample
free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
3 M
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FA ";!r. FOR
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Suits #3209 Slickers $329
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Nurse in (‘,..,15.. in M hours, Sl n“ |!ru(x|l‘!, 20 ote,
ren's Home, Samplo mailed FREE. Address,
Now York City. A. 8. OLMSTED, Le Roy. N. Y.
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Fancy prices please the seller more
than the buyer,
CURES It removes the cause
ecothes the nerves and
relieves the aches and
l'ourllllp
COLDS AND GRIPPE »s" ‘1
cures all
headaches and h-wdfis also, No bad
~ effects. 100, 2% and ¢ botties. (Liquip.)
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Of good health is a well ordered liver,
NUBIAN TEA brings immediate
relief. Cures tendency tp_constq{mtmn
and restores normal conditions. Pleasant to take, effective
and leaves none of the bad results of calomel and other
violent remedies. Proved by the experience of twenty years
to be a most valuable liver regulator. Thousands testify
to its efficiency. Read the following:
“‘Ludowici, Ga.~lt is the finest medicine I ever saw, and &
big seller. It takes the E\lace of calomel and all
other purgatives. C. J. MeDonald.”
All dealers sell it. Manufactured by :
SPENCER MEDICINE COMPANY :
[ - Chattanooga, Tenn. :E !
The
General Demand
of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liguid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use beeause its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action,
In supplying that demand with its ex
cellent eombination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along cthical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine—manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle,
Better a day worker than a day
dreamer,
Itch cured in 30 mnnuflfi by Woolford’s
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails, At druggists,
Some actresses look upon matrimony
asg a sort of progressive game,
1. H. Gneex's Sons, of Atlanta, (Ga., are
the only successful Dropsy Bpecialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in avcther column of this paper.
Multiplying her words seldom adds
to a woman's popularity. 3
A SPLENDID COFFEE.
Luzianne Possesses Fine Flavor, Su
perior Quality, and Perfect Purity.
We are pleased to call the attention of
our readers to the splendid merits of
Luziasxe Correr, put up by that enter
ersmg firm, the f(FIII,Y-+AYIA)]L Coi;- of
New Orleans. This coffee is of fine flavor,
sWperior quality, and perfect purity. It is
blended and prepared accordinge to the
methods employed by the best Creole cooks
for more than fifty years, and when you
drink LUZIANNE, you are drinking a coffes
that has made New Orleans famous the
world over. What makes this the best
coffes for the family of moderate means, is
the fact that it has twice the utrenf{th of
ordinary coffee, requiring only half the
usual quantity in the making, and its price
is very moderate, indeed; considering its
quality, it is the most economical of any on
tlhe market,
LUzIANNE has a tremendous sale throu?h
out the South. More than fifty orders for
carload lots u\'ern%mg 30,000 Ibs. each,
have been filled within the past year.
(‘offec being the most lnu{ormpt article
of food on the breakfast table, it is well
to have the very best to be obtained. That
is why we commend to our readers this
splendid and satisfying brand. .
Notwithstanding its high grade quality,
many beautiful presents are given away to
purcimcm of this splendid coffee simply t 6
advertise it. The coupon, in every can,
tells you all about it.
Alwayvs call for LUziANNR when you
buy coffee,
are not always on the level,
Some of the charity that begins as
That Dry Hacking Cough
needs attention. Ask your druggist
for Brown's Bronchial Troches, which
will quickly relieve the cough,
Some men are like gas meters; they
just can't halp lying.
A REMARKABLE MAN.
Active and Bright, Though Almost a
Centenarian.
Shepard Kollock, of 44 Wallace
St., Red Bank, N. J., is a remarkable
man at the age of 98.
N For 40 years he was
B I a vietim of kidney
S oy troubles and doctors
" said he would never
RS %’» be cured. “I was try
¢y | j»f;/ ing e}'erything.“ says
W/ Mr. Kollock, “but my
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back was lame and
weak and every exertion sent a sharp
twinge through me. 1 had to get up
several times each night and the kid
ney secretions contained a heavy sedi
ment. Recently I began using Doan's
Kidney Pills, with fine results. They
have given me entire relief.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
After calling a prisoner down the
judge is apt to send him up.
A SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT FOR i
Whiskey, Drugs, Cigarette and Tobacco Habits,
Also NEURASTHENIA or NERVE EXHAUSTION. Administered
by Specialists for thirty years. Correspondence confidential.
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Seismic Shocks on the Buildings of the Town.
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A Rising Chinaman.
An official report states that an
other great man has arisen in China,
one who, by his ability and his
achievements, gives promise of being
a fit successor to the late Li Hung-
Chang. This new leader in the Celes
tial Kingdom is Yuan-Shih-Kai, who
not long ago was appointed president
of the board of foreign affairs at
Pekin. He was formerly viceroy of
Chih-Li, entering on the duties of the
office when that province was in dis
orler and chaos. He grasped the
reigns of government with a firm
hand, put down thieves and plunder
ers of all kinds, and made himself
feared and hated by all evil-doers in
that section of the country. The good
effects of his strong and righteous
rule became speedily apparent, and
he was recognized as the ablest and
most patriotic official in the whole
empire. While governor of Chih-Li
he instituted good relations with for
eigners, and became popular with the
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Who is coming to the front as China’s
greatest and most influential
statesman.
natives as well. His advice was fre
quently sought by the imperial gov
ernment, and some of the best edicts
issued by it were suggested by him.
He is mainly responsible for the de
cree suppressing the opium traflic and
for the steps taken to establish a eon
stitutional government in China. The
empire is fortunate in having at this
critical stage of its affairs so able
and progressive a man to guide it and
to shape its destinies.—Leslie’s
Weekly.
Plenty of Hot Water.
Boardinghouse Keeper—*“A glass
of hot water! What can the man
want with a glass of hot water? He
doesn’'t shave.”
Cook-—"“He wants ter drink it.”
“To drink it? Well, I never!”
“Oh, all the boarders is sending
for hot water now, three timas a
day.”
“*Goodness me! ‘What for?”
“Fur to drink. They calls it the
hot-water cure. It beats all new
fangled notions what come up.”
*What does it cure?”
“Oh, they say it do cure everything
just splendid.”
“Thank fortune, it's cheap. Give
'em all the hot water they want,
Maria.”
“Yes'm."”
“So hot water is a great cure, is it?
Well, 1 shan’t let any of my board
ers get ill for want of medicine. Just
put another gallon of hot water in
that ox-tail soup, Maria, and I think
you'd better take out the ox-tuil now;
it might get too rich."—Tit-Bits.
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Unique Door Bell.
A most unique and at the same
time practical doorbell is the recent
invention of a Virginia man. As
shown in the illustration the bell ig
of the push-button variety and i 3
combined with the door-knob. Even
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readily locate the doorknob and, hav
ing done so, easily locates and pushes
the bell button. The bell is placed
in the inside knob, which is made
hollow for the purpose.—Washington
Star.
A Royal Prerogative.
The King can do no wrong, but
there is one innocent thing that no
sovereign ever does—namely, to
stand with his back against the wall.
At the royal stand at Newmarket or
elsewhere his majesty invariably
leaves ample room for the persons
to pass behind him, so that he may
escape having perpetually to reply to
their salutations, which he would be
bound to notice did those people pass
in front of him.—London Chronicle.
Box Seat.
To make a box seat you must have
two boxes just the same size. Knotk
one side off of one of the boxes. Cover
both boxes with some heavy goods—
denim or burlap is the best. Use
very small tacks for the corners, but
for the rest you can use brass headed
tacks. Then take the brass tacks
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and on the front of the bottom box
make some pretty design. Then put
hinges on the boxes, and there you
have a seat and shoe box which will
make a pretty present.—lrwin A.
Rawson, in the New York Tribune.
The most wonderful, costly and
magnificent garment in the world is
the state robe of the Queen of Siam,
which she wears about once a year.
How much can the American na
tion sayve by wearing its old clothes
this year? asks the New York Even
ing Post. The report of the Census
of Manufactures for 1905 shows that
the factory product of men’s cloth
ing for the year was valued at $3255,-
796,571. One-third of this, or con
siderably less than omne-third on the
basis of retail prices, would more
than equal the entire balance of trade
in "this country’'s favor for the month
of December.
Helped Him.
A physician out west was sent for
to attend a smail boy who was ill
He left a prescription and went away.
Returning a few days later, he
found the boy better.
“Yes, doctor,” said the boy’s moth
er, “the prescription did him a world
of good. 1 left it beside him, where
he could hold it in his hand most
of the time, and he can almost read
it now. You didn’t mean for him
to swallow the paper, did you, dac
tor?”—Harper's Weekly.
SrtatE or Ouro, Crty or ToLEDO, ) .o~
Lucas Couxty, o
FrANK J. CHENEY niakes oath that he is
senior partper of the firm of F.J.CHENEY &
Co., doing buziness 12 the City of 'l'oledo,
(punty and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay thesum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of CATARRII
that cannot be cured by the use of HaLL’S
CATARRI CURE. FRANK o. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subsrribed in my
{)resence, this 6th day of December, A. D,
886. A. W. GLEASON,
EEAL.) e Notary Pablic.
all’s Catarrh Cureistaken internally,and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F. j CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75¢.
Take }{all’s Family Pills for constipation,
HAPPY THOUGHT.
Mrs. Knicker—Henry, why did you
leave your shoes on the stairs last
night?
Knicker (dazed, but inspired)—Eng
lish cushtom, m’dear; left ’em %o be
blacked.—Puck.
GEE! DON'T THAT CORN HURT!
Stop the pain and get rid of the corn
quickly and permanently. ABBOTT’S EAST IN
DIAN CORN PAINT will remove any corn, bun
ion or callous spot without cutting, burn
ing, or ‘“‘eating” the flesh and leaves no
soreness afterwards. Appliad with a brush;
mighty little trouble. 25¢. at druggists or by
mail from Tue Assort Co., Savannah, Ga,
An Irish Answer,
“Secretary Cortelyou was discus
sing,” said a New York broker, “a
question of finance during the panic.
He broke off to tell a story.
“He said he was reminded of the
Irish farmer on the way to the cattla
fair,
“‘Where are you going, my man?”
sald an English tourist, stopping this
agriculturist,
“‘To Waterford fair, your honor,
was the answer.
“The Englishman looked approv
ingly ‘at the heifers the other was
driving,
*“‘And how much do you expect to
get for your beasts at Waterford
fair? he asked.
“‘Sure, an’ if I get £8 a head 1
shan’t do badly,” said the Irishman.
“*Ah, that's a sample of your coun
try,’ said the Englishman severely.
‘Take those heifefs to England and
you'd average £l4 a head for them.
“The Irishman laughed.
“‘Just so, yer Honor,’ he said, ‘and
if yez were to take the Lake of Kil
laimey to purgathory yez would get
a guinea a drop.’”—Washington Star,
AN ASSUMPTION. 4
“So you have written a book,” said
Miss Cayenne. :
“Yes,” answered the authoress.
“The publishers are sure it is going
to create an immediate sensation and
be a great seller.”
“In that case I suppose propriety
forbids our discussing it any further.”
—Washington Star.
MATCH PLAY.
“What's bogia at your golf club?”
“Nineteen Scotch highballs and
three gin rickeys.”—Puck,
HAPPY OLD AGE
Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating.
As old age advances, we require
less food to replace waste, and food
that will not overtax the digestive or
gans, while supplying true nourish
ment. ’
Such an ideal food 1s found in
Grape-Nuts, made of whole wheat
and barley by long baking and action
of dlastase in the barley which
changes the starch into sugar.
The’phosphates also, placed up un
der the bran-coat of the wheat, are
included in Grape-Nuts, but left out
of white flour. They are necessary
to the building of brain and nerve
cells.
“l have used Grape-Nuts,” writes
an lowa man, “for 8 years and feel as
good and am stronger than | was ien
years ago. | am over 74 years old
and attend to my business every day.
“Among my customers | meet a
man every day who is 92 years old
and attributes his good health to the
use of Grape-Nuts and Postum which
dhe has used for the last 5 years. He
mixes Grape-Nuts with Postum and
says they go fine together.
“For many years before I began to
eat Grape-Nuts I could not say that [
enjoyed life or knew what it was to
be able to say ‘1 am well.’ I suffered
greatly with constipation, now my
habits are as regular as ever in my
life.
‘“Whenever I make extra effort I
depend on Grape-Nuts food and {t
Just fills the bill. [ can think and
write a great deal easier.”
“There’s a Reason.” Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read “The Road to Wellville,” in
pkgs. .
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Road Construction, <
A few suggestions about the proper
censtructicn of a roadbed may not
be amiss.
To begin with, the surface should
be made very crowning, for it im
mediately begins to flatten by use,
and will continue to grow more and
moie so all the time if nothing is
done (o prevent it. But it can be
held in gocd shape by occasional
scraping. The scraping will also do
a great deal towards filling up the
small depressions, which are the real
beginning of all trouble. But some
new material must be carefully put
in by hand where needed—not too
much, as that will create two holes
where before there was but one. Use
more brains and less stone! A good
road cannot be made without hard
thinking. Keep in mind all the time
that you are fighting water! You
will notice that the roads always re
main in the best condition on the
grades where the water can easily
run away, and you will also observe
(after you have become interested)
that they always grow bad first in the
valleys and level places, and that it
is because the roadbeds are flat, or
perhaps even hollowing with little
dams of sod up on-the sides so that
the water stands there until it soaks
in or dries up, instead of running
away quickly, as it should, and
would if the surface was kept crown
ing and the furrows kept from form
ing, which act as canals to conduct
the water down into the lowest part
of the road, where mud and destruc
tion join hands in their evil work.
Thousands of little culverts may
be found covered with loose or brok
en planks. They are a fearful nui
sance and a source of danger all the
time. You must bring your horses
to a practical standstill before at
tempting to cross with a load, and
if the old family horse is trotting
along in a comfortable mood, he must
be “jerked up” to a slow walk until
you are safely over the danger trap.
Along the valleys where the roads
are level is the very place where
trotting should not bhe interrupted.
That is where the roads should be
the very best, instead of the very
worst, as they always are. :
Either iron pipe, tile or stone or
concrete arches should be substituted
for every wooden-covered culvert in
existence, just as fast as possible,
allowing the solid earth roadway to
continue along unbroken over fhem,
but as they are now they are a men
ace to safe traveling and a relic of
‘‘old corduroy days,” and should no
longer he tolerated. '
We trust no apology is needed to
justify the sending forth of this little
messenger. Its mission is to pro
mote good fellowship and to draw
attention towards the defects in our
general road system and to encour
age mutual co-operation in working
out some means of remedying the
trouble. There is nothing whatever
deserving of censure or to complain
about so far as the past is concerned,
but rather everything to call forth
the very highest praise possible for
what has been accomplished. Our
aim now is to try and anticipate
some of the needs of the future and
to provide for them in accordance
with the demands of modern civilizae
tion,
i Good Roads Work.
i The good roads microbe has multi
plied rapidly in New York. The
State appropriated $5,000,000 last
Year out of money realized from the
sale of an issue of $50,000,000 worth
of bonds authorized by an amendment
to the State constitution. This is
going some. For this good road con
struction the State pays one-half the
cost, the counties thirty-five per cent.
and the township or property owners
fifteen per cent. The bonds run for
fifty years and pay three and a half
per cent. interest. An annual tax
of .0555 mill upon each dollar’s worth
of property for every million dollars’
worth of bonds outstanding is pro
vided to pay the interest and create a
sinking fund with which to redeem
one-half the bonds. The rest of the
bonds are to be paid in fifty equal
annual instalments by the county and
townships wherein the proceeds have
been applied to the improvement of
highways. The result is that New
York promises to become the good
roads State of the Union, ever vieing
with Massachusetts, where miles and
miles of splendid State boulevards
have been constructed within the past
few years. The old days of the
farmers plowing up the sides of the
roads and throwing the sod into the
middle, when there is no work ypon
the farm that can be done, and thus
working out the road tax, promises
to become a thing of the past in the
Empire State, or at least relegated
to the remote corners.—Southern
Planter.
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Brevity Preferable, ™
It is the short piece, be it letter or
editorial, that catches the reader,
and correspondents who wish their
letters to be read should never extend
them beyond a quarter of a column,
and half that length is preferable.
Condensation is an art, but it can
be acquired with a little practice.
Never try to see how long you can
make your article, but how short. Use
never a superfluous sentence or word.
Be as brief as an intelligible state
ment of the case will allow and you
will have ten readers where the long
winded fellow will have one.—Rich
wmond Dispatch,
