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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
REPAIRING BRAIN.
A Certain Way By Food.

Every minister, lawyer, journalist,
physician, author or business man is
forced under pressure of modern con-
ditions to the active and sometimes
over-actiye use of the brain.
Analysis of the excreta thrown out
by the pores shows that brain work
breaks down the phosphate of potash.
separating it from its heavier compan-
ion, albumen, and plain common sense
teaches that this elemental principle
must be introduced into the body anew
each day. if we would replace the loss
and rebuild the brain tissue.
We know that the phosphate of pot
ash, as presented in certain field
grains. has an affinity for albumen and
that is the only way gray matter in
the brain can be bIilt. 1t will not an
swer to take the crude phosphate of
potash of the drug shop. for nature re-
jects it. The elemental mineral mus
be presented through food directly FROM
Natures laboratory.
These facts have been made use of
in the manufacture of Grape-Nuts, and
any brain worker can prove the value
of the proper selection of food by max
ing free use Of Grape-Nuts for ten
days or two weeks. Sold by grocers
everywhere land in immense Quanti-
ies). Manufactured by the Postum
Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11

The White Pnirt of the White House.
The White House at Washington,
which has been the Kings Palace"
of the American People since it was
first occupied by President Madison in
1909, has recently undergone a thor
ough course of remodelling, renovation
and repair. Every American citizen is
owner of an undivided eighty or
eighty-ive millionth part of the White
House. as well as of the ether Public
Buildings and Monuments in the Cap
itol City. An item in the renovation
of he -emodeled White House was
repainting. Every visitor in Washing
ton knows Why the White House is so
called-because = is literally a white
house." The exterior paint must there
fore be white. Now while the pure
white surfaces and simple lines of the
White House, set in the midst of green
lawns and beautiful trees, produce
very satisfying effect of dignified
simplicity, white paint from practical
point of view, is about the most I'M
satisfactory Kind of paint that could
have been selected by the original de-
signess. First, because any white
paint is easily discolored by smoke and
dust, and, second, because ordinary
white paint itself gradually turns gray
or brownish yellow from exposure.
But white the White House is. and
white it must remain or it would no
longer be the white House." So the
renovators, making the best of dis
couraging situation, sought for the best
kind of white paint procurable. The
average citizen if asked 70 guess what
kind Of paint they finally decided on
would probably answer-"white lead
and OIL" but he would guess wrongly.
The paint selected as the best obtain
able, was ready-mixed paint, such as
can be bought in any well-furnished
village store. such as is used by more
than half of the eighty or eighty-five
million owners Of the White House on
their own homes. That one brand Of
mixed paint was used instead of an
other is mere accidental detail
there are fifty or a hundred brands on
the market mat might have Oeen Sc
lected in other circumstances, and, in
fact, different brand was ssed in
painting the Capitol
Every property owner, therefore,
who paints his house with a high
grade 1eady mixed paint is following
the example set by the Government
Authorities at Washington, who used
ready-mixed paint, because they could
find nothing else as good
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and Zeal estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses Of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was rare combine
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, ancLydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as q
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, SO when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
Pointed Out Contingency.

Francois, head coachman to James
Hazen Hyde, is of herculean proper
tions, for it is fashionable to have i'm
posing, gigantic men for this Office.
Francois, who has worked for w. K.
Vanderbilt and Mrs. o. P. Belmont
and who, by request, led the corona
ton procession of the Russian car,
was recently the guest of honor at
dinner Of racing men.
The herculean Frenchman told at
this dinner story about girl and
bookmaker.
'There was GIRL" he said, who
went to the races and was attracted
by the betting.
"She mingled in the crowd about
the bookmakers. The excitement pre-
vailing there communicated itself to
her spirit. She approached book
maker and said:
"If put dollar on a horse and it
wins how much do get?'
If the horse starts at go to H. the
bookmaker answered, you get SCI. If
1t starts at 20 to you get $21. If it
starts at 10 to 1 you get SILL
"The girl still looked puzzled.
"'But,' she said, suppose it starts
at o'clock?'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling gross of bottled.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits OF the medi-
cine, now called Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York. and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the FAM
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinlxham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had providea
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe,
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve a record of every case that came to
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study. and the details, includ
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter : in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
hve years she has continued it, and |
nothing in the work shows when th2
first Lydia e. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. PinlzhaIn,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With woman assistants, some As
capable as herself, the present MrS.
Pinkham continues this great work, ana
probably from the Office of no other
person have 50 many women been adj
vised how to regain health. Sick Wo-
men, this advice is yours for Healthy
freely given if you only write to ask
for it. III
Such is the history of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
RUNNING SORES ON LIMBS.
Little Girls Obstinate Case of Eczema
Mother Says: "Cuticura Remedies
Household Standby"

Last year, after having my little girl
treated by very prominent physician for
an obstinate case of eczema, | resorted to
the Cuticura Remedies. and was so well
pleased with the almost instantaneous re-
lief afforded that we discarded the physi-
clans prescription and relied entirely on
the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with
the Cuticura Remedies her feet and limbs
were covered with running sores. In
about six weeks we had her completely
well, and there has been no recurrence of
the trouble. We find that the Cuticura
Remedies are valuable household stand
by, living as we do twelve miles from
doctor, and where it costs from twenty to
twenty-five dollars to come up on the
mountain. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas,
Paramount, Walden's Ridge, Tenn, Oct.
Is, 1906"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
Live Stock.

New York-BEEVES-Steers, slow
and Ioc. lower; bulls steady; bologna
cows in good demand and steady; othes
slow to I5c. lower. Steers, 4.So@5.47H;
no verv prime here; bulls, 3.5oQ4.15;
cows, 2.Io@3.7s.
CALVES-Veals, 4oo@6.5o; dressed
calves, steady; city dressed .veals, 71z@
IoHc, per pound; country dressed, oH
@oc
SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep almost
nominal; lambs Ioc lower. Good clip
ped sheep, 500; good clipped lambs, 6.3o;
prime wooded do, 765@7.So; spring
lambs easy at $50 per head for prime
Marylands
HOGs-Market low; State hogs, ego
@7.oc.
Chicago. = CATTLE ket steady
Common to prime steers, 10000. 80;
COWS, 3.25@46o; heifers, 2.75@s. IS;
BULLS, 26o@425: calves, 2.756575;
Stockers and feeders, 2.75@4So.
HOGS-Market SC. lower Choice to
crime heavy 645@6.55; medium to good
Scavy, 635@645; butcher weights, g. 37H
@645; good to choice heavy mixed, 6.35
tS6.45; packing, s.6o@6.4o.
SHEEP-Market strong. Sheep. AIS
G5ss; yearlings, 5.4o@585; lambs. $50
M76
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore. 2FI4OUR-Firm and I'M
changed; receipts, 6,684 barrels.
WHEATON,; spot contract, 87H
@87M; May, 8zH@S7A; July, S2A
asked; steamer No. 2 red, 8oA@8oH;
receipts, 475o bushels, Southern on grade,
8o@87.
= OORN-Du1l; spot. 55A@55H; May,
55A@s51z; July, 525S@52zs; September,
s. asked; steamer mixed, 52A@52A;
receipts, 8o,47o bushels; Southern white
corn, 55@57; Southern yellow corn, IS
OATS-Steady; No. white, 3s1l
@38A; No. 8 white, 371z@38; No. 2
mixed, 3714@371a; receipts, 1915 bush
els.
Rhythm; No. Western, 81 ex-
port; 7I@72 domestic; receipts, 4,7o8
bushels
HAY-Firmer No. i timothy, 1900
@I7.5o; No clover mixed, 1900
1900.
BUTTER Steady and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 10000; fancy creamery,
22@23; fancy ladle, 1907; store-pack-
ed, 1904
EGGS Steady and unchange5; 151z.
CHI ZEE S Firm and unchanged;
large, September, Az; November, ID;
medium, new, II; small, new, IIA
SUG R-Steady and unchanged;
coarse graduated, 48o; fine, 40.
New Observation-Disclosures, 3d.
600 bushels; sales, 100000 futures.
Spot ready. No. 2 red, 90 nominal
elevator; No red, 90 nominal f. o. b.
ahoat; No. I Northern Duluth, ooM
f. o. b. afoat; No. Northern Manitoba,
50 f. 0. b. aRoat
CORN-Receipts, o5,575 bushels. Spot
barely steady. No 2, 57z nominal ele-
vator and 56A nominal f. 0. b. afoat;
No. yellow, nominal No 2 white,
nominal
OATS-Receipts, 13o, 500 bushels; ex-
ports, $50 bushels. Spot steady. Mixed
oats, 26 to 81 pounds, 371A; natural
white, 80 to SO pouds, 5000; clipped
white, So to 40 pounds, 3o1z@41A.
FLOUR-Receipts, 2o,5oS barrels; ex-
ports, 1857 barrels. Dull but steady.
Winter straights, 3.75@3.o5.
BUTTER-Firm; unchanged. Re-
ceipts, 4,I76.
CHEESE-New State, full cream,
large and small, best, oA@oM; do,
fair to good, 834@o14; skins, full to
light, Il@7A.
EGGS-State, Pennsylvania. and near
by, fancy selected, white, 1911; do,
choice, $4,000.
POULTRY-Alive, steady; Chickens,
S19@I2; fowls, IA; turkeys, II. Dress
ed, easy; turkeys, I4@Io; fowls. 11@
1871.
LARD-Barely steady. Western prime,
Sos Refined easy. Continent, oo5.
POTATOES Steady; Bermuda, per
barrel, 500; Maine and Southern, per
bag, 2,25; State and Western, 2.2o;
European. 100000.
CABBAGE Easy; Florida, red, per
crate. 100000; do, white, Ioo@I75;
Charleston, 75@2.oo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
SNAKE BIRD MADE FINE PET.
Readily Tanned and Faithful in Its
Attachment.

Attachment.
The snake bird is readily tanned
when taken young The Rev. John
Bachman, who reared some of these
birds, said: my best pet was tame
from the beginning of its captivity,
and followed me about the house, the
yard and garden, until l thought it
quite troublesome, in consequence of
it's peculiar attachment to me. 1t is
fearless bird, keeping at bay the
hens and turkeys in the yard, and
never sparing any dog that CHANGED
to pass by 1t, dealing blows right and
left with its sharp-pointed bill, and
occasionally posting itself in the
trough where they are fed, to prevent
them from taking morsel of food
until he has tantalized them suff1ci-
emily, then he leaves them to share
whatever he does not relish.
1T was not until my bird was fully
fedged that l found it willing or
anxious to go to the water, and then
whenever it saw me going toward the
pond it accompanied me as far as the
gate, seeming to say, Pray let me
60 On my opening this gate it at
once followed me, waddling like a
duck, and no sooner was it in sight
of its favorite element than it i'm
mediately let itself in, not with a
plunge or dive, but by dropping
from plank into the stream, where
for while it would swim like duck,
then dipping its long neck it would
dive for the purpose of procuring fish.
This bird sleeps in the open air,
and during warm weather perches on
the house or the bars of the fence,
with it's head under it's wings, placed
there from above its back, and in
rainy weather it often sits in that
same place for nearly the whole day.
1t appears to be very susceptible to
cold, retreating to the kitchen, and
near the fire, battling with the dogs
or the cooks for the most desirable
place on the hearth. Forest and
Stream.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
COMMERCIAL
R. c. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review

r. G. Dun &. Co.'S Weekly Review
of Trade" says:
"The violent decline in prices of securi-
ties is no criterion of business conditions.
Railway earnings have continued to sur
pass those of the corresponding period
in any previous year, the gain for April
being 90 per cent. over the same month
of 1905, and other standards of measure
ment make equally gratifying exhibits.
Liabilities of failures last month showed
a decrease of over 40 per cent. in manu-
featuring and II per cent. IN trading
branches of business as compared with
the previous year The only drawbacks
regarding the future are the labor con-
troversies and the stringency i'll the
money market, neither of which may
prove of more than temporary duration.
Manufacturing plants report little idle
machinery, and trade in seasonablc mer-
chandise feels the impetus of settled
weather. Foreign commerce for the last
week shows gains of $I,ooo,o72 in ex-
pots and $2,o43, 72o in imports, as COM
pared with the same week last year.
Commodity prices. are well maintained
by a good demand and the crop out
look is fully as blight as usual at this
date, while in many departments an in
ceased acreage is under cultivation.
Of greatest importance to the iron and
steel industry of all the events of the
psf week was the strike of longshore-
men on the lake water front. If this
struggle is not promptly settled it will
soon become impossible to maintain pig
iron production at the highest point on
record
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
BOX OF WATERS FReE-No DRUGS
-cuRES BY ABSORPTION.

Cures Balching of Gas--Bad Breath and
BAD Stomaoh-Short Breath
Bloating-Sour Eructations-
Irregular Heart, Etc.
Take Mull's Wafer any time of the day
or night, and note the immediate good eff
feet on your stomach. 1t absorbs the gas,
disinfects the stomach, kills the poison
germs and cures the disease. Catarrh of
the head and throat, unwho,esome food and
overeating make bad stomachs. Scarcely
any stomach is entirely free from faint of
some kind. Mull's Anti-Belch Waters will
make your stomach healthy by absorbing
foul gases which arise from the undigested
food and by reinforcing the lining of the
stomach, enabling it to thoroughly mix
the food with the gastric juices. This
cures stomach trouble, promotes digestion,
sweetens the breath, stops belching and
fermentation. Heart action becomes strong
and regular through this process.
Discard drugs, as you know from expert
ence they do not cure stomach trouble.
Try a common-sense tNaturee) method
that does cure. A soothing, healing sensa-
ton results instantly.
We know Mull's Anti-Belch Waters will
do this, and we want you to know it. This
offer may not appear again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
An Eye to Business.

Senator Clay of Georgia in condemn
ing certain underhand and mean bust
ness methods, said:
Such methods remind me of wo-
man whom heard of in my boyhood
This woman was mean and tricky.
One day at the beginning of Lent she
called her cook upstairs and said:
"'Jane, am grieved to see how you
are carrying on with the butchers
young man.
"'Oh, he's very decent, nice, hon
orable person, George is, ma'am, Jane
replied. I assure you, ma'am, /
couldn't keep better company
.'That may be, Jane the woman
interrupted, but I think you should
consult our interests more. Why
shouldn't you, now that it is Lent get
up little Irritation with the fish deal
er?'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
Cures Rhcnmat,~rn and ca,Arrh- Medicine

Cures Rhcnnattsn and Caiarrh-- NJ edicinc
Sent Froc.
Send no money-simply write and try
Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. b.
tanic Blood Balm (B. d. b. kills or de-
stroys the poison in the blood which causes
the awful aches in back and shoulder
blades, shifting pains, difficulty In moving
fingers, toes or legs, bone pains, swollen
muscles and joints of rheumatism, or the
foul breath, hawking, splitting, droppings in
throat, bad hearing, specks flying be-
fore the eyes, all played out feeling Of ca
tarrh. Botanic Blood Balm has cured hun
dreds of cases of 80 or 40 years standing
after doctors, hot springs and patent medi-
ciDes had all failed. Most OF these cured
patients had taken Blood Balm as lasA re-
sort. 1t is specially advised for chrShic
deep. seated cases. Impossible for any one
to suffer the agonies or symptoms of rheu-
matism or catarrh while or after taking
Blood Balm. 1t makes the blood pure and
rich, thereby giving a healthy blood supply
Cures are permanent and not patching up
Drug stores 81 per large bottle. Sample OF
Blood Balm sent free and prepaid, also spec
ial medical advice by describing your trou.
BILE and writing Blood Balm Co.. Atlanta
Ga.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
Forcing Nature Perhaps.

Every autumn the papers of the
larger cities are much concerned over
the inadequate school facilities and
publish dreadful statistics of the thou
sands of pupils who must be placed
on half time, yet it has long been
known that in London schools the
half-timers who work half Of each day
really progress faster than those who
go to school all day. Have we not
upset nature too quickly in our
schools also?-American Medicine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11

Dyspepsia is Often Caused by Cardrrn
of he Stomach-Peruna RelSeues Catarrh
Of the Stomach and is Therefore Remedy
For Dyspepsia.
%sS4sS4ASsSSSASAAA\
Hon. M. @. Butler, Ex-U. s. Sena- !
! tor from South Carolina for two
terms, in a letter from Washington,
! D. c., writes to the Peruna Medicine
Co., as follows: :
III can recommend PerM1tG for :
I dyspepsia and stomach trouble.
haze been using yOtGr medicine
for short period aud I feel Vefy !
mach relieved. 1t Is indeed !
aoOnder1tsL medicine, besides !
good tonic"
1s@~~%&~4~~e@~~~~~~
~ ATARRH of the stomach is the cor
" rect name for most cases of dyspepsia.
In order to cure catarrh of the stom-
ach the ,atarrh must be eradicated.
Only an internal catarrh remedy, such
as Peruna, is available.
Peruna exactly meets ne indications.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR.

Of the common laborers in Massa-
cEusetts 1880 per cent. are foreigners.
A new lodge of the brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen will be formed in
Salem, Mass.
$onstantinople got the first hint Of
pager making in Europe from the Chi
nese, A. d. 65I.
International Compressed Air Union
will held IT'S annual convention in New
Ns.sL An IunA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11

brought strain on the back. had
frequent attacks of gravel and the
urine was passed too often and with
pain. When I used Doan's Kidney
Pills, however, all traces of the trouble
disappeared and have not returned.
I'm certainly grateful"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
New Yorker Owns Famous Banner.

New Yorker Owns Famous Banner.
Mr.. Eben Appleton of New York
city has in his possession the famous
"Star Spangled Banner" that in
spired Key to the writing of the much
admired national song. An effort will
shortly be made to purchase the
house in Baltimore in which this flag
PATRIOTIC shrine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA 3. pINKtiAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73 Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale i'm Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, com
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as woman of an alert
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11
Why MANS Love Goods

They had been married but two
months, and they still loved each other
devotedly. He was in the back yard
backing his boots.
"Jack!" she called, at the top of her
voice. Jack, come here, quick!"
He knew at once that she was in
danger. He grasped stick and rush
ed up two flights of stairs to the
rescue. He entered the room breath
lessly, and found her looking out Of
the window.
Look" she said. That's the kind
of a bonnet l want you to buy me-