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tage. And this brings us to the sec.
ond point in the argument-the lara.
mount question in this commercial
age-"Wi,l it pay?" &.
By most people an Affirmative an
swer to- that question is accepted as
the call of duty. AS matter of fact,
will it pay?' is a good test to apply
to any, project or proposition. There
are commercial, as we'll as political,
demagogues, and the man who is ap-
pealed to. on the score Of patriotism
or profit, duty or dollars, can scarcely
do better than to sit down by himself
and submit that Question-'Will it
pay?"-to his own best Judgment.
Provided always, that he goes to the
very bottom OF it.
I believe that every man ought to
know why he does so and so. Too
many, of us travel in ,ruts. We get the
habit Of buying certain goods or trad
ing at certain places when we might
do better,by changing. This will ap-
ply sometimes to people who trade at
home as we'll as to those who buy
abroad 1t is always we'll to investi-
gate. I have known people to make
expensive trips to the city to buy
goods that the village merchant would
have sold them for less money. They
hadn't taken the trouble to invest;-
gate.
What are the relative advantages of
buying at the local store and ordering
from a catalogue house? Advantages,
understand, that figure in the ques-
ton, will it pay" DON'T get away
| from that question. 1t certainly is
very comfortable to sit down by your
own freside and select dress pattern
or a sulky pillow from printed des"
cription and picture of the article:
much more comfortable, in fact, than
hitching up and driving to town on a
raw day.
| A consideration more important
DerhaDs. is that the printed price in
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BLOOD GETS SOUR.
Gives Advice and Tells Of Simple
Home Mixture.

At this time of year, says we'll
known authority, the Kidneys become
weak, clogged and inactive, failing to
filter out the poisons and acids, which
sour the blood, causing not only facial
and bodily eruptions, but the worst
forms of rheumatism, Nervous and
Stomach troubles, Backache and pain
full, annoying Urinary Affections.
1t is worth anyone's time now to get
from some good prescription pharmacy
the following ingredients: Fluid Elk.
tract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Com
pound Kargon, one ounce; Compound
Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix
by shaking we'll in a bottle and take
in teaspoonful doses after your meals
and at bedtime.
This simple homemade mixture will
force the Kidneys to normal, healthy
action, so they will filter and strain all
uric acid and poisonous waste matter
from the blood, and expel this in the
urine, at the same time restoring the
full blood count"-that is, IS per cent
red blood corpuscles-which is ALSO
lutely Indispensable to perfect health
HOW CLASSIC WAS WRITTEN.
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HOW CLASSIC WAS WRITTEN.
Bret Harte's Great Poem Result of an
Inspiration.

The war correspondent, Frederic
Villiers, has recorded talk with
Bret Harte apropos of the poem,
Dickens in Camp" I'VE all felt his
loss most keenly in the States" said
Harte:
ION hearing OF his death Q) sat
down about three in the afternoon to
write an editorial on the great au-
thor. wrote one and then tore it
up. Then another, after much pains,
was written. This did not please me.
20 tore it up. I wrote yet another
and threw it into the waste paper
basket; it would not do. It was get
ting late, and was now keeping the
paper waiting for press. l was drum
ming on my desk, absolutely without
another thought in my head; I had
run dry. Suddenly I mechanically
began to write and the result was the
thing you seem to like so much. Well,
Mr.. Villiers, you are not far out. l
like it, too"
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the catalogue seems, in some cases at
least, to be lower than the price
quoted at the local store. Isn't that
conclusive? Let's see. The catalogue
describes the goods and quotes a
price; maybe it gives a picture of the
article also, but you don't see the
goods. The local merchant shows you
the goods; you may examine them
critically; he may allow you to test
them or to call in an expert to advise
you. Is it fair to conclude that the
catalogue article is the cheaper just
because the price is lower?
An element that must enter into the
comparison of goods and prices is,
that in any attempt to fool the GUS
toner, the local merchant is decided.
ly at disadvantage. He must show
the goods, not merely describe them.
His business depends wholly upon the
limited trading area of his town and
his ability to inspire confidence within
that circle. He cannot afford to make
a practice of misrepresenting his
goods.
The mail order house is not 50 tied
down to the maxim that Honesty is
the best policy 1t has no neighbors,
no fellow citizens, no mutual interests
with its patrons. It's trade area is
wide and always shifting. Naturally
these conditions do not demand extra.
ordinary vigilance in supplying hon.
est-made goods. And where Vigilance
is not needed employe in the bust
ness he is generally taken off the nav
roll, which makes saving in expense
as well as in the cost of the goods. If
lower prices are quoted by the cata-
logue house, may not this account for
it?
will it pay?" Is it matter of
economy to buy inferior and damaged
goods when the same money, or even
little more, will pay for goods of the
best quality? Which course does a
mans first duty to his own household
dictate?
But to get at the bottom Of that
question, we must consider the far
reaching general effect of mail order
trading. If single catalogue houses
are to be capitalized at 100000. 900
they must be reckoned with along
with Standard Oil, the beef trust and
railroad mergers. If they are allowed
to suck the blod from our country
towns, your grandchildren will find
conditions much the same as those of
your grandfather's time. Their mar.
kets will be 30. so or Is miles away.
The towns and villages will be de.
serted, and the hubs" will be too dis.
tant to send the radiating spokes of
rural mail, telephone lines and other
modern conveniences far into the
country.
CHARLES BRADSHAW
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Ten years ago a farmer put his ini-
tials on dollar bill. The next day he
went to the nearest town and spent it
with merchant. Before the year was
out he got the dollar back. Four times
in six years the dollar came back to
him for produce and three times he
heard of it in the pocket of his neigh
bOrs.
The last time he got it back four
years ago. He sent it to a mail order
house. He never has seen that dollar
since, and never will. That dollar bill
will never pay any more school or
road tax for him, will never build or
brighten any of the homes of the CON-
munity. He sent it entirely out of
the circle of usefulness to himself and
his neighbours.
Patronize your local merchant who
helps you to pay your taxes, support
your schools and churches. and lends
helping hand in times Of sickness
and trouble.
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APPENDICITIS.
Not at All Necessary to Operate In
Many Cases.

Automobiles and Appendicitis scare
some people before they are hit.
Appendicitis is often caused by too
much starch in the bowels. Starch is
hard to digest and clogs up the diges.
tive machinery-also tends to form
cakes in the cecum. CHATS the blind
pouch at entrance to the appendix.)
A N. H. girl had appendicitis, but
lived on milk for awhile-then Grape
Nuts and got well without an opera
ton.
She says: Five years ago while at
school, I suffered terribly with consti-
patton and Indigestion" (Too much
starch. white bread, potatoes, etc.,
which she did not digest.) :.
"Soon after left school had an At
tack OF appendicitis and for thirteen
weeks lived on milk and water. When
I recovered enough to eat solid food
there was nothing that would agree
with we, until friend recommended
Grape Nuts.
! when I began to eat Grape Nuts I
weighed SO lbs. but soon grew to lis
lbs. The distress after eating left me
entirely and now I am like q new per.
SON." 2
"a little Grape-Nuts dissolved in hot
water or milk would have been much
better for this case than milk alone,
for the starchy part of the wheat and
barley is changed into form Of d.
gestable sugar in making Grape Nuts.)
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich, Read the little book,
The Road to Wellvills s. pkgs.
3 There's 8 Reasoa. 8 I'sss
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your farm? The accessibility of a
market. You know what your grand
father did on that same farm? Drove
his hogs and hauled his grain 80, So
maybe Is miles to the nearest market
town, and received prices for them
that would make you howl about the
trusts. And he hauled back the FAM
lily supplies for which he paid what
you would consider monopolistic
prices. Do you happen to know what
the old farm was worth then? Well,
it lacked a good deal of being SIS or
500 an acre.
Yes. the home town, with it's handy
market, has advanced the value Of
your property and made you worth
several thousand dollars more than
your grandfather was worth. The
home town affords schooling for your
children, and perhaps social and
church privileges which your family
would not otherwise enjoy. The rural
mail routes and telephone systems,
radiating from the home town, as
spokes from a hub, bring to your
home the greatest conveniences of
modern times.
What would your farm be worth
and how many of these advantages
would you be enjoying now, if the
city from which that mail order cata-
logue came were your nearest market,
your most accessible trading point,
your only post office and social center,
the only place to which you could look
to connect you with the outside
world?
Have you ever noticed that the first
thing the settlers Of newly-opened
reservation do is to send for a wagon
load of mail order catalogues? Well,
haven't. They lay out town site
every six or eight miles, start two or
three general stores, build a school
house, church, blacksmith shop, a
grain elevator, petition the depart
ment for post Office, and start a
newspaper. They know, from former
experience that, with these things
close by, life will be endurable, what
ever hardships may come. They know,
also, that without them they must live
lives of isolation and endure an exist
ence that is contrary to all natural
human instincts. (,
On the other hand, it goes without
saying, that the average country town
cannot exist without the support of
it's tributary territory. Then, if that
town affords the advantages for the
rural citizen that have been enumerat-
ed, there exists what we may call an
interdependence and a moral obliga.
ton between the two. Are you, Mr..
Thrifty Farmer, living up to that OBJ
legation when you do your trading
with the mail order house? .-~ =,
To this line of argument the farmer
may answer that his greatest obliga.
ton, his first duty, is to his immediate
household, and that among the duties
to his family and to the heirs OF his
estate is that Of practicing judiciors
economy buying where he can buy
the cheapest and to the best advan-
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SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS.
Spent $500 on Doctors and Remedfe,
but Got No Relief cuticura
Cures In 4 Week.

Upon tho limbs and between the
toes my skin was rough and sore, and
also sore under the arms, and had to
stay at home several times because of
this affection. Up to q week or SO ago
I had tried many other remedies and
several doctors. and spent about three
hundred dollars, without any success,
but this is to-day the seventh day that
have been using the Cuticura Rene.
dies (costing q dollar and a half,
which have cured me completely, so
that I can again attend to my bust.
ness. I went to work again tonight.
I had been suffering for eight years
and have now been cured by the Cut
icura Remedies within q week. .Frit1
Hirschlaf, q Columbus Ave, New
York. n. =, March % and April {,
1906"
s8sss1 .fAa 5nffAm 4fenAA M IN #fnnasnR 80
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Comma Popular Craze.

Signs are not wanting that amateur
photography will have a vast increase
of raw recruits in 1907. From the
cloistral retreats of the learned it
has transpired that we are on the
verge of discovering the art Of direct
color photography. And the masses
there Il abundant evidence OF it
do beginning to turn their eyes to-
wards this hobby which promises so
many wonders for tho near future.
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dered and passages of the secretions
too frequent. On the advice of my
husband began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Since using two boxes my trou-
BILE has not reappeared. This is Won
derful, after suffering two years"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
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MRS HENRY LEE

Owing to modern methods Of livinp
not one woman in a thousand an,
proaches this perfectly natural change
without experiencing a train of very
annoying and sometimes painful
symptoms.
This is the most critical period Of
her whole existence and every woman
who neglects the care of her health
at this time invites disease and pain.
When her system is in a deranged
condition or she is predisposed to
apoplexy or congestion of any organ,
the tendency is at this perio d
likely to become active and with a
host of nervous irritations make life, a
burden. At this time also cancers
and tumors are more liable to form
and begin their destructive work,
Such warning symptoms as sense
Of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches.
backaches, melancholia, dread of i'm
pending evil, palpitation of the heart,
irregularities, constipation and dizzi-
ness are promptly heeded by intel
ligent women who are approaching
the period of life when this ereat
change may be expected.
Mrs. Fred Certia, 1914 So. Lafayette
Street, So. Bend, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Is tho ideal medicine for women who
When q medicine has been
actually thousands Of women. Va
it, II donot believe it will heir
and family to try Lydia Il. Pink
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-17

ago, dropsy set in,
and my left side was
so swollen the doctor
said he would have to
tap out the water.
There was constant
pain and a gurgling
sensation around my
heart, and I could not
raise my arm above
my head. The kid
new action was disOr.
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Famous Book Free.

Every reader of this paper can get free
of charge one of DIR. Cofee's famous books
which tells of new method by which
persons afflicted with Deafness, Head
Noises, Sore Eyes, Failing Sight from any
small expense.
Write letter Immediately to DR.. w. O.
Coffee, 800 Century Bldg, Des Moines, Ia.
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Hides. Furs Pelts,

Cow hides are worth l0c to lie per h.,
horse hides 81 to 81 each, sheep pelts SOC
to $3.50, as to size. Furs are very high, es'
pecially Mink and Muskrat. To get all they
are worth ship to the old reliable n. W
HIDE & FUR CO., Minneapolis, MINI.
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True pleasure consists in clear
thoughts, sedate affections, sweet re.
Elections; a mind even and stayed,
true to it's God, and true to ITSELF
Hopkins.
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No, Corde1ia, a married woman isn't
necessarily up to date because her
husband happens to be the latest
thing out.
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It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet Sold by all druggists. Price 25c Dq IN,
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
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CHARLES BRADSHAW.
CUNNING and lunoranee

Cunning always has been the Of.
fensive and defensive weapon of e.
norance. Match cunning with cum.
ming only as 9 last resort. John 4.
Rowland. s
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Some people are too conscientious
preach what they practice.

Old Sofas, Backs Of Chairs, etc. can
b v& fyed with ha PUTNAM m cooA1
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United States Leads In OIL.
OF every 100 gallons of Illuminating
oil used in the world, 81 gallons are
produced in the United States.
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DON'T GRUMBLE AT TRIPLES.
Twenty-Five Bushels Wheat and Forty
five Bushels Oats Per Acre Are
in Western Canada.
Saltcoats, Sask.,
9Th December, 1906.
To the Editor.

To the Editor.
Dear Sir,
willingly give you the result Of my
four and a half years experience in
the District of Saltcoats.
Previous to coming here I farmed in
Baldwin, st. Croix County, Wisconsin,
and as have heard great deal about
the Canadian Northwest, I decided
to take a trip there and see the coun-
try for myself. I was so impressed
with the richness of the soil that I
bought half section of land about
five miles from the town of Saltcoats.
l moved on to the land the following
June and that year broke 80 acres,
which I cropped in 1904, and had 80
bushels wheat per acre. In 1905, with
an acreage of 100 acres, had "a BUSH
els wheat and IS bushels of oats per
acre. In 1906, with IT'S acres under
crop, I had rs bushels wheat and As
bushels of oats per acre.
From the above mentioned yields
you can readily understand that am
very well pleased with the Canadian
West. OF course, have had to work
! hard, but I don't mind that when I
get such a good return for my labor.
To anyone thinking about coming to
this country I can truthfully say that
if they are prepared to work and not
grumble at trifles, they are bound to
get on. Some things I would like Diff
ferent, but take the country all round,
l don't know where to go, to get bet
ter.
Yours truly,
fCfono1l n u ut COM
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Australians wilt Go Back.
Australia has arranged for tho 70
patriation Of 1000 discouraged Aus.
tralians now in South Africa.
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We Pay Top Price for Cream.
tags. sD M i' & Holmes. St. Paul. MINI.
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The Lutheran church has recently
issued a call for 1000 new ministers
to fill vacancies in that denomination.
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Discovery Of Alcohol.
Alcohol was discovered in tho thir.
teenth century.
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U. S. Sheep Dip, and Cattle
Wash & Disinfectant. Write for 32page
booklet, Stock Growers Enemies. It's free
Northwestern Hide & Fur Co., Mpls, MINI
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A MISSOURI WOMAN
Tell. q Story Of Awful Suffering and
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs J. D. Johnson, of 6o3 West
Hickman St., Columbia, Mo-, says:
''Following an operation two years
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We Want Your Cream.

It's difficult for a tight-dsted
preacher to hold his congregation.
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A bird in the bush is worth three In
the hand-from the birds viewpoint
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For Prices on Poultry,
either live or dressed, write r. E. Cobb,
St. Paul. MINI.
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Illinois Pheasant Hatchery.
Out Of $500 English pheasant eggs
lately imported by the game commits.
sioner of Illinois 5000 healthy chicks
have been Matched.
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Britons Fond Of Theatricais.
It is estimated that Great Britain
spends $150,0O0 a day on theaters.
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MRS. FRED CERTlA

are passing through Change Of Life. For
several months suffer from bot flashes,
extreme nervousness, headache and Sleep
lessness: had no appetite and could not
sleep. had made up my mind there was
no help for me until began to use Lydia
r. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, my
bad symphonic ceased, and it brought me
up my system and I am in excellent health.
consider Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound unsurpassed for women during
this trying period Of Nfe."
Mrs. Henry Lee, so Winter Street,
New Haven, Conn.,, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham- ....~ j.
''After suffering untold misery for three
years during Change Of Life / heard Of
4ydis e. x Pin az IAN Vegetable COMPOUND:
take Lydia e. PfnkhamS Vegetable Com
pound and followed your advice, and to-day
am well and happy. I can now walk any
where and work % we'll az anyone. and Tor
years previous had tried but could not get
around without help. i consfder your meilf-
cinea sovereign balm for suffering women"
Women passing through this critical.
period should rely upon Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. II
there il anything about your case
You don't understand write to Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice. Il
Is free and has guided thousands to
health. -" - - :.
'uccessful in restoring to health.
cannot we'll say without trying
me" tits your duty to yourself
ans Vegetable COMPOUND. .. -.
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publicity
n'unity n h
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Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
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Pure! Pleasant! Potent! Three inter
esting facts about Garfield Tea, the Nat
ural laxative. It is made of Herbs and is
guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug
Law.
A woman invariably tells a small
boy to hurry back when she sends
him on an errand-but what's the
use?
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Ship Your Cream to Us.
The largest Creamery in the Northwest.
Milton Dairy Co., St. Paul. MINI.
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethtng softens the gums reduces H.
nsmmation slays pain cures wind collie. CSC bottle.
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!. Lies often tread o. the toes &c ~
ushod trutl
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Yours truly.

(Signed) o. B. OLSON.
Write to any Canadian Government
Agent for literature and full partcu-
1arQ
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Cuticura SOAP combines delicate medicinal, etnol-
lent. sanative. antiseptlc properties derived from
Cutfcura the great Skin Cure with the pure6t sap.
onaceous Ingredients and most refreshing OF flower
edors Depots: London e Charteshouse S.; PaIs,
i,ey; India, B. K. Paul, Calcutta: So; Africa, Len
non, Ltd Cape Tox9 ETC.; Bosto9 ls4 p COLUMBUS
a. Mailed Free. How to Preserve. Purity. and
ReautifY tho Skin. Scalp. Hair. and Hands.
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GONE FOREVER.

1he> 1n1e1s are 5vivi2eerd to coty.