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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01

~ am not feeling very WELL" Il
Am so nervous it seems as though l
should fly. My back aches as though
it would break"
How often do you hear these signi-
6cant expressions from WON n
friends. More than likely YOU speak
the same words yourself, and there
is a cause.
More than thirty years ago Lydia
+. Pinkham of Lynn. Mass. discovered
the source of nearly all the suffering
endured by her sex. ''Woman's Ills, >
these two words are full Of more
misery to women than any other two
words that can be found in the
English language. Sudden fainting,
depression of spirits, reluctance to
go anywhere, backaches, headaches,
nervousness. sleeplessness. bearing
down sensations. displacemcnts and
irregularities are the banc OF woman S
existence.
The same woman who discovered
the cause of all this misery also
discovered remedy. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from native roots and herbs holds
the record for a greater number 81
absolute cures of female ills than any
other one remedy the world has ever
known and it is the greatest blessing
which ever came into the lives Of
suffering women.
Don't try to endure, but cnre the
cause of all your suffering. Lydia i.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at
once removes such troubles. The
following letters prove this:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01

The really popular boy always has
a nickname"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01

Tn those who ten years ago deemed
Brown county the center OF the desert
a rather funny circumstance occurred
when the farmers east of James river
turned ont to oppose the building OF a
drainage ditch from the Marshall coun-
" line down to James river. Their
argument was that while tha ditch
would be a good thing for the Marshall
county people it would result in con
verting a large amount OF Brown coun'
~ land into swamps. 1t Is noteworthy
that in the present legislature there ID
much more interest in drainage bills
ehan IN irrigation projects.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01

With the lieutenant governor all
sent when the senate met Monday,
Senator Dudley was selected as pre-
siding officer, and a call of the senate
was Immediately ordered. The ser
eeant at arms rounded up one poor
lone Democrat, McCullen, and when
he was hauled in and gave his explain
alton an eXoneration was denied by a
tie vote.
Bills passed We're the Galveston
plan of city government, providing Tor
appeals from boards of equalization !,
number of new bills We're introduced
through committees, none of special
importance Goodnen secured the in
PRODUCTION and final action of the sen
ate on resolution asserting to GER
tain endowments for the state agri-
cultural experiment station, on which
action Immediately was demanded To
secure the funds through congress.
After a tilt in the house between
Fitch and Browne, an adverse report
on raising the age Of consent to eigh
teen wears was turned down and the
bill placed on the calendar for action
failed in passage for lack of majority
Kriebs secured demand for report
| of the aDportionment committee on az
uortiOnment bills Tuesday. The prin
cipal bills passed by the house wert
to give county judges conlmittins
powers as magistrates and slVlns
county courts jurisdiction in crimina
cases in all counties with 10000 OF
more population.
The Joint judiciary committee are al
work on a bill to create two more sa
preme court districts and two new
| Judges and will probably introduce
| their bill Tuesday.
The appropriation committees are a
work attempting to secure JOINT gen
eral bill to be presented in botf
| houses, and expect to get them III =.
| Thursday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01

Mrs. w. S. Ford of 1888 Lansdowne
ST., Baltimore, Md. writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham.-
For four years my life was misery to
me. | suffered from Irregularities, sup
pression terrible dragging sensations and
extreme nervousness. | had given up all
hope Of ever being well again when Lydia
T., Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was
recommended 1t cured my weakness and
made me well and strong"
Miss Grace f. Miller, Of 1913 Michi-
gan St, Buffalo, n. Y. writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -:
81 was in a very bad condition Of health
generally; irritable, cross. backache and
suffered from a feminine weakness. Lydia
+. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound cured
me after all other medicines had failed. ;"
What Lydia T.. Pinkham's Nege-
tn ble Compound did for Mrs. Ford and
Miss Miller it will do for other women
in like condition. Every suffering
woman in the United States is asked
to accept the following INVITATION 1t
is free, will bring you health and may
save your life
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01

governor was 0eledleu. Among tlc
new house bills presented We're num-
Der of appointment bills from different
sources.
Gov Crawford signed the primary
election bill and filed it Wednesday af-
ternOOn.
At the morning session of the house
the 2-cent rate went down and the 2l2
cent idea rose at once from its ashes
and was accepted without a protest
On the call of the Carroll 2-cent rate
refuse connections were defeated after
the enacting clause and substitute re-
enactment of the present law, with the
maximum rate reduced from : to 212
cents. 1t is all up to the railway com
mission to order the change, and every
interest is satisfied
The two bills attemr reine to drasti-
cally regulate telephone lines which
refuse connections were defeated aftr
Brown and SimonsOn had a tilt over
them.
The house finally passed the bill TO
prevent the sale of stocks of merchan-
disc on fraud to creditors; the hon
est" caucus law was given its burial
rites with a vote of rs to against it.
the lone one being Brown, who de
clared he would not desert an old
friend in need.
The bin granting applicants before
a board of medical or dental eAamln
ers the right of appeal was passed. as
was the bill prohibiting druggists
from filling the same PRESCRIPTION
twice. One limiting saloon licenses tc
one in 500 population was passed.
/ The Parmley road bill came up as a
special order and was amended 10 al
! low county option. An attempt to IN
| definitely postpone the bill failed, bn'
! it was opened for reconsideration, the
/ effort to tie it having failed.
The senate passed number o1
minor bills and walked up two commit
tee reports on the divorce bill requlf
| ing 2 years residence In the state and
| three months in the county before ap
| nlyinc for a divorce. and requiring al
! divorce bearings to be in open court
I This has been taken under the wins
J of the South Dakota Civic Federation
which was bombarding the members
with letters asking that il be forced GU
of committee. Goodner. Dillon ans
Dudley all opposed the bill as taklnt
! away rights and after discussion !
went over to Monday for final action.
With the lieutenant governor al
| sent when the senate met Monday
| Senator Dudley was selected as pre-
| siding officer and a call of the senate
| was Immediately ordered. The ser
I eeant- arms rounded up one poo
| lone Democrat. McCullen, and whel
| he was hauled in and gave his eXplaii
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01
Oil Flames Fatal.

jamestown, N. d., Feb. %. In at
tempting to light fire in the kitchen
stove by the use OF kerosene, Jose
phine Pickel, twenty-one years old was
SO badly burned that she died soon aft
erward.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women

Women suffering from any form of
female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs
Finkham, at Lynn. Mass From the
symptoms given, the trouble may be
located and the quickest and surest
way Of recovery advised. Out of her
vast volume of ex1rience in treating
female ills Mrs. finkham probably
has the very knowledge that will
help Your case. Her advice is free
and always helpful.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01
Car Not Assassinated.

ST. Petersburg. Feb. %. The re-
ports spread abroad yesterday that the
emperor and the empress had been as
sassinated are utterly and absolutely
without foundation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
Transactions in the Senate and
House Of Representatives.

CAROLS 2-cent rate bill, though
placed at the head of the calendar for
Wednesday, was shut out by special
order.
On the bill to repeal The law crea-
ting an insane hospital at Watertown,
the committee returned an adverse re-
port. Scott, the introducer of the bill
attempted to change the report, but
the bill was voted down by a vote OF
43 TO 36, leaving the law locating the
institution yet on the statute.
Issenhuth called up his negotiable
instrument bill as d special order ami
made the first request of the session
for call of the house. The bill was a
long one and the farmers of the house
were afraid of it. Price of Yankton
and Eastman, attorneys, attacked it as
taking away privileges granted under
existing laws, and it went down with
the powers of attorney of railroad
commission under control of the al
torney general and appointment of q
scale inspector in the hands OF the
governor was defeated Among The
new house bills presented We're mum
Der of appointment bills from different
sources.
Gov Crawford signed the primary
election bill and filed it Wednesday af
ternOOn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01
Growth of European Population.

At the present rate of increase the
population of Europe will double itself
in century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19

anything like as satisfactory to leave for an heirloom as this one is for anything like the price, It fills all the requirements of flrst-class high toned memento, and the price Is only four fifty cash.'
 By Jocks" sat up in bed, and groaned. He sat up because he was interested and he groaned to show that he was not able to sit up.
 Take the Five Hundred Noble Thoughts from the Worlds Great Gems of All Ages. page 564," said Eliph' Hew- lit, turning to that page. What could comfort the dying man better than that could? No man should die without them five hundred noble thoughts, containing | as they do all the grand and great things that have been written, from Homer to Mister Dooley. How many men have died without having favorite poem picked out for his family to have a verse of 1t cut on his tombstonel And here in this one volume is plenty to select from, so that each and every man can pick out the kind he likes best, whether wit humor, pathos, sentiment, religious, political or oratorical. All that is necessary for a man that Is pressed for time like you are, is to take d pencil and mark any one he wants to have treasured up as his favorite. A nice way to do it Is to ex- pire with his hand in the book right at the favorite poem. It gives the minister c good start for his sermon. Have you
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By Frank G. Carpenter
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, Sahara, and the French have surveyed route to it. If this is completed it will give the vast Niger system direct rail- road connection with the Mediterranean
 The Niger is navigable during a large part of it's course. 1t is as long as the Mississippi proper, and it's basin is one third the size of the whole United States roads, in addition to the one which con- neeted Senegal with Timbuktu, to reach that river. One of these is through French Guinea, another goes through Dahomey, ! and a third goes inland from the Ivory coast Altogether they will unite the Atlantic with the Niger, and if the Co., lomb Beehar desert road is extended Tim buktu may become the Chicago of the Soudan.
 Another railroad center will be at Kulza. That city lies on Lake Chad, perhaps a thousand miles farther eastward. Sur veys have been made to extend the BislS- "a road to that point, but so far less than two hundred miles have been built, and almost two thousand remain to be constructed. This road would go through a number of cases, and would largely follow the lines of the present caravan routes.
 Another Trans-Sahara road Is planned to start at Blidah, in Algeria and ter minate at one of the bends of the Niger in Bornu or Hauseland. The distance in this case would be less than 1700 miles, and the road would parallel the Biskra line until 1t reached the center of the desert
 l do not mean to say that any of these roads will soon be completed. They are all dependent on water. cheap fuel and other conditions. The Biskra and the Clomb Bechar roads have already been built far down into the sands but their extensions are as yet uncertain. The French surveyors have gone carefully over the two routes, and they have fur nished not only surveys, but working plans and the probable cost of operation.
 It is estimated that it will require about $2O,00O per kilometer, or six-tenths of a mile, to construct any of these roads through the desert, and that the earnings wIll be about 5000 per kilometer. The running expenses of one train day would be little over 5000 per kilometer.
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thought any about your dying words ?'
 'Eey?" asked By Jocks," leaning for ward.
 Dying words" said Eliph' Hewitt. "Too many I.eglects that until 1t is too late, and then they don't have any. Ev- cry man should have a good saying or two to use as dying words. All the great men do 1t. There's a good collection to choose from in this book. Page 749, Lives of All the Worlds Great Men, from Adam to Roosevelt, with the Dying Words of Them That Is Dead gives all of them, with new ones added as fast as they die and say them. It saves a lot of worry to be able to pick out set of dying words that have been tried and found satisfac- tory. It is worth the price of the book for that alone"
 'I aint long for this world" said By Jocks" mournfully.
 q can see that" remarked Eliph' Hew- litt cheerfully. "I can see that you are pretty near dead now and liable to go any minute. and that's why you ought to get copy of this book just as soon as l will let you have 1t. After you are dead it's too late to study up what your dying words are gong to be. Too many peo- pie put 1t off right along. and then when it comes time to say a few appropriate last words they can't think of anything, and everybody stands around waiting for them to say them words that shall be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
By Ellis Parker Butler

opposin' me this way won't last till sundown. You don't want to have a fu-
 neral on your hands tomorrow, right in fruit-cannir' timc, do you, all on account. of four f1fty?"
 She turned to the door. You get that book off your mind( pa,"
 she said. land guess you'll last awhile yet" And she went out. By Jocks glared after her for a min ute and then he slid his feet to the floor and walked 10 the closet in the corner of the room. He took down his trousers from the hook and plunged his hand into pocket. When he drew 1t forth 1t held a ! dollar bill, which he handed to the little
 book agent. Then he slipped the trous-
 CTS over his feet and proceeded to dress angrily.
 All right, by jocksr' he exclaimed. "I
 guess I can pay for my own dyin' words, if she won't. A man can't die quiet and peaceful In this house without havin his daughter rile him all up and get his mind into a state where it aint fit to
 die. I want that book on the dollar a
 month plan," he said to Eliph' Hewitt "One dollar down and $1 a month. That
 won't be but four months from now, and if Mary is going to act that way I ain't gon to de. I'm goin' to hang round an be care on her hands" You can easily put in four months full reading this book" said Eliph Hew- lit
 "So I figured" said By Jocks." "and since I've got to pay for 1t myself
 ain't goin' to drop off uunti1 get my
 moneys worth out of 1t. I'm a sick man.
 I am: but I don't have to die until
 want to, I guess. But if you happen to
 be around here in four months drop in
 to my funeral. It's going to bo good. l
 made all the arrangements myself"
 'Ill be glad to-" said Eliph, Hewitt, politely If it comes off. but I guess 1t won't I don't wonder you feel like dying now wen you haven't had a copy of this book to instruct. cheer and amuse you, but once you get the copy you have bought 1t will be different A man can't take no satisfaction in dying when he feels he has got to leave ms copy or Jarbv,s rncvclopedia of Knowledge and Compendium, of Literature, Science and
 Art hehind him."
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in Morocco will be from Tangier, the port opposite Gibraltar, to Fez, the cap ital. The distance is 175 miles, and at present all the freight between the two cities is carried on camels, donkeys and mules. Travellers usually go upon horses. and they must always be accompanied by soldiers or pay tribute to the tribes along the way.
 Another scheme is to extend the western Algerian road, which now goes to Tiem- cen on to Fez. This would connect the chief capital of the Sultan with the French colonial railway system and give Morocco access to almost 5000 miles of railroad communication.
 Still another road proposed Is that from Mogador to Marakeeh and Fez. This would furnish Fez with short route to the Atlantic ocean. This was the line fa- vored by Si Mehdi el Mennebbl, the ex- war minister of the Sultan. Both the French and the Germans are now after railway concessions in Morocco.
 Railroads Across Sahara.
 More interesting than any of these schemes are those which are planned to connect the rich regions of the Atlas mountains with the Soudan, that great fertile, healthy belt of North Central Africa. The Soudan runs clear across the continent from the Nile to the Atlantic. and it is wonderfully rich in resources and people. The barrier between the two regions is the great Desert of Sahara which is as long as the Mediterranean and as wide as from the Atlantic ocean to the Rockies. It is in this desert that l am now writing. have ridden for many miles over it's rocky wastes of stone and sand, and have climbed the mountains and plateaus which are found here and there in many parts of it.
 The Sahara itself Is neither lovel nor low. It has vast plains where the sand stretches out on every side to the horizon, but there are many places where the country is rolling. There are gorges along the beds of dry rivers, there are mighty bluffs of tone and no end of hills and mountains. I am in sight of the chief range of the Atlas at Biskra, and its hills are dryer than the Sahara itself l rode for several hundred miles along the range which separates Algeria and Morocco. The sands of the desert go to the foothills and pile up there in great masses, while the slopes above are absolutely bare of vege- tation and altogether arid,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19

his surplus. He proposes to build a rail- road from Egypt to Trpoli which may be extended on around the gulf of Gabes and thus connect with the railway system of Tunisla.
 Another scheme is to build a line through the Atlas mountains of Morocco to Tangier, the two projects completing a great trunk line from the Nile to the Atlantic. The Morocco scheme can not be attempted in the present condition of that country, and it is doubtful whether the travel and freight Of the region be- tween Tripoli and the Nile would ever make that part of the road pay. The length of this trunk line. all told, would be about as long as from New York to Salt Lake City and fully two-thirds of it remains to be built. Here in Algeria and Tunisia there are roads running east and west about as far as from New York to Chicago, and in Egypt the khedive has already built something like sixty or sev- enty miles from the Nile westward.
 A part of this route goes along the Mediterranean through the Libyan desert. The khedlve has travelled on horseback over this section and was surprised to find that the country has a rich soil and that 1t once supported a large popula- ton. Everywhere he went he saw the remains of the Romans. There were
 
 stones in them to build a hundred new settlements. Here and there he crossed rich oases, and he has advanced the opin- ion that his road will pay. The part all ready built is now doing so and he has widened the gauge to accommodate the traffic. If 1t should ever be completed to Tunisia, and the Morocco extension made, 1t would bring Africa within four hours of Europe by way of the Strait of Gibral- tar, and there will be propable connec- tion with Asia by road which might be built from Cairo to connect with the lines now going south through Damascus and Jerusalem.
 Morocco's Railway Possibilities.
 As to Morocco, that country will even tually form a live field for railroad engi- neers It Is now in such an unsettled state that the powers will have to take hold of 1t within a short time. Both life and property are unsafe, and it is impos- slble for foreigners to travel through it.
 Morocco is one of the richest countries of Africa, and one of the worst gov erned and most backward. It has ten or more million population, and it Is said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
Eliph' EHeWlitt and SSBy J0cks''


tlcular See this colored telegraph of the blowing up of Port Arthur" He handed the book to By Jocks" and the old man looked at the gory picture with interest.
 "No," said By Jocks" sadly, q guess not. I won't live long enough to read it." He turned over the pages and look ed at the pictures with all the interest of a child You can't make that price no less than four fifty can you?" he asked
 That is the lowest,' said Eliph' Hew- lit, promptly. But" he added, If you don't think you will die right off you could take it on the monthly payment plan, one dollar a month-"
 q can't risk it." said By Jocks - feel won't live long enough to make the second payment" He looked at a few more pictures and his eyes frightened 'Maryi" ne called and when she did not answer he called again and again until he heard her coming up the stairs.
 Mary" he said, dolefully, I'm a dy- in man, and as such I've got to be hu- mored and I've got my mind set on hav- in copy of this here book. Won't you humor me four dollars and fifty cents worth. Mary?'
 NO, 1 won't" she replied, Sharply.
 q guess you'd better,' he said. Tt don't do to vex a dyin' man, Mary; it makes him worse. I can feel myself worse already, by jocksi If you keep on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19

treasured up and repeated and the man in the bed gets all Mustered and wor- ried and ends up by saying something foolish. It ain't the right way to treat folks. man that ainft specialist in dying words shouldn't take the risk of speaking extemporaneous that way. He ought to get a good book that has lot of the worlds best dying words and study them up and get familiar with them while he has time. And this book has them all"
 'Well don't know" said By Jocks, !" weakly. "The way folks treat me when have one of my dyin' spells they don't deserve to have me say no dyin' words. I've got half a mind, by jocks! to just drpo off without sayin nothip at all. It would serve 'em right"
 And then you would be sorry as long as you lived" sai Eliph' Hewitt. You take my advice and don't do 1t that way. It aint worth while when you can get this book for four fifty cash, including all the features I have mentioned, besides nine thousand other things every man, woman and child should know, It Is a book that appeals alike to the living or the dying. Now, take this Appendix of the Russian war. with colored views of all the great battles, and a life of Pres ideut Roosevelt brought right down to date, comprising a story as interesting as a novel, and entirely true in every par