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The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22
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This sign Is permanently. attached
to the front Of the main building Of
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection Of
the Laboratory and methods of doing
business is honestly desired. ItmeanS
that there Is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "Open and above
board"
It means that q permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told ?
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia E. Pmkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondence
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia K.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these womenp
Come and See.
This advertisement Is only for
dOubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being hem
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, fOrshealso
might Just as well regain her health.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

l reckon you ever SaW-maQe out OF
this pearl corn. Hard! Why. you
could have grain of it set and wear
it for breastpin. Along with it all,
too. was a yaller pitcher full of but
termilk brought from the spring
house. and"
I've got to co. the editor ex-
claimed, jumping up and clapping his
hat ON his head.
wait a mint and let me tell you
about it. Set down." and the old man
showed the editor back into his chair.
And l do reckon l had some of the
best sparrar grass that ever crowd
outen the ground, and these little
brownish redishes that look like a
rusty-coat apple. Haungry! Why,
colonel, never was haungryer in my
life. And Susan, my wife, she kept of
a sayin'. DO have another help to the
pig and-well, 1 eat enough to last
me for a week. l reckon you are that
way, too. Folks must bring YOU thou
sands Of thingsIthese here women
that write; don't care much for suthin'
to eat themselves and fetch it to you.
You may not make as much money as
a county jedge, but take it you live
off'n the fat of the land So you think
that il this here prime preacher re-
signs"
Prime minister muttered the
editor.
"Ah, hah. And you think if he re-
signs and the emperor ketches cold
and sneezes before breakfast there's
likely to be rain in northwest town
ship, range east Looks that way to
me, too; and l reckon I'll have to
make my PREPARATIONS accordin'. But.
speakin' of breakfast there amt
nothin nicer. to my notion. than a
piece of roasted pig, with the brown
crust on it. Drilled on the Goals. oh,
I hear Of folks that for breakfast eat
hot milk and doll stufIin'. but that
don't touch the spot where l live. Now
a right nice yaller-leg chicken. a
leetle more than half grown, snatched
offn the face of the earth and fried
before he knows what's the matter
with him-he's some, I want to tell
you. Made up your mind yit as to
who is to be the next president? But
I reckon you've been SO busy you
hain't paid much attention to it. This
here social life. too. keeps you on the
trot q good deal. I reckon. And din
ners. too; you have to go to them;
and they eat dinners now In the night.
I'm told. 1 like 'em best when the
sun gifts jest about as high as 1t kin,
but the time don't make SO much diff
ference as what they have to eat
Sorry my wife amt at home. She
could skeer up a bite for you. She
got my dinner as quick as she could
and hurried over to one Of the neigh
bors, where the old maid school teach
er amt expected to live till shutdown.
Nearly all the women folks in the
neighborhOod are dockin' over there,
and reckon they'll have a good time.
The old maid was engaged to be mar
ried and that makes her death all the
more interestin'. Don't ricollect when
old Dorb Server died. do you! I set
ND with him the night afterward. and
along about IL o'clock old Aunt Judy,
that worked there, skeered Us up
about as good a snack as I ever eat.
Some seem to forgit that folks get
hungry, but old Aunt Judy want one
O. that kind. She had way OF fryin'
honiny in ham gravy that would
make a saint pop his mouth like bull
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Combination Sleeves.

The newest of sleeves is combina-
ton of the mikado and the kimono. ar
ranged so that. although the armhole
is fairly small on the top of the sleeve.
there is no seam. The waist and sleeve
together are gathered into the usual
fitness, used in the ordinary way.
This allows Sufficient material for the
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For the Hostess
Suggestions as, TO Social EDter-
taiDrpeDts, aDd Other MATTERS,
by Authority on Subject

then dinner calls must be out OF date
also.
Second. A lady issued Invitations
for q colonial tea for two different
hours in one day. Invitations WOrded
|. in "old-time style:" will you come.
etc?" Did that require a reply?
Third. A lady invited me to her re-
ception, who had not previously called,
but inclosed q card. l went to recep-
tion; left my card and then in giving
a party myself. q few days later,
invited her to mine. She came, and
now who owes the first call?
In leaving a card at reception do
you make call after, or is the card
"a calf"
Fourth. II two ladies' entertain me.
one only Of whom has called upon me,
am later entitled to entertain both.
or just the one?
Thanking you in advance for reliev-
ing my ignorance. Very truly,
Katheryn.
In reply to your first question party
calls are not out of date, decidedly not.
Your informant is ignorant on the sub
ject. Every invitation accepted brings
with it an obligatory call-or a very
good excuse must be had to omit the
courtesy. A dinner party or any for
NAL affair requires that the duty call
be paid within two weeks. The lady
who issued the invitation for a
colonial tea certainly should have
had a reply at once, accepting or
regretting.
In regard to who owes the first call
I should say it is the lady who in
vited you first without previously call
ing, providing she is the oldest resi-
dent of the town.
To your fourth question the reply is
that the lady who had not called sent
her card because the two were en-
tertaining together and it would not
have been polite not to have sent it.
You may or may not return the COM
pliment. 1t is just as you feel in
clined to do.
MADAME MERRI.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22
Novelties in Hatpins.

In Paris hatpins are seen made of
heads of stuffed birds or made Of
artificial flowers. A society lady in
New York brought hatpin from Eu-
rope with the head in the shape of a
miniature peacock. The bird is COM
plete. tail, feathers and all, but the
whole is not more than four inches in
height.
Another pin head consists of large
red rose. so fresh and rich in color
that 1t seems as though 1t had just
been plucked from the garden. Gar
denias and camellias, too. form the
heads of some of these pins. These
floral hatpins can be made at home
by buying a small bunch of flowers
and running through the center plain
hatpin with q black end.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

WE you ev er
heard about that
business man who
in advertising his
particular brand
of breakfast fod-
der increased the
circulation Of the
paper in which he
advertised q hun
dred-fold?
Well, it was
I II 5 way. IT'D
name was Wise,
and he had un-
limited money to
spend. He had
formerly owned a
sawmill and he
naturally had a
large quantity of
sawdust on hand.
If struck him that
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

Gel Shang W. Mowlett, the editor
of the country paper, while out for a
day among his subscribers. halted at
the house of old Limuel Jucklin. He
had time to stop only few moments.
E he said: a delinquent tax list demand
ed: his attention at home.
q: And after sitting a long time it
: seemed as II he were about to 60. He
took up his hat and had made a mo-
ton to put it on his head when his at
= tention. was seized upon by the rattle
Of dishes in the dining room, just
across the broad passageway in the
. north section of the old log house. It
is Of no doubt that the embryo crow
ing of: halffeathered dominecker
had appealed to the scribe to break
his journey in the hope Of breaking
his fast at the house of his constant
reader" and as he drove into the
yard he was seen to cock his eye at
q Plymouth Rock pullet. !
D But as the hours wore hungrily
along he saw no signs of dinner. In
no. seeming fear of danger the chick
ems walked about the yard. And from
the window, where a perfumed breeze
inurmured music amid the tendrils of
a trumpet vine, the editor looked
across a corner of the garden into a
lot where in the sunshine sucking
pigs just big enough, if roasted, to
hold crab apples in their mouths,
We're tnmbling over one another.
Not with an extra effort of memory
was. ii that the newspaper man re-
called the fact that his pre-daylight
d: breakfast had consisted mainly Of sod.
den cakes and extreme hurry. 1t was
fresh in his mind as he heard the pot
rack. pot rack" of a guinea hen. But
with the air of vital concern he talked
on the condition of the country and of
foreign probabilities. He didn't load
down his speculative mind with what
d; had taken place. That would have
been, matter Of mere industry. 1t
lay within the keen province of his
vision to discover what might be done
If such and such should happen. If a
certain prime minister should resign.
e or if the emperor. should SO far forget
himself as to say so and 50 in his
coming speech. why it was clear that
this. that and the other would hap
pen. And old Lin agreed that 1t was
no doubt true
The. sun lost its balance and slipped
over. into the afternoon, the waving
vine at the window sifted q softer
light. and still there was no call from
pot or pan. So. at last, the editor
arose and was about to put his hat on
his head when there came from the
dining-room the rattle of dishes.
Then he hesitated, turned about as II
he had just thought of a wise thing
to say, and sat down.
II reckon a cat must have run over
the table," said old Lin, and Shang
": .Mowlett's heart beat low in de-
spair.
Sorry. colonel. you didn't come q
little earlier Reckon you seen some
of them pigs out there. Had one OF
their brothers roasted to fall of the
: year brown, and" The editor
grabbed out his handkerchief and
wiped his mouth. Old Linn continued:
And / had some early rose potatoes
as pink-eyed as one of these-these
Albumins-is that what you call EN-!
.'Albinos,' drawled the editor.
Yes. that's it; seen one in the side
show when the cirkis come to Purdy.
Ard had some CT the best corn bread
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22
For = Baby Shower.


Will Nine Merri kindly suggest how
to issue invitations for baby shower
wish to give in June; also how to
present the gifts and what to server
NJ. L. D.
The invitations are issued verbally
or by informal notes or your visiting
cards may be used with baby show
err in lower left hand corner. The
refreshments may consist of anything
dainty. l would suggest gelatin with
whipped cream in mOlds, sandwiches
of nuts. cottage cheese and olives, hot
chocolate or tea. Give the presents
in a dainty hamper. or if that is too
expensive cover a large box with pref
ty rosebud wall paper. tie with pink
and blue ribbons.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

whip. | eat and eat-well, l jest eat
ill l forgot all about old Dorb in the
next room. He was mighty fond of
cards. and Bill Atcherson lowed that
he was lynn there. a waitin' for the
last trump. Now, Bill, he's monst'us
fond of good things to eat. luther
day he brought me about as fine a
mess of young squirrels as I ever set
down to. Fried 'em in the lard out Of
a mast-fed hog. And that reminds me-
Is there anything sweeter than a
chinkapin ham? Jest take and bill it
in cider about four days old and-I
tell you, then you've got suthin' to
smack your mouth over" q.
The editor got out of his chair. Mr..
Jucklin. I've stayed too long already,
and must 60"
Don't you do it. My works putty
we'll up and I've got nothin' to do but
to sit here and talk. And as for you
you don't need to look at a watch
nor the sun when it's slantin' toward
the west. They say that time was
made for slaves, and If you ever was
a slave you were set free long ago.
Sit down-just a mint I'll give you
a piece of news you can print in your
paper" .
And forcing the editor to sit down,
he continued: Il reckon, you hearn
Of what happened over at old Grog
gins. Well. Groggin's daughter, lilly.
as likely a girl as you'd meet in a
days travel. OF a Sunday when folks
are goin' to church, took up a notion
that she was in love with long, lank
Teller that come down the river on a
raft and stopped at Moseley's place
Now whuther or not the logs belonged
to him don't enter into the story. At
any rate, he sold 'em and the first
thing he done was to give a dinner In
the woods. and the most urgent invite
was sent to Tilly Groggin. He had
seen her somewhere, no matter where.
and so, along with a number of others,
she went. And 1t was a barbecue.
mind you. They roasted sheep whole
and-wait a minit-and ducks. too:
and he had about two barrel of shell
oysters that were brought In right
fresh, and they roasted them on the
hot Goals, and"
But what happened? I'm in q
hurry"
Happened! You jest wait a mint.
By the time dinner was ready every
body was haungry. and the long. lank
Teller. he takes up q knife about as
long as a scythe and begins to carve
mutton. and the brown Juice began
to run out and ..
Turn me loose exclaimed the
hungry man. I've got to 90. tell
you"
And just at that moment old Mrs.
Jucklin appeared at the door.
Why. howdy do, Col. Mowlett.
When Limuel seen you a comm he
told me not to have dinner till he said
50. and I don't know what he meant
by it unless 1t was one of his own sort
Of jokes. but as you must be hungry
by this time you'll please walk out.
The colonel looked at Lin and the
old man shouted. and the old lady
said: 'Limuel, you ought to be
ashamed of yourself"
Copyright, by Opie Ready
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

sleeve to be arranged in a puff at the
top and gathered again at elbow
length.
Thus the plain look of the kimono
sleeve is modified to a great extent,
and the fulness at the shoulder is SO
becoming to many women that they
have found the last year of Japanese
fashions very trying.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

presume the stag party is to take
place at night, and a luncheon is never
served except in the daytime. You
can have a dinner at seven o'clock.
a nine-o'clock supper or just refresh
ments at about 1890. TIC the latter
l would have oyster cocktails, chicken
salad. sandwiches, coffee, fruit and
cheese. All you have to say on the
Invitations: Stag Party" or "Smok-
er" and the guests will understand.
You can have birthday cake and
brink the hosts health with lemonade.
1t would be nice to ask each guest to
give a toast.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

Have all the packages in child's
wheelbarrow ornamented with flow
ers and ribbons. Dress small child
like Cupid to trundle in the load.
There are cunning little gilt arrows
to use for favors or to put on top of
heart-shaped cakes and candy.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

Hope, without action, is q sad un
doer.-Feltham.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

Lewis Single Binder Cigar has q rich
taste. Your dealer or Lewis Factory,
Peoria, III.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22
For a Stag Party.

FOR a stag Party.
How shall l issue invitations for a
stag, party which wish to give for
my brother on his >twenty-first birth
Jay? Not too elaborate and do not
want to serve drinks of any kind.
Think I'd like luncheon.-Maybelle.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22
Rush Work in English Mint.

Owing to shortage in small coins.
seven tons of pennies were turned out
in a single day by an English mint.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

A Budget Of Questions.
me:
First. Are party calls out Of date?
Was informed that they were. If so,
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22
the. ellI Of TIE SOIL.
0AYo OF FINANCIAL 9TRGo9
MAKE FARl1 LANDS LOOK
RICH.

4 star contributor Of . southern
newspaper has taken up the question
Of the return to the farm Of many who
had forsaksp It for the glitter Of the
city. He says: 1T IN . well known
fact that the history Of this Govern
ment shows that those men who have
been most successful IN life and who
have left their impress upon it's peo-
pie and its institutions n Statesmen,
soldiers, hnanciers-have as . rule
been those whose youth Wa spent on
the farm, and It IL to such a. these
that there comes with overmasterins
power THE CALL OF THE SOIL.
More especially does 1t come with re-
doubled responsiveness, greater. pow
er and sweeter pleading to the man Of
affairs when the. clouds of financial
unrest begin to darken the sky; when
the cry Of panic causes people to lose
their wits and act like stampeded cat
tie; when with reason or without
reason there arises before him the
specter of ruin, grinning in his face
and waving its gaunt arms in threat
ening gesticulation.
The pitiable state into which some
men were brought by the recent finan-
cial furry. which happily is now
passed, suggests these reflections.
Some were ruined and q very few be-
came insane because of their losses.
Two or three took their own lives.
It Is when such times come that the
statesman, the great financier, and
the man of affairs becomes tired of
the struggle He lays down his pen.
turns from his desk and listens to
the CALL OF THE SOIL.
There are hundreds of cases
throughout the United States of those
who have money in the banks and are
looking for investment in lands. No
investment is better or safer. Take,
for instance, the lands In Western Can
ada that can be bought at from SO to
SIS per acre which yield revenue
equal to and often greater than their
original cost. Those lands make a
certain investment. During the past
two months large Investments In
these lands have been made, some in
tending to use the lands for farming
purposes Of their own. Others to re-
sell to farmer friends. The agents OF
the Government of Canada located at
different points throughout the United
States have in their possession par
ticulars of districts in which there are
free homestead grants of 160 acres
each accessible to railways, markets,
schools, churches, &C. These are val
liable lands. These agents will be
pleased to give Information to any de-
sirous Of securing, and will tell all
about the railway rates, &C.
Very True.
The Best Friend-I hear her old
husband shows her dog-like devo-
ton.
The Casual Gossip-Yes, they say
he is always growing at her.
Garfield Tea, the herb medicine, in
sures q healthy action Of liver, kidneys.
stomach and bowels. Take it for consti-
nation and sick-headache Write Garfield
Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. for free samples
Political Mass Meetings Forbidden.
China strictly prohibits the holding
OF mass meetings for political purposes
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

For q LINEN Shower.
Can you suggest something for a
linen shower, some novel way of Civ
ing the packages?-Avis.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22
Ni7NlMili
q. =

Trotting skirts now hang straight.
Braiding continues as popular as
ever.
. Daisies are popular for the baby's
millinery.
Eell-shaped skirts have vanished
from fashion.
Many accessories show the reign of
the ..diabolo" craze.
Flame and watermelon shades are
perhaps the most fashionable
Dresses lie close about the feet, and
there is no stiffening in skirts.
TUNES are not cut round, but in
points, to which are often attached tas-
sells.
Sleeves made in one with the bodice
are in accordance with the latest de-
cree of fashion.
Straw hats that look like miniature
sombreros make a jaunty headger
for a two-year-old boy.
Handkerchief Jabot.
A Partisan novelty is a jabOt made
of a tinted bordered handkerchief
Cut one-quarter of the handkerchief
away and make out of this butterfly
bow. Plat the remainder of the hand
kerchief SO that three hemstitched
sides form the finish around the edge
and to these lace is sewn or not. as
the wearer desires. This is very cas-
lily made and not very expensive. OF
course, the lace-edged handkerchiefs
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

Refreshments for . Bridge Party.
lam going to entertain IL ladies' at
bridge and wish to give . light lunch
con in middle afternoon ON the cafe.
terra order. Will you kindly tell me
what to serve and how. I will feel
very grateful to you.-Xenia.
Arrange your dining-room table with
eenter-piece and candles. then have
plates with napkins and silver in the
table. Let the guests help themselves
to salad out of bowl. also to sand
wiches 1.-TWO kinds), pickles. olives,
salted nuts and bonbons. Have cot
fee, chocolate and tea passed on a
tray. You can have frappe or a
sherbert passed during the game, it is
always refreshing.
Spring Decorations.
am planning to give little lunch
con to the members Of our WOmans'
Reading club. Can you give me any
suggestions that would be pretty for
decorations for spring?-E. NJ. T.
Nothing is more beautiful than the
lovely spring flowers, jonquils, DAT.
fodils and tulips have been much in
favor this spring with candle shades
to match the color which has been
mostly yellow. Tiny umbrellas make
appropriate favors for April.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

Political Mass Meetings Forbidden.
China strictly prohibits the holding
Of mass meetings for political purposes
in all parts Of the empire.
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22

Garfield Tea, the herb medicine, in
sures healthy action Of liver, kidneys.
stomach and bowels. Take it for consti-
patton and sick-headache. Write Garfield
Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. for free samples
The Columbus journal., 1908-04-22
Very True.

The Best Friend-I hear her old
husband shows her a dog-like devo-
ton.
The Casual Gossip-Yes, they say
he is always growing at her.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-18

Ages, six months and under; 6
months to / year and 2 years.
First between ! and 2 years. pre-
MUM by s. S. Tolson
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-18
MAKES FINAL PROOF
A Piece Of Land Which Has Caused
Trouble for Sixteen Years.

Hobar, Okla, Oct. 17--After striv-
ing for over sixteen years, w. II. VII
burn today made anal proof in sup
port of his claim before county Judge
j. W. Mansell.
The farm or claim which has been
so much a source of trouble ard woi-
ray to both Wilburn and the land Of.
iice is situated partly in Kiowa coun-
~ and parly in the Chey anne couh
try, old oklahoma.
Surveyor after surveyor have been
employed to figure out the survey anu
laps and the overlaps but
none of them have ever succeeded
As result Wilburn has been com
PEELED to live on government land iu.
stead of his own for almost score
OF years being unable 10 give the Land
official accurate description ol the To-
cation OF his land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-18
ARAPAHo WINS COUNTY SEAT
Has Seven Hundred Votes over Its
contesting Town Clinton.

Hobart. Okla, oct. lit was an
nounced this morning after all returns
were in that Arapaho the contesting
town for the county seat IN Custer
county won over Clinton by seven
hundred votes. This election put
an end to the county seat fight in that
county.
Two months ago an election was
held in which Butler, Weatherford,
Custer CITY, Clinton and Arapaho
were the contestants for the county
seat honors. As neither town receiy-
ed a sufficient majority to decide the
contest another election was neces-
sary. The two highest towns were
chosen, Clinton and Arapaho and now
Arapaho the present county seat win
| the second and last fight.