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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-07-25
FOUR GIRLS
Restored to Health by Lydia e.
Pinkham'sVegetable Compound.
I 0oaa I0Aas TAsy Jay.

AiaLilliAn Res, 6So
East S4th Street, Nel
York, writes: "Lydf
=. Pinkham's veesEa.
bio Cou pound ovee.
came ifrsIulariaiss,N.
riodic sR6aIinG, and
nervous hsAdachso,
after eveythin1 elso
had failed % help me,
and I feel Il . duty %
let others know Of IT,
Katharine Craig s8
Lsfaystts st., Denvef,
COL, writes: ''Thanko
to Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound I
am we'll, ers16esing
for months from nee.
vous prostrstioo.
Mis- Mario StoltS.
man, Of Laafel, Ia,
writes: "IWAs ina run.
dovnconditioon ndauI,
fered from uppreesioo,
indigestion, and poor
circulation. Lydia 3.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound made No
we'll and strong"
Miss Ellen N. Olsen,
Of AT N. East st., Ks.
vance, Ill, ays:" Ly.
dia E.PinkhAm'SVego.
table Compound cured
mo of beckachs, side
ache, and established
my periods. after the
best local doctoss had
failed 70 help ma"
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-07-25
sspsovnp FOR MONTHS.
Hope Abandoned After Physielans'
Consultation.

Mrs. Enos Shearer. Yew and Wash.
ington SITS, Centralia, Wash. says:
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-07-25

Suhicicnt unto tho day are the -
hours thereof.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-07-25
Dearest. a. I seek your heart.
A book Of verse I do impArt."

Mr.. WtesloW's aooshiaG nyPap.
roe rhidsea testhinS softsns the gums, reduce 4
aaAmatioo siiAys psin eurss Wind ooltu 10 bessll
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-07-25

One cemfest fee Johnny.
YEA" said Ars. LApslins: "Johnny
tries my patience somstimss. w I
never spank him. don't believe -
oorpuisnt puuishmsnt."
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-07-25
The Candy Girl.

He was one OF those sentimental
chaps who imagine the only way to
capture . girls heart II to send her
volumes OF poetry. Selecting . book
Of seasonable verse he sent It to his
lady fair with the following scrubbed
m the hy.leaf: -..
Dearest. a. seek your heart.
book Of verse I do impsrt.''
And the pretty but sensible girl.
who did not care rap II Shakespeare
had been q pirate instead Of . poet.
returned the verses with the following
lines:
ITO the woods with this siudge.
II my heart you'd really bulge.
Send me up a pound Of fudge"
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-07-25
The Worst Of All lie.

I expect to suffer Z thousand Ills. but
meme so great ~ to net unjustiy-Soe.
fatef.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
German Good Sense.

This country could hardly be ex-
pected to Germanize its legal pro-
cedure. or, for that matter, make it
conform to that Of any other coun-
try. But 1t could embody with bene-
fetal results the principles of the
German system in dealing with petty
disputes. 1t Is perfectly proper that
cases involving large amounts or i'm
portant questions should be gone in
to with care and due expense. But
the eXtortionate rate which Ameri-
cans pay for justice in small things
is proverbial The Germans deal
with these things in an eminently
sensible way.
An American tourist who inquired
why there were only four lawyers In
a town Of $4,000 people in Germany,
was told that the civil cases had been
such case had to be tried by three
conciiators appointed by the mayor
of the city before it found it's way
into the courts. If the judgment
Of the conciliators is not accepted
the case then goes into court, but
the loser has to pay all the costs, In
Guiding attorneys fees, so that the
judgment of the conciliators is usu-
ally accepted. The conciliators re-
ceive no salary, but they consider
their appointment high honor On
ly in SANDER cases are they permit
ted to impose fine, which Is pay
able to the district insane asylum.
The guilty party is required to sign
Il declaration of regret and publish
it in the official organ of the district.
kansas City Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Was BOund To Win,

Edward Mcintyre, Minnesota
young man, has set an example OF
combined patience, endurance, and
foxiness that it would be hard to
match. An abandoned homestead
near Estevan, Saskatchewan, was
thrown open to entry, and animated
was the scramble therefor. Mcintyre
took pains to be the last inquirer at
the land Office on the day previous
to that set for the filing. Then he
stationed himself on chair in the
corridor, with his hand on the knob
of the land Office door. And there
he stayed till the Office opened in the
morning, a vigil of seventeen hours
Many others had gathered from all
directions to get a chance at the
homestead, but Mcintyre was the
winner. Whenever Western Cana,
dams want to be shown trick OF
two. let them apply to Gopher genius
st. Paul Dispatch.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
THIS AND THAT

1t is all that some men CAB do to
keep from being done.
A lie must travel with some rapid
ity In order to avoid being nailed.
Anyway, the self-made man hasn't
any one to blame but himself
Life is too short for a man to do
all the things his wife wants him to
do.
You can't vote in Norway unless
you have been vaccinated.
OF London's population 2SO, 900
are members Of some sort of club.
The whale-catching ind ustry Is dy-
ing out. Only $50 are now caught
each year.
New York City's public library fur
nishes more reading in more tongues
than any other library in the world.
In the oriental department alone are
10,7O0 books-enough to make a
library by themselves.
It is said the Colombian govern
ment will soon construct pier and
breakwater at the salt works at CAL
era Zamba point, between Cartagena
and the mouth Of the Magdalena
River. 1t will cost about $4,000
Germanys great new battleships
of the Dreadnought type cannot safe
ly pass from the North Sea 10 the
Baltic. She is charging the Kiel
Canal to pass 20 ,0O0-ton ships. Great
Britain feels that she must build two
Dreadnoughts to Germany's one. This
means heavy taxation.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
MACnINE-GRoUND PAINT.

Occasionally one hears tho "hand-
mixed" paint of the painter slight
ingly spoken of as "unscientif1c" and
mot thoroughly mixed" The fact:
are all on the side Of the painter and
his hand-prepared paint.
1t Is the most scientific" paint
there is, because 1t is made on the
spot to suit the particular purpose
for which it Is to be used. It Is as
scientific as a good doctors prescrip-
ton. If the painter did not mix It
thus It would be as unscientiflc as q
patent medicine. Moreover the paint
which a good painter turns out is
made of genuine white lead and pure
linseed oil. 1t he does not mix 1t him
self he Is not sure what Is In 1t and
consequently his client cannot be sure.
AS for not being thoroughly mixed
by machinery, that is simply a mis-
statement. White Lead as made by
National Lead Company Is thoroughly
incorporated with 7 or 8 per cent. Of
pure Linseed oil in the factory, maxi
ing a paste. This paste need only be
thinned with additional linseed oil to
make 1t ready for the brush.
The thorough Incorporation OF pig
ment and oil has already been accom-
plished before the painter gets 1t.
To know how to tell pure white
lead IS a great advantage to both
painter and HORSEPOWER. National
Lead Company will send tester free
to anyone interested. Address the
company at Woodbridge Building,
New York, N. Y.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Dam.scus vital Statistics.

The French government, wishing
to obtain some vital statistics IN re-
gard to certain Turkish provinces,
sent the usual blanks to the provin-
cial governors with the request that
they be answered. The following is
a copy of the reply received from the
Pasha of Damascus:
@. What Is the death rate in your
province? :.
A. 1t Is the law of Allah that all
should die; some die young and some
die old
@. What Is the annual number of
births?
A. God alone can say; do not
know and hesitate to inquire.
@. Are the supplies of water suf-
ficient and of good quality?
A. From the remotest period nc
one in Damascus has died of thirst.
@. Give general remarks as to
the character of local sanitation.
A. A man should not bother him
self or his brothers with questions
that concern only God. - Toronto
Globe.
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= '
The Doctor And, His Reward.

In the \same issne of an Eastern
newspaperlappeagftwo items concern
ing the medical sprofessioh. One is
about a bold and sresourceful surgeon
who sewed up a knife wound in
dying mans heart, the other cites
the fact that, as doctors are short
lived, they are extrabazardous insur-
ance risks. Here Is both the service
in the cause of humanity and the
sacrifice, the labor and the reward.
The doctors are so near to us, play
so intimate part in! our living, that,
as IL by their very closeness, we are
blind to the extraordinary exertions
they have made for the general COM
fort and happiness.
But for the doctor the Southern
cities would still be suffering those
wild panics of other days when yell
low fever entered port He has
caused swamps to be drained, sewers
to be laid, streets to be swept and
flushed and hospitals to be built. The
Panama Canal Zone, which under the
French regime, was a highway of
death, now Is more healthful than
many q Northern comic unity with
the same number of inhabitants. To
know medical practitioner ito know
one superior to the average educated
man. Few professors develop such
character. The occupation of heal
ing, of beholding men and women
and children at their worst, irritable.
unreasonable and often cowardly, has
not, fortunately, caused his own de-
generation. His capacity for thought
fulness is trained to keenness, his
selfishness, where there is any. is
shrewdly hidden, and the human in
stinct for enjoyment is not the less
in him because of his knowledge of
it's reactions-Cleveland Leader.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Civilization,

A commotion was caused in the
Boulevard Haussmann the other day
when one of the best known women
in Paris got out of an elegant motor
car leading by a silver chain a tiny
poodle dressed in the height of fash
ion. The dog was wearing pigskin
collar adorned with gold coins and a
little fur coat with side pocket,
from which peeped small lace hand
kerchief, while its little feet were
protected from the damp by india
rubber shoes. In the poodle's ears
were two pairs of diamond earrings,
one pair in each ear, the ears being
pierced at the base and at the tip.
The feelings of this darling pet were
dogfully repressed. He appeared alb
solutely Indifferent to the excited
glances bestowed upon him and his
mistress Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
BORAX, NATURES DISINFECT.
ANT, CLEANSER AND PURIFIER.

Everybody realizes the necessity of
some method of publication of sinks,
drains and utensils in which may Turk
the germ of dreaded disease.
Health is a question Of cleanliness
and prevention.
Most people are familiar with the
use of disinfectants in their ordinary
sense-all of which are unplsasantly
associated with disagreeable odors,
on which are depended to kill tho
contagion (Which disinfectants must
of necessity be of more or. less dan
gerous character) and must be used
for this purpose and for no other, and
in consequence kept from children
and careless handling.
There is, however, within the reach
of all our readers simple, safe and
economical article that will not only
answer for every disinfecting purpose
but can also be used for multi
tude of domestic cleansing and puri-
Tying urposeS-BoFaX.
Borax is a pure, white harmless
powder coming direct from Natures
laboratory; in fact BoraX has often
been called Natures Cleanser and
Disinfectant."
Two tablespoonfuls of Borax in u
pailful of hot water poured down the
grease-choked pipes of a sink, or
flushed through disease-laden drain,
cleanses and purifies it, leaving it
clean and sweet.
Bed clothing and clothes used in a
sick room can be made hygienically
clean and snowy-white, if washed in
q hot solution of BoraX water.
Kitchen and eating utensils, used
during illness will be kept from all
possibility of contagion If Borax is
used when washing them. Pure as
snow and harmless as salt, and be-
cause it can be used for almost every
domestic and medical purpose, Borax
must be considered the one great
household necessity.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Hatchcd BY Hot-Water Bottle.

Four freak chickens" were lately
Matched at the j. J. Morton home OH
Normal Heights. They do not differ
from other chicks in appearance, but
were born without the assistance of
a mother hen or a mother incubator.
A careless hen left her nest, and
gathering the neglected eggs, Mrs.
Morton placed them in wool-lineo
vessel and covered them with a hot
water bag, renewed about twice a
day. In due time four baby fowls
pecked through the SHE'LL but ten OF
the eggs proved to be past redemp-
tion.-Western Leader.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
LOST $500
Buying Medicine when Right Food
was Needed.
LOST $500

Money spent for "tonics" and
"bracers" to relieve indigestion,
while the poor old stomach is loaded
with pastry and pork, is worse than
losing a pocketbook containing the
money.
If the money only is lost it's bad
enough, but with lost health from
wrong eating, 1t is hard to make the
money back.
A Michigan young lady lost money
on drugs but is thankful she found
way to get back her health by prop
err food. She writes:
II had been victim Of nervous
dyspepsia for six years and spent
three hundred dollars for treatment
In the attempt to get well. None of
1t did me any good.
FINALLY I tried Grape-Nuts food,
and the results were such that. If 1t
cost dollar package, would not
be without 1t. My trouble had been
caused by eating rich food such as
pastry and pork.
1.-The most wonderful thing that
ever happened to me, am sure, was
the change In my condition after I
began to eat Grape-Nuts. began
to improve at once and the first week
gained four pounds.
II feel that l cannot express my
self in terms that are worthy of the
benefit Grape-Nuts has brought to
me, and you are perfectly free to
publish this letter If 1t will send
some poor sufferer relief. such as has
come to me-"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, THE Road to
Wellville." In pkgs. There's Rea-
son."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16

persist insuienty projected by
clothing ~, 49,. - A.. L.. 49,, !, ~. Co.. -. ...d ~ !
rapid the body uduy When they board tho
chilled. This is when sitting. I
requires people do not observe these
in Spring and the Summer ad
should think of
IN without being provided with
in entire Summer Great
cold During
first few pleasant Of Spring liability of catching cold
during this III, -, l, I
Do Off Do taking other remedies Begin
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
WORDS OF WISDOM.

love all; trust a few.-Shakes,
peace.
Look not thou down, but UP
Browning.
Revenge wrong by forgiving it.
French Proverb.
Advising is easier than helping
Rochefoucauld.
Little minds are too much wounded
by little things. -Rochefoucauld.
He who does thing through an
other, does 1t himself. Legal Maxim.
The bearing of men toward the
sins of others Is always touch-stone
of character.-Marcus Dods.
Adversely is the trial of principle.
Without 1t a man hardly knows
whether he Is honest or not.-Field-
ing.
Exercise the mind with contempla-
tion and the body with action and so
preserve the health of both.-Con-
fucius.
Those that do most for the heather
abroad are those who do most for
the heather at home.-John G.
Patton.
Chivalry means far more than rev,
erence of man or woman. 1t means
reverence of strength for weakness
wheresoever found.-W. G. Gannett.
There is no stage of life in which
we are safe; the young are impetuous,
the middle-aged stubborn, the old
weak-all ngerous.-Bishop Hall.
Mirth is Gods medicine. Every
body ought to battle in IT, Grim care,
moroseness, anxiety-ali this rust OF
life ought to be secured off py the oil
Of mirth. 1t is better than emery.
Blessed Is he who has sense of tho
humorous. He hath that which Is
worth more than mauay.--Henry
Ward Beecher.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
How Machinery Multiplies Power.

The forthcoming report of the
United States Commissioner of Labor
will afford some interesting informa
ton on this topic. Aided by machin-
cry, 4,5OO,OO0 men turn out prod
uct which would require the labor
of nearly 4O,OO0,OOO men if pro-
duced by hand. In America the ad-
vantage derived from machinery is
about twice as great as Europe, so
that the actual population of the
United States is equal in productive
power to 150,000,O00 Europeans,
With labor-saving machinery. one
generation of men can do the work
of four or five generations of hand
workers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
CALIFORNIA
Balanced To A Penny.

A remarkable condition arose In
the Muskogee, Okla, clearing house
the other day. When the members
of the association met at IL o'clock
to make their bank clearings, 1t was
found that there was $4,000 IN
checks in the days business, and that
when settlement was made the &C
counts of each bank against all other
banks balanced to a penny. No bank
had to pay a cent to any other bank.
The clearing house clerks were
amazed. Such thing does not oc-
cur once in a lifetime. City
Journal
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16

One of the most curious of all
known phosphorescent larvae is
found in British Guiana, near the
Brazilian border, where it is known
to the natives by the name macadoub.
IL is believed to be the larvae of
some beetle. A specimen was recent
ly carried to England by c. w. An.
derson and exhibited, dead, at a
meeting of the Linnean Society
When living the creature shows a
ruby light in its head and double
row of phosphorescent spots along
the body, two on each segment. The
lights are not intermittent, but glow
continuously News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Backgammon.

Who plays backgammon nowadays:
It was one of the favorite games OF
our forefathers. but is today appar-
emily as obsolete as the dinosaur.
Backgammon was invented in Wales
in the eleventh century and derived
its name from two Welsh words
back" (little) and CANNON" (bat-
tle). Three-quarters of century
ago no home of the aristocracy was
complete without its backgammon
board. The game was played night
ly as an innocent diversion. Two
Presidents-Van Buren, and Jackson
were adepts.-New York Press
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
neafness Cannot BE Cured

neutrality-suspicious. as theycannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies Deafness iscaused byan
mfiamed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tubei in
canned you have u rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result and unless the intlnm.
nation can be taken out and this tube re
stored to it's normal condition, hearing will
bedestroyed forever. Nino cases out of ten
arecaused bycatarrh, which isnothingbutan
infamed condition of the mucous surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case ofDeafness caused bycatarrh) tbatcan
not be curedby Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. FL. CHENEY &; Co., Toledo,O
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Bad Effects From Cold.

MIR. M. j. Deutsch, Secretary Building
Material Trades Council, l6l Washington
IT have found your medicine to be un;
usually efficacious in getting rid of bad
eTects iron, cold, and more especially
in driving away all symptoms OF ,catarrh,
sThe reItef Pc,.,t,sa Otves in catarrhal
troubles alone is we'll worth the. price per
bottle. have used the remedy for several
years now
Spells Of Coughing.
Mrs. O. E. Long, writes from Atwood,
Colorado, as follow: ,,
when wrote you for advice my little
three-year-old girl had cough that had
been troubling her for four months. She
took GOLD easily, and would wheezc
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16

There is large demand for pens
in Italy. The most popular style is
long and pointed, pierced three times
above the crack. An Italian educa-
tional rule says that this form must
be used in all schools. which thus
creates a large demand.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Crooked Age.

You don't seem anxious to race
the tortoise" remarked the friendly
fox.
"Well | should say mott" replied
the hare. I'm these scheming days
he might hire an automobile when
my back was turned and win the
race" Chicago News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Rural Philosophy.

"A crow" said the farmer, reach
ing for his gun, lis a good deal like
an Injun. Sometimes you can make
him good by giving him little trink-
et."
Thereupon he drew bead on the
bird and gave 1t present of small
shot besides.-Chicago Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16

The 10 women in the Finish Par
Lament have already presented 26
bills relating to the reform OF the
marriage laws. the legal position or
illegitimate children, protection of
minors, public education, the liquor
question, etc.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. Itmakes tight or new shoes
feet inerowing nails, corns and bunions. At
all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Dontac-
cept any substitute Trial package FREE by
mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16

tanned sediment. My husband urged
me to try Doan's Kidney Pills, and at
last I did so. They did me much
good, and used in all eight boxes.
which restored me to perfect health. ="
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster-Milbu Co, Buffalo. N. Y.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f.5roid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16

The Colombian government de-
clares it to be its intention to estab-
lish agricultural penal colonies for
its prisoners now confined In the ma
tional penitentiaries.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-04-16

and have spells of coughing that would
sometimes last for half hour.
Now we can never thank you enough
for the change you have made in our little
ones health. Before she began taking
your Pcruna she suffered everything in the
way of cough, colds and Group, but now
she has taken not quite bottle of Peruna.
and is ,UcIl and strong as she has ever
been in her life.
Pe-ru-na for Colds.
Mr.. James Morrison, 50 East 10th St.,
Paterson, N. j., writes:
u have given Peruna a fair trial, and |
find it to be just what you claim it to be:
/ cannot praise it too highly. l have used
two bottles in my family for colds, and
everything imaginable can safely say
that your medicine is the best have ever