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DEEP CRACKS
FROM ECZEMA
Could Lay SIate-Penci| in One
Hands in Dreadful State-Dls-
ease Defed Remedies and Pre-
scriptions- SufferedSeven Years.
FOUND A PERMANENT
CURE IN CUTICURA
az had eczema on my hands for about
seven years and during that time l had

uScl ScNSi al So-CuilCO
remedies, together with
physicians and drug
gists' prescriptions. The
disease was so bad on
my hands that l could
lay q slate-pencil in one
Of the cracks and a rule
placed across the hand
would not touch the
pencil. / used
Skin Lotion,
Remedy and
others externally but [
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tSsnJp7
: ::cHApTER THREE !
b ,...1.-rNI IN1EIo

HIS is perfectly appall'
ing!" groaned the un.
fortunate lady who
passed for this adven.
ture under the name OF
Miss Manchester.
"pol.fantlv 1lnrinllSr ~
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(To Be Continued.)
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~ Perfectly gcriousr
amended her companion.
The elder lady pressed Baedeker Il
her bosom and sat down with some
abruptness. II shall have to stop here,
she painted, "all the rest Of my life an(
have my meals and my night thing:
sent up. I'm very sorry. but I'm Ger
tain shall never be able to go baqk.'
Don't be absurd. my poor dear.
We're absolutely safe" said Virginia.
81 may be a selfish wretch. but |
wouldn't for the world have brought
you into danger. You needn't so down
yet Let's explore little farther. It's
easier than turning back. Surely you
can go on. Baedeker says you can. In
ten minutes you'll be at the top OF the
COL"
"You may as we'll tell me that III be
in my grave. It amounts to the same
thing" walled Miss Manchester. who
was, in the sphere of happier duties.
Miss Letitia Portman and had been
the princess governess. Il can't look
down, l can't look up. because | keep
thinking of the unspeakable things be
hind. After get my breath and have
become resigned to my fate | may be
comparatively comfortable here for
some years; but, as to stirring either
way, there's no use dreaming of it"
"Well, you'll make an ideal hermit,
ess," said Virginia. You've exactly
the right features for that profession
austere, yet benevolent. But you're not
really afraid now?"
Not so much, sitting down." admit
ted Miss Portman. slowly regaininG
her natural color.
DO you think, then. dear. that you'd
relapse and lose your head or any
thing if / just strolled on alone to the
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CHILD SUFFERED
With Sores on Legs. Cured in
Two Weeks bY Cuticura.

envy little daughter suffered with
sores on her legs all last summer. Her
feet were sore, too, and she couldn't
wear her shoes. think she was poisoned
by running through weeds but the doc,
tor said it was eczema. tried several
remedies but failed to find cure. Then
/ sent for Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment which cured her in two weeks.
find Cuticura the best ever tried for
any kind of sore and hope shall never
be without it. Mrs. Gertie Laughlin.
Ivydale, w. Va, Apr. 25, 1907"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
Every Humor OF Infants. Children. and Adults
consists OF Cutcura Soap (25c) 10 Cleanse the Skln
CutIcura Ointment (5Oc) TO Heal the Skin. and
Cuicura Rcsolvent (5Oc In the form OF CHOCOLATE
Coated Pills Csc per vial OF 60 to Purify the Blood
Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug d Chem.
Corp Sole Props, Boston. Mass.
uTMailed Free. CutIcura Book on Skin Diseases.
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SID det1n the steepty ssopfT'g Tock. ,
q song Of triumph, and, losing her head
a little, she lost her scant foothold as
we'll, slipped, tried to hold on, failed
and slid down the steeply sloplng rock.
If the man had not sprung forward
and caught her she would probably
have rolled over the narrow ledge on
which he stood and gone bounding
down, down the mountain side to her
death, but he-did catch her and broke
the fall, so that she landed lightly be-
side him and within an ace Of being on
has knees ----------------- ---------------------
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The trouble with most cough rem
edies is that they constipate. Ken
nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts
gently but promptly on the bowels
and at the same time it stops the
cough by soothing the throat and
lung irritation. Children like 1t.
Sold by A C Dukes; A G Doyle & Co.
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A Life At Stake.

Your life may be at stake when
you notice any sign of kidney or
bladder trouble as Brighht's disease
and diabetes start with slight irreg-
ularity that could be quickly cured
by Foley's Kidney Remedy. Com
mence taking it at the first sign OF
danger. A. G. Dukes.
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A Card.

This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money
If Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure
your cough or cold. 1t stops the
cough, heals the lungs and prevents
bad results from cold. Cures grippe
coughs and prevents pneumonia and
Contains no opiates.
The genuine is in a yellow package.
Refuse substitutes. A. C. Dukes.
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did not use any internal remedy, and
While some gave partial relief, none re-
Iieyed as much as did the first box of
Cuticura Ointment. made purchase
of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
my hands were perfectly cured after two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of soap were used. 1 now keep
them on hand for sunburn, ETC., and use
Cuticura Soap for shaving. could write
a great deal more in reference to my
cure but do not want to take more OF
your time. William Fl. Dean, Newark,
Del, Mar. rs, 1907
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THE BANK OF SPRINGFIELD.
Undivided Profits. :. .. 100000
Capital. >. ;. -. .$30,O0O.OO
Officers,
L. M. Minis, President; Jno. Mob.
Bean, V. P; J. B. Smith, Cashier;
Edith Phillips, Asst.
Directors.
L. M. Minis, Jno. Bean, Joe. A.
Berry, L. B. Fulmer, w. P. Hut
to, J. w. Jumper, II. A. Cdom,
T. L. Gleaton, o. c. Salley-
All business intrusted to us re-
ceives careful, official attention.
Leave your Surplus funds with US
at four per cent interest.
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] aEtl "a
A A MOT 7 Her

How many American women in
lonely homes today long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested In this
subject should know that prepara-
ton for healthy maternity is
accomplished by the use OF
LYDIA z. PIN 0KHAM'S
VEGETABLE GOMPO UMD
Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, of West
Union, S. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
- was greatly rundown in health
from weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
not only restored me to perfect health
but to my delight I am mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Bardstows
Ky, writes:
Il was a very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician fai ed
to help me. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but am now proud
mother"
FACTS FOR SICK VvOR1EN.
For thirty years Lydia E. 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, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tlatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ornervouS prostratlon.
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.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
Question That Agitates Montclair-
Women Threaten to Burn It.

Montclair, N. 1.-THE women of up
per Montclair are up In arms over
the establishment of a lunch wagon
In that exclusive section of the town,
and threats have been made by some
of them to burn the vehicle if it is not
removed.
The matter came up in court, when
the proprietor Of the wagon, Thomas
Amend, was found guilty in Recorder
Yost's court Of violating the building
laws In placing the wagon on Valley
road. Recorder Yost deferred SEN
tence.
The case, however, will be carried
to the higher courts, as was done
when Amend was found guilty on a
similar charge several months ago,
when he purchased a plot for 50, 500
on Bloomfield avenue and placed
thereon a lunch wagon.
Amend, In his defense, contended
that the authorities erred in class
ing the vehicle as a building. The
town officials asserted that as the
wagon vas connected with the sew
err and gas mains, 1t must be classed
as a house, and be amenable to the
building laws.
Amend, who has five wagons in the
town. declares that he will take the
matter to the higher courts. He Is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
MUST REMAIN FIRM
ONLY BuLWARK OF THE SOUTH
is DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Section Can Not Afford to Abandon
Its Solidarity and Throw Itself
Upon the Mercy of the
Republicans.

Mr.. Taft is the first of Republican
presidents, or presidents-elect, who
has had the courage and the candor
to admit that the south has been right
in placing lawful qualifications upon
the suffrage in order to save states,
counties and municipalities from dom
ination by ignorant and debased cleo
%torates.
In the face of many threats Of fed
eral interference and Of reduced rep
resentation in congress, the south has
~persevered in this policy because it
knew it was right, and because it al
confident that the entire country
would in time, concede that it was
right.
Mr., Taft is the first Republican pres
ident, or president-elect, formally to
concede that the country needs, in its
legislation and administration, the &C
tive participation of that element of
the southern people which has persist
emily adhered to the Democratic par
ty. President Mckinley, it is true,
cordially invited the military patriot
ism of the south to his aid in the
Spanish war and gave it liberal recog-
milton, but there he stopped.
In the reform policy to which he
is pledged, and which he proposes to
carry out in his administration, Mr..
Taft will need the support of all the
best wisdom and patriotism of the
country, in whatever section it may be
found. But in the appeal for southern
support which he has made before the
North Carolina society of New York,
the coming president vaults lightly
over many obstacles that will not be
so easily overcome in the concrete,
In the presence of conditions that
are not fully understood anywhere
else in the country, the south will
hesitate long before abandoning its
solidarity to throw itself upon the ten,
der mercy Of the Republican party.
There Is the negro vote, without which
in an election that is at all debatable,
the Republican party cannot carry
New Jersey and the states north of
the Ohio river. In order to propitiate
this vote the Republican party, in
every national election, makes boast
full promises of what it is going to do
for the negro, and the fear is ever
present In the south that a Republican
administration may interfere, through
its interstate powers, to disturb con
ditions there by trying to make these
promises good.
1t may be confidently predicted that
southern Democrats, and Democrats
from other parts of the country, will
support President Taft in all bene,
fetal measures that consist with Dem
ocratic principles. But the south is
not going to break ranks and aban-
don the flag of the party which has
been, and is, its only bulwark of de.
fense.-St. Louis Republic.
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speed had not come. A short distance
farther on she cam to a deep, curving
cut. Instantly on entering an uncan-
ny sensation possessed her, a PRESENT.
ment of danger. Yet she derided her.
self, and touched Swift to a lope. Had
not the train just passed? What
menace could arrive in ten minutes?
Along the banks were a few cave
like depressions cut for some purpose
by the graders. AS Esther rounded
the curve a fleeting glimpse of a horse
MAI coming toward the cut from the
other end was interrupted by the
voice of a man who sprang from one
Of the little holes and caught her
bride rein.
"Il trouble you for that sparkler,
miss; and don't take too much time
getting off your glove. Keep them
ruby lips sl<, too, 1 might add by
way of friendly advice"
Esther vas looking into the barrel
of a pistol held by the man she had
that morning served with coffee. 1t
was not courage that came quicker
than reason to her; rather, a swift
anger that this creature should pre-
sumo to modest her.
How dare you?" she cried fearless
ly, striking the hand on her bride a
singing blow with her whip. In the
instant of surprise and pain that made
him release her, she whirled the mare
on two feet and was off.
Three shots rang out behind her.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
Righteous INDIGNATION,

Congressional resentment of one
passage in the presidents message is
justified. In most unguarded Ian
guage he spoke of the chief e
ment" for one law enacted by con-
gress as being a desire to prevent
investigating criminals" in "the legis.
lative branch" The act in question
was n regulating the use of secret
service agents. In line with many
other similar enactments it merely
sought to limit the executive depart
ments in the spending of public mon
ey and the detail of public employees.
President Roosevelt signed the law
and made no protest at the time. He
has since discovered, apparently, that
it has the effect of putting a legal
hedge about his benevolent activities,
and breaks out in abusive and insult
ing words. for which congress, it is
confidently stated, is going to rebuke
him, while asserting it's own dignity,
by some form Of joint resolution or
protest. But the president will have
a ready answer. He will merely need
to assert that this is another attack
upon him by Wall street. Then all
will be clear, and the western huzzas
will be heard once more.-New York
Evening Post.
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APPLY Characterized.

President Roosevelt's message is
written decidedly in a minor key. 1t
is an unimpassioned, perfunctory sort
Of swan song, and lacks the pictur-
.esqueness and forcefulness Of Its many
voluminous and vehement p~redeces-
sors. The great man has evidently
tired of his former strenuous recon-
mendations, realizing that they virtu-
ally amounted to nothing: and so has
given congress a document that will
neither disturb its equanimity nor its
ease. The message is tame, colorless
and disappointing-but ~agreeably dis
appointing at that; for it is not calcu-
lated to lead to any drastic legislation
which might have the effect Of CON
gealing the marrow in our business
structure, or of weakening the spinal
columns of u great captains OF
finance or industry. Wall Street
Summary.
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HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.
People justified in Demand for Ligh
on Panama Deal.

Indianapolis News: Mr.. Cromwell
denies with great positiveness some
thing that has never been charged
when he says that he is positive tina
not a nan in public life in America, in
or out of congress, ever had the least
pecuniary interest in the Panama
canal That charge has been mades
by no one. He is, however, less strong
when he says that he does not know
and never has known of any Amsr-I
lean citizen who has ever dealt in any@
shares of the new Panama canal comb
pany or the shares or bonds of the|
old company To say that one does|
not know Of a thing is hardly 'thel
same as denying it. The question is
as it always has been, who got thel
money? The answer to that will show|
whether any Americans got any of i'll
by eason of their investment in canal
securities for the purpose of unload
ing them on the government at fancy
prices, prices far in excess of what
was paid for them, or Of their worth.
This phase of the case does not seem
to interest either the president or Mr..
Cromwell. The latter gentleman re-
minds us that he said to the senate
committee that he did not know what
distribution of the fund had been
made and that he was in no way
concerned or interested therein It
was, he said further, none of his bust
ness, personally or professionally, who
were the stockholders or b%ondholders
of the company" While the president
says that the United States govern
ment has not the slightest knowledge
as to the particular individuals among
whom the French government dis
tributed the sum-" and that this was
the business of the French govern
ment." We think the American people
have a right to know whether or not
the canal property cost them millions
more than it ought to cost, and wheth.
er, if there was any such loot, any
American citizens shared in it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
NEW TEACHING PLAN
EDUCATION INNOVATION BEING
TRIED IN EAST.
~sehooIroom and Factory Combined In
Latest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
boys Spend Alternate
Weeks in Shops.

New York.-Advanced ground in in.
dustrial educational work has been
taken in Fitchburg, Mass. Educators
in all parts of the country are watch
ing the development of the ambitious
undertaking with more than passing
interest, as upon the success or fail
ure of the departure will depend
whether or not the plan is adopted
elsewhere. This fall the second-year
high-schoolboys received the privilege
of learning a metal trade by going
into the factories of the town to work
one week at regular factory hours and
to return to the schoolroom the fol-
lowing week, thus alternating between
factory and schoolroom throughout
the year. Twenty boys were elected
to take the new course, and the re-
ports for the first three months of
the experiment are altogether favor
able, not one of the 20 boys having
shown any desire to abandon the com
bination of schoolroom and factory
work.
1t is the first attempt of the kind in
a public school. A course similar to
this one has been in operation at the
University Of Cincinnati for older
boys, and the Fitchburg experiment is
patterned after the Cincinnati idea.
The course is one of four years, the
first year consisting exclusively of
rnh~~1-~~- -
lowing years of theoretical and prac-
teal training equally ap%portioned.
The factory owners, seven of whom
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are cooperating with the school de"
partment, say that the high-school-
boys are making better progress than
the full-time apprentices, and Superin-
tendent Joseph G. Edgerly Of the
F%itchburg public schools reports that
the schoolroom work of these boys is
fully up to the standard.
The success of the Fitchburg plan
seems so well assured that steps are
being taken in a number of other
cities, whose school authorities have
been in correspondence with Superin-
tendent Edgerly, to begin similar
courses next year. Superintendent
Edgerly and Principal John G. Thomp-
son Of the Massachusetts State Nor
NAL school at Fitchburg, who has
taken a deep interest in the working
out of the plan, believe they have gone
a long way toward solving the prob
lem of how best to keep the boys in
the high school for the full four years
course, a problem that has been the
despair of educators in all manufac-
turing towns, such as is Fitchburg.
The belief Of many parents, whether
right or wrong, that their boys, who
must eventually find their way into
the shops, were wasting time in school
when they could be learning a trade
has been the chief cause Of the falling
of in the enrolment of second and
third-year high school classes.
Inability of parents to support their
boys during the four years they were
in the high school has also unquestion-
ably been a big factor, but this has
been eliminated in Fitchburg, as the
boys who take the shop-work course
will be able to earn enough to clothe
themselves, and even pay board, with
out interference with their school
work, since they receive regular ap-
prentice wages for the actual time
they work in the factories. The first
year they receive ten cents an hour,
and they work approximately 1850
hours. Working the same number of
hours the two following years, they
hOSCANO IL duu l172 CSHLS an QOur, re-
spectively, and they are as we'll fitted
for their trade as If they had put In
all of their time in the factory-bet-
ter fitted, because of a livelier intelli-
gence and ability to use their heads
as we'll as their hands, Superintendent
Edgerly says.
The shopwork consists Of instruc.
ton under practical overseers in the
operation of lathes, planners, drilling
machines, bench and floor work and
such other machine work, according to
the ability Of the apprentice, as per.
tains to the particular branch of
manufacture Of the shop where the
boy is employed. OF the 20 boys who
entered the Fitchburg shops last Au.
gust, 16 are learning the machinist's
trade, two are receiving practical in.
struction in pattern making and two
In drafting. The cooperative course
includes English, mathematics, with
tables and simple shop problems:
mechanics, including simple machines:
freehand and mechanical drawing.
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CHAPTER XXX.


Passengers and trainmen went for.
ward to investigate. Left alone,
Esther leaned far out Of the door and
peered forward, but could see nothing
of them. In front the train curved
out of sight around the shoulder of the
mountain. An undulating sweep Of
white sand and gray sage brush
stretched on either side to the hori-
zon-that was all. Breathless and ap-
prehensive, she waited. She could
hear the steady hiss of escaping steam,
an occasional shout far beyond; for
the rest, desert silence.
1t was late in the afternoon, yet the
sand reflected the heat in pulsing
waves, burning her cheek. She
climbed down after a little and walked
forward, meeting one of the brake
men.
go back, Miss Anthony! It's no
place for you-it's not"
"Oh, what is it?" she interrupted
a~nxiously. rs any one hurt? Can't
l help"
mo; not now, anyway. No one can
help one poor fellow; he's passed in
his checks. We're trying to dig the
other out before he dies"
Esther felt faint. yet kept pace with
his hurrying steps.
Miss Anthony, won't you please go
into that car next? It's rough, but
we'll need this for-for-" They were
beside the cal a now.
Eyes, yes, 1 will know. But can't
l do something? Won't you"
"No, you can help most by staying
right here-the conductor said so
But it may be hours-you'll roast in
the car"
Never mind me. Don't wait-Ill
manage"
He passed her and hurried into the
car. In a moment he ran by again
with blankets, a basin, and a bucket
of water.
The car he had designated was
partly filled with a great pile of cab
bages, and looked rather impossible
Esther sat down on the end of a tic
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in the shade of the train and waited.
R%esourceful and efficient, the wom-
ans part was especially distasteful to
her. Yet here obedience was evident
ly the best service. Still, the hours
were long.
But while the sky was yet red, well
come voices broke the spell. Four
men came around the curve, holding
carefully by the corners a blanket
litter supporting a torn, bleeding form.
Esther stepped between the cars, and
with averted eyes waited for them to
pass. With gentlest care they lifted
him into the car. The sufferer moaned
unconsciously, and Esther tried to be-
lieve that he knew nothing of his pain.