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Another Woman Cured.

Another Woman Cured
Christiana, Tenn" suffered from
the worst form of female trouble 20
that at times thought could not
live, and my nerves were In dreadful
condition. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound cured me, and made
me feel like different woman. Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound II
worth its weight in gold to suffering
women."-MRs. MARY WOOD, REDS g.
II you belong to that countless army
Of women who suffer from some form
Of female Ills, don't hesitate to try
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs-
For thirty years this famous remedy
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women who have been troubled with
such ailments rs displacements, fibroid
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regularities, backache, and nervous
prostration.
Ifyou want special advice WItta
tito Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn. Mass.
1t il FREQ and always helpful.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13
Convicted Of kidnaopina.

Mercer. Pa.-James Boyle. charged
with kidnapping BILLY" Whitla. was
convicted Thursday after trial last
ing a few hours.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13

Pain and swelling seldom indicate in.
tcrnal organic trouble. They are usually
the result of local cold or Inflammation
which can be quickly removed by little
Hamlins Wizard Oil. Try and see.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13

woman's taste for dress Is SO in
sunctive that dairy maid could read
lly and becomingly change posi-
tfun with a society queen.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13

He that hires one garden will eat
birds: he that hires many gardens.
the birds will eat him.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13
MADE
WELLAND-
STRONG
By Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

BardstOWn, Ky.-"I suffered 1rom
liberation and otherfemale troubles foI
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13
EAs z.

Drather Sitdown-Dat's a mighty
short stub yer smokin'. Dusty.
Dusty Dodgework-Yep! / knows Il:
dat's de way / alters like 'em: you
don't hev ter pull de smoke SO fur!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13
What Did He Mean T

Miss Bore-Do you ever think Of me
when you are driving your car?
Auto Enthusiastically. certainty
especially when I run over somebody.
Harvard Lampoon-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13
Kill the Files Now

before they multiply. A DAISY FLY
KILLER kills thousands. Lasts the sea
son. Ask your dealer. or send 20c to II
Somers, l40 DE kllb Ave, Brooklyn, n. Y
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13
Mean Question.

The Lover-I love the true. the
good, the beautiful.
The Cynic-Three girls?-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13

Q long time. DOC
tors had failed to
help me. Lydia K
Hinkhap's Vegets-
bic Compound was
recommended, and
l decided to try it.
It cured mytrouble
and made me well
and strong, 50 that
/ can do all myown
work" Mrs. JOS
EPH HALL, BardS-
kouv, Wv
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13

Mrs. Winalow'a Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teethinx softens tho gums. reduces ir
nammation siiays pain. curss wind collie 23c bottle
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13
omoor,so, to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle oi
CASTORIA u safe and sure remedy fol
infants and children. and see that II
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-13

As soon a. a man marries. his sins
decrease.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-03-18

He joined them. and he had to admit
that Miss Smith looked as pleased as
Archie at his appearance Nor aid
she send single furtive glance. slant
ing or backward. while they walked
In the crisp. clean air. Once the train
had started and Miss Smith was In the
drawing room. breakfastiag with Mrs.
Winter and Archie. he politely attend.
ed Mrs. Millicent through tho morning
meal in the dining-car. It was so
good a meal that he naturally, al.
though iliogically. thought better OF
Miss Smiths prospects of innocence:
and cheerily he sought Haley. He
found him in the smoking compart.
ment of the observation car. having
for companions no less personages
than the magnate and distinguished
looking New Englander. who. Rupert
Winter made no doubt. was a Harvard
professor OF rank and renown among
his learned kind He knew the ear
marks Of the species. The New Eng
lander's pencil was flying over little
improvlsed pad OF telegraph blanks.
while he listened with absorbed inter
est to Haley's rich Irish tones. There
was a little sidewise lunge OF Haley's
mouth. a faint twinkle OF Haley's frank
and simple eyes which the colonel ap-
praised at very nearly their real value.
He knew that II isn't In Irish.Ameri-
can nature TO perceive a wlde-Open ear
and not put something worth hearing
into IT, Besides. his sharp ears had
brought him key to the discourse. a
Eorrowful remark OF the sergeant's as
he entered: Yes. sor. thin wather
torchures Is ternble,"
He glanced suspiciously from one OF
Haley's audience to the other. The
newspaper cartoonist had pictured on
all kinds of bodies OF preying crea-
lures. whether OF the earth or air, the
high brows, the round head, the deli
cate features. the thin cheeks. the
straight line OF the mouth, and the
mild, inexpensive eyes Of the man be-
fore him. He had been extolled as a
far sighted benefactor Of the world.
and execrated picturesquely as the
king of pirates who would scuttle the
business OF his country without
qualm.
Winter, amid his own questionings
and problems, could not help a
scrutiny OF a man whose power was
greater than that of medieval kings.
He sat consuming a cigarette, more
between his fingers than his lips; and
glaneing under dropping eyelids from
questioner to narrator. At the colonel's
entrance he looked up, as did Haley.
who rose TO his feet with an uncon.
scious salute. I'D be glad 10 spake
wild youse a minnit. II might. gen
eral," said Haley. about where put
your dress-shute case, sor"
The colonel. Of course. did not ex'
pect any remarks about suitcase
when he got Haley by himself at the
observation end OF the car; but what
he did get was Of sufficient import 10
drive out OF his mind a curt lecture
about blackening the reputation OF the
army with lies about the Philippines.
Haley had told him that he had seen
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S% OGNLE TzAlWET
S a g Ms nav se@s9Hou1 @

Il over a little II you really aren't an
expert enough so you can talk jiu.
| iitsu. anyhow. We can't be destroying
Archie's ideals until he gets a better
appetite"
Wei. upon my word" breathed the
| colonel. do you expect me to be a
| fake hero? | never took more than
two lessons in my life. That reporter
interviewed my teacher who was
killed in the Japanese war. by the
way; he went TO the army after my
second lesson. He didn't know any
English beyond yes and ~ You
please and he used them both on
the reporter, who let his own fancy
go up IKE balloon. Well. where is
the book"
He found IL easily; and with
couple OF volumes OF another kidney.
ove- which he grinned.
The Hound Of the Baskervllles and
the Leavenworth Casel I've read
them, too" he said; they're great
And do you still like detective stories1
You would have made a grand sleuth
yourself. Aunt Becky" Again he had
half a mind to speak of the occurrence
at the station; again he checked the
impulse. Il remember he added,
that you used to hold strenuous opin-
ions"
You mean my thinking that the
reason crimes escape discovery is not
that criminals are so bright but that
detectives in general are so particular
ly stupid? oh. yes. I think that stu
So does Sir Conan Doyle. And have
often wished could measure my own
wits. once. with a really fine criminal
intellect. II would be worth the risk"
God Forbid" said the colonel.
hastily. .7
There came a tap at the door.
"Millicent!" groaned Aunt Rebecca.
Il know the creaking of her stays.
No. don't stay. Berthe: go and get
Janet and a rescue bridge party as
quick as you cant"
The original and only Aunt Rebec-
ca. thought the colonel at the door,
smiling. But. somehow, the handsome
old dame never had seemed so nearly |
human to him before.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-03-18

the man with the two molcs on his
face jump out OF his own car at Coun-
eli Buns. He had simply stood on the
platform, looking to right and left for
a moment: then he had swung him.
self back on the car. Haley had
watched him walk down the aisle and
enter the drawing-room. He did not
come out; Haley had found out that
the drawing-room belonged TO Edwin
$. KeRtcham. the big railroad man.
sor."
1T doesn't seem likely that he would
bo an accomplish OF a kldnaper. "
IN iscd the colonel. "The man might
have gone In there while he was out"
Sure. he might, sor; twas mesilf
thinking that same; and ! whit be-
yant TO the observation car. and there
the ould gintleman was smoking"
"And you stopped to tell yarns 10
that other gentleman instead OF get
ting back and following"
mo. sor. I beg your pardon. sor;
was kaping me eyes open and on him:
for himsllf was In the observation car
where you are now, sor. until we
come in. and thin he walked back.
careless like. to his own car. VIII
be afther following him."
yes; don't lose him"
They did not lose him; they both
saw him enter the drawins-room and
almost Immediately come out and sit
down In one OF the open sections.
See II you cant find out from the
conductor where he is going" the col.
onel proposed TO Haley; and he
frowned over his thoughts for a bad
quarter OF an hour at the window
The precipltate OF all this mental fer
ment was a determination 10 stick
close TO the boy. saying nothing. He
hoped that when they stopped over.
night at Salt Lake City. according 20
Aunt Rebecca's plan. they might shake
OF the brothers" company. The day
passed uneventfully. He played bridge
with Mrs. Millicent and Miss Smith
and Archie. while Aunt Rebecca kept
up her French with one Of Bentzon's
novels.
Afterward she said gimly 20 him:
II think you must have been convert.
ed out in the Philippines; you never
so much as WINGED. that last hand;
no. you sat there smiling over your
ruin as sweetly as II you enjoyed H.
The colonel smiled again. "Ah. but,
you see. / did enjoy a. didn't you no
tice the hand? No? Well, Il was
worth watching. II was the rubber
game; they were "a and we were 20.
and we we're on the seventh round
Miss Smith had made II hearts. She
sat on my left. dummy on my right
Millicent had the lead. She had four
little spades, little club. the queen OF
hearts and a trey; dummy had the
queen. the ten and the nine OF spades,
Il had the king OF hearts and three
clubs with the Jack at the top. had
a lovely diamond suit which I hadn't
had chance TO touch. top sequence,
ace. king. queen; had the jack OF
trumps and the Jack OF spades; and
the queen and little club. ! hadn't |
. lead. you understand: Millicent had
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-03-18
CHAPTER ~.
The Train Robbers.

When the colonel awoke next morn
ing the train was running smoothly
over the Iowa prairies. while low hills
and brick factory chimneys announced
Council Bluffs. The landscape was
wide and monotonous: a sweep OF n
limitable corn fields in their winter
disarray. or bleakly fresh from the
plow. all painted with a palette hold
ing only drabs and browns; here and
there a dab OF red in barn or of
white in windmill or house: but these
liyelier tnts so scattered that they
were no more than pin spots on the
picture. The very sky was as dimly
colored as the earth. lighter. yet OF no
brighter hue than the fog which
smoked up from the ground. Later
in the spring this same landscape
would be Of a delicate and charming
beauty; in summer or autumn II
would make the beholder's pulse throb
with its glorious fertility: but on
blurred March morning II was as
dreary as the reveries Of an aging man
who has failed.
Nevertheless, Rupert Winters first
conscious sensation was not depres-
sion. only little Jingle OF interest and
excitement such as stings pleasantly
one who rises TO a prospect of con
fict in ~hich he has the confidence OF
his own strength. by Jovel" he
wondered. Whatever makes me feel
so kiddish?"
His first impulse was TO peep
through his curtains into the car. It
wore its early morning aspect OF muf-
fled berths and stuffy curtains, among
which Miss Smiths trig. carefully fin
ished presence in fresh white shirt.
waist, attended by the pleasant whiffs
Of cologne water. gave the beholder a
certain refreshing surprise. One hand
white and firm and beautifully cared
for) held a wicker bottle, source Of the
pleasant whiffs; her sleek black
braids were coiled about her comely
head, and the hair grew very prettlly
In blunted point on the creamy nape
of her neck. II was really dark brown
hair, but II looked black against the
Wilderness of her skin. She had very
capable-looking shoulders. the colonel
noted, and a fat back; perhaps she
wasn't pretty, but in long while he
had not seen a more attractive looking
woman. She made him think OF
Bonne Celine rose, somehow. He
could hear her talking TO some one be-
hind the berth's curtains. Could those
doleful means emerge from Archie?
Could a Winter boy be whimpering
about the jar Of the train in that
fashion, Immediately he was aware
that the sufferer was Randall, for Miss
Smith spoke: Bring the tea, and lie
down again, mi attend TO Mrs. Winter.
Don't you worry"
Getting solid with Randall" com
mented the colonel Which is She
kind-hearted. or an accomplished vii
lainess? Well. IT'S interesting. any
how"
by the time he bad made his toilet
the train was stacking speed ready TO
halt In Council Bluffs, and all his sus-
picions rushed on deck again az the
sight Of Miss Smith ana Archie walk
ms outside.
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens az Harvard where Col
Rupert Winter. u. s. A.. visiting. saw the
suicide OF young Mercer lie met Cary
Mercer. brother OF the dead student
Three years later. In Chicago. in 1906,
Col Winter overheard Cary Mercer ap-
parently planning TO kidnap Archie the
coloners ward, and TO gain possession OF
Aunt Rebecca Winters millions. A Miss
Smith was mentioned. apparently as a
conspirator. Winter unexpectedly met a
relative. Mrs. Millicent Melville. who
told him that his Aunt Rebccca. Archie
and the latter's nurse. Miss Janet Smith.
were 20 leave for the west with the
colonel and Mrs. Melville. A great fnan-
ciai magnate was aboard the train on
which Col. Winter met his Aunt Rebec-
On. Miss Smith and Archie. He set his
orderly, Sergt. Haley. to watch over Cary
Mercer
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Burmese Petroleum p '''''s h
The Burma petroleum we ss'', 70, j
yielded in 1907 S0V0'"
oil
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-19
MEN as LoyERs,

American men are human, they are
not always saints, but 1t, is not often
that an American gentleman will clut-
ter up his conscience with the mess Of
memories of women who are the
worse for having known him, in
which Frenchman shows such an
open and artless pride.
However, one must admit that this
prevalent interest in woman and dis
cussion of her, to say nothing of the
memories, do give Latin wooers an
advantage.
He has picked up a good deal of
assorted information about the sex,
although not so much as he imagines.
He has woman's little prejudices, her
little vanities, her petty weaknesses
as plain before him as road map;
no fear of his so much as EARRING
anything; while our honest American
is as like as not to drive full at them.
Yet his heart is full of tender rev.
erence which he could not express
properly to save his life; while the
other says all that he feels with the
most charming grace in the world.
= But the man is luckier who has his
folly early and comes into wisdom
and appreciation of the more lasting
virtues of woman. This is just
observation which Macauley makes,
explaining how the quiet, middle
aged widow Of the buffoon Scarron
court beauties. "Her character" says
Macauley, was such as has been
well compared to that soft green on
which the eye, wearied by warm tints
and glazing colors, reposes with
pleasure. When all is said the wom-
an of sense and sympathy and repose
lin fine, the woman who under
stands-is she who keeps her lovers,
says Octave Thanet.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-19
Japanese Lesson in Economy.

An imperial rescript just issued in
Japan enjoins on all classes in the
community the need of economy and
simplicity, the Emperor saying that
for the purpose of keeping pace with
the constant progress of the world
and participating in the blessings of
its civilization, the development of
national resources is essential. He
calls on all classes to act in unison,
to be faithful to their callings, frugal
in their domestic management, sub
missive to the dictates of conscience
and the call Of duty, frank and sin
cere in their manners and Injured to
arduous trial, eschewing all indul-
gences. Nothing finer in the way of
an appeal to people has ever been
issued by ruler.-Boston Traveller
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-19
OWNS NINE DRUG STORES.

why, there is a new Dow drug
store!" is a remark frequently heard
in Cincinnati, and If, by chance any
one forgets the exact address of the
new store it can always be located
by the flowers and plants in the VIM
dows. On entering the store one
finds the interior as unusual as the
exterior. A Dow store is always
done over" in accordance with the
artistic ideas of the lessee before it
is opened. Then, too, the women pa.
irons can always find woman to
wait on them, If they desire it, and
in many cases there is separate
room for them. The owner of these
stores is woman, Miss M. Cora Dow,
and she has been in the drug business
since she was fifteen.
My father was wholesale drug
gist, said Miss Dow to the Woman's
Journal, land before / was twelve
years old his health began to fail, so
that he fell into the habit of talking
over business with me, teaching me to
make out bills for him, to keep the
books, to go to the bank and to at
tend to other details. When I was
fifteen my father suffered a stroke Of
paralysis and the i'll health Of my
mother forced upon me the knowl-
edge that from that time on must
provide not only for myself, but also
for two invalids. / determined to go
into business, and, backed by what
little capital was left, rented store
and put in druggist to run the pre-
scription department. While looking
after my store and my two invalids I
entered the School of Pharmacy. In
little over year l graduated as a
chemist and apothecary, the only wo-
man in class Of ninety"
From this time on Miss Dow has
gone on adding to her business until
now she has nine stores throughout
the city, all located in strategic points
as regards business. In the second
store she opened she did practically
all the work herself. Early in the
morning she washed the windows and
mopped the floor, then she straight
ened out her books, filled prescrip-
lions and sold goods. She does not
believe in overwork, but there seemed
to be no help for it. After this came
serious business difficulties, even to
lawsuits and boycotts. But these
days are now happily over, and Miss
Dow finds it no more trouble to man
age her nine drug stores than to OPP
crate one.-New York Tribune
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-19
An Oratory Recipe.

A politician, at the end of a speech,
was congratulated upon his oratory.
What is your recipe for good ora
tory" reporter asked.
Il am afraid oratory comes natur-
al" was the reply. There is, though,
one recipe for it, old Job Walmby's,
but it is hardly satisfactory.
'Tha wants to be a public spey-
ker, dos tina, lad?' Job, in his York
shire dialect, would say; an tina
thenks AVN the chep to put tina up
to wrinkle ABBOTT it? Tha's right,
I avn. Now, bark thai When tina
rises to neck thy speych, hit TABLE
and open tky mowth. If nowt
comes, TAX a sup O. water an hit
TABLE again. Then open thy mowtn
wider than afoor. Then, if nowt
comes, tax thysen off, and leave pub
lie speykin' to such as me. Tit
Bits.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-19
HAPPY SOCIALIST AND
PETERED-OITT TRUST.
Charles Edward Russell Tells In
Hampton's Magazine How the
WhcIe Country Is Going.


Charles Edward Russell writes In
a most interesting fashion about So
cialism in Hampton's Magazine. He
says:
The whole world is being irresist-
IDLY driven toward the Socialistic pro-
gram, and not by arguments but by
events. The Socialist knows that So
cialism is inevitable, not because of
any set of reasons nor by propaganda,
nor by conversions, but because evo-
luton, the process of conditions, the
immutable laws Of human develop
ment make it as certain as the sun.
He knows that man to whom this
fact is obscured to-day will see it
very clearly tomorrow. Hence the
Socialist is not much concerned be-
cause he knows that the stars in their
courses are fighting for him. If ever
the process seems to him slow he has
but to reflect upon the Trust, which is
Socialism's best friend.
Just as the copartnership was an
inevitable development from the sim
gle individuals effort, and the firm
was an inevitable development from
the copartnership, and the small COM
pany from the Arm, and the great
corporation from the small company,
so the Trust was an inevitable devel-
opment from the great corporation,
and Socialism will be an inevitable
development from the Trust. The
Trust is, in fact, a kind of Socialism,
except that it is conducted for the
personal profit of few men. Social
ism is to conduct it for the benefit of
the public.
The Trust, of course, like it's pre-
decessors, the great corporation, the
small company, the firm, the copart-
nership, is only stage in industrial
evolution, which tends steadfastly to-
ward greater economy and greater eff
f1ciency in production. You might as
well expect water to run up hill as
evolution to go backward. The Trust
succeeds the great corporation be-
cause the Trust affords greater econ
omy and greater efficiency. But the
Trust owned by few and conducted
for private profits is an impossible
proposition in a democracy, because
the power with which it clothes it's
owners is greater than the power Of
any government on earth, because it
reduces large numbers of men to in
dustrial slavery, and because 1t segre-
gates for it's owners too much of the
wealth of the land. Hence the Trust
in itself is doomed and will be of
short life; and inasmuch as no power
on earth can break up the Trust so as
to restore the old days of competi-
ton, the obvious and only solution of
the problem Is that the Government
shall own the Trusts and operate
them for the Common Good.