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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-15
Nursing Mothers and
0yer-burdened Women

In all stations Of life, whose vigor and
vitality may have been undermined and
broken down by over work, exacting
social duties, the too frequent bearing Of
children, or other causes, will find in DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription the most
potent, invigorating restorative strength
giver ever devised for their special bene-
tit Nursing mothers WIZ find Il especial
iy valuable il sustaining NSeIr strength
and promotingSn abundant h0urlshment
for the child. Expectant porhers too
will find II ricelessSol~>to PsepSSe the
system for baby's coming and rendeSing
the ordeal comparatively painless. IL
can do no harm In any state, or condition
Of the female system.
Delicate, nervous, Weak women, who
suffer from frequent headaches, back
ache, dragging-down distress low down
in the abdomen, or from painful or irreg-
ular monthly periods, gnawing or dis
tresSed sensation in stomach, dizzy or
faint spells, see imaginary specks or spots
floating before eyes, have disagreeable,
pelvic catarrhal drain, prolapsus, ante
version or retro-version or other displace.
ments OF womanly organs from weakness
Of parts will, whether they experience
many or only few OF the above symp-
toms, find relief and q permanent cure BY
using faithfully and fairly. persistently
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
This world-famed specific Tor woman's
weaknesses and peculiar. ailments Ia q
pure glycerlc extract Of the choicest ne.
tive, medicinal roots withoutNa drop q
alcohol in its makeup. All Its ingredi-
ents printed In plain English on It's bottle.
wrapper and attested under oath. Dr..
Pierce thus invites the fullest investiga.
tion OF his formula knowing that 1t will
be found to contain only the best agents
known to the most advanced medical
science OF all the different schools OF prac
tice for the cure of woman's peculiar
weaknesses and ailments.
II you want to know more about the
composition and professional endorse
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Buffalo, N. Y, for his free booklet treat
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You can't afford to accept as a substi
tute for this remedy Of knOton composition
a secret nostrum Of ullkn0tpn oonposs
ton. Don't do 1t.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-15
Words to Freeze the Soul.

"Your son has consumption. His
case is hopeless These appalling
words were spoken to Geo. b. Blew
ems, leading merchant OF Spring
field, N. c., by two expert doctors
one a lung specialist. Then was
shown the wonderful power OF DR..
Kings New Discovery. "Aiter three
weeks use," writes Mr.. Blevens, ''he
was as we'll as ever. / would not
take all the money In the world Tor
what 1t did for my boy" Iniallible
for coughs and colds, it's the safest,
surest cure OF desperate lung diseases
on earth. SOC and $1.00. Guar
antee satisfaction. Trial bottle free
F. T Clay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-15
Do you eat enough Of this

The great benefit in health and strength
that always is enjoyed by regular eaters
of good oatmeal is known the world
over. Every year there are more and
more eaters of Quaker Oats, which is
recognized in this country and in Europe
as the one perfect oatmeal.
All the experiments of the govern
ment food experts and the athletic
trainers of Yale University prove that
cereal eaters are the strongest and
healthiest, and Quaker Oats stands at
the head of the list of cereal foods. 1t Is
not only the best food, but It's the cheap
est food on earth. Eat It daily fos
breakfast
The large size family package Of
Quaker Oats, with a handsome piece q
china, sells At Oc; without the china,
1se. The regular size paekase costa Ne
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-15
NO DRINKING ON
ARKANSAS TRAINS.
Against the Law to Even Leave
Train to Take a Drink
and Go Back.

Little Rock, Ark, April.-By a
vote OF 81 to 4 the senate passed
Senator Montgomery's bill making
II misdemesnor for a person to
take any kind OF intoxicating drink
on any passenger train, In Arkan-
sas, or to leave the train, take q
drink on a depot platform and then
90 back. The bill was defended by
the author, Senator Patterson, and
Senator Bush.
Senator Keel started to defend the
bill, but when he was told 1t prevent
ed the taking OF q drink, he made a
speech against 1t. He said he was
willing to help pass temperance
measures, but not prohibition meas
ures. Senator Derossitt read the
line In the bill which says no person
shall take drink on a railroad train
In the state, slowly, and them remark
ed:
81 want to say that this is bad
bill. Do you meun to say, II l am
travelling with my wife and children,
and the use OF a stimulant becomes
necessary, that have not the right
to open my grip and get a stimulant,
simply because | am on a train?
Some OF these prohibition measures
make me sick plumb through
The general appropriation bill Of
81, 100000 for the payment Of Con.
isderate pensions Tor the next two
Years was passed,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-15

ct FEEL we'll, never felt better'
i thanks for your attention and Pc
runa.
al will be glad to do all l can in the
way Of advancing the sale Of your VAL
liable medicine.
81 do think Peruna the best medicine
have tried Mt any time.
"Since 1 began taking Peruna we
have never been without 1t.
81 really believe that every woman in
the world ought to have Peruna on
hand all the time; for if she gets tired,
Peruna refreshes her; IL she gets nerv-
GUS, it soothes her; If respondent, II
cheers and invigorates.
at is constant friend to the nursing
mother, both for herself and for her
child, and finally when old age comes
on, no medicine on earth is OF greater
efficacy to the woman.
"Surely, Peruna is the woman's
friend."-MRs. Il. G. EvERLY, 2lOs
Franklin ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Stronger Than for Years.
Mrs. Caroline Sundheimer, Clarks
Louisiana, writes:
81 am feeling quite we'll now. car
work again and am stronger than
have been for years, and l do believe
that Peruna saved my life. ] will adj
wise all can to take your medicine"
Man-a.Iju an Ideal Laxative.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-15
UD Before the Bar.

NH. Brown, an attorney, ofPitts
field, w., writes: "We have used DR..
Kings New Life Pills for years and
find them such q good family medi-
cine we wouldn't be without them"
For chills, constipation, biliousness
or sick headache they work wonders,
25c.-F, T. Clay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-15
SweetIy Solemn Thought.

Just because q woman doesn't
thank a man for giving up q street
car seat Is no reason for thinking
that she Is Ill bred. The man may
not be very good looking. or poor,
or her husband, or something
Cleveland News.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-04-15
Stronger Than for Years.

Man-a-Iin an Ideal Laxative.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-13
Nottingham
Lace Curtains 1zPrice

Isl pairs of pretty Not
tingham cortains IN one
aud two pair lots, lang
ing from ST to s. pail;
10 clear out at exactly
half price.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-13

All styles i'll canvas ONfords.
white and colored. all good
footwear. values /" 81. now 81
300 pairs of shoes and nXfor,ls
in Wei and patent kid, s.. $50
and 81 values. non SLUG
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-13
Some Rich Finds in the Dry Goods

Suitable for evening. More
than l. dozen pretty c.eations
that sell regularly nj 2oc.
clearance Price. SC and 1Oc
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-13
Lace Bed Sets
At ID Less

Some 20 lace bed SETS in
pretty imported ideas
sets consist Of bul>ter
cover and spread Il"
match: only one ,r tw"
left IF il style. '|ealin"
at one-thirl off the rc"tI-
lar price.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-13

Wide Scotch plaid effects,
adorned with stylish buckles
which are worth. alone. many
times the
clearance Iiirr. Sc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
A BRILLIANT SHAM.
Paris Under the Rule of the Third
Napoleon.

Never was there SO pleasure loving
and so easy going court, and seldom
has there been one which was eXter-
nally so splendid. The emperor spent
money like water and thereby produc-
ed a prosperity for the time and with
it popularity for the government
Hundreds Of millions were lavished
yet none the less with the result that
the city really deserved it's title la
vile lumiere. In these days 1t has
gone to seed and grown shabby, but in
1869 everything seemed fresh and
new and brilliant and imposing. The
army was rotten to the core. Yet the
emperors cent gardes were splendid
soldiers to the eye. Society was no
less demoralized, yet it's gayety was
exhilarating. These were the days
when it was said that good Americans
when they die go to Paris. The en-
peror conferred distinction by recog-
nizing any foreigner. The empress set
the fashions for the world. 1t was all
sham, but it was thoroughly mag
nificent in its way. 1t can best be
understood at present by reading 70
las early novels, by recalling some
chapters of Daudet's lie Nabab" and
by remembering Jacques Offenbach,
whose opera bouffe was the most char
acteristic production Of an empire
which itself was bouffe. That shall
low and yet catchy music was tonal
sneer Every librefto was a mock at
the old time virtues Of chastity and
honor and ourage.-Harry Thurston
Peck in Bookman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
Where Parliament Eailad.

According to all accounts, the Cam
eron highlanders militia are a fine
body of men physically. Not long ago
four of them occupied the least crowd
ed seat in a full compartment on a
Scotland railway. Just as the train
was moving off diminutive little cler-
gyman jumped into the compartment
and tried to edge himself in between
two of the highlanders. Not finding
1t very comfortable, he turned to the
one on his right and said: "Sit up,
please. You know that, according to
act of parliament, the seat holds five"
The highlander looked at him for
moment and then replied: "That may
be a RIGHT enough for your kind. sir,
but shafrly We Gamma blame me for no
bein' constructed according to act of
parliament"'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
CUT THIS OUT
AND SAVE IT.
Says Many Persons Here Can Be
Made Happy Again By Using 1t.

There is so much rheumatism here
in our neighborhood now that the
following advice will be highly ap-
preciated by those who suffer.
Get from any good pharmacy one
half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion,
one ounce Compound Kargon, three
ounces of Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parilla. Shake these we'll in bottle
and take in teaspoonful doses after
each meal and at bedtime; also drink
plenty of good water.
It is claimed that there are few
victims of this dread and tortuous
disease who will fail to find ready
relief in this simple homemade
mixture, and in most cases perma-
nent cure is the result.
This simple recipe is said to
strengthen and cleanse the elimina-
tive tissues of the Kidneys so that
they can filter and strain from the
blood and system the. poisons, acids
and waste matter, which cause not
only rheumatism, but numerous
other diseases. Every man or wo-
man here who feels that their kid
neys are not healthy and active, or
who suffers from any urinary trou-
BILE whatever, should not hesitate to
make up this mixture. as it is GER
tain to do much good, and may save
you from much misery and suffering
after while,
Our home druggists say they will
either supply the ingredients or mix
the prescription ready to take i cur
readers ask them. Pa
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
BELLINI'S BEST OPERA.
"Norma" Was Kissed at First-The
Composers Death.


Bellini was born in Sicily. He died
at PuteauX, near Paris. under some
what strange circumstances, in 1873.
Baron Ayme d'Aquno wrote to friend:
II rode out to call on him; but, as usu-
al, the gardener Of his house refused
to let me in. Later on in the day there
was heavy storm, and at about
O'Clock / once again tried to see him.
AS no one answered the bell | pushed
against the gate, and it gave way, SO
got into the house. l found Bellini on
a bed, abandoned by ALL At first
thought that he was asleep. When l
touched his hand. it was quite cold, for
he was dead"
A curious letter is published. written
by him when his Norma was Kissed
at the first representation: II have just
returned from the Scala. Would you
believe it? Norma was Kissed | no
longer recognized the friendly Milan
csc, who received with enthusiasm and
delight the I'll Pirata,' Ia Straniera'
La Sonnambula' I have deceived my
self. | have made a great mistake. All
my progenitors have been wrong All
my expectations have been Illusions
But, assure you from my heart. there
are morselS in it that shall be proud
if | can ever excel. Did not the Ro-
mans hiss 'L'Olympiade' of the divine
PergOleSi? In all theatrical produc-
lions the public is the supreme judge
The public will reverse it's Judgment
1t will recognize that Norma is the
best of my operas. "-Argonaut
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
q When x
Romance { allied
A Christmas Story
By NJ. E. BAKER
Copyright, 1907, by NJ. E. Baker,
By NJ. E. BAKER
Copyright, 1907, by NJ. E. Baker

~ ISIS CHRISTINA stepped out
II of the woods with her arms
Il full of creeping pine. Her
eyes were bright and her
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20

plodded toward her home with her
arms full of Christmas green's came
the fairy king at last. She heard the
Jingle of his sleighbells behind her,
and ho' heart beat little faster,
sleighbells being in their very nature
full of potential pleasure and excite
ment. Not for worlds would she have
looked round but she felt no real sur
prise when the sound Of the bells
slackened beside her and a deep mas
culine voice asked her to ride.
Forty years may be a long time to
wait, but if one Is not conscious of
waiting then the thing is as if it
might have happened at any moment.
She looked up now, her cheeks deep
ening in color, and replied with a
quick futter of embarrassment in her
voice, the embarrassment of one not
much used to speaking with strangers,
but without distrust or hesitation.
Then she saw it was not stranger,
although they had never spoken to
each other before
1t was the man who owned the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20

A contagious disease is one in which
the disease producing organism goes
direct from the person having the dis
ease to a person who has not the dis
ease without passing through an inter-
mediary medium, as In tuberculosis.
for example. Malaria, on the other
hand, Is an infectious disease, because
the organism which produces it is tax
en- from a person by a mosquito. re-
produces itself in the mosquito and is
transmitted by the mosquito which
may never have been in contact with
the person by whom the original or
ganfsm was given off, - New York
American
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
think, because sounds queer, SUE
Dose-I never had proposal in all my


Dose-I never had a proposal in all my
life"
Her neighbor did not, seem to be al
together taken by surprise by this an
nOuncemeLt.
Until now" he supplemented grave
".
Until now" amended Miss Chris
tina.
Il think it must have been owing to
mother-partly," she went on medita-
tively-'that is, l overheard her once,
oh, when l was little girl. say that
every woman has at least one offer OF
marriage some time, and l thought it
was so. Of course l wanted to be like
other folks, but l didn't suppose it
made any difference how long it was,
and we were so busy taking care OF
father as long as he was alive that
didn't try; mean l didn't notice." she
finished vaguely.
They rode on in silence. They were
skirting the oak wood now, on the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
Hot Stuff.

The great editor looked up impa-
tiently.
"Boy." he said, what is that rus
ting In the wastebasket-a mouse?'
The boy after examining the basket
answered:
mo, sir: it's one O. them poems o.
passion throbbin'"
"Well, pour some water on it and
then drop it out Of the window" said
the editor. ''The building isn't in
sured. kansas Independent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20

IA full Of creeping pine. her
eyes were bright and her
theeks red under the white knitted
hood she wore. and flecks of snow lay
On her coat shaken from the branches
with which she had been battling to
gain the road. She looked left and
right along the empty, snowy road
ere she stopped to gather up a heap of
holly branches that she had previously
laid there. She was looking for the
fairy king, out a-hunting, to come rid
Ing by.
In spite Of her forty years Miss
Christina had never given up the
child's attitude of elastic expectation
toward life. Her solitary rambles in
the wood were enlivened still by the
possibility (all unrecOgnized, yet ever
present. that a beautiful fawn mot
tied and wearing a golden collar, might
step into the path at any moment or
harmless wolf, enchanted and in dire
need of aid, thrill her by it's appeal for
succor. 1t was this unquenched spirit
of romance that led her into the snowy
woods to gather Christmas decorations
for her cottage, which she occupied
alone She would see no one all
Christmas day except the Portuguese
boy from the other house, who brought
the milk
This state Of affairs was owing
chiefly to the folks in the other house.
No one in the village felt that Miss
Christina needed any especial thought,
with the other house so near-juSt
across the dooryard and not even a
fence between-and. although practi-
rally every one understood that it's in
mates and Miss Christina were on but
indifferent terms, nobody realized that
except for the journeys Of the Portu-
guese boy, who brought the milk and
sometimes shoveled a path for Miss
Christina to her precious henhouses,
the latch of the door In the shed wall
Of the other house was never lifted for
two dwellings.
1t had been so long before Miss
Christmas mother died, and that was
six years and more ago. Since Miss
Christmas half brother had been lost
at sea and his widow had married
again, ten years now, there had seem
ed little reason for neighborliness be-
tween the two houses.
Yet Miss Christina never thought of
moving away from her home any more
than she did Of holding actual hard
feelings toward her busy, needless SIS
ter-in-law or Of seeking more friendli-
hess among the village people.
A little bank account kept Miss
Christina free from actual want, the
most rigid economies, practiced quite
as a matter of course, gave her few
luxuries, her hens furnished her with
real interest in life, and she went on
quietly, as she had always done, har-
boring fountain of child romance in
her unsuspecting heart and living to
all consciousness and outward appear
ance the simplest and most prosaic
spinster existence.
And along the deeply drifted road
that winter day as Miss Christina
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
Cheap Ridina.

Uncle Zeke (back from the city)-You
talk about cheap ridin! rode twenty
miles on street k'yar, an all it cost
me was a nickel.
Uncle Jed-Gosh! That amt nothin'
When l was thar last year I rode to
the top of the tallest buildin' in town,
an it didn't cost me a blamed cent?
Chicago Tribune
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20

He who has once done you kind
ness will be more ready to do you an
other than he whom you yourself have
obliged
The Carlisle independent., 1909-10-21

manths' use of them. Mrs. S. A. WILLIAMS, R. F. D. No. IA, Box 39, Gardiner, Me.
 No woman should submit to a surgi. cal operation, which may mean death, until she has given Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, made exclusive ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
 This famous medicine for women has for thirty years proved to be the most valuable tonic and renewer of the female organism. Women resid- ing in almost every city and town in the United States bear willing testi- mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia l.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cures female ills, and creates radi- ant, buoyant female health. If you are ill, for your own sake as well as those you love, give it trial.
 Mrs. Rinkham, at Lynn, Mass, invites all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice is free, and always helpful.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-10-21
Made a Good Profit.

Lord Greenfield, being asked to buy something by smart young matron W no kept a table at ladies fair, said that he wanted what was not for sale, a lock of her hair Whereupon she promptly cut off the coveted curl and handed it to him, naming the price sl00 Later the purchaser was show. ing his trophy to little circle of friends. "She rather had you there. :" 'aughed one benedict TO my certain knowledge she only paid three dol lars for the entire bunch
The Carlisle independent., 1909-10-21
GENTLE REBUKE FROM PULPIT
Yet One Somehow Cannot Help Won dering Whether Sermon Was
 Worth Listening To.

Somewhere in the pages of her pleasant Book of Joys" Mrs. Lucy Fitch Perkins tells d delightful story of her New England clerical great grandfather. who was a man of in genuity and resources. She says:
 "He employed more than one device to secure wakefulness on the part of his weary congregation. Standing during the prayer was but one of many. My grandfather used to tell us with pride of an instance which oc- cured at time when new church edifice had been proposed, and was under warm discussion. Great-grand- father thought this worldly and un- necessary expense, and emphasized his opinion by pausing in the midst of his sermon on Sunday. saying inn pressiyely, as he fixed the somnolent members of his congregation with a stern look:
 "tYou are talking about building new church. It seems to me quite un- necessary. since the sleepers in the old one are all sound!' '"-Youth's Com Danion.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-10-21
BABYS WATERY ECZEMA.
itehed and Scratched Until Blood Ran $50 Spent on Useless Treatments Disease Seemed lncurabIe.
Cured by cuticura for $1.5o.

When my little boy was two and half months old he broke out on both cheeks with eczema. It was the itchy, watery kind and we had to keep his little hands wrapped up all the time, and if he would happen to get them uncovered he would claw his face till the blood streamed down on his cloth ing. We called in a physician at once. but he gave an ointment which was so severe that my babe would scream when 1t was put on. We changed doctors and medicine until we had spent fifty dollars or more and baby was getting worse. I was so worn out watching and caring for him night and day that almost felt sure the disease was incurable. But finally reading of the good results of the Cuticura Rem- edies, I determined to try them. I can truthfully say I was more than surprised, for I bought only dollar and a halrs worth of the Cuticura Remedies (Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills). and they did more good than all my doctors medicines I had tried. and in fact entirely cured him. His face Is perfectly clear of the least spot or scar of anything. Mrs. W. M. Comerer, Burnt Cabins, Pa, Sept. 15. 190s."
 Potter Drug S Chem. Corp, sois Prors., Boston