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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07
Lost the simpIe Maiden

Tomorrow" sighed the simple
maiden, lis my birthday"
1t was a hint that young Smith
knew would be expensive to under
stand. But the simple maiden was
heiress to 100000, was decidedly
comedy, and they were engaged. So
he decided to plunge.
"Any I'M could guess your age. SO
simple are your ways" he said, "and
I'll show how I'll guess it. To-mor-
row you will receive a bunch of GRIM
son roses, and in that bunch there
will be n rose, my pet, for every
year that you have lived"
That night Smith wrote a note to
his florist, ordering the immediate de-
livery of eighteen roses to his lady
fair.
The florist read the order and said
to his wife:
Here's young Smith wants us to
send a bouquet of one and a half
dozen crimson roses to Park lane, w.
He's been a good customer, lately.
Throw in an extra dozen for luck"
Smiths presents were ssrurned
within the hour, and to this day he
can't imagine why the engagement
was broken off.-Tid Bits.
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The number of postofices in the
United States is nearing the $1,000
mark, although thousands have>been
discontinued since rural free delivery
was introduced.
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CHESTER S. JORDAN GUILTY
Convicted Of Murder in First De-
gree In Killing His Wife.
The Woman's Dismembered Body
Was Found in a Trunk the Hus-
band Took to Lodging House.

Cambridge, Mass.-Chester S. Jor-
dan was found guilty in the first de-
gree on a charge of numbering his
wife by a jury in the Middlesex
County Superior Court.
The jury deliberated more than
nineteen hours. Mrs. Jordan was
murdered on September l last, and
Jordan had been on trial since April
20.
At Jordan's side was his father,
and near by were his sisters, one of
whom is Mrs. Jessie L.. Livermore, of
New York City, and other relatives
bravely trying to keep back tears.
They might have succeeded had not
several women spectators began to
sob, and the effect of this was to turn
the room for the moment into a place
of woe. Then the lawyers began
bustling about and Jordan stepped
back and resumed his chair. He bit
as he sat down.
After a whispered word with the
young man Mr.. Pratt, Of counsel for
the defense, advised the court that
he desired thirty days in which to file
CACCptlOuS. Inc ISuuCbt was SIdutGQ
and court adjourned. Jordan was
led back to jail.
The defense saved twenty-seyen
exceptions during the trial, and these,
it was stated, will be pressed, If nee
essary, to the Supreme Court, in
Washington, D. G.
The penalty for first degree MUIR
der in this State is death in the cleo
trio chair.
Jordan was charged with having
killed his wife in a quarrel in their
home in Somerville. The woman's
dismembered body was found in a
trunk, which Jordan had taken to a
Boston lodging house. The suspi-
cions of a cab driver that the trunk
had been stolen led to the discovery
of its contents.
The defense was "e~pileptic insan-
ity," and the testimony of medical
experts was n of the features of
tho trial
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more small ones would be better thar

more small ones would be better than
very large houses.
One rooster is sufficient for ten OF
twelve hens or pullets.
If you force your utility hens to
moult early, you will be sure Of a
good supply Of eggs in the winter
when prices are high.
The incubator is always on the job,
never has to leave the eggs for feed
or water, and requires less time and
care than the average busy old sit
ting hen.
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/, Kingfish Surprised Campers.


A singular incident occurred one
day last week at Johns Pass. Mr..
and Mrs. Homer NJ. Mohr of Lealman
and a friend were camping there.
While Mr.. Mohr was cooking dinner
a big kingfish jumped out Of the
water on to the beach, nearly upset
ting a kettle which was on the fire.
All made a grab for it and took it
up to a higher place on the beach
to prevent its escape. The kingfsh
was four feet long and weighed a
little over fifty pounds. There is no
reason to doubt the story, for Mr..
Mohr took the fish home and he and
his friends Toasted on kingfsh steak.
Though fish have been known to
throw themselves on Florida beaches
when pursued by sharks or porpoises,
Mr.. Mohr's experience is unique only
in the fact that the kingf1sh might
be said to have thrown itself at the
campers.-St. Petersburg Times.
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Wagner to the Musicians,

His little admonition to the mu
sicians was most characteristic ant
worthy to be noted by many an or
chestra of the day. Gentlemen
he said, Il beg of you not to take m,
fortissimo too seriously. Where
you see If make a 1fp' Of 1t, and FOL
piano play ~pianisslmo. Remember
how many OF you there are dowr
there against the poor single hu
man throat up here alone on tic
stage.1-From Neumann'a ePersonnl
RecollectfonssD 2x
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Billiards were invented in France in
1471.
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POULTRY
CULTURE.
MS
NUMBER OF HENS IN A FLOCK
The Subject Discussed From the Sin.
gle Point of Utility.
by M. RAY Dawley.

Ky
BY M. Ray Dawley.
There is considerable controversy
over the subject of the size of the
flock. In the Australian laying con-
test six hens are kept together. Some
breeders even keep hens in Individual
pens. Laying aside the matter OF
breeding and considering only the
utility points, we want to know what
size a flock should be to make the
most profit. Sometimes thirty hens
will lay as many eggs as fifty hens in
the same pen. The reason for this is
that, with fifty in the flock they were
too crowded. BY reducing the num-
Der we better the conditions. Sup
posing a house eight by ten feet to
be large enough for twenty hens, we
give each hen the privilege of eighty
square feet of floor space, while ii
the house were built sixteen by TWEEN
ty feet, each hen would have 800
square feet to IA over, or four
times the room. The latter house
should be large enough for eighty
hens. The former house would cost
about $25 and the latter one some
$50. That is to say, it costs $1.25 to
house a hen in the small flocks, while
in the large flocks 81 pays for the
house.
So we have a double advantage for
the hen by building the house large.
Moreover, the sunlight and ventila-
ton in the large house are better;
hence, it is easier to keep dry and
healthy.
A factor of as much Importance as
the above is the amount of labor re-
quired. In having only one water
pan to fill. one place to feed, one
place to gather eggs and one roost to
clean, instead of four roosts, the
work can be done in much less time,
and therefore the profits are more
and the cost Of equipment less.
On the other hand, a large house
cannot be drawn about like a colony
house. 1t has to stay in n place.
The hens have to come out on the
same ground, and SO find less green
food and forage than the hens scat
tered about in small flocks. Diseases
are very contagious, and so the risk
is greater in the large house.
/ have had splendid results keep
ing two hundred hens in one flock in
a house sixteen by fifty feet with a
yard 100 by 800 feet. Part of the
yard is in sod and part Is plowed and
sowed to oats or wheat twice each
season..
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SANTA FEES FINE REVERSED.
United States Court of Appeals Sends
Case Back For Retrial.

San Francisco, Cain an opinion
handed down, Judge Foss, of the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals, holds that the $330,0O0 fine
against the Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany is not valid and remanded the
case for new trial.
The Government brought action
against the Santa Fe for giving re-
bates to the Grand Canon Lime and
Cement Company. Sixty-six cases of
Relating were established by the Gov
eminent and a fine of $4,000 on each
count was assessed.
Judge Ross holds that The statute
EXPRESSLY forbids departure from the
legal rate when wilfully made, hence
the question of intent entered into
the charge made in the indictment.
That being Sc it necessarily resulted
that the lower court was in error in
withholding from the jury evidence
that more or less lime shook out in
transit.
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Catarrh Cannot Be cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
face. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one Of the
best physicians In this country for years,
of the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. CHENEY 4 Co, Props, Toledo. q.
Sold BY druggists, price, 75c.
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The home timer made us one dozen

The home timer made US one dozen
for S6-$12 saved.
Advantages.-Need not fill every
day; easily filled and carried; holds
large quantity water; does not slop
out; keeps clean and sweet; cannot
burst from freezing; chickens can
not drown in it; water rams into
trough only as used and does not
freeze so quickly.
Caution.-Do not use acid prepar-
atoms in metal vessels. Serve them
in earthenware. Clean and disinfect
with nj of the many coal tar prepar-
Automatically Witness.
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Poultry Yard Notes.

Charcoal is essential to the good
health of the chickens.
Plow at least part of the chicken
yard up, spread a little lime over 1t
and SOW thickly with clover seed.
The bulk of poultry from the
farm and not the fancier, but the best
poultry usually comes from the fan
cier or small farmer.
A house 8x12 is a very convenient
size for a small flock of fowls. If a
large flock is to be housed two or
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A Good Answer.

A branch train of a Kansas rail-
road carried an old woman passenger
the other day, who was very fidgety
n nervous and was continually pes
tering the conductor with questions.
Which door do l go out?" she
asked the conductor as the train
pulled into the station where she
wanted to get off.
Go either way, madam" replied
the ticket puncher. Both ends of
the a top."-Kansas City Journal.
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Kid Glove Caricaturists.

The most prevalent and dangerous
vices of our time are cowardice and
insincerity, and the timidity of our
invective seems to be as much a
symptom of those vices as of any new
virtues. There is little fear now of
any excess in English c~aricature.
What it needs is more of the energy
of righteous indignation. London
Times.
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BALTIMORE SALOONS SHUT.
Unable to Pay Increased License Fee
One propr;efor Kills Himself.

Unable to Pay Increased License Fee
One Proprietor Kills Himself.
Baltimore, Md.-Five hundred sa-
looms in Baltimore have been put out
of business by the increase in license
fees from $500 to $3.50 a year. Many
of the proprietors who were unable
to pay the increased tax are Ger
mans, who owned beer saloons in
the poorer districts. One of these
Paul Mang, for twenty years had kept
a saloon.
1t is estimated that the new Ii.
cense should increase the city's rev.
enue $1,000,000, but if many more
saloon keepers fail to take out IL
nse the expected large increase
in revenue will not m~ateriaiize.
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Some Men.

Men are unappreciative of Efforts
of their wives to look beautiful. Dur
ing the recent absence of an Atchi-
son man his wife put up her hair in
curl papers every night, and washed
her gray hairs in a new kind of tea
women have discovered. She sup
posed that when her husband re-
turned home he would remark her
improved appearance. But he didn't!
And his wife is still pouting.-Atchi-
son Globe.
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NEW ATTACK ON RAILROADS.
Missouri General Asks For
Forfeiture Of Their Charters.

Jefferson City, Mo. Attorney
General Major instituted quo war
ranto proceedings in the Missouri
Supreme Court against sixteen rail-
roads, asking the forfeiture of char
tiers or. the filming of the principal
roads in Missouri, the information
charging them with violating the
common law in conspiring to fix pas
senger rates and with conspiring to
put into effect a combination of
freight rates in violation of the anti
trust laws of the State. An alter
nate writ was made r~eturnable to
the court en- banc on June 1.
This action is, according to the
Attorney-General, the result of the
railroads attempting to return to the
three-cent passenger fare, following
Federal Judge MePheFson's decision
that the Missouri passenger and
freight laws were c~onfscatory.
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MARYLAND VILLAGE BURNED.
Historic Benedict Practically Wiped
Out by Flames.

Baltimore, Md. - News reached
here that fire wiped out the historic
village of Benedict, on the Patuxent
River. The flames started from an
ell stove in a store owned by A. M.
Bowling, and destroyed the Method
list Church, the hotel, Johnson's
store, and every other building in the
village except four houses on the
shore of the river and one other, the
residence of Thomas Shorter. No es-
innate of the damage has been re.
ceived.
1t is said to have been the inten-
ton of Lord Baltimore to locate on
the site of Benedict what is now the
city of Baltimore. The place has for
some seasons past been a summer re.
sort popular with residents of Balti-
more and Washington, D. C.
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one Hour Sentence Profitable,

After serving a sentence of one
hour in the ~penitentiary, at Baton
Rouge, La, for Involuntary man
slaughter. Elmore Williams, a negro.
was discharged and given the usual
allowances, a new suit of clothes
and a pair of shoes. He had never
made SO much in the same length Of
time In his life.
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used to u me so
severely that at last
l had to give up. l
took to my bed and
stayed there four
months, suffering in
tense pain, dizziness,
headache and infam-
nation of the | a
der. Though with
out hope, l began
using DOan's Kfdnev
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WIRE PRODUCTS PRICES CUT.
Reduction ON Wire Nails is 81 a Ton,
on Plain Wire So,


Pittsburg, Pa.-The prices of wire
products have been reduced. Wire
and nails were the only two finished
steel products that were not cut on
February Is. The present reduction
on wire nails is 81 a ton, on plain
wire IS, and on barbed wire $40.
The schedule of prices arranged
is: Wire nails reduced from $1.95
to $1.60 per key; plain wire from
$3.50 to s1.40 per 100 pounds; gal
yanized wire from $40 to $3.50 per
100 pounds, painted wire from So to
$1.60.
The production of finished wire
represents sixteen per cent. of the
total of finished steel products in the
United States, so that the present cut
is equivalent to $1.30 per reduction,
averaging all finished steel products.
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Nothing Strange or New.

A soggy, sour individual was look
Ing gloomily at the front OF a plumb
Ing establishment. I came up closer
to him, trying to find out the cause
Of his curiosity. At last / realized
that his attention was riveted on one
single sign. It read:
CAST IRON SINKS"
The al turned and saw me also
examining the sign. He pointed his
finger toward the board.
Why" he said, amy fool knows
thu bohemian.
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Bill Calls For Government
Owned Railway Outfit

Washington, D. elf a bill intro.
duced by Representative Dwight, OF
New York, becomes a law the United
States will own a complete railway
train, consisting of a baggage car. Q
sleeping car and a private car, fol
the exclusive use of the President on
his travels.
The sum of $50, 900, to be expend.
ed by the Secretary of War, is provid
ed, and he is authorized annually to
enter into contracts with railway com.
panies tor hauling the train.
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Pills, n in three months was COM
pletely cured. The trouble has never
returned"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Rash ALL OVER BOYS BODY.
Awful, Crusted, Weeping Eczema O
Little Sufferer-A Score of Treat

Awful, Crusted, Weeping Eczema on
Little Sufferer-A Score of Treat
ments Prove Dismal Failures
Cure Achieved by Cuticura.
@My little boy had an awful rash all over
his body and the doctor said it was eczema.
1t was terrible and used to water awfully.
Any place the water went it would form
another sore and it would become crusted.
A score or more physicians failed utterly
and dismally in their efforts to remove the
trouble. Then I was told to use the Cuti-
cura Remedies. l got a cake of Cuticura
Soap, a box of Cuticura Ointment and a
bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, and before
we had used half the Resolvent Icould
see a change in him. In about two months
he was entirely well. George T. Lambert,
139 West Centre St., Mahanoy City, Pa,
Sept. 20 and Nov. 4, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
IN - -
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Pursued His wife.

Warren Dixon, Corporation Coun-
sci of Jersey City, N. j., smashed
down the door of the house where his
wife is living and attacked a man,
named as correspondent in Dixon's
suit for divorce, whom he found
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Inventor of Roller Coaster Dead.

Inventor of Roller Coaster Dead.
Alonson Wood, eighty, inventor of
the roller coaster, who originated
many improvements on the roller
skate, died at Toledo, Ohio Wood
devoted the last ten years of his life
to a study of aeronautics and spent
several years in building a heavier
than-air machine.
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MAN KILLED IN THEATRE FIRE.
More Than 500 Persons Walk Out
Amid Flames.

Peoria, Ill.-As the result of the
explosion in the film room of the
Crescent N~ickleodeum, plunging the
entire front of the theatre in flames,
William w. Robinson, city editor of
the Peoria Star and manager of the
playhouse, is dead.
Walter Woodrow, the moving pic
ture machine operator, was severely
burned. Two women tainted follow
ing their escape TO the street. More
than 300 persons walked out through
the fire-enwrapped entrance.
Robinson dropped dead in ar archi-
tect's office an hour later as the re-
suit of inhaling flames.
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The Best Water Vessel.

The poultry-man has some trouble
to get a drinking vessel to FIJI the
bill.
Here is our favorite. You can see
how handy it is. 1t is made of galva-
nized iron, apd three gallons is about
the proper size, though suit yourself
on that. Our first one cost $3.50.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07

The h~ard-looking customer had
been arrested for stealing an UNI
bre1la.
what have you to say for your
self?" asked the police justice. "Are
you guilty or not guilty?"
@Im N o. the guilty ones, y'r
honor, l reckon" answered the pris-
oner. "The umbrella had the name
of J. Thompson IN the handle, G. H.
Brickley stamped On the inside o. the
cover, an I stole it from a man
named Quimby. Chicago Tribune.
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By a cough which cannot be stopped by
ordinary remedies. But why not try a
medicine that will cure any cough that any
medicine can cure? That is Kemp's Bal
Jam. Recommended by doctors and nurses,
dealers. Keep a bottle always in the
house and be prepared to treat a cold OF
cough before it causes any suffering at all.
The first pipe organ was made by Arch.
tmedae in o50 n n
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Last year the British Admiralty
abolished the use of carrier pigeons,
as the result Of the demonstrated sue.
cess of wireless t~elegraphy. The
French Admiralty is about to adopt
tho same course.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07

The University of California is
about to try IT, experiment of rails
ing grapefruit from trees imported
from Annoy, China, said to produce
the best fruit of the kind in the
world. NY 10
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07

American Aeronauts Honored.
Wilbur and Orville Wright re-
ceived the first gold medals award
ed by the Aeronautical Society of
Great Britain, in London.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07
Panama President Dead.

DR.. Manuel Amador, who was first
died at Panama. He was se~venty-six
years old, and had been suffering
from senile ills for several months.
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q long time. Doc
tors had failed to
help me. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Xegeta-
BILE Compound was
recommended, and
/ decided to try it.
1t cured ~mytrouble
and made me well
and strong, SO that
I can do all myown
work" Mrs. JOS
EPH HAIL, Bards-
foun Nv
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07

In some years the total of coffee,
tea and cocoa imports into this our
thy is considerably more than $780,
100000. Coffee imports alone have
on certain occasions Appropriated
500, 0O0, 900 in value.
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On January 1 Canada was shelter
ing 38,258 Orientals, including IT,
239 Chinese, 15,484 Japanese, and
5171 Indians. Canada has made
British subjects of 7442 Orientals.
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A Total Abstainer

Excited individuality this where
they swear people?"
Commissioner For Oaths Yes,
sir; what can 1 do for your"
Excited Individual - II want to
take an oath never to put down an.
other carpet."-Tit-Bits.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07

Foreign Representatives Appointed.
Oscar s.. Straus has been selected
for Ambassador to Turkey and w w.
Rockhill for Ambassador to Russia.
Ambassador Leishman will be trans
ferred to Rome by the Administra-
ton at Washington, D. c..
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07

The Russian Secret Service employs over
5000 women. Some draw a salary Of Sl0,-
600 a wear.
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KILLED Wron MAN.

Thomas Moran, a Waterman out of
a job, killed John Flick, a Jersey City
IN. ID ~saloonkeeper, wrongly be-
lieving that Flick had caused his dis
charge.
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HUSBAND SEES BRIDE DROWN

CatskiIl Creek by Rearing Horse.
AGRA, N. Y.-Mrs. Bert Meddaugh.
a school teacher, vas drowned in
Catskill Creek. She was driving with
her husband, and in fording the
creek the horse reared when midway
of the stream, throwing Mrs. Med
daugh. a bride of a few months, into
the creek.
A strong current was flowing and
she was quickly carried beyond reach
of her husband. The body was re-
covered.
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Partners in Crime.

Mrs. Winslow,s Soothing Syrup for Children
t tienl aIjsy n0 pains cures ene sV Wind r eoliS' s s1n = bottIs.
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Saw Husband Killed

Dennison Smith, a Broad street
broker, of New York City, was killed
under 3 Staten Island train, in sight
Of his young wife.
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Try Murine Eye Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes,
Granulation. Pink Eye and Eye Strain.
Murine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
Is Compounded by Experienced Physicians;
Contains no Injurious or Prohibited Drugs.
Try Murine For Your Eye Troubles. You
VIII Like Murine. Try It in Baby's Eyes
cago. will send You Interesting Eye Books
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07

the lower. part of the scratching shed
be made of glass. No nests should
be placed in a house of this kind. az
it is useful mainly for confinins
fowls in bad weather.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-07

announcer w oman Cufe0s
Christiana, TENN suffered from
the worst form of female trouble so
that at times l thought / could not
live, and my nerves were in a dreadful
condition. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound cured me, and made
me feel like a different woman. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
worth its weight in gold to suffering
women."-MRs. MARY WOOD, R.F.D.3.
If you belong to that countless army
of women who suffer from some form
of female ills, don't hesitate to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs.
For thirty years this famous remedy
has been the standard for all forms of
female ills, and HIS cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
such ailments as dist iacements, fibroid
tumors, liberation, Inflammation, ir-
r~egularities, backache, and nervous
prostration.
If you want special advice write
fOrittOM Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
1t is free and always helpful.
M