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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-09-27
CAREFUL DOCTOR
Prescribed Change of Food Instead Of
Drugs.

1t takes considerable courage for a
doctor to deliberately prescribe only
food for a despairing patient, instead
of resorting to the usual list of medi-
cines.
Their are some truly scientific ply
sicians among the present generation
who recognize and treat conditions as
they are and should be treated, re-
CARELESS of the value to their pockets,
Here's an instance:
-Four years ago I was taken with
severe gastritis and nothing would
stay on my stomach, SO that l was on
the verge of starvation.
Il heard Of a doctor who had a sum
mer cottage neal me-a specialist
from N. Y.-and as a last hope, sent
for him.
after he examined me carefully
he advised me to try a small quantity
of Grape-Nuts at first, then as my
stomach became stronger to eat more.
Il kept at it and gradually got SO /
could eat and digest three teaspoon
fuls. Then l began to have color in
my face, memory became clear, whore
before everything seemed a blank. My
limbs got stronger and l could walk.
So l steadily recovered.
Now after a year on Grape-Nuts 1
weigh 1873 lbs. My people were sur
prised at the way 1 grew feshy and
strong on this food" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
the little book. "The Road to Well.
VILE" in pkgs.
There's a reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest. Adv.
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PREDICTION FOR THE COATS
viii Undoubtedly Be Longer and
Some Changes of Importance
Are Promised.

What will the length of the coats
be in the autumn and winter"
The question was asked by an
American who wanted to order her
fall suit early. The reply to her was
thirty-two inches, for she is a trife
below the average height. In tailored
suits the demand is for jackets thirty
two or t%hirty-four inches long, cutaway
in front, ending in a broad curve or
blunt point in the back.
Some of the coats. however, are
made very long in the back, almost
reaching to the hen of the skirt, and
cut away sharply from the waist line
in the front; but these are too ex-
IRENE to become popular, and in any
case will only be worm by the excep-
tional woman who has many suits to
choose from.
The most favored style is buttoned
over slightly on the left side, and has
the Robespierre collar and rever 90
arranged that they a be opened up
when the weather permits. Some are
made with perfectly straight-cut backs
and others have a slight fullness in at
the belt and a decided flare on the
side seams.
Nearly all have slightly rounded or
pointed and all show the modi-
fed cutaway effect. The Robespierre
collar. with vest of some contrasting
material, is very popular, and the
sleeves are mostly of the set-in va
riety, made with a medium large arm
hole SO they can be slipped on or off.
Velvet-bound b~uttonholes and large
ornamental buttons trim the best
models.
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PIMPLES IN BLOTCHES

316 57th St, Brooklyn, n. Y.-"About
a year ago l noticed a pimple on the
back of my hand. l picked it, and the
next day my hand became full of PIN
pies. They came in blotches, about a
half dozen together. When they first
appeared they were red and infamed
and itched very much. I scratched
them SO they bled and then they de-
veloped into sores. The disease
spread to my other hand, and face. At
one time my face got so full of PIN
pies and they itched so much l was
ashamed to go out on the street.
when l bathed they became in
famed. I treated for them but instead
Of getting better l became worse, and
by this time my disease became so bad
that could not sleep or eat. Finally
when l began to despair of getting
better a friend told me to try Cuti-
cu-a Soap and Ointment. I SEM for
samples and used them. l took a hot
bath, using Cuticura Soap, and then
applied the Cuticura Ointment to the
affected parts before going to bed.
When l woke up the next morning the
itching had stopped. Within three
weeks I had no sign of a pimple. I was
entirely cured" (Signed) E. Marks,
Dec. 16, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
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NO CLEW TO HISTORY
STUDENTS OF ARCHAEOLOGY ALI
PUZZLED OVER YuCATAN.
Art and Architecture of Once Grea
People Are There, but Hieroglyph-
les Battle All the knowledge
of the Scientists.

Pittsburg.-Through the efforts Of
Henry Hornbostel, head of the build
ing bureau of the Pittsburg Carnegie
Institute of Technology, there will be
in the Carnegie institute before a
great while specimens Of distinctive
American art and architecture, the
legacy of hat mysterious people who
lived ages ago in America, attained
a high degree of civilization, devel-
oped a beautiful and cultivated art,
and then passed away, leaving only
these treasures of art and architec-
ture to tell what their civilization had
been. Already Mr.. H~ornbostel has
been instrumental in arousing the
Carnegie Museum of Washington to
an interest in this field and it has set
aside an appropriation for eXplora-
ton of the art of Yucatan. In COM
PAW with Lloyd Warren, Mr.. Hornbos-
tel made a pleasure trip to Yucatan
during a recent vacation, going far
into the interior of the country where
lies waiting a storehouse of material
for students of archaeology with ref
erence to hieroglyphics as well as art
and architecture. The hieroglyphics
are all the more alluring because
of their battling conditions, with never
a clew yet discovered to work from in
deciphering their meaning, which
would reveal to US the minds of the
wonderful ancient Inhabitants Of
America. The priceless heritage has
lain neglected and crumbling to ruins
while at the same time huge sums are
being paid by our museums for repli-
hemisphere.
With the completion of the Panama
canal all signs point to a vast in
f1ux of northerners into these south
ern states and an awakening of inter
est in the study of the arts. Their
pottery and decorative designs are al
ready being made use of by enterpris-
ing dealers and advertisers in all
kinds of wares as souvenirs of the
celebration of the opening of the great
canal.
The day will soon come" says Mr..
H~ornbostel, when excursioning to the
ruins of Yucatan will be made as
easily as to the Holy Land or to
Egypt. 1t is now impossible for pet
ticoats to travel into the interior
of the country, as it is as wild and
densely forested as the interior of At
RIGA. Mr.. Warren, myself and our
guide made the journey from Merida,
the capital of Yucatan, in the most
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primitive Of wooden wagons drawn by
three burros, and because of the loose
construction of its wooden wheels and
axles, which allow it to wabble from
side to side without injury, wonder
fully adapted to the rough stone roads
of the country"
Two absolutely unique characteris-
tics of the ancient people who built
these ruins thousands of years ago,
and of whom they and the pyramids
on which many of them are built are
the only trace, were noted by Mr..
Hornbostel. The first is that the
towns were built without walls or
Notifications of any kind. there were
no roads and the houses we're far
apart, making them indeed garden
cities, and there were no beasts Of
burden. This vanished race was a
peaceful people," said Mr.. H~ornbostel.
and such architecture of a primitive
race is absolutely unique in history.
They had no fear of an invading army
and no preparation to repulse one.
They had no means of moving either
an army or supplies" The second pc
culiarity noted by the travellers is the
original form Of architecture in the
construction of the buildings, which
are made of small stones, cut and
dressed, with an original cantilever
construction of arches. This struc-
ture, Mr.. Hornbostel claims, he has
not found anywhere else in all his
study of architecture, ancient, medic
val and modern.
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is not improved by GROWING. A sand
road is at its best when moist, SO it
should be left fiat. No one wants a
sand road; so, if possible, clay should
be added to and mixed with the sand,
making what is known as a sand clay
road.
The old way, and it is used today
by many. of filling a mud hole with
brush with a little earth on top. can
not be too strongly condemned, and
is only permissible in cases of emer-
gency, when it is impossible to drain
the hole or to get sand or stone to fill
it. The overseer or foreman should in
dry weathre center this work on such
places until the road Is raised to a
sufficient height to drain well. Many
overseers have brush hauled two
miles to fill a mud hole when sand is
within shoveling distance OF it.
The illustration shows a homemade
clod crusher, which is self-explana-
tory.
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THRESH GRAIN WHILE DAMP
Practice Is Always Expensive and Ere
quentIy Cause of Serious Loss
Bricks Absorb Moisture.

1t is a serious mistage to thresh
proposition of making it remarketable
is always expensive and is frequently
the cause of serious loss. The farm
er who is compelled, from any cause,
to thresh his grain when wet should
lose no time in taking immediate care
OF it.
A few dry bricks thrown into the
grain as it is put into the bins will alb
sorb large quantities of moisture, says
a writer in the Farm and Home.
Sticks of very dry stove wood will an
swer the same purpose. A dry cedar
post or sticks of cordwood from pop
lar, Eastwood or jack pine trees will
absorb their weight in moisture from
a bin of damp grain. Burlap or jute
sacks filled with dry chaff and buried
In a bin of damp grain will absorb
moisture readily and also provide
space for air. l have used them with
excellent success.
Those simple and inexpensive meth
DDS of protecting wet grain are prac-
.ical and are much more desirable
than shoveling it over day after day
to keep it from heating. Grain that
gets hot in the bin is worthless for
seed. Musty wheat is no good for
-four and should not be sold or used
TO- that purpose.
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FASHIONS
OF THE
MOMENT.

flowers seem a shade too gay; conyen-
tional designs, small flower bouquets.
ovals, crescents, circles, and plaided
and checked effects appear on these.
With the black brocades in velvet or
silk sparkling jet seems a fitting gar
niture. and some cut velvet coats dis
play very grad buttons and frog
chains of it. For high dress use, there
is nothing more handsome for the
dowager than a coat of this sort, and
such wraps are loose, wide-sleeved
and altogether graceful.
The brocaded influence is seen
even among mourning materials. one
silk and wool fabric for tailored
gowns initiating the wide and narrow
lines of mems suittng. A black
Chinese crepe, closely covered with
dull flowers, is shown for the waists of
fine black dresses, and in the half
mourning department there is a
dusky gun metal color which Is hay
ing considerable vogue, this showing
up splendidly in almost every mate
rial.
TOi IdllOT6u SullS Ill COlOT OF DldCK.
there is a new velvet with a corduroy
look, but without the ridges of this
wellknown fabric, and with this a
silk braid goes most handsomely.
Mole or taupe is a favorite color in
these fine fabrics, which SENS to indi-
cate that they r preferably for elder
ly wearers, as should be all the tex
lures with large patterns. At any
rate, it is an established truth that a
brocaded material must be carefully
managed not to give its wearer
something of a settled look. The fact
that such rich trimmings need to be
used increases this danger, unless the
fine garniture is very sparingly put
on or the wearer takes things in her
own hands and orders filmy chiffons
and nets for the touches of the bro
caded gown or coat.
Fur and marabout bands, both Of
which will be much used on the coats.
supply the proper decking for such,
sets, which, because of the patterns
of the fabrics, would appear unfn-'
ished if left untrimmed. =
MARY DEAN.
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LITTLE COATS WELL LIKED
Dainty Trifles, but Just Now They
Form a Really Important Part
of the Wardrobe.

The little coats of bri~ght-colored
chiffon worn with lace, lingerie or
chiffon frocks, are still at the height
of their popularity. They are not by
any means easy to copy, and that fact
has a lot to do with their remaining
somewhat exclusive novelties. One
of the most successful frocks seen
lately was of pale saxe-blue ninon,
with a delightful little coat of chiffon
taketas in blue of a slightly deeper
tone. A narrow frill of silk edged the
coat, which finished at the waist, at
the sides and back.
The fronts were cut into long points
and were crossed low down at the
waist. Soft frills OF shaded lace
came down each side of the front of
the coat and frills of the same lace
decorated the elbow sleeves. There
was a high Robespierre collar of
black satin finished in front with crys-
tai buttons, and touches of black also
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-09-27
WEIGHT OF LOAD FOR HORSE
Than One-Tenth of Its Weight
Cost of Marketing.

By PROF. r. M. DOLVE. North Dakota
Agricultural College.)
Since horses use their weight iE
pulling they should be loaded in pro.
portion to their weight, and observers
are agreed that for hauls owe coun-
try roads a horse is properly loaded
when exerting a pull on the ira ces
equal to one-tenth of his weight. For
a team of 1,600-pound horses this
would be exerting a pull of 800 pounds
and if it requires a 140-pound pull
to haul a ton on ar average level
country road they would haul about
2l-3 tons. In order to haul this load
up a 6 per cent. grade they would
nave to exert a pull equal to ole
fourth their weight. which is an ex-
haustive pull and should not be much
exceeded, especially if the hill is long.
If the hill had a 10 per cent. grade the
load would have to be reduced to
/ $50 pounds or nearly three tons less
in order to keep the pull up the
grade equal to o~ne-fourth the weight
of the horses.
Statistics show that 1t costs over
20 cents per ton-mile to market farm
products, so that if the distance to
market was five miles it would cost
81 to market a ton when tire road
is level or contains not more than a
6 per cent. grade.
Assuming that is would take as long
to haul the small load of 1000 pounds
necessitated by the 10 per cent. grade
as it does to haul the larger load, the
cost of marketing a ton would be in
creased to $2.25, OF an increase of
$1.25 because Of the grade
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continued its use until Twas made WELL"
Mrs. HENRY LEIsEBERG, TAB Adams St.
Kearneysville, W. Val feel it my
duty to write and say what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. / suffered from female
weakness and at times felt so miserable
/ could hardly endure being on my feet.
"After taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and following your
special directions, my trouble is gone.
Words fail to express my thankfulness.
/ recommend your medicine to all my
friends" = Mrs. G. B. WELLINGTON.
The above are only two of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are con-
stantly being received by the Pinkham
Medicine Company of Lynn, Mass. which
show clearly what great things Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound does
for those who suffer from woman's ills.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence.
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UNIQUE DESIGNS IN FURS.
Long, Separate Coats Have the Con-
trasting Idea Developed in
Attractive Form.
MARY DEAN.

The long separate coat of fur for
late fall and winter will be the 52-inch
type or longer.
Side fastenings, deep collars and
rever and deep cuffs will be evident.
The use Of contrasting fur Is exempli-
fed In nearly every model shown by
well-known furriers In Paris, and the
joining Of the fur is made SO as to
give a striped effect. This is very at
tractive in m~oleskin.
Chinchilla squirrel is a Paris nov,
city that is being used for trimming
sealskin coats and making fur sets.
The cutaway line ch-aracterizes the
lower edge of long coats. A pannier
hint is given by a curved, deep hem
that shows fur in a different direction.
Innings are just as beautiful as
ever, some of the coats being lined
with soft velour to make their
warmth doubly assured. Brocades are
in vogue and are of plain cofors.
Heavy plain satins are practical and
rich in the dark blues, greens and
colds.
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hess of We ancient times, although the
softly-falling silks are sometimes of
incredible thickness. There are bro
cades for the dowager and brocades
for the debutante, patterns for the
former being larger and the silks and
velvets richer with gold and silver
threads than those for the latter.
Buds, tiny roses, love knots, little
baskets of flowers and blue ribbons
waving about flower sprays in natural
hues appear upon the silks for youth
full evening wear. And the frocks, we
are told, are to be made with a good
deal of the ~antiGuated charm-the
lovely Powered silks shaping paniered
tunics attached to s~quare-necked bod
ices, with ruff1ed elbow sleeves. This
sweetness will go over lace petticoats,
looped and garlanded with flower
bands in the old way.
The self-colored brocades are insist
ed upon by the fashion people for
street use, as those with contrasting
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FINED ONE CENT FOR TALK
O~bstructing Sidewalk-WilI
Appeal Case.

Charlottesville, Ind.-Wilbur G.
Houk, chargt1 with o%bstructing a pub.
lie sidewalk, was found guilty and
fined 1 cent and costs, the latter
amounting to $50. Houk. a local at
torney, was arrested by officer Ike
Walderlip for obstructing the side
walk by collecting a crowd in front Of
the Crawford house by having a heat
ed argument with a travelling man. At
torneys for Houk state that the case
will be appealed.
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Good Roads
EAT.mMOze

Manure is one of the b]y-products
of the dairy farmer and it represents
a decided profit.
From the time corn tassels out un-
til it becomes ripe it increases it's
dry matter five-fold.
Hay stacked in the open loses 20
per cent. of it's value by spelling on
the sides and bottom.
Better to have two small silos. than
one too large. You can feed with less
waste from a small silo.
1t does not pay to devote high
priced land, for long periods to pas
turage and the production OF hay.
Rotation allows or assists nature to
repair her waste places and incident
ally facilitates the wal with weeds.
Fall blowing of field areas will oft
en- be of service in controlling cut
worms hat are affecting field crops.
Now the weeds along the road, thus
preventing their seeding and also re-
moving an eye-sore to the travelling
public.
Do not build a silo less than 30 feet
high IL pOSolutO " dNOlu IT, D0pIn
gives solidity and keeping quality to
the silage.
Cover crops must be used to pre-
vent the loss of plant food.
The man who allows weeds to go to
seed unfortunately on his farm is
a nuisance to himself, to his neigh
bors and to his country.
Different crops for different years
O nthe same soil will produce the va
on the same soil will produce the va
riety of elements which insure fer
tility.
The results Of the tillage expert
ments with disk and mold-board
plows indicate that for deep blowing
the disk is preferable to the mold
board plow.
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Birds and Rerrles.

There are various ways of protect
ing berries from birds. On small
patches fish net or any coarse netting
is a good protection. Mosquito net
ting is not so desirable, as the fruit
often does not mature SO well under
its close mesh. A favorite method in
England is to stretch black thread
back and forth above the berries. 1t
is said that the birds are afraid of
this.-Farm Journal.
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Garden Fertilizers.

Well-rotted ~barnyard manure is the
best garden fertilizer. For late crops
it is not necessary that it be thor
oughly decayed, as there is time for it
to decay before the plants need it.
Nitrate of soda and some other com
mercial fertilizers are occasionally
used for special crops, and will prob
ably have to be used nor by market
gardeners thereafter on account of
the difficulty in getting stable ma
nure.
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Black Velvet scarfa-

Black velvet neck scarfs may sound
cumberson, but they really are not
weighty to wear at any season as they
are merely three yards long ans two
inch wide strands are brought about
the stock, loosely. from back to front,
and under the chin are slip-knotted.
Half way to the waist and also at the
belt line this knot is repeated and
from the last knot the ends fall down
the front of the skirt. 1t is a nrettv
relief for a white lingerie or linen
frock and 1t helps to dress up a plain
foulard or Shantung costume.
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says Wallace's Farmer. Here the re-
semblance ends, for horse nettle Is a
biennial which spreads by strong I'M
derground rootstocks, while buffalo
burr is an annual that spreads only
by seed.
Horse nettle is one of our very
worst weeds, especially in the south
ern half of our territory. To kill horse
nettle, methods must be adopted as
for Canada thistle and quack grass,
which will smother out the pest. If
the leaves are not kept continually
cut off as fast as they appear above
ground the plant will continually
spread by it's running r~ootstocks. We
are sorry to report that this weed
to have been spreading rapidly
in Iowa and adjoining states this sea-
son.
Buffalo burr is a western prairie
weed which will not cause serious
trouble where clean cultivation is
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appeared on the sleeves and front of
the Goa With this frock was worn
a large picture hat of shaded lace,
with a big aigrette o. gauze roses in
the front.
Another striking dress was of white
lace, exquisite in its extreme simple
ity, over which was worn a long
sleeveless coat of bright yellow silk.
The coat was very plainly made with
no trimming but a very little edging
OF the silk arranged in close killings,
but the whole effect was most strik-
ingly original.
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MAINTENANCE OF GOOD ROADS
Best Method Is by Systematic Use Of
Road Drag-OId Way is Very
Strongly Condemned.

No earth road can be maintained In
good condition unless it be so con-
structed as to drain we'll and unless
it be kept free from ruts and holes.
The best method Of maintaining an
earth road, especially a prairie road,
is by the systematic use of the road
drag. A sand road is never good I'm.
der any circumstances, but certainly
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Embroidered Noseaay.

Newer than the little boutonniere of
silk or satin %rosebuds, lilies-of-the-
valley or for-get-me-nots and their TO-
liage, is the fad Of embroidering the
little nosegay directly upon the satin
or silk rever of the tailor-made coat.
The embroidery is done in the raised
manner and is made SO very prom
inent that at first glance it looks as
though the flowers and leaves repre-
sented in their natural hues were de-
tachable.
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Rat Attacks Sleeping Girls.

Nanticoke, Pa.-Cries of his two
little sisters, Mary and Anna, aged
five and seven years, summoned an
older brother to their bedside. He
found them bleeding profusely from
wounds on the face and arms and
fighting desperately the attacks of
a large rat, which was gnawing their
flesh.
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TWO OF VERY WORST WEEDS
Horse Nettle and Buffalo Burr, Former
Biennial and Latter Annual,
Cause Much Damage.

Many samples of horse nettle and
buffalo burr have cone to our office
this summer. These two striking
weeds are closely related. both being
degenerate cousins of the potato. Both
bear yellow flowers shaped like potato
or tomato flowers, and both are spiny,
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Found Money In a Birds Nest.

Caldwell, N. J.-Ordered by his
mother to make war on sparrows that
had taken possession of an attic win.
down, John Bowman, thirteen years of
age, found in nest part of a ten
dollar bill. In another nest he found
other parts of the ~greenback. He
gathered all he could find and will
forward the pieces to the treasury
department for redemption.