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SKIN ERUPTION ON CHEEK

Kingsley. Mich.-''Last May my
thirteen-months-old baby had sore
come on her cheek. It started in four
or fivs small pimples and in two OF.
three hours time spread to the size of
Q silver dollar. It spread to her eye.
Then water would run from the PIN.
pies and wherever that touched It caus-
ed more sores until nearly all one
cheek and up, her nostrils were one
solid sore. She was very fretful. She
certainly was terrible looking child,
and nothing seemed to be Of any use.
"Then I got some Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. She tried to rub
OF everything we put On 30 that We
would sit and hold her hands for two
hours at time, trying to give the
medicine a chance to help her, but
after I washed It with Cuticura Soap
and then put on the Cuticura Oint.
ment they seemed to soothe her and
she did not try to rub them of. Il
was only few days before her face
was all healed up, and there has been
no return Of the trouble since. We
thought that baby's face would surely
be SCARED, but It Is not" (signed}
Mrs. w. ]. Cleland, Jan. s, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston"
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MELISSA DECIDES THAT Mr.. CA.
PlAS WON'T DO.

I'VE seem to be seeing great deal
of Mr.. Capias lately, Melissa" OBJ
served Mrs. Merriwid's maternal maid
len aunt Jane, beginning new row
I'm the afghan she was knitting, with
the wrong color.
Mrs. Merriwid delicately picked up
p candied violet from the box Of bon.
bons in her lap and, crunching it be-
tween her white teeth, answered with
some indistinctness Of articulation
that there was good deal Of Mr.. Ca
pias to see.
HE Is certainly fine figure Of a
man." said Aunt Jane.
1.-TWO figures" corrected Mrs. Mer.
riwid. "Twenty-three is the gentle
mans number, the way I've got it
down. Cheer up, dearie, We'll see less
of him after this evening. We've got
the probate business about settled and
all I've got to do Is to settle HIM"
Aunt Jane laid down her knitting
and adjusted her glasses for steady
inspection of her niece. "Do you mean
to say you expect him to propose?" she
asked.
Il wouldn't swoon with surprise If
he did," replied Mrs. Merriwid. 81
don't think my poor fond fluttering
heart will flutter as high as my ton
sils If such thing should happen.
Yes. auntie. he will propose and he
will get jar that will loosen every
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capacity for making trouble. The
soldier was Thomas Conway, a British
subject. who had lived since early
childhood in France. There he had
Joined the army and risen to a colo
helcy. When he came here he was
joyfully received. The Revolutionists
lacked expert officers and they made
him brigadier-general.
The mans boasts and his dashing
ways impressed the simpler states
men. But George Washington read him
Rt glance. for windy, vicious in
competent
So when congress decided little
later to make Conway a major gen.
eral the chief sternly opposed such a
promotion and gave his reasons for
doing so. From that moment Conway
was Washington's sworn foe. One
active mischief-maker can sometimes
work more harm than a dozen wise
men can undo. Conway at once join
ed Washington's opponents in con-
kress and the army, and started a
campaign for the chiefs overthrow.
He and his associates formed what
was known as the Conway Cabal."
and did all in their power to under
mine Washington's influence. In Sc
ries Of anonymous letters Conway rid
iculed the chief as a coward and as
too feeble Of mind as leader. He
suggested Gen. Horatio Gates as COM
mander-in-chief in Washington's place.
Not only did Conway and his friends
win Gates over to this scheme, but
they induced several prominent con-
gressmen to lend their influence to
the movement.
1t was the Revolutions dark hour.
New York and Philadelphia were in
the hands of the British. Washing
ton and his army were starving and
freezing at Valley Forge after a sum-
mer and autumn of repeated defeats.
Mems hearts grew faint and their al.
legiance weakened Conway's crafty
words at such a moment fell on ready
ears.
The cabal waxed strong. But for a
mere accident it might readily have
ended by depriving Washington Of
power and of placing the command of
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Simon Girty, the '.Indian White Man"

ture his old friend, Simon Kenton. the
Kentucky pioneer)
In 1882 Girty invaded Kentucky at
the head of 600 Indians, and attacked
fort near Lexington. The plucky lit
tie garrison held out until Daniel
Boone could come up with reinforce.
ments and drive Girty away. Boone
followed the retreating savages. The
two forces met at Blue Licks. There
la fierce battle, disastrous to the
Americans, was fought (the last of
many great Indian battles in Ken
tucky).
Girty, not content with leading saw
ages against men of his own race, next
proceeded to drive the gentle Mo
ravian missionaries out of the Indian
tribes. He made his headquarters on
Sandusky River farm. which he
changed into trading station, and
from which he and his followers crept
forth every now and then on cruel
marauding expeditions. BY trade, and
by service to the British, the renegade
was amassing a very tidy fortune.
At Gen. Arthur st. Clair's defeat, in
1891, Girty played his usual murderous
role. In that battle Gen. William But.
Ter was wounded. Girty saw the gen.
eral lying helpless on the ground. Call.
ing upon an Indian, he ordered him to
scalp and kill Butler.
When, in 1898, the United States
government appointed commission tc
arrange peace treaty with the In.
dams, Simon Girty had himself made
interpreter. So crafty did he misin.
interpret, and 80 brutally did he insult
J the commission that the treaty fell
through. .s sssi..S a
Then came the war Of 1912. Girty
once more rushed to the front as the
friend Of the British and the foe OF his
own country. Again he marshalled
his Indians to the fray and again the
torch, tomahawk and scalping knife
wrought havoc along the frontier
Girty's name was cursed BY settler.
and soldiers alike. His cruelty, hit
Itreachery, his genius for evil doing
all combined to make. him. perhaps
the best hated man 81 the west.
Many tales OF his atrocities some
Itrue. some exaggeratedar are still hand
i ed down from general ion to generation
4 IN the districts he ravaged. He ha.
been described a. Sa human monster
| of hideoils aspect This IL not true,
i He was merely a fat, swarthy. bull
3|necked man about i've feet min,
inches tau. 7. sys; Il;
s3s Some historians say Girty was I'LL
i led at the battle of the Thames Il
I.4st1 Nhsrss Con. Harrison crusks III,
i Ind dians ahd Nhsrs thstr &. .Tx
scunssh lsli1 !; othh hhsrs thalt hs survive,
I tlia ! q s u natat M lth th stw,
sly,sais fats 81 5S 5ss,s s q ss
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"And because he's q lawyer said
Mrs. Merriwid, nodding her bang COM
pletely over her left eye. 81 think
any woman is foolish to marry a law
yer when there are 80 many pleas.
anter ways Of making herself miser-
able"
"Of course I'm very dense, but
cant imagine why a member Of an
honored and indispensable profession
should be considered ineligible matri-
monially." Aunt Jane delivered her
self OF this with degree Of acrimony.
"Dearie." said Mrs. Merriwid, that's
because you haven't given the subject
due consideration, and little Melissa
has. A lawyer has to have an analyt-
ical mind. That's all right in his hon
ored profession, but he's apt to bring
1t home with his umbrella and apply
it to the garbage can, so to speak, to
deduce things"
That's nonsense" commented Aunt
Jane.
$50 Is most of the law" said Mrs.
Merriwid. Anyway, lawyer is sup.
posed to know how to argue and put
the person he argues with in the
wrong. What kind of a happy life
would a woman lead with husband
that could get the best of every dis
cussion? Isn't that wife's privilege?
And saying mean things in an aggra-
waiting way: You know perfectly well
that all lawyers pride themselves on
that. It's their business, while it's
merely an amusement with us. And
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liylof Black guards
III By ALBERT PAYsoN TERfIuNE
coDy.sa. pasl.ans ca rss Nsv gorl wo,la
Thos. Conway .'Cabal'' Against Wa.hinxton
SBy ALBERT IA AYsoN TERrIlJNE

the patriot armies In the hands Of Gen.
Gates. And with fussy, inef1cient,
cowardly old Gates at the head Of the
American troops American liberty
would have been doomed. Here, In
brief, is the story Of the accident that
saved our country:
Gates aid, Wilkinson. drank too
much one night and babbled to a, friend
Of the chief some Of the contents Of
a letter from Conway to Gates in
which Conway had spoken insultingly
Of Washington. The story was told to
Washington, who called Conway to &C
count. Conway rushed to Gates for
aid, and Gates tried to get out Of the
difficulty by branding Wilkinson as .
liar.
Wilkinson promptly challenged
Gates to duel. Gates wept on Will
kinson's shoulder and implored him
to withdraw the challenge, speaking Of
himself as feeble old man who loved
Wilkinson like father. In this way
the frightened old general wriggled
out Of fighting.
Meantime, thanks to the first hint.
Washington learned Of all Conveys
anonymous letters and other treacher-
les. The facts were made known to
the people. The cabal was crushed un-
der storm of public disapproval.
But Conway was not to escape SO
easily. He was challenged to duel
by Washington's friend, Gen. Cadwal-
lader, who proceeded to shoot him
through the mouth.
Conway, believing himself dying,
wrote one more letter. This time to
Washington. asking forgiveness for
his villainies and declaring the chief
to be "great and good man." Then
he "conditionally" resigned his COM
mission as an officer in the American
service. Congress accepted the res
ignation, unconditionally, and Conway
went back to France.
There he styled himself Count de
Conway" and managed to win an ap-
pointment as governor Of one of
Frances Oriental provinces. He made
such mess Of his diplomatic work
in his province Of the Orient that he
almost wrecked the French interests
there. He returned to France and be-
came a general in the royal armies.
During the French Revolution he
was condemned to death. He was
saved only by an appeal to Great Brit
ain against which he had fought in
the American Revolution), but was
compelled to flee from France for his
life.
After that Conway disappeared from
history. He is supposed to have died
about 1900 in poverty and exile.
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SIMON GIRTT


was Simon Girty, son of an emigrant
who had turned Indian trader. The
lads father had been killed by a
drunken Indian. His friend, John
Turner, had. slain the Indian and mar
rted Girty's widow. The Indians tribes
men in turn murdered Turner and
made young Simon a prisoner.
For years the boy lived among the
savages, learning their language and
customs, until he became at heart
more an Indian than a white man. As
he grew to early manhood he left the
tribe and sought a living among the
settlers. His knowledge of Indian
ways made him useful in many ways
to the British military commanders
along the frontier He enlisted in
Lord Dunmore's forces as a soldier
and interpreter, and soon became
known as one of the cleverest military
spies in the colonies.
Then the American Revolution be.
gan. Girty Joined the patriot army
and rose to the rank Of lieutenant.
Then, in 1777. he suddenly played the
traitor, and went over to the British
It is not absolutely known whether he
did this because Of some quarrel with
the Revolutionists or because he
thought he could make more money
and fame in the enemy's camp. at any
rate, the British received him gladly
They were forever trying to get the
Indians against the Americans, and
they counted on Girty to use his infiu
ence to this effect with his savage
friends. NJ
( The renegade performed the abom
Unable task cleverly. Through the wes,
he went. everywhere stirring up thu
Indians to attack the colonists. At thu
head Of q band OF redskins he sWoop
% upon ill-defended American fort
and desolated the farming districts.
When Col. William Crawford. at til,
head 5of = little body of patriots, march
ed against sandusly, and was cap
tnred BY the Indians. he begged Girt.
to savs him. Girty, according to mos
accounts, refused and iAuS he'd aious
while Crawford NlIas tortured toa death
uirty aiWays dsnisd II. md said is
2had tried ~ ys1n Sl g q psrsnads hisS u
diaus sf0loWsrs f1t apafe St0r1s 81
IN succeed once iin slying from tpl
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bicuspid in his mobile jaw. I'm quite
looking forward to it."
"May ask why, my dear?" said
Aunt Jane, elaborately.
Because he can't note any excep-
tion to the courts ruling on the
ground that the court erred when she
employed the word not in her deci-
sion," Mrs. Merriwid replied. "He
won't get any thirty days or thirty
seconds to file an appeal. He won't
have the closing argument either, or
get the costs taxed to anybody but
Mr.. Capias. I've one or two other
reasons"
Il don't call what you've said any
reason" remarked Aunt Jane, severely.
"Have marron glace, dearie," said
Mrs. Merriwid, selecting one with the
candy tongs and forcibly inserting it
in her aunt's protesting mouth. "To
resume, Mr.. Capias rumbles. When a
man has a deep bass voice and
rumbles with it and then puffs out
his cheeks and swells his chest to
show how much wind he's got left If
he cared to use it, always want to
give him jar. Poor dear Henry nev-
er rolled out any sub-cellar oratory
at me in his most exasperating mo-
ments."
"They say he's rising man." urged
Aunt Jane.
"self-rising," agreed Mrs. Merriwid.
Il don't doubt 1t, auntie. He's par
ticularly yeasty person. You take a
combination Of oiled silk and gas and
you've got something that will go up
like the cost Of living, unless some.
body sticks pin In It and there's no
repair material handy. wouldn't won.
der one bit If Mr.. Capias lands in a
soft place on the bench, but I'm nc
Maud Muller and I don't think I'll
have any regrets"
I think you might do a great deal
worse" aunt Jane contended.
BLESS your cunning little curls-
which you haven't got on quite
straight, dearie. There! Now they're
all right. Bless your cunning little
curls! q woman might always dc
worse. That's the one consolation
she has. There are more varieties OF
cussedness in men than some people
have pickles, and no one man hat
them all, or even the worst Of them
II you take his wife's opinion. She
can always look around her circle
Of married acquaintancess and thanh
her lucky stars and hose-supportcri
that John hasn't acquired the particu
lar brand Of vice that Distinguishes
the brute nsxt door or across sth.
way. You've no idea what q c0mfor
that sweet NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. q
suranes was;to mo IN my married HE
santt Il
20 you object 70 him because III
4 hasn't q tenor yoice {. Aunt Jans1
i tons 80 nildIy sarcas astic.
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GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP
No Medicine So Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes 1t hard
to keep awake and do things in day
time. To take "tonics and stimulants"
under such circumstances Is like set
ting the house on fire to see If you
can put it out.
The right kind Of food promotes re-
freshing sleep at night and a wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way of
eating Grape-Nuts, and says:
"For about three years had been
great sufferer from Indigestion.
After trying several kinds of medicine,
the doctor would ask me to drop or
potatoes, then meat, and 80 on, but in
a few days that craving, gnawing feel
ing would start up, and I would vomit
everything l ate and drank.
when started on Grape-Nuts, vom-
iting stopped, and the bloated feeling
which was 80 distressing disappeared
entirely.
My mother was very much bothered
with diarrhoea before commencing the
Grape-Nuts because her stomach was
80 weak she could not digest her food.
Since using Grape-Nuts food she is
we'll, and says she don't think she
could do without 1t.
1T is a great brain restorer and
nerve builder, for can sleep as sound
1 and undfsturbed after Z supper Of
Grape Nuts bas IN the old days when i
could not realize what they meant BY
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Had 70 Come.

L s. Il rs
1T had to come there was no way
by which its advent might have been
averted." 8i Il
This wall in q Paris newspaper did
not refer to a great catastrophe, but
to the beauty spot," the speck Of
black plaster which, worn on cheek
or chin. or both, makes natural tints
(real or otherwise) more conspicu-.
ous." Il a 4, sg5 j n.
The writer adds that when painter
skirts, high heeled shoes and many
puns In the hair were fashio ionabIe the
beauty spot" was q necessary %.
compartment, and that Whsn the malI-
ers o. f-fashions consulted oid prints
this was found 10 81. %, and !. feW,
wax heads a the show windows of
the hairdressers dscorated With IT,
blaelt spees sllita ~ frsst. ThS fashion
waS sstabilshsd Il ~ ra4hsf rsyired ~
ENsw York tiibuns s5aSs
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then there's cross-questioning! Oh!
there's no use talking about it, auntie.
You must see yourself how simply
awful it would be-"
"There might be something in that,
certainly" Aunt Jane conceded, "but
I don't think it's your real reason"
If it isn't that, it must be the way
he has Of making himself agreeable"
said Mrs. Merriwid. Perhaps it's his
winning smile and perhaps it's the
cute things he says, like Sweets to
the sweet when he produces the can.
dy. No, it wasn't this candy; this
isn't so worse. Sweets to the sweet!'
and the smile went with it. He's got
cunning little collection of funny
anecdotes, too-culled from the first
edition OF patent medicine almanac
When he says, THAT reminds me Of
the story of the Irishman,' I have to
hold on tight to something to keep
from screaming. There was that about
poor Henry Merriwid: he never tried
to tell funny stories."
"If he's so distasteful to you won.
der you've encouraged him the way
you have" said Aunt Jane.
II didn't say he was distasteful,
dearie." Mrs. Merriwid replied. "And
as for encouraging him, I couldn't be
rude. Not unless it became necessary.
I never gave him any real reason to
suppose that we could ever be more to
each other than very dear friends, and
I shall always regard him with a feel
ing of tender sentiment as the first
of my second series; but there are so
many pretty pebbles strewn about the
beach that don't wear black string
neckties. and there's one insuperable
objection to Mr.. Capias II It was ever
So"
What's that?" inquired Aunt Jane.
"He makes me so awfully weary" "
said Mrs. Merriwid.
Copyright, 1912. by W. q. chapman.y
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those times, and said that ought to
have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend of nv husbands
told him about Lydia E. Pinkhais.' g Veg
etable Compound and what it had dons
for his wife, was willing to take It.
Now l look the picture of health and feel
Hike it, too. I can do all my own house,
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
- far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. Iwish could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. MIRA.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Ithas helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other means
have failed. Why don't you try it?
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With the Lid OF.

Mother" asked Bob, with a hope
full eye on the peppermint-jar, "have
I ben ag ood boy this afternoon?"
"M-m-yes," answered moth, dubi.
ously. recalling certain little rift
within the lutte. The four-year-old dip
lomat looked anxious.
Please" ne begged, "say a wide.
open yes!"-Harper's Bazaar.
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a N I N E :
n y e a r old
~ Pennsylvania
b o y stood
covering a n d
weeping amid a
band of Indians
one day in 1855,
while his stepfa-
ther, John Turner,
was burned at the
stake. The how
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Her Special Advantaaes.

Ter Specta! advantages.
James Fullerton Muirhead In hiA
book. ''The Land of Contrasts" tells
of an American girl who was patroniz1
fngly praised by an Englishman for
the purity Of her English and who rel
piled: well, had special adyanl
tages, inasmuch as an English mis-,
sionary was stationed near our tribe"
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innammaI
ton, auays pain, cures wind collie, 25c q bottle.
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SEVEN YEARS
". -. .s.
Of MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re-
stored 10 Health BY Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BE Compound.
ekeston, Mo. "For seven years I
suffered everything. I was in bed for

AVw VI AAVcO6yS ~ q
time every month,
and so weak / could
hardly walk. I had
cramps, backache
and headache, and
was 20 nervous and
weak that I dreaded
to see anyone or
have anyone move in
the room. The doc
tors gave me med-
cino ~ ,oao ma ne
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Some men find it cheaper to stay
married than to pay alimony.
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When in need of good laxative give Gar
Held Tea trial and be convinced of Its merits
1t is made entirely from pure herbs.
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MIDDL r..
N aged, jolly.
~ dashing sol
der Of for
tune came to
America in 1777
and offered his
services to the pa
triot army. He
brought alo.n 6
with him no great
military skill, but
a most amazing
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strictly UP to Date.

Strictly UP to Date.
Alice-How oddly some men pro,
pose.
Kate-I should say so. A gentle,
man asked me last wpek If I felt fa1
vorably disposed to unification OF I'M
terests.
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He who hesitates is lost-especiall
when he Is found out.
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The manufacturer of artificial feet
is responsible for many a false step.
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One always thinks there is a lot of
money to be made in any kind of bust.
ness that he isn't in.
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After they reach the age Of 40 won.
en- laugh only when they feel like It!
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important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
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To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work antiseptically clean and free
from odors and disease germs, Paxtine
Antiseptic is unequaled. At drug,
gists. 25c box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
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Important it is that the blood be kept pure.
Garfield Tea is big enough for the Job.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

b. Y. D. Union Suits (Pat.
L :. A.. April 3O.h. 1909
SlCO $50. - 90. $500 and
$500 the SUIT.