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ECZEMA IN RED BLoTcHEs

205 Kanter Ave, Detroit, Mich
"Some time last summer was taken
with eczema. It began in my hair
first with red bIotches, then scaly,
spreading to my face. The bIotches
were red on my face, dry and scaly,
not large; On my scalp they were
larger, some scabby. They came on
my hands. The inside of my hands
were all little Jumps as though full of
shot about one-sixteenth of an inch
under the skin. Then they went to
the outside and between and all over
my fingers. It also began on the bot
toms of my feet and the calves Of my
legs, and itch, oh, N.Y. I never had
anything like it and hope 1 never will
again. The itching was terrible Ny
hands got so 1 could scarcely work.
81 tried different eczema ointments
but without results. 1 also took medi-
cine for it but it did no good. I saw
the advertisement for a sample OF
Cuticura Ointment and Soap and sent
for one. They did me so much good
I bought some more, using them as
per directions, and in about three
weeks was well again. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment entirely cured me-"
(Signed) Benz. Passage, Apr. 8, 1912.
CuticuTa 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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tidious Than Woran-HaVe Proofs
Come Under Your Observation?

Have you ever asked yourself the
question? I have come to the conclu-
sion that in many things they are, and
more particularly about food and table
appointments.
Perhaps this is because women are
Infatuated to the seamy side of cook
cry, to the sight of uncooked articles
Men only see the results of all these
processes, some Of them disagreeable
enough, whereas even the most fas-
tidious mistress sometimes, however
reluctantly, comes upon the basement
operators in the midst of a far from
aesthetic task
The giIded youth of today is a most
terribly fastidious person His chief
cult is himself, and anything that jars
upon his sensitive nerves and his ''cul-
ture" seems a heinous offense.
I was made to think about these
things the other dag when a man
speaking about a girl whose acquaint-
ance he had lately made agreed that
she was very pretty, very attractive,
ETC, but" he added, 81 don't like
looking at her. Her hair is never tidy;
pieces of it stream down at the back,
and there is something about the back
of her waist that is disorderly." 1 give
you his own masculine expressions
Neatness appeals immensely to men,
Soiled gloves, crushed -handkerchiefs,
untidy footgear, have done more to
disillusion the masculine creature
than the culprits who permit them
selves these disorders can ever i'm
agine-Exchange
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other crime. or II any desired to in
woke the aid of the chief oracle. Chu-
ku- Those consulting the oracle were
first taken before the head CHIEF, and
after payment of rods equaling in
value about 1925, were passed on TO
the officiating priests, where further
payment was eXacted.
Any townsman nourishing enmity
against another bribed the Juju mes
senger, who thereupon ordered the
man to 20 before the oracle, and the
wretched victim went INTERESTINGLY to
death or lifelong slavery.
In spite OF the vigilance of the gov
eminent, until recently the Aros made
most of their wealth through the slave
trade. Such was the power of the
Juju emissaries that if they only point
ed q finger at a man, woman or child
the wretched creature had to follow
them without thought OF hesitation CT
resistance
Closely as the dread secrets of the
Long JujU were guarded, rUmors at
length reached the government, and
the district commissioner, at great per
sonal risk, made inquiries. Though
baffied for a time, he was determined
to stamp out the movement, and the
cult was made illegal. AS a result
further arrests were justified, and sew
eral Of the chief priests were sen
fenced to death
In order to avenge their kin rela-
tives of the condemned men poisoned
the commissioners food, but luckily
antidotes were at hand and the at
tempt only resulted in a severe illness
The chief, Kanu Okoru, had safeguard
ed himself with such skill that II was
found impossible TO convict him of
murder, so while sUbordinates suffered
the extreme penalty, the arch conspir-
ator, who has amassed a fortune Of at
least S2,OO0,OOO. could only be con-
demned TO three years imprisonment.
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Spring clipping Of Horses.

The modern practice among the Dest
posted and most progressive horse owners
and farmers Is to clip all horses IN the
spring. It is done on the theory that N
their natural state horses were not Obliged
to work. so could shed the winter coat IN
comfort over a period of several weeks
Since we oblige them to do hard work on
warm spring days. the winter coat should
be removed for the same reason that We
lay off our heavy winter garments Clipped
horses dry of rapidly, hence they do not
take cold as easily nor are they as prone
to be affected with other ailments as IN
clipped animals whose longer hair holds
the perspiration for hours. Because clipped
horses dry off rapidly they rest better, get
more good from their food and come out
IN the morning refreshed and fit for work
Since the advent of the ball bearing en-
closed gear clipping machine, the work of
taking off the winter coat Is easy With
the machine horse can be clipped all over
IN half an hour whereas with the old two
hand clipper Il required several hours -
do it
Dairymen also now clip the cows all
over two or three times a year The TANKS
and udders are clipped every three or fOuE
weeks, 50 1t Is easy to clean the parts be
fore milking This means less opportunity
for dirt and Othsr impurities to get into
the milk
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Bowels Get Weak
As Age Advances
The First Necessity is to
Keep the Bowels Gently
Open With q Mild
Laxative Tonic

Healthy old age is SO absolutely de-
pendent upon the condition OF the
bowels that great care should be taken
10 see that they act regularly The fact
is that as age advances the stomach
muscles become weak and inactive
and the liver does not store I'D the
juices that are necessary 70 prompt
digestion
Some help can be obtained by eat
ing easily digested foods and by
plenty of exercise. but this latter is
irksome TO most elderly people One
thing is certain, that a state of con-
stipation should always be avoided as
1t is dangerous to life and health The
best plan is to take a mild laxative
as often as is deemed necessary But
with equal certainty II is suggested
that cathartics, purgatives, physics,
salts and pills be avoided. as they do
but temporary good and are so harsh
as to be q shock to a delicate system.
A much better plan, and one that
thousands Of elderly people are follow
ing, is to take a gentle laxative-tonic
like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
which acts as nearly like nature as is
possible In fact, the tendency Of this
remedy is to strengthen the stomach
and bowel muscles and so train them
70 act naturally again, when medicines
of all kinds can usually be dispensed
with This is the opinion OF many
people Of different ages, among them
Mr.. o. P Miller, Baroda, Mich, who
writes: 81 am 80 years old and have
been constipated for many years. Since
receiving your sample bottle 1 have
procured two soc bottles and find that
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vigilant patrol A stranger had no
business there. Any district man
might avoid being mistaken for a rev
enue officer in disguise if he showed
his colors-a flag of truce. A somber
foreboding prevented this with Oar
reIL He felt that money would not
avail Then it was face to face, and
the quickest man would win.
Twice during that morning a bullet
sped dangerously close to the head of
the persistent adventurer. Darrell
kept on his way until afternoon. when
he saw coming down a narrow gorge
path some horsemen. Swinging him
self down a network of vines to
ledge, he crouched there.
The horsemen dashed by. About to
attempt to regain the cliff surface
Darrell started as he heard a moan
beyond light screen of greenery
Upon narrow shelf of stone lay a
little child. 1t had apparently STUN
bled over the edge of the cliff Its
face was bruised and bleeding. and,
half-conscious, it was moaning. In
second 1t would have rolled into faith
omless depths below. Just in time
Darrell reached the little girl.
He climbed back to the higher
ground, carrying the dazed child in
his arms tender1y. Two hours later
a body of horsemen came dashing
towards him. He held the child aIoft
as signal of distress, a living flag of
truce.
The moment the leader of the band
neared him, Darrell knew that it was
bad Hank Logan. With a glad cry he
seized the child. He made Darrell tell
how he had come across the little one
He grasped the hand of the rescuer
in a fervent grip.
And who are your" he asked
I am Floyd Darrell came the
quiet reply 4 have come to see you
about Ogden Blair" and Darrell told
why Lower and lower went the head
Of the listener. The daring, defiant
face softened
Hank Logan lifted his gun. Across
its stock were four hicks.
The counts done!" he said, and
gave the deadly chronicle Of doom for
the Blairs a fling into the nearest
gully You've won. Tell Ogden
Blair I'll do the moving. and the feud
is squared. Me and my men will be
over in Kentuck before another week
all because you risked your life for
my little girl"
Copyright. 1918, by W. G. Chapman
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SAID "GET OUT OF THE RUT"
Doctors Prescription. Startled Home
Loving Woman, but There Was
Much Good Sense in Ii.

Why don't you get out more?' in
sisted the doctor. and though the pa
tient shuddered. he kept right on in
sisting You are never going to get
we'll unless you go about. and, mind
this, unless you learn to stand people
live with them, talk to them. divide
with them, enjoy them
People moaned the patient,
weren't mace for anything but to
write stories about. And as for talk.
l always know what they are going TO
say before they say it.
You only think you do. Shake
yourself together and get out and put
the thing to proof. You've got to do
y sooner or later. There soon isn't
going to be any room in the world for
the woman who wants to sit in her
own little corner with a high fence
around it, writing painting. mother
ing One by one they are coming out,
hOusemothers, poets, artists, novel
lists, each one finding that she owes
something in outside service. And
you needn't lie there and shake as If
your case were special. All the other
women have just the same spiritual
timidity and physical lethargy to over
come that you have. Every other
innately housekeeping woman who
makes the least little venture into So
ciaI service of any kind knows how
like the breaking up of a great river.
when the spring thaw is on, is the
arousing. how tradition holds her back
with rivets of ice and rims of frost;
how hard it is to connect up with the
workers already in the field. There
is nothing special in your case,
madam, unless you make it special by
holding back when the others are
coming on
oh. do hush" said the patient. "or
first thing you know III be coming
along. too"
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MURDER CULT IN AFRICA
Long JUju Is Again Revived by an
Arc Chief, Who Defies British
Officials.

Cape Town, African appalling
story Of tribal savageTy comes from
southern Nigeria, where the dreaded
Long Juju of Arochoku, which was
thought TO have been stamped out
by the British expedition of ten years
ago, has been revived with all its hid
eous accessories of murder and sla-
very Probably on account of the fact
that the Long Juju, with its human
sacrifices, was thought TO have been
permanently wiped out after the Brit
ish expedition, the cult was never de
clared illegal. and gradually and Sc
cretly a powerful Arc. chief named
Kanu Okoru collected the scattered
remnants. He organized a staff of l.
800 messengers, who we're perpetually
travelling up and down over hundreds
Of miles of territory.
On arriving in town the secret
messenger would inquire if any OF the
people were accused of witchcraft or
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FLAG OF DISTRESS
How a Defiant Daring Young
Man Ended Long Stand
ing Deadly Feud.
BY GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN.

It's in the blood. l tell you, Floyd
Darrell Get rid OF it. fly from it,
avoid it as you would pestilence, or
it will destroy you, l bid you go.
and at anywhere, away from
here, where you will meet your fate
if you remain"
1t was a solemn, eyentful moment
IN the life of young Darrell, returned
after many years to the wild, barren
district where he had been born He
stood just outside a rude log struc-
ture that had once been a storage
shed. Near by were the cindered
ruins of an oId-time mansion; all
about the little dip in the landscape
reared the grim, rugged Tennessee
mountains
A grand old man with whitened hair,
once a powerful giant, and still having
a mighty frame and firmness and de
cision apparent in every Hneament of
his bronzed, SCARED face, had ad-
dressed him-Ogden Blair, moGntaiu-
eer. Judge and political leader, the
sole survivor of the great Blair-Logan
feud that had entered many a bloody
page in the record of Dawson county.
Come here" he said, and he fore
IDLY dragged his visitor by the arm
10 the open doorway, and pointed an
impressive finger at its rude interior
You see that table, set for six? Al
ways so, and the four vacant chairs
We join. my niece, Eugenia, and 1, at
each meal, remind US of the stalwart,
noble sons who fought and died sus-
tanning the Blair family honor. I am
the last of my line. a month ago
Hank Logan and his raiders burned
down the house. Later he sent word
that if I did not move he would end
the vendetta with me. Novel" cried
the old man till his voice echoed ring
ingly to the nearest towering hill.
Why. my sons would arise from their
graves TO curse me, If l gave up the
fight of fifty years in which never a
Blair turned his back to a foe Here
I live and die. But yOu-Iad, I knew
and loved your father. He was a gun
man. and his father before him. 1t
was born in them. Now, why have
you come back, to be tempted with
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WESTERN CANADA'S
PHENOMENAL
DEVELOPMENT
ITS PERMANENcY VERY LITTLE
QUESTIONED.

There have been booms in almost
every civilized country and they were
looked upon as such, and in the course
of time the bubble was pricked and
they burst. But in no country has the
development been as great nor as
rapid, whether in city or in country.
as in Western Canada. There may
sometimes be found one who will say
Can it last?" Winnipeg, today, stands
where Chicago stands as far as be
ing the base of the great commercial
and agricultural country lying a
thousand miles back of it. 1t has an
advantage that Chicago did not have.
for no country in the worlds history
has attracted to its borders a larger
number of settlers in so short time,
or has attracted so much wealth in a
period of equal length, as have the
pioneering been accomplished under
conditions so favorable as those that
exist in Western Canada today.
The provinces of Manitoba, Sas-
katcheWan, and Alberta have the
largest area of desirable lands on the
North American Continent, and their
cultivation has just begun.
Even with a two hundred million
bushel wheat crop less than eight per
cent of the land is under the plough,
four per cent. being in wheat. Less
than five years ago the wheat crop
was only seventy-one million bushels.
It is a simple calculation to estimate
that If four per cent of the available
cuItivable area produces something
over two hundred million bushels,
what will fOTty-four per cent. produce?
And then look at the immigration that
is coming into the country. In 1901
it was 49,149; 1900 being from the
United States. In 1906 it was 189, 064,
Of which $1,000 were Americans, and
in 1912 it was about 100000, Of which
about 100000 are Americans In the
three years prior to 1912, there were
358,S59 persons who declared them
selves for Canada, who brought into
Canada in cash, bank drafts, stock,
implements and effects over $350,000,-
600. Why have they gone to Canada?
The American farmer is a man of
shrewd business instincts, and when
he finds that he can sell his own farm
at from 500 to 5000 per acre and move
into Canada and homestead $50 acres
for himself. and similarly for all his
sons who are adult and of age, upon
lands as rich and fertile as those he
had left. and producing, indeed, sew
eraI bushels to the acre in excess Of
anything he has ever known, it will
take more than an ordinary effort to
prevent him from making the change.
He can also purchase good lands at
from s12 to S25 per acre.
And, then, too, there is the Amert-
can capital following the capital OF
Drawn, muscle and sinew, following it
so as to keep in touch with the indus
trious farmer with which he has had
dealings for years back This capital
and the capital of farming experience
is no small matter in the building up
of a country.
Will Western Canada's development
continue? Why not? The total area
Of land reported as available for cul-
tivation is estimated as 21S,000.000
acres; only fifteen per cent. of this is
under cultivation. Nothing is said Of
the great mineral and forest wealth,
of which but little has yet been
touchedA Advertisement.
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SENTENCED TO LOVE TEST
Boy and Girl Who Loved at First
Sight Ordered by Judge to Woo
for Six Months.

Chicago-Love at first sight and
all that sort of thing is romantic, but
sometimes the vision is cIouded.
Judge John R. Newcomer of the mu-
nicipal court says so. That is why
he sentenced a young couple to six
months of courtship.
The Judge looked benignIy down
from the bench Of the Sheffield ave
nue. court. Before him were Loretta
Brown of Kankakee and John Carr.
who resides at 610S North Paulina
street.
Cupid had shot his arrows in
street car and they had pierced the
hearts of this young couple It was
a case of a glance, a smile and lets
get married" The judge wanted to
know all about 1t.
Loretta" he said, would you like
to marry Mr.. Carp
The prospective bride blushed and
murmured in affirmative. She started
toward her sweetheart, who was smil-
ing and holding out his hands toward
her. Then she stopped, for the Judge
kept on asking questions
When the questioning was over the
smiles had turned to tears. Judge
Newcomer was talking about new
laws
"Hasty marriages" he said, almost
always result in hasty divorces. I
don't like them. So sentence you
to six months courtship. The pro-
posed new marriage laws advocate
such plan and 1 think it a grand
idea
Tho 5aoisior, ,-ou q eEOot- m Carr
He knew that his was true love, for
he was agreeing to marry Loretta re-
gardless OF the fact that she had just
come from the bridewelL
John could not possibly court 10
retta at the prison, so the Judge ar
ranged to obtain for her a position as
stenographer- Both viii begin 70
serve the courtship sentence
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Can You Beat It?

Howard Chandler Christy was giving
a dinner one evening at Martin s
in honor of a number of famous artists.
Frivolity prevailed, and soon the con
versation turned to art
Said one of them: The other day
l painted a little deal board in imi-
tation of marble with such accuracy
that, on being thrown into the water
it Immediately sank to the bottom
"Faugh!" said another. Yesterday
1 hung my thermometer on the easel
supporting my view of the polar re
gion. 1t fell an once 20 degrees be
low freezing point
All that is nothing" remarked the
third artist, in conclusion. My por
trait of a prominent New York mil
Iionaire was so lifelike that it had to
be shaved twice week"
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outwitted the cabby.

One day it was raining very heavily
in Berlin. and a wealthy merchant, on
leaving the exchange, hailed a cab
and asked to be driven to a distant
part of the city. On the way the mer
chant discovered that he had forgot
ten to put his purse in his pocket.
What was to be done? On reaching
his destination he got out of the cab
and said to the driver: viii you
please give me a match2 1 have
cropped a gold-piece on the floor of
the cab Instanter the cabman whip
ped up his horse and soon disappear
ed round the next corner
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the same wild fever of strife that
went singing through the veins of the
Darrells for well nigh a century,"
"Why?" cried young Darrell, and
indeed his glowing eye told of intrepid
daring and courage. For the sake of
Eugenia, whom 1 love, and next, to
share the perils of the man who was
my fathers best friend-yourself
They have threatened you? Then I
face the danger, too. It is the man
quickest with his weapon! Then 1
stay at your side"
You must not stay!' remonstrat-
ed the old man in a troubled tone
''Eugenia, too, must CO."
But she says she will not leave
you, and I would not leave her The
old family estate is here. Do you deem
me a craven, to abandon it at the will
of a man like Hank Logan"
Promise to think it over" pleaded
the old man. GO back to the town.
Eugenia, tell him so, too" added Blair,
as a girl with a wild rose face and a
form like rare mountain sylph came
around the corner of the house, and
blushed and then smiled as she went
up to her loyal lover
4 shall seek Hank Logan in the
morning" pronounced Darrell firmly.
If I can buy my happiness and your
safety from him with money, he is
welcome to the paItry dollars. If not
then it must be the best and swift
est man." and the hand of the speak
er stole mechanically to the belt con-
tanning the familiar weapon of the dis
trict
The girl listened with downcast
eyes, but silent She knew only a
harsh, rugged duty in her filiai devo-
ton to her sole relative in the world.
She would have been false to every
family tradition, if she interfered in
a decision tinged with the usage and
ethics of that rash, reckless noun
taineer community. She simply lifted
her lips to meet those of her lover
as he turned away, and stood waving
her handkerchief at him until distance
and tears blurred the landscape and
a sight of the man she might never
see in life again.
On the twig of a struggling veteran
oak tree bird had built its nest. AS
the morn broke, its twitterings gave
place to soft, plaintiYe cooings, and
then. as the sun arose it burst into
all the full melody of rich, harmonious
sound A solitary figure toiled up the
steep side Of a wild mountain, passed
the tree, and crossed the dividing line
of the bad lands 1t was Floyd Oar
ren
What was behind him caused a visit
full. longing sadness he tried to shake
of What faced him he did not know.
but the first warning menace created
him as he leaped a narrow raVine,
and a shot told that the jealous do
n1nions of Hank Logan were under
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Undoubtedly Fashionable.

After hearing a description of the
riotous scenes that had attended one
of the recent international weddings
in New York, the countess of Aber-
deem said at a tea:
I understand now joke an Ameri-
can once cracked at my house. He
was telling me about a New York we'd
ding, and l said:
Was it a fashionable one?'
OK. very fashionable, ne answer
ed The brides dress was torn OF
her back
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certain man found himself In the
possession of $4,000 600 But he did
not lose his head. On the contrary
Il viii pay only so much for q car,
he firmly declared, as will leave of
the SI1,O0O,OOO a sum sufficient, if
prudently invested in the funds. to de
fray the cost of having the thing
around
And though in that resolution he
paid so little for a car that his wife
would scarcely speak to him, his
sense of financial sOlvency was his
ample Teward-Puck