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The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23
BALKAN WAR BEGAN IN 1868
Conflict of Races Started Long Ago,
Seems Destined Now to Be Fought
to a Finish.

An Italian newspaper reminds US
usefully that the Balkan war began
centuries ago. In the state archives
at Vienna is the declaration of wal
sent by Sultan Mehemet ". to EN-
peror Leopold in 1882. BE it known
to you, the heir of the Caesars, to the
king of Poland, and to your allies
and omnipotent emperor of the east
and west, . . is on the point of
invading your paltry territories. We
shall bring 1900, 900 soldiers, on horse
and foot, to crush you utterly and lay
waste all your domains. We command
you to await our coming in our resi-
dence in Vienna, where it is our inten-
ton to have you beheaded."
But the war was even her an old
story. The delightful writer who con
tributes THE Office Window" to the
London Daily Chronicle tells US that
while searching through some of the
earliest newspapers printed his eye
was continually diverted to news let
tiers from the continent giving &C
counts of the unholy war which Tur-
key was waging on Hungary and Aus
tria. Almost at random he copies the
following from the Newes of Stetem-
Der IT, 1888, a grim reminder that the
Turk has remained unchanged and un-
changeable for these ESQ years at
least:
Vienna, Sept. Elm Austria every
Fifth Man is to bear Armes; and they
hope to raise 10000 Men upon that
Levy to cur the Frontiers. At this
instant m fresh Intelligence of TO-
900 Turks, and as many Tartars, pass
ing the Waegh, and that they carry
all before them with Fire and Sword"
And again: I'VE hear hat upon the
third instant the Enemy has beaten
our Foot by the River Waegh, and
Possessed himself of the narrow Pas
sages between the Hills, where he has
burnt divers Towns and Villages, and
Massacred many Thousands of People,
striking off the heads of some, putting
other in Chains and cutting
to pieces Young and Old without Dis
tinction or Mercy"
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NEW IDEA FOR DINING TABLE
Runners Are Largely Taking the
Place of the Round Centerpiece
and the Luncheon Cloth.

Many housewives are discarding
round centerpieces or luncheon cloth
when dressing the dining table, and
are substituting two table n
These harmonic with the straight
lines of the furniture, SO popular at
present. For summer dining rooms
and verandas there Is nothing so ar
tistic as the long, graceful table run
ners.
the runner and the ends are hem
stitched, and above this is embroider-
ed a design in satin or cross-stitch.
Measure the width of your table
and allow from IL to IA inches more
to hang down at each side when cut
ting the linen. After stitching the
hem transfer the design above it.
Cross-stitch is effective ON coarse
linen, and a pretty border shows bas-
kets of forget-me-nots. Three bas-
ket motifs are arranged on each end,
and the basket portion is done with
green and yellow mercerized cotton.
The flowers are worked with pale
pink in the padded satin stitch, and
the leaves are green. Connecting each
basket is a festoon of ribbon, which
should be worked in the padded satin
stitch. Pale pink is the color used for
the ribbon, and a yellow French knot
forms the center of each foweret.
When working the cross-stitch great
care should be observed to keep the
upper threads running in the same
direction.
Table runner of dark brown ramie
linen or pongee are a favorite cover
ing for the living or library
table, with embroidered ends done in
rich. vivid colors.
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Generous Reformer.

Miss Augusta De Peyster is a
charming young lady of Knicker-
booker descent who does noble mis-
sionary work among New York's float
ing sailor population.
Miss de Peyster's work is unique in
that she believes in helping the sailor.
no matter how prodigal or dissipated
or nonconforming he may be. She
also believes in a very generous, very
liberal type of charity.
Otter her views are expressed in
epigram, as:
Don't scold a reprobate, for men
are like eggs-left in hot water they
harden"
Or again:
LAS long as virtue is its own re-
ward, 1t is apt to be spasmodic."
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23
STING CURES AFFECTED EYES
Partisan, Suffering From Catarrhal
>O~phthaImia, Brings Strange
Case to Doctors Notice.

Paris.-A man stung by a bee the
other day has thus discovered an I'M
usual cure for catarrhal ophthalmia,
and has brought his ase to the atten-
ton of DR.. Tarnawski. The doctors
patient vas suffering from double ca
tarrhal ophthalmia that had resisted
all orthodox treatments. He was
stung by a bee on his left eyelid.
When he woke up the mex morning
he found that the light was no longer
painful to his y and that the dis
charge had ceased. The delighted pa
tient captured another bee and had it
sting him on the other eye. The next
morning 1t was cured.
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King Charles Oak.

from his quiet forest in the Church of
st. Giles in the middle of London's
slums. His tombstone, with a curious
epitaph, was often used as a poor
mans dinner table until the reform Of
the graveyard. Whatever the house
at Boscobel where Charles was har-
bored by the P~enderells may be now,
it was in those days a forester's house
Of a modest character"
The picture reproduced herewith is
from an interesting book printed in
London in 1912, "Arbores Mirabiles;
or, A Description of the Most Re
markable Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
in All Part of the World" The GU
rious little building around the King
Charles Oak shown in the illustration
has since been replaced by a railing.
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buttons. The buttons are used again
around the upper edge of the lower
part of the skirt. The kimono sleeved
blouse has wide draped chiffon cuffs
and a neck running to a V in front till
it meets the upper edge Of the lace
panel. There is a girdle of the silk
crushed about the waist and tied in a
fiat bow in back. The dress can be
made with or without a train, which is
formed by the spirally draped length
Of silk started at one side of the front,
winding down and across the back and
brought around the feet, forming a
train at the left side. If the drapery
were dispensed with, the lower silk
part of the skirt need merely be made
quite straight and plain and hemmed
at ankle length.
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Waistcoat Effects.

Quite the most striking innovation
seen in blouses was one of voile. This
has a double breasted, low cut waist
coat of ratine striped voile with four
white pearl buttons as a fastening
and finish. From the neck to the
top of the waistcoat it was filled in
with tucked voile. 1t had all the ap-
pearance Of a mans waistcoat and
shirt front, but the materials were 80
soft as to relieve it of any possible
mannish effect. Worn with a coat
opened ih front, it had the effect of
a waistcDat attached to the coat it.
self.
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How to Acquire More Self Control

How to Acquire More Self Control.
To acquire more self control and
confidence perhaps the best step is to
make yourself face disagreeable tasks
with courage.
Do not be easily reused when you
have determined on a course of action.
Perhaps the most disagreeable thing
one meets in the course of a business
day is the occasion for tactful yielding
what one desires to say, to be agree
able to people who do not appeal to us,
to give a pleasant answer when we are
more inclined to give a curt one-in
brief, to act according to the dictates
of conscience on any and every occa'
sion.
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board, and with everything so con-
v%eniently arranged each guest may
serve himself to whatever pleases his
fancy.
Quite a number of people may be
entertained in this way without the
aid of a servant. The very informal
ity of this form of hospitality appeals
to most people, and it solves a prob
lem for the hostess who finds that she
is compelled temporarily to dispense
with the services of her maid.
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New Trimming for Parasols

A black taffeta parasol with gold
ribs has the edge trimmed with two
folds of satin headed with a piping
of white satin. On the edge of one
of the ribs is arranged a small bunch
of black and white satin rosebuds,
which also appear upon the handle.
Another parasol in white taffeta is
trimmed with two puffings of pink
t~affeta, and two puffings Of white with
medium large pink ribbon roses and
foliage arranged in wreath form
around the parasol.
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Hold Their Shape.

To make a strong button hole in
lace, haste a strip of lawn firmly I'm.
der the lace, then cut the buttonhole
is finished cut away the lawn close
to the stitches and you have a firm
and perfect buttonhole, says Good
Housekeeping.
The large eyelets in French en-
broidery are often hard to make.
When they are worked first in out
line stitch, as one would a stem, and
then cut out and embroidered they
hold their shape much better.
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CommerciaI Notation.

1t gives an impressive idea of the
immensely of the international trade
carried on in vessels to read that 55,
100000 tons Of coal are consumed in g
year in the furnaces of ships EN-
ployed in international commerce
And there are certain modern freight
ers which transport a ton of cargo 6
mile by burning half an Inc o.
fuel, which means moving ten barrels
of -four a mile with a piece of Goa
the size of a hickorynut.
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Father Time is not always a hard
parent, and, though he tarries for
none of his children, often lays his
hand lightly upon those who have
used him well, making them old men
and women inexorably enough, but
leaving their hearts and spirits young
and in full vigor. With such people
the gray head is but the impression
of the old fellows hand in giving
them his blessing, and every wrinkle
but a notch in the quiet calendar
of a well-spent life.-From Barnaby
Ridge.
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STYLES,

Velours and silver beaver hats are
the rage of the immediate moment,
and feathers are only in demand for
full dress occasions. These hats,
with others Of silk plush and silky
felt, are worn even with the most
erstwhile costumes, and a girl wear
ing a frock of white embroidery by
the seashore will choose with it a
hat of silky olive plush trimmed round
the crown by a band of white plum
age, breaking into wings in front.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23
Woman Convicted by Dictaorapb.

New York.-Mrs. Fanny Die, a for
tune teller, was found guilty of black
mail and sentenced to- three years in
prison, on evidence furnished by a die
tagraph. She accused DR.. Samuel
Tandlich of illegal operations and de
tectives installed a dictagraph in the
doctors office when she went there tc
arrange a settlement.
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Easily Made Comforter.

If you have some blankets that are
too worn to be used any longer, you
can utilize them. Buy some cotton
batting and lay between two blankets,
lacking firmly in place, and basting
the blankets around the edge. Then
cover with Powered part-silk material,
and tack in place with colored worst
ed to match the cover.
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unhiII Road.
Bears the

At a poets luncheon in Philadelphia
Alfred Moves, the English writer, said:
MY success, such as it is, has been
due to perseverance and modesty. In
fact, in the beginning of my career"
he said, 81 used to tear up a poem ten
times before I felt satisfied to submit
it, and l used to submit it ten times
and then feel satisfied to tear it up"
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IDEA FOR REMODEllNG
LAST YEARS GOWN MAY BE MADE
TO LOOK LIKE NEW.
Some Suggestions Offered Here That
Would Help the Economical Wom-
an Who Cannot Afford a
Surplus of FFocks.

The design OF the sketch would seem
to offer some pleasing suggestions for
r~emodeling. The blouse and upper half
of the skirt may be Of chiffon to match
the silk of a last years gown, which
can be used for the lower part of the
skirt and spiral drapery. Then there
is a panel Of shadow lace in front and
in back, both having the upper edge
turned down, faced with chiffon and
buttoned down with tiny, s~ilk-covered
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IMPORTANT PART OF COSTUME
Much Attention Should Be Given
to the NeckWear.

Whether the filmy tulle, the soft
velvet or a combination of both be
used in neckwear, the fact is undeni-
able that these accessories claim your
attention.
You will notice that the prevailing
style shown is the smart stock collar
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44MA~im
Women Are Constantly Being Restored to
Women Are Constantly Being Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"Worth mountains of gold" says one woman. Another
says, 81 would not give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
world" Still another writes, al should like to have the
merits of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound thrown
on the skywitha s~earchlight SO that all suffering women could
read and be convinced that there is a remedy for their ills"
We could fill a newspaper ten times the size of this with such quo
tat1ons taken from the letters we have received from grateful women
Pnkhamis Vegetable Compound.
Why has Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound accomplished
such a u universal success? Why has sit lived and thrived and kept on
doing its glorious work among the sick women of the world for more
than 80 years?
Simply and surely because of it's sterling worth. The reason no
other medicine has ever approached its success is plainly and sim
ply because there is no other medicine so good for women's ills.
Here are two letters that just came to the writer's desk-only two
of thousands, but both tell a comforting story to every suffering Yo-
man who will read them-and be guided BY them.
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POISON SPREAD OVER ARMS

1902 Locust ST., Philadelphia, Pa
my hands and face were seriously
affected by what 1 thought to be poi
o. from some plant. 1t first appeared
as a rash accompanied by swelling and
itching. Through scratching the rash
became decided sores and it was i'm
possible for me to do my regular work
or place my hands in water. The poi.
son spread I've my arms, as well as
my hands and face, and my skin, usu-
ally clear, was greatly disfgured.
suffered continually from the burning
and itching and l could not sleep.
For several weeks I had used
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23
Scientific Point Cleared Up,

A German astronomer has published
a series of tables which seem to show
a connection between the appearance
of sun spots and the wabbling motion
of the earth on its axis, due, perhaps,
to a variation in the suns magnetism.
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-, with almost no relief. Then
bought a cake of Cuticura Soap and a
box of Cuticura Ointment, which pro-
duced immediate improvement and in
about two weeks my skin was clear
and there was no return Of the
trouble" (Signed) Mrs. Jos. R. Ad.
ans, Dec. 2, 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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with of lace or velvet and
varying in depth as the owner wishes.
In the model illustrated is a combi-
nation of white bengaline and black
velvet. The t%urned-over edge is stiff
fened with scrim, and a bow of velvet
is placed at the front, fastened under
a pearl buckle.
Black velvet is an excellent back
ground for the use of ecru lace edged
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The great do not praise themselves
nor use swelling words. You never
heard the diamond say. Il am worth
a lac of rupees"
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
don,allays pain, cures wind colo, 25c a bottle16 d
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23

The question mark feather will re-
main in favor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23

While engaged in loving your enc
mics, don't slight your friends.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23

INVALIDS AND CHILDREN
should be given MAGEE'S 70
strengthen tie body. Never falls All druggists,
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in a frill around the top and front
edges. A pump NOV edged with lace
fastens this pretty model.
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Hens can moult, but fat people have
no such %sinecure.
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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 1t
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-23

Added Injury.
He-This steak is burnt.
She-That's right-roast It!
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FROM MRS. D. Fl. BROWN.

Et6OM M16Ss L. IL p16O w Ne
lola, Kansas-''During the Change
of Life l was sick for two years. Be-
fore 1 took your medicine l could
not bear the weight of my clothes
and was bloated very badly. 1 doc
tored with three doctors but they
did me no good. They said nature
must have its way. My sister ad-
vised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compoun
a bottle. Before it was gone the
bloating left me and 1 was not SO
sore. 1 continued taking it until I
had taken u bottles. Now I am
stronger than I have been for years
and can do all my work, even the
washing. Your medicine is worth
its weight in gold. I cannot praise
it enough. If more women would
take your medicine there would be
more healthy women. You may use
this letter for the good of others."-
Mrs. D. b. BROWN, 800 North Walnut
Street, lola, Kan.
@Es%sWrite to LYDIA E. P1NKHl
4 (C0NFIDENTIAL) LYNN, j
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IRIS WILLIAMS SAYS.

MRS. WILLIAMS SAYS:
Elkhart, Ind. -" 1 suffered for Il
years from organic Inflammation, fe-
male weakness, pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains In my sides were
increased by walking or standing on
my feet and L had such a bearing
down feelings, was depressed in
spirits and became thin and pale
with dull, heavy eyes. 1 had six
doctors from whom l received only
temporary relief. 1 decided to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a fair trial and also the SAM
tive Wash. 1 have now used the
remedies for four months and cannot
express my thanks for what they
have done for me.-Mrs. SADIE WI
LIAMs, z55 James
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-11

by the State Board of Equalization,
affecting personal property, and no
one appearing before the said board
with a complaint regarding his
taxes, the board accordingly
approved the said personal tax roll
as submitted. excepting as herein
after shown.
The board being advised that
Hugo Rast. against whom personal
taxes Of $3.50 are assessed is in
straitened circumstances and unable
to pay the said tax, he having been
confined in the hospital for nine
weeks with a broken hip, it is
hereby ordered hat the said tax
be cancelled and the assessor given
credit on the personal roll for the
amoun thereof.
The board being advised that
Gottfried Hoffmeister. against whom
personal taxes amounting to $1,000
are assessed, is in straitened cir
cumstances and unable to pay the
said tax, it is hereby ordered that
the said tax and the same is here
by Cancelled and the assessor given
credit on the personal roll for the
amount.
B. T. Morris appeared before the
board and asked to have the board
cancel the tax on 1900 sheep as
sessed for the rear 1913 in Power
county. for the easo that during
eight months of the said year the
sheep were in BannOck county and
taxes, as evidenced by Assessors
Tax Receipt No. 297 from Bannock
county, had been paid on the same.
Whereupon, the board. being fully
advised, ordered the credit of $40.72
given to the said B. It. Morris.
L. l.. Evans appeared before the
board requesting a rebate on 400
head of cattle originally assessed
in Power county for the year 1913
for the reason that during four
and one half months of the said
year. the cattle were located in
Bingham county, Idaho, and for the
further reason that he had paid
taxes on the same as shown by
the assessors tax receipt of Bling
ham county, Idaho and the board,
being fully advised, ordered that
Mr.. Evans be granted a rebate of
$73.24 on the total tax of the said
cattle as shown by the assessors
roll Of Power county.
Dave M. Daniels appeared before
the board requesting a rebate on
500 head of cattle originally as
sessed in Power county for the year
1913 for the reason that during foul
and one-half months of the year
the cattle were located in Bingham
county, idaho, and for the further
reason thar he had paid taxes on
the same as shown by the assessors
tax receipt of Bingham county,
Idaho, and the board being fully
advised, ordered that Mr.. Daniels
be granted a rebate of $95.69 on
the total tax of the said cattle as
shown by the assessors roll of Pow
er county.
Whereupons the board took a re-
cess until Tuesday. December 9Th
1913 at 2 D. m.
ANDREW MAY.
Chairman.
Attest: H. c. WONES. Clerk.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-11
By order of the board of county
commissioners.

By order of the board Of county
commissioners.
H. c. WONES,
County Auditor and Ex-officio
Clerk of the Board of County Com
missioners.
The petition of G, p. Smith ct
al for the appointment of James
Hearne as road overseer to succeed
j. M. Clark whose resignation is
n the hands of the clerk. vas pre-
scented to the board and granted IS
prayed for.
The official bond of P. w. Misen-
heimer as Justice of the Peace in
Little Greek precinct was presented
to the board and approved. The
bond of II. j. Ralphs as constable
for Little Greek precinct was pre-
scented to the board and approved.
1t is hereby ordered that the
taxes on lot 80 in block 9 of the
Riverside addition to the Village of
be and the same hereby is cancelled
for the reason that Power county
is using the said lot.
1t is hereby ordered that the
road poll tax of Frank Peacock,
amounting to $500 be and the same
hereby be remitted for the reason
that the said Frank Peacock is
over the age of fifty years.
In the matter of the settlement
of the bonded Indebtedness exist
ing between Oneida and Power coun
ty, the board being advised that the
commissioners of Oneida county
had appealed from the decision of
c. A. Sunderlin to the Supreme
court of the State of Idaho, the
board hereby authorized the prose-
cutting attorney of Power county to
employ at the county's expense,
such legal assistance as, in his judg-
ment, will be necessary to assist
him in prosecuting the said case
in the Supreme court.
In the matter of A. F. Pierson
road, the board being fully advised
in the premises, it is hereby ordered
that the road as prayed for in the
petition be and the same is here
by granted and the clerk is here
by directed to notify the road
overseer in the said district in which
the road lies to open the road.
And it is further ordered that the
said A. F. Pierson receive as COM
pensation and expenses for moving
his buildings that are now upon the
said right of way of the said road,
the sum of 100000 and the clerk
is hereby directed to issue the said
warrant upon his executing to the
county of Power an easement Gov
ering the said road through his lanC
Whereupon. the board took a re-
cess until Tuesday, December 9Th
1913 at 10 a. m.
ANDREW MAY,
Chairman.
Attest: H. C. WONES. Clerk.
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American Falls, Idaho. Dec. 4. 1918

American Falls, IdahO' e II 1DI3
The board of county commits
sioners met thiss day al 2 D.. m. as
prescribed by statute, sitting as a
board of Equalization to equalize
the personal property tax roll. The
assessor appeared before the board
with the said personal tax roll and
the same was gone over by the
said board and it appearing that
the said personal tax roll had been
extended by the assessor in con-
formity to the values as laid down