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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP Of figs
II is cruel to force nauseatIng,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, catharties-
How YOU hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
phvsic simply don't realize what they
do, The ehildren's revolt is well-tound-
ed Their tender little "insides are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver anu
bowels need cleansing, give only GEL
cious California Syrup of Figs It's
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails TO
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspooniui
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
Of california Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
Why Do Young Women
Laugh So Easily?
Bv II. O. WILLIAMS. Yankton. S. D.
lately concrete case came under my obsepsa.t

lately concrete under observation haE
frequent the society myself e. sacrifcial
Il party He provided the time, the place and
the girls 49, , =
During Of the evening he continually Embossed stream Oh
nne and obvious pun which the woman he accompanied
shook with uncomfortable laughter On recovering from these sustained
attacks if had not caught cnang remark she would lean over
and repeat it for my especial benefit
At first greeted these repetions with look of panied surprise
hut as the evening away eeed myself and at her later rea
of the harousy funny observations mustered respectable amount
Of appreciation laughed! .,
have always unmny thing to construct jokes
in the presence having idea that they feel bound to laugh
ont Of potenes cruel and unnatural to ask them to make
The sacrifice.
On the evening speak of violated principles and allowed my
wit to gambo with result that she laughed at most of my es Some
were either deep funny all Sharp wlnges OF moe have
racked me for my conduct
Yet why do they laugh? Against the lady in this particular
instance would extremely reluctant to make complaint watso-
ever addition to being charming dancer and also wonderfully
ooov 70 look at she has rosebud mouth simply ask to know
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
She Enjoys Cigars.

Miss Dillwyn, whose father repre-
scented Swansea in parliament, and
who herself has done excellent serv-
ice on the old Swansea school board
and board of guardians, is one of the
few Englishwomen who enjoy cigar,
She even smokes cigars at public din
ners.
Il smoke them because like them"
she told newspaper representative
Il can't remember how many years
| have smoked-all over the world
and wherever, / go. Some people
smoke for asthma and kindred com
blaints, but l smoke simply and sole
w for pleasure. l smoked my first
cigar when l was eleven years old
and later my father used to give me
cigars. do not like cigarettes. Some
one once said, DO drink beer out
of thimble?' and that is my opinion
of cigarettes. Personally have never
suffered my ill-effects from cigars
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
"Housekeepins!" She Repeated.

was aware of it. And, six months
before, when he asked her. she told
him about Harry.
Il won't hide the fact that we
cared for each other" she said In
fact, if he came back
You would care for him more than
for me?" asked the senator quietly.
Yes. But l do care for YOU" she
answered.
q am satisfied with that" Pryce
answered. Goddard shall have his
chance. If he does not return when
the two years are up, l shall claim
YOU. And l shall test you both" he
added, smiling in his enigmatic way.
Goddard did not come back. Esther
learned that he had been living just
the same life as of old. He had
been Just as dissipated, just as i'm
provident and reckless. She knew
that life with him would have been
an impossibility.
Now she sat beside her window,
thinking over the past. Life had
never given her much. First 1t mad
offered her the love of worthless
scapegrace, then the measured al
lection of a mature man, and neither
fulfilled the demand that her nature
made.
But Harry loved me-" she thought,
and felt that that atoned for all.
The future looked black and dismal,
Her heart felt very tender toward
Harry at that moment.
She murmured his name as she
sat by the window. And, even as
she invoked it man stepped through
the shadows of the naples. He came
toward her and stood beneath her
window, resting his arms upon the
SILL Esther clutched at the window
frame. 1t was Harry! He had come
back on her wedding eve.
Esther, it is II" he whispered, !
have come back to you"
She stared at him incredulously and
then recoiled.
you are too late" she muttered
Don't you know what evening this
is?" Then. with rising passion
"Why did you not come beforeY" she
cried.
81 couldn't come before" he an
swered. you made the conditions
I must have five hundred dollars"
what did | care for five hundred
dollars, except as proof that you
we're able to make some sacriiice
for mel" she cried
"But / have it now, and in my
pocket he answered. Come, dear
We can start housekeeping on that,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOT A LOVE MATCH
Nv VERA STRAIGHT.

Esther Norris was 10 be married
the next afternoon. She sat at her
window, her chin upon her hand
looking out into the shadows OF the
maple trees. Her fiance had just LETT
her and she had slipped away to her
room. leaving her mother to put the
final touches 10 the decorations and
to rehearse the wedding dinner.
Esther was thirty-one. francis
Prvce. whom she was to marry, was
forty-seven. II was not love match
but born Of mutual respect and con-
6dence. Both had been in love De
fore and each knew it of the OTTER
Two years and three months be
fore Esther had sent away her lover
Harry Goddard They had been en-
gagged five years and Harry showed
no prospects of doing anything either
for himself or for her.
1T isn't that you are unfortunate
Harry" she said. But a man VINO
thinks of marriage must be prepared
10 make a home for the woman ne
loves. You can't stick TO anything
YOU suuander your money; you drink
If YOU had ever saved l might" She
broke off and continued: Harry
I'm going 10 put you to the test Dc
YOU think you can get a position
hold it two years and save five hun
dred dollars? If you can will mar
nv you when the two years are up
If mott don't want you to COM
back"
IF you'll only marry me now!" HI
cried, and Esther shook her head IL
! her obstinate way.
In two years" was all she woui'
answer; and so Harry went away.
Then Francis Pryce, state senate
and millionaire, had wooed her. s.
gently, go persistently did he Sc
about the winning of her that he MAJ
won her consent almost before sh
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
POLITICS IN AUSTRIA
After Much Toll a New Party Is
Formed in Dual Empire.
Count Julius Andrassy Has Succeed
ed In Forming a Formidable Peiit
leaI Group In Hungary Called
the Constitutional Party.

Vienna.-After months Of toll, Count
Julius Andrassy, the able son OF
great father, has succeeded In form
ing a new and formidable political
party in Hungary, the so-called Con
stitutional party. II starts with a
strength Of 81 in the Hungarian par
lament. There are also political lead
ers of experience and capacity within
it's ranks, outside Of its hlustrious
founder. But there are. nevertheless
some peculiar features about this new
organization. Political life in Hun
gary runs In two main currents; rep
resented by the 67ers and the 4Sers'
so-called.
The first-named base their convic-
tions and their action on the constitu-
tional compromise effected with the
emperor Gas their king) and with
Austria proper in 1857, giving Hun
gary virtual autonomy and indie
pendence save in a few stipulated
points. The 4Sers, on the other hand
otherwise known as the Kossuthers,
remain irreconcilable and demand a
republic and complete independence
At present and for many years past
the 48ers are In the minority
Now the platform of Count Andras-
sy's new party has just been pup,
lished, and in all but non-essentlal
points 1t is identical with the declared
principles of the party now in power
at whose head stands the Hungarian
premier, Count Stephan lisa, and
who is in great favor with the EN-
peror and is doing excellent work for
his country.
The new party, it is true, has taken
some paragraphs from the radicals
the 4Sers, such as general grant OF
the franchise and thorough reform
of the election laws, and in this re
spect Count Stephan Tisza does moi
go so far. But in the main Andrassy &
aims seem to be the same, notably
in foreign politics, in tax and educa
tional questions and in the handling
of the nationality problems in Hun
gary, and the chief ambition OF And
rassy and his followers appears to bt
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
BEST REMEDIES FOR
SORES AND ULCERS

Mr.. C. A. Butler, of Salem, Va,
writes: Il can safely say that Han
cocks Sulphur Compound is the best
remedy l ever used for sores. One or
my little boys, eight years old, had a
solid sore all over his face, we tried
different kinds of medicine, but none
seemed to do any good. Our son,
nineteen years old, had sore on his
leg for three months and nothing did
him good We used Hancock's Sui
phur Compound on both and it did its
work quickly and it was not over a
week until both we're we'll" Hancock g
Sulphur Compound is sold by all deal
ers. Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co,
Baltimore, Md.-Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up a Mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color
Gloss, Thickness.

Almost everyone knows that sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color ahal
lustre to the hair when faded, streakeG
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which 10
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any store for "Wyeth 8
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" you
will get large bottle of this famous
old recipe for about so cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another APP
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy. Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
Low Cost of Living in
Regular Amy
Bv William II. Marshal. Chicago

are constantly complaining the high cost OF living should study inc
svstem in vogue in the United States army
The American lives in many respects peer lhn w
borno man He allowed butter jam and milk Inc government
- him The hest beef that purchased and he gets goo @
vegetables This all comes out of the 2l53 cents day. on n0oy
soldiers are allowed either chicken or turkey
The American does not find fault with the 1000 lie
I what he does want is better cooking There schools Tor army
cooks in this country Each year large number OF soldiers are
instruction How to the government aons vary the Dill Oh
and Mt the time make saving on the 1000 allowance ~ "
arts that is taught the army cooks 49,, ,
The war department publishes cook book that supPd en
company of soldiers the service The book contains many useu
that have been from old cooks Nomg OUTSIDE o inc
orrov ration is used in the recipes
II would be good idea for the government to issue these COOK DOCKS
Tho general public they would greatly help the average housewife
in cutting down her expenses
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
Austrian Rest House for Travellers.

rather of a personal nature, i. e., the
ousting from power of the present
government and the winning of such
mower for themselves. But inasmuch
as this new movement practically
means split in the dominant party
it might be quite possible that the
Radicals. the 4Sers, would eventually
be the winners in this game and en-
ter parliament with flying colors and
in the majority. Count TisZa, how
ever, who Is very shrewd and foresees
this dilemma, will shortly confer with
the emperor on this very point, and
try to head off his opponents.
1t will be many day before the
bubonic plague-first imported from
the Balkan battlefields-will have
been completely stamped out in Aus
tria- Hungary, and this despite the ex-
cellent sanitary measures taken by the
authorities here. AS a matter Of fact,
the plague spreads more and more.
In the western half of the empire, In
Austria proper, there have 80 far
been only isolated cases reported, as
in Vienna and in Mapienbad, where
by dint of stringent measures further
infection appears to have been pre-
vented But In the other hair, In Hun
gary and it's dependencies, these have
not been so successful, although there,
too. severe precautions are being ia
ken
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
Robin on a JAG.

Fort Collins, Cola robin with a
joyful jag, making frantic attempt to
light on top of fence post, was dis
covered by Mrs. A. ]. Baker of West
Mountain avenue. The bird was so
drunk It was evidently seeing several
posts and tried to light on a post that
wasn't there. 1t finally crawled off
under tree, where 1t stood with one
eye shut until the jag wore off. A
can of cherries which had worked
and which had been dumped in the
backyard was responsible for the jag.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
Fathers Neat Rebuke,

This is a story told of an old Evan
gelical clergyman who had son IN
orders. The young man became a
full-blown Ritualist. On one occasion
the father paid a visit to his SON.
who asked him to preach in ms
church. For some time the old man
refused, but pressed to do SO, he at
length consented, and chose the text,
Lord, have mercy upon my son, Tor
he is a lunatic."
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
Look Aheac.

Daughter, the young MAJ you are
engaged to doesn't smoke or drink or
dance the tango."
Sometimes think ] had better
not marry him, ma
"You are right. That kind Of q
man will always be a wet blanket
whenever you want to have a little
innocent fun"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
ouins and ouiddities.

A soldier crossing the barrack
square with a pail met a sergeant
who noticed that Pat was wearing d
very disreputable pair of trousers. In
tending to report him for unsoldierly
appearance, he stopped him and
asked: Where are you going?' ITO
get some water, sor," answered Pat
What, in those trousers NO, SIR
in the pail ."-Saturday Evening Post
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

Horses and cattle are liable to blood
poisoning from stepping on rusty nails.
For such an injury apply Hanford's
Balsam of Myrrh and get 1t into the
bottom of the wound. 1t should Kill
the poison germs. Always have bot
tie in your stable, because you will
find different uses for It. Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
ALWAYS on the Trail.

What is a nemesis asked the
politicians wife.
"A nemesis" replied the politician
lis man whom you once foolishly
promised political job
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

1t has been a matter Of
wonder with me for some
time that young women are
easily moved to mirth (and
some to hysterics) by NE
feeble witticisms Of the ay-
erage young man. Very
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

The answer to the quea-
ton whether We attempt 70
teach too many subjects de-
ponds upon what We demand
Of our schools. In the cd
ucationaI world there are
two groups: First, those
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
Eatber spanks YOUNG Woman.

Patchogue, N. Y.-Miss Ella Barney,
aged twenty, has disappeared from
her home because her father spanked
her.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

The United States allows
21.53 cents a day to each
soldier in the army for food.
Out of this amount the sol
diers live well and save
enough money to buy many
extras. Many persons who
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

To prevent gangrene use Hanford ;
Balsam because 1t cleanses and heals
the wound. Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

Alas, that a wise man cant help
looking like a fool at his own we'd
ding!
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

Patent medicines are used largely
by the Chinese.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

For harness sores apply Hanford 8
Balsam. Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

Australia raises nearly 100000
acres of wheat year.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

Hanford's Balsam is used to cooY
burns. Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

Some men are weighed in the b.
ance and found wanting the earth
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30

sagejhad no chance of winning under
hob circumstances.
aDaly owned among other things
| theater and after the party had broK-
en- UP he called up all the men con-
.nected with the theater, assigned TO
each a certain portion of the city. sup
piled them with chalk and instructed
them to write the letters "Q-u-EZ' on
every door and shop window in town
before daylight. His orders were car
ried out so effectually that before the
morning of the following day was over
everybody was asking of his neighbor
the meaning of tee mysterious WORD
quiz" The ignorance of its meaning
and it's sudden appearance all over
the city created talk and conjecture
for many a day.
When the truth that it was all
Joke came out the word was adopted
as a synonym for jest and express
sive also of a puzzle because OF the
questions and general perplexity 1t
had aroused.
To quiz means, therefore, in one
sense, to ask questions, and in other
to quiz a person means to jest with
or poke fun at him.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-10-30
WORD OF REMARKABLE ORIGIN
"ouiz.v Which Is in Such Common
Use, Has No Root Nor Etymo-
:ooicaI Meaning.

The word quiz is one OF the re"
AEnglish words which has no root nor
savmological meaning to give hint
Awhat it signifies.
sura is said, in fact, that the manu-
~. cher of the word himself did not
what it meant. He made it
In noVey. according to the follow
legiigently agasbe words origin:
81 looking with 1. tbeso lived IN Eza4
5shelong the nearly d9ame was DAILY.
Neldlsh hurl6stom he and party
- ,sere gathered together one
~ aen he made wager that
I'd of the following day every
.yAwled Dublin would be speaking a
"a replynaving no meaning and being
there id from no language known
, or TIVE wager was eagerly taken up by
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-02

is in four cores. The blouse is closed
at he from. and the skirt at the left
Of the trent and. Is a result, the dress
is easy to adjust. For general use.
the slightly open neck and pretty
collar are sure to be liked but. fnl
nurses use can be substituted stock
collar n applied box plat. Linen.
Bingham. percale. lawn, all such SIM
pie washable materials are the pre-.
ferred II e for gowns of the sort and
there are certain novelties that are
slightly heavier than lawn and less
costly than linen hat are desirable.
Blue French Bingham is the material
illustrated with collar and cuffs Of
white and the effect is a charming
one.
For the medium size, the gown will
require ia yards of mate ia. 81.
3-4 yards SO or 4 yards ~ inches
wide. with as yards 81 inches wide
for the collar and cuffs. The width
CT the skirt at the lower edge is / rs
yards.
The pattern of the gown 1893 is cut
in sizes from 81 to IS inches bust
measure. 1t will be mailed to any
address by the fashion department Of
this paper on receipt of ten cents.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-02

of the real work to do. However, Jer-
ry thought of his dear Smiling Pool
and how terrible it would be If it
should smile no more, and SO he set
to work without another. word. Now.
Jerry Muskrat is a great worker, and
he had made many long tunnels into
the bank around the Smiling Pool, so
he had no doubt but that he could
soon make a hole through this dam.
But almost right away he found trou-
Bile. Yes, sir, Jerry had hardly be-
gun before he found real trouble. You
see that dam was made mostly of
of digging his way in as he would have
done into the bank Of the Smiling
Pool he had TO stop every few min
utes to gnaw off sticks that were in
the way.
It was hard work, the hardest kind
Of work. But Jerry Muskrat is the
kind that the harder the work to be
done the more determined he is to do
it. And SO. while Grandfather Frog
sat on n end of the dam n pre-
tended to keep watch, but really took
a nap in the warm sunshine, and
while Spotty the Turtle sat on the
other end of the dam doing the same
thing, n While Billy Mink and and
Little Joe Otter swan around in the
strange pond and enjoyed themselves.
and worked. And just as jolly. round.
red Mr.. Sun started down behind the
Purple Hills Jerry broke through in
to the strange pond and the water he
a to run in the Laughing Brook
once more.
Next story: Jerry Muskrat Has a
Dreadful Disappointment
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-02
Bed Time Stories
JERRY MUSKRAT HAS A BUSY
DAY. ~
By Thornton w Rur,os.

Copyright, 1913, by j. G. Lloyd.)
There was the strange pond in. the
Green Forest and there was the dam
OF logs and sticks and mud which had
maze the strange pond, but look as
they would. Billy Mink and Little Joe
Ctter n Jerry Muskrat and Grand
rather Frog n Spotty and Turtle
could see nothing of the one who had
quilt the dam. 1t was Very queer.
The more they Thought about It the
queerer It seemed. They looked this
way and they looked that way.
There is one thing very sure and
that Is that whoever built this dam
had not thought for those who live in
the Laughing Brook and. the Smiling
Pool" said Grandfather Frog. "They
are selfish. just plain every day SELF
hsh. that's what they are! Now the
Laughing Brook ann laugh and the
Smiling Pool n smile while this
dam stops the water from running,
and So" Grandfather Frog stop
ped and looked around at his four
and so what?" cried Billy Mink.
impatiently.
And SO we must spot this dam.
We must make a place for the water
to run through" said Grandfather
Frog gravely.
".of course. That's the very thing"
cried. Little Joe Otter and Billy Mink
and Jerry Muskrat and Spotty the
Turtle. Then Little. joe Otter looked
at Billy Mink. and Billy Mink looked
At Jerry Muskrat. and Jerry Muskrat
looked at Spotty the Turtle, and after
that they all looked e r hard at
Grandfather Frog. and all together
they asked: "How are we going to
do TT"
Grandfather Frog scratched his
hAnA ~hoss~htf,sl1x onas 1nn1r~S S~-~
time at the dam OF logs and sticks and
mud. Then his big mouth widened in
q big smile. "Why. that IL Very SIM
pie" said he. Jerry Muskrat will
make a big hole through the dam
near the bottom because he knows
how, and the rest Of us will keep
watch to see that no harm comes,
near" s@s /.
.The very thing" cried Little Joe
Otter ana Billy Mink. and Spottv the,
Turtle. but Jerry Muskrat thought It
wasn't fair. You see 1t gave him all.