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ing daan. SO nervous ! could not
get my rest at night Would have
sinking spells ana then go weak thai
could not do my work 4 Efea
many women in the United states
will recognize IN this description
their own experience.
Mrs. Hin found Il remedy After
taking four bottles Of PeFuha she
gained In strength and tesa and wrote
US that she was q veH woman again.
She says, Il cannot thank You enough
for my recovery"
This is no ordinary incident
Twelve years suffering Four bottles
Of Peruna Restored to perfect health
IF Peruna can do this for onc woman
why can Il not for another? Is IT
not worth your attention + II
not worth irving?
These who object to liquid noetji-
cines can now obtain Peruna Tablets.
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.inlleiser-Buseh Aid society.


Following the publication OF Ger
Itan articles signed by a well-kno@u
Ioitlcial OF the Farmers Union and
tan eX-offieial thereof, the to-ba-eX-
tpected reaction has SET in already
From all sections OF the state Gene
resolutions OF condemnation direct
led at these discredited individuals
who have attempted by their vic
lIous articles to make il appear that
the Farmers Union instead OF be
ling a great industrial organization
conducted Tor the upbuilding OF the
state and the beltering of rural con
| Editions, is a mere Auheiser- Busch
Aid society. In an able and intel
ligent exposition OF the situation
Judge f. o Mckenzie OF Weather
Itord d few days ago showed up
| the whole scheme, In a few words
he was able TO show the uHholy al
liiance that existed between these Of
| iieials OF the union, the Old Com
mercial Secretaries association and
the Texas Business Mems associa-
| ton, the latter two being one and
the same The most notable work
OF these latter organizations hereto
! fore has been to oppose any and
al legislation having for its pur-
pofe either the regulation of the
liquor traffic or the taxing Of cor
operations in any manner whatever
He likewise showed how at least one
! of the individuals signing his name
10 these articles appeared before
recent session of the legislature in
the guiso of a lobbyist in opposition
land other worthy measures designed
Ito relieve and aid organized labor
Judge Mckinzies expose would put
Ito flight the ordinary writer on pub
lie questions. but no doubt as long as
1.-THE slush funds of the liquor inter-
tests remain al high tide people Will
continue to see the pages OF their
Idaiiy newspapers spoiled by the pres
IeAee Of these spasmodic eraptions
"The Wolf. the Wolf."
(. Like the boy who shouted "the
i Volt once too often hifalings Of
the liquor interests are again raising
la false alarm. But the people are
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These who object to liquid noeci-
cines can now obtain Peruna Tablets.


mot gong to be stampe'ted This tm".
Ihe cry OF ring pohtic= coming
from men who dare not atulee or
make qubHc the names Of those GU.
5f whose. hands faey iced j. 81 fryjf-
less cffort 10 create prejudice. Poor
aruacd creatures VINO bend the
~ enant hing, o. tho knee that
thrift MAY follow fawaing onlg *
che pfv II would be funny urr-
aabz II IT were moi 50 nafher5c To
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office as Mai Matter of the
Second Class.
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Any erroneoua reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF
sny person firm or Corporation that
may appear In the columns OF the
Daily Light. vii be gladly cdrTect-
ed upon being brought to rhe atteu
tiqu OF tHe management,
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Obituaries, resolutions OF respect,
cards Of thanka-all matter not
AEWss-Wtli ba charged for al the
gate Of cents per line. Poetry
double price,
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: Odd Facts {:


The discovery of an old deed at
Ewhurst. Surrey. relating to the sale OF
the parish workhouse nearly 100 years
ago has revealed the fact that the viii
laGc has $3.50 invested in Consols they
never knew about.
Two medallions in mosaic work SYM
holizing brotherhood have been erected
in St Marks Church. Remington, the
artist being a tramcar conductor named
Myall. VINO is a member of the St.
Marks Tram Mems Brotherhood This
society has a class Tor developing the
talents of its members in all directions.
The Persian crown is made of pure
gold, inCrustcd with precious stones.
and in accordance with custom a new
emerald OF great size has been added
to it The Persians declare that the
crown is 5000 years old. and belonged to
Saladn. 4 new stone is added at each
coronation. II was formerly the custom
for the crown to be suspended BY a
chain. and for IN" Shah to stand under
it. but now two statesmen place it upon
the rulers head.
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Useful Hints for
Housewives.

Get som" bitter apple from the chem
ist. crush il, ard springle IL among
the clothes. You will find it the finest
thing on record for keeping moths away
from everything. and one can use gar
mentS al minutes notice. as there is
no smell left by bitter apple
Mildew stains are sometimes a source
Of great trouble. and are difficult 10 ro-
move unless you know lust the right
way. Rub a little soap over the ,niId.w
spots. and on top of this "A little chalk
and lemon juice. II the garment is
then put in the sun for a couple of
hours and afterward washed in tho
usual way. the spots will disappear.
4 qul>i way to clean currants when
making cakes is 10 put the fruit into n
cCIander with sprinkling Of -four. and
rub around a few times with your
hand. 1t is surprising how quickly the
stalks are separated and come through
the small holes
Tomato is said to be successful in
many cases in removing inkstains from
white materials. such as handkerchiefs
muslin fTills. etc. IL must however.
be done as soon as possible after the
mishap has occurred. 4 clean piece of
blotting paper should be laid under the
stain. and a slice of raw. ripe tomato
rubbed over tho surface. fresh pieces
of blotting- paper being substituted IN
I'll the ink spot has vanished.
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again wild culoGium on Mr.. Rankin.
What hraZen iattery women d"
swallow, Here were these tw" land
lords suhtly playing upon my wife ;
foolish Observation-Disclosures to win
an advantage over the other. Day by
dav Mary's sympathics fluctLated
from one to the other. A score OF
times she would have paid the rent
if / had not cyniCally hold the purse
strings and refused 10 commit my
self
(Which one do you want To pay to-
night ! would inquire. ard after a
while Mary would answer:
We'll. Peter. after all. | 20 believe
Mr. Vance is honest. He couldn't talk
the way he does and he otherwise
Women. as class. are a great deal
more pliable than men. In Suileful
hands a woman Is as plastic as wax.
You can make her believe almost
anything. Her inherent trustfulness.
her charity-which is the very es-
sence of her being-her sentimental
tile ground for plausible argument.
Only the woman accoutered by tenn
permanent and a sharp nose to slam
the door in the face of anything like
an agent can resist an argument spiced
with fiattery and sentimentality.
We arose one morning to find that
the gas stove no longer responded to
the application of a match. Inquiry
developed the fact that our squab-
bling landlords had not settled the
lighting bill, and as the light was in
cluded in the rent. We were the suf-
ferers.
After several evenings in the flick
ering light of a tallow dip we borrow
ed a lamp 1t filled the rooms with
the odor of kerosene and gave Mary a
headache Mary and I were about on
the verge of a quarrel when / called
UP the landlord and had it out with
him.
Well" said Mary. what are we
going to do?'
Do said |. It's mighty simple
what were going to do. and we should
have thought of 1t before. We're 60
ing to move.
Verify matrimony is one long series
of vicissitudes,
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'iShHcSS ana deatn, her kltchen, neT
servants in fine, everything There wis
nothing in reality-that Is to say, out
side of her own cosmos-to worry over.
Yet she was as pessimistic as her SINH
larry situated sister was CHEEKY
lhen there grew up a little fellow OF
tive or six years old in a nephew's fam
liy. Like all boys. he picked up the
patois and slang of his equally poetic
rlaymates
Marvellous to behold, this child in less
than a years time effected a great
change in his worrisome, pessimistic.
morose great-aunt. Whenever she
started her depressing cackle. the ci.ild
would laugh and say: You shouSd
worry or II should gibibble.''
Auntie Made Over.
He kept this up, seemingly without
purpose. yet at the end of year of
such sarcasm the misanthropic old
maid. who had worried herself into
wrinkles and social ostracism, lost her
morbid point of view. and is now in
different to all small and large irrita-
tons In the bright lexicon of her re-
Juvenation she knows not the word
worry. She was cured, as many self
centered. in-thinking, egoistic persons
are. by the shafts of ridicule.
Worry is, par excellence. the essence
of vanity and conceit. VI may be a
form that takes no account of personal
beauty, mental superiority. or the
egotism of pride and heritage. but 1t is
none the less selfish conceit of the most
exaggerated type.
True enough. even the sunniest dis
positions in adult life have momentary
periods of 6eeting worry Such. I take
II. are the times when your ego thrusts
instead Of realizing itself to be the
Granule in the worlds beach-which II
actually is.
Worry does more than kill the cat. 1t
serves no useful human purpose. 1t re-
duces efficiency. ii develops wrinkles,
gray hairs. crows feet. insomnia vast
ing flesh. and a complete train of ma
levolent maladies.
Effect on Body.
Briefly. there is physical basis for
worry. and there is a pathological cf-
feet upon your tissues, If WORRY re-
mains. as it often does, your boon COM |
panion.
Many persons hug worry to their
breasts as a cow chews her cud They
never allow it to desert them. You may
be sure that physical examination and
a correct diagnosis will expose to medi-
cal gaze loss of muscular tone dis
turbed breathing. shown BY yawns and
signs, loss of weight. an irregular
heart: overactivity of the ''goitre'' or
thyroid gland. and a change in blood
pressure.
AT all times in health and a perfect
physical balance. degeneration or waste
of the tissue units. called cells" goes
on steadily If the thoughts are calm
and unassociated with emotions the
human textile factory weaves fresh
units as fast as the old ones waste
away.
When you worry. however. the de-
structtve processes go on much more
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rapidly than the constructive ones
ERGO: burrows. lines. hollows, sunken
eyes and cheeks. thinned-out nerves.
muscles and viscera are in evidence. and
your vital forces fall like the thcr-
mometer under an icy blast
The blood. together with the rest of
your physical texture. has its affinity
for air and oxygen SO lowered that the
worried one heaves sigh after sigh, Just
like furnace. in an effort to seize the
needed oxygen.
The dry mouth and lips so commonly
an accomoaniment of worry, arr, caused
in part by the deficient blood food
necessary to nourish the saliva glands.
and, in part. because worry sends a
nerve shock to the arteries which mar
rows them considerably. Worry thus
may cause disappearance OF tears. of
saliva and of the stomach juices
1t behooves all who are chronic
grouches-a form of bitterness ana
moroseness-and worries to cease their
self-destruction. and now and forever
to assume a cheerful outlook, though
they have II not. p
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river they would drive the game hc-
for. them along the bank. Another
band stationed on the rising ground i'm
mediately above the falls would clos"
in lIpon the animals as they dp-
preached, and force them to leap into
the river and to be swept over :he
cataract
Leisurcly and happily the "sportS-
men" would then stroll down to Ibwc-
zero. and there await the arrival Of
their vast quantities Of fresh meat
Swept down by the current. reduced to
pulp. the bodies Of the animals would
reach the Whirlpool. the hunters would
harpoor them. drag them ashore anu
distribute the supply.
This wanton and Scnsclcss deCimlt
ing of the vast herds of game that once
roamed the river bank is doubtless ;hr
cause of the comparative scarcity there
now.
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SlX5 5SecEsE

btt they seemed to always he parti-
CUlarll bad hen ho rame around.
He Wa very religious and thought
that little kitty boys and girls should
do nothing but SIT still and fold
Their paws.
Nov. children. said Mrs TabbX
one afternoon. Il want you To all
keep AWAY from the house tor
several hours. You may play in
the ard and in the shed, but after
H." other terrible things that you
have done ! cant think OF letting
b"a"uu Brown lay eyes on you
sgann She did not speak GROSSLY
and tho kIItics giGgled.
That Just suits Us. plped mp
Teddy Because we have business
this afternoon" so il does said
the rest and Mrs. Tabby drew 4
sigh Of relief. ''WeN / am glad to
have you safely out OF the way.
Mind you behave yourselves,
though. she added
Nov. # she had really known how
Things were going 10 turn out she
would not hay- been SO HAPPY. But
how was sh" to know that Deacon
ErOwn would want TO go out TO the
shed. and how did the kitties know
that their wedding Was TO have a
guest 0f honor?
For. TO tell the secret right away.
! "l' ana Tea and BlNklC. the three
lI'ty boys, were going to have
play Wedding. They had been helped
10y III" kitty girls and had gotten
clothes for the occasion. All Of the
other children in Tabbyland were
COlnir- to sec the fun. Teddy was
tho groom. Tommy was the minister.
and BinkIe. because he was tn" prrt-
test and did not have naughty
looking black nose like the other
TWO. Was the bride
Tho shed was decorated with
b anchcs Of leaves and big bell. and
al Of the Tabbyland pups and dol
les and kitties were gathered 10 sec
IN" fun. Suddenly they grew very
quiet. for the whisper had gone
around that the boys were on the
wa. Sure enough. Tommy sudden
ly walked in. dressed as the minister
He hurried up the aisle. tripping on
his own gown and trying not TO
laugh When he reached the spot
over which the bell hung. he folded
his hands and stood still waiting for
the others. By this time the creatures
We're laughing hard, but when the
bride and groom came up the aisle
they made 4 fearful noise.
Meanwhile Deacon Brown had ar
rived, and was up at the house. In
fact, he had been taking several
minutes with Mrs. Tabby when they
heard the first noise at the barn.
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Secrets Of Health ind Happines,
q Should Worry .
Is Slogan of Well Being

A. B., NJ. a, N. D. Uohns Hopkins).
~ HE erervescent contempt of modern meIan-
choy ideas Is nowhere better exemplifed than n
the new language of the street, Itch gbibble.
should worry. You should worry and gray
hairs and many analogous expressions
1t speaks well for contemporary optimism these
bits Of popular irony laugh the anybody
should worry anything any time
Miss H, a alden lady uncertain Or at least
unadmted is one of large type misanthropes.
who has neither chick kin to bother about She is
comfortably fixed comfortable sisters BROTH
All she need do is it that cook and
chamhermaid peri their duties.
Miss H UNANIMOUSLY and notoriousy known
among all acquain tances bore and nuisance
eternay worried herself possible
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TINES BEDTIME STORY
THE WEDDING.
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

He started. and said quickly. The
children here always seem to be hav-
ing such innocent fun" Then he
leaned back in his chair and smiled.
Mrs Tabby smoothed her apron.
Yes. they do have a good time to-
gether" Then she thanked her stars
urder her breath that they were out
side. but she did not say anything
out loud. Suddenly a great noise
arose. laughing and crying and
barks. The deacon looked up and
smiled Come" he said to Mrs.
Tabby. who could do nothing but
agree, let US go down and see what
is amusing the little dears in their
play"
Poor Mrs TabbS was not willing.
but she did not show il. hey went
down the path together. and AS they
neared the shed and the noise grew
tine smile faded from the face OF
the deacon. ami he hurried 1t
sounds like a riot:" he exclaimed
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HE owner Of fluffy. white hair
has two dreads-the yellow
i streaked lock. ard a pronencsS
to badness In bad conditions
OF the scalp / srrJH white scale sur
rounds the hair tube and eXudes
yellow matter This may be dyed or
bleached white. but it is much better to
give tho scalp the necessary attention.
dry. sCaly scalp. dandruff and gray
hair which falls ont and leaves
bald spots. may be attributed to a num-
bcr Of causes. Sometimes serious bald
ness will follow a long illness or weak
ened condition Of the hndy. Nervous
exhaustion also has this effect. because
gray hair usually comes late in life the
general health too is not always In the
best condition. and the hair may pc
come Impoverished through lack of
nOuriShm"nt.
When the bald spots AZ" v"rf pro-
nOunCed use the following recipe.
TinCturc Of CantnaridcS.. ] ounce
R-CtifiCd SpilltS........... : pln,S
Sullimatcd +uipEur........ ] onnc"
G1NcCrIre .... ......-... ounces
Brush the spots with this mixture
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ISTEG in the hills Of western
u Rh"desia tho ZamDesi river VAS
II long a fascinating mystery 40
the world until tn" great &
nlorcr, Livingston. made il even NOR
interesting by his discovery Of n"
Victoria Falls. and the host of pioneers
who followed him traced the river from
it's source to its mouth II was bVt
a few years ago. while on a hunting
trip in Rhodesia. that | found myself
near enough to tn" falls to make
visit possible. Consequently ! gathered
party Of guides and set out I" or 1ss
the arid land that Law hctWc"n 1ur
camp and tn" Iamhesi gorge.
Victoria Falls. called by the natives
.'Nesi-Oa- -tunya The Sounding
smoke" cam" upon our eyes after
many days journey through country
Of burnt veldt. and rocks and hot sand.
Ike the vision Of beautiful paradise.
BY contrast with the land through
which We had como. its wealth Of wat -r
and evergreen foliage. the gorgeous
rainbOws OVerhanging snuw-white cas-
cades and Sle stupendOus wonders OF
immensely and depth made me feel
carth's greatest and lovcliost marvelS.
Below the falls the river tumbles md
roars through a stupendous gorge whose
vertical walls of black basalt rise from
300 to 100 feet in height. averages eDt
feet width at the waterline. and tn" lis
tance from top Ia top of the sides of the
gorge varies from 900 to 36i1 or lHpI
feet At full flood n" averaG" depth
of :hc water is probably not less than
ninety feet
less than a mile below Victoria Falls
there is bend in the gorge. and IN"
natives call il 'Ihwozcro. the place
where you find things. IT was wh""c
their fathers used to get their fresh
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Advice to Girls
Does Absence
Make Hearts
Grow Fonder?
Rv ANNIE LAURIE
Bv ANNIE LAURIE

Dear Annie Laurie:
I'm Worrying. ] want your ad-
vice | have been keeping company
with young man for two years.
We are very dear friends. l see
him almost every other day and dur
ing those two years we have never
had n quarrel
Business takes him away from
home for three or four years. Do
you think the separation will make
any difference with us?
Will we forget each other, or VIII
il only strengthen our love- we are
both twenty years old.
MARIAN.
.HAT all depends, Marian. upon
you and the young man and the
sort of affection you have for
each other. Some love grows
cold in a week and some keeps warm
for years: which kind is yours?
Ard. anyway. there doesn't seem to
be anything you can do aDout 1t. out
wait, and you're young enough to do
that with some show of complaisance.
Don't bind yourself to the man with
any solemn promises-you are both two
young to do that, and he is going too
far away. Let him be free and keep
free yourself and then II you do, either
of you, meet Someone Else, there's 10
harm done.
IL you really love each other. neither
time nor distance nor any thing that Is
can really separate you.
And il what you think is love is only
a mistake. nothing in the world can
keep you together.
Say good-by to the young man, have
your little weep, and then find out dur
ing the next year how il really is with
ou both. Here's luck and a far voy
age to your sweetheart and peace of
mind and sweet faith and trust to you!
Send me your wedding card-when
they're printed.
fConvriyht 1914 Newspaper Feature Service !
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LXXXI.
Mary's Plia bility.

WI distress. what in the world
shall do? Mr.. Vance and Mr..
Rankin are quarreling dread
: lily over these apartments. fester-
5y Mr. Vance came and told me to
ay the rent to him. and today Mr.. RAN
n says it must be paid to him. What
q ould you do?''
i ay no one" said |. promptly. Wen
7ut tho money in the bank and wait
Dntil they're through quarreling."
Vance and Rankin, the owners of the
.lltle apartment house in which Mary
nd ! lived. were usually Iuarreling
ryer something. This time. however.
7e quarrel lasted longer than it ever
ad before. and the visits of the rival
.dn,:lCrds became frequent and insistent.
They worry me to DEATH complain
81 Mary. and. Peter. Mr.. Vance is such
81 nice man. Just today he told me all
the hCrrid things Mr.. Rankin has done,
md truly. you wouldn't believe one man
gunorel Hadn't ! better draw the
loney out of the bank and pay him,
t'eter::'
"W.o-the scoundrel?'
"No-certainly not. mean Mr..
Vance"
Wen wait bit longer" said I with
\ few days later Mary brought up
2 subject again.
DO you know. Peter" she said. 4
.elieNe. after all was wrong about Mr..
.anlln. He was here today over an
our. and-well, all | can say is that
Gr Vance must be most dreadful liar
go have said so many horrid things
And Mr.. Rankin says his wife is so
uuch like me He said she's really 4
.ry pretty woman-not that / mean
me
NOW I'm not conceited-but Mr.. Rankin
S. 4 very good-looking man. too. Really
ou can't deny it
Help" said I weakly. Mary. take
I; breath and begin all ever
MARY looked repraC hful and began
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meat in the days gone by
The method OF hunting was ingenious.
wastcful. and lazy When elephant
buffalo. and the larger species of ante
lopc GraZcd in hundreds along n"
grassy margin of the upper river. M"
natives armed themselves with spears.
horns. and drums and set off on their
wholesale meat business. Executing =
sweeping movement some miles up the
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Z 4 THEN Tommy and the other
\N/ Tabby children wanted to be
w good, they were very good.
and when they wanted TO
be bad they were very bad. but
when they wanted to he funny they
were funnier than anyone else in
the whole cat kingdom.
II there was any one at all be-
fore whom Mrs. Tabby wished her
kitties to behave and act very polite
indeed, il was Deacon Brown, q very
dignified old gentleman cat who used
TO call on her once in while. 1t
did seem as if every time he called
something happened 10 spoil his
opinion of the Tabby children. Mrs
TabbY wanted to make him think
that they We're very good children
and as a matter of fact they were,
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MACASSAR OIL. no.

To soften the crust Of dandrUff soak
the s"alp in olive oil several hours be
fore. Shamp0oing. Wash the hair in the
beaten yolks of two eggs and a half
pint OF lin" water. or els. use quilia
bark in the shampoo If the dandruff
crust is still obstinate. two uonCes OF
green soap in th, sumo amount of eau
dc cologne may move Il.
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