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Middletown transcript., 1915-03-13
IS CHILD GROSS,
FEVERISH, SICK
Look, MotherI If tongue is
coated, give California
Syrup Of FiQs."

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
60 empty the bowels, and the result Is
they become tightly clogged with
waste. liver gets sluggish, stomach
sOurs. then your little one becomes
cross. half-sick. feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad.
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
TEN, and you have well child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because 1t is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
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
printed on the bottle. Adv.
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HOLD CHILDREN's INTEREST
Garden Cultivation Has Proved a Great
Success in the City Of
Albany, N. Y.

At the annual convention of the
American Civic association Mrs. John
T. D. Blackburn of Albany, N. Y, told
a most interesting story of Children
at Work in Gardens" in her home city,
where, during the past two or three
years, thousands of children have been
interested to develop flower and vege-
table gardens about their homes. At
the close of each summer session a
garden exhibit is held where are dis
played the best selections of flowers
and vegetables, plants grown in pots
from seeds and plants grown in win.
dow boxes. Awards are made to the
children for the best efforts. Concern
ing this kind of activite for children,
Mrs. Blackburn said: Gardening gave
increased health and knowledge of ma
ture, and furnished continuous inter-
est through the summer, giving a pur-
pose to life. 1t kept the children at
home and off the streets, promoted a
common interest in the family and re-
duced the cost of living
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SAGE TEA DARKENS GRAY
HAIR TO ANY SHADE. TRY ITl
Keep Your Locks Youthful, Dark.
Glossy and Thick With Garden
Sage and Sulphur. es'

When you darken your hair With
Sage Tea and Sulphur. no one can
tell, because it's done so naturally, 30
evenly. Preparing this mixture.
though, at home is mussy and trouble
some. For so cents you can buy at
any drug store the ready-to-use tonic
called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy" You Just dampen =
sponge or soft brush with 1t and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time. By morn.
ing all gray hair disappears. and. after
another application or two. your hair
becomes beautifully darkened, glossy
and luxuriant. You win also dis.
cover dandruft is gone and hair has
stopped falling.
Gray, faded hair. though no dis
grace. IL a sign of old age, and as we
all desire youthful and attractive ap
pearance, get busy at once with Wy.
eth's Sage and Sulphur and look years
younger. Adv.
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Home bWn|
Y Helps Y !.
FOR PROPER CITY PLANNING
Authority Makes Assertion That
Beauty and Commercial Prosperity
Go Hand in Hand.

There is no reason why our cities
should not be sensibly planned. There
is no reason why they should be al
lowed to run wild and grow without
care and scientific regulation. There
is no reason why commercial consid-
erations should ruin the beauty of
city, and there is no reason why con.
sidsrations of beauty should interfere
with its commercial prosperity" So
said Arnold w. Drummer of New York
city at the annual convention of the
American Civic association in Wash
ington when he responded to the sub.
iect, "Our Surroundings and Their In.
fluence." Continuing, Mr.. Brunner
said: "There is every reason why
these two considerations should 60
hand in hand and supplement each
other. They do an when we destroy
slum, and let in lieht AID decency,
when we open up congested district
and replace mass of disgraceful tene-
ments by q playground, when modern
harbor improvements supersede old
wharves and neglected water fronts.
We must make it clear that city plan.
ming properly understood, is intended
to prevent blighted districts; to pre-.
vent the ruin of our streets; to pre-.
vent the spoliation of our parks and
squares. We must make il clear that
it is not only a good financial invest
ment but that it brings direct return
in the improvement of the welfare,
comfort and happiness of the citizen.
believe that our newer ideas of social
justice will produce better cities, Cities
will be cleaner, healthier, more beauti-
full, for even the unframed already feel
that their rights are not recognized
and realize vaguely that their sensibili.
ties are hurt by unsightly surround.
ings. The outside of the other fellows
house is of more importance to US than
that of our own, and he must consider
us as we must consider him.
"The future American cities will be
beautiful and inspiring, and Washing
ton will lead them all. When the
L'Enfant plan is pushed further, as it
surely will be, the Lincoln memorial
finished, and the glorious mall, lined
with dignified buildings, sweeps
triumphantly up to the capitol as a
climax, we shall have scene, back
ground worthy of great nation"
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ST. PATRlCK'S RETURN
Every True Irlshman Believes the
Good Saint Will Go Back to the
Emerald Isle. e


A NYONE on the west coast Of Ire
"a land will tell you that some day
St Patrick is coming back to Ireland.
the land he loved. No one says when
that day will be, although there Is rea-
son to believe that It viii be on the
day of the fnal Judgment Of the world.
Whether or not his return is desir-
able depends altogether upon the
point OF view Of the teller of the
prophecy. II he be u gloomy pes
simist he is likely to remark that st.
Patrick can't come soon enough. God
he will add. "and may that day be far
although twill be q good day when
ever 1t comes"
ireland has q personal regard for
St Patrick probably equaled by no
other country in the world in its rela-
tion to a patron saint; and SO it Is
that the prophesied return of the mis-
sionary to the isle has had a his
toric bearing upon certain Of its char
acteristics and events. so that even
the passing of the home rule bill has
met in certain remote districts OF Ire
land with the turn of phrase, "If st.
Patrick came back now, It's the
pleased man he'd be-"
And, indeed. II st. Patrick were to
return to the island to which he came
so many centuries ago he would find
some marvellous changes wrought by
the early years OF the twentieth CEN
tury. For Ireland has been passing
through peaceful revolution and its
results would be even more apparent
to a watchful patron than they would
be to the average observer.
The revival of the Irish language
has history of tremendous interest
to the student of craftsmanship. The
system of summer schools for stu
dents in the districts where the Irish
language was still living language
has been strikingly successful and has
done much to break down the section
alism OF Ireland.
Although the passage of the home
rule bill through the commons Is nomi-
nally the most important event in the
history of Ireland in the last two dec
ades, nevertheless the student of
Irish history recognizes that the
measure is merely the elimination OF
Ireland's struggle to maintain her ma
tionality. And should st. Patrick
come back to his island he would find
that Ireland had, by remembering
The days Of old
| Ere her faithless sons betrayed her
When Malachi wore the collar of gold.
won back from her past the circlet Of
her glory and is on the high road tc
the throne of the national indepen
dence and integrity that her children
no matter where scattered, have held
| "a the ideal of their cnuntrY'a state
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Avoid STRAIGHT Lines.

The third, and last. of the great
fundamental rules of landscape design,
avoid straight lines" is, in the opin-
ion of the writer, of almost as great
importance as the first and chief rule
which the greatest authorities have
laid down for governing our garden
planning. AS the average young lady
says of everything that meets her ap-
proval: 'It is just too cute for any
thing" 1t permits the entry of more
art in detail than all other rules com.
bined, and provides for intricacy of de.
sign; ease of approach, access without
apparent restraint, and availability OF
all parts without departure from the
shortest line between two given
points" Compliance with this rule is
accomplished with more pleasure than
in dealing with any other, yet it is a
dangerous dictate for the novice or
amateur to deal with.
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The days of old
IRISH PROVERBS

He who gets name for early ris-
ing may sleep all day,
Where there's a woman there's
talk, and where there's geese there's
cackling. ~.
A woman has an excuse reader
than an apron.
A man ties knot with his tongue
that his teeth will not loosen.
Have your own will, like the women
have.
Three without a rule-a wife, q pig
and a mule.
The husband of the sloven is known
amongst the crowd.
Don't praise your son-in-law till the
years out.
Better the end of feast than the
beginning of a fight.
Never take wife who has no faults.
However near a mans shirt is, his
skin is nearer.
A pig in the sty doesn't know the
dig going along the road.
Melodious is the closed mouth
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Well Recommended.

A young country Scotchman and his
sweetheart went to Glasgow for a
days outing. After spending the
morning looking round the big shops
and the center Of the city, the young
man suggested that as it was near
one o'clock they should look out for
suitable eating-house to get something
to eat.
Having spotted likely place, they
entered and took their seats at a
small table. and when the waitress
came for their order the young man
asked for a sixpenny meat-pie. This
was brought in due course, and he
started eating 1t with evident relish.
The girl waited little time wonder
ing very much where she came in.
At last, in sheer desperation, she
said to her companion:
is the pie good. Jock?"
"Good?" replied Jock, 'T should
think it is; it's ripping! You should
get one"
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sd. PatrIck's paY

Millions of the brave sons and fair
daughters of Erin, as well as a count.
less number of people who are not SO
fortunate as to have Irish blood in
their veins, Irish poetry in their hearts
and Irish wit In their heads, are wear
ing green In affectionate memory OF
a little island across the sea and in
reverent memory of Its patron saint.
And March, in gentle springtide
mood, lights the day with sunshine!
st. Patrick. dead in the flesh for
many centuries, lives in spirit and ex.
ercises benign influence over the
multitude which holds him dear.
There are other saints, but st. Pat
rick is one Of those virile, forceful
saints whose claims on the love of
mankind do not weaken as the centu.
ries pass
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STRENGTH.
Without Overlooking The Stomach.


The business man, especially, needs
food in the morning that will not over
load the stomach, but give mental Wig
or for the day
Much depends on the start a man
gets each day as to how he may ex-
pect to accomplish the work on hand.
He can't be alert with heavy. fried
meat-and-potatoes breakfast, requiring
a lot of vital energy in digesting 1t.
A Calf. business man found a food
combination for producing energy. He
writes:
For years / was unable to find a
breakfast food that had nutrition
enough to sustain a business man
without overlooking his stomach, caus-
ing indigestion and kindred ailments.
Being very busy and also very
nervous man, had about decided to
give up breakfast altogether But luck
lily was induced to try Grape-Nuts.
Since that morning l have been a
new man; can work without firing,
my head is clear and my nerves strong
and quiet.
Il find that Grape-Nuts, with little
sugar and a small quantity of cold
milk, makes delicious morning meal
which invigorates me for the days
business"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, THE Road to Well
vile" in pkgs- There's a Reason"
Ever read the above IetterR A new
are genuine, true, and fuII OF humas.
AnteFesl.
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Sounded Personal.

In town in the West there is a
church that has a bright young pastor
but the attendance is unfortunately
small Among the parishioners there
is beautiful young widow. One eve.
ming, just as the little widow was
about to leave the edifice. she was
addressed by the deacon.
Good evening, sister," he cordially
remarked with the usual handshake.
How did you like the sermon this
EVENING""
Il think that it was just too perfect
~ lovely for anything" was the en-.
thusiastic reply of the widow.
at was, indeed!" heartily returned
the deacon. 81 only wish that larger
congregations would come to hear
him"
so do l." declared the pretty little
widow. THE congregation was so
small tonight that every time the par
son said dearly beloved l positively
biushed. philadelphia Telegraph
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Robins in West vlrnInls.

Hundreds of thousands of robins
have descended upon an old rookery
in a dense pine woods near Berkley,
w Va, and have evidently determined
to spend the remainder of the winter
there. 1t is unusual for robins to win
ter as far north as this. Every after
noon near sundown great fiocks of the
birds arrive at the rookery from all
ERECTION. The birds are so closely
packed in the roosting trees that many
are killed nightly by breaking limbs.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-13
Looked That WAY.

Lord Mersey, head of the Empress
of Ireland-Storstad investigation board,
said to a New York reporter the other
day:
Much is still left to be desired, but
ships are safer than they used to be-"
With a smile the veteran jurist add
ed:
I'VE no longer hear of shippers Of
fering such excuses for slow passages
as the one offered by the skipper of
the collier who said:
"Well, gentlemen, no wonder we're
late We pumped the whole Atlantic
three times through that ship coming
across Washington Star.
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hams Vegetable Compound / improved
rapidly and today am q wen woman /
cannot tell you how happy / feel and !
cannot say too much for your Compound.
Would not be without Il In the house II
It cost three times the amount. Mrs.
CHAs. CHAPLAIN, R. +. d. No. z, Belle
vue, Ohio.
WOman's Precious Gift.
The one which she should most xeal-
Ously guard, is her health, but It Il
the one most often neglected, until
some ailment peculiar to her sex has
fastened itself upon her. When SO af-
fected such women may rely upon Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, 9
remedy that has been wonderfully sue
cessful in restoring health to suffering
women.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkllam's Vegeta~
BILE Compound win help you, write
tOLydia T.. Plnkham 1IedicineCO.
(cOnfidential) Lynn, Mass, for ad"
vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by q woman
and held I'm strict confidence.
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Lluht Enouoh.

Flatbush-I see artificial flowers for
millinery are being made to inclose
tiny incandescent lamps, which can be
supplied with current from storage
batteries hidden inside their wearer's
hats.
Bensonhurst-Can 1t be possible that
fashionable women want their heads
TO be any lighter?
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She Waa Glad.

Yes, l took out an aOcideAt insur
ance policy today. These slippery
sidewalks got ON my nerves"
"But the policy won't keep you from
slipping?"
mo. but II do slip and fall I'll get
$25 a week as long as Pm disabled"
I'm so glad you got the insurance
George. Because gave your new rub
bers today to poor man who said
his shoes ed."-CleVeland Plain
Dealer.
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Couldn't Feaze Her.

A young woman was recently intro.
duced to voluble' old lady as SISTER
to So-and-So, the artist" Instantly
the latter exclaimed:
Il should have known the relation.
ship. my dear. by the resemblance
Why, it is perfectly startling. never
saw two faces more exactly alike in
contour and"
"But, Mrs. c." interrupted the girl
81 am only his slster-in-law."
(which makes it all the more won
derful," continued the other, without
displaying the least embarrassment oil
hesitation.
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Pearls Wera Ruined.

While eating dinner with his par
ents at Claremont, N. H., Ed. M.
Savoie of Dover found IS pearls in the
oysters served him. He took them to
a jeweler to find out their value, and
was told that they had become value
less because they had been cooked. A
few years ago he found four pearls in
the same way. but they, too, had been
cooked
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In School pavs.

When Walter Scott was a boy his
teacher asked him to give the part of
speech of the word with"
Its a noun" said young Scott.
You are very stupid" said the
teacher. How came you to say such
a thing?"
Il got it from the Bible, sir" said
the future novelist, stoutly. There's
verse that says they bound Samson
with withs
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-13
Paint ADDS to Appearanoe.

All buildings and appliances on The
farm will be improved greatly, both
in appearance and in serviceability, by
the addition of paint. One may buy
ready-mixed paints, or may purchase
paste pigments and oil and mix them.
All surfaces should be clean and dry
before they are painted. Use a prim.
ing coat made of equal parts of paint
and linseed oil and cover with one or
more coats of paint, which should be
thoroughly rubbed into the surface.
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Just What He Needed.

The physician pondered the case for
a few minutes before he ventured an
opinion.
81 think your husband needs a rest
more than anything else," he said AT
last. IF you could be convinced
But he absolutely refuses to listen
to me, doctor"
Well" returned the physician
thoughtfully. that's q step In the right
direction"
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Lesson From Life al Saint.

st. Patrick's day, to those that know
history, is a day important to men of
every nationality and of every religious
faith, as well as to the Irish and to
those that believe in the Catholic re-
ligion.
st. Patrick proved that courage is
the great asset of the human being
and that what man is determined to
get he can get, if he will tignt per
sistently and without fear.
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superstltIon Llnaers.

In some parts of Ireland there is a
superstition that the ''poochaun
(fairy) blows a poisonous breath on
the sloe ON halloween, and to eat the
berry after November l would result
in serious illness, If not death. For
this reason the youth OF the country.
although fond of the sloe. will shun 1t
after the visit of the "poochaun."
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Dairy Wladom.

Clean the stalls every morning.
Avoid direct drafts on the herd.
Balanced rations balance the dairy
profit-in your favor.
Clean hands. clean teats and clean
milk pails-clean milk, clean cream
and clean butter
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Model of voseml+. vsII.v

According to the bulletin of the
American Geographical society, a
large relief model of the Yosemite val.
ley is being constructed at the off ce
of public roads in Washington, for
the government exhibit at the Panama.
Pacific exposition.
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E1IxIR nAREK woMTH rrs wE1GHr

IN GOLD IN THE PHILIFPINES.
contracted malaria in 1895, and after
years. fruitless treatment by prominent
Washington physician, your Elixir Babotk
entirely cured me. On arriving here came
down with tropical malaria-the worst form
and sent home for BRbek. Again it
proved its value-It is worth its weight In
Gold here. Brasie O'Hagan, Troop E, 9th
U. S. Cavalry, Balayan, Philippines.
Elixir BR belk. so cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post prepaid, from Kloczewski d Co.,
Washington, d. @.
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Necessary publicity.

Small Daughter-Mother, why does
It say "At home February 20" on Mrs
Morgan Jones' card?
Mother-Mrs. Jones, my dear, is an
antisuffragist and she feels 1t necessary
to publicly announce that she is at
home cnce in every year.-Puck.
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Greatest Poets

Homer. Lucretius, Dante, Shake.
speare, Goethe, Milton. Shelley, Byron,
Tennyson, Browning. Perhaps others
might be added. 1t is largely mat.
ter of taste and temperament-al.
though there is but little room for ar,
gument about the first six names.
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Lona.Eelt Want.

. Flatbush-I see novelty is a tele
scoping phonograph horn. made of
number of sections which slide to
gether for convenience in carrying.
Bensonhurst-We don't care SO much
about the horn, but what I'd like to
see is something that would shut uB
a heighbor's phonograph.
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81. Patrick and the Snakes.

The versions of the method EN-
ployed by Saint Patrick in Kidding Ire
land of snakes varies. In the north
countries, where there seems to be
more of poetry, one is told that 1t was
through the charm of the shamrock
Saint Patrick's symbol-the reason for
its adoption being its trefoil leaves,
used as a convincing illustration OF
the doctrine Of the Trinity.
The plant that blooms forever
With the rose combined
And the thistle twined
Defy the strength of foes to sever.
Firm be the triple league they form.
Despite all change of weather.
In sunshine. darkness, calm or storm,
Still may they fondly grow together
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have left you behind
In the path of the past,
With the white breath Of flowers,
With the best of Gods hours,
have left you at last.
Dora sIgerson.
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Identification.

THAT handsome woman over there
is a widow of one of the Jaggs broth.
ers."
(which brother Is she the widow
of"
+The dead one"
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LOSING HOPE
WOMAN VERY I'LL
Finally Restored To Health
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Bellevue, Ohio. -''I was IN terrible
state before / took Lydia E. Pinxham's

WOE@V0M0 Q C0m-
pound NY back
achedunM ! thOQglrS
itwou8 break. /. Ihad
pains an over ms,
nervous feelings and
periodic troubles. L
was very weak and
run down and was
losing hope Of ever
being we'll and
strong. After tax
inV T.vdIfa r. Pink.
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Keen Stock GROWING.

1t doesn't pay to half feed the stock
just because grain is.high. Keep the
animals growing. and get them ready
for market as quickly as possible.
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After the Mar

eWhen was at the front in Bel
GUM. took part in many running
fights"
"And I'll bet they we're the only
kind you were in"
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NeutraIltv Nnte.

When mother-in-law gets mad al
wife and demands her passports So she
can leave, husband is fool If he
doesn't remain neutral. Florida
Times Union.
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cnlt Retter Than Marc.

With a high-grade mare and pure
bred sire, it is pretty safe to say that
the colt will be better than the mare.
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Good Fertilizer.

Wood ashes make good fertilizer
for the strawberry bed or orchard.
Apply about twenty bushels to the
acre.
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More Whltewssh.

A good replication of wnitewash
would freshen up many barns.
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Here he Ioosed from his hold
A brown tumuIt Of wings,
Till the wind on the sea
Bore the strange melody
OF an island that sings.
He made you all fair,
You In purple and aolds
You In silver and green,
TIL no eye that has seen
Without love can behold.
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Boston.
New York.
Philadelphia and
Chicago.
Pittsburgh and
Cleveland.

The figure of Uncle Sam shows the
pure American" population, the other
figure the Irish population.