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new LEADER OF
ENCLAND'S FORCES
British Hopes Are Centerad on
Sir Douglas Haig,

"HE appointment Of General Sir
Douglas Haig to be command
er in chief of the British forces
In France and Belgium recalls
to mind a paragraph In a recent report
of Field Marshal Sir John French, In
which he paid this tribute to the man
who has succeeded him:
81 desire to express to the army I'M
der my command my deep appreciation
of the splendid work it has accom-
plished and my heartfelt thanks for
the brilliant leadership displayed by
General Sir Douglas Haig and the
corps and divisional commanders who
acted under his orders In the main at
tack"
Although the world has known little
about him, Sir Douglas Haig has, or
course, been very much in the eye Of
the British army for long time. Sir
John French knows him well, for they
took their first big course of practical
military education together. Major
Haig In the African war was chief of
staff to Colonel French In that bril-
liant series of minor operations around
Colesberg which prepared the way for
Lord Roberts advance, and when that
advance began he was closely assOci-
atted with the present commander In
chief in the work of the cavalry divi-
sion. He has had experience at the
war Office, where he has been director
of military training, and in India,
where he was chief of the general staff
to Lord Kitchener's successor. For the
last two years before the war he COM
manded those divisions concentrated
at Aldershot which, under Lord Hal
danes scheme. were known as the
striking force"-that is to say, force
always modified and always ready at
a few hours notice to go abroad.
1t was not until the battle of the
Aisne that General Haig's name began
The broad ax., 1916-01-01
Echoes of the War.

Civilization knows how to make war.
but it seems without effective method
Of making peace.-New York Sun.
Those fighting nations all want
peace thai will last. but they don't
want it to last too long. At least they
don't start it.-Cieveland Plain Dealer
There are such things as negative
blessings. Switzerland has no need to
worry over the eventuality of having
any Of her fleet Observation-Disclosures
American.
The belligerent nations not only all
deny that they began the war. but
none of them seems to care for the
credit of putting an end to it.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Those warning nations appear to be
in as bad a fix as the two men who
fought until both were exhausted be-
cause neither of them could remember
the word enough. Chicago News.
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sIREs AND SONS.

Colonel William Hester, president OF
the Brooklyn Eagle corporation, re-
Gently celebrated the eightieth ami
versary of his birth.
DR.. Juichi Soyeda, former head Of
the Japan Industrial bank and one Of
the best known abroad Of Japan's pub
lie men, has been appointed president
Of the ImInrial railway board in &C
cession to DR.. Sengoku.
So far as is known at present, the
distinction of being the oldest subal-
tern In the British army belongs to
Second Lieutenant ]. T. Shaw Of the
Lancashire fusileers. He is now I'm his
flfty-third year and has thirty-four
years Of service to his credit.
Vice Admiral Camille Corsi, sue
cessor to Admiral Viale as minister Of
the Italian navy. is Roman by birth,
fifty-five years Of age. He carries to
his high Office a well balanced expe-
rience both in ministerial and staff
work and I'm responsible command dur.
ing actual warfare.
Gottlieb Won Jagow, German imperial
foreign minister. was called In 1913
to the German foreign Office from
Rome, where he was German ambas-
sador. During the past year Herr Won
Jagow has probably signed more i'm
portant international documents than
any of his predecessors in the same
office
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The Regal Box.

A marriage y it'll Prince Carol of Rou-
mania is predicted for the Grand Ouch
ess Tatiana Of i.uSSia.
Just how long Francis Joseph has sat
upon his throne is graphically empha-
sized by the fact that he declared war
on Italy in 1853.
When writing TO his near relatives
the king OF England signs himself
George while Queen Mary's Sig
nature to her near relatives is simply
an M"
In the German army the kaiserin,
the crown princess and the Duchess Of
Brunswick are all honorary colonies,
as is also the queen Of Greece, young
est sister of the kaiser
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Fashion FriIIS.

Fashion note is that skirts must be
three yards wide. Is this circumfer-
ence or diameter?-POrtland Press.
News that white socks for men are
becoming popular is not likely TO ex-
cite the public to riotous acts.-Chica-
go News.
It's asking too much of mere man
to keep track of wOmen's styles and
earn money enough to provide them
Albany Journal.
''In these days. when ankles are dis
played" begins an advertisement Of
women's apparel. But fashion has not
halted with display of ankles
Charleston News and Courier.
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Pert Personals.

Yuan Shih Kai has accepted the
throne of China from the council Of
state He probably didn't say, ''This
is SO sudden. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
General Cocktails is doing his best
toward international peace in trying to
remove the differences between the At
lantic and the Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The war does not seem to have had
any effect upon the productivity Of
Arnold Bennett and 81. G. Wells. With
each new offensive one or the other
publishes a nOvel.-Cincinnati Times
Star.
Ella Flagg Young says she will not
visit Europe till the war is over, but
after six years as superintendent Of
the Chicago schools why should she
mind a little thing like that?-Boston
Herald
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HENRY PRATHER FLETCHER.

thirteen years. His experience has
made him we'll acquainted with the
temperament Of Latin American peo-
Piles. BorE at Greencastle, Pa, in 1878.
he Studied law and was building up a
law practice when the Spanish-Ameri-
can war broke out.
He enlisted i'm the Roosevelt rough
riders and served throughout the war;
Colonel Roosevelt appointed him to
the diplomatic service as second Sec
Rotary Ia the American legation at
Havana in 1902.
Mr.. Fletcher was named secretary Of
the legation ut Picking later. then sent
to Lisbon. Next he was made charge
daffaires OF the legation at Santiago,
Chile. and became minister there in
1909. He was appointed ambassador
to Chile by President Wilson.
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DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Mrs. Anna Davis of ST. Paul is 101
years old.
Rose Coghlan recently celebrated her
fiftieth anniversary on the stage.
DR.. Ethel Smyth is the only English
woman who has composed grand opera.
Miss Marion du Pont is the first wo-
man ever to ride astride at New York
horse show.
Lady Bathurst is proprietor Of the
Morning Post, one Of the most influ-
entail newspapers In London.
Mrs. A. E. Magill Of Philadelphia,
10S, recently attended the funeral Of
her son Benjamin, aged seventy-three.
Mrs. Alma II. ]. Hubbell, formerly
an actress with the late Richard Mans
field, is now an attorney in the federal
court at st. Louis.
Miss Jenny Wade, head buyer for
two departments in a large st. Louis
department store, rose to her present
position from a cashgirl.
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Town Topics.

Why is India so proud Of having
domesticated the rubber plant? Brook
Ign has from time immemorial made
it member of the family.-New York
Sun.
One of the worst problems Of sup
pressing street noises in New York IS
the matter of preventing harsh Ian
guage when people are bowled over at
the crossings.-Boston Journal.
Chicago automobile drivers are dead
lier than those in New York or else
Chicago people are slower in getting
out Of the way, and the last hypothesis
will never be admitted.-Chicago News
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TESLA'S DEVICE
FOR PREPAREDNESS
Wireless InVeHtiOn For De-
str0ying Armies and NaVleS.

Nikola Tesla, the inventor, winner OF
the 1915 Nobel physics prize, has filed
patent applications on the essential
parts Of q machine the possibilities OF
which test layman's imagination and
promise a parallel of ThOr's shooting
thunderbolts from the sky to punish
those who had angered the gods.
Suffice it to say that the destructive
invention will go through space with
a speed of 300 miles second. a man
less airship without propelling engine
or wings, sent by electricity to any de-
sired point OIL the globe on its errand
Of destruction. if destruction its manip-
ulator wishes 10 effect.
Ten miles or thousand miles, 1t will
be all the same to the machine, the In
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Recent Inventions.

A pneumatic latch with which door
may be opened from distant points has
been patented.
Hatpins have been invented in Eng
land with flexible points that can be
returned into a hat after passing
through it.
A holder has been patented for safe
ty razor blades to enable them to be
used by tailors or dressmakers for rip
ping seams.
OF English invention is folding life
raft that automatically opens itself
for use when thrown into the water
in any manner.
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Aviation Notes.

According TO French statistics, but
one-fourth Of the aviation accidents
are due TO defects i'm aeroplanes
A parachute for aviators that has
been invented I'm England is compact
enough TO he worn as a helmet. ready
for instant use.
The vermiform appendices of oxen
slaughtered In the municipal abattoir
at Prague are manufactured into gold
beater's skin. which Is extensively en-
ployed In aeroplane manufacture.
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Short Stories.

japanese women rarely enter a court
of justice.
In Brazil there Is no middle class.
The people are either rich or poor.
The last statistics show that there
are 6S0,O00 acres in the United States
planted In peanuts.
Under the license law Of Sweden no
one may buy drink without buying
something to eat at the same time.
Next Easter will fall on April %.
Only once again in this country will It
be so late, 1913. when the date will be
April %. the latest that is possible.
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Flower and Tree.

Scarlet flowers stand drought better
than any other.
Mahogany trees do not reach their
full height till they are about 300 years
old.
The Syrians hold the rose in hlgn
esteem and regard it as emblematic OIL
Immortality.
Trees whose roots are of the same
length and fiber do not thrive rs wen
as those which are unequal. They ue
velop better when the roots reacn lOI
nutriment in different strata or depths
Of earth.
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FIippant filings.

10, the poor Indian" who will
henceforth have only an education and
not football 10 induce him to 60 to
Carlisle.-BoSton Herald.
Apparently ii is but a question Of
time when the Peace palace at The
Hague will he turned into n moving
picture houSe.-New York Sun.
Owing to the war operations in the
east the garden OF Eden is now in the
war zone. The world is swinging
back I'm n circle TO the original scene Of
trouble-Baltimore American.
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AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO.

Fletcher Has Had Ripe Experience In
LATIN American Diplomacy.
Iici.r! r.athcr Fletcher of Pennsyl-
vamir. the American ambassador to
{ lille. WIS recently nominated by Pres
idCnt Wilson as ambassador to Mexico.
EiiSio ArredOndo had been appointed
Mexican ambassador to the United
States. and Mr. Fletcher'S nomination
restores diplomatic relations between
the two nations. broken off nearly
three years ago.
Mr. Fletcher has been in the diplo-
matte service of the United States for
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Adversely lifts up many man whom
prosperity has knocked out.
The shadow Of a trouble is usually
blacker than the trouble itself.
Mighty few of US are strong enough
to laugh at our own weakness.
Quite often a thing that goes for
a song" isn't worth more than the
song.
Europe may be able later on to use
some Of its trenches for irrigation
bitches.
Be charitable to the living; the dead
are not I'm a position to appreciate a
monument.
Already football games have been
arranged for next autumn. This is
preparedness with vengeance!
Physical geography is about the only
safe and sane geography for the young
idea to study In these stormy days.
Neptune must smile as he sees a lit
tle backwater clear trenches that nei-
ther huge guns nor poison gas could
empty.
Just to show good faith with her al
lies, Turkey rises to remark that she
will not be the first to make a move
for peace.
There is now some reason to believe
that those reports of the Panama ca
nails completion were more or less ex-
aggerated-
Wars thrilling narrative will be in
complete without a story Of the soldier
who saved his life by carrying a plug
Of tobacco in the hip pocket.
Now that a Chicago clerk has sued
for divorce because his wife is too
beautiful, there'il be a lot of women
feeling sure their husbands don't love
them with a real unselfish love.
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e.. 80, 81, American Press Association.
G.; NILE.A AND SOME OF HIS STAFF.
Mia IA lien. In return for amnesty
the Via leaders turn over the affairs
o. io.ai government i'll such districts
aS they control To the Carranza gov
c:'I.i ;:ii. The Villa troops, it is agreed,
;."r - a. u.I:cn into the Constitutional
Isl iiI-... and are TO fight against the
I.'Gl;:;.-;l..S.
-, p;l;t marks the end of an epoch
AMI tie beginning of anOthe" which
VIII lie siGnalized with due pomp when
Carianl.a enters Mexico City and sets
t. W.; at the reconstruction of Mex
i % Fer The moment interest attaches
10 :..e Citing from the contemporary
.i.s..' o.: one of its most picturesque
cba!"cj"'e:. PanchO Villa. the outlaw,
va U.-Yc within striking distance of
~. ;'.vS- .c!ICy Of Mexico. the bandit
WHO developed into a military genius.
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THE PASSING OF
PANCH0 VILLA
Picturesque Character Passes
: From Mexican Stage.

Peace has at last come about be-
tween the Carranza government In
Mexico and representatives Of the Villa
faction, which has been gradually dis
migrating since the recognition Of the
Carranza government.
The Carranzo de facto government
has agreed to grant general amnesty
to the leaders and followers Of the
The broad ax., 1916-01-01
BOY SCOUTS IN JAPAN.

Movement Mag Bring About Common
ideals Among SoJs of All Nations.
How far and wide the boy scout
movement has extended is exemplified
by the fact that it has taken a strong
hold upon the boys in PARKWAY Japan.
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The shadow Of a trouble is usually
blacker than the trouble itself
The broad ax., 1916-01-01

Mighty few of US are strong enough
to laugh at our own weakness.
The broad ax., 1916-01-01

Quite often a thing that goes for
a song" isn't worth more than the
song.
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SHORT AND SHARP.

Adversely lifts up many man whom
prosperity has knocked out
The broad ax., 1916-01-01

Europe may be able later on to use
some of its trenches for irrigation
bitches.
The broad ax., 1916-01-01

Be charitable to the living; the dead
are not I'm a position to appreciate a
monument.
The broad ax., 1916-01-01

Already football games have been
arranged for next autumn. This is
preparedness with a vengeance!
The broad ax., 1916-01-01

Physical geography is about the only
safe and sane geography for the young
idea to study in these stormy days.
The broad ax., 1916-01-01

Now that a Chicago clerk has sued
for divorce because his wife is too
beautiful, there'il be a lot of women
feeling sure their husbands don't love
them with a real unselfish love.
The broad ax., 1916-01-01

Neptune must smile as he sees lit
tie backwater clear trenches that nei-
Their huge guns nor poison gas could
empty.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-29
NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received by the
commissioners court OF Brazos Coun.
ty. Texas. at the office of the county
clerk OF said county, at Bryan. Texas.
until 10 o'clock a. m. April 10. 1916.
for the construction OF system o.
roads and bridges In Brazos County
Road District No. / Of Brazos County.
Texas.
The contract will include the con.
struction OF about So miles OF earth
and gravel roads and surfacing Of
about 8 miles OF road with bituminous
macadam or rock asphalt The surfac
ing OF said ) miles OF road with bitum.
nous macadam or rock asphalt must
be bid on separately.
Each bid for the entire work must
be accompanied by a certified check
for Fifteen Thousand Dollars (sl5,.
O0O.OO), payable to J. T. Malonhy,
county Judge OF Brazos County. Texas.
II bid is made on bituminous macadam
or rock asphalt surfacing alone, such
bid must be accompanied by a certi.
Ned check for Two Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars S2.5O0OO. payable
to J. T. Maloney. county Judge, Brazos
County, Texas.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned after April /, 1916, from Abney
& Mccormick. engineers OF Road Dis
trict No. /. Brazos County, Texas.
Smith building. Bryan. Texas. upon
the payment OF Fifteen Dollars
$4,000. Upon the returns OF said plans
and specifications in good condition.
the deposit for same will be refunded
The commissioners court OF Brazos
County, Texas. reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
Address Abney & Mccormick. Engi.
neers of Road District No. /, Bryan.
Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-29
BRYAN VISITORS.

Registered at Bryan free wagon
yard since March %: G. o. Nash. Bud
Williams, ], d. Steepleton. J. l.. Tower.
Edge; A. J. Keith, Charley Midland.
T. ID. Locke. W. T. Crenshaw. Keith
J. w. Harris, route l. Bryan: ]. Q. De
hart, Hillsboro; c. Ayers, lack; J. 5.
Williams, ]. l.. Neville, Cross; ]. r.
McVey, Normangee; j. +. Frick. Kur
ten. |. W. Turner. lola; E. J. suffle-
meyer. Zulch.
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the Baraoa class and the husbands Of
the married members OF the Philathea
class are cordially invited to be pres.
ent.
From all reports the affair prom
Uses TO be very pleasant and unique
for those who will participate. A good
time generally is looked forward to
by all.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-29

Bate. The contest was very success.
ful and added to the enrolment OF the
class twenty'nine new members. plac.
ing the total enrolment now at sew.
enty.eight young women. Last sun.
days attendance was sixty.four. the
largest In the city.
This class will entertain the Baraca
class in their class rooms tomorrow
evening at s o'clock. All members OF
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-29

Mrs J. b. Stevenson. Mrs. Chas. Wet.
ter.
Wheelock Street From Anderson to
the End-Mrs. c. T. Tally, Mrs. A. J.
Buchanan. Mrs. T. J. Fountain, Mrs
Tito, Mrs. II. p. Hopkins.
Sterling Street From Anderson.
North and West-Mrs. ]. c. welch.
Mrs. W. c. Fountain. Mrs. McAdams.
Mrs. Landlord. Mr. Lowery ]. c.
Welch.
Oak Grove and Territory-W. s. VIII.
son, Mrs. W. s. Howell, Mrs. w. C.
Davis.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-29
PHILATHEA CLASS WILL
ENTERTAIN BARRACKS.

During the last four Sundays there
has been a very lively and interesting
contest ON In the Philathea class OF
the First Baptist Sunday school The
class was divided into two sections.
one under the leadership OF Mrs. W. c.
Davis. the other lead by Miss Louise
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-29

Don't forget that the Singer sewing
machine store sells. rents and repairs
machines. all with a guarantee Of sat.
isfaetion. Phone le7. T. A. satter.
white.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-03-29
FOR RENT.

Nicely furnished modern house.
keeping rooms. all conveniences; sec.
ond block from car line. Rent very
reasonable. 80 Dallas street. phone
S52.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-04
f. d. SMITH PARTY
HAS NARROW ESCAPE.

Yesterday afternoon as County
Agriculturiest, f. d. Smith, his wife
and Mr.. Lyman Of Sunnyside were
returning from Montezuma they met
with an accident coming down Hes
perus hill. Mr.. Smith was driving
slowly and carefully but the steer
ing rod broke and the car as luck
would have, turned toward the bank
and not toward the grade below. The
car had not gone far until it ran in
to the bank on the upper side and
turned over, breaking the wind shield
and the top and shaking up and brus-
ing the occupants. While the car was
damaged considerably It is most re-
markable that no serious damage
was done to the occupants.
Certainly those in the car were
most fortunate that it turned toward
the bank as Mr.. Smith lost his con-
trC,. Had IL started down the hill II
would have been impossible to stop
the car until 1t had reached the bot
tom. 1t likely would not have gone
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-04
WRITER OF WORTHLESS
CHECKS CAPTURED

Murray Holloway of Cedar Hill,
man charged with passing a string
of forged checks, was lodged in the
county Jail Wednesday evening where
he has since been identified by d. r.
Mckinney and members of his force
and John Herr of the bayfield, Mer-
camille company. Selling good pur-
chased with worthless checks led to
his arrest,
While in Ignacio few days ago,
Sheriff Fassbinder spotted a man
wearing leather coat that the forg-
er had purchased from the Bayfield,
Mercantile company. Upon ques-
tioning him, he found he had bought
the coat from Holloway of Cedar Hill.
The Sheriff followed this clue which
resulted in the latter's arrest in his
home vicinity.
While Holloway has not admitted
his guilt he offered to make settle
ment with the Mckinney Clothing
company when Mr.. Mckinney called
at the Jail to identify him.
In addition to McKinney's and the
Bayfield, Mercantile company, Glenn
Brothers and Quintana Brothers
cashed. the forged checks.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-04

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.--Safety
for America and Americans is behind
the warning issued by the Federal
Reserve board, experts declare. The
warning was issued last night when
the board dwelt upon the advisability
of American investors proceeding
with caution and avoiding tieing up
their funds by the purchase of treas
uly bills of foreign governments. in.
volving long time obligations. The
board holds it is not referring to any
special country but to the fact the
money being used should be utilized
for the American manufacturer, mer-
chant and farmer, and it is against
the interest of the nation to use it
for other purposes.
Some experts, commenting upon
the boards action, declare the possi-
bility of unsettled conditions abroad
was the boards immediate motive
and many saw actual apprehension
of the outcome Of the enormous fl
nancing Of the Allies.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-04
STRAIGHTFORWARD TESTIMONY
Many Durango Citizens Have Profit
ed BY It.

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troubles, days of dizziness, headaches
or nervousness, strike at the seat Of
the trouble. These are often the
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is grave danger in delay. Doan's Kid
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kidney ailments are endorsed by
over 10000 people. Your neighbors
recommend this remedy have prov
ed its merit in many tests. Duran
go readers should take fresh cour-
age in the straightforward testimony
Of Durango woman.
Mrs. +. j. Watkins, 72l, Second
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it always made the trouble worse,
bringing on pains in my back. If |
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Doan's Kidney Pills helped me quick
ly."
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Watkins had. Foster-Milburn
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Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-04
WORMS MAKE CHILDREN
FRETFUL

If your child cries out in sleep, is
nervous, puny and listless, he may
be 4 victim of worms. Begin treat
ment at once with Kickapoo Worm
Killer, This candy laxative in tablet
form kills the worm and removes it
quickly and easily. Don't permit
your child's development to be treat
ed by the continued draining of his
vitality by worms. Get kickapoo
Worm Killer at your Druggist, 25c.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-04
NO HIGHER PRICE FOR THIS

While food and clothing have ad-
vanced in cost, it is well for the sick
that the prices of such reliable family
remedies as Foley Kidney Pills are
not increased. Persons in moderate
circumstances find doctors bills hard
to pay in the easiest of times. Don't
neglect weak, tired or disordered kid
neys. Foley Kidney Pills cost little
and relieve backache, pains in sides
and loins, sore muscles, stiff joints,
rheumatic pains and annoying blad
der trouble. S. G. Wall. Durango
Drug Co.