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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
PosTScRIPTs

The change to electric power on
Sweden's most northerly railroad In
the world has increased the train ca
pacity 40 per cent and the speed 80
per cent over steam operation.
A telephone which is claimed to be
explosion proof and flame proof has
been invented In England for use In
mines or anywhere that explosive
gases or liquids are present.
For peeling potatoes in quantities
a carborundum lined metal cylinder
has been invented. against the sides
of which the tubers are whirled by
revolving bottom plate.
After lengthy investigation the
United States bureau Of standards has
decided that the lightning rod. when
properly installed, is a Trustworthy
means of protecting property.
The entire body of new automobile
headlight is made of glass, a vacuum
between the reflector and the outside
protecting the finish of the exterior
and keeping 1t cool.
Sacks made of fabric woven from
paper strips that are twisted with
short vegetable fiber are being sue
cessfully used for transporting ore in
Chile.
A new German machine cleans and
sorts medicinal tablets, rejecting
broken ones, and packs them in boxes
or tubes at a rate Of from 10000 to
100000 day.
A new device to prevent an automo-
bile headlight throwing rays that daz.
zle consists OF series of concentric
metal rings. to be mounted behind the
lens to reflect all the light along
parallel lines.
Oatmeal is generally adulterated
with barley -four to give 1t a whittier
appearance.
It Is interesting to note at the pres
emit time that when the war broke out
with Turkey in 1878. Carmen Sylvia,
the poet queen" of Roumania. was the
first to volunteer as a nurse. She
worked night and day In the hospitals,
end after the war was ended the sol.
diers among themselves collected
enough of the small coinage of the
country to raise a national monument
TO "Muma Ranitola"-'the mother Of
the wounded"--of which the queso
was extremely proud.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Lord Byron an lde4 In Greece,

There is at least one Englishman
for whom Greek affection has never
wavered-Lord Byron. Not only Is
he commemorated in Greece by stat
ues and street names, but his portrait
is to be found everywhere. even in the
most unlikely places. W. Miller. in
his Greek Life in Town and Ccun-
try" tells how he came upon a por.
trait of the poet in provincial res.
taurant. The moment he took notice
of it the proprietor. stout. prosaic-
looking man, whom no one would have
suspected Of sentiment, stepped to-
ward the picture, clasped his hands
in pathetic gesture, and with far
away look in his eyes, stood for time
in rapt admiration Of the great Phil
helene"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Most Eminent Medical Authorities Endorse Il
New Remedy Kidney, Uric Acid Troubles

DR.. Eberle and DR.. Braithwaite as
well as DR.. Simon-all distinguished
Authors-agree that whatever may be
the disease, the urine seldom fails in
furnishing US with clue to the princi-
pies upon which it is to be treated.
and accurate knowledge concerning
the nature of disease can thus be OBJ
tanned. II backache, scalding urine or
frequent urination bother or distress
you, or IL uric acid In the blood has
caused rheumatism, govt or sciatica
or you suspect kidney or bladder
trouble Just write DR.. Pierce at the
Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y; send
a sample of urine and describe symp-
toms. You will receive free medical
advice after DR.. Pierce's chemist has
examined the urine-this VIII be care
fully done without charge, and you
will be under no obligation. DR.. Pierce
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Hopes Women viii
Adopt This Habit
As Well As Men
Glass Of hot water each MORN
ing helps US look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.

Happy, bright, Advantageous and
viSacious--a good. clear skin; a nat.
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only by clean,
healthy blood. II only every woman
and likewise every man could realize
the wonders Of drinking phosphated
hot water each morning, what a graf.
flying change would take place.
Instead of the thousands Of sickly.
manufacturing men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex.
ions; instead Of the multitudes of
nerve wrecks" "rundowns," brain
fags' and pessimists we should see a
virile, optimistic throng of rosy.
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking.
each morning before breakfast, a glass
OF real hot water with teaspoonful
OF limestone phosphate In 1t to wash
from the stomach. liver. kidneys and
ten yards of bowels the previous days
indigestible waste, sour lamentations
and poisons, thus cleansing, sweeten-
Ing and freshening the entire alimen.
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, bill.
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and particularly those who
have a pallid, sallow. complexion and
who are constipated very often, are
urged to obtain quarter pound OF
limestone phosphate from any drug.
s!st c- at the store which viii cost
but trifie but is SUFFICIENT to demon.
strate the quick and remarkable
change In both health and appearance
awaiting those who practice internal
sanitation. We must remember that
inside cleanliness is more important
than outside, because the skin does
not absorb impurities to contaminate
the blood, while the pores in the thir.
ty feet of bowels do.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
@Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
Time Il!

Really does" put bad stomachs in
order-"really does" overcome indiges.
ton, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in FIVE minutes-that-just
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator In the
world. II what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour. undigested food and
acid; head. Is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filled
with bile and indigestible waste, re.
member the moment "Pape's Diapep-
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing-almost marvellous, and
the Joy is its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case Of Pape's Dia-
pepsin will give you q hundred dollars
worth Of satisfaction.
It's worth its weight In gold to men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. It belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy
In case Of sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest. surest and most harmless
stomach doctor In the world.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

LIcENSE-HiGH TO HIGHEST.
In Massachusetts, the minimum cost
of first class saloon license is $1,000.
The maximum is not fixed by law, but
there are instances on record where
licenses have sold for $500 and $1O,-
900. The average price is about
$500.
How does 1t work-this license sys-
tenn raised to its highest power? The
New York Commercial-certainly not
a dry advocate-speaking Of the in
crease of the license fee in the state Of
New York from $1,000 to $500 year,
says:
1T seems plausible to reduce the
number of drinking places and raise
their status by imposing heavy II.
cense fees, but in practice 1t results in
turning over the business to q few
brewers who are able to finance the
license fees and to drive independent
dealers out of business. In some cities
In Massachusetts, brewers and whole
sale dealers control practically all the
saloons and hotels and form syndi.
Gates to handle the monopoly SO given
to them by the high license law. It
would be easy to form syndicate in
New York city that would pay $4,000
year for each license taken out. The
revenue might be increased by giving
such monopoly, but the liquor bust.
ness would be run for all there was In
It, and social conditions would not
be improved. Massachusetts, has given
high license fair test and the results
are net what It's original advocates
promised"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
FIVE REASONS.


DR.. Henry Williams Of New York,
an eminent specialist in nervous and
mental diseases, has summed up his
Investigation concerning alcohol in
these words:
i am bound to believe. on the evi.
dence, that II you take alcohol habit
ually in any quantity whatever, 1t Ia
to some extent menace to you. II
you do this, am bound to believe in
the light Of what science has re-
vealed:
Il. That you are tangibly threaten
ing the physical structures of your
stomach, your liver and kidneys, your
heart, your blood vese ais, your nerves,
and brain;
2. That you are unequivocally de-
creasing your capacity for working in
any field, be 1t physical, intellectual,
or artistic.
%. That you are in some measure
lowering the grade of your mind, dull
ing your higher esthetic sense, and
taking the finer edge of your morals.
a. That you are distinctly lessen
ing your chances for maintaining
health and attaining long life; and,
70. That you are entailing upon
your descendants yet unborn bond
OF incalculable misery"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

during many years Of experimentation
has discovered a new remedy which
Is thirty.seven times more powerful
than lithia In removing uric acid from
the system. II you are suffering from
backache or the pains Of rheumatism,
60 to your best druggist and ask for
a so cent box of "An4rfc" put up by
Doctor Pierce, or send 10c for large
trial pck'g. DR.. Pierces Favorite Pre-
scription for weak women and DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
for the blood have been favorably
known for the past forty years and
more. They are standard remedies
to-day-as well as Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets for the liver and
bowels. You can have q sample of any
one of these remedies by writing DR..
Pierce, and sending 1Oc for trial pack,
age.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
War Spares the Dc Reszkes.

Jean de Reszke has written to a
friend in this city he has news from
his native Poland to the effect that
his properties have not suffered very
much from the war and in their pro-
vince complete calm reigns. He says
that while his brother Edouard has
suffered from rheumatism 10 Is now
beginning to mend. He also wishes
to thank his American friends for
their interest and sympathy, and adds
that he has resumed his teaching of
singing In Paris.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVANCE.

Total abstinence is no longer rid.
iculed fanaticism. 1t sits In regal
state on the throne of empires and
of kingdoms, and in republics sways,
In ever-increasing measure, the voting
citizenship. 1t safeguards the soldier,
the aviator and the crew OF the subma-
rine. 1t gives a clear brain to the
railroad man, the athlete, the autoist
and the commercial, Industrial and
agricultural worker. 1t says: THE
first man to be taken of and the last
man to be taken on is the man who
drinks. Anna A. Gordon.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
ReIaIum's Lost Children.

There are 81 many little children
alone in this big world! One day a
young Belgian official called my attetl.
ton to his white hair. THAT turned
in a month";" he said. because could
not find the parents IT frightened chill
dren, nor the children of agonized
parents. Mabel Hyde Kittredge in
the New Republic.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Gypsies Of indian Origin.

American Romani support the the
DRY that the gypsies originally came
from India. Mr.. Black, an English
writer, makes 1t plain that most Of
their words are derived from the San
skirt, Notwithstanding scholars have
tried to trace the race back to the
Saracens, Canaanites, lost tribeD Of
Israel and other ancient peoples.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

IMITATION IS slNcEREST FLATTERy
but like counterfeit money the imita-
ton has not the worth OF the original.
Insist on la Creole" Hair Dressing
its the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price $1.00.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
MODERATE DRINKING.

Twenty years ago 1t was said 'the
harm of moderate drinking is that 1t
may lead to immoderate drinking"
Today 1t is known that the harm of
moderate drinking is moderate drink
ing."-The intercollegiate Statesman
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
PERSONAL LIBERTY.

Have you ever realized that a law
limiting saloons to one for every 1000
or 500 people is against personal lib
erty? It leaves sse or 4s9 people out
of every 1000 or 500 Invested of the
personal liberty to run a saloon.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Not His Fault.

How long did you work in your
last placer"
Three months"
only three months! Then you
were not able to hold down your job%
mo, sir"
II thought as much"
II was working in powder mill.
Several tons of powder exploded un-
der my job"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Object MatrImony.

$50 you don't believe in advertising.
eh?' scornfully remarked the up-to-
date business man.
mo, DON'T" insisted his sad-eyed
neighbor. II got my wife that way
Judge.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
DRINK AND ACCIDENTS.

DRINK AND ACCIDENTS.
The following report was sent by
the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
company to the interstate commerce
commission:
Average number Of employees Febru-
airy Is, 1915, to September /, 1915. $3.50
Average number Water Wagon club
members February Is to September
-. 1910 ..'..................... ,oVU
Total number accidents causing en-
ployees to lose three or more days
uIne .................. 224
Number OF the ga employees injured
who are members of the club. ..,.. 4S
Percentage of total number Of MEM
bers injured ........................ $50
Percentage Of club members injured 2.S6
Percentage of men injured who are
not club members .................... ss3
Percentage of total club members to
total number injured ..............I91s
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
LITERAL.

Literal.
Il hear the newly-weds had fall.
ing out yesterday"
so soon? What was 1t about?"
About the turn in the road yonder.
Their rear tire blew up"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
PrecocIous.

What would your mother say II she
saw you doing that. little boy?"
"How's any man going to telliin ad-
vance what woman's going to sayY'
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
ALWAYS LOOK YOUR BEST
A. to Your Hair and Skin by Uslnu
Cuticura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant, super-creamy emollients pre-
serve the natural purity and beauty
OF the skin under conditions which, II
neglected, tend to produce a state Of
irritation and Disagreement.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

A woman will Jump to conclusion
almost as quickly as she will at q
mouse.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Bears the ~ <<~
SIGNATURE Of A1AzzM
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletchers Castoris

A small boy knows more about his
big sister In minute than young
man can find out during years
courtship.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
has an opal weighing II ounces, which
is valued at $150,000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

A love match generally lasts about
as long as fellow eau hold It without
burning his fingers.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

We all admire man who keeps
things to himself, until we want to
borrow something.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

Germans took $3.50 prisoners and
IA guns In two days battle at Sols-
sons.
Russian invasion Of East Prussia
by new force Of 100000 men begun.
Germans retook several positions
on the Bxura.
Turkish Invasion Of Persia con-
tinued.
Armenian refugees fled Into Rus.
sja,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
A HINT TO WISE WOMEN.

troubles will vanish in thin air after using
"Femenina." Price soc and sIoo-Adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

A friend will always laugh at your
jokes, be they good or bad, but there
is q great deal in the way he does It.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

Remember This Fellows.
One may forgive foolishness. but
that doesn't overcome the annoyance
It imposes-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Ec-zene Kills Eczema.

Let US prove it. Accept no substitute. II
-FOUR Druggist does not have il, write to
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

Indulgent mothers are those who
permit their children to annoy others
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
The EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK

Jan. 10, 1915.
French cut German railway lines
to prevent relief of Altklrch.
Turks marched on Egypt.
Turkish army of reserves, trying
to save Erzerum, repulsed at from
tier.
German aviators threw thirty
bombs on Dunkirk.
French aviators defeated German
alrmen In battle at great altitude.
Abbas HiIml, deposed khedive.
called on Egyptians and Sudanese
to rise against England.
Jan. II, 1915.
Allies, attacking from Perthes,
tried to cut German rail- communi-
cations.
Russian lines greatly REINFORCED.
Military authorities took over all
blankets In Berlin and Branden.
burg.
Italy sent sarrisons to her Isl
ands In the Aegean.
American party on way to re-
lleve German and Austrian prls-
oners In Russia halted temporarily
by Russian government.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
DON'T sNIFFLE,

OVTN 7
You can rid yourself of that cold in
the head by taking Laxative Quinidine
Tablets. Price Csc. Also used In
cases Of La Grippe and for severe
headaches. Remember that.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

A man never knows what woman
thinks of him-nor does she.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

Not Gray Hairs but Tired Eyes
make us look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago. Sends Eye Book on request
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Jan. IS 1915,

Germans victorious at Scissors,
forcing French to abandon five
miles Of trencheo and cross the
Alsne, leaving guns and wounded.
Kaiser watched Germans take
the heights of vregny.
Russians occupied villages In
Mazurlan lake region and threat.
ened Mlawa.
Turks occupied Tabrix and re-
ported Arab victory over British
on lower Tlgris.
Dover forts DROVE off two Ger
man submarines.
DardaneIIes bombarded by allied
feet.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Tn The system

Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula Is
printed on every label. showing il is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinins drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. so cents.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
T0WNaD0id
Operations
These Three Women Tell How They
Escaped the Dreadful Ordeal Of
Surgical Operations.

Hospitals great and necessary institutions but they
peculiar to their Many letters file in the Pinkham
Laboratory at Lynn, Mass, prove that great number Of
after they have been recommended to submit to an
operation have been made we'll by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Here three such letters. All
sick women should read them.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
| I {; 4

Hunts Cure" is absolutely guaranteed
to cure Itch, Eczema, Ringworm, letter.
or any Skin Disease, or purchase price
cheerfully refunded. Sold everywhere
for Soc. box, or write, A. B. Richards
Medicine Co., Sherman. Texas.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Jan. IL. 1915.

French attempted offensive near
Perthes and Scissors.
Germans repulsed French In A.
SAGE.
Russians pressed the Austrians
back near the Nida river.
Austrians were fleeing from
Bukowlna.
Turks and Russians fought for
the Erzerum road; Noury Bey TAX
en- by Russians.
British government asked women
to persuade men to enlist.
Remainder Of Turkish Tenth
army corps routed at Kara ourdan.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Jan. is, 1915.

Jan. Is, 1915.
British made gains near La
Bassee.
New Russian army marched
north In Poland.
Won hIndenburp's forces declared
to be In peril.
British took swakopmund, Al.
RIGA.
American Red Cross sent sup.
piles to saIonIkI and Virginia and
Maryland sent relief ships to Bel.
pium.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Jan. 16, 1915.

Jan. 16, 1915.
AustrIans brought up heavy artlI.
fery to hold the Donajec river.
German troops sent to Budapest.
italian gunboat coatlt damaged
In the AdrIatic.
German hydropIane los. In North
sea.
French submarine saphIr sunk
by Turkish mine In Dardanelles.
Allied avIators bombarded o..
tend.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14
Raw Furs Wanted
New York The Best
Fur Market Where
an F1rs Aqusf Coaso

~ will pay you the following cash Prices pay an
avs express charges and deduct no ommssion-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA. safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that II
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

pinkhams Vegetable Compound was so run down
with female troubles that could not do anything and our doctor
sad undergo operation could hardly walk
without help read about the Vegetable Compound and what
It had done others thought would try it. got bottle OF
Pnkham sanae Wash and used them according TO directions
Mrs THoa DwYER $50 Milwaukee Ave, East Detroit Mich
Bellevue suffered than tongue can tell with terrible
bearing down pains and Inflammation tried several doctors ana
an operation and dreaded the thought Of that also tried
rood medicines that recommended to none
Of them helped until friend advised me to give Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable Compound trial The first bottle helped kept
taking and what to be sick ana
weight 20 years old and weigh t pounds
tunity it any other suffering IRENE
FRoEIIoHER Manhattan St, North Sde Bellevue, Pa
Won like special advice write to Lydia Pfnkham
Med Mass Your letter win be opened
answered by and held In strict confidence
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-01-14

Marinette, Wis-"I went to the doctor and
he told me must have an operation for female
trouble, and hated to have 1t done as had been
married only short time. I would have terrible
pains and my hands and feet were cold all the
time took Lydia e. Pnkhams Vegetable Com
pound and was cured, and feel better in every
way. give you permission to publish my name
because am so thankful that ] feel well again."
Mrs. FRED BEHNKE, Marinette, Wis.
Do+ro;t Mich wben 7 first toolx Tvdia T.