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HEALTH HINTS

Good teeth are put above other
physical qualifications in accepting
men for the United States army.
A man may have corns and callouses
on his feet and other defects and We.
under certain circumstances be aC.
copied but If he has bad teeth il
means rejection.
Uncle Sam figures a man with poor
teeth cannot chew his food properly;
this means his digestion will be i'm.
paired and is an absolute disqualiti.
cation for enduring the hardships Of
life in the trenches.
The care of the teeth must begin in
childhood. Upon the proper care OF
the teeth depends in large part the
nutrition of the growing child, his sus.
ceptibility to disease and his gen.
eral health through life.
Neglect of the first teeth leads to
early decay and loss of teeth, with &
shrinkage and abnormal growth of
the jaws which force the oncomins
teeth out Of their natural position.
Stomach disorders of childhood are
often caused by bad teeth. The mouth
is one of the important organs of di.
gestion. A child with decayed, pain.
full teeth will bolt his food, and will
be stunted in his growth.
Decayed teeth also give off poisons,
which are taken into the body. AL.
most always associated with bad mouth
conditions in children are diseases OF
the tonsils and eye and ear inflamma.
ton.
Heart disease and Joint inflamma.
ton are often traced to decayed teeth.
A child's general health may be so
disturbed by decayed teeth that it soon
becomes fit subject for tuberculosis
From the time of the appearance OF
the first tooth there should be daily
brushing of teeth and gums and thor.
ough rinsing of the mouth. Parents
should realize the great Importance
OF conserving childs first teeth and
of correcting any mouth defects. A
careful dentist should look over a
child's teeth twice a year If de.
cay is present filling should be made
and other defects corrected.
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:: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE, =:

For a moment, little book. l saw
those hands moving frantically and
then wave hid them from sight. /
looked again for the sleek head OF
Dick near the raft and realized with
a mingled feeling OF joy and fright that
he had started to the rescue.
1t seemed to me that the life savers
were hours getting their boat launch
ed. Would Dick be able to hold Nal.
colin until the life-savers came, ] Won
dered. How will l feel if he cannot?"
| said to myself. "Oh, God, what will
do II must choose between them?"
Altogether l seemed to be acting a
part in which | had no volition. Ger
tainly now had come the climax of my
more or less tumultuous life.
Strange, isn't it, little book, what
things come into ones mind at such
crises. My teeth were chattering, my
heart was beating like trip hammer.
! had waded out into the water until
every incoming wave took me off my
feet, and yet all the time another Mar
gle Waverly was. in detached way,
Analysing the strange tragedy that had
come into the life of that other Mar
gle.
The head far out almost beyond the
pier was bobbing UP again, but you
could see Malcolm was in great dis.
lress and growing weaker all the time.
Dick was swimming with somewhat
unsteady strokes toward him and 1t
seemed to me he too was overtaxing
his strength.
Upon the shore there was great ex-
element and the boat was just being
put OF. There was a cheer for both
men that rang to me and wondered II
either man heard 1t.
Keep up courage. We're coming"
some one shouted.
The boat passed very near to me.
Better get in shore, lady. We can't
spend time to pick you up" said one Of
the men.
. I'm all right" answered, and then
grew cold.
Dick had deliberately turned and
was swimming back.
Evidently the men in the boat did
not see him, for they went on toward
where Malcolm had disappeared. A
man shot over the side of the boat as
looked again.
Don't let him drown, don't let him
drown" l shouted, not realizing for
the moment that by no possibility could
those men out there hear me. could
not see what was happening.
A wave took me Oh my feet again
and I got a sensation Of strangling. I
did not lose my head, however, but
struck out for the surface. When !
came to the top, / saw the man evi.
IDENTIFY still hunting for Malcolm and
Dick swimming toward me with calm,
sven strokes.
For moment such wave Of hate
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cred and Miss Leida did not know that
in the center of the crowd lay her po-
liceman with a bullet through his arm
and another through his shoulder
Briefly. what had happened was
this: A fanatic, who felt himself the
God-sent messenger to cut short the
life Of certain millionaire whose of.
flee was in that vicinity. had sprung
through the traffic when II was at its
thickest Mistaking the limiusine of
another man for that Of the million.
aire whom he hated, he had leaned
to the running board, revolver in hand.
And Big Bill Duncan sprang after him.
Trowing himself before the fanatic,
he received the shots that were meant
for another. Somewhere in the crowd
the criminal escaped and Bill Law sense.
less in the street.
1t was not till an hour later that Miss
Leida in her apartment had the sum.
mons that called her to Bills bedside
in the hospital.
III coem through with only a scar"
he assured her when she reached him,
his weather.beaten face not whit
the paler for the pain he had just
gone through in the dressing OF his
wounds. But I'm apt to be here for
couple Of weeks more, the doctor
told me. Can we manage to postpone
the trip West?"
Miss Leidas eyes we're misty with
tears that merely sparkled on the
lashes.
81 guess we won't go West at ALL"
she said. ut would be hard pull
for you. I've known from the first,
and know now that there is just as
much good to be done in the streets
Of the city as we could ever accom-
plish by interfering with those strag.
Cling red men,"
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dashed over me wished Dick would
drown before my sight. That wish was
an awful thing to come into the mind
Of any wife, little book, but wonder
how many wives have wished it before
me. Surely, many women have gone
through with the same situation in
which found myself
They have found that their husbands
were cowards-men not worthy OF low
ing and perhaps they like l, have been
put to the torture of seeing the men
they thought worthy of their love dy-
ing before their eyes and they were
powerless to help.
My God, little book, in those few
minutes l lived life time, for must
confess TO you all the time my heart
was clamoring so loudly that l could
not even hear the bomb of the waves,
THE man you love is dying and the
man you hate is coming to you living
being"
l strained my eyes toward the life
boat. | saw them lift over the side a
limp figure and turned dejectedly to-
ward the shore.
AT least I'll be true to myself and
tell Die kI loved the man he heartlessly
left to die said to myself.
'rMargie, Margie," called Dick as he
came nearer.
did not turn around but hurried in
to meet the boat that was bringing to
me Malcolm Stuart, alive or dead
did not know.
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MORE STRENGTH FOR
FEEBLE old PEOPLE

If all the old people in Fairmont
realized what Vinol will do for them
we would not be able to get enough
Of 1t to supply the demand. We quote
from recent letter received from
Mrs. A. E. Carson OF Kingston, N. Y.
She says: 81 am GO years of age,
and had been ailing for a long time
with indigestion. l got rundown, was
weak, dizzy and could not sleep at
night. consulted two doctors who
said hardening of the arteries and at
my age could not expect to be strong
again. My daughter would give me
no peace until / tried Vinol, as it
had done so much for her. have
taken five bottles and my health and
strength have come back, SO l am able
to do all the housework for my fam.
lily of four, and / am recommending
Vinol to all by friends"
The reason Vinol is SO beneficial to
old people is because 1t contains the
very elements needed to replace de.
clining strength with renewed vigor,
viz: beef and cod liver peptones, iron
and manganese peptonates, glycero
phosphates, and mild tonic wine.
Cranes drug store, Fairmont; Pre-.
scription Pharmacy, Warrington.
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particularly preoccupied thus that Big
Bill Duncan, six feet two and as wea.
thexr.worn. virIle and strong as a
forest oak. put out one large hand
of his and gently guided her through
the traffic that challenged those who
crossed the streets at the time the
mission office closed. The next night
nc paused from his work of directing
traffic and stepped to the surbstone
to escort her through the crowd. a
smile of gratitude went up to him as
she thanked him.
Its a bad time to cross, for a slip
of lady like you, maam," he said,
and from that time every night when
Miss Leida crossed the street the big
policeman was ready to escort her.
Little by little they became ac-
quainted, though 1t took time, as all
their conversation had TO be carried
on in the brief snathces of talk that
could be caught in these trips across
the street. The policeman told her
more about himself, perhaps, because
she seemed to be in different world
than his, than he had ever told any
one else. He told her he was lonely.
His sister, who had been his lifelong
companion and whom he had support
ed in a little uptown flat, had died.
He was on the list for preferment in
the police department. Perhaps soon
he might be lieutenant of the precinct
but with the sister gone, there
didn't seem to be much use.
Miss Leida told him that she, too,
had had disappointments, though she
didn't tell him about the dream OF the
mission that didn't come true. She
lent him some books. He read them
with eagerness. Then they went to
some lectures together, and after the
Policeman had told her that she had
taken the place in his life, only very
differently, that had been left vacant
by his sister, she thought of her plan.
He was muscular, he liked adventure
and he courted danger every day His
heart was golden, and he had said
himself that he liked to be with her.
She had never thought of her man as
coming in the blue uniform of a police
man; but why not.
So Miss Leida asked him to meet
her one day in the sitting room of her
own wee apartment. She wanted to
present her plan to him away from
the distractions of the office.
But Bill Duncan got ahead of her
with plan that had been brewing
in his mind.
81 am not exactly your sort, know
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he said, But my sister was your sort
at heart, and we were each others
sort. DO you get me? Only you are
what sister could never be. OF course,
you think OF me as just a traffic COP.
Well. that's all. but I'm proud of 1t.
It's like fighting in an army. Only
to me 1t is better than fighting. to
Kill as in war, because we fight to
save folks from being trampled under
foot, little kids and women like your
self. That is why have stuck to the
force and not tried to get out. And
I'm up for promotion. If get another
medal I'll be at the head of the list fof
lieutenant. | don't want to be con.
ceited, but just want to let you know
that traffic cop can be brave man
If he isn't exactly swell | want you
to marry me. VIII you?"
When the domino had asked Miss
Leida to become his wife he had ask.
ed her very differently. and her pulse
had not quickened by one beat at the
asking, nor had her eyes grown ten.
der, as they did now. This time.it was
quite different. But Miss Leida was
not quick in answering him. She had
first and foremost her own-plan at
heart. Had it not been for. that she
thought she would have explained
quickly the impossibility of such un.
ion. But perhaps it was in this very
union that she would find the solution
OF her long.standing problem.
After she had thought for a few
minutes: II will marry you on one
condition" she told him, "and that is
If you will so with me out to the wilds
of the Indian reservation ad help me
there with new mission. There are
only few struggling red man left,
and they are too from the other mis-.
sion to be reached. 1t is in thos ethat
am interested"
This was perhaps the hardest prop.
osition that the traffic man had ever
had to face. He didn't fear the life
among the Indians. With Miss Leida
he knew he would be contended any.
where. But he didn't quite under.
stand. There were at most six fami.
lies in the region, she had told him.
How many Of those red folk do you
figure we'll convert?" he said.
ooh, perhaps none at first 1t is
slow work. In the other group they
have converted three in the last four
years"
Bill asked few more questions
about the nature of the work in the
West and finally gave his consent Be.
fore many days had passed Miss Leida
came with her exulting news to the
office that she had found her man
and that they were to proceed to the
West within a month. The plan was
that they would be married on the eve
of their departure, but this she did
not announce. She thought 1t would
be easier to send word of this after
they had started.
So Bill gave up the little apartment
he and his sister had lived in and stor-
ed the furniture-but he did not re.
sign his position on the force.
Then one evening-it was the last
week that Miss Leida was to work in
the office-there was great commo.
ton in the street when she stepped
on the sidewalk. 1t was the first night
in months that Bill was not there to
guide her across. a crowd had gath.
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medicine ] took. Every month since I
was young girl 1 had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. ! saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of a woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was i'm
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind SO 1 sent my husband to the
drug store at once for a bottle of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
believe me, ! soon noticed change and
when had finished the third bottle 1
was cured and never felt better. Igrant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure. Mrs. THos. McGoN-
IeAL, 1882 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa.
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DANDELIONS WILL
PUT IRON IN BLOOD
BY LUCILLE BREWER AND HELEN
CANON.
me" York State College of AarieuI
ture, Cornell UnIVersfty.)

New York State College of Aarieul.
ture, Cornell University
1t has long been known that iron is
necessary to maintain the body in a
state of health and that 1t is furnished
in such foods as eggs, legumes, ce.
reals, fruits, vegetables and meats. AS
sources of iron, it is said that the green
vegetables are perhaps the most i'm
portant of all foods.
1t is commonly known that spinach
contains a relatively large proportion
OF iron, but 1t is not generally recog.
nlzed that dandelions are also OF value
in this respect.
II is customary in the spring, when
both physical and mental vitality is
low to take an iron tonic. In cases
where this is necessary, ii should be re.
membered that the iron in foods is used
to much better advantage than is medi.
cinal iron.
Iron of fruits and vegetables is more
completely available for nutrition than
is the iron Of meats. Therefore, since
tones are expensive and dandelions
may be had for the cutting, 1t would
seem poor economy to hold to the ira.
dition in many households of giving
the children spring tonic to keep
their blood in good condition.
Liberal use of fruits and vegetables
is to be recommended for women and
children especially. because for propes
maintenance and for growth they re.
quire more food iron in proportion to
their food requirements than do men,
Dandehons, like other green vegeta-
bles, have mild laxative tendency due
largely TO their roughage, which is the
term applied to the substance that is
not affected by the digestive juices
These bulky foods are desirable in any
good diet as aids in preventing putre.
faction in the lower part of the intes-
final tract
Aside from their nutritive value,
dandelion green's are good addition
to the diet for the sake of variety and
because of their flavor.
When to gather dandelions and how
to cook them will be told In the next
article.
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DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Die
cOvery is a tonic and builder that
brings new activity to the liver, stom,
ach and bowels In a short time. thus
causing sallowness, indigestion and
constipation to disappear.
Good blood means good health; good
health means strong men and women,
full of vigor and ambition. with minds
alert and muscles ever willing. Any
medicine dealer will supply you with
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
in eitheF LIQUID or tablet form. Send
to DR.. Pierce, Tnva'!ds' Hotel, Buhsla
N. Y. fc- -. ~
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When ticking Stops

There is one safe. dependable treat
ment that relieves itching torture and
skin irritation almost instantly and that
clcanses and soothes the skin.
Ask any druggist for a 25c or 81 bottle
of zemo and apply it as directed. Soon
you will find that irritations, pimples,
black heads, eczema, blotches, ringworm
and similar skin troubles will disappear.
"A little zemo. the penetrating, salts
flying liquid, is all that is needed, for it
banishes all skin eruptions and makes
the skin soft. smooth and healthy.
The 2. ". Rose Co.. Cleveland. o.
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Miss Leida's Man.
BY JANE OSBORN
Copyright, 1911, by the Mcclure
Ayr.....-u.-.--- -IL--.--


Newspaper Syndicate)
r OR years Miss Leida Gray had
been looking for her man" That,
= at least, was the comment that
was current In the offices Of the In.
dian Mission society in the big city
where she sat for seven hours a day
over her desk helping to run the mo.
tor that, in the far-off western reserv.
alton supplied the energy for the lit.
tie Indian chapel amidst few straggI-
ing redmen's habitations. 4
Miss Leida enjoyed the Jest as much
as any one, but at heart she was very
serious about the matter. 1t was her
ambition TO carry on the mission work
IN field even more remote than the
one now supported by the mission So
ciety. She had offered her services
as head of mission house such as
she dreamed about, but the board had
assured her that the perils of life
in so remote region would be those
that no woman ought to face alone.
The board told her It would further
further her plans If she could find a
man who would cooperate with her,
strong, muscular sort of man. who
could show with his muscle. rather
more than in subtle argument o. fer.
vent pleading. the superiority OF the
missions teachings.
Miss Leida Gray was thirty and to
herself she seemed middel aged. The
prospect OF accompanying some mus
cular young college graduate-sucn
an enthusiastic as she hoped would
present himself for the Cause-alone
into the wilderness never for once
struck her as being in the least un.
conventional. She had. moreover, hop.
ed that the candidate would be mar.
ried-young missionaries usually were
married.
There had been several prospects"
in the way Of men. Several who had
heard of the work and applied had
turned out to be so puny in muscular
development that Miss Leida regret.
fully had to turn them down Others
more substantial in build appeared, but
the prospects of living in so remote
region with only Miss Leida as as.
soc!ate made them withdraw their ap.
plications. But Miss Leida was not
discouraged.
Daily she read and thought of the
needs Of the handful of Indians scat.
'NAOb ONVi IuO TGklUnS
and daily she heard the voice calling
out to aid them. She knew that the
man with courdge and muscle would
present himself before long. And when
the scholarly domino associated with
her in the mission work asked her to
become his wife-for there was very
appealing fen,ininity about Miss Leida
in spite of her middle.aged ways and
Seriouness-she didn't even consider
It. 1t would Interfere with her am.
bition.
And as she thought of the needs of
the wild men she forgot the needs of
The men and women around her. She
saw the wan faces OF the children in
the streets but as in dream. The
real children calling for mercy were
the little red children of her noun.
tain fancy. And she would hurry at
night from her office, stepping through
the busy, traffic-swarmed streets al.
most in a maze.
1t was one evening when she was
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in my side and back
until 1 nearly went
crazy. l went to
diferentdoctors and
they all said 1 had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until I would
be operated on. /
hadsufered forfour
we ars before this
time, but l kept get
finp worse fhe mora
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REPORT S. S. UNION

The attendance fell short yesterday
over last Sunday by quite little
Why can't the schools arise to larger
standard Of attendance each Sunday?
In order to do so there must be some
work done on the part Of the officers
of the schools.
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'HEALrH QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Y. pa. L.: My feet sweat excessive.
ly. Suggest remedy
Put one teaspoonsful Of tornado.
hyde, diluted TO half strength in wa.
ter in each shoe for several days in
succession until the feet are no long.
er perspiring to troublesome degree.
Repeat occasionally as required.
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Grafton, West va was very sl

MtuIcal Discovery I began to feel bet
ter, and after taking six bottles / can,
now eat anything want and feel just
fine. Am doing all my houseWork.
which l probably never would have
been able to do had It not been for
DR. Pierce's medicine. Mas. ENooH
SATTEErIELD, 412 st. John St, Grafton,
West. Va. -
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40; number of cases dismissed, 25;
number of medical cases, Al; number
Of surgical cases, Z; number of OBJ
stretrical cases, /; number Of visits,
ISL; number OF instructive visits, 76;
number of social service visits, 10;
number of business calls. IS; number
of all visits, 272; number of talks given,
6; number Of school visits. 70. Miss
Voak in presenting her report stated
that March had SO far been the busiest
she had seen since she came to this
city.
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Public Health Nurse
Busy During March

The Public Health Nursing Service
through its nurse, Miss Elizabeth ,Voak,
has submitted the report for the month
of March which is as follows:
Total number of cases during month,
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Trinket Coffee. A popular coffee at
a popular price. Sold on its merits.
No prlzes-no coupons.-Advt.
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AN OPERATION
AVERTED

Philadelphia, Pa.-"one year ago I
was very sick and / suffered with pains
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Mrs. w. B. Ice. Jr., has been i'll for
the last week at her home at Barrack
vile.