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requires less preparation probably than any other scientific calling and yields splendid monetary returns to the able and efficient
 To Dr. Maurice J Bewi. president of the School of Chiropody of New York, is due most of the credit for the pioneer work in establishing chi- ropody as a profession and doing away with many of it's abuses. For 22 years he was secretary of the New York state board of medical examiners, but realizing the vast amount ot good he could do in a neglected field, he resigned his post to found the first school of scientific chiropody. The value of the work begun by Dr. Levi has won the recognition of the fore most medical men throughout the country and even of those across the Atlantic. Other schools. modelled after the School of Chiropody of New York
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Good Shoes and Good Health

Kathleen Hills in Leslie's.
 It will readily be conceded that the shoe has an important place in the realm of things as they ought to be, particularly in view of the fact that of the average person afflicted with foot troubles is impaired 25 per cent. That this idea is gainging widespread support is evidenced by the fact that large corporations now employ chirop- odists to attend to the feet of sales men, clerks and other employees. One of the largest chain store companies in the country, noted for it's excel lent relations with the public, is em- ploying chiropodists, and one of the popular restaurant companies of New York, in addition to employing doc tors and nurses, now engages a com petent chiropodist whose services are rendered to employees free of charge. The managers of many we'll known de- partment stores, realizing that clerks who stand all day and whose feet are subjected to constant strain will be more cheerful and better business get ters if their feet receive attention when necessity arises, maintain ortho- pedists and chiropodists on their pay rolls. The chiropodist, too, indirect iy is becoming an aid in the mainten- ance of law and order, for the police departments of many large cities throughout the country are augmented by corps of trained foot specialists to treat members of the force
 The high cost of shoes today is caus- ing women no end of worry as to how to keep within their allowances. But If they must pay an excessive price for their footwear, they can at least have comfort.
 Chiropody has opened a new profes- sion for women and in it they are competing successfully with men, Woman's natural instinct as a nurse is given wide scope in this profess sion so suited to women and which
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which is but four years old, have been established in Chicago, Cleveland,
 Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston and London. Up to the time of the establishment of the New York school there was no place where the poor could go to have their minor foot ills treated. Now in most large cities there are clinics of chiropody where the poor are treated either gratis or charged only small fee.
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oeo. R. C. writes: T have used a ,,,,nber of your prescriptions and have SlWays been more than pleased with
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HOW SOLDIERS OF AMERICAN ARMY LIVE IN ALASKA Some Curious Features About the Island Post of
 St. Michael HIGH RATES FOR
 CABLE SERVICE Much Has Been Done for Roads But Demand Is Constant
 for New Roads and
 Trails
By FRANK G. CARPENTER Copyright, 1917, by Frank G. Car
 penter.)

St. Michael.
 On this little island of St Michael, situated in Bering sea, several thou sand miles from Seattle, 50 miles from the mouth of the Yukon river, write of the army of Alaska. St Michael is one of Uncle Sams military reserva- uons. The whole island has been set aside as military outpost and it's chief buildings are those of the sol diers. It has large barracks, a hos pital, canteen and & drillroom. It has several cottages, the homes of the officers; and, apart from these, down on the harbor. are hotel, few stores and some houses occupied by the traders who buy and sell furs and live off the soldiers and trappers. A part of the population Is Eskimo, but, all told. it does not number more than
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Fiftv-Fiftu

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 The old mans wife was getting into a carriage and he neglected to assist her.
 You are not so gallant. John, as when you were boy" she exclaimed in gentle rebuke.
 No" was the ready response "and you are not so buoyant as when you were a gal"
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them. Just now am victim of pleur- isy and lumbago--not Serious-but very painful. What do you adviser"
 Answer: For prompt, lasting relief of neuralgia, pleurisy, bronchitis, lumbago and rheumatic pains I advise the appli- ca ton of Pine-o-latum once or twice daily.
 James J. asks: For several months I have not been feeling we'll My skin headache. am sIeepless. nervous and and bothered with. chronic constipation. Please help me"
 Answer: You need laxative blood three-grain sulphurb tablets (not sul- phur). Overcome the tendency to con stipation and gradually your good health and pure blood will return.
 "Bloodless" writes: T sign after my name "bloodless'' because that seem to be my condition. I am pale, thin and chilly all the time. My appetite is tickle not gain in weight"
 Answer: would advise plenty of ex- ercise and persistent use of three your blood and flesh. They tend to inn prove digestion and the proper absorp- ton of nourishment. A gain of a pound or two week is not unusual
 ATS. T (T. WTltcS. l neS1LdL0 10 ask advice as my case is so unusual Tn a word, I am tired and worn out all the time. Rest does not refresh me. I have been married over year and formerly did not know what it was to be tired or nervous. Sometimes l feel hysterical I fear I will become nuisance to my husband if this continues" Answer: Your nervous system has been depleted. You need a tonic invig- orating medicine that will aid in sup plying more food-energy, to your nerves. Take three grain cadomene tablets reg ularly for several months. Mrs. O. k. M. writes: T am distressed and weakened by local catarrhal trou- ble. Do you advise the douche Urea tment and what medicine Is safe to user" Answer. This condition if local only can be successfully treated by using a douche made by mixing a teaspoonful of antfseptic vilane powder to a quart of
 water and use at least once daily until condition is corrected.
 NOTE: For many years Dr. Baker has been giving free advice and prescri D : tions to millions of people through the press columns, and doubtless has helped in relieving illness and distress more than any single individual in the world : history. Thousands have written him expressions of gratitude and confidence.
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year in and year out. Ihe lsldho ID especially dreary In winter, when for six months or more 1t is locked up in snow and ice. and when 1t has prac- ttcally no communication with the outside world.
 It is different in summer. Just now the country is as green as any part or the United States. As we approached the shores in our steamer, St Michael rose like a green mound out of the water and, with its American flags fly ing. 1t seemed a fertilization guarding the ice-loclked golden caves of the north. Our boat came into the bay and docked at the wharf. St. Michael has the only good harbor near the mouth of the Yukon, and number of river steamers were lying at anchor. All the ships that steam down the Yu- kon end their voyage at St. Michael, and to this port come the steamers from Seattle before going to Nome.
 Leaving the ship, l strolled through the settlement. It has hotel of fair ly good size, three or four stores, d postoffice and some warehouses. There is also a blockhouse that was built by the Russians who used this place to support their claims to the mighty territory drained by the Yukon. The biockhouse is now deserted, but inside 1t may still be seen half dozen can non, which were left by the Russians Some of the guns even now look out of the portholes commanding the harbor
 The military force at Fort St. Michael consists of about 56 soldiers It's commander is Lieut.. w. F. c. Jep- sen, who came to Alaska two years ago, at the close of his service in the Philippine Islands. Lieutenant Jep- son has his wife with him. and it was at his home, a pretty little six-room cottage that I talked with him about St. Michael and his life there. He tells me the climate is not at all bad, all though in the summer the winds are sometimes so strong that they almost blow the flowers out of the ground. The island is treeless and this is probably due to the wind. The lieu tenant tells me that the winter is the pleasantest part of the year. He gives vivid pictures of life Gin the Arctic when the thermometer falls far below zero and the glare of the sun on the snow is almost blinding. During that season he takes long trips with his dogs to visit the various stations, Last year he made one of 200 miles, in
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200 or 300, and these people live here year in and year out The island is especially dreary In winter, when Tor six months or more 1t is locked up in snow and ice. and when 1t has prac- ttcally no communication with the outside world.
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The questions answered below are general in character, the symptoms or diseases are given and the answers will Those wishing further advice, free, may address Dr. Lewis Baker, College Bldg, College Elwood streets, Dayton, Ohio, enclosing lf-addressed stamped envelope for reply. Full name and ad- dress must be given. but only initials or fictitious names will be used in my answers The prescriptions can be filled at any well-stocked drug store Any druggist can order of wholesaler
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 It seems to many of the people here that the government should reorgan- fze its telegraph charges. They say that it should look upon this country as developing proposition rather than as a commercial one. Alaska has all told not more than 50000 white people. scattered over a territory al- most three times as large as Germany or France. The telegraph system is necessarily expensive. It has been built as military necessity and is used as such. the business of the people Icing subordinated to it. A military message. however trivial takes pre- cedence of a business message.
 In many of the foreign colonies be- longing to England and other coun- tries there Is a fixed minimum rate for 10 words to any part of the terri tory. This should be so in Alaska. No 10-word message should cost more than 50 cents, and nearby messages not over 25 cents. It may pay as developing proposition to give a coSn- bined telegraph and cable rate of 5e centes for 10 words from any part of Alaska to Seattle. with night-letter rate not to exceed that amount. The telegraph charges here should be ar
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
Rats and Fires.

At q time when everyone is COM
planning of the high cost of living it
might be well to see if we cannot elm
mate two great sources of waste-fires
and rats.
Most fires are needless. All rats
are so. Some years ago a study of the
rat problem in Philadelphia arrived at
the conclusion that the rodents of that
city ate more than O million dollars
worth Of food each year. At that rate,
the disgusting creatures can hardly
cost less than S100,000,000 per year
to the whole country. This is a pref
ty high price to pay for the compan-
ionship Of impish pests which, besides
their other bad habits, undermine
floors and carry the most dreaded OF
all diseases, bubonic plague.
Yet fires are more expensive than
rats. In 1915-the last year for which
figures are at hand-the American
people paid out in premiums for fire
insurance S419,3G1,3 46. Of this vast
sum at least three-fourths could be
saved by reducing our fire record to
the rate prevailing in England, France
or Germany; and even in our time and
nation S3OO,000,0OO per year is saw
ing worth noting, and one which
would have q perceptible effect on the
cost of living.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
BANQUET FOR HIS "a WIVES
King OF Siam Gave Remarkable Feast,
the First and Only One of Its
Kind Ever Known.

It was just 20 years ago that his
late majesty. Somdet Phra Parmendir
| Maha Chulalongkorn, gave a dinner
the first and only one of its kind-tO
a few of his favOrite wives, 81 in num-
Der.
His maieSty'S father, King MOngkut,
| dined every day seated alone and wait
ed upon by 100 kneeling wives. The
queen, also kneeling, tasted each dish
before presenting it to her lord. King
Chulalongkorn, inaugurating new
era, had his wives seated about his
royal table as guests and equals. The
walters and busboys were princes of
the blood royal
The service was magnificent-the
plates Of solid gold were worth kings
ransom. The knives. forks and spoons
were fashioned after queer old SIAM
csc types of OrnamentatiOn found In
the ancient capital of Ayuthia. The
glass was engraved with his maiesty's
monogram. inlaid with gold. The me-
nu cards were of the thinneSt rice
paper with solid gold lettering. On the
made of dollhouse flowers, enlarged by
hand to unusual size. For example,
the roses were gathered, the petals
pulled apart and sewn together again
with the finest of needles and silk
thread.
Of course one of the dishes was
birds nest soup, made of the famous
birds nests from the Malayan PENN
sula. A Siamese curry is always a spe-
cial delight; this royal curry was q
dish to remember. Served from gold
en- "SombOle" dishes were q dozen con-
diments-in addition to the curry prop
er-spices from India, grated coconut,
kopeek lin which. hot chilli predominant
eO, tamarind paste, mango chutney
and, best of all, Bombay duck" sun
dried jellyfsh.
Siam is noted for the finest of reed
birds, dozens of which were roasted
and broiled. Deer for the dinner were
shot at Bangplasoi, and innumerable
varieties of other tlesh-meats, as well
as of fish, were served, including duck
lings and goslings from the royal farm.
For fruits there were oranges and ba-
uanas-especially ripened - mangoes,
mangOSteenS, pOmegranateS, cuStard-
apples, guavas, Sapadillos and a load
of pineapples from Pineapple island,
near Singapore.
His late majesty was king-every
inch of him.-W. ]. Palmer, in Com
mOnwealth Idea.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
FALLING HAIR means
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hair! Get a IS Cent Bottle
Of Danderine Right NoW-Also
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of neglected
scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There Is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
of It's luster, it's strength and it's very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp, which
If not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight-now-any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life, luster and luxuriance
which is so beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness, but what will
please you most will be after just a
few weeks use, when you will actual
ly see lot Of fine, downy hair-new
hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
Hit the Mark.

The pretty school teacher had
asked her class for the best original
definition of wife" and the boy in
the corner promptly responded: "a
rib.' She looked at him reproach-
fully, and nodded to the boy with
dreamy eyes, who seemed anxious to
say something. Mans guiding star
and guardian ANGEL" he said, in re-
Spouse to the nod. "a helpmeet!" put
in little flaxen-haired girl. Zone who
soOthes man in adversely" suggested
Il demure little girl. "And spends his
money when he's flush" added the in
cOrrigible boy in the corner. There was
lull and the pretty, dark-haired girl
said, slowly: "a wife is the envy of
spinsters." Zone who makes a man
hustle" was the next suggestion. "And
keeps him from making a fool of him
SELF" put in another girl. Someone
for a man to find fault with when
things go wrong" said a sorrowful
little maiden. stop there" said the
pretty school teacher; that's the best
definition"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
Maryland Folks Testify

Brunswick. Md.-"Several months
ago 1 was taken with severe pain In
the small of my back. saw an adj
vertisement in some newspaper of DR..
Pierce's Anuric Tablets, and was so
impressed with it, thought they would
possibly be beneficial in my case. and
knowing the high reputation OF all
DR.. Pierce's remedies Immediately
sent for a trial package Of the Anuric
Tablets and began taking them as soon
as received, and in very short time
was relieved of the trouble. ! believe
this remedy, like all DR.. Pierce's rem
edies, to be everything that is claimed
for it."-F. G. HOAR.
DIR. Pierce's reputation Is back OF
this new medicine and you know that
his Pleasant Pellets for the liver, his
Golden Medical Discovery for the
blood, and his Favorite Prescription
for the Ills of women have had q
splendid reputation for the past 80
wears.
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That Did II,

His aunt was rich and elderly. She
had called, Unexpectedly, when he
was out, and his wife was trying to
entertain her by such methods as she
thought to be best conducive to their
future welfare.
The old lady had recently added 4
gramophone to her establishment, and
when she heard that early that morn
ing her loving nephew had made for
her a record of her favorite cornet
solo, she was delighted.
How nice of him!" she said. Can
1 hear it?"
WELL" said her niece, Eve haven't
tried it yet, but still, I'll put it on"
1t was pronounced success, and the
old lady was charmed.
But her feelings when, after the
solo was finished, the instrument
brought out with fatal clearness:
"Phew! If that's not good for an
extra hundred In the old girls will,
I'm Dutchman!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

terious as ever. The Holy Spirit ope-
rates in the region Of the subconscious-
ness and while we hear "the sound
thereof" in the effects produced, his
work is as mysterious as the wind.
When we meet those who believe that
men have unlocked the mystery, we
are reminded Of the simple soul who
said to an unbelieving scholar, "Sir,
thou hast nothing to draw with, and
the well is Deep"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK q AsCARETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box,


Sick headache, biliousness, dizZi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead Of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach. remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 1O-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
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5YRIJp0F figs FOR
f CHILD'S BOWELS
1t is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little 'tnsides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup Of Figs" Its
action Is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
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
on each bottle. Adv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
Old Looks :?
(BY DIR. L. H. SMITH)

Persons suffering from too much uric
acid in the system frequently look older
than they should. They age faster and
the appearance of gray hair or bald
head in early years is, indeed, often a
sign of uric acid. The face appears
lean and haggard, lines and wrinkles
appearing in young men or women.
The best way to combat this prema-
ture age and the obstruction to the
arteries and faulty circulation is OF the
simplest: Drink copiously OF pure water
between meals. This will not make
you fat, as 1t Is only the water taken
with the meals that fattens. Obtain at
any drug store a package of Anuric,
double strength, which is to be taken
before meals, in order to expel the uric
acid from the system. The painful ef-
fects of backache, lumbago, rheuma-
tism, govt, due to uric acid in the blood
should quickly disappear after treat
ment with Anuric.
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BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used for f1fty-one years in all
towns in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and other countries, for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung trouble. 1t
gives the patient a good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy expec-
toration in the morning, giving nature
a chance to soothe the infamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health, assisted by
pure air and sunshine when possible.
Trial size 25c, and 75c family size.
Sold In all towns in the United States,
Canada, Australia, and other coun-
trieS.-Adv.
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Elsa felt it her duty to entertain a
man who had been called in to do some
carpenter work, and began by asking If
he had a papa and a mamma. He an
swered by yes! Then she asked if he
had any brothers or any sisters. He
replied by saying he had three half
brothers and three half-sisters. After
looking at him for moment intently
she said: "Be you the only whole one
thnra wasp
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which brought me out of it all right, so
! am now well and do all my housework,
besides working in my garden. Several
of my neighbors have got well by tax
ing Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Com
pound - Mrs. VIOLA FNICAL, Wagon
er, Okla.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hotdashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
maLy women safely through the crisis.