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Williams news., 1918-03-21
RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION
 FOR THE KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched with much interest the remarkable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder medi- cine.
 It is a physicians prescription.
 Swamp-R Root is a strengthening medi- cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad- der do the work nature intended they should do.
 Swamp Root has stood the test of years. It is sold by all druggists on its merit and it should help you No other kidney medi- cine has so many friends.
 Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once.
 However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y., for g sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.-Adv.
Williams news., 1918-03-21

about well balanced political condi- tions; one is as much needed as the other.
 Since the road supervisors at their last annual meeting took the stand they were not in favor of paving cOun- try roads at the present at least, they have been rather severely censured by the daily press and told that they are behind the times, trailing in the dust. That hard roads of some kind will be built throughout the country some time cannot be questioned, and the supervisors recognized that fact when they said that they were not in favor of loading the counties down with road debts at the present time. We are inclined to commend the Su- pervisors for the stand they took, be- cause there is danger of going too fast with expensive methods of construc- tion until the different kinds of roads that are practicable for different To- calities have been more fully tested, says Farmer and Breeder. Mistakes made in permanent road construction are liable to be rather expensive.
 Iowa has made rapid progress in road improvement during the past two years, and while no permanent roads have been built the work of grading and draining at least two principal roads through each county and the construction of cement culverts and bridges is something that will have to be done everywhere before permanent roads can possibly be built. Then, too, in many sections at least, when our roads are brought to a grade, are well drained, and then properly cared for with the road drag, they become very passab1e indeed. We believe that it is not a bad plan to use them for few years in that condition and give the drag a good chance to show what it will do for them when used as ire quently as it should be.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There ii only one way. to cure Catarrhal Deafness and that Is by a constitutional remedy. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE aotl through the Blood on the Mucous Surface. caused by an inf1amed condition of tho mucous lining .of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is unframed you have 2 when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result. Unless the inflammation can be ref nal condition, hearing may be destroyed forever. Many cases of Deafness arf caused by catarrh; a in which ds IS an unframed
 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cahnot MEDICINE.
 All Druggists 75c. Circulars free. f
Williams news., 1918-03-21
BOOSTER FOR BETTER ROADS
Danger of Going Too Fast in Con struction of Highways-Mistakes
 Liable to Be Costly.

The automobile Is becoming very important factor in the movement for better roads. Every auto owner, be he farmer or city man, is a booster for better roads, but the city man is prob ably more impatient with our present roads than the farmer. In our pOlit- ical life the farmer has always been the conservative while the city man has been the radical, the progressive.
 It takes the two factions to bring
Williams news., 1918-03-21
GREENS AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that are caused by a disordered stomach and inactive liver, such as sick head. ache, constipation, sour stomach, nervous indigestion, fermentation of food, palpitation of the heart caused by gases in the stomach. August Flower is gentle laxative, regulates digestion both in stomach and intestines, cleans and sweetens the stomach and alimen- tary canal, stimulates the liver to se- crete the bile and impurities from the blood. Sold in all civilized countries. 30 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Needed More Weiqht.

The lady of the house shut her lips tightly when she saw who had rung the bell.
 'No," she said, you were here in December. never give to a beggar undeserving of help"
 T wouldn't ave called, num-" said the tramp, seeing that he need ex- pect nothing more from that house, "only 'ome-made cakes left like you gave me a month ago. I wants to en- list, but of your little cakes would ave put me right"
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Tommy Needed Them, Too.

Tommy Needed Them, Too.
 The wounded Tommy writhed and squirmed as the masseuse, with iron hngert1ps, massaged his injured leg. At last he burst out:
 '"Arf a mol What dyer think yer a-doing of? Owl"
 ''Its all rightl said the masseuse. 'Pm kneading your musclesi'
 The Tommy gently but firmly pulled his leg away from the none too gentle grasp of his tormentor, and breathed: {: "So'm II"
Williams news., 1918-03-21
True to His Convictions.

The purchasing agent lay in bed sore smitten with a serious sickness. A specialist stood by his bedside and said: q can cure you"
 Whats your bid?" moaned the sick man.
 "One hundred dollars"
 You'll have to do better than that" gasped the purchasing agent; i've got a better bid from the undertaken"
Williams news., 1918-03-21
The Eternal Feminine.

St Peter-Right this way, ladies, to get your halos.
 Shade of Mrs. DeStyle-Now, Mr Peter, before I take one would like to know if you allow the privilege of exchanging 1t if I find when I get home that 1t doesn't fit?
Williams news., 1918-03-21
A ReIiaIous Combination.

Recently a parcel was received in the Toledo post office which for some reason had to be opened. It was ad. dressed to Any Soldier in France Who Does Not Receive Another Presents It contained a Bible and a set of box. ing gloves.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
CuIverts Too Short.

Do not get your culvert too short. Be sure that 1t extends the full dis tance of the road embankment. It should be placed as near as possible in the direction of the flow of water tt Ia fnfondad fn carrT.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Galvanized Iron CuIverts.

The cost of high-grade, pure iron galvanized culverts is not more than 10 per cent higher than ordinary steel, and experts claim the life of the pure iron to be many times that of ordinary steel.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
cIrcumstantlaI Evidence.

"I say, Dick, what makes you st suspicious about your girls letting oth CT fellows court herr?
 q put it to you, Bill. wouldn't l. make you suspicious if your girls par rot kept saying all the time you wer. sitting with her, oh, don't, CharlevT
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Cuticura Is So Soothino

Cuticura Is So Soothing
 To itching, burning skins. It not only soothes but heals. Bathe with Cuti- cura Soap and hot water, dry gently and apply Cuticura Ointment. For free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston," At druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
IIeA Ioeus% PIIas

The government is reported to have reached a decision that tree nails or wooden pins used in shipbuilding must be of locust or eucalyptus. The black locust will be the particular species used
Williams news., 1918-03-21
No Need.

Lady-Do you think it is fair to take ais candy?
 Little Boy-I don't have to be fair I kin lick him.-Life.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
A Biu Darninq Bill.

In 1901, when the French govern ment set out to have Its state tapes. tries mended, 1t was estimated that the cost would be equivalent to $15O,- 900. The tapestries in question num- bered 90.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
His Kick.

Are you fond of amateur theatrt- cals?'
 'eYes, but not at professional prices" :" Exchange.
Williams news., 1918-03-21

Girls who are enrolled as second class yeomen in the United States navy receive $85 per month salary.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Nothing New.

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Crosa Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes At all good grocers. Adv.
Williams news., 1918-03-21

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clea4 white clothes. All good arocers. Adv.
Williams news., 1918-03-21

Only One PROMO OUININE" 10 get the genuine, call for full anne LAXATIVE BRQMO QUININH. Look for signatune of H. w. GROVE. Cures @ Gold in One Day. 8Oc
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Best Way

"How objects do pass from eye to eye"
 Yes; I suppose they do 1t on the bridge of the nose"
Williams news., 1918-03-21
In Which SenSe2

"I hear the sheriff is after Maud" "Yes, I believe he has an attachment for her."
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Was Never In.

Was Never In. Bangor says he Is out of politics for good" "For the good of polihcsEyes."
Williams news., 1918-03-21
A Harsh Cynicisn.

Take things as they come, but re- member there are some things 1t will pay you to go after.
Williams news., 1918-03-21
All the Adverbs-

''Wife shopping early?"
 "Early, late, often and enthusiasti- ally"
Williams news., 1918-03-21

Some mems idea of being @ Christian is to look solemn
Williams news., 1918-03-21
Natural PIacs

Natural Place. 'So Bill dressed up his storyf" 'Yes, and then took 1t to a swallow. tale party"
Williams news., 1918-03-21

Domestic Warfare. "What did your wife do when you got home late last nightT Fired vase at me- '"That was rough"
 ''Yes, and she fired on flag of truce Courier-Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
ONE THING SMALL BOY KNEW
He Appreciated the Various Wonders
Of tho Farm but Couldn't Be
Fooled About Tomatoes.

The little boy who lives in q big
apartment house where almost every.
body else is grown up had just the
best time out IN the country. There
were so many things to see and so
much to learn that he hardly knew
which way to turn. Pheeny, the
freckled little girl, was q famous
guide and exhibitor, and enjoyed al.
most as much showing of the wonders
Of the farm as the little boy enjoyed
beholding them. Her knowledge was
amazingly wide, but he caught her in
one grave mistake.
"These are tomatoes" she said, in
dicating the red and green globules
hanging on their stems.
"No," courteously replied the little
boy. tomatoes don't grow like that"
They do, tool" returned Pheeny.
"Can't you see 'emr
EYES," said the little boy. II see
them, but they are not tomatoes"
"Aw, they are, tool" insisted
Pheeny.
ut isn't polite to con-cont'adict-"
ut was pretty long word for the lit!
the boy) "a lady. But tomatoes,
tomatoes don't grow on weeds; they
grow in cans."-Kansas City Star.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Open optiands Wide.

~ -IoE VAaS0a$S
The new year something to give
you, 20 open youlands wide and take
it.
The year has,r you and for MS
all Q bigger hopehsn any that ever
stirred us to actiobefore.
1t 10 ready TO 81 us better farms; the
same old places, 10 true, yet phases
that are better titi, better treated in
every way, and Der adapted to service
for you and for yes.
1t has in store M oil, perhaps, .
finer home than Never had In the past.
Few men ever ieteir home be to them
all that It might. What do you expect
Of your homer w place 10 stay sll
nights Or 10 tt "a fiuest. oheeriest,
most blessed plac To Won In all the
world? II may TIL this, and more. II
you will just lot
And then the o, wear has awaiting
you place ID thesigh borhOod such %
You never dreemeof before. So many
need you! WHAT yourself are you
giving to theu5 10 . pretty barren
service that mestsmer folks give theil
fellows. IL deesAlook 20 we'll ~ u
might; It is mo- Strong ~ IL should be-
From this day enA 10 your community
every thing you Chit and might be - 9
nsighbor. neip end.
Even such Ting ould not satisfy us
u We appreciates new year and iel
possibilities q wehould. The finest
thing this or ~ tsr vaar can give 4
to Dc you and ne tho bigger work oi
the days 10 cone Rverv wear a. u
comes and goeo orr 10 iiod % more
capable OF domg Z being and serving
than We ever versssore. Enjoy your
self, then, TO ~ ~ full every day
that will mako q .sible for you 10 sn
Joy yoursslf nore morrow. Put youI
whole self int thhsv. 10 you will havs
moro to put inee Ma dsy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Why Cobb 10 In Demand.

Irving Cobb Is back In New York
from his Ossining-near Sing Sing
prison-farm for the winter speaking
season In New York. Cobb has on an
average Of fifty invitations a week to
be the chief speaker at dull banQuets.
he settles on about two.
It Is said that these constant re-
quests are what drove him to leave
his Riverside Drive apartment for the
country. At a luncheon recently he
told Of a laborer on q railroad disput-
Ing the right Of way with a limited.
AS Cobb expressed 1t he was q total
loss"
A claim agent scurried to the widow
and pressed FIVE 800 bills In her
hands and had her sign ON the dotted
lines. The next week she blossomed
out In. gay widow weeds and met q
friend:
"Many 70 shorely must be lonesome
with Jim gone"
"Indeed ! Ia"
"Gwine to get hitched again..
II dunno. Railroad men doan' have
much time for co'tin and doan' want
no other kind Of man"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
veunosters Love eoldlers.

The old saying that "all the worid
loves q lover" might be changed these
military days to "every kid loves
soldier" or his uniform, at least. Just
watch the little boys and girls as
soldier passes. Those admiring glances
would not be bestowed on a Stacker"
Here are two cases In point, cites the
indianapolis News:
" JUS Low ou soders," said three
year-old Charles Ullrich, son OF Fred
Ullrich, Big Four agent at Shelbyville.
Is he entwined his arms about the
,eck or Sergeant Ross Reed, Of Green's.
burg. Reed, with several Decatur
county soldiers from Camp Taylor,
we're on the way to Greensburg, by
way Of Shelbyville, and the sergeant
,fter buying a ticket had leaned up
against the railing Of the ticket office
when the three-year-old Rugged him.
A second illustration occurred when
Sergeant Reed reached Greensburg on
he way to his parents home. He was
confronted by a tiny soldierly figure
hat saluted with all the grace and
courtesy Of a trained soldier. The
sergeant exchanged the salute, ana
hen learned the tribute had been paid
,y six-year-old Henry Jerman, son OF
Prof. e. ]. Jerman, superintendent OF
3reensburg's city schools.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08

SnS&s >SSe OS-- -
Seed corn should always be shelled
by hand. says the United States Depart
ment of agriculture, which advises care
In every step.connected with seed selec
tion.
After seed corn has been selected
from the most productive stalks a. they
stand in the field In competition with
other surrounding stalks, and stored 10
q dry place free from insects and rodents,
the lob is only half done. , Shelling is
one of the most important OF the tasks.
Seed ears should first be uubbed and
the kernels from tip and butt should be
discarded from the seed supply. The
small kernels from the tips are less
productive than the other kernels on
the ear; the blunt, thick, rounded
ksrusls from the butts are just as pro-
ductive as any of the rest, abut. because
of their shape and size they do not
plant uniformly when used in al corn
planter with other kernels.
Shellipg by hand takes more time and
labor but Is profitable. The mechanical
corn sheller Is likely to ipjure the germ
tips of the Individual grains, and thus
destroy or impair their power to germi.
nate. No natter how large the required
supply, says the department., 1t will
still paw to shell it painstskingly BY
mannaillabCr, Ibecsuse the greater the
acreage to be planted the greater the
ultimate profit.
Each ear ,nould be shelled separately
into q shallow pan or box, and every
blsmished, .-nisshspen,i or worm-eaten
ksrcel should be rejected. As the seed
from each ca Is found satisfactory and
sound, and frse from poor kernels, 1t 10
poured into the general supply, and
another ear shelled in the same way.
II is much esier to pick out defective
grains from single layer In small
receptacle thin from large mingled
quantity in aoushel measure or bag.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
IRON HADEs IN SOUTH WALES
Molten Metal Rolling Down Side OF
Invisible Wall Turns Heavens
Into Great Blaze.

The first night spent by a visitor
In South Wales, In the center of the
great iron country, Is marked by a
wonderful impression, says the London
Daily Mail.
In the daytime the iron works seem
only an ugly cluster Of tall chimneys
and uneven roofs seen through gray
smoke. More insistent are the shfill
voices Of ragged children and the hud-
ding cottages of the workmen, at
whose doors stand careworn women
with anxious eyes. And the dim noun
tains, sometimes half hidden by
sweeping rainstorms and sometimes a
clear greenish color, every lonely tree
on their bare sides silhouetted In q
darker hue, force themselves upon the
eye with the tragedy Of their impo'
tence against the defiling hand Of man.
When one stands right beneath the
tips they stand out against the sky
like monstrous caricatures OF Swiss
peaks. There is something about this
place desolate and infinitely depress-
ing.
But at night when all is dark the
sky Is suddenly Lit with red glare.
From the window the stranger sees q
ruddy light touching the billowing
clouds and glimmering away to black
ness between them. BE sees roofs and
chimneys standing out in startling
solidity against the flaming back.
ground; the furnaces are opened, and
1t ia as though the lid Of hell were
lifted. Then, on top Of one OF the
tips, but appearing as though isolated
In the sky, comes a stream Of brilliant
gold rolling down the side OF the In
visible wall in molten fire.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Sold EverywnerS
DOUBT DISAPPEARS
No One in South Paris Who Has . Bad
Back Should Ignore This Double
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Poetry q Requisite.

IF poetry could be in an instant
swept not merely out Of print, but out
Of language and tradition, there would
be babel indeed, writes Brian Hooker
In the Century Magazine. We should
20 about isolated each one from each
by q chaos of misunderstanding, with
40 more communication than we
could improvise out Of intellectual
terms. We could suggest nothing, con-
note nothing, say nothing but what we
could define. The practical reality OF
that loss one may measure BY our
proverbial ignorance Of certain savages
and oriental races whose poetry Is
alien to our own. Nor Is that all; for
poetry is not alone our common re-
pository Of past experience, but to a
degree far greater than we realize our
source Of present action. There Is no
need more than to remind any observer
Of human nature that mankind acts
rather upon passion than upon con-
viction. Brutus demonstrated his
point in prose; 1t was a poetic appeal
that made the stones Of Rome to rise
and mutiny. We define and determine
and decide, and still do nothing, but
when we begin to feel. something is
done"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Why They Stopped.

One morning recently the children OF
the Indianapolis Orphans home were
assembled in the auditorium. They
were patriotic and started to sing 1.-THE
Finest Flag That Flies" Their leader
and pianist had them sing the first
verse. They did that 30 well she
asked for the second stanza. They
started. Suddenly every child stopped
not a sound escaped their lips. The
leader. very much surprised and
chagrined at the sudden, unexpected
silence, said, "What is the matterT
In one accord they replied, we
can't sing that next line."
She looked at the words and the
next line read, "Dear old Germany.
"Certainly not" she told them, we
will leave that entire stanza out" She
had not thought Of finding anything
like that in an American flag song. It
had been writteu before the world
war.-Indianapolis News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
AIIbIs cheerfuIIy Eurnlshed.

There are tricks even In the sailor
boys trade. Consider the one Of this
young man whose war vessel is an
chored somewhere near New York. he
came into hotel In West Forty-second
street one night at 8 o'clock. writes
a New York correspondent, the clerk
pushed the register around and the
seaman signed his name. He did not
speak. He took his room key and went
to his room. Next morning at II
o'clock he came downstairs In rage.
To the clerk he told the story Of hav'
ing left call for 8 o'clock, and OF not
having been called. Then to the man.
ager he rushed. II have not been
called by your clerk, and I am SIX
hours late reporting at my post OF
duty. It is the fault Of the hotel and
I demand q written letter from you,
the manager, to the commander OF my
ship, saying the blame is yours, that
was not called when should have
BEEN" The mal.a ger didn't even smile.
He knew the sailors game, and hur-
riedly dashed of q letter, assuming all
blame for the young patriots failure
to arrive at his post on time.