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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
DRUGS EXCITE YOUR
KIDNEYS, USE SALTS
If your Back is aching or Bladder
bothers, drink lots of water
and eat less meat.

When your kidneys hurt and your back
feels sore, don't get scared and proceed
to load your stomach with lot of drugs
that excite the kidneys and irritate the
entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys
clean like you keep your bowels clean,
by flushing them with a mild, harmless
salts which removes the body's urinous
waste and stimulates them to their nor
NAL activity. The function of the kid.
neys is to filter the blood. In "a hours
they strain from it 500 grains of acid
and waste, SO we can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the kid.
neys active.
Drink lots of water--you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take
tablespoonful in d glass of water
before breakfast each morning for few
days and your kidneys will act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for genera.
tons to clean and stimulate cloggei kid.
nevs; also to neutralize the acids in
urine so it no longer is a source of irri.
tation, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is ineypensive; cannot in
jure; makes a DELIGHTFUL efrervescent
lithla-water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep their kid.
neys clean and active. Try this, also
keep up the water drinking, and no
doabt you will wonder what became OF
your kidney trouble and backache.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
TEACHING AMERICAN.sM.

The way to settle the alien prob
lem Is for more lrst-class Americans
to devote themselves to Americaniza.
ton wora and the teaching of Eng.
lish, according to writer fla recags
number OF the Saturday Evening Post
The stoid, uncouth side which /,
all that the average American sees OF
his foreign neighbor comes from his
inability to express himself in our Ian
Guage or 10 make himself understood
I'm his own. His bitterness ana rcqdi-
ness to turn against the government
or his employers comes too often from
the roughness of the treatment he re.
ceives. He learns curses and slans
because that Is what he hears. not be.
cause it is what he wants TO know.
No one even tries 20 learn his nama
correctly. He is miscalled in the
stree gang and numbered in the fac
tory. 1t is no wonder that what he
sees of America leaves him cold and
aullen.
Given Instructors who are patient
ihtei rested ana courteous, and who
typify the best Americanism. al ;his
is changed. The foreigner shows him
self courteous, eager, quick to as
simiIate glad to embrace the ways
and the laws made clear to him.
Moreover, says one successful
teacher, no one can work at Ameri-
canization very long and not discover
that he is his own best pupil. His en-
'husiasm for America and all that #
represents grows as he presents il
to his pupils. His understanding OF
it broadens as he stu lies how best TO
make it clear to them, and he finds
himself unconsciously trying to live
it better so that he may not fail those
who look to him.
Perhaps it is true that the reason
the alien has stayed alien is. after an.
because TIE real America which ha|
has come to seek has been TOO selfish
and too busy to reveal itself to him.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
She Had to Wait.

Jean had been promised q kitten by
one Of the neighboI>s and after receiv-
ing the consent of her parents took a
gunny sack with her in which to bring
the kitten home. After having been
gone all the afternoon she returned
empty handed. Her father asked her
where the Kitten was and She replied:
"Oh, / can't have it for awhile. 1t just
came out of the hatch
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
A Famous Industry pwindIina.

Two and a quarter tons of whale
bone have been sold IN Dundee for
Sl5,000 ton, and only four tons are
left outstanding in the worlds sup
ply. There Is no corner" in this pic
turesque commodity. The demand
has outrun the, supply SO rapidly that
IN seventy years the price of whale
bone has risen from thirteen cents to
nearly seven dollars pound.
Yet never in the greatest years of
the whale fishery did any vessel
make SO many captures as were re-.
ported by the Newfoundland whalers
in the past season. An average catch
OF somewhat more than two hundred
whales apiece was certainly a re-
markable achievement for four vessels
but it does not rresage a return of
the picturesque industry which fifty
years ago made Nantucket and New
Bedford great. The whale fishery Is
simply going through the same pro.
cess as many another industry in the
past-Collier's Weekly.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
Harbirger of War Fable.

Since ancient days the locust has
been the flying wing of superstition
People forget from 1912 TIN 1919 that
the locust has markings on his wings
which carry q distinct letter W which,
when noticed, usually results in many
stories that war is at hand the letter
W being supposed TO stand for the
word, war But the fallacy Of such
a snppositlon is in itself evident from
the fact that the word for war in
French does not begin with W, nor
does it in Italian or Spanish.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09

It is has been said Of Gen. Sir
Redvers Butler that he is such an
excellent cook that he would have
little difficulty in obtaining a first
class chefs position in a West End
hotel In his younger days, before
he reached his high military rank,
his brother officers used to say that
Rcdyers Butler could make an ap-
patizing dinner out OF old saddles
when rations were short on a cam
paign. Another distinguished SOL
der who shares with Gen. Butler a
wonderful skill in the gastronomic
art Is Maior-Gen Baden-Powell.--
London Tit-Bits.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
Golden E gge.

The value OF the eggs and poultry
produced every year in the United
States in now ST50,OO0000, or more
than That of all the gold silver and
diamonds produced in year in the
Whole world. There are about three
hens TO Il person, and each hen lays
on an average 50 eggs year. The
! st layers produce as many rs 240 Il
YEAR. Farmers tlockS consist on the
average OF only about 10 birds, hut
even at that they contribute notably
g. good living on the farm.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
How 70 Shake Hands.

Lady Violet GrcYille is trying to
make d warm handclasp and hearty
ha1dshaEo popular. she is very glad,
she says, that the elbow shake Is
gong out Of fashion. Who invented
tho elbow shake, she says. she does
not know, but it is senseless, devoid
Of grace. with no charm or meaning,
1t used to be pert of boys or girls
education to learn the graceful eurce
OF the elbow that was necessary when
hands were shaken.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09

fire before leaving Rockaway on IN,
first lap Of her Journey At the very
start her engineer had his right ham
cut Oft by a propeller On The drst
leg she was forced down by en-
CINE trouble of Cape Cod Traiin
after her sister planes, she was held
up by bad weather at Chatham. Mass.
and at Halifax She was SO slow in
arriving at Trepassey that the NC-t
and NC-3 had already started. though
they were obliged that time to turn
back
And yet the "hoodco ship" was the
only one that reaclred the Azores in
g0Od condition. and went on to Port.
ugal and England finishing her pion.
eer trip in blaze Of glory.
1t is often so with roputed hoodoos.
whether in aviation or navigation or
business life or anywhere else. Mary
a man who has been known as q
Yeri.able hoodoo has made coed at
length precisely because he refused
TO believe himself dogged by newt
able bad luck. Such cases are little
noticed because when the failure be,
GENES a success it is so easily forgot
ten that he was ever considered a fail
ure.
The logical conclusion seems to he
that "hoodoos' are generally psyche
logical. They exist only when the
people most concerned think they ex-
ist. Lieut.. Read and his crew aatly
refused to consider that craft hoe
doc. and therefore she turned ont Z
winner.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
TIE 100000 That WON.

In the general chorus Of praise for
the famous seaplane NC-4. FIRST air
craft to cross the Atlantic, must PEG
pie have overlooked or forgotten the
fact that the NC-4 was a "hoodoc
ship"
The New York World recalls tn,
striking series of mishaps that gave
her that evil reputation. She had Sc
much difficulty in getting her fal
complement of machinery that shs
had no time for the desired tes
flights. She was nearly destroyed b.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
Patterns for
Home Sewing

a pattern of this Illustration
will be sent your address. Fill
out the attached blank and mail
to the Free Trader-Journal, en-
closing 10c in money or stamps.
Please allow ten days time in
which to have pattern delivered
you.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09

This sentence, President Eliot of
Harvard university is said to have
given 70 Doctor Lowell, his successor
as head Of lie university, Stipulating
tIst Che words all be spelled correct
~: ut is agreeable to view the I'M
Ilrallelrd embarrassment of har-
messed saddIer or peddler sitting on a
cemetery wall, gauging the symmetry
OF sGilifully peeled potato"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09

Getting along with people is valua.
Bile trait to cultivate. First of all be
amiable ana forgiving; do not hear
all that is said, never repeat anything
and be willing to be pleased while do.
inc your part.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
farmers Good Work.

Some people find it impossible Ia do
two things at tbe same time. The
farmer often docs four, and does them
well--ha walks thinks, talks, and
smiles all at once
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
Advertising Rates
Gin Effect August /, 1879

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.


II IN0IS BRIE IS.
l.u.,rea -coI,.lu,.r ,.sp tbe ne>l
state c.pvaptiop oa The royaI order
,r Mons. after a lively contest with
.,f C.uf,n wac a1,cto5 president. /
Y Kelly NJ J,Iiaf segraf.~,. and H.
VI Skinner of Monmouth treasurer
-
Rockford -Cdal dealers here are
predictiuc a coal shortage more Sc
/ yore than those If two wears ago next
n dollar y ton Increase
-
springFala w W Peek of Ridge.
farm laid a pocketbook holding $500
on a ledge before the ticket window
was pur.h9sinq , ticket for home i
dim" grabbed If and dashed off
-
Bloomington Coroner James F.
Hare of Mclean county received word
fn,yo5 e1e#a b,. t5o r,,vsro7,apt f,r
"a horse which was EiIled in The civil
yy-,r i'm - hattla ,+ Ol,,ona In The
claim has baan nardiug .fraa 1Sf4
cara.hnrg Tho nov Francis T.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
Optimistic Thouuht.

~ eiouds we are taught to estimate
sunshine.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
BELIEVE WILSON IS
TO CANCEL
JULY | DRY ACT
SPEEDY GENERALIZATION sTIRs
HOPES OF VETS. WHO SEE
CHANCE or KEEPING SALOONS
OPEN IN THE PRESIDENT
ESPOuSAL Of THEIR CAUSE.

Washington, June Advocates q.
the proposal to reapoal tha wartime
prohibition act were mHcn cucour4e.a
Yesterday by an mcoulmei ropes.
thal President W.Isoa win soon Issue
q proclamation declaring demolillzr
lion OF the army has been completed
This ACTON on tire part OF the Prc#i
dent would prevent the wartime d..
law from becoming effective July L..
THE report was that the Plesidoat
had been advised OF the strong seai
ment in Congress against the repeal
and that he had determined % exei
else he authority granted him unar
the las 10 uuIliy the July I act.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09
Must Enforce Laws.

Or Landrith stated that the Amer,
can distiller in fighting prohibition IN
legal ways had tried to get the most
able men available. but mar in many
cases failed to secure the men they
wanted.
Dr. Landriti'3 central idea in hi.
address was that prohi5iiionistz
should not stop with the uere enact
mont Of the federal prohibition amend
ment but should work for its enforce
ment. He viii speak along these lines
at Dallas. Houston and other points
and then viii 90 to Washington, d. G..
whore he viii attend a great antisa-
loon league convention. There viii be
representatives OF fifty naional.ties
al this meeting
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09

Joliet.-The twenty-sixth annual
convention of the Retail Merchants
association of Illinois VIII be held
here June 10. IL and T. Members
from all parts Of the state are ex-
pected TO be present
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-09

Pcoria--'Nellte, good bye forever.
70 hell with tire T.. S. john This
note, bullet wound in his temple
and p revolver lying nearby the body
Of Major J. C. Dryer of Chicago was
foaud in a hotel room here He had
served in the army throughout tho
world war,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
NO. q.

The outdoor lights on th e
campus of OUR school, look good
to the pedestrians of Boone as
they grope their way over the
present muddy and uneven high.
way through the village. Surely
our town fathers could raise en-
ough money to keep the State of
North Carolina from losing one
penny and get the New Riv-
er Light and Power Co., (the A.
T. ST. to turn on ourlightsagain.
1t would be too bad for the school
in which the citizens of Boone
have considerable cash, to play a
losing game in this matter, but
for the love of Mike, if there is
no relief for us, please quit tan
talizing us with the lights on the
States property.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

Mr.. Cameron Williams, of Blow
ing Rock, who was recently de-
modified at Camp Taylor, KY,
and reached his home some days
since, was among relatives and
friends in Boone last Thursday.
He was accompanied by his sis,
ter, Miss Marjorie, brother Bow,
er, and Miss Eunice Holshous
er, the efficient Assistant Cashier
of the Bank of Blowing Rock.
The young man is looking fine;
enjoyed camp life, his one regret
being that he saw no oversee ser.
vice.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
wa Hundred Dollars More for Hospital
in Boone.

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: I was glad
to see a suggestion in the last is
sue Of your paper by Mr.. H. W.
Horton that sufficient money be
subscribed in the county to build
and equip a first class hospital in
Boone. l cannotimagine thing
that is more needed, and Mrs.
Stringfellow and myselfwilleach
subscribe $4,000 to said fund,
so you can add our names to the
list started by Mr.. Horton for
like amount.
w. w. STRINGFELLOW
Aniston, Ala.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
Bonus For Discharged Soldiers.

The followingcirc has been
received from the Finance De
partment, Washington, ID. c.:
Section 1406 of the Revenue
Act approved Feb. "a. 1919, au-
thorizes the payment of a bonus
of $4,000 to officers, soldiers field
clerks and nurses of the Army
upon honorable separation from
active service by discharge, res
ignation or otherwise. This bo-
nus is not payable to the heirs of
any deceased soldier.
Those whoare dischargedhe
after will receive this bonus on
the same roll or voucher upon
which they are paid their final
pay.
Those who have been discharg-
ed and have received their final
pay without the $4,000 bonus,
should write a letter to the Zone
Finance Officer, Lemon Building
Washington, d. c., stating their
service since April 6, 1917, the
date of last discharge and their
present address to which they
desire their bonus checks to be
sent and enclosing with this let
ter their discharge certificate or
Military order for discharge and
both, if both were issued.
Upon receipt by the Zone FL
nance Officer, Washington, D. c.
of this information and the sol
dier's discharge certificate, this
officer will cause checks to be
drawn and mailed to the claim
ants in the order in which their
claims were received by him.
The discharge certificate will be
returned to the soldier with the
check.
1t is estimated that at least one
million and a quarter persons
have been discharged from the
service who are entitled to the
benefits of this Act and while
payments will be made as expe
ditiodsly as practicable, it will
manifestly take considerable time
to write and mail this many
checks.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION.

There are people who never
have a movement without it is
produced by cathartic. Most
of them have brought that condi-
ton on themselves by the use of
mineral waters and strong cath
artics that take too much water
out of the system and aggrevate
the disease they are meant to re.
lieve. A mild laxative tonic like
Chamberlain's Tablets affords a
gentle movement of the bowels
that you hardly realize has been
produced by medicine, and their
use is not so likely to be followed
by constipation.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
DOLLARS AND CENTS.

Counting it only in dollars and
cents, how much did that last
cold cost you? A man may not
always stop work when he has a
cold, but perhaps it would be bet
ter if he did. 1t takes about 10
days to get completely rid of a
cold under the usual treatment.
That time can be much shorten
ed by taking Chamberlain Cough
Remedy and proper care of your
self, in fact, a bottle of this rem
edy in the house is a mighty good
investment in the winter and
spring months.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
Coy Rogers Returns From France.

Private Coy Rogers, sonof Mr.,
and Mrs. w. w. Rogers, of Route
/, who saw active service on the
front in France, returned to his
home on Monday of last week,
having recently recovered from
an attack of pneumonia in an En-
glish hospital, Young Rogers was
in a number of engagements, his
greatest activities being on the
Chateau Thierry front buthe was
fortunate enough to come out
without a wound. He has some in
teresting souvenirs, Oneof which
is a Catholic crucitix suspended
by a silver wireon whichis strung
bone beads, the wearer, a Ger
man woman, having been killed
in action while operating a ma.
chine gun, and the same was ia.
ken from her neck by Mr.. Rog-
ers. He says that were he to at
tempt to describe conditions as
they really existed over there he
would at once be branded as a
prevaricator by many people
hence, along this line, he is rath
er noncommunicative. He was de
modified at Camp Lee, Va.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
WHAT'S THE REASON?
MANY BOONE PEOPLE IN POOR
HEALTH WITHOUT KNOWING
THE CAUSE.

There are scores of people who
drag out a miserable existence
without realizing the cause of
their suffering. Day after day
they are racked with backache
and headache; suffer from ner.
vousness, dizziness, weakness,
languor and depression. Perhaps
the kidneys have fallen behind in
their work of tiltering the blood
and that may be the root of the
trouble. Look to your kidneys
assist them in their rk-give
them the held they need. You
can use no more highly rocco.
mended remedy than Doan's Kid.
ney Pills.
Below is a grateful testimony
from a sufferer in this locality:
N. G. Deal, wood worker, Hick
ory, N. c., says: suffered a lot
from kidney trouble. My back
was lame and sore and l had tt
stop work. At night | was rest
less and sometimes had to wall
the floor. Doan's Kidney Pills
gave me prompt relief, removing
the pain in my back and making
me feel better in every way"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-th,
same that Mr.. Deal had. Fos
| ter Milburn Co., Mfgrs. Buffalo
| N. Y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

14,000 men of the famous 9th
division arrived at home in New
York last Thursday, the 9Th inst.
The 9th fought with the 30th di-
vision in breaking the Hinden.
burg line.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
FOR THE CHILDREN.

Too much care cannot be exer.
cised in selecting a cough medi-
cine for children. 1t should be
pleasant to take, contain no harm
full drug and most effectual in
curing their coughs and colds.
Long experience has taught tha6
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
meets these conditions. 1t is a
favorite with many mothers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
Dies Of MeasIs.

Mr.. J. Crit Brown died at his
home on Middle Fork of New Riv-
er, last Wednesday evening, af'
ter an illness ofseveral days with
measels. Mr.. Brown was an hon
est industrious citizen. He leaves
a wife and five young children,
and several grown children by
his first wife, who has been dead
for a number of years.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13
Is a Northern lumherman Sees Timber
Conditions IN Watauga.

Prof. b. b. DOugherty is in re-
ceipt of the following letter from
Mr.. j. d. Loizeaux, of Plaintield,
N. j., who was in Boone some
time ago, and is published in full
by request of the School.
L was in your town recently
and was sorry not to have been
able to see you for a little while,
which Ihad anticipated. Ofcourse
you do not know me at all, and |
will simply say that we are lum-
ber dealers, operating in your
county to some extent for the
past two years, and hope to con-
tinue it, increasing the produc-
tion.
MY reason for desiring to see
you was because lam sure, from
what | know of your training
school, that it is the fountain
head which places before thesur-
rounding country the matter of
it's needs. Two things have stood
out before me as being most es-
sential for the welfare of your
beautiful mountain country: The
first is that the forests are being
wantonly depleted without any
thought of recuperation. Your
county, to my judgment, is es-
sentially a forest region IN o s
valuable for that purpose, and
what has already been put into
cultivation certainly can be made
very valuable for dairy purposes.
But, to think that this splendid
forest land should steadily be de-
nuded, would seem to me most
to be regretted. If the timber
were cut judiciously, say about
so per cent of the trees cut down,
there would be at least so per
cent of the lumber harvested
which is growing on the land,
while the remaining 20 per cent
embodied in so per cent of the
trees is almost valueless as far as
lumber is concerned. Yet, in &c
or 30 years this young growth o.
pened up to the sunshine and re.
lieved of the larger trees which
take upthe strength of the ground,
will very quickly mature into
beautiful lumber again. Even
though | am notinterested to any
great extent in the country, ]
view with great regret the fact
that this sort of numbering is not
carried out, and l believe that if
you would agitate such a thing it
would find it's way into the prop
er channels and would beofgreat
service to your country"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-03-13

Representative Joseph W. Ford.
ney, of Michigan, has been elect
ed chairman of the ways and
means committee by the Repub-
licans of the house. He succeeds
Representative Kitchin of North
Carolina.