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THREE WOMEN TESTIFY To the Merit of LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during Change cf Life, Strentor, 111. ? " I e1k.1I always praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com[Ei|i,iV!; ;;; ! ; pound wherever I :v!;. go. It has done mo c? niPch good at f'-yBT Change of Life, and |i;jwU ?> it has also helped my Mm ^ daughter. It is ono ' J*"*! Sjpjji; of the grandest ||| j'jfJ. " medicines for women that can be ImmWw ] ^vlll bought. I shall try I jSS^Kffljl p^)i i' to induce others to 'If Ar" I I'll I } try it" ?Mrs. J. H. U 1 Campbell, 206 N. Second St, W. S., Streator, Illinois. Philadelphia, Pa. ? "It was at the 'Change of Life' that I turned to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, using it as a tonic to buihl up my system, with beneficial results." ? Mrs. Sara Wayward, 1825 W. Venango St, (Tioga) Phila., Pa. San Francisco, Cal.?" I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for many years whenever I would feel bad. I have gone through the Change of Life without any troubles and thank the Compound for it I recommend it to young girls and to womcr of all ages."?Mrs. C. Barrie, 3052 25th St, San Francisco, Cal. The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalelled. If yon want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkhani Medicine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a Woman and held In strict confidence. ^ KODAKS FINISHING Betid for nitalogur and prlrM. O. L. HAUL OPTICAL COMPANY Norfolk Richmond Lynchburg, V*. irauia s'o?"E |ga yE"s Kfnrn See? He stopped before a blind peddler and bought a pencil, putting live pennies Into the man's hand. "How do you know these are cents I're given you?" asked the purchaser. "Well, Hlr, I can distinguish the touch of cents by my sense of touch," was the blind man's prompt reply. Cautious Porter. "So you gave up your Job at the depot?" "Yes, suh. 1 ain't llftln' no mo' suit cases. When dem mllita'nt Huffragettes Is so busy dar aln* no telllu' which of 'em is korryln' wardrobe an' which Is korryin' dynamite." Had to R- C_, j.ui. *oiu man who had led a sinful life was dying, and ljjs wife sent for a nearby preacher to pray with him. The preacher spent cine praying nnd and finally the old man said: "What do you want mo to ?io, parson ?" "Renounce the devil! Renounce the devil!" replied the preacher. "Well, hut parson." protested the dying man. "I ain't in position to make any enemies." Too Successful. Quizzer?What's the matter, old man? You look worried. Sizzer? I have cause to. 1 hired a man to trnce my pedigree. Quiver Well, what's the trouble? Hasn't he been successful? Sizzer?Successful! .1 should say ho has! I'm paying him hush money! " What are Post Toasties? Thin wafery bit? of choice Indian Corn ? perfectly I t 1 ? cooked; delicately flavoured; then toasted to an appetizing golden brown, and packed in tightly sealed packages without being touched by hand. "Toasties" are for breakfast or any other meal?served direct from package with cream or milk, and a sprinkling of sugar. Post Toastiea are convenient, save a lot of time and please the palate immensely I But after all, a trial is the best answer. Grocers everywhere sell ? . Post Toasties TERMS OFTHE WILL By GEORGE MUNSON. , The news of Uncle Will's death was , a great shock to me. I read it in the , morning papers, lie was among the killed in the accident on the Pacilic ( South-Central railway. The train had left the tracks while traveliug along the bank of the Juby river in Colorado, and five Ars had plunged be- , neath the swirling torrent. There , was no possibility of rescuing any- , one; the death of all the occupants | bad been immediate. Uncle Will muBt have hud a pre- ( sentiment of his death, because, an ( hour before leaving his office on the , way west, where ho had to attend a , conference on some one of those national movements in which he was t always interested. He had dictated a new will to his stenographer, .Miss Clarke. .Miss Clarke had typewritten ( it and two of the clerks had witnessed his signature. { The relatives were summoned to meet at the house of Mr. Brewster, j the family lawyer. Brewster smiled f when he saw me and Marjorie enter. . "I wish you luck, my dear, fellc... ^ he whispered, before the formalities f began. j 1 had always been a prime favorite ( of Uncle Will. He had left me a good , round sum, I was sure. If he had died ( the year before I should not have ] been so sure, because he was deeply ( mortified when Anne Claridge and I broke our engagement. It was Anne ( who wanted to be free, but of course , Uncle Will, in his pigheaded way, j hud thought I was to blante. He had always been fond of Anne. Even , after Anne married Jim Thornton, a | month later?which ought to have j shown Uncle Will where the blame j lay?he was suspicious of me. "A man who breaks an engagement j to a girl wants a lot of justification," , be said to me. , I couldn't persuade him that 1 had wanted to marry Anne. I believe he , cut me out of his will about then. , However, after I had discovered that , Marjorie was the only girl I could ever love, and had Introduced her to Uncle Will, I got back into his good , graces. He was still a little dubious , r?i ??? '; 3 Iflf; i i [) H' B;gan to Drone Out the Terms of the Will. about my conrtancy, but he confided to bo that Marjorie had Anne "skinned." "And, my dear boy, if you break that girl's heart I'll not leave you a stiver," be said to me, over the walnuts. How that amused Marjorie and myself! We were to be married the week after Uncle Will's return, ami nothing could have separated us. .Mr. llrewster began to drone out the terms of the will, and you can bo sure everybody pricked up his curs. Uncle Will had left some good round legacies, but I knew there was plenty left. At last I heard my name. "To my dear nephew, Oliver Curtis," the lawyer read, "I leave the sum of forty thousand dollars, on condition that"?he hesitated and then 1 read with loud emphasis?"on condiHon fhnt ho lno m? ? ..w.i v ...* V (IV ivai CO mill jvm iu r 1?'iu iui ! the period of one year Immediately i following upon his marriage to her, < and to be paid to him upon the ex- i plrancy of one year after the celebration of such marriage." Marjorie and i looked at each other j in amazement. Leave Marjorie! The room was in confusion. Marjorie ha<l fainted! As for Mr. Brewster, he was as much upset as anybody. I "It's positively inhuman." he exclaimed. "It's contrary to public morals! You can have the will annulled. Mr. Cuitls. Why, he?he?did you ever know your uncle to drink, Oliver?" "Not so that you could notice It," I answered. i"Then he must have been mad," he said. "My boy, you can have the will annulled." "I'm with you there!" exclaimed Penton Jones, another nephew of the old man's, though, I am happy to say, no cousin of mine. "I'll back you, my boy. It's barbarous, monstrous!" I felt a kindly feeling for Penton Jones for the first time. It was not until the next day that It occurred to me that. If the will was broken. Jones and I would Inherit an equal sum as # Letter and Money in Unsealed Envelope Intact ^^ASHINGTON.?The pcstofflce department la very careful not to allow shouted. "I wasn't in those cars. 1 md gone back to the observation car. it was another man they thought was 1. I-I?" I couldn't help congratulating him, jut my tace was as sour as Mr. Brewster's, even if I had just got marrled. "What's the mntter, Oliver?" he cried. "You're not. sorry your old jade's alive and cheated you out of your legacy for a year or two, are you ?" "Uncle Will," I answered, "did you suppose I would touch a penny of your rotten money? Not even if I could have got it by breaking the will." "It was inhuman!" cried Marjorie. "It was not professional!" said Mr. Rrewster severely. "To make it conditional tlint he should leave his bride for a year?" "T>'ave her!*' shouted Uncle Will. 'What do you mean? I said 'love Her.' Didn't you take it down in your sotes as 'love,' Miss Clarke?" Miss Clarke clapped her hands to lier head and went down in a dead Taint upon the sidewalk. (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) PERFUMED AIR IN A HOTEL ^bout the Limit Even in This Ago That la Unrivaled In Its Luxury. The "ultra" of scientific hotel aczemmodations has reached Los Angeles. Soon guests of the Hotel Alextndria will not breathe the ordinary tir which circulates the Mghways and ay ways. No. indeed, monsieur and nmdamo oust be made comfortable; therefore, the dining salons and foyers of this lotel will be equipped n ith perfumed lir. And to make this innovation in the liotel business even more complete the orders which reach the nostrils >f Alexandria guests will vary with he seasons. For instance, according to Manager 3. J. Whit more, spring will announce tself to the city dweller who never risits the byways by a delicate aroma )f violet; .a little later the scent will hange, and the delicate "parfum" of the orange blossom will be de riguer. With autumn will come the Indinn summery fragrance of pine needles? the virgin forest. With winter, because this is southern. California, roses. Exhaust fans which pump in cool tir through a rainstorm of scented waters will make this possible. All grill and the banquet hall invisible supply fans will constantly keep a new current of perfumed air in circulation among the diners and loungers. Should monsieur wish to give a little dinner in a private dining-room \nd have a fancy for tho scent of lavender. then it will bo supplied to him throughout tho meal. "It is our object," said Mr. Whltmore, "to give our guests the most munviivc cUVltUIllUCIll. AllUr Vttrtful consideration we find that the perfumed air for our dining-rooms will be a pleasing touch for all those who wish to enjoy It. The only danger, of course, would be in overdoing the thing. None would want to take ? meal In a salon saturated with th? odor of orange blossoms, for exam pie. Our tinctures aro to be delicate however. The perfumes will givo a natural aroma; no more."?Los Angeles Examiner. Must Be Simple. In a registration booth in San Fran* cisco an old negro woman had just finished registering for the first time. "Am you shore," she asked the clerk, "dat Ise done all I has to do?" "Quite sure," replied the clerk, "you seef. It's very simple." "I'd ought to knowed It." said the old woman. "If those fool men folks been doing it all dese years, I might a knowed It was a powerful simple pro cess."?Life. next or km, together with several other nephews and nieces. That meant that instead of his own paltry thousand dollars .'ones would receive nine thousand seven hundred and five. No wonder Jones was sym- ! pathetic! "The old wretch!" said Marjorio to me as we talked the situation over that night. "What are you going to Jo about it, Oliver?" "Why, I?I'm going to marry you, of course. Marjorie," I answered. "And leave me?" questioned Mar jorie quickly. "Not on Uncle Will's life," I answered. "Marjy, dear, let's get mur riea anyway, ana we'll let me will stand, far our part, and turn the tattles on Jones." It was hard to sacrifice the nine thousand odd that would have co no to us. but we felt that after the way he old wretch had behaved we didn't .vant to touch a penny of his n oney. "Let's get married next w ek," 1 taid. "All right," said Marjorie "How would Monday su ? you?" I continued. "All?all right, Olive- dear," she inswered. And Monday it * as. You know, lowever much man may love a ;irl, fortv .misand dollars looks -ed while 1 knew I wouldn't rleld, I wanted to get our honeymoon darted, so that the legacy could be rretrievably lost. And when we came >ut of the church together, man and tvlfe, with Mr. llrewster and Miss "larke smiling at us and wishing us uck, I felt that 1 didn't care a snap or Uncle Will's legacy. And Uncle Will met us at the ihurcli door, and he was more agiated than I had ever seen him in his lfe. "It's all f? mislsiltP nilvor" Vio ?? iiiiuniiuuon to ifUK out auout mo inside workings of Its offices, but the other day It became known that one of the most remarkable cases of Inm esty that han ewer happened in the history of THIS IS ^ \ ? the department occurred in Baltimore. REAL A woman who is employed by 0110 of tho hoiiE STy r >largo department stores In that city has a ' daughter at school in a Catholic convent in Plainlield. N. J. Recently she wrote her daughrf\ / tor a letter and s? aled it m an envelope She >)! valso wrote at the same time to the mother superior of the convent and inclosed $?'>0 in !/ bills. She failed to seal the latter. The money Jl Km A was loese In the envelope and could be plainly IlliH w seen. It was the woman's Intention to mail ft Si r her daughter's letter and then to purchase a tV/AjAv^Yi money order with the $t>0 she had placed In the envelope addressed to the mother superior. At the corner of Charles and Lexington stre?ts ~r? she dropped the money In a letter box. She did not discover her mistake for severnl hours, but when she did she at once r.otllled the oflicials at the |>osto(fice. A telegram was sent to the postmaster at IMulnfleld. N. J., to look out for the letter, as it could not be found in the Baltimore office. On Thursday a telegram was received in reply stating that the letter had passed through the postoRice at Plainfleld and had been delivered to the mother superior of the convent and that all the money was in the envelope when it was received. The woman and the members of the firm where she is employed could not say too much in praise of the honesty of the postotlice department. It wns j>erhaps the first time in the history of the department where a letter had been dropped in a box on the street unsealed with money in >u11 view and delivered intact. The letter was collected from the street l>ox by an employe of the Baltimore postollice. It wr.e handled by several men when it reached the postofllce and when it reached Plainfleld it was again handled by several employes of the postotlice in that city and delivered by a letter carrier Every man who handled the letter could not help seeing the money, aed yet it reached its destination. Dearth of Small Bills and Silver Dollars TIERE'S a great scarcity of dollar bills, and even a greater void In the matter of silver dollars. To that large part of our population that will not be called upon to pay any Income tax litis information may lack the element of novelty. The scarcity of the forms ., ^ , of money named does not afTect the average nllEY REYtklL" GREAT man as seriously as it does the banks of the Always SCARCITY country, south and west, where there is urgent SCARCE OOllAR demand for the smull bills?ones, twos and wn ME \'? GlLL^ fives, and the big silver simoluons. t 7" in tneir trouoie ine Danas nave appealed to t 1 Uncle Sam and his representatives in the Unit- Tu ed States treasury. But even your Uncle Sam uel i? shy on silver and the small bills, though ^ '' actually rolling In wealth in gold coin and Jffjyi* gold bills. nt.fg L3 *Z3 ~ It has come to that stage where a banker ^v?^ ?^*0 might send over $100,000 in $20 gold certitlcates and request Treasurer Burke or some of ^Wf///fllb his assistants to turn over $100,000 in ones, 0 twos and fives of silver certificate?, and the W?^ messenger would have to carry back the big wad of gold certificates, for he would be turned down fiat by the treasurer. In the currency trust funds, the general fund, etc., there are stored $491.730,000 in silver dollars, but the only way to make an Inroad on this immense fund is to present silver certificate? for redemption, or to offer an equal amount of silver certificates partially destroyed, soiled, etc., the reason being that the millions of silver dollars are covered by jiaper silver certificates for an equal amount. The coining of silver dollars was stopped by the act of 1904. People in the east do not care particularly, but out west specie payment is still exacted and down south the big dollars are wanted for paying laborers, who demand them, knowing that they are not counterfeits; that they "feel good," and "will not burn up. if placed under the cabin floor and the cabin Duma down." Just a Few of the Troubles of Office Seekers NO ONE in the world knows the troubles of the office seekers better than Joseph Tumulty, the secretary for the president." While every congressman has the woes of several hundrtd. or jxjeslbly thousand, office seeking constituents on his mind, each of the leglala|] I|Y? wORk?D\ tors takes the problems to the White House, 1?NiihT Aft' where they nro dumped in landslide fashion a"?0*1 M wJtl ?" ,l10 head ?f Mr. Tumulty, who. there. $) i ,*/rt - for?. pet? the griefs of a nation of unsatistled P?lhiciane. >,He was sitting in his bright and attractive LjSRi Vfr CTr N *M|^y office, which overlooks the south lawn of the White House as it slopes gently toward the -ypag -Washington monument one day, and there en tered a Democrat of long experience. He una a congressman who is knowui to he as iminov .?^/x-uiisjl^eMr u^'e 'n his democratic principles as the foundatlons of the Capitol itsplf. ^"Ho came directly toward me." explained Mr. Tumulty to Tom Dense, who was Wood* row Wilson's publicity man In the campaign, "and there were not only tears in his eyes, but they permeated his voice as well. " "Joe," he said, "here I have worked night and day to get Jobs for several hundred of my constituents, and the best I have been able to land up tc date are four measly little postmaster Jobs. And now when 1 get thern all appointed along comes A1 Burleson, the postmaster general, who wasn't anything but a representative in congress, the same as 1 am, and he sends me a note asking me to specify that these men nre of good moral character. Now, what'B moral character to do with a postmaster? Didn't they have enough moral character to vote for Wood row Wilson? I tell you. Joe, the country's going to the dogs." t Uncle Sam Buying Lots of Washington Property UNCLE SAM owns a saloon In Washington. Let It be said 1n haste. Inst tremors be caused, that he will get rid of it quickly. He 1b not paying a license fee. mixing drinks nor giving hie nephews a shove along the downward path. Uncle Sam ^ (|( ^ bought a lot of property In order to make room 11 -H I \ ILL soon for a new building for the state department, ft, ? 77/ and the saloon happened to be Included In the / Qttj TUNC, purchase. I_ ' / /N\ By the way. the saloon which Uncle Sam bought was quite a noted one In Its day, hav- ^x"1 Ing been the gathering place of men of note ^ \ In national afTalrs for a good many yeara. It has been known as the saloon of mild drink- v ing and mild manners, with more of a flow of - , soul than of bowl. IL^?rJ. It will paaa. however, and In Its place will iJi* 1 ' VljA rise a marble palace, where future secretaries llllil of state will sit to recommend men for office and Incidentally to decide the fate of nations. -y ^ i\x f The new structure of the state sill rise on *W*** w" ground just back from Pennsylvania avenue on the north and fifteenth street on the west, diagonally across from the treasury department. By and by Uncle Sam Intends to buy all the buildings >n the south side of the avenue, thus to make a park encumbered with nothing but publlo structures and which will extend ultimately from a point on tbo river sear Georgetown straight through to the capUoL isTt ^ PP ' - ^7" - j WOULD ALMOST FALLASLEEP During Ordinary Conversation, and Became Breathless After First Few Words. Wefthoff, Texas.?Mrs. Evle L>. Powell, of this town, authorizes the 'ollowing for publication: "I had ter-, ribly nervous, trembling, and smothcriug spells, and became so weak, I could hardly get around. Would almost fall asleep during a common conversation. and became breathless after the first dozen words. I thought 1 had lung trouble, but found it was all caused from womanly weakness. 1 then commenced using Cardui. the woman's tonic, and the first bottle gave me relief. Am now feeling fine, and just as wide awake, and as lively as anyone. I know I would have been a wreck had it not been for Cardui, and I do not think enough Can be said in favor of this great woman's medicine. I gained more strength from one bottle than anything else I ever tried. 1 recommend it to all women or girls who are without the glow of health on their cheeks." 9 These nervous, trembly, smothering spells, which Mrs. Powell describes, are very common symptoms of worn anly trouble, and should be given the proper treatment to prevent a general breakdown. For over fifty years. Cardui, the woman's tonic, has been building up weak, nervous women to strength and health. It will do the same for you, if given a fair trial. Get a bottle of Cardui today. N. B.? Writt to- ChattanooRa Medicine Co.. Ladies' Advisory Dept.. ChattanooRa. Tenn.. for .V.v. i'.i//n<fru. fmns on your case and M-p.iRe book, "Home Treatment for Women," sent in pl.tin wrapper. Adv. Girls . houid remember that the ability to toast marsliinallows does not make a good eook of any one. ! ? RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism and al kinds of aches and pains?Neuralgia Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Hruises, Cuts, Old Sores. Hums, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne. Price 25c.?Adv. The man who marries for money often awakens to find that he is not boss of the domestic domain. i _lrs.Wlualow's Soothiutr Syrup for Children .oetbinic, HoficuR the RtitnH, reduces Inf. aunna.lou.allaj h palu,cures wiud coiic^&c a bollleJUt Talk isn't as cheap as it used to be before the limited telephone conversation was invented. For crushed finger thoroughly apply Hanford's Uulsam. Adv. That's So. Hix?Somehow 1 have no luck at. all. Dix?Why, man alive, that's luck. You might have bad luck, you know. Jealous. "Is she very jealous?" "1 should say she is. She even hates the women she sees with her Mrgt. ?l>etroit Hree Press. Who Was Sick? "1 calh d a doctor last night." . nyboffy sick?" . . was when he saw the hand 1 .. '. iiiningham Age-Herald. Liasoy Pleased. 'Mr*, ltrown has the kleptcrr.r.na." "Indeed; what is she taking for It?" "Anything that looks good to her." Then He Escaped. 11 D WUIIUUO, DU1U P! UW U, UUW coming events cast their shadows before them. I'll wager a fiver none of you gentlemen can guess what was the last tiling played on the organ at the time of the lire." "'The I^ost Chord,'" suggested Smith. Brown shook his head. " Hies Irae," " said the classical gentleman. Brown shook his head again. "What was it, then?" asked the practical member. Brown got up, reached for his hat, and went to the door. Then he replied: "The hose!" i FULLY NOURISHED Grape-Nuts a Perfectly Balanced Food. No chemist's analysis of Grape-Nuts can begin to show the real value of the food?the practical value as shown by personal experience. It is a food that is perfectly balanced, supplies the needed elements for both brain and body in all stages of life from the infant, through the strenuous times of active middle life, and Is a comfort and support In old age. "For two years I have used GrapeNuts with milk and a little cream, for breakfast. I am comfortably hungry | for my dinner at noon. "I uee little meat, plenty of vegetables and fruit. In season, for the noon meal, and If tired at tea time, take Grape-Nuts alone and feel per! fectly nourished. "Nervo and brain power and memory are much Improved since using Grape-Nuts. I am over sixty and weigh J55 lbs. My son and husband Beelng how I had Improved are now using Grape-Nuts. "My son, who Is a traveling man, eats nothing for breakfast but GrapeNuts and a glass of milk. An aunt, over 70, seems fully nourished on Grape-Nuts and cream." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkpa. Errr read the above letterT A sew , oae appears from time to time. They are areaalae. tree, aad fall of w latere# t. 1