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ri BELIEVE PE-RU-NA SAVED ^^^MYLIFE." Mrs. Charles Anspaugh, R. R. 1, Klmmell, Noble Co., Indiana, writes: "Peruna hae been a godsend to mo. I can feel safe in saving that it saved my life, as I wau ail run down and was )unt miserable when I commenced taking your Peruna, but am on the road to recovery now. 1 cannot thank you too much." Those who object to liquid medicines can now procure Peruna Tablets. Ask Your Druggist tor Free Peruna Lucky Dnv Almanac for 1914. IN. 1I?U Neuralgia ufferfcrs find instant relief in Sloan's Liniment. It penetrates to the painful part ? soothes and quiets the nerves. No rubbing?merely lay it on. SLOANS LINIMENT Kills Pain For Neuralgia "I would not be without your liniment mtut prime it to nil who Buffer with nriirnlKUt or rlieuinatmir or pain of any kind."?Alr?- Umnry ISuAuji, ISmUna. 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I The T ype writer for the Rural Business Man aLj?2594, Whether you are a small town merchant or a fanner, you need If you are writing Long Wearing your letters and bills by hand, you are not getting full efficiency. It doesn't require an expert operator to run the L. C. Smith & Bros, typewriter. It is simple, compact, complete, durable. Semi in the attached coupon and we will give especial attention to your typewriter needs. i L. C. Smith Jk nroa. Typewriter Co., t I Hyraoun*, N.Y. : ; Plfaw ?end me your free book about ! typewriter#. ; ; Natnv ; : p. o : j State ; Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver it right the stomach and bowels are right CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS jently but firmly pel a lazy liver to^HHHp A DTP DC do its duty. atipation, In* I IVER digestion, J^PbU^S. Headache, and Diatreaa After Elating. MALI. PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Genuirie must bear Signature irr'TIThf A. Cheer np. fen<1 fnr FIIHH K.V/?rC?rirhHAMl>LK"Ut;i('ll"It(>nras. Snrrcaiol Cheuitoaal Co. O't'n., I'hlla., fa. ^jL. MftlrKiHW : WLhKtll I\fli HVFRTA'S POWER r _ A*r tASI oKUMBLINb No Peace in Mexico Until Dictator Is Eliminated, Says President's Message. MONEY BILL HELPS FARMER Need of Legislation That Will Facilitate Getting of Capital for Agricultural Purposes ? Would Choose Presidential Candidates by Primary ? Declares Himself for Philippine Independence?Should Let AntiTrust Law Stand. Washington, Doc. 2.?President Wilson appeared before the joint session of tlie two houses of congress toduv and delivered his annual message us follows: In pursuance of my constitutional duty to "give to the congress information of the state of the Union," I tako the liberty of addressing you on several matters which ought, as it seems to tne, particularly to engage the attention of your honorable bodies, as of all who study the welfare of the nation. Departs From Custom. 1 shnll ask your indulgence if I venture to depart in some degree from tne usual custom of setting before vou ! in formal review the many mutters which have engaged the attention and called for the action of the several departments of the government or which look to them for early treatment in the future, because the list is long, very long, and would suffer in the abbreviation to which 1 should have to subject it. I shall submit to you the reports of the heads of the several departments, in which these subjects are set forth in careful detail, and beg that they may receive the thoughtful atteutlon of your committees and of all members of the congress who may have the leisure to study them. Their obvious importance, as constituting the very substunce of the business of the government, makes comment and emphasis on my part unnecessary. The country, 1 am thankful to say, is at peace with all the world, and many happy manifestations multiply about us of a growing cordiality and I sense of community of interest among the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will. More and more readily ea? li decade do the nu j wwiib iiiiiiiiicKi ineir willingness to bind themselves by solemn treaty to the frorosscs of pence. the processes of frankness and fair concession. So far the United States iias stood at the front of such negotiations. She will, I earnestly hope and confidently believe. give fresh proof of her sincere adherence to the cause of international friendship by ratifying the several treaties of arbitration awaiting renewal by the senate. In addition to these, it has been the privilege of the department of state to gain the assent, in principle, of no less than 111 nations, representing four tilths of the population of the world, to the negotiations of treaties by which It shall he agreed that whenever differences of interest or of policy arise which cannot he resolved by the ordinary processes of diplomacy they shall he publicly analyzed, discussed, and re ! ported upon by a tribunal chosen by 1 the parties before either nation detertnin s its course of action. There is only one possible standard by which to determine controversies between the United States and other nations, and that is compounded of these two elements: Our own honor and our obligations to the peace of the world. A test so compounded ought easily to be made to govern both the establishment of new treaty obligations and the interpretation of those | already assumed. Mexico Has No Government. There is but one cloud upon our ho- i rizon. That has shown itself to the 1 south of us, and hangs over Mexico. There can be no certain prospect of peace in America until General Huerta has surrendered bis usurged authority In Mexico: until it is understood on ^11 V. - i ? an mi huh, mueea, mat such pretended governments will not be countenanced I or dealt with by the government of the United States. We are the \ friends of constitutional government in America; we are more than its ; friends, we are its champions; because | in no other way can our neighbors, to 1 whom we would wish in every way to make proof of our friendship, work , out their own development in peace ; and liberty. Mexico has no government. The attempt to maintain one at the City of Mexico has broken down, and a mere military despotism has been s*?t up which has hardly more than the semblance of national authority. It originated in the usurpation of Victorlano Huerta. who. after a brief attempt to play the part of constitutional president, has at last cast Sabbath Reading. i "Louise, 1 really cannot permit you | to read novels on Sunday." "Hut grandmamma, this novel is all ' right; it tellH about a girl who was | engaged to three Kpiscopnl clergymen. 1 all at once."?Life. Where Found. "I notice that you quote the classics ' quite often." "Yes. I don't know what I would do If it were not for the back part of | my dlctionery." f M-ifcir ^ m aside even the pretense of legal right and declared himself dictator. As a consequence, a condition of affairs now exists in Mexico which has made It doubtful whether even the most elementary and fundamental rights either of her own people or of the citizens of other countries resident within her territory can long be successfully safeguarded, and which mn-uifiiM, u long ronnnuca, to imperil the interests of peace, order and tolerable life in the lands immediately to the south of us. Even if the usurper had succeeded In his purposes, in despite of the constitution of the republic and the rights of its people, he would have set up nothing hut a precarious and hateful power, which could have lasted but a little while, and whose eventful downfall would have left the country In a more do plorahle condition than ever. But he has not succeeded. Ho has forfeited the respect and the moral support even of those who were at one time w illing to see him succeed. Idttle by little he has hnen completely isolated. Ity a little every day his power and prestige are crumbling and the collapse is not far away. We shall not. 1 bhlleve, he obliged to alter our pnliry of watchful waiting. And then, when the end comes, we shall hope to see constitutional order restored In distressed Mexico by the concert and energy of such of her leaders as prefer the liberty of their people to their own ambitions. Rush Currency Bill. I turn to matters of domestic roncerfl. You already have under con"'sideration a bill for the reform of our system of hairlting and currency, for which the country waits with Impatience, as for something fundamental to its whole business life and necessary to set credit free from arbitrary and artificial restraints. I need not say hqw earnestly 1 hope for Its early enactment into law. 1 take leave to beg that the whole energy and attention nf tlll? Kimttfo 1?U ........ I till tli*? matter is successfully disposed of. And yet I feel that the request is not needed?that the members of that great house need no tiring in this serviee to the country. 1 present to you, in addition, the urgent necessity that special provision he made, also for facilitating the credits needed by the farmers of the country. The pending currency bill does the farmers a great service. It puts them upon an equnl footing with other business men and masters of enterprise, as it should; and upon its passage they will Had themselves quit of many of the difficulties which now hamper them in the field of credit. The farmers, of* course, ask and should be given no special privilege, such as extending to them the credit of the government itself. What they need and should obtain is legislation which will make their own abundant and substantial credit resources available as a foundation for Joint, concerted local action in their own behalf in getting the capital they must use. It is to this we should now address ourselves. It has, singularly enough, come to pass that we have allowed the industry of our farms to lag behind the other activities of the country in its development. 1 need not stop to tell you how fundamental to the life of the Nation is the production of its food. Our thoughts may ordinarily be concentrated upon the cities and the hives of industry, upon the cries of the crowded market place and the clangor of the factory, but it is from the quiet interspaces of the onen vnl leys and the fr???* hillsides that we draw the sources of life and of prosperity, from the farm and the ranch, from the forest and the mine. With out these every street would be silent. every office deserted, every factory fallen Into disrepair And yet the farmer does not stand upon the same footing with the forester and the miner in the market of credit. He is the servant of tho seasons. Nature determines how long he must wait for his crops, and will not be hurried in her processes, lie may give his note but the reason of its maturity depends upon the season when his crop matures. lies at the gates of the market where his products are sold. And the security he gives is of a character not known In the broker's office or as familiarly ns It might be on the counter of the banker. The Farming Intere s. The agricultural department of the | government Is seeking to assist as never before to make fanning an efficient business, of wide co-operative effort. In quick touch with the markets for foodstuffs. The farmers and the government will henceforth work together as real partners In this field, where we now begin to see our way very clearly and where many intelligent plans are already being put into execution. Tho treasury of the United States has, by a timely and well luuoiiKiru hum I million UI UH deposits, facilitated the moving of the crops in the present season and prevented the scarcity of available funds too often experienced at such times. Hut we must not allow ourselves to depend upon extraordinary expedients. We must add the means by which the farmer may make his credit constantThe Cause. "I am afraid the young doctor who is courting our duughter may send in a bill about It." "How can he?" "For visits connected with a heart affection." The Diffsrence. "What is the difference between a political gathering and one of a hunt club?" "I knorv One Is a mass meeting and the other is a meet massing." mmtit -hi: T- ? ? \ ly and easily available and command when he will the capital by which to suppo;. rnd expand his business. We lag behind many other great countries of the modern world in attempting to do this. Systems of rural credit have been studied and developed on the other side of the water while we left our farmers to shift for themselves in the ordinary- money market. You have but to look about yoi> in any rural district to see the result, the handicap and embarrassment which have been put upon those who produce our food. Conscious of this backwardness and neglect on our part, the congress recently authorized the creation of a special commission to study lite various systems of rural credit which have been put into operation in Europe. and this commission is already prepared to report. Its report ought to make it easier for us to determine what methods will hn best stilted to our own farmers. 1 hope and believe that the committees of the senate and house will addr?ss themselves to thiniatter with the most fruitful results, and 1 believe that the studies and recently formed plans of the department of agriculture may be made to serve them very greatly in their work of framing appropriate and adequate legislation. It would be itoliscreet and presumptuous in anyone to dogmatize upon so great and many-sided a question, but I feel conHdent that common counsel will produce the results we must all desire. Stop Private Monopoly. Turn from the farm to the world of business which centres in the city and in the factory, and 1 think tha* a'l thoughtful observers will agree that the immediate servic? we owe . the business communities of the country is to prevent private monopoly more effectually than it has yet been prevented. I think it will be easily agreed that we should let the Sherman antitrust law stand, unaltered, as it is, hut that we should as much as possible reduce the area of that debatable ground by further and more explicit legislation; and should also supplement that great act by leglsla'ion which will not only clarify it but also facilitate its administration make it fairer to all con :erned. No doubt we shall all wish, and the country will expect, this to be the central subject of our deliberations during the nres ont session; but It Is a subject so many-sided and so deserving of careful and discriminating discussion tliat I shall take the liberty of addressing you upon it in a special message at a later dnte than this. It is of capital importance that the business men of this country should be relieved of all uncertainties of law with regard to their enterprises and investments and a clear path indicated which they can travel without anxiety. It is as important that thev should be relieved of embarrassment and set free to prosper as that private' monopoly should be destroyed. The ways of action should b" thrown wide open. 1 turn tp a subject which I hope can be handled promptly and without serious controversy of any kind. I mean the method of selecting noini- i noes for the presidency of the 1'nited States I feel confident that 1 do not misinterpret the wishes or the expectations of the i country when I urge the prompt j enactment of legislation which will provide for primary elections throughout the country at which the voters of the several parties may choose their nominees for the presidency without the intervention of nominating conventions. I venture the suggestion 1 that this legislation should provide for the retention of party conventions, but only for the purpose of declaring and accepting the verdict of the primaries and formulating the platforms of the parties; and I suggest that these conventions should consist not of delegates chosen for the single purpose. hut of the nominees for con| gross, the nominees for vacant seats | in the senate of the United States, the ] senators whose terms have not yet . closed. the national committees, j I and the candidates for the presidency j ' themselves, in order that platforms | may he framed by those responsible ! I to the people for carrying them Into j effect. Obligations to Territories. These are all matters of vital domestic concern, and besides them, outside the charmed circle of our own national life in which our affections I command us. as well as our con| sciences, there stand out our obliga: tions toward our territories over sea. I Here we are trustees. Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, are ours, once j regarded as mere possessions, are no j i longer to be selfishly exploited; they are part of the domaiu of public con- i ! science and of serviceable and enlightened statesmanship. We must admln| ister them for the people who live in them and with the same sense of re- i sponsibility to them as toward our own people in our domestic affairs. No J doubt we shall successfully enough ' J bind Porto Rico and the Hawaiian is- ' lands to ourselves by ties of justice I and affection, but the performance of j our dntv ?<>vvi>r<l ?tw> in,114^ 4c .. v . . ia a ' more difficult and debatable matter, i We can satisfy the obligations of genHe Explains. ; "Is this milk pasteurized?" asked the city lady. "From the start," said the old farmI er. "Instead of grazing our cows in i a meadow, as many do, we graze them in a pasture." Sensible Girl. "How about being an oid man's darling?' "There's no necessity for it. I've found a young man with the price of | a bungalow." m ? * erotJH luetic? toward tho people of Porto Rico by Riving tLern the amplo and familiar rights and privileges accorded our own citizens in our own territory and our oblicationo toward the people of Hawaii by perfecting the provisions cf self-government already granted tin to, but in the Philippines we must go further. We must hold steadily in view their ultimate independ( nee. and we must move toward the time of that independence as steadily as the way can be cleared and the foundations thoughtfully and | permanently laid. Acting under the authority conferred 11 ; ??:! the president by congress. ! I have already accorded the people of | the islands a majority In both houses of their legislative body by appointing tlve inst<?ad of four native citizens to the membership of the commission. I believe that in this way we shall make proof of their capacity in counsel and their sense of the responsibility in the exercise of political power, and that the success of this step will be sure to clear our view for the steps which are to follow. S'ep l?y step we should extend and perfect the system of self-government in the l.-lnnds. making test of them and modifying them as experience discloses their successes and their failures; that we should more and more put under the control of the native citizens of the archipelago the essential instruments of their life, their local instrumentalities of government, their schools, all the common interests of '.heir communities. and so by counsel anil experience set up a government which ail th," world will see to be suitable to a people whose affairs are under their own* control. Territorial Rights for Alaska. A duty faces us with regard to Alaska which seems to mo very pressing and very imperative; perhaps I should say a double duty, for it concerns both the political and the material development-of the territory. The people of Alaska should be given the full territorial form of government, and Alaska, as a storehouse, should be unlocked. One key to it is a system of railways. These the government should itself build and administer, and the ports and terminals it should Itself control in the Interest of all who Aish to use them for the service and development of the country and its people. Hut the construction of railways is only the first step; is only thrusting in the key to the storehouse and throwing back the lock and opening the door. How the tomntine reumir<*i?? ot' th" country are Jo be exploited is another matter, to which I shall take the liberty of from time to time callins your attention, for it is a policy which must be worked out by wellconsidered states, not upon theory, but upon lines of practical expediency. It is part of our general problem of conservation. We have a freer hand in working out the problem in Alaska than in the states of the Union; and yet the prli ciple and object ,\ro tho same, wherever we touch it. We must use the res usees of the country, not lock tlsem up. There need be no contlift or Jeah'i'sN as between state and federal authorities, for there can bq. no essential difference of purpose between theni. The resources in question must be us< (1. but not destroyed or wasted; used, but not monopolized upon any narrow idea of individual rights as against the abiding interests of comniunities. That a policy can be worked out by conference and concession which will release these resources and yet net jeopard or dissipate them I for one have no doubt: and it can be done on lines of regulation which n? be 110 less acceptable to the people and governments of the states concerned than to the people and government of the nation at large, who-- > heritage these resources are. We must bend our counsels to this end. A common purpose ought tomake agreement easy. Three or four matters of special importance and significance 1 beg that you will permit me to mention in clos ? ing.N Our bureau of mines ought to be equipped and empowered to render even more effectual service than it renders now in improving the conditions of mine labor and making the mines more economically productive as well as more safe. This Is an allImportant part ol tho work of con- j servation; and the conservation cf human life and energy lies even nearer to our Interest than the preservation from waste of our material resources. Employers' Liability. We owe it. in mere justice to the railway employes of the country, to provide for them a fair and effective employers' liability act; and a law that we can stand by in this matter will be no less to the advantage of those who administer the railroads '>* the country than to the advantage of those whom they employ \Ve ought to devote ourselves to meeting pressing demands of plain Justice like this as earnestly as to the accomplishment of political and economic reforms. Social justice comes firs' Law is the machinery for its realization and is vital only as it expresses and embodies it. An In^cnuoiiB Answer. Clergyman?l>o you remember me. my dear? Little Ci 1 rl?1 don't member your name, but you're the gen'leinan mother makes ine stay awaUe an' listen to in churc&.?Life. Wearisome. "Hotts tells me he took a long trip this morning." "Whero'd he go?" "He rode two blocks on a street car | with BiCfels." m f . m j ** 2'x* *'." * j A Backache Warns Backache is one o? Nature's weakness. Kidney thousands every year. Don't If lame? to stoop of If dizziness and are f u Use Dam's Kidney Pills^|HH|H^^H|^^^^^H cdy for bad backs and weak kumeroni^ A Maine Case Bpnt&s Fountain St.. Gardiner. Mi-.. In months ^^^^B with kidney trouble. "\My bark frit ok thouzli wna brok-n. My body blunted could hardly Five doctors failed to help mr. Wh- i had given up ^^^^B hope. I b. frnn tnk- ^^^B| Inc Damn's Kidney Fills. wna cured ^^^^B and now t -welsh 'I .. * much more and \\ nm strong and ^^^B Get Doan's at Any "tor?, SOt c Box D Q A N' S "ViTiV FOSTER-M1LBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. !W. L.DOUGLAS I SHOES //^Ek fl Men'sU!&tiftXV/t:\:r IN Women'sii.S1-* iif Bf%t Missus, Boys. Children I I. . ST ] / Si .no b i -^.vsa "''j^^ JO. \U in ail uB^ ,*i(M oihI iWdiAn. "\ iH W. L. Douglas ft bow are (anoua r~k i ..n i 11 I it Tiiin Why not give them a I ;rt:" * Tbr value you will receive a r *rt^\'jr your money will astonish you. -> ' a* ' \lf you woulil visit our factory, r rV - > ft* larceat lu the world uodar it .f1 oue iW. and m how carefully ?7L. ^lw\ W. L. Douglas shoes are made, a, ? you would understand why they are k)v\U \ warranted to look better, flt bailor, IIV \V \ bold thi-lrnbapeand wear looker than If, oihaa tnakoa for the price. ./ TmK% Your dealer should supply you wfth BW' <??>. ihotn.Uou t lakeasubeUtute.Nooe X~\: n?w_, o^Ngeuulne without W. L. Douglas /\ name stampol on bottom. Shoes ?i-.\ la asnt everywhere, direct from fkelory, by Parrel Poet, postage free. Now ^v.'VB Is the time to beglu to save money on Tirl ?Sk 7?VT footwear. Write today for lllusV^?\ tratad Catalog ah owing how to order bI "VU W. U DOUOLA8, *10 Spark St., Brockton, itaaa. The Slash'. ~ I'aifl I'oiret. the French dressmaker, was asked by p. New York reporter If he thought woman's present mode of dress made for morality. "I do not deal in morality," M. Poirct replied "L deal it: beauty^- * ^ "Theu. apropos of the slasliA skirt, he told a story. I 1 "A young lady in a whitw dinner/ gown." he said, "stood undes a blaz-7 ins electrolier, and, swingitK roundf before her fiance, she asked! / "How does my new drfss ahoy* UP? 1 I "'Up almost to the knee,'Ihe you^K man replied. Those white Iti 1K sto/kings with gold clocks are it'autifuj.' r I Why Japs Are Undersized, J Evert one is eager to add to/his fund of information concerning/ Japanese and there are not manyJ 'ay* men who can tell why the Japr aro undersized. Japanese surgeons /have made measurements of their /army, which show that the sniallness fa} Mature ih tlue entirely to the legs; 'This is no doubt due to the fact that from ' child1.:- d the Japanese practices an unnatural wa> of sitiing upon the legs. Win n a Japanese child is old enough to sit u:s< t: the l!oor his legs are bent unci' i him This in time dwarfs the growth of the limbs. Actual deformity is less common among the peasants than among students, merchants and others of sedentary habits. There is no doubt the coming Japanese, who are rapidly acquiring Occidental customs. will change this habit of sitting upon the feet. ? W!F? WON Husband Finally Convinced. Some people are wise enough to try new foods and beverages and then generous enough to give others the benefit of their experience. A wife w rites: "No slave In chains, it seemed to me, was more helpless than I. a coffee captive. Yet there wore innumerable warnings?waking from a troubled sleep with a feeling of suffocation, at times dizzy and out of breath, attacks of palpitation of the heart that fright* ened me. (Tea is just as injurious as coffee because it contains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee.) "At last my nervous system was so disarranged that my physician ordered no more coffee.' I capitulated. "DeJorinined to give Postum a fair trial. I prepared it according to directions on the pkg., obtaining a dark brown liquid with a rich snappy flavour similar to coffee. When cream and sugar were added, it u-na nn* w ? *# mvv v/a*jr good but delicious. ' Noting its beneficial effeets in me the rest of the family adopted it?all etfcopt my husband, who would not admit that coffee hurt him. Several weeks elapsed during which I drank Postum two or three times a day, when, to my surprise, my husband said: '1 have decided to drink Postum. Your improvement is so apparent? you have such fine color?that I pro* pose to give credit where credit is due.' And now we are cofTee-slaves no longer." Name given by Postum Co., Battls Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well* ville." in pkgs. Postum now comes in two forma: Regular Postum?must be boiled, instant Postum is a soluble powder. A teasfoonful dissolves quickly In a cup of hot \\^ter and, with cream and sugaiT makes a delicious beverage lifitantly. Grocers sell both kinds. "There's a Reasou" for Postum.