Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 27, 1906, Page 7

ALL SICK WOMEN DEVELOPING COUNTRY TOWNS SHOULD READ MRS, FOX’S LETTER In All Parts of the United States Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Phar gas Has Effected Similar Our Many wonderful cures of female ills are continually coming to light which have been brought about by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and Mrs. Fannie D Fax ; Aeatetsrasaloaicabel oot is through the advice of Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., which is given to sick women absolutely free of charge. The present Mrs. Pinkham has for twenty-five years made a study of the ills of her sex ; she has consulted with ond advised thousands of suffering nen, who to-day owe not only their th but even life to her‘helpful “Fannie D. Fox, of 7 Chestnut Stree ', Bradford, Pa., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham “T suffered for a lot trouble, and finally was told by my physician that I had a tumor. sar, sae not want Pd submit an ion, SO advice. I received your letter er and’ aid on you told me, to-day I am Doaipletely, cured. My doctor says the tumor has disap- ¥ eared, and I am once more a well woman. believe Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound is the best medicine in the world.” The testimonials which we are con- stantlypublishing from grateful women establish beyond a doubt the power of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound to conquer female diseases. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. She asks nothing in return for her advice. It is absolutely free, and_to thousands of women has proved to be more precious than gold. time with female Its Life. ‘a, What is a nine days’ vonder? Pa—A diary.—New York Sun. SORES ON HANDS. Suffered for a Long Time Without Relief—Doctor Was Afraid to Touch Them—Cured by Cuticura. ‘For a long time I suffered with sores on the hands which were itch- ing, painful and disagreeable. I had three doctors, and derived no benefit of them. One doctor said 1id to touch my hands, so you must know how bad they were; another said I never could be cured; i the third said the sores were ed by the dipping of my hands in the dye-house where I I saw in the papers about the jerful cu of the Cuticura Reme- nd procured some of the Cuti- So d Cuticura Ointment. In »y the application of the 1 Ointment my hands began peel and were better. The sore- disappeared, and they are now clean, and I am still n the dye-house. Mrs. A. E. 2 State St., from any he was Chicago, Ill. Envy shoots at othe THE BEST COUGH CURE When offered something else instead of Kemp’s Balsam stop and consider. Am I sure to get something as good as this best cough cure? If not sure, what good reason is there for for taking chances in a BACK OF THE ATKINS SAW Two centuries of patient and entious effort to produce the 's in the world. rations of blood and brains. est plant in the world exclusively > saw-making, employing many s of high-class, high-priced craftsmen pped with costly special machinery. wide business aggregating many ions 4 dollars every year. tation built up through two centuri y growth, valued more highly than asset of this great institution. naranty of this Company, which is respected the world over. We make all types and sizes of saws, but only one grade—the best. _ Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor pers, are sold by all good hardware dealers. Catalogue on request. E. C*ATHINS @ CO., Inc. Largest Saw Manufacturers in the World. Fa ry and, E; cutive Oregon), ‘Beatle. enaeapetisy Memphis atianta’and Toronto, (Canada). Accept no Substitute—lnsist on the Atkins Brand _| SOLD BY GOOD DEALERS CONSUMPTION Organize and Educate Your Neighbors to Buy at Home —Boycott the Catalogue Houses—The Mail Order Extract Evil. In several of the towns of North Da- kota commercial clubs have been or- ganized recently and are now working for the advancement of the business and social interests of their respective towns. This is a move in the right di- rection and the Trade Journal believes that every town in the great state of North Dakota, and for the matter of that every other state in the great Union, ought to have some kind of an organization that would have a tend- ency to bring the:merchants and busi- ness men of the towns more closely in touch with each other. The com- mercial club fosters proper public spirit and co-operates in civic better- ment. It reaches out after more trade and sees to it that the town gets all the trade that rightfully belongs to it. This is the kind of an organization that is needed in every village of the ‘country and this is about the time of the year when such matters ought to be considered, as all new ventures should start with the new year. The people of a village may be particular- ly fortunate in being located in one of the most fertile and productive sec- tions of the state and the town may have prospered from the beginning, but there are several matters that ought to be looked after that would bring still greater prosperity to the people. We have not the space, nor do we deem it wise to map out a campaign of work for such an organization, but we will make some suggestions as to the work that might be taken up in a town. One of the most necesscry matters at the present time is a campaign of education among the farmers showing them the advantages of trading at home. On authority that cannot be questioned we have learned that farm- ers in the vicinity of many villages in the Northwest are patronizing cata- logue supply houses to the extent of $2,500 to $3,000 a month on an aver- age. Which means that this amount of money is being sent out of the country, and it is about time that the merchants and others united in a campaign to put a stop to this kind of business. If the matter were taken up tematically it ought to be com- paratively easy for the business men of a village to convince the average farmer that he could get better value for his money at home than he can by sending to the catalogue houses. Gen- eral merchandise is sold just as cheap at home as it is by the catalogte houses, and cheaper in many in- stances, considering the quality of the goods, but the farmers have not Jearn- ed these facts, and it is up to tae busi- ness men to use the same methods that the catalogue houses do in get- ting their business before the people. Among other things that might be taken up by the commercial clubs is the maiter of better roads, transpor- tation, rates of insurance, good streets, clean alleys, proper methods of advertising the town and the sur- rounding country, securing manufac- turing establishments such as a creame cement block establishment and a score of other things that would come up from time to time as the needs became apparent. It is not only the financial end of such an enterprise that would be bene- | ficial to the community, but there is a social side as well. The simple fact that the people get in the habit of working together would probably re- sult in the greatest gain after all. There is nothing that would be as beneficial to the social welfare of the average village as to have al its citi- zens actively and systematically work- ing for the benefit of the whole town. Church workers say that the best way to broaden a man’s religious life is to put him at work. The same holds true in business and civic affairs. A man may sit and dream about what a/ town ought to be, but these dreams are apt to be forgotten. Once let a man take hold of a specific piece of work, however, and then he begins to realize in an effective manner what good citizenship really means. So it should not be overlooked that not the least part. of the work of a commercial club is to improve the citizenship of its members by putting them to work. —St. Paul Trade Journal. THE MAIL ORDER EXTRACT EVIL. One of the schemes with which the grocer has to contend, in addition to the box car agent, is the mail order extract game. This is now hitting every other retail line through the plan of offering premiums to agents for the sale of the extracts. In this connection a writer in the Grocery World sums up the situation as fol- lows: There is one fraud against which the best and most wisely enforced state food law will always be impo tent, and that is the sale of adulter- ated stuff by mail order houses. For instance, I have before me the expan- sive advertisement of a Chicago con- cern which sells extracts. They ad- vertise an old scheme—pfremiums to agents who sell various quantities. Here is the scheme as described by the concern in its own advertisement: Ladies and Girls: - We want you to help us introduce among your friends our celebrated “Red Cross” flavoring extracts and earn any of these pre- miums or your choice of several hun- dred others. Our extracts sell at 20 cents and are quickly sold, because extracts are used in every family. Ours once bought are always asked for again—and our first customers are our best ones. We sell them on a guarantee—money back if not satis- factory. In this advertisement we illustrate a few of the many hundred premiums we give, which are fully described in our new 150 page catalogue. We have premiums for selling one dozen up to forty dozen, and you are at liberty to stop work at any time and select your premium from this big assortment. We believe our offer to be the most liberal ever made by a re- liable firm. You will be surprised to find how pleasant the work is, and how quickly you can sell the extracts. By our plan you are not overstocked with goods until you can find for yourself how many can be sold. No money required in advance. Your credit is good with us. Send us your name and address; we will then send you by mail, postpaid, one dozen assorted “Red Cross” flavoring ex- tracts to commence with; also our big premium catalogue. If you can’t sell them we will take them back; but there’s no can’t about it—you can. Do it now. Surrounding this appeared small cuts of various of the premiums given. Take these as examples: Women’s Melton coat, 42 inches long, velvet trimmed, for selling four dozen. Extension dining room table for selling four dozen. Tea or dinner set, 56 pieces, for selling three dozen. Combination desk and bodkcase, for selling five dozen. Velour couch for selling four dozen. Chiffonier, solid oak, for selling five dozen. And so on. There were a lot more, to be given for selling from one dozen up to seven dozen. Now let’s do a little figuring. These extracts, the firm says, retail at 20 cents a bottle. That means $2.40 per dozen. The woman who sells only four doz- en bottles, meaning $9.60, can get for her work a cloth coat." I have some acquaintance with the retail cost of women’s garments—let us put the value of this coat at only $5, which admittedly would not buy anything *but the merest shoddy. That leaves $4.60 to the firm for its four dozen extracts, or less than 10 cents a bottle. Can absolutely pure extracts be sold for this with a profit to the manufacturer? Assuredly they can’t, and there’s still another thing to say—the concern whose advertisement this is are not manufacturers, according to the mer- cantile agency books. As a matter of fact, they aren’t rated at all. But such concerns are always dealers, rather than makers, and that means a second profit to be figured. It is certain beyond a reasonable doubt that these goods are adulterated and sold in violation of the law. The certainty is, too, that very large quantities of them are sold. | Every town and city has nagging wom- en and children ringing its doorbells to sell somebody’s extracts or baking powder. These sales are small, but they are legion. The aggregate, be sure, is enormous. Admittedly beyond reach of food laws, these impure goods compete with every grocer in business. They rob him of trade by the hundreds of dollars’ worth. Yet it is just as im- possible for the food authorities to reach them as it would be to enter each home in the land and take sam- ples from every table. The sellers have no places of busi- ness. They are not merchants. Their sales for the most part are made with- out witnesses and in private. The buyer is without means of detecting the fraud and knows not whether her purchase is perfectly pure or wholly spurious. Whether a federal food law would reach these long-distance fakes is un- certain. The chance is that some way of doing it could be figured out un- der the interstate commerce clause. Certain is it that no state law will ever reach them.—St. Paul Trade Journal. Renn ne eee eee een eee SHUFFLEBOARD ON ICE. Modification of Curling an Easy and Interesting Sport. The game Of ice shuffleboard is easy to play. On a smooth piece of ice five circles are marked out having a common center, the innermost circle having a radius of six inches and each other one a radius of six inches larger than that of the circles next nearest the center of the target thus formed. The spaces between the lines are num- bered froma line a little distance away, say twenty-five feet; discs are propelled by long cues to- ward this target. The object of the game is for each side to shoot its discs siple, and to knock its opponents’ discs away.—Country Life in America. Milkman—You're morning, sir. Out fora little fresh air, I suppose.” Popley—Can’t tell whether it’s a fresh heir or heiress yet; just been for the doctor.—Philadelphia Press . round | as near the center of the circle as pos- | up early this j STEEL CASES FOR ‘BEER. More Convenient and Durable and Eventually Cheaper Than Wood. Steel packages are supplementing the ordinary wooden boxes used for transporting beer in bottles,” said Ru- dolph Schmidt of Cleveland. “They are not only more convenient and durable, but also considerably cheaper in the long run. I have already referred to their durability, which is beyond any question, but being smaller and light- er than the ordinary wood container, they are a great saving to large ship- ping brewers, who have not been slow to see the many advantages held out by this new invention. Taking up less room for an equal number of bot- tles, more packages can be packed into a freight car, making an additional saving in icing charges of refrigerator cars possible. These new containers have been on the market only about two years, but in that short time they have convinced leading brewers of their practical value and are being fast adopted by these conservative business men.”—Milwaukee Sentinel. pe ass ai Sas A The Critical Book Seller. A lady went into a bookseller’s shop and asked for Browning. “IT haven’t got it, madam,” answered the bookseller. “I make it a rule nev- er to stoc kany books I can’t under- stand, and I can’t make head or tail of Mr. Browning. Can you?” The customer asked for another book, without comment upon the salesman’s mental limitations. “Have you Praed, then?” “Yes, madam,” this skeptical per- son assured her, “I’ve prayed, and that don’t help me.”—Bystander. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Dru; gists refund money if it fails to cure, Ww. ROVE'S signature is on each box. 25c. A few songs live forever, but the | most of them are murdered by ama- teur vocalists. ‘cured. No fitsor nervousness after FITS Bex a sof Dr. wine's Great Nerve Heston Bend fc 32.00 triai bottle and treatise, SB i. Ruse, ‘arch Birect, Philadelphia, Ps tl may be true that all men are fools, but they are not reminded of it so often if they remain single. Admiral Hichborn REAR-ADMIRAL pasate wores arry Weight. Rear-Admiral Hichborn is one of the best-known officers of our navy. His statements concerning Peruna_ will have much weight as they go out in the world. What he says is echoed by many other officers of high standing. What the Admiral Says. Philip Hichborn, Rear-Admiral of the U. S. Navy, Washington, D. C., writes: «After the use of Peruna for a short period, I can now cheerfully recom- mend your valuable remedy to any one who is in need of an invigorating tonic.’’—Philip Hichborn. Praises Pe-ru-na | An Ever-Present Foe. The soldier and the sailor are es: pecially subject to catarrh. In the barracks and on the field, Peruna is found equally efficacious to overcome this physical enemy. If taken in time it will prevent colds from developing into catarrh. Even after a cold has settled in some organ of the body, Peruna can be relied upon as an effi- | cacious remedy to promptly overcome it. Peruna will relieve catarrh, whether acute or chronic, but a few doses of it taken in the first stages of the dis- ease will be more effective than when | the disease has become established. How He Knew. Clerk—Here, boy, that half dollar is no good. Boy—lIt is, too. I guess I ought to know—my own father made it.—Fam- ie Journal, Paris. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap. For children teething, softens the guros, reduces in- Sammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle, If you want to make a_ widow's face beam with satisfaction tell her how well she looks in weeds. ‘ANegetable Preparation for As. Similating theFoodandRegula- mek the ves) and Bowels of ibn = carp ness and Rest.Contains neither Oprum, Morphine nor Mineral. Not NARCOTIC. Aperfect Remedy for Constipa- Hg Stomach, Diarr! hea, Worms Convulsions, Feverish- ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YOAK sITY. After two recent nights of fog near- ly 6,000 birds were found dead under the lantern of Cape Grisnez light- house. They had been attracted by the brilliant light and were killed by flying against the lighthouse.—London Chronicle. Aak Your Drugzgist for Allen’s Foot-Ease, “I tried ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE recente ly and have just bought another supply. It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning | end itching sensation in my feet which was almost unbearable, and I would not be with | out it now.”—Mrs. W. J. Walker Camden, | MJ.” Sold by all Druggists, 250. Like the Horse. “So you’ve changed to cornmeal mush for breakfast food?” “Yes, we had to. Father got to ‘feel- ing his oats.’”—Detroit Free Press. Nothing knocks out and disables like Lumbago and Sciatica Envy shoots at. others and wounds herself. Piso’s Curé for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and tolds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J..Feb. 17. 1900. God teaches us good things by our own hands. | 3 amictea i? t Thompson’s Eye Water N W N U —NO.4— 1906. Her Spelling. Towne—You've got a new typewrit- er girl, I see. Browne—Yes. Towne—lIs she bright? Browne—Well, I don’t know wheth- er it’s intentional, but she seems to be a female Josh Billings—Philadelphia Press. 5 Tons Grass Hay Free. Everybody loves lots and lots of foddea | for hogs, cows, sheep and swine. | The enormous crops of our Northern Grown Pedigree Seeds on our seed farms | the past year nee us to issue a spe | cial catalogue call j SALZER’S BARGAIN SEED BOOK. | This is brim full of bargain seeds at bare | gain prices. SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY. and receive free sufficient seed to grow 4 tons of grass on your lot or farm this summer and our great Bargain Seed Book with its pita tal surprises and great bargains in seeds at bargain prices. Remit 4c and we add a package of Cos mos, the most fashionable, serviceable, beautiful annual flower. | John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Draw er W., La Crosse, Wis. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING three great pursuit have again shows wonderful results or the | FREE HOMESTEAD LANDS OF WESTERN CANADA. Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in thety shirt sleeves in the middle of November. “All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season’s harvest.""— Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance—schoois churches, markets convenient This is the era of $1.00 wheat Apply for information to Superintendent @& Immigratiow, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorize¢ Canadian Government Agent—E. T. Holmes 815 Jackson Street, St. Poul, Minnesota. (Mention this paper.) Y the wise poultry keepe his hens to proper la: giving daily inthe vA a 10 has brought condition by J quantity of a H ag ybund: yf Rordtothe ise" nettceat Ove pis five $1; two 1.26 ix $5. Exp. paid. I. 8. JOHNSON ‘é c6. "Boston, Mass. Nothing’ reaches the trouble as quickly ESTABLISH ED 1879. ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Antt.Gripine to a deal Ie. Call for your MONEN BACK IF TT Don F. W. Diemer, M.D. CK IF iT DON’T CURE. Manufacturer,Springfield, Mo, ST. JACOBS OIL PRICE, 25c. AND 50c, <, fons] WOODWARD & C0., GRAIN COMMISSION (==) ORDERS FOR FUTURE DELIVERY EXECUTED IN ALL MARKETS ra