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I QUIT MEAT WHEN J Take a glass of Salts if your Back hurts or Bladder troubles you. No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kidneys, they become overworked from the strain, get sluggish and fall to filter the waste and poisons from the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all rheuma tism, dizziness, sleeplessness and ur inary disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache In the kidneys or your back hurts or If the urine Is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or at tended by a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat and get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pbar macy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast and In few dayB your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with lithla, and has been used for generations to fluBh and stimulate the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids In urine so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder weak ness. Jad Salts Is Inexpensive and can not injure; makes a delightful effer vescent lithia-water drink which everyone should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complications. KjMllWIlM ll3iliiliM PRUDENC of the PARSONAGE By ETHEL HUESTON (Bobba-Merrlll, Copyright, IBM) ' - -- .illillilllllliWIIllllnMTOIBlWIJiiiii1:. It Works! Try It Till how to loosen a sore, tender corn so It lifts out without pain. No humbug! Any corn, whether hard, soft or between the toes, will loosen right up and lift out, without a particle of pain or soreness. This drug Is called freezone and is a compound of ether discovered by a Cincinnati man. Ask at any drug store for a small bottle of freezone, which will cost but a trifle, but Is sufficient to rid one's feet of every corn or callous. Put a few drops directly upon any tender, aching corn or callous. In stantly the soreness disappears and shortly the corn or callous will loosen and can bo lifted off with the fingers. This drug freezone doesn't eat out the corns or callouses but Bhrivels them without even irritating the sur rounding skin. Just think! No pain at all; no sore ness or smarting when applying It or afterwards. If your druggist don't have freezone have him order it for you. Out of the Mouths of Babes. On 6-year-old Frank's birthday he was naughty and had to be whipped. His mother attended to the punish ment, striking him lightly with the brush three times. Without a tear in his eyes he said: "Say, ma, give me three more, I'm 6 now." Before and After. "Ah, love, I would like to listen to you all night," said Clarence, as ho rose to go. Six months after they were married he chanced to stay out 15 minutes after his hour, and he had his desire gratified. Exchange. THE TWINS TRY TO EM BARRASS FAIRY WITH SOME PRACTICAL JOK ING WHEN HER BEAU COMES TO VISIT HER. Mr. Starr is a widower Methodist minister with five charming daughters. Prudence, the eldest is nineteen. She keeps house. Fairy, aged seventeen, Is a college freshman. Carol and Lark, twins, are in high school, and Constance Is in the grades. Mr. Stark la assigned to the congregation at Mount Mark, la., and the advent and establishment of his Interesting family In the parson age there stirs the curiosity of the whole town. The story concerns the affairs of the parsonage girls. Prudence has her hands full with the mis chievous twins and Connie. Fairy has Just announced that her beau I coming to spend the evening. The twins decide to have some fun, and have made their plans accordingly. Your Health IS Paramount and deserves utmost care One of the greatest drawbacks to health is a weak stomach, but in many cases this can be corrected by careful diet and the assistance of HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters It is a Splendid First Aid lleeck PLASTERS La Tft World's r,rtUlt Exttrnal Renwiy. Backache, Rheumatism, Lumbago, -Any Local Pain. fulfil OS Having ALLCOCK'S. MV nmJ 1 00. DAISY AMOOlATtOK OU CHAPTER V Continued. As soon as they finished supper Lark said, "Don't you think we'd better go right to bed, Prue? We don't want to taint the atmosphere or tne par sonage. Of course Fairy will want to wash the dishes herself to make sure they are clean and shining." "Oh, no," disclaimed Fairy, good- naturedly. "I can give an extra ruo to the ones we want to use that Is enough. I do appreciate the thought, though, thanks very much." So the twins plunged in, carefully keeping Connie beside them. Connie had a dismal propensity ror discov eries the twins had often suffered from It. Then they all three went to bed. To be sure It was ridiculously early, but they were all determined. "You keep your eyes open, Fnlry," Prudence whispered melodramatically. "Those girls do not look right." And she added anxiously. "Oh, I'll be so disappointed If things go badly." Fairy was a little late getting up stairs to dress, but she took time to drop Into her sisters' room. They were all In bed, breathing heavily. She walked from one to another, and atood above them majestically. "Asleep!" she cried. "Ah, fortune Is kind. They are asleep. How I love these darling little twinnles In their sleep I" An audible sniff from beneath the covers, and Fnlry, smiling mischievous ly, went Into the front room to prepare for her caller. The bell rang as she was dressing. Prudcnut went to the door, preternat nrally ceremonious, and ushered Mr. Bnbler into the front room. She did not observe that the young man sniffed In a peculiar munner as he entered the room. "I'll call Fairy," she said demurely. "Tell her she needn't primp for me," he answered, laughing. "I know Just how she looks already." But Prudence was too heavily bur dened to laugh. She smiled hospi tably, and closed the door upon him. Fairy was tripping down the stairs, very tall, very handsome, very gy. She pinched her sister's arm as she passed, and the front room door swung behind. But she did not greet her friend. She stood erect by the door, her head tilted on one side, sniffing, snlHlng. "What In the world?" she wondered. Kugeno Bablcr was strangely quiet. He looked about the room In a pe culiar, questioning way. "Shall I rnlso a window?" he sug gested llndlly. "It's rather er hot In here." "Yes, do," sho urged. "liaise all of them. It's do you do you notice a n funny smell In here? Or am I Imag ining it? It it almost makes me sick i" "Yes, there Is a smell," he said, In evident relief. "I thought maybe you'd been cleaning the carpet with something, it's ghastly, Can't we go somewhere else?" "Come on." She opened the door Into the sitting room. "We're coming out here if you do not mind, l'nie." And Fill ry explained the difficulty. "Why, that's very strange," said Prudence, knitting her brows. "I was In there right after supper, and 1 didn't notice anything. What does it Binell like?" "It's a new smell to . me," laugbed I Fairy, "but something about It Is strangely suggestive of our ungel twins." Prudence went to Investigate, and Fnlry shoved a big chair near the table, waving her hand toward It light ly with n smile tit Babble. Then (be Hank Into n low rocker, and leaned one arm on the table. She wrinkled her forehead thoughtfully. "That smell," she began. "1 am i very suspicious about It. It was not ut all natural " "Blouse me, Fairy," he said, III at MM to the first time In her knowl edge of him. "Did you know your sleeve was coming out?" Fnlry gasped anil raised her arm. "Until anus, apparently," ho con tinued, smiling, but his fuco was Hushed. "Excuse me just n minute, will you?" Fairy was unrullled. She sought her I sister. "Leak bcic. Pi-hp what do you make of this? I'm coining to piece I I'm hanging by u single thread, as It were." Ilcr SICCVCH MM lllliliillhlilK- n.iitlv to drop olT at a eoeotul'a notice! Pro- I OMlCa was allocked. She grew posi tively white In (he face. ' "Oh, 1-Yhy," she walled. "We are disgraced." "Not a bit of It," said Fairy coolly. "I remember now that Lark was look ing for the scissors before supper. Aren't those twins unique? This Is almost bordering oujalent. Isn't It? Don't look so distressed, Prue. Eti quette Itself must be subservient to twins, It seems. Don't forget to bring In the stc at a quarter past nine, and have It as good as possible please, dear." "I will," vowed Prudence, "I'll I'll use cream. Oh, those horrible twins!" "Uo In aud entertain Babble till 1 tome down, won't you?" Aud Fairy ran lightly up the stairs, humming a snatch of song. But Prudence did a poor Job of en tertaining Babble during her sister's absence. She felt really dizzy! Such a way to Introduce Etiquette Into the parsonage life. She was glad to make her escape from the room when Fnlry returned, a graceful figure In line blue silk ! A little after nine she called out dismally, "Fairy!" And Fnlry, fearing fresh disaster, came running out. "What now? What" "I forget what you told me to sny,1 whispered Prudence wretchedly, "what was It? The soup Is ready, and piping hot but what Is It you want me to say?" Fnlry screamed with laughter. "You goose!" she cried. "Sny unythlng you like. It doesn't make any difference what you say." "Oh, I am determined to do my part Just right," vowed Prudence fervent ly, "according to etiquette and all What was It you said?" Fulry stilled her laughter with diffi culty, and said In a low voice, "Wouldn't you like a nice, hot oyster stew?" Prudence repeated it after her breathlessly. So Fairy returned once more, and soon after Prudence tnpped on the door. Then she opened It, and thrust her curly bend Inside. "Wouldn't you like a little nice, hot oyster stew?1 she chirped methodically. And Fairy snld, "Oh, yes, Indeed, Prudence this Is so nice of you." The three gathered sociably about the table. Babble was first to taste the steaming stew. He gasped, and gulped, anil swallowed some wuter with more baste than gruce. Then he toyed Idly with spoon and wafer until Prudence tasted also. Prudence did not gasp. She did not cry out. She looked up at her sister with wide eyes a world of pathos In the gltince. But Fulry did not notice. "Now, please do not nsk me to talk until I have finished my soup," she was saying brightly. Then she tasted It! She dropped her spoon with a great clatter, and jumped up from (be (able. "Mercy I" she shrieked. "It Is poisoned I" Babbie leaned back in his chair and laughed until bis eyes were wet. Pru- "Yes, There Is a Smell," He Said. deuce's eyes were wet, too. but not from laughter! What would etiquette, think of her, after this? "What did you do to this soup, Pru dence?" demanded Fairy. "1 made Itnothing else," faltered poor Prudence, quite crushed by this blow, Aud oysters forty cents n pint "It's pepper, I tl.lLK," gasped Bab ble. "My Insldes boar startling testi mony to the presence of pepper." Anil he roared again, while Prudence begun u critical examination of the oysters. She found them literally stuffed with pepperj there was no doubt of it. The twins bail done dead ly work ! "Kevelige. ye gods, bow sweet," chanted Fairy. "The twins are get ting even with a vengeance Ul same twins ; you said were adorable, Bubble." It must be said for Fairy thai tier good nature could stand almost any thing. Even ibis did noi seriously disturb her. "Do you suppose you can find us some milk. Prue? And crack ers! I'm so fond of crackers and milk, aren't you, Hubble?" "till, I adore it. But servo a micro scope with it, please. 1 vvnnt to ex amine it for microbes before I tnsie. ' But Prudence did belter Iliau thai. She made some delicious cocoa, mid opened a cull of pear preserves, donat ed to the parsonage by the unliable Mrs. Adams. The twins were very fond of penr preserves, and had been looking forward to eating these on their approaching birthday. They were doomed to disappointment I The three bad a merry little feast, after all, aud their laughter rang out to often and so unrestrainedly that the twins shook In their beds with rage and disappointment. It speaks well for the courage of uaDuie, and the attractions of Fairy, that he came to the parsonage again and again. In time he became the best of friends with the twins them selves, but he always culled thorn "tho adorables," and they never asked him why. The punishment Inflicted upon them by Prudence rankled In their memories for many months. "The offense was against Fairy," snld Prudence, with a solemnity she did not feel, "and the renaratlon must be done to her. For three weeks you must do all of her bedroom work, and run every errand she renulres. More. over, you must keep her shoes well cteuned and nicely polished, and must do every bit of her darning I" The twins would have nreferred whipping a thousand times. They felt tney nail got a whipping's worth of pleasure out of their mischief! Rot n punishment like this sat heavily upon their proud young shoulders, und from that time on they held Fairy practi cally Immuue from their pranks. Prudence did not bother her head about etiquette after that experience. I ni strong for comfort." she declared. "and since the two cauuot live together in one family, I say we do without etl quette." And Fulry nodded In agreement smiling good-naturedly. CHAPTER VI. Practicing Economy. It was a dull day early in Decem ber. Prudence and Fairy were sew ing In the bay window of the sitting room. 'We must be sure to have nil the scrups out of the way before Connie gets home," said Prudence, carefully fitting together pieces of a dark, warm, lurry material. "It hns been so long since father wore this coat. I am sure she will not recognize it." 'But she will ask where we tint it. and what shall we say?" 'We must tell her It Is coods wn hnvo had In the house for a long time. That Is true. And I made this fudire on nor. pose to distract her attention. Poor child!" she added very sympatheti cally. "Her heart Is Just set on a brand new coat. I know she will he hltlorlr disappointed. If the members would Just pay up we could get her one. No- emuer anil December lire sueh had months for parsonage people. Every one Is getting ready for Christmas now, and forgets that rmrsonaee neonle need Christmas money, too." Pal ry took a nln from her month "T have honestly been ashamed of Connie the Inst few Sundays. It was so cold, and she wore only that little thin sum mer jacket. She must have been half fi'ozen." There are a lot o, us careless about providing for the preacher and his family. Some of us seem to forget that hie needs are just as real and urgent as our own. Are you prompt with your tithes? ITO BE CONTINUED.) MANY CAUSES OF HEADACHE Sufferer From Annoying Complaint Can Generally Make Correct Diag nosis of His Particular Case. Early mornlug headaches mav he duo to mauy causes eye strain, kjd- ney trouuie, dissipation, too much smoking, overeating of proteins, ex cessive meoiul labor or too high blood pressure. The Medical Record quotes some observations by the French Doc tor Kenon, which extended over 15 years, and in which he found In many eases excessively high blood tension. When the persistent hesilncli PS nr., so severe that they unlit the sufferer ror worn, it fs generally found that his heart Is enlarged and Ids kldneva nr affected. . Such cases often speedily terminate fatally, but Intensive treat ment will alleviate the symptoms. The Medical ltecord says coal-tar deriva tives and tobacco must he shut ntr The patient must have mental rest; he must go on a purely milk diet for at least n week, after which ho may eat fruits and vegetables on certuin lays for two necks more. A liiht low protein regimen follows for sev eral weeks. I Joins Uncle Sam's Marines in Order to "Thaw Out" : Chilled with the Icy winds of : northern Minnesota, and seeking $ g a more congenial climate, Charles Johnson, a hardy lum- berman from Aitkin, enlisted In : j the United States Marine corps at Duluth and was Immediately g transferred for training at Mure j:!; )!;! Island, Cal. "The lumberjacks can't stand the cold this winter," said John- 8 son- ti Johnson requested to be sent g: ii with the marines to Snnto Do- mlngo or the Philippines as soon :! as possible, as he Is convinced that a long sojourn near the 8 5 equator will be necessary to ig i: thoroughly thaw him out. g SCHOOL TERMS LONGER Reports Show Many States Have Raised Legal Minimum. Development of State Financial Aid for Weak Districts Has Aided In Bringing About Change. Forty-four states have established by law a minimum terms of from 60 to 180 days term of school for each or ganized district, according to n bulle tin just Issued by Uncle Sain through the bureau of education. J. C. Muer man, who compiled the bulletin, points out that four states, Louisiana, Ala bama, Rhode Island, and Georgia, have no minimum requirement laws, but that one of these, Rhode Island, has for over ten years maintained the longest average term in the United States. While the minimum number of days required Is almost Invariably much less than the octual average number of days In the school term for the state, a majority of the states still report many schools unable to meet even the low minimum require ments. Within the past three years, 12 states Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ver mont, and Wyoming have added from 10 to 60 days to the legal requirement of a minimum school term. Some of the factors that have oper ated In favor of n longer school term, aside from the general awakening of public sentiment, are the phenomenal growth of the public high schools, the development of state financial aid for weak districts, equalization funds, and penalties for not maintaining a mini mum term required by law. The growth of the public high schools hos tended to lengthen the term In the elementary schools by set ting up standards of admission by cer tificate or examination which can or dinarily be met by grade schools with a term of at least eight months. "Lack of provision for adequate funds Is perhaps the greatest hindrance to u longer school term," declares Mr. Muerman. "A majority of the states have fully realized the necessi ty for more state financial assistance and have enacted laws giving state aid to weak districts to enable them to maintain a minimum school term, A wise provision In most of these laws makes the levy of n specified minimum rate of local taxation necessary and provides for n certain specified stand ard of school before aid becomes avail able. These laws are, as a rule, In tended to help only those who first help themselves. The necessity of greater local co-operation and aid Is urged In the 1012 report of the state deportment of public Instruction for Georgia. This report calls attention to n tendency to lean too henvily upon state aid, and cites the laws of anoth er state which require a county levy of not less than three and not more than seven mills before state aid can be secured." In answer to an Inquiry from the commissioner of educntlon, over one- half of all the state superintendents have expressed n willingness to co operate In securing a uniform 160 days' term for all schools. Including rural schools. This would represent con siderable Improvement over the pres ent average of 187.7 days. TUBER SUBJECT TO INQUIRY Sounded Like It ClorgyuMU You ought to get work my friend. Sutnn tin. Is emidoyuienl for Idle bands. Hobo Yer not suggestin' dai I tor Ibe devil, ure yer? Boston Eve ning Transcript Neutral Question. High There's Fred Scads mm there. He made n million in the street last year. Lowe Honestly? High I don't know: but he ninrte It. The Lamb. Uncle Sam's Experts Trying to Develop New Varieties Specially Adapted to Different Localities. Uncle Sam's experts ore conducting a number of potato Investigations in various states. One of the main fea tures of the work Is the development, from seed, nf new varieties of pota toes specially suited for certain pur poses nnd adapted to the special grow ing regions In which such products can most economically be produced. A large number of seedllugs have been grown and those of greater prom ise only retained, of which It Is under stood there are some 300 considered of sufficient value to warrant further test ing. These are being tried out In co operation with the various state agri cultural stations, and as soon as they have proved their worth In any local ity arrangements will be made to es tablish the variety In the region to which It Is best adapted. In this very Interesting investigation experiments are being made leading to a determination of the factors neces sary for the production of disease-free potatoes. It has been found that where land has previously been In cultivation with grains and alfalfa It may produce disease-free -potatoes. West Has Most Timber. Revised estimates place the amount of standing merchantable timber In the United States at approximately 2.767.000.000.000 honrrt Iaa n. .v... ' ' ' V U1IB amount 1,404,000,000,000 board feet, or 53 per cent of the total, Is In Califor nia. Washington. Oregon Mih .-j Montana. It is better to be able to turn your hand to unytblug than to put your foot in it Provide Range For Elk. On about two million acres of na- Uonal forest lands grazing by domes tic Btoc is either entirely prohibited or la greatly restricted to provide range for ellq) FOSS-WINSHIP HARDWARE COMPANY O. V. B. Cutlery HARDWARE Universal Ranges Big 3 Washers. All O. V. B. 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