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WE were amused to hear the praise a grocer paid to Gold Dust
ways. Of all the many cleaning "stunts", he picked the Gold
., Dust Twins at one. "I find," he chuckled, "that they do
the work of many more than TWO.
At
House -Cleaning
Time
"My customers are 'mostly wives, who
have to bargain all their Jives; each penny
of the household fund, is counted, and the
wasteful shunned. For instance, take the
cleaning game: Not all the cleansers work
the same. Some seem to merely rub for naught, and some give out,
no sooner bought.
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' "With Gold Dust, all my people state, the work of cleaning house
goes great. It does so many clever tasks; it does, in fact, whatever
asked. From kitchen, through and through, to hall; upstairs and
down, the porch and all. Wher-
ever dust,and dirt collect, it has a
raarvelous effect.
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"A 'Home, Sweet Home' is one;
I say, wherein the Gold Dust
fellows play. Their work is fun to
them. They start at dawn, with
some magician's art and with the
sinking of the sun the last mean
job of work is done.
"Oh yes, I like to recommend, a product that will prove a friend.
Each Gold Dust customer declares that glass and cutlery and stairs,
and floors and dishes and the rest are cleaned by using it -the best.
If dirt be numbered with your sins, my preachment is
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THE W1NGI1AM TBIES, JULY .73, 1914
Children Cry worm CAN KILL,
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA queenly Cost; Life,
We teeve often heard that worry
cen kill oven tho nine -lived cat, but
we have only half believed it, and
Until now we have had leo scientific
proot that it wee so.
Medical science has recently con-
trmed the feet and explained how
worry commits its murders. It has
ached the conclusion that in many
instances of what has been regarded
- lunacy, and from whicb the victlin
rinally dies, the case has sieeply been
one of acute worry. Instead of the
person dying of mentel breakdown he
nas worried himself to death.
Worry rnedleal science now defines
as the dominance of one idea, usually
that of fear. There is a fear of some
existing condition or dread of what
may happen. The idea erowds all
others from the mind, or permits
them only the feeblest and occasional
activity. The most terrible tyranny
is the tyranny of an. Idea.
This one idea pounds hammer -like
upon one set ef brain cells, It over-
stimulates them, causing an unusual
flow of flood to those portions and a
dearth of it to other parts of the
brain. This would not be serious if it
happened only now and then, for
every brain cell should be replenish -
.ed by more than the usual flow of
blood at times to keep it properly fed
and nourished.
But a constant overfeeding of these
cells causes a congestion there. The
cells become more and more distend-
ed. The worry grows more and more
acute. The pounding of the blood
against the sides of the cell acquires
a hammee-like violence. The,sides of
the cells wear thin. .A cell bursts.
There is a so-called "clot on the
brain." Death folloWs.
The cure of the worry that kills is
' prevention. Refuse to worry. Do your
best, and, having done this, decline as
positively to fret about the results -as
you would decline to drink a draught
of poison. Worry comes as an occa-
sional visitant to everyone, but as we
shut our doors to unwelcome visitors,
So we close the portals against the
entrance of worry. Admitted, it
ceases to become a visitor -it is a
habit, and a habit that destroys, The
action of worry upon the brain cells
is most like the constant dropping
of water upon a stone, At first it
makes not the slightest impression
upon the stone, but in time it wears
It away. Th d cells of the brain are of
more delicate tissue, and the steady
wear and tear of the extra blood sue -
ply in time quickly wears them oet.
Or, according to medical scienre,
it is as though a garment worn day
after day without change soon falls
into tatters. Examinations of the
brain after death have shown a group
of nerVe cells at the crown of the
head that have perished in the eanie
way the nerve of a tooth dies. While
every other brain cell seems to be in
ordinary condition this group has
shrunken. It is a curious coincidence,
and science says a consequence, as in-
evitable as effect afLer cause, that the
hair on the portion of the scalp just
above this brain area is the first to
groler gray, and an excess of blood in
any portion of the brain causes the
sealp above that portion to be over-
heated.
Science Proves That Fretting Fres
THE FRIEND.
(Detroit Free Press)
He went along from day to day
And took life's weather as it came,
When trouble's clouds hung.low and gray
He laughed and whistled just the same
And when his ski ee are bright and fair
And when his pune was full of gold,
What joys he had he tried to share
With everybody, young or old.
No pose had ever marred his style,
No strut had spoiled his modest walk;
On wealth he did not found his smile,
Nor of himself forever talk.
But, friend to man, he went along,
Just filling every sort of day
With strength and cheerfulness and
song
• And helping others on the way
He never claimed the thing success,
He never won the master's touch
He never hungered to possess
Of gold or glory very much.
But never was he known to shirk
Whenever there were tasks to do,
And always he was glad to work
And take his station with the crew.
Men joyed to see him drawing near,
Men miss him now he's gone away,
He left no lasting record here
Of marble, o'er his lifelass clay
For he was satisfied to plod
And serve his fellows to the end,
On every mile his feet had trod
He's now remembered as a friend.
CARE OF POULTRY FOR JULY,
Chickens that were hatched in April
should now be taken from the brooder
houses and given free range, if one is
situated so he can do this. If not,
place them in larger runs. A corn field
or an open hay field where the crop has
been harvested is fine for them.
After taking the chicks frum the
brooders one should aim to keep them
growing well throughout the summer.
Because one thinks that they are
nearly raised is no reason why the in-
terest should grow weaker. They still
need faithful attention. 13y avoiding
any setbacks, due to improper feeding
cr care, they will mature more readily
and uniformly. After giving them their
freedom, be careful to see that they all
find their proper places at night, and
are protected from eats and other
enemies. There still should be regular
hours for feeding, and if you have been
giving them a dry mash, be sure to see
that it is still there. A feed of wheat
or cracked corn should be given morn-
ing and evening. Do not forget the
good, clean water in a clean dish. Give
them the skimmed sweet milk if
it can be spared. With free range
they are getting plenty of green stuff.
11! the pullets have been well taken
care of, they should begin laying in
October or the first of November.
Remember these pullets " are the
machines for making next year's eggs.
If the machines represent something
near perfection one can expect them to
be of more service.
Cull the flock closely and all that are
not to bekept for breeding purposes
should be fattened for the market, as
the price is better now than later on.
Now is the time the sexes should be
separated. Both pullets and cockerels
will grow better as a result of the separ-
ation. The cockerels are not so apt to
fight if removed from the pullets at an
early age. -North Dakota Farmers'
Institute.
nen the Liver
Gets Torpid
There is Nothing Like Dr. Chase's
Kidncy-Liver Pais to Set it Bight.
Mrs. C. L. Cook, 248 Tenth street,
Brandon, Man., writes: -"I have used
Dr. Chas.:,,'s Kidney -Liver Pills for the
last four years for liver trouble, and
can say that I have had great satis-
faction and help from them. I find
that I do not need any doctor if I use
thorn when the liver gets torpid, and.
believe that they are exactly suited for
my case. My husband has used them
for kidney trouble with good results,
and my daughter in Winnipeg has
been helped a great deal by the use
of these pills. We say we can't keep
house without them, and have cheated
the doctors here out of a good many
visits, 1 think Dr. Chase's medicines
are just the thing, and have recom-
mended them to many people who
have -used them with good results."
I3y keeping the liver 6.ctiVe and the
bowels regular Dr. Chase's Kidney -
Liver Pills provent and cure such dis-
orders as biliousness, constipation,
chronic indigestion and headache. One
pill a dose, 25e a box, a for MOO ;
all dealers, or lildmanson, Dates A:
Limited, Toronto.
Mr. Christopher Talbot entered the
British House of Commons at the age
of 27 for Glamorgarishire, and sat for
the same constituency 'without inter-
nption for 60 years. Another notable
case is, says the London Chronicle, that
of Colonel Lowther, who sat in Parlia-
ment from 1812 to 1867. He knew an-
other Colonel Lowther who sat from
1776 to 1818, This Lowther knew the
tart of Lonsdale, Whose Parliamentary
Career began in 1757, He knew Sir
James Lowther, of Whitehaven, whose
wealth he inherited. So that the ex-
perience of three lives extended from
1867 to 1992.
Keep the Spade Bright.
If the hired man carelessly puts the
spade away without cleaning it you
may have a hard time cleaning ii
next time you go out to dig. But if
you have been careful to pot cieciers
in a nice pile not more than one min-
ute will be required to clean the
spade and make it as bright as a new
dollar.
Simply dig in the cinders for a min-
ute or so, shoveling them about as
you do gravel and cement when mix-
ing concrete, and the job is done. The
cinders should bo wet, as they are
sure to be if exposed to the weather.
We learned this while shoveling
cinders into a post hole v, hen build-
ing a fence. It works like a charm.
13ussia3i Marriages.
The celebration of a Russian mar-
riage sometimes extends over three
days. At the wedding festivities the
bride is expected to dance with the
men one after another until she
drops with sheer fatigue. It is a
matter of pride with her to keep go-
ing as long as possible, and it is not
unusual to find a bride dancing gayly
after three days and three nights of
vigorous frolic. When a girl is danc-
ing with a man she always holds his
pipe. It would be regarded as ex-
tremely rude if a. man should con-
tinue to smoke his pipe in such cit.-
cpmstances.-Tit-Bits.
Ilemember Benefits Only.
To have a memory for benefits,
not for offenses -these are the twc
pivots on which friendship may rest
strong and abiding, friendship.
which pass to the greatness of noble
minds. 13e not like those who are
more: hurt and offended lier an unkind
word or by a word meant in fun and
which eacaped, as it were, from a
cloister, unlocked for a moment by
the tongue --yes, more hurt than
they ever were pleased and comfort.
ed by a thousand renewed proofs of
loving friendship,-Petrarch.
A Spider's Four 'Webs.
Two thousand nine hundred silk-
worms are required to produce one
pound of silk, but it takes 27,000
spider e to produce one pound of Web.
Spiders have four paps for spin-
ning their threade, each pap haying
1,000 holes, and the fine web Itself
Is the union of 1,000 threads. No
spider spins More than Sour webs,
and when the fourth is destroyed
they 'seize on the webs of others.
Limited Knowledge.
Betty --What is tha lueklest day
to be born on? .
. jack -Can't say. I've only tried
one.
Moralist -The outsider who buys
atecke is a gambler, pure and simple.
Ticker -Especially ,siinple.
WORLD'S
GREATEST MONEY
REMEDY
"Fruit-a-tives" Have Proved
Their Value In Thousands of
Cases
WONDERFUL RECORD OF A
WONDERFUL CURE
•
Only Remedy That Acts On All Three
Of The Organs Responsible For The
Formation Of Oric Acid In The Blood.'
Many people do not realize that the
Skin is one of the three great elimina-
tors of waste matter from the body.
As a matter of fact, the Skin rids the
system of more Urea (or waste. m Itter)
than the Kidneys. When there is
Kidney Trouble,.Pain In The Beck aed
Acrid Urine, it may not be thn fault of
the kidneys at all, but be due to fauliy
Skin Action, or Constipation of the
bowels.
"Frnit-a-tives" cures weak., Fore,
aching Kidneys, not only because
strengthens these organs but also he-
cause"Fruit-a-tives" opens the bowels.
sweetens the stomach and stimu!ates
the action of the skin.
"Fruit-a-tives" is sold by all dealers
at pc, a box, 6 for $2.5o, trial
25c. or will be sent postpaid on reett)t
of price by Fruit-a-tives
Ottawa.
The Resort Post Card.
To those of our readers who are et
summer resorts, the following original
list of post card greetings may come in
handy:
No. 1. -"Am havingfine time. Wish
you were 'ere."
No. 2.- "This is some summer resort.
You should see my coat of tan. Wish
you were along."
No. 3. -"Remember me to the boys
(or girls). Wish you were here."
No. 4. -"Nothing to do till tomorrow.
Some lake! Wish you were with us."
No. 5.-"Wi-sh you were here. This
is a swell place."
No. 6. -"Meeting lots of swell fellows
(or girls). Wish you were here.
No. 7. - "Friend Wife -Snake Island
just as warm and dry as ever. Wish
you were here."
No. 8.-' Friend Husband -Don't for-
get the milk on the back step. Havirg
lovely time. Miss you very much. WiF. h
you were here."
No. 9 -"Home tomorrow. Glad 10
get back. Wish you were here."
THE PERFECT WOMAN
Here early education was attended to
with care,
When she was grown she did not have
a rival anywhere;
She's learned to hark with deference to
men whene'er they spoke.
And early they accustomed her to every
brand of smoke.
They taught her not to ask a man
where he had been at nights,
They'd also taught her not to try to
put his desks to rights;
They'd given her to understand that
she must never dere
If on his manly shoulder she espied an
alien hair.
They'd tried to teach her not to fuss
and not to talk too much
Arid that the slee'per's wallet she must
never dare to touch;
And too, they made her see that it was
safer, yes, by far
To face the front when she got off a
moving trolley car.
She learned these things and many
more, and she chase a man,
And they together went through life as
happy people can;
No misery could enter where a woman
is like this,
And so they spent a carefree life in
happiness and bliss.
Blowing Money.
It's surely funny to blow in money as
fast as it is earned, but what will fol-
low, oh gentle Rollo, when all the
wealth is burned? Suppose you sicken,
and troubles thicken about your lowly
shack, while docs and nurses discourse
of hearses as you lie on your back?
The job you're holdin', with stipend
golden, may leave you any day, and
you'll sit sweating, in vain regretting
the dough you fooled away. Salt down
the plunder, or you will blunder so bad
that all your days with melancholy you, 11
view your folly, bewail your spendirg
craze, If you have rhino the people, I
know, to you will lift the hat; but no e
respeets you, the world rejects you, if
you are busted flat. How sweet and
mellow to every fellow is life's serene
decline, if he is loaded with uncorrod(d
doubloons, put down in brine! How
bleak and dreary, and sad and weary, is
age to one who's broke, who sits and
hollers about the dollars that he sent up
instnokei Walt Mason
TALE OF A TOWER
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There It Stood, Yet It Had Never
Been "Erected."
CLEVER EVASION OF THE LAW
The Curious Place Where John K.
Graves Turned Out His Shot and
Bullets and the Contract the Ceurts
Declared Had Not Been Broken.
Tbe late Senator Allison, whose
home was at Dubuque, la., thoroughly
euJoYed burner and a good story. One
day when in a reminiscent mood Mr.
Allison narrated the followieg story,
based upon facts, which is worth a
place among tales extraordinary:
"Along about 18110, when the west
was yet quite new, a number of bust.
ness men in Dubuque conceived the
idea of establislaug a plant for the
Malmeaeture of shot and bullets. At
the time there was no factory of that
sort nearer than St. Louis, and, with
a lively demand for ammunition, it
was figured that a shot tower would
pay like a California gold mine. The
tower was built, the necessary ma-
chinery was put in at large expense
and production began.
"For a time business was quite sat-
isfactory; then demand slackened, and
it soon became apparent that the enter-
prise would never develop any Stand-
ard Oil dividends. After a time some
of the stockholders became disgusted
'with tbe whole business and practical-
ly offered to give away their holdings.
"Among them was John K. Graves,
WhO afterward became a power in
eastern Iowa politics, Graves quietly
bought up the stock as it was offered,
getting practically all of it eventually
on the basis of 5 or 10 cents on the
dollar. lust what Graves wanted this
stock for his associates in the venture
could pot figure out, but they did not
lose any sleep over that. They were
tickled to death to get anything out of
the dead enterprise. It had been los-
ing money for some time.
"Soon after this the war broke out.
Graves instantly saw his opportunity.
War makes great quantities of bullets
necessary, and be made preparations
to supply them. He indulged in cer-
tain statements concerning bis plans
and purposes in the presence of per-
sons he knew would flash the informa-
tion to a St. Louis concern, and his
scheme worked adueirably. Inside of
two weeks a man whom Graves knew
to be a 'representative of the St. Louis
shot tower company called upon him
end in the course of the conversation
brought up the subject of stock in the
Dubuque company. After several days
of, dickering and bautering Graves un-
loaded his entire holdings of stee& at
over fifty cents on the dollar, realizing
a small fortune.
"By the terms of the agreement,
however, Graves legally bound himself
not to erect a shot tower within a
hundred miles of Dubuque within ten
years. The representative of the St.
Louis concern bad scarcely got beyond
sight of Dubuque, down the river, until
Graves sent in an order for a complete
equipment of machinery for a new
Shot making plant While awaiting
Its arrival be indulged in a little sur-
vey
'i
n
ug
b.
'Duque is situated partly upon a
lofty hill or series of hills, and the in-
land country is extremely rough. When
wandering among the bluffs Graves
came upon the excavation of a deep
Well. Shortly afterward there was
Considerable activity in that vicinity.
'A force of men was employed to re-
move the debris, and the hole was en-
larged and bricked up. A. lateral in-
cision was made into the side of the
bluff, striking the' main vertical shaft
a hundred feet from the surface open-
ing. Here a room was dug out and
bricked up and prepared for the recep-
tion of maehinery. By the tinae this
work had been corapleted the outfit ar-
rived and was quickly installed. With-
in two or three mouths of the time of
disposing of the stock of the Dubuque
concern Graves had the new suburban
underground establishment in full
blast, producing bullets and shot.
' "Of course news of the new factory
'Speedily reached the St. Louis concern,
and they sent an attorney to Dubuque
loaded with conteacts and receipts and
paraphernalia for making trouble. The
lawyer called on Graves and plainly
told him that if he did not shut up
'shop he would get the law on him
quick. Graves replied that he did not
'understand he had violated any law'
or any pledge and that he would go
right along making bullets, suggesting
to the attorney that he start proceed-
ings. The attorney invited Graves' at-
tention to the bond given by the'latter
that he would not engage in the manu-
facture of shot or bullets within 100
miles of Dubuque for ten years. Graves
contended that he bad entered into no
such covenant; be had pledged himsea
not to 'erect a shot tower,' and asked
the attorney if he had erected a shot
tower. The attorney said that was
boy's talk; that such byplay would not
go in a court of justice.
"The case was tried, and notwith-
etanding thnt every ineh of ground was
contested by the St. Louis concern,
which had eble coUnsel, Graves won.
The St. Louie lawyers could not make •
the Jury believe that Graves bad 'erect.
ea' it shot tower. And so he went right
on poirrhiss melted lead into the hole
in ihe top of the hill mid go therIng up
that onii linnets in his brick room 100
fret below and beat ine a wealthy
ninti."-Frank I. Stillman in St. LOWS
thiunblie.
The road ambition travels is too nat.*
row for friendship, too crooked for
love, too rugged for honesty, too dark
or eclenee.
TROTH ANT M
11.0NPON TIMES CORM/SPQR
GIVE'S A VIVID PLOWS&•
•••,••••••••R••••1
General an Trial Soya 14i, Could 1.101
Fight Rebels In the Open Do/
,eause of Ile Let Ms rialeilons Sleep
ter They Would Dosert-Ofeeorm
Would Ile Shot Down by Th -g
Own Men,
A timely and gripping book, "The
lteal lelexico," has tut been wrl tan
by IL Hamilton Fyfe, the epeeist! ear,
respondent for The London Th.1-•
chapter devoted to the fedev.ilat
antly bas a particular interest at
time. Ainong other thiags, Mr. 1fes
oays:
"Torreon, the prosperous ecutt of
the cotton-groNvIng distruet, wap
en by the revolutionaries in
ber. After denying for a reel; that
It had fallen the War Office ad elited
the truth, bul. said that it would be
retaken in a few days. For a month
or so nothing hanpened. Then it was
announced that a blow would be
struck. Gen, Velasco woula start at
once, and the rebels would be driven
out of Torreon. The Government had
been urged to act vigorously, because
in the cotton district a record crop
was in need of being picked. They
responded by putting a new tax upon
cotton `to meet the cost of the war-
like operations' and by doing -
nothing.
"For six week e after I saw Gen.
Velasco's brigade in its five trains
-rreon remained in the hands of the
rebels. The forces which were to re-
take it advanced and retreated, claas-
sed and set to partners, marched tlaie
way and marched that. Gen. Velasco
was frequently reported to be not
with his command, but in Saltillo.
Not until the 10th of December was
Torreon retaken and then only be-
cause the rebels had drawn off and
left the garrison very weak.
"After the evacuatIon of Torreon
by the Federals, Gen. lafungulawas
tried by a court of inquiry. The in-
tention was to shoot him. This was
his defence: 'How could 1 meet the
rebels in the open?' he asked. 'They
fight in loose formation. I was oblig-
ed to keep my troops together. If /
did not they would melt away. Deser-
tion is the idea uppermost in almost
every soldier's mind. Again, how
could I order my officers to lead their
men to the attack? I knew their men
would shoot them down as soon as
they got the chance.'
'The best generals would find it
hard to do anything with such an
army as 'Oaf's until they had disciplin-
ed it and discovered a certain num-
ber of men whom they could trust.
Mexican generals have unfortunately
very little talent for war, and they
make, as a rule, no attempt to 'lick
their men into shape.' Officers in
command are to our minds incredibly
slack. At a small battle in the State
of Morelos the Federals by use of
machine guns forced the iebels to
retire. The nature of the country
made it easy for their retreat to be
cut off. But the Federal colonel look-
ed at his watch. 'It is time for din-
ner,' he said and told his bugler to
sound the 'Cease fire.' The rebels lel.
surely went away.
"That kind of incident, which hap-
pens daily, helps to keep current the
belief that Federal officers do not
wish to bring the war to an end. They
do not take soldiering seriously.
"The Mexican army has no army
service corps, no medical department
to speak of. It carries no camp
equipment, no supplies. Watch a field
force break camp at dawn. First
there go pattering off a. horde of
women laden with pots, and pans,
blankets, sometimes babies. These
are the soldaderas, the camp follow-
ers, the commissariat of the force.
That they move as quickly as they
do is a miracle. Whatever the day's
march may be, they are always on
the camping ground before the men
arrive. They rig up shelters, they
cook tortillas and frijoles (maize
cakes and beans), they make coffee.
You see them mending their hus-
bands' coats, washing their shirts,
roughly tending flesh wounds. With-
out these soldaderas the army could
not move. While President Iluerta
was seizing hundreds of men by night
In Mexico City and other cities in or -
dee to swell his eorces to 100,000 he
also had women 'pressed' to go with
the new soldiers and take rare of
them. Criadas (maidservants) were
positively afraid to be out after dark.
"The difficulty of an invasion
would lie in suppressing guerrilla
warfare among the mountains, in the
jungles, wherever the country offered
good cover for 'sniping' and sudden
attacks upon small detachments. It
would be necessary to put in force a
measure like the crimes act in Land
League Ireland, whicla would. make
It a serious and if necessary a capital
offense to possess arms."
Mr. Fyfe attributes Mexico's trou-
bles largely to the rise of a middle
class where before there were only
the upper and "peon" classes. This
new group foments discontent in the
breast of the "peon" against those to
whom his fathers had been accustom-
ed to bow meekly ever since the
Spanish conquest.
e.s to the future, he sums up as fol-
lows:
"Madero was an accident. It is un-
like]: that the Mexican people Will
be deceived again in the same Way.
But the Man who Is to rule Mexico
successfully must have something of
Madero's good wilt and sympathy, as
well as it groat deal of Don Porfirio's
ruthlessitest and strength."
In a Bad Way.
"You seem natteli upsea iny ool
man," remarked the c sate, who hap-
pened to call when Murkie was ;:.y-
ing down the law soinewha'
neatly to hes family Circle.
"Ilitheet?" bellowed Aluritie. "I
should think 1 atn hupset! Our
blessed kid's just set Isself on dr',
an' blowell if the minus 'ere ain't
bin an' put ,iitt out with ..uv not 0'
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