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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-12-08, Page 7J ti t'RE r$. ONLY ONE . atteryiess AR C Ra AV)) THAI'SET TS THE h.' 1 EG f; at . �'RADB ''""RLC RIG.,. Buhr a Rogers.- and Be rete ... Ack.Your `Radio Dealer Fol' Free Demonstration ,in'Your Home Easy Payments Arranged l- ( .IvIU,SIC CO. CANADA. LTD.,''(oxonto 2,, Ont, Ontario Agricultural College Winter Sh.ort:of rses for 1928 --- Live Stock --Field Crops -Dairying -Apiculture -Drainage Fain Power-- Far-iaa Mechanics--Baking-Horticulture-- Poultry Keeping. Send for circular desci•iptiv'e of Courses. J. B. REYNOLDS, L.L.D:, • A. N. PORTER, )resident: Registrar. ' O.A.C., `Guelph, Ont. Where Head-hunting is a Sport The Power • Behind the Revolt in the Solomon Islands- Superstitions that Prompt the Natives ,tt5 Acts of Barbarous_ Cruelty -What' Fate Awaits the British Inhabitants?- A Chief Collectioh „ of 100 Heads By a Retired Missiouary c As I write fast warships ,are speed distrust of the white man. There is nig across the blue waters of the no wer of winning him as there_: is southernpacifictowards that-•myster- with more simple and friendly saw- loos group sof ,•islands that lies three ages, He Bolds the White man to be im art devil, n t nth lie liandrecl miles east of New Guinea.. anpo ed � e , a i,i as pp. Will they arrive in time to et rt a poses him at every opportunity. ghastly holocaust of white women and 'When Malaita and the ,other larger children --or will the fierce, fanatical islands of this group, which comprises and cruel head-hunters of the Solo: some .six hundred, miles of small tree- ` mons 'wreak their vengeance before covered isles, were drat brought into contact with white Hien, the islanders gave battle. They rustled dowrn from their' prini,eval jangles, uttering their barbaric cries,` to give battle. , Help arrives? That. 1 think, is the question every man who hassset foot in those strange Pacific islands _is asking himself at "thus moment, The world knows very- Itttle of the Solomon Islands; Tess of those .etrange sub -Men, hair elan,' half devit, of mixed Papuan and Melanesian blood, who rove in that'tropieal'toge- tation, • Since INS, when rho' Tinton Jack „first flew against the lark green fol;- ilge of hurdle Malaita, we have,striveu to inculcate some notions of humanity into tire" -Reads of these terrible fiends iu 101110n.siriipe, Have we succeeded? The tale of ill-starred Cadet Dillies, of District Commissioner Bell and 'of the fifteens loyal native police answers the Qtteatien. These unfortunate white people;, and the ,ill-fated. crew of. the Auks have Veen massacred. Even worse, for those . of us who know of, what l-besq+ islanders ni'e capable, Is the sontetnplation of the possible fats of tate women and children now in bight, should the head-hunters- capture them and carry them,off tor their frightful riles in the demi.° jungle, ' To, the reader,. to whom the South or'nt Pacific is a place df,dream, sun- drenched undren hed and inhabited by romantic v sun orshippers, the eanee of this - sudden uprising is probably 'a coni- ;;tete mystery. Yet, armed with some knowledge of the dark ways of the primitive minds of these savages, the explanation is elite simple. Unfriendly to the "White Devils" The Solomon .Islander has ntttnY till- pleasant traits, but the first one toq strike the stranger is his ingrained` The wilit'e men had grins and fired. lint these strange death -dealers mere- ly convinced the savages of- the devilish nature of their enomiee. A2tzey whites were killed outright, :some, .lass' fortunate, were carried off wounded: into the dense jungle, there to Inatorgg the tortures of eididh 1 shat; give details -in a moment. 'What has caused the rising of to - isY, With its. frightful massacre 1 promise of varaeY Simplyl3 theft The spirits of these islanders who tell be- fore the grapeshot of the first os-ltite men to land have, according to the "wise men"'of the hitter:, been abroad �in the jungle conjuring the islanders, 1111 to avenge their deaths. • ',Me present outbreak, then, is noth- ing more than a war of revenge for ;the deaths of ancestors long since dead. When 1 agent a 50100151• on Malaita, anti covered on arra bong tour alio pa ' aiiot lines* of 1siatids that oxteutt to, wants the open- ocean from New Guinea, only one certain fact could I ascertain about the religious.- it would be 'triter to say auperstioun- beliefs of these terrible savages. The Blood Sacrifice: os The Solomon Islander believes in the Iterpetual presence of his ances- tors, he holds that they hover unseen but felt, in the density of the rain - sodden undergrowth, he believes they make -demands, call for blood sagri- Ikues. , Wizen -the spirits of these ancestors demand the heads of enemies, then the men of-the'Solomons obey. Lust' for blood, fear of the revenge of the dead spirits, frenzy that is very match like'maduess, convert them into .!lends in human shape. 1 have referred to `the habitof head-hunting, and the subject merits a few wads, With all savages, even With a people so 'benighted as tho Solomon islanders, one dada always 5 din; idea behind the ferocious het. When e Solomon ,Islander set -out to capture the heads of his ens- mies lie' has several clear ideas in his mind, first, he believes that the spirit of the enemy resides In the head and that if he`pOesesses that head he can •Iteee , the spirit within forever captive, „ Then, on certain of the isles of this large group, the idea 1s common taht the enemies may the heads 'ofY be of- fered as a sacrifice to the spirits, that the rain may not fall too abundantly -they are very wet islands -and that the primitive crops may prosper, When the Solomon ISllandor ,goes head -hunting -and here 7 niust make it clear that forhundreds, of years these islanders have been drenched in the blood of many'enemy U'ibes who ,wage eternal warfare Mem each other -isa goes in twos and threes. Head -Hunting Methods. In the dense, rain -drenched jungle they liein wait. Presently, probably, from the next village, comes a group of children. ..They fall upon tltetu, :cut their Hearts, hands and feet off, aihd run back Odd pleased .with their ghastly spoil. The heads have been taken in order to weaken the spirit forces of the enemy: the hands and feet' so that not even the spirits can run .or cast a spear 111 ghostly battlel When the ltead•liuntet•s arrive home their return is celebrated with en- thusiasm -the more heads the great- er the jubilations, raja aisual to expose the trophies elle10 poles at first while a mad, fantastic `dance is exeentett around them, a dance in which women and phildren join: with equal zest. After- this , orgy, the hunters take. asno '�>k34r1.ri94i ng . You really exitt'erc sunny Cali: forth a ' t1re, ttro3rient you: step d aboaroneofthefive fatrAO11S. Santa Fe crosc s.continenc, trains The Ch' to extr - f a.�'are--•iso the finest and fastest of the' . Santa Pe California trains.' Only TWO business daysi ' • on the way, IVs extra (are on tha four-athee daily trains: Ttte'California Lula. ited,Navajor Seoutand Missionary, Fred Harvey dining.ear and din; ' ing-station service sets the standard, ) in the transportation world. Enjoy out.of doors this winter - i take your family. California hotel sates are reasonable.j 090 Crzedfsm.detotet••Gesn, Ceeypone Lkaa Afay, r send yon „u1 picture fo[dera? les T, rendry; Gen, Agont, Santa 'Fe lay. 602, Transportation Bldg., Detroit, Micb, •__kin/21e; Randolph 3701 their stroll off,' Tho heads are left to ISSUE No, 50-'27 decay for a timer AEA ';iii that tropic, PREMIER CALLSON,PRESIDENT 'r' Left to Right: Mr, henry Clinton of the British Embassy; Ston. Vincent Massey, Canadian minister; itt. Non. W. L, Mackenzie icing, and lir. Castle of the United States state department. a a.Ssil'ied.,;AdVer;; kiss'senol. 'lplU it7,P 212 F1Ti"ciiitxE Ca FJ. ] T L,TE{_.S IIQNi(3• C3ItA3i13F>L1Cl"+7R seJ selections$ra6.fJg fot.$E .06. C;no,r. nnGood, hoterion,p90 R2ocnt-l7.oya1 E9es� Efoniieiah . The St, Lawrence Waterway d'oronto 1'elegiam (.:C;nS.);,. The:e cukiinnu have novo$ believed that the W ti er y n ','eats would ( work out otherwise than every ti catty ! between Canada and the United i States has WorIred out, Advantage, thot United States can claim under an Anglg Anierlean treaty nye e aux aTH _ ioiliacted. Ad vantages that Cenitda night claim under an Anlflo-America i' treaty crb never. collected: 1Ti1]fain humid climate decaiy•._comos with is the present dastardly massacre of tragic swiftness. lnen,,women and little children. Then starts a process ,the full see- Even a retired missionary is a man. rets of which we do not yet know. There is one argument for these .fel But the mainfacts we do know, and lows: and it is now on the way to ,they are these. With the Solomon hs- them, travelling at :twenty knots an lender it -is an art --and itis art only- hour and earrying the -guns that speak to red}ice the size of the daptured'the languagesaf death -a tongue these wretched savag""ao understand•. To 'aohieve ' this -singular end, 110 takes Infinite pains, working labor'l ously with primitive tools to remove from the ekall every particle of bou.e, At the end of a week he lute re moved every piece. of bone from the - Conlsulting the Oracle skull without injuring the flesh, in any, Tibetans Can Give Our "Cup- ir Lug - way. Then o the astonishing 1 proem T o t f Nowa e g readers, Palmists arid proemsa of smoking the head and treating It, so that it shrivels slowly Fortune Tellers Some but surely. I'hate. seen a Solomon Island 111- Are you anxious about the issue of hags -a mere olearing in the jungle s.' business transaction? Be nonchai- ringed about -with lusts made of tree nut, consult, an Oracle. It you live branches --human heads no bigger in Tibet, you'll find bite at the nearest' then an apple. monastery; and although the Tibetans The hunter who possesses the most are becoming modernized in manic hoade-"ih.-the finest fellow in the tribe. ways, they sail seek pradtieal help Old louutei•ti, I have bcrn told, Have from. the angels, demons, elemontale, aecumelalod as many as a hundred end so on, through the lnedhtmship heads during 'a ilfetiitle of nttlr'deraute of holy 'men who make it their bust-, forays,. nets to deliver market or other tips' -- The' First. White Victims, tor a price, As a writer in. the New The' rifer white men to /and upon, York Times eajrlaine:. , these islands ss'ere tt party of hardy b Ot .etl ar a, a trader twtradloges find sailors led b y the great Spanish ex- tura a pr0eeessfd trading wets. y fere wilt" fie snccesaful ' or not, or plotter itiendane.. Of the landing patty lrhether tii4 time is auapic[ons for en - theytwo wasted back to their ship; tlortaking it. He betakes hintselt to , they worn altaelred by the savatses Um neatest oracle to whom be offers , a era who fell upon them, and evaded them 1 presents: Of the presents aro accept- er, 1)10•oraele, clad In gorgeous robes of Chinese silk brocade and wearing festoons or human bones, takes his seat on a throne facing the suppliant, ''1ti1e he is in tills state the- con- trolllug deuton is supposed to onto lute, his body. au Although Ms mouth aurtwer que;Hous. Oracles mittens' give vague replies, resettle of more.= tiff into the Impenetrable Jangle, . The reputation of tate islands spread through the Pastille, and 'roving sett - mot gave them a wine berth. Butin 191!? Carteret, a Prench sailor, landed with a powerfullyarmod force. He sleeve off the first screaming hordes, and pusited'hla way inland.' St • a recorded in that titmice of that sturdy tents ; that after a day's toliing than one int01-pretatiou, hot on occa through the jangle, his men rested at sion it is surpriaiug how nearlycox-- night ox•night on the fringe of a dense plait- ioct they are in their proglldstiea- tlttfou. They were, although they did tione. e not know it, on the .site of` -a deserted As 500n as a Tibetan child ig horn, Aland village,• tlfe parents ' consult nn child le oger- Suildenly a Sailor poking among the priest, 'N1to, draws tip a horoselolto tle- undergrowth uttered a cry -of dismay. tailing tins twain events to tame in the Iris comfades rushed' up and there at of the infant. `a their Peet, they Balifety looking -up at " In ,itis document .are\set forth the then] with .sightless eyes, the ghastly Paine and penalties resultant on mit- faces of five white men, deeds committed "..111 former "lives, That Was pjrobably the first know- which have to be' expiated before any ledge 'of the tett; secrets of the head' merit oar be acquired Such con0e• Isurtters the white man over got. For ghences may, however, be avoided by Years learned nien debated the prob- the performance of, religious cere- lem of Mew these heads -they were Monies, which have to be perforated carried back to Europe --hart been re- by otiler priests,, who mutt be paid for (limed to the size of the heads of tlteh; services. cloIls. Nb - explanation seemed to Wo betide any layman Who ignores Meet. the facts: the .ceremonies laid dosdn in ilia horo- Tlte Solomon islanders have weer scope! He ie told that he will jyob- 101119ed even the rudimenta of:agricul- ably be reborn In his next ittcarna- titre, and they have had little need to tion, go a worm or a pig, or will be bottler with. it, The islands are vary. [loomed to -suffer eons of torment in fertile, though so damp as to be most one of the sixteen hells of Lamaism, ttnboaitity for I7uropea1114. Yenta, and eight of which tare hat and eight cold. coca -nut and tropic vegetables supply The astrologers draw up Horoscopes the needs re .'these savages. They by consultingstars, by :digs int have never learnt to raise corn, bones, or hY tvot'khng out thio Various Warriors Alil `combinations on specially prepal'etl chartsbirth•, according- to the hour and day .Por ,item the (51111 and sect of life hs of to take Mo. -They -take life, sal far as one can see, for the sake of taking it, It 'has been 'said of tltenr that they Tient other tribes-tbero are hundreds of tribes and all al en{,nity---from a zest and abundance .of 'the warlike spirit. But'1 formed another opinion myself after a year among them: _ When the Solomon Islander goes forth to do battle he,is thlnkhtg brat steal last•'of his kitchen. 1-Iet wishes to slay his enemy in order to eat him! ' • The, islands'to-day'al,:e a. British Pro- tectorate With a white population of around' five hundred. There are 150- 000 savages, some of whom have been cajoled intogrowing bananas and outs In a half-hearted 'manner. But throughout the eleven thousand miles of the islands ,the, proportion of ground cultivated is negligible. Noth- ing, no power 4t earth; cat teach this savage the art of ,agriculture and hus- bandry. • It la : said of .the gentle people. of bestrnedielne you ..Gari keep.,i31 any Samoa that they are tho' Greeks of the home *here there are young child. Pacific I have lived' among them, ren." .and I would say that they deserve , Baby's, Own Tablets are a mild but that tribute. thorough laxative which regulate the What oar. -one say of the Solomon .stomach and bowels; . banish„consti- Islander, unlese:.ono' deacribes him a,s pation and indigestion; break up the heli -hound of the southern seas? colds and' simpan le fever +d Vmake Gan one get into those dark heads teething easy. They aro 'sold by the first glininierings of Christianity! medicine dealers in. direct by mail at It is utterly impossible. Dreamers, 25, cents a box from :The Dr: Williams', far from the ground, may say that: Medicine Co:, BxockviIle, Ont:', faith and works make alI things pos.- - „e sidle,speaking asora who To �thoso who talk and talk and talk utas seep seen shouliZ the Th12roverh "Peal: U head-hunters nt the Solo- steam that'blows the whistle ) mon.hslos X can only say :this, that. af- 'The ter all these Years, the: net result of Will 'never turn thio wheel,” the cit ilizzng contact y?ith white anon *MEDICINE LIQ''._ • + i BEETS BABY'S -OWN • TRIALS OF I1'IDIGHTlole. Errors About This Trouble Into Which People Fall. l}. far m Many people so a 1 isunderstand, tate digestive system. as: to treat it like a machine; neglecting it until it crocks sluggishly, then irritating it - ks work again by the use` of purgein tines_ The stamacb'needs help at all times, bat a .study,. of the process of digestion' will show that purgatives, as commonly taken, aro seldom neces- sary harmful. - n often a d 'Po safeguard your digestion .the diet --must' be controlled. Over -eating is always harmful, but One must as- similate enough food to supple' the needs of the blood: Remember, the lit bas.ta:catty nourishment to all parts of the body and rind fuel for its energy. F1euce when the bleed be- comes weak, and. fails to do its work, intIfgestign arises.' Therefore : the sure remedy for indigestion is 10baifd the blood. 1f you suffer /vont any form of iedigestton choose :your -diet carefully and • take- wholesome nour- ishment. Above'ali, start building uU your blood 1,y taking a course of Dr. 'Williams'' Piok pills, Thea tinder the influence . of the new blood supply, your digestive system will respond naturally,- your appetite" improve and your food will do you good -/Se begin to improve gain' digestion by starling to' take Dr, Williams' rink. Pills now. 'sou can .get these 'pills ft'ont your druggist or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Wtlltants' Medicine Co., 13roekville, Ont. Synthetic %ber 11 tatces n year's qui/k of two full- grown itavea trees to produce rubber enough' for a single cord tire,. Since there are about 90,000,000' tires in more or less constant use In Atnerlce. aloha, the announcement of Dr. A. von Weinberg, one of the directors of Germany's gtgautle 'chemical trust, that the synthesis of rubber is an twittered chemical ,Pant, will cause many to wonder wwllat will become of the hundreds of thousands at'hevee trees which have been planted. Thr. 'von Wotuberg's optimism re- calla the Eighth International, Con- gress. of Applied ebonite/1.y iffteOli yyear's ago in New York, It was en- livened by the somewhat acrimonious 'rivalry of Professor W, 11, Perkin, of. Manchester, and Dr. Carl bulaberg, of L oveeknseu, The Eug1ish chemist proelabmed'tlltkt he and his assistants had succeeded in producing robber from , potato starch: and that tliiey. coitid repeat their laboratory sltctl5se en it commercial scale.. -This the Ger- man capped by .exhibiting a pair of automobile tires which had rum their ti%buaand _milts and which had been made of ,synthetic rubber•, 5115"by pre' dictftig the appearance of synthetic i'tlbber out the market "in a sort dine,' No chemist would assert'tliat a sub- stance the exact chemical counterpart of caotttchouc has ever been produced. indeed, thus to 'mimic nature would be futile, Just as rayon hike only the desirable qualities of silk, so is aye thetiu rubber must have only the de- sirable properties of ceoutehouc. What; tate organic clieniist seeks, is not 'rub - bo' " but "rubbers," each -of which will serve its special purpose rind some of which may prove to .be even more' useful titan 'the rubber of nature. Commercial abccess iu synlhezing these rubbers is dependent on a cheap, routes of one of three possible raw materials which bear the 'formidable mannas butii;dem, isoprene and methyl isoprene. '. Petroleum, potato starch, caiciaim Cashless and some coal -tar de- ri'atives . are the more,. promising -eases. The 'peeceeh.of obtaining syn- thetic rubber front these is well"'an- clerstonci, but. not that of 'imparting the physical quaiities which industry demands, 'The sytitl etie :rubber tliait Germany' )'reduced during the, war - had but a limited ueefuluess, It ab- sorbed oxygen from the atri it could not be readily Vulcaioized;' it lacked elasticity ,ancl plasticity in the soft state defects overcome only by the addition' of expensive "elasticators, The fact that we heard so, little of synthetic rubber after the 'war speaks ter itself. Leverkusen, credited 'ivitla a capacity of 2 000 tone a year, ge0-' &Imbed t -e the price of natul;ai rubber. When the latex of the jungle and the ' plantation Brought 920 and even 950 a pewee lir biocaded Germany aye thetic rubber at $10 was cheali. Osrmany's interest in syltnthetic rub- ber is largely due to an intense ria• tioital desire for independence, so .far For Either the Newborn Babe or the Growing . C110d. There is to other medicine to equal )3aby's Own Tablets for little ones-,-- whether nes-whether it be for the new, born babe or the growing clilld the TPtblets al.,- Wnys de good, They are ab0allltely free. from opiates or other. alaranful dings and the mother: can always 'feel' sate in using thein. Concerning the Tablets, Mrs. John Armour R.R. I, Sbuth'Monaghan, Ont., says; -"We have three fine, healthy children, to wheat, when a medicine 18 needed, we have given only'Babi's Own Tablets. The, Tablets are the • kx5:.._..;:,srtLv<..,..:s._.�3rY.ec.i.,.a.,_ .. A. .. Mjiiar`d''s Liniment fat' c0111,,54 A National Need Ottawa Journal (Opus,): If Canada !s going to retain her standing arnong the nations of the world it is. neces- sary that a' National Research Testi tote should be established, so that our natural resources may he, :'econoznieaY- 1y developed, and also that problems f utile tcieuces and in commorco may be evercoine. Almost every worth while iratfou to the world has taken action in this direction, w Minard's Liniment for Grippe. Rutty was 'told at school that Nol. Stoll ."did -not know what; fear meant" "Silly maul" she said;' "why didn't he ask, someone?" "t •£ - 9 hDj.T ' List of "Wanted Inventions" and Wall Information. Sent Fred es raw materials are concerned. With r, on Request.., n0 tr&pieal plantatlana', 01! hergtt'll, - THii 3SQ y CD,, Dept. w, With new 'uses for rubber being found - —,,,,,,�„-; every day, Germany has`sotigltt to re - DEAFNESS peat her dramatic. success in synthe- sizing, HEAD NOISES sizing, nitrates, dyes and drugs.- But 3 R ui lab od. b 'nc n ti�nr 0 t 1•u f 1 atui'al i If a Sre to theit i o l g ,isnot likely to he duplicated Titers 4r��t®��ti 'are'stiil millions of aci'ea-1ha1 can be A►li.. �� cultivated for rubber, and the pt'odue- po,(t: „ A R tion cost of e1'Utle" will -bong remain „ ii1S "tIstaT IN of raps" i)o I>rgaST IN NCS'ra1LS at less than 20 cents a pound, More- At Alt Druggists, Prico sr.xs More- over, iP the plant breeder has i24 - proved ,older about'"pEMZ0ES9" oa request, roved bads wheat And (units' L 0, ttlIiA5Il,lne„, 70 Filth Iles'b it p'sugar wiry may he not iinerease the yied of ati acre of rubber from 400 to 1,000 pounds? The Germans know all this - `;'hey will have achieved another Cw1cA /Relieved chemical trinep1 if they can merely or Money walk Everywhere men, Women and ehbdren are ending instant relief from CoUgho and Cohrs of all hinds by taking 50110.ley'e Mixture. Everywhere druggists are Belling "fruckley'e” under positavo guar. suttee . The first ddsc. utoves how div. terent it b -and there are 40 doses Ina Sac -cont bottle! Never ba without this proven conqueror of colds. W. K. Bockie$,, Limited, 142 btatual St., Toronto x. Ass lilac a,larh-•-* a angle sip proves it compete with naturae rubber. _ f Keep Minard's Liniment to the house. . I Firreenatwe Follows � g �e �.s��:trli:� Floods Many Cases_ of•, Spontaneous Combustion Reported in Vermont Hay Mows . That water is not tho best agent in i(gbtttig lire is indicated by' present ca„idttt Is t Northern Ise wo t and Tower i uobee where 1lt ode, Inundated the river valleys a Pew, weeks ago. According to a bulletin from the Department. of Agriculture at Wash- ington several cases of spolitaneous combustion 1141.vo been. reported Prose the strit'iren 'sections and more- are feared. Tn•tbe loner valleys hundreds! of barns, tilled with lhay, were covered or neatly covered tvtth water and the 1 fodder got soaped, Since the Ilo receded this has started to 'beat batt-- lY and where conditions were exaotlY 1 right, halt: burst .Into flames. In many instances /t has been found necessary to remove the hay while in others a careful watch has had to be ` maintained over hunted areas, A ,.special squad of ehemioal -engineers from the, Univeretty of Vermont. 1g, studying the 51111401m with a view toward manning a scheme of control Over apontaneoue ecentiaation, such control measures, in its opinion being finitely necessary, av little study -has Welt Made of this, very frequent, 00.08e of barn fires. Dora -"Don't you think it would be a good idea t0 have lay face liffed7" Delia. -"Olean off, my dear, if you coaid get another." M9hard's- liniment f: r Neuralgia, bf8&t o 'or ate Pane Gentle massage with. Minard's will work antstiffness and._drive away pain, --. ti .fit. ' Het Tr Ri Send for Snrnples Cnnnaip nDepoDepott;"aullovr ,,r.O.l,o alA ,Tonto*." Pot1RR1RED, WIFE Suffered So Site Could.Not Want. Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Minesing, Ontario. -"I am aprde-' ties/ nurse and 1 recommend Lydia E. Pinkhant'a'Vegetabie Compound to suffering women. Pot three months I was almost !wipless and could not sit at the table long enough to drink a cup of tea. Many a time my has.. band carried me to be41, 1 would be so weak: Then he read id the paper of a woman suffering as 1 did who got better after taking the Vegetable Compound, so he wentand got it for me. 'When I had taken three bottles I was just Iike a new woman and . have had splendid health ever since. When I feet arty bearing -down pains I always take it; sometimes a half; battle or whatever 1 need. Itis my only medicine and 1 have told many a one about it. Any one wanting to know more about Lydia E. Pinkham's+ Vegetable C,onoponnd 1 will gladly. . write to her. do all I can to rec- ommend it for I feel I owe ray life and strength to it." - Mr's. NEAL Botvsum. I1.31.1, Slinesing, Ontario. Do you feel broken-down, nervous,: and weak sometimes? Do you have this horrid feeling' of fear which some- times comes to women when they aro not well? Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- etable Compound is excellent to take at such a time. It always helps, and if taken regularly and persistently will relieve this condition. D ori the Tctliroom EDD}' tt avy Toilet Tissue ft .i' NAVY TISSUE is soft and absorbent ancl, ,like' all Eddy tissues, is manufactured. under the most exacting sanitary' conditions. Each roll. of "NAVY." Tis- sue is guar- anteed to con- tain 7O0sheets.; quality a n d C'onomy 'combined. b . CO. 41 NM'.S Cz tzlld1,L,CA1IIAI Aa WI , e.:1 ,1 PS's' ° F