The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 March 1911 — Page 7

OTTUMWA WOMAN CURED By Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ottumwa, lowa.—“For years I was almost a constant sufferer from female

trouble in all its dreadful forms: shooting pains all ; over my body, sick i; headache, spinal weakness, dizzinessi depression, and everything that was horrid. I tried many doctors in different < parts of the United ■ States, but Lydia E. ) Pinkham’s Vegeta- . ble Compound has

llj&fcKaSar v&& ’ -T®3. | ===l f' '

done more for me than all the doctors. I feel it my duty to tell you these facts. My heart is full of gratitude to you for my cure.”—Mrs. Harriet E. Wampler, 624 S. Ransom Street, Ottumwa, lowa. L Consider This Advice. No woman should submit to a surgical operation, which may mean death, until she has given Lydia E. Finkham’s Vegetable Compound a fair trial. This famous medicine, made only from roots and herbs, has for thirty years proved to be the most valuable tonic and invigorator of the female organism. Women residing in almost every city and town _in the United Btates bear willing testimony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., Invites all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice Is free, confidential, and always helpful. Love does not depend for it* strength on concentration. Your working power depends upon your health! Garfield Tea corrects disorders of liver, stomach and bowels. The recording angel may take more interest In your day book than in your hymn book. Hard Luck. The big stone had rolled to the hottom of the hill again, and the bystanders were jeering at Sisyphus. “Boys,” he groaned, tackling It once more, “if you can't boost, don’t knock!” England’s Oldest School. A controversy has arisen in England as to which school has the right to claim greatest age. There are two schools which were founded in the early part of the seventh century—the King’s school, Rochester, and the King’s school, Canterbury. Justus, on his appointment to the see of Rochester in 604, made provision for a school in connection with the cathedral. Augustine established the Canterbury school about the same time. St. Peter’s at York dates back to the eleventh century. No Purchase Recorded. There Was a dealer who tried to sell a horse to the late' Senator Daniel of Virginia. 'He exhibited the merits of the horse, and said, “This horse q is a reproduction of the horse that General Washington rode at the battle of Trenton. It has the pedigree that will show he descended from that horse and looks like him in every particular." "Yes, so much so,” said Senator Daniel, “that I am inclined to believe it is the same horse.” Queen Mary’s Trousseau. Queen Mary is following the example set by her mother, the duchess of Teck, who at the time of her daughter’s wedding with the present king declared that for the trousseau “not a ydrd of cambric or linen, of flannel or tweed, of lace or ribbon should be bought outside the kingdom,” and who kept her word. Queen Mary is having her coronation robes and gowns for court functions as well as the opening of parliament gown made by a British firm of all British material. She has ordered eight dresses so far, and work on them has commenced. — London Correspondent New York Sun.

Women Appreciate Step-savers and Time-savers. Post Toasties FOOD it fully cooked, ready to serve direct from the package with cream or milk, and is a deliciously good part of any meal. A trial package usually establishes it as a favorite breakfast cereal. •'The Memory Lingers” POSTUM CEREAL CO.. Ltd., Battls Creak, Mich.

MseSatrrs C(lampion|>^^ Juvenile Corn Growers rjcl I 'BY WALDON FAWCETT fl Jlßh i

HE United States government is now at work upon one of the most ambitious and, by the by, one of the most interesting projects it has ever undertaken. It is nothing short of a scheme for moving the “corn belt.” Or perhaps it would be more accurate to call It a crusade for extending

the “corn belt,” for there Is no desire to Interfere with the growing of our greatest agricultural staple in that broad section of the country where corn has long been the principal standby of the farmer. The new plan of the department of agriculture —for of course that Is the branch of our government machinery that has charge of this new activity—is simply in effect to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. Although all the world has been gasping in astonishment these many years past at the bumper crops of corn this country turns out each year, the experts of the government some time since came to the conclusion that great as was the national corn yield It was not as big as it ought to be. Furthermore, they thought they foresaw a time when, with our rapidly growing population, the corn crop would not be any too big for our own American appetite and, of course, if that came to pass, we would lose more or less of our foreign trade, for a vast quantity of Yankee com products now find their way to dinner tables overseas. On the theory of a stitch in time the agricultural sharps proceeded to get busy over this impending problem. First they set about increasing the yield of com per acre and latterly they have entered upon the even more significant mission of extending the com growing area. As our readers are aware most of the com crop has been grown heretofore in the middle

\ £' W / )S\ £f> ''<<x r/k eW 1/X. y

west —in states such as Illinois, Indiana, lowa and Nebraska. But the government experts scouting around soon came to the conclusion that as good or better corn than America had ever known could be raised in prolific quantity in the south if only the people south of Mason and Dixon’s line could be aroused to the possibilities lying dormant at their doors. Waking up these southern farmers to their neglected opportunities is the present work of one of the most efficient organizations in Uncle Sam’s agricultural corps. It was nothing short of an Inspiration that the experts hit upon the plan of proving that their corn “fairy tales” could come true through the medium of the farmer boys of the south. The lads were enlisted in this country wide “demonstration work” and 46,000 of them have lately been giving their fathers object lessons right at home. What is more, many of the fathers have taken the lessons to heart and after seeing with their own eyes what phenomenal yields can be made if corn be cultivated as the “book chaps” at the agricultural department prescribe they have become converts to the new ideas and have announced that henceforth they will cultivate corn the way their sons have been doing these past few months. It will mean only a fraction more time and work and it means production doubled or trebled or quadrupled. Os course the government gave instructions to these lads as to how to till the soil in the most advantageous manner, but the enthusiasm which resulted in corn harvests that have made the whole world sit up and take notice was inspired by competitive contests for the winners in which all sorts of prizes were offered —township prizes* village prizes, county prizes, state prizes, and goodness knows what, all in the way of trophies culminating in each state in a “grand prize” in the form of a sightseeing trip to Washington, all expenses paid, for one boy. Os course, the government did not offer these prizes. Uncle Sam has ho money available for such purposes, but the department of agriculture engineered the whole scheme and got the .public-spirited citizens of more than a dozen states so interested that they put up the prizes mentioned. Individuals such as bankers and merchants and organize tions such as boards of trade, county superintendents of education, chambers of commerce, etc., pontributed to the list of prizes which in the grand total footed up to mere than $40,000 This whole movement, alike to other similar educational crusades, has been under the direction of the division of farmers’ co-operative demonstration work of the department of agriculture and the field officers of this institution have brought about systematic effort on the part of the youthful corn growers by organizing what

I i. ->-.r--. • < '■■ I ■ ■ : ■" ~sr- >’' .-•& WjWWW "JiWiTOiiM mir I ■ •*-■' ■■«K*>’\ «s&{£%; ■* ■ '<• - vC »■* - 'CRai^s?^': ‘ Iliff ■O ■ I — : \ J/ —x/\ ) j -. |a| MMPO*W :^r.' v - Jail ' Lt x i r * 4 ' > -•" UwaKlBrLV.. i ‘"-/->i '•” ~; Vy'?•■>> iIKB i z^^' lIHK .‘• ? ':'M t Jgk' i s ?' liSNflw' • /WtJCT 11 ;V'’ ? ? <■:>»■?:■ ■■<■’■.,■■• M " Mi • ■; *’?W|p*S®**’* 11 > Q/ 'jHMMMO J

;.s > .<

Sir wmvfca'J >w;r „ \fCONOMICRL CORNQPOHtR I or lOUJStAN*

standard unit of organization —and there are county clubs in about 600 different counties. Circulars of instruction, prepared by Dr. S. A. Knapp, the government expert, who is the Solomon of this movement, are prepared and sent several times during the year to each individual boy who is enrolled in this work. Seed selection and the preparation of the soil are taken up first in these courses of instruction by mail (supplemented by the advice of the field workers of the department who are continually traveling about to supervise and give practical instruction.) All the boys who won the biggest prizes paid very careful attention to the Instructions on this score and plowed their acres from eight to sixteen inches deep and thoroughly pulverized their seed beds. Even more careful advice is given the boys on the very vital subject of fertilization and one reason why so many of these lads have at the first go off gotten better corn crops than their fathers have ever been able to produce with all their experience back of them is that the youngsters have none of the contempt of the old fogies for new-fangled ideas and have been not only willing but eager to master a general knowledge of nitrogen, potash, phosphorus, etc., as agricultural aids and the effect of leaves, wood mold, barnyard manure, etc. The whole plan of computing and comparing yields in this country-wide corn-growing competition is done in the most systematic and businesslike manner. With swarms of keenly interested boys watching each other’s crops like hawks there Is not much opportunity for deception of any kind, but in addition to this insurance of publicity of methods and yields the department of agriculture has its own officers in the field all the while and they rigidly investigate any suspicious reports Just as the field workers of the United States census have been probing into the enumeration in any town or city that seemed to show an undue increase in population since the last census. Be It said to the credit of the boy corn growers that almost none of them have fallen under suspicion on any score. In making up the records of the young corn growers and awarding the prizes that are offered the government officials take into consideration other things than the mere crop yield, regardless of cost of cultivation and every other factor. Indeed, in making awards there are considered in addition to yield, the cost per bushel, the best ten ears of com raised and the written history v of the crop prepared by the boy who raised it. Not all the boys who won the big prizes and were personally congratulated by President Taft in the White House at Washington made the largest yields In their states. The economical side was ayways taken into consideration in giving out the prizes and in apportioning the diplomas of merit which Secretary Wilson personally presented to the boys who called on him at Washington. The boys who have won rank as Uncle Sam’s champion com growers in every Instance "made good” by exhibiting their prize products at their respective county fairs where their neighbors could see with their own a?m what they accomplished by the new method of tilling the soil. In many counties the distribution of the county prizes for com growing was made a red-letter event this past autumn and as many as 1,000 to 1,600 persons have assembled at a county seat

are known &b com clubs. There are great numbers of township clubs all over the land—the township being the

to see prizes awarded to lads who are pointing the way to increased averages of com production in the south, and incidentally to a partial solution of the increased cost of living. And no old-time farmer can sneer that the showings made in this twentieth-century com growing are spurts of no practical significance. On the contrary the government officials have applied modem bookkeeping methods to the business side of the proposition and the reported costs of production can be accepted as fair actual costs. The yields made during the past season by these young com growers have been truly astonishing and some of them are almost paßt the belief of fanners who have been getting an average of, say, 32 to 40 bushels of com per acre In choice corn country in the middle west. In one Mississippi county 48 boys averaged 92 bushels per acre. In one South Carolina county 20 boys produced 1,700 bushels of com on 20 acres. In another county in that same state 142 boys averaged 62 bushels per acre. One lad made SI,OOO from a single acre of com. Jerry Moore of Winona, S. C., the champion com grower of the world, got the amazing yield of 228 bushels to the acre. Steve Henry of Louisiana carried off the highest honors for economical farming, producing on his acre nearly 140 bushels at a cost of only 18 cents per bushel. Joe Stone of Georgia, youngest and smallest of the national prize winners, is only eleven years of age, but he produced 102 bushels to the acre at a cost of 29 cents per bushel. Next season the scope of the corn-growing competition is to be greatly extended and the government may also strive to get the country girls of the United States into a similar competition, only, of course, It will not be com growing but vegetable gardening with canning and preserving as a “side line.” Those Church Suppers! Church sales, dinners, teas and the like are not only means for promoting social enjoyment and incidentally of replenishing the treasuries of the organizations which provide them. These functions serve a real and valuable economic purpose, as is indicated by the lady whom Edna K. Wooley quotes in the Toledo Blade. This lady, weary of the work of providing three meals a day for her family, consisting of herself, her husband and her daughter, finds a new joy in living at this time of year, and explains why: "Last night we went to a roast beef dinner. Tonight we are going to a Methodist progressive supper. My husband hates those progressive suppers, because we start with soup at the church, you know, then go to some house for the meat course and finish up at some other house for the dessert. He says when he sits down to a meal he likes to finish* the job on the spot, instead of getting up every little while, putting on his hat and coat and galloping out into the cold and cruel world to resume his eats at some other stand. But I think it's fun. It’s a blessed change. Tomorrow night we go to a Presbyterian church supper. That’s only 25 cents, too, and I don’t see how they do it for the money. The next one after that is an Episcopal turkey supper, and the next Is also a turkey supper at the Unitarian church. Then come the Disciple and Congregation church suppers, and by that time you’ll see my cheeks sticking out vith rich living. What would we poor home cooks do if it wasn't for the church suppers 7 They give us a rest from the eternal routine of planning and cooking the daily meals. Nobody that hasn’t tried that three-meal-a-day business knows what a grind it gets to be. I don’t believe there’s a man on earth would stand tor it.

BLOOD HUMORS It is important that you should now rid youi* blood of those impure, poisonous, effete matters that have accumulated in it during the winter. The secret of the unequaled and really wonderful successor Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a remedy for Blood Humors is the fact that it combines, not simply sarsaparilla, but the utmost remedial values of more than twenty ingredients —Roots, Barks and Herbs —known to have extraordinary efficacy in purifying the blood and building up the whole system. There is no real substitute for Hood’s Sarsaparilla, no just as good** medicine. Get Hood’s today, in liquid form or tablets called Sarsatabs*

F “ DIW EVE 8SB& FEVER I llm Llil AND THROA^DISEASES Cures the skin and acts as a preventive for others. liquid given os the tongue. Safe for brood mares and all others. Best kidney remedy; 50 cents and 11,00 a bottle; 86.00 and SIO.QO the doyen. Sold by aU drucgiet* and horse goods houses, or sent express paid, by the manufacturers. SPOHN MEDICAL CO, Chemists, GOSHEN, INDIANA

QUITE SO Philip—These motorists seem to think the ordinary pedestrians are beneath them. Harry—Well, they often are. Literary Atmosphere. “Mark Twain was not a widely-read man. How do you suppose he ever managed to turn out so much good stuff T" "I don’t know unless it was because he smoked so much.” Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Signature of &£&&&£&£ In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought The Test of Intellect. “I wonder why Mrs. Flimgilt regards her husband as stupid. He has been very successful in business.” •“Perhaps,” replied Mr. Meekton, “he’s like so many of the rest of us who can’t possibly learn to keep the score of a bridge game.” Tightness across the chest means a cold on the lungs. That’s the danger signal. Cure that cold with Hamlins Wizard Oil before it runs into Consumption or Pneumonia. No man has come to true greatness who has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to his race.—Phillips Brooks. No harmful drugs in Garfield Tea, Nature’s laxative—it is composed wholly of clean, sweet, health-giving Herbs! He who cannot do kindness without a brass band is not so scrupulous about his other dealings. FILES CURED IX«TOU DATS Tour druggist will reiund money it PAZO OINTMENT tails to cure any case of Itching, Blind Bleeding or Protrading Piles In 6to 14 days. 50c. Talent earns what the world gladly gives to tact. To correct disorders of the liver, take Garfield Tea, the Herb Laxative. » One might fight a lie and still not follow the truth.

Stomach Blood and |j||gp|gl|gj Liver Troubles Much sickness starts with weak stomach, and consequent I poor, impoverished blood. Nervous and pale-people lack W|*€3j!gg»kSni food, rich, red blood. Their stomachs need invigorating for. after all, a man can be no stronger than his stomach. nfvlj' A remedy that makes the stomach strong and the liver jL.'! active, makes rich red blood and overcomes and drives out disease-producing bacteria and cures a whole multi- cSJ| £ tnde of diseases. * n| Get rid of your Stomach Weakness and lira Liver Laziness by taking a coarse at jkjlj Dr. Piercers Golden Medical Discovery jSSi —tbe kreat Stomach Restorative, Liver im Inviiorator and Blood Cleanser. 24 You can't afford to accept any medicine of unknown najjj composition as a substitute for “Golden Medical Discov _ - ery,” whichis a medicine of known composition, having a complete list of ingredients in plain English on its hot-tic-wrapper, same being attested as correct under oath. >ll. 11 Do Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate end hrriyorate Stomach, Liner and Bowels. W. L. DOUGLAS *2 M *3 *3J§ &*4 Shoes SSoIH K M «*~BFWJUtF OF SUBSTITUTES.-** t REFUSE all substitutes claimed to be “just as good," if die true values of which are unknown. You are | tA, F entitled to the best Insist upon having the genuine &/ W. L. Douglas shoes with his name and price on the bottom. jj W. L. Douglas shoes cost more to make than ordinary shoes, because 1 higher grade leathers are used and selected with greater care; every A detail in the making is watched over bythe most skilled organisation Jh /f fijsc of expert shoemakers in this country. These are the reasons whyW.L. xjgSy.:’/ \J SißSh Douglas shoes are guaranteed to hold their shape, look and fit better jSfcSl >5/ w JwSS and wear longer than any other shoes vou can buy. .v'Jtfil If your dealer cannot supply you with the genuine W-UDongias shoes, write D . ve , Cunn tot Mail Order Catalog. Shoes sent direct from factory to wearer, all charges “__ (•maid. W. L. Sovglaa. )tt Spark SC, Bnckten, Maia »2.OO,*Uoi*»J*

Why Rent a Farm and be compelled to pay to your landlord most of yonr hard-earned profits? Own your own Secure a Free Homestead In anitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta, or purchase ranjkjrijSMl land in one ot thrae I districts and bank u |nß|,iplKi.N 1 profit of Si 0.00 or |512.00 an acre ■ iiuK/fftr A I every year, |us£i£T A J Land purchased 3 irtpy 4 A LrjW years ago at SIO.OO an fill MVacre has recently ij * > A changed hande at $25.00 an acre. The crops grown on these lands warrant the advance. You can fssPl Become Rich Wlmubkl by cattleraising,dairying,mixed pLIBXTvyT farming and grain growing in the provinces of Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta. ■ .• wJJgTS Free homestead and pre-.-W emotion areas, as well as land held by railway and land companies, will provide homes 4 M Adaptable soil, healthful f. . climate, splendid schools i, WSEw: and churches,dood railways. j For settlers’ rates, descriptive KgftwMiEk literature “Last Best West,’ how jpOp*l«SzSe to reach the country and otherparticulars, write to Sup’t of Imnileration, Ottawa, Canada, or, to the TjgjlACTtVii Canadian Government Agent. ■-•SaSfSSs W H Rogers, 3rd Poor Tractlon Terminal BMj., JJdjSBwTS&y ißt.lanapolis, Indiana, nr Canadian Government *<**!• Gardner Balidiwi.'Teledo, Ohio. -Wlgjr (Use address nearest you.) 38 The Army of Constipation Is Growing Smaller Every Day. CARTER’S LITTLE jfiSfrtet. LIVER PILLS are responsible —they nolA^ —~ —by s&S^a^Mgißng ewe J iVER Bilious at.., bdigestum. Sick Headache, Sallow Ska. SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICB Genuine mu* beat Signature Buy a Florida Farm In the famous Pensacola District. Flvg acres bring’ Independence for life. Soil expert shows you how. Canning factory on property guarantees market. Five acres In truck will net you $1,500 to $5,000 a year. Two railroad? through this property. Good county roads. Prices will be advanced soon. Write today. PENSACOLA REALTY COMPANY. Pensacola. Florid* SOUTHERN/*®?® Sugar Cane, Corn. Cabbag Peanuts and other big mouey crops. ORANGES and PECAN NUTS, both easy’to grow, produce fortunes. All Poultry produets high. GOOD FARMS $lO to SSO per acre. Land Mi and up. Timber Tracts, Suburban Home*, Climate unsurpassed. List free. GEORGE H. STRANGE. Mobile, Alabama S*w York, B.w Tort, Blrrnlale Aw., nrartiSd SC, W™» A Country School for Girls IX NEW YORK CITY. Best features of country and city life. Out-of-door sports on school park of o6.acres near the Hudson Hirer. Academic Course Primary Class to Graduation. Music and Art. Biss basos ud Biss WHiMUf - - —— isa W. N. U-, FT. WAYNE, NO. 8-1911.