Bad Coughs I " I had a bad cough (or six weeks and could find no relief until I tried Ayer's Cherry Pecto ral. Only one-fourth of the bottle cured me." L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Don't wait, but take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral just as soon as cough begins. A few doses will cure you then. Three lizea: 25c., 50c., sl. All drnfftiti. Consult your doctor. If ho ay* take It, then do aa he says. If he tella you not to take it. then don't take It. Ke knows. Leave it with him. We are willing. J. 0. AYJSR CO.. Lowell, Mas*. Liver Pills That's what you need; some thing to cure your bilious ness and give you a good digestion. Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure con stipation and biliousness. Gently laxative. A it Want your moustache or beard u beautiful brown or rich black ? Then uso BUCKINGHAM'S DYE MAXI MITE SAFE TO HANDLE. It Will Not Explode From Ignition. Insensitive to Shock. Hudson Maxim, the Inventor of "Maxiraite," which has recently been adopted by the United States Govern ment, gives a clear account of bis re markable Invention. "Maximtte," he says, "which has recently been adopt ed by the Government, has satisfac torily stood every test to which It has been subjected, and there Is none of the foregoing requirements which it does not fulfill perfectly. It is very inexpensive of manufacture; has a fusion point below the temperature of boiling water; cannot be exploded from Ignition, and. Indeed, cannot be heat ed hot enough to explode, for It will boil away like water without explod ing. It is, therefore, perfectly safe to melt over an open fire for filling pro jectiles, in the same manner that as phalt is melted In a street cauldron. Should the material by any chance catch fire, it would simply burn away like asphalt, without exploding. When cast Into shells it not only soldlfles into a dense, hard, incompressible mass on cooling, hut it expands and sets hard upon the walls of the pro jectile, like sulphur. That is to say. It expands in the same way as water does In freezing. When a shell filled with it strikes armor plate, the Max imitc does not shift a. particle, and it Is so Insensitive that It not only stands the shock of penetration of the thick est armor plate which the shell itself can go through, but It will not explode, even if the projectile breaks up on the plate." The Unterhaus, at Vienna, adopted an urgency motion calling on the gov ernment to define Its policy toward the German tariffs, failed. DO YOU WORK IN THE WET? THE ORIGINAL <s©WElty BR# .IyHTyiJIR OILED ' C>7 <rr£> clotmino ' I W-AC* OR TUXOW SU PROTECTION VfWBl rOR SERVICE LOOK fOB AO" CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING RULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS A.J.TOWER CO., BOSTON .MASS. 4? WANTED 500 TO BUY HOMES IN VIRGINIA. CJOOD CLiriATE, WATER. SOIL, &c. 10 to 500 ACRE TRACTS. $5 to sls Acre, on EASY Terms, W. R. BROADDUS. West Point, Va. AT ONCE With rig t,o fell Poultry Mixture; stralßlil •alary, $15.0;) weekly anil expetis-s; Year's contract; weekly pay. Adilress with stamp, EUUKKA Mro. Co.. L'ept.. Kart St. Louis, if l . TRIALBOTTIfi ADDRESS DR.TAFT.79 E.130 , -"ST..N.YCiTy DROPS'V c*Y<. BO.IK OF testimonial)* AND LOELAVN tieatmout Free. Dr. ii. H. o*r.r.N's HONH. BO* a Atlanta a*. Aioltl .Mrilnl nl Fufnln exposition. AlciyiENNY'S TAIUSCO k| Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uso liSPI! To llavo H Perfect Plant. Nitrogen in plants induces growth of stems and leaves, and gives the deep green color which indicates thrift. Phosphoric acid assists in the deve'op ment of the seeds. Potash is essential for the woody portions of plants and increases the yield of fruit by promot ing the growth of the fleshy portions, giving quality. It is believed that the proportion of sugar in fruit is largely increased by potash. To have a perfect plant and to secure the largest yield therefrom, the soil must be supplied with all of these substances. To Be Unlet Wlien Milked. Quiet, steady cows are what all dairy men want There 13 the considerable common sense in the following, from J. L. Hosey of New Hampshire: "It is very easy," he says, "to train a heifer to stand quietly to be milked. But it is easier to train them to jump, kick and run. The way to teach them to stand still is to make them always do so. The way to teach them the contrary is to give them a good opportunity for doing so. If there is nothing to hinder a wild heifer from running, and she gets start ed, she will go. T'ue best way to make gentle cows is to yoke up the heifers when one year old and break them, the same as you would steers. Work them a little; it will not Injure them, if han dled carefully. And they will make gentle cows. How to halt llutter. A subscriber asks the proper way to salt butter. He uses fine dairy salt, but in cold weather the salt does not dis solve in the butter. He has also tried brine salting, but the butter did not take up enough salt The proper way is to have both salt and butter warm enough. That is the secret. If the but ter is churned into hard pellets, either large or small, the surface is glazed, the moisture is locked inside, and if the salt is also cold it is gritty and its solubility seriously diminished. Butter in granular form like wheat grains is In the best form for salting. Do not add Ice water to wash it, but water tempered to 60 degrees, or high er if necessary to make the putter plas tic and waxy to the touch. Then salt with warm salt and it will dissolve. Do not work the butter before salting it. If the butter Is salted on the worker, sim ply roll it down level before salting. Using brine instead of dry salt Is no real advantage. Cold butter will not take up cola brine. Simply abolish cold weather with artificial heaL —E. C. Bennett, in American Agriculturist. Fall Care or Tinner- A crop of fine honey may be ruined or greatly lessened in value by lack of knowledge or care in harvesting, stor ing and crating. I go through my api ary each week and note the progress being made in the supers. All complet ed supers are removed from the hives at the time, freed of bees, and taken to the honey room. Before removing any honey, number every hive, unless it has already been done, and the supers to correspond, so that a complete mem orandum may be taken as each super is emptied and Inspected to ascertain the quality of workmanship displayed by each colony. This matter of keeping a careful record of the performance of each colony is the foundation of build ing np an apiary that is to bring in the best returns. After the honey is taken from the hive a great many people permit it to spoil because they do not know how to care for it. Honey properly kept will Improve with age, but if kept in a damp place it will absorb moisture, be come thin and watery, and soon lose its rich flavor. Of most importance to the honey producer is the handling and packing of the product. No matter how fine the honey may be before taking it fiom the hive, if it is handled roughly and is packed up in a careless, slovenly manner, it will never bring the top price. To handle and orate comb honey properly requires much care. The deli cate combs are very easily cut or bruised, and a little carelessness will result in broken combs and dripping honey.—L. E. Kerr, in tile Epitomist. Growing; Toinatoea Umlnr (ilnm. Tomatoes being a hothouse crop re quire a temperature of 70 degrees by day, with a drop of not more than five degrees at night. This is one of the crops that are dependent on the sun, In that the pollen must he dry andiight in order to pollinate the pistils and produce fruits. The soil for tomatoes may be on the heavy side and contain a large proportion of fibrous loam with well-rotted manure. As to chemical rertilizers, the best results are to be ob tained not from those rich in nitrogen, but from potash and phosphoric acid, a;, these elements are largely respons ible for a slower growth of plant and fruit, and a firmer texture and higher flavor of marketable product. To obtain a good yield of fruit through the winter months, it will be necessary to pollinate each flower. This may be very rapidly done. The pollen is jarred into a spoon-like receptacle and the end of the pistil is touched with the accumulated pollen. As spring approaches and the sun becomes stronger, a simple jarring of the plants Is all that Is needed. As to training, the single stem method has been found to he the best, as the plants can be set much closer and still allow plenty of room to work around each one. This method consists in the pinching out of all lateral growths. Plants from seeds sown in August will ripen fruits about January l.and should continue In bear ing until May. A succession may be had by growing fresh lots in pots or boxes to take the place of exhausted plants. The season of forced tomatoes may be thus continued until the out door product fills the market. —C. E. Hunn, in New England Homestead. Heavy Fertilising. While some of the experiment sta tions have reported that in testing dif ferent amounts of fertilizer per acre for potatoes they have found the profitable limit to be about 1500 pounds, there is a farmer on Long Island who claims that it is profitable for him to use 3000 pounds per acre. He claims that he was forced to it by the difficulty of get ting enough of stable manure and the high price of it. He fouDd it would cost about the same for Or. 3000 pounds of fertilizer as for the manure he usu ally bought, and he decided to try one acre. Now he ses about 25 tons a yeai beside all the manure made on the farm. He uses it on the potatoes, and then follows them with wheat one year, grass two years, corn one year. These all without fertilizer excepting that put on the potatoes. After five years' ro tation the land is ready for potatoes again. Each year about four acres of the potato ground is sown to rye, and the next year that is sown with turnips and carrots. His crops sold one year were 4500 bushels of potatoes, 4000 bushels of turnips, 400 bushels of wheat, 200 bushels of rye, 1800 bushels of corn, 10 tons of carrots, 10 tons of rye straw and several more of corn fodder. Upon a farm out in a section where one would think it necessary to grow principally market garden crops, he is growing upon commercial fertilizers alone such crops as one might grow on a farm remote from markets, or even from railroads, that ho need not sell until he is ready to go to market, as even the potatoescanbe kept for weeks and others for months if necessary, and he finds it successful farming. Seeding: tle Wheat Crop. In the eastern section wheat is seed ed in the fall, and it is a profitable crop for the reason that improved seeding and harvesting machinery have re duced the cost of production to a min imum. Farmers have discovered that the best crops are secured when the land has been deeply plowed and then harrowed until the field is in as fine condition as possible. The seed drill is now used in preference to broadcast seeding, as nearly all drills have fertil izer attachments, which save labor in the us-e of plant food. As a wheat field cannot be cultivated after the plants are well grown, the only way to pre vent weeds is to have the wheat follow some crop that has been cultivated, such as corn; but it is well known that weeds make their appearance in wheat fields and cause considerable annoy ance; For mat reason the corn should be removed from the field and the land plowed and harrowed as early as possi ble, so as to give the seeds of any weeds a chance to germinate while the weather is warm. Just before seeding the wheat the land should be well stirred with a cultivator and again harrowed. If a roller is used immedi ately after plowing the seeds of weeds will germinate sooner. No manure from the barnyard should be used on the wheat field, as the seeds of weeds may be distributed by so doing unless the farmer is certain that the manure has passed through a stage of ferment ation that destroyed all seeds. As ad ditions to the heap are made frequent ly, there is no certainty as to the con ditions of the manure. It is the excel lent preparation of the soil in the fall, and the use of clean, plump seed that, makes the crop the next summer, anci if the land is well drained there will be less liability of injury from a severe cold winter. Phosphate and potash should ho ap plied in the fail, using but a small pro portion of nitrate, as It is easily carried away by rains; but early in the spring x mixture of nitrate of soda and dried biood may be used with advantage. Some lands are naturally rich in pot ash. especially where manure has been used on corn, as manure does not all become soluble the first season of ap "plication. An application of 50 pounds nitrate of soda, 200 pounds phosphate and 100 pounds sulphate of potash per acre in the fall will prove excellent, which should be followed in the spring by 50 pounds nitrate of soda and 75 pounds of ground dried blood. The quantities mentioned depend largely, however, upon the fertility of the soil, as no formula can be suggested that will be suitable for ail soils. The prop er mixing of the ingredients is very important, and must be done carefully, as it is difficult to secure perfect uni formity unless the farmer is experi enced in such work. The phosphate should be acidulated, so as to have the phosphoric acid available, and may be of bone or phosphate rock. In place of the nitrate of soda in the fall, 100 pounds of ground dried fish may be ap plied, in which case only 150 pounds phosphate need be used. The nitrogen of the fish is not in as soluble condi tion as that in nitrate of soda, but it will not be so easily lost and will be more lasting. Cottonseed meal, which sells at from $22 to $25 per ton, ac cording to the market, is an excellent fertiliser, as well as a desirable food for animals. One thousand pounds of cottonseed rr.eal contains about 70 pounds of nitrogen, 30 pounds phos phoric acid and 18 pounds potash, the fertilizing value of which is about sll, which makes it too expensive it used before feeding it to animals, its feeding value being greater than ite value as manure. The cheapest forms of fertil izer are the mir.erat substances men tioned above, the most expensive plant food being the nitrogen.—Philadelphia Record- Care of the Complexion. Many persons with delicate skin suffer f;reatly in winter from chapping. Frequent y tho trouble arises from tho use of impure soaps and cheap salves. The faco and hands "should bo washed only in clear, hot water with Ivory Soap. A little mutton-tallow 01 almond oil may be used after the bath to j soften the akin. ELI A B. PARKER. Some people never attempt to look Sleasant except when they are having leir pictures taken. A woman can't throw a stone, but she can heave a sijjh. flow's This? We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CIIENEY & Co.. Props., Toledo, O. We, tho undersigned, have known F. .T. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WALDINO, KINXAN A MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon tho blood and mucous sur faces of the pvstem. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Tho girl who thinks she can marry any man she pleases may live to discover that she doesn't please any of them. Best For tlie Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a eancer, you will never get welt until your bowels are put right. CASCAUETB help naturo, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CAS CARBTB Candy Cathartic, tho gonuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has 0. C. U. ■tamped on it. Beware of imitations. Few people get out of breath blowing about their own achievements. FITS permanently cured. No tits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatiso free Dr. R. H. KLINE, Ltd.. 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa. Crumbs of comfort may be all right, but they don't make a square meal. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forohildren teething, soften the gums, reduces inflararaa tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 250 a bottle Any tramp will tell you that a dog in tho manger is worth two in the front yard. I am sure Piso's Curo for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mus. THOMAS ROB BINS, Maple St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Singular people—Old maids and bache lors. The Dietetic anil Hygienic Gazette says: "Walter Baker & Co., of Dor chester, Mass., U. S. A., have given years of study to the skilful prepara tion of cocoa and chocolate, and have devised machinery and systems pecu liar to their methods of treatment, whereby the purity, palntnhillty, and highest nutrient characteristics are re tained. Their preparations are known the world over and Lave received the highest Indorsements from the medical practitioner, the nurse, and the intel ligent housekeeper and caterer." The Cook's Warning. Wife—"Well, John, I'll have to do tho cooking now. The cook left with out warning this afternoon." Husbnnd "Not exactly without warning. She told me this morning I had better bring home some dyspep sia tablets to-night, but I didn't quite catch on to what she meant."—Judge. All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELESS DTES, as they color all fibers at one boiling. Sold by all druggists. In many of the perfume factories of Europe only the purest olive oil is used in fixing the perfumes of flowers. What's the use of buying trouble when you can borrow it? I fclKS??.'I II IT o PEFRESH" And Act£ £j K . PLEASANTLY AND (JENTLY. M$ P L R A SSISTS( % U AB ITUAL C°MSTIP AT I b T° Permanently With many millions of families Syrup of Figs has become the i\jg ideal home laxative. The combination is a simple and wholesome 2*l M one, and the method of manufacture by the California Fig Syrup JSjj ! Q Company ensures that perfect purity and uniformity of product, Of which have commended it to the favorable consideration of the Gjil most eminent physicians and to the intelligent appreciation of all C.,- who are well informed in reference to medicinal agents. jsr Sj'rup of Figs has truly a laxative effect and acts gently with- \ ; O out in any way disturbing the natural functions and with perfect Lr 1 freedom from any unpleasant after effects. j In the process of manufacturing, figs are used, as the}- are ' pleasant to the taste, but the medicinally laxative principles of the ffL- combination are obtained from plants known to act most bene- Ti 0 fieially on the system. C?. f lojjet its berveficiaJ effects— •'s buy ihe by 1 UVTOFORWISV FIQ Zymp C® i Louisville. Ky. Sar> Franc.isco.Cal. Mew YorkNY FOR SALE BV ALL ORUOOISTa PRICE JOE PER DOTTLE Mrs. Ellen Ripley, Chaplain Ladies Aid, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 7, 222 10th Ave., N. E., Minneapolis, Minn., Strongly Endorses Lydia E. Pir.kham's Vegetable Compound. " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : —Your Vegetable Compound cured ma of ulceration of the womb, and getting such a complete cure I felt that the medicine had genuine merit and was well worth recommending to other sick women. " For fifteen years I have been your friend. I have never written you before, but I have advised hundreds of women to take your medicine, in fact it is the only real reliable remedy I know of for a sick woman. " I have not yet found a case of ovarian or womb trouble which has not been relieved or cured by the faithful use 01 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. " You have brought health to hundreds of women in Minneapolis as you have no doubt to others over the country."— MßS. ELLEN RIPLEY. SSOOO FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE. When women are troubled with irregular or painful menstruation, weakness, leueorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bear ing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, flatulence, general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine. YW L. DOUGLAS f I . R,',W\ BUNION SHOES'3-g°J^g.l| VSVt A Tn D\ \w. L. Douglas $4 Gilt Edga Line "SV J y XVCannot be Equaled at Any Jf£. T fa B wpnt>|tenof^ hv in rilimjelUng <lu>'rtfrom factory • • S9OO TO SISOO A YEAKF We want intelligent Men uud Women as Traveling Representatives cr l,ocul Managers, salary Jyoo to *ISOO tt year and all expenses, according to experience and ability. We also want local representatives; salary $9 to a week nud commission, depending upon the time devoted. Send stamp for full particulars and late position prefcicd Address, Dept. 11. THE BKLL COMPANY. Philadelphia, Ta. U ANDMMTI-: A.IIKItICAN LADY, indepen dently rich, wants good, honest hushsnd. Ad dress .lira. 81 Market St., Cliicaco, 111. r N U 44. 'Ol QENSIONw"hi^M.V"'^ JwSuccessfully Prosecutes Claims. ■ LatoPrlnoUial Ex&mlnerU.S. Pension Bureau, i ■ 3yiatu civil war. 15adJudlcatiugc*luiuie,atty sinca
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