YOUNG WOMAN COBBLER. She Cnn Do All Sorts of John, from Miteliln»c n Scnin to tlie l'eg- ItiiiK On of a Sole. Mrs. Nellie Harmer, of Grand Rap iils, Mich., would almost as soon peg new soles on a wovnout pair of shoes or patch the uppers as play the piano, ami she can do both and do it well in either case. Mrs. Harmer is the only woman cobbler in Michigan. Indeed, she has never heard of ancKher woman who can do the work she does in this or any other part of the country. True, there are a great many girls and women who are employed in the big manufactories to do certain parts of the work in the making of a pair of WOMAN COBBLER AT WORK. ehoes by machinery. But Mrs. Har mer is just as good a cobbler as her husband, who was taught the trade t>y his father when he was a boy, and Mr. Harmer takes pride in ac knowledging this fact. She can and does do all the work of a skilled cobbler, from the stitching of a ripped seam in a lady's kid shoe to the fitting and pegging of a sole on a cowhide boot. And she is doing it every day. Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Harmer came to Grand, Bapids from Canada, their na tive home, ten years ago, and Mr. Harmer opened a little shop. Be ing an industrious and competent workman lie soon had more business coine to him than he could conven iently take care of without some help. He found difficulty in securing the help he wanted, and that's how Mrs. Harmer happened to learn the cobbler's trade. Mrs. Harmer has worked on a bench beside that of her husband for the last seven years, and has aided materially in building up their busi ness. They now occupy a large store, and not only operate their repair shop and manufactory, but keep & stock of goods on sale. Mrs. Harmer is a pretty brunette, well educated, and her modest de meanor and sunny disposition leave the impression of a happy childhood and a finely molded character. A part of the store in the rear of the chop is fitted up for living apart ments, and their tidy appearance and general homelike aspect reflect the domestic contentedness and tran quillity of the Harmers. Here are an upright piano, a well-fitted bookcase, fine pictures on the wall, and other fixtures of a happy home. Mrs. Harmer is not yet 30 years of age, and is the mother of three bright children, two boys and a girl. She said she did not "stick to the last" as a necessity for a living. Her husband was plenty able and willing to provide comfortably for the fam ily, but she liked the work and to feel that she was helping to build up the business. REAL WORKS OF ART. The I.nteKt Marrinne Certificated Are Characterised by Beauty and Originality. Up-to-date marriage certificates are artistic affairs, written on parchment, showing the best pen and brush work of the illuminator, bound in fine levant covers, and cost anywhere from sls to S3O. The marriage certificate is an important legal document and with its sacramental and sentimental value makes it worthy of the work put into it. Move and more of these artistic certificates are being made, and with the parchment foundation they will resist the effects of time. In general sty e the certificates do not vary. There are two materials used for them—parchment sheepskin, which is the most durable, and vellum calfskin, upon which alterations can be more easily made in the text, a dis advantage in a legal document of any kind. The covers are of flexible le vant, in a ehurehly red, lined with white watered silk, and the parchment, leaves are tied in with heavy white corded silk ribbon, fastened at the two ends of the cover, tied in Ihe cen ter. The leaves are slipped in, and there may be as many as desired. Upon the first page appears the cer tificate, fair, clear and unfolded. This is entire, with the signature of the clergymen and witnesses. Other pages which may be added receive the names »112 the puests present, if they also care to add their names as witnesses. In some cases the modern certificate Is a present from Ihe clergyman to the couple he is marrying, but this is not frequent. —Chicago Journal. (Inieklinie Prevent* DanipnenN. A bowl of quicklime kept in a damp cupboard will dry the air, but it must be renewed occasionally, ai it loses its power. MISS CATHERINE GOGGIN. Cliieaito Teacher Who linn Succeeded in llriiiKliiH Tax-Dodttinic Cut poratlmiM to Time. One of the most prominent women figures before the Chicago public to day is Miss Catherine Goggin, who, with Miss Margaret llaley, has been so deeply instrumental in forcing the recent decision of the Illinois supreme court calling for the taxing of the in tangible values of corporate bodies in Illinois. The fact of this sudden intejest on the part of the public is only another proof of the adage that "notU'ng suc ceeds like success." A year tgo Miss Goggin was one of the targets of abuse and censure in court before the state board of equalization, and on the part of a considerable portion of the public at large. Everywhere she met the innuendo and half-hidden crit icism that she was engaged in a work that was not the business of a woman, in the first place,,and certainly not the affair of a woman who had come from the pay rolls of the Chicago pub lic schools. But Miss Goggin, says the Chicago Tribune, was not of a stock that quits under discouragement. She is of Irish parents, but was born in the Adiron daeks, near Lake Chdmplain. Her father was a farmer, having emi grated from the south of Ireland, and being the first member of his family to leave the Emerald isle. Her mother was a native of the west of Ireland, and she, too, was the first of her fam ily to emigrate. While she was still a child Miss Goggin's parents moved to Chicago, and it was in this city that she received her education. She was graduated from the old Central high school in West Monroe street, and her first term at school teaching was begun in October, 1872. It was in 1898 that Chicago school teachers became interested in an in crease of salary. By the movement they began the board of education was induced to make a new schedule, which provided that such teachers as had been employed for ten consecu tive years in the school should receive at least, SI,OOO a year. The increase was to be from $75 a month the first year until in the tenth year of service SI,OOO should be reached. Nearly two years after this sched ule had been adopted questions werft MISS CATHERINE GOGGIN. %sked why it had not been put into effect. The answer of the board of education was that it had no money. To the further question of why it had no money, a Chicago newspaper un dertook a reply, to the effect that mil lions of dollars of taxable values were secreted every year by corporations and that the state board of equaliza tion looked on approvingly. At the time Miss Goggin was pres ident of the Chicago Teachers' federa tion and Miss Margaret Haley was one of the vice presidents. Their interest had been aroused and the federation in January, 1900, chose Ihe two womei to make an investigation on behalf of the federation. The two women were granted leave from school and their salaries were to be paid by the teachers in the federation. The two women had not been at work long before they discovered that the allegations of the newspaper were true. As this proof became apparent, Miss Goggin began to feel some of the uncomfortable possibilities of her po sition. Comments upon the work were indulged in on all sides, and everywhere she met evasions of is sues. Information against capital stock and franchises was arranged and taken before the state board of equalization, to which body Miss Gog gin offered to make oath to the show ing. The board did not avail itself of the offer; instead, when an attorney found occasion to express the opinion that both women "should be thrown out of the window," the board of equalization found much amusement in the chivalrous utterance. And it was a third-floor window, too. But instead of becoming a sacrifice, Miss Goggin was one who made appli cation for a writ of mandamus to com pel the board of equalization to spread the capital stock and franchise valua tions on the tax rolls. On May 1, be fore Judge Owen B. Thompson, in the circuit court of Sangamon county, this order was issued, and on appeal the Illinois supreme court has sustained the judgment, of the lower court in every respect. This, in brief, is the story of the public work which Miss Goggin has made of importance to every taxing body in the United States. 7t has brought her a notoriety which she does not relish, bul a satisfaction, at the same time, which is not to be measured. Through it all she has been calm and quiet, forgetful of much of the hard road which she trav eled ' J success in her efforts. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 1901. ECONOMICAL FENCING. flow an Ordinary Itnil Fence Can De Blade to l/ant for l earn With out Itepnirs. A great many farms in Kentucky and In other states have rail fences, which will not turn stock and which give tho owners a great deal of trouble in keep ing the rails on the fence and the stakes in the ground. In our section we have solved this question by the use of a little wire and some ingeunity. We have made out of our old rail fence a new fence, which will turn any kind oi stock and which costs very little cash outlay, compared with other fences. 1 believe it is the only fence I know of that you begin to build from the top, says a writer in the Ohio Farmer, in preface to the following directions: Tools.—A pair of wire pincers or pliers, a grubbing hoe, a rack made of Iby 3 strips 6y 2 feet tall (Fig. 1.), to POOR MAN'S FENCE, hold your top rail, and, lastly, but most important, a bale of No. 12 black wire, as pliable as you can get. Material.—l. The stakes should be 6Vi feet long, made, of locust, oak, walnut or any timber that will last. These stakes do not have to be per fectly straight, as this is the great advantage of this fence, to use mate rial that cannot be used anywhere else ejfeept in a woodpile. 2. The braces, which are wired to the center of the top rail (Fig. 2), and extend to the ground between the stakes, should be C/ 2 feet long. Make them from any thing from two tot hree inches in diam eter. They need not be putin the ground, as your rails will hold them in place. 3. Bails can be used from the old fence, straight or crooked. When you take a rail to wire it to the braces, if it leaves a hole let it be. You can put a piece in the hole. You will lose too much time to select every rail. Building.—Set up two stakes and wire together where they cross, then digholes for them togo into about four feet apart. This is your beginning. Temporarily brace these stakes with a brace or rail, which should be as straight and as sound a one as you can pick tip. Now use your rack for hold ing the end on the ground while you dig the holes and wire the other stakes. Put the rack about two feet from the end of the top rail and then set tip your stakes against the top rail. Digholes for them opposite the rack's feet, put the stakes in, wire together where thev cross under the top rail, then put on another rail, lapping about 18 inches, and so on until you have put this way about ten or twelve panels. Then go back and put on your brace, as shown in Fig. 2, to keep the fence from push ing backward and forward lengthwise. When you have put on all of your braces, begin at the bottom to put on the other rails, tie with wire to the bottom of the braces, lap the rails eight to twelve inches, laying bottom rail until vou are at the end of your stakes; then come back, take the next rail, wire to the braces, and so on until your panel is complete. A hundred pounds of wire will build from 70 to 85 panels, according to the size of rail. TOO CONSERVATIVE. Dlninelinatlon for Change linn Fre uuevitly Injured the Ile.«tt In terest* of Our Farinem, Tt is but natural that farmers should be the most conservative of all classes of people, from the fact that their lives are the most inde pendent and less restricted by the policy spirit than any other indus trial class. The farmer's dealings are largely with Providence direct, with no machine-made rules to control hLs acts or motives. Thus he should, and does, possess a sounder integrity and more stable moral sense than is found elsewhere. This conservative quality has without doubt been a safeguard to the nation at many critical times in our history, when political in trigues and partisanship were rife. It has also been a handicap to the farm ers themselves in some instances. Their disinclination for change has at times blocked the wheels which would have advanced their interests materi ally, had they been more ready to ac cept innovations. An instance of the truth of which was shown in the an tagonistic attitude toward rural de livery of mail. For a time the oppo sition was the strongest from many of the farmers themselves. That same, movement for extending postal convenience will do much toward making farmers better business men. Quicker to take advantage of circum stances which would promote their interests, or to oppose those that will react against them. Farmers should be the most independent and fearless of citizens, which is their right, and that should not prevent their beeom- Ing up-to-date business men.—Agri cultural Epitoinist. If potatoes are stored where the sun can shine upon them they should be covered with old sacking, straw or something that will keep the light oft them, for green potatoes are aof. salable PROPAGATING GRAPES. rbe Sueeena of Tliia Method of llanl* lin« C'uttiiiKH Hepi»y« for tin* Kx tra I.almr Involved. With £rape cuttings some varieties are more easily propagated than oth ers, and this partly explains the dif ference in the price of plants. In a favorable season, by procuring the cut tings of certain varieties in the spring, sticking them into well-prepared soil and giving them good care a fair meas ure of success may be obtained. There | are some objections to this method, however. The vines may have been materially injured by the previous win ter's cold; or after the cuttings are planted the upper buds may be w armed into life first and attempt to make vines before there are roots to sus tain them, and often make a growth of an inch or two from the food stored up in themselves, and then die for want of proper connection with the earth. With me the following method has been quite successful: I use wood of the present season's growth, prepar ing the cuttings for the fall any time after the sap ceases to flow and before hard freezing weather. 1 make them six or eight inches long, with not less than two buds on each, and in cutting from the vine cut just below the lower bud, thus leaving the long end of the cutting to mark its position when planted. For convenience I tie them in bundles of 50 or 100, being careful to keep the butt ends even, and p'.ace the bundles, with butt ends up, close together in a well-drained pit, dug three or four inches deeper than the length of the cuttings. Cover this with earth until the ground is a little more than level, and as the severe weather approaches throw on straw or other litter to keep them intact from heavy frosts. Early in the spring I remove this litter and give the sun a chance to start the upper buds, the deeper buds remaining dormant awhile longer in the cold earth. As spring advances examine the cuttings occasionally, but do not transplant till the buds are swollen so as to warrant extra han dling. Then set out the cuttings in a row four or five inches apart, butt end down, with the upper bud on a level with the surface of the ground, and pack the dirt around each to exclude the air. By this time the ground has warmed up enough to enable the lower buds to continue their growth, and by the time the leaves appear the roots will be ready to carry them nourish ment. I have found this method has more than repaid the extra labor in volved.—Prairie Farmer. DRAINAGE FOR BARNS. A Simple Method '1 lint Will InKurc • lluildiiifc Free from Odom unci Clean Animal*. The plans herewith show how a barn may be drained easily by the use of sewer pipe or tile. Stanchions are shown at a a a, the stable door at b b, which can be made ot' any kind of heavy boards, and slopes slightly toward the UPPER END OF TILE. rear. The drop behind the cows Is clearly shown at c c c, and four-inch sewer pipes or tile at d d d d directly behind each cow. Hardwood circular blocks fitted into the top of the sewer pipe are shown at e e e e. There are holes (112 112 112) in these blocks through which the liquid manure passes. A Jill / " DRAINING A COW BARN. drainage pipe at the bottom of the sewer pipes (d) is shown at g g, and connects with a cistern or sink, if this is not available it can act as a drain. The small cut portrays the upper end of the tile. This method of draining a cow barn will insure clean anima.'s and a building free from odors. If the soil is very sandy, the drain pipe (g) is not absolutely essential.—J. H. ilollis, in Farm and Home. HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN. Pure, healthy milk will not sour or taint prematurely unless under the most adverse atmospheric conditions. In order to preserve milk in hot weather, aeration, ice and cold water are a mockery unless the cows are kept cool and free from irritation. One frequent cause of a rapid de generative change in milk in hot weath er —a cause that is too often over looked —is the overheating of cows prior to milking. To rush cows into the stable from the pasture night or morning is to ex cite them sutliciently physically to heat their miik to a feverish point, quickly undermining its quality. When a farmer ceases to consider dairying simply as "doing chores," but to regard it as one of the most impor tant interests he has on his place, then, and then only, is lie prepared to make his COM * pay.—Massachusetts Plough ma D. SISTERS OF CHARITY Use Pe-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grip aid Catarrh—a Congressman's Letter. Br. Hartman receives SM all ovi r t).<- United States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in Betroit, Mich., reads as follows : »•>>>>•»>•»» »-•-» » » >■> •••••»»»»»»»»»»»»»» , | Detroit, Mich., Oct. 8, 1901. !! I Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: " 1 Dear Sir—' •The young girl who used the Peruna was suffering from Ir.r- ~ yngltis, and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfac- 11 tory. She found great relief, and after farther use of the medicine we J hope to be able to say she Is entirely cured." SISTERS OF CHARITY. Z This young girl was under the care of the Sisters of Charity and used Pe- Z runa for catarrh of the throat, with good results as the above letter testifies, t SISTERS OF CHARITY All Over United States Use Pe-ru-na for Catarrh. From a Catholic Institution In Ohio comes the following recommend from the Sister Superior: " Some years ago a friend of our In stitution recommended to us Dr. Hart man's Peruna as an excellent remedy for the Influenza of which we then had several cases which threatened to be of a serious character. "We began to use ft and experienced such wonderful results that since then Peruna has become our favorite medi cine for Influenza, catarrh, cold, cough and bronchitis." SISTER SUPERIOR. Dr. Hartman, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in the United States, was the first to formulate Peru na. It was through his genius and per- A 1' el il Start. William M. Evarts seldom met his match,but he once found it in Senator David Davis. Mr. Evarts was a mere skeleton of a man, while Mr. Davis, who weighed upwards of 300 pounds, was blessed with a circumference quite as great as his length. The two senators were perpetually twitting each other in fun, and one night at dinner Mr. Davis said: "If you will let me choose the course I will guarantee ■that with three yards start 1 can beat you in a race of 100 feet." Every one at the table laughed and said: "Take him up, Mr. Evarts." The challenge was accepted, and Mr. Davis was asked when he would race, to which he replied that he was realty at once. The whole party then adjourned to •the course chosen by Senator Davis. This proved to be an alley between two houses just three feet in width and 100 feet deep. He stepped into the mouth three yards, said "Go!" and walked through quite leisurely. Mr. Evarts could get neither past him nor under him, and he called Mr. Davis back to the street and ac knowledged that the joke was on him. —Harper's Weekly. "Pop, what is a driving; rain?" "Why, a driving rain, my boy, 1 suppose, is a rain that drives you indoors."—\ onkers States- ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of See Pac-Slmlle Wrapper Below. \mrr imall and as easy to take au sugar. lO*AIS , TrD' , S? HEADACHE. UArU tKd FOR DIZZINESS. SPITTLE FQR BILIOUSHEBB. M I Et FCR TORPID LIVER. P P»Et & FOR CONSTIPATION. 111 I& FOR SALLOW SKI S3. |®BBS|l_jFaa tkecomplexich p - . MUlrmvuiOMATuni. 18 Csnts I Purely imamssttßinsn « CURS! SICK HE ADAGHt. ppuijinw? on age, dlaabillty and Widowhood; P.I. • or nut U. S. S.rrire. I.AWS KUKK. ». n -actOUail'E * BOND, Clueluull, O. I WnblnjCon, D. u severance that it was introduced to the medical profession of this country. The following'letter is from Congress# man MeeUison, of Napoleon, Ohio : The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentlemen : "I have used sev- 5 eral bottles of a Peruna and feel I Sflar \ S preatly benefited | yjl jifjP? thereby from my t «jr 1 | catarrh of the ? a ! head, andfeelen- 1 couraped to be- • lieve that its con- 112 B? tinned use will | ! fully eradicate a « „ _ | ~ ' . S Congressman David I I disease of thirty • IVicekison. years' standing'." ?i«i«i«i«i*n*ii«i«i*iMiaii«iM§ DAVID MEEKISON. If you do not derive promptand satis factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. ITartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,O. / "S Now is the time to" j) WINTER T* *> A TV ¥ "%T r* Whatever else j-ou MLADIJNu t a . v ut y . ou . s . ur ? ,y 10 STORY BOOK. Ten complete stories each mouth by famous authors at less than one cent a story. Other magazines in combination with 10 STORY BOOK at half price. 10 STORY BOOK, Success and Cosmo- I politau, |2.00 a year. 10 STORY BOOK, ! uccess, Review of I Reviews, Frank Leslie's and Designer, £5.50 a year. IO STORY BOOK (12 months) and THE CHICAGO WItKLY INUR OCIAN (52 weeks) for $1.05. Price of each SI.OO. For other combinations write for our clubbing offersfor see advertisement in January 10 STORY BOOK (out December 15). Address IO STORY BOOK, JUST Till 111 ■if 112 j wiau jWTMpn Every farmer his owq I lundlord. no eucum- Tj N I brances his bank account I C¥i i I ..tfjLrrrl P jtfl land vaiue increasing, I I »tock increasing, spiuu* I<B did climate, excellent 1 H M schools aud churches, lo# I ™ M taxation, high prices for %/ rfUgflflM cattle and grain low rail*] way rates, and everjn possible comfort. This is the condition of th# farmer in Western Canada—Province of .Manitoba] and districts of Asslnlbo'a. Saskatchewan an® Alberta. Thousands of Americans are now settled* there. Reduced rates on all railways for home-j seekers and settlers. New districts are being opened! up tills year. The new forty-page ATI-AS of. WEM I'tRX CANADA and all Other Informa tion sent free to all applicants. F. PBDLKY, Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada.' or to JOSEPH YOUNG. 51H State St., East. Colum bus. Ohio; N. M. WILLIAMS, Toledo, O.; Canadian Government Agents. . j ZTTHIIIRO "EXPERT "if">OT "kh. WHO AT NEARLY EVERY SHOT. USE IIAZAUD ii \sr.v SM C £ WITHTIGHT FITTING WADB BETWEEN POWDER AND 8HOT; LOOSE PAPER FOR ■ wadding CANNOV PRO- gDUCE GOOD RESULTS." CUM POWDER Allen's Uicerine Salve Ourrs t'hronlf L'leeri, Rob* I'lcrra, SrrofuNiiia fleers, Vurl co%m Hirers, Indolent L'lrcru, Hcrruri.il t'lerre, While Spelling, Hill 1-e*, F«*er Mori-*, nil oi'l eorre. I'oiitl>«>lj no failure, no niAtUv turn lung etantliug. lly uiull, 68e. J. P. ALLEN, St. Paul, Minn* R|| |PI| IMATKM Vnnßurcn's Kheu-' B ®L! it H Ivm matlc Compound i*j ■ Hh?! Ira En theonly positive cure. Paster-] I R H B B perienco sneaks for itself. Depot i 1 cl R California Ave., Chicago. I DROPSY KSStf cases. H«iok.of tCstiinor.ialH and IO dnv«* treatment Free. L)r. 11. 11. GKKEN'b £ONM. Kox I>. AT LA.VI A, UA. 1 tPIDIBIM WHISKY and other drug kT " it" Bt»S habits cured. Wo want tho worst cases. Huo!r mid references FKKK. Mr. K. M. WMOI.LEI'- Uox It. AllttuU. Uu. lIfIAUFOItNIA HOMES." Bmdhrlh*. WMttM y * flunlfomrri. OS 1 Slnrtf t St., SIS HHMIStO. IALIK. A. N. K.-C 1890 b| Rest Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use « xj In time. Sold by druggists. 7
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