PUZZLE PICTURE. ■ " ■■ -• •*. 'wrr' a-- ~ 4 *\\ !I.L V(H 111 V SOME FLOWEKS, Sill {" TO WHOM IS SSIIU SPKAKINUf A LITTLE NONSENSE. Blessings could be used to bet lor ail vantage by most people were it not for the difficulty in penetrating their disguises. Chicago Daily News. "He told his wife she ought to take cooking lessons." "Did she?" "Well, yes. She sent for her mother to come and give her a three mouths'course." —Philadelphia Bulletin. A New Conception. "Now, Johnny," paid the teacher of civil government, "you may tell me who presides over the senate." Frenzied Chorus—"De referee, mum!"— Haltimore News. "Young man," said the stern physi cian, "do you know where the evil ef fects of tobacco are first felt ?" "Yep; in de woodshed," responded the de praved youngster.—Philadelphia llec ord. First Office Boy—"I am going to re sign my position next Saturday." Sec ond Office Hoy-—"Are you First Of fice I'oy "Yes, the man lam running the business for spoke cross to me."— Sotnmervilie Journal. No Need to Worry. Prof. Snore is very absent-minded. His son rushed into his study one morning and ex claimed: "Just think, father! I've swallowed a pin. What shall I do?" "Ah. well," replied the big man, "don't worry about it. Here's another pin." —Chums. NATURE'S ICE HOUSES. In Which Im for llie Hint* Thiit Frequent the Arctic llcitionn Abundance of Fooil. The number of birds that goto the arctic regions to breed is vast beyond conception. They go not by thou sands, but by tens and hundreds of thousands, and because nowhere else in the world does nature provide at the same time and in the same place such a lavish prodigality of food, says Pear son's Magazine. The vegetation consists of cran berry, cloudberry and crowberry bushes, and these, forced by the per petual sunshine of the arctic summer, bear enormous crops of fruit. But the crop is not ripe until the middle and end of the arctic summer, and if the fruit-eating birds had to wait until it was ripe they would starve in the meantime, so they arrive on the very day of'the melting of the snow. Hut each year the snow descends on an immense crop of ripe fruit before the birds have time to gather it.it is thus preserved perfectly fresh and pure, and the melting of the snow dis closes the bushes, with the uncon sumeil last year's crop hanging on them or lying, ready to be eaten, on the ground. The frozen meal stretches across the breadth of northern Asia, it never decays and is accessible lhe moment the snow melts. The same heat which thaws the fruit brings into being the most prolific insect life in the world— the mosquito swarms on the tundra. Nn Kuropean can live there without a veil after the snow melts. The gun barrels are black with them and clouds of them often obscure the tsifiht. Thui4 the insect-eating birds iiave only to open their mouths to fill them with mosquitoes, and thus tlie\ pres ence of swarms of cliff chaffs, pipis <ind the wagtails in this arctic region is accounted for. Old >lllll'* AdvimtnecH, A man past .10 can do with lessfsleep than younger men. He can endure "•renter steady and prolonged strain, lie can bear his burden, day after day, with less need of recreation. The voting man can "sprint," but he can not "stay" like the man with brain grown iron and nerves steel by many years of training. Elderly men are less temptablc. They are of fixed moral habit. Appetite and passion are under control. For better or for worse they are a calculable quantity, with slight varial ions to be taken into the account. Elderly men are more loyal as friends, if they are friends. Their attachment, to a cause or a com mercial house is less changeable. They have, moreover, given bonds for good behavior in the persons of grown families, whose respect is to them dearer than life. They know the diffi culty of repairing mistakes. Elderly men actually have experience. The older man best reads character. He is the wisest to select agents.—Wash ington Times. SOLDIERS AT WEST POINT. EscrcUc* Tllnt Develop »lic I.iiil&a AN<! Perfect the W hole MUNCU lur Syatein, From lhe beginning, the utmost im portance is attached to proper breathing, without which there can be no physical excellence. At the be ginning and end of each drill the men are required to devote several minutes to inflating and deflating their lungs. They breathe slowly and j deeply, inspirations being through j the nostrils and expiration either by nose or mouth. Holding the breath until it can no longer be held is ab solutely harmful. Inhalation may be accompanied by any part of an arm or shoulder exercise that will ele vate and distend the thorax, such as raising the arms laterally, while that part of an exercise which tends to contract the walls of the chest should be accompanied by exhala tion, as lowering the arms laterally from the shoulders or from over head. When exercise is followed be labored breathing, it is a certain sign that the work has been exces sive, and such an extreme is a fre quent cause of injury to the heart or lungs. Palpitation or distressful breathing calls for immediate and absolute rest, which is best obtained by lying flat on the hack, with arms and legs outstretched, writes Lieut. H. J. Koehler, I T . S. A., in Success. Exercising is never permitted im mediately' before or after a meal, digestion being considered much more important. During the exer cises water, not too cold, may be taken in small sips, but merely rins ing the mouth is recommended. Aft er exercise, the body must return to its normal condition before eating is allowed. Cadets, during exercise, wear soft canvas shoes, uniform trousers and gray flannel shirts, wool next to the skin being considered in dispensable. Bathing is ordered in connection with exercise, for no man who merely cleanses the surface of his skin can he expected to possess a clean cuticle. A bath after a good "sweat" accomplishes the flushing of the millions of perspiration ducts in j the body. Though a cold bath is now ; generally preferred for healthy men, J it is impossible to 1,-13' down an in- I flexible rule. All depends upon the. condition of the individual, and he i alone can be the judge. Any bath ! tliht leaves the bather in a state of | mental depression and physical lassi | tude must lie avoided, as only that ; bath which leaves one better in mind I and body is beneficial. For cleansing j the body a warm bath, with plenty of soap, is advised. For stimulation, I a cold plunge bath of short duration, 1 taken before the body cools, is best. This latter bath must be followed by a brisk rubbing' with a coarse towel. Where neither is possible, a sponge bath with tepid water, fol lowed by brisk rubbing, is the one to use. In this connection, bathing the stomach by drinking water free ly, both at rising and retiring, is strongly recommended to all. Four GeitcrntioiiH of Soldiers, Soldiering seems to run in the blood of certain families. A typical instance of this is furnished in the person of Mr. William Smith, chief janitor at the Kdinburgli ltoyal Infirmary. Smith's father was a soldier, he himself and four of bis brothers "took the shill ing" one after another, and he has given four sons and a grandson to the army. This, therefore, is a case of "sol diering" carried through four succes sive generations, and the youngest of them all is able to make the proud, perhaps unique, boast that not only his great-grandfather, his grandfa ther and his father, but four grand uncles and three uncles, all served their sovereign in the ranks.—London Tele graph. Never I'ICIINIUK. Mrs. Mitford What do you think of this vivisection question? It must be awful to be cut up alive. Mrs. Graham Yes; and it is awful to be cut dead, as I was by one of my dearest friends last evening.—Boston Transcript. Stnite Propertied. Mrs. Cotherstone So, Delia, your daughter is to marry that actor? Mrs. Gushington -Yes, Clara; oh, won't it be lovely to have a llamlet in the family.—Detroit Free Press. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 1902. jlj GATE THAT CAHNOT SAG. Invrntri) by n Xfw York Stntf I'arm r-r U lii) (.'onMidcr* II a Device of Hare Merit. A subscriber living in Westfield, Chautauqua county, N. V., who pre fers that liis name should not lie 1 used in print, sends to the New York Tribune a description of a pate which he constructed several years ago on a farm where he then lived. Its great merit is that it never sags. For gateposts he used eight by j eight timbers, set fully 12 feet apart. 1 With the idea of letting a load of j hay through, the cap piece ought to J be fully 12 feet above the ground, i and may be advantageously cut out J of six by eight stuff. The posts j | should be set in stone or cement, so | ( as to be proof against the action of , j the frost. A sill or threshold is also j provided. This should measure six . I by eight or eight by eight and con- j I sist of oak or chestnut. The better j the timber for the rest of this frame the longer it will lust. The full length upright of each j gate is made by four by four liard | wood scantling. The upper ends are rounded, and inserted in holes bored JSjj • V » -> c„ j 11- • I DURABLE FARM GATE. 1 in the lower side of (but not en tirely through) the cap piece. The pins of the lower ends should be of j I metal. Pieces of sawmill plate, in • which holes have been punched, should be fastened to the sill for these pins to play in. Thus the pins will be kept from vtearing the wood. | A similar plate should be placed j where the gates meet, to accommo- ! | date the vertical bolt on one of them, j | The other gate should have a latch. The slats and braces may be made | | from stuff l'/ 4 inches thick and four ; j inches wide. They are attached to ' each other and to the uprights with j ! bolts. The short braces are on the j opposite side of the slats from the long ones, so that the same bolt may go through both where they over lap. When finished, the frame and gates should be well painted. It will l>e seen that these gates can ) be used singly or together, and that j I they swing in either direction. It i is always a convenience to have a j gate swing away from you, no mat- j ! ter from which side you approach. THE AGE OF TOOLS. Farmer* Mont Keep Puce vrlll> Mod em I'roKreftn or They W ill In evitably Fall Ilehlnd. The tools and machinery oi Amer : ica are capturing the world. The ina | chine, with its unerring accuracy, has j i taken the place of human hands in j every department of industry, and has | immensely increased the productive capacity of the artisan. On the farm, J too, the same rule controls. The mod | ern binders have superseded the old, slow methods of the harvest, and made the great grain fields a possibility. [ To the effective use of machinery on the farm is due the great exporting capacity of the country, and in every j avocation in life it is the man behind ! the machine that is moving civilization j ; forward. Brain power is taking the place of I i human muscle, and the result is an elevation of the farmer to a higher ■ plane, requiring the application of business methods to agriculture. The inevitable tendency of the increased use of machinery on the farm is the increase in acreage in the hands of one man, since the machines make in tensive culture possible over larger areas. The more effective the ma chines are made the wider scope they will need, and great farms, conducted 011 wise business methods, will become more and more common as men realize the possibilities of such culture. The I great accumulations of capital will not : always be kept out of the farm, for j the capitalists will come to see what j money will do in businesslike farm- | ing. It is the age of tools and ma- j chinery, and the farm must keep up with the procession. Practical | Farmer. I'reimrliiß Soil for Potatoes. Preparation of the land is an es- ; eentiftl too often neglected. It has i been asserted that not infrequently ; one-lialf of the potato crop is lost bv ! means of insufficient preparation of ! the soil. Of one of the noted potato ' growers of Wisconsin it used to be i said: "lie works the ground so much I that the potatoes do not know in i which direction to grow to find the i surface. So thw fill the soil full." j Sometimes the best of potato grow- ' ers slight the preparation of their soil because of a rush of other farm ■ work at the time their potato land ! is being prepared. No after cultiva- ! tion can atone for the neglect of thorough preparation; for in no case can the soil under the hills be af- j fected by the cultivation given in : the rows.—Farmers' lteview. ' I.iliertle* with tbe liln);. The authorities have refused to copyright a Scotch whisky label that bears in large vstarinn letters "King Kdward Vil." They claim that the names of living people are their own property, and 1 hat other people have no right to demand a propri etary interest in them. They also suggest that it would he well tor whisky men to get King Edward's consent before taking any such liberty as the one proposed. But who expects that the king will consent to the use of his name? He would be foolish if he did. Just picture a line of thirsty men ranged along a bar. "Fill your glasses, gentlemen," gays the man who buys, and they solemnly pass the bottle of "King Kdward VII." along the line. "A toast, gentlemen. Up with your glasses. Are you ready? Then down with the king." And they solemnly down him. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. $25.00 TO CALIFORNIA, Everyday, Muring; March find Aplrl Phenomenally tiin Kate* to the Pacific Const and interme diate Point*. Colonist Excursions open to all. Later on J nt intervals duringthesununcrspecialround 1 trip excursions to tiie Coast at less than | One Cent Per Mile, going one way, returning another. An exceptional opportunity to i visit any part of all parts of the Great West for pleasure, education or business. Peo | pie with interests at various points will i show you attention. Address a postal to j W. 11. Connor, General Agent In ion Pa ! ;ific, Southern Pacific Hys., 53 East 4th St.. j Cineinati, Ohio. Write on the bark: "Send ! details low rates to California," adding i your own name and address, al-o those of j any of your friends, and you will receive in I return information of fascinating interest, great practical value, of educational and business worth. Whether or not you are thinking of taking this delightful trip or I looking to better your condition in life, it j will pay you, your family or friends to .vrite a postal as above. As the colonist I rates open to all are good during March | and April only, send your postal to-day. linive* Before Forks. Mr. Ktingum—liy the way, Sharpe says he saw yon in the Bongtong cafe yesterday, j Mr. Nuritch Cadd —Yes; but I cut him. ! Did he tell you that ? "No; but he did remark that he expected j every minute to see you cut yourself."— I Philadelphia Press. (IO to Paclllc ConMf. I Chicago & Northwestern K'y.; during the months of March and April $30,00 from Chi- I cago to Helena, Butte, Anaconda, Ogden | and Salt City; $30.50 Spokane; £13.00 Los Angeles, San Krancisco, Portland, Seat i tic, Tacoma, Vancouver, Victoria and a ! large number of other points. Tourist | Sleeping Cars daily to the Pacific (.'oast. J For maps and particulars apply to near | est ticket agent or address W. ii. Kniskcrn, , 22 Fifth avenue, Chicago, ill. Mueh in I/iltle. Biggs—"Mul turn in Parvo." That's a ; queer motto for a shoemaker. Digg- -(,>uite appropriate, though. TTis specialty is ladies' shoes.—Chicago Daily | News. si.oo. ! Chicago to St. Paul or Minneapolis for | double berth in Tourist sleeping cars of the ; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, | each Tuesday and Friday during March and April, 1002, on train No. 1 leaving Chicago ; at (i:3O p. m. For further information apply to the I nearest coupon ticket agent, or address F. A. | Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. The Flaw. Helen—Delia wouldn't listen to anything i but classical music for the world. Judy -No; but look at the rag time hat she wears!— Detroit Free Press. Qtlfi.OO to C-al Ifor n in, Orrcon and WnnlliliKton, Chicago Si Northwestern By. from Chicago j daily, March and April, only $(1.00 for berth i in tourist car. Personally conducted excur sions 'I uesdays and Thursdays from Chicago and Wednesdays from New England, lllus | trated pamphlet sent on receipt of two cent stamp by S. A. Hutchison, Manager, 212 Clark street, Chicago. All Hay* Alike. The maid—Do you think it's unlucky to get married on Friday? The Bachelor—Of course. Why should Friday be an exception?— Judge. F.arlle*t ltnHxian Millet. Will you be short of hay? If so plant a i plenty of this prodigally prolific millet 5 TO 8 TONS OP RICH HAY PER ACRK. ; Price SO lbs 91.00; 100 lbs. 43.00, low freights John A. Balzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. "I admire that pianist's finish. Don't you?" "Yes, but I always dread his begin ning."—Philadelphia Bulletin. T am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption \ paved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. | Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., ' Feb. 17, 1900. There is no cloud attached to the silver lining oi the fat purse.—Chicago Daily News. Stop* the Cough unit Works Off the Cold. j Laxative Bromoyuinine Tablets. Price 25c. It's a pity the average man does not lose I his tongue when he loses his head. -Chicago I Daily News. If you want to be cured of n cough use Hale's Honey of Horehound nnd Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Extravagance is often the preferred creditor of economy.—Chicago Daily News. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the brightest, fastest and easiest to use. Self-inspection is said to be a sure cure for self-esteem.—Chicago Daily News. j | '| | J i J Eminent men of every country, like Gen- § \ eral Rufus Ingalis, l .te Qu-rtermaster-General § ? United States Army; Hon. Bilia Flint, Life § j 5 Senator Canadian Parliament; Dr. Richard I • Oberlaender, Leipzig. Germany, have publicly § i » proclaimed the magical powers of ST. JACOBS § j • OIL, the great conqueror cf pain. This remedy § if is a sure cure for RHEUMATISM. NEU- § = RALGIA, LUMBAGO. HEADACHE. § BACKACHE. TOOTHACHE, also S i ? SPRAINS, BRUISES, BURNS. SCALDS 5 ; ! and all other painful aliments. It never fails. | Sold in 25c and 50c Sizes. § ACTS LIKE MACIC. ! • ESTABLISHED 50 YEARS. ! Conquers Pain 1 Policemen Praise Pe-ru-na. As a Reliable Specific for the Ills Incident to tho Vicissitudes of Their Occupation. on. John Vy. John E. Ptacek, Assistant Superintendent of Police of Chicaafo, 111., writes: "I used Peruna for a very severe case of nasal catarrh, and am glad to inform you that it has accomplished a complete cure / have no hesitancy in recommending it to others." JOHN E. PTACEK. Oil'icer A. C. Svvanson writes from 607 Harrison street, Council Bluffs, 1a,., as follows: rig* "/4s my duties compelled me to he L j| out in all kinds of weather! contracted \i . Jy severe cold from 1 j time to time, which \. 112 , >». settled in the kid neys, causing severe pains and T?i' trouble in the pelvic ' i *i " organs. " I am now like a new man, am in splendid health and give all praise to | Peruna." A. C, SWANSON. Michael O'Halleran, Lieutenant .Ser geant of the Summerdale Station Police Department, writes from 19<J3 W. Monroe street, Chicago, 111.: " Several of the officers of our sta tion have good reason to praise Peruna. Several times when they spent hours in the rain and came in _ TO NORTH DAKOTA. I We own 10»,000 acres In >ortii Dakota counties 1 *vbcre the greutent flood of land-seeker® are going' lilcb, nutritious KntMci; deep* bluck noli, very productive. Where corn grown. Pure water In *prtnga, Mream* and well*. Coal $1 Per ton. Price s4.bO to sT.i>o per uere. 1 00 ACRE FREE HOMESTEADS adjoining. «>.,n In large or Kinnll tract■: splendid for *t«ck rnUliiff or general forming. FflBM (OiOMKS. <;<> NOW, ■MINT WAIT Lit TIL THE OlIILli FELLOW <iKTH 'I'UKKK. ami 41aM>jlN, AO. iiALjl'A* (Mention tiiiu payer.) felargest growers of m H&X Clover, Timothy and B a Grasses. Ournorthornurowu Clover, H I for vigor, frost and drouth resisting R ■ properties, hus justly become famous. J? Jf SUPERIOR CLOVER, bu. $5.90; 100 lbs. S3.£OW I La Crosse Prime Clover, bu. $5 60; 100 lbs. $9.20 ■ m Samples Clover, Timothy and Grasses and great S § Catalog mailed you for 4c postage. ft I JOHN 1 ED CO.A fw C ROSSE W»s-i|lw' mm OFII! landlord. no eneum \XUHTm M brauees, liis bank account 111 Increasing ye:ir by year. K* 4 ,**£3 I land value increasing, f&PTrS 3 tjJidsrZad stock Increasing, splen rTlJdid climate, excellent vfv jSschool* and chur< lies, low c U u l t . ion, i l,iKl i p i k ' |,s f f[ r possible comfort. This Is the condition of the farmer in Western Canada Province of Manitoba and districts of Assinlboin, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Thousands of Americans arc now sett led there. Reduced rates on all railways for bome seekersand settlers. New districts are ben e opened Hi» this year. The new forty-pave ATLAN ol WKMTKIIX CANADA and nil other informa tion sent free ro all applicants. K PKDLEY, Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa. Canada, ortoJOSEi'll YOI.JNO. State Kt., Kast Colum bus Ohio; 11. M. WILLIAMS, Toledo, O.; Canadian Government Agents. ASTHMA Sur y eßeli e eJ lO CENTS. PRRPAID. lO CEKTN. CUIIAJioS ASTHMA CUKE, 106 Wfct 4&1 St., New York. drenched, a severe cold has followed which it seemed impossible to t!irun off until one of them tried Peruna, tand found the fin est remedy for a cold that a man would want. "Since then we have used it for colds, catarrh, in fluenza and other complaints follow ing in the wake of inclement weather, and we all feel well pleased with Peruna." MICHAEL O'HALLERAX. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of ! Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartiu.in, | giving a full statement of your ease, | and he will be pleased to give you hi* i valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. ITartman, President of the Ilartman Sanitarium, Oolumbns, Ohio. Big Four ROUTE TO THE WORLD FAMED VIROINIA Hot Springs Magnificent Train Service, Dining Cars, Pullman Sleepers, Observation Cars. THE NEW Homestead Hotel Entirely rebuilt of Brick, Stone and Iron, Fire-proof, wili be opened on March ioth, 1902. Reduced Rate Tickets now on sale. For full information call on agents of the BIQ FOUR ROUTE. or address the undersigned WARREN J. LYNCH, W. P. DEPPC, Gen'L PUNS. & Ticket Agt. Asst. a. P. <FC T. A. CINCINNATI, O. FwTHAZARaI ffl II»EA GAMK COULD UK KI!.I.F.T> ATH HAZAU I> T N MOK W I-JJCSS WHKN lOUiKl) A3l*-ffi IliffpSWiEil ur IDflDfiV KEW DISCOVERT; KhN ■LJr Bxi \±Jy Si ■ quick reJiel and ••lire . wun»i eases. Bookjif testimonials and IO Free. Dr. H. 11. gkf.LNS so.ia. Uox U, AALfNT.^ IF YOU CANNOT 60 TO CALIFORNIA tlie land of perpetual Hummer, Cure your Coutrb, r or Lung Trouble of any kind bt taking reinodv jcrown where Luna Trouble unknown. *t s*j lur 100 doses to the NaIUNJAL SIKIIICAL lU.,U»hlud,( ftlifonLtft. A. N. K.-C 1009 K2c2 time. Sold br druMrtntH. pHf 7
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