SEED CORN TESTER.
Plan of Device Which Can Be Made
at Home.
The accompanying cut shows a 100-
ear crate for storing seed corn and a
tray for testing it. The crate should be
about 24 inches square, depending upon
the size of the ears. The ends should
be of one by six inch boards and the
sides one by four inch, so as to give
good ventilation. It should be divided
Into 100 squares by stretching wire
across the top each way. These crates
are handy to handle and made an
ideal storage. Letter the rows on the
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tide and number those on the end,
co that each square will take a num
ber and a letter.
To make a testing tray take a pane
of glass or board and cut a piece of
thick cloth the same size, laying it on
the glass. Wrap with colored string,
spacing so as to divide the tray into
100 squares, numbering and lettering
to correspond with the crate.
To test the seed take the tray to the
crate and beginning at A-l take six
grains from different parts of the ear
and place them in the tray on the cor
responding square. Great care should
be taken that the grains are kept sep
arate. When the tray has been filled
Ear Arrangement in Tester's Order
cover carefully with ■ cotton batting
and wet it thoroughly.
Where enough crates are provided
for all the seed corn, explains E. B.
Gibbs, in Twentieth Century Farmer,
an equal number of trays may be ar
ranged so that all of the seed may be
tested at one time and under the same
conditions. The seed should be kept
as near the temperature of the ground
in which the crop is to be planted as
possible. Where it is desired to plant
the seed in soil a wooden crate can be
made of thin lumber and filled level
with soil and spaced off with the cord
the same as the glass tray.
All ears should be discarded that do
not give six good sprouts under fair
conditions, but if by testing you find
a dozen bad ears it will be the best
paying trouble you have had for some
time, besides you can do the testing at
odd times and it is worth more than
the cost just to know that you have
started the year's work right, and you
can depend upon the seed when the
time comes to plant. If you cannot
figure out how it is going to pay, go
on and test, and the extra corn in the
crib next fall will show for itself. An
other year save your corn from the
field before frost and store it in the
crates.
DUSTLESS ROADWAYS.
We Now Have the Luxury of Abso
lutely Dujtless Roadways.
A bulletin issued last July by the
Kansas City park board makes the
above statement. A year ago, during
the summer months, the board had
Its whole force of sprinkling wagons
going every day in an attempt to keep
down the dust which made the enjoy
ment of the park drives impossible at
times. In a few hours the hot summer
sun dried the roads, and every pass
ing motor car left clouds of fine rock
dust to settle on the foliage along the
drive. Now a motor car passing at the
highest speed over any portion of the
extensive boulevard system leaves no
dusty trail in its wake. The oil has
not only proved much more effective
than water but it is a third cheaper
and preserves the roadways as well,
writes Roy A. Moore, in The World
To-Day. One of the serious problems
here, as in other cities, has been the
preservation of the drives from the
wear of the motor car wheels. The
died boulevard is also protected from
erosion. Formerly every rainstorm left
ragged gullies which took several
days to repair. The eye of the most
inexperienced cor,ld see that some
thing was needed to bind the mac-ad
dam, to preserve a smooth surface
without dust and prevent washouts
at the same time. The net savings in
the use of oil for the year was $5,-
635.88, or 14 per cent.
Hardy Fruits.
The less perishable a fruit the more
likely :s the market for 4 * to be steady,
as it can be sent from one part of thf
country to another and even to foreig*
nations*
AT A CRITICAL TIME.
Women Are Likely to Suffer with Dan
gerous Kidney Disorders.
Mrs. Jolin Kirk, R. F. D. No. 2, De
troit, Mich., says: "Five years ago at
ta critical time of life
I was on the verge of
a collapse with kid
ney troubles, back
ache, dizziness, puffy
dropsy swellings and
urinary irregularities.
I lost flesh and felt
languid, nervous or
unstrung all the time.
As my doctor did not help me I began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. In a few
weeks all these symptoms left me. I
now weigh 163 pounds and feel in ex
cellent health."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
AN EXPLANATION.
"Why didn't you answer your tea. h
er when she spoke to you in the arith
metic class, Ethel?"
"Coz mamma told me I muthn't
Ibpeak durin' thcool hourth."
BOY KEPT SCRATCHING.
Eczema Lasted 7 Years—Face Was All
Raw—Skin Specialists Failed, But
Cuticura Effected Cure.
"When my little boy was six weeks
old an eruption broke out on his face.
I took him to a doctor, but his face
kept on getting worse until it got so
bad that no one could look at him.
His whole face was one crust and
must have been very painful. He
scratched day and night until his face
was raw. Then I took him to all the
best specialists in skin diseases but
they could not do much for him. The
eczema got on his arms and legs and
we could not get a night's sleep in
months. I got a set of Cuticura Reme
dies and he felt relieved the first time
1 used them. I gave the Cuticura
Remedies a good trial and gradually
the eczema healed all up. He is now
seven years old and I think the trou
ble will never return. Airs. John G.
Klumpp, SO .Niagara St., Newark, N.
J., Oct. 17 and 22. 1907."
Counting a Billion.
Speaking of counting the hairs of
your head —suppose you undertook to
count a billion, how long do you think
it would take you to do it? A billion,
according to the French notation,
which we follow, is a thousand mil
lions. If you had before you a pile
of silver dollars containing a million,
and could count one every second, for
eight hours every day, it would ta&e
you 35 days to complete the task. Hut
suppose you undertook to count a
thousand of those million-dollar piles
—you would be at work eight hours a
day for 35,000 days, or about 100
years.
VERY O. T.
Stork—l see you've got the gout,
Flamingo.
Flamingo—Wrong. Hear of centi
pede being caught scorching?
Stork —Yes.
Flamingo—Well, I put my foot on
him and got burned.
CHANGE IN FOOD
Works in Health.
It is worth knowing that a change
In food can cure dyspepsia. "I deem
it my duty to let you know how Grape.
Nuts food has cured me of indigestion.
"I had been troubled with it for
years, until last year my doctor recom
mended Grape-Nuts food to be used
every morning. I followed instruc
tions and now I am entirely well.
"The whole family like Grape-Nuts,
we use four packages a week. You
are welcome to use this testimonial
as you see fit."
The reason this lady was helped by
the use of Grape-Nuts food, is that it
Is predigested by natural processes
and therefore does not tax the stom
ach as the food she had been using;
it also contains the elements required
for building up the nervous system.
If that part of the human body is in
perfect working order, there can be no
dyspepsia, for nervous energy repre
sents the steam that drives the engine.
When the nervous i-ystem is run
down, the machinery of the body
works badly. Grape-Nuts food can be
used by small children as well as
adults. It is perfectly cooked and
ready for instant use.
Read "The Road to Wellv'lle," in
pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genui t, true, and full of human
interest
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1908.
THOUGHT !T NATIONAL TRAIT.
Driver Couldn't Understand American
Not Being in a Hurry.
A traveler returned from Jaffa tella
tale at his own expense. Having
Journeyed to the historical seaport on
his way to Jerusalem, he succeeded
in hiring a conveyance to carry him
to the station. By speech and gesture
he Informed the native driver that he
wished to be carried in a leisurely,
sightseeing fashion through as many
as possible of the principal thorough
fares of Jaffa, and to be delivered at
the terminal just in time to take the
outgoing train.
He had no sooner seated himself In
the vehicle, however, than the driver
whipped up his horse and whirled the
dismayed traveler at a furious pace
through all the dust and over all the
Btones of the notoriously rough streets
of Jaffa. The passenger was too bus
ily employed in saving his bones to be
able to see anything of the interesting
town.
Arriving at the station, he found
that he still had two hours to wait.
"Why in the world," he demanded,
Indignantly, "did you ever hurry like
that?"
"You American," responded the
driver, with an expressive shrug. "All
American like go very much fast."—
Youth's Companion.
You Would Not Accept Counterfeit
Money, Why Accept Counterfeit
Goods?
Gcod money 13 made by the Govern
ment in which you have implicit faith
and confidence. Good goods are made
by manufacturers who are 'willing to
stake their reputations on the quality
of the material offered to you through
the medium of their advertisements in
this paper. Counterfeit goods are not
advertised. The reason for it is they
will not bear the close scrutiny to
which genuine advertised goods are
subjected. Counterfeit money pays
more profit to the counterfeiter. Coun
terfeit goods are offered to you for the
same reason.
Insist on the Genuine—Reject the
Counterfeit.
Economical Physician.
Ambassador Wu Ting-fang was
once. It is alleged, telling about a cer
tain selfish politician. He said: "The
man reminds me of a doctor of Shang
hai. A mandarin came to this doctor
for advice. He could not sleep, had
no appetite, suffered a good deal from
depression and nevertheless was tak
ing on fat at an alarming rate. 'We'll
soon put you in condition again,' said
the physician. 'What you need is ex
ercise, good, hard exercise. Four
times a week you can come here and
putin the morning polishing my
floors.' 'Rut why not my own floors?'
the mandarin inquired. 'Mine,' said
the physician, 'are larger."'
How He Got Rid of Rats.
A farmer describes his method of
clearing the premises of rats In the
following manner: "On a large num
ber of old shingles I put a half-tea
spoonful of treacle each, and on that
with my pocket knife I scraped a
small amount of concentrated lye. I
then placed the old shingles around
under the stable floors and under the
cribs. The next morning I found 40
dead rats, and the rest left the farm
for parts unknown. I have cleared
many farms of the pests in the same
way, and have never known it to fail."
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,
BB mercury will «urcly de«troy the sense of «mell
ttnrt romplotely dcrauKC the whole svstem when
entering It through ibe mucous surf»coi. Such
article* should ne\er tie lined eicept on prescrip
tions from reputable physicians, an the damage the/
will do Is ten fold to the Rood you can possibly de
rive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
l>y r .si. Clifncy & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mer
cury, and Is taken Internally, acting directly upon
tbo blood and mucous surface* of the system. In
buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. It Is taken Internally and made In Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co, Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take ilall's Family l'ills for constipation.
Laid Off.
"And you say you are looking for
work?" asked the kind lady of Fraz
zled Franklyn.
"That's right, mum, but I can't find
anything to do."
"How did you lose your last posi
tion?"
"I was pardoned, mum."
In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE
A powder. It cures painful, smart
:'ng, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad
dress A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Not Adding Fuel.
"When you delivered your speech,"
said the stenographer, "why did you
omit that reference to straining at a
gnat and swallowing a camel?"
"Huh!" rejoined the prudent orator,
"there has already been quite enough
of this nature-faking discussed."
Amiability Plus Science.
The public expects much of the
modern nurse—the same self-sacrifice,
righteousness and pureness of liv
ing as in the past, but combined with
a technical skill and an amount of
learning unknown to our predecessors.
—The Nursing Times.
Kill the Flies Now
bofore they multiply, A DAISY FLY
KILLER kills thousands. Lasts the siia
stm. Ask your dealer, or send 20c to (1.
Sinners, 149 De lvalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Anybody can launch a national par
ty, but to keep it afloat requires
finesse. —Philadelphia Ledger.
SORE EYES, weak, inflamed, red, watery
un«l swollen eyes, use PETTI!S EYE
SALVE, 25c. All druggists or Howard
Bros., Buffalo, N. Y.
To see what is right and not do it
is want of courage.—Morris.
DESERVED TO WIN HIS CASH.
Really Able Argument Put Forward
by Accused Sailor.
A very good story has recently been
told in the fleet of an incident which
happened when Admiral Evans was in
command of the Indiana. An old-time
bluejacket was at the mast before
Capt. Evans, charged with getting
food out of a mess chest outside of
meal hours. This getting of food for
night watches is a common and strong
desire on the part of most men aboard
ship.
Capt. Evans asked the man what he
had to say; and the man, sizing up
the delicate situation, said:
"Captain, I didn't take no food outer
that chest. Why, captain, there
weren't no food in that chest! I
looked in that chest, and, captain, I
met a cockroach coming out of that
chest with tears In his eyes."—Har
per's Weekly.
A GOOD COLD.
—i/'-rr ■.
fit! & jll
"That seems a very bad cold you've
got, my little man!"
"It's a very good cold; it's kept mo
away from school for two weeks now!'
COMPLAINTS ABOUT PAINT.
The time to complain about paint
Is before the painter applies It. The
man who puts up the money should
not shirk the responsibility of choos
ing the paint. True, the painter
ought to know paint better than the
banker, the professional man or the
merchant. The trouble is, the house
owner too often deliberately bars the
competent and honest painter from
the job by accepting a bid which he
ought to know would make an honest
job impossible.
Secure your bids on the basis of
National Lead Company's pure White
Lead and pure Linseed Oil and see
that you get these materials.
No one need be fooled by adulter
ated white lead. A blowpipe testing
outfit will be mailed to anyone inter
ested in paint.
Address, National Lead Company,
Woodbridge Building, New York City.
A New Definition.
Senator Harte, who has Introduced
at Albany a bill against the sale and
manufacture of cigarettes, has many
original views. These he has the tal
ent to express in terso and striking
terms.
Discussing medicine, In which he
places none too great faith. Senator
Harte said neatly at a recent Albany
banquet:
"Medicine is the art of amusing the
patient while nature cures the dis
ease."
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
In Use For Over JtO Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Alike.
Working for a living Is like Shake
speare's plays—always praised, but
avoided as much as possible.
Garfield Digestive Tablets
From your druggist, or the Garfield
Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y„ 25c per bot
tle. Samples upon request.
Even a poor wall-paper hanger may
put up at good hotels.
One of the
Effenlicilj
of the happy homes of to-day is a vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the world's
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to world-wide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informed of the World; not of indi
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and com
mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
SICK HEADACHE
n — r [iV*7Tl Positively cured by
CARTERS *k eaie Little Fills.
jgqgM They also relieve Din-
VP ITTLE lrrss from In
ft:H i 1 ffp K digestion and Too Hearty
SFI IV LK Eating A Perfect rein
fljcj Q| II C '''l.v for Dizziness, Nau*
H r I LLp, sea, Drowsiness, Had
Taste in the Mouth, Coat*
ed Tougiie, Pain in the
55SS2SS2 I Side, TORPID LIVER.
They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
PAdtcd'Cl Genuine Must Bear
UAMCno Fac-Simile Signature
■ittie _ "
Ifef.
,J REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
What is Pe=ru=na?
Is it a Catarrh Remedy, or a Tonic,
or is it Both?
Borne people call Peruna a great tonic. Others refer to Peruna as a gTeat
catarrh remedy.
Which of these people are right? Is it more proper to call Peruna a ca
tarrh remedy than to call it a tonic?
Our reply is, that Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. Indeed,
there can be no effectual catarrh remedy that is not also a tonic.
In order to thoroughly relieve any case of catarrh, a remedy must not only
have a specific action on the mucous membranes affected by the catarrh, but it
must have a general tonic action on the net <rous system.
Catarrh, even in persons who are otherwise strong, is a weakened condi
tion of some mucous membrane. There mast bo something to strengthen the
circulation, to give tone to the arteries, and to raise the vital forces.
Perhaps no vegetable remedy in the world has attracted so much attention
from medical writers as HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. The wonderful efficacy
of this herb has been recognized many years, and is growing in its hold
upon the medical profession. When joined with CUBEBS and COPAIBA a
trio of medical agents is formed in Peruna which constitutes a specific rem
edy for catarrh that in the present state of medical progress cannot be im
proved upon. This action, reinforced by such renowned tonics as COLLIN
SONIA CANADENSIS, CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED, ought
to make this compound an ideal remedy for catarrh in all its stages and location?
in the body.
From a theoretical standpoint, therefore, Peruna is beyond criticism. The
use of Peruna, confirms this opinion. Numberless testimonials from every
quarter of the earth furnish ample evidence that this judgment is not ovei |<
enthusiastic. When practical experience confirms a well-grounded theory the.'
result is a truth that cannot be shaken. >
Mpwfactured by Peruna Drug Monufcrtui ing towpajiy, Columbus, Ghia,
# Cut the cost / 2 11
■ You can decorate your home with
I Alabastine year after year at one
|| half the cost of using either wall-
H paper or kalsomine.
I jSlshsstihoto
I TKe SanitaiyWall Coatit^
I comes in 10 beautiful tint* and
I white that combine into an endless
variety of soft, velvety Alabastine
shades which will make any home
brighter and more sanitary.
Sample tint cards free at dealers.
Write us for free color plans for
decorating your home.
Sold by Paint, Dmc, Hardware and Gen
eral Stores in carefully sealed and properly
labeled packages, at 50c the package for
white and 55c the package for tints. See
thatthename"Alabasiine"isoneachpack- j t
age before it it opened cither by yourceli
or the workmen.
The Alabastine Company
S Grand Rapids, Mich. JK
HAIR R BALSAM
"r-h JSK Clpmae ■ and beautifies the hair.
Promote! ft luxuriant growth.
. JS , JlNavor Fails to fixator® Grey
Hair to Its Youthful Coior.
SOLDIERS' WIDOWS
April 19. 1908, Cotitfreuß packed a law giving all widows
of Civil War ftoldlere, having 90 (layH honorable service,
a i.e anion of I# 1 9.00 per month. Write us for papsra
BYINGTON & WILSON Attys. Washington. D. G
NOTARIES and JUSTICES HANDLING !
□ CMC I IM vouchers should writo for cash
■ CilvOßUll offer to TAMF.K A WHITMAN
Co., Washington, I>. C. (Over 27 years' experience.)
V| M TFMTO w, *« on *• Colmin, Patent Attor
rm\ I M I noy. Washington, 1). C. Advino
I 0V I klv I froo. Terms low. Highest ret.
WII)OWS' uni ' er N EW LAW obtained
PENSIONS by w£hiug?o'n?B. R C. l3 ' \
DEFIANCE STARCH Z
Thompson's Eye Water
A. N. K.—C (1908—20) 2230. !
MEN, BOYS. WOMEN, MISSE9 AND CHILDREN. W L $
W. L. Douglaa makea and aelle D o
men'a $2. SO, $3.00 and $3.80 ahooa V
than any other manufacturer In thm
JfceT" world, becauae they hold their WW Fa,t
aha no, tit better, wear longer, and 'l® YIgf W&SZSr Color
aro of praetor value than any other Wi Eveuu
aho»e in tho world to-day. wfl , v " d ,
W. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edga Shoes Cannot Be Equalled At Anj Price xe u '"" :
_»prAI!TIOV. W. 1,. DonKlas name »nd price l» stamped on bottom. Takf Jfo Subatltut*.
Bold by the host shoe dealers everywhere, tihoes mailed from factory to any part of the world. lllus»
irated Catalog free to any address. W. DOIJCJLAS, Itrockton, Usaa
One Irid will convince
SlO&lVS Uasf
LmiwventW iH
will relieve soreness and »■
stiffness quicker and easier
than any ohher preparation
I It penetrates^ o ?he bone.
quickens the blood, drives
away fatigue and gives strength 112
and elasticity to the muscles.
Thousands use Sloan's Liniment j
for rheumatism, neuralgia, toothache
sprains, contracted muscles, stiff Jj
joints, cuts, bruises, burns. JvJtT
or colic and insect stings. /J j
PRICE 254,505. £>sl.oo J I
Df.EarlS.Sloor».Bo3h>n.Mos3.U.SA^y^^2B^^^^
Typical Farm Scene, Showing Stock Railing is
WESTERN CANADA
Some of the choicest lands for ffraln Arrowing
stork raising arid mixed farming in the new
tricts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have
cently been Opened for Settlement under the
Revised Homestead Regulations
Entry may now 1>« made by pro*y (on certain
conditions!, by the father, mother, won, daugh
ter, brother or sister of an Intending home
steader. Thousands of hotneßteads of 100 acre,
earh are thus now easily available in thene
(freat graln-fjrowlng, stock-raising and mixed
farming sections.
There you will find healthful climate, good
neighbors, churches for family worship, school*
for your children, good laws, splendid crop.,
and railroads convenient to market.
Entry fee in each case is SIO.OO. Kor pamph
let, "Last Best West," particulars as to rate»„
routes, best time togo and where to local®,
apply to
H. H. WILLIAMS.
L*w Building. Toledo. Ohio*
J „ PQY PAINTER\\
l j
I IT IS FOUND ONIYON |
VPURE WHITE LEAD j
IMALARIATONE
A Perfect For
■ ..native DIDTQ I Coldg,
Hlood tUKtS I Bilious
Purltier* MALARIA I anil
Spring I Miliaria!
Tonic. """"•"■i"' Fever.
Mulled on receipt of twenty-five cents.
THE MEDATONE COMPANY
185 East gllrd Afreet, Keiv York
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nil EPA£IW K »
B ■ mm fcl at druggist** or hj m*lL
! ipl H HB bAtuple MiKK. AddrM*.
LLU "ANAKESIS"
■ ■ma ICBI Trtt>un« Bldrf.. N*w ToH.
9% * ■■■m|E*^Triid#ll*rl. e »ndVopjrlgbli.#hUliie<
yH | KBII I iuatterß Rivt*n personal at-
I | I Kill I %pt<*ntlon. Inquiries proinptlv
I answered. ROYCK A. lahMb, BcOlll Bid*., Washington, 0. a
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