“My wife had a deep-seated cough for three y ars. I purchased two bottles of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, large size, and it cured her com- pletely.” J. H. Burge, Macon, Col. Probably you know of cough medicines that re- lieve little coughs, all coughs, except deep ones! The medicine that has been curing the worst of deep coughs for sixty years is Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Three sizes: 25¢c., 50c., $1. All druggists. Consult your doeter, 1f he says take it, théu do as he says. If he tells you not to take It, then don't take it, He knows. Leave it with him. We are willing, J.C. AYER CO,, Lowell, Mass, SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER The best that Money and 25° Experience can produce. At all stores, or by mail for the price. HALL & RUCKEL, New YORK. Wills Pills =<: World. Are You Sick? Send your name and P. O. address to The R. 8. Wills Medicine. Co., Hagerstown, Md. PISO'S CURE *FOR URES LSE FAILS WHER Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION A Mistake. A certain shopwalker in one of the large drapery establishments in the west end of London was noted for his severity to those under him. One day he approached a junior as- sistant, whose counter a lady had just left. “You let that lady go without mak- ing a purchase?” he asked, severely. “Yes, sir, “And she was at your counter fully ten minutes?” “Doubtless; but then, you see—" “Exactly. I saw that, in spite of all the questions she put to you, you rarely answered her, and never attempted to get what she wanted.” “Well, but—" * You need not make any excuse. I shall report you for carelessness.” “Well. I hadn't what she wanted.” “What was that?” “Six shillings. She's a book canvas- ser, selling “The Life of Napoleon the Great!” The shopwalker retired crestfallen, amid the audible titters of all the assist- ants in the department, who greatly en- joyed his discomfiture. EE A 2 2” LL W W When You Ovder Baker's Chocolate or Baker's Cocos examine the package you receive and make sure that it bears the well known trade-mark ol the chocolate girl. There are many imitations of these choice goods on the market. A copy of Miss Parloa’s choice recipes will be sent free to any housekeeper Address Walter Baker & Co, Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. The discovery in Palestine of valua. ble mineral treasures making it prob- able that there will soon be an indus trial awakening of the Holy Land. In India a box of 720 safety matches imported from Sweden or Belgium can be bought for three cents. Shattered Traditions “You young scroundel!” exclaimed the unwilling father-in-law, when the eloping couple presented themselves for parental forgiveness and place to live “You conscienceless scamp! You stole my daughter away and disregarded all the conventionalities of society. And yet you ask forgiveness!” “ou old scroundrel, what did you do?" retorted the new son-in-law. “What did you do? You let us elope, and did not pursue us on horseback with a shot gun. You have shattered all the tra- ditions of clbpements and have blasted all the romance of the affair. for us. We might as well have got married to the rumty-tum-tum of the church organ, and let you pay the bill. You haen't a spark of appreciation in your make-up!” Crushed by the merited criticism, the father-in-law invited them in to supper, for they were rather hungry. —Baltimore American. You Cannot Drown an Ant It is a singular fact, recently demon- strated by experiments made by French scientists, that you cannot drown an ant. The purpose of the experiments was to determine how long the insects would be able to resist asphyxiation af- ter they had been submerged in water. An ant immersed in water doubles it- self up and becomes absolutely inert, but upon being restored to the air comes to life in a period varying with the length of its immersion., After a ducking of six or eight hours it re- quires half an hour to ‘come to and three-quarters to an hour to recover when the submersion has been continu- ous for twenty-four hours. How the Storm Ended “Woman,” said she bitterly, “is unap- preciated in this world.” Here certainly was a chance for him to even up many old scores, but it so happened that he was not looking for trouble. “True,” he replied. “Unfortunately, man is incapable of appreciating perfec- tion.” Thus he secured at least two of his favorite dishes for dinner: and yet there are people who think that man is lack- ing in the more subtle arts of diplomacy. —Chicago Post. Sure Cure for Fatigue. A stalwart Boston laborer, in secking work from a farmer, gave the assurance that he never got tired. The man was acordingly engaged; but when the farm- er went to the field where the man had been put to work he found him lazily lying on his back beneath a tree. “Hallo!” cried the farmer, in surprise. “lI thought you told me you never got tired ?” “No more I don't!” replied the una- bashed laborer. “But 1 precious soon should be, master, if I didn't do a jolly lot of resting!” gore p77 % my good spirits. I have thanked and cured me within seven weeks, women.” —LiLLie DezoeNkoLsEe, menstrual leuco down fee womb, that er (or flatulence), general tration, or are beset og excite) y Jrisabiliy, Irv 8 wan Jeft-al one, eft-alone painful mation of the ovaries, e, yd oa blues, and hopelessness, true remedy. Lydia E. at once removes such troubles. sleeplessness, feel an INC HESTER are used by the best shots in the uniform and reliable. won and made by Winchester shells, are $0 accurate, hips and records have been Shoot them and you'll shoot well, SAVING THE FODDER. It is probably too much like work for some farmers to cut the fodder, hay and straw with a feed cutter, as the animals will consume such foods without prep- aration, but the saving of food and smaller loss from waste will more than pay for preparing the food. THE CHEAPEST FOOD. The cheapest food is that which gives the most product. When grass or hay does not fulfill expectation, feed grain, ind if necessary buy bran, linseed meal of other feed materials, They will cost something, but will be cheaper than the materials produced on the farm if they give a profit. Any food is cheap if the | farmer has a profit after using it. And not only must he seck the profit in milk, beef, or eggs, but mn the | manure heap, as everything bought and | brought on the farm adds to the fertil- i ‘ty of the land butter also PACK BUTTER WITH CARE Butter for sh narket should ipment or for the home have much greater care than is usually given at the farm dairy. | Of course the size and kind of package | will depend upon the demands of the If wanted, that the butter is put in solidly. top may be smoothed off means of a siraightedge or wire. A cloth is then spread over the top of the tub and a light layer of salt is sprinkled over the cloth. If prints are wanted, | that they are carefully and neatly | made, are wrapped in parchment paper | and carefully packed. U 1 small customers. tubs are sce | The evenly by sce s¢ special care with packages designed for cus tom trade. DEHORNING CALVES To prevent the growth of horns on calves matter. First, ! four weeks {Oo appear all the hair away ar stick of caustic ly by putting the ol care SKC A one end of it (on mouth), and rub bud that, taking not to the sl with et the potash reach out on mi beyond. It might not be dangerous the calf if it did, In ght create a bad sore for a careful enough to « of it, with a bit of stout paper, in ave few weeks. Some are wer the head, or top fas ¢ BOIS « been cut wrns, but if one has ; 3 This the calf if the potash } skin outside of the rn, and the object of shearing around from spread single ap horn again | = he horn i me by plication is sufficien prevent it the } it, the continues to grow it may be tried a week or later. If the wo properly done, the animal does not fer any more than a man would in Wo insensitive Years ago man who i used to kill other, even chilled or co same (0 get mosphere at might kills the weaker more or less this readily inj : m they take cold more To prevent this they ld not be kept too many | together, either young or They should be given comfortable quarters in which to live, and should be protected | from damp. and ventilation of their} quarters should be properly under con- | trol. Fowls will not crowd each other | when comfortable. Cold weather and | discomort compels them to crowd to-| gether as a natural means of becoming warm. Every trouble may be avoided if good common sense is used in their care, and thus they will be free of all ments caused by negligence. To be fore warned is to be forearmed; likewise will watchfulness in preventing causes of colds. &c., prevent ailments from enter- ing into the flock. HELPING WEAK COLONIES. When the fall flow of nectar is light, the bees discontinue brood rearing early, and consequently go into winter quar- ters very light in number, and rather old to insure successful wintering. This is one of the direct causes of the so- called spring dwindling. It must be prevented by late brooding. Those who leave their bees to starve in a poor season are not deserving of honey in a good one. To obtain the best results from our bees they should be fed to stimulate brood-rearing, so that our colonies will be very strong at fruit bloom. To do this we must begin to feed as early as the weather will permit the bees to fly at least once a week. Some mild day soon after removing them from the cellar, all colonies should be closed on what combs that will cover with suffi cient stores to last two or three weeks, placing the unoccupied combs on the outside of the follower. When feeding time arrives prepare your feed, either a poor grade of honey, maple syrup, or better still granulated sugar, which should be about the con- sistency of newly gathered honey. If sugar is used the proportion is equal parts of sugar and water. It may be conditu and cease to lay sh old bring it to a scald and to put it in the combs and feed while milk warm. Take the combs to be used, uncapping what honey they contain, and fill the empty portion with the syrup. Rest the comb over the tank in a slanting position with the ¢op bar up and dip the syrup on it with a dipper having a perforated bottom. Place one next to the cluster once a week, removing the one given last.—C, R. Morts, Herkimer Co, N.Y. COmb HOTHOUSE There is profit in raising hothouse lambs for the winter and early spring market, but the enterprise is difficult and full of dangers. It no easy matter to work against nature's laws, and yet this is what we are doing in raising hothouse lambs. Jut many artificial methods of farming contrary to nature's ways have proven great successes, and this question thoroughly find the profits good and satisfactory. In order to have lambs for any particular market the breeding of the ewes should take place fully five months before the lambs are wanted. This makes it necessary to breed them in the middle of summer, either in June or July. It is sometimes difficult to get the ewes to breed at this time, but LAMBS. 15 With young that have bred before, and with those which have always bred in CWesS never the fall, there will be some trouble; but if fine ewes that have not sucked lambs for several months are put early into good pasture with good rams some o¥ them will breed in time. These should selected and kept for In this way one can raise up a set of ewes that will be just suited for producing hothouse lambs, The market for hothouse lambs ex- tends from th: middle of winter to the first of April. The best market around Christmas time, when frequently paid for a single la asic is a lit then be an- other season. use Oc- mb. tie better de in January, bec rushed to market } be the b for kept and must the holidays. The must in warm through the fall EK The ¥ carly indeed - FURS } spite of the artistic way in which they are worm. Th of course, fitted over the i on which they are If it is not the hair show winter. in the pop blouse is held 1 y Su al { feat a belt of sueqge iCdin ace fhe hop sleeves are also ter- at the eX the Or- i band of suede ge oof the cellent idea since it does min ited 3 Wrists u suede 18 an away with clumsy effect of the fur blouse as dinarily made. A long paletot of seal natural end. the dit) will women of he mode of of fur garments, The cloak 1s with beautiful sables and with it ried an immense tween tWOo extremes i8 4 coat of ' ‘ yranny”’ muff these quarter main body ASSIC SIMPLICITY. point to an beautilully nothing exaggerates about them. silks and velvets, are chosen, the demanded. material is lend itself draperies now to writ hy willl embroide 1 the £ Th hole ine WwWihlie the ewes grow s depends upon tment 11 1 ii thrive MArKet ave, ahs 8 lambs will not stand long from market and care must be of the is reserved only for those I FARM NOTES { time and money Oar stock are large enough poultry have no teeth hey have plenty of grt 10 weed is to weed out the gard the hens that are not You will DCCCSSary winier. YOu BAve a piece Of lying idle the a few t you 0 say get the faxes large percentage « an have not age—cheaper production. One of England's greatest sheep as a lamb food ipiaint fig farmers ais recommends crushed oats or barley; and one cottonseed meal Lambs should be fed with some de finished for market, age of fat in the milk It is a mistaken idea that sheep re quire shelter only in the Winter time It is equally essential in the: summe months for protection from the hea or the sun, and as a refuge from the tormenting flies It is reported that a herd of hornes cows was bred to a polled bull, Ninetj per cent. of the calves had no horns The young hornless heifers, bred also a polled bull, never had a horned calf This shows how easily horns may br bred away. Fowls that are killed directly from 3: free range, where they have been boun tifully fed for some time previously but having taken plenty of exercise ant are in perfect health, are to be preferre for the table to those that have bet: kept in close coops. The Big Corman Trout. Hatchers of trout have discoveres that the big German brown trout, whicl has promised so much in the way o sport, will not live in harmony with iv smaller but gamer cousin, the brool trout. It not only eats the fry ofyth smaller trout, but is so large that i can eat a fairly good-sized grown-up Sportsmen are universally in favor © the native trout, and the hatching o the German fish may be abandoned, 1f the moon looks pale and dim, ex pect rain; if red, wind; and if her nat fed without heating, but I prefer to ural color, with a clear sky, fair weather the sweepsta ork and country oy AM Limeric a human cera- The Limerick example of ex Ingenuousness— ex- In =v an sure HUMBERT'S LADY HIGH-COOK. Helena, of Italy, ] 11 Cueen pe fully unroyval wz ! of cooking Nikita of + way, the German Em adition—that all his know some Helena became cook, skilled both in pre art was ih ine Montenegro, in- sons should use an excellent paring the co.fection of the curious sweet- meats and articles of ‘patisserie’ for which Orientals have so decided a King Humbert ’ High-Cook to the King of Italy,” Home Chat. After this, says world clinch her argument by threat encing to make no more pilaf (a fav- mutton boiled together with rice), whereupon the King would declare him- self willing to swallow dutifully any of his “dear daughter's” views if only he might still swallow also her excellent cookery. PASSING OF THE POMPADOUR. The pompadour has lost the vogue that made it for the last three years the most popular form of coiffure It is still the fashion most frequently seen, but it has received its deathblow, There are various reasons for the de- cline of the fashion. With straight hair it was always impossible. It needed the waves which, if they are not sup- plied by nature, must be got from the hairdresser. This process of artificial undulation was destructive to the hair. Now the effects of the continued burning result- ing from it are said to have become so in Paris are wearing imitation pompa- dours, These imitation affairs are rarely able to deceive anybody. They usually look other side of a room in HOCKEY FOR COLLEGE GIRLS. lege gi are deserting bas two hockey se, a large enough ] he match 2 cat Lad>aiiv WHAT New bedsteads green, wear CHTIOT Gm thall gam "y gowns beautifully rans ras pod fimmea with Fur driving gloves of the regulation order Waists of corduroy in light shades made very plain and unrelieved several except by a separate piece of neckwear. Mousseline boas with floral designs printed on the material Wood lace for trimming purposes Women's silk undervests in light blue Black and white striped petticoats, the stripes being rather broad Stock collars with little bows in frond made of fine corded silk Corsets with hose-supporter attach. ments, The Earth Rigid Prof. John Milne, of Japan, who har tion of earthquakes, with the end it view of determining the character of the earth's interior, has recently made known some remarkable facts which he thinks he has established. Probably his most startling discovery is that the earth is at least twice at rigid as steel. This is determined by the rapidity with which seismic waves are transmitted. Second, contraiy to popular belief the interor of the earth is much mon rigid than the crust. This interior it so hot that it would become liquid i the pressure upon it were removed. As it is, it is not only solid, but extremely dense. This densi*v is probably due the fact that in the planet's carliest per jod of formation the heaviest eclementy settled toward the centre The latest criminal statistics collected in Massachusetts show that crime is de creasing in that State In 1800 thw number of arres’s for offenses com: mitted against person a 324 for very 100,000 inhabitants. In 1000 the average was reduced to 270. Arrest for offenses against property in 18x Nseed 333 in every 100,000; in 1poQ