Riding Without a 11 or so.
An ingenious man has inventod m
saddle macliino fur the acquirement
of a perfect seat and solf-confidenoo
as an equcstrienna within one's own
homo. It is said that many ladies
aro overcoming timidity by meaus of
this homo practico as a prelude "to
learning how to ride" the veritable
equine back.
By a skillful mechanical arrange
ment tho movements of a horso in
walking, trotting, cantering or gal
loping aro imparted to a saddle, upon
which a lady or gentlemen may sit
with perfect comfort mid safety,
blandly confident that, alcuough they
are enjoying to tho full all tho
pleasuro and health-giving motion of
riding on horseback, there is no fear
of their mount rearing, or bolting, or
kicking, or jibbing or behaving like
tho famous trick liorse from tho circus.
The motion obtained frotn tho sad
dle, as in actual horse ridinyr, is verti
cal, and produced by the rider rising
on the stirrups or footboards as if
seated upon a horso, and under all tho
conditions, whether tho motion bo
gentle or that of a trot or gallop, the
rider is perfectly secure in his or her
seat, so that all the advantages of real
horse exercise can be enjoyed with
none of its inevitable risks. —Chicago
Mail.
The Biggest (Joosc.
I heard tho other day na amusing
talo of of a certain well-known Eng
lish nobleman, who had imported two
emus with tho hope of breeding from
them, and on leaving his estate for
town left also strict injunctions that
the greatest enre should be taken of
tho lady emu, if sho produced the de
sired egg or eggs. The egg arrived
in duo course, but, as artists have
found beforo now, tho lady declined to
"sit." Tho steward, however, how
ever, was an ingenious man, and
thought of a substitute, but his pow
ers of composition were by no means
on a par with his inventiveness, and
he announced the interesting ovent to
his master in tho'following terms:
"Tho emu has laid au egg, but wo
wero in a great difficulty, as she would
not sit on it. I did what I thought
was bost, and in your Lordship's ab
sence I have placed tho egg under tho
biggest gooso on tho estato."—Pall
Mall Gazette.
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DEHANDED.
A general banking business is done by
the human system, because tlie blood de
posits in its vaults whatever wealth we may
gain from day today. This wealth is laid
up against "a rainy day " as a reserve fund
—we're in a condition of healthy prosperity
if we have laid away sufficient capital to
draw upon in the hour of our greatest need.
There is danger in getting thin, because it's
a sign of letting down in health. To gain
in blood is tiearlj' always to gain in whole
some flesh. The odds are in favor of the
germs of consumption, grip, or pneumonia,
if our liver be inactive and our Mood im
pure, or if our flesh be reduced below a
healthy standard. What is required is an
increase ill our germ-fighting strength. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enriches
the blood and makes it wholesome, stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds up the strength. A medicine which
will rid the blood of its poisons, cleanse and
invigorate the great organs of the body,
vitalize the system, thrill the whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
of it, is surely a remedy of great value. Hut
when we make a positive statement that 98
per cent, of all cases of consumption can, if
taken in the early stages of tlie disease, be
CURED with the "Discovery," it seems like
a bold assertion. All Dr. Pierce asks is that
you make a thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth of his assertion.
By sending to the World's Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y., yon can get
a free book with the names, addresses and
photographs of a number of those
cured ofthroat, bronchial and lung diseases,
as well as of skin and scrofulous affections
by the " Golden Medical Discovery." They
also publish a book of 160 pages, being a
medical treatise on consumption, bronchitis,
asthma, catarrh, which will be mailed on
receipt of address and six cents iu stamps.
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Hi ■ ■« cured many thou
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•ad in ten aay* at leist two-thirds of all wmptoms are removed.
BOOK of testimonials af miraculotK < tires sent M|| a
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DAMPNESS FATAL TO CHICKS.
One thing that is absolutely neces
sary in the broiler business is n warm
house entirely free from any damp
ness in which to rear the youngsters
and in which the heat cau be con
trolled. The brooder should bo kept
at a higher temperature than the rest
of the building.—New York World.
HOW CELERY SHOULD BE KEPT.
Celery may be kept in the best con
dition in a cellar, packed in barrels,
with tho roots ns tlioy wero taken
from tho ground. Somo of the top
leaves should bo trimmed off, and tho
plants should be packed closely in the
barrel, so as to exclude tho light. If
some soii is taken up with tho roots,
the celery will go ou blanching with
out shrinking aud keeu succulent all
tho winter. Or the plants may be
kept in tho grounil, whero they were
grown, if they aro banked up with
earth high euough to exclude the
frost, and may be taken out as may be
needed for use. In this way tho qual
ity is improved.—American Farmer.
SOIL NITROGEN FROM LEGUMES.
Clovers, peas, beans and other
legumes aro remarkable in the fact
that thoy grow well without nitro
genous fertilizers. It has recently
been shown that in tho many nodules
on tho roots of these legumes there
nro numbers of minute fungi which
live with the lost plant in a state of
symbiosis, anil, absorbing nitrogen
from tho air iu the soil, furnish it to
the green plant. Tho experiments at
the famous Rotliamsted Farm of Sir
John B. Lawes have coufirmed those
of Hellriegel, of Germany, in showing
that by one watering of a sterilized
sandy soil growing legumes, with a
large amount of watery extract of soil
containing tho nitrogen-fixing fungi,
there is induced a marked develop
ment of the leguminous nodules on
tho roots, with a gain in plant nitro
gen and an increase growth of tho
crop. The leguminous plant itself
does not appear to nssimilato freo
nitrogen, tho gain probably being
due to the fixation of nitrogen by the
microbes in tho root nodnles, which
thus furnish nitrogen compounds to
the higher plaut. Tho known largo
amounts of nitrogen compounds con
tained in legumes, and the nitrogenous
fertilizer they add to the soil is
probably duo to tho fixation of the
free atmospheric nitrogens by the
organisms in tho root nodules. These
results have an important bearing on
the treatment of tho sandy soils of
tho Atlantic coast and elsewhere.—
New York Independent.
GARDEN MUSINGS.
Tasteful arrangement of the vege
table garden adds much to its useful
ness and pleasure, writes G. A. Wool
son. Every intclligant man knows
that tho benefits of a well-ordered
kitchen garden aro spiritual as well as
physical. "God Almighty first planted
a garden," comments Bacon and truth
fully adds, "gardening is the greatest
refreshment to the spirit of man."
As order is heaven's first law, a
more fitting jjlace for. its exemplifica
tion cau hardly be found than the
small area of real estate devoted to
the good things of tho earth. A rough
map of the ground with plans for each
separate crop definitely marked there
on is a great convenience if tho plant
ing of a garden is to be delegated to
hired help. Keeping such maps from
year to year is quite likely to insuro
rotation of crops beneficial alike to
soil and produce.
Well-kept paths are a necessity, not
a luxury as many suppose; they should
bo so arranged that visitors can "take
in the sights" without personal con
tact with "brag crops"—for what
garden or gardener, worthy of the
name, is not sot up over somo luxuri
ant growth which he justly attributes
to his own superior management, and
spreads himself accordingly ! All tho
pride a man takes in his garden is
permissible, for the lesson of his in
feriority is duly impressed upon him
by protracted tussels with persistent
weeds. Through tho center of my
garden runs a four-foot path, some
times dignified as the "Boulevard,"
but oftener dubbed "Bean Avenue,"
us it is llunked on both sides by beans
poled and otherwise. This walk is
kept hard and clean, and is trodden
by many feet which might otherwise
bo stepping on vines and other low
growing crops. Points of compass
are also important but oftentimes
ignored.
Vegetables will doubtless grow in
"kiterin' " rows but the annoyance to
sober mathematical eyes leads most
peoplo to consider straight rows worth
the trouble, even imperative where a
cultivator is to be used. Vegetable
gardens are usually ample enough to
take in surplus seedlings from hot bed
or flower garden ; a few pansies tuoked
into a vacant squash hill from which
malodorous bugs have departed, are
often sufficient compensation for tho
pies wo are not likely to get.
Tropical touches are of much inter
est in the midst of commonplace
plants. lam often surprised by regal
calactiumswhich appear in unexpected
quarters from apparently worthless
bulbs thrown out in the spring and
plowed under. Likewiec a oastorbean
Hppreciatcs good soil and is u fitting
terminus for plebeian avenues de
scribed. Anything out of the ordinary
attracts attention not only to itself,
but to its surroundings, and is a whole
some incentive towards order and
neatness, which the young especially
nppreoiate. Many a boy will find
lioeing the garden less laborious if he
feels a twinge of family pride in the
green things growing.—American
Agriculturist.
NUT PLANTING.
To the amateur planter, says a writer
in Garden and Forest, no class of the
larger seeds of trees and shrubs causes
more disappointments and elicits as
many quest/ ons as do the various kinds
of l'ruits known as nuts. The cause
is generally a lack of knowledge, oi
proper treatment or carelessness. It
does not seem to lie genernlly under
stood, although tho fact has been
stated over and over again in horti
cultural journals, that many of theso
seeds retain their germinative power
for a comparatively short time after
maturity, unless they find the proper
conditions for their preservation. Tho
acorns of tlie white oak, Qnercusalba,
for instance, often crnck and sprout
and show the so-called root before the
frnit falls from tho tree. If these
acorns are gathered and allowed to
dry for a few weeks beforo planting,
it is unlikely that any of them will
grow. The same result follows in na
ture, if they fall on ground whioh is
hard and dry and continues so for
some time afterward, but if the
ground is moist, the radiole or incipi
ent root will soon enter it and be se
cured from drying, unless the soil it
self should bo deprived of moisture.
What is true of tho white oak is true
of other species, although often in a
much less marked degree. Some of
the black oak group, for instance,
bear acorns whioh are slower in ger
minating and appear to preserve their
vitality better under adverse condi
tions. It is destructive to the vegota
tive power of all acorns to collect
them in the autumn and keop them
uncovered in an ordinary dry room to
be planted in spring. But any of them
may be preserved for months if sim
ply packed or mixed with moist, but
not wot, sand, soil or moss, and kept
in a cool temperature, such as would
prevail under a light covering of
leaves or soil in tho open air. Simi
lar treatment must be given to hazel
nuts, chestnuts and to beech nuts. In
all cases care should be taken to mix
in plenty of soil, or to place the nuts
in layers so that they do not touoh
each other, and any tendency to heat
and consequent moulding should be
guarded against. Butternuts, walnuts
and hickory nuts will not grow read
ily, or at all, if allowed to become
thoroughly dried or cured, although
the kernels may preserve a fresh ap
pearance for years after germinative
power is lost. They will, however,
keep their vitality much better and
longer than acorns under the same
conditions.
As a rulo, direct planting in tho
open ground as soon as the seed is col
lected into be preferred, wherever
practicable, for most kinds of nuts
and accrns.
Among objections to this system are
(1) tho liability of the larger nuts to
destruction by squirrels, of the thin
ner shelled oues by mico and some
other rodents, or by birds; and (2)
the action of frost in heaving the nuts
out of tho ground. Whero the depre
dators can be guarded against, tho
heaving action of frost may be obvia
tod by a covering of leaves or boards
laid over tho seed. Some growers aim
to plant after hard freezing weather
has sot in, because thero is then less
liability to disturbance by animals.
In this system of planting an extra
quantity of seed is required to allow
for failures or mishaps, just as is the
rule with many field crops.
Walnuts, hickorios and oaks gener
ally form long tap roots, and some
persons consider it an advantage to
have the seed planted where the trees
are to remain permanently, as it is
generally found expodient to cut the
tap root when transplanting. When
the seed is planted where the tree is to
remain, experiments have shown that
these undisturbed trees make a much
faster growth, in their early years at
least, than thoso whose main roots
have been cut.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Teach the horses to walk fast until
it becomes a habit.
To rest properly after a hard day's
work horses should have roomy box
stalls.
Thore is no place for tho scrub.
Only utility horsos are worth pro
ducing.
Mild days in winter are a good
time for pruning and making cuttings
of grapes.
Considering tho small amount of
time devoted to tho poultry, the
profits are very great.
Every moment spent in properly
making and packing butter for mar
ket is a good investment.
If the harness is vory old and dry,
soak it in lukewarm water for half an
hour, then rub in neatsfoot oil with
the hand.
Corn-fed hogs should be given char
coal to correct tho acidity of the
stomach which results from such in
digestible feed.
In England the buyers ol poultry
always look for the five toes whioh is
the peculiarity of the Dorking and
Hotulan breeds.
When a kicking man and a kioking
cow get to wrangling, we oare little
which whips, though our sympathies
are with the cow.
Different horses requiro different
treatment to render them traotable
and obedient. What will cure one
horse will spoil another.
It is pretty difficult to accurately
judgo the quality of our own butter.
Wc are prejudiced witnesses. Let
somebody else pass judgment on it.
If a horse is bad tempered he is apt
to keep his ears thrown back. If he
is a kicker his legs will be scarred.
If his skin is rough his digestion is
not good.
The feeding and milking of tho but
ter cow operates just as tho training
and racing of the horse. It tends to
fix the performing habit, and heredity
tends powerfully to transmit all fixed
habits.
For treo wounds various things are
used. Perhaps the best thing is tar,
long used by Professor Sargeant witb
excellent results. At Kew Gardens
coal tar and enrbolio acid is used with
entire success.
The Chinese kill 10,000,000 dogs an
nually for foyd purposes.
The Coldest^WlnDrr.
Thcmost notabVo about 'the
spell oficold weather thnough which
wo have (passed is itsi widespread in
tensity. All Eimope Tias\been ui the
grasp of'the ice king? ,and his antios
are nioreitalked about than those of
any other'.monarch. In Car (Asia Jap
anese sailors wero frozen to death
while training their (gunsjjon the Chi
nese forts and fleet at Wei-fclai-'Vtytei,
and even in Northern Afr#ca|sno\\ foll
for the first time in so laug,. a ] period
that grown\men gazedlat it fwith'won
der.
What doos it all v mcnn? Scientists
have been at work for years to figure
out a law of olinnstiic nml*weathcr
changes, and their concfl'tsiou is that
it takes between thirty and thirty-five
years to get from the of heat
to the exitremo'of cola. <Tust»whjr.'this
is so they can not tell, bnt tHiolr' delv
ing into the old records. convinces
thom that tihero is some natural.law at
work and thait soonor or lstertit will
be discovered.
Five years ngo a Slwiss protfessor,
Brueckncr by nnme, puSilishedfo book
called "Climatic Oscillations, Since
1700," and, strangely oilongh, his cal
culations mado it.appear that ono of'
the culminating periods of extreme
cold would como around ajbout this,
time—porhaps'in this irerjr year—iio
be followed by gradually 'increasing
warmer weather, which is scheduled
to reach its higtUest point about 'tho
end of the first quarter of thelnext
century.
While we our sufferings,
we may, therefore,.'turn for consola
tion to 1925 or 30, and revel' in the
anticipation of tho mildest, winter
that wo can securoin this latitude.—
Kew York News.
To Clean Clothes.
According to .tho. American Analyst
tho proper way«of uestsringiold clothes
is as follows: Takp, for Instance, a
shiny old coat, vest;or pair of trousers
of broadcloth,, cassilnero or diagonal.
The scourer makes a strong, warm
soapsuds, and plunges tho garment
into it, souses it>up and down, rubs
the dirty places,,and}if necessary, puts
it through a.secambtime>; then rinses
it through stjveral (waters* and hangs it
up to dry on the line. When nearly
dry he takes it' in, Tolls it up for an
honr or two, and tuon presses it. An
old cotton cloth is laid on tho outside
of tho coat and tho iron passed over
that until tho wrinkles are out; but
the iron is removed {before tho steam
ceases to rise from the goods, else
thoy would be shiny. Wrinkles, that
ure obstinate are removed,by laying a
wet cloth over them and passing the
iron over that. If any shiny places
uro seen, they are treated »as the
wrinkles are—tho iron is lifted whilo
the full cloud of etoam rtoos aud
brings tho nap with it. Clotlvs should
always have a suds made specially for
them, as in that which has'ljeen used
for white cotton or wooden (cloths lint
will be left in the wnier and will cling
to the cloth. In this 1 manper we have
known the samo cant and trousers to
be renewed time and timo again, aud
have all the look aud feelijof new gar
ments. Good brcaifcloth and its fel
low cloths will bear many washings,
and look better every v timet because of
them.
A Dog Who Was Not totlte Dared.
A dog story has comae toitlie writer's
ears, which, though not within his
personal knowledge, is vouciheid for to
him in an entirely trustworthy way.
A certain dog, which was gro«wiug old,
was in a born one day with his master.
The two wore up on a haynjow from
which a sloping ladder led down to
tho barn floor. Tho master walked
down tho ladder, but thofdog went
around by another way. When the
dog reached the barn floorfiiis master
began to say to him scnmew&at taunt
ingly, "Poor old fellowfl Daren't
walk down tho ladder ( »ny more!
Daren't walk down thol ladder I"
Whereupon tho dog, with a quiok
glance at his master, walkedfclear up
the ladder to the top,\aud tljemturned
around and walked down it again.
The proceeding looked very much like
a deliberate demonstration on the
dog's part, to his master, that\he was
still capable of walking up amr down
a slanting ladder. Did the dog under
stand thotaunt, or did he merely catch
the words "down the ladder,"* and
take the utterance for a command,
which ho dutifu'ly proceeded to obey?
No one will ever know, probably, since
the dog himself can give uo account
of the mattor.--Boston Transcript.
Ingenious Thieves.
Thieves of Upper India arei gener
ally very smart when it comes'to the
squeeze of capture,and the carewihich;
native burglars take in the way" of
precaution against surprise is
phenomena', writes a correspondent
of a contemporary. They are usually
most painstaking,and a friend of miino
one morning awoke to find that/he
had been "looted," and at given inter
vals the places of exit had beenplaid
out with broken bits of bottle sojtthat
if the man had been disturbed! ,and
pursued the glass would have in all
probability brought the pursuers up
smartly.
They, themselves, knowing.'its posi
tion, would havo avoided it'and got
away comfortably. House burglars
all carry a wallet of fine sand, and a
handful of this thrown aver tho
shoulder into the face of a would-be
capturer is warranted to postpone the
pursuit. In tho case above mentioned
the highwayman was a little extrava
gant to part with his blanket. They
generally bring the enemy up with
the ample folds of tho turban, whioh
rarely fails if the lassoing is done
adroitly.—Bombay Gazette.
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Wlut Can Be Done With • Cent.
A few years ago the Episcopal ohuroh
of a email Maryland town was in want
of an alms basin. The congregation
was for the most part poor, and few
in numbers. The minister in oharge
appointed a young girl a committee of
one to collect subscriptions. The
amount needed was $5, for an alms
basin costing that much had been
heard of for sale by a more prosperons
parish, that had outgrown, the one
with whioli it started in life.
The young woman's first call was at
the store of a well-to-do merchant.
Asking somothing from him for her
fund, she received the following ro
ply, spoken in a very gruff voice: "I
can give you nothing;" but as she
turned to leave, he added: "There,
you may have that if it will do yon
any good," and suiting the action to
the word, threw down on the counter
a cent. Mortified and abashed, her
first impulse wis to leave it where he
thrown it, but better judgment pre
vailing she picked it up, thanked him
and left.
Without going further she returned
homo and told her mother that she
would not ask for anything more and
run the chance of such treatment a
second time. 'Take the cent, my
doar," the mother said, "and show
what you con do with it." She fol
lowed this advice and bought a small
china doll, anil, dressing it in some
scraps which she had, sold it to a
friend for hor little daughter. Hav
ing increased her capital 400 per oent.,
she invested it in a spool of croohet
ing cotton, with which she worked
soveral small articles, and the sale of
these brought her in 81.20. This was,
in turn, used to purchaso cotton ma
terial, out of which were made several
dresses for small children, that netted,
when sold, the desired $5, when the
alms basin was duly bought.
This story wns told to a lady of
Socialiatic views, who was constantly
complaining that she was not rich,
and saying she could lay so littlo by
it was not worth whilo to save; the
answer was: "Yes, she got her $5, but
what a lot of work she had to do."
Sate Field's Washington.
Compliment to the Dog.
A very delicate compliment was
lately bestowed by a dog lover upon
the intelligence of his Skye terrier.
The owner of the dog was sitting in
his office apparently alone, when an
acquaintance entered.
"Glad to find you alone," said the
visitor, "because I have a confidential
communication to make to you, which
no ono else must hoar."
"Hold on a minute!" cried the
other, checking him. And thon he
called out:
"Here, Spot!"
A small terrier crawled out from
under the table, wagging his tail.
"Go out Spot!" said his master.
The dog went out.
"Now then," said the owner, "you
may goon with your confidential
communication. Now we are alone."
—Detroit Free Press.
A hundred head of sturdy ranch
horses were recently sold in Denver,
Col., for SOO and the freight.
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Tho quality of endurance of or inili(Terence
to whot in other men produces shock or ro
pulsion is saiil '.o belong to men without
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be. Tho liner the physical development the
keener perhaps is the sensibility to pain.
Let neuralgia put on its harness for a raid
and get after such men, the nerves will be
found all quivering at once. And so this
malady works, a creeping utfly foe to health
bent on torture and misery, until it meets its
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There is more Catarrh in this section of the
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and until the last few years was supposed to ba
Incurable, for a (frent many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, mid prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
■ Science liasproveu catarrh to be a constitu
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Widest Canal in the World.
The Chenab Irrigation Canal in the
Northwest Provinces, India, is said
to be the widest canal in tho world.
It is 110 feet broad and will be in
creased to 200 foet broad when fin
ished. The head works are at Kanki,
where a shutter dam about one and an
eighth miles long extends across tbe
river. When finished tho main chan
nel of the canal will be 450 miles
long, whilo the principal branch
channels will havo an aggregate
length of 2000 miles, and the village
branches will be about 4000 miles
long. Already 250,000 acres are sup
plied with irrigating water, and the
completed work is expected to bring
in a revenue of about sixty-five lakhs
of rupees per annum.—Now York Ad
vertiser.
Spring
Medicine
Is so important that yon should be rare
to got THE BE3T. Hood's Sarsapa
rillft has proven its unequalled merit by
its thousands of remarkable cures, and
the fact that it has a larger sale thau
any other sarsaparilla or blood puri
fier shows the great confidence the
people have in it. In fact it is the
Spring Medicine. It enres all blood
diseases, builds np the nerves and
gives such strength to the whole system
that, as one lady puts it,"lt seemed to
make me anew."
If you decide to take Hood's Sarsa
parilla for your Spring Medioine do
not buy any substitute. Be sure to get
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
Hoinc, Sweet Home.
"Home, Sweet Home," Payne's
Bong, was originally a number in the
opera "Clari, the Maid of Milan," a
production brought out in 1823. The
opera was a failure, and nothing is
now known of it save the one song,
which became instantly popular.
Over 100,000 copies were sold in the
first year of its publication, and the
sale in one form or another has been
constant ever since the first appear
anoe of this beautiful theme. The
melody is a Sicilian folk-song, and
was adapted to the words by Payne
himself.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
IS[
ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy if its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to sal and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figa is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
10UI8VILU. K*. new YORK, N V
Kwi rfV«j q M POSITIVKI.Y
WornnlKht au«l day. Has
aD Adjustable Pad which
M can maf,e larger or
¥r M smaller to suit changing
condition of RUPTURE.
FATESTF.D. Illtift. Tat. sent wcurely
sealed by G. V. House Mfg. Co. 744 Broadway, N.Y.City
112 DAVIS HAND OR POWER
CREAM SEPARATOR
One-third more butter and of higher
quality than by other known systems
-BAVEB MONEY AND LABOR
Hires from Ito 1,000 Cows. Pamphlet
Mailed Free. Agents Wanted
DAVIS A RANKIN BLDG. AND MFO.
CO.. Bole Manufacturers, Chicago. 11l
There's jQ Work on Hand
Hard /•%<? when you try to wash
112 If without Pearline. * Youi
(T\ hands show the hard
) \ / y / work; your clothes
J! I show the wear.
\ / J s ■* Pearline is harm
i | J . . \ less to the hands or
\y Jy S*4' a t>ric It saves the
Rub, Rub, Rub that
>\\l wears > saves l ' lc wor k
1 \\ I \ \\\ that tires. It is cheap, safe
\ 1 \ \v .'\JjjT and convenient. Get the best,
I I I \ |wr when you get something to wash
k. /' / wr with. Soap has been but
' j/ Pearline is.
/jrfM Spare Pearline
- Spoil the Wash
ll It I Ift AlinP Wethink P,,o'eCURE ll
|1 I |l|l'U II 11 II L for CONSUMPTION is the
MM | 11 | || |K ■■ only medicine foroongha." I
nou o uunLsss. ™£-£sj
Cures Where All Else Fails. BEST COUCH SYRUP.
TABTEW GOOD. |)HK IN TIMK. WOI.P BY DHt'OOWTI*. "iS CTH. |||
" Don't Put Off Till To-morrow the Du
ties of To-day." Buy a Cake of
SAPOLIO
"I was all broken down in health,
so weak anrl nervous I was hardly
able to be up. I had severe pains in
my side", and headache. I would ofteu
have to stop when going up-stairs on
aooount of palpitation of the heart.
I had no appetite and a distressed feel
ing in mv stomach. I resolvo Ito try
Hood's Sarsaparilla. I took two bot
tles and have not had a spell of sick
headache for four months, feel W J! 1 ,
work all day and eat heartily. My
friends remark how well I am looking.
I think all nervous, run down people
ought to take it, especially nursing
mothers." Mas. S. ASH WORTH, Eaton, O.
Laatyear we commenced an elabonte plan or advertising,
tot Iwfore we were half through. OI'K AUVRKTIBPJKNIB
PIMAPFIARKI). Why? Became WF. * HIE OYKKtt IIK1..TIKI»
WITH There was but one thing to do: withdraw
the advertising and devote every energy to Ailing the orders
with which we were flooded. This we did, and handled witU
reasonable promptness a most unprecedented year's business.
WITII F.!iI,AR«FI» KAT TORIFS, IM IIKAHKH KA< ILITIK.H,
TWENTY HIUNCII IIOI'MKS FHOtt Willi II TO IMS
TKIRITE OI'R GOOD*. WE VAN KOW < AKE FOR ILL WIIO
(DIR. Last year we could not reduce prices because we were
compelled in some way to limit the demand for Aermotor goods*
We would have Iteen satisfied with lower prices, lint why create
• demand which wo conld not supply? We have made the
heaviest purchases of s'e«l and material bought in America this
year, and at unprecedented prices, and have made terms to
dealers which enable them to make unprecedented prices.
In quality, character, variety, finish, and accessibility to
full stock of goods and renalra, we are without competitors.
In our plan of advertising Inst year, we proposed to furnish a
feed cutter under certain conditions for sls. For reasons ststed
above we did not eomi-lete the advertising, and the feed cut
ter was not put cut. We now propose to nuke amends in
Ui A following manner. We will announce in this paper our
RRW ALL-STEEL TEHT 81 FEHIOR FEED CI TTEH, WORTH
S4O "i 510
cash with order, 112. o. b. Chicago. Only one to one person, he to
furnish addressee of ten neighbors who oncht to have some
thing in our line. Cut. description and fnlt information re*
Carding it will appear soon.
W7 etpecia tlu to caution you against paving
esreestire prices for >c%nd mill outfits. The trmuta
tion on the part of the dealer to overcharge it
treat, $lO added to the legitimate
price i$ J JO clear M JBrMVSffl profit tn ,ht
dealer. To be erne thai you get the
propter price and arti- JOBMRgr * clt, write us of
your needs and you WjMT %HU be piotected. We
are, and always have been •®~bflicver* in low prices.
Because of the output of oar factories we
are enabled to have I 'tools for each piece, and
thus reduce the hand labor I M on it to merely picking up
the material and laving it I I down again. So small has
become the cost of labor put J lon the material which we
sell that it is not worth! ■ mentioning. • We have he
oome the largest dealers in I H material in the country;
the material, of^ course, be* K. J| ing made up in the form of
(tilting* and fixed), tanks, /% pumps, etc.,To'such an
extent has this become true, ■ ¥ ■ and to such an extent has
the price of our goods (and ■> »n th .t account the vol
sible), that FAI R I.AKIiK WIKUMII.I. tIiSVV. it KM AHKBt Yi.MJ
TIIKIH TOWEK.S OF IS THIS YEAH TIIE* IM) IT HE
CAUSE WE RAKF TIIE OXI.f ABSOLI'TELV RELIABLE AND
BAFR TOWERi BEt'Al SE THEY CAN BI'Y OK I S CIIEAPEK
THAN THEY TAN Bl'lLlii BE( A! SE WE AMMR ARK PRE
PARED TO UALVAM'/K K* FRY Til INO AFTER IT IS COR
FLEXED, AND CORI'LKTR EVERYTHING EX AC N.Y 111 OIIT.
These conoerns ore wise, for, even though they may not
furnish the tost of wheel*, the wheel will have the tost of sup
ports. Send to us your name and address, and those of your
neighbors who may need some-thing in our line, and thereby do
them a good turn. The Aermotor Co. is one of the most success
ful business enterprises which lios been launched in recent
times. In succeeding sdvertiseinents will be discussed and made
clenr the lines on which that success has been worked out. It
was done by a farmer's toy, A careful following of these ad
vert isementa mav suggest to some other fnimer's boy a caieer.
*«rmOtOr Co., 1 - lh i ICasiwell A KillMiureSta ,Cklea B e.
N Y N U-1 1
W.L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE HT roit AK?NO>
CORDOVAN;
JBF TK rHIKCHiENAMLIEO CALF.
©£ ,'A?4.*3SP FINE CAUAKANGAM#
KIH ♦3 *S POLICE,3 SOLES.
60 52. WORKINSMEN',
Tgfc J -EXTRA FINE- * 9 *
BQVS'SCHOOLSHO£i
WNTjli Afiitijyl SENDTORCATALOSUE
—BROCKTOH^MASS.
Over On* Million People wear the
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Slioes
Alt our shoes are equally satisfactory
They give the beet value lor the money.
They equal custom shoe* In (tyleand fit.
Their wearing qualltlee are unsurpaued.
The price* are uniform, •••■tamped on sole.
Prom $I to $3 laved over other makea.
If your dealer cannot supply you we can.
Baphafl. Angelo, Kaben», TOM«
Tbe "MTTEKE" are the Beet and Most Economl
eal Collars and CUFFI worn ; they are U;«de of ft n«
eloth, both sides alike, and heiog reversi
Blß. one collar Is euual to two of any other aind.
Thei/ fit tcfl\ wear well ami look v»ll. A BOXO;
JEN Collars or Fire Pairs of Cutis for Twenty-! iv«
A Simple Collar and Pair of Cnffs by mail for Bil
Ceuta. Name style and size. Address
aEVKBSIBLE COLLAR COMPAKT,
77 FRIBULBST^NEWVORK^^^L7KLLBYBT^BOSTM.
HI LILNNM-MHN W.JUOIIHIS,
IjEilldlUll Washington,!>.<',
WoSuocessfu Ily Prosecutes Claims.
I Bureau.
■ iynlalMt war. 13syndicating claims, atty aloe*