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TO KEEP SIDE-BACON,
Smoke ami dry the meat in the usual
way; pack down in boxes or ban els
with pieces of seasoned wood between
each piece, so the meat will not touch.
We use cedar, but snppose any kind
of wood wonlil do. Shut the box so
as to exolude the light. It is sup
posed that the light causes it to be
come rancid. Pack it down the last
of February or the first of March, for
a great deal depends on having it
packed early. Do not smoke it too
muoh ; just so it is dry will do. Pack
it some bright day when it is dry. We
have packed our meat in this way for
years with success.—Home and Farm.
ORIT FOR FOWLS.
Grit is as essential to the health of
fowls as teeth are to the human being.
It fulfils the same otilce by grinding
up the food and aiding digestion. If
the gizzard of a perfectly healthy
fowl be examined it will be found to
contain a liberal supply of grit or
gravel, thereby presenting a striking
contrast to the gritless gizzard of a
sick bird. A failure to grind up the
food properly is responsible for indi
gestion, bowel trouble*and congested
liver. The food gets sour, clogs up
the passage and, if not relieved, death
ensues. Keep your birds liberally
supplied with grit at all times.- New
York World.
BRAN FROM CORN MEAL.
In the preparation of fine corn meal
for the market, tho tough skins of the
kernels are sifted out in the form of
corn bran, which comprises one-eighth
of the weight of the shelled corn
ground in the mill. The ohemical
analysis of corn bran, by G. L. Teller,
of the Arkansas Station, shows that it
contains eleven per cent, of nitrogen
ous mutter, while the whole corn con
tains over nine per cent, and the
bolted com flour nine per cent. The
amount of fat is nearly doubled in the
bran, being 8} per cent, on account
of the oil in the seed coats. The corn
bran contains a higher percentage of
crude protein aud ash, four times as
much fiber, but less water and much
less starchy matter. This analysis in
dicates that corn bran has a food value
nearly equal to that of wheat bran,
though tho stiffness of the seed coats
render the maize bran less palatable
for use as a single food. Being less
nitrogenous than wheat bran, but con
taining more fat, corn bran forms a
very useful addition to ground wheat
or rye, or to middlings, cottcnseed
meal and ground peas. As a part of
a mixed dairy ration, corn bran is
better than cornmeal. American
Agriculturist.
FISH ON THE FARM.
Every farmer who can should prac
tice the culture of fish, if it is only
that of the carp. The inland parts of
this va6t country are necessarily de
prived of the ocean fish, and must de
pend on a supply from fresh water.
And there is water enough in the lakes,
great and small, und the rivers and
brooks, to produce an ample supply
for every family. If it can be done,
the best kinds, as trout or bass, should
be grown. But otherwise there is
nothing the matter with carp or perch.
Carp is a fast-growing fish, and quickly
reaches a weight of three or four
pounds. It is a far better fish than
the well-known sucker, aud this is
gladly made a substitute for better
ones wherever they abound.
Any small stream, the flow from
some swamp, if gathered into a pond
by digging it out, or the ordinary
drainage from some higher land into
a puddled basin, will make a good carp
pond. This fish will live in water that
warms up to eighty degrees in the
summer, and will feed on the roots
and stems of any kind of aquatic
plants that grow in such water. So
that a low dam to retain the water, a
muddy bottom, in which tho fish bury
themselves to pass the winter in a dor
mant condition, and plenty of aquatic
vegetation—as the water grasses,
water cress on the shallow borders;
water lilies, and the yellow caltha, the
marsh marigold, the leaves of which
make a pleasant table vegetable in the
spring—wili together afford abundant
feeding for the fish, which are wholly
vegetarian in their food. The fish will
eat small pellets of bread or dough,
and will como to the hand for such
food, aud may thus be easily taken
out with a hand net, for as they will
rarely take a hook unless with- such
bait as this, they are not always to be
got when wanted.—New York Times.
WIDE TIRES FOR WHEELED VEHICLES.
The narrow tires in common use on
farm wagons are very injurious to the
Burface of the country roads, either
outting it into deep ruts, or grinding
it into dust as the weather varies. The
width of the tire should increase with
the weight of the load ; for whatever
injuries the road surfaoe increases the
draft by this very act. Long, practi
cal experience has caused city vehicles
to have wide tires, for use on stone,
macadam and asphalt paving. That
wide tires are also the most economi
cal for use on the roads around the
farm and across the fields is shown by
the experiments at the Ohio State
University in which the draft of the
narrow tires averaged nearly double
that of the wide tires. The traction
pull was measured by strong coiled
spring with an indicator scale, similar
to a spriag balance. Tlris dynamome
ter was placed between the doubletree
and the tongue bolt of an ordinary
farm wagon loaded to nearly five thou
sand pounds.
The draft with three-inch tires on n
dry, hard earth road was 254 pounds,
on a meadow 468 pounds, while on
freshly plowed land it was 771 pounds.
With a two-inch tire these figures were
nearly doubled on the softer ground.
For every one thousand pounds of his
live weight, a horse can draw 150
pounds, so thnt on soft ground the
above load was too heavy fort-he avor
agn span of horses, though the great
saving effected by wide tires was ap
parent. 'ike uauai width oi the tires
on the farm wagon is well adapted to
driving with little or no load, over a
good road; bnt with a heavy load the
road anrfaee ia badly ent up, especi
ally in wet weather. For heavy haul*
ing on the road or farm, ac extra set
of wide tired wheels can now be bought
at a low priee, or removable wide tires
can be used.—New York Independent.
CARINO FOB FARM HORSES.
The first thing in the morning the
horses are given hay ; then the horses
are curried, every one that iB in the
stable, and all are stabled six months
in the year. The colts are brushed
over a little and manes and tails
straightened out. The work horses
are thoroughly cleaned.
This much is done before breakfast
every day in the year. Plenty of bed
ding is used to keep horses comforta
ble and clean. The last thing before
going to breakfast the horses are given
their grain. This shortens the time
between morning and noon feeds.
Oive a horse a chance to eat hay a
while and he will eat the grain more
slowly.
If the horses are to work, after
breakfast they are harnessed and
watered, after which the work is pro
ceeded with.
As I never bring horses from the
field too warm to water, at noon they
are watered, fed hay and grain before
going to dinner. I want nothing to
hurry me after dinner as I usnally sit
and read a while. The horses are
watered again before going to work in
the aiternoon.
At night they are watered, and in
warm weather, if mnch sweaty, are un
harnessed and washed all over betore
going to the stable, and during warm
weather they are washed about twice
a week whether they are sweaty or
not. And if not washed they are cur
ried as soon as brought in as they are
usually drier then than they will be in
half an hour. (Shoulders are washed
twice a day when washing.) Are fed
hay. Qrain is given after supper.
During warm weather thoy are watered
and turned out just before dark in a
small pasture near the barn where
they are handy to get in the morning.
They usually come for calling. Horses
like this kind of treatment and if well
feci they have no objections to work.
One mare I got not long since was
a cranky, ill dispositioned thing and a
bother to catch. Now she will come
when called, seems in a good humor
all the time and is always ready to do
what is wanted.
I always keep my horses fat, it takes
no more grain and if it did they
should have it. There may be some
dayß the heat bothers the fat horse,
but then I want to stop sometimes my
self in a hot day. I had rather hold
back a fat horse a few hot days thun
to tail up a poor one the rest of the
year ' Every one admires a fat horse,
while no one wants a poor one, and a
fat horse will live much longer than a
poor one.
A horse's main comforts are plenty
to eat and drink and a comfortable
place to stay during inolement weath
er, so don't neglect these.—Farm,
Field and Fireside.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The business of horse dentistry is
one attracting more and more atten
tion.
To make a sow a good milker breed
her early and do not give her muoh
fattening food.
If yon are going to buy or sell any
bees this year, the time to do it is be
fore the warm weather wakes them
up.
It is a fact worth considering that
fowls that have a liberal allowance of
green bone seldom have the dumps
and get siek.
Take the best care of the sows that
are due to farrow. See that they do
not lay on too much fat and thus de
stroy their pigs.
When you mix up the morning mash
of bran, ground oats, etc., putin a gill
of ground flaxseed. It will, help tone
aud smooth them up.
A cow may not know the difference
between a good milk-forming diet
and a poor one, but her lacteal system
makes a sharp distinction in the mat
ter every time.
Do up now all the jobs of mending
pasture, fences, gates, stiles and lot
inclosures that will be needed when
the grass grows. Yon will gain many
days of time thus.
Eggs are still in great demand. The
"closed" season for eggs is rather
: longer than nsual this trip. Nothing
1 but continued moderate weather will
! set the hens laying now.
In the season wheu lambs are com
ing thick and fast, it is a good plan to
keep hot stones on hand to warm
them in oase they are chilled and their
mothers do not own them.
Do you raise calves from your best
cows only. If your best cows make
$lO a year more than your poorest
cows, this is fire per cent, interest on
8200.
The National Nurseryman suggests
that originators turn their attention
toward the improvement of the black
berry and raspberry in the line of re
ducing the size of the seeds.
Don't try to winter your fowls by
feeding in troughs or throwing their
grain feed on the bare floor where they
can readily pick it up. Have a heavy
litter of straw for them to scratch in
and let them hunt for wheat and corn.
The moat successful poultry breed
ers separate pullets and cockerels as
soon as they are half grown- They
develop better and in all respects do
better. A few quarrelsome cockerels
disturb the peace of a whole yard of
fowls.
If you have occasion to introduce
new stook into your flock, it would be
well to place the strangers in quaran
tine for a few' days, using insect pow
der freely, and a little keroseno in
spots most likely to be lousey. You
may thus be saved muoh trouble later
on,
Tbn Mongol Triad.
In (be ©volution of Japan, China
and Korea, war has been the moat im
portant factor. The three atartod
with about tho aame bravery, the aamo
military skill and the aame love of
conqaeat. Their annala diacloae ex
hibition ol wonderfnl oonrage, of
noble heroiam in dofeat and mag
nanimity in triumph. Each baa had
its upa and downa, yet at the preaent
time they are ao different aa to justify
cause for snrpriae, writes Margherita
Arlina Hamm uuder tho oaption "Tho
Mongol Triad," in the Overland
Monthly.
"Tho Chinese are as bravo as can
be, but their bravery is cold and fan
tastio. They have no love of nation
ality, no love of war and no lovo of
life.
"Very different are the Japanese.
They love lite and gnyety, war and
fatherland. They have superstitions,
bnt while believing in them, laugh at
them as if capital jokes. They aro aa
brave as tiger cats. When tho Ameri
can and English gunboats bombarded
the Shirainosaki forts thirty odd years
ago, the garrisons never flinched nor
faltered. They served the old smooth
bores against their enemy until they
were shot down.
"The third type, that of tho citizen
of tho 'Land of the Morning Calm,' is
inferior to the other two. It is diffi
cult to describo and more difficult to
understand. Physically tho Korean
is strong and healthy ; nevertheless,
he shirks his work if employed and
does a boy's task if his own master.
He has, times numberless, displayed
great valor, yet nine times out of ten
his conduct is savage, cruel and
cowardly. On the coast ho wrecks
ships, loots the cargo and massacres
the crew. Inland he robs the traveler
and any one else he can lay hands on."
The Power Inside a Piano.
Tho general notion of what happens
in the interior of the piano when the
linger presses a key may be conveyed
in the simplest terms. Would you
believe that tho power developed when
the strings of your piano are tuned to
the proper pitch equals energy suffi
cient to)raise twelve tons one foot from
the ground? If it has ever been your
misfortune to be present when the
string frame of a piano was fractured,
the above statement will require no
confirmation. A thunderbolt scarce
ly makes a greater uproar, an earth
quake causes little more destruction.
The writer happened to be playing on
one occasion, with what, in his con
seit, he imagined to lie great effect.
He felt he was being admired by the
men and worshiped by tho women,
when, as he brought his fingers down
for a magnificent finale, he instantly
found himself upon the floor with the
piano stool on his storaaoh, while the
piano itself presented a wreck of keys,
lids, mechanism, and serpent-like
wires. Struggling to his feet, dazed,
his stuttering questions as to what in
the name of all the gods and demons
had happoned, were answered by a fin
ger pointing to the ruins of what had
once been a very fine parlor-square.—
Demorest's Magazine.
In India a native can get good board
for six cents a day.
WAS WOULD INSANE!
FINANCIAL WORRY AND PHYSICAL
EXERTION NOT THE GREATEST
DESTROYER OF HUMAN LIFE.
For Humanity'* Sake, After Thirty-nil
Year* of Nerve-Creeping Slavery, He
Tell* How He Wa* Set Free.
Caldwell, N. J., March 20. 1895.—(Spocial.)
—Since one of our promlueut citizens suf
fered so terribly from tobacoo tremens, lias
made known Ills frightful experience in bo
half of humanity, the ladies here are making
tobacco-using husbands' lives miserable with
their entreaties to at once quit tobaoco.
The written statement of S. J. Gould Is
attracting wide-spread attention. When
Interviewed to-night he said : "I commenced
using tobacco at thirteen; I am now forty
nine; so, for thirty-six years I chewed,
smoked, snuffed and rubbed snuff. In the
morning I chewed before I put my pants on,
and for a long time I used two ounces of
chewing and eight ounces of smoking a day.
Sometimes I had a chew In both checks and
a pipe in my mouth at once. Ten years ago
I quit drinking whiskey. I tried to stop to
baeoo time and again, but could not. My
nerves oraved nicotine and I fed them till
my skin turned a tobacco-brown, cold, sticky
perspiration oozed from ray skin, and
tnokled down my back at the least exer
tion or excitement. My nervo vigor and
my life was being slowly sapped. I made up
my mind that I had to quit tobacco or die.
On October 1 I stopped, and for three days
I suffered tho tortures of the damned. On
the third day I got so bad that my partner
accused rae of being drunk. 1 said, 'No. I
have quit tobacco.' 'For God's sake, man,'
he said, offering me his tobacco box, 'take a
chew; you will go wild;' and I was wild.
Tobacco was forced into me and I was taken
home dazed. I saw double aud my memory
was beyond control, but I still knew how to
chew and smoke, which I did all day, until
toward night, when my system got tobacco
soaked again. Tho next morning I looked
and felt as though I had been through a long
spell of sickness. I gave up in despair, as I
thought that I could not cure myself. Now,
for suffering humanity, I'll tell what saved
my life. Providence evidently answered my
good wife's prayers and brought to her at
tention in our paper an article which read:
'Don't Tobauco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away!'
"What a sermon and warning in these
words! Just what I was doing. It told
about a guaranteed cure for the tobacco
habit, called No-To-Bac. I sent to Druggist
Hasler for a box. Without a grain of faith
I spit out my tobacco cud, and put into my
mouth a little tablet upon which was
stamped No-To-Bac. I know it sounds like
a lie when I tell you that I took eight tablets
the first day, seven the next, five the third
day, and ail the nerve-creeping feeling, rest
lessness and mental depression was gone. It
was too good to be true. It seemed like a
dream. That was a month ago. I used one
box. It cost me one dollar, and it is worth
a thousand. I gained ten pounds in weight
and lost all desire for tobacco the first day.
I sleop and eat well, aud I have been bene
fited in more ways than I can tell. No, the
cure was no exception in my case. I know
of ten people right hero in Caldwell who
have bought no No-To-Bac from Hasler, and
they have been cured. Now that I realize
what No-To-Bac has done for me and others,
I know why it is that the makers of this
wonderful remedy, the Sterling Itemedy
Company, of New York and Chicago,
say: 'We don't claim to cure
every case. That's Fraud's talk, a lie, but
we do guarantee three boxes to cure the to
bacco habit, aud In caso of failure we are
perfectly willing to refund money.' I would
not give a public indorsement if I were not
cortain of its reliability. 1 know it is backed
by men worth a million. No-To-Bac has
been a God-send to me, and I firmly believe
It will cure uny case of tobacco using if faith
fully tried, aud there are thousands of to
bacco sluves who ought to know how easy it
is to get free. There's happiness in No-To-
Bae fortbe prematurely old meu, who think
as I did that they are old and worn out, when
tobacco is the thing that destroys their vital
ity and manhood.''
The publio should be warned, however,
against the purchase of any of the many imi
tations on the market, as the success of No-
To-Bao has brought forth a hoe of counter
feiters and Imitators. The genuine No-To-
Bac Is sold under a guarantee to oure, by all
druggists, and every tablet has the word No-
To-Bao plainly stamped thereon, and vou
run no physical or financial risk iu purchas
ing the ireuuhie article.
La»t ol the Trlbcx of Powhatan.
The triboa of Powhatan, aa fonnd bj
John Hmith, worn firmer* and flaher*,
dwelling in fixed habitation*. They
relies mainly for their support upon
agriculture, their most important crop
being corn. From the marshes they
obtained wild rice and "tuckaho," the
tubers of the latter being used for
making bread. They took fish in nets
woven of vegetable ilbro or iu weirs
made of twisted stalks of weeds. Their
fish-hooks wero of bone, bat they
knew how to shoot fish with arrows.
Their 'os, hollowed out of logs,
were sometimes fifty feet long and
capable of carrying forty men.
Their houses were from thirty-five
to fifty feet long, covered with bark
or mats. The fire, produced by twirl
ing a pointed stick in a holo in u block
of wood, was in the centre of the cnb
in, around the sides of which was a
low platform, covered with mats or
skins, on which the inmates sat or lay.
Outside the door was a huge mortar,
dug out of a log, for grinding corn.
The summer diess of adults was a
breech-cloth or short apron. To this
was added in winter a mantel of deer
skin or of turkey-feathers. The wo
men and children did all the work,
while the men ate, slept, or danced,
when not engaged in the chase or iu
war. As soon as their corn was gathered
in the fall, they went up into tho hill
sonntry to hunt. This brought them
Into collision with other tribes and
gave rise to constant wars.
A small remnant of the once-power
ful confedracy of Powhatau exists to
day about twenty miles from Rich
mond, Va. The peoplo composing
this last remaining fragment of a great
nation call themselves Paiuunkey.
They dwell on a reservation of 800
acrss known as "Indiantown." They
get their living in true aboriginal
ityle by bunting and fishing. Farm
ing they do on a small scale, though
they do not like it, and often hire
oolored peoplo to attend to their
truck-patches. They are very proud.
11l of them are Baptists, tho whole
number of individuals being about 110.
They are not taxed, but pay an an
nual tribute by presenting to the
Oovernor of Virginia a number of wild
lucks or other game.—New York Post.
Caterpillars and Snails Stop Trains.
A train in Russian Turkestan was
recently stopped by oater pillars.
Near Kiew an army of these creatines
ivas crossing the track, making a bee
.ine for the nearost gardens, whero it
was their intention to have a good
Jime stripping tho young vegetables of
their leaves. Whon the train struck
the mass the wheels crushed them into
paste; but before it had made much
progress they began to slip iu tho
greasy Btuff and the train came to a
standstill. Another locomotive had
to be sent for to get the cars away
from the slaughtered innocents. Mean
while, it ss said that the uninjured
saterpillars stood up by the side of
the track and made faces at tho engi
neer. It will be remembered that
sorao Western traius in this country
had a similar experience with grass
hoppers during tho last plague of these
insects.
In Algeria they have to keep a sharp
lookout for snails, for the same rea
son. Only a short timo ago, on the
lino from Sonk to Arba-Bizerte, a
train was detained forty minutes by
these creatures, which had come out
in myriads during a rainy period, just
preceding, and literally covered the
track. This accident probably could
happen nowhere but in Northern
Airica, where snails are so abundant
that they often constitute as serious a
plague as do the locusts. They climb
the trees and shrubs by thousands,
crawl out on the smallest twigs and
hang therefrom like bunches of grapes.
It is not known whether they are of
the edible variety; if so, tho Algerians
should not want for delicate food dur
ing tho opeu season.—New York
World.
London is twelvo miles broad and
seventeen miles long. Every year sees
ibout twenty miles of uow streets
idded to it.
An Incomplete House.
We run wild over the furnishings of a
louse; its furniture, carpets, hangings, pic
;ures and music, and always forget or ne
{lect the most important requisite. Some
hing there should be always on the shelf to
provide against sudden casualities or at
iacks of pain. Such come like a thief in the
light; a sprain, strain, sudden backache,
loothaohe or neuralgic attack. There is
lothing easier to get than a bottle of St.
faoobs Oil, and nothing surer to cure quickly
iny form of pain. Tho house is incomplete
without it. Complete It with a good supply.
An attempt is being made to revive tho
Sax-growing industry in England.
OKfE> ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Bjrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to tho tapte, and acts
gently jet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Sjrup of Figs ia the
only remedy of 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 ana agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to till and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs 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. L>o not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA Fie SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAI.
LOUISVILLE, Kt. NEW YORK, H-t-
& TN all receipts for cooking «
S -L requiring a leavening agent §
| the ROYAL BAKING §
8 POWDER, because it is an §
B" absolutely pure cream of tartar $
4 powder and of 33 per cent. •£
5? greater leavening strength than S
jj? other powders, will give the 5
jK best results. It will make the g
£ food lighter, sweeter, of finer §
flavor and more wholesome. &.
5 ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. jS
Science ot Eating.
Germany has allowed the establish
ment of an experimental class among
the soldiers for the purpose of a com
parative study by specialists of differ
ent diets, times of eating, amount of
food taken, eto. It is hoped, in time,
to learn something definite about what
man ought to eat, and how and when
he ought to eat it. It does uot do to
say that nature has given us appetites
for this purpose, for appetite is easily
perverted, and probably not one per
son in a thousand has a "natural" ap
petite.—New York Telegram.
There are 14,983 pastors audl,3G2,-
760 members in all the colored Meth
odist churches.
Hereafter there is to be no wood
work whatever on German men-of
war.
Call It a Craze.
AN ALARMING STATEMENT
CONCERNING WOMEN.
HOW BAD HABITS ARB FORMED.
The New York Tribune says:"The habit of
taking 4 headache powders' is increasing; to an
alarming extent among a great number of wo
men throughout the country. These powders as
their name indicates, are claimed by the manu
facturers to be a positive and speedy cure for any
form of headache. In many cases their chief
ingredient is morphine, opium, cocaine or some
other equally injurious having a tendency
to deaden pain. The habit of taking them (s
easily formed, but almost impossible to shake
off. Women usually begin takiug them to re
lieve a raging headache and soon resort to the
powder to alleviate any little pain or ache they
may be subjected to, and finally like the mor
phine or opium fiend, get into the habit of taking
them regularly, imagining that they are in paiu
if they happen to miss their regular dose."
In nine cases out of ten, the trouble is
in the stomach and liver. Take a simple
laxative and liver tonic and remove the
offending matter which deranges the
stomach and causes the headache. Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are composed
entirely of the purest, concentrated,
vegetable extracts. One Pellet is a
dose; sugar-coated, easily swallowed;
once used, always in favor . They posi
tively cure sick headache and remove
the disposition to it.
Mr. K. VARGASON, of Otter Lake. Lapeer Co.,
§Mich. % writes: 44 1 not
infrequently have an at
tack of the headache.
It usually coines on in
the forenoon. At my
dinner I eat my regular
meal, aud take one or
two of Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets imme
diately after, and in the
course of au hour iny
headache is cured and
no bad effects. I feel
better every way for
having taken them—
not worse, as is usual
after taking other kinds
of pills. * Pleasant Pel
lets* are worth more
than their weight iu
fold, if for nothing else
Vargason. Esq. than to cure headache."
Baphafl, Angelo, Hnbena, Toaao
The "ZJHINI" are the Beat and Most Economi
cal Collars and Cuffs worn: they are made of fine
cloth, both sides finished alike, and bein* reversi
ble one collar is equal to two of anv other kind.
They Jit veil, wear well and loot uml. A box of
Ten Collars or Fire Pairs of Cuffs for Twenty-Five
Sample Collar snd Pair of Cuffs by mail far Biz
Centa. Name style and sise. Address
REVERSIBLE COLLAR COMPAHT,
77 Franldtm Bt. , New York, 17 Kllby St., Boat—.
11l All tBT NfcWs* I. KTTfcttoi valu*
WALL Ola PR EE to readers of this paper*
t'hnrlra A. Baldwin <V Co.. 40 Wall St., N. Y.
e Don't be the Axel
Just keep in mind that the grocer or
the peddler has " an axe to grind "
A when he tells you that he has some-
Y thing "as good as" or "the
/ \\ \\ /\ same as" Pearline. There
\ v \\\ can ut one reason —more
wl\\ profit to him by your use of
w\ uV y the substitutes.
(M J ® ut ow * s w * t ' l y° u
§» 112 fp \ What reason can you have
W ) for wanting to take the
J /// ' risk ? Certainly not econ
omy—Pearline leads to
the greatest economy in every direction — saves the most
money, time, clothes and health. If your grocer sends you
an imitation, be honest—send it back, AM JAMES PYI.E. NY.
"Where Dirt Gathers, Waste Rules."
Great Saving Results From the Use of
SAPOLIO
nioflvc nnnr<—
Ul mII | 11 |k Hi onljr medicine foroongha' I
112 1.111 1111 II | -JENNIE riNCKARD,
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\&CONSUMPTION
Cures Where All Else Falls. BEST COUCH SYRUP.
A Hot Water Dynamite Hun.
Thomas J. Lovegrove, of New Egypt,
N. J., has invented a mammoth dyna
mite gan. It is capable of throwing a
projectile weighing 2000 pounds a dis
tance of nearly nine miles. The ac
tive principle is the explosive force of
hot water. It is generated in a small
boiler connected with the gnu. The
water is heated to a pressnro of 450
pounds to the square inch, and is then
released through a tube into the breech
of the weapon and the projectile is
discharged.—New York Press.
A new process for the removal of
objects from wood fibre, such as pav
ing blocks, building materials, etc.,
has just been patented. Mortar,
vitriol, sublimate, etc., enter into the
composition of the material, which
can be sawod, nailed, drilled and oth
erwise treated just like wood.
la our arty, two weeks ago ne toirt of our very superior all*
steel hand and power feed eutter to be offered at
$lO worth S4O
L#»t week we told of the process of galvanising and its india*
pensable preservative Next week we wfll give you
the experience of two lepieaentative business firms of Ulinoia,
one of whom haa sold 41") and the other SUO Arrmotors. The
week following we will quote a price on the best pumps mad«
(hand, wind null and irrigating lower than was ever beforo
dreamed of: and the week following that we shall talk to you
of steel g.ilvani jd Unks, with covert*, at the unheard of price
of 2k cents per gaHon. This is cheaper than wood. They do
not shrink, leak, rot, rust or give taste to water
The Aerinotor Company treats the public generously.
While state legislatives are rassin* laws to secure repairs for
farm machinery at reasonable price*, IT IS A FACT TIIaT
Til ft AKKfIUTOK COMI'ASY IIKH FOR TUB TEAR INS&
KKEX COMPELLED TO HAISR ITS PRICES OS RI-PAIKS
lIECACBE HOBE OK ITSCCSTOMI IIS lI4YK HI FN OKIH.RIMI
INDIVIDUAL FARTS TO MAKE I P COMPLETE lIACIIIXEtf,
3IXCF. II THAT WAY THEY fOI I.D (IKT A MACHINE
CIIKtPER THAN IIY ORDEKI.X* IT ASSEMBLED, i'eoylt
not rotnpeUefl fo they nri com
assembled in good shape, f'»r the protection of its
own reputation, the Acr « [a motor Company has raised
:he price of certain repairs T just enough to prevent thic
in future. Not only has the I I Aerinotor Company atway*
. iventhebestrornlsatthelow- 112 I est price and refused to sell
M oorirticleitanvi r.ee.but I I it has now ESTAIILIBHED
rWENTYHRtNCH HOI SCS 112 1 I.N YAIIIOCS PARTS OK
I IIK COI'KTRY IN ORDER I B TO IIAYE NOT ONLY ITS
tIUOIIA EASILY ACCKSBI. £. Jl IILE, BIT TO IIAYE ITS
REPAIRS WITHIN EASY T| HEACII. It expects soon
0 greatly increase this l|\ /'■ number of houses. This it
t matter of the greatest C i ■ importance to those who
nepureha«ing machinery. B / 0 Accidents will ha} pen, and
» wise man will look to ft flfj \\* when be is buying an arti
'l« that repair* can quick- Sl/k \u ly be had at reasonable
ust. Our very low pricei and high standards cn everything
connected with water supply and power production by wind,
'ogether with the accessibility of a full line of our good* ari
epair*. will be appreciated. Awrmotor Co.« Chlaage.
N Y N U—l3
sfWm, DAVIS CREAM
SEP M #T( ! RS
JU-J Wp \ Successful. Meritorious
|l XwU nan Ir.mphlet Mailed Free
ly- ■ Bp IMjS I IV AGENTS WANTED.
V* DAVIS 6L RANKIN
\ / BLDO. 6l MFC. CO.
VpH Sole Manufacturers,
240-284 W. Lake St RrFTURE
RrFTURE
Woru night and day. Has
ErSj&'W an Adjustable Pad w hicb
% J can be ma 5e '®>"gcr or
smaller to 6U hhn
PATENTED. ill us. Cat. sent securely
sealed by c;.V. Houae Mfg. Co. 744 Broadway,N.Y.Clty
A Jl 3 Cts. a Paoket
Jfc 4% MA W Vaughan'o World'*
U Kfl II KulrCHiinus. Nasturtlumi,
■ m ■ 31 Fannies and Stveet I'eas.
Wm wM 1| If Onepkt.each of those fam-
w ouß specialties, 4 for 10 cts*
Vauglian's Bargain Gatalooue
Tells the Whole Story for <>arden. Lawn aud Farm*
Fhre to ihtbkdino Bt'YKRf. Write east or weatj
prompt service from the two great centers.
YMVVAUBHAII'S SEED STORE.
■ Bii/ »P[To Intrmluce our goods ami to
1 f\| IK riIEC secure local and Hfnor.il iwimi ts
il™ we will send one ouuee of Heil Ink autl
iwn ounces of 111-ick Ink FKK*', ore a'<l, upon re-
I celptor «c. pontage. li IMi M rH. CO., Chicago.