Blood
Is Life
Pure Blood
Is Health
Without blood circulating through your
jTeins you could not live. Without pure
I blood you cannot be well. The healthy
! action of every organ depends upon the
| purity and richness ot the blood by which
lit is nourished and sustained. If you have
|salt rheum, scrofula sores, pimples, bolls
or any kind.of humor, your blood is not
pure. If you take Hood's Sarsaparilla it
■wli' make your blood pure and promptly,
relieve all these troubles. In the spring
tho b!o id is loaded with impurities.
Hence, all those unsightly eruptions, that
languor and depression, and the danger
of serious illness. Hood's Sarsaparilla is
needed to purify, enrich and vitalize tho
blood and protect and fortify the system.
HOOd'S S parH*la
Is America's Greatest Mediciue. Sold by all
Urußßistß. $1; si* for 83. Gel only Hood's.
Unnri'o Pille arc the only pills to take
nOUQ S rlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Strangers Ju<lffe(l by Dress.
Giraril, the famous French painter,
when very young, was the bearer of a
letter of introduction to Lanjuinais,
then of the connoil of Napoleon. The
young painter was shabbily attired
and his reception was extremely cold,
but Lanjuinais discovered in him such
striking proofs of talent, good sense
and amiability, that, on Girard's ris
ing to take leave, he rose, too, and ac
companied his visitor to the ante
chamber. The change was so strik
ing that Girard could not avoid an ex
pression of surprise. "My young
friend," said Lanjuinais, anticipating
the inquiry, "we receive an unknown
person according to his dress—we
(take leave of him according to his
Inerit." —Anecdotes.
Tho Mind as a Disease-Producer.
We know that a congested liver pro
duces gloom, perhaps leading to sui
cide; another kind of gloom is per
haps due to a congested spleen; a dis
orderly heart produces apprehension
of coming danger; certain intestinal
conditions produce fear; mdrbid con
ditions of other organs mar the sense
of strength and manhood or womanli
ness. We know also a few converse
truths: That gloom or despair may in
duce jaundice; that good news will
make the heart beat vigorously; that
cheerfulness will calm and regulate
its beat; that fear and anxiety may
paralyze digestion."—Dr. Herbert A.
Coryn, in the National Review.
Russian Bills of Fare.
No restaurant in St. Petersburg is
now allowed to have its bill of fare ex
clusively in a foreign language. By a
recent edict a Russian version must
always be added.—Philadelphia In
quirer.
L,cft-Handed Lions.
Nearly all lions are "left-handed."
A famous explorer says that when one
desires to strike a forcible blow the
animal almost always uses the left
paw.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.
Mrs. W. E. PAXTON, Yoiingtown,
North Dakota, writes about her strug
gle to regain health after the birth of
her little girl:
" DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—It 5s with
pleasure that I add my testimony to
your list, hoping that it may induce
others to avail themselves of your val
uable medicine.
"After the birth of my little girl,
three years ago, my health was very
poor. I had leucorrhcea badly, and a
terribie bearing-down, pain which
gradually grew worse, until I could do
no work. Also had headache nearly
all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men
struations were very profuse, appear
ing every two weeks.
" I took medicine from a good doctor,
but it seemed to do no good. I was
becoming alarmed over my condition,
when I read your advertisement in a
paper. I sent at once for a bottle of
Lydia E. I'inkliam's Vegetable Com
ponnd, and after taking two-thirds of
the bottle I felt so much better that I
send for two more. After using three
bottles I felt as strong and well as any
one.
" I think it is the best medicine for
female weakness ever advertised, and
recommend it to every lady I meet suf
fering from this trouble."
Maternity is a wonderful experience
and many women approach it wholly
unprepared. Childbirth under right
conditions need not terrify women.
The advice of Mrs. Pinkham is freely
offered to all expectant mothers, and
her advice is beyond question the most
valuable to be obtained. If Mrs. Pax
ton had written to Mrs. Pinkham be
fore confinement she would have been
saved much suffering. Mrs. Pinkhaxn's
address is Lynn, Mass.
/JM Goto your grocer to-day
[ls and get a 15c. package of
I Grain-0
It takes the place of cof
fee at J the cost.
**l? Made from pure grains it
is nourishing and health-
Ptra Insist that your erocer fires you GR AIN-O.
Accept no Imitation.
FARM
Mixing Aahea With Manure.
There are only two conditions under
which ashes muy properly be mixed
with stable or other nitrogen
ous manures. One is when the ashes
have already been saturated with ni
trogen and their caustic jwoperties
have thus been neutralized. The
other is when stable manure is to be
plowed under the soil. Caustic ashes
will then greatly hasten its fermenta
tion, and will thus increase its availa
bility and effectiveness.—Boston Cul
tivator.
To Tell Kresli Kggs.
There is no known method for tell
iug with absolute certainty if an egg
is fresh, but the following tests are all
of them good, and will enable the
farmer to know whether he ought to
market his eggs or keep them at
home. A fresh egg will nearly al
ways sink in water. When held to a
strong light a fresh egg is clear and
no jarring of the contents will be felt
when the egg is shaken in the hand.
A hard boiled egg from which the
shell readily peels is not strictly fresh
for the contents of a fresh egg adhere
closely to the shell.
Advice About Manure.
Don't buy stable manure unless you
can get it at very low prices. It is of
uncertain quality, especially that
made in town or city stables, which is
usually the only kind on the market.
Professor Voorhees says that 20 tons
of city stable manure at sl-50 would
cost S3O, while 811 would buy an
equivalent amount of actual plant
food in chemical fertilizers. Freight
and cartage are much less, and the
question is whether one can afford to
pay the extra price simply to get the
vegetable matter or humus in the
manure. Even it, can be more cheaply
obtained by plowing under a green
crop. Make all the manure and com
post possible on the farm, but when
it comes to buying it we have the im
pression that farmers pay about twice
what the stuff is worth. "In New
Jersey commercial fertilizers are rela
tively cheap and city manures com
paratively dear."—American Agricul
turist.
Reserve Store of Honey.
Frames of comb honey should al
ways be provided during the honey
season for the purpose of having a re
serve store for the bees in winter and
spring, if at any time they stand in
need of it. It is an easy matter to
thus save out frames of sealed honey,
and they can be put to the most profit
able use in thus furnishing the bees
in time of need. It is equally as im
portant during early spring, at the
time the bees are breeding rapidly, to
keep them well stocked up with frames
of sealed honey, and all colonies that
have a good reserve of stores will al
ways come out in the best condition,
and will have a good force of bees
ready for the honey harvest when it
comes. During the breeding season,
in spring time, bees consume a large
amount of stores, and, if at any time
they get short, they will suddenly
stop breeding and will not resume
business again until a good honey
How sets in. The careful apiarist al
ways watches this and promptly sup
plies the deficiency.—The Epitomist.
Artichokes for HOSTS.
For the past four or five years one
of my neighbors has planted an acre
or two of artichokes annually for his
hogs and I have watched his success
closely to learn, if possible, whether
or not it was a practical veuture, and
as a consequence I have come to the
conclusion that they can not only be
haudled with the utmost safety but
are an excellent aud cheap food for
hogs, says C. P. Reynolds of Michi
gan. The tops are also valuable for
cattle and sheep. Tho stover is cut
and shocked very much as one cuts
the corn crop. Stock eat the stalks
quite as readily as, if not more so
than, they do the corn stover. Where
the ground is rich an immense amount
of coarse fodder cau be grown on a
single acre.
Some writers in speakiug of the
artichoke give the impression that
they are difficult, in fact impossible,
to exterminate. Such an idea is en
tirely erroneous. If they are sown in
a lot where hogs can be turned in on
them there will be absolutely no diffi
culty along this line,unless,of course,
there are more tubers than the herd
can use, in which case all that is nec
essary is to turn in more hogs. If
you put a lot into artichokes under
the impression that once sown you
will reap forever, the chances are you
will find yourself very much mistaken.
—-American Agriculturist.
Flavor In Butter and Cheese.
The question of flavor in butter is
one that is continually uppermost in
the minds of all manufacturers and
dealers. Upon this one quality de
pends practically the value of the
product in the market and to the con
sumer. There are varying theories
and practices suggested by which the
flavor can be mproved; can be made
more uniforim and can be better
adapted to the w nts of the great ina*
jority of consumers.
We notice in the Country Gentle
man an article on that subject which
we in part produce, and call the at
tention of onr butterniakers to the
statements made therein. These
statements and the theories advanced
are in accordance with our own belief
that has been proven often by prac
tice. We ha*e made statements here
tofore on sundry and divers occasions,
that butter properly made is better
ten days or two weeks old than at any
other period in its history, and it
ought not togo beyond its best estate
for four weeks. This statement has
been contradicted and disputed fre
quently, but the trend of sentiment is
coming in that direction. Hear what
the correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: "Mucli is said of the
flavor of butter and cheese, but gen
erally on one side, and that on the
wrong side. The individuality of the
cow aud feeding are the two main
points as the cause of fine or bad
flavor of this product. Little is said
or thought about the curing of this
product, although it is in curing that
the best flavor is developed in tlieni.
The best butter thirty years ago
was made in the summer time and
pickled for winter sale. The manner
of business is now changed, doubtless
for the reason that the methods of the
dairies have changed. But what then.
The purchaser puts it away in cold
storage and keeps it until winter when
fine butter is scarce, then brings it
out for sale. There is too much fine
butter made in the summer, and on
this account the price is too low for
satisfactory profit. But wo should
understand that butter can be cured
as well as cheese, and gain by age,
during which an individual ripening
goes on very slowly, producing the
fine flavor desired by most consumers.
The vapid fresh butter that goes to
the market in warm weather ripens
quickly, and by the time it gets to the
consumer it is ready for the table.
But this curing may be slowly effected
by cold storage in the dairy, and much
of the ripening goes on slowly until it
is perfect, when the winter market is
ripe too."
The quality of goods taken out of
cold storage the past fall and winter
is good evidence of the fact that but
ter is benefited by a curing process,
and that it is a better product after
being held for a considerable time for
general use than when strictly fresh.
—Elgin Dairy Report.
Farm HIKI (iartlpn Nnlei.
If your flock of hens is too largo to
give each hen a sample of table scraps
each day, make a hash of the same in
gredients as compose table scraps and
feed the flock. It will help wonder
fully to help make the liens pay.
Sometimes the most thrifty tree in
the orchard fails to fruit, apparently
too intent upon the production of
wood and foliage to have time for the
production of fruit. If this excessive
wood production is checked the tree
will usually fruit.
Jonathan and Grimes' golden are
perhaps the most similar in behavior
of any two apples wo could name; the
former a brilliant red, the latter quite
as haudsonie in its coat of bright, rich
yellow; each is possessed of a rich,
spicy flavor and delicious when prop
erly matured and ripeued.
"Feeding back" extracted honey to
replenish uutinished section has been
tried with * ng success. Home
bee-keepers succeeded in so do
ing with a fair degree of remunera
tion. It is well to observe this rule,
that whenever a remunerative price
can be obtained for extracted honey it
will not pay to feed it back to the
bees to finish sections.
At a recent institute a northern or
chardist denounced the practice of
raising hay or oats in the orchard as
especially bad,for it removes from the
ground material necessary to the pro
duction of fruit. He recommended
planting plums, pearlies and small
fruits between the rows as these
would pass away before the apple
trees came into bearing.
The San Jose scale, so called, which
is fast becoming a terror to the fruit
growers of the East, was introduced
into California from Chili. But it did
not originate there. Entomologists
are divided as to whether it is of Jap
anese or South American origin. The
parasite which has been found so de
structive to the scale is following it
up closely, and in California lias in
creased to such an extent that the
scale is held well in check. It is in
creasing in numbers in the East also.
I have made a special study of the
farmer's method of raising ponltrj
the past few years, and have also had
considerable experience myself in car
ing for tliem and watching their habits
and susceptibility to various diseases,
and have formed the opinion that up
wards of 75 per cent, of all sickness
which fowls are subject to originates
with vermin. I have also recentlj
read an article in a popular ponltrj
journal on this subject which places
the percentage still higher, to quote
their own words, "Ninety per cent, ol
all diseases found in fowls are directly
or indirectly traceable to vermin."—
L. A. Spalding.
Length of World'* Telegraph.
The total length of the world's tele
graph system has now reached 4,908,-
921 miles.
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THE REALM OF FASHION.
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W»ut In Kicli Mixed Colors.
Much as bayadere stripes are worn,
May Manton declares that plaid silks
share the honors for the various sep
arate waists, whether they take the
LADIES' WAIST.
blouse form or are made in regulation
shirt style. The model shown is in
rich mixed colors, with lines of black,
the vest, revers, collar and cuffs be
ing of plaiu colored taffeta, which
matches the prevailing tone.
The foundation is a fitted lining
LADIES' WATTEAU GOWN OR WBATPER.
which closes at the centre front, but
th« blouse itself includes shoulder and
umder-arm seams only. The narrow
vest is attached to the right side be
neath the front of the blouse and
hooks well into place beneath the
left edge and rever. Tlie sleeves are
one-seamed and in regulation shirt
style and are finished at the wrists
with turn-over cuffs fastened with sil
ver links. At the neck is a collar of
the plain silk finished with turn-over
points and worn with a tie of the
same. At the waist is a belt of black
leather, with bucklo and ornaments of
steel, and with the blouse is worn a
hat of rough straw trimmed with rib
bon, lace and aigrettes.
To make this waist for ft lady of
medium size four aud a half yards of
material twenty-two inches wide will
be required, with five-eighths of a
yard for vest and revers.
A Pretty Homo Gown.
Fine wool ohalliein violet and cream
is shown, in the large engraving,
daintly trimmed with narrow lace and
insertion.
The comfort of a pretty home gown
is unquestioned in these days of ease
and elegance, aud the utility of this
model will appeal to many women for
the simplicity of its outline and grace
ful effect.
The full fronts are gathered at the
top in four rows of shirring, which,
when the standing collar is omitted, is
finished with a frill of lace.
A double box plait forms the watteau
in back, which joins onto a square
yoke under the sailor collar.
Side, back and under arm gores give
a smooth adjustment over the hips,and
the sash of ribbon passing under the
watteau is tied in graceful loops and
ends in centre front.
The attractive sailor collar forms
square lapels in front, disclosing the
shirring between its front edges in
yoke effect. A laced edged frill headed
by insertion decorates its outer edge.
The two-seamed sleeves that flt the
arm comfortably with fashionable ful
ness at the top are surmounted by two
gathered frills, whose lace edges flare
stylishly.
The wrists are completed with inser
tion and a fall of lace.
To cut this gown for a lady of med
ium size five and one-half yards of ma
terial forty-four inches wide, or eight
and one-quarter thirty inches wide
will be required.
Jacket of Hmiar Bine:
Hussar blue cloth shown in the ac
companying engraving, writes May
Manton, is stylishly united with black
velvet and brocaded silk, braid passe
menterie showing up well as decora
tion on the edge of velvet collar and
light toned vest.
The vest fronts of brocaded silk
are cut low at the neck and close in
visibly in center front, the edges being
included in the shoulder and under
arm seams of the jacket.
The fronts that fit closely with
single bust darts flare apart, to dis
close the handsome vest, and the in
side facing is of silk to match.
The flaring Medici collar is shaped
in four sections, each one being inter
lined with tailors' canvas, and the
velvet facing with fancy braid edge
adds a charming finish to this stylish
collar.
The conventional jacket-back fits
smoothly, coat laps being finished be
low the center back seam.
It is a matter of choice whether the
belt shall be worn over the back, and
slipped through openings in the under
arm seams, or worn under the jacket
altogether, the former method being
quite fashionable.
The sleeves, shaped with under and
upper portions, are of the size de-
I;I r
manded by fashion, and flaring cuffs
of Velvet finish the wrists. Square
pocket laps cover the openings to
front anil breast pockets, either of
which can be omitted, if not desired.
» ... • Inflammatory RhenmatUm.
jFrom Sl.Lawrence Plaindealer, Canton,lT. Y.
1 To Buffer for years with a prevailing pain
ful ailment, which baffled skillful medical
treatment, yet which was cured by a sim
ple household remedy, is the lot which be
fell Mrs. George L. Rogers, of West Main
(Street, Canton, N. Y.
"Thirteen years ago," said Mrs. Rogers
to a reporter, "I was attacked with inflam
matory rheumatism and a complication of
diseases. You can judge somewhat of what
Jendured, when you look at these bands,
trhey were distorted, twisted and swollen.
th K*. too ' ,s 80 m ucli out of shape that
tne big too lays across the others, the end
touching tho little toe.
" Notwlth
;i sanding I am
1 llj[!|l s lxt y-f Ive
E P*p»years old,
/ | have a pleas
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h - I other com-
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4J 1 other things
fUusidliiiP* * P al ° into in
significance
' ■ when you are
. ... (j Oes to Church. without good
health. I tried different doctors and many
proprietary remedies, but was not bene
fited.
"Last March I tried Dr. Williams" Pink
fills for Pale People and before X had ttn
ished the first box I began to feel that tbey
were doing me good. I continued using
them and steadily grew better.
"I have used thirteen boxes of the pills
and to-day feel better than for the past fif
teen years. My appetite is good, I feel
bright, cheerful and have a desire to live
und enjoy society.
"I have been a member of the Methodist
church for many years, but for six years
was unable to attond. lam able now to
nttend tho church services regularly and
certainly appreciate that privilege. I con
sider Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple a wonderful medicine and am confident
no other medicine could have effected the
wonderful cure they have In my case." Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are
composed of vegotable remedies that exert
a powerful influence in purifying and en
riching the blood thus curing many dis
eases.
It is claimod that there aro over twelve
hundred independent telephone exchanges
in the United States.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
».«HS Caacar° ts Candy Cathartic. 10c 0r250.
Ki C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money.
No person in Norway may spend more
Itan nino pence at one visit to a public
oouse.
Why Suffer Like Job
When St. Anthony's Ointment will heal all
lores, new or old, or money refunded, 50 cents
per box, all druggists or St. Anthony M'f'g
L'o., Chicago, ni.
In all the capitals of Europe, save Lon
don. some theatres are kept up by the Gov
ernment support.
To Cure A Cold In One l»ay.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if It fails to cure. 25c.
Wooden shoes in France are produced to
the extent of about 4,000,000 pairs yearly.
Kdocate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 23c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
There are more than 'JOOO German waiters
(n the hotels and restaurants of London,
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for childrch
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, chres wind colic. £>c.abottle.
Third-class railway fnrcs in India are less
Chan half a cent a mile.
Chew Star Tobacco—The Best.
Smoke Sledge Clsarett.es.
About forty tons of letters pass daily
through tho gonorul postoffleo in London.
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c. 11. All uruggists.
Holland Is the only country in Europe
that admits coffee free of duty.
Fits permanently cured. No iits or nervou?-
aess after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Merve Restorer. S~'trial bottle and treatise free
l)n. R. 11. KLINE, Ltd.,931 Arch St..Phila.,Pa.
Art Works as War Spoils.
Works of art, it has loiig been sup
posed, have ceaseil to be considered
legitimate spoils of war. Many will
be surprised and pained to know that
the custom has been revived by the
conquering Turks in Greece. So long
ago as last summer an order was sent
by the director of museums at Con
stantinople to the commander-in-chief
of tho Turkish army in Thessaly to
transport to the capital all antiquities
which he came across during the oc
cupation. This has been done, and,
what is more, the European powers ill
settling the treaty of peace appear to
have ignored, if they did not actually
assent to, the spoliation.
All that could be done was done by
the French school at Athens, whioh
obtained permission, at the advice of
the French Consul at Volo, to photo
graph every piece and every inscrip
tion before the deportation.—Literary
Digest.
•JHpitnese Children.
"A joyous heart is always pure,"
say the Japauose, and they encourage
and take part in the amusements of
their little ones with a zest that shows
their belief. The Japanese are nat
urally a gentle and childlike race,
fond of gaiety, while brave and chiv
alrous in action and earnest in study.
The boys and girls while at play
romp, laugh and shout, and have a
"royal good time," but travelers say
they do not see among them quarrels
nor augry words and gestures. Score
this to the credit of our dark-eyed
little cousins in the land of the "sun's
source."
They have the advantage of being
loosely and warmly dressed, and of
being out a great deal in thejopen air.
In their homes there is but little fur
niture to tumble over, and there aro
few useless ornaments which they are
told "not to touch.".—St. Nioholas.
A Shouting Fish.
The shooting fish is a native of the
East Indies. It has a hollow cylin
drical beak. When it spies a fly sit
ting on the plants that grow in shal
low water, with remarkable deterity it
ejects out of a tabular mouth a single
drop of water, which seldom misses its
aim, and striking the fly into the
water, the fish makes it its prey.
The largest printing office in thi
world is in Washington, D, C.; it
for printing government documon*