Stomach
Troubles
In Spring
Are THAT BILIOUS FEELING, bad taste
in the mouth, dull headache, sleep
lessness, poor appetite.
No matter how careful you are
about eating, everything you take into
your stomach turns sour, causes dis
tress, pains and unpleasant gases.
Don't you understand what these
symptoms —signals of distress—mean?
They are the cries of the stomach
for help! It is being overworked.
It needs the peculiar tonic qualities
and digestive strength to be found in
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Joe Jefferson's Crltlclmii.
Tbe impression is current in theatri
cal circles that Mr. Jefferson never
guys. He is a stickler for profes
sional etiquette, it is true, and tries
to mould his company into one har
monious picture, into a perfect ma
chine. But there was one night upon
which he yielded to the temptation to
guy. It was during a performance of
"The Rivals," in which his matchless
portrayal of Bob Acres proceeded
smoothly until the scene is reached in
which Falkland, Captain Absolute
and Bob have a wordy alter
cation. At this point the actor play
ing Falkland ranted violently, raised
his voice to an unnecessary pitch, and
finally, in a burst of anger, slammed
a door as he made his exit. It is part
of the "business" for Captain Abso
lute to say at this juncture, "Poor
Falkland!" He did so, and Mr. Jef
ferson promptly replied, "The poorest
I ever saw!"— Success.
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Ever tave "the blues"? Then you H
i yjL know bow dark everything looks. H
\\\ \ You are completely discouraged H
\ and cannot throw off that terri- H
I > ble depression. A little work H
looks like a big mountain: a H
~A little noise sounds like the roar
\ of a cannon: and a little sleep is all
y ou c>n secure > n 'B^ t a * tcf n 'gkt. H
a/ Nerve Exhaustion I
The truth of the matter is, your nerves have been poi- H
■ soned and weakened with the impurities in your blood. The
thing for you to do is to get rid of these impurities just as I
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■ "During last year I wa* suffering from nervous prostration. For weeks I grew
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dition. After taking several kinds of medicines without result, I took Ayer's mm
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■ medicine to bring about such a change in any person. 11 —CLABA MKALKY, Winter
Hill, Somerville, Mass., Dec. ai, 189? II
Profit In Destroylnc Money.
Probably tbe greatest profit ever
enjoyed by the Government as a re
sult of tbe destruction of money was
in connection with the fractional cur
rency of shinplasters issued during
the oivil war. The total amount
issued was $368,724,079, of which $6,-
880,558 has never been presented for
redemption. A large amount has
been preserved as curios by collectors
and occasionally even now it is offered
for redemption. This was especially
the case during the receut hard times.
People who had the old "shinplas
ters" of war times in their cabinets
and Bcrapboolcs got hard up aud sent
them in for redemption.
In 1801 $60,000,000 of what were
called "demand notes" were issued
by the Government to pay the emer
gency expenses of the war. Of this
amount, $53,847 has never been
offered for redemption. The same
year, $266,595,440 in compound in
terest notes were issued, of which
$168,110 are still outstanding; $59,-
055 of tbe one and two year notes and
$132,850 of the famous seven-thirty
notes are still outstanding. But al
most every year small amounts of
these old issues turn up for redemp
tion. Only a few weeks ago a man
brought in one of tbe SIOO thirty
seven notes, and last year $7lO were
presented at the sub-treasury in New
York of the compound interest notes
upon which interest ceased more thau
a quarter of a century ago. As a rule,
the paper money and the bonds that
remain outstanding are of small de
nomination, which shows that people
are more careless in handling small
than large sums of money.—Chicago
Record.
A Story From Gibraltar.
During the war stories in plenty
have been current of the strategems
and treachery which have imposed up
on British officers charged with very
serious responsibilities. Changing the
venue, we have the following story
from Gibraltar. Some time ago a con
sumptive German gentleman arrived
there with introductions from influ
ential people in England. The Gov
ernor and other officials received him
hospitably and every consideration
possible was sbowu him on account of
his health, but, of course, he could
not be granted permission, as he re
quested, togo to the top of the rock
for the sake of the purer air, as there
is a regulation that "Foreigners are
on no account to be permitted to walk
about the top of the rock." Further
acquaintance, however, with the Ger
man gentleman, through the medium
of dinners and other social functions,
resulted in a relaxation of the strict
rule, and he was granted a pass. The
result of the visit is now to be seen at
tbe German War Office, which is in
possession of the most perfect plans
from photos of all the works and de
fenses of Gibraltar. —Saturday Re
view.
No Use Form Throne.
Napoleon Bonaparte is quoted in
tbe Century as saying to Dr. O'Meara
at St. Helena:
"If I was in England now, and the
French nation was to offer me the
throne again, I would not accept of it,
because if I was to do so I would be
obliged to turn bourreau (executioner)
I would be obliged to cut off the heads
of thousands to keep myself upon it,
which would not be pleasing to me.
Oceans of blood must be shed to keep
me there. No, no; I have made
enough of noise already in the world,
perbaps more than any other man will
make; perhaps too much. lam get
ting old, aud only want retirement.
What oould I do iu France? Alone,
to set myself against all the powers of
Europe. Madness!"
OVERAMIABLE.
Ho never makes no kick at all,
No matter bow tilings are.
Life's botherations, great and small,
He banishes afar.
The slight injustices of life
Don't move him to distress,
Says he, •'! won't have any strife,
It ain't wuth while, I guess."
His patience some reward should bring,
1 wish that I oouid suy
That all his earthly cares took wing,
But things don't work that way,
His hopes grow week by week, more slim,
liis goods more light in heft.
The man who never kicks is him
That's alius getlin' left.
I Mr. Carter's Calorics. \
i.
"John," said Mrs. Carter, "I want
to have a talk with you."
"All rignt, my dear," responded
Mr. Carter.
"I want to begin our housekeeping
right," continued the lady. "From a
hygienic standpoint, I mean. Of
course, at the hotels we could not help
ourselves, but in our own house we
can live as we please."
"Well, we will," answered Mr.
Carter, "l'he plumbing is exposed,
the ventilation is all right, and every
thing in the house is according to the
most hygienic standard. There is no
reason why we should not live right"
"Yes, I know; but I was not think
ing of the house. I was thinking of
the diet."
"Oh, you'll arrange that all right,
I'm sure," said Mr. Carter, cheer
fully.
"I am to try to,but you must
help, too. You see, John, tbat most
people waste a large part of whut they
spend by injudicious purchases."
"I believe that," agreed Mr.Carter,
heartily.
"Yes," went on Mis. Carter, wag
ing eloquent, for this was her parti
cular hobby. "Not only by injutli
eionspurehases,"but by almost an en- j
tire absent knowledge of the relative 1
nutritive qualities of various food pro- '
ducts, and by processes of cooking ;
and serving which very much reduce i
the value of the I'ooJ. I want us to
live well, enjoy some luxuries, p'id
save money on tbe same amount tu it
most people practically throw away."
"You're a sensible little woman." 1
and Mr. Carter kisse 1 her. "But how
is all this to bo done?"
"Well, you see, John," said Mrs.
Carter, "after we became engaged I
took a regular course at tbe cooking
school", so now, in making out my
dietary for the week, I know that a
man's rations are scientifically enough
when they contain 3500 oalorics a day.
Therefore, it is a simple arithmetical
calculation to compute how mauy
calorics are uecessay for the week." ,
"But what in the wo. 1.1 is a
caloric?"
"A caloric is the unit of heat esti
mated necessary to raise the tempera
ture of a pound of water four degrees
Fahrenheit, and the unit of energy
adopted in estimating the full value of
food."
Mr. Carter drew a long breath and
looked bewildered.
"All right, my dear, you go ahead
and attend to the calorics. I'll oat
thein if they are good."
"And you won't goto any of these
horrid placos down town *nr lunch,
will you? I don't w uit yit diges
tion ruined, so promise me ih it you
will eat.ouly iny homo c.iokiag."
And the misguided until promised.
So tho Carters began their housekeep
ing.
11.
"Nellie," said Mr. Carter some few
weeks after this, "do you know we
have not had fr e 1 potatoes since we
have baon keeping house? I a'u very
fond of fried pota'oes for break! as t."
"Frie 1 potatoes!" ejaculate 1 Mrs.
Carter. "Well, I should say not.
They are one of the luo-st indigestible
things that one can take into the .
stomach."
Mr. Carter felt a'i inward protest
rising, but stifled it.
"You are not taking auy of that
olive oil, John," contiuued the wile,
"it is necessary to the system to eat
half a pcu'id of butter and nn equal
quautity of olive oil a week. You
don't do either."
"I don't like olive oil at all, and I
never did eat much butter," returned
Mr. Carter, patiently.
"I am afraid that you are a little in
clined to self-indulgence, John."
Mr. Carter laid down his knife and
fork and opened his lips to reply.
One look at the pretty face of
his wife, however, made him change
the sarcastic romark to the good
humored one of:
"Well, perhaps I am. I will be a
different man, I expect, after I liave
you to guide me for awhile."
"Mrs. Carter nodded acquiescent
ly-
"John," she cried, some hours
later, what are you doing?"
"Getting a drink, my love," re
turned John mildly.
"iJut you must not drink that
water. Don't you know that it is full
of bacteria?"
"Then, what am I to drink, Nellie?
I can't go without wa'er?"
"Of coarse not. Here is some that
I hnve boiled."
"Phew!" ho exclaimed in disgust.
"How flat it tastes I I'll just take a
good drink fresh from tbe well."
"Oh, John, dear!" cried Airs. Car
ter, tearfully, "you mustn't. It is all
full of bacteria."
"I guess they won't hurt me,"
laughed John. "I've always drunk
it so."
"Don't do it! l'lease dou't, John.
For my sake," pleaded the wife. "It
is so dangjrous "
"Well, put some ica iu this, then,
and I won't."
"Ice! Whv. what would bo ;L.:>
of boiling it if we're to put ice in it ?
Ice is full of micro', es."
Mr. Carter drank the boiled water
in silence, and lead the paper until
dinnor was ready.
"tVhat cut of beef is this?" he asked
as he prepared to carve the meat. "It
doesn't look like a roast."
"It isn't. It's the neck. I find 1
can get more food value for less
money from the neck than from the
rib. For instance 10 cents' worth oi
the neck of the beef will give me .8G
of a pound of protein aud l.ti'2s calo
ricß."
Mr. Carter groaned.
"Then," went on Mrs. Carter, nit
! noticing tho gioan, "I add potatoes,
| britf.d and fruit for the carbo-hydrates
i and wo have a meal perfect iu food
value, containing protein, fat, starch i
and sugar. Al) lor tho same money
that a roast would have cost us," she
wo'iud up triumphantly.
VVell, for tomoriow," said Carter, I
"let's huve a roast pork with } oiatoee ;
and cherry pie."
Mrs. Carter stared at him a moment, I
and then said pityingly: "John, you I
ai eas ignorant as most people con
cerning food values. It won't do, my
dear. This is as much for your good
as mine. Boast pork and potatoes
contain five times as much carbon af
you need. As for cherry pie"—she
made an expressive gesture as if it
were not worth mentioning, and con
tinued--"you will soon get over these
yearnings of a falsely educated ap
petite, anil tlieu you will be all right.
I am afraid that you have been very
improperly brought up, John."
Mr. Carter glared at her angrily,
and threw down his knife and fork
with a bang.
"If you mean in regard to calorics,
proteins and all the rest of it, yes; 1
was."
"Ob, John!" Mrs. Carter rose from
the table with her handkerchief to her
eye=. "You are c-crne 1 , when you
know I'm doing the best I can."
What could he do? He ha 1 uot been
married long, and was not proof
against her tears. He arose from the
table, took her in his arms, begged
forgiveness and promised to eat any
thing and everything she would give
him, if only she would smile. They
made up, of course, and Carter bore
himself heroically for six months
through a dietary that tabooed pie,
and was arrange I according to food
values.
111.
",See hero, Ca'ter, "said a frieni,
meeting him one day on the street,
"what's the matter? You look like a
shadow. Come iu and have some
thing. "
"1 dou't care if I do," said Carter,
suddenly feeling the need of some
thing stimulating. "I'm afraid 1
don't feel up to much lately."
He lifted the glass to his lips and
then set it down suddenly.
"What is it? Isn't it all right?"
asked his friend.
"It isn't boiled," answered Carter,
faintly, who thought ho saw m c obes
bubbing up through the efferxes ence.
"Boiled!" e.aculated the other in
disgust. "Well, I should say uot!
You'd better take u stimulaut. Carter.
"No, thank you,l don't believe that
I will take anything. You will excuse
me, old fellow, won't you? I—l don't
feel well."
"It's all right," answered his
fi iend. "What made you think of
the drink being boilod?"
"I don't know. Just a fancy," re
turned Carter, too loyal to his wife to
tell tbe cause.
Carter went home feverish. Much
to bis wife's alarm he did not eat a
mouthful of supper. Finally he went
to bed and fell asleep. While ho slept
he dreamed.
He was in an immense dining room.
Great roasts of beef and pork, flanked
by steaming vegetables, 1 aded the
tables, l'ies of mince and cherry
wore on the buiTets; fruits, salads,
water with imge chunks of ice floating
in it, milk cooled also by ice.
Carter's mouth watered; but alas!
i when he approached the meats, pro
tein and calories appeared to raise
from them. Carbo-hydrates leased
great hoads from fruits and vege
tables; bacilli jeered at him iu tbe ice
water; microbes looked out from the
milk.
A feeling of fierce anger se'zcd hold
of him. Was he to starve because of
, these creatures? Well, lot them do
their worst! A drink he would have
in Bpite of them. Catching up a cup,
he started to the water. Instantly
: bacdli, microbes and bacteria of all
kinds surrounded him.
Suddenly an enormous bacillus that
he had not seen before darted toward
him anil was upon him be'ore he could
take a step. Carter gave a shriek
and sprang wildly from his bed.
'SYhy John! What is the matter?"
asked .Mrs. Carter, sitting up.
"Matter," growled Carter, picking
himself up from the floor, where he
bad lauded. "Mutter enough, I tell
1 you. Tomorrow b?gins a new state
of things at this house. I'm going
to live decently if I eat all the bac
toiiaiuthe world. Calorics and all
the rest of them liavo to go. They
have had their innings. Now comes
mine. Do you here, Nellie?"
"YOF, John," replied Mrs. Carter,
meekly. She bad been married long
I enough to know tbat when Carter
used tbat tone things must go his
way.
The ue-.t day at dinnor the follow
ing was the bill of fare:
Soup.
Rost pork with potatoes. Apple sauce
Onions, beans, tomatoes, peas,corn.
Cherry, mince, applo pie.
Ice water.
And Carter wits happy.
--l-'rom the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Thfl'r I»ns*ion in 1 oMrnint.
"Those new people next door are
great borrowers, aren't they?"
"Well, they haven't borrowed our
r:s:ia vet "
IRB AMD GARDEN.!
Preventive for Potato Scab.
Before catting the seed potatoes
soak them for 30 miuntos in water,
to which add one ounce formaldehyde
to two gallons water. The water can
be used for more thau one lot if ono
lot immediately follow* another. This
formula has been used by many
f armcrß for several years with com
plete success.
Grafting Wax an«l How to Make It.
Here is a recipo for tin excellent
grafting wax: One pound tallow, two
I ouuds beeswax, four pounds rosiu.
■slowly melt all together, .stir well and
when partially cooled pour into j.ans
which have bean moistened or oiled to
keep the wax from clinging too tightly
to them. When thoroughly cold
break into convenient pieces.
Haw (not boiled) linseed oil is often
preferred to the tallow, and in very
warm regions a much larger propor
tion of rosiu will make the wax less
apt to run, reducing its cost also, us
(he beeswax is the most expensive
though an indispensable article in its
composition.
For use it should be melted and ap
plied carefully over all exposed cuts
and often cracks around the graft*.
A small paint brush is the most con
venient for this purpose. It can be
applied safely much warmer than can
be borne by the hand.
EA«enti»lft in Sugar Making.
The secret of making a fine quality
of maple sugar consists iu three
things: First, begin early. One pail
of sup in March is worth more thau
one and a half pails in April. The
sap run in tbe fore part of March is as
a rule much sweeter thau in April.
The colder the weather iu which sap
runs, tbo better the quality of sugar.
A man must have everything all leady
if he wants to begin early. If the
snow is deep, the roads should be
broken iu February if necessary. All
things must be clean, arch or arches
iu repair, wood cut and all kinds of
tools and utensils where you can find
them at a moment's warning. Next,
rapid boiling. To secure this, the
wood should be cut two or three years
iu advance and kept under cover if
possible If not piled under cover, it
should be piled where the sun can
shine on it. The wood should be
split fine to make the hottest fire.
The fire should not be allowed togo
down from the time it is started until
the syrup is ready to take off. Au
arch should be built smoke-tight, aud
with a chimney tall enough to furnish
a gooJ draft. As for what the sap is
boiled in, whether an evaporator or a
heater and a pan or a pan alone, it
may not matter so much if a man tends
to his business. But as a rule, the
simpler the boiling apparatus the bet
ter the result, but the oftener the
syrup is taken off the better. Third,
neatuess is indispensable. Unless
you keep things sweet, all will be a
failure, as far as making the "real
thing" goes.—C. C. Bicknell iu New-
England Homestead.
Tile Profit in l'oiiltrv.
There is profit iu poultry if it is
given half a chance. Even when the
returns in fowls aud eggs are small a
flock may be of great value as foragers.
Tbo quantities of insects and weed
seeds that are devoured aro seldom
takeu into consideration, but they aro
not to be passed by without notice.
Ho wo can well afford to keep the hen,
eveu though the mischief done were
twice as great. But with poultry, a*
with other farm stock, the day for tho
scrub is past.
Ho much lias been written regarding
the immense profit to be obtained
from poultry that ono mijrht almost
suppose that the milleuuiiim would
surely be at hand as soon as every one
could be induced to raise chickens.
It would be as well to advise every
body to raise cucumbers. Why not
recommend tho gardene" to grow
wheat or the dairyman to raise sheep?
If a farmer has a taste lor poultry he
is likely to make it au important part
of his business, for he can discover
what is profitable without being told.
If he lias not an aptitude for fowls it
is tho part of wisdom to limit himself
to a small Hock, as many do. There
are many farms on which small flocks
are kopt merely to supply the family
with ta'de fowls and eggs. Few or
none of tho products are sold. Other
interests aro found moie congenial
than poultry raising, consequently
more profitable.—Frank D. Wells,
before the Mich'gan Poultry Breeders'
Association.
Tli« Apple Scab Ftingm.
This disease is the most troublesome
enemy of the apple grower, though it
is not so recognized, except by scien
tists. Most apple producers would
name the codling moth as the worst
enemy, but that is because the applo
scab fungus does great deal of dam
age that is not generally attributed to
it. Gonerallv,it is recognized only as
a defacemeut on an apple and the
picker pays little attention to it. As
a matter of fact, the chief work of the
apple scab is on tho foliage, with the
result of weakening the entire tree
aud of cutting short the crop year
after year.
The \uinformed orchardist does not
dre»" that his earlv 'ailing fruit is
due to the fuugus name 1. Ho won
ders why bis applos reach A small size
and fall off. Those that hang on are
reduce I in siz-t beeauso they have not
had the nourishment the tree should
have given them. Finally,iu the fall,
the leaves of thi tree begin to fall off
oariier thau usual, au 1 the tree is
bare long before tli » other trees have
begun to shed their foliage. Tbo
scab hai been the cause of it all. The
tree has boeu unable to store up foo 1
lor the next year's crop, nor has it
been able to harden up the wood it
has made. Ho next year, no matter
how propitious the season or how free
this tree may be from scab, the crop
of fruit on it will be small.
The only remedy is persistent spray
ing, and that, too, for more than one
year. It takes two years to produce
a crop of fruit—from the formation of
the fruit bud to the perfecting of the
fruit—and spraying for one year only
will uot undo all the damage. The
spraying this year must be begun bo
fore the leaves open, to destroy as
much as possible the fungus on the
twigs. Spraying calendars are su
common that we need uot ropeat them,
and formulas for.the making of efl'eo
live sprays are quite as common.
Whenever the apple scab fungus exists
it should bo attacked vigorously and
in time. —Farm, Fi«?'d and Fireside.
liirr«ia*iii- ' RWllily un a Farm.
A North Lawrence (Ohio) farmet
grows corn, oats, wheat and clover in
a regular four year rotation. Every
thing is led on the farm except the
wheat. He asks whether it would
pay 1 otter to raise rye instead ol
wheat and feed it out, thus selling no
crop off the farm. No, I wouldn't dc
this where you live. Better grow
wheat au I sell it and buy wheat bran
with the money to feed with youi
corn and stover and clover. Wheat
will bring you, say, 1 1-4 cents a
pound or near it. You can buy wheat
bran iu the summer usually for a
half to three-quarters of a cent a
pound. The po ind of wheat con
tains .102 or a pjund of digestive pro
tein; ono poind of bran, .122. A
pound of whjat bran, you see, will
cost conside ably less thau you sell
your pouul of wheat for; in fact, you
can nearly buy two pounds of bran
for one of wheat, and the bran i?
worth more thau your wheat to feed
with your corn to all growing animals,
and cows giving milk or cairviug a
calf.
Rye io not quite as good as wheat to
feed, so you would gain nothing bv
growing rye to feed unless you cau
grow lu to 15 per cunt, more per acre,
lou might as well feed your wheat.
But the best way is to raise largo
crops of good, clean wheat, and sell
and buy bran when it is lowest and
store it for winter. The rotation you
are following, my friend, and tho
feeding out of practically all you
raise, and your careful saving of man
ure under cover should enable you to
grow large paving crops of wheat.
Your laud must iucrea*e in fertility
under such good management, and
particularly if you buy bran with tho
wheat money for a time.
But this isn't all by any means.
You cows aud grow ing animals will
do much better for having plenty of
bran along with corn and cornstalks.
This, with nice clo\er hay, ought to
make them do well, indeed. Full
grown beef cattle will do pretty well
on clover hay aud corn and stover.
However, good farmers as you are,
fatten steers before they get their
growth, and in tlii-t casj wheat bran
with corn aud clover will pay. It will
keep the animal growing as well as
fattening. The protein in the graiu
furnishes growing material, that is,
the material to make blood and muscle
aud bone. Bian is more thau one
eighth protein; corn only about one
twelfth. It is true that a pound of
wheat would give more heat aud
energy producing food I carbohydrates)
than a pound of brau, but it would bo
lost, as corn and stalks aud hay fur
nish more of this than is needpd.—
T. B. Terry in Practical Farmer.
Short anil lUeful Paragraph*.
Dry axles add just about double to
the labor of the team. Wagon grease
is cluap and a few minutes does the
work.
There is an over-produciion of
weeds. As soon as the farmers re
duce their acreages devoted to this
cr ip they will Lo a great deal better
oB:
Ducks are ready for the market
when eleven weeks old. Show me
anything else raised on the larin that
can be turned iuto money so soou aud
sure.
There is such a thing as over-man
uring, for when a soil is already well
supplied with plant food there will be
no perceptible gain by using fertil
izers.
There are a great many who aro be
ginning to think that with a well
planued rotatiou manure is practically
unnecessary, aud theie is no doubt
something in it.
Where a grass for close cropping is
sought after, there is nothing that can
beat the Kentucky blue grass, as it
stands a large amount of tramping
aud close pasturage.
There is large money in small
things. One dewberry grower in
Maryland during the past season sold
42,000 (,uarts of that delicious fruit,
on which he cleared $1(500.
It is almost impossible to api ly too
much soap-suds or well-rotted mau
uie to asparagus, anil as this is one of
tho earliest of vegetables, it will soon
be time to get about the work.
If we had a specimen of some goo I
variety of carrot iu place of every
wild carrot plant that we see ou the
farms, wouldn't the stock have a flue
thing of it aud tlia horses' coats
shine. ,
Some farmers believe straw to b i a
nuisance Nothing of the so.'t. Use
it around the stable and barnyard,
aud whatever you do, dou'wb.irn ir,
as its useiu.uess as a is to
grea\ jf * el "
Every fjtrnie.* who ,
the fertility of his j ° Ko ep u
it a point to put bacML 'uak.
the shape of fertdizem Iu 'aud j a
sort whatever the pi®i„ ""Jf® B °o»o
take J from it. \ °* o *