FARM
w MATTERS.
When to Transfer tlees.
If you have any liccs you wish to
transfer from box hires to movable
frame M vps, It shoulil be doue during
the period of fruit bloom. At this
time the bws ure nluiost sure of a
living and It will give them a whole
season to become estHbllshed In their
new hived, besides making some sur
plus honey. Bees kept la box hives
re unprofitable. '
A Safe Inrentraent
Some farmers consider pure breeds,
or what tbey term "fancy stock'1 ns too
costly, when, In fact, no safer Invest
merit can be mode than in pure breeds,
and there Is nothing "fancy" about It,
To Invest in pure breeds Is simply to
procure something better, and thus in
crease the profits. No farmer should
be satisfied with what he has as long
as some other farmer has something
that is superior to his, us he should
aim to use the best.
Marking Tools.
An excellent mode of marking tools
is to clean the piece to be marked
cover with a thin layer of beeswax,
mark the name In the wux with a sharp
Instrument, and cutting through to the
Iron or Bteel. Then fill the lines marked
with nitric acid, allowing It to stand as
long as desired, washing it oft with
water. The edges of the wax may be
raised to form a' basin and the acid
poured into the basin, as it will then
go down to the metal through the lines
marked.
Crows in the Cornfield.
'A farmer whoso field of corn was
last year partly Injjred by crows and
blackbirds pulling up the young plant
to get the corn states that he tried
the plan of scattering corn around the
edges of the field dally until the plants
were well grown, with the result that
the birds were kept too busy searchlug
for the grains on the ground to do
much domoge, and that he did not
have to use more than oue-half a peck
daily. As the birds also destroy many
insects and worms, he did not desire to
poison or shoot them. By scattering
corn lor tuem the crop was then dum
aged very little.
Ho(t Conservatism.
Now, more than ever, there will be
diligent attention paid to the hogs on
handtheir wants will be studied and
they will thrive proportionately. These
spurts of high prices seldom benefit
the majority, since their dish Is bottom
up when tJie share of porridge falls.
And it Is the eccentric, flckle-niimled
persons thnt will be caught with a
largo number of hogs when the price
pendulum swings to the other side.
Do not Invest recklessly in breeding
stock at thlj time of high-water values.
Of all domestic animals swine Increase
In the greatest ratio, and under the
Btimulus of the present price the num
ber will be increased by reason of im
proved care. While It pays to raise
bogs in conjunction with the dairy, It
uever has, and never will, pay the
manufactory to keep the swine quar
tered near n creamery or cheese fac
tory. Dakota Farmer.
Shelter For the Cattle.
Cattlo and sheep suffer greatly In
treeless pastures for some shelter from
the sun's heat and from cold storms
and showers. How easy it is to build
simple, rough shelter that will give
the needed protection Is shown in the
cut. Old boards, a few pieces of joist
or rough poles and an hour's labor will
do the work and the stock will be
aved much needless suffering and will
also thrive much better. Orange Judd
. (U Hid ,
Oati In the Mllln
The mulii crop of oats Is usually seed
ed early, but it Is customary In some
cuuons, wnere hay Is not extensively
grown, to sow oats as late as the 1st
or June, cutting tho crop when the
leed Is lu the milky staire. Tim nm.-t.
tlous mutter lu the stalks Is thus ar
rested on Its way to fill out tho heads,
d as the stalks will be green when
urn mey win also be more digestible
than the straw or oats grown for seed
lays tho Philadelphia Itecord. The
oats aro cured in the same manner as
any, with the exception that the farmer
umy, u prererred, use the harvester
a nii lit i 1-1 . ....
"'. wuicn win bundle the oats
When tho crop I8 cut. All kinds of live
Itock relish oats thus cured, and the
bundles' are passed through the feed
cutter, and the cut feed, consisting of
t.u, u Btnius. will be in a more
palatable form than many other kinds
it food. The farmer thus utilizes to
the best advantage a large mass of di
gestible material, and he avoids the
Mpeo.se i of threshing and cleaning the
jrain. it is an advantage to grow such
.MmP W.hre tJlt're 8ecms t0 e a prob.
MJIty of a short hay supply, and the
Kood results on sandy
Oils on wlil..h v.- . . .
. prouiuuio nay crop
"" au Kinds of weeds will
Mso b8 Keened, as oats grow rapidly
m.5n. ? Teda down- Wb " i not
,n'" "ed tht ats grown and cut in
t Z mV8 Sbould l "ubstltuted
.or the matured oat crop, yet it will nav
in, farmer who has a field to S e to
jow It to oats and try the food on his
rows as a variety in winter. The resu t
wm be that less grain wlllbe requ.,!ed
nd the cows will respond liberally In
nrunu B1B uoi produced at
such
"mo expense.
, Paokliid Walrjr Butter.
. lhat a good deal of button which Is
now sold in tho summer tlmo u4 cheat,
prices could bo packed successfully for
Winter markets at much higher prices
U quite evident. It lg a short-sighted
policy which induces a farmer to sell
h s surplus butter for starvation prices
t tho country store or city markets in
summer when the surplus Is large all
over the country. It i. no more dim"
iu for the averaffo f. ....
future sales than It Is for the big stor
age companies in the city, which have
their agents In the field buying up win
ter muter at summer rates. If on
would provide himself with a small Ico
bouse, which Is almost essential to-day
for good farming, (he butter could be
stored at home as well as 'in tho city
ret ngera tors.
Tho butter used for packing should
bo absolutely free and untainted when
packed away, and then the very best
and cleanest methods of packing should
be employed. It should bo remembered
that a very little tainted butter left In
any firkin or tub will Injure the whole
lot packed In It. Absolute cleanliness
is tho first essential. The best flrklni
or tubs for pocking butter In should b
made of white oak, and they should be
new, ana not second hand. It is un.
wise policy to purchase second-hand
nrkius and expect to pack butter lr
them to keep until winter. When pur
chased they should be soaked In cold
woter for at least half a day, and then
scalded and soaked In boiling watei
Just before tho butter Is put In them.
When thus cleansed they should b
rubbed thoroughly Inside with fine salt
moistened a little with water. Then
dry Uk Inside and place n fine sifted
layer of snlt in the bottom, and pack s
layer of butter three inches thick on it.
Then sprinkle salt over the top and
pack away another three-Inch layer oi
flue butter. Fill In this wny up to with
In three Inches of the top, and covei
the surface layer with clean, new
cheesecloth. The covering cloth should
be an Inch larger than the ton, so the
edges can be turned under. Cover the
cloth with salt and turn the edges ovei
It. The salt should come up even with
the surface, bo that the wooden top
will fit on snugly. In this way buttei
will keep In cold storage six mouths tc
n year S. W, Chambers, in AmerlcaD
Cultivator.
Good Bot Cheap ronltry Home. :
Living on a rented place I have had
made a good house for fowls. It le
eight by sixteen feet, seven feet high In
rront and five feet in back. It is di
vided by a board partition into a roost
ing room, eight by ten f.?et, and a lav
ing room, six by eight feet, as the illus
tration shows. The house has no floor
and sand was scattered in the laying
room, winch has a window close to the
ground In the south end. A row of
nests, each twelve by fourteen inches,
extends across the back of the laying
TOCLTRT HOUSE FOR A RENTER.
room. They are covered on top and
the entrance is in front. The boards
forming the bottom rest on the ground.
A barrel was sawed In two and each
half furnished a nest. The sides were
sheathed with boards, the cracks cov
ered with battens and the roof with cy
press slubs. The roosts, which are all
on the same level, are strips, one by
three inches, laid on supports about
twenty inches from the ground. When
cleaning the house the roosts can bo
shoved back against the wall out of
the way. In one corner of the roosting
room a place for ducks was partitioned
on with slats, which can be removed
for cleaning the pen. Oak leaves are
used for the ducks to roost on. Mrs. n
G. l ord, In American Agriculturist.
Tho Canada Thistle.
An enemy which Is dreaded more
than the seventeen-year locust is the
Canada thistle, which does more Injury
every year to farms in this country
than many other causes to which great
er uitentlon is given. It spreads slow
ly apparently, but .It sooner or later
tukes full possession of the laud, nnd
unless eradicated the entire farm be
comes worthless. The heavier seeds.
which are carried by winds, will germi
nate, but Its progress Is by meons of
long white root stocks, which are proof
against disease and seasons. It Is
claimed that a piece of root stock. If
icrt In the soil, will grow from six to
ten feet in a season, and from each
small piece as many as fifty heads will
grow. Tho best season for beginning
the war on thistles is in June. Plow
the laud and then plow again every
icw weens until well into tho fall, the
object being to destroy tho young
growth ns fast as It appears, as any
plant must succumb If deprived of
forming leaves, as plants breathe
through the agency of the leaves. An
other plan Is to allow them to crow un
til the plants are Just high enough to
mow and then run the mower over the
field, repeating the work us fast as the
plants appear.
As the farmer may prefer to utilize
the land he can plow the land and plant
u to potatoes, ir He will then give tho
potato crop frequent cultivation he will
destroy many of the thistles and the
potatoes will pay for the labor. It may
not be possible to subdue the thstlcs
the first year, but if the work Is well
done the thistles may be completely de
stroyed the second . year, wheu tho
grouud should be plowed in the spring
aud a crop of early cabbages grown, re
moving the cabbage crop und broud
eostlng the land, after plowing and
harrowing with Hungarian grass seed.
As the Hungarlun grass grows rapidly
und may be mowed once a month It
gives the thistles but little chance,
while the previous cultivation of tho
cabbage crop will have greatly reduced
the thistles In number. The nolnt H
to keep the thistles cut down from July
to frost, after which they will bo under
control.
The roadsides must also be carefully
attended to, for it is on tho unculti.
vated roadside that weeds are ncalect.
ed and hence are protected. Neighbors
should also work harmoniously In tho
destruction of weeds, as frequently
some negligent farmer injures the en
tire community by nroduclucr the mh
of weeds which ure carried by tho
winds over a large area. Weeds may
also be carried long distances on the
tops or rallroud cms or by water; in
fuct, there are so many modes of dis
tribution that it is almonr
for any farmer to escape the nuisance
of weeds, but all farmers can prevent
their spread, and in nmMii,.
neighbor he also protects himself. The
ttuaua mistio is not so great a aula.
ance as many suppose If farmers will
determluo to combat its anren.i i.ifu
deljjhla H.ecord. ,
GOOD
ROADS.
urnuuijiDf iminirr jtoatis,
THE road Improvement
lmlgn, which has been i
conducted by those Inti
in riding, bicycling am
flrantlfylna; Country Itou.is
ement cam
so ably
interested
and auto-
moblllng In recent years. Is about to en-
ter upon auother stage of progress,
which will appeal with special force to
those Interested In things beautiful
Heretofore the utilitarian view of road
Improvement has been kept well in the
foreground, but now several New Eng.
land communities are emphasizing the
aesthetic value of beautiful road-sides.
Scientific road treatment must of ne
cessity como first, but beautifying road
sides represents even a more advanced
stage of civilization. The pleasure of
riding Aver good, firm, smooth country
roads Is greatly Increased when the
treus, shrubbery and general road-side
'appearances are pleasant to look at,
nnd cool ond Inviting to the eye. Thai
there ore an art and n science In road
side treatment Is made very apparent
by experiments mode In New England.
Instead of sacrificing trees that would
take holf a century to replace, the road
mnsters devise some methods of pre
serving t'-iem, while new trees are
planted at favorable places. Shrubbery
along road-sides can be either n nuis
ance or a source of great aesthetic
value. It all depends upon Its location
And natiu'e. Along many road-sides the
attempt Is mode to cut down all weeds,
shrubbery and grass. Clean sweep Is
made of everything, nnd the result la
anything but. artistic.
The movement started In New Kng
land now Is to plant trees and shrub!
along the road-sides to enhance their
beauty. The plantings are far enough
back from the roadway so thai
branches will never Interfere wltb
passing carriages, and steps are taken
to keep the ditches free from nil ob
stmctlng growths. It is asserted that
If farmers would give as much atten
tlou to trimming and caring for these
trees and shrubs as they now devote te
ruthless cutting down of everything
along the road side In the fall of the
year, they would thrive and produce
artistic effects. The selection of the
proper trees and shrubs for the differ
ent roods Is a matter for local consld'
eratlon. but those which do not harboi
insects Injurious to field crops, and
which give the most striking effect tc
the landscape, are wcommended. These
trees should be trimmed high so that
surrounding views of the country will
not be shut off, and in this way one
will get the benefit of the shade with
out spolllnsr the view. Such nrtistlt
treatment of tho road-sides requires Ju
dicious management, but systematic
study of the subject is now being car
rled on In different parts of New Eng
land, and It Is expected within a yeai
or two a decided change for the bettei
will be noticed along the leading coun
try highways. Unsightly hedges and
close-cropped road-sides, with a gen
eral air of neglect and untidiness, maj
then disappear entirely, and the trav
eler will find constant feasts for th,
eye as he rides or drives through the
country. Harper's Weekly.
Question One of Comfort.
Professor Baker, lu a paper on good
roads, soys:
"I believe that the roads in the corn
belt of Illinois are among the best lu
the country, nnd that with a little In
telligent care they can bo made on the
whole second to none. The earth rondi
In the prairie portion of Illinois art
usually excellent eight, some years ten,
months of the twelve, mid are reason
ably good for ten or twelve months ol
the year, but there are times lu the
spring when the frost Is going out oi
the ground that they are practically im
passably for loads. However, through
the uudcrdrainage of the soil by tilt
and through -a better care of the sur
face, the period of Impassablllty is com
paratively short. There has been 8
very great Improvement in these direc
tlons in recent years, but there Is still
room for discriminating improvement "
This short paragraph explains the pe
cullarity of the author's views. He
considers a road reasonably good evci
if It is practically Impassable for loadi
when the frost is going out of the
ground; while people who want roade
that ore firm nnd hard all the yeai
around, without clouds of dust in drj
weather and without mud in wet
weather, consider such a road unreas
onably bad for a district that can of
ford something better. At the begin
ning of the twentieth century the ques
tion at Issue is one of comfort as well
as one of ton-mile costs. The farmer'
horse and cart aud load of hay have !
been In the glare of tho footlights loug
enough to side-step for a time and let
un hear from his wife and children,
They may like to see their neighbors o?
go to school when tho roads are lmpas
sable; they may like to keep clean
when tbey drive or walk about, and
they may wish to live like human be
ings instead of caged animals. It i
not a uiRtter of broken stone or grave!
at all; It Is not a matter of money
alone, but one of comfort as well.
New York Tribune Farmer.
The Millennium In Sight.
If even a very small nroDortion oi
the planB ot the recently held New
York State Good Roads Convention be
come realities, the mllennlum of mac
adam will certainly have dawned, Foi
less than six cents added to each f 100
of taxation the State could secure 12CC
miles of Improved macadam roadB, and
in seventeen years would have entirely
paid for them. Long before that, how
ever, the increased value of all proper
ty in tho State, brought about by suet,
a practlcul solution of the traffic prob
lem, would have paid for the improve
ment several times over. Viewed from
an automobilist's point of view the en
tire plan is so self -evidently a wise one
that it seems Impossible of failure,
Unfortunately, however, intelligent and
progressive citizens like the autoino
bllists do not have much to say regard
ing the legislation of this or any othei
State. We only wish they had. Auto
mobile Magazine.
. A Danireroet Irvltant.
The most dangerous vegetable Irri
tant poison Is that of the Itchwood tree
of the FIJI Islands. One drop of the
sap falling on the band Is as painful as
touch of a hot Iron.
Supreme Conrt Suitalns the root-Ease
Trade-Hark.
Jastiea Lnughlln, In fiupmmn Conrt, Buf-
raio, n just nriinrni n tx-rmanont Injunc
tion, with costs, and a hill a.!countln ot
sales, to Issilo nKftlDitt the manufacturer of
foot powder called "Dr. Clark Foot Pow
der,'' and also HRaliiHt a retail dealer, re
straining from maklnit or selllna tho same
whlett is declared. In the decision of the
Court, an Imitation and infringement of
"Foot-Es," the powder to shake Intoyour
aUn 1 u .I . . . .1 I T - tl -r
Is the ownerof the trade-mark "Eoot-Kmoj.1
The decision In this case upholds his trade
mark and renders all parties llahln who
frandulently attempt to place upon the
market a spurious and similar appearing
preparation, labeled and put up in envelopes
UUU MOieS UK! XOOT-r.AHR,
The two tunnels most needed in Europe
now are lor tne Caucasus and the Pyre
nees. What About Yoor ehool nouses?
' Ton may not this season be able to build a
new one, or make the radical chances in the
old one that you bad In contemplation, but
there Is no sohool district In the United
States that cannot afford to tint with Ala
bastlne the Interior ot their build I nun, thus
making them moro attractive. Retting colors
made with special reference to their effects
on the eyes of the pupils, getting a sanitary
and rock base cement coating that will not
harbor disease germs.
The closely crowded school rooms need all
the safeguards to the health of the pupil that
intelligent officials can surround thorn with,
and all sanitarians unite in saying that Ala
basttne is the only proper malt-rial to be
used on sunn wnus.
Oats lumber loses twenty per cent, of its
weit,l:t in process oi softening, nnd over
tuiry per cent, when perfect. y dry.
Tetterlne In Texas.
I enclose 60c. In stamps. Mall me one or
two ooxes or lettorlne, whntever the price;
it's all right does the work." Wm,
Kcbwarz, Gainesville, Texas. 60c. a box by
uih ironi j. i. rnupiriue, havannau, lia,
If your druggist don't keep It.
The flatterer often gets the reputation of
TBil" AVali! iT.iit-Kase. .
Ti M the only euro for Swollen, Smartln
Tired. Anhlnv Hnt RwanMnrna. c....j
Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder
to be shaken Into the shoes. Cures while you
walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 2ic.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
auuir,, AijnD o. uimstea, ienoy, is. 1
Kansas has 600 more miles of railroad
man tne state ot Jew York.
Dark Hair
" I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor
for a great many years, and al
though I m past eighty years of
age, yet I have not a gray hair in
my head."
Ceo. Yellott, Towson, Md.
W -tl .1
wc mean an mat ricu,
dark color your hair used
to have. If it's crav now.
no matter; for Ayer's
Hair Vipor alwavs re
stores color to gray hair.
sometimes it makes the
hair crow verv heavv and
. . -j -
! long; and it stops tailing
oi tne nair. too.
$1.00 bottle. All arufiltts. '
ii your araggisi cannot supply yon,
onu ub one miliar ana we will eiprers
you a bottle. Be sure and give the name
OI your nearest express otltce. Address,
v. v. a ir.iv LAj,reii, Ainss.
His View rf a Stat. sinn,
At the time when John G. Carlisle
w?s senator from Kcntucy his speeches
were widely printed and attracted a great
deal of attention. One day when the
Senate was in session a mountaineer
from the wildest wilds of Kcntucy pre
sented himself at the door and asked to
see Senator Carlisle. The visitor wore
homespun and leather boots and was
travel-stained and dusty. He explain
ed that he had read Mr. Carlisle's
speeches and considered them great,
and had walked more than ioo miles in
order to see the Senator from his State.
Mr. Carlisle was busy at the time, and
the clerk informed the visitor that he
could not be disturbed. The farmer
looked disappointed and seemed reluc
tant to depart. Finally he asked if he
might be taken where he could just
catch a glimpse of the great man he
had walked so far to see. The request
was granted and Mr. Carlisle, was point
ed out to him. After a brief scrutiny
the farmer turned to the attendant:
"Reads a heap better than he looks,"
he remarked, sententiously. and prepar
ed to walk back to Kentucky.
Mrs. D. Arnold, President German
Woman's Club, Grand Pacific Hotel, Los
Angeles, Cal., Relieved of a Tumor by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"Dear Mrs. Tinkham : I suffered four years ago with a tumor
in my womb, and the doctors declared I must go to the hospital and un
dergo an operation, which I dreaded very much and hesitated to submit.
"My husband consulted an old friend who had studied medicine,'
although he was not a practising physician, and he said he believed
that Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound would cure
me. That same day I took my first dose, and I kept it up faithfully
until twelve bottles had been used, and not only did the tumor dis
appear, but my general health was very much improved and I had
not felt so well since I was a young woman.
"As I havn suffered no relapse since, and as I took no other med
icine, I am sure that your Compound restored my health and I believe
saved my life."MRS. D. Arnold.
$COOO FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE.
fr?,VVOmen ,nro troublo(i ,with irregular, suppressed or painful
wAmh J? wak,r0' 15uc1(?r,ha, diHplacement or ulceration of the
womb, that bearing-down feeling inflammation of the ovaries, backache
!i'n- 1 Thr!1'1 BUch ByJ'ton's dizziness, famines, lussilude
in3!' J"'""1"?' PT181 BloeploKsnesi melancholy, "all.'
Kne and "want-to-Wloft-alone" feeling, )Auv7, aud hoia-leisnesR
they should rempmher tWa iu tw.i .....1 L. " ..n'
-Pink liniii'a A'irull '.......
- - ..l,v,..v vviuuvuiiu
Refuse to buy any ether medicine, for
Vth-u Had ifnpnmxd 1"
Richard Mansfield, like all proud
fathers, takes considerable delight in
telling the smart saying of his
ucorgc, a ratner precocious youngster,
I he actor s son having shown a predi
lection lor things mechanical, and esne
cially for railroads, Mr. Mansfield
bMight the I: I a toy railroad with
train of cars which ran about on a cir
cular track. Like all boys, young
ucorgc was oi an inquisitive mind, and
wanted to see what maili the train
move. So it was but a sliurt time be
fore his nurse took it, all smashed and
broken, to the garbage can.
One day Mr. Mansfield went into the
nursery to play with the boy, and, look
ing around, asked:
"George, where is that railroad I
gave you?"
George hesitated a while, says the
actor, and then replied:
"Papa I guess it has gone into the
hands of a lccciver."
Heaths by I Irhtnlng-
From 1800 t 1900 the United States
Weather Bureau printed statistics of
losses of life by lightning. The work is
now discontinued. During the year
iooo 7U persons were killed by light
ning; of this number agi persons
were killed in the open, 158 in
houses, 57 under trees and 56 in
bams. The circumstances of 151 deaths
are not known. During the same year
V7 persons were more or less injured
by lightning strokes. On the average,
tt is probable that from 700 to 800 lives
arc annually lost through injuries from
lightning in the United States. The
greatest number of injuries occur in the
Middle Atlantic States, the fewest in
the Pacific States.
Their Opinions.
In introducing Judge Sulzberger, ot
1 luladelphia, at a recent banquet, after
several raobis had spoken, Dr. Henry
mi. i-cipzigcr torn tnis story:
two ladies once had a dispute as to
which was tne most influential, the
clergy or the bench.
" 'I think the bench is the most infin
cntial,' said one, 'because the judge can
say, "You shall be hanged.'
" 'But,' said the other, 'the clergyman
can say. "You shall be HnmneH " '
Ah, yes, said the first, 'but when
the judge says "You shall be hanced."
you are nanged. ' .New York Times.
T'ti Htern I'arent.
"Johnny," said his father, "vou have
disobeyed your mother again. Come
out with me to the barn.
Johnny complied.
There was a woodhcd on the nremi
scs, but the stern parent preferred the
oarn. -
He laid the disobedient boy across
his knee and proceeded to punish him
11 tne ordinary metnod.
"Oh, that hurts!"' screamed Johnny.
"I know it, my son." replied th
father. "It hurts you (whack!) a crcat
deal worse (whack!) than it hurts me
(whack! whack!) and I m glad it docs!'
(whack! whack! whack!)
I'n Took the Iritit.
A Euclid avenue woman was much
amused the other day at the conversa
tion she chanced to overhear between
her tviok and the hitter's "steady com
pany.
I he couple stood just beneath an
open parlor window, and the young
man was taking leave of his sweetheart.
sure you 11 kiss me before J co?
pleaded the lover.
1 be answer came direct and with fine
scorn:
"If ye were a babe I'd kiss ve, but it
ye were a man ye wouldn't stop to ask."
1 lie bashtul young man took the hint.
ror Yonni Man and Hanker.
'Mr. Awlkash," said the trcmblintr
young man in the threadbare suit oi
clothes, "I have come to ask you for the
hand of your daughter."
The rich banker wheeled around in
his chair and looked at the presump
tuous youin.
"Henry," he said, kindly, "you can
have her, and I will see that she sup
ports you in better style than you have
been accust6med to."
The Point of View.
"Education is certainly a eood thino-."
remarked the clerical looking passenger
as he folded up his paper.
"There's where wc differ," rejoined
the man with the noisy tie. at whom
the remark had been aimed. "It has
put my business on the pork train."
"Indeed!" said the c. 1. p. "What is
your business, may I ask?"
"Selling cold bricks." was the run
but significant reply. Chicago News.
i. . . ' . -'J'""' sj.
01. uiice removes
you need the beat.
such troubles.
EDICAL
Of the United States Treasury Rccom
mends Pc-ru-na.
TheWomen AIsoRecom
mend Pe-ru-na.
Miss Blanch Grey, 174 Alabama street,
Memphis, Xcnn., a society woman of Mem
phi writes:
'"lo a society woman whose nervous
force is often taxed to the utmost from
lack of rest and irrejrulnr meals I know of
nothing which is of so much benefit as Pe
runa. I took it a few months ago when I
felt my strength giving away, and it soon
made itself manifest in giving me new
strength and health." Miss Blanch Grey.
Mrs. X. Schneider, 2409 Thirty-seventh
Place, Chicago, III., writes:
"After taking several remedies without
result I legan last year to take your valu
able remedy, Pcnina. I was a complete
wreck. Had palpitation of the heart, cold
hands an i feet, temnle weakrfess, no appe
tite, trembling, sinking feeling nearly all
the time. You said I was suffering with
systemic catarrh, and I believe that I re
ceived your help in the nick of time. I fol
lowed Vour directions carefully, and can
sny to-dny that I am well again. 1 cannot
thank you enough for my cure."
l'eruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Pcnina is not a guess nor an experiment
it is an absolute scientific certainty. Pe
runu has no substitutes no rivals. Insist
upon having Peruna.
A free bonk written bi Dr. Hart
man, on the subject of catarrh in it
different phanen and stairs, will be
sent free to any addreng by The Jc
runa Medicine Co., Columbua, Ohto.
Catarrh is a systemic disease curable
only by systemic treatment. A remedy
that cures catarrh must aim directly at the
depressed nerve centres. This is what Pe
runa does.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. llartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will be
pleased to give you bis valuable advice
grntis.
Address T)r. llartman, President of The
Ilartmnn Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
MADE LIVING) BY CRACKING WHIPS
Curious Trade Discovered by tne Tollee
of France.
The Paris police have recently been
Informed by one af the fraternity or
whip-crackers that such a calling ex
ists and claims recognition a one of
the "professions" by the exercise ef
which men earn their livelihood In
France.
Whip-crackers, It appears, are men
who possess strong wrists and are
willing to crack whips alj day long, if
required, on receipt of a suitable fee.
At the commencement of the shooting
season, when the proprietors of neigh
boring demesnes are not good friends,
tho one who bears ill-will to the other
engages a whip cracker, whose duty' It
is to crack a whip so as to frighten
away all the birds at the approach of
the disliked sportsman and his friends.
The whlpcrackers are also found
useful by farmers afflicted with dis
eased cattle which they cannot' sell.
Having engaged a whipcracker, they
turn out the sick beasts on the most
frequented highway they can find. Tho
cracker follows with his whip, osten
sibly to guide the cattle, really to
drive them under the wheels of a car
riage, a motor car or a tram. This he
docs by cracking his whip at tho
critical moment so as to frighten the
beasts and drive them to destruction.
Roads Made nf Gold.
The people of the two counties
south of Lacrosse, Wis., especially
near Prairie du Chlen, have been for
3-ears using gold-hearing quartz for
road making and house building,
thinking it was common stone. The
finding of a heavy, paying vein of gold
on a farm of Mrs. N. 3. Dousman set
them right. By following up the vein
it was traced for many miles arouud,
touching, in some places, quarries
where rock has been taken for years.
Lightning striking in the same place
during successive storms led M!s
Violet Dousman to think that metal
In gome form existed there. Her in
vestigations led to the discovery ot
the gold.
Merrill's Foot Powder.
Au absolute cure for all toot troubles.
Guaranteed to stop all odor and exoexslve
rrornpiration. BrlURs red. burning, smarting ,
tired and tomlor feet to a perfectly nonnai
condition. A superior toilet article for ladies.
This powder does away with the use of dress
slilelds. DruKglsts, or sent direct In band
somesprlnkletoptin package for 25o. uwim
i Mibbili,. Maker. Woodstock. VU
EMBARRASSED THE CLERGYMAN
Minister's Makeshift All Right Cntll
the Maid Appeared.
A distinguished Episcopal clergy
man was once called on to officiate at
a fashionable summer resort church.
and, finding only a short surplice and
no cassock In the vestry, wa very
much disturbed at the thought of hav
ing to appear in a vesture that to the
frivolous would look like a white shirt
and trousers. But a happy inspiration
came to him. Why not wear one of
his wife's black petticoats? The por
tion that would Bhow below the sur
plice would look exactly like the regu
lation cassock, and no one would ever
be the wiser. So he hurrledlv sent
one of ths UBhors with an explanatory
note to his wife In the hotel, and In
the nick of time the petticoat arrived.
Tho makeshift turned out to be a per
fect success, and no one at a distance
could tell that he was not wearln a
cassock. After the close of the ser-
vice he decided to go out to the body
of the church without taking; off hia
robes, in order to greet some friends.
Ana he was soon the center of a
group of fashionable women, when a
green Irish maid from the hotel came
up, and In a loud voice said to htm:
"Yer Riverence, the missus slnt me
afther her petticoat that ve do be
wearln'. an' I wua to wait till ve take
It off." New York Tribune.
For the Rich Only.
Uncle and Aunt Match Al WAM .
town tO buy a new rlrwlr xr
said tho dealer, "her U something-
very attractive in the
When the hour besrlns. a hirH ,J
- - WIUD,
out ot the top and sings 'Cuckoo!'
tor instance. I turn thi
. - . - mmu iu a
0 clock, and the bird comes out and
sings 'Cuckoo!' three times."
"Don't that heat allt" -.....
- -" Mu UUCIO'
Melcher, enthusiastically.' "Mother,
101 a nave one.
"No, no!" said his wlfa fco..u .'
That sort of a clock mini.i h '
u v u lur
folks that have eot lots nf iim.
it'd take me half the forenoon .v.-..
day to take care of that bird
Youth's Companion,
EXAMINER
Dr. Llewellyn Jordan.
DTI. LLEWELLYN JORDAN, Medical
Examiner of the U. 8. Treasury De
partment, graduate of Columbia College,
and who served three years at West Point,
baa the following to say of Peruna:
'Allow me to express my gratitude
to you for the benefit derived from
your wonderful remedy. One short
month has brought forth a vast
change, and 1 now consider myself
a well man after months of suffer
ing. Fellow sufferers, Peruna will
cure you."
Peruna immediately invigorate the
nerve-centre which give vitality to th
mucous membrane. Then catarrh disap
pears. Then' catarrh is permanently cured.
The man who is a failure is apt tt think
that success is accidental.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a liquid and Is taken
Internally, and acts directly on th blood
and mucous surfaoes of the system. Writ
for testimonials, free. Manufactured by
F. J. CnssiT A Co., Toledo. O.
Falling in love is much more pleasant
than to have a falling out.
FITS permanently onred.No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
KerveRestorer.tlitrial bottle and treatisefre
Dr. B.H. Klihi, Ltd. , 931 Arch 8t., Phlla., Vs.
The milk of human kindneas isn't nut on
in bottles. ,,
Mrs.Winslow'SoothIngBTrnpforohildr
teething, soften the gums, reducestnnamma
tlon, allays paln,curea wind collo. ittc. a bot tl
People ought to air their opinion to
keep them from getting musty.
I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago. Mb. Thomas Bob
bins, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y Feb. 17, 1DO0.
The record aurora borealia lasted for a
week, in August, .1859.
BIG MONEY
for
oaiesmen
r 1
Tb )mrmmt TiMorlng
Hoaa in tb world
"w mn in err
town and ooanty In B.8.
to tak orders for m nde-Jo-tneunre
c o t It I n m .
wteftch jon th batji
nd start ron Fr,
u .a ng en van
"randymarla" or fbl
aohenie. Waoffor $10,1X0
v 7 u woo can
proT that any armsnt
vmstna out la not cut
Md made to tneaanra.
Nona bat Union Labor
yupioraa. union Label
in every iMnsnt .
The tnormom Tolnm
of bulnea enable u
w wan i-ine lauoricf
at )owet price ever
known. Oar Jomfn
nave no eompetitinn
and earn from i'Jti t o $QQ
to hundred doing It mow. A crand opportunity
frenorttlo men. Even a part of your time Twill
bring yon from 10 to ttt per week KipTrleno
Our Harmon U are wern br all elaa In imi
ST? ' 'A J nlo" ,Tin" ord" ? p"CaTt
-li??' Sn J?111 employed In each locality. Doat
win explain how hundred have escaped from
?r?.tonr.h!iou"Ddsr.i 'I?; on oth!
hvpubllo. aar Kif r... Co.. or illl.roiiu i
arm la Chlcsso. Writo u ohm
nXIKOIB CUSTOM TAILORrNO OOBtPAVT
147.181 Fifth at..
untcato. Ills.
I would feel bloated after eating
the plainest meal. I would suffer
with headache that nearly drove
me crazy and would be so nervous
that if any one spoke a little quick
to me I would cry. I could not help
it. I was not fit for any kind of
work. Since I have been taking
Ripans Tabules the neighbors and
my frieids notice the change and
inquire the cause. I always say
Ripans did it. 1 take one after
each meal and one before retiring.
I , An. rrrrtm.m
The Fire-Cent packet Is enough for am
viuiuarr oocasion. ina isxnlly bottla,
M cents, coutaina a supply lor a year.
J'TT J"T It 1
Genuine stamped C C C Hever soli la bulk.
Seware of the dealer who tries to tell
"something just u good."
Wills Pills
Lead the
World.
Are You Sick?
Bend your nam and P. O. address to
The R. B. Wills Medlglns C... Hig.ritoii, H4.
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