TESTED BY TIME. Mr. Robert Rroderick, who resides at 191"' Virginia St.. In Pnn Antonio.,; Texas, tells nn xporleiiectlint will Intercut very render; It iliowt ns well tliat iJOHn's Hires nre Inst Idk cure. She my: "t'p to Hie enrly pnrt of the year 1002 I lind been a sufferer from kidney trouble for innny yenro. The pain In my back became worse mwl worse until It'wns n dally burden tliHt Interfered witli every duty. I win much af flicted with lioiidiiclM' nnd dizzy spell nnd wn una bio to rest well nights. In May, !-, after using Donn's Kidney Pill's I tnarlc a statement for publica tion declaring that 'they had entirely relieved me. of tin? pain In my back. I have sim-o then had n year's time In which to study the effects of the medi cine, and while I have had slight touches of thp trouble since, the use of the pills has nhvn.vs driven away nil tigns of the disorder, and I hav. be come convinced of the fact that the first treatment was practicuily perimi uent In Its effects, and 1 know that a box of Iioan's Kidney PIIIh kept on hand Is n sutllcieui jfuarautee against any suffering from the kidney or back. I should advise every sufferer to take Doun's Kidney rills, nnd I know that they will bo surprised and pleased with the result." A Fnr.c Trial of this grefit kidney medicine which cuivd Mrs. Uroderick will bo mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Koster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, X, Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. Did Not Think ol the President. A pretty little incidont occurred in Governor La Follcttc's office, in Madi on, Wis., while President Roosevelt was holding a reception there. Two lit tle girls edged their way into the crowd in the office. Their dress indicated that their home was not furnished with all of the good things which children like to have. Governor La Follcttc, see ing the children, asked them if they wanted to sec the President. The small er of the two shook her head, abashed by the big crowd. The Governor press ed them to sec the President, when the larger one spoke up and said: "We don't want that, but we would like something else." "What would you like?" asked the Governor. "We'd like that flower," replied the little tot. "Papa is sick at home and could not conic, and we'd like to give him that flower." She was told r.'ic muld have the flower, and she was fo i:appy that she cried with joy as she seized the large American beauty rose. Willing hands stripped several of the vases in the Gov ernor's office and the children had all of the flowers they' could carr" to cheer up the sick father, whose happiness they thought of amid all of the excite ment of .the presidential reception. A Littlo King. An amusing incident is told of King Victor of Italy, one of whose chief amusements is motoring. One day when out with the Queen they wcie passing through a small village when a breakdown occurred. Amongst the crowd attracted to the spot were two English motorists, who, unaware of the identity of the occupants, carried on the following conversation: "Pretty motor-car." "Yes, and the lady is pretty, too." "More than can be said of the man. Did you ever see such a little man in such a big car?" "I am out of brandy. 1 wonder if he can supply me. Shall 1 ask? Perhaps he speaks French." "I shall be most happy to oblige you," said the King, in perfect Eng lish, turning and holding out his flask. Then, as he prepared to leave, he add ed, "Can I be of any further use to you? My kingdom is at your disnosal, and it is not so small as its monarch." Same Old Game. A granger one day cashed a cheque. On a city bank that was a wreque; This new-fangled pold blique Made him so hopelessly sique That he hanged himself by the neque. BlackHi air "I have used vour Hair Vico for five years nnd sm greatly picaseu witn it. it certainly re. stores tho original color to gray uir ii seeps my nairson. mrs. ff Helen Kilkenny, New Portland, Me. Ayer's Hair Vigor has been restoring color to gray hair for fifty years, and it never fails to do this work, either. You can rely upon it jl ui aiuupjng your nair irom tailing, tor Keeping your scalp clean, and for meting your hair grow. I1.M statu. All dmrililt. If roar dru-lit ennnot supply jroa, CD4 one iuiUr sod wo will sxprus oi jrour mxirest oxiru ouTm. Adilrcu. J. C. A VLB CO., Lowell, Uui. RWA-N-S Tabulcs Doctors And A good prescription For mankind. Tkt fremt pack b (Beech tot ' Q a tM ulnar? occuion. Tlie I tMf bulla (price OO aula I urn. e eupuin Iji ft im. . ' J THE SCHOOL GARDEN Value of This Nature Study Labor-fltory-The Practical Knowledge as Well as Artistic Conceptions Which It Affords. , I DEFINE the school garden as a Burden that performs some educa tional function In the school with which It Is connected. It tins a garden laboratory a nature study lab oratory. It does for the children out- of-doors what the chemical laboratory, the. carpenter shop and tho kitchen laboratory do indoors. It trains the eye nnd tho band along with the In tellect, and at the mine time gives pleanureablc employment und physical exercise In the open nlr nnd sunshine. To n.any pupils in the city it opens up a whole new world nature's life ro mance, a divine pastoral abounding In amusing little comedies and the most Intensely Interesting tragedies the struggles for existence all this at a time when every Impression made upon the child mind leaves nn Indelible stamp. Ami not only dors It arouse Interest In the many phenomena of nature thus brought under the directed observations of the child, but It also gives zest to many otherwise dry exer cises thnt tho skilled teacher correlates with It. KINDS OP fif-IlOOt OAtDSKS, Two fairly distinct types of schoel gardens are found. In one the orna mental features predominate. The chil dren assist in planting the school grounds with wild flowers and shrubs, or cultivated flowers, ornainenl.il plants and trees, or various combinations of native and Introduced plants. Ordinar ily In gardens of this type the aesthetic features are emphasised, though not always to the exclusion of other valua bio Instruction. The children may learn, to a certain extent, the princi ples of plant growth, the rcusous for pruning and grafting trees, the best methods of combating Inscc pests nnd fungus diseases of flowers, shrubs and trees, nnd many other practical details In maintaining pleasant home surround ings. In the other type of fchool garden the vegetable garden we And the eco nomic element predominating. Chil dren nre frequently allowed to plant (lowers In connection with vegetable, but this feature of the work Is usually Incidental to the instruction In growing useful plants. Vsnnlly the garden Is divided Into small plats, from four to tjen feet wide by six to twenty feet long, and one or two pupils nre made responsible for the care of each pint. Here they plant lettuce, radishes beans, potatoes and other farm and garden vegetables, learn to distinguish them from the weeds that threaten to choke them out, become familiar with their habits of growth and methods of re production, discover numerous Insect enemies and other pests that require great ingenuity to eradicate, nnd grad ually acquire a nomenclature that adds greatly to the stock of words In their growing voctibulnry. Such gardens do not lend themselves to the realization of landscape effects, bur furnish many valuable lessons not to be acquired In the ornamental gar den, where, ns a rule, nil the pupils work together. Among oilier things they develop n sense of ownership, and awaken a greater personal Interest. with this sense of ownership comes n growing regard for the property o others. It hns been found in the edu cation of incorrigible boys that al lotting to each boy n'plat of ground upon which he can raiso what he will nnd en.loy the fruits of his labor lias a powerful Influence in overcoming the tendency to Indulge in petty thieving. Furthermore, the few experiments in school garden -work that' have been carried on long enough in this country to g'.vo tangible resulis Indicate that children who have engaged lu work of this kind at school ncquirc a whole some respect not cnly for the Individual property of others, but for city prop erty and other corporate property, for the shad trees In the streets und the shrubbery and flowers In parks. The Individual plat system, rdfsn. more thnn any other lixas personal re sponsibility. There Is i:o chance to shirk It. If nny plat shows neglect the teacher knows where to llx the blame. If another shows excellence lu design or pulustr.liing effort, the teacher knows where praise should be be stowed. It hag been found In schools where this system has been tried that to deprive :t neglectful pupil of hi:) plat ui'd give it to some oue else has been cm of the strongest Incentives to cor.tinuirg and painstaking effort. After a pupil has prepared his ground, sown his teed and bestowed some little care upon the p'.anls that have conic up lie very much dislikes to have the fruits of his labor enjoyed by someone else. DBvr.torMENr op tiie vovj mcnt. f'chod gardens of ll:e two typea men tioued nre mostly modern institutions. No concerted movement for their es tablishment dates back more than thirty-five year:-!. Aside from Cermany, where two or three stntes gave encour agement to tho establishment of school gardens, over eighty years ngo, Austria nnd Sweden were lenders in the move ment nr.d were practically contempor aneous In giving oillclal cueournscuient to It. The Austrian Imperial school law of March 14, lSiiP. prescribed tlr.it "where practicable u garden and place for agricultural experiments shall be established at every rural school." lu Sweden, seven months later, a royal circular was published which requited school gardens averaging from seventy to eighty square yards to be appro priately laid out. In both countries the movement bad rapid growth. In Austria tho number of school gnrdcus In 1808 was estimated to be over 18,000, and In some of the Austrlnn provinces there la not a school without a garden. In Sweden tho number of school gar den In 1S9-1 wai 4070.. BKIOITJM AND awlTZKia&XP. In Belgium, since 1S73, a law hat beeu in force requiring that each school have a garden of at least thirty-nine and one-half square rods, to le used lu connection with Instruction In botany, horticulture and agriculture. In Hwltz aland an active campaign for the t- tabllshment of school gardens was be gun In 1881 by the Swiss Agricultural Society, and about 1SS3 tho Federal flovernment began to suOsldize school gardens nnd to offer prizes for plHns and essays on the subject. School gnrdens nre maintained in connection with normal schools and In that way tho teachers receive special training which enables them to make the best use of these Iniportnnt Institutions, In Itelglum a remarkable impetus wu given to vegetable gardening, a matter of great Importance In thnt densely populated country. In Switzerland, ac cording to a recent consular report, one can see flowers, vegetables, fruit trees or shrubbery planted "on every foot of ground on the front, sides nnd rear of houses." Richard J. Crosby, in Itoston Transcript. NEW JAPANESE INCUSTRY. I.arliet' DrmeiirU Stippllerl in the Land of llio HImiib San. It I3 perhaps hardly recognized how formidable a competitor Japan is be coming to the contlnentni nations in supplying some of the Items of ludlcs' dally demands. It is now several years since a great West End firm In troduced the luxuriously soft nud com fortable quilted dressing gowns nnd Jackets from t ho land of the rising sun, nnd by supplying English patterns us to size and shape to the Japanese workers wns ennbled to offer the home customer whnt she wanted in these directions, allied with the charms of color nnd embroidery thnt are dis tinctly Enstorn, I.uion is more and more relying upon Japan for the straw plaits nnd braids which go to make t lie smart nnd Inex pensive lints nnd toques now appearing so conspicuously In the milliners' win dows, nnd this year a stride forward lias been made in sending over what nre technically known as "chip fancies," which have hitherto beeu nl most exclusively supplied by Italy. And now there Is a uew branch of en terprise to be noted with rrgnrd to the more dainty features of our table linen, nnd Japan Is prepared to give us lunch, sideboard and afternoon ten cloths, cervicites nnd tho like with tho ultra-fashionable adornment of drawn-thread work in the most charm ing variety. IIltherto the work hns been dona upon the native cotton cloth, and tho first essential toward bringing It into accordance with western table re quirements was to supply Instead the finest Irish flas linen. This the deft eomlulue fingers of the Jnpanesp work ers found to be admirably suited to their peculiar methods, nnd upon It they nre executing work that not only rivals the finest Sicilian examples In this direction, but hns characteristics entirely its own. They employ several forms of st Itch quite unknown In En- rope, and in the fineness of their effect obtain results approaching to that of pillow Incc. Every one Is familiar now with tho Teneriffc linen work, nnd the outlines of this nre often reproduced in thnt of Japan, but critics nre inclined to prefer the intricate geometrical and scroll de vices that seem to be Indigenous. Al though aerial and delicate In appear ance, the work washes well, provided that reasonable lire be exercised, and Is Indeed sent Into this country washed nnd ready for immediate use. Perhaps, to tho ordinary buyer, tho rrreatest recommendation that these charming accessories could have Is their cheapness, ns compared with whnt the price would be of Items of European origin on which a tenth pnrt of tho patient hand labor bad been extended. For fifteen shillings, or even less at a retail firm, It Is pos sible to buy a teaelotii or ccntreslip with delightful nnd even elnbornte ornamentation of this kind at tho ends or corners, nnd long lattlcelike open worked hemstitching. Especially dainty nr,' tiny napkins for afternoon tea, which nre a real boon when hot but tered cakes aro served. At present the Icugth of time that must elapse be tween sending nu order from this coun try and receiving the finished work hns militated against utilizing It for driss trimmings, but should the present season witness, ns is expected, nn un exhausted popularity for Belfast linen gowns, it is probable that something of the kind may bo attempted for next year's went1. London Telegraph. Nrslrctnl Ktlqlielle. That the society young man In Eng land Is as lax In matters of etiquette ar his American cousin appears from a complaint in a Loudon weekly. The writer says: "I uotlce n quantity of books on etiquette have lately appeared, so that n certain nunil-.n- of people must still concern themselves with Its laws and edicts. Ou tho whole, how ever, a ilrcid.;d free ami easiness has begun to prevail in society. A'ter-dln-tier calls nnd card-leaving generally aye almost entirely neglected by young men, and the efforts of hostfsses to entertain meet with pvant entourage- incut. A branch of etiquette In which men who have come from our smart schools nre sadly deficient lit Hie art of letter writing, of accepting or de clining Invitations nud nddrciwiiig In dies. Every foivlguer can write .1 well expressed, grammatical letter, but out English young man of smart socleiy is strangely Illiterate, lie learns neither essay writing nor English competition at Eton and Harrow, and tlii-i forms oue of the greatest drawbacks to th political career of a otherwise prom ising young man." Tlie ltapni-inr. One ef the sad features of civil nnd military life is the unprcparedncss of iiieu iu tho presence of tlie tieuvpape reporter. Without the reporter there might be papers, but not newspapers. He Is a necessary evil. If ha be any kind of evil. Those who fight hardest against him nnd oppose Ills mia-Mon are the very ones who at soma future : day need blui most, and It la tbry who will work most strenuously to ii"e him for their purposes. It gives me ,leas uro to say that we of the Fourth Estate are gradually educatlug the public in tho art of receiving newspaper wtn nud treating them with that ciurteay and frauknesa which tho rxlgciicia ot the hour demand. We aro here to F.'ny, We nre friends of all good nnd cujmlcs of all guile. New York Press. A Fonmlellow f Currants, The economic structure of the king dom of Greece rckts largely upon the cm-mot uidusti-r. lUMAitKCUL kbVitn. . General Trada Conditio!. Ttrarictr...' ii-l i I ' , oracistrcet s says: Wholevae trade . .1. . , . await, crop, labor and price develop- fients. Too much rain is reoortcd lor Western crops, but particularly fo. torn, the planting of which is still de layed. "Business failures in the Uniler" States for the week number 181, against t5S last week." LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Snrinff rlrar i; rn- K.i Patent. $4.80; choice Family, $4.05. Wheat New York No. j, K.VAc tniiaacipnia no. 2, 8oTfi8oc; Haiti more No. 2, 82c Com New York No. 2, 56c; Phiia delplna No. 2, 5o!4(aso! ic; Baltimore k"- a- SSf'Soc- , Oats New York No. 2, 41-Vi, Phila f.elphia No. 2, 4114; Hal:imorf No. 2, 41420. Hay. No. 1 timothy, large bale J20.50rov21.oo; do. small bales $20..Wa 2t.oo; No. 2 timrthv. $19.0012000: No. .1 timothy, $i6.cv 18.00; No. 1 clovci mixed. Jir.sorti 18.J0; No. 1 clover mix ed, $14.501; 16.50; No. 1 clover. $1355 Co 14.00; No. 2 clover, Sio.oorti 12.00; no grade hay. $7.oo,i 1 1 co. urecn Fruits and Vegetables. Wc rpiotc as foilows: Apples Western Maryland find Pcnnsvh arii, parked, per brl $!.5ir2.25; do, New York, pet r. . - ' .1" --' . naiciwtns S2.OOAl3.tO: till. rj,f " mtico. a.o: o. .No L i a - , 1 .... . , ... .. ., ..-! KiMlu 11 cooler ..Mem, per on i.7,'"2 5o; do, io. 2 all varieties, per brl $1.5.-0 175. Aspar agusNorfolk, per dozen $i.ooft 2.2; !o. Maryland and Virginia, per do.-rn cultivated. $1. 25'r; 2.00: do, per dozen wild, $i.ooffi 1.25. Meets Charier ton rcr bunch, 2(V;.k; do, Norfolk, pci bunch, 2(h.K. Cabbage Norfolk, per rl $1.1517 1.25; do, York river, pel crate. $1.15,1.25; do North Carolina, per cra:c. $i.iofr 1.15; do F.aicrn Shore rgmia. per br!. $1.1011.15. Chcrric Maryland and Virgiiih, ncr lb do, do, co, per brl J $5 00 ; do, do, do as to size, per box $1.501 .too. Cucum bersFlorida, rer crate. $1,501?; d 1 Savannah, per crate $1. 50(7 2.00. 'Egg I ,ants Florida, per orange box $2.5.1 too. Green peas Potomac, per full brl rr$2.5o; do. per half-barrel bas ket $i.ior 1.15; do, Rappahannock, per brl $1,051?! 2.00; do, per half-barrel bas ket KoiViqoc; do, pcr brl, off stock. $i.oc fu.25; do, York river, pcr brl $i.6:('. 2.00; do, per halt-barrel ba-!ct HVnryoc'; c.o. ratuxent, pcr brl ?'$.. to: do Nor folk, per brl ?j$25o; do, per half-barrel basket $1.00(3 $1.10. Gooseberries Ftr, lb Sc Lettuce Native, pn oushcl, box 4Crt65c. Onions Ncu jlcrmutla, pcr crate $t.or2.oo; rlu Egyptian, per sack $.t40''- .t50. Or angesCalifornia navel, pcr box $2.?c f.t23; do, seedlings, per box $2.ooyi ?50. Pineapples Florida, pcr crate a; to size, $2,000- 2.50. Radishes K-.f tern Shore Virginia, pcr brl, long. 75'. fi.oo; do, native, red, pcr ico to'n,-,c-do, native, white, pcr 100 7cCr! .'oo. Spring onions, pcr 100 bunclies 'so-ic' 6nc. " Cutter Separator, 23W24C: G.-itlicri-i' cream, 22(ii2.k: Prints, i-lb, 24 a 2c: Rolls. 2-lb, 24rtt.2: Dairy r.tv M i Pa., Va., 2ifit 2sc. Eggs. Western Maryland and Penn sylvania, loss off, pcr dozen fax-Vic-Eastern Shore, Maryland and Virginia oss off, pcr dozen (aiVt Virginia, loss off, per dozen (n.V, We-t Vir ginia, loss off, per dozen (a 15; Vc.-t-rrn, loss off, per dozen" C'tiS'i. Southern, loss off, per dozen (n y guinea, pcr dozen 7f,.8. Live Poultry. Hens, heavy to nic dium, l.ifq'i3.jc; do, old roosters, each z.'CfiJOc; do, spring to 2 lbs; 27', ?8c; do, i'4 to Vi lbs. .?5(''27; do. 1 ib and under, 20 22; do, wii.tcr. ', lbs and under. 18(1120. Ducks Spring' l8(?20c; do, fancy, large, old, ,'inc do, small, (Tqc; do, muscovy and mongrels. io(?iic. Gecc Western tach 30rtv40c. Guinea fowl, each fi 25c. Pigeons OM, strong flyers, pci pair ((25c; do. young, do, rtjic. Hides Heavy steers, association s:!' takers, late kill. 60 lbs and up, do-; selections. 0'if5iioc; cows ami iigiu steers, 8r8',i. Provisions and Hog Products. Mar kct firm. Our quotations are as ioi lows: Hulk clear rib sides, io'-c: lniil. clear sides, io4; bulk shoulders, o'J bulk fat backs, 18 lbs and under, q'-j bulk bellies, ni; bulk ham butts, gy. bacon, clear rib sides, 11: clear sides Il!4; bacon shoulders, to',$; sugar-cured breasts, small, li'j; sugar-cured shoulders, blade cuts, 10: sugar-cured shoulders, narrow, 10; sugir-cund shoulders, extra broad, 11: sugar-cured California hams, 9; canvased and 1111 ranvascd hams, 12 lbs and over, 14 hams, canvased and uiu-aiivase l. 15 lbs and over, J.tkJ; skinned, 14'-$; re'ii'ud lard, Vcond-hand tubs, io'4: refined lara, naii-oarreis and new tubs, 10 tierces, lard, 10. '.1 Llvo S toe It Chicago Cattle. Good to prime steers $4.005.30; poor to medium $4OO(r4 0o; stockcrs and feeders $3.0: (114.65; cows $1 504 60; heiicrs $2.ockv 4.50; canncrs $1.50(0275: bulls $2.254 4.25; calves $250(16.65; Tevas led steers $4.00 4.60. Hogs Receipts to day 27,000 head: tomorrow 15,000; left over 10,000; market 10 to 15 cent; lower; mixed and burchcrs' $6.io'f'6.35; good to choice, heavy, $6.45(1 6.62 l-jr rough, heavy, $6.1516.40; light $5 qo'-i' 6.20; bulk of sales $6.20(56.40. Sheep Ueccipts lo.ooo head. Slice)) stea Jy lambs steady to 10c lower; good tc choice wethers $47S(S5-5o; fair to choice mixed $3754 75; native lambs f4.50fa7.co. East Liberty. Cattle steady: choice $5.10(175.40: prime $5.00? 5.50; good f-t75'o,4 85. Hogs lower; prime, licuv) $6.45(46.50: mediums $6.05(06.10: lieavv Yorkers $6.05; light Yorkers and pig's $6.oo(((.6.05; roughs $4.501 570. Sheet: slow; best wethers $4. 50(1 4.65; culli and common $1,500 2.50; choice Iamb $6,0046.25; veal calves $575(06.25. STRAWS FROM THE WORLD'S CURRENTS Nearly Poo patents have been grant ed to Edson. American pork is no lon-cr prohibit ed in Turkey. The process of rapid tanning by elec trolysis has failed. The number of opium smokers in the United States is estimated at l.ooo.coo The number of persons in the 'lcnimi tiaries of Iowa lu 1000 population ha doubled in fourteen years. In Cuba sixteen tons of cane yield one ton of sugar. In Peru it requirei only twelve nnd a half. One in every eight of the patent" granted by the United States last yeai was to foreigner. Every action of human free will is miracle to physical and chemical and' mathematical science, says Lord Kel vin, in the London Times. The largest living thing on earth if the new-found red-wood tree in Califor nia, whirh is about 350 lect high and 156 feet in circumference. The importations ol opium that if prepared for smoking is double thai used bv physicians and morphine habit ues. The amount i niore than 500,000 pounds and the value Siwaooo, w . I The Apple U.clierft. There is nothing more common thaa to hear farmers la nil the eastern sec- ... Nf" of the country sny "we cannot ! Brow BJtp- nnv .,.. we on(,e di( Now, the climate Is not to blame for Miik, and If npp.es or.ro grew well w.lh you is It not worth while to study the cause of their failure now? Men realize Hint fcr the growing of ! their annual crops they must cultivate I well and krep up the fertility of the I soil. They do not try to grow coin j nr.d wheat at the snme lir.ie o: the same field, for they know that It can not be deiv successfully, but when it comes to tiie orchard they assume that a tree cau not only take care of Itself like the trees In the forest, bill that they enn crop the laud for other things at the snme time and still get crops of npples. Herein lies the grentest of all the troubles In npple growing. So long ns the soli was a virgin soil and abounding lu plant food the trees throve In spite of neglect, but ns the gradually robbed the roll assistrd bj the crops planted among them there wns soon a failure, for trees ns well as oilier crops need plenty of avallablo plant food In the soil. Another tiling that npple trees espe- I eially need Is nn abundance of soil I moisture. Ir Is useless to apply fertlll- sers to r.uy plant If there is not moist ... v- v ...... , .1 in ,11,: p.. 11 iwvi.r.uiii- 111.111. 1 fTnw.. .1... t... ........ r . i,i.. ure enough In the soil to dissolve them 1 m iue niijiiM t.uii-c iur providing a soil abounding In vegetable decay to retain the moisture needed for the so In; Ion of the plant food applied. Few growers fully realize the amount of the various forms of plant food that nn npple orchard takes from the soil. At the recent American Apple Growers' I'ongress In St. Louis Professor Clo Ihier gave some very striking tlguren In this regard which were taken from the experiments made at the Agrlcul Innil Experiment Station of Cornell Fniversity. Hp showed thnt with nn average yield (nivl this Is a smnll one in n good orchnnli of 201 bushels per acre, that this L'OO bushels of fruit would remove from the soil thirteen pounds of nitrogen, only one pound of phosphoric acid and nineteen pounds of potash, r.nd the npples alone would remove from each acre $2.45 worth of plant feod. Then the growlh of the wood nnd the leaves of the trfe must be taken Into account, nnd It takes a cry considernbl amount of food to keep up the activity of a large tree. Altogether there wns In the orchard a demand for plant food to a total value of ?'.).ni per acre. ! He compared this with n crop of corn mailing fifty hnshils per ncre, nnd sliu.vcd thnt the corn removed little , more than the fruit trees, -nd yet every I farmer knows that he cannot expect I fifty bushels 0 com per acre unless he ; keeps up the fertility of the soil, nnd j yet we see the same men trying to get j jpples from a soil that hr.s been dralucj I by the tries In this way for a genera I lion, and not only drained by the trees, but enlled upon to grow a hay ero.) cr 1 'o pnsture stock. Is It nny wonder that we tannot grow apples as well as we I once did? j The statement wo have given shows that the demand for phosphoric acid Is very small as compared with thnt for nitrogen and potash, and the trees will demand more potnsb thnu a crop of corn of fifty bushels per ncre, and do mnnd It every year, for there can be no rotation of crops here. Iu their j young state. wh-n growth is what wo I want, applications of stable manure I will be of great help, not only In fur i nishlug nitrogen but In giving gome bu- j nuts making matter to the soil. If Kol- nit lias been used in the preservation of ! this mnnure It will not only make the I manure better In preventing the loss ', of nitrogen, but it will ndd potash thnt Is needed. When the trees have j reached mnturlty we ndvlsc the seed I ing down to grass. P.ut not In grass to : be cut for hay, but grass to be cut only j ns a mulch for the trees nnd left on tho ground, cutting It several times during j the season. Thru give the grass a lop j dressing annually of a fertilizer coin ! posed of 800 pounds of acid phosphate. I 800 pounds of cottonseed meal and 400 , pounds of muriate of potash to make a ; ton. I.'sc this liberally ami get a good ; growlh of grass nnd every time you j cut the grass spread it to decay un I dor tho trees as fnr ns the limbs ex j tend nnd a Utile further. Then If you I attend to the spraying j-ou can gror I apples Jnat like you did In your boy hood and probably better. W. F, J!a. I aey. - - Paid for Hlo Boast. j A man moved to the coumry am! 1 bought a farm. He was just getting ! settled when a man with a book under , his arm, leaned over the fence and said: "Just bought this land?" "Yes." ''Very fine farm." ''Yes, sir; very fine." "Must be worth two thousand dol lars." "More than that. I paid three thou sand for it. Then there are indications of coal 011 it, which arc alone worth five thousand dollars. "You don't mean ii?" "Yes. sir. There's cr;r.l on it. Then the new railway i:i going across one sorncr. I consider u;y farm worth fif teen thousand dollars oi any man's Mioncy. "Fifteen thousand, eh?" "Yes, sir, fiiteen thousand at least. I wouldn't take fifteen cents less. What arc you putting down in your book?" "Oh, nothing much. You see, I am Ihe tax assessor. Other farms round here are not worth morc'n fifteen hun dred or two thousand dollars, but I've ji-t put yours down at the figure men tioned because you insiist. Good-morn-in'. sir: glad you've moved into the neighborhood, and hope you'll stay some time." Not Whit He Wanted. A man walked into a hosier's shop and politely addressed the talesman. "I should like to look at sonic black gloves stitched wilh white," he said, "Black gloves stiched with white arc not fashionable now," the salesman re plied. ' I beg your pardon," said the polite customer. "You evidently misunder stood me. I said I should like to look at Home black glove stitched with white." , " l hey are no longer fashionable," reiterated the salesman, with impatient svprriority. "I rind I must apologize aeain," said the ether. "I came in here thinking it wns a hosiery establishment; I find it H a bureau of information. Perhaps I can buy a pair of gloves at the place across the street" out be went. Si's Plunge. Si Tlarkrr. who lived in a hill town in Vermont, became fired with an am bition to emulate the men who make money in Wall Street. He read the financial news of his paper with care nnd regularity, but it was sonic weeks bciore he made up his mind what his first move should be, says the New York Tribune. One morning he came in from milk ing and sat d"wn at the breakfast ta bic with a manner as mysterious as that of an Oriental diplomatist. "For the land's sake, Si," said his wife, after looking at his complacent expression for n while in silence, "what be you a-grinning at?" "Maria, if I told ye," began Si. coolly, "you'd know as much 'bout it as I do. Bu:," he added, "I'll let yc in on the ground floor when the right time comes." After breakfast Si "hitched up" mi l drove to a neighbor's, three miles away, and dickered for a rooster, which he finally bought. Then he carried the rooster four miles to the next town, and sold it within mi hour. As he drove home another farmer met him and pull ed up. 'Hello, Si! he called, ''where you been?" . "Oh. spec'lating a little," Si answered. "What you been a-spcc'lating of, Si?" "Wal," returned Si, wi;h the careless ea-c of a financier. "I bought nie a rooster of Ben Jones for forty-eight cents, and took it to Rochester and sold it for fifty-eight cents. Just a little mcr, that s all. Frazlng the Baste." An Irishman, being annoyed by a howling dg in the night, junined out of bed to dislodge the offender. It was in the month of January, when the snow was two feet dec)). As he did not return his wife went out to sec what was the matter, and found him in his nightshirt in the middle of the road, with his teeth chattering and the whole "f his body almost paralyzed with cold, holding the struvling dog by the tail. "Good gracious. Pall" said 'she, "what would ye be aft her?" "Hush!" said he, don't yc sec I'm trying to frazc the baste?" The attention paid to inconsequential things causes us to overlook many that arc great. FITS in-nnniiently cured. Xo t.ts or nervous onss nftfr I'rst day's usi- of lr. Kline's firr-nt Nerve liestori-r. i li't rial I . ,t t Ir Hint trent isef reo Dr. It. II. Hunk. I.H.. Ml An h St., rhlln.,Pn nirniingli.un'd sewage works are the lurs est in I lie world, alter lliosn of Talis and lierlin. Aalc Tour Oenler Fnr Allen's Foot-Fmte1, A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Huulons, r-wolli-n. Sore, Hot, C'alloup,A"liini,-, HweatlnR Feet nail InRrowinrf. Xnlls'. Alien's l'oot-Kaf mnUe new irtrrht")ioe8 easy. 1 1 nil PruKKlst nn,l she stores, 25 rents! Ac-i-ept uo iilj-tltwti-. Sample, mailed l'ncr.. Aiiuress, Allen M. Hlmntcil. I.el'.oy, N. 1. At Canterbury Cathedral there arc nl- v:ivg nbiillL fortv workmen encacreil in flip I ftlrnetiire. I The Kle.111. Kool Kiti-hun Kim!" I ih irado murk on toves whieh nnblo von to ! nook lu eonitort in a eo., kitoheu. The average Americai: uses 1JB pins a year. Ido not believe ri.o' rurs for ronuroo Hon has an equal forcoaghn nnd colds Jobs t . Boii-.b, Trinity 8prinK, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. .Inpan'H ithipyardri turned out forty-one steamers luct Year. Old .S-fn. Backs of CLair. etc., fin be dyed with Pl-tnau J-'Aini.i:ss Dtcs. Twelve hoit-ls in New York City have more than :i'KJ Iclrp'nnnr each. T.. v lien the sun gets big and round, Hires Rootbeer should be around A peciiece nmlM lire callum. yj'FtK. CHRLES 6. HIRES CO 't hT nf;-...; irith rile for hlrty-li Om rr :4i.-.:rll I lrn taking runnii Ir r (-r,n.tit:(.u. In On rourtc of kv-rk I nollc-ell h n:l litsn 11 d n-r nd M Hie rna i,f .li wir.i lhr .I'd rot lini hi, mt Mail. cai-ru r-vc !.!. c woni-M forme. I am rntlrclr curti ana ltl hccA new iaa." tioorao krjrdor, Napolsca. u. FleMUnV PlV!i). Totr-nt. Tt Good no fiMMl, ""r Slokxn. "Woti or lirln. I0- fcv Mr. S,rl nln In bnl Th rnunln lMot rlsmpol CCO. UuarnnteM to eur or our sioi.cy back. BUrllnf Rrmadr Co., Chicafo or N.Y. sir AKNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES ATENT8. TKAIH.-WAIIKM AMI I'l-SSION'. Am Vim liilt-ri-airtlf Mtlilnnn of rlolli.r ro ir.ii ma.1 out of Patoiita ml Trailr-ilarka. Milium. i,f ilnllarm are I'lTi'lirl atiii to .ny ja.n-1t.1iM. yarn i,ra.-tlr. tur liif'Tinaiieii nmi llirrAlun-, KUI.K, writ j to TI,K. H. ll.l.s.fi.ll'AiV. VlllU UuiWIlljr. II l I11U. A... Wa.llllilou. D, tt 'l.,KJol, mi w U tk. -The I. .ok. Mm Mil I I lif I l-.ll . Itrtrn an klitdi ft riil'tv.l'rrriri.t hcrrlr.i nrii, -K-riM.ie. !. t iHkfl IHrirufltp. A' )ar )- f'T ur, nd will Ufti m il lit.tv lc uoikswiil- )uu itvik. Urttr for ('.nii-an. urnl tprciAl Itiiii.ioki..im I'rtr .V IU. II. ADVERTISE" IVJZ IT PAYS 6 POLES J&tf Beit For TS CANWCATrUJITie tfi Beat ( ou.li Syrup. T o4a tiiiud. Cm M Lii Inliino, y.ild nnigin.t. U mAI 11 -1 - tvm 1 vrtM mm REPEATING RIFLES No matter what vour oreferences are about rlflr. eome one Of (lie eight different Will suit YOU. Winchester Rifles are tnada in caliber unlia ble for shooting sny game, i ana in many btyies ana wcients. Whichever model you j i seiect, you cart count on its rcusDie in action ana a strong, L FlMMt (Sir ttO-RM WINCHCSTCR RKfCATiNa ARMS CO. NCW Hl'KM. COMH.r TO WuiiMl.u UltiLS FREi: MKniCAL ADVICE Kvery workinsr girl who is not wpII Ih corrtlnlly invited to write to Mrs. IMnhlinm, Lynn, Mass., for ftdvicos it lsfrely R-ivcn.and has restored tliousands to health, H.5S Painc's Experience. "I vrnnt to thank you for what you have done for inc. and recommend f.ydia i:. IMiilihain's Vegetable Com pound to all pirls whose work keeps them standing on their feet in tho store. The doctor said 1 must stop work ; he did not seem to rcalixo that a pirl cannot nfford to stop work in ff. My back ached, my appetite was poor, I. could not sleep, and menstrua tion was scanty and very painful. Ona day when sufferine I "commenced to take Lydin I". 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No other for eign or domestic toUuu soap, however expensive, Is to be compared with lc for nil the purposes of the toilet, U'.ll r:id nursery Thus It combines In oun co-. ut onn price the most ettectivc B'-:iu onil coniplexlou sonp, nnd the pure.; and sweetest tollt-t. bclh uud uuritsry sxp ever compounded. Sr.'4 thrrrtirl-rnl ire-M. fStfi-t Ptsr' t. ir-a. fl" fnrm n( 1 r. 4ir i'w.tr l.:i, 2- , , rial cf rik Otntm-at. We., l-a-:-. v'c lm... i lnrloa. 1.0. M frj.t raru. ill., drift 1 a : iMon.Iri? Ccl'OJlrMt Ave. rolltr Dl . Cbcu.. Lor" . Fmfa, IX- tki.il Ut - All i Uwl ILa tVu. (call tm Kl" DROPSY "mI oi otmUmtm'o't an IO 4i Kirw mtcrvrRT: f " aiiraa aras Winchester model1 from rabbits to grizzly bears. being veil made and finished. accurate chooter. Ulukiar' f.l..- 1 t
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