Steel ration >d and g div tevens igures at the claims ts in- rnings ces of t $18,- 100,000 3. .He e cor- arterly r cent 1903, ent, or nnum, nuary, clared ttacks ws of es the earn- ne to ay de- he by- s as a , stock d, and adop- er this de for , 1904, lat the as re- , 1904, LL. TY. Caused of Con- ecuted murder Greens- or then ference ry Sent ary: at 1all up- 1d loyal s, Fath- e been are re- leading e been er Fili- at the ary de- fles, 5,- 1d $700 missary ngitives r a par- le quar- at the Water- 1 were ild, and was re- wagon, ZED, Arouses een ca- nanding minican tion of there. e Clyde govern- ignation vas said he prob- such an of the Admiral ly would t of the s Union, n strike factories 1 Glass s about f which ie to an y non-un- and the red man- celebrat- nd anni- nths ago, y Dayton rank six and was ice com- in Balti- 310.000.0000 g 5 A Hydrophones. Professor Gray's invention for trans- mitting sound under water has been tested by: the - Metropolitan Steamship company, and the captain’s report that they have been unable, invariably, to locate accurately the Boston lightship, upon which sumerged bell was being rung, when approaching at full speed at distances of three miles and up- ward. . Young women may avoid ¥ much sickness and pain, says Miss Alma Pratt, if they will only have faith in the use of Lydia E. Piokham’s Vegetable Compound. Judging from the letters she is receiving from so many young girls, rs. Pinkham believes that our girls are often pushed altogether too near the limit of their endurance now- adays in our public schools and semin- aries. Nothing is allowed to interfere with studies, the girl must be pushed to the front and graduated with honor; often physical collapse follows, and it takes years to recover the lost vitality, — often it is never recovered. Miss Pratt says, — “DeAR Mgrs. PINEmAM:—1 feel it my duty to tell all young women how much Lydia E. Pinkham’s won- derful! Vegetable Compound has done for me. I was completely run- down, unable to attend school, and did not care for any kind of society, but now I feel like a new person, and have gained seven pounds of flesh in three months. “I recommend it to all young women who suffer from female weak- ness,” — Miss ArmA PraTT, Holly, Mich. — $5000 forfeit if original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. LEGAL ADVICE case and we will advise From competent Lawyers. No delay. No publicity. Write us the facts of your as to the law govern- ing it and the best course to pursue. knclose money order for $1.00. No additional charges, ASSOCIATED LAWYERS, BOX 51. PITTSBURG, PA. The FREE Homestead eran] Westar be; 7a Canada Are the STAR ATTRACTIONS For 1904. lions of acres of magnificent Grain and Grazing nds to ba had as a free gift, or by purchase from way Companies, Land Corporations, etc. THE CREAT ATTRACTIONS. Good crops, delightful climate, splendid school system, perfect social conditions, exceptional railway advantages, and wealth and afiinence acquired easily. The population of Western Canada increased 128,000 by immigration during the past year, over 6,000 being Americans. For a deseriptive Atlas and other information a PY Mr. W. D. SCOTT, Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada. Sour Stomach *‘I used Cascarets and feel like a new man. I have been a sufferer from dyspepsia and sour stomach I 3 » me. Iw my friends as the only thing for indi Bou stomso and to keep soe DoSets n good con- n. ey are very nice to eat.’ 7 “Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk, Pa. Best For The Bowels Dy ANY CATT: oD ; X . > EErermsss™ Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, ever Sicken, Weaken or Gripe. 10c, 2ic. 50c. Never sold in bulk. The genuine tablet stamped CCC. @uaranteed to cure or your money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 509 ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES CAPSICUM VASELINE IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES) A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and curativequalitiesof thisarticlearewonder- ful. It will stop the toothache atonce, and relieve headache and sciatica. We recom- mend it as the best and safest external counter-irritantknown,also asanexternal remedy for pains inthe chest and stomach andallrheumatic,neu1..igicand gouty com- plaints. A trial will prove what we claim forit, and it will be found to be invaluable in the household. Many people say‘itisthe best of all of your preparations.” Priceis cts. atall druggists or other dealers, or by sendingthisamounttousinpostagéstamps we wilfsend youa tubeby mail. No article should beaccepted by thepublicunlessthe same carriesourlabel.asotherwiseitis not genuine. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. 17 State Street. NEW YORK City. SEEDS Buccessfully Catalogue free. gown for nearly 3.3. H. Gregory & Son half a century. Marblehead, Hass, RN IO JOEIN WW.MORRIS, Washington, B,C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. te Principal Eximiher U.S. Pension Bureau, Joiek sivil war, 15 adj ndieatinz claims, atty since P. N. U. 8,04, A Bred 1 — i CURES WHERE Best Cough 8yrug Russell Sage Retires. Russell drawn from participation in the af- fairs of the financial district, and now spends most of his time in his new home, in Fifth avenue. Instead of ar- riving at his office early and remain- ing late, as has always be2n his cus- tom, Mr. Sage drops in during the forenoon, looks over his mail and re- turns home early in the day. He sel- dom attends meetings of directors of the corporations in which he is in- terested. There are 29.000 Indian children in school, 62,616 Indians who can speak English and 143,974 Indians who wear civilized dress. ond Beware of Ointments For Catarri Tha Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys- tem when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Sucharticlesshould never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phy- sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blo6d and mucous surfaces of thesystem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken in- ternally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists; price, 75¢. per bottlo, Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation, The efection of galvanized iron houses in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange River colony, has been prohibited. The legislative council at Pretoria has voted in favor of the introduction of Asiatic labor into South Africa. To Wash China Silk Dresses. China silk dresses may be quite success- fully washed. Remove all spots with ben- zine, then wash in warm soapsuds, rubbing between the hands, rinse through several waters. Use Ivory Soap and do not rub the soap on the dress.” Wring as dry as possible, wrap in a sheet or clean cotton cloth, and, when partially dry, iron. ELEANOR R. PARKER. The priests and monks of Italy live long- er than any other professional men in that country. Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass. The two greatest fodder plants on earth, one good for 14 tons of hay and the other 80 tons green fodder per acre. Grows everywhere, so does Victoria Rape, vield- ing 60,000 ibs. sheep and swine food per acre. [A.C.L.] JUST SEND 10C. IN STAMPS TO THE John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and receive in return their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples. China’s population, according to recent estimates, numbers 426,000,000 of souls. I amsurePiso’sCure forConsumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Tuomas Ron- BINS, Maple St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1900. On the West Indian Island of Nevis there is a population of over 13,000, with only one doctor. Cider for Gout. According to United States .Consul Boyle, at Liverpool, cider has become a most popular drink in England, due to a considerable extent to its recom- mendation by many physicians for rheumatic and gouty disorders. He says the cider of England is usually very goed, and is put up in an attrac- tive manner. ‘During the past two or three years there hag been a great re- vival of the cider trade. He says there is no reason why the United States should not get a good share of this growing trade, especially a: much of the cider for, this year’s coi ~mption is made from Canadian apples. What necessities’ of life does the United States import? SA SNE Fi A Profes:-ional Nurse Tells Her Exe perience With Doan*s Kiduey Pills. Montague, Mass. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.: Gentiemen—I heartily wish those who are suffering from backache and dis- turbed action of the kidneys would try Doan’s Kidney Pills. As was the case with me, they will be more than sur- prised with the results. I had been troubled for years with my spine. I could not lie on either side. Spinal cramps would follow, and words could not explain the agony which I would endure. While in these cramps I could not speak or move, but by making a great effort after the cramp had left me I could begin to speak and move & little, but my whole back was so soré and lame that I could not even have the back bathed for some time. My nerves were in a terrible. state. I would rath: er sit up at night than go to bed, dread- ing the cramps and the terrible back- aches. I consulted physicians, but got only a little relief for the time being. Seeing your advertisement, my mother urged me to try Dean’s Kidney Pills. After using one box I was better, and have ever since been on the gain. I have no backache and no cramps now, and I feel like a new person. My nerves are better and I know my blood is purer. Words cannot express my thanks to you for what Doan’s Kidney Pills have done for me. In my work as profes- gional nurse I have a chance to recom- mend them, and they did me so much good that I will do so on every possible | occasion. | cents per box. i HATTIE BRIGHAM, Nurse. Doan’s Kidney Pills are sold at 50 Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., for a free trial box. Sage has gradually with- # get a good-sized box , manured with the ashes. i some disease is caused by a sporeless Grape vines usually need very little manure other than mineral, and that chiefly potash. In European countries it is the habit of vineyards to burn the prunings every year and apply the ashes. No other fertilizer is used. In fact, stable manures are objected to, as they make the vines grow rank, and the fruit will lack the flavor that belongs to fruits whose vines are only TO DESTROY LICE. For destroying root lice on peach trees, when transplanting dip the trees in a decoction of tobacco—one pound of tobacco to two gallons of water, boiled down to one-half. If this care is taken the trees will be comparatively safe for a number of years unless an infected orchard is near. Do mot set a young peach tree where an old one has been, as the root lice live a long time in the soil, » Pid WATERING CELERY PLANTS. My rule for watering the celery plants, affer the boards are in place for blanching, is whenever the soil is dry. The watering is done from the outside, along the bottom of the boards, and the plants are soaked; no | sprinkling. Care is used that but lit- tle water gets among the tops, which would cause them to rot. Several times during the blanching period liquid manure is poured to the plants in the same way as the water and the results will be the same. LETTUCE DROP. This constitutes the most destructive disease of lettuce, and is characterized by the plants wilting and dropping into an insignificant mass. This trouble- soil fungus, which attacks the stem of the plant, and the only effectual rem- edy is found in soil sterilization.— American Cultivator. LOW-HEADIED FRUIT TREES. While there may be some objections to the recent plan of trimming back trees of orchards so that they will bead low, the main objection being that it is somewhat difficult to calti- vate close to them, they are offset by the advantages in other ways of work- ‘ing with them. This is essentially so since spraying and thinning has De- come SO necessary to the best results. There is no doubt but what the low- headed tree may be more easily and economically sprayed than the tail tree, not that the fruit is more easily gathered; also, there is less trouble: with sun-scald, because of the protec- tion afforded Dy the. low-spreading branches, Growers should bear this method in mind when setting out trees this fall, for the first step in making low-headed trees must be done when the trees are set. Cut them back sharply when setting, and the follow- ing season, as the lateral branches are seen, head them back to the desired height, which differs according to va- riety and class as well as to individ- ual ideas. Apple trees are usually headed back to within three feet of the ground, while pears, peaches and cherries are headed back to eighteen inches or two feet.—Indianapolis News. WINDOW GARDENING. Success in this line comes only to these who really love fiowers; for sue- cess means plenty of care and work. Of course we have said many times, “prevention is the best cure,” and “in time of peace prepare for war.” but we shall keep on saying it for we know how prone we all are to put off getting the plant food until our treas- ures have been impoverished, or we neglect to watch out for mealy bugs, red spider, scale, ophis and worms in the soil, until the pests have gained such a foothold it is next to impos- sible to get rid of them. One must water plants with brains, as well as water to succeed well. A good plan is to go over them once each day, giving water to those only which show a dry surface. A few weeks’ observation will show a marked dif- ference in the amount of water need- ed by different plants. Watch care- fully for draughts around the windows where plants stand. The window sill is a poor place to set flower pots; there is almost always a stream of cold air pouring in around the plants, which is, to say the least, discouraging. Shelves on brackets which bring the plants out from the sash a few inches are preferable. The swinging brack- ets which hold from three to five pots are fine, as they might be taken away: from the windows at night. : Where one loves window plants and has no fire at night a good plan is to and cover the outside with table oilcloth. Have "a cover somewhat larger than the box, enough to cover and hang down about four inches. This box answers for a FACE 1 TRAE EEN A FAVORABLE OUTLOOK. In Restoring Baitimore There Will Be Great Activity in. Building Trades. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: War, fire and cotton were the adverse factors of the week, yet the country stood the shocks re- markably well and there are numer- ous encouraging symptons. To =a large degree the outbreak of hostili- ties in the Orient and the collapse of the cotton boom had been discount- ed, and the disastrous loss of the conflagration was offset very largely by the stimulus it will give to many industries, notably structural steel. In restoring Baltimore there will be great activity in the building trades, while large stocks of, goods must be replaced and orders filled by jobbers and manufacturers elsewhere. Actual business is still restricted in’ the iron and steel industry, but there is more confidence in the future, and the extensive starting of plants by the leading preducer suggests that foreign markets will be entered more aggressively than ever bfore. Struc- tural steel prospects have greatly im- proved because of the Baltimore fire, as it is certain that an enormous ton- nage will be required to restore the ruined buildings. As to pig iron no improvement is seen. Minor metals have developed irregularity, but hard coal is in good demand, New England shoe shops are still fully occupied on spring lines and fall samples, but few additional or- ders for spring delivery have appear- ed during the past week. Failures this week in the United States are 228, against 246 last week, 302 the preceding week and 230 the corresponding week last year. Fail- ures in Canada number 25, against 29 last week, 28 the preceding week and 20 last year. IRON TRADE IRREGULAR. Sales in Finished Product Larger in Pittsburg and Chicago. Of the business outlook Bradstreet’s say: The Baltimore disaster and the beginning of hostilities in the far east, though affecting the speculative market to some extent, have as yet had no notable results on trade out- side of sections immediately concern- ed. The iron trade is irregular. Pig iron sales are not large and prices dis- play ease, despite talk of large tran- sactions in the Central West. West- ern trade in finished: products is re- ported larger at Chicago and Pitts- burg. Wire goods, plates, bars and structural note improvement and the pipe business is better situated than a year ago. Steel billets are reported being shaded through the ‘exchange of scrap and pig iron therefor. Other metals are dull, but copper is rather firmer, while lead is strong. Wheat, including flour, exports. for five days ending February 10, aggregate .1,746,- 255 bushels, against 2,604,226 bushels last week, 2,856,439 bushels this week last year, 3.175,481 bushels: in 1902 and . 4,814,878 bushels in 1901. MARI NTS. PITTSBURG. Grain, Fleur and Feed. Wheat— No. 2 red... eS 87 90 Rye--No. 2...... 68 73 Corn—No. 2 yellow he 53 No. 2yellow, 5) 51 Mixed ear....... 4% 43 Oats—No, 2 white 4 45 No. 83 whi 0 43 44 Flour—Winter patent 25. 43) Straight winters .. 8 400 Hay—No. Itimothy........ 2518.95 layer No, 1... .....; + 2 1150 Feed—No ! white mid. 50 2200 Brown middlings........ 21 2 2150 Bran, bulk ........... 50 180) Straw—Wheat ............. 5 9 00 BY 850 900 Dairy Products. Butter—Elgin creamery............ Ss 26 3 Ong, creamery. |... 0 Tl. 24 25 Fancy country roll.............. 16 17 Cheese—Ohio, DOW ........¢ccu..inn. il 1% Now York. new................ 12 13 Poultry, Etc. Hehs—per Ibi.....;........... 8-4 15 Chickens—daress 17 18 Turkeys, live 14 17 Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh ......... 35 37 Fruits and Vegetables. Potatoes—Fancy white per vas...... 100 105 Cabbage—per bbl...... sca 225 n2 hy Onions—per barrel ..... Sa. 280 XD Apples—per barrel........ ....ceeeeeee 204. 38) BALTIMORE. Flour— Winter Patent $450 4795 Wheat—No. 2 red 94 96 Corn—mixed 50 51 Begs .......... . 32 34 Butter— Cream . 23 2% PHILADELPHIA . Flour—Winter Patent..... evnnin $B 400 Wreat—No. 2red....... 97 Corn—No. 2mixed... 4 50 Oats—No. 2 white. .......... 48 45 Butter—Creamery, extra 22 20 Eggs—Pennsylvania first: 80 Si NEW Flour—Patents...... : 435 Wheat—No. 2red 95 2 Corn—No. 2.......... 56 57 QOats—No, 2 White.. 50 51 Butter—Creamery .. : x2 25 Eggs—Stateand Pennsylvania 30 22 LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Prime heavy, 1450 to 1600 lbs......§ 510 525 Prime, 1300 to 1400 1bs. .... . 500 31 Medium, 1200 to 1300 lbs. 465 490 Fathelers...... .;....... 300 49) Butcher, 900 to 1000 lbs... 3 60 4 49 Common to fair......... 300 370 $i3en, common $0 fat ............. 200 4 03 - Common togood fat bulls and cows 250 350 Milchcows,each...”.. .. ... ...... 253) 8600 Hogs. Primieheayy hogs......... 0... 5 .$ 550 Prime medium weights B60 est heavy yorkers and medium... 5 60 Good pigs and lightyorkers 475 Pigs, common togood....... 400 Reughs ... 0... ................ 375 Biggs... 300 Sheep. Extra, medium wethers Good to choice Medium... table to hold the plants by day, at night they are placed inside the box, the cover placed over them, and in very cold weather a blank thrown the box. paper will help make it a shelf put across one side or e the inside will p the plants, short or dwarf ones being plaved under and on the shelf, over Veal, extra...... Veal, good to choi Veal, common he { | FOR THIRTY YEARS PRS a Congressman Mookison Suffered With ~ Catarrh--Read His Endorsement of Pe-ru-na. MUTA VVLVTIACANUADCA2VASF VANDA S2VVVVVVLVVVVRBVAVR° IMAM UIA AM BBAABAUNAL: 21a 24 EBDVTL~ = © 1338 CONGRESSMAN MEZKISON, OF OdIO. ar, * LBV 9 “ MAR AAAVFAAA TING SIV2 AE VR YAIR Hon. David Meekison is well known, 1 10t only in his own State but throughout America. He began his political career by serving four consecutive terms as Mayor of the town in which he lives, during which founder of tlie Meekison Bank of Napoleon, Ohio. Congress by a very large inajority, and is his section of the State. nly one flaw marred the otherwise compicte Catarrh, with its insidious approach and foe. For thirty years he waged unsucc he became widely known as the He was elected to the Fifty-fifth in time the acknowledged leader of his party success of this rising statesman. 1cions grasp, was his only unconquered. warfare against this personal enemy. fe ese ul At last Peruna came to the rescue, and he dictated the following letter to Dr. Hart- man as the result: cocovooeee OC00000C0I00000000600CR0CP00000V00O000000CCOQR000000@C02OCLIODOCOE 0o00c008 “I have used several bottles of Peruna and I feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrvh of the head. I jeel encouraged to belicve that if I use it a short time longer Iwill be fully able to eradicate the disease of thirty years’ standing.” --David eeecoec Meekison, ex-Member of Congress. ©0000200000000000200000000000000C02090000000000000000000900000000000¢06 . HE season of catching cold is upon us. The cough and the sneeze and nasal | twang are to be heard on every hand. The origin of chronic catarrh, the most cem- mon and dreadful cof diseases, is a cold. This is the way the chronic catarrh gen- | erally begins. A person catches cold, which hangs on longer than usual. The cold generally starts in the head and throat. Then follows sensitiveness of the air pas- sages which incline one to catch cod very easily. At last the person has a cold all the while seemingly, more or less discharge from the nose, hawking, spitting, frequent clearing of the throat, nostrils stopped up, fr’! feeling in the head and sore, inflamed ti. oat. ¥ The 'hest time to treat catarrh is at the very beginning. A bottle of Peruna prop- erly used never fails to cure a cominon cold, thus preventing chronic catarrh. While many people have been cured of chronic catarrh by a single bottie of Pe- runa, yet, as a rule, when the catarrh be- comes thoroughly fixed, more than one bot- tle is necessary to complete a cure. DPe- runa has cured cases innumerable of ca- tarrh of twenty years’ standing. best, if not the only internal remedy for chronic catarrh in existence. But prevention is far better than cure. Every person subject to catching cold should take Peruna at once at the slight- est symptom of cold or sore throat at this season of the year and thus prevent what is almost certain to end in chronic catavrh. | The Birds’ Breakfast-Table. There is a suggestion for all girls and boys who live where snow falls in “The Birds’ Breakfast-table” in the February St. Nicholas, telling how many Hudson River valley birds are fed winter after winter at Cherrycroft. Cherrycroft is the home of Amelia E.| and stands on the | Barr, the writer, banks of the Hudson near Cornwall. The hospitality of Cherrycroft is widely known among its bird neighbors near and far that every fall Mrs. Barr lays in grain, corn, and hickory-nuts by | the bushell to provide for her feathered guests. Gordon Curtis recounts the apprecia- tion of Cherrycroft’'s generosity shown | during the blizzard of 1888. There are 190,227 professional beg- | are | gars in Spain, of whom 51,348 women. In some of the cities beggars are licensed to carry on their trade. Seeking alms is recognized as a le- gitimate business, and the munici- pality demands a percentage upon the collections. Seville is the only city in the kingdom which forbids begging in the streets. Professor = Lombroso finds that among 1,000 soldiers and operatives the proportion of left-handed people is 4 per cent among the men and 5 to 8 per cent among the women. There is a way of trifling that costs a heap of money. 1t is the | SO | Among the interesting inci- | dents of this pretty hospitality Isabel | 1 Mra’ A; Ga., writes: . “LI saw that your catarrh remedy, Pe | runa, was doing others so much*good that j 1 thought J would epséser-~~scboeve ox Snedeker, Cartersville, try it and see what it would do for me. | My case is an oid one, and I have 1 none of the acute symptoms now, be- | cause I have had | the disease so long i that I had none of | theachesand pains, | but a general run- | down condition of | the whole body— | sorenoseand throat | and stomach. had {a good. appetite, 1 ed | but my food did 8 Mrs. A. Snedeker. | not nourish my sys- tee00e00es eocecesse | tem. I had come down from 140 to about | 75 pounds in weight. I now feel that I lam well of all my troubles.”—Mrs. A. | Snedeker. | Send. for free book [Winter Catarrh,” | “Health and Beauty” | ony. { If you do not derive prompt and satisfac- | tory results from the use of Peéruna, write { at ence to Dr. Hartman, giving a full state= | ment of your case and he will be pleased to i give you his valuable advice gratis. | { | 000600090 0000060000023060 4 000000000 000000000000000000 on catarrh, entitled by Dr. Hartman. sent free to women Address Dr. Hartman. President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O. ONION Largest growers of $1.50 per pound, and no better sced is found on .earth. How to grow 1,200 bushels Onions per acre with each ounce order. Catalog Se, for postage. LA CROSS Go., "A Lees i= | & BY MAIL | Send $1. | and plainly | 4 state what | you wish to know and our specialists will | safely advise you as to your rights or liabili- | ties under the laws of your State. All com- | munications confidential. Address | Associated Atiornays Law Consulting Bureau, | 106-108 E. Saratoga Street, - Baltimore, Md. | DR O PSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives { quick relief and cures worst cases. BOOK of testiuonwmis and 10 days’ treatment j Free. Dr. BE. H. GREZN'SSONS. Eox B. Atlanta, Ga. Neglect Lumbago and Sciatica and it may put you on crutche s, with loss of time and money.