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District ision of compel ndamus Rebecca Var De- > Vashing- g cable- [ogo re- ation in ing sat- veather. red and June 6. 1 the / em- = Price, 75c. per bottle. ‘Miss Gannon, Sec’y Detroit Amateur Art Association, tells young women what to do to avoid pain and suffering caused by female troubles. ‘“ DEAR MRS. PINKkHAM : — I can con- scientiously recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to those of my sisters suffering with female weakness and. .the troubles which so often befall women. I suf- fered for months with general weak- ness, and felt so weary that I had hard work to keep up. . I had shooting pains, and was utterly miserable. In my dis- tress I was advised to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound, and it was a red letter day to me when I took the first dose, for at that time my restoration began. In six weeks I was a changed woman, perfectly well in every respect. I felt so elated and happy that I want all women who suffer to get well as I did.” — Miss GuiLA GAXXNON, 359 Jones St., Detroit, Mich., Secretary Amateur Art Association. — 85000 forfeit if original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. When one considers that Miss Gannon’s letter is only one of the countless hundreds which we src continually publishing in the news- papers of this country, the great virtue of Mrs. Pinkham’s medicine must be admitted by all. Reason Enough. Father— “You know how necessary it is that I should get you married and off my hands. Why did you refuse that handsome young widower ” Miss Mainchance— ‘Because he basn’t any relatives to whom I can send his children.” Consumption is a rare disease in Ja- pan. Even in winter cbughs are of rare occurence, and this despite the fact that the real Japanese do not heat their rooms with anything more than anhibachi—a tiny charcoal stove. ¢ Government Pays Low Wages. The British Government continues to be denounced by the workers’ union for the low wages paid at Government work shops, shipyards, arsenals snd gun factories, but all denunciations and resolutions seem to have no effect. How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure, F. J. Crexey & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigred, have known F.J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him erfectly honorable in all business transac- ions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To- ledo, O, WALDING, KINNAN & MARvIN, Druggists, Toledo, O. Wholesale Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act- ] Ing directly upon:the blood and mucoussur- faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. Swiss Law Little Observed. The killing of birds is forbidden in the Swiss Canton of Tessin, and last year the rural police confiscated over 20,000 traps and nets. Nevertheless, the birds are offered for sale in the markets with impunity. Fishermen Bleed Shad. “Speaking of Shad,’ said the club- man, “the Susquehanna fishermen have a practice that they believe makes the fish more palatable. Each shad, as soon as it is taken out of the water, is bled by bending one of the sharp gills and forcing it into the opening it covers. In this way a quantity of blood is taken from the fish as it dies. lieve, helps to make the meat whiter and does away with much of the ‘fishy’ flavor that spoils it for the epi- cure. 1 don’t know how much there is in this manner of killing the shad, but the Susquehanna species is ad- mittedly greatly superior to those taken from other waters.”—Philadel- phia Press. TOLD IN CALIFORNIA: ' Helping the kidneys is helping the whole body, for it is the kidneys that remove the poisons and waste from the body. Learn- ing this sim- ple lesson has made many sick men and women well. Judge A. I. Felter, of 318 So. E St, San Bernardino, Calif., says: “For 18 years my kidneys were not per- forming their v X : 3 functions properly. There was some backache, and the kidney secretions were profuse, containing also consid- erable sediment. Finally the doctors said I had diabetes. Doan’s Kidney Pills wrought a great change in my This, these men be-!| ! pounds for the entire outfit. condition, and now I sleep. and feel well again.” A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Judge Felter will be mailed to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Mil- | purn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. old by all! dealers; price 50 cents per box. THE PEACH AGAIN. The time is to come when we are to have the peach again, as in the old days when we were boys. We know how to treat the trees now; so let us set to work and put in a few peach trees every year, on some northern and eastern slope, where a warm spell in winter . will not be apt to start the buds. Get the best sorts, and take care of them, and we will have peaclies of our own raising.—F. H., Sweet, BLACKBERRIES PAY. Perhaps it is safe in asserting that in proportion to labor and capital in- vested no crop pays so large a profit as blackberries. Growers who complain that blaekberries do not pay should first estimate the expense. There are blackbenfy fields that hava borne crops for ten’ years, which have never re- ceived a pound of fertilizer or manure, and outside of cutting away the old canes, with. rough cultivation in the spring, have received no labor. What blackberries would do for the grower if treated like strawberries is yet to be demonstrated by some. NOT TOO THICK. It is not well fo have the plants too thick in the hot-bed. Those removed may be transplanted in flower pots, egg shells, old fruit cans or small boxes, and if well cared for they will grow fast and be of fair size when: the time arrives for planting them in the garden. Tomatoes and early cabbage may be thus treated, and it will be found of great advantage. greatly in hastening the bearing period of tomatoes, and by giving the plants care in the beginning, such as covering them at night, they may be grown out in the open air withouc fear of danger should “the nights become cold. The same plan may be pursued with many other vegetables. PRUNING ROSES. Everblooming roses, the trees, are benefited by a good pruning. If cut back to about six inches of the old wood, strong new shoots start out and furnish abundance of bloom. In the more northern States the plants are usually winter pruned, i. e., they freeze down quite closely to the ground; in that case all that is necessary is to cut away the injured portion. Further south, where the wood is not frozen, the bushes should be cut back about one-half. Hardy roses bloom better for more moderate cutting. Yellow roses scarcely ever need any pruning. The whole matter must be regulated by habit of growth. Trim to neat shapely appearance, taking out all dead of diseased wood just before growth starts in spring. STRAWBERRIES. Are you arranging to set out a new patch this year? It will pay to do it, and will also pay ®™ set the very best plants obtainable. “Blood will teil,” and it is true of strawberry plants as well as of everything else. Were the strawberries mulched last fall? If so, all right, if.not it will pay to mulch close around the hills and thoroughly between the rows after they have been out. The berries will be much cleaner, and far less liable to rot if the season strawberry grower attributed much of his success to his management of the vines when in blossom, never al- lowing the sun to shine on them three days in succession without thoroughly sprinkling them. If you have-a hose, sprinkler or sprayer, try it and note results. : x ‘A COMBINATION LADDER. ‘A new ladder especially adapted for fruit growers’ use has been brought to our attention by one of our sub- scribers in Colorado, and from the fact that it appeals to us in every way we are glad to call our readers’ attention to the same and illustrate the same herewith. As will be noted from the illustration it is a combination of the step ladder, top picking ladder and scaffold. The three combined in one and with a weight of only thirty COMBINATION LADDER. In the il- lustrations you will note that Fig. 1 the ladder is in use as a step ladder in picking from low limbs or around the tree, while Fig. 2 the same ladder will be seen fully extended for top picking. No. 1, 2 and 3 combination form a scaffold, which is handy for variogs purposes and is complete by using extension in Fig. 4. We consider it one of the best inventions that has come to our notice.—National Fruit Grower. Occupation and Character. It is curious how every man’s char- acter in India seems to be determined by his occupation. Bricklayers are al- ways active and energetic, swineherdas vy and immoral, shoemakers poor, rant and despised, goldsmiths clev- r and plausible rogues and Dblack- smiths gossips of the first water, Age assists | | FINANGE AND TRADE REVIEW IS FOR DULL TRADE. Crops Make Excellent Progress Ow- ing to More Seasonable Weather in the Southwest. Reports to the International Mer- cantile Agency from special corres- pondents throughout the country in- dicate some improvements in general business during the last week. This has been most noteworthy in. the south and southwest, where excellent sales have brought the volume of or- ders above last year’s total. Hats and caps are active, but boots and shoes in certain sections have not done as well as usual. The St. Louis district reports in- creased prosperity in most lines of trade’ owing to the inrush of exposi- tion visitors. Increased travel to St. Louis is also helping business in con- "“tigous territory. Jobbers in many sections report improved business, .al- though country merchants in some instgnces hate been prevented from visiting trade centers, owing: to in- creaged business at home, since farm- ers have finished planting. Retail trade is strong and if fall business turns out as well as advices now.indicate the total for the year to September 1 will average fully. as “mich as that reported during the cor- ‘responding period. of 1903. . Labor _ difficulties on the Great Lakes appear to be nearing solution, with the prospect that most of the ‘congestion’ in traffic will be relieved within a fortnight or so. At Milwau- kee the strike has already been par- tially broken and negotiations at oth- OUTLOOK er points are progressing satisfactor- +f ily. wii. Rhos : Iron is still stagnant, most branches of the industry being virtually at a standstill. "The only exceptions are structural materials and raw pipe, where a. large business is .reported. sHalf the merchant, furnaces in the Pittsburg district are likely to, be out of blast by July 1, which will ma- terially lessen coke production. The ‘outlook is for dull trade: during the summer. : : . : Crops have made excellent progress, owing to the prevalence of more sea- sonable weather in many sections of ‘the "southwest. ‘Corn has been to an extent retarded by too much mois- ure, but the present acreage ranks Dbrobably as the largest ever planted, so that the actual harvest.may exceed expectations, Business throughout New England is still depressed by unsettled condi- tions in manufacturing, due to the shutdown of the cotton mills. Wool prices are uncertain and mills run on orders only. Some activity is report- ed in leather goods, but the tendency everywhere manifested is to “go slow.” MAREE ETS. i PITTSBURG. Grain, Fleur and Feed. 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