| GED. ow In- Stotes 5 for sidiary ciation for in. Corpor $1,012, States r the for vidend, is sur- for the 857,120, months D, 000 by owner, lonster . Brigh- Brigh- charg- : by et-rich- said he volved varrant in St. le by a tective, . Louis 50n, as- ‘olk, at IM. <ed by nt pro- gagged, He was king a en, two In the the hip, It can- are Sus- quartet amount Off- vaude- e Pros- ld boy, 1g in a a. received for war working Castle, chair of lege, at an ever 1s to we al cele- of the Vhitney, is esti- reek, 13 iles and 5 old re- 1gust 10 ies noti- by the on as a Y. as found other of and will he coro- . Louis, of Miss- he State ,. of the nmanded Santiago, Hospital, " Lynch- d consul ‘rank S. Ss consul , of Lin- he presi- , a Cum- ition at ~ bolts of ut and a 2 during t swept the 27th. chief of awarded 00 worth le award hem and ears old, wn, Pa. on. nd sever- tween a 1 an elec: Missouri dead are bred, and ycomotive ctric: car, polis was nal Dem- a — Savages Liked Noise. A Birmingham clockmaker dis covered that a rival was sending out large stocks of cheap clocks to the heart of Africa and doing good busi- ness with them. Finally he found a key to the mystery. Savages like noise. The clocks made by the first exporter had a particularly loud and aggressive tick. His competitor had made a better clock, but it was al- most noiseless, and the savages would have none of it. The great flood of Topeka, Kan., last year has been found to be a blessing in disguise. Ever since the district has not been bothered by the vermin that before infested it-—mice, rats, moles, gophers and rabbits. ¥11'S permanently cured. No fltsornervovse ness after first day” suse of Dr. Kline’s Great NerveRestorer,%2trial bottle and treatise froe Dr.R.H. KLINE, Litd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Germany has ten trade journals devoted to tobacco. I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump- ion has anequal for coughs and colds.—-JoEN F.Boykr, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Monaco is Europe’s most densely popu- lated spot. sapan vs. Russia. It is well known that Japan is a very small country as compared with the Russian empire. Its areca is 147,- 000 square miles, while Russia has 3,000,000. In population the disparity is much less, but still very great—44,- 000,000 for Japan against 129,000,000 for the Russian Empire. Bewzre of Ointments For Catarrh That Contain Mercury, ag 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 p h; gicians, as the damage they will do is ten Sold to the ‘good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains po mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucoussurfaces ofthesystem. 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, 75e. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. er . Our Life Saving Service. So effective is the life-saving service of the Uhited States that from disas- ters to 246 documented vessels on the coast during the year, having 3862 persons on board, only twenty lives were lost, and of the 39, 000,000 worth of property put in jeopardy but a little more than §1,000,000 was lost. New Whaling Stations. Two whaling stations have been es- tablished in the British Isies and three more are to be. As a whaling sta- ticn costs $40,000 there must be some evidence of a stock of whales still in British waters. Bad Smell on Jap Ships. Travelers say that there is a cer- tain undefinable smell peculiar to Japanese steamships that makes life on board of them not worth living. It has been traced to “daikon,” a large- leaved vegetable dear to the Japanese palate. CHIEF OF POLICE SAVED, Newberry, S. of Police of 2 C.—W. H, Hrrris, Chief Newberry, says: “I suf- fered for a number of years with kidney complaint. There was a dull aching across the small of my back that was worse at night and made me feel miserable all the time. The kidney secretions were dark and full of sedi- ment, and lack of control compelled me to rise a number of times during the night. Between this annoyance and the backache it was impossible for me to get mmuch sleep and my health was being underinined. I tried ’R number of remedies. but nothing helped me until I got Doan’s Kidney Pills. The use of this remedy accord- Ing to directions promptly brought about a change for the better. After using two boxes the backache all left me, the kidney secretions cleared up and the action of the kidneys became normal.” A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Chief Harris will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn « Co.,, Buffale, N. .X. Sold by all dealers; price, fifty cents per box. New Third Degree Feature. An entirely original feature has been introduced into what the police know as the “third degree,” or the “sweat Dox” process, by Postoffice Inspector Williams. It is to read from the Prager book to the suspect the petition for the remission of sins [t was successful with the man upon hee i was tried. Probably it would be effective only with susceptible sin. ners who had had careful religious) training. Many men who fall inte the hands of the police could listen to the entire liturgy ithout making confession. The incident showed tha cleverness of Mr. Williams, who tried the prayer for absolution upon a man who at one time led a highly religious life. No. Maude, dear; a sliding scale is not necessarily one on which ice is weighed. or \ Atousehold Remady ) SCROFULA, , Cures SGicers, SALT RHEUM, EC. ZEMA, every form of malignant SKIN ERUP ION, besides being cfficacious in toning up the systom and restoring the con- stitution, when impaired 4 from. any cause, It is a i fine Tonic. and its almost supernetural healing Ml properties justify us in guarantesing a eure of A all blood disessaes, if directions are followed. Price, $1 per Bottle, or 8 Bottles for 8%. OR SALE BY DRUG : SENT FRE ROOK OF pie L CURES, together with valuabls information. BLOOD BALM CO., ATLANTA, GA. rr. T———————— oPSsS NEW DISCOVERY; gives DR Juiek zelief am and cures worst eases. Jook of testimenials an treatment Pree. Be. BE. X GREEK fa Bex a TOP THE CANES. Top the blackberry canes when about three feet high, thus securing a stout compact bush instead of a long sprawl ing shoot. SETTING PLANTS, In handling and setting out plants, never let the roots shrivel or dry out. After plants and cuttings are in the ground, never leave them just long enough to dry out and die. Keep them moist—not wet and sodden, but moisi all the time. In setting out plants, especially strawberries, spread out the roots and make the ground very fine abzsut them. In trenching stock, pul the roots down deeply, and cover well half-way up to the stems. The gar: dener who fails to carry out the prin: ciples under this number has not learned the letter A of his business. VARIETY IN FRUIT GROWING. The writer was struck by an inci dent which occurred recently and which leads to this article. In con pany with one of the best fruit grow: ers of the country we visited a sec tion famous for its apples. On one or two farms on the outskirts of what might be termed this apple belt were orchards which were not at all attrac: tive. My friend called my attention to them and remarked that for years he had tried to persuade the owners to give up trying to raise apples and to devote their soil to crops which would give better results. He claimed that the larger part of one farm was a natural soil for celery, and that ‘the other farm should be given over largely to small fruits and particular ly strawberries. Neither of the owners could be made to see that he would not duplicate the business of the peo ple near him “in apple growing. This is the case in many sections. One mar will make a success in growing some particular crop by reason of having soil particularly suited for it, or be cause he understands how to grow that crop. At once every farmer within easy reach of him will put in the same crop some of them giving up crops with which they had made splendid suc cesses. Look over the soil and your capabilities thoroughly and don’t grow potatoes because Jones had been suc cessful in growing them. Find out if you know how to grow potatoes and if your soil is suited to them; if so gc ahead. If not, stick to the crop oui of which you are now making money because it is suited to your soil and because you know how to grow it, REMOVAL OF LARGE TREES, In reply to a correspondent would say that one of the simplest and most satisfactory contrivances for removing large trees on the farm or eisewhere we have ever seen is shown in the accompanying illustration. In con struction it is v¢rv simple and cheap. It can be made and used on any far The device consists of three heavy pieces of oak timber or other hard wood, five to eight feet long, the size depending largely upon the size of the L trees to be removed, The rear cross It piece is bolted on the lower bases, as shown in the picture, and a heavy log chain is attached to the hooks or rings In the front pieces. as illustrated. Is dug around it, leaving a ball of earth as large as desired. The appara. tus is slipped around and under the sides of this ball of earth containing the tree. As the sides of the boat are cut out and rather shape, these are SLED FOR HANDLING TREES, irawn together with a log chain by 2 team of horses or block of tackle By drawing this up tightly the points we brought together, thus raising and qfting the ball ef earth and the tree i1pon the runners. When everything is n readiness, two or four horses, as the :ase may require, are hitched to the hain and the tree is drawn out, the ront part of the opening having been slanted for that purpose. When a tree is to be reset, a hole arge enough to accommodate it is dug vith both sides slanting into it so that he horses can be driven down through ind out the hole, thus drawing the tree tn place. By loosening the chain and iitching the horses to the other end if the boat, this is easily withdrawn, hus leaving the tree in position. By illing the hole and watering carefully, arge trees can be casily removed, even n midsummer, without serious dis. wrbance. The same apparatus was ised for transplanting 2 iarge block if maple, cedar and other ornamental rees; it was designed, made and used yy Alexander Mayer, of Long Island.— range Judd Farmer. abound in the Inland Oysters Sea In removing a large tree, a trenchj MAY BE A BUTTON FAMINE. Shortage Reported in the Production of Vegetable Ivory. The production of vegetable ivory during the past season has been very small and very heavy purchases of the available supply have been made by Germany, the result of the two combined influences being that the price of this product has been ad- vanced from twenty-five to thirty per cent. during the last ninety days. Though perhaps not one person in Q thousand is aware of the fact, nearly every nan and boy in the United States is daily wearing vegetable ivory, as the greater part of the coat and vest button supply of the world is made from this product. The nuts from which it is made grow wild in the forests of Colombia and Ecuador and are imported into the United States in quantities varying from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 pounds a year. Each pound makes several hundred gross of buttons, which are dyed to match the color of the cloth with which they are to be used. The nuts grow upon a tree somewhat similar to the palm, the fruit growing in a pod, larger than a cocoanut, which contains a large number of nuts, from the milky inside of which is produced the hard substance used in making buttons. The nuts are gathered by the South American Indians and taken in boats to the nearest transportation point. The market price here is from two and a balf to four and a half cents a pcund. WISE WORDS. The only way to have a frieml is to be one. Prudence is merely well trained com- mon sense, A day without a good deed leaves you in debt. The best talker is a man who knows when to stop. Abuse is an indirect species of hom- age.—Hazlett. Personal force never fashion.—Emerson. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. Conceit' may puff a man up, but nev- er prop him up.—Ruskin. Good qualities, like good steel knives, grow dull of edge unless they are used. No man ever did a designed injury to another but at the same time he did a greater to himself. No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.—George Eliot. Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.—Carlyle. Self-trust is the first secret of suec- cess, the belief that, if you are her the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your consti- tution, and as long as you work at that you are successful.—Emerson, : goes out of ®* Franklin’s Idea of Nero. Seven-year-old Franklin is one of those bright and whose fathers would like to tell all about them if they dared, but who fear the wrath of their fellows and hold their peace. Franklin goes dailg ‘to a Camden (N. J.) school with his older sister, who is in the eighth grade and knows a lot about ancient history stories for the lad to hear. She was telling him the other day all about “wicked Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned, and the boy was duly im- pressed. to discover whether the imparted had taken root, asked the boy: “Who did I tell you about’ to-day ?”’ “Nero,” readily replied the young learner. “Who was he?’ was the next ques- tion. There was a bit of hesitation, but finally the answer came out with a twinkle: “Ob, he was a bird.” “Well, what did he do?” “Ate worms,” was the unexpected reply, which gave the tableful of din- ers something of a shiver.—Philadel- phia Record. knowledge the sister Vise Man of the Trolley. “Yes,” said the conductor, as he gave the motorman the double ring, “I can tell what day of the week it is by the size of the money these young lows have. Now, there is that kid in front just gave me a five-dollar note and made me hustic for change. That's e fel- his salary. He'll be walking down town next Friday morning. That young woman there, who just gave me a dollar bill, had to look through a pocketbook full of samples on Satur- day morning to find a nies el.” “Pui this is Mondays remarked the observant patron, “and I saw a man give you five cents Just now. How do you account of that? “Oh, that's easy,” said of the cord; “he’s married.” News. —DBaltimore | The Largest Oil Barge. The biggest oil carrying stee. varge | in the world, Standard Oil No. 94, re- cently built at Shooter Island, arrived ! at New York recently on her from Port Arthur, Texas, with 50,000 barrels of dil, the largest cargo tha has ever come from the Lone St State in one bottom. The barge made the trip in ten days, in tow of the big ocean tug Astral. , fivra+ wel first ip i r Sa ee Three Irish Proclivities, Three great qualities of the Irish language, said a delegate at the Irish Teachers’ Congress lately, were that it was the language in whicl: they could pray the most fervently, curse if Japan. They are served in tle res- aurants for five cents a dozen. the most bitterly and court the most ' sweetly. alert youngsters! and things which make wonderful | At dinner that night, in order | the. knight | FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW CONFIDENCE IS RETURNING. proving Regardless of the Labor Troubles. The advices received frem special agents of the International Mercan- tile Agency, at the leading trade cen- 'ers of the country, are in the main satisfactory. Confidence in a good fall and winter business increases from week to week Current activ- ity in the different industrial lines | is not great, but it is better than it { was a year ago, with the very whole some influence of a faith in better | things. There has been good growing weather for the crops, which are ap- ! proaching harvest under continued improved conditions. In the spring wheat section of the northwest some rust has been discovered, which will reduce the yield. arvesting is in progress in nearly all of the leading winter wheat states, and the results are better than farmers thought they would be two weeks ago. it is be ginning to be believed, though, that the total yield will leave a small ex: portable surplus and that the price of wheat and flour during the next 12 months will be high. The specula- tive months are now at the top prices for this movement, having been help- ed by a war scare which produced an opposite effect on sfocks. The returns on wheat in the south- west have stimulated business ib that part of the country. Collections in the St. Louis district have far ex- ceeded those of last year. Fall or- ders being received are beyond ex- pectations. Boots and shoes have been in especially good demand, though clothing is slow. Dallas re- ports bright trade prospects. The first symptom of discourage: ment that has been shown at Kansas City is apparent this week in reports of a slack condition of trade in most lines. Chicago retailers are said to be more pessimistic than they ought to be in view of actual events. The packing house strike casts a shadow over trade there, even with advance orders for clothing, mens’ furnish- ings, shoes and wearing apparel quite satisfactory. Indianapolis in- dicates some improvements ‘in dry goods and shoes, though with hard- ware behind last year. The most gratifying trade state- ments of all are those from Pittsburg. This is due to the improvement that has come about in the iron and steel trade. The tone of business is cer- tainly much better than 1t has been, and a sharp revival is not improbable after election. MARIE IETS, PITTSBURG. ‘Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat—No. 2 res $ 98 Rye--No. 2 81 2 Corn=-No, 2 Yellow, 56 57 No. 2 yin, shelled 57 53 Mixed ear...... 54 55 Bates Neo, o ri 16 47 2 white 4D 45 Flot ter 53) 5 35 Straight winte . 510 520 ase Trirmothy Tal TB 2406 Clayer No. I... ..... s.c11 00 1150 Feed—No white mid ton.. ...280) 245) Brown middlings........ ...2100 22 1 Branchulls,.. ... 1900 19 50 iw heat . 950 1000 Oat.............covivssiecd roars 950 1000 Dairy Products. Butter—Elgin creamery.. 21 Ohio creamery 18 Fancy country roll.. 14 Cheese—Ohijo, new ... .. nse New ones new. i... al 9 Bout, 8 Etc. ‘Hens—per Ib.. . Bi Uhickens—dressed - Turkeys, live. - . ; Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh. ......... 18 19 Fruits and Vegetables. Potatoes—New Ee! HG 200 2N5 Cabbage—per bbl . 150 175 Onjons—per varrel . 2. 32 3850 i Apples—per barrel 958) 3 0y BALTIMORE. Flour— Winter Patent .. $4 90 20 [Wheat =Ro 2red..... 87 82 Corn—mixed { 56 57 i "Eggs . 17 18 Butter Een aT 19 20 PHILADELPHIA . Flour— Winter ton: 5 535 | Wreat—No. 21 $7 88 torn—No, Ay 54 55 Dats—No. 2 white. ....... 48 49 | Butter—Creamery, extra 17 18 ¥ Eggs—Pennsylvaiia fir L firsts 19 2 A NEW YORK. ' Flour—Patents, 5 5p Wheat—No, 2 red. 107 Corn—No. Zoi 58 [puis Ro, 4 2 White.. 44 { Butter—Creamery 17 18 NES... raenes.n 18 av] | —— ! LIVE STOCK. | Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. i Cattle. ° Prime heavy, 1450to 1606 Ibs......§6 00 6 25 Prime. 1500 to 1400 lbs _. 575 0600 | Medium, 1200 to 1300 1b, 540 570 i Kat heifers 4 00 4 85 Butcher, 900 to 1000 Ibs. 450 500 | Common to fair... 300 370 { Oxen, common to fa 00 100 ' Comm on togood fat Be and cows 250 350 i iIMilchcows,each............,....... 2650) 2500 i Prime heavy hogs. 5 580 5 90 { Prime medium wei : 600 605 | Best heavy yorkers a medium : 6 10 Good pigs and lightyorkers . 5 40 { Pigs, common 10 good 485 Houwghs. |... |... 140 | Bags... rie 425 Extra,medium wethers i Good to choice | Medium ..... . } Lommoz to fair. {Spring Lampe i. 8 400 ..83 470 4 99 0 hi] < ® 8 Vealextra.......................... 800 i Veal, good to choice. 4 00 i Veal, comnmon heavy. 350 Cancer and Decr. An inquiry by Dr. Alfred Wolff into the myster cause 1 an unexpected cc on Ww temperance adve new and argument. Dr. ; the districts of hig those in which drunk. Bavaria, list in Germany both great heer- France the statict gh more ing. There is the most marked between the high cancer mortality drinking departments and the low ontrast in beer- death eisewhere—Londou Tit Trade Conditions Are Said to Be Im-. Mrs. Anderson, a prominent society $f woman of Jacksonville, Fla, daughter of Recorder of Deeds, West, who witnessed her signature to the following letter, praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “Dear Mrs. Pinxmaam: — There are but fev wives and mothers who have not at times endured agonies and such pain as only women know. I wish such women knew the value of Lydin E. Pinlcham’s Vegetable Compound. Itis a remarkable medicine, different in action from ony I ever knew and thoroughly reliable. “I have seen cases yhere women doctored for years without Sib nent benefit, who were cured in less than three menths after taking your Vegetable Compound, while others who were chronic and incurable came out cured, happy, and in perfect health after a thorough treatment with this medicire. I have never used it myself without gaining great benefit. A few doses restores my strength and appetite, and tones up the entire system. Your medicine has been tried and found true, hence I fully Som it.” — Mrs. R. A. ANDERsoN, 225 Washington St. Jack- sonville, Fla. Mrs. Reed, 2 25 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, Pa., says: a “Drar Mrs. Pixkaady:—1T feel it my duty to write and tell you the good I have received from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegctable Com- pound. “I have been a great, sufferer with female trouble, trying different doctors and medicines with no benefit, Two years ago I wentunder an operation, and it left me in a very weak condition. I.had stomach trouble, backache, headache, palpitation of the heart, and was very nervous; in fact, I ached all over. I find yours is the only mec dicine that reaches such troubles, and would cheerfully ree- ommend Ly dia E, Pinkham’ TY cgetabie Compound to all suffering women.” When women are tonto with irregular or painful menstruation, weak- ness, leucorrhesa, displacement or ulcer ation of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, flatulence, general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, hey should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinklfam’s Vegetable Cempound at cnce removes such troubles. The experience and testimony of some of the most noted women of America go to prove, beyond a question, that Lydia I. Pinkbam’s Vegetable Compound will correct all such trouble at once by removing the cause and restoring the organs to a healthy and normal condition. If in doubt, write Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass, as thousands do. Her advice is free and helpful. No other medicine for women in the world has received such wide- spread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any substitute. $5000 FORFEI|T if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of above testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Go., Lynn, Masse BEST FOR THE BOWELS GUARANTEE. CURE for all bowel! troubles. 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