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It is stated on high authority that Togo has a salary of $3,000 a‘year. There is also the highest possible au- thority for the statement that he @arns it. A modest estimate of what his services were worth’ to Japan during a recent ‘interchange of cour- tesies at sea is a million a minute. But for the virtue of the Emperor he never could have rendered them. He says so himself, and he ought to know.-—Brooklyn + Eagle. SALT RHEUM ON HANDS Suffered Agony and Had to Wear Bandages All the Time—Another Cure by Cuticura. Another cure by Cuticura is told of by Mrs. Caroline Cable, of Waupoca, Wis., in the following grateful letter: “My husband suffered agony with salt rheum on his hands, and I had to keep them bandaged ell the time. We tried ‘everything we could get, but nothing helped him until he used Cuticura. One set of Caticura Soap, Qintment and Pills cured him entirely, and his hands have been as smooth as pos- sible ever since. I hope this letter will be the means of helping other sufferers.” A Note to Novel Readers. ‘Well worth pondering by a gen- eration of novel readers too apt to imbibe a code of ethics from irres- ponsible purveyors of fiction, are these words in Harper's Magazine from William Dean Howells, himself the dean of American novelists: “If a nove] flatters the passions, and ex- alts them above the principles, it is poisonous; ‘it may not kill, but it will certainly injure; and this test will alone exclude an entire class of fiction, of which eminent examples will occur to all Then the whole spawn of so-called unmoral TO- mances, which imagine a world where the sins of sense are unvisited by the penalties following, swift or slow, but inexorably sure, in the real world, are deadly poison; these do kill. The novels that merely tickle our preju- dices and lull our judgment, or that coddle our sensibilities, or pamper our gross appetite for the marvelous are not so fatal; but they are innutri- tious, and clog the soul with un- wholesome vapors of all kinds. Na doubt they, too, help to weaken the mental fibre, and make their readers indifferent to plodding perseverance and plain industry, and to matter-of: fact poverty and commonplace dis tress.” STOP, WOMAN! AND CONSIDER THE ALL- IMPORTANT FACT That in address- ing Mrs. Pink- ham you are con- fidingyour private ills to a woman— a woman whose experi- ence with women’s diseases covers a great many years. You can talk freely toa woman when it is revolting to relate our private trou- les to a man— besides a man does not under- stand —simply be- cause he is a man fTany women suffer in silence and drift along from bad to worse, knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assist- ance, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing them- selves to the questions and probably examinations of even their family physician. Itis unnecessary. Without money or price you can consult a wo- man whose knowledge from actual ex» perience is great. Mrs. Pinkbam’s Standing Invitation, Women suffering from any form of female weaknessareinvited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. open ed, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her rivate illness to a woman; thus has pe established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken Out of the vast volume of experience which she has todraw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your ease. She : nothing in returnz except your good-will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely , rich or 28005: is S¥oty foolish pensvots offer of assistance If you are ill, don’t he bottle of Lydia E. Pink Compcund at once, and w ham, Lynn. Mass., for spe All letters are received, Selling is Half the Crop. It makes me tired to hear farmers kay there is no sale for their produce, when tliey don’t even let any one know that they have some commodities for pale. Last summer [ visited neighbor 8. I noticed he had a few trees of summer Rambo apples as fine as they grow, going to waste. I asked him why he did not sell them. “No one wants them,” he replied. I told him such apples were in big demand in York at more than $1 per bushel “Well, John,” he said, speaking to his gon, ‘I guess you will have to take them down and sell them, and you will have half the money.” So John put the apples nicely on straw in the wagon box and covered them all up with blankets and ®tarted to York to sell the apples. He drove up town about a mile, thoseapplesnicely covered up all the time, expecting, no doubt, that some telepathist or mind reader would divine what he rad, come out on the street, stop him and buy the ap- ples, but he was not so fortunate. By mere accident, a grocer discovered that he had apples, and on sight bought them all for about half what he could have sold them for had he only let people know that he had apples for sale. Think of a merchant closing all his show windows, taking down his sign and- absolutely stop-all advertis- ing, how much business do you suppose he would do?—L. W. Lighty, in Massa- chusetts Ploughman. —eceeer To Kill ITawks, A Louisiana reader asks how to give nux vomica to chickens and how often to give it to kill hawks, and if it is dangerous. It undoubtedly is dangerous to the chickens, if our reader intends {o give it to those that are alive, especially if more than one dose is given. Of course if nux vomica could be esiven to ome chicken only, and the hawk be made to select that one and eat it, there is a bare possibility that Mr. Hawk might die or at least become 30 sick of chicken that he would not return for another. Still, we think this would be an im- possible task, and other methods would he more effective. We have heard that arsenic or strychnine put in the car- eass of a dead chicken, which is placed in view of the hawk out of reach of other chickens and cats, has been found to kill not only the old one, but the entire brood of young hawks to which it is carried. Scarecrows have but littie terror for hawks, especially when they have a brood of young ones to feed, and we doubt if there is any better way of making way with them than with a good shotgun. It may require a little patience to lie in wait and get a shot at a hawk, but if one or two are thus gilled the others are not likely to give further trouble. Bare yards, with no grass or weeds, offer an inviting place for the hawks, and the chickens l:ave no way to es- cape from them. A marten box erected near the chick- en yard will be of material aid in fight- ing hawks. One little marten or blue bird will. put a big hawk to flight and will often chase him fully a mile away A nest of martens and a few wells directed shots will do more than all the poison that one can arrange.— Home aud Farm. Increasing the Yodder Supply. Fine and well-rotted stable manure will also often pay in the increase of rowen, when spread on the land shortly after the first crop is secured. Another method of obtaining a good second crop as advised by Professor. C. S. Phelps in a crop report of Massachusetts Board of Agriculture is to cut early. plow and seed at once to clover and mixed grasses, using at least fiftcen pounds of clover to the acre. With seeding done early in July, a good crop of clover should be obtained late in September or early in October, and a strong growth of grass and clover the rtollowing year. Taking up the specific crops that can be grown to supplement the hay crop, Professor Phelps’ gives those that are best adapted to the purpose, time of seeding, quantity of seed per acre. time of cutting and method of use, whether for hay, silage or green fodder. The crops mentioned are corn, Hun- garian grass, the millets, soy beans, cais and peas, bariey and peas, winter vetch, rape and cabbage. Hungarian grass is, all things considered, probably the best crop that could be sown in July for hay, and should be cut early, even before all the heads are formed. as it tends to grow woody as it ripens. Soy beans are a valuable crop, particu- larly for silage. ' Late cabbage can often be grown to profit as a market crop, and the unmarketable portions will furnish valuable fodder. Profes- sor Pheips says that he has found apple pomace ‘to be a valuable feed for milch cows, and there are many sections where it can be obtained for the ‘hauling. The article closes with some excel- lent advice as to feeding the hay after all possible has been done to sup- plement it. Fo obtain the best results, about one-half the dry matter of the ration should come from the grain feeds. The cheaper dry fodders, such as corn stover or oat straw, may then be fed in connection with liberal silage Cron and grain feeding. and d results will “follow.— Massachusetts Plough- man. ro i Stacking S{raw. » taken the Indiana Far ‘mer for When a mec icine ha in restoring to health S you Senn; well say, “I do not believe it will .ground up on the opposite side from a recent number under caption “How to Save Straw.” It appears to my mind that the Vigo County farmer (though a good fellow) lacks the courage and tact of a good Jap soldier. Before blowers were heard of, any man was expected to take his place on the straw stack, if so requested. Sometimes as many as five men wrought on a stack until it was cormapleted rightly. and would preserve itself for future use (perhaps for sev- eral years). Along with the blower came the declaration “That all hand stacking was at an end,” for the blower completed the stack. I discredited it from the start. I knew the declaration was a fake the first Dlower stack 1 saw. It had a shed roof from the the machine, and shapeless pile of finely cut straw, from top to bottom. A perfect spring to receive and retain moisture, and thereby spoil the good feed in it. The first blower we had on our farm, we started in with two good stackers to follow the rotating pipe, to tramp the middle and arrange the straw evenly over the surface. Then we gave orders to blow the straw where it was needed to complete a good self preserving top on it. We have never lost our straw, buf get much good feed out of it during winter. We then tear down the residue for fall fer- tilizer, and put it all back on the soil in twelve months again. Am not prophet enough to divine just where American farmers will drift to. Too tony to be found on the blower straw stack, for love or money, afraid of little outside dust when the Good Book says he is made of dust. We may save our straw in stacks about as we for- merly. did, if we go at it rightly. My rule is to go on my neighbor's stack provided he will work on mine, or furnish a man. Pay stackers extra, if they desire it; it will be money well spent. We have a couple of pairs of goggles to be used on threshing days. Also furnish a damp sponge to tie over nose and mouth to exclude dust, if so desired. Blower stacks need steeper roofs on them, and the middle kept very solid. A few days after threshing and the stacks settles a little, make the root a little steeper and higher, and fasten rails or poles on the ridge against heavy fall winds.—J. Beebe, in Indiana Farmer. Resisting Potato Blight and Rot. Thorough cultivation tends to con- serve the moisture of the soil in a dry season (when there is little danger of rot), and: in a wet season it helps to Keep the ground frem becoming wet and soggy. Ridging the rows holds up the vines from the ground, and thus aids in a quicker evaporation of mois- ture from the foliage and ground, and in so doing aids in retarding the spread of the blight, It also covers the tubers deeper in the soil, and so pre- tect them better from the blight spores that fall from the leaves. Where spraying is practiced it also makes this operation easier. The objection to ridg- ing is that in a dry season it may cause the plants to suffer for lack of mois: ture. By far the most satisfactory type of spraying outfit for thoroughness of work. is a two-wheeled cart, of suf- ficient reach to straddle two rows of potatoes, which carries an erdinary barrel pump and a man to pump and drive. Two men follow the cart. each using a twenty-five-foot hose with a single nozzle, and they each spray three rows without moving from the row, in which they travel backward. The man drives the length of the hose and the men spray their rows up to the cart, which then moves on again. In this way the ground can be gone over fairly quickly, and the spraying can be done as thoroughly as desired. Two nozzles to & hose seem to be a little better than one. Another apparatus is a type often used. In this case the stationary noz- zles are attached to the end of an or- dinary cart carrying a barrel pump, and the pumping is done by hand. This, too. has some of f the objections of the geared machines By very slow driving, however, more spray can be placed on the vines, but because of the stationary nozzles it will not be done very thoroughly or evenly. ticular apparatus better work would have been done if the pump had been stronger It not powerful enough to readily supply the eight nozzles used. The results of spraying with: hor deaux mixture vary wiih different sea- sons, but depend largely on the thor oughness of the treatments and their application at the proper time. It is much easier to secure an increased yield of potatoes from spraying than it is to prevent rot in these afterward. This increased yield varies from almost nothing to sometimes over 100 pe: eent., and the rot of the tubers is usually less in the sprayed than in the unsprayed fields. An average gain of fifteen to twenty per cent. should be had in order to pay for the g¢xira cesi and trouble of spraying; any gair that ‘is profit.—G. P. Clinton, Connecticut Experiment Station, New Haven. was above short Sporty Cicoos For many y a certain practiced medicine in a little town in Wyandotte County. He was careless of his dress. Half the ti perhaj were not mat Finally the doctor moved his far to Kansas City, Ka and began te spruce up. He insist on wearing 0 doctor country )S, his socks eS. r of years, and like it. Have | socks that were mates. This made impre adn to answer some | his wife suspicious. Sue thought he ibutors, but have delayed | was getting sporty. The: doctor has 1 could not bet-|{ moved back to the country.—Kansas ‘Have just read in | City Journal. In this par- | FINANGE AND TRAGE REVIEW CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE. Prominent Feature in Most Reporta Received in Ccuntry by R. G. Bun & Co. Distribution of autumn -merchan- dise is in progress unusually early this year, and the volume ‘of for- ward business is so heavy that the last half of 1905 promises to estab- lish a remarkable record of com- mercial © activity. Current retail trade is well maintained, the urgen- cy of orders received by jobbers in- dicating that dealers’ stocks are be: coming depleted, and there is littlo complaint regarding collections. More labor disputes have reached settlement, and no serious contro- versiess are threatened, while in’ many sections the supply of wagd earners is inadequate. Freight blockades and insufficient rolling stock cause delay despite widely, axtended facilities as compared with last year. Special reports regarding manu- facturing conditions have been re- ceived from about 40 leading indus- trial centers, and there is surprising unanimity in the statements. With scarcely an exception plants are working close to full capacity, with little idle machinery, except where alterations or improvements are in progress, and. contracts on hand far sxceced (hose held at this date in 1904. Equally gratifying is the con- fidence expressed in the future; a prominent feature of most reports. Encouraging crop prospects provide a large share of the good feeling. Railway earnings in the first half of August surpassed last year’s by 5.2 per cent, . Sentiment has improved in the iron and steel industry. Actual transactions are still somewhat lim- ited, but confidence in the future is becoming more widely diffused. Mills making textile fabrics are enjoying a larger degree of activity and appear to have more business in sight than any other branch of manufacture. This is due in part to the low position to which stocks were allowed to become depleted be- fore purchasing became general and also to the firmness of raw material, which does not encourage delay in providing for future requirements. REARIZIETS, PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat—No. 2 Ted... ci reeesonss $ 80 Rye—No.2......... 85 £5 Corn—No 2 yellow, ear. 61 62 No. 2 yellow, shelled 6) 61 43 49 : s 31 30 cess 5 10 5 90 eae 14 00 Sasvinssnrrsy 11 50 2000 eesnr 17 ¢0 17 90 700 700 24 1 1x 12 12 Hons—per 1b......cceeveurnnnnns $ u 15 Chickens—dressed........ > 16 13 Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh......... 19 21 Fruits and Vegetantas, ADDIE DDI ,.. inves cersister varsreas 25% 300 Fotatoes—Fancy white perbu.... 50 65 Cabbage—per ton . 18 00 21 v0 Onions—per barrel. 50 300 BALTIMORE. Flour—Winter Derenss Se S 505 52 Wheat—No. 2 red.. . 93 94 Corn—Mised..... . >. 51 52 -- 16 1 Ho creame 3 . 20 22 PHILADELPHIA, 55 59 99 101 HU 51 § -- 36 37 Buiter—Creamery. . . £0 22 Eggs—Pennsylvania firsts........ 16 17 NEW YORK. Flour—Patengl......coevveiiinnnnns 3 Wheat—No. 2 red Heir Corn—No. 2........ Oats—No, 2 le Butter —Creame ve 0 Bggs—3tate Ye be nnsylvania.. 17 18 RET: Union Stock Yards, Cattle, Pittsburg. ii Xtra, 1450 to 1600 1bs . V6) Prime, 1300 to 1400 Ibs .. 535 Medium, 1200 10 1:00 lbs 510 Tidy, 105 to 1150 4 5S Butcher, $00 to 1100. 170 Common to fair Oxen, common es fat ; X70 Common togood fat bulls and cows 25) Milch cows, each 16 Prime heavy hogs. Prime medium wei 8 3 6 6 Good pigs and Bentyorkers visas 575 gs, common to good . i 183 ROWEHE = ee cae 4 1t Blass... .ccc iene isa 300 Extra. ln. obi ani, 2 Good to choice 35 Medium A Common to f air. 400 Jambs.......... ooo Sul Veal, extra. ....... 5 00 79 Veal, gcou to choice ‘ 39) 4 51) Y tai, common he: wv. SJ) 375 Strange Gift to King. Alfonso has received one of gifts ever presented to is in the shape of twyu § us from the hides of tha ‘hich were killed by the bomb the g Spanish g - recent visit to MOON MAN. old FOOLING As they sat she looked away to the skies. “Wouldn't it be ed, “if the skies were THE out on the lawn summer she ventur- clear? > Stories of a Crown Prince. Several good anecdotes are cur- rent in the foreign press concerning the German crown prince as a boy. According to one of these, shortly af- ter Prince Bismarck was dismissed, the little boy was talking to his father, and in the course of conversation said, with childish naivete: “Father they say that now you will be able to tell the people what to do all by yourself. You'll enjoy that, won't you?’ Unfortunately, history has not yet recorded the kaiser’s reply; or, if it has, not for publication. Everyone knows the remarkable close intimacy and affection which have always ex- isted between the Kkaiserin and her children, and how fully the feelng is reciprocated was shown one day when the crown prince was told that all people were sinners. “My father may be a sinner,” he replied hotly, “but I know my mother fis not!” Some Very Ancient Laws. King Amraphel, of Babylon, who lived 2,250 years B. C. formulated a code of laws. His statutes, which were operative five centuries before the laws of Moses, numbered 282. and contain the following: “If a woman who sells beverages gives bad value for the money paid her, she shall be thrown ‘into water. “If a wife be spendthrift or if she otherwise neglects her duties, her husband may put her away without compensation, but if a man put away his wife for no other reason than that she has no children he shall re- turn her whole dowry. “If a bethrothal be rescinded, the man shall pay the woman compen- sation. A widow with grown up children may not marry again without per- mission from a judge.” Norway's Merchant Marine. The earnings of the Nerwegian mer- chant marine, especially of vessels engaged in the carrying trade Dbe- tween foreign ports, constitute a large portion of the national revenue. Nor- way’s merchant marine is fourth in size among the merchant marines of the world, being exceeded only by those of the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany. Its total tonnage is nearly 11% million tons, as against 625,000 tons for Sweden. Its total earnings in 1902 were 29.7 million dollars, as against 13.4 millions earned by Swedish mer- chantmen, while the amount earned by Norwegian vessels, in carrying freight between foreign ports only, $22,375,000, as against $3,644,000 earn- ed by Swedish vessels for similar service.—Haper’s Weekly. Wheat Growing Profits in Kansas. Many 100-acre wheat fields in Rooks county, Kansas, are paying a clean profit of $1,500 after counting all the work done on them as cash expense. Where the work is all done by the man himself and his family the cash returns in many cases are about the $2,000 mark.—Kansas City Journ- al. Profits of Farming. Elisha Harding, a Kiowa county, (Kan.) farmer, raised 7,050 bushels of wheat this year on 52 acres, for which he received 85 cents per bushel. He received $6,000 for one year’s work and says, aside from his own work, will realize $4,500 profit. Cheap for the Money. In the window of a Manchester (England) drug store was a card of cheap microscopes marked one shill- ing each, with the notice: “These are the cheapest microscopes ever offered for the money.” FITSpermanently cured. No fits ornervous- ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great NerveRestorer, $2trial bottleand treatise free Dr. R. H. Kuixe, Ltd.,931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. 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