otal it show listrib- hicago, orders for the export 0 and stead- ye line to the f pipe y near- oducts strong acting yeriods ify on nes is When, ceived ey are )e no e pub- s that , 1906, asury, ch is 9,421,- count- mount issue ot ap- terest- S. Nn re- ht be- d fac- They, ne. issued Ameri- Baron begin \laska litho- York for a , from strike men an. of presi- ief of en in n the ed a \meri- tating emala sband- f the 1d of >neral roops, | con- ement Pulu- imary iptain ge of euver rtable d use who Poole, lanta, y his Bros. ctory was ing a sian 1utin- eight vaded to in- 1 Bhi TS oa ma "EON. H. KELBAUGH AS OF WEST VIRGINIA PRAISES PE-RU-NA Hon. W. H. Kefbaugh. A Cold at Any Time of the Year, Espe- cially in Hot Weather, isVery Depressing to the System. Pe-r w-na is an U. nogualed Tonic For Such Cases. Read What People Say About It. HEE EEL II Ee Hon. W. H. Kelbaugh, Ex-Member { W. Va. Legislature, 204 9th street, N.} E., Washington, D. C., writes: “You canuse myname and word at all times for Peruna as a medi-$ cine and tonic unequaled. Ihave 3 tried it for a stubborn cold a nd badly run down system. I tried all sorts of other medicines and } paid several expensive doctor 3 bills. Peruna cured me, strength- 3 ened me more than ever, and $ saved me money.’’ 6-0-4 Mrs. ore Litterst, Seafield, Ind., says: Plast fall I took a severe cold. 1 took cruna, began to improve and sn on so til I was able to do my work.” Kinds of West. The numerous kinds of West of which the effete East solemnly dis- courses are enough to bewilder a Philadelphia lawyer. It will assure you that besides ‘‘the Middle West,” a phrase it employs continually and with evident pleasure, there are an eastern West, a northern West and a southern West! Yet there is only one East, and hardly enough of that to swear by.—The Californian. To Wash Glassware. Much of the imitation cut glassware may be made to look almost like the genuine article if washed in the following manner: Make a strong suds of Ivory Soap and im- merse the piece of glassware in it. Rub vigorously with a soft brush, dip up and down in the suds and do not dry but let drain. This will give a beautiful sparkle. —Eleanor R. Parker. Should Have Paid Up. It wasn’t a Missouri editor, but a printer's devil who was going through his first experience on ‘‘making up’ forms. The paper was late and the boy got the galleys mixed. The first part of ithe obituary notice of an im- pecunious citizen had been dumped in the forms, and the next handful of type came off a galley describing a recent fire. It read like this: ‘The pall bearers lowered the body to the grave and as it was consigned to the flames there were few,\if any regrets, for the old wreck had been an eye- sore to .the town for years. Of course there was individual loss, but that was fully covered by insurance.” The widow thinks the editor wrote the obituary that way because the la- mented partner of her joys and sor- rows owed him five years’ subscrip- tion.— Antwerp Bee. Some Dark Statistics. The number of homicides and deaths by violence in the United States in 1905 was 9,212, as against 8,482 in 1904. Suicides, 9,082, as against 9.240 ‘In 1904. Killed on steam railroads, in 1905, 3,142; in- jured. 15,904. Killed on electric and elevated railroads, 464; injured, 2,- 622. These statistics, collected by the Chicago Tribune, are unofficial, but perhaps they are none the less trustworthy on that account. We murder and manslaughter nine times as many as the Germans; four times as many as the English, Scotch and Welsh. America seems to be a little careless, to put it mildly—Every- body's Magazine. “NO TROUBLE” To Change From Coffee to Postum. “Postum has done a world of good for me,” writes an Ills. man. “I've had indigestion nedrly all my life, but never dreamed coffee wag the cause of my trouble until last spring I got so bad I was in misery all the time. “A coffee drinker for 30 years, it irritated my stomach and nerves, yet I was just crazy for it. After drink- ing it with my meals, I would leave the table, go out and lose my meal and the coffee, too. Then I'd be as hungry as ever “A friend advised me to quit cof- fee and use Postum-—said it cured him. Since taking his advice I re- tain my food and get all the good out of it, and don’t have those awful hungry spells. “I changed from coffee to Postum without any troukle whatever, felt better from the first day I drank it. I am well now and give the credit to Postum.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, “The Road to Wellville,"” in pkgs. ‘There's a reason,” Agriculture in Rural Schools. State Superintendent of Public In- struction, F. A. Cotton, is enthusias- tic in his efforts to establish a theo- retical as well as a practical course in agriculture in our rural schools. In a bulletin just out he outlines the plans for beginning this undertaking. The publication is issued in refer- ence to the work to be taken up this spring. In substance, his scheme is this: In the first three years the pupils will be led gradually to understand and appreciate the value of birds, flowers, plants and animals, through the medium of conversation and written language lessons. The work in the fourth and fifth grades will be a combination of geography and out- door study, with the purpose of quickening the cohservative powers of the pupils. In the sixth year, the importance of the farmer in the world’s economy is dwelt upon. The closer study of seeds and plants, such as farmers grow, will be taken up; also inquiry into the relation of the plants to the soil, and the work of insects and wind in pollination, etc., will occupy an important part of the time. Experimental work will be in- troduced as far as possible. In the seventh and eighth grades work like that of grafting, tres pruning and planting will be in order. A more advanced study of farm. crops will here be taken up, and the boys be in- duced to try cultivation experiments and report results the next year. The work designed for the township high school will be farther advanced, of course, than that in the preceding grades. Don’t Prune! Most amateurs worry themselves over what they consider the intricate problem of pruning. My advice is simply this: Don’t prune! Avoid the annual trimming that ruins so many of our gardens. There are more shrubs ruined by the pruning mania than by any other one cause and the worst part of it all is that the damage is suffered by just those people who would appreciate having a few good shrubs. After the thin- ning out of surplus specimens the only attention that the shrubbery needs is a thinning out of the old growth to make room for the new season’s wood and of course the re- moval of any dead or dyving branches. Remember that shrubs do not need the attention of the pruner to make them grow; pruning is only meant to make the garden look neater. And remember this golden rule: ‘‘Prune after flowering.” This means that a late flowering shrub like the hydranp- gea can be pruned in the spring be- cause the flowers are produced on the growths that it will make in the sum- mer, but it is just ns satisfactory to prune it in the winter time. The early flowering shrubs that flower on the growths of the previous season may be pruned in the spring, but not until after they have“done flowering. Therefore, spireas, lilacs, deutzias, golden bells, and such like must not be cut back if you want to have flow- ers the same season. They will in all probability require some reduc- tion of the top, but it must be done by reducing the number of the growths, rather than by shortening. —TLeonard Barron, in Garden Mag- azine. Beginners and Varieties. The beginner in strawberries should. consult with some experienced grower before selecting the variety, as the kinds used in some sections and on certain soils may not be suit- able elsewhere. Some varieties will thrive on heavy soils better than on light soil, while others give the best results on sandy soils. Some kinds are very large, but not good in quali- ty. Never sacrifice flavor for size, as flavor is everything in a straw- berry. Many growers prefer the va- rieties that stand shipment to mar- ket; hence, for a family supply, the aim should be to select a variety suit- able for the soil, and of excellent quality, in preference to size and firmness. Do not overlook the fact that some varieties are both stamin- ate and pistillate, while others are pistallate only. Should the variety selected be pistillate, every fourth row should be of some variety that is both staminate and pistillate, and which blossoms at the same time as the other, in order that fertilization may result, for if not there will be no fruit. There is no variety which can be said to be the best, as all varie- ties will excel in some respect and be lacking in other qualities. The prop- er method is to procure a variety best adapted to the soil and give good cultivation, with an abundance of plant food, and satisfactory re- sults will usually .follow. ‘Potted’ plants are the runners taken from old strawberry plants that have root- ed in small pots sunk in the ground, in convenient places for the purpose. These small pots are soon filled with roots, the plants and balls of earth being easily turned out without dis- turbance, and when transplanted continue to grow, almost a full crop of fruit next year being the “Potted” plants largely TChuit. are mand in the fall season of the year.— Philadelphia Record. Feeding Chicks. It is quite the thing nowadays to keep dry feed before chickens all the while. Perhaps one of the best ar- guments in its favor is the opportu- nity it offers for the weaker or more timid members of the flock to get their share. Usually the ‘‘dry feed” is composed of the smaller grains, but ground feed is excellent served in this way, so there is a reasonable variety. A Pennsylvania man gives a heap of advice in the following par- agraph: ‘“We have tried all the different methods of feeding and have found the most successful is the dry feed- ing. We don’t feed the chicks for from thirty-six to forty-eight hours after hatching, and then feed the dry chick feed, many different grains being mixed together. We feed this the first four weeks steadily. We also keep a box of beef scraps be- fore them at all times after the fifth day. We do not give them water until the third day. By fol- lowing the above we can almost see our chicks grow. Would also say that we keep the chick feed before our chicks at all times the frst few days, so they can eat as often and as much’ as they want. By this way we find the inactive chicks get more, and in a short time they start off and grow like the rest. As a rule it is the inactive chicks starving to death that runs the death rate up in brood- er chicks. In regard to skimmilk I would not advise giving it to chicks under four weeks of age. I think after that it can be fed to chicks at an advantage. No doubt there are other methods which are giving good ‘results for others, but the above has proven to be the best for us after twenty years’ experimenting. After four weeks we vary the feed, drop- ping the chick feed and feeding cracked corn, whole wheat, oats, etc., feeding a mash (scalded) in morn- ing, containing beef scraps.” Rational Culture of Corn. In order to grow a good crop of corn, it is essential for the soil to be well plowed and thoroughly pulver- ized. For this work a disc harrow, the spring-tooth and smoothing har- row and a drag or roller make a splendid combination; and that they may he employed to the best possi- ble advantage, says Fred O. Sibley, in Eptomist, it is advisable to wait until the ground is in proper condi- tion for tillage. The aim should be to get the soil in thorough and complete tilth before planting. A thorough preliminary cultivation aids in the formation of plant food and by aerating or ventilating the soil, influences the soil temperature as well as, in a measure, controls the supply of moisture. Best of all, it kills out or retards weed growth, which is very important because weeds consume the plant food and to that extent rob crops. By shading the ground, they also have a smoth- ering tendency and they take large quantities of water from the soil. To keep them back still more and at the same time help the further pulveri- zation of the soil the field, if not made too wet by rains, should be gone over with a smoothing harrow just before the corn plants begin to show through the surface. If the teeth of the harrow are set at the proper slant or angle, sufficiently over not to tear out the corn, this method is really most effective in destroying young weeds. And a week later, or thereabouts, when the corn is two inches above the ground it will pay even to go over the field a second time with the harrow. The soil is thus left fine and mellow, the field clean and active and the corn plants not hurt a particle. This should be followed up by cultivating after every rain to break the crust, for continued cultivation is as much needed to conserve moisture as to kill the weeds. Keep the cultivator away from the corn roots, however, and try to handle the implement so as to leave the surface level and even, not in ridges. If other condi- tions are equal, such as requisite fer- tility and a favorable season, a fine growth of stalks and ears should then be obtained. FARM NOTES. Always feed at regular hours A fat hen is queen on the market. Old hens are not profitable on an egg farm. Plan for plepty of soiling crops. Have an abundance of sweet corn to follow the peas and oats. No person who is affected with a cough or consumption should be al- lowed to care for cows or milk. Every milker should wear a clean overall suit, kept for the purpose. The hands should be washed be- fore milking, and the fingernails cut shori and kept clean. "We are all of us forgetful, so let m2 whisper in your ear once more that nobody ever invented a strainer that would take impure out matter | of milk. in de- it never will be out. FINANGE AND TRADE REVIEW TRADE REPORTS PORTS GRATIFYING All Sections of Nation Enjoying Great Prosperity—Scarcity of Labor Only Complaint. “Aside from the seasonable dull- ness in wholesale departments com- mercial activity is well, maintained, and early preparations are made for autumn and winter business. August opened with no adverse developments in the trade situation while crop pro- gress during July was most favorable. “Trade reports are especially grati- fying from the Northwest and other points that are dependent upon agri- cultural results, but all sections of the nation enjoy great prosperity and there is scarcely a disordant note in any of the dispatches. “Scarcity of labor is the only ser- ious complaint, output of coke being curtailed, and there is delay in har- vesting some crops, while strikes re- tard the rebuilding of San Francisco; but, on the other hand, a slight modi- fication of the 1903 scale has brought back 8,000 more bituminous coal miners and the threatened struggle at 33 paper mills has . been averted, while advanced wages brought full activity in the textile industry.. “Commodity prices are fairly steady, cheaper grain because of large crops being olfset by strength in the ieading materials of manufacture, while legislation in Brazil advanced coffee sharply. “Railway earnings in July were 8.9 per cent larger than a year ago, and foreign commerce at New York shows gains of $3,353,600 in imports and $483,006 in exports, as compared with the same week last year. “It is not often that managers of a leading industry are uneasy regard- ing the future because of too much business, yet that is becoming the situation at irqn furnaces and steel mills. Orders on the books are far in excess of similar comparisons in earlier years, and there is certainty of congestion if regular fall business is added. “New England footwear markets are quiet. Tanners report that shoe manufacturers are buying sole leather only to cover immediate needs, and the quiet market would result in con- cessions were it not for the light stocks and the pronounced strength of hides. MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Graln, Flour and Feed. Corn—No. volioy. ear... No. 2 yellow, shelled.......... . 60 61 Bt Taw Wheat, Oa Dairy Products. Butter—Elgin creamery Ohlo creamery. 20 21 Fancy country rol 19 20 Cheese—Ohio, new.. 12 3 New York. new... 12 13 Poultry, Etc. Hens—per 1b.........coceeiennnnnn. 14 15 Chickens—dressed - 16 18 Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh......... 19 20 Frults and Vegetables. Potatoes-——Fancy white per bu.... ‘ 90 Cabbage—per ton............ . os 1300 1500 Onions—per barrel............. vs 200 22 BALTIMORE. Flour—Winter patent vous oP 5 5 2 Wheat—No. 2 up on o iirNoe 46 47 Besser saat veias 16 20 Eee tuns creamery Au 28 PHILADELPHIA. Flecur—W inter Patent $ 50 5B Wheat—No. 2 re 84 85 Corn—No. 2 mixed 35 He Oats—No. 2 white 36 36 Butter—Creamery 29 32 Eggs—Pennsylvania firsts. 16 20 NEW YCRK. Flour—Patents............ciciiei os 515 Year No 2red : 90 Corn—No. 2. . 68 Oats—No. 2 ‘white. . 88 Butter -Creamery 25 Eggs—State and A ee 18 LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Extra, 1,450 101,600 1bs............ $5 $600 Yrime. 1% 800 101,400 1bs, 2 bo oT Good, 1,x 200 to 1,300 1bs. 515 5 Ho 1 idy. 1 ,060 101,150 1bs.. 5 10 520 Fair, 200 to 1100 lbs. 435 4 85 Common, 700 10 900 1bs.. 4 00 47 Common to good fat oxen. 27 4 50 Common to good fat bulls. 25 415 Commen to good fat cows. 200 4 00 Heifers, 7€0 101, 1001bs..... . 250 4 HM Fresh cows and springers........ 16 00 4500 Sheep. rrime wethers $54 5 60 Good mixed................. o R0 5 40 ¥ air mixed ewes and wethoers. . 450 5 00 Cullsand common. vee ssseesi 22 OO 4 00 Culls to choice lambs. ............ 5 50 7 9 Hogs. Frimeheavy hogs ......s......... $6 80 Prime medium Felsiis 7 05 7 Best heavy Yorkers.. 7 00 7 Good light Yorkers. 6 90 7 00 Pigs, as to quality........ 6 70 6 80 Common to goog Troughs 3 40 5 80 Stags.. ? 4 00 43 Calves, Veal Calves........ Sei Heavy and thin calv 3s. Oil Markets. The following are the guotations for credit balances in the different fields: Pennsylvania, $1 61; Tiona, $1 71; Second Sand, $1 61 North Lima, 9%e: South Lima. 91c; Indiana. 90 0 Ragland, 69¢; Can- ada, $1.38. South while “Somehow or other the Am- ericans don’t like us, and they profit by the protection of the Monrce doctrine they do most of their buying on the other side of the Atlanic,” de- clares the Philadelphia Inquirer. Now the theory which underlies Mr. Root’s vigit is that they by the honor of it, that as t make his acquaintance all Americans wi will be so impressed soon 4s their } ey You must keep it out, or r will be re: 1s as a band of brothers. A Claim to Gratitude. Industry has its noble and altruis- tic side, as well as education. Some generous men endow libraries and colleges. Others build hospitals and homes for the indigent. Such men command the gratitude and affection | of their fellows. But would not even deeper gratitude be felt by all right thinking people for a great packer who should conceive it to be his mis- sion to create and maintain an ab- solutely ideal establishment, one that should meet with every hygienic and moral requirement and that could not fail to serve for all present and fu- ture competitors as the model, the standard, the embodient of the high- est principles to be realized in that industry. =(hioago Roeord Heralc, FITS, St. Vitus Dance, Neteous Diseases per- | manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve | Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free.’ r. H. R. Kline, L.d.,931 Arch St., Phila.. Pa. The growth of girls is greatest in their fifteenth year; of boys in. their seventeenth. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens thegums,reducesinflamma- tion, allays s pain, cures wind colic, 25ca bottle Colored Eyeglasses. Eyeglasses slightly tinged with an orange yellow are said by a French expert, Dr. Motais, to be peculiarly | agreeable and soothing to feeble or! oversensitive eyes. Patients who cannot use blue or smoked glasses | see well with these. SCRATCHED TILL BLOOD RAN, Scales on Face and Head=—Threw Off Lite tle Watery Substance—Complete Cure by Cuticura Remedies. “I will be glad to give anybody suffering from eczema any information regarding | Cuticura Remedies. \When my little girl was about a year and a half old there de-| veloped small pimples on her face, w hich | went into a scale which threw off a little] watery substance. Her head was also af-| fected with it. She used to scratch until! it bled, making very bad sores. \We tried | two or three salves, including borax. They | did not do any good, so 1 got some Cuti-| cura Soap first, and then used the Cuti-| cura Soap, Ointment and Pills. They com- | pletely cured her, and we have had no more bother with it. Wm. F. Knox, 1216 | 80. 35th St.,Philadelphia, Pa.,June 10,1905.” Oyster Planting in Pacific. The native oyster found on our Pacific coast is extremely small—| about one-fourth the size of an At-| lantic oyster. Many carloads of| Eastern oysters have been shipped and planted in Puget Sound and along the California coast. Some of the beds are just commencing to produce, | one of them affording 700 sacks per | day the past winter. The tongers, who gather the oysters, earn from $6 to $12 per day. DAZED WITH PAIN. The Sufferings of a Citizen of Olym- pia, Wash. L. S. Gorham, of 516 East 4th St., Olympia, Wash., says: ‘‘Six years ago I got wet and took cold,and was soon flat in bed, suffering tortures with my back. Every move- ment caused an ago- nizing pain, and the persistency of it ex- hausted me, so that foratime I was dazed and stupid. On the advice of a friend I began using Doan’s J Kidney Pills, and soon fioticed a ie for the better. The kidney secretions had been disor- dered and irregular, and contained a heavy sediment, but in a week's time the urine was clear and natural again and the passages regular. Gradually the aching and soreness left my back and then the lameness. I used six boxes to make sure of a cure, and the trouble has never re- turned.” Sold by all dealers. 50 centsabox. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Grease Eradicator for Clothing. Mix together two ounces oleate of ammonia and two ounces ammonia water; shake well and add one ounce ether and five ounces benzine. Shake well again, and then add one ounce chloroform. Shake again, let stand a few minutes, then shake at fre- quent intervals until the preparation is of the consistency of cream. WINTER: neat, 60 ‘Bushe's “per Catalogue and samples SalzerSeed Co.. Box C., La Crosse. Wis. FERTILIZER LIME ai WALTON QUARRIES, Harrisburg, ra. 48 p. book free. Highest ref: Long experience, | i &Co.Dept. 54. Washington. 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