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SOLD BY CEADING DRUGGISTS- 504 pe- BOTTLE Plenty of Asphalt. Asphaltic layers have been found in Syria near Kferie, a village about 25 miles northeast of the port of Lat- akia, along the road leading toward Aleppo, which have been declared by competent mining engineers to be not only rich in- asphalt, but also prac- tically inexhaustible. at ECZEMA FOR FIFTY-FIVE YEARS. , Buffered Torments from Birth—In Frightful Condition—Got No Help Until Cuticura Cured Him. “I had ‘an itching, tormenting eczema ever since I came into the world, and I am now a man fifty-five years old. 1 tried all kinds of medicines I heard of, but found no relief. I was truly in a frightful condition. At Jast I broke out all over with red and white boils, which kept growing until they were as big as walnuts, causing great pain and misery, but I kept from scratching as well as I could. I was so run down that I could hardly do my work. I used Cuti- cura Soap, Ointment, Resolvent, and Pills for about eight months, and I can truth- fully say I am cured. Hale Bordwell, Tip- ton, Ia., Aur. 17, 1907.” “I cheerfully endorse the above lesti- monial. It is the truth. I know Mr. Bord- well and know the condition he was in. Nelson R. Burnett, Tipton, Ia.” © Lightning Strokes. Fire insurance men estimate that 40 per cent of barn fires are due to lightning, 10 to 15 per cent to careless- mess, 8 to 12 per cent to overheated flues, the balance to other causes, in- ‘cluding incendiarism. According to the report of the weather bureau of ithe department of agriculture for 1900, the total number of strokes of lightning in 1899 which caused dam- age was 5,527, the number of. build: lings injured 6,256, value of property Tost $3,016,520, number of deaths by lightping 563, number of persons: in- jured 820, number of live stock killed in the field 4,251. Tall' chimneys emitting smoke that carries moisture with it are mare oft en struck than other objects, barns containing hay that gives off moisture by evaporation, and porus tree barks -are frequently struck. For the same _ reason ice-houses aré more attraetive ‘to lightning than other storehouses.— - Suburban Life. His Time Will Come. The thing most talked about in the closing scenes of Harvard and Yale is the beat race. The man who leads in mathematics, sociology or Latin composition wanders in the valley of forgetfulness. But he will turn up some time when the fellows who won the boat race have been forgotten. German Trust. Negotiations among the German manufacturers of wall paper have finally led to the organization of a trust. The seven leading manufactur- ers who have already joined have a combined annual production of about $2,620,000. FRIENDLY TIP Restored Hope and Confidence. “After several years of indigestion and its attendant evil influence on the mind, it is not very surprising that one finally loses faith in things gen- erally. AN. Y. woman writes an interest- ing letter. She says: “Three years ago I suffered from an attack of peritonitis which left me in a most miserable conditicn. For over two years I suffered from ner- vousness, weak heart, shortness of breath, could not sleep, ete. “My appetite was ravenous but |i felt starved all the time. I had plenty of food but it did not nourisa me because of intestinal indigestion. Medical treatment did not seem to help, I got discouraged, stopped medi- cine and did not care much whether I lived or died. “One day a friend asked me why | didn’t try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking coffee and use Postum. I had lost faith in everything, but to please my friends I began to use both and soon becams very fond of them. “It wasn’t long before I got some strength, felt a decided change in my system, hope sprang up in my heart and slowly but surely I got better. 1 could sleep very well, the constant craving for food ceased and 1 have better health now than before the at- tack of peritonitis. “My husband anc 1 are still using Grape-Nuts and Postum.” “There's a Reason.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, “The Road ‘o Wellville,” in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. \ Making Baby Beef. ~ The more unsatisfactory the milk situation becomes, the more anxious we are to turn our attention to other branches of farming, which will be more remunerative. ~ If we could take up raising beef or sheep, we should still have our manure and a good profit from our stock without so much worry over the labor problem and trying to ‘meet the difficult require- ments of the city people in regard to milk production. Perhaps the most promising new field is that of baby beef. Baby beef is a prime butchers’ beast, thoroughly fattened and ripe for the block at from 12 to 24 months of age. Growth has been artificially promoted by con- j tinuous heavy feeding from birth, with the object of obtaining in the shortest time possible the maximum weight of well-matured beef. "Its es- sential features are early maturity, quality, finish and thickness of flesh. The next question is, where can we get stock from? We can either raise the stock ourselves or buy young calves from the range at weaning time, when they will weigh from 350 to 500 jounds, and cost from 4 to 6 cents a pound. Should we decide to raise ouf -own stock, we should pur- chase either Hereford, Short-Horn, Angus or Galloway cattle. These need not be registered steak, or at least the cows need not, and should it be found advisable good young grade heifers could be bought in Texas, which if mated to a registered bull would produce excellent stock for baby beef. - The next point to consider is how to feed our babies so as to meet the market requirements. What are the requirements? The illustration shows very clearly what are the most val- uable cuts to the butcher, and we will do well to bear this in mind when we are raising our young stock. Our calves must be fed for growth from the start and the food provided must be composed of ingredients that can be easily digested. Whole milk, of course, hedds this list. This, fed fresh and warm from the cow until weaning time, will produce the best calf for any purpose. This gives the youngster a change to take a little at a time and often and so avoids over- loading their stomachs. At the pres- ent prices of milk and labor, it would Yo ga become accustomed to it, or they may overeat. For winter feed, many, Mr. with a ration made up of 15 to 25 pounds of ensilage, 3 pounds of corn meal, 2 pounds wheat bran, and plenty of clover hay. Feed regularly, at stated times; see that nothing is left in the troughs from meal to meal; provide plenty of clean, fresh water, and don’ t forget the salt. Oats, barley; rye, &te., should be ‘crushed. The folowing table, compiled by the United States Department of Agri- culture, gives an excellent idea of the comparative advantages of producing baby over long-fed beef: “i 1 Long- Bab fed bee: beef ONE STEER. (av. (av. of 10 of 10 Rim steers). | steers). , Days -on feed...........; 700 913 Weight when put on ex- eriment, db. .......... 122 107 Weight when slaugh 5 i tered, Ib............ IEE 1,297 1,235 ain during feeding period, 1b. 0 1,175 1,128 Daily rate of gain, lb... i. i286 Feed eaten: Hoots and ensilage 1b..| 15,703 19,529 Ba 150 231 iA milk, 1b.. . 1,645 ,9592 ape, Ib... oii i 00, 70: igwe..ii Meal, 1b... i... oo. 3,809 1,405 Pasture, months .......} ...... 9 Total cost of feed £63.06 $59.66 Cost per 100 lb. increa- live weight... i... 5.29 Selling price per 100 live weight 5.62 4.78 These young beeves should be fed indoors in the winter, and in the sum- mer should be protected from the hot sun and flies by keeping them in a | darkened stable during the hottest part of the day. Prime young beef can be sold right on the farm where they are raised, and the demand far exceeds the supply. This industry is certainly worth considering.—A. D., in The Country Gentleman, ‘Managing the Hay Crop.” As a rule too many farmers delay the cutting of their hay crop until a large proportion of the feeding value is lost on account of the hay becom- ing tough and fibrous. Our whole aim should be to cut and cure our hay at a time when it will be the CHICAGO RETAIL: DEALERS METHOD OF. CUTTING BEEF. probably pay to let the calves run with their dams from 4 to 6 months, supplementing this diet with a iittle shelled cern and oats mixed, after the first few weeks. On the other hand, should any of us bring our- selves to believe that there was any profit in milk at 3 cents, we could, after the first few weeks. milk our cows by. Land and feed the calves from a pail. The great -point to re- member is not to give the youngsters any set-back, wean them gradually and don’t gorge them, Warfield says: “The weaning is in a great degree a crisis in a calf’s life. 1f cut off from nature's diet tco early, bad results not infrequently ensne; but if allowed to go on to that period at which in the natural sequence of events the calf would find his milk ration more and more insufficient and his capacity to eat more and more perfect every day, the transition, instead of being violent, is at once natural and easy, and therefore without injurious con- sequences. The great thing is to keep the growth of the calf from suf- fering any serious check. If this growth goes rigat along, all is well. If, however, the weaning is followed by a period of pining and real need of the milk diet, and the calf is for a few weeks unthrifiy, the effect will be apparent in the animal's after life; for these short periods of re- tardation in early life count up large- ly in the sum. This is not an easy matter to impress upon many mean, and yet an animal that has an un- broken calfhood of thrifty growth will mature earlier and develop more completely the possibilities of its na- ture than another which with equal promise was suffered to get again and again out of condition by unwise sav- ing in the first months of i’ life.” Perhaps I should have said that the best time to have our calves dropped is in the fall; then by the time the pastures are green the following spring the youngsters are well started and can safely get part of their feed from the fresh grass. Mr. Ritzman, of the United States Department of Agriculture, gives as the best summer combination. to furnish a proper bal- ance with good pasture, shelled corn, or a little oats, with an cccasional feed of a little cottonseed meal, gluten meal, linseed meal, just to stimulate the appetite. Bluegrass makes the best pasture, and next to that ranks clover or alfalfa, but care should be taken in feeding the clover and alfalfa at first, until the cattle most palatable and the easiest for our animals to digest and assimilate. The analysis of early cut hay and that which is cut later does not jus- tify the cutting of the hay crop early but actual experience in feeding ani- mals will prove that early cut hay will produce better results when fed to all kinds of farm animals than that which is cut later. We may feed our animals on late cut hay during the winter and they will become thin, but when they are turned out on the same grass in the spring they will shed off their old hair and take on a lock of prosperity and thrift, even though the same grass contains no more protein nor comes any nearer to producing a balanced ration. How are we to explain this fact? The cat- tle are not getting a different class of food as far as chemical analysis is concerned, for the dry hay contains the same elements as the pasture grass, but the great difference is due to the succulent condition of the green grass which is in a different condition. : In order to make the best possible food out of our hay crop it should be cut when it will come the nearest to approaching the same condition * as pasture grass. The nearer this grass can be preserved to the way nature provided it the better food it will make for the farm animals. It is by the feeding of this kind of hay that we are able to get the best de- velopment that our animals are cap- abie of making.—Epitomist. Fed at a Loss. The hen that eats her head off should have an operation performed on her neck to prevent further eat- ing; likewise the cow that is not worth her keep should go to the block. The first thing is to deter- mine with accuracy what animals are fed at a loss.—Farmers’ Home Jour- nal. Served, Sir? “How long bas this restaurant been open?” asked the would-be di- ner. “Two years,” said the proprietor. “I am sorry I did not know it,” said the guest. ‘I should have been better off if I had come here then.” “Yes?” smiled the propretor, very much pleased. ‘‘How is that?” “I should probably have been served by this time if I had,” said the guest, and the entente cordiale van- ished.——Harper's Weekly. Ritzman says, have had great success. {FINANCE AND TRACE REVIEW "DUN'’S WEEKLY SUMMARY t Demand Improves and Some Bales of. Pig Iron‘ ‘Are Made at Conces- *sions—Collections Improving. New York.—R.. P. Dun & Co.’s “Weekly Review of Trade” Says: “Trade and industrial activities con-’ tinue. to expand, improvement being. of a conservative nature that promises permanency. There is little dispo- sition to ‘anticipate thre “future, bur current distribution -is larger, and. | mercantile collections are ‘more’ “prompt.” . mam . “In’ manufacturing fies “the iron and steel” industry is steadily adding: ing substantial contracts, * although producers are handicapped by the persistent strength of hides and leath- er. “A few special sales of pig iron have been made-at concessions from former quotations, some merchant fur-i naces seeking all the business offered, but the general level of prites is not: materially altered, and there is a dis- tinet improvement in demand. Most: recorded transactions are for this: years’s delivery, each week bringing alittle larger consumption - at steel mills and some reduction of stocks in furnace yards. “Extremely quiet conditions pre- vail in primary markets for cotton goods. As goods on hand were made from cotton purchased above the. present price there is no encourage- ment for producers to make sales. “Footwear factories in New Eng- land report a steadily improving de- mand from Western wholesalers. Low stocks in the hands of jobbers are in- dicated. by urgent requests for quick shipment. Leather is quiet as a rule, but certain varieties are strong and active, heavy weight sole being scarce and sold well ahead. Hides are again very firm, large sales of Western packer sides being made at good prices.” MARKETS. PITTSRIUPG. Wheat—No. 2 red 85 9) Rye—No.2.... Core hin 2y ellow 88 9 No. Yellow, ota 85 86 r x 73 67 63 65 5 Flour—Winter patent...... 58) 59 Fancy Fright winters. Hay—No. 1 Timothy...... 150) 1v 5) Clover Na. 1:.......... 13 0) Feed—No. 1 white mid. to x8 0 Brown jnidalings SE 5 50 Bran, bulk... verse 2 23 rs . : aoa rd 7% 750 Dairy Products Butter—Elgin creamery 2 23 io creamery 20 2i ancy country r 17 18 Cheese—Ohio, new. 1 17 New York, new.. 13 17 HONE DBE 1D ii..s 2200s reuse ssesas 14 1¢ Chickens—dressed.. .s 12 12 Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, ¥resh...... 1 1s Fruits and Vegelables, Potatoes—Fancy white per bu.. 9 i 0 Cabbage—per ton..........., -“ 15017; Onions—per barrel............. See D0 GUL BALTIMORE. Flour—Winter Patent............. $ 3170 39) Wheat—No. 2 red 10:2 = Corn—Mixed 7 : Parcor—ORio, CHoRtiory. 2 PHILADELPHIA. Flpur—Winter Patent. cares 500 575 Wheat—No. 2 red..... 9 Corn—No. 2 eal t8 8 Jats—No. 2 white. oi tq Butter—Creamery 24 25 Eggs—Pennsgylvan 17 13 NEW YORK. Flour—Patents....c....cu-00raaess $ 58 59 Wheat—No.2red......ocvee.r.vc... La : Corn—No, 2........ 9) 0 Oats—No. 2 white. te 5 Butter -Creamery .. “ = Eggs—Stato and Pen yl 17 1s LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. CATTLE Extra, 1450 to 1600 pounds.... Prime, 1300 to 14)0 pounds Good, 1200 to 1400 pounds Tidy, 105) to 1150 pound Fair, €0) to 110) pou: ds .. Comninon, 70) to 900 pounds. Cows Yai Frithe, Heavy. .. vi. oi ies 70@70 Prime, medium sight. LT @7:5 Best heavy Yorke L675 @ 700 figm Yorkers 630 @> 70 Prime wethers....................... 42) @440 Good mixed..................... 400 @ 4 20 Fair mixed ewes and wethers.. 32> @3 7 Culls and common .. 150 @300 Spring lambs........ .- ... 30) @6 35 Yeal calves............ 50 @ 77 Esavy to thin calves 300 @4 59 For three and a half centuries Spain has been gradually losing that vast empire which Charles V. abdicated for the quiet of the cloister. Bereft of her fairest possessions, torn by dissention and religious per: her throne a prey to pretend her social regime at the nrercy of anarchists, it was with the greatest difficulty that his mother handed over to Alphonso XII. the restricted realm over which he governs. But of late Spain has realized that she has the fairest realm of Europe, contends the Home Herald. Energy, determination and intelligence have taken "the place of lethargy, indecision and ig: norance, and the result has been a na- tional and industrial rehabilitation. She is competing successfully for the trade of South America and already her material advance is marvelous. Under her present liberal governor, Spain is destined to play a great part before the cnd of this century. EE ——— re PP ——e The noiseless rifle is welcomed by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Anything that makes war more deadly and more dangerous is certain to advance the cause of peace, though few of us expect to live to see the univer- sal brotherhood of man established. to output, and shoe shops are receiv- | “The Prawback, “Travel broadens the mind,” Declares one shee “But pshaw! It, gs we- find, ~- Flattens the feet “Wow! It “He danced every dafice with me.” | “He must have thought it was a charity ball.”—Houston Post. aa His Method. : Nodd—*“How can you keep track of all your children?” Todd—“By a card index system. » —Life. r————— No Coupons. Ostend—‘Pa, what is a ‘bond of sympathy?’ ” Pa—*“A very poor investment, my son. It never draws any interest from the public. ”—Chicago News. The Honker Haunted. . “What makes old Blank so uneasy when a motor car comes along?” “Why, his wife ran away in one, and he is always afraid she is com- ing back.”—Tit-Bits. Lost Chance. She—*“My husband won’t listen to reason.” He—*“He ought to be ashamed of himself. It isn’t every married man that has the chance!” Merely the Purse. “I notice that you always fling the cabman your purse.” The hero of this historical novel was a thrifty character. “Yes,” explained he, “I buy them purses cheap by the gross.”—Wash- ington Herald. Very Particular. Guest—"Bring one portion of a nude turkey.” Waiter—*“Nude turkey?” Guest — “Yes. Turkey without dressing.”—New Orleans Picayune. Pretty Close. “That waiter’s an idiot.” “What's the matter now?” _ “I asked him to bring me a water cracker.” “Well?” : “And here he brings me an ice pick.”—Cleveland Leader, In Ambush, “Stop the auto.” “But, sir—” “I think I saw some red ferns.” “Better lemme keep on, boss,” ad- vised the chauffeur, earnestly. “Them red ferns is the local constable’s whis- kers.”—Washington Herald. Patting Him “Next.” - “I will give you a penny if youl: promise to be good while I'm away, Johnny.” “What'll you give me if I'll be good when you get back home?” “I'll give you something if you are not good then.”—Houston Post. Their Game, “These crooked legislators of ours are just as bad as counterfeiters,” said Knox; “in the same class, in fact.” “Think so?” asked Dudley. “Sure! They're forever and passing bad bills,” Star. making — Washington The Limit, “There's nothing that makes a would-be society woman madder than to find her name left out of the report of some swell function she has at- tended.” “Unless it’s to find besides that her rival’s name is in."—The Catholic Standard and Times. Affected Him Differently. “Maw, what's the basement? box?” “No, dear; he's putting new wire gauze in the screen-doors.” “How do you know?” “By the language he is dear.”—Chicago Tribune. paw doing down in Patching up the ice- using, All Beach. Wilfred was sitting upon his fa- ther's knee watching his mother ar- ranging her hair. “Papa hasn’t any Marcel waves like that,” said the father, laughingly. Wilfred, looking up at his father’s bald pate, replied: it's all beach.”—Harper's Weekly, “Nope; no waves; ! Switzerland Prohibits Absinthe. At a time when the prohibition of -alcoholic beverages has becoiife more than an academic question in’ some ‘parts of the United States, it is in- ‘teresting to read that Switzerland has outlawed absinthe, which, as is well known, is an emerald liquor ‘made largely of wormwood macerat- ed in alcohol. The decision to forbid the manufacture and sale of absinthe ‘in Switzerland was arrived at through ‘the medium of a national referendum, which showed a majority of over 80,000 in favor of the. proposition. This action of the demoeratic eléétor- ate is little short of heroic, for the most famous brands are made in Switzerland, notably at Neuchatel, and have been. extensively exported, so that the prohibition put upon: their manufacture and sale will ‘seriously affect the government's revenue.— i Rd Scurmna) 4 Harry Nature and a woman’s work com- -bined have produced the grandest remedy for woman’s ills that the world has ever known. In the good old-fashioned days of our grandmothers they relied upon the roots and herbs of the field to cure disease and mitigate suffering. The Indians on our Western Plains to-day can produce roots and : herbs for every ailment, and cure diseases that baffle the most skilled physicians who have spent years in the study of drugs. From the roots and herbs of the field Lydia E. Pinkham more than thirty years ago gave to the women of the world a remedy for their pe- culiar ills, more potent and effica- cious than any combination of drugs, Lydia E. Pinkham’s- Vegetable Compound is now recognized : as the standard remedy for woman’s ills. Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 N.C. St, . Louisiana, Mo., writes : + Complete atin to health means so much to me that for the sake of other suffering gvomen I am willing to make my troubles public. ‘For twelve years I had been suffer- ing with the worst forms of female ills. During that time I had eleven different physicians without help. No tongue can tell what I suffered, and at times I could hardly walk. About two years ago I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice. I followed it, and can truly say that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound and Mrs. Pinkham’s advice re- stored health and strength. It is worth mountains of gold to suffering women.’ What Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound did for Mrs. Muti, it will do for other suffering women. WLDOUGLA, W. L. Douglas makes and seils more men’s $3.00 and 83.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world, be- cause they hold their shape, fit better, and wear longer than any other imnake. Shoes at All Prices, for Every Member of the Family, Men, Boys, Women, Misses & Children W.L.Douglas $4.00 and $5.00 Gilt Edge Shoss cannot Ve equsllid Si any Drie W. L. Dou; 22 92.50 avd . $2.00 shoes are the best in Fast Color Eyclets Used tli eF- Take No Substitute. W. I. Dougias name and price is stamped on bottom. Sold everywhere, Shoes OO from factory to any Cart of the world. Catalouue free. L. DOUGLAS, 157 Spark St., Brockton, Mass. TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body antiseptically clean and free from oy healthy germ-life and disagreeable odors, which water, soap and tooth preparations alone cannet do. germicidal, disin- fecting and deodor- izing toilet requisite fv of exceptional ex- f cellenee and econ- § omy. Invaluable [ for inflamed eyes, throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At drug and toilet stores, 50 cents, or by mail postpaid. Large Trial Sample WITH “HEALTH AND BEAUTY’ BOOK SENT FREE . THE PAXTON TOILET GO., Boston, Mass. ~ P.N. U. 5, 1908, DROPSY =v, bisa y gives quick rollef and eures worst enses. Book of testimonials and 20 Days’ treatment ¥ ree. Dr HH, GREEN'S SOXS, Box B, Atlanta, ta,
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