!X ' THE GIANT CACTUS. On of the Chief Sights en Par We it. errt Desert. No one ever saw the Riant cactus or. the sandy desert of Afrlra. Here alone do these tnll monuments guard the graves ot words. To get out on the deserts day nftpr day and meet the par of the Sphinx and listening at her Inrkpd Hps. And to go out In April and see them suddenly abloom is an though the Hps of the Sphinx should part and utter solemn word. A hunch of white flowers at the tip of the obelisk, flowers springing white and wonderful out of this deadt gaunt, prickly thing la not that nature's ronsnnimage miracle, a symbol of res urrection more profound than the lily ot the fields? And In April also the lesser ractl arn ahlnom with gorgeous flamming colors each dragon bears a Jewel In Its teeth as a tribute to the fervid sun. And If a few drops of rain Just moisten Its crust, It Is strange how suddenly the sternness of Its mood will change; the entire face of the pale earth will become softly green In a night. -gratefully veiling it elt close with silvery leafage tiny and tender awl dellcatp; and masses ot California' popples will spread out their patchps of cloth of gold. Will Pay Excess Fares Back. It ms ' announced by the passenger department of the Pennsylvania lines that a part of the whole of the excess fare charged on the "Pennsylvania special" between New York and Chi cago will be rpfunded In case the stip ulated time is not made. The fare will be refunded at the rate ot $1 an hour, but no money will be given back to the passenger In case the trnln is not two hours late. If the arrival at New York is two hours behind the schedule of the "spoclnl" $2 will be refunded, for three hours $3 and for four hours the entire amount of the excess faTe. which Is $1. The trunk line committee took the matter of ex cess fares up the past wepk, result ing In this conclusion. The Gentle Bloodhound, Bloodhounds, notwithstanding that a club was established In America, have not caught on In public favor. There is probably nil breed whose true characteristics are less under stood, a widespread idea existing that this la a ferocious animal, for which, however, there Is no Justification, as the modern bloodhound is a noble and sensible creature peculiarly sensitive to kind treatment. There is no breed of dog whose olfactory organs are de veloped to the same degrep; thus hit ability to hunt man by the scent ot his footsteps; indeed, for tracking purposes he stands preeminent. . In 1900 thei country 21,254, S 1 UldlM there were made in this .000 gross of buttons. I Can XVemr Short ClTtm. iIm amallei One sir smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new snore easy. Curesswollen, not, sweat ing, aching feet. Ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, SBo. Trial package Frkb by mail. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, V Boy, N. Y. Poachers using small explosive bomlit have killed a grat number of salmon in the River Dee, England. FITS perman ently eured.No (Its or nervous ness after first day's use of nr. Kline's Great NerveBestorer. t'Jtrial bottle and treatlsetree Dr. B.H. Kum, Ltd., 1)91 Arch St., l'hllr , a. Kamakatka has many volcanoes, the only ones ia Russian territory that are still ac tive. B. K. Coburn, Mgr. Claris fleott, writes: "I .find Hall's Catarrh Cure a valuable remedy." uruggisis sen it, tae. Tigers killed 357 nersons snd nanthen 2S5 last year in the Indian Central Prov inces. ' Mrs. WInslow'sHcothingRyrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain.eures wind oolie. 2oo. a bottle There's a difference between having something to say and having to say some thing. Plso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used (or all affections of throat and Inner. Wat. O. Espslst, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1000. The average duration of life in towns is calculated at thirty-eight years, in lbs country tifty-iive years. Long Hair "About a year ago my hair was coming out very fast, so I bought bottle of Ayer'i Hair Vigor. It stopped the falling and made my hair grow very rapidly, until now it ia 45 inches in length." Mrs. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kans. There's another hunger than that of the stomach. Hair hunger, forinstance. Hungry hairneeds food, needs hair vigor Ayer's. This Is why we say that Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color, and makes the hair grow long and neavy. si-msm). ah If your druepitt cannot supply yon, send ns on dollar and wa win express jou a bottle. Be sure snd (Its the nam of your nearest ex press office. Address, J. C. A YER CO., Lowell, Uui. Liver Pills That's what you need: some thing to cure your bilious ness. You need Ayer's Pills. Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black T Use Buckingham's Dye iOtu ef stuff iitiofg P. HHlcCe..Ntai N H tlrnncter ChlcUs. When one first changes from the set ting hen to the Incubator and tipea a brooder for the little chicks. It Is dif ficult to become, accustomed to the loss of the mother hen. At first It acema cruel to compel the Hedgllngs to huddle around the brooder and have no moth rd to clin k to thein, but. we soon find that this loss-Is more than offset by the ninny ndvantngea the brooder af fords. The chicks are never neglected, nnd always have a place of refuge when cold or In danger. They are constantly under our t are, and we can attend to 400 or 500 with an little trouble ns we fan look after a brood or two under the care of a hen! They ore never the victims of miles, and do not have gapes cud other diseases from which young chicks so often suffer. We soon learn to know their wants, and can raise P5 J.crcent of those that batch. Homo nnd Faim. fattening CMvaena. At the Ontario Agricultural college they decided that (here Is more profit In fattening chickens at three and onc hait pounds weight each than In those of four, four and one-half or mora pounds. The thrpo and one-half imunds, and those weighing less than three pounds, made a pound of gain at less cost tnnn heavier weight, hut the three-pound chickens were rather small to be fed by th cramming ma chine. The best results were obtained by feeding out of a trough, In slatted toops. for two weeks, nnd then with the cramming Machine twice a tiny for ton days. The second best results wt re obtained by iccillng In the trough for about tu rn it -lour days. The irhmmlng machine will not fay If feed ing for the ortllnnry market, or If one cannot well npinc the time fur Individ ual feeding night and morning. For riiiiUs liier In to ndvant'iuc in feeding in i ccM or with i-iamming machine, as ihcv prow as well nnd fatten as fast when fod loofe in a mnall ynnl. The thick's crop will not hold any more than It will eat of Its own accord. Keep the ekim Milk. There arc several reasons why the natrons of our creameries should not allow their skim milk to be lakpn from the farm. Among these reasons we enumerate the fonowing: First N creamery proprietor that we have yet known of will pay for the ekim milk anywhere near what it Is worth to feed to young pips and calves. What is the ekim milk worth to the farmer? As n pork making food at present prices for live hogs it is worth from 25 to 35 cents a hundred pounds, the latter price depending on the young age of the pigs It is fed to. It is worth Just as much fed to heifer calves of good dairy blood, or to young beef bred calves, la both cases l.hey may be fed till they are a year old. The last winter, considering the high price of feed of all kinds, skim milk has been worth several cents more a hun dred than usual 8econd Its value as a fertilizer to the farm is 7 cents a hundred. Third No farmer that la a farmer ran afford to sell his skim milk for what the creamery man can afford to pay hlra. Fourth The demand for casein la very limited, and there aro already signs of a glutted market, while the prospects for pork, beef and .likely dairy bred calves and young Block are as good as ever. We always take it. as a sure sign that the patrons of a creamery do not know the full meaning of dairy farming or understand how to bring out Its bci.t profits when we see them Belling their tklm milk to be taken from t lie farm. A shallow reasoning farmer mny be caught that way, but not one who knows his business as a dairy farmer ought to know it. Hoard's Dairyman. Breed Not Feed. There are af many requests for im fcroved rutiona which will Increase tho finality of the milk and cream of dairy tows that one might bn convinced thnt our dairying ia rapidly awakening to the new order of things. But It must he (aid that most of these Inquiries voice a desire which cannot bo grati fied by any mixture of feed. They nek that a feed shall be devised which will improve the richness and quality of their milk.' Most of them have been feeding fairly rich foods, and tho cows have not been suffering from any lack ot nourishing rations. The only an swer to these requests must bo that the rows must bo changed, and not the iood. Not it is an excellent thing to have an ideal ration for dairy cows, and to feed them consistently with it. but such a ration fed to poor cows would not yield any good results. It might in the long run gradually im prove the quality of the milk and cream, but not enough to mako the difference in the coat of the food. It one wishes to use sti'h an Ideal ration, he Bhould also undertake to breed his herd up to a higher standard. If he is not willing to dispose of his cows for better stock, he must at least Intro duce new blood every year. The herd must be headed by a fine bull, which will bring up the standard of averages. so that the Ideal ration can produce its best results. There are plenty who maintain that It Is Impossible materially and perma nently to change the percentage of fat in a row's milk by Improved feeding rations. Unquestionably this has given a good deal ot dissatisfaction and caused a good deal of discouragement in many quarters. But it should not Temporarily Improved rations may show a change for the better In the fat ot the milk, but It is smalt and not permanent. Consequently those who have tried it and found that there was no continuous Improvement gaveup the work and fell back Into old conditions. There Is only one thing to say to such tuon. It Is necessary orten to change the cows first, and then change the feed. Itolng the latter without the former will often produce no good re sults. llr. A. T. Morse, In America Cultivator. Maintaining rerllllty. The quality of the soil in Indiana as It came from the hand of nature was for the most part excellent, the sur face having been densely covered with fine timber walnut, yellow poplar, elm, sugar, ash and beech; where this iorest was removed tho earth was soon decked with, that king of grAsses, Ken tucky blue grass. Our upper soli has been formed by the disintegration of sandstone, by which deposit and decay of forest leaves which the. hand of time has annually thrown upon the partli for centuries, by the decay of vast quantities of roots of trees aifu wild plants, and by the action of frost Hid rhcmleat substances deposited by melting unows times without number. All this hninus mingled with sand and underlying day has resulted In a soil known as clay loam, a strong, rich still when the first furrow was plowed. By constant plowing and tramping, ex posure to fierce sunshine and robber winds, with little or nothing returned In the way of manure, with numerous Mirfa'w washings, our tillable land Is being depleted and becoming incapable of original results. How then shall we proceed to recover and maintain the lost, fertility? The course of treatment which I would suggest may be thus stated: 1. Application of real manure. 2. Green manuring. 3. Resting and setting In grass. 4. Deepening soil by tile drainage. In applying barn-yard manure we find on the average farm the amount too limited to cover much surface-, so must. Increase the supply. The more Mock kept under shelter the greater the amount of manure saved; and It may be Increased by careful attenttom to bedding, using an abundance ot straw, leaves or sawdust. All stable manure should be hauled directly to fields ami spread: all yards where stock is kept should be scraped when the conditions are favorable, and the ac cumulations hauled. hand that is not too poor to produce a crop of some green Btuff, whether It be weeo's, clover, rye, row peas, or beans, can be materially Improved by turning nnder the crop, providing It be done before the seed ripens. A farm er of wide experience in this country, In farming a piece of creek bottom al ways sowed his ground to. rye In the standing corn the Inst ot August or first of September, as an aid to fertili ty to the coming corn crop; the ex cellent crops raised proved the wisdom of this plan. Another way of building up land Is to allow it to He In pasture; however it. may be explained, land can produce a crop of grass each year and If not too closely pastured continually grow bet ter. Tho decay of grass roots, the ab sence of surface washings, the drop pings of animals will cause Increased fertility if the surface is not unduly tramped. The fourth method Is mechanical in its application ridding the land ot water-soaked conditions, making the soil mellow to a greater depth, raising the temperature by admitting air and warm rain water, causing It to draw more nitrogen from the air, in short. putting if. In condition so the roots of plants will penetrate it and bring up toll properties as yet not available. Good farming, be ii remembered, is raising large crops and at the same time increasing the fertility of tho form. A. B. Milllgan la Agricultural Kpltomlst. ninla for the Farmer. Sheep do not thrive on hunted pas tures. Milk shippings yield the most and the best butter. Have water convenient for your sheep. They drink little and often. The manlier In which butter is put tip always detracts from or adds to its price. Eggs for setting purposes should be chosen from the hens thut aro tha best layers. The younger the pigs nra when they arrive at the market weight 'rnu great er will bo the prnlit. Young pigs require a warm, dry pen, nnd should be" attended very closely during the first few hours to see thut al are suc kle J and that none are chilled. Tho best authorities say that thor ough di'.iiraxe will increase the prudutt at lca.it one-third. Drainage will often convert useless land into the most pro ductive, Young calves should never be al lowed to roam over large fields, or bo exposed to the scorching beat ot a fcummer aim, or have their usual grain ration neglected. There is no secret or mystery about the breeding or raising ot good horses. Random and ill-directed efforts pro duce unsatisfactory results, while in telligence brings ample reward. Some farmers draw out the manure and put It In the field In large heaps, where it hoats and rots. Unless great rare be exercised much loss will be sustained by those practising this method. Four strong arguments against dark barns: Ixes milk from the cows, less butter pr gallon of milk and poorer luttcr! with the cows less thrifty and healthy. Let the light shine In freely v.hen it does bhlne. floml lleanltitlnns. These are things I'll novor do When I'm all grown up, like you, Hend my little girl tn bed When her stiiry-book's hnlf read) t nil her in to prnctin scales When she's hunting Indian trulls j Make her keep an sprun on When she wears her best pink gown) fllva her Just oatmeal and bread When the rest Imve cakes Instead) Comb the snarls out twlee a dny When the lialr gets rough In play,- Was your hair so hard to eurl When you were a little girl? Kindergarten Ituvlew. tlonae HnnihiR. The great house stood lonely and empty anions tho trees. "A splendid place lor a home," thought Mr. Wren, as he Mew about Inside and inspected the rooms with a keen eye. "Just tho very place for ua to start housekeep ing in," lie decided at last, and flew away to tell Mrs. Wren about It. Mrs. Wren was delighted when she saw It. After much thought and trouble, she pic ked out a snug corner in one room as Just the right place for hc-r nest. So safo and removed from all disagreeable noises. Tho Wrens movpd In at once, nnd started nest-l-uildlng the very same day. Now the reason that there wan no one living In the house wns thnt It had only Just been built and the men had finished work on It and weie leaving it to dry before the owners should move in. And meanwhile Mr. Wren and his wife were having a very happy time in their new home, working hard tend making and receiving visits among their frlenJs. But one day Mrs. Wren Hew homo in a givHt fright from her dajly out ing. "What do you think," she gasped "some human people are moving Into our house. You must go. my dear, at enco and tell them to go right away. They havo no business here." "I'm afraid they hove got business hero and we nre the -ones who ought not to be here," answered Mr. Wren, alter he had flown outdoors and taken a peek al tho human people. "At any rate, my dear, they hav brought boxes and trunks and must Intend to May, to I'm afraid we must move again. They picked out a nico (branch In an old oak tree nnd stdly snld "good by" to the old home. "I shall come around every now nn 1 then and see bow tht house gets along without us," said Mrs. Wren, ns.she settled down for the first-night In the new nest. "I'm sure those hi nmn pooplo won't keep the house in order not ball so tidy as I did." Brooklyn Eagle. Meainerlilng a llooster. I know a llttlo boy who used to per form the trick of mesmerizing a rooster very successfully. Ho had a bright young rooster, of which ho wns very fond, and which he often brought Into the house. Ho would hold this rooster on his lup, and with a piece of chalk draw Ilne3 from the tip of his bill to tho buck of Its neck, pressing very lightly with the chalk. At first the roohter would appear sleepy, and then would nod Its head very drowsily, and finally to all ap pearances go fast asleep. It put upon tho floor tho rooster would romaln standing, but nith its eyes fast closed. Tncii tho little boy would bring a light near to the roos ter's eyes, and It wduld stretch .its neck and crow a great many times, as if the sun were just coming up, although lis eyes were closed all the time. Then this young mesmerist would lightly tup the rooster's bill and spurs with a h ad pencil. The rooster would immediately ruffle his neck feathers, flap his wings, thrust his spurs and go through all the motions of a fuiioua fight. , He would keep this up until stopped by being lilted from tho floor and then set down again. When tho littlo boy would glvo tho t.sual call which summoned the chick ens to their meals tho rooster would try his best to pick holes in the floor, thinking ho was making a fine meal of corn. If a few pieces of grass were brushed against bis face and some but tons dropped upon his toes ho would scratch away al a great rate, as If do ing his best to destroy a garden. Does n't It seem surprising that a rooster should havo suc h an imagination? The rooster was awakened by strok ing the feathers on the top of his head backward and then giving him a slight jolt and setting him upon, his feet. It is curious that the more he was mesmerized the easier It became and the more things he would do, A n't It did not hurt him in tho least. He grew so large and handsome that he was finally sold for a fancy price. Quincy Optic. The Roman t relionlbt Something new In the form of an ex ercise book for budding Greek scholars l as made its appearance in Germany. Into this "Greek Reader," says tho Westminster Cassette, hava been packed all sorts of delightful nnd almost un known specimens ot the literature of ancient Greece, such as fables, fairy tults, stories, etc., adapted for young people. There are also examples ot the work done by the puplis of the Graeco Koman scnools rome twenty centuries go. 1 he following, for Instance, Is the ac count of his daily routine work by a Roman scuoolboy.- Ho writes: "I wakj VP before sunr'.re; leave my bed, si: down wits my and shoes and put on my shoes. Then water foi1 washing Is brought to me. I wash first my hands, then my faco, take off my night cap, put on my undergarment, anoint and comb my hnlr, arrange my neck tloth, put on a white paper garment end a wrapper. Then I leave my bed room together with my tutor and my liinld, salute my father and mother and leave the house." Tho mixture of Spar tan abstinence In leaving home without n breakfast nnd of tho alix ;t tin Ppnrtan luxury of an attent'ant, tutor and maid Is suggestive. The youth goes oft to explain, with a deliriously pedantic air: I reach the school, enter nnd Bny 'good morning,' my teacher.' He returns tho saluta tion. My slave hands slate, pen box and pencil to me. I all down in my place and write, and then I cross out wbnt 1 have written. I write from a cr.py and show it to the teacher, llj torrecta and crosses out what Is bad. Then he makes me read a load. Mean while, the small boys have to learn tnelr letters lend spell out syllnbles. One of the bigger boya reads to them. "Others write verses, and I go In for ft spelling competition. Then 1 dec line and analyze some verses. When I have done all this I go home to breakfast. I i hange my clothes, nnd than I ent white bread and ollvpsiiresc, figs and nuts and go drink mm? cold water. After breakfast I pi Mrk to e.'hool. I find (he reader reat'luj; aloud, and he says: 'Now we will ber.in at the bpg'innlng.' " This schnnlhoy performance goes a long way to thow once more that there Is nothing new under the sun. New York News. The Kitten ('Htne Hni-k. Our cat wns called Kitty Jones to distinguish hrr from Kitty Smith next door, at lenst that was nno reason and mint her ns that when F.ho came to us, a tiny bnll of a kitten with the di viding line between her blight eyes so tllMlnctly on one side, we called her Tom, and It was only when ho found her one one morning cuddling a Inrgo family of kittens we decided her name was a mltilt, nni not having another rfitne convenient, we dubbed her Kitty fioin that moment. She accepted the chunge with an air of utter Indiffer ence, being so enfrsged with ber family that probably sho did not notice such a tii'Hng mnttrr And small wonder that tiie was proud of her babies; there wrf five of them, two tortoise-shell mnilng3 with tiger lines on their fore head just lllip their mother's, and thj other were mixed gray and white. cunning, puffy little things, Biuh per jec t delights to hold that U required all mamma's authority to Keep us away from the ceiiir where Mrs. Kitty had taken up hrr reslder.ee. Hut at Inst there came a ..mo when all the llttie eyes were wide open, and the flvi bejvin to rrampcr nbout thj cellar, and finally to creep up the back blrps. One wnc always treading on a st -ay kitten, and mamma decided that they must be sent nway. So ono after noon w-3 coaxed Mrs. Kilty into tho bouse, nnd shut her up in a Tong dark t loset under the ttnirs, where she went ili'letly to sleep. Then Aunt Mary, our old colored bouse servant, carefully gataered up (lie kittens, tucking them snugly in a warm basket, and went on a pilgrim r.go out In the ronntry among her friends, leaving a little furry present of a kitten wherever she paid a vUlt. Now comes the itrnnge part of m story. Auv.t .vlsry was to stay over night, so when sho had been gone about two hours we children opened the little door tinder the stairs and Mrs. Kitty walked out, blinking and yawning and stretching, as cats do when they've had a nice, long nap. Ot course, ns a matter of habit Bhe went straight .to the collar, tyid we all fol- itmcci nno peeiti in to see wnat, sne would do. She wasn't a bit disturbed she just sniffed around a moment, curled herself up in her usual nook and fell to washing her face. We decided that she hadn't a partlclo of feeling, not even tnc very natural feeling of a parent. Mamma' was glad that sho took it so philosophically, and Mrs. Kitty In consequence had extra .nllk for her supper. Bright and early next morning we were roused by a shriek of delight from Reggie, tho youngest of us. "Oh, mamma, mamma," ho cried "come and Bee! Mrs. Kitty has some more kittens Just like the others!" We all rushed to the cellar as Boon aa we could tumble into our clothes, and sure enough, there ant Mrs. Kitty surrounded by her reunited family. washing their faces impartially, and purring contentedly. Aunt Mary ar rived upon the scene a few minutes Inter, and her eyes nearly popped out of her head with astonishment. But the secret was never discovered, and whether the kittens found their way home, or Mrs. Kitty went after them will forever remain a mystery. New York Mall and Express. ' As to Oath-Taking. In a downtown magistrate's court tho other day a Norseman, In tak ing t:ie oath, raised Ills thumb, his forefinger and his middle finger in a ecullar manned. "Wo all take the oath liko.this at home," he explained. "Wo put up the thumbs and the two fingers thus as a symbol ot the trin ity." A spectator remarked with a rmlle that there certainly seemed to be a great many ways of swearing. "The Chinese kill a chicken and rwear over its entrails," he said. "Turks Bwear over a thumb ring. A Siamese lights a perfumed taper and takes the oath with his face bowed forward in the scented smoke. A New Zealandcr swears with his hands In water. A native African, an Umgalla man, once wanted me to bring In and slay before him a white dove. He said he would have to eat the bird's heart raw in order to take the oath prop erly." Philadelphia Record. PELVIC CATARRH CAUSES Palpitation of the Heart, Cold Hands and Feet, Sinking Feelings Pe-ru-na Cures (eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Mrs. X. Schneider, 2409 Thirty-seventh Place, Chicago, 111., writes: "Alter iaktna everal feniedfes trtfhout rcsuM, I b7crv in January. 1001, to take your valuable remeilv, Veruna. I wait a complete wreck. Had palpitation, of the heart, cold handnand feet, female wraUnrnn, no appetite, trembling, elnklna feeling nearly all the time. You mid I wan nuTerlng wtlh sistem fc catarrh, and I believe that I received your help In the hicJc of time. I followed your tltrectlnni earefullyand can ay to day that lam well again. 1 cannot Ihnnlc von rnniiyli or tnu cure. 1 will nl ti u iiM be your debtor. I have already recommended I'evuna to in ii friend nnd nclgibtrK anil they all pro (nn If. f wlnli thai all Buffer ing iconic tcoHftl try It. I testify tht according to the truth.' Mr. X. Schneider Over half the women have catarrh in WORK FOR THE CADDY. Then Knox Ended the Vacation of Beef Trust. While Attorney Genera) Knox was away recently recovering from his serious' Illness, his family were rather uneasy lest he should have a relapse. The attorney general was traveling with a physician who Is a personal friend. He sent no word to his home a to the progress of his recovery, hut nftor leaving Fort Monroe for Now York he sent a mere notice of his change In address from the Virginia it sort to New Roehelle. Two days later Reed Knox, the nttorney gen eral s son, who Ic famlllnrly known as "Judge," walked into the office of Mr. Long, the private secretary of Mr. Knox, with a Joyful smile on his face. "I know the governor's oil right now," said young Mr. Knox. "How do you know it?" asked Mr. Ixing. "I know It because he telegraphed from New Roehelle to-day for his golf shoes and clubs. I reckon vacation will soon be over for the beef trust." And it was. DOT LEETLE CHERMAN BAND. Most of the Players Are From Black Forest and Hire Out Very few people know how or where German street bands spring from; but they may be interested to know that it Is a regular business, carried on by agents who are of the same nation ality and who are fairly well estab lished on this side. Most of the men who come over are from the Black Forest, and have a little knowledge of brass Instruments, and they Im mediately make for an agent of this description. One of these agents keeps all kinds of brass instruments In his house, and could turn out his German bands by the dozen to annoy the poor, suffering rate-payers of the district. There may be many more, we know, who may have commenced In the same way before they appeared as full-blown professionals. Back to Country, When the use 'of electric power be comes general we may look forward to a considerable decentralization of Industry. We may see "garden cities" spring up all over the coun try, and the old country towns will again become active centers of life and Industry. At present nearly all the Industries that were once .carried on in our villages have been killed by the fact that no source of power is available which can enable them to compete with their rivals in the city factories. Electrical power will change all that. Dyeing of Milk. Evidence Is accruing that the prac tice of adding artificial coloring mat ter to milk la increasing. Samples are commonly met with thus" colored to give them a rich but false creamy aspect. The natural color of milk bears no relation necessarily to the amount of cream present. Annatto is the dye commonly used, and It is for tunate that it Is harmless. Certain coaltar dyes have, however, been de tected in milk, and among them the sodium salt of dlmethylanlllne-azo-benzene-sulphonlc acid. Great Testimonial. George J. Charlton, general pas senger agent ot the Alton road. Is in receipt of a postal card, dated at Jollet, 111., June 20, as follows: "Five years ago I used your road to Jollet and have never used any other since." The writer does not sign his name, but gives bis number, which indicates that bo is still in the penitentiary. He also gives the official ndmber ot the State penitentiary building. Ihere were 927,062 births In Eng land and Wales during 1900. ! QlrsTx. Schneider) : : j Catarrh Wherever Located. n;ic form or another. And yet, probably, not a tenth of the women know that their disease is catarrh. To ditiut;!iixri catarrh of various organs it has been named ery differently. Ono wnin.in bni dyiprpai.i. another bron chitis, Another )lnilit discise. another liver complaint, another con itnpt ion, an other femnlo complaint. Tln-ne women would be very much surprised tn hear that they are all eiiftVring with chronic: l.ilarrh. lint it ia no, nevertheless. Kach one of these trouble nnd n great many more are simply catarrh thnt i. chronic inflammation of the tnucotM lining of which ever organ is affected. Any internal remedy thnt will cure catarrh in one loca tion will cure it in any other. Tins is why Perunn has become so juetly fanioun in the cure of female diseases, it cures catarrh wherever located. Its cures remain. Pe runn docs not palliate it cure. lion, .loneph II. t!row!ey. t 'n:i;;re3ainan from Illinois, writes from Kihicison. 111., the following praise for tho great catarrhal tonic l'crutiu. C'ongre.iamnn Cro'.vley anynr "Mm. Crowley ha taken a number of bottle of I'evuna on uceount of ucrvon trouble. It ha proven n Hi roii g Ionic and lantlngvur. 1 can cheerfully recommend 1l.'J. 11. Crowley. A catarrh book sent tree by The Pernnn Medicine t'o., I'olumlmH, Ohio. If you do not derive prompt ar. t ralm-fac-tory results from th" ue of I'enina write at onro to Dr. lbirtman, giving a full statement of your cine and h. will be pleased to give you his valuable advico gratis, Addremi Dr. Hartmnn, President of 'J'htt Ilurtman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. Uncle 8am Expends a Larje Sum of Money Every Year. Tho United States government ex pends every year for the mainten ance ot the diplomatic and consular service about $2,000,000, and some of, this, but not much. Is returned to the treasury In the form of consular fees turned over to the government. There are five countries of the-flrst rank Int. the estimation of the statci depart; ment, but these are not the five great powers of Europe. Four of them only so rank England, France. Germany and Russia. American ministers Im tho east or ambassadors, as they aro. more properly called in London,. Paris, -Merlin and St. Petersburg re ceive $17,600 a year. The ambassa dor to Mexico ranks with them, get ting the same salary. The second! group of countries deemed of Import ance by the state department are Italy, Austria. Brazil. China. Spain and Japan. The American ministers in these get $12,000 a year. Next come Argentines, Chill, Colombia, Costa Hlca. Guatemala. Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, and Salvador, all South and Central American coun tries, the American ministers In which get $10,000. So does the minister to Turkey. Then follow Bolglum, Den mark, Holland, Sweden. Cores and Venezuela, at $7,500: Greece. Rou manla and Servia at $6,500, and Bo II via. Portugal and SwI'.scrland at $5,000. 8cottlsh miners have declared themselves In favor of abolishing Saturday work. The taxable va'.uo of Deaumont county. Tex., has Increased more than $20,000,000 in a year. I did not know what it was to eat a good breakfast in the morning'. By noon I would become so sick and have great pain and discomfort. I got so that I would do without eating as long as I could, so as to avoid the misery. At night I could not sleep. The doctors said I had nervous indigestion. I heard much about Ripalis Tabules and at last I thought 1 would try them. 1 had only taken one box when 1 obtained relief. t druggists. The Five-Cent packet I enough for aa ordinary oneaaloa. The family bottle, CO oanta. eontains a supply (or a year. CAMOV CATHAS1CC Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold la balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to tell "something just a good." nDfiDRV rsw discotmys U T M O I qo.lt iMml mm mum wo un, Bm a tMWMMiiU iwl 10 dmjml umibmu Free. a, a. a. sassa'saois. sea S. attaata. a. P. M. U. , IM. I 1 ScMC t'uuclk Syrup. TMte (iouO. Use I I
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