THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME Are Never Without Peruna in the House for Catarrhal Diseases. 11 MK. A5D MBS. J. 0. ATKIXSOX, ISDEI'EJiDEXCE, 310. UNDEK date of January 10, IV. I Hartman received the following letter: I "ilv wife had been ulleriiiE from a torn- t lication of disease for the part twenty T J- . . . . Her cane Hurt named the Skill oi snme of the moit noted phyU'ian. One of her worst troubles wns chronic constipation of several years' standing;. "She also was p.vxing through that most critical period in the life of n woman change of life. In June, IStM, I wrote to you about her ease. You advised a course of Peruna and Minalin, which we at once commenced, and have to say it completely cured her. .She (irmly believe that she would have been dead only for these won derful remedies. "About the same time I wrote you about my own ease of catarrh, which had been of twenty-tive years' standing. At times 1 was almost past going. I commenced to use Peruna according to your instructions and continued it use for about year, And it has compTctely cured me. " Tour remedies do alt (hat you elaim for Chant, and even more. Ca tarrh cannsl e-rlitt wh ere Feruna i taken according to direction. Sac ee to yaw ant your remedies." John O. Atkinson. In a btter dated January 1, 1900, Mr. ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION. The Greatest Dlatance to Which It May Be 8ent at Present. The statement Is made by Alton D. Adams, on "The Physical Limits of Electric Power Transmission," that "electrical energy may be transmitted around the world If the live voltage Is unlimited. This follows from the law that a given power may be transmitted to any distance with constant effici ency and a fixed weight of conductors, provided the voltago Is Increased di rectly with the distance." Unfortu nately, the physical conditions of pres ent known Insulating devices do not permit ot such Utopian transmission. Distances of 150 miles are now prac tically spanned by power transmission circuits at from 40,000 to 60,000 volts. This, however, represents the limit of present construction. One of the next 'steps will bo the employment ot an individual pole line for each wire ot a transmitting circuit, as at voltage ex reeding the present, which may easily bo attained by known methods, the sparking between wires located on the r-auje puie, vtcd iuuuku niiavu Betru or eight feet apart, would be prohibi tive. The area ot the peat bogs In Ire land has been estlmnted at nearly 3.00,000 acres, with an average thick ness of 15 feet. At half the heating value of coal these deposits are equiv alent to 2,000,000,000 tons ot coal. Prisoners when arrested In Morocco are required to pay the policeman for his touble in taking them to jail. " I tried Ayer'a Hair Vigor to stop my hair from falling. One half bottle cured me." J. C. Baxter, Braidwood, III. Ayer's Hair Vigor is certainly the most eco nomical preparation of its kind on the market. A little of it goes a long way. It doesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair, make the hair grow, and restore color to gray hair. Sl.M statu. MsrttfM. It roar druggist cannot rpp yon. ad us on dollar and we will eipreea you a bottle. Be sur and air U nam of your nearest express office. Address. i. C. A mt CO., Lowell, Uaa. CAMDV MIHASTIC fieaala stamped C C C levee sold la balk. Beware t the dealer who tries to sell "floaarthlsg jut as good." P. N. U. 1, '03. r - - I I hi t i,SoH J dnartin ' Hair Falls Atkinson any, after fivs year' experience with 1'eruna: I uill ivcr continue to apeak a good word for Peruna. I n my round I a a travelling man I am a walking advcrtinement for Peruna, and hate induced miny people during the pant year to une Pentna vllh the most tatimlactoru results. J am Bt III cured of ca (a rrh. John O. Atktntto. Vox 372. Independence, to. When old nge cornea on catarrhal dia eues come also. Svstemic catarrh is al most universal in ola people. '1 his explains why Peruna hat become so indispensable to old people. Peruna ia their safeguard. Peruna is the only rem edy yet devised that meets these cases ex Billy. Such rases canrftit be treated locally; nothing but an effective, systemic remedy could cure them. Xhia ia exactly what Pe runa ia. If you do not derive prompt and satisfac tory results from the use of Peruna. writ at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full state ment of your case, and he will he pleased to give you his valuable advice gratia. Address IV. Hartman, President of Th Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Great Britain's Income Tax. For the year 1901 only 15 persons In all Great Britain paid tax on In comes exceeding $250,000, and the grand total ot these 15 Incomes was $7,500,000. As the Income tax asses sors make their Inquest for large in comes very searching the fact Is es tablished that the 15 richest Britons are worth $187,500,000. This assumes that their aggregate wealth yields them 4 per cent per annum. There are at least two American citizens John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie each of whom is worth more than the richest British subjects combined. And there are scores of American cit izens whose incomes exceed the $500, 000 a year which Is the average In come ot Britain's first fifteen. Mushrooms generally consist of 90 per cent, water, but the remaining 1C per cent. Is more nutritious than bread. Each year about $50,000 Is expended In sprinkling the streets of London with sand, to prevont horses from slip ping. If you are coughing, take Dr. August Koenic's Hamburg Breast Tea. At the Pari Postoffice 12,000 picture pontal cards are destroyed every month be cause of insufficient direction or postage. Btats or Ohio, Citt orT oledo, i Lur CorwTY. ( Fsixx J. (.'HEKST.make oath that he lath tnnlor partner ot the Arm of F. J. Chknet A Co.. doing business In the City of Toledo, County and Mate aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of one bondsed dol lies for each and every case of catabrh that cannot be cured by the use ot Hall's Catahrh Cure. Fbaxk J. Cbenet, (Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, seal. A U., A. VI . ULIASOH, notary J'unlio, HaM'sCntarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and nets directly on the blood and mucous sur faces ot the system. Hond for testimonials, Jree. F. J. Cnr.yr.x & Co., Toledo, O. Cold bv Dmgglsts,7Se. Hall's Family Tills are the best. When a man asks you for your honest opinion you sometime bare to he to bun, or loss hi friendship. FITSnario inaitly aural. So ilts or servant nssfafterflrst it ft usa of Dr. Kiln' Qratt KervUstoror. tit rial bottle and treatise! rae VtM. a. Kliwe, Ltd., 031 Aroh 8t.. Pnlla., fa. It is bard for some people to practice economy, while with other people it comes naturally. Mr. WlDAlow'sSootMng Syrup forehlldraa t athlnf .softeattie gums, redueeelaaauia&A lion, allays pal n.ouree wind eolle, ia j. a bottle King Edward has ordered an American electric charging plant for hi electric ve hicle. riso's Cur for Consumption 1 an lot alllbl medicine for cough and oolds. N. W. BASjCEL, Ooean Grove, K. J., Feb. 17, 1W9. When a girl haa freckle she sympathies with the leopard who cannot change hi spot. The gardens and fields ot Yucatan ari filled with succulent vegetables and odorous herbs unknown to the outer world. In the cultivated fields at the proppr seasons are grown classes of Indian corn, beans, squashes and tubers for which we have no name, for the reason that we have never seen or heard ot them. The for ests and Jungles contain fruits that, excellent even in their wild state, could be made delicious by scientific care and cultivation. There are half a score of wild fruits that offer more promising results than did the bitter wild almond, the progenitor of tne peacft. rnd Hen rits, t feed my bens five times a day at regular periods. Whoat has proven the most satisfactory and cheapest food. I feed largo quantities' of cut sweet clover as high as four bushels per day to 133 fowls. Every time that the hens are lot out of the yard some of them are sick on the following day. Creamery milk pot cheese docs not seem to satisfy hunger, but rather gives an appetite for more food. It seems to produce eggs with a light colored yolk, but of large size. Kafir corn Is eaten greedily, stays longer In the hen's crop nnd requires a large amount of water to moisten It. George W. Alter, In Orange Judd Farmer. Fpravtn la Kilt Charlock. In a recent experiment mado In England In spraying with sulphate ot copper on a field ot 12 acres of grain, the water for spraying was brought nearly a mile to the field, requiring two horses nnd a man. The machine required one horse, a man and a boy. Under these conditions the cost of la bor was reckoned at 60 cents per ncre, while the sulphate cost eight cents a pound, and 3 1-2 pounds wero used to ten gallons of water, or 100 pounds. Fifty gallons were used per acre, making the total cost of the spraying $1.30 per acre. The field was bnrily Infested with charlock, some of which was already In flower or seed. There were also some thistles. As a result, 90 percent of those which hod not reached the flowering stage were destroyed, and 60 to 70 percent of those that were In full flower. Most of the thistles were also destroyed and possibly much Insect life. The application was made about two weeks too late for obtaining the best re sults, as It should have hoen done when the charlock had made Its first rough leaves. The oats may have been Injured some, as they were so large that they had very broad leaves. If the work had been done two weeks earlier this would have been avoided, nnd the charlock would have been more thoroughly killed. Where It was so large the spray failed to reach some of the lower leaves and did not kill the whole plant Bnrnln Mat Mintnp with Saltpeter. A few years since we gave this re puted method a careful trail. Our re mits are stated in the 10th annual re port of the Hatch experiment station ,'rom which I take the following: A lorrespondent In one of our agricul tural papers during the summer of 1895 reported that he had found It pos slblo to destroy stumps In the follow ing manner: A hole one or two inches In diame ter, according to the size of the tree, ind 18 Inches deep. Is to be bored In the stump. Into this put from one nnd jne-half to two ounces of soltpeter, fill with water and plug tightly. Six months later, put Into the same hole about one gill of kerosene oil, and et fire to It. The correspondent stated: "The stump wil smoulder away with out blazing, even down to every part of the roots, leaving nothing but ash- S." On November 4. 1895, 60 stumps of trees cut in 1894, Including maple, hickory, hemlock, white pine, yellow birch and elm, were bored according io directions. On December 11 saltpeter and water were put Into the holes, ac cording to directions, and the boles plugged. During July, 1890, the plugs were removed, the holes filled with kerosene, and an attempt made to burn the stumps. It was found that not even the oil would burn. A portion of the stumps were left until June, 1897, when another attempt waa made to burn them, using a low-test oil, called paraffin gas oil. The stumps are still In the field. The method has been giv en a thorough trial, but must be re garded aa a complete failure. William P. Brooks, of the Mass. Agricultural College. The 8lla for (he Shaep Farm. The use of ensilage for winter feed ing of sheep is becoming more and more the practice among succetstul ' shepherds, and many who have used It claim that It is just as valuable for sheep as for dairy cows. It Is in all probability the cheapest food that we can give to fattening wethers or breed ing ewes. The one important point about It for ewes is that It must be absolutely free from all taint. If spoiled In the lea&t bit the ewea re fuse It It properly cured and sweet ihey will eat It as eagerly as they will fresh grass. Their enjoyment of It la no more noticeable than their apar ent nourishment from Its ubb. Some times at first the ewes will not take kindly to ensilage, but in a short time they can be Induced to eat it Then they acquire a taste for It, and there la no further trouble. Other food should be given to weth ers fattening for market, and when a proper mixture of ensilage, corn fodder and a little whole grain Is fed them daily, they do better than If kept on grain alone. Otoe may arrange this mixture a good deal according to the amount of each on hand, but the en silage should occupy a prominent part In the ration. High grade sheep can be safely fed ensilage as well as the common stock, but It should not be given In great quantities, especially at first. Two or three pounds of ensilage a day should suffice, and in with It there should be mixed about a pound of hay. If grain la also to be fed bran and oats make the best mixture. These given with bay and ensilage make pretty com plete dttenlng ration. If one In creases tho amount of grain fed the hay and ensilage should be decreased In quantity proportionately. A ration that has been proven successful for fattening high grn.lo wethers or ewes Is composed of half n pound of bran or oats dally, and one pound of hay or two of cnsllago. The results are pretty sure to be satisfactory In every particular. E. P. Smith, In Massachu setts Ploughman, Winter Cere or I'nultry. H Is not 1 ! be expected that a busy farmer can b jBtow the same amount ot care, and attention on his poultry as the' potiltryman who depends on his fowls for a living, but nevertheless there Isn't anything on the farm that pays better than a flock of properly housed and well cared for fowls. Ex pensive poultry houe. aro not neces sary, but they must be free from damp ness nnd draughts. Fowls will do much bettor In a cold house that Is Jry and clean than In ono that Is damp nnd III smelling. Proper feeding Is jf the most Importance, nnd now that eggs are high and likely to remain so until spring It will pay any one to give this matter close attention. In the first place, expcelnlly at this season of (:ie year when the hens are moulting, there must be nn abundance nnd vari ety of feed. Wheat Is the best egjj producing food that can bo given; but it doesn't pay to feed It economically and partly satisfy the appetite ot the fowls, and thus obtain only a tew eggs, which will scarcely pay for the wheat, tut fped all they will eat, and the re sult will be an abundance of eggs that will pay for the wheat and a good tiprofit besides. Of course some kind of green etnff Is necessary n patch of kale planted In tho early fall, a patch of rye or barley, raw applos, beets and potatoes will furnish this, al though It Is better to boll the potatoes nnd thicken them with bran or mid dlings, adding a small amount of red pepper. Mash Is excellent for laying hens, but it Injures the fertility ot tho egg, bring too stimulating. Oys ter chells help wonderfully and should be kept before the fowls at all times, even If one has to send away for them and pay the freight. They contain 96 percent of carbonate of lime, and when they are fed much less other food Is lequlred to furnish the material for egg shells. Dispose of all tho hens over two years old and the surplus cockerels, and by giving the pullets ex tra core to Induce early laying, we should be able to get a good supply of eggs through the winter: but there is little profit In feeding old hens that won't hogln laying until spring. Ella L. Layson, In The Epltoralst. Tnpilresslngs. The general principle of topdresslngs Is to supply certain elements of plant food which have been exhausted by continued cropping of the soil. Crops contain more of one Ingredient of plant food than If the others, for example, and cropping year after year may re Bult In exhausting the soil of some one element of plant food, though the other two are present In amplo quanti ties. It must be understood that all three of the plant-food Ingredients- nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid are equally necessary, and that a shortage of any one will lessen the crop to the possible development of that element most lacking. For exam ple, If there is nitrogen and phosphates far 100 bushels ot corn per acre, but only enough potash for 20 bushels, 20 biiBhels or less will be made. The plant- food elements cannot take each others places in crop making. Now, if by a certain system of crop ping, the tendency Is to remove more of ono Ingredient than of the others, it appears plain at once that topdress lngs of the element most in demand are what Is needed to keep up acre yields. For example, suppose potatoes are grown year after year on the same soil, and good crepi are realized, say 200 bushels per acre. The crop remover each year In tubers 36 pounds of nitro gen, 76 pounds ot potash and eight pounds of phosphoric acid. If the man ure applied each year amounts to 80 pounds of nitrogen, 80 pounds ol potash and 40 pounds of phosphoric acid. Should all this plant food prove available the fertility ot the soil would be maintained, but, as a matter of fact, not more than half of tho plant food In such manures is actually real ized in crops. Hence we have by the above system realized each year some 40 pounds of nitrogen, 40 pounds ol potash and 20 pounds of phosphoric acid; ample supplies of nitrogen and phosphoric acid, but an annual short age ot 38 pounds of actual potash. If this shortage is continued year aftet year, It soon becomes a serious matter, and' accounts for the marked results ol potash applied as a topdressing. Potash in this caso Is only used to Illustrate. The same conditions -may apply to other elements. It is simply a matter of taking Into consideration the actual plant food contained In va rlous crops, the plant food contained in the manure or fertilizer used, and from this data figure out the element or elements of plant food most likely to become deficient after years of con tinuous cropping. There Is nothing dif ficult In figuring out such results. The experiment stations will supply analy ses of various crops, fertilizers and manures, and to go over the whole matter of the plant-food balance of the farm should prove a very interesting winter evening study. In fact, in no other way can topdresslngs be pro perly adjusted. It may ' be that some soils are rich in certain elements ol plant food, and topdresslngs are there fore economical in saving useless ap plications of plant food not needed Aa a rule, however, complete manures or fertilizers should not be used un less the operator thoroughly under stands the subject G. K. Wilson li American. Cultivator. m mmmmm Lou For OUR. COTTON THE WORLD'8 BEST. Over $200,000,000 Worth of Cotton Ex ported Annually. A Berlin dispatch tells of a prsos ed "International cotton conference" to be held In that capital for the pur pose of "encouraging cotton produc tion In Africa by England, Germany and France" and other Euro pean manufacturing nations. The Lon don Times reports the Lancashire cot ton manufacturers as eager to find a now Bource of supply for their raw ma terial. BrltUh agents have been re cently reported In Egypt studying the cotton-growing possibilities of that country. In India cotton la grown, with success such as It Is. Its staple Is too short tor It tn become a seri ous competitor with our Southern products. England's earliest attempt to find a substitute for our cotton was during the Lancashire famine caused by our Civil War, when Southern ports were blockaded. It was then that In dia became an experimental cotton country. John Bright, ridiculing the Tory idea of that time that Lancashire looms could be fed with Surat (India) cotton told of a Manchester minister who prayed the Lord to send cotton for Ita factories and was Interrupted by an earnest voice from the pews: "But not Surat cotton, O Ixird!" Indian cotton still remains an Inferior article. Probably England will continue for In definite years to come to look to these United States as she does now, for the bulk ot the over $200,000,000 worth of raw cotton which she annually buys from abroad and tho rest of Europe likewise. Coal at a Cent a Pound Feared. With the advent of the twentieth week of the Pennsylvania strike do mestic consumers of hard coal find themselves paying $12 for the ton. In some of the outlying towns dealers are demanding $14, and have very lit tle to sell even at that price. Such places as Yonkers, New Rochelle, Newark and Montclalr are entirely without anthracite coal, and bitumin ous prices are going up every day. In New York tat dealers say that coal at a cent a pound is one of the winter possibilities. A fine ostrich Is calculated to yield $2,500 worth of feutbers. otu fids GeKtfjft (Kcis plexsartlyt Acts Bereficia.iryfc s trAilyas-a. Laxative. run of Figs appeals to the cultured and the Informed and to the healthv. because Its com ponent parts are simple and wholesome and be cause It acts without disturbing the natural func tions, as it is wholly free from every objectionable 'wr-Vs BtI mosl feneiiciaiiy. fc'Mfi T Pet its beneficial effects buy the :WJ genuine manufactured by the 3 r Tr erei m e or C isvilU, Ky. Eric t- f !, by IL druei'-ata. Russian Beet Sugar 8urplus. ' According to the report of the com mittee of ministers, the quantity of beet sugar to be placed on the Rus sian home market for the season of 1902-1903 Is 1.552,826.000 pounds and the Intangible reserve 180,560.000 pounds. On the basis of particulars given out by the managers of the excise revenues for the term recently ended, and taking Into consideration the area of plantations, the harvest and quality of the beet-sugar roots during tho last three periods and the existing surplus of sugar at the differ ent factories, th total output of sugar for the above-mentioned period Is es timated at 1.155,584,000 pounds or nearly 650,000 tons. One pound of sheep's wool Is capa ble of producing one yard of cloth. aaAAaAAJi J,.!. J, - -- -- -- -- - TTTT T VsTT TTTtT T T I LXt I w w No pain-cure rf any ' .nd has rr luceewlFal In compettrf with St. Jacobs Oil. Its virtues have baan proclaimed by millloos of restored sufferers, who have beai cured of RHEUMA TISM. NEURALGIA. SCIATICA and man other painful diaeaaea by Its usa. It has bean aptly termed the treat conqueror of pain. From Its use despair rives way to Joy. It neala Jjldtly and surely. It la aimply marraloua. Sc. and 50c. sues. ITS 6REAT PENETIATINO FOWtl IEACHES THE CAUSE OF PAIN. ESTABLISHED rim TEA1S. A A CONQUERS PAIN J a. st f , AAA ArLi sfclBlliiAaaaisaV AaaVafcsf PATENTS H. W T lannnr Wash oirrniHr. a (fotia .una amy mk you rioU. Jl flllrtt.l Willi ThAMHtAn't Cwa Wit wmmh yen, I fVlllJJVII J V lit Iff (T1 . ORB TltROAT Oae Bottle alellOTOd. Wm. P, Mayles ol Augusta, a., write that he arrived horn on uirM about 10 o'clock and found his wile dan;eroualy ill from aur throat, and that ah alsaoat choked lo death) on being awakened. He requested his daughter to rub her mother'a neck and cheat with Wiaard Oil, while he hastened for th doctor. "On my return." aaya Mr. Haylca, "I found my wife Biltiug up and aa wall aa ver. 8 he has never had any troubl of this kind ainccand I really aellev Wiaard Oil saved bar Usa. 1 would advia everyone to keep it In hi hoOM. quality or substance. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to he taste, but the medicinal virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained from an excellent combination of plants known to be medicinally laxative and to & I. new Ybr k;M.Y. i fty cents .jier- bottle. Capsicum Vaseline PIT IP IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES. A Sahatltnt for and Snpertor to Mustard or any othr pla-ter. and will not llltr the most drllrat ln. The rain sllaylnrand rnratire qualltlrt of till-artlrle are wnnirf ill. It will stop the tooth-a-h at onre and relieve h-aria-he and er-tatlra. ereromininrtlt aa the bat snd "afeet estrrna! roniiti-r-lrrltaiit known, alao a an eiternal reme.lv fir re!n In the i-heet and sromaoh snd all rlieu-matt.-, neurala-li- and outy i-omplalnta. A trial will iTorewhet we claim fur It, and It will be fonnd to tie Invaluable In rha household. Many people say It la the Ix-et of all your prei-aratlona." Prli-e, I ft rent, at all drugrfata, or other dealers, or by aemllnr tlun amount tn in In posts stamp we will Bend yon a tube by mall. No arlli le annum Im accented by the nubile nnlee the same carries our label, aa otherwla It la uol rtnulne. n 17 State Stre:t, New York City. I suffered from indiges tion for a long time. My symptoms were swelling of the abdomen, with pain and most terrible headaches; also a coated tongue. Since taking Ripans Tabules I have grown better ana am now nearly well. At druggists, rh Firo-Ont packet ia enough for SB ordinary occasion. Th family bottl, 00 cent, contama a supply lor a rear. Thft Hlmnir llcr lonitry atf HI ana, only l,etluiiry ol JtM kliut ptibllHhod. Contain. HAarly 44rt up-to-date lni wur.li and pnnwen with tleiT nltiunti. Inwtnivttvtj mm wl am ad nr. irlr6 ti ot-iita, tain mm or rnfn. Hlanar Pub. m Co..A6th Av., N. X. 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