HAY FEVER
'Having used Perunafor catarrh and
hay fever, I can recommend it to all wh
mre suffering with the above diseases. I
am hafPy to be able to say it has helped
me wonderfully."
Mayme E. Smith.
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If Jflfl YMS SMITH,
444 E. Mound Street, Columbus, Ohio. -
HAY FEVER is endemic catarrh. It is
caused by some irritating substance in
Hie atmosphere during the late summer
months, it is generally thought that the
pollen of certain weeds and flowers is the
cause of it.
Change of locality seems to be the only
rational cure. The use of Peruna, how
ever, stimulates the nervous system to re
sist the effect of the poisonous emanations
Atid sometimes carries the victim through
the hay fever season without an attack of
tie disease.
A large number of people rely upon l'e
runs for this purpose. Ihose who do not
find it convenient to change their location
to avoid Jiay Fever would do well to give
Peruna a trial. It has proven of priceless
value to many people.
A sixpence of the reign of Charles
I. was found In the stomach of a bul
lock killed recently by a Yarmouth
(England) butcher.
rrrS,St.Vitus'Dance:Nfrvouf Diseases per
manentlycnred by Dr. Klinf's Great Nerve
Restorer. $2 triul bottle and treatise free.
Dr. H. R. Kline, Ixl9:il Arch St.. Philu., Pa,
Potatoes Without Plant.
An agricultural experimenter at
Great Falls, Mont., claims to have
v produced potatoes witnout plants ana
f asserts that he Is able to supply the
I market with new putotoes at any sea-
eon of the year. His experimenting
I apparatus consists of a box four by
I lght feet in which is a steam coil for
I heating. He says that he has discov-
v erea a compound which brings the
timer to maturity without putting
forth roots or stems and without
either light or air reaching them. At
first they rotted when exposed to the
air, but that tendency has now been
corrected and the business goes
swimmingly on, if one may take the
Inventor's word for it. Brooklyn Citl
zen. Leopold's Mania for Building,
One of the manias of the King of
the Belfclr.ns is building. King Leo
pold, who spends almost as much time
out of his country as he does In It,
has several residences which lie sel
dom or never visits, yet he (is con
stantly adding to them. He has a fine
palace In Brussels, but when within
his own domain he prefers to spend
his time in the country. He is also
the richest monarch In Europe, so far
as real estate is concerned.
First Bell Telephone.
June 25, 1S76, at the Centennial ex
hibition in Philadelphia, the telephone
was for the first time exhibited to the
public. A few months before Alex
ander Graham Bell had perfected his
Invention, but It was not until a
month after the opening of the con
tennlal that It occurred to him to ex
hibit the wonder-working device at
the sreat fair.
TOW MANY OP TS?
Fail to Select Food Nature Demands
to Ward Off Ailments.
A Ky. lady, speaking about food,
ays: "I was accustomed to eating
all kinds of ordinary food until, for
some reason, indigestion and nervous
prostration set in.
"After I had run down seriously
my attention was called to the neces
sity of some change in my diet, and I
discontinued my ordinary breakfast
and began using Grape-Nuts wltL a
rood Quantity of rich cream.
"In a few days my condition
changed in a remarkable way, and I
began to have a strength that I had
sever been possessed of before, a
vigor of body and a poise of mind
that amazed me. It was entirely new
In my experience.
"My former attacks of indigestion
had been accompanied by heat flashes,
and many times my condition was
distressing with blind spells of dizzi
ness, rush of blood to the head and
neuralgic pains In the chest.
"Since using Grape-Nuts alone for
breakfast I have been free from these
troubles, except at times when I have
Indulged in rich, greasy foods In
quantity, then I would be warned by
pain under the left shoulder blade,
and unless I heeded the warning the
Old trouble would come back, but
when I finally got to knjw where
these troubles originated I returned
to my Grape-Nuts and cream and the
pain and disturbance left very quick
ly. "I am now In prime health as a
result of my use of Grape-Nuts."
Name given by. Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Uloh.
GARDEN. FARM and CROPS
SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE
UP-TO-DATE
V, Spraying the Orchard.
This Is on important operation. Ev
ery fruit-grower should have his sta
tion reports and bulletins handy for
consultation, so that he may make no
mistakes in this important matter.
Spraying has been condemned by
some because they did not know when
to spray., what to spray with, nor
what they were spraying for.
Good Green Forage.
Wheat is an excellent green forage,
and ordinarily Its use will Immediate
ly follow that of rye. It contains on
the average a little more water than
the rye, though Its dry matter is
richer in nitrogen. The seeding and
treatment may be the same as for
rye, though on the same character of
soil larger yields of rye than of wheat
may be obtained because of the
greater' foraging power of the rye.
Dr. E. B. Voorhees, New Jersey.
Plenty of Water.
A farm that is supplied with plenty
of water both at the house and at the
barns and pastures, Is generally apt
to be a valuable one. With good
management whatever Is needed for
the stock, with the exception of water,
can generally be produced, but secur
ing water is altogether another propo
sition, unless nature has kindly lent
her assistance in this matter. Where
there is a lack of water there is noth
ing else that can supply the want.
The farmer whose place is possessed
of, or near, living springs so that he
can secure the water by means of
gravitation, can indeed consider him
self even more than fortunate.
How He Does It.
In an address before the Minnesota
Dairy Association, I. A. Sweet gave
his methods of making his dairy cows
average him 68 per head per year.
Some of the points he mentioned were
as follows: Breed or buy a good class
of dairy cows. Provide good, warm,
well-ventilated Btables for winter, with
plenty of the right kind of feed. Feed
regularly and abundantly, but not
more than necessary. Milk speedily,
but gently, never maltreating or ex
citing the cow in any way. Make pets
of your cows, and treat them gently
and kindly at all times. Never ex
pose them to cold in winter don't let
them run In the yard any day that is
so cold you cannot work out with bare
hands. Warm their water In winter.
Provide plenty of gootl bedding, with
a drop behind the cows to hold the
animal refuse, so the cow will be kept
absolutely clean at all times. Never
let the cow out around the straw
stack and in the cornfield to fill up
on an article of food that will not pro
duce milk. Let the dry cow and the
young cattle pick on this. Give her
uniform feed and care don't turn out
one day, keep In the next, turn into
the field the next. That will make
her uneasy, and will dry her off she
dislikes changes.
Butter Making.
According to Guy Mitchell one of the
most valuable of recent bulletins
from the department of Agriculture
press is that recently issued (No. 241)
treating on "Butter-making on the
Farm." Written In the non-technical
manner that characterizes he bulle
tins promulgated by Professor Web
ster, it at once appeals to the average
farmer, and treats of matters of vital
importance to him In his business. It
recommends cleanliness above all else
in milking, care of the cow, stable,
utensils, surroundings and so on. The
presence of tact rla In the milk or its
products has a tendency to cause fer
mentation and a consequent spoiling
of the milk or butter. Milk Is often
spoiled by allowing it to stand in the
stand too long after it has been drawn,
for it absorbs odors of the air, and
odors of the barn are, therefore, very
much in evidence. For this reason
the milk should be removed to a place
free from odors: The bulletin de
scribes In detail the proper method
Of constructing a suitable room in
which to store the milk and means of
keeping It cool. The cream separator
and methods of its operation are fully
described in this work. After sepa
ration It Is necessary that the cream
should be ripened before making it in
to butter.
Cottage Cheese.
Many housewives who have skimmed
milk to spare make It into those pal
atable little luxuries, cottage cheeses.
It will interest them and others as
well to learn that at the Minnesota
Station they have been experimenting
as to their food value as compared
with beef and other meats, using
working men as subjects for the tests.
Pound for pound, the report states,
cottage cheese prepared with cream
compares in composition and digesti
bility with the meats. Where skim
med milk can be procured at a low
cost, cottage cheese is one of the
most economical foods that can be
used. The addition of cream to it fa
vorably influences both Its nutritive
value and its palatabilfty without in
creasing the cost above that of other
meats. Upon the farm where milk
1a produced, cottage cheese is one of
the cheapest foods that can be used.
It is worth mentioning that the ex
Era
AGRICULTURIST pf
periment demonstrated that lean ba
con contained as much protein and
about twice as much digestible fat as
other moats, making it ot the same
time.even at a higher price per pound,
a cheaper food than other meats. Ba
can fat Is easily digested, and when
combined with other foods, it appears
to exert a favorable mechanical action
upon digestion.
Wasting Fertilizers.
A Vermont writer in the Rural New
Yorker tells about .finding twenty
loads of excellent top-dressing under
the stables. Of course, there had
been holes bored in the floor to let
the liquids escape, and the result was
the object lesson that was revealed
when the farmer delved into the accu
mulation beneath. This leads H. W.
C. to unburden his mind on the sub
ject as follows:
"I regret to Bay that at one time we
had auger holes in the barn floor to
let the liquids drain away. There are
many foolish operations on some
farms, but that one heads the list.
The liquids are the most valuable
parts of the manure, and should la
ways be saved. It is just like throw
ing dollar bills away to bore these
holes. This practice is not confined to
New England, by any means. Fruit
growers in the cast are willing to pay
$70 a ton for nitrate of potash, and
this chemical is made in Just such de
posits as we find tinder a barn. It
rises to the top of those rich soils,
and Is scraped off. During the war,
southern men whom I know worked
"nitre beds" which were piles of ma
nure and soil. They obtained in this
way nitrate of potash, which was used
in making gunpowder. The rich stuff
down under many an old barn would
blow the mortgage off the farm If we
could get It out and spread it, but the
thing is not to let any more get un
der there. A good cement floor un
der manure is like a stout chain to
hold the valuable nitrogen from run
ning away.
Farm Notes.
There should be better live stock
on the farm, more soil improvement,
better seed and better tillage.
Charcoal fed poultry while fatten
ing is apt to, whiten the skin. Buck
wheat has a like tendency.
Nothing pays better In the manage
ment of a herd of dairy cows than
regularity In feeding and caring for
them.
The Wisconsin Station has found
that cows fed soiling crops without
inBture consumed from 75 to 100
pounds of forage dally.
A lousy hog will eat as much, if
not more, than an animal not troubled
with these pests, and Btlll make slow
progress in growth and fat formation.
A large proportion of the substance
of an egg is water. Hens should havo
a liberal supply of water from some
source. Eggs cannot be made out of'
dry grain.
Only a rich man can afford to keep
poor cows. The poor man must keep
only the best he can get until they
bring him enough wealth to enable
him to raise or use scrubs.
Growing pigs should have sufficient
protein in their food for the produc
tion of good bone and strong frames,
and it Is essential that they be pushed
to maturity as rapidly as possible.
Make arrangements to have some
good covering material handy so that
all half-hardy plants and the strawberry
bed can be given proper protection
through the winter. Marsh hay or
clean straw.
Keep a close watch for poultry lice
and mites these days. It does not
take a very high temperature to set
these pests at work at a lively rate.
Lice-killers are cheap, numerous and
effective. It pays to use them.
A brood sow should never be too
fat, but bear in mind that it is next to
impossible to make her so by feeding;
the sow should have an abundance of
exercise, and with that there is no
danger of too much fat being accumu
lated. It is an advantage to have early
lambs only when we are catering to
the spring lamb trade or want a few
early specimens for exhibition pur
poses. Generally speaking, the lamb
that comes In time to get the first
bite of grass in the spring gives the
best returns.
Perhaps no single advancement
along dairy lines has contributed so
much to profits as the keeping of rec
ords, which enable the 'dairyman to
know the exact amount of milk and
butter produced by each animal, and
thus determine if she is kept at a
profit or a loss.
The reason for using cracked or
broken corn is that as it is In smaller
particles, the hens cannot pick It up
as fast as they can whole corn, and the
labor necessary in scratching to find It
adds to the advantage of the bir.d. Al
ways feed laving hens small or broken
grain in winter..
While the quality or the feed given
to hogs has much to do with the quali
ty of the pork, the surroundings must
also have careful attention. A clean
and healthy ration will lose much of
its desired effect, if the surroundings
are filthy. A pig pen should he kept
clean and free from dirt.
The Age of Lead.
"We are wont to speak of this era
as the "age of iron," and there Is no
gainsaying that, industrially speak
ing, iron Is a "precious metal."
Nevertheless, few people realize
how useful, it not absolutely neces
sary, to modern civilization, is that
other metal, lead. Soft, yielding,
pliable, it 1b not much like lis sister
metal, but those distinguishing quali
ties are what give it such a prominent
place in the arts and industries.
Modern plumbing, requiring ninny
turnings and twistings, but withal
tight joints, would bo almost impos
sible without load pipe. The great
est civilizing agent In the world the
printing art is absolutely dependent
on lead. Hand-set type, linotype
"slugs," monotype type all are
made of compositions ot which lead
Is the chief component to say noth
ing of the bearings in the presses as
well as all other kinds of machinery
In which "babbitt" metal Is used.
Solder is another lead product
what a field of usefulness that one
form opens up.
Then there is the most Important
uso of all to which lead Is put paint,
that necessary material which keeps
our houses looking pretty Inside
and out and preserves them from
decay.
How many of us thank metallc lead
for the comforts ot ra'nt? Yet the
best house paint is nothing but me
tallc lead corroded by acid to a white
powder known as "white lead." Of
course, there are mnny imitations of
"white lead," some of which are sold
as white lead and some which are
offered by the name of ready-prepared
paint under the familiar pre
tense that they are "just as good" as
white lerl. But all good paint is
made of te metal, iead, corroded and
ground to a fine white powder and
mixed with linseed oil.
White lead Is also used In the coat
ing of fine oil cloths and for many
purposes besides paint.
"Red lead" is another product of
metalic lead and is what is known as
an oxide of lead, being produced by
burning the metal. Red lead is the
best paint known to preserve iron,
steel or tin, and Is used largely in
painting metal structures, such as
skyscraper skeletons, mills and
bridges.
There are many other products of
the metal lead, t,uch as litharge,
orange mineral, etc., which are es
sential It many of the arts In which
we never Imagine that lead would be
of tho least use.
Verily, we live In an age of lead
as well as of iron.
One Tree Built Church.
Among the curiosities of church
architecture in America may be men
tioned the fact that in Santa Rosa,
Cal., is a church with a seating capa
city of 200, which Is built entirely
of timber sawed out of a single red
wood tree.
SICK FOIt TEN YEARS.
Constant Backache, Dropsy, and Se
vere Bladder Trouble.
Fred W. Harris, of Chestnut St.,
Jefferson, Ohio, saj's: "For over ten
years I suffered from kidney disease.
The third year my
feet and bands would
swell and remain
puffed up for days at
a time. I seemed to
have a constant back
ache. Finally I got so
bad that I was laid 'up
in bed with several
doctors in attendance.
I thought surely I
would die. I changed medicine and
began using Doan's Kidney Pills
when I was still in bed. The relief
I found was so great that I kept on
until I had taken about ten boxes.
The kidney Becretlons became natural
and after years ot misery I was cured.
I have Increased in weight and show
no symptoms of my former trouble."
Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. T.
The Southport (England) police of
all ranks have been forbidden to wear
finger rings while on duty.
AWFUL SUFFERING
From Dreadful Pains From Wound ea
Foot Bystem All Run Down Ml.
Tseulous Cure by Cntlcnra.
"Words cannot speak highly enough for
the Cuticura Remedies. I am now seventy-two
years of age. My system had
been all run down. My blood was so bad
that blood poisoning had set in. I had
several doctors attending me, so finally I
went to the hospital, where I was laid
up for two months. My foot and ankle
were almost beyond recognition. Dark
blood flowed out of wounds in many places
and I was so disheartened that I thought
surely my last chance was slowly leaving
me. As the foot did not improve you can
readily imagine how I felt. I was simply
disgusted and tired of life. I stood this
pain, which was dreadful, for six months,
and during this time 1 was not able to
wear shoe and not able to work. Some
one spoke to me about Cuticura. The con
sequences were I bought a set of the Cu
ticura Remedies of one of my friends, who
was a druggist, and the praise that I gave
after the second application is beyond de
scription; it seemed a miracle, for the Cu
ticura Remedies took effect immediately.
I washed' the loo with the Cuticura Soap
before applying the Ointment, and I took
the Resolvent at the same time. After
two weeks' treatment my foot was healed
completely. People who had seen my foot
during my illness and who have seen it
since the cure can hardly belie- their
own eye. Robert Schoenhauer, Newburgh,
N. Y. Aug. 21, 1005."
Toklo lias eight hundred public
baths, which are used by 300,000 peo
ple dally.
PUTNAM
STOP, WO!! AN!
AND CONSIDER THE
ALL-IMPORTANT
FACT
That In addressing Mrs. Plnltham you
are confiding your private Ills to a woman
a woman whose experience with wo
men's diseases covers twentv-five years.
The present Mrs. Pinkfiam Is the
daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Plnkhnm,
and for many years under her direction,
and since her decease, her advice has been
freely given to sick womon.
Many women suffer in silence and drift along
from bad to worse, knowing full well that they
ought to have immediate assistance, but a natural
modesty impels them toBhrink from exposing them
selves to the questions and probable examinations
of even their family physician. It is unnecessary.
Without money or price you can consult a woman
whose knowledge from actual experience is great.
Mrs. Plnklmm'a Standing Invitation :
Women suffering from any form of female weak
ness are Invited to promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkhatn at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received,
opened, read and answered by women only. A
woman can freely talk of her private Illness to a
woman: thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs.Pinkham and the women
of America which 'has never been broken. Out
of the vast volume of experience which she
has to draw from, it is more than possible
that she has gained the very knowledge
that will help your case, one asus Hom
ing in return except your good-will, and
her advice lias relieved thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if
she does not take advantage of this gen
erous offer of assistance. Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Following we publish two let
ters from a woman wilio accep
ted this invitation. Note the
result:
First letter.
Dear Mrs. Plnltham:
" For eight years t have suffered something
terrible every month. The pains are excru
ciating and I can hardly stand them. My
doctor savs I havo a severe female trouble,
and I must go through an operation If 1 want
to get well. I do not want to submit to it if
I can possibly help it Please tell me what
to do. I hope you can relieve me." Mrs.
Marv Dlmniick, 69th and E. Capitol Streets,
WasuingtOu, D. C.
Second letter.
Dear Mrs. Plnltham:
"After following carefully your advice,
and taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, I am very anxious to send you
my testimonial, that others mar know their
value and what you have done tor me.
There are no fewer than 77 distinct
dialects spoken In England.
Mrs. Winelow'sSoothlng Syrap for Children
teethin ;,sof totis thPKuniB,rcducesinfliinima
tion, olliiys pain, cures wind colic, 25cabottle
A Graveyard Story,
Hard by the newly made grave of
Alfrey Delt Is the most curious tomb
In England. It Is the tomb of Lndy
Anne Urimuton, daughter of tho Earl
of Thanet, who died nearly two ccn
tures n'o, aud was burled In this
Bnnie Tewin churchyard. Upon her
deathbed she disregarded the efTorts
of those who sought to administer
splriturl comfort. An atheist she had
lived, nn atheist she would die. "It
is as likely that I should rise again
from tha dead," she said, "as that a
tree should grow out of the middle
of my coffin." A tree has grown out
of the middle of her coffin an oak
and by its side a sycamore. The
vault is square, of brick and granite.
The two trees first filled the Interior
before I hoy could find a way out.
When they did burst through the
musonry they so spread as complete
ly to envelop the grave. St. James
Gazette.
Merely Graceless Upstarts.
Let Americans be duly humble
when they compare themselves with
the Chinese. There is the best of au
thority, namely. Sir Chentung Llan
Cheng, the minister at Washington of
the Celestial empire, for the state
ment t'.iat more than 2,000 years be
fore Jefferson began to teach the
principals of true Democracy in the
western hemisphere the wise men and
the statesmen of China were giving
those principles practical application
In government. Ot course, a people
who l;ad a Jefferson 1,500 years be
fore America was discovered are not
to be scorned by the infant Demo
cracy of this republic. We are so
new, in fact such parvenues in regard
to government by the people, that
Sir Chentung must consider us grace
less upstarts. Baltimore Sun.
Banana Culture In Mexico.
The Mexican government Is seek
ing to develop the cultivation of
bananas In that country. For several
years experiments are said to have
been successful, and It is intended to
start two establishments on the gulf
const In Mexico for the purpose of
converting the banana Into a flour,
and of shipping the product to the
United States. As the flour is ex
ceedingly nutritious It Is anticipated
that there will be no lack of de
mand for It.
fyDEPS COLLEGE,
PITTSBURG, PA.
A High Gratis Commercial and Shorthand
Training Hchol, qualifying young men and
women for position of trims and responsibility
demanded In thli great financial and manu
facturing center. Poftttloan secured tor
graduates. Write tor circulars.
STORY AND FARM HOME PAPER, always sight
pagas. occasionally 16 pages, twice a month lor
on.y 25c per year. 811 months trial I Oc. Address
Rural Young People. Milton, Pa. Ada. &c per line.
P. N. U. 87. 1906.
DROPSY ?..aDL12?S"
FADELESS DYES
Sill
IpM
"As you know, I wrote you that my doctor
said I munt have on opeiu'tinn or I could not
live. I then wrote you, telling you my all
menta. I followed your advice and am ew
tirely well. I can walk miles without a
ache or a pain, and I owe niv life to you anf
to Lydia E. Pinkhnm's Vegetable Compound
I wish every suffering woman would rea
this testimonial and realize the value of wris
lng to you and vour remedy." Mrs. Marj
Diinmick, 69th and E. Capitol Streets, Wash
ington, D. C.
When a medicine has been successful
in restoring to health so many womef
whose testimony is so unquestionable
yon cannot well say, without trying it.
" I do not believe It will help me." if
you are ill, don't hesitate to get a bot
tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veetablb
Compound at once, and write Mrs Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice-
It ia free and always helpful.
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