P a 5, A Habitual . Comupation May fccpcrmannll); twercomeljy pnefxr rsoro.l efforts v.itMne assistance toftheone truly Ijencjicipl laxative remy, Syrup ojligs and kj'urejSeHA, JhWn enables onetoform refcuW cobitg daily 50 thai assistance To na ture may he gradual dispensecl. wrth. when no longer needed a$tkebstof remedies, wken required, are to assist DaWt and not to supplant the hatnr. a) Mictions, vfucn must depend ulti toatejy upon proper nourishment, proper ejort,w A rifcM iitinfr general. Iogrttls, beneficial effects, alwryj wy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. oniy SOLp BY ALL LEADINC DRUGGISTS tire only, rtguiar price 60f r Boltl Ivory Market. The Ivory market at Antwerp, or ganized only a decade ago, has be come the largest one In the world--larger than the two other great mar kets, those of London and Liverpool. FITS, St. Vltua'Danc : Nervotu Disease pelt jjanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nervs Beatorer. SB trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. H. a Kline, Ld.,Bl Arch St., PbiU., Pa. According to the report of the geo logical survey of British India the pro duction of coal in that country In 1907 was 9,783,250 tons. 22 Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrnpfor Children allays pain, cores wind colic, 88c a bottle Account All Balanced. A remarkable condition arose In the Muskogee (Okla.) clearing house the other day. When members of the as sociation met at 11 o'clock to adjust their bank clearings it was found that there was $40,000 in checks in the day's business, and that when settle ment was made the accounts of each bank against all other banks balanced to a penny. No bank had to pay cent to the other. Ladles Can Wear Shoea One sise smaller after using Allan's Foot Ease, a powder. It make tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, a hlng feet, Ingrowing nails, cornsaod bunions. At lldrjgfristnandshoestores, 95o. Don't ao oeptanysnbetitate. Trial package Fhsi by mail. Address Allen S.01mated,LeRoy,N.Y. . Concrete Fly Wheels. t , For slow speed pumps in the Rand mines, South Africa, a novel flywheel has been adopted. High freight rates make lion and steel machinery very , costly, and the use of concrete rims for the flywheels of ten pumps Is Stated to have realized a saving of about $10,000. The flywheels are driv en by electric motors through worm gear- about twenty revolutions, per minute. Each wheel is fourteen feet In diameter, with a cast iron bosses In which sixteen spokes of four-Inch tube are" screwed, and the rim has a base and an outside of one-fourth Inch sheet iron strips, rated by dl tance pieces. The strips are bolte together, the concrete rltrf between being thirteen inches wide and 'thir teen inches deep, strengthened by four one-fourth Inch wires Interlaced wltli the distance pieces. The weight of the wheel Is 8,000 pounds and that of the rim 6,000 pounds. Mark Twain In his - lifetime hss earned $700,000. ' ' More proof that Lydia E. Pink barn's V epetablcCom pound saves woman from surgical operations. Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner, Maine, mites: " I was a great sufferer from female troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vecrc table Compound restored me '10 health in three months, after my physician declared that an operation was abso lutely necessary." . Mrs. Alvina Sperling of 154 Gey bourne Ave- Chicago, 111, mites : " I suffered from female troubles, a tumor and much inflammation. Two of the best doctors in Chicago decided that an operation was necessary to save my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound entirely cured me without an operation." - FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear-ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it r Mrs. Plnkhnm invites all sick women' to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mas. yea, aae irv arm Topics THE IMPORTANCE OP FARMING. How Important the business really Is can be judge by the fact that there, are more people engaged In It than In any other line of productive Indus try, and there Is more money Invest ed In farming than In any other one occupation. Weekly Witness. A COTTONSEED MEAL. Bix pounds of cottonseed meal may be considered the most that can be wisely fed a cow per day, and fouf pounds will generally be a much safer amount. What additional concen trates may be needed can consist of one or more grain products. Pro gressive Farmer. GOOD AND POOR BUTTER. Every year the line Is being drawn more closely about dairy products and each succeeding year brings an Increased demand for strictly first class grades and a weaker demand for the poorer ones. In all proba bility the time is not far distant when It will be almost Impossible to dis pose of poor butter at all, except as grease and at grease prices. Not withstanding all that Is said against imitation butter, it is a truth that the meanest, filthiest Imitation of all Is made from genuine cow's milk, but in such a slovenly, Incompetent manner that all value and trace of genuineness have been eliminated. Epltomlst. -i.!... .A LOW POULTRY RUN. A safe and secure poultry run that requires less material than a high pen can be made from laths sawed In two, which would make the sides two feet high, making the frame of scant lings and the top of sawed laths, box boards or similar material. The top of the run should consist almost en tirely of trap doors, using bits of old harness for hinges, which will look well If cut neatly. The illustration shows one of the doors propped up to show the construction more plainly. The doors are four feet long, the length of a lath, and may be eight or ten feet the other way and still not be clumsy, being constructed of such light material. - This trap door Is an important fea ture, as It permits the lender to enter easily for removing top soil and re placing with fresh earth or other car ing for the birds. The frame material Is of 2x2-lnch scantling at the' corners, while the side strips are made of inch oarda sawed-two Inches wide.-- The earth under this should be slightly mounded for the of -dryness. Farm and Homo - . . NEW ...METHOD OF CHURNING. . A new .method 'of. churning butter has been patented by a native of Fin land,. A. H. BorgBtrom, says the Pa cific Dairy Review, which consists of churning the butter at a temperature in the vicinity of the freezing point. At this temperature the butter will not "break," the claim being, how ever, that the nature of the cream is so changed that by heating same to a temperature which pernjlts of the for mation, of butter, the "breaking" takes place almost Instantaneously, The advantage claimed for this method is that "overchurnlng" can not take place; that less butter fat Is left in the buttermilk and that the body of the butter is Improved and has greater keeping quality. It is further claimed that the loss of but ter fat in churning sweet cream Is largely overcome by this method of churning. There is no record given in the advices of any long continued practical tests, but If the method has the merits claimed for it it will cer tainly change the methods of butter making. GETTING CLOVER STARTED. In some sections of Illinois there has not been much headway made in getting clover started. It seems that on some fields the clover plants do tolerably well, so long as they have shelter of the nurse plants. But when the nurse grain is taken off the plant soon turns yellow and dies. We have all presumed that clover failure was due to soli acidity, or to lack of humus, but clover often fails where neither of these things should be the cause. It has also been com monly supposed that clover would run out after a few years, that is, it would sicken and die. It appears that clover exhausts certain elements of the soil; and -while a piece of land may not grow clover, It may produce abundantly of other crops. But this does not help us out of the matter of getting a fresh piece of land set. I have always advised liberal manur ing 01 old fields which were to be seeded, Iut this will not always fetch clover. 'e must look further. The Tennessee station baa discovered an anthracnese, fungus growth, which, may be the source of the trouble. This attacks newly seeded as well as old fields, and as yet no means have been found to combat It. L. C. B., la the Indianapolis Farmer. - A Useful Poultry Coop. . gHORTICULTUF arg hints . 5a? FOR SAN JOSE SCALE. Lime sulphur washes for San Jose scale are suitable only for the treat ment of trees which are In a dormant state, being much too strong for ap plication to trees in foliage. Experi ments indicate that the best results follow applications In spring just be fore the growth of the tree begins. Weekly Witness. CUT YOUNG TREES. Low headed apple trees are now generally grown In commercial or chards. The time to start the trees to be low headed is in the early maturity of the young tres when transplanted to the young orchard. It often takes courage to cut back the top of the young fruit trees, but It should be done when a low tree Is desired. Farmers' Home Journal. - PENTSTEMONS. There Is something very charming about a bed of Pentstemons In bloom a tlntness that to the lover of old-iahjioned garden blossoms never falls to appeal. Seed sown now In heat and brought on In the company of stocks, asters, etc., will furnish plants that will give both bloom and beauty In August Like many other plants, Pentstemons respond to good culture, and a bed of loamy soil en riched with half-rotted dung will suit them. Indianapolis News. PEAS AND OATS. I wish to sow three or four acres of well-rotted and manured ground this spring with peas and oats. Can I sow my peas and plow them under (plowing shallow), then narrow, sow my oats and harrow them In and get a good crop, or would you advise drilling oats and peas together? C. L. M. It the soil is not too heavy, If It Is a sandy loam, the peas may be plowed under to a depth of four Inches. On clay loams it Is well to sow with grain drill, hitching up the neck straps short and weighting the teeth of the drill to sow deep. Ex perience has shown that the oats may be sown later, when the peas have sprouted, sowing broadcast, then harrowing In lightly to bury the oats and to kill the little weeds. At the experiment stations, this method has worked well. So also has the method of sowing both sorts of seed together, though the peas should be drilled in much deeper than the oats. The peas also should be sown earlier than the oats- to give them a fair start. Country Gentleman. . FORSYTHIAS. The most glorious flowering shrub for very early spring Is the forsytbla, also known as golden bell. It grows to a height of eight and even ten feet, and has a wonderful yellow flame of blossoms that absolutely hide the branches before a single leaf appears. The branches arch over and make a delightful sh-'ib that is satisfactory all the year. It will make its finest show if planted against a dark background. Give each plant plenty of room, for the branches will spread widely and will finally bend to the earth again and root at the tips. It Is little troubled by Insects, and needs only slight pruning. There are several varieties. The one described here Is forsythla suspensa, and it is by far the most satisfactory. Young plants, from two to three years old, and 1 about two feet high, can be bought for twenty-five cents each. For a fine group, plant three or four of these, glvjng each plant from four to five feet of clear space around it. One plant will be sufficient for a small place. Do not set this shrub In the middle of an open space. It needs, background. Indianapolis News. NEWLY SET PLANTS. Newly transplanted plants always demand more or less protection from the blighting effects of too much sun and wind. It is best achieved by making a shelter such as is shown in the cut. ' Two ten-foot poles and two three foot pieces of any .convenient thick ness for the crosspieces, with four fourteen-inch weatherstrips for the legs, constitute the frame. In the middle of it two hooks should be in serted on each Bide, and upon these the covering fastened, which can thus be adjusted very quickly. The cover ing may consist of burlaps or any kind of rough sacking. Being so simple and economical to make, it is advisable to have enough frames to protect the number of ten der plants that are set out in a garden at one time, says Farm and Home. They possess other advantages than sheltering the young things from the direct rays of the sun." They allow slow, evaporation, and so keep newly watered ground moist for hours, whereas if exposed to the sun and wind It would soon become dry and caked. On windy days it I necessary to let the sacking down on the wind ward tide of the shelter. In case of frost the protection that they afford is of inestimable value. . J Frames to Protect Small Plants. NDV5TRJ An English scientist says the North Pole Is moving. The increasing popularity 01 me self-playing piano has Induced Inven tors to extend this style of muslo to other Instruments. The most re cent Is an automatic sheet music cornet, patented by a Chicago man. Like the piano player, the music is on a perforated roll. , v In genuine Havana tobacco there Is not more than two per cent, of nico tine. In French tobacco about six per cent., and In our Old Dominion product a little over seven per cent. In the Blue Grass tobacco at least eight per cent, and the Sumatra leaf of Connecticut contains about six per cent. The old suspicion that tobacco effects the heart and even plays some part In arteriosclerosis the dreaded thickening of the arterial walls so common in human decay has been confirmed by Zebrowski, a Russian physician. Rabbits Innoculated with tobacco extract, with nicotine and with adrenalin, all showed marked thickening and dilation of the walls of the aorta, or main artery. The Alpine Journal publishes a full account of the recent ascent of Kabru, near Darjeellng, by two Nor wegian climbers, Messrs. Monrad-Aas and Rubenson. The height of the peak, according to the Indian Survey measurements. Is 24,015 feet The oncoming of darkness turned the climbers back before the.' could quite reach the top; but they report that they pitched their highest camp at 22,000 feet, and succeeded In attain ing an elevation of "about 23,000 feet." This, so far as is known, is a record. L A special Inflammation of the eyes ophthalmia electrtca seems to have become common among workers with electric light apparatus, and now Dr. Cnellltzer has pointed out to the Berlin Medical Socle'.y that the trouble may result from very brief exposure to strong glare. In ah electric melting of iron at an engine factory an enormous arc of fifty thou sand candle power was produced Workmen passing within six or eight yards were warned not to linger, yet on the next day twelve of the men sought medical advice, reporting pain In the eyes, profuse lachrymation, spasm of the eyelids and headache. Ultra violet rays are the suggested active cause. ' The usual method of using solar heat has been to concentrate the son's rays by mirrors, but in the simpler apparatus with which Frank Shu men has been experimenting at Ta cona, Pa.; the direct rays have been made to heat a boiler box with a double glass top. An air space of one inch between the two layers of glass forms a jacket preventing escape of heat by radiation. Water in tho pipes generated steam with a pressure of fifteen pounds, which was made to drive an engine, and by employing either a pressure of ninety pounds was reached. In warm cli mates a good wr rklng pressure Is ex pacted from water, thus solving the perplexing power problem of tropical lands. A Vegetable Mznrd. An attache of the Smithsonian In stitution tills of a curious Inhabitant of tropical forests called the lizard tree, but which, as he remarks, might well be termed the centipede plant. This singular growth consists of a stem jointed like a bamboo, with green leaves growing directly from the bark, and sl?i.d;r white roots springing from the Joints, with which it maintains lis hold upon the bark of the tree whereon it grows. When It has attained a length of three or four feet the lower sections of tho liiard plant drop off, and, fastening uton ai.y convenient object, begin their independent growth. When thus growing upon the ground, if tho plant encounters a tree, It Immediately begins to ascend the truLk. Citrograph. A Monster Spring. No State in the Union has larger or more numerous . springs than Florida. Many of them form gocd sized streams from the start and some of them are navigable. The largest spring in the State, and one of the largest and probably the best known in the United States, is Silver Spring, which is located six miles east of Ocala. This spring forms the source of the Okiawaha River, a tributary of the, St. John's, and steamboats traversing the river enter the spring basin, which has an area of several acres. The water is from twenty-five to thirty feet deep and is wonderfully clear, appearing abso lutely devoid of color. Minneapolis Journal. An Vp-to-the-Miimte Assistant. Assistant ' (to country editor) "How's this obituary?", Editor "Why, It's my own." "Yes. That Hasklns chap the dead shot was in here yesterday looking for you with a gun and I thought if anything should happen yoa might like to correct the proofs beforehand." Life. The great Oxford dictionary, which has been under way for a generation, has reached "pre." IS CHRI8TIANTY DECLINING The Rev. Thomas Dixon Points Out Slumps In Churches. There are fewer Baptists, Metho dists and Presbyterians in New York today than there were 25 years ago, though the city's population has beeu more than doubled. . The rapid ex tinction of churches of these denom inations in Manhattan during the past decade shows this. In 1890 the- Bap tists reported C4 churches. Last year they only claimed 48. Many of these claims are pitiful absurdities mere names of mission halls and soup kitchens, supported by the char ity of one or two rich men. One half of them represent hopes as yet unfulfilled, declares Thomas Dixon, Jr., In Broadway Magazine. The same thing is true of the Methodists, who reported 73 churches In 1890 and only claim 69 In 1907. The Presbyterians reported 71 In 1896 and only 67 last year. ' In the year 1840 New York City had one Church to every 1,800 In population. Last year we 'could not find one church to 4,000 population, .counting all our soup kitchens and mission halls ns -"churches." There are many sections of the city which are practically pagan. One district of 10,000 population, which Is typical of many more, baa one saloon to 111 Inhabitants, and one church to 8,190. '- 1 In another large district there are some 60,000 Inhabitants, with a sa loon to every 10,000. In the section between Twenty-fourth find Fifty ninth streets west of Ninth avenue there Is but one church to 15,000; while the district ' between Fortieth and Sixty-fourth streets west of Tenth avenue contains 40XC3 people, and has but one church. And the sad part of the story Is that many of these churches that are reckoned on the map as living and performing Jheir duties to .these vast populations are dead and don't know It. Crime Increasing. Crime is Increasing rapidly In New York city. There were more com plaints, more indictments, more charges preferred and more cases tried during the last half year than In any six months In the history of the city, and the Increase has been In much larger proportion than the In crease in population which Is estimat ed at 05,000. . - Catarrh Cannot Be Cared) With JOOAL applications, at they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood or constitutional dueaee, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Halt's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acta directly on the blood and mucous sur face. Hull Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine, it was prescribed by one of the beat physicians in this country for years, and i a regular prescription, it is composed of the heat tonics known,combind with tbt beat blood ptinliera, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for teatimoniala, free. F. J. Chekkt A Co., I'rona.. Toledo, O. Sold by druggiats, price, 75c Take Hall's Family Tills tor constipation. Electric Heat for Plants. The growth of plants Is known to be stimulated by weak electric cur rents applied to the soil, but It has not been supposed, to be economical to use electricity for conversion Into heat for warming hotbeds, as has bepn done by G. Hartman In his experi ments at Turbine, Ont His heater consists of about 2C0 feet of one-twelfth-lnch Iron wire wound In seven two-inch coils on one and one-half-inch Iron pipe, the colls, connected In series, being mounted on porcelain knobs on a piece of abestos board. A frame about 0 by 8 feet In Blze has a floor, on which Is about five Inches of soil,- and the top of the. frame is covered with two sashes. The heater Is placed under the floor. Current is taken from a 110-volt circuit, but the energy actually received last year was fif'een amperes at eighty volt.?. This pave sufficient heat. The hotbed was kept quite warm, and tender flowers and vegetables developed rapidly in the early spring weather. The Bristol to Paddlngton (Eng la . 1) express covers 118 miles in two hours. Class telephone poles reinforced by wire are being used In some parts of Germany. WE GIVE AWAY OVER 1000 Valuable Household and Fancy Articles Free, in Exchange for Carton Tops and Soap Wrappers from "20 Mule-Team" Borax and "20 Mule- Team" Borax Products. Send Postcard for 40-page Illustrated Catalogue.' Address . PACIFIC COAST BORAX CO.. NEW YORK. IT FOR The standard average of the bottom of the mate foot dictates tha snap of SKREEMER shoes. Tbey fit because they are scientific in structure. They have fit along with smart style. Look for tho label. If yon do not find these shoes readily. write ns for directions how to secure them. FRED. F. FIELD CO., Brockton, Mass. HOCS AT att rnicia. row ivi v MEMBER OF TMV FAMILY. MEM, aOV, WOMEN, MISSES AND CMILDftCN. go. W. , aTaaaajf iwtii awaaf mmH w ana'alLio. Ata ffli mmM mm u, -, Iham an mlhmr mtmmwtmatmrm mmmmm. tH brnttmr, aw ft " mhomm fmthm ayWaf tm-amv. W. L Dourlit $4 ind $5 fiat lin Sbm bimot ''AOXIoaj. W. t, PoaaUa mmmm and rrtm pnia dt um Dr wot aJr rvcrvwaiva, StiMa lutal6auiatnawaijUraav f Y i?s 1 'v,n w: :;.. -:y.v:- :.;.::. f: v .- MISS. )V own KrrrtE5EN. HEALTH VERT POOR- RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA. Catarrh Twenty-five Years Had a Bad Ceugh. . Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanttoa, Il linois. U. D. A., writes: "I bare been troubled with entarrn for nearly twenty-five years and nave trieJ many cures for it, but obtained very lirtie help. "Then my brother advised me to, Iff Pertina, and I did. " My health was very poor at the time I began taking Peruna. My throat was Jeff" sore and 1 bod a bad cough. "Peruna hat cured me. Thechroui catarrh a gone and my health i very much improved. "1 recommend Peruna to all my friends)'1 who are troubled a j was." PERUNA TABLETS: Some people ore fer tableta, rather than medicine in a flui4" form. Such people can obtain Pcrnna tah-" let, which represent the medicinal ingreoV-) cnta of Peruna. Kach tablet euala owe average dose of Peruna. Man-alin the Ideal LaaatW. XRTJFACTCIEII IT rTJUM DITU8 -alANSFlCTVIINS COMPW. CO10IICS, Curbing the Chauffeurs.' A Seattle (Wash.) jury has fouM guilty of murder an automoblllst wkV ran over and killed a little girl. Cos-' vlctlon is In the second degree, car-' rylng a penalty of from one td ! years' Imprisonment and a floe -of $5,000. A Boston automoblllst wh. caused the death of a woman bat beea held for court and an effort Is to be. made to provide another object lessoa, for criminally careless chauffeurs. The police authorities of Chicago a4y leading automobile owners and deal-, ers have joined hands in an endeav-' to suppress the scorching motorists, and the penalty for infraction of the. speed laws hereafter Is to be imprison ment instead of a fine. The laymen of the various denom-'. Inations In Atlanta have pledgc4 , themselves to raise $100,000 for for eign missions during the coming year; A new process has been discovered In China by- which ramie fiber be ffim a soft filRsfip in a few minutes. If yon nffor from Flt. Fa 'lint Miw-a m bpwna, or have Children that do mo, m will ait-? them Immatftat rXtf, atM II joo am afcvl to do i to Mad fog a Free bottle of Dr. it aj'a epileptic.de cure OnmpliMwlthFrwvl and Trn w Art oMVtn grim Juno Wth VS. i Vnipiete dirprtmnm, mimt l timontsla of ft'RKS. Ur.. KkKK K. u.a J xyrcu Prtpaut. Give AUK and foil ttddnet) w. . mi, . run STrett, mm Ted P Sill CllOr A WAnt4 wcrtaMal Mm 1'Ulll. ,j.i rcmwty for Filcnial mat Internal pain ronirka cold, ratarrh. Acta He murk-. Simitfe. wife Mjrp. In powder form, hy mail, Oc fain Cur Jo, 147 W. fcth St., X. r. Cn p. n. o. -ii im WIDOWS'"1"" NEW LAW obtalaaiS DWsTa-a-ra b' JOHN w. morris, MEN km tmm mwrd l EauaM At An Prist m tumv4 vm holtom. 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