Charles W. COM, of New York City, PreaU dent of the Cass Realty Corporation, an im portant investment company which Invests its clients' money of larue or small amounts exclusively In New York City rent-bear! n# real estate, puts new meaning into thestate roont that "debt is a curse," He says: "Every dollar of interest charge sooner or la. r comes cut of labor. A mercbaut starts bi in ess on SIOOO aa.sb #SOOO borrowed m ney. His interest is charged on the price of iiis goods. Every dollar of public and corporate and business debt Is a burden on labor and takes toll from the "product of la bor" which should belong to the worker. When the fixed annual interest charge from all causes on a people becomes greater than the annual increase of wealth, that civiliza tion dies. Hence, debt, public or private, is a curse. The Cass Realty Corporation, are substituting ownership for debt. It In vests money in Manhattan Island improved rent-bearing, advancing real estate only and in nothing else. Investors become co owners'of choice property. Guarantee fund pays back money in part or in full when needed. A tenth regular consecutive divi dend at six per cent, has just been paid. In vestments begin to earn profits at once. One dollar'or any amount is received any time, and ag often as desired. It pays six percent, because it earns more. The surplus is dis tributed to Investors by extra dividends as shareholders decide. The surplus over six percent. 1801 was ♦2573.60: in 1 #95 #68,284.31; in 1806 #83,794.52. The lasets of the Cass Realty Corporation in 1894 were #215,844.90, In 1896 #684,020.74; ill 1896 #814.220.83. Partite interested may write or call for full S articular* to the Cass Realty Corporation, 1)9, 211, 21# East Twenty third {street. New York. The Corporation Is certainly a now opportunity to small and moderate inves tors." Cascarrtr stimulate Itrer, kidneys and Vowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10c. ARE YOU llEArf The ear is a very delicate and sensitive structure. It consists of the internal, mid dle and external ear. The external ear re ceivos sounds; the middle ear conveys sounds; the internal oar distributes the sounds to the proper portion of tho brain. The sound is convoyed through the middle ear by a chain of three minute delicate bones. Theso bones arc covered with thin, pink mucous membrane. The facility to hear depends in a great measure upon tho normal condition of this membrane. When the membrane becomes congested by catarrh, it is liable to thicken and is no longer sensitive to the vibrations of air. The hearing is dulled, and if the cafhrrh is not treated, total deafness will eventually follow. It is of the utmost importance then, to be gin the use of Pe-ru-ua as soon as the slight est difficulty of hearing is noticed. Fo-ru-nn will quickly anl permanently restore the hearing when tho deafness is caused by ca tarrh. A free catarrh book, instructively illus trated, written bv Dr. Hart man, will be so.it to any address by tho Po-ru- na Drug Manu facturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of • mell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. tSuch articles should never be uctid except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure to get the genuine. It is tiken Infernally, and is made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. tiold by Druggists, price 73c. per bottlo. Hall's Family l'ills are the best. The Indiana legislature lias just defoated by a heavy vote an anti-high hat bill, No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac regulate or remove your desire for tobacco? Haven mouey, makes health and manhood. Cure guaranteed. 60 centa and $1.(0, at all druggists. In Russia women householders vote for all elective officers and on all local matters. KITS stopped free and permanently cured. No fits after first-day's use of Dr. Ki. ink's Great Nihvs Restorer. Free s:.' trial bottle and treat ise. Send to Dr. Kline,93l Arch St., Phila., Pa. I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs by Plso's Cure for Consumption. Lot'is A I.i npa.uan. Bethany, Mo., .fan. 8, IKJM. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Druggists Hell at 850 per bottle Mrs. Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, soft ens the KUms,Tv.-ducps inflamma tion, allays pain; cures wind colic. 25caboltlu. When bilious or cost ire, eat n Caacaret, candy cathartic; cure guarantee I; 10c.. 26c. First l,nst and always Hood's Sarsapnrill.i purifies the blood. That is why It permanently cure* when all other medicines fail. Remember, Hood's Sarsaparilla Is thebest in fat t tlie One True Blood Purifier Hood's Pills pWIIW W SMOKE YOUR MEAT WITH TTLKPAJTSERS LIQUID EXTRACTARSMQK^ JULCHCUUR. E. KRfIUSER X BRO. ISILTON, PA. REVOLVER FREE. WATCH FREE I 38 other |iothin<|. Head our off n ''urrr fi i'sSTKN tlK(i. CO., WlnMon, N'. "My Profits Doubled fmm the day I took vour advice and bought, von? ADVANCE' MACHINE:" "I wjs'i I had taken It nonner '" One of the successful Well Drillers who uses our machinery end tools for Drilling Wells in Ohio made this remark a few days ago. He did over • 6000 worth of Drilling In 10 months lat vear. LOOM IS &' NYHAN. TIFFIN. OHIO. P N I 7 Sinn BICYCLES FREE IUU In order to inlrodiu-e our --18W" wheel, we intend fifvnig ewav A number free to advertise I hen. For partf.-nlnr's .enjl 2.-. eUmpe.l addressed envelope to the AVAI.ON .!( Yd,II I (>..<111. lit I llrondwer. N.Y. Ageut. wentedeverj wii.r. FEEDING MILK PROFITABLY. Milk is undoubtedly the best feed for young stock of all kinds, but some care is needed iu feeding it to get tho best results. When taken in (ho natural way from the teat, the milk is always warm, comes very slowly, and is always mixed with some saliva from the month which aids its digestion. When milk is fed, oxcept in very small quantities, these conditions are re versed. How often havo wo seen an entire pailful of skimmed milk placed before a calf five or six weeks old, and by it swallowed just as rapidly as the milk can go down tho animal's throat. If tho milk is cold, as it often is, can it be wondered that the calf suffors Trom scours? It is only the natural 'effort to rid the stomach of a mass it cannot digest. Milk should never be tho exclusive food of any except tho very youngest animals. Its difficulty of digestion uufiis it for being tho main food of animals that can eat any thing else. If for hogs it were always fed sparingly with some grain, the milk would produce much more pork than the grain will without the milk. It is an excellent supplement to corn fed hogs, but grinding corn or oats together or mixing brau or wheat middlings with corn meal will, in part, tako the place of milk by supplying nitrogenous nutrition just as the milk docs. —Boston Cultivator. OIUIN FOR POULTRY. Bulletin 100 (uew series) of the Geneva (N. Y.) station gives reSults of some experimental tests of the relative value of whole grain aud tho saino ground, for poultry. lucidentally, some other interesting rosults wero 1 obtained. It was thought host to use both I large and small breeds in parallel ex periments; henco two pens of Buffi Cochins and two WhitoLeghorns wero used. The experiment extended over a period of two years. Tho pen of Leg horns having good grain laid moro eggs tho seoond year than tho first; while tho other three pens fell off in egg production for the second yaar. From the following records it will be scon that for tho Cochins, whole grain was best, and for Leghorns, ground grain was tho best: The Cochins having ground grain consumed an average of 3 1-10 ounces of water-free food each per day, at a cost of $lO2 1 15 per hen por year, and averaged 43J eggs weighing 95 I-10 ounoes. For every pound of eggs produced they consumed 13 pounds of ivater-free food at a cost of 17 1-7 cents, or '2O cents par dozen. Cost of food per hen, $1.02 1-5; value j of oggs, 75 cents; lo3t on each hen, 27 1 5 cents. The Cochins having whole grain ale an average of 34 ounces n day, aud j laid an average of 03; eggß each. For 1 every pound of eggs produced they J ato 10 pounds of food costing 13 cents i —l9 -1 -2 cents per dozen. Yearly cost of food per hen, $1.03 1-3; value ofj eggs laid, $1.05; ; profit por hen, I nearly three cents. The Leghorns having ground grain, ate an averngo of 2 8-10 ounces food per day aud laid 93 eggs each, weigh ing 194 1-07 ounces. For every pound of oggs produced they ate 5 1-3 pounds of food costing seven cents— nearly II cents per dozen. Cost of feeding each hen a year, 81J cents; value of eggs laid, $1.33j ; not profit per hen, 494 cents. The Leghorns fed on whole grain, ato an averago of 3 ounces of food per day, aud produced 77 eggs each, weighing 165 8 10 ounces. For one pound of eggs produced they ate li 1-12 pounds of food costing 8 1-12 cents—l 3 1-3 cents per dozen. Cost of food for each hen a year, 954 conts ; value of eggs laid, sl.ll j ; net profit por hen por year. 28 cents. Allowing for the cost of hatshing nnd growing the pullets for these ex periments, thoso having whole grain returnod an averago profit tho first year of 18 per cent., and thoo fed grouud grain gavo a profit of 08 per cent. HANDLING STABLE MANURE. In a recent issue, a contributor gives a number of rules for handling stable manure, writes H. Thomas, of Imlinua, to the American Agricultur ist. His first rule is never pileiu the field, but scatter from the wagou. If he refers to putting tho manure in small heaps to be scattered or spread just before plowing, I agree with him, but if ho advises never to compost I do not agree with him. Situated as I am, just ou the edge of the city, I havo been able to get large quantities of manure. I have tried every cou ceivable experiment iu applying ma nure, aud after yoars of careful study and observation of the different tosts made by myself aud others, I have come to the conclusion that to get the beet results from stable manure it must bo composted either in the field or barn lot. As I haul hundreds of loads of manure from the city, my rule 'a to make one or more heaps in different fields, so that when it comes to spreading I oan get it where I want it without having to haul more than twenty rods from the heap. 1 spread from the wagou and plow under as soon after spreading as possible. Your contributor says he hauls and spreads his manure while the ground is yet frozen, and the spring rains wash it into the soil. Now if tho spring rains come, as they frequently do, bo fore the frost is out of the ground, tho part of the manure which is rich est in plaut food is washed out and carried nway. I have seen the dark colored wafor running down in little rivulets into a stream twenty rods away from where I had spread ma nure on frozoa ground. By properly composting manure the plaut food is renderod more available, and one load of the well-eompostod material is worth almost two in the fresh state. Careful experiments have proven that in the compost heap much of the use less organic matter is reduced, the amount of nitrogen not materially lessened, and tho quantity of soluble ash greatly increased, Of course, if in compcsting, the manure ia thrown out of the slable uuder the eaves of the baru, as it accumulates, und is al lowed to lay there without any care or attention until dranu out and spread, probably spreading at once would be best. But if tho heap is properly made, the sidos built up straight, tho top kept level, so it will catch all the rain and suow, and kept tramped down solid so the heap will not get too hot and lire fauged, forked over once or twice to break it up and tino if down, thoro can bo uo question but that composting is the bosk prac tice. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.' You should manage not to keen a fowl or chick nny longer than it is a source of income. The knowing just what to soil and just when to sell is often the difference between success and failure. It is no use feeding n lot of chicks that arc of uo use only for tho pot; sell them ami use the money to buy feed for tho rest. If one nould succeed intelligently he must go to some trouble and expense to get tho use of the host sires, and must not stand on a few dollars extra for their use. There is a great difference of opinion as to what filth is. Generally it emits a disagreeable scent. A stinking bar rel or hog trough is uot cleanliness, nor is a bad smelling hog pen. A good quality of wool cannot be obtained from sheep which are allowed to grow poor two or three times a year, and are in good condition only when the season is favorable ; in fact, failure is the price of neglect more often than wo think. The sucking pigs may ho crowing nicely, but do not choat yourself with a false idea of the profits unless you aro also observing the mother. She may bo falling off as fast as her pro geny is gaining. Give hor the best food obtainable to keep up both llesh and llow of milk. Take good care that tho pigs have a sufficient supply of salt, ashes aud charcoal; keep it in a box under shel ter where they can help themselves, and never let tho supply entirely run out. There is uo danger of them eat ing too much, for their own cravings will mcusuro that. By proper care and management the calf raised by Laud will develop just as rapidly as if it ha I run with the cow, and it is very certain that it will cost much less. I)o not let it ruu with the eow at all. Peed at the start now milk only, and feed often ; never let it overload its slomach. The principal ingredients of eggs aro lime, nitrogen and phosphoric acid. Green bones, which have been hitherto thrown away, aro tho best and cheapest egg making materialsox taut; and this is because boues aro rich in albumen, phosphate of lime aud phosphoric acid. In short actual waste may be converted into eggs com manding a high price. A t'liureli for Each Person 'the man who bravely abandons all forms of faith and creates a church all for himsolf, without any prusolytos, adhereDts, followers or disciples, is surely worthy of ndmiration, writes .Sir Walter Besaut in tho Queen. A church all for himself; if a Christian church all for himself, the more ad mirably is his courage. Well! the tliiug has been done ; it has bcefl done, uot by one man only, but by two or three, each one of whom has created his own church for himself. New Zoa laud is the place. There they have re cently held a religious census. of tho whole t.hero is ouu "Esoteric Christian," one "Salvation Catholic,' 1 one "Natist," and one "Truist," It is a long way to New Zealand, but in imagination one can see those four profound thinkers standing each at tho door of his own church, ringing the boll for himself, the congregation. At tho sorvice of the "Natist" ono can uot assist even in imagination. The mystery of that form of faith cannot be so muoh as guessed. All by him self! Think of tho dreariness of it! Heaven itself designed for him by himself I Think of the lonesomeuess 1 Zimmermanu, who wroto on Solitude, is the only man who could adequately tackle tho situation. And he has gone and now presumably sits among u crowd. Skeleton in a Tree. In cutting up a giant oak tree on a farm near Hicksville, Ohio, a huiuau skeleton was louud imbedded iu the troe, about thirty feot from the base. The wood had grown around theiboncs, aud the timber had to be oarelully hewn awav. The tree was solid and gave no appearance of ever bavin? been hollow. —Chicago Chronicle. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIKS. HOW TO MEND CHINA, Take a very thick solution of gum nrabio and water nnd stir it into plas ter of paris until tho mixture becomes a viscous paste. Apply it with a brush to the fractured edges and stick them together. In three days the article cannot be broken at tho same place. Tho whiteness of this cement renders it doubly valuable. USES OF SUM-HUB. Sulphur is one ono of tho best pre ventives of mould. Mould is a plant that should be killed as soon as possi ble, and when it is observed iu pan try, kitchen or closet, shut the door tightly, put an iron pan or small pot in a large vessel of water, so there will bo no chauce of lire, aud place them in tho centro of tho room. Put a shovelful of hot coals in tho pan, then drop half a pound of sulphur ovei them and leave tho room. Let the fumigating go on for two or three hours.—Now York Tribune. KEEI' IN THE PANTHV A few cans of good soup for emerg ency dinners. Fresh colery seed for salads, when celery is scarce. Canned mushrooms for sauces and meat dressings. A uico sandwich mixture that can bo quickly prepared with gravy slock or butter for hasty luncheons. Canned lobster for salads aud canned tongue for serving cold, and potted chiekon for slicing or making sand wiches. A good supply of jelly and choco late mixtures, etc., for tho hasty prep aration of layer onkos and pudding sauces. AN ODD BUT I'IIKTTV FORTIEHE. A dainty but simply prepared hnug lug for a small doorway was recently devised by an ingenious woman. In the lirst place she scut to * largo seed house and purchased a quantity of the beeds known as Job's tears. These grow in Indin aud resemble small, pearly gray shells. These seeds she threaded upou gray liucn spool thread, cut in lengths to reach from the floor to the small brass rod which extended across the upper part of the doorway. Tho seeds were put ou with spaces about ono aud a half inches left between. The needle must not be too coarse, beoause if too large nu open iug is made through the seed for the thread to fill, the seed will afterward slip. The thread should draw through tho seed rather hard. Of course a knot was ruado to hold tho lirst seed, after which they were simply strung iu place, and us a string was finished it was tied to tho rod, beginning at one side of tbo doorway. This pre vented the threads from becoming tangled by tying. Alter a suflieiout number of threads had been finished to till two-thirds of the doorway, several shorter threads were strung and tied along the middle Bpace. A pair ol horns was then placed above tho middle of the door way and these shorter threads were caught up in a careless shower, over the horns. The effect was better than that usually atlainod by filling the entire doorway with full-length pendants. The strings did not tangle readily, a9 might be supposed they would ; tbs labor of preparing is light and pleas ant, aud the result attaiued is iu cverv way desirable.—New England Homo stead, RECIPES. Glaze—One teaenpful sugar rapist encd with tho jnico of ono orange; first grate of the yellow part of the or ange and add to the sugar. Boil uutil it will harden in colrt water. Stewed Chestnuts, Cream Sauce- Remove the shells from a quart of large chestnuts blanch as ulmouds aud cook in saltod water until soft. Brain aud pour over a white sauce made as foi the boiled cod, but minus the oysters. German Cakes—Cream half pound of sugar and the same of butter together; add tho yolks of six eggs well beaten; three-quarters of a pound of flour, and a tablospoonful of rose flavoring; roll out, cut iu fancy shapes and bake in a quick oven. Frost if desired. Jt'lum Pudding Sauoe—Cream to gether a cup of powdered sugnr and half a cup of butter; add two well beaten eggs aud tbo juicu aud grated peel of a lemon. In a double boiler hnvo a cup of boiling water, thickened with a teaspoonful of cornstarch. Add the other ingredients and heat, but do not boil. Buck Terrapin—Chop onough cold duck to till two cups; add one cold boiled sweetbread if convenient. Blend a quarter of a cup of butter with two teaspoonfuls of corustarob, and pour over it one cup of hot cream; add sattspoonful of salt and dust of pep per ; add the duck and sweetbread,and heat five minutes. Just before serv ing add the beaten yolks of two eggs. Orango Wafers —Two oggs, beaten, with one cup sugar ; add one-half cup butter, stirred to a cream, one-half cup milk, tbo grated rind of half nu or ange and one and one-half cups flour, through which one tablcspoonful bak ing powder has boon sifted. Drop small spoonfuls on buttered paper aud bake in a quick oven. When cold dip in tbo following glaze and lay on but tered paper. Indian Pound Cake—Sift kalfu pint af lino yellow meal and one-fourth pint of tlouv with a teispoonful of baking powder. Mix with it one-quarter of grated nutmeg and a teaspoon fill of oiunamon. Stir to a cream ono-fourth pound butter with ono-fourth pound sugar, add one-fourth teacupl'ul milk. Beat four eggs very light, stir them into the butter and sugar, a little at a time in turn with the meal. Bake one hoti: and a half, jSsoelleut if eaten frceih Tho Corpse Fled tlio Autopsy. I)r. Crawford, of Baltimore. is re lated to htv advlaed a patient. who fancied he was dying of liver disease, to travel. On returning lie appeared to be quite well. but. upon receiving in formation of the death of n twin broth er, win) had actually died of a scirrhous liver, he immediately staggered, and, falling down, cried out that he was dead, and had, as he always expected, died of a liver complaint. Dr. Craw ford. being sent for, Immediately at tended, and. on being Informed of the notion which had seized the hypo chondriac, exclaimed: "Oh, yes. the gentleman is certainly dead, ami it is more than prot>able that his liver was the death of him. However, to ascer tain the fact, I will hasten to cut him open before putrefaction takes place." He called for a carving-knife, and whetting it, ns a butcher would when about to open a dead calf, ho stepped up to the patient and began to open Ills waistcoat. The hypochondriac be •fliue so terribly frightened that he leaped up with the agility of a rabbit, and, crying out "Murder! Murder! Murder!" ran off with a speed that would have detled a score of doctors to catch him. After running a considera ble distance, until lie w4s almost ex hausted, he halted, and not finding th doctor at his heels, soon became com posed From that i>erlod this gentle man was never known to complain of his liver, nor bad he for more than twenty years afterward any symptoms jf this disease.—Philadelphia Times. Never Ate Solid Food. Tommy Horton is one of San Fran cisco's freaks. Though 118 years old he has the faculties and physical appear mice of a boy early In his teens. lie la by no means half-witted, for he baa all the wits of a boy of Id. Hut at 8 his mind naturally should have developed. Futil three weeka ago he has spent all of his time at lioina. but now he Hmk a situation as errand-boy for a dealer in microscopical supplies. This work has taken him to scientists through them his condition l>ecauie public. Tommy, though lorn healthy, had early In life ail the infantile diseases. Besides, he had stricture of the stom ach. as n result of which his digestive apparatus went on a strike, and has remained out of work ever since. Then lie was ruptured, and afterward hail a severe attack of asthma. Never in his life has he eaten a hit of solid food, and. for a time. It was only with the greatest difficulty that his stomach could retain even milk and water. He takes broths and baby foods, ami sometimes goes for days without an ounce of nourishment. Consequently, for lack of phosphates, his lrain hasn't developed. He is loft In a lamentable condition of naive honeoty. His skin is as smooth and innocent of hair as that of a baby.— New Yofk Press. Copied the Name from His Grip. Mr. Smith, an English traveler, ar rived one evening at a Hotel in Austria. On the way he had picked up a smart derma 11 and hired him as a servant. In Austria every one staying at a hotel Is obliged to register his name and oc cupation In a book, which is kept for police examination, so Mr. Smith told Ills servant Fritz to bring this book for him to write his name. "I have already registered uiilor," said Frits, "as an Englishman of Inde pendent means." "But I've never told you my name, so how do you know what It is?" "I copied it from milor*H portman teau." answered Fritz. "Why. it isn't on my portmanteau," cried Mr. Smith; "bring the book and let me see what you have put down." The book was brought and Mr.Smith. to his amusement, discovered that tils clever servant had described hint as: "Monsieur Warranted Sole Leath er!"— The dripsack. Belgium will adopt the twenty-four hour clock dials May I. A Solid Haslß. Bold is a solid basis of financial transac tion, and for business that's the best thing for us. It isso in the physicah'onditions. If by some carelessness or exposure to sudden cold tbo muscles of the back are contracted and stiffened, we have at once lumbago, or lame back, sometimes called "orick iu the back," which is disabling and unfits all who have it for any activity. Now, to got back to a solid basis of health and strength, Bt. Jacobs Oil should at once lie used to relax the twisted muscles and restore to their uatural condi tion. It takes but a short time to perform the cure and the cure Is certain. The back is thon on a solid basis for strength nnd work, and nothing will bring about the change like ths great remedy for uain. JUST Iry a tic. box or CaaoareM. en n quit. 1 can': begin U ic:l you all the suffering I have gone through. 1 lost my app-titc and nearly starved myself in trying to work up . relish for food ; but indigestion, dv , 1 pepsia, constipation, biliousness and headache constantly attended nv. 1 took bitters, tonics, pills, but they didn't cure me. My wife had a •> son:" trouble with her stomacli anil it was a friend of hers who first told her to t y RIPANS TABULES \Yc started in together to take them. My appetite soon canic : . and I began to fi rl L>ullanil my wife is as well as ever she was in her lit-.' J "Thoughtless Folks Have the Hardest Work, But Quick Wilted People Use SAPOLIO O f p cub A c Bonds Prevlou* issues. $6 IMMIUIII nml wolil. Send for riivnlar. |{ . 11. S.lh Till;, I'roilnrr I'.xi-liM II- lluililiuu, - NEW York. MI/I'AII Vegetable Cancer Ueinedy .MIH ('anoornand Tumors >il yourhonu' IVrlivt euro. Mizpnh MedicineCo.,*nifttngn N.Y, OPiUMSDIN|NHp t'urd. DR. J.L. STEPHENS. UittAWON.OKtO