Alfalfa.
One among the first requirements
as to a new country is: "Does clover
do well?" But clover or grasses are
not the first things needed to be raised
in a new country. Nature has sup
plied native grasses more abundantly
than the poor Bettler with his small
amount of stock has demand for. So
it is many years before tame grasses
or clover are experimented with.
Southern lowa, my former home,
writes J. M. Rice, of Win view, Okla
homa, is now known as a great blue
grass section, yet it had been settled
ten years before the first blue grass
seed was sown, and that was not done
by a farmer, but by a merchant in his
dooryard.
Clover was not grown for twenty
years, but to-day its clover and tim
othy fields are larger and more im
portant than those devoted to any
other sort of crop.
With our five years' history in this
newest country but little attention is
yet needed for any kind of grasses, for
in addition to the native, there is usu
ally more straw and fodder connected
with the grain crops than we have use
for.
For three years I have had a small
plat of alfalfa in what is known as hard
land or heavy soil, in distinction from
the light soils, these containing more
or less sand.
It is part of a little valley of forty to
eighty rods in width, along a very
small water course, that can be almost
crossed at one step. One-half is red
clay underlaid with red shale. Water
can usually be found in this shale at a
depth of five to ten feet. The other
half lays about two feet higher and the
soil is of a chocolate color.
The lower red soil has produoed
about twice the amount of alfalfa of
that of the upper darker soil and is
not so much effected by dry weather.
It might be said that this red soil
would hardly produce corn while the
other would be the best -we have,
though not nearly so good for corn as
lighter soil, while the red is the best
for wheat, oats and sorghum.
The past two years have been dry,
but it takes the third year for alfalfa to
reach its best. The first year it was
cut twice, the cuttings being left on
the ground. The second year it was
cut three times perhaps aggregating at
the rate of a ton and a half per acre.
This year it was in full bloom and just
ready to cut when the hail of May 12
cut it closer than the mower would
have done. In just one month it was
ready to cut again and made at least at
the rate of a ton of cured hny per acre.
It will have to be very reasonable if
it does not yield two more crops before
our usual frost time. This year will
give a fair idea of its profitableness,
but I am inclined to think that it will
be on our red low lawns and that when
we need it that one-fourth of our
farms will be a magnificent alfalfa
fields.
Clover With Spring: Grain.
It always pays to BOW clover with
spring grain. In a favorable season,
as the present has been, there will
probably be a good seeding of the
clover. In that case it will be well in
September, or perhaps earlier than
this if rains continue, to sow timothy
so as to make with the clover a per
manent seeding. But oven if the
clover seeding has been a partial fail
ure, enough of it will have rooted to
make a growth that will much more
than pay for the cost of the seed, even
if it be plowed under as green ma
nure. There is probably no such in
crease in manurial value anywhere as
from the clover seed put into the
ground and the plant that comes from
it. In bulk, the grain of mustard,
which grows into a tree large enough
for the birds to lodge in its branches,
may surpass the clover. But in ma
nurial value, counting the fertilizing
effect of the clover roots in the sub
soil, a grain of clover is worth more
than the biblical grain of mustard
seed.
It was a good farmer from whom we
learned this advice to always sow clo
ver seed in the spring, even though
there was a reasonable certainty that
that spring grain stubble would be
plowed in fall for some winter grain.
In one season out of three, the farmer
said, the spring grain seeding will be
too good to be plowed up for any
further chances. In the other two
seasons there would still be enough
clover to much more than repay the
cost of seed, even if it were plowed
under as green manure. In every
case the clover growth took the
place of some weed that would be
worth less than itself as a fertilizer.
So every time the farmer sowed clover
seed it was with the result of increas
ing soil fertility, which is the capital
on which the farmer must rely for his
profits. •
The fact that to have plenty of clo
ver seed in the ground is the best as
surance of successful farming has only
lately become known to many farmers.
In this, rather than from their direct
profits, is the greatest gain from the
praotice of growing clover seed. It is
inevitable that wherever clover seed is
grown, more or less of the seed fails
to be gathered. It falls to the ground.
But it is not thereby lost. Usually
the clover ley is plowed early next
spring, or possibly in the fall, so that
the seed does not have a good a chance
to grow the next season. But it is not
lost. Year after year as this field is
plowed this volunteer clover will ap- j
pear from what was thought at the
time to he wasted seed. It is thus i
that the farmer who grows clover seed
receives a benefit that comes in the (
form likely to do him the greatest
good. He always gets a better clover
seeding than he is entitled to from the
seed he has sown. Even if he has
sown none he is reasonably sure of a
partial clover seeding.—Boston Culti- j
vator.
Sheep Diseases and Their Itcmedies.
Perhaps there is no other domestio
animal that suiters so much from para
sites as the sheep. First, of course,
comes the sheep-tick. They are on
almost all sheep and are so common
that many people seem to regard them 1
ns unavoidable nnd as natural to sheep
as the wool itself. But let even half a
dozen ticks get on a thoughtless shep- j
herd and bite all at once, and he will I
begin to realize the agony of the young
lamb with a thousand on him, as is
often the case just after the sheep are
sheared. They are all there for blood
and they get it as long as there is
enough left to pay for boring. One
tick on a man, says Coleman's Rural
World, will cause him to suspend all oth- j
er labors until he gets it off, and if he
believes that a sheep has so little sense
of feeling that she can be comfortable '
with a tick gnawing at every square
inch, he should have regard enough i
for his pocket to stop feeding so many
mouths that give no income. Sheep
are often so reduced in flesh and
strength by these pests alone that they
are supposed to be afflicted with some
strange epidemic; and they are more
liable to other maladies than if they
could have the benefit of all the food
they eat.
The next most painful nffliction is
perhaps caused by grubs in the head.
Any person who has dissected a sheep's
head or seen their skulls lying about
has noticed a long, thin, parallel plate
of bone reaching from the nose upward.
It is between these plates that the larva
of the gadfly find lodging and food.
They are where the sheep can apply I
no force to expel them by either sneez- j
ing or coughing, and nre a constant j
source of irritation nnd pain. The
pressure of these in indicated by dis
charges which keep the sheep's nose
filthy and by attempts to sneeze ac
companied by distressing sounds. • A
low condition of the blood, whether
caused by ticks or intestinal worms, is
often shown first in dullness of the
eyes and watery swellings below the
jaws. For dissecting a sheep Profes
sor .Tames Law gives the following di
rections: "Open up the nose and all
connecting cavities in the head; all the
air passages in the lungs; all the gall
ducts in the liver; the stomach and the
whole length of the intestines; in the
latter case look carefnlly for the
smallest threadlike worms from one
fifth inch and upward in length. Treat
ment will vary with the species of par
asite and its habitat."
The same authority recommends
the following treatment for various
troubles: For grub in the bend: If the
trouble is with grubs about the pass
ages of the head, the sheep may be
turned on its back with the nose ex- j
tended and into each nostril may be ;
poured one ounce of a liquid made by
mixing a tenspoonful of benzine in a
quart of water. Repent this daily for
a week. A more effective, though a
moro dangerous, plan is to bore with
a trephine or gimlet through the outer
plate of bone on the rounded elevation
on the forehead to tlio inner side of
each eye, and with a syringe and tepid
water to wash out the cavities. The
water and grubs will flow out through
the nose. Then finally a teaspoonful
of the benzine mixture may be injected
on each sido and left in the cavity.
For lung worms: Shut the flock into a
close room and burn Bulphur, pinch by
pinch, until the air is as strongly
charged with the fumes as the sheep
can breathe without violent coughing
or sneezing. Let them breathe this
for half an hour, nnd repeat it daily
for a week. It may then be stopped
for a month, after which they should
be subjected to a second week's treat
ment, to kill the young worms that
have been hatched out from the eggs
in the interval.
A Curious Insurance Case.
Journalistic enterprise has led to a
curious insurance ease in Paris. M.
Henri Martin, chief editor of the Cour
ier de Lyon, was found dead in his
room hanging from a cord passed over |
a hook in the ceiling and attached to
a dog collar round his neck. His life
was insured for S6OOO, which the in
surance company refused to pay on the
ground that he committed suicide. He
had, however, been publishing articles j
on the scientific side of hanging, and
was preparing one describing the sen
sations of a hanged man. Tho coun
sel for his family will contend that he
was making experiments on himself,
and that his death was accidental,
Dos Taxes in France.
In France it is not necessary to
have a license to keep a dog, but what
amounts to practically the same thing,
it is necessary to pay a dog tax, whioh
varies according to the species—a
watch dog paying less than a fancy
poodle, and so forth. From the re
turns of this tax it is learned that
there are 2,900,000 dogs in France,
which bring in an annual revenue of
$1,760,000. - i
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Potaflh For I*otntocn.
Potash is the mineral that is most
needed for the potato crop. But it is
much better distributed as a top
dressing over the whole surface than
applied with the seed potatoes in the
hill. The potato roots very early in
their growth fill tho soil between the
rows. When mineral manures are ap
plied in the hill, unless care is taken
to mix them thoroughly with the soil,
they may eat into the cut seed, and ef
fectually destroy the germ.
used broadcast on the surface ther in
no danger of this.
Burdock I.cavcs for Ilorxefi.
It is a practice of some farmers we
know to let a few burdock plants grow
so as to furnish a green bite for horses
during tho early summer. Tho l orses
are almost crazy at this season to eat
something green, and the slightly bit
ter taste of the burdock leaves does
not prevent them from eating them
greedily. This will not interfere with
eating dry feed as green grass would
do. In fact, some horsemen regard
the burdock leaves as a valuable tonic,
and declare that horses eat more
heartily and do more work after they
have been fed thus.—American Culti
vator.
Grow Mutlicinul i'lantfl.
Many medicinal plants can be grown
with profit, as tho demaud for some
kinds is increasing. Absinthe (worm
wood) can raised as far north as
New England, and this country im
ports it from Europe. Saffron, which
sells for $8 per pound, may be grown
in nearly all sections. Peppermint
and spearmint find ready sale, and
sage, which is well known to every
farmer, is imported, frequently selling
at $l5O per ton. Then there are hoar
hound, boneset, mandrake, blood root,
pennyroyal, etc., which are regarded
as weeds in some localities, all of
which are largely used and have a
value m market.
Care of Milk Fans.
At a convention in Minnesota, J. K.
Bennett said, among other things: In the
care of cans, they are to be kept clean
and free from rust. They should be
washed as soon as possible after being
used. Itinse first with cold water,then
sorub thoroughly with a brush both in
side and outside, using warm water,al
most hot, or better a good soap suds;
use it often anyhow. Give particular
attention to tho seams aud don't forget
the outsides. You know tho inside is
often judged by the outside. Finish
with scalding water. Turn your cans
upside down long enough only to allow
them to drain; then leave them right
side up, or 011 their sides in the fresh
air, and you will have clean, sweet
cans. It is a very common error to
leave them over a stake, 01*011 a board.
This is a serious mistake,as invariably
the cans will sour thereby. The hot
air or steam rises and has no escape,
consequently condenses in tho cans
aud sours. Much milk otherwise well
cared for is often tainted from no other
reason. A rusty can should not be
used, as it imparts a foreign flavor to
milk.—Dairy World.
Snmmer Cure of Berry Bushes.
All berry bushes should be protected
from summer heat and drought. This
may be done iu two ways. First, by
frequent cultivation and hoeing, thus
forming an earth mulch, which pre
vents the rapid escape of moisture
from the soil. Second, by covering the
ground around the hill with coarse
manure, straw and other material,
which prevents evaporation and re
tains the moisture about the roots.
One of tho best and cheapest mulches
for tho farmer is green clover, cut in
blossom and applied same as manure.
It is easily applied, retains moisture,
enriches tho soil, keeps the berries
clean and contains no germ of noxious
weeds. A good mulch well applied is
one of the great necessities in success
ful fruit growing. When now canes of
the blackberry and black raspberry are
eighteen inches high, nip the top ofl
about two inches; this will cause sev
eral new laterals to grow, which should
be trimmed severely in the spring.
Tho pinching back of new growth is
important. It largely increases the
bearing surface, keeps the bush low,
strong, well formed and less liable to
injury from severe storms.—M. A.
Thayer, in Nebraska Fanmer.
Killing Roue Buss.
A Greenfield (Mass.) subscriber
writes: *T havo several peaclitrees
which at the present time are full of
fruit. While thinning them I found
that many had holes in them aud oth
ers were being eaten by the common
rose bug. Sometimes the bugs were
almost hidden in the holes they were
eating. Is this unusual or is it only
that I have never noticed it before?
Is there anything that can be done
to prevent it? This year there are so
many more peaches than tho trees can
bear that lam not sorry; but another
year it may be different. Peaches are
now about an inch long and one-half
to three-fourths the other way."
In years when the rose beetles are
abundant in a locality it is not unusual
to find them eating the fruit of peach,
apple and cherry trees. They are
Very destructive to bearing grapo
vines, eating the blossoms as well as
tho leaves. Their first choice seems to
be white roses and grape blossoms, but
green apples and peaches are very ac
ceptable. No better method than
hand-picking has yet been discovered
for combating this insect. They nre
most easily caught by holding a dish
of water under them in the cool of the
morning. On touching them with the
other hand they will let go their hold
and drop into the water. Hoapy water
is better than clear, aud a little ker
osene on top of the water is better
still. Vines aiid trees are sometimes
protected by covers of fly-netting, and
for a few small trees this is cheap aud
sure.—A. W. Gbeevcr. in New Eng
land Farmer.
WATCHWORDS' OF LIFE.
Hope,
While there's a hand to strike;
Dare,
Whllo there's a young heart brave;
Toil,
While there's a task unwrought;
Trust,
Whilo there's a God to save.
Learn
That thore's a work for eaeh;
Feel
That thore's a strength In God;
Know,
That thore's a orown reserved.
Wait.
Though 'noath the cloud and 6od;
Love,
Where there's a foe that wrongs;
Help,
When there's a brother's need;
Watch,
When there's a tempter near;
Pray,
Both in thy word and deed.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
"So your son has completed liis
edycation?" "Great Seott! No! Why,
l\e'a just out of college!"— Detroit •
News.
"Has Bigmoney any poor rela
tives?" "He doesn't know. lie isn't
dead yeL"—Cincinnati Commercial-
Tribune.
"Do you think capital punishment
a remedy for crime?" "Well, it
might be if persisted in for several
generations."—Judge.
She—"Talk about woman's idle cur
iosity! There's no such thing." He !
—"No. I should say it worked night
and day."—Detroit Journal.
A proofreader has been discharged
because a cowslip by the river's brim !
a simple cow's lip was to him, and
nothing more.—Somerville Journal.
A cab-owner had the word "Excel
sior" painted on the door-panel of all
his vehicles. He explained that his
motto was "Hire."—London Tit-Bits.
"My wife cleans house eight times a
year," said the applicant for divorce.
"Decree granted," said the judge, in
a voico that shivered.—Detroit Free
Press.
The Pretty Girl—"Miss Smuther
was named after her Uncle George,
wasn't she?" The Bright One—"l
don't know. She looks as if she was
named before him."—Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Wallace—"There is nothing like
matrimony to make a man appreciate
the value of money." Ferry—"That's
so. A dollar a man gives fo his wife
does look bigger to him than any other
dollar."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Typewriter—"l am rapid enough,
and understand business forms all
right, but I must admit that I cannot
spell." Business Man—"You won't '
do, then, even at the price. I can't
spell, either."—lndianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Manykyds—"There is one
good thing about our girls; they are
always self-possessed." Papa Many
kyds (grimly)—" Yes; they are too
Belf-possessed. I wish they'd get
some one else to possess them."—
Puck.
"How in the world did you get old
Curmudgeon's consent to wed his
daughter?" "Finesse, me boy, finesse.
I told all around that he caught seven
teen four-pound bass on that last fish
ing expedition of his." —Detroit Free
Press.
"You blamed old plug," said
the farmer to his balky horse, "you
actually ain't worth killin' un
less," he added, after second thought,
"unless I could manage to get you
killed by the railroad."—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Nurse—"Please, mum, you must
send for tlie doctor quick for little
Johnnie." Mother—"Oh, dear! What
is the matter?" Nurse—"l don't
know, mum; but he hasn't been up to
any mischief for two hours."—Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Bobby had been studying his dear
old grandfather's wrinkled face for
a long time. "Well, Bob," said the
old gentleman, "do you like my face?"
"Yes, grandpa," said Bobbie, "it's on
awfully nice face, but why don't you
have it ironed?" —Standard.
Sprockets—"l was sorry not to
keep my appointment with you; but,
you see, my wheel broke down."
Hudson—"Why didn't you come in
on the train?" Sprockett—"Heav
ens! And ride with those miserable
non-bikers? Never!" —Philadelphia
North American.
M. D. (to anxious mother) —"Your
son's case is very simple; we will take
out his spine, lay his lungs and heart 1
bare, inject his liver with an acid, and
insert a silver wire at tho base of his
thorax. We will then sew him up j
neatly, and you'll be surprised at the
change it'll make."—Truth.
"Dear," said the Senator's wife,
"the papers are accusingyou of lotting
tho stock market influence your vote.'
"It is a lie," roared the statesman, as
lio pounded the table with his fist.
"All I have done in that direction was
to allow my vote to influence my deal
ings in the stock market." —Indian-
apolis Journal.
Little Harry—"You didn't preach
last Sunday, did you?" The Minis
ter—"No; I was ill and omitted my
sermon." Little Harry—"l thought
they was something happened, for
when pa got homo he said ho wouldn'l
mind goiu' to church every Sunday ii
they always had that kind of services"
Leader.
They had been discussing the ad
vancement of science. "I sec ii
is claimed that they can get electricity
direct from coal now," suggested the
lawyer. "That won't do us any good,"
returned the railroad manager. "Ii .
we could get coal direct from electric- -
ity now we wouldn't have to worrj j
about this strike."—Chicago Evening j
Post.
In a home lor sandwich men in Lon
don there are said to be several uni
versity graduates and medical men, 1
and a Scotchman who ran through j
$250,000 in three years.
A Just Claim.
! "Miss Grabbs declares her girl
friends can't deny that her attachment
to that gentleman with a title was u
case of love at first sight."
"That's very true," replied Miss Cay
enne. "She saw him first."—-Washing-
Ro Star.
Corpses on a Ship.
j When dead bodies are entered ns
cargo on a ship, they are recorded on
the invoices as "statuary" or "natural
history specimens," to allay the super
stitious fears of the crew.
Camphor is now exclusively a
product of Japan, since the annexation
>f Formosa to that country. The cam
phor tree thrives only in particular lo
calities, where the average yearly tern
• perature is above 15 degrees C. It is
found in Slilkoku, KinahJu and a i>or
tion of Izu and Kit provinces. A cam
phor tree grows at the rate of about
Dne and a half inches a year and at
• tains a great size, forty feot in clrcum.
ference not Indng unusual. The quau<
I tity of camphor produced by a tree in
jrea&es as the tree grows older, and
is much as eight pounds of camphor
lias been obtained at one time from
• trees l>etween 50 and 350 years old.
Crude camphor is made by steaming
the thin chips of the wood in a wooden
.'ask set over an iron pot. the camphor
in a gaseous state being conveyed
through a bamboo pipe to a set of twe
rectangular wooden receptacles placed
3ue within the other. In these the
stream is condensed and the camplioi
i solidified. The chips are steamed for
| twenty-four hours and then replaced j
by fresh chips, this process continuing 1
for from ten to fifteen days. When :
the receptacles become thoroughly j
cooled the solid camphor deposited In
tlie lower compartments of the upper
receptacle is scraped off and put lntc
a dripping tub, whore It is left for three !
lays to separate water and oils from the
crude camphor. According to informa
tion gathered by the National Assocla
tion of American Manufacturers, the
cultivation of camphor trees is con
sidered very profitable In Japan.-.
New York Times.
Twenty-five years ago scientists pre
dicted that abundant coal fields would
be found on both sides of the British
channel, and the predictions have beeD
fulfilled. Besides the great Kentish
fields discovered several years ago and
yielding bountifully ever since im
mense tracts of coal have been recently
found between Calais and Cape Gris
nez. The French discoveries wore the
result of those in England, geologists
being sure that the same belt of coal
1 extended under the water from one
country to the other. This last discov
ery Ls of the greatest importance to iu-
I dust rial France.
Every one believes he does not "get
the credit" he deserves.
New Rails for the B. & 0.
The new 85-pound steel rails that
the receivers of the B. & O. purchased
several months ago, at an exceedingly
low figure, are now being delivered at |
| the rate of 5,000 tons a month. As
j fast as it comes it is being laid, and
it the weather continues good at least
: 20,000 tons of it will be In tho track by
Christmas. Nearly a million cross
ties have been bought in the last year
and placed in the track ready for the
new rail. Ballast trains have been
kept busy up and down the line, and
the work has progressed with such
rapidity that when the new rail is
down the tracks will be practically
new from Wheeling to Baltimore.
I There are lots of good rail in the old
tracks, not heavy enough for the new
motive power, which will be taken up
and laid on divisions where traffic is
not as groat as it is on the main line.
About ten thousand tons of new steel
will be laid on the lines west of the
j Ohio river this fall, if weather permits.
There Is a Class of People
Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re
cently there has been placed in all the grocery
stores a new preparation called <Jrain-0,m;ulo
of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee,
fhe most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and hut few can tell it from coffee.
. It docs uot cost over one-quarter as much.
Children may drink it. with great benefit. Ift
lirahTtJ • " Cr pac^aße * Ary for
Fits permnnontlv cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use of I):-. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. s2trial bottle and treatise free
Die. R. 11. KLINE. Ltd.. ttil Arch Bt.,Phila.,Pa.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums,reducing inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c.a bottle.
If afflicted with sore, eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-watur.Druggistssell at 25c.per bottle.
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Beautifies and restores Gray
Hair to its original color and
vitality; prevents baldness;
cures itching and dandruff.
A fine hair dressing. 1
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hold by all Druggists.
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Cheering Indication.
The fact tliat $14,225, the largest
amount ever paid at one time into the
"conscience fund" of the United States
Government, has been received within
the last year, is a cheering indication
that some men are growing better in
stead of worse.
No Inducement.
Castleton—llow few girls go in bath- '
lug here this season!
1 Dillback —Yes. The grand stand
back of the bathing beach has been
washed away.—Judge.
The 13. O. officials are very much
pleased with certain statistics that
have recently been prepared of the
performance of freight trains on the
Second division, which handles all the
east and west-bound trafllc between
Baltimore and Cumberland. Before
the new freight engines were pur
chased, and the improvements made
in the track, in the way of straighten
ing curves and reducing grades, the I
average number of cars to the train '
was 28ifc. Now, with more powerful '
and modern motive power and a better ;
track, the average.is 40 ears per train, j
an increase of 41 per cent. The ave- i
age east-bound movement per day for j
the first ten days of August was 1,123 j
loaded cars. On the Third division, |
Cumberland to Grafton, where there I
are grades of 125 feet to the mile, the >
engines used haul 19% loads to the
train. Now the average is 25% loads
per train, an increase of 31 per cent.
It would certainly appear that the ;
money spent in improvements on the
B. A- (>. is being amply justified and
that the cost of operation is being very
materially reduced.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange tnewbole system
when entering it th rough the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hail's Catarrh
Cure manufaotureel by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, ()., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood ami
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall's atarrh t.ure be sure to get the genuine.
It is taken internally, and is mode in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J.Cheney &Co. Testimonials free.
f?F~8old by Druggists; price, 76c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Shake Into Tour Shoes
Allen's Foot-Kane, a powder for the feet. It
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bun
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the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fit
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We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
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AUD, Springfield, Ills., Oct. 1,1894.
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Gladstone's Denial.
There was a report not long ago that
Mr. Gladstone was learning to ride th
bicycle, and ifs contradiction is the sig
nal for Mr. James I'ayu to drop into
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Mr. Gladstone denies he has taken to
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j Though from office and power he be a
receder,
fie will ne'er be a Wheeler who has been
a Leader.
MES. ELLA M'GABVY,
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