More and Greater
Are the cures produced by Hood's Sarea
parilla than by any other medioine. If
you are suffering with scrofula, salt rheum, j
hip disease, running sores, boils, pimples. |
dyspepsia, loss of appetite or that tired
feeling, take Hood's HarsapariUa. You ;
may confidently expect a prompt and
permanent cure. Its unequaled record is
due to its positive merit. Itemember !
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is tii©beat—ln foot, the OneTrae Blood Porifler.
Hood's Pills i
MYSTERY SOLVED BY SCIENCE. ;
Microbes Can Draw Nitrogen from
the Air end Give It to Plants. I
Besides buying well-selected fertll- ;
Ixers, the progressive farmer of the fu
ture will nlso provide himself with bot
tled billions of the microbes which en
able plants to obtain nitrogen from the
air. It was a long puzzle to chemists
to learn how nitrogen Is absorbed. It
wns elenr thai under ordinary circum
stances plants are unable to appropri
ate directly front tile air the nitrogen
they absolutely require for their
growth. The air In the pores of the
soil contains plenty of It, but the roots
are not capable of causing It to he
come a constituent of the sap or liber. I
Leguminous plants, such as beans,
peas, and clover, require a great deal j
of nitrogen, and It was of special In
terest to provide them artificially, If
possible, with tills important constit
uent.
The mystery was dispelled by a re
cent discovery that the roots of plants j
capable of absorbing nitrogen bear lit
tle protuberances, and It Is through
these protuberauccs that the nitrogen
Is taken In. Further study with the |
help of the microscope reveuled the
fact that the protuberances contain
millions of bacteria, and that It Is these
bacteria that absorb the nitrogen and
give It to the roots of pinnts In a form
In which It can be used by them. To
the activity of these beneficent bacte
ria. plants—particularly leguminous
plants—owe their vigor and perhaps
their existence In their present form. '
The plant life In this view. Is a result,
In Incidental product, of the vital pro
cesses of microbes, a million of which
could swim with comfort In a single
drop of water. The next step was to !
Isolate, by methods with which bac- !
terlologists are familiar, the varieties
of bacteria suited to each crop, and to
breed them artificially In paying quan
tities.
This has been done. A German firm r
breeds seventeen species of bacteria of
the nitrogen-absorbing species and
sells them to agriculturists In bottles
under the name of "ultragln." A bot
tle containing some thousand billions
of the useful bacteria and selling for
51.25 will "Inoculate," it Is said, an
acre of ground. The experience of far
mers with "ultragln" is too brief to
qualify them to speak with certainty
of its practical utility. Some have ob- j
talned encouraging results, while oth
ers have not. It has been on the mar- !
ket less than a year and began to be i
used too late In the sea son for a fair
test. "Nltragln" ought to be used be ,
fore it Is two mouths old, and Ms vital- j
Ity Is Impaired, If not wholly lost, when J
It is four months old. It must be kept ;
In a cool place, and Is best applied, per
haps, at night, since It Is Injured by ex- :
posure lo the light. Its function Is to '
assist germinating seeds and small
roots to put forth the desired protuber
ances.
It Is accordingly useless for growing
plants, and In soils already well sup- ;
plied with nitrogen In the required
form. Under favorable conditions sev
eral experimenters have obtained, It Is J
said, excellent results. Cereals have ;
not been found susceptible to lis lnflu
ence to an appreciable extent. Much
remains to be determined as io the ex !
tent of Its utility. It Is yet undecided,
It seems, whether the seed or the soli
Is lo be Inoculated—whether the seed
should be mixed with the gelatine con 1
taining the "nltragln," or whether the
"nltragln" should be mixed with a |
quantity of the latter scattered over
the area to be treated. In any case, i
agriculturists have In nllragln an In- '
terosting subject of experiment.—Bal
ttmore Sun.
wny Not t.rotv Heels'.*
Germany lias 1,1)00,000 acres of land
In sugar beets, and France has 1,700,-
000. Ten or twelve tons of beets can '
be grown to the acre and will yield a
ton of sugar. One million acres of
sugar beets give a crop worth $50,000,-
000. One million acres in corn at pres
ent prices give a crop worth $6,250,000.
Why not grow sugar beets?— Leave- I
worth Times.
W▼??VTVTTT y f W V T ▼ W\
A A Aii
Ayer's
is the name to remember when /
\ buying Sarsaparilla. It has been
< curing people right along for \
more than 50 years. That's why. >
Precise.
! One day a boorish client entered a
lawyer's office and found him writing.
The stranger took a seat, and after In
forming the lawyer that he had come
| lo consult him on a matter of some Im
> portance, observed, "My father died
and made a will."
! "You say," remarked the lawyer,
writing steadily, "your father died and
| made a will."
"Yes. sir, my father died anil made
a will."
| "Humph!" still writing and paying no
attention.
I "I eny, Mr. Call, my father died and
made a will."
■ "Very strange!" writing and not no
i ticlng his client.
| "Mr.-Call, I say again," taking out
his purse and placing a fee on the ta
ble, "my father made a will and died."
"Oh, now we may understand each
other." said the lawyer, all attention;
"your father made a will before he
died. Why didn't you say so at first?
Well, now, go on, let's hear."
Webster and Clay Italic the Wind.
The recollections of John Sherman,
the tallest and thinnest man In Con
gress, do not embrace the best story
of Webster and Clay. Both were great
money-makers, and both were forever
In the hardest financial straits. One
day Clay went to Webster and said:
"Got any money, Dan? I want $250."
"I was going over to borrow that
amount of you," said Webster. "I am
dead broke."
"World' where we can raise it? We
need SSOO between us."
They formed themselves In a commit
tee of ways and means, und after much
thought evolved a plan.
"Clay, If you will nuike a drnrt on
me tit thirty days I will indorse it, and
we can get the money at the bank."
The draft Is in a' Washington bank
nt this day, bearing both signatures.
The two "old bo.vs" got the money and
the next day were skirmishing around
for more.—New York Press.
A New "Ad" Scheme.
Advertising threatens to break out
In a new place. Many barber shops
In this city have recently received front
a corporation, officered with inen of dis
tinguished surnames, a circular pro
posing an Ingenious enterprise. The
company writes to obtain the privilege
of posting advertisements on the walls
and ceilings of barber shops at sucli
points as shall come within the range
of vision of persons thnt submit them
selves to the hands of the barber and
bis assistants. It Is lite hope of the
company that the barbers will yield U p
their wall space in return for so many
shares of stock per chair in the com
pany, and the glittering hope is held out
that when the business Is once well
established the stock at a par value of
$lO will pay dividends of 50 per cent,
annually. It is announced that the busi
ness is already established In 3,000 bar
ber shops in Philadelphia.—New York
Sun.
A Kare ltird.
The rarest species of bird now ex
tant, and one which Is almost extinct,
has Its home In the Jungles of South
Amerlen. The ornithological curiosity
Is known to science as the palamedra
cornuda, and to the common people as
the "horned screamer." As a rara avis
nothing could excel the cornuda, unless
It should be the accidental discovery
of a living moa, or an epiuornls. But
few of the bird books even let you
know that such a horned paradox ever
existed, let alone telling you that living
specimens of the queer creature are oc
casionally met with. The only one now
In captivity In North America, If the
writer was not misinformed, Is that
belonging to the aviary of the Philadel
phla Zoological Gardens, and which ar
rived 111 this eountry about three years
ago. The eroature is about the size of
a full-growu turkey hen, and of . n
blackish brown color. One of its dis
tinguishing peculiarities is a ruffle of
black and white which surrounds the
head.
Old-Time Scotch Obituary.
The following death notice appeared
In the Edinburgh Weekly Muguzine of
March 2, 1775: "Feb. 12—At New
Iteay, in the county of Caithness, much
regretted, Francis Tait. parochial
school muster there, in the one hundred
and second year of his age; a man of an
athletic form, of a saturnine complex
lon and ids size about six foot. lie
lived chiefly upon vegetables, wns n
favorite of the muses and nt times
drank freely. He was no less distin
guished for ids piety than for the good
order he observed in his school, for his
easy method of teaching and for infus
ing into his pupils a laudable spirit of
emulation, lie retained his senses to
the last."
I>eptli to Plant Potatoes.
The wet weather this summer is
causing a good many fields of potatoes
to rot. In all such cases the rot is
most prevalent on potatoes planted
shallow, and which. ;therefore, pro
duce their tubers near the surface of
the ground. The reason appears to
be that the fungus germs are very
easily washed from the leaves to the
tubers when they are near the surface,
while if set deeper the germs lose
their effect before the tubers are
reached. As the shallow planted po
tatoes sunburn badly in hot, dry weath
er, that is another reason why pota
toes should be planted deeply. The
only objection to deep planting is for
the very earliest, when the soil is cold
and wet. But even then the deep
planted potatoes will not rot in the
ground if planted whole, or if the cut
pieces are well dried before being put
in the soil. It is more labor to make
a deep furrow for jjotatoes, especially
if they are planted on a sod. But if
the jointer plow is used, and four or
five inches of loose soil is turned up,
the furrow into which the potatoes are
to be dropped may easily be made that
depth. It does 110 harm to ridge over
the pototoes when covering them, pro
vided the ridge is worked to a level be
fore the potatoes come up.
To RHIHO Duck* Successfully*
George Pollard, of Pan-tucket, R. 1.,
litis been in the duck-raising business
for the past five years, and, last sen
son raised 5000 ducks, as well as 800
chickens. His sticpess in duck raising
since the start has been greater than
that of most beginners, and he now
has the business on a substantial anil
profitable basis.
Mr. Pollard says that the foundation
of success in this business lies in the
breeding stock. More failures oeenr
on account of the breeding stock being
weak than from any other cause. The
best of stock, unless kept properly,
will soon get weak and worthless, says
Samuel Cuslrman in Rural New Yorker.
When mating breeding ducks in No
vember, he provides a drake for every
five ducks. Later in the season, about
the last of May, a drake should havo as
many us six or seven ducks. For
breeding, he prefers ducks and drakes
in their second year to those raised
the same season, although a part of
those used are young stock. No
ducks arc kept, however, longer than
two or threo years.
No whole grain is fed the breeding
ducks. He gives them a mixture com
posed of three parts of wheat bran,
three parts eornnieal and one part beef
scraps. One part of a cheap grade of
flour is'also added to keep the mass to
gether. This makes it scatter less
and prevents much waste. It is mixed
with hot water in winter to take oft' the
chill, but not to cook it. Sound cab
bage is also bought and fed, as well as
boiled turnips and clover. Crushed
stone or grit, the same as is fed to
heus, is kept by them all the time, as
well as crushed oyster shells.
In cold weather the ducks are housed
at night, but they are invariably fed
out of doors every day in winter.
When snow is on the ground, a place
is cleared in front of the house for this
purpose.
Eggs are not secured in any number
until December. Although the ducks
are allowed the run of their yard dur
ing the laying season, nine-tenths of
the eggs are laid in the house. They
do all their laying by ten o'clock in the
forenoon, after which they "are given
free access to a pond or swimming
place.
Mr. Pollard has tried nest boxes
and stalls as nests, but finds theni of
no advantage. The ducks are liable to
rush from one end of the room to the
other and the whole flock nre liable to
go slam bang against them and pile up
in them, if they happen to be iu their
course.
The house floor is covered with
planer shavings, and the ducks nmko
their nests right on the floor, and less
eggs are broken or lost than under any
other plan followed. Planer shavings
suit Mr. Pollard best for bedding,
though they hurt the value of the ma
nure. Cotton dirt is excellent, and is,
also, of value as manure.
Dairy Notes.
On many of the larger dairy farms
there is now a problem which seems to
bother the dairymen. What shall they
do with the old cows? A farmer seldom
cares to keep a cow to moro than ten
or twelve years old, and if ho has kept
her highly fed to stimulate a large
milk production, he may think it best
to dispose of her much earlier than
that age.
Butchers will not pay much for old
cow beef, though it may be well fat
tened. In fact, they value them so low
that it scarcely pays to feed au extra
bushel of meal to fatten one after she
has dried oil'. In Some country towns
butchers will not buy them at all.
Some farmers get such cows tested
with tuberculin aud sell them to the
State, it is said, but not all will do
that, and as they cannot keep their
families [upon cow beef the year
through, it is n serious question how
to dispose at the surplus. .
Shall they let theln. go to the city
markets at $lO or sl2 per head? Or
would it be cheaper to kill and bury
them?
What is the difference in value be
tween a good cow capable of making
300 pounds of butter or morn iu a year
and one that will make not more than
150 pounds? What should be the
difference in price? There are herds
that have even higher records than 300
pounds, and individual cows that
would exceed 400 pounds in a year on
just ordinarily good feeding, and herds
that with nearly as good care do not
come up to 150 pounds per head. We
say nearly as good care, for as a rule
the man who has and keeps such cows
does not feel interest enough in his
business to take much pains with
them.
He is apt to be sure that "farming
don't pay," and that "jit costs more to
keep a cow than all you can get out of
her," which is true, in his case, at
least; but he has got cows in some
way, perhaps by inheritance, perhaps
by purchase, and lie has fodder to be
used up in some way, partly bog hay,
partly English hay cut late and dried
until it has lost all juiciness and flavor,
and there are the corn stalks that the
cows manage to pick some leaves from
when they are taken to the barn, and
there is some grass among the bushes
and rocks in the pasture, and so he
keeps the cows to turn all this into a
little manure for his fields, which need
it badly enough, and takes what milk
he can get, and grumbles, but does uot
try to get better cows or better feed.
We all know that sort of farmer, or
have known him, for they are dying
out, and their ohildren usually have
left the farm for other business and not
one would go back to it if it was given
him.
That is the sort of farmers that keep
150-pound or possibly 100-pound cows.
If they needed to buy another they
would not lie willing to pay over $25
for her, oud would not put on another
$5 for the best cow in town, but would
go a dozeu miles farther to fiud oue
for S2O.
But the man ,who has a 300-pound
cow is by no means satisfied. He be
lieves there is a profit in keeping cows
if he can only get the right sort of cows.
If he has to buy a cow he would like
one better than any he has now, and
the higher the price asked the farther
he will go to see it, and the quicker he
will buy it if he cau see indications of
the qualities he desires. But he likes
better to raise the calves from his best
cows and from the best bull he enn get,
and feed them up to maturity, with the
object of makiug them better thau the
parents.
Having good cows he feels that he
ought to give them good care aud good
food, and if he makes butter lie has so
much that he must have the best ap
pliances for the work, and follow the
most approved methods, and seek the
best market.
The difference then is more than the
difference in getting there whether you
take the electric cars or take a seat on
the stone wall. It is the difference be
tween advancing or moving backward,
between prosperous farming nud fail
ure.
The 150 pounds of butter a year at
present prices will not pay for even
the poor keeping and little care we
have described as being given to that
kind of cows. The 300 pounds will
pay for much better food nud care and
give a little income besides, aud the
400-pound cow will yield about as
much income as a thousand dollars iu
the bank, beside paying for good hay
and grain.
If the man with a 150-pound cow
gets a living, he earns it by hard work
upon the laud or elsewhere, and pays
for the luxury of having the cow. If
he has a largo herd of such cows, he
needs a good income from other
sources to support them.
At the prices of hay and grain near
the cities and large towns of N'ew Eng
land, it costs not less than S4O a year :
to feed a cow and shelter her in the
winter. That will require 200 pounds
of butter at twenty cents a pound. In
the more rural districts, hay nnd pas- I
turage being cheaper, and with good '
hay and corn ensilage grown upon the
farm, it may be done for S3O, but cer
tainly not for less.
It is then for every farmer's interest
to know just what his cows are doing j
for him, aud if he cannot make them
approximate closely to the 300-pound
limit, to begin the process of weeding ;
out the poorest aud obtaining better,
even if the cost is much higher.— 1
American Cultivator.
Insects That War With tho Mosquito. ,
There are two natural enemies of
the mosquito, the dragon fly and the
spider. Tho latter, as we know, wages
constant warfare upon all insect life,
and where mosquitoes are plentiful
they form the chief diet of their hairy
foe. The dragon fly is a dostroyer of,
mosquitoes in at least two stages of
life. The larva dragon fly feeds upon
tho larva mosquito, and when fully de
veloped the latter dines constantly
upon the matured mosquito. The
dragon fly as a. solution of the mosquito J
pest question is uot satisfactory, for '
while there is no serious difficulty to
bo encountered iu the cultivation of
dragon flies in large numbers, yet it
is manifestly impossible to keep them
in the dark woods where mosquitoes
abound, the hunting ground of the
"darning needle" being among the
flowers nnd dry gardens where tho
sunshine prevails. For this very im
portant reason the scheme of hunting
one kind of insect with another must
he abandoned as impracticable.—
[ Washington Star.
AROUND THE BEND.
I There comes a time just once n week
When nothing matters much;
I'm waiting for a step I know,
A smile, a voice, a touch:
"He's coming, coming," slugs the wirt.
With sweet, prosaic jar.
For Dick, my Dick, dear fellow,
Takes a common, five-cent car.
| , But never maiden rich and fair
'Mong cushions satin fin\
i In gown of silk and laces rare,
i Had dearer love than mine.
Bo every Saturday I wait
The happy moment when
His car comes swinging round the bend.
And Dick has come again.
He glances up: I know it, though
I will not let him see;
For not yet may I tell him
; That I love as fond as he.
Then comes the bell's far tinkle
And the maid's reluctant feet.
And then I hear him on the stair,
And then at last—we meet.
My heart beats so I cannot speak,
He thinks me coy and cold;
It is because of depths of love
The which 1 have not told.
But when the autumn leaves are crisp,
When snow has come again,
Dear Dick will bo my own. my own!
Perhaps I'll tell him then.
—Cora Stuart Wheeler, in Woman's Hom
Companion.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
"Time flies, you know." "Not al
ways. It is now possible to make a
century run."—lndianapolis Journal.
He—"Do you believe in woman
taking man's place?" She—"Yes; in
a crowded street car."—Philadelphia
Record.
"MissHighsee is a beautiful singer,
isn't she?" "Very. That was what
made her singing endurable."—Wash-1
iugton Times.
He—"l love you better than my
life." She—"Considering the life you
lead, I cannot say that I am sur
prised. " —Staudard.
Mrs. Howso—"Did the butcher
aond the lobsters?" Bridget—"He
did, mum, but I sent them back. They
svuzn't ripe."—Brooklyn Life.
"I never did have any head for,
mathematics.'' "Um! I have always
understood that at home you did not
even count."—Cincinnati Enquirer. j
Hope is whispering "All is well!"
Busy men do uot deny it;
Some are bringing wheat to soli,
Others are digging gold to buy it.
—Washington Star.
Friend—"Does your town boast of
& baseball team?" Suburbanite—
"No. We used to boast of one, but
we have to apologize for it now."— ,
Puck.
"Say, old man, you are so absent
minded, I believe you are in love!"
Hobson—"Me? Oh! ho! ho! hoi
Why, don't you know I'm married?"—
Puck.
"I hope, Ophelia, that you are not
10 foolish as to call yourself a 'wash
lady.' " " 'Deed I don't, Miss May. I
sails myself a lauudry lady."—lndian
apolis Journal.
Jack—"Howistyour sister getting
m with her singing lessons?" Cissie
—"Well, papa has taken the wadding
out of his ears for the first time to
day."—Fliegende Bhetter.
"There is one queer thing noticea
ble at all picnics." "What is that?"
"The man who makes the most fuss
about carrying the basket always eats
more than anybody else."—Chicago
Record.
"It looks like rain," said the milk
man to the lady of the house. After
examining the milk, she came to the
conclusion that it must be either rain
or water from the pump.—Norristowu
Herald.
He—"For my part I can't see why
you women should waut to ape men,
myhow." She—"Oh. anything for a
little change. We've been making a
monkey of him long enough."—Cleve
land Leader.
He—"There is one thing to be said ;
about the Scotch dialect stories now j
floating about." She—"And what ia
that?" He—"They may be the same I
old stories, but no one will recognize
them."—Youkers Statesman.
Landlord—"Did they discover the
identity of that petrified body which
was found in the valley yesterday?"
New Yorker—"l don't know; but I
think it was a man from whom one of
your waiters refused tOj take a tip."—
Judge.
"Say, paw! is it anything to brag
about when you don't do something
you can't do?" "I'm inclined to think
not. Why do you ask?" " 'Cause I've
just been readin' that cherry-tree
story 'bout Washin'ton."' Detroit
Free Press.
Surgeon—"Hurry up. Get the in
struments in readiness. We'll ampu
tate his leg." Student—"But it seems
to be nothing more than a simple frac
ture. I should think the leg might
be saved." Surgeon—"Certainly it
might; but don't you see that he's un
conscious?"— Cleveland Leader. ,
Old Mrs. Ivelley entered tbe parlor
unexpectedly, and spoiled a very nice
tableau. "I was just whispering a se
cret in Cousin Jennie's ear," explained
Jimmie. "lam sorry, James," said
the old lady gravely, "that your eye
sight has become so bad that you
mistake Jennie's mouth for her ear."
—Boston Traveler.
Railway Capital.
A recent writer has drawn attention
to the large amount of capital and skill
belonging to the English nud Ameri
can people which has been invested in
railroads. There are 181,717 miles of
railway in the United States, ia ,
Europe, out of the 155,284 miles of
railway, 20,977 are on British soil.
In Asia, out of 26,890 miles of rail
road, 19,700 are British. The British
railway mileage throughout the world
is 74,129 miles. When we add the
figures together we find a total of ,
255,846, or about three-fifths of the
railways of the world belonging to the
English speaking race. And this is,
of coarse, independent of railways
under other flags which are due to
English or American dapifal or skill.
CLEVER ADVERTISERS IN PARIS.
Even Quick-Wittccl Americana Might
Be Given Pointers.
The recently notorious Harrison Bis
'■ tors first came into notice as an adver
tisement of a play, "The Fairy's Well,"
run by Owen Ferree in New York, and
while hardly more than babes were
seen every day riding in an Irish jaunt
ing car through the streets of New-
York. That was ton years ago. All
these methods are common enough in
t the States, and much more frequently
used than sueli of the public as Is not
'■ familiar with the business section of
I the city knows. Now hear how it Is
I done in France:
"To-day," writes a Purls correspond
; ent, "on the boulevards I came across
I a wedding party, which, to my aston
i Ishment, drove up in u splendidly ap
pointed equipage and alighted in front
of a fashionable restaurant. The men
i were in evening dross. The bride had
on her orange blossoms and veil; a pret
ty bride she was too. Everything about
the party was au fait. They took their
( seats on the terasse and, of course, n
crowd at once began to gather near
them, for while bridal parties are not
an uncommon sight in Paris, still, as a
rule, the blushing bride hides herself
discreetly in some far-off, obscure res
taurant, rather than flaunt herself in
the face and eyes of the boulevards
Sipping their ahsiuthe, the party chat
ted and laughed aud the gaping people ,
about them drank in every word. They
talked in unconscious audihleness, and '
, every word they said was simply a |
glorification of the Montmnrtre cafe
' That done they passed on to their next
staud."
Yet even that has not yet discounted 1
the manner in which Yvette Guilbert
was advertised last year. At that time,
during the racing season, long light
overcoats became the fashion in France
- those startling affairs that reached to
the heels, and only became slight and
elegant figures, although In Paris at ;
that time almost every smart man who ,
' could wore one. Never more than half <
a dozen over came to Huston. At that
i time one constantly met on the streets I
I In Paris a dozen well-dressed men •
wearing these coats. They wore silk
hats and patent leathers, aud had field !
glasses swung over their shoulders.
They looked so clean, so happy, so alto j
getlier attractive and correct that
j everyone stared at them—and envied
' them—until the leader shouted out
j "Yvette Guilbert," and the rest of the
i crowd responded "To-night— o'clock—
at La Seala." The snap being given
away, the crowd marched on, laughing '
and jesting, to attract another hearing. '
aud like Frenchmen they played the '
part well. It seems to me that after
that it may well be claimed that the
French want no lessons from us.—Kos
ton Herald.
Hlatn's It lug.
Slam's outspoken monarch is to visit
Queen Victoria at Wiudsor Castle next
summer. He will go to Europe iu Ids
j 2,500-ton steam yacht Mahn Chakri.
which was built for him in Scotland
four years ago.
Cupid steals a base every time lovers
look at the moon.
How'* This ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot btj eared by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. ().
We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney for the last 15 years, aud believe him per- 1
fectlv honorable in all business transaction" ,
and financially üble to carry out any obliga- '
lion made by their firm.
WEST & TKUAX, Wholesale bruggists,Toledo.
Ohio.
W A Liu NO. RINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act-
Inn directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent. free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists,
llali's Family Pills are the best.
Try Graln-O! Tr/Crain-O!
Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack- |
age of Graiu-O, the new food drink that takes
1 the place of coffee. The children may drink '
it without injury as well as tho adult. All
! who try it like it. Graiu-O has that rich seal
1 brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the mostdolirate stomach re
ceives it without distress. One-quarter the ;
Srico of coffee. 15 ct. aud 35 cts. per package. ,
old by all grocors.
Fits normaneutly cured. No fit* or nervous- 1
UOM after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $:! trial bottle and treatise freo
Dn. R. 11. KI.INK, Ltd.. KLL Arch St.,Phila..L'a.
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums,reducing inflammn •
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 35c.a bottle. |
For Whooping Cough. Piso's Cure Is n sue- ,
ceasful remedy. M. P. DIETER. T'7 Throop Ave., |
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14, 184.
Solid Comfort
for every Columbia rider. No worrying or
apprehension about safety or speed. Col
umbias are justly famous for their superior
strength and mechanism.
' 1897 Columbia Bicycles
STANDARD OF THE WORLD. £TO ALL ALIKE.
1897 Hartfords, . SSO
Hartfords, Pattern 2, . ' . 'jf- t , . . 45
i hartfords, Pattern 1, ... . . 40
POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. •
"t If Columbian arc not properly represented in your vicinity, let us know.
fit A tube like this used in Col- Is just as strong as one like Which in turn is just as strong
umbias of this of as one like this of
„ „ „■!!,!■WWII M—IIIIHHI
I 'A Fair Face May Prove a Foul Bargain," Marry a Plain
Girl if She Uses
SAPOLIO
I In a Duck.
I A cluck shot by Edwurd Jack son, of
Atchison, had a ulnc-pound lish in its
I esophagus.
J THE TURN' OF LIFE
' ' Is the most important period in a vvo
' man's existence. Owing to modern
methods of living, not one woman in a
! j thousand approaches this perfectly
natural change without experiencing
-1 a train of very annoying and some
| times painful symptoms.
| Those dreadful hot flashes, sending
the blood surging to the heart until it
seems ready to burst, ami the faint
• feeling that follows, sometimes witlx
i nerves arc crying out for assistance.
, The cry should be heeded in time. L.vdia
E. l'inkham's Vegetable Compound
was prepared to meet the needs of
woman's system at this trying period
of her life.
I The Vegetable Compound is an in
j vigorating strengtlicner of the female
organism. It builds up the weakened
j nervous system and enables a woman
to pass that grand change trium
phantly.
| It does not seem necessary for ns to
prove the honesty of our statements,
but it is a pleasure to publish such
grateful words as the following:
" I have been using Lydia E. Pink
liam's Vegetable Compound for some
time during the change of life and it
has been a saviour of life unto inc. I
can cheerfully recommend your inedi
i cine to all women, and I know it will
! give permanent relief. I would be
iglad to relate my experience to any
sufferer."—.Mas. DKLLA WATSON*, 524
West sth St., Cincinnati. Ohio.
REWARD.
, A friend of mine had the mtsforcuna to low sev
eral of his Pigeons and asked me to advertise for
their return. Each bird had a metal baud on
leg marked an fellows: LSO7H 81742. 811771, CI7MI,
C1762J, CI 76*8. ('24844 C 24363. 01840. F117, FSM7.
F629H. F6*. F6842. FMfltt. K4H63 Pigeon fancier*,
kindly look through your lofts for above birda A
liberal reward for each bird returned. J. Fit KIND,
04 .Morion Street, New York-
WANTED EVERYWHERE—Parmer* HL m
chunk's to sell directly to their own . Ins* or
industry. No mere toy or novelty, hut an actual
luoor-favlng Hoist by • pans of wht.'h one man
j can do his Butchering, change rigging o-f wagon,
put up buildings, put away hay ami grain, stretch
wire fence, hi n He stoue and logs, aud o.her work
Heretofore requiring ex'rn help. Address,
TUB BCKK MFG. CO., Cleveland. O.
G1 15T RICH Quickly, Sent! for Book,"In ventfon*
rwautotl." Edgar la.e k Co.. 246 broad way NY
KLONDYKE IS ALL RIGHT.
Address. Broker BRN A'BLOCK.lJMver'.'Vol'? >e * UOn *
Member Stock Kuthange. Suite Symrs Uuiidlng.
U II U LW IV Wril n°R *n o v*!" Oh nmlcmi
1 Full Information (in plain wrapper) mailed"irM*
' INVENTORS! ";X VSLZZL
I advertising •' No ii.tant no pa,-," Prims, .usdala,
gre.t linha., ate. W. ilo a regular plnt laisinMa
| ixnv jer*. Advice free. Highest referencea
Write us. WATSON B. COLEMAN, Mallei.
, tor* til patents, Bu2 V. Street, Washington, D.C.
How to Sell Mss.
* their manuscripts in print should sand to tb*
I • S. Authors' Ivvcliiingc, IST, Broadway. NY.
tor uironlur which sets forth means of making copy
I which publishers will buy. Instruction to young
| writers. Composition, punctuation, etc- taught.
AGENTS wanted, ladles and gents, to sell our
fast selling household necessities every
where. Brand new. Immense sellers. Steady
.lob. Big pay. Hub Novelty Co., Indiauapolb.lnd
I TO KLONDIKE
, Send :r.eb for book on Alaska,
i The Standard Co., Mound City, Mu
PENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS.
JOHNW MORRIS, MSHIN6TON, 0. C,
Lata Principal Examiner us. P.axton Bur..a.
iijrr,. in laxt v at, 1, unjujicutiua olaiaui, x'.-.j. man.
: I* AIIO C DCURED AT HOME; .n.i anr„,
J. B. HABBIS tOO,
Dit 40 '97.
m Rest ( <ugh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use WI
E lu time. Sold by druggists. W