Hip Disease
Terrible Results of a Fall—How
Health Was Restored.
"I was injured by a fall and began to
havo pains in my knees, and one of my
fimbs cramped and palnod mo severely.
Physicians decided that I had a severe case
of hip diseass. I was taken to a hospital
and underwent an operation but a cure was
not effected. I had seven running sores on
one limb. At last I began taking Hood's
SarsapariUa and improved from the llrst
bottle. Hood's SarsapariUa has entirely
enrod me and I am to-day in perf-sot health."
JOHN C, Borne, 45 Water Street, Ware,
Mass.
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Number of Tramps.
• The estimate of tho number of tramps
In the United States varies between
40,000 and 00.000.
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A man resembles a ball of twins
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Mnnjak.
(In the island of Barbndoes large
quantities of a mineral have been
found which the natives call "manjak."
It Is of a bright black color and occurs
at a very slight depth, sometimes on
the surface, in beds one to two feet
thick. It generally appears under an
angle of about 40 degrees, and* In the
immedinte vicinity of rock. It is pre
sumed to be solidified petroleum, which
is often seen there exuding from the
earth or floating on the water. In its
composition this mineral is similar to
the pitch of Trinidad, to the Gilsonite
of Utah and the Canadian Albertite,
but It Is of a much better quality. The
best varieties of "manjak" contained
2 per cent, of water, 70.85 per cent, of
volatile organic substances, 20.97 pet
cent of ditto solid ones and .18 per
cent, of mineral parts. Trinidad pitch
contains from 21 to 30 per cent, of wa
ter, and about 38 per cent, of ashes,
Hence the manjak mineral Is much
richer in natural bitumen. It is used,
among other purposes, for the insula
tion of electrical conduits, for varnish,
bituminous concrete and for fuel, mix
ed with pent, etc. It may to some ex
tent supplant gutta percha as an in
sulating medium.—Savannah News.
The majority of love's bonds are
formed from a chain of circumstances.
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps
Overcome Them.
Mrs. Mart Bollinger, llOtMarianna
St., Chicago, 111., to Mrs. Pinkham:
44 1 have been troubled for the past
two j*ears with falling of the womb,
leucorrhma, pains over ray body, sick
headaches, backache, nervonsness and
weakness. I tried doctors and various
remedies without relief. After taking
two bottles of your Vegetable Com
pound, the relief I obtained was truly
wonderful. I have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that I am entirely cured.'*
Mrs. llenby Dorr, No. 800Findley St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham:
44 For a long time I suffered with
chronic inflammation of the womb,
pain in abdomeh and bearing-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
so weak I was hardly able to do any
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leueorrhcea. After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and gettingnorelief, I had
given up all hope of being well
again when I read of the great good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing. I decided immedi
ately to give it a trial. The result was
simply past belief. After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
I can say I feel like a new woman, I
deem it my duty to announce the ftct
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have
entirely enred me of all my pains and
suffering. I have her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which I am grate
ful. May heaven bless her for the
good work sho is doing for our sex.'*
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Hooting Currant Cutilngs.
It is very easy to make cuttings of
either currant, or gooseberry bushes.
A foot leugtli of last year's growth,
with the end smoothed off and fixed
standing in the soil, will put out roots j
from its smoothed surface. It is best
to only leave one bud above ground.
This will make the stem for the future
plant.
Wlileh Eggs Are Host Fertile?
The statement is often mmle that
eggs from olil hens are best for hatch
ing. Keeeut experiments at the Utah
Station indicate the contrary so far, at
least, as concerns the per cent, of fer
tile eggs. The comparative size and
strength of the chicks is not stated.
The percentage of fertility was high
est with the early hatched pullets and
lowest with the old hens, though the
results are not conclusive. The fer
tility of eggs averaging five days old
was 300 per cent, higher than of eggs
averaging twenty-two days old.
American Agriculturist.
Ration. For Sliccp.
For ground food a mixture of 100
pounds of corn meal, 100 pounds of
wheat bran and twenty-five pounds of
oil meal has been found very satisfac
tory. Oats may be substituted for the
bran with good results, if the quantity
of oil meal is slightly increased.
Ground corn and oats mixed in equal
proportions is not only a good food,
but a fattening one. To produce the
best results in fattening sheep they
should be regularly dipped during the
period. Corn is a highly carbonaceous
food and can only be fed to sheep with
safety when given with bran or oil
meal. With such a ration they may
be fed during the fattening period to
their full capacity, which would be un
safe with a ration wholly or mainly of
corn.
Manure For Strawberries.
Tho strawberry plantation requires
very heavy manuring to produce its
best yield. Every year on most plants
there is a succession of berries, the
first and second pickings being al
most always larger and finer -than
those that ripen later. But if the
later season is very wet, as it some
times is, we have kuown the later
crop to ripen up and be very nearly
as good as the first. This suggests
that in addition to the top dressing
applied in winter there ought to be an
additional fertilization, while the crop
is forming, and this last should be al
ways dissolved in water, so as to be
readily available. Nitrate of potash
is the best manure to be thus applied.
This is saltpetre, land costs five to six
eents per pound. But a very small
lump dissolved in warm water and ap
plied freely will keep the vines fresh
and vigorous to the last, and will
make a great increase in the size of the
fruit. The labor of applying liquid
manure is more than its cost, and is
greater than can be generally afforded
for any other crop than the strawberry.
An Easy D ay to Grow Tomatoes.
The usual method of raising tomato
plants and fruit calls for more work
and attention than the ordinary run
of garden crops deinaud. Sowing the
seed early in hot-beds, the formation
and care of which is a matter demand
ing much daily attention to details,
and the repeated transplanting of the
young plants to render them stocky
and vigorous, all this requires work, 1
perhaps more work than many very
busy people feel like attempting.
While this care and labor may be need
ful for extra early tomato plnuts, which {
are to give early crops, yet it is en- i
tircly unnecessary for regular crops of
delicious fruit. One can sow the seed
directly in the open ground as soon as
weather is suitable, or what is still
more easily done, throw all good
specimens of the tomato (that become
affected with rot or are bruised in any
way, and so unfitted for sale) upon the
manure heap. These tomatoes furnish
plenty of seed in the manure to give a
volunteer crop of tomato plants upon
the corn or potato field upon which
this same manure is used. Plenty of
good, ripe, late tomatoes, as well as
greeu ones, will thus be grown at
practically no expense,—ll. Sumner
Perkins.
Scaly Leg*.
A subscriber at Shongaloo, Miss.,
want 3 remedy for gout or scaly legs;
also best means of exterminating fleas.
As regards scaly legs, the remedy is
simple. The disease, if such it may
be termed, being caused by small
parasites that bury themselves finder
the skin and lay eggs there.
The feathered-leg fowls are most
subject to the affliction, but even they :
-an be kept free of it, if a little core is
siven.
After the rough scales have ap
peared, catch the birds and wash the
legs thoroughly in warm water and
soap—using a brush if necessary.
After this, rub the legs with a mixture
of one part sulphur and three parts
lard. Repeat the operation daily for
three days and the scales will disap
pear. A few dropsof kerosene added,
will hasten the cure, but if used too
freely will burn and irritate the flesh.
A friend of this paper suggests an
application daily of pure apple vinegar,
and says he has tested it with perfect
satisfaction.
If the roosts are given a coat of
kerosene every month throughout
the season, not a case of scaly 'legs
will appear.
As for ridding the premise* of fleas,
unless we knew the exact surround-
ings it would be rather difficult to
suggest a meaus, as one that could be
applied in the barn or outbuildings
might not be agreeable if used in the
residence.
A solution of crude carbolic acid
sprayed over the ground and on the
walls will drive them completely away,
but if the residence is infested with
them, powdered borax will perhaps be
the most effectual remedy. Keep the
dogs, hogs and sheep away from the
I barn, as it is absolutely impossible tc
have them there without having fleas,
—Home and Farm.
New Facts About an Old Foe.
The codling moth should be ban
ished. This is not easy. Spraying
alone, as generally recommended, will
i not do it. The moth is not easily
! poisoned. Lights in the orchard do
not attract it. Sticky fly paper will
i not hold the larva?. Only four-fifths
of the larva; enter at the calyx. Late
spraying with paris green alone is not
effective. Spraying before the calys
closes does much good. Three spray
ings at Gibbon saved eighty per cent,
of the fruit. In laboratory trials, kero
sene emulsion, sprayed while un
hatched eggs are on the leaves, is
effective. Late sprnying with paris
green and bordeaux mixture com
bined, with whale-oil soap or with
lead acetate and sodium arsenitb, is
safe and does some good. Scraping
the bark and tacking paper bands
around the trunk when the larvm are
pupating will catch many. Screens in
the cellar windows in spring will con
: tine the moths which went in with the
apples as larvic in the fall.
I suggest that you spray thoroughly
with paris green within a week after
the blossoms fall, before the calys
I closes. Try kerosene emulsion when
the eggs are being laid upon the
leaves, nbout the first week in June.
If this fail 3, use paris green combined
with bordeaux mixture instead. Keep
the trees smooth and use paper bands
around the trunk when the larvie are
j ready to pupate, about the last week
in June. Remove and kill the larvtc
one or two weeks later. Place bands
j on again the last week in August,
j Leave them until the apples are out of
j the orchard,' then gather them up and
[ destroy the larvae. Get the balance in
spring by screens over tho cellar doors
! and windows. Observe for yoursell
how many of these precautions yon
can omit.—Professor F. W. Card, of
the Nebraska Experiment Station.
The Short Cheek Ketn.
To keep a horse from putting his
j head down and eating or trying to
| find something to eat—for, no differ
j ence how well the horse is fed, when
I he is harnessed and taken out he is
j ready for a bite of grass if attainable,
I and that is not always pleasant—the
check-rein is the resort, though many
times when using a team on tho road
the check-reins are dispensed with.
I prefer the side checks, as they are
far more agreeable to the horse and
will even better prevent the horse
from putting its head to the ground
than the over-check when both are
loosely used.
The over-check wears off the mane,
presses down on the head and helps
to keep it hot and sometimes makes
sore places and mars the horse's face.
But the over-check may do if it is long
enough and does not have a separate
bit for it.
Some horses are so physically con
structed with the neck high up on the
shoulders that their head is high
enough without a check-rein, while
others may have a low neck and not
carry the head well up, and no amount
of check-reins will add any grace to
their movements or beauty to their
carriage.
To see a horse's head drawn up out
of its natural position looks outlan
dish, at times the hot sun blazing
down in their eyes so they cannot
well see where they are going, and
they travel high, something after the
style of a blind horse, and they soon
get to traveling heavy; then their
spring, activity and elasticity are fast
leaving them.
A horse with a short check-rein is
invariably a slow walker and doesn't
care to trot unless urged—and who
can blame him?—and yet I have
often noticed that all the short check
reins don't belong to the ungodly.
Kind reader, did you ever think that
when man was given dominion over
the beasts of the field that it was ex
pected he would torture the faithful,
hard-working animal with the short
check-rein? And to see a horse with
two bits in his mouth, holding lips
apart, the saliva drooling out, the
tongue dry, the lips chafed, gives
them a very uninviting appearance.
My best plan to make a horse have
a graceful carriage to the head is a
few more oats, or, if he is getting
enough of them, arrange for a little
less work and get things in balance
again as soon as you can.
Tn a natural position is when the
horse appears at its best; it is then
he is best prepared to travel or pull
loads. In fact, I find nothing in
particular to recommend the over
check above the side-check, not even
the'eost of them, for I see by consult
ing some lists that the over-check costs
twenty per cent, more than the side
check.—L. C. Green, in Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Twenty-nine sheep introduced into
the Australian colonies in 1788 art
now represented by 120,000,000 of tin
finest wool sheen in the world.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
length of the Table Cloth.
An expert, one of the high-class
paterers, gives the precise length over
%he table that a tablecloth shonld
liang. This is eighteen inches at the
narrowest point, a width which gives
at the corners, of course, a deeper
sweep. The full yard square napkiu
is the most approved dinner size, al
though many hostesses of wealth and
taste prefer the seven-eighth squares.
A Novel Soap.
Sand soap is recommended as espe
cially useful in case of small boys,
I whose hands frequently refuse to
I field to the softer persuasions of ordi
' oary soap and water. It may be made
at home much cheaper and better
than it can be purchased. Cut into
email pieces any pure soap and melt
It. When quite soft remove from the
tire and stir into the mixture about
talf the quantity of clean dry, sea
sand that has been well heated. As
soon as the mixture is cool enough to
handle roll into balls or cut into
squares, and put into a cool place to
dry and harden.
Not In Good Taste.
Shams.
Soft woods.
Fanciful shapes.
Showy ornament.
Tables without sturdy legs.
Glittering brass bedsteads.
Lamps that are not to be lighted.
Sofas that are not low and broad.
Pretentious low-priced sideboards.
Heavy diniug chairs without cas
ters.
i Screens that are not actually
i needed.
! Overstuffed furniture in small
i rooms.
! Easels if there is room to hang pic
| tures.
I Dining chairs with arms for small
I rooms.
Wood bedsteads with towering head
ends.
Chairs that are not comfortable and
strong.
Gaudy upholstery, cheap fringe and
brass nails.
All furniture that is not simple in
I design and well made.
Bent Method of Caring For Furs,
j This is the time when the careful
I housekeeper is thinking of relegating
| her furs to seclusion, and a symposium
j on the best method of caring for them
j comes in order. A professional storer
j of furs declares the keeping of them
i through warm weather easy enough if
! one only knows how—and that if
| women would use a few simple pre
| veutives they could keep them at home
| as well as the furriers iji their store
! rooms. The great secret of keeping
| furs is in cleaning them thoroughly
j before they are put away. If a moth
I or moth egg goes with them in a closet or
chest, an elegant garment may be quick
ly spoiled. The greatest care should
| bo taken, therefore, to beat and comb
furs clean before storing them away.
For this purpose a slender, strong
stick or a regular fur comb may be
used. If room is abundant, a special
dark closet may be given up to the
keeping of furs. In this case, paper
it all over, top and bottom, with tar
paper, covering this with a second
coat of newspaper, to prevent sticking.
Here the garments may hang without
crushing or wrinkling, and from here
they can be readily taken out once a
month and examined. Failing a closet,
however—and few there are who can
attain to that luxury—a clean, tight
barrel, or chest, whose interior has
been carefully pasted over with tar
paper and newspaper, will answer
very well. If reduced to the extrem
ity of a pasteboard box, any of the
numerous moth preventives may be
.used, care being taken to sew them in
bags or wrap them in tissue paper, to
prevent contact with fur, and conse
quent discoloration. Washington
Star.
Recipes.
Persillnde of Mutton—Lay five slices
of cold mutton on a dish which can be
sent to the table, sprinkle thinly with
one tablespoonful each of minced onion
and parsley, season with one-half tea
spoonful of salt and one snltspoonful
of pepper, cover with ccld gravy, dust
with bread crumbs and brown in the
oven; serve at once.
Prune Shape—Boil one pound ol
prunes with sugar and water. When
soft take out the stones and put the
fruit iuto a mold. Pour over them
about a quarter of an ounce of gelatine
dissolved in a little water and sugar.
Set aside to cool. A little whipped
cream will add to the delicacy.. A few
blanched and chopped almonds may be
added before the jelly sets.
Genoese Cream—One pint of milk,
one tablespoonful of flour, one of
sugar. Boil until it thickens, add the
yolks of three eggs beaten, a piece of
butter the size of an egg, a minute
pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of vauilla
or lemon. Cover the bottom of the
lish with sponge cake, spreading one
side of the cake with jelly. Pour over
the cream; dash the top with sugar.
Salmon Loaf—Free one pound of
salmon (canned or fresh) from booeand
skin. Beat two eggs well and add to
the salmon with a cupful of bread
crumbs; salt and pepper to taste; one
tablespoonful of lemon juice and a ta
blespoonful of chopped parsley 01
water cress if desired. Pack the mix
ture in a well buttered tin and steam
for two hours. This may be served hot
or cold.
Kentucky Corn Dodgers—One pint
of white cornmeal, one tablespoonful
of lard or good drippings, one tea
spoonful of salt, one-half pint of but
termilk, one-half teaspoonful of soda.
Mix to a stiff dough, mold with the
hands into little dodgers, place in o
well-greased baker and bake in a hot
oven. If the milk does not make
enough moisture for the meal, add a
little water or decrease the quantity of
uieaL
INTER-STATE COMMERCE LAW.
Its Disadvantages Discussed by Presiden
Ingalls of the Big Four.
The injustice and disadvantages of
the present Inter-State commerce laws
both to the railroads and to the people
were ably set forth in a recent address
by Mr. M. E. Ingalls, President of the
| Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio rail-
I roads. The occasion was the tenth an
| nual convention of Railroad Commis
sioners held in Washington, May 10.
j Mr. Ingalls said that the railroads
had reached a crisis, where something
| must be done to avoid disaster not
! only to the railroads but also to the
| material interests of the country.
Since the enactment of the inter-
I state commerce law in ISB7, some pro-
I vision of that law has been constantly
under consideration either by congress
or the courts. Now it is admitted that
! state legislatures have control over the
j railroads with regard to local business
and congress has power as regards in
ter-state business.
In reference to the control of States
the Supreme court has just decided
I that state control must be reasonable,
I and that rates cannot be reduced below
j a point where railroads can earn their
expenses and a fair profit.
In 1597 it was decided by the Supreme
court that the Sherman anti-trust law,
applied to the railroads contrary to the
assertions of railroad men. Under the
rulings of this law it was practically
impossible to make any arrangements
for the maintenance of tariffs. The
tariffs are now but little respected by
the railroads. Private arrangements
with large shippers will sooner or later
utterly ruin the smaller traders.
Many railroad managers are carrying
freight far below cost.
Away must be found by which rail
road tariffs can be maintained and the
practico of secret rates and contracts
discontinued. The settlement of this
question not only concerns the rail
roads but also one-fifth of the people
of the country, who are directly inter
ested in railroads.
The chief difficulty with the inter
state commerce la v * is that the pun
ishments are entirely out of proportion
with the offences. The imprisonment
clause has not public sentiment in its
favor, and it also prevents one railroad
from prosecuting another.
The public does not believe in the
law and what is the result? Honest
railroads see their business going to
opposing lines; honest merchants are
undersold by others who have no scru
ples in making private contracts with
railroads. Honest railroads and mer
chants are thus compelled of necessity
to break the law themselves or face
certain ruin.
Two changes should be made in the
present laws to better the condition of
affairs.
First, the imprisonment clause
should be stricken out and a fine of
$5,000 imposed instead. The shipper
should not be punished at all in his ef
forts to secure low rates. Should you
punish him you would not be able to
3£-cure his testimony.
Second, railroads should be permit
ted to contract with each other for the
maintenance of rates and the division
of business. These would legalize con
tracts between railroad corporation.
I To-day such a contract would be con-
I spiracy.
| There should be no friction between
I the interstate commerce laws and the
j railroads, but the commission should
become the aid of the railroads.
I Unless some change is made as has
I been indicated the small shippers will
be extinguished, and a few men of
large capital will control the entire
I merchandise business.
I A resolution of thanks was voted
I Mr. Ingalls for his address, and his
i suggestions were referred to a special
I committee.
A School Girl's Battle.
From The Mail, Milford, Ind.
Miss Emma Rybolt, a prepossessing schoo]
girl of Milford, Ind., is of more than nsual
intelligence, and is ambitious to rise in the
literary world.
"In the fall of 1896," said Mrs. Rybolt,
"Emma was taken 11L She was a close
student and her work began to toll on her.
She grow weak, pale and nervous, and com
plained of pains in her back, chest and
limbs. A few weeks passed and she grew
worse. The doctor said she was a victim of
nervous prostration, and should have been
taken from school weeks earlier. She gradu
ally grew worse, her nerves were so tense
that the least nolso irritated her and she
hud n fever and a continual twitching in
her muscles. The symptoms were much
like St. Vitus' dance.
came
% i £T\ but soon was
a case similar
to hers which
was cured by
Her Batlle. Dr. Williams'
Pink Tills for Pale People and I decided to
try them.
"Emma had no faith in proprietary medi
cines but tried the pills, and after taking a
dozen doses, she began to Improve. It was
about the first of April when she began and
by the middle of May, after taking about
eight boxes, she was entirely cured.
"While 111, she lost twenty-eight pounds*
but now weighs more than ever before.
Her nerves are strong and she is in perfect
health. Wo are all confident that Dr. Will
iams' Pink Pills for Palo Peoplo cured
her, and I cheerfully recommend them in
all similar cases. Mas. E. A. RYDOLT."
Subscribed and sworn to before mo, this
third day of September, 1897.
C.uj2n BAKEB, Notary Public,
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For over 100 years a weekly distribu
tion of bread has taken place at St.
John's chapel, one- of the Trinity par
ish churches, New York city.
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Clean blood means a clean, skin. No beauty
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Among the Turks bath-money forms
a>n item in every marriage contract,
the husband engaging to allow his wife
a certain sum for bathing purposes. If
it be withheld, she has only to go be
fore the Cadi and turn her slipper up
side down. If the complaint be not
then redressed, It is a sufficient ground
for divorce.
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In all the capitals of Europe except
London some theaters are kept up by
the Government support.
ODD DUCKS OF PORT TAMPA. y
Of the Wild Variety, They Respond
Readily to Man's Coll.
The most Interesting thing at Tort
Tampa is the duck. Port Tampa Is a
collection of piers, but there is a hotel
built on piles that are dressed in sewer
pipe trousers to keep the teredo away.
No shooting is allowed around the
grounds or the piers, and, of course,
not a little stuff is thrown from the
hotel that is good food for ducks, pell
i cans and gulls. Accordingly these
j birds come about the hotel In flocks,
| aud not only are they without fear of
the people there, but they have learned
! to come for food when any one whistles
for them as If for a dog.
| "At first It seems as if the birds corne
j as readily to the call of one person a6
j of another, but the fact Is that two or
three people about the hotel are on
• speaking terms with them. The birds
j know their voices, and are plainly very
friendly with them. At an old boat
landing stage the pelicans gather a doz
en at a time, and, sitting there In the
j sun, preen their feathers and scratch
their ribs with their long? ungainly
! looking bills. The fact that a lot of
j people are standing six feet away is in
, no way disturbing to them unless some
unmannerly fellow pokes them with n
| cane. In that event tlie bird gives the
; Intruder a white-eyed look of astonish-
I ment and utters a protest In a voice
! that is so gentle and delicate as to
I make one wonder where in the world
I such an ungainly bird got It. Then it
| flops its way to safety beyond the piers.
: If undisturbed the pelicans often pil
low their heads on their backs azd take
i a nap, but In that position they are
; quickly observed by the tourist who
thinks it is fun to make trouble for
I quiet folks, and they are quickly snared
by a cane-crook and sent flapping to
the water.
"Only the smaller ducks come about
i the hotel, but they are excedlngly beau
j tiful and graceful In their movements,
j while the gulls in their dancing flight
are of endless Interest. No one has tried
to teach the birds to come to hand foi
food, it Is said, but it is plain that any
one with knowledge and tact and love
might establish an acquaintance there
that would enable him to write a most
Interesting story about our feathered
brothers afloat."
Mtuisters Will Bo Scarce.
During the academic year 189fl-'97
the twenty-one German universities
granted 2,371 doctors' degree, 1,187 of
them in medicine, 829 in philosophy,
635 in law and 20 in theology. Erlangen
seems to be the favorite place for the :
final examinations, 332 degrees having
been taken there.
An Anti-Substitution Victory*
Alien S. Olmsted, of Le Roy, N. Y., whose
phrase, "A sample sent free on applica
tion," is so übiquitous in the newspapers,
won a signal victory when Justice Laugh
lin, in Supremo Court, Buffalo, issued a
permanent injunction on the ground that
t>.e Foot Powder in question was an in
fringement on Foot Ease, the original one,
Tor shaking into shoes, etc. Suits will be
brought against all others who imitate his
trade mark, powder or sample packages,
which packages are sent free. A postal
card addressed Allen S. Olmsted, Le Boy,
N. Y., gives yo*r feet relief.
A Persian carpet has been in use for
200 years in the main hall of the Shah's
palace in Teheran.
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without pay, their positions to be re- j
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can be heard by a balloonist at an ele
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The customs authorities have de
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