MRS. J. E. O'DONNEU "Was Sick Eight Years with Female Trouble and Finally Cured by Lydia E. linkliam's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: I have never in my life given a testimonial before, but you have done so much for mo that I feel called upon to give you this un a • >. r MRS. JENNIE E. O'DONNELL, President of Oakland Woman's Hiding Clnb. the wonderful curative value of Lydia TE. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. For eight years I had female trouble, falling of the womb and other complications. During that time I was more or less of an invalid and not much good for anything, until one day I found a book in my hall telling of the cures you could perform. I became interested ; I bought a bottle of Ey4ia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Com pound and was helped; 1 continued its use an<J in seven months was cured, and since that time I haves had perfect health. Thanks, dear Mrs. Pinkham again, for the health I now enjoy." Mas. JENNIE O'Donnsll, 278 East 31st St., Chicago, 111 9&000 forfeit )f abous testimonial is pot genuine. Women suffering from any form of female ills cr.n be cured by Lydia E. Einkharn's Vegeta ble Compound. Tlia:*B sure. ' ; Mrs. Pinkbain ady. : :ics sick wo | men free. Address, iiynu, Mass. V For five months no rain has fallen in Greece. Cure For Asthu n. Sufferers from Asthma, Hay Fovcr or Bronohitis will bo interested to learn lka£ Dr. B. SchilTmann's "Asthma Curo" instant ly roliovos tho most violent attack, insur a comfortable sleep and has cfj'cctod cures in thousands of cases that had previously tried every other remedy in vain. No woAting for results. Its action Is immotUato, direot and certain. So firm is his confidonoe that tlio doctor requests this paper to announoe that he has sent to druggists of this town, as well as to all other druggist* in this coun try, sample packages of his remedy, which will bo given froo to sufferers of obovo com plaints, who apply promptly, thus offering an opportunity to such as havo not yot trJod tho romody to inoko a personal teat which }vlll convinoe the most skopticaJ. M Persons failing for any reason to roccivo package from tlieir druggist will roooivo ono free by mail by sondtng namo and address (en losing 2 cent stamp for postage) to Dr. It. Sehiffmonn, Box 814, Bt. Paul, Minn. There arc 25,000 pores irv tho band of a man. There arc 4500 muscles -in tho body of a moth. Sir Joshua Fitch told a story at the nature study exhibition in Lon don illustrating the popular wonder at scientific knowledge. Sir John Avenbury was showing the heavens through his telescope to some neigh bors and servants, when ono exclaim ed: "I do not wonder, Sir John, that clever people find out the sizes and distances of the stars and how they move; but what beats me is how you ever could tell their names!" &00 000 0 00 00<3 O O<H>OO<KH>OaOOO 1 ST. JACOBS I f Oil j I - POSITIVELY CURES g Rheumatism V V Neuralgia Backache Headache Feelache Al! Bodily Aches § AND j CONQUERSj ' | PAIN. ' 8 8 If hftflfQ II fn,°? customers by offering them, when Ala bastine la callod for, cheap kalsomtats that will-spoil their walls. Such action is certainly prompted by the devil ffi commend themselves to honest dealers. Alubastlne, iv durable cement buse wall coating, not a kalcomine, costs no more /to apply than cheap dopo that spoils your walls and injures tho health of r.' I your family. Alabaatlne is a dry pow der, cornea'in packages, mixes with cold water, in white and fourteen beautiful tints, for use on plastered walls, wood I ceiling, brick or canvas, superior to E pain tor pajter. Full directions on ©very I package, Auk druggist or paint dealer I lor samplo card or tints or write to I ALABASTINE COMPANY I GRAND RAPIDS. - MICH. Testing Furil Green. Tho purity of paris green can be quite readily and fairly accurately test ed by dissolving it in strong ammonia water. If pure all of the paris green will dissolve, the solution turning a deep blue color. Undissolved sediment indicates impurities or adulteration. Another test is to place a little of the paris green between two pieces of window glass and rub them together. If adulterated with lime, barium sulphate, or similar white materials, it will ap pear to turn white in piaces. Paris green of good quality is intensely bright greem and uniform. When adul terated, the green loses somewhat of its intensity and i 3 grayish green and is not always uniform.—Charles D. Woods, Director of tho Maine Experi ment Station. Rlßtilphlrifl of Carbon. When of good quality bisulphide of carbon is a colorless liquid and is made by passing sulphur fumes over charcoal brought to a white heat. While per fectly safe for handling and applying yet great care should be exercised to keep it from heat or exposure to flames. It is extensively used in fumi gating operation against soil-infecting pests. Its fumes are heavier than and readily permeate throughout all por tions of the soil to which it may be ap plied. It readily destroys animals, insects or eggs found in the soil. It is especially valuable for fumigating buildings or granerics infested with objectionable Insects or other pests. It Is often used to fumigate plants in the open by placing hoods over them with the mixture in a suitable vessel under neath. It is invaluable as a remedy against plant lice, inasmuch as the fumes diffuse to every crevice and roach these little pests where and when It would be impossible to do so with any other Insecticide. Though a liquid it is sold by weight and may be bad at any drug store. —Home and Farm. Rlnoase of Wheat Tread*. The disease called wheat scab at tacks the wheat heads shortly before they ripen. A portion of the head, or sometimes the entire head, turns to a light brown color and dries up while it should be green and plump. The kernels wither and often become moldy and worthless. At harvest time the chaff of affected kernels is covered with a pink mold which is the cause of the trouble. More or less of this disease may be found, in almost any wheat field dur ing any season. Ordinarily, it is not sufficiently abundant to materially af fect the yield, but in seasons like the present one when the rainfall is ex cessive before harvest, it may do a great deal of damage. In threshing, the majority of the af fected kernels are driven off with the chaff, but some of the heavier ones find their way into the grain sack. Flour from such wheat must be of inferior quality and perhaps it is Injurious to health. However, on the latter point no definite Information is available. Some varieties are more subject to scab than others and perhaps this fact may bo turned to some practical ac count in preventing loss from the dis ease. No remedy other than the care ful selection of seed from varieties not bodily attacked Is known. —F. C. Stew art, in American Agriculturist. Effect of l'nta.ll on liny Crop,. The Hatch experiment station re ports that upon two plots of land fer tilized with thirty pounds of niitrate of soda, thirty pounds of driod blood, 37 1-2 pounds of dry ground fish, 273 pounds acid phosphate and 371-2 pounds muriate of potash to one-fourth of an acre, one yielded 1450 pounds at first crop and 125 pounds of rowen.the other 1250 pounds at first crop and 125 pounds of rowen. Combined this was at the rate of 5400 pounds first crop, five hundred pounds rowen per acre. Two similar plots had of nitrate of soda, dry ground fish and acid phos phate per plot and 02 1-2 pounds muri ate of potash. The yield of one was 1400 pounds at first crop and 200 pounds rowen, and 1400 pounds of first crop and 255 pounds of rowen, or at the rate of 5840 pounds per acre of first crop and 1050 pounds of rowen. The cost on the two first-named plots for fertilizer exceeded by about $4 per acre that on the plots which yielded the larger crops. This and the fact that clover was most abundant where the most potast was used, would seem to indicate that an increase of potash up to 250 pounds per acre is more desir able for the hay crop than an increase of nitrogen or phosphoric, arid, while the clover sod is expected to make the land better fitted for future crops. The fertilizer used for previous crops had been practically equal. To Make White of Kssr. Farmers who keep hens are apt to stick to their old fashioned ways. There is a good reason lor feeding poul try on other food than grain. The cut green bone which we have often ad vocated is almost a necessity for best results; of course, lean meat, linseed meal, finely cut clover hay, or alfalfa (scalded) and such variety of food wonld take the place to a large extent, of cut bone; so also a wide range in the fields where bugs and worms are to be found helps to meet tho need of this change of diet. The reason for something besides grain is well put in a statement in one of our exchangee as to the difficult work for the hen In producing the al bumen or white of the egg. "The yolk Is composed mostly of the elements of food that produce fat, being known as the carbonaceous elements. In wheat and corn the carbonacaous materials are very abundant, but the substances from which the albumen ie derived are lacking in proportion to the yolk pro ducing materials. For this reason the feeding of fowls on nothing but grain is not conducive to egg production." So it is evident you are asking your hens to make bricks without straw if you require or expect them to lay well without feeding them anything from which the white of the egg can be pro duced. To feed rightly, balancing up the food, as with all other animals, will result in profit. Nothing else will bring this result. —Farm, Field and Fireside. I'roper I\l il Icing. After cleanliness in milking comes efficiency. It includes good ways of holding the teat, rapidity and thor oughness of milking. The teat, if not too short, should be grasped with the whole hand, the index finger and thumb pressing, as the hand closes, a little more firmly than tha lower fin gers, thus forcing the milk downward, instead of upward. Milking with the thumb and one or two fingers, slipping them down the teat, is to be con demned, since it is neither quicker nor easier than the whole hand way, and calls for the filthy practice of wetting the teats. Thoroughness means get ting the last and richest drop. It is nec essary to milk dry, all dairymen know, if the cow is to be kept up with her milk. Rapidity of milking, unless It be violent, stimulates tho milk flow., Finally comes the treatment of the cow. It is of great importance, with the nervous cow perhaps of first im portance. Singing of a boisterous kind, whistling, chattering, loud talking, to say nothing of rough handling, certain ly does not make the cow more com fortable and therefore cannot he con ducive to a full, steady flow of milk. Aqd do not treat the cow to different milkers every day and to irregular hours of milking. Because of mere changing about of milkers we have fre quently noticed In herds of fifteen or twenty cows a decrease of iO percent in a day's milk. Let each cow become acquainted with her milker and let the milker stick by her. All of these things—cleanliness, ef ficiency and careful treatment of the cow—are matters of economy, for if all the cow has is to be got from her and the product is to be marketed in first class style they must receive at tention. They must be taught the new milkers.—Homestead. Clover on Sandy Soils. It is not so easy to secure a heavy growth of clover on light sandy soils as on soils that are heavy, and the matter of plowing under green crops is, therefore, more difficult owing to the scant growth, sometimes rendering tho experiment a costly one for seed and labor. Soils destitute of clay are not easily gotten into condition for clover, but it is possible by tho use of manure, fertilizers and green crops to get clov er established on .sandy soils. One point to consider is that clover is a lime plant; that is, it delights in soils that are not deficient in lime, while sandy soils are usually lacking in that mineral substance, A crop of cow peas, plowed under just before the seed pods begin to dry, with about 20 bush els of lime per acre, applied after plow ing the cow peas under, will greatly assist in rendering tha conditions for clover suitable. Another point which should not be overlooked, and which may have much to do with the thrift of the clover, is to procure soil from fields upon which large crops of clov er have been secured, and broadcast one or two bushels of the soil from the clover field on the land to be seeded, in order to inoculate the soil with the clover bacteria. Clover on sandy soils may be seeded in August, and no other crop should| occupy the ground, q.s the young plants will not require shading. Unlike the seeding of clover on clay soils in the spring, when the seed is broadcasted on the snow and allowed to grow un der any conditions, the seeding of clov er in the fall should be done only after the land has been plowed and made fine. The young plants will then get a good start and be ready to malto rap id growth the following spring. By seeding in the fall the crop secures | the benefit of the late rains and escapes the usual dry period of June and July. If the farmer has an insufficiency of manure he should not hesitate to use fertilizers, and the cheapest kinds of fertilizers are preferred for clover, as the crop demands very little nitrogen. About 100 pounds of sulphate of potash, 200 pounds acidulated phosphate and 25 pounds nitrate of soda will servead mirably, especially If a green crop of cow peas has been plowed under nnd tne land limed. One reason for using lime is that a mass of green material may cause the formation of an excess of carbonic or other acids in the soil, which are neutralized by the lime. The lime will also assist in producing the conditions most conducive to the work of bacteria in the soil. Should the ground be covered with weeds plow them under and broadcast with the cow peas, which grow rapid ly and keep weeds down, but even weeds make excellent green manurial crops when they are plowed under. They do the most harm when they are allowed to produce seed. The land for clover should be clean, as the fewer tho weeds tho better for the young clover plants. Fertilizers should he used in preference to manure, as the latter may contain the seeds of weeds unless it is thoroughly decomposed.— Philadelphia Record. I Bphinx Crumbling to Dust. D. G. Longworth of the "Sphinx" newspaper, Cairo, Egypt, who is now in England, brings the warning that the wondrous marvel of the ancient world, the Egyptian Sphinx, is rapidly decaying. It will not now, he says, be able long to withstand the altering climate of Egypt, due to the irriga tion of recent years. A few years ago an hour's downfall of rain once a year was a novelty in Egypt. The natives regarded it as some dire message of reproach from* the gods. The irri gation and the many trees about the Delta has changed this. Fifteen to 18 days' heavy rain falls now every year on the head of the Sphinx. The se vere "Khamseem" sandstorm follows and cuts into the soddened limestone of the ancient monument, literally whittling it away all over the surface. Proper Way to Exercise. Instead of wearing out their strength in contortion machines, relief-seekers should flee to the woods and the mountains, should pitch their tent 3 in some neighboring wooded high lands and share the fun*of hoeing out a trail to the next spring; should gather raspberries in the deep clefts, and climb trees in quest of squirrel's nests; should fetch their own fuel from the pine-knot bottoms, and arrange expeditions to the highest peaks of the neighborhood. In that manner, a two weeks' camp in Elysium will suffice to lay in a reserve store of health for several months of town life; and, besides, experience will prove that with a practical purpose and the stim ulus of visible results enables an inva lid to beguile himself into an amount of exercise unattainable by the man ual of the horizontal bar. A Prize for Matches. The Belgian government offered several years ago a prize of 60,000 francs for the invention of a paste for matches that did not contain white sulphur. Many products wore submitted, but the Judges recently re ported that none of them fulfilled the required conditions. They were ei ther defective in inflammability or ignited with friction on all surface alike. Some of them gave off in flammable gases of a poisonous na ture. Vegetables in Cuba. In Cuba cabbages frequently weigh as much as 20 pounds. All vegetables do well. Raddishes may be eaten from 14 to 18 days after sowing, while corn produces three crops per year. Sweet potatoes are perpetual. The natives dig up the tubers, cut them off and plant the old vinc3, which produce a new crop in three months. All sorts of fruits horticultural and greenhouse plants and bulbous stock are grown with the most gratifying success. FITS permanontlv ourod.No ftf s or nervous ness after first day fi use of Dr. KTln*s Great Norvclteatoror.fr'itrial bottle and treatisofroe Dr.R. H. KLINE, Ltd., #3l ArohSt., I'liita., Pa. Children that are hard to rata shoald be brought UJI with* A roaud turn. J. C. Simpson, Murqueaa, W. \a., says: "Half* Catarrh Cure cared mc of a voryJ>ad case of octarrli." Druggists s*dl It, 750. There*# plenty of room at the top, but not at the top of a church steeiiie. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children, teethingjfioften the gmns, reduces laflinma tion,allays paln,ourcs wind oolio. 25c. a bottle The etaijip on a k>vo letter doesn't al ways stick to facts. Piso'sOuroisthobest modicino w© orer used for all affections of throat and lungs.—WM. O. EMOHLKY, Vnnburon, Ind., Fob. 16, 1900. Some men's prospects arc so fine that they can't be seen. J Poorly? I " For two years I suffered ter- B B rlbly from dyspepsia, with great 9 B depression, and was always feeling W 8 poorly. I then tried Ayer's S.rsa- H 0 pariila, and in one week I was a I X new man."—John McDonald, I B Philadelphia, Pa. jS i Don't forget that it's I"Ay er' s " Sarsaparllla y that will make you strong I and hopeful. Don't w*ste | your time and money by | trying some other kind. I Use the old, tested, tried, I and true Ayer's Sarsapa | rilla. SI.OO a bottle. All drt*W. I K Ask your doctor what ho thinks of Aror*s 1 I Sartnparilla. Ho knows oil about this wand V B old family modicino. rollow his ndvWe and J B we will bo tatMl.Ml. J $ J. C. ATBR Co., Lowell, Mess. 1 Bilious? Dizzy? Headache? Pain back of your eyes? It's your liver! Use Ayer's Pills. Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black ? Use Buckingham's Dye 53 ct. of druggists or R. P. Hall Co., Nashua.N.H TOwCANDY CATHARTIC to. 4 All SSa. MK Dr.jurUU Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold In balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell' "something jnst as good." yaKSanii Thompson's Eye Watsr ■SS.™ SYSTEMIC CATARRH. (Pc-rn-na Is the only Systemic Catarrh Remedy known in the Medical Profession.) I !| | I A IXADWCJiWWQmX 0? I| | Mrs. Ida L. Gregory, President of the Poets' and Authors' Club of Colo rado, President of Colorado Art Club, Director of School of Industry and Design, Vice-President of Sherman Art League, Is One of the Leading Club Women of Colorado. In n rocent letter from 2 Grant ave nue, Denver, Colo., tiiis prominent lady says: * "Some years ago my husband suf fered from -nervous prostration and advising with a friendly druggist he brought home a bottle of Peruna. Ilis health was restored f rom its use, his appetite was Increased and rest ful sleep came to him. I therefore heartily endorse Peruna as an hon est remedy worthy the good things which arc said of it."—lda L. Greg org. Nervous prostration Is so frequently associated with systemic catarrh that some doctors do not distinguish be tween the two. In systemic catarrh the disease has pervaded the whole system and there Is a constant loss of vital fluid# from the mucous mem branes. A great many people are doctoring for nervous prostration who would be immediately cured by a course of Pe runa. Peruna makes clean, healthy mucous membranes. By this preser vation of the fluids the weakening drain of their discharge is prevented. The medical profession Is just begin- m SIuH3 PAi'liN A DRYTiME' li p Of THE FISH MFMV A IN A WET TIME. TH£ P" 161 " 1 a3 a fccx i<2n has a history. This is told In an . I ' yvS interesting booklet s-.\ which is yours for y.— , the aal <i n 6' A. d. TOWER CO. <X \jrySy| | BOSTON. MASS. Makers of wfHhl ¥ WET V/£ATH£P Zm. \At iJ CLOTHING .towers OUR GOODS ABE OH SALE EVERYWHERE. 'a.f DBIfiP Prince Orsini, who is the owner of the beautiful Lake Nemi, near Rome, lias facilitated in every possible way the efforts of the Italian government to raise the two galleys of Caligula which were sunk A. D. 41 off the shores of this lovely sheet of water. Sufficient has been recovered at pres ent to disclose the astounding fact that the vessels in question measure respectively 225 feet and 237 feet in length by 60 feet and 75 feet in width. Their decks were evidently covered with splendid mosaics, and already an immense number of magnificent bronze objects, among them a beau titul head of Medusa, are to be seen at the prince's villa, where eventually a museum is to be organized of ob jects in connection with the sunken galleys. Heat Perspiration, Lameness, and Soreness incidental to Canoeing, Riding, Cycling, Tennis, or any Athletics, no other application so soothing, cooling, and refreshing as a bath with CUTICURA SOAP, followed by gentle anointings with CUTICURA, the Great Skin Cure. Millions of Women use CUTICURA SOAP for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling heir, lor softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, lor babv rashes and chaflngs, in the form of baths for annoying irritations and inflammations of women, or too free or offen sive perspiration, in the term of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. CUTICURA SOAP combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odours. Nothing can induce those who have once used these great skin purifiers and beaumiers to use any others. $ Sold throughout the world. British Depot: F. NUWRBKY & SONS, 27, Charterhouse Sq., London, E. C. POTTER DRUG AND CIIBM. CORP., Sole Props., Boston, U. S. 1.. Copyright applied for. WaWBWHIPMIiIWITIiNMIffiMWHI HSIWIIi"!' il l.aEg——fl ning to awaken to the fact that chronic catarrh, especially systemic catarrh, will soon produce a condition so near ly resembling nervous prostration that It is very difficult to tell one from the other. Peruna cures these cases without fail. If you do not derive prompt and sat isfactory results from the use of Pe runa, write at once to Dr. Hnrtman, giving a full statement of your case, and lie will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of Tlie Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. I have been usiug Kipans Tabules for nearly a year and have derived a great benefit from them. I bad suffered with stomach trouble and dizziness when going to bed at night. Seeing that the Itipans Tab ules relieved me, I continued the use of them to the present time, and my stomach is now in good condi tion and the dizziness has left me. At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, CO ceuts, contains a supply for a year. a mJ * ■ Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use jg E in time.- Hold by druggists. K j P. N. U. 'OJ. DROPSY q^,ITOr. : :^ CASUS- Boos ot testiiuoiiiivlH nd 10 days' truatmeut li'ree. Dr. 11. U. QUEEN'S BOMB. BOX B. Atlanta, as.
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