Abandoning the Missouri. j Thoro are Indications that the long and costly struggle to keep the Mis souri river a great highway of com merce is to be abandoned and that the river wi'Jl be permitted hereafter to pursue its erratic course to the Mis sissippi -without attempts -by United 6tat.es engineers to keep it in order. • Millions of acres of land have been swept away and deposited elsewhere. In one place a tract of 1,700 acres was i transferred in a single night from lowa to Nebraska by a change in the course of the niver. Horse Power. A horse power is the force required to lift a dead weight of 33,000 pounds ; one foot a minute. To find the horse power of an engine multiply the area of the piston in inches by the aver- ! age steam pressure In pounds per square Inch. Multiply the product by the travel of the piston in feet per j minute and divide that product by I 33,000. Lf an engine is rated at 73- horse power it wil raise 33.000 pounds one foot 73 times in one minute. Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, and acts tipon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for I testimonials, free. Sold by druggists, 75c. F. J. Cheney A Co., l'rops, Toledo. O. • English shipbuilders get their guns and boilers in Germany. FIT 9 permanently onred.No fits or nervous ness after first day s use of I>r. Kline's Great Nerveßestorer. s2triol bottle and treatisef ree Dr. R.H. Kline, Ltd., 981 Archßt.,Phtla., Pa. The average salary of clergymen in tha United States is S9OO a year. Mrs. Winslo w's Scothin g Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, oures wind colic. 25c. a bottle The first trackless trolley in America will be run in Franklin. N. H. Ido not believe Piso's Cu re for Consump- ' tlon has an equal for coughs tnd colds—JOHN F. BoYKn, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. 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They oreakfast at 8 p. m.; And just at dawn they are ready for tea— But it doesnt seem queer to them. —Washington Star. Talking Stones. Contrary to the general belief, city 4FCOCFCHO M.nDOeORSTUVWX-VS & — } r*'V " — ww <s& nnm ~ * 3 * + * m . boys are often at a loss to know how | ! to amuse themselves in the country. They do not understand how to make the most of the opportunities nt hand. Here are some bints of use to such lads: | There is a particular class of amuse ments to which boys are much given, which are hut little understood by tile older people. These are the amuse ments which have to do with imagin ing oneself something quite different from what one really is. It Is usually a very reckless, blood- I thirsty individual whom boys choose 1 to represent. Perhaps they form them selves into a band of outlaws, possibly the famous crew under the lead of Robin Hood; it may chance that they will turn pirates, and the lending spir its will be known as Kldd or Morgan; or else the boys suddenly become In | dians, with a chief named Sitting Bull I or Eain-in-the-Face. | In whatever game of this sort the I boys may adopt a great deal must be I Imagined. It was largely to escape j ridicule, which every boy dreads, but i partly, also, because they liked the idea 1 of writing in such a fashion that it 1 could not be read except by their own ; fellows, that a crowd of hoys in the i upper part of New York State were led to evolve a form of cipher by means of which they could leave mes sages intelligible only to a few chosen i spirits. Unless one was in tlii? secret, these : messages looked like nothing except : a few sticks and stones scattered by the roadside; but to those who had worked out the stick and stone alpha- WASHINGTON PUZZLE PICTURE Washington in signing the capitulation of Fort Necessity. Find the In dian Half-King and Queen Allquippn. bet, the letters were perfectly Intel- [ liglble. In playing at being Robin Hood and his bund, which was the chief amuse ment of these boys, this means of writing was of great assistance in gathering the band, and of making known to late comers the commands i of their leader. At certain rendezvous details of the plan for the day would be left, and In this way different members of the band could at any time learn where their fellows were to be found and in what they were engaged, making ar rows, searching for seasoned hickory out of which to fashion new bows, or. possibly, holding a tournament to i prove the efficiency of the baud in the Use of their weapons. The method of leaving messages by means of sticks and stones is quite simple. One afternoon of practice should perfect any boy in its use. The alphabet Is given in the diagram accompanying tills article. The black line can be drawn in dirt or scratched on a boulder. Each of the crosses about this line represents a stone. One stone placed across the line, as •liown in the diagram (see the first cross at the left of the line), represents ] the letter A. A stone placed so thai Its lower edge just touches the line represents the letter B. A stone placed so that its upper edge just touches the line represents the letter C. A stone placed just above the line, not touching it, represents the letter D. A stone placed just below the line, not touching it, represents the letter E. Two stone placed vertically across the line represents the letter F. Two stones placed horizontally across the line represent the letter F. Two stones placed obliquely across the line, slanting from left to right, represent the letter K. Two stones placed obliquely across the lint, slant ing upward from right to left, repre sent the letter U. Three stones placed with their lower edges touching the line represent the letter Z. Two stones with a slight space between them, placed so that their lower edges just touch the line, represent the character &. This is usually contracted in stone written messages to one stone, A, an swering in place of "and." The context will always make this abbreviation in telligible. The remaining letters of the alpha bet explain themselves. Considerable space must be left between words, or an improvement on this is to lay a small twig between your words. When a boy has familiarized himself with the alphabet, the sticks and stones in the diagram will be found to read: i "Making arrows at the big spring." When the messages indicated to a member of the outlaw band that his fellows were engaged in some sort of work which would keep them moving about, as, for instance, searching for new camping grounds, new springs, or the proper kinds of wood from which to make bows and arrows, he would find his companions through his knowl edge of the woods where they were most likely to find what they wanted, and by tracking them.—New York Sun. What a Drop of Water Can Do. j I Bend n match In ocnti'o so tllat It forms an acute angle, and place it over the neck of a large bottle; on top of the match place a piece of money. I n cent, for Instance, as shown in figure. I The trick is to put the money into tbo bottle without touching the match or bottle. Dip your finger in water, holding it over the place where the match is bent, and allow one or two drops to fall on i that point. The two sides of the angle will open slowly, allowing the money to drop into the bottle.—New York Press. A Cat and Mouse Game. The players stnnd hand and band la a circle, the mouse being Inside and the cat outside. They dance around, rals j ing their arms and lowering them al | ternately, which gives the cat a chance to jump in at one side, while the mouse jumps out at the other. The cat is now a prisoner and goes round "miaul ing," but as the dance continues she soon gets out and chases tile mouse, who darts in to save herself. If she gets in by herself, the cat pays u for feit, but If puss gets In also it is the mouse who has to suffer for it. Disposing? of Seiruge. Plants for the destruction of sewage by cremation nre now operated in nine ty-seven cities of the United States. | Farm Topics^ Lambs In the Market. Lambs bring twice as much in mar ket as sheep, including the wool de rived from the sheep, and the market Is seldom overstocked with lambs. Evaporated Corn. It takes about ten ears to average one pound of evaporated corn, and 100 pounds of fresh cut corn will make a trifle over twenty-live pounds of the finished product of high grade. If the corn is hard and nearly ripe this yield would be increased but at the expense of quality. Such corn will sell at from eight to ten cents per pound in car lots, according to the market. Most of those engaged in evaporating corn have in creased their business gradually and pay from twenty-five to forty ceutc per hundred ears, or about $9 per ton, delivered at the factory in the husks. A Profitable Crop. It is safe to say that the market gar deners near our large cities realize greater profits from lettuce than from any other vegetable. It is a very hardy falant, and when well under wuy with stands not only quite a degree of cold, but also the heat. If the plants are partially protected 6y*being set out on the sunny side of ridges, they progress much more rapidly in growth than when not so carefully managed, and the quicker they can be grown the bet ter the quality. If the plants are set out in rows wide enough to admit the free use of tie hoe, and well manured, the7 will become solid, but when sown broadcast on rich beds they also fur nish a large quantity of tender leaves. Feeding: Large and Small Chickens. Where large and small chickens run at large in the same lot the feeding of A FEEDING BOX. them becomes a difficult matter, as the larger crowd the weaker and take most, of the food. Get one or more big but low dry goods or grocery boxes and remove a part of each side, as shown in the cut, making the opening just high enough to permit the smaller chicks to enter. Stretch a wire from side to side at the top, and throw feed Inside for the younger broods. They will quickly learn to stqrt for their own quarters when the feed dish appears.—New Eng land Homestead. Where the Hog Leads. For quick returns the hog is far ahead of the steer or sheep. He is easily fitted for the slaughter at six months old, and at that time, if he has been well fattened, eighty per cent, of his live weight is in dressed meat. But, as the saying goes, every part ol' him excepting the grunt and the squeal is utilized. The bristles, the intestines or sausage casings, the blood and the bone, all play their parts, while the liver and heart are favorite food with many. The steer will need about three crops of corn to fatten him, and oftcu not more than fifty per cent, of his weight is dressed meat, while it is un usual to find one that does not shrink over forty per cent. One crop of corn will fatten both the fall and the sprlug pigs each year. All of tills is a decided advantage in favor of the keeping of swine, and those who have done so and avoided the attacks of cholera aud swine plague have becu successful and prosperous in their business.—Kansas Farmer. Furmm-B and llreedfl. The breeds of sheep are being im proved every year, aud farmers who have not familiarized themselves with the characteristics of sheep should bear in mind that they are behind the buy ers, who can distinguish at a few mo ments' examination exactly what kind of a sheep from which the wool was sheared, and its fitness for the pur pose for which it is desired. The buy ers know the breeds, the kind of wool peculiar to each breed, and all about them, for it is "business." A farmer would sneer at a carpenter who pro feased to be a carpenter and yet could not do a piece of work in that line; and yet, it may be claimed, there are hun dreds of farmers who profess to be fanners, and who would rebel if their knowledge of the business should lie questioned, but who, at the same time, cannot tell as much about the products of the farm as many of those who know nothing about farm life. There are hundreds of farmers who are uot able to distinguish breeds of sheep, and who do not know the particular purposes for which a breed Is most suitable, and still they pride them selves on their calling as a business whica they intend to make profitable. If sr.eh farmers could be Drought to a reslization of the fact that they are really deficient in knowledge it would be to their Interests. Every year we witness the shipment of the products of tho farm to market, where the ouyei fixes the grade, although he has no ex perience on the farm. Farmers as a class are not business-like, for they rely too much on the judgment of others. It is not intended to imply that they should not seek the advice of others, but when the farmer surrenders every thing to hard work he should begin to educate himself In every possible way to improve his chances.—Philadelphia Record. ' Competition for Btandard Oil. Consul F. W. Mehin writes from Reiohenberg, June 16, 1902: "The Austrian refiners of petroleum have effected an organization for export purposes. It is announced that they Intend to invade France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and wrest those countries, if possible, from the Amer ican company which now supplies their demands for petroleum, and that they also propose contesting certain markets with Russia." I Rents are falling in Buenos Ayres. The Okapl. The okapi, the strange animal a short time ago discovered in Central Africa by Sir Henry Johnstone, is now thought to have been known to the ancient Egyptians. Tho old monu ments show a soealled "animal ol set," a desert quadruped variously supposed to have been a fox, a musk rat, a dog, a camel and even a fabul ous animal. A study of the pictures convinces Prof. Weideman that this creature was the okapi, which early hunters exterminated in Egypt. | I In Humbolt and Mendocino coun -1 ties, California, there are 36 sawmills at work upon the famous redwood for ests, which are gradually disappear: ing, the value of the output of the year 1900 being nearly $5,000,000. Half- Sid wwm—'y "Tn'ratwfiT vrrrrMiftrf' k-< ' I first used Ayer's Sarsaparilla in the fall of 1848. Since then I have taken it every spring as a blood - purifying and nerve strengthening medicine." S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kans. If you feel run down, are easily tired, if your ■ nerves are weak and your ; blood is thin, then begin ' to take the good old stand ard family medicine, Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It's a regular nerve lifter, a perfect blood 1 builder. n.w .bottle. Aiidmniits. 8 lAsk your doctor what he thinks of Ayer's I Sarsaparilla. Ho knows all about this grand ■ old family merliclno. Follow his advloeand ■ w will be sntlbtiod. ■ J. C. ater Co., Lowell, Mass. ft Cross? Poor man! He can't help it. It's his liver. He needs a liver pill. Ayer's Pills. Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black ? Use Buckingham's Dye | SOcts.of druggists or R. P. Hall & Co.. Nashua, N.H. I have been a great sufferer -with | piles for years, and I have tried ev erything I heard of, and have been | In the hospital at times. I have had bleeding piles, and felt terrible. An | aunt of mine came from the country , to see me and she made me take Itipaus Tabules. I first took two four ! times a day, then I took one at each meal, and then one every day. At the end of two weeks I felt a great change. I thank Rlpans for reliev ing mo of fail I suffered. At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. z< ,i THIS IS A TYPE of the bright, up-to-date girl who is not afraid of sun, wind or weather, but relies on CUTICURA SOAP assisted by CUTICURA OINTMENT to preserve, purify and beautify her skin, scalp, hair and hands, and to protect her from irritations of the skin, heat rash, sunburn, bites and stings of insects, lameness and soreness incidental to outdoor sports. W~Much that all should know about the skin, scalp, and hair la told la the circular with CUTICUUA SOAF. King Edward VII. is to establish • n new order, It is said, which will con* e fer honor on distinguished women. G Since the Baroness Burdett Coutts re* t ceived her title no woman has been y elevated to the peerage because of r f her philanthropic benefactions, e ' ' r . Concessions have just been granted s to construct and run 27 branch lines ,t of the Swedish railways. The new a lines will cover a distance of 260 miles in all, and it means that Sweden will again have occasion to purchase a large quantity of rolling stock. f~~ THE BEST " s waterproof clothing IN THE WO&LD j '/),//,/ BEARS THIS TfADE MARX \ y 1 / - 1 -ifr // MAt>c w °* vellw ■ TAKE N9 SUBSTITUTES 8 ON SALE EVERTWHEIC "• uniMUßrra r- SMOWING'FULL UNE Of />/ GARMENTS AND HATS A.W.TOWCB CO.,BOSTON. MAM, m SHOES mm IV. L. Douqlas shoes are the standard of the wcrld. W. L. Douglas mndo and raid more roon**Good rear Welt (Itand Sowed Proceea) shoes 1" the first six months of 1902 than any Other maniifoftnier. <M fl REWARD will be paid to am one who O I UlUl/U ran disprove this Kfntr-ment. W.'L. DOUGLAS 84- SHOES CANNOT BE EXCELLED. i:," Ji.103.5201 iss s>,si4o,ooo Best imported and American leathers. Heyl'e Patent Calf. En xmol, Box Calf. Calf. Vict K,d. Corona Colt, Nat. Kangaroo. Fust Color Kyel t rseu. fnitiun f T be genuine havnW. L. 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OENSioi^K^ri^ Q 3 > re In civil war, 15 adjudicating: claims, ntt.v since dieaßssgHmiHasEnSi ICURLS WHtUE AIL ELSE FAILS. BT m Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use 2 In time. Fold by druggists. |®f EsßaZoßislHiHZagi
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