SPUR I INC BREVITIES. Lord Derby, tbe trotter, has won up- i tvard of $."0,000 this season to date. Harvard beat rrineeton for intercol legiate golf championship by 14 holes to 9. A woman's gymnasium, to cost $31,- boo, will be built at the University of Chicago. Horse racing in California the com ing winter will be on a higher plane than ever before. During the Harlem meeting, at Chi cago, $187,777 was distributed in stakes and purses. The Western Jockey Club has re fused to grant a trainer's license to Steve I'Hommedieu. Dan Patelien failed to beat the pac ing record (1.59%) at Memphis, Tenn., making the mile in 2.01. The athletic council of Cornell Uni versity has voted to send a crew to compete in the Henley regatta next year. Prince Alert won a match race from Sir Albert S. at Memphis, Tenn., and lowered tbe pacing record for a half mile to 57 ! >4 seconds. Sidney Burns, one of the American turfmen expelled from Prance, re turned to Paris, was rearrested and escorted to tie frontier. Edith W„ driven by Frank G. Jones, won a free-for-all pace at Memphis, Tenn., pacing each heat in 2.05%, a rec ord for two heats for mares. O'Connor, the jockey, has been en gaged by Baron de Bothschild to ride in France Tor the next three years at a salary of $15,000 per annum. Yachtsmen are greatly pleased that C. Oliver Isclin has consented to take charge of the new boat to be built for the defense of the America's Cup. There is a good deal of discussion among the golfers in London about the rubber-cored ball. The best players say tile lively ball puts the inferior players in the class with them, and they are opposed to it. TUNNEL SAFETY SIGNALS. Are Put at Either End of the Bergen Boring. The Erie Railroad Company has re cently Installed a system of safetj signals in the Bergen tunnel, Jersey City, which is hoped will prove a per fect safeguard against accldenta This tunnel is about 4,500 feo-t long, cut throught solid rock, and the dark ness of the interior in intense. There are two tracks, and heretofore io case of an accident to a train in the tunnel there was no means of pre venting a second train from rushing In and being wrecked in the debris of the first. The tunnol is now sup plied with signal boxes located 200 feet apart, with an electric light over each. In ease of accidents it In the duty of one of the trainmen to re move a plug from one of the signal boxes, which immediately causes the flashing of red lamps at either end of the tunnel, thus giving a signal to all approaching trains. Jeff Seaton, coal operator located near Shelbina, Mo., has opened two * mines—ono for uninon and one for nonnmion men—so that tha miners can take their choice. Eleven men have commenced work in the non union -mine and 15 have gone to work in the other. The samo scale of pay Is in effoct -at both mines. 7YTNVESTMEHT The Preferred Stock of the W. L, Douglas s co°.° Capital Stack, 12,900,000. S 1,000,000 Preferred Stock. 51,000,000 Common Btock, Slraras, SIOO each. Sold at Par. Only Pref rrad Stook offered for sale. W. L. Douglas retains all Common Slock. Why In vat your money nt r.H or *1 vriun tlie W. U I Do mini Proforrwl Stook pays T> and is ahHolutoly safe. v-ish mm*!> m >••.? t!:an t'te nmount necessary to pity 7> mutual dlvlil'jii l on the preferred stork of SI,OOC.(M). The .limit tl business now is 5K..V.0.000, It Is incicnsliiß vary rapidly, and will equal jrt.imno for the year 1908. Tin' f.vs ory is now turnup; out 7SOO pairs of shoes per l iv.:i id an addition to tli" plant iii Wing bulit which w ill jn.Tcabf' iii* rapjuatv to 10.000 pairs per flay. Tlio mason i am otTorlmr tha Preferred Stock lor sale is to pcrivtmito the btwlnpss. if ><m wish to invest in the lio&t shoe business in tho world, which is permanent, and receive 7* on your tnoii-y, you can purchas" one r-hare or more in this Krc.tt b.Huii'ss. S- ml money by cashier's cheek, certified check. opress or J*. (>. money orders, made payable to IV. L. Doutrl is. Certificate ot stock will he sent yoa by return mail. I'lospucfus uiviru lull information frea, W. JL. iiUtIULAN. Urocklun, Mau. DarA Ham " I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor j| for a great many years, and il- I I though I am past eighty years of 0 age, yet I have not a gray hair in R my head." Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md. I We mean a!! that rich, | dark color your hair used | to have. If it's gray now, | no matter; for Ayer's g Hair Vigor always re-1 stores color to gray hair. 1 Sometimes it makes the g hair grow very heavy and g long; and it stops falling I of the hair, too. <i j SI.CO a bclllc. All rfru&isfe. ; I """if yoTr'dniffKistcaunot supply yon, D ■end ub cno dollar and wo will exprcsn M yon % bottle. Ho euro and giro tbe name B of your nuarost erpresfl oflTno. Address, S J. c. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. | jw R rdtT v' ThORipSSII'S Ey'O : FARM © ! I © MATTERS. ! ■ Selecting; Seed Corn. To save seed corn select the ripest, heaviest, earliest ears, and from the strongest and most prolific stalks. In this manner Ihe corn can be improved every year, and at a very little expense and care. Rentorinß Worn Out Solln. When soils are partially abandoned because of the expense of restoring them by tlie purchase of fertilizers, the farmer has at his command the op portunities of green manures. The old system of farming was to recuperate the sod by allowing it to rest for a year or two, by not compelling it to produce a crop. Stones in the (iarden Soil. Don't be impatient to get all the small stones out of your garden soil. Any as large as a baseball should cer tainly be taken out, but the smaller stones, especially those the size of a marble, help the soil by keeping it loose, allowing good circulation of water and helping to warm it some what. This is especially valuable where an early crop is wanted. llnviuK a Specialty. It is not a bad plan for any farmer to have some specialty aside from his regular crops, if he is not too short for help. Among tlie things to be suggest ed a small area in some one fruit would be within reach of nil. This would afford a profit in tho majority of seasons, and every now and then comes a year when a fruit crop is worth u very handsome sum. Improving Poor I.and. Poor land can never be improved un less something is added to it. It is cheaper to allow time, in tlie effort to grow crops to ho plowed under, than to attempt to take a scanty crop fl'om tho land. When the land is poor tho manure should be concentrated on smaller areas, and allow n portion of the land to go ttucropped until manure can be given to it. Time will he saved, however, by using green manurial crops and fertilizers. The farmer who pays taxes on poor land taxes himself unnecessarily. Tramping Seed Into the Perth. Peter Henderson some years ago called attention to the use of the feet in planting vegetable seed in dry weather. If small seeds are sown and loosely covered with dry earth they of ten fail to germinate, or, just after germination, they lie and perish. If, however, the earth is compressed about tho seed at the time of planting, such drying does not occur, and the seeds germinate well, even when tlie ground is very dry. To he sure, if tlie ground is full of moisture, this method would not be followed. Oiling Hnrne->. It is a good plan to keep harness well oiled, as it will make it wear longer and keep it soft and pliable and much more easily handled. Soft, well oiled harness will stand more pulling than a set that has not been oiled. It takes the life and toughness out of leather to use It without oiling. The cost of the oil and the work of apply ing It will be saved many tltue3 by the harness lasting longer and the saving in repairs. The harness can be oiled some wet day when little else could be done, and the time consumed in doing It will hardly be missed.—The Epllomist. Temperature For Bees. Bees should ho kept at a temperature ranging from forty-two to forty-five degrees above zero, and the hives should he dry. The light should lie excluded as much as possible and the hives should not he exposed to sudden changes of temperature. An ample supply of honey should be left for the support of the hoes during the winter. It is not necessary to put the hives under shelter until winter approaches and If the colony in each hive is not strong it will be of but little service until it recovers in the spring. Too much warmth in winter is not con ducive to success. Salt in the UTaaure Heap. Rait in the manure heap will prove beneficial. As kainlt. contains a large proportion of salt, and also a percent age of crude sulphate of potash, it may he mixed with the manure by turning the heap over, care being taken that all portions of the manure be sprinkled with the kaiuit. It prevents loss of am monia to a certain extent and adds potash to the manure, while salt at tracts moisture and serves as an aid to prevent "fire-fanning" of the man ure. Whenever manure is turned over tho coarse materials should be placed in the centre in order that they may more quickly bo decomposed. Tlio II ay Prsis. The farmer wiio has more hay than barn room will find it a good invest ment to have a hay press that he m.-y put it into smaller hulk, so that there will bo room for it in the barn, instead of stacking it out of doors. It will keep better, anil If he has any to sell it will be more easily handled and sell more readily nt a better price. If one cannot afford to buy a press, let those In a neighborhood who are likely to want to use it unite in owning. The hay may be stacked until the cutting and curing is-over with, if one does not wish to run the press in haying time, but tlio quicker the stack is reduced to hales the better. Increasing; Fertility of tlie Farm. The profit from farming comes In slowly, and several years may elapse before the farmer is aware that his farm pays. This is due to the fact that fertility in the soil is cumulative, the results of the first year being hut lit tle, apparently, though every year thereafter the farm will increase in productive capacity. The system of farming practiced will also influence the future of the farm. Where stock is a specialty the results arc uearly al ways excellent, and rotation of crops aid in giving a profit, but the largest gain Is when the farmer uses fertilizers liberally and gives his attention to the preservation of the manure produced oil the farm. Cheaply Made Open Sited. An open shed is almost a necessity in raising chicks, both as protection from showers and cold winds and for a shel ter at night. One can very easily hi made in the fashion shown in the cut. Lapped boards form the roof. One end of each rafter rests upon the ground, while two posts support the other ends. The ends of the shed are boarded up. the whole taking net more than half an hour's work, while the whole can quickly be taken apart at the end of the season.—New York Tribune Farm er. Intensive Farming. Intensive cultivation lays up for the future just us much as the improve ment of a piepe of property in a good neighborhood increases the valuation of the land for the future. Oue might make nunual outlays for improving property, aud not get actual returns for two or three years. So in the sys tem of intensive cultivation the returns may he several years ahead. In tlid matter of the soil one finds that the land improves through intensive culti vation slowly hut surely, and while we may not he üble to see the improve ment this year or next it will In time come. Some soils are in such poor condition that it requires at least two or three seasons to make them re spond to intensive systems of culture. Likewise some crops do not respond quickly to tho careful selection of seed aud thorough cultivation.—Michigan Farmer. , Uses or Fallon heaves. Forest leaves make an excellent bed ding for stables, and at the same time one of the richest fertilizers. It is not good policy, however, to gather tho leaves from a piece of woodland, as such action will in time exhaust the soil and cause injury to the trees. When the leaves blow into rnviues they may he gathered and used at the barn. Dry leaves, hold in place by a few bougbs, make an excellent protec tion for such vegetables as lettuce, spinach, onlous, etc., as are wintered in the open nir. Leaves forked in about young trees keep the soil loose and pro mote rapid growth. Leaves thrown into tile scratching pen whore chickens are confined in winter are excellent to give them exercise in hunting for their food. They also are excellent for clos ing the crevices in old pens where chickens, pigs, etc., may be confined in winter. When leaves are yearly re moved from a lawn it is necessary to return to the soil a fertilizer equivalent in value to the leaves removed.—Dr. George G. Grolf. in New York Tribune Farmer. Doen Farming; Pay? The question as to whether farming pays is not fundamental. It is incidental. A necessary occupation! must pay. Too often it is answered in tlie negative by the mere citing of cases in which farming is unremunera tivo. The abandoned farms of New England may not pny, else they might not have been abandoned. Yet even here there may be a fallacy. Perhaps the farm that has ceased to be profit aide under the old system of farming may he made to pay under a new sys tem. Strictly speaking there are prob ably no abandoned farms in New Eng land. There may be a change in own ership and In methods, but the lands still yield a crop for somebody. Tliey have not reverted to the public domain. The management of land is undergoing a radical change. This change may result In hardships to tho individual who will not accept tile new order, but It works to the betterment of the farm and consequently of the community. Farming pays even though n farmer here and there may fail.—F. H. Sweet, in The Epitouiist. Oltl ami New Strawberry Reds. Very rarely have wo had a season more conducive to the growth of weeds In the strawberry bods than this lias been. We could not get into the gar den to root out the weeds for weeks at a time, and the consequence was that the plants were almost swamped. He roic treatment was required to clear them out. But we have done it. First we went over the plot with n scythe, cutting down all the grass, ragweed and other foul stuff. This was raked off aud drawn away on the stone boat. Then we put a good team and plow in and threw the land bottom up, berry plants and all. This was followed by the barrow. This left a good seed bed tor the new plants. These we took from the old bed of this summer. A nice lot of runners had grown up be tween the rows, and these wo trans ferred to the new bed. A fine sliower coming on shortly after we had finished the work of transplanting helped to give the new plants a start. Now we will go through the rows with a culti vator as often as needed, and also through the rows of last year's plants we will save over for one, year more. It has been hard work, but we are sure it will pay well— H. L. Vincent, in New York Tribune Farmer. .v"\. N •{?'* - ~-,■ .......A.t|> ~/f THE CHILDREN ENJOY I Life out of doors and out of the games which they play and the enjoy- '<9v\ ment which they receive and the efforts which they make, comes the r"\ .• greater part of that healthful development which is so essential to their **' happine.?s when grown. When a laxative is needed the remedy which is r> if given to them to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the internal organs tf/ on which it acts, should be such as physicians would sanction, because its A }•& J* / (f component parts are known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from | Jif every objectionable quality. The one remedy which physicians and parents, jtj well-informed, approve and recommend and which the little ones enjoy, ./Vv'v M, because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its beneficial effects, is— /.2'n Syrup of Figs—and for the same reason it is the only laxative which should j: - ' be used by fathers and mothers. Cj&V- Syrup of Figs is the only remedy which acts gently, pleasantly and naturally without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanses the J-JS**-'S*l system effectually, without producing that constipated habit which results ir*)Jrf ?<"f from the use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, and against jj. 'M which the children should be so carefully guarded. If you would have them ' grow to manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy and happy, do not give them medicines, when medicines arc not needed, and when nature needs f assistance in the way of a laxative, give them only the simple, pleasant and gentle—Syrup of Figs. s'"' Its Q ualit y is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the / laxative principles of plants with pleasant aromatic syrups and juices, but - vi-' r - also to our original method of manufacture and as you value the health of ?V $ the little ones, do not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulous deal- " ■ J ers sometimes offer to increase their profits. The genuine article may be V \ bought anywhere of all reliable druggists at fifty cents per bottle. Please I V to remember, the full name of the Company— ,/\ ..rV/ 1 , CALIFORNIA FIG SYR.VP CO.- is printed on 5" • ' Tpy"Xi ! \ the front of every pack " age ' in ° rder to p et its jjOS\ .".jy //>->' /VA.V'k • I beneficial effects it ia al- A \ \ '[- ' f J '*' ' i '' There Is quite a amorence Detwccn a shrewd man and one who marries a shrew. STATE OT OHIO, CITYT or OLBDO, F LUCAS COUNTY. I ' * FRANK J. OH*NKV,make oath that heTsthe senior partner of the firm of F. J. CUKNICY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo/ County and State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every case of CATAnnn that cannot bo cured by tho use of HALI/B CAT A nun CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before ine and subscribed in my . .. presence, this 6th day of December, \ SEAL. }A. D., 1880. A. AV. GLEABON, ' —i — ' Notary Public.. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and ■> acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists,7sc. Hall's Family Pills are the host. American linotype machines and printing presses arc used in England. FITS permanently oardd.No fits or nervous neiisafter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Croat Nerveßestorer.s2trlal bottlo and treatLsel'reo Dr.ll. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Pliila., l'a. | American windmills can be seen in the land of the Jordan and Bashan. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething,soften tho gums, reduces inllainma tion,allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Flying fish have been known to jump ten feet above the surface of the sea. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES produce the brightest and fastest colors. Some people who run into debt are forced to crawl out. Tlso's Cure cannot bo too highly spoken of M a cough cure.—J. W. O'JJUIEN, 322 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., .ran. 6,1033 The millionaire's chief cud is the divid end. at. J.,IL/..I, , r JLXAJLT - TTTTTTTTTTTTPI' ! I Y No pain-cure o? an/ * .nd has evar succeeded Y Y in competing with ST. JACOI Its virtues Y T have been proclaimed by millions of restored "S •P* sufferers, who have been cured of RHEUM *¥ V TISM. NEURALGIA. SCIATICA and many V T other pair.ful diseases by its use. IT has been *F V aptly termed the great conqueror of pain. 3* Y From LT3 use despair elves way to Joy. It heals T 5* quickly and surely. It IS simply marvelous. 7 T 25c. and 50c. sizes. Y •f ITS GREAT PENETRATING POWER ? T REACHES THE CAUSE OP PAIN. " ESTABLISHED FIFTY YEARS. A A J IOWISW! I PAMI ttf. ROP. Ymm' DrnßjtkH Genuine stamped CC C. Sever sold In bnlL. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "sometbMg jtist as good." DROPSY NE y DISCOVERT; .i™. * ® f 'OR , quick relief and ouroa tvoral amM- Book e( toktiino.-.iala and 10 !*,. rr.ltmn "'••• *'• K. H. .ailll SBOHJ. B.x *. Atluit.. PE-RU-NA CURES CATARRH * DflNfitfoUS Pe-rn-ua Creating a National Sensation la the Cure ?■ '|Pl || CO* of Chronic Ailments of the Kidneys. J mMif "j j] Wie the escape of serum from the blood. Perunn stimulates the kidneys to ex crete from the blood the accumulating poison, and thus prevents the convul sions which are sure to follow if the poisons are allowed to remain. It gives great vigor to the heart's action and digestive system, both of which are npt to fail rapidly iu this disease. Perunn cures catarrh of the kidneys simply because it cures catarrh wher ever located. If you do not derive prompt and sat isfactory results from the use of Pe runn, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and be will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Ilartman, President of The Ilartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Major T. H. Mars, of the First Wis consin Cavalry Kegiment, writes from 1425 Dunning street, Chicago, 111., the following letter: "for yearn I suffered with catarrh of the kidneys contracted in the army. Medicine did not help me any until a comrade who had beenhelpcd by I'eruna advised me to try It. 1 bought some at once, att.il soon found blessed relief. 1 kept taking it four months, and am now well and strong and feel better than Jhave done for the past twenty years, thanks to Feruna."—T. H. Mars. Mr. John Vance, of Hartford City, Ind., says: "My kidney trouble is much better. 1 have improved so much that everybody wants to know what medi cine lam using. I recommend I'eruna to everybody, and some have com menced to use it. The folks all say that if Dr. Hartmnn's medicine cures me it must lie great."—John Vance. Mr. J. Brake, of Petrolea, Ontario, Canada, writes: "Four years ago J had. a severe attack of llrlght's dis ease. which brought me so low the doctor said nothing more could be done for me. 1 began to take I'eruna and Manaltn, and in three months I was a well man , and have con tinued so ever si nee."—J. Brake. At the appearance of the lirstsymptom I have been using Ripans Tabules for over two years as a medicine for general ills. I always keep a sup ply on hand, and find they come in handy for everyday use in case of headache, constipation or a bilious attack. At druggists. I'be Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, (>0 cents, contains a supply for a year. A. E R""ca. ikgrVfiMi
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