SPORTING BREVITIES. Lord Derby, the trotter, Ims won up ward of $"0,000 this season to date. Harvard beat Princeton for intereol legiate sell championship by 14 holes to 0. A woman's gymnasium, to cost $31,- 000, will be built at the University of Chicago. Horse racing in California the com v „ lug winter will be on a higher plane p" than ever before. During the Harlem meeting, at Chi cago, $157,777 was distributed in stakes and purses. The "Western Jockey Club has re fused to grant a trainer's license to Steve l'Homraodieu. Dan Patchen 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 lias 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 the pacing record for a half mile to 57% seconds. Sidney Burns, one of the American turfmen expelled from Prance, re " turned to Paris, was rearrested and escorted to tAe frontier, i Editli W., driven by Prank G. Jones, * won a free-for-all pace at Memphis, ' 'Tenn., pacing each heat in 2.05%, n rec ord for two heats for mares. O'Connor, the jockey, has been en gaged by Baron de Rothschild to ride in Prance for the next three years at a salary of $15,000 per annum. Yachtsmen are greatly pleased that C. Oliver Iselin 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 the lively ball puts the inferior players in the class with them, and they are opposed to it. TUNNEL SAFETY STGNALS. Are Put at Either End of the Bergen Boring. The Erie Railroad Company has re- Vcently installed a system of safetj signals in the Bergen tunnel, Jersey City, v/hioh is hoped will prove a per fect safeguard against, accidents This tunnel is about 4,500 feet long, cut throught solid rock, and the dark ness of the interior in intense. There are two tracks, and heretofore in case of an accident to a train in the tunnel there was no moans of pre venting a second train from rushing In and being wrecked in the debris of the first. The tunnel is now sup plied with signal ho>:o3 located 200 feet apart, with an electric light over each. In case of accidents it in the duty of one of the trainmen to re move a plug from one of tho 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, eoal operator located i near Sholhina, Mo., has opened two 'S.mines—ono for uninon and one foi ' nonunion men—so that the miners can take their choice. Eleven men have commenced work in the non union -niine and 15 have gone to work in the other. The same scale of pay Is in effect at both mines. 7"l INVESTMENT The Preferred Stock of the W. L, Douglas ®co. e Capital Stock, $2,000,000. 51,000,000 Preferred Stock. $1,000,000 Oommon Stock, 1 Shares, SI OO each. Sold at Par. Only Pref Trotl Slock offered for sale. W. L. Douglas retains all Common Stock. Why tnvst your money at )* or 4* when the W. U DouuUs Profrtirnt Stock pave 7 and i* nb9olutely Bafe. ■ ' .'I'■ h 1 11 d Hll i ur< t .isii iiiii-ii mire than the amount necessary to nay"* animal tllvi lend on the preferred Mock of 11,000,000. The arm- i ll D'lsliiesa imw is fn.WtO.IXW, it is inn easing v tv rapidly, and will equal 57.a0.0f0 for the year 1903. The factory Is now turning out 7HOO pairs of shoes per rin tho Preferred Slock tor sale is to piiroetuate the business. If you wish to Invest In 'he best shoe business In the world, which is permanent, and receive 71 on your money, you can purchase one share or more In this (treat business. S nd money by cashier's check, certified chock, cypress oi r. (). money orders, made payable te W. L. IJouwl w. Certificate of stock will bo sent yon bv return m id. Prospectus giving fnil Information free W. i.. LAS, Brockton, Slaw. I Dark Hair mtKKxmimtxzxatxammßJßoassisma " I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for a great many years, and al though I am past eighty years of age, yet I have not a gray hair in my head." Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md. j We mean a!! that rich, j dark color your hair used j to have. If it's gray now, j no matter; for Ayer's j Hair Vigor always re-: stores color to gray hair. I Sometimes it makes the a , hair grow very heavy and | „ long; and it stops falling of the hair, too. ft SI.OO a toitlc. AM tfru£lffc. 7 B If rour dnigciat cannot supply you, I I send us ono dollar and vre will express g ■ you a bottle. Be auro nnd ffivo tho name l 6 of your nearest express* office. Address, i 8 J. (J. A"VKit CO.,Lowell, Mane. I "W r 'J*' I '% ■ T I Thompson's £je Waior ! FARM m I ! © MATTERS. I Selecting; Seed Corn. To save seed corn select the ripest, heaviest, earliest ears, and from the strongest and most prolific stalks. In this manner the corn can be improved every year, and at a very little expense and care. Restoring Worn Out Soils. When soils are partially abandoned because of the expense of restoring them by the purchase of fertilizers, the farmer has at his command the op portunities of green manures. The old system of farming was to recuperate the soil 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 lnrge as a baseball should cer tainly be taken out, hut 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. Having 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 the things to be suggest ed a small area in some one fruit would he within reach of all. This would afford a profit in the majority of seasons, and every now nnd then comes a year when a fruit crop is worth a very handsome sum. Improving Poor Land. Poor laud can never he improved un less something is added to it. It is cheaper to allow time, In the effort to grow crops to be plowed under, than to attempt to take a scanty crop ffom the land. When the laud is poor the manure should he concentrated 011 smaller areas, and allow a portion of the land to go uncropped until manure can be given to it. Time will he saved, however, by using green manurial crops and fertilizers. The farmer who i pays taxes 011 poor land taxes himself unnecessarily. Trampincr Seed Into the Kartli. 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 the seed at the time of planting, such drying docs not occur, and the seeds germinate well, even when the ground Is very dry. To lie sure, if the ground is full of moisture, this method would uot be followed. Oiling Humes*. It is a good plan to keep harness well oiled, as It will make it wear longer and keep it soft nod 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 nnd toughness out of leather to use It without oiling. The cost of tho oil and the work of apply ing it will be'saved many times by the harness lasting longer and the saving in repairs. The harness can be oiled some wet day when little else could he done, and the time consumed in doing it will hardly be missed.—The Epitomist. Temperature For Bees. Bees should he kept at a temperature ranging from forty-two to l'orly-five degrees above zero, and the hives should be dry. The light should be excluded as much as possible and the hives should uot he exposed to sudden changes of temperature. An ample supply of honey should he left for tire support of the bees during the winter. It is not necessary to put the hires under shelter until winter approaches and if the colony in each hive is no! strong it will he of but little service until it recovers in the spring. Too much warmth In winter is not con ducive lo success. Salt in the Manure neap. Salt iu the manure heap -will prove beneficial. As kaiuit 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, ogre being taken that all portions of the manure lie sprinkled with the kainit. 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 wri the coarse materials should lie placed in tlte centre in order that they may more quickly be decomposed. Tho 1 f rv I'roHH. The farmer who has more hay than barn room will find it a good invest ment to have a hay press that lie m. ;• put it into smaller hulk, so that there will he room for it in the barn, instead of stacking it out of doors. It will keep better, aufi if he has any to sell it will he more easily handled and sell more readily at a better price. If one cannot afford to inly a press, let those in a neighborhood who are likely to want to use it unite in owning. The hay may lie stacked until the cutting and curing is over with, if one does not wish to run the press in haying time, liut the quicker the stack is reduced to bales the better. Tnci-easing Fertility of the 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 but 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 are nearly 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 on the farm. Cheaply Made Open Shed. 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 easfly b. 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 ncrt 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 as much as the improve ment of a piece of property in n good neighborhood increases the valuation of the land for the future. One might make annual outlays for improving property, and not get actual returns for two or three years. So in the sys tem of intensive cultivation the returns may be several j-ears ahead. In the matter of the soil one finds that the land improves through intensive culti vation slowly but surely, and while we may not be able 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 the careful selection of seed and thorough cultivation.—Michigan Farmer. Uwg of Fallen Leaven. Forest leaves make an excellent bed ding for stables, and at the same time one of the richest fertilizers. It is not good poliey, however, to gather the 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 ravines they may be gathered and used at the barn. Dry leaves, held in place by a few houghs, make an excellent protec tion for such vegetables as lettuce, spinach, onions, etc., as are wintered In the open air. Leaves forked in about young trees keep the soil loose and pro mflte rapid growth. Leaves thrown into the seratcldng pen where 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 ienves 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. Groff, in New York Tribune Farmer. DOOR Farming Fay? The question as to whether farming pays is not fundamental. It is merely) incidental. A necessary occupation) must pay. Too often it is answered ini the negative by the mere citing of cases in which farming is unremunera tlvo. The abandoned farms of New England may not pay,*' else they might not have been abandoned. Yet even here there may be a fallacy. Perhaps the farm that has ceased to he profit able under the old system of farming may hp 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. They have not reverted to the public domain. The management of land is undergoing a radical change. This change may result In hardships to the individual who will not accept the new order, hilt it works to the betterment of the farm and consequently of the community. Farming pays even though n farmer hero and there may fail.—F. H. Sweet, in The Epitomlst. Olil and Strawberry l!n shrewd man and one who marries a shrew. STATE or Onio, OITYT OF OLEDO, I LUCAS COUNTY. I '' FRANK J. CHENEY, make oath that he In the sonior partner of the firm of F. T. CHENEY A Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County nnd Stato aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every enso of CATARRH that cannot bo cured by the uso of HALL'S CATAann CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my . . presence, this Cth day of December, | SEAL. [A. IX. 188 G. A. W. OLEASON, < —, — ' Notary Pub Ho. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken iniorually, and nets directly on tho blood and mucous sur faces of the systoin. Send for testimonials, free. F. T. CIIF.NEY A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist 5,75 c. Hall's Farmily Pills arc the best. American linotype machines and printing presses are used in England. FITS permanently cured.No fits ornervous neHsaftcr first day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great Norvoßestoror.s2trial bottle and treatisefroo Dr.lt. 11. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Paila., Pa. American windmills can be seen in the land of the Jordan and Bashan. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forehlWren teething,soften the gums, reduces inilamma tion.nllayspuiu, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Flying fish have been known to jump ten feet above the surface of the sea. PUTNAM FADELESS I)YES produce the brightest and fastest colors. Some people who run into debt are forced to crawl out. Piso's Curo cannot Do too highly spoken of •s a cough cure.—J. W. O'DRIEN, 322 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, I'JJJ The millionaire's chief end is the divid end. I | •r No pain-cure of any' .nd has ever succeeded 2 H? in competing with ST. JACORSOIL. Its virtues T B t* have been proclaimed by millions of restored *f I sufferers, 'vho have bees cure !of RHEUM A- * TISM. NEURALGIA, SCIATICA nnd many J other painful diseases by its use. It has beon 2 J aptly termed the coat conqueror of pr.in. 7 *r From its use despair gives way to Joy. It heals V t'C* quickly and surely. It is simply marvelous. 'J 25c. and 50c. sizes. * * ITS CHEAT PENE'.'KAUNS POWEB J £ BEACHES THE CAUSE OF EAIN. 7 I ESTABLISHED FIFTY YEAhS. 4 A Genuine stamped CC C. Never sold In baft. Beware of the dealer svho tries to sell "sometlK-ijj Just as good." DROPSY ™r c .°„^L T , : i:z aw. book or lottlmonißU mid 1 o (Inn* Frtto. r% r . H. H. OBEEW tSOMB. Box B. Atlxntß, MB* PE-RU-NA CORES CATARRH OF KIDNEYS EVERY JIME. DANGEROUS kioiiV DISEASES UUREO^^H FE | Pe-ru-nn Creating n National Sensation in the Cure ?HH|P|jj '[| IVs of Chronic Ailments of the Kidneys. f-fiHHR W | Major T. H. Mars, of the First Wis consin Cavalry Regimont, writes from 1425 Dunning street, Chicago, 111., the following letter: "For yea rs I suffered with catarrh of the kidneys contracted in the arm y. Medicine did not help me any until a comrade who had beenhrtped by Peruna advised me to try It. 1 bought some at once, antji soon found blessed relief. 1 kept taking It four months , and am note well and si rong and feel better than lhave done for the past twenty years, thanks to Peruna."—T. 11. Mars. Mr. John Vance, of Ilartfoid City, lnd„ says: "My kidney trouble is much better. I have improved so much that everybody wants to know what medi cine I am using. 1 recommend Peruun to everybody, aud some have com menced to use it. The folks all say that if Dr. Hartmnn's medicine cures me it must he great."—John Vance. Mr. J. Brake, Of I'd vol en. Ontario, Canada, writes: "Four years ago] had a severe attack of Height's dis ease. which brought me so loiv the doctor said, nothing more could be done for me. J began to take Peruna and Munaltn, and in three months 1 xvas a well man, and have con tinued so ever since."—.J. Brake. At theappearnuceof the first symptom 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'ho Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. of kidney trouble, Pe runa should be taken. This remedy , strikes ut , once the very root of the disease. It at once re- M lievesthecn tarrhal kkl -1 ueys of the . stagnant , blood pre venting tlio escape of serum from the blood. Peruna 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 1 poisons are allowed to remain. It gives great vigor to the heart's action and digestive system, both of which. 1 are apt to fail rapidly in this disease. Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys , simply because it cures catarrh wher i ever located. If you do not derive prompt and sat , isfactory results from the use of Pe runa, write at once to Dr. Hartmnn, giving a full statemeut of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his : valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Ilartman Sanitarium, Columbus, i Ohio. v i EaJ^sbi' ftH BRs® j BACKED RY OUR GUARANTEE £BH®O3 PEE cAALcXSVcrrSwntNHs an- - A - I IfiSSffiß..!.. a\ v i voy. i ■•■' c.o hovroN AasS*??