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j The Sultan's Wonderful Jewels.
f A correspondent , writing from Constantinople -
stantinople to a Paris journal , pretends -
tends , as the result of personal inspection -
spection , to give details of the amaz
ing collection of jewels in the sultan's
treasury. The turbans of all the stll
tans since Mahomet II are there , all
glittering with rare and large gems
of the purest water. There are also
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, . . the royal throne of Persia , carried oft
t the Turks : In 1514 , and covered with
more than 20,000 rubles , emeralds and
fine pearls , and also the trone cf Su
lei man I. , from the dome of which
there hangs over the head of the ca-
; liph an emerald six Inches long and
. four deep. These two thrones are the
( chief objects in the collection.
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Bennlngs-"Don't you think that It
would be a pretty custom for. the ladies .
dies to raise their hats when meeting
a friend , the same as the men do ? "
Jennlngs-"How could they , when it
would take : them fifteen minutes to
put them on again ? "
The cup of joy rarely runs over ttn
_ . " less the joy is served in an after-
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' dinner tea set
All Right Again.
Opal , Wyo. , May 16.-After suffer-
. ing ! terribly for four or five years , Mr.
A. J. Kohner of this place , has been
( completely restored to good health.
His case and its cure is i : another proof
1" : of the wonderful work Dodd's Kidney
. Pills can do. Mr. Kohner says :
" " 'or four or five years I have been
a sufferer with Kidney trouble and a
pain over my Kidneys. I thought I
would give Dodd's Kidney Pills a trial
and I am glad I did so , for they have
done me good work and I feel all
right again. "
Many cases are being reported
every week in which Dodd's Kidney
Pills have effected cures of the most
serious cases.
These strong testimonies from earn-
' . est men and women are splendid trio
Jip.
, . Lutes to the curative properties of
{ < Dodd's Kidney Pills and judging by
, ' these letters , there is no case of Kidney .
I ney trouble or Backache that Dodd's
Kidney Pills will not cure promptly
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and rmanently.
It is never too late to mend if you
can find where your wife hides the
needles and cotton.
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oTATE OF 011I0 , CITY OF TOLJDO , t I .
LucAs COUNTY r 88
FRANK J. ClltXEY makes oath that bo Is senior
I partner of the flan of I. ' . , J , CIIENEY & ; . Co. . lluln
1Juslnl' In the City of Toledo , County and State
\ aforesaId , and thut said lrlll ! will par the sum of
ONE IIUNIItED DOLLARS for each and every
case at U.\TAIJlII that cannot 1.11) cured ur the use of
HALL'S G.\T.\mm GUlll .
FRANK J. CIII NEY.
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r ' Sworn to before mo and suhscrlbed \ III my pros
M once this 6th day of December , A. 1 > . 1886
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J [ nil's Cutarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts
r directly the blood ullll mucous nrlaces ot the
Iy tom , Scud for testimunlalll , free
F. J. CHENEY & ; CO. , Toledo , O.
Sold bf nil Dru ( lrilltll , i5c.
Take 1Iall's Family Pills for constipation.
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A crank movement-the drill in a
t lunatic asylum.
free to l\vcnty-f la + 'Jies.
The Defiance Starch Co will give
25 ladies a round trip ticket to the
St. Louis Exposition , to five ladies
in each of the following states : Illi
nols Iowa , Nebraska , Kansas and
Missouri who will send In the largest
number of trade marks cut from a ten
cent 16.ounce package of Defiance
cold water laundry starch. This
means from your own home , anywhere -
where in the above named states
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r These trade marks must be mailed to
I. and received by the Defiance Starch
, ) ' ; . _ Co. , Omaha , Nebr. , before September
1st , 1904. October and November
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wlll be the best months to visit the
' Exposition. Remember that Defiance
Is the only starch put up 16 oz. ( a
full pound ) to the paclmge. You get
one-third more starch for the same
money than of any other kind , and
Defiance never sticks to the iron.
The tickets to the Exposition will be
sent "y " registered mail September
'J 5th. Starch for sale by all dealera.
Some people burn their money ,
' others get into societ . .
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Tomato Growing.
Tomato growing is popular with
gardeners , but to grow this kind of
fruit to perfection requires more skill
than we generally suppose. Soils for
tomatoes should be light and rich
and should have good drainage. The
tomato , especially in the moro north
ern part of the United States , needs to
be pushed forward as rapidly as pOSe
sable , so that the growers may get the
benefit of the crop before frost comes.
On most of our northern farms during
the past two years there has been
much complaint of tomatoes not rip.
ening. It is evident that if the plants
are grown on land that Is cold , on account -
count of texture or lack of drainage ,
there will be trouble of this nature.
The best time to transplant toma
toes is when they are six inches high.
If they are left in the hot beds till
they have attained a height of two
feet or moro they do not bear transplanting -
planting well , and growth is checked
to an extent that seems to render
void the start that had been made by
growing them in a hot bed. In fact ,
when such plants are set out It is not
unusual to see volunteer plants that
grew in the open soil bear fruit as
soon as they , though the hot bed
plants had blossoms on them at time
of setting out.
Generally tomato plants are set
about four feet apart each way and
permitted to lie on the ground. When
the plantation is small and consider-
able attentIon can bo given to each
plant , a good way to do is to plant
them about three feet apart each way
and train the plants to single stems ,
tying these stems to staltes. This lets
in the sun , and the tomatoes should
rIpen more fully and be of better flavor -
or than when allowed to ripen on the
ground under the shade of the thick .
leaves.
If it is desired to avoid the trouble
of hoeing out the weeds every few
days , old straw or' other like material ,
even grass from - . , the lawn , may be
placed around the vines. This also
acts as a mulch and keeps the moisture .
ure in the ground for the use of the
plants. This mulch will have to be
added to from time to time , as the
weeds will make a desperate effort to
push up through ft. In the care of
green grass being used for n mulch
this will be particularly so , as the
grass decays very qUickly. On the
whole , however , the use of the mulch
saves a great deal of labor and Is
therefore very satisfactory Besides ,
It allows the gardener to wall among
the vines even after a heavy rain.
Old Seeds
It Is not advisable to try to save
money by clinging to the seeds that
were left over from last year's sow
ings. The quality of the seed must
determine the results In the garden
to a great extent Nor is it advisable
to purchase seed In the corner gro
cen' It is reported that some of the
seed companies work off their old
seeds in this way , as they do not care
to endanger their reputation by sell.
ing them direct to their customers.
It Is best to be on the safe side as regards -
gards seed and get only the hest.
Poor seed is expensive even if it costs
nothing whn secure .
Seeds should be tested before plant.
ing to learn their germinating power.
The eye cannot tell whether a seed
will germinate or not. There are soy
oral reasons for the non.gormlnability
of seeds. They may he too old : they
may have been too immature when
gathered : they may have been dried
till the germ was killed , or they may
. have been frozen before having dried
enough to resist the cold : they may
have been stored while damp and
have subsequently heated
P iJLTR
r ,
. Cross Breeding of Poultry.
Dy cross breeding wo mean the mat
lug of two distinct breeds with the ob
ject of producing something bettor
han the breeder can find In the established .
tablished breeds. 'Vo will at the out ,
set say that wo do not advise any
farmer to do this if ho is looking for
profit from the rosults. If a man
wishes to play with nature to seE
what the result will be , there can be
no objection to his cross breeding
The man that cross breeds with thE
idea of establishing a new and popu'
Ian breed is almost certain to bo dls
appointed. It is altogether unlikely
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that ho will be able to produce any
thing superior to the breeds now ex
isting. If ho dice It would bo about
impossible to uaite anyone else think
so and it would cost a good deal ot
money to advertise tile new breed.
Then the sale of a few birds would
vIrtually throw the breeding open to
the world with little hope of financial
profit to the originator of the broed.
It takes at least ten years to produce
n new breed br ; crossing. Thit3 was
the case with the Orpingtons. Cross .
after cross had to be made to got
shape and color , and then several
more years had to be spent i11 fixing
the qualities , so that the offspring
would be fairly true to typo. The
man that tries to make a fortune out
of the creation of a new breed is in
the same category as the farmer that
trIes to produce a race horse that will
become worth a fortune. In either
case the prIzes are so few as to bo not
worth considering. For practical pur-
poses It is far better to stick to the
established breeds and Improve them
than to attempt to create new breeds
by crossing.
Feeding Ducks
Ducks are not as good grazers as
geese. 'Vo never saw a permanent
pasture that ducks could get all their
feed from. 'Vo make it a practice
to sow rye very thick about Sept. 1st ,
for early fall feed. In the spring ,
early they like it best until about
S inches high. They eat it In large
quantities. When it gets a little
tough they take to white clover until
rape comes. 'Ve think rape the best
and cheapest green feed for duclis. :
It should be sown thick and often ,
say one crop each montll. from April
until August for a succession. One
or two crops of oats for a change
early will do. Plant cheap kale seed
about July 1st In rows two feet apart.
This makes good feed after lietAvy
freezing. Ducks will eat it well. This I
Is about the last outdoor crop of I
the soason. When any of the above
crops become tough wo disk : it down
and sow a new one. The name piece
of ground can bo made to produce
several profitable crops during the
season. \Vo use the common two.
foot poultry netting , to confine stock
on any special crop. When wo can-
not get any of the above , alfalfa meal
fills the bill , and solves the green
food problem during the winter. As
we breed for fancy breeders and ox-
h ( ' tion stock , we never try to feed
etfrely on green crops , but they all
help to keep down feed bills and make
better breeders. For market birds
this would not do at all.
all.E.
E. E. Smith.
Lancaster County , Nebraska
No man can tell what a laying fowl
can do unless ho keeps a strict account -
count of the eggs she lays during the
year and when she lays them. 'Vo
have heard of poultry raisers who
claimed that trap nests and records
were unnecessary , as they can tell
all about it without the help of rec-
ords. Such opinIons may 'be satis
factory to the men that bold them but
will hardly satisfy the requirements
of scientific poultry raising
WHO IS TO BOSS ?
Canal CommIssion Subject to War
Department. '
ASUINO'l'ON-l'\'oslllent Roosevelt -
volt hall a long conference with Secretaries -
retaries Hay nnll 'raft and Attorney
General Knox at which the rogula-
tlons to govern the Isthmian canal
company were lletormlnetl on finally
'rho regulations will bo I\'omulgated \
formally later , hut at the conclusion ot
the conference Secretary Taft gave a
brief resume oC their provisions.
'Vhllo' the creation and work of the
commission is committed by law to
the president , whise authority In
that regard Is practically supreme ,
the president by the regulations directs -
recta that the commission shall exer-
clso its powers under the direction
and supervision of the secretary of
war
General George W. Davis , the army
memtJor of the commission , is appoint
ed governor of the American zone on
the Isthmus. Until the eXl11ration of
the Fifty.oighth congress the isthmian
commission will exorcise loglslatlvo
authority over Limo American strIp.
Governor Davis Is given authority to
appoint one judge , who shall exercise
Judicial authority.
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Under the operation of what Is
known as . .le Docltcry law the auditing .
Ing of the commission's accounts will
raIl to the duty of the auditors of the
state l'ul'lmonl , hut beyond the mat-
ler of auditing the state department
will not bo charged with any control
over time commission. The commis-
sion will report dlrectoly to the secretary -
rotary of war as often as he may direct -
rect upon all phases of its operations. '
It will bo under the same sort of con-
trol of the secretary of war as Is the
Philippine commission All direc-
tions concerning the operations of the
commission are set out fully In the
regulations and a recitation Is made
oC all the operations leading up to
the acquisition of the canal property
and the appointment of the commis-
slon I. - . i
DivIding Irrigation Fund. - i
Acting uner the terms of the Irrigation -
gatlon reclamation law , the secretary
of ; the interior has set apart $8,100,000
of the reclamation fund in connection
with the following projects :
For tile Yima project on the Colo-
rado rIver , covering about 85,000
acres In Arizbna and California , $3 ;
000,000. .
The Belle Fourche project In South
Dakota , GOOOO acres , $2,100,000.
The Malheur project in Oregon , 75-
000 acres , $2,000,000.
The Fort Duford project on the Yellowstone -
lowstono river in North Dakota , $1-
200,000.
Tile appropriation will leave only
about : $6,000,000 of the reclamation
fund of $27,000,000 to be disposed of.
Wireless Messages and Pigeons
ST. PETERSBURG.-'rhe Russian
admIralty expects to bo able t.a con.
tinuo communication with Port Ar-
thur in spite df the cutting of the
telegraph I1ne. Masts for use in wire' .
less telegraphy have boon erected at
the fortress to communicate with stations -
tlons at the north end of the peninsula.
Trained carrier pigeons were also sent
to Port Arthur soma time ago and
through one means or another the
Russian omcers hope to retain corn-
munlcatlon The admiralty is In pOSe
session of specific information to the
effect that the harbor at Port Arthur
is open.
Forty Buildings In Ashes.
STEElNILLE , Mo.-The entire bus.
mess section and many dwellings were
destroyed by fire which was discovered
ered Friday night in a large dry goods
store. Forty business buildings have
been burned to the grotuul The loss
is estimated at $100,000 , with about
$20,000 insurance.
Russia Sends Siege Guns.
ST. PETERSDURG-A larm rum
bel' of siege guns was dispatched to
the far east from here faturday. : : ;
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