FAMOUS ATHLETES 'SXT PE-RU-NA
AS A SPRING TONIC TO GET
THE SYSTEM IN GOOD SHAPE.
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*!- “/ advise
u.
+ all Athletes
•S- who are
? about to go
? in training ' j
* to try a ;
* bottle of j
IPe-ru-naP
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Glenister.
4 John Olenister, Champion Swimmer ancl Only Athlete to Successfully +
y Swim Through the Michigan Whirlpool Rapids. ,
PE-RU-NA i
Renovates, Regulates, Restores a
System Depleted By Catarrh.
John W. Glenister. of Providence, R.
I., champion long distance swimmer of
America, has performed notable feats
in this country and England. He has
used Peruna as a tonic and gives his
opinion of it in the following letter:
New York.
The Peruna Medicine Company,
Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen—“This spring for the
first time I have taken two bottles
of Peruna, and, as it has done me a
great deal of good, X feel, as if I
ought to say a good word for its
worth.
“During the springtime for the
last few years, I have taken several
kinds of spring tonics, and have
never received any benefit what
ever. This year, through the ad
vice of a friend, I have tried Peruna
and It has given satisfaction.
“I advise all athletes who are
about to got In training to try a bot
tle, for It certainly gets the system
in good shape. ” Yours truly,
_JOHN \V. QLENISTER.
ATHLETES realize the importance
of keeping in good bodily trim.
The digestion must be good, the cir
culation perfect, Bleep regular and
enough of it.
If the slightest catarrhal condition of
lungs or stomach is allowed to remain,
neither digestion nor sleep will be
strength-sustaining.
Those who lead very active lives,
like athletes, with good muscular de
velopment, find the spring months
especially trying.
Athletes everywhere praise Peruna i
because they, of all men, appreciate
the value of a tonic that dispels physi
cal depression.
The vocation of some men may al
low them to endure the depressing
feelings Incident to spring weather,
but the athlete must never allow him
self to get “under the weather."
He must keep in the “pink of condi
tion” all the time.
In order to do this he must avail
himself of a spring tonic upon which
he can rely.
Therefore athletes are especially
friendly toward Peruna.
Peruna never falls them.
Indian Head. N. W. T.,
Jan. 20th. 1904.
Immigration Branch, Department of
the Interior, Ottawa, Canada.
Am sending you the return of two
fields of wheat grown on my home
farm last year. These returns are per
fectly accurate, and not over-esti
mated.
I summer-fallow about one-third of
my farm every year, and afterward
take off two crops and summer-fallow
again. The summer-fallow is ploughed
twice during the summer, first shallow
afterwards deep and no weed allowed
to grow. The stubble Is left as long
as possible when cutting the first crop,
end is burned the following spring,
drilled directly afterwards, and har
rowed after drilling. This gives much
better result than fall-ploughing.
Field No. 1* Quarter-section fal
lowed 1903, yield 37 bushels per acre.
This wheat is netting at present time
SSc per bushel.
For 37 bushels, per acre.$32.56
Per acre.
Cost of summer-fallowing in
1903 .$ 4.20
Seed wheat and seeding. 1.50
Harvesting.65
Threshing (owner's machine), 2c 1
per bushel .74
Hauling to elevators at 2c per
bushel.74
ABOUT THE FLOWER GARDEN.
Early plants of marigold flower In
pots before replanting and never stop
until frost.
Morning giory is the best vine for
the trellis, rfoak the seed In warm wa
ter before planting. It self sows. The
frost kills it.
Ordinary petunia flowers profusely
all summer, thrives anywhere, and self
sows.
Annual phlox is the best dwarf plant
for general purposes. It self sows. It
is a good pot plant.
The Japanese and Chinese pinks are
showy flowersvthree inches across with
ft curious mixture of colors. They will
stand cold weather, but not yet.
The California poppy is the most
biilliant red annual. Do not trans
plant.
DE LAVAL
CREAM SEPARATORS
Save $10.- Per Cow
EVERY YEAR OF USE
Over Ali Gravity Setting Systems
&nd $3. to $5. Per Cow
Over All Imitating Separators.
•—• ♦ ♦ ♦
Now is the time to make this most
Important and profitable of dairy farm
investments. Send at once for new 1905
catalogue and name of nearest agent.
The De Laval Separator Co.
Rardolph & Cam) Sts. i 74 Cortlandt Street
Chicago I new York
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured by
these Little Pills.
They also relieve Dis
tress from Dyspepsia. In
digestion and Too Hearty
Eating. A perfect rem
ed» mr Dizziness, Nausea.
Drowsiness, Bad Taste
In tha Mouth. Coated
Tongue. Pain In the Bide,
TORPID LIVER. They
regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
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“ML JREFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
~ FARMERS
OK THE
FREE HOMESTEAD LANDS
OF WESTERN CANADA
rarrv the banner for yield* of Wheat anti other grain*
lot 1904. 100,000 FAlt.MlR* receive $55,000,000
uk m result of their Wheat Crop alone. The return*
tiom Outs, Barley and other grain*, a* well an cattle
Mid horses, add considerably to this.
Secure a FREE Homestead
et onco. or purchase from some reliable dealer while
lands are selling at present low iiriee*. Apply for in
formation to Superintendent cf Immigration. Ottawa.
Cunnda, or to E. T. Ilohues 315 Jackson St., St. Paul,
Minn.; J. M. MacLochlan, Box 116 Watertown. South
Dakota, and W. V. Bennett, HOI New York Life Build*
ing, Om&htt, Neb , Authorised Government Agents.
Please say where you saw this advertisement.
|V~Sioux City Independent List.
$7.63
Profit after allowing expenses. .$24.83
Field No. 2. Stubble field, 80 acres.
Have sold the wheat at 88e per bushel.
Per acre.
Yield per acre 25 bushels ....$22.00
Cost—
Per acre.
Seed whent and seeding .$ 1.50
Cutting, stocking.65
Threshing (owner’s machine), 2c
per bushel .50
Hauling to elevator, 2c per
bushel.50
$ 3.15
Profit after expenses .$18.85
ITofit from one ploughing.$43.78
I am scnd'ng you the yield of these
two fields which are both in my borne
tarm. I thought they might be inter
esting reading for you. Had 19,500
bushels of wheat on my different
farms, and between 5,000 and 6,000 of
oats and barley.
I remain, yours very truly,
(Signed.) ALFRED WILSON.
Agents of the Canadian Government
will be pleased to furnish all Informa
tion as to rates.
Is a Terror.
Chicago News: Samsmith—So youi
wife's mother is a terror, is she?
Jitnjones—That’s what. Why, the
first time she called on us after we
moved into a fiat she blew up the
speaking tube.
Boston Belles Converse.
Nancy—What a sweet youth Sissi
fus is!
Betsy—Sweet? Why, he's posi
tively nauseating. — Boston Traa
scrip*
THE PENNELL STRAWBERRY.
Most all who grow berries are inclined to
false the sorts that are best suited to the
demands of the market, but the farmer
with more or less space to devote to small
fruits ought to raise one or more kind."
of strawberries, especially for his own
table. Not all of the sorts that are best
;r the market are the most desirable for
tne table; indeed, some of the best flavored
sorts will not do for the market because
they will not stand shipping well. This is
the case with the Pennell. The flesh is
only moderately firm in texture but the
I is a little crabit): “Tell your readers whc
have this trouble to cease trying to raise
I pigs—they don't know' enough.” This is*
| rather startling but our friend goes on tc
say, still testily, that he cannot understand
| why farmers do not learn that the sole
trouble with sows killing their young re
sults from intense constipation, which
makes the teats feverish and causes great
pain when the pigs attempt to nurse. Tht
temper of the average sow is not of tlu
best normal condition and when she i*
in the condition described the pain Is sc
great that In her anger she kills the ones
who are causing the pain. It Is largely
the old question of feeding too much corn
without anything in the way of succu
lents to keep the bowels in proper condi
tion. There are all sorts of remedies for
this trouble but most of them are worth
less*. the true remedy being prevention,
which Is easily applied by a proper course
of feeding. Make a start ut this now by
seeing that the sows have considerable in
the way of pasture during the summer and
then grow' some root crops so as to have
them to feed during the winter as soon as
the sow’s again become pregnant. Also
try' the plan of feeding clover hay well
moistened instead of so much corn stover.
Almost anything which will keep the
boweis of the animal in proper shape dur
ing the period of pregnancy will be de
sirable.
GINSENG A THING OF THE PAST
For several years we have repeatedly
urged farmers to go slow on ginseng,
pointing out that the trade in the root was
wholly through the Chinese and that there
was some question as to how' they would
look upon the cultivated crop. Inquiry’
among those who deal in the roots in New
York city reveals the fact that the demand
lias steadily fallen off and lately has
slumped badly because, it is claimed, the
| Chinese say the cultivated root does not
possess the virtues of the wild root. Be
this as it may’ the fact remains that if
there ever was any great amount of money
to be made in growing ginseng the day’
has gone by. Dealers do not care to have
supplies shipped to them, for they have
little or no call for so that the stuff is
! begging for a market. As the trade in it is
leonfined wholly to Chinese there is no
hope of finding other outlets. All one can
[do is to lay the ginseng away with the
Belgian hare and label them crazes that
have died out. The farmers who have
kept to the corn and potato crop or to any
other crop which has yielded fair returns
lias made more money than the grower of
ginseng.
quality is of the finest and it is just the
berry for home use or for local markets.
It is large, of rich crimson color with red
flesh. The plants are good growers and
as yet have shown no tendency to blight.
In season It is fairly early and the plants
are quite productive. This sort is one of
the productions of Matthew Crawford of
Ohio, who has given many desirable var
ieties of strawberries to the world and who
has the varieties well tested by growers
in all berry sections before he makes a
report concerning the new applicant for
public favor. The Pennell is well worth
testing by any one who loves good straw
berries.
CARING FOR THE BOAR.
Anyone who starts out to raise hogs
with the idea of a goodly profit in mind
must needs pay some attention to the boar.
Admitting all there is in the importance
of having good females upon which to
build up the herd, a poor boar or a good
boar poorly cared for will offset any value
there Is in the high grade females; per
haps not at first but surely after a season
or two the difference will be noted. Money
invested in a good boar is money well
invested if the animal is properly cared
for and proper care means proper food, a
clean, comfortable pen by himself and a
yard of sufficient area to give him needed
exercise. The boar should be treated
kindly of course, but don’t try to make a
pet of him for he cannot be trusted. See
that he is kept away from the hogs ex
cept at breeding season and feed him so
that he will be fairly plump, but never fat;
muscle and energy is w’hat he needs in
order that the get be desirable. Find some
way of letting him have a grassy run for
a portion of each day even though such
run will be small.
FEEDING ALFALFA HAY.
While we believe alfalfa to be all that
is claimed for it, no one should believe for
a moment that it is a perfect food for
stock and for pasture; it is not always a
safe food, although horses do not seem to
be injured by feeding from it while green.
For cows and sheep alfalfa has its best
value w’hen fed as hay in connection with
some other roughage. It is rich in protein
hence gives the feeder an opportunity to
feed protein much more cheaply than in
any grain. As a pasture for hogs alfalfa
is all that is claimed for it, although, like
rape, it gives the best results when It is
alternated with some other pasture. If
the soil is in good condition, that it, has
been properly inoculated for alfalfa, about
fifteen pounds of seed to the acre is suf
ficient. The seed should be clean, how
ever, and particularly free from dodder,
which Is one of the wforst enemies of the
alfalfa plant. A number of seedsmen are
offering special selected seed (probably
seed which has been cleaned with unusual
care) at an advanced price, and it will pay
to buy this better seed. Don’t expect a
crop the first season but be content with
cutting it so as to destroy the various
weeds and prevent them from going to
seed. The second season one may expect
good results.
crrkKlAMI7IMC CM CPPHS
ivimne. i mu llcan tuua.
Recently the statement was made bt
one who Is supposed to be an authority
that water on the egg shall hastens de
composition. In other words he claim*
that the shell of an egg should never be
washed for It will absorb enough moisture
to hasten Its spoiling. After many years
of marketing eggs the writer cannot whol
ly agree with this statement. It is prob
ably true that if an egg was allowed to
soak in water for even five minutes its
keeping qualities would be impaired, but
that washing an egg seriously injuries it is
nonsense. Those who market eggs to
critical customers know that soiled eggs
are far from salable. Rook over the eggs
when they come to the house and with a
cloth wipe them clean using another cloth
which is dry to polish the shell. There is
no danger that this will injure the keeping
quality of the egg. Only a week ago
when In the store of a large commission
man we saw' a man with wet cloths wash
ingcggs which had been bought for a lower
price than the market quotations because
they were soiled. The commission man
was having them cleaned to sell at a high
er price. If this work pays him it will pay
the farmer whose fowls lay the eggs.
USES OF CALIFORNIA PRIVET.
Those w'ho know something of the Cali
fornia privet think of it almost entirely as
one of the best and most attractive of the
various plants used for hedges and partic
ularly around the homes of the wealthy.
There are too few plants of California
privet on farm grounds and there is no
good reason for the omission of the plants
are moderate in price, are almost sure to
grow anywhere except in the very far
north without winter protection, and can
be utilized in a number of places. If there
is a portion of the house grounds to be
divided nothing makes a more attractive
division fence than this privet. It is also
an ideal hedge to i^ant around a chicken
yard, setting it outside the wire fence and
allowing it to grow breast high before
pruning it into form. In this way the
plants form shade in summer and are a
windbreak to some extent in colder weath
er. With one good hedge started on the
farm one can soon have all the privet
needed if the cuttings are riveted in the
ground, which may be readily done. Pull
down the old picket fence between the
home grounds and the road and set privet,
thus getting the start so that later more
of It, of your own growing, may be used
wherever desired.
THE POPULAR RHODE ISLAND
REDS.
Those who have experimented with the
Rhode Island Reds consider them a breed
of great promise, for they combine the car
cass which makes them desirable market
fowls with good egg production. They
are as good mothers as the old Domin
ique, nearly as good egg producers as the
Leghorns and the carcass takes on weight
readily without too gTeat expense and has
a most delicious flavor. Taken as a whol*
Regular readers of this department know
the opinion of the writer on the question
of cheap seeds and particularly when seeds
are bought at a low price from seedsmen
with no particular reputation. Such seeds
are generally worth even less than is paid
for them because there is the loss, partial
or total, of the crop which cannot be com
puted. It is considered by those who are
in a position to know' that if the soil is
capable of producing a good crop it would
be cheaper in the end to pay double the
regular prices for seeds than to take the
risk of buying seeds even a trifle less In
price. Sometimes one may economize to
advantage by the prr per selection of seeds,
as for example wtwi red clover is to be
seeded some money may be saved by buy
ing one-third the quantity of alsike and
two-thirds of red clover seed. The com
bination crop is more desirable than all
red clover which is selling this spring
at from *9 to *10 a bushel for first grade
seed. Better a smaller area of any one
thing put out than a larger area when
the cheap seeds are used, for the chances
are the smaller area will give you the
largest crop.
FOWLS FOR THE FARMER’S WIFE
This may seem strange advice from a
poultryman of twenty odd years’ experi
ence, but wre really think it is the best
thing that nine out of ten farmers could
do, particularly when they have the idea,
so many »f them have, that fowls are not
worth the room they take up. Just as in
flower raising, a woman can get more out
of a flock of poultry than a man and do it
with less effort and with less training.
Why this is so is probably because she
gives the necessary care to the essential
detail# Just as she does in raising tender
plants. It is not to be inferred that farm
ers cannot succeed with poultry, for they
can if they are willing to give the busi
ness attention, but if not they should turn
it over to the wife and daughters. How
ever, bear in mind that the ladies should
not be expected to do the dirty work of
poultry raising; have some of the men do
this In return for the extra eggs they
will have to eat. This disagreeable part of
the work taken out of the business and
the women given some decent stock as a
foundation, they will succeed ninety-nine
times out of a hundred. Make a business
arrangement of it, by the way, and let
the women have the money they earn to
do with as they please. Don’t make it an
other case of ’’Bobby’s calf and father’s
cow.”
SOWS KILLING THEIR YOUNG.
Some of the questions concerning sows
destroying their young were sent to a
se.teruu swine raiser and his reply was the
theb reed has so many good points that It
Is at least well worth experimenting with,
not only by itself but for use in crossing.
The writer has a male which was used
with common barnyard femaleB for twc
years and ^here has been a decided in
crease in the yearly average of eggs Prom
the pullets.
The Sin* of His Fathers.
| Philadelphia Telegraph: Something, j
| in fact most, of the trouble now over
j whelming the czar may be clearly at- j
j Irlbuted to the sins of his fathers. He j
l could not well disclaim responsibility |
i without resigning his oftlce, and this is
j even less frequent In Russia than else- »
j where. In Poland the rapacity of t'.ith- |
I urine It. is his unavoidable inheritance. I
The Finnish boom-throwers trace
i their animosity to a period prior to the
j present reign. Nihilism, In Its latest
| manifestations, runs back through de
I vlatlng channels to the time of Nicho
las I. With so many converging streams ;
i <>f Influence, uniting with the sudden !
I warlike disasters, it will he one of the !
miracles of our time if the great Ikon [
: of the Russian aulOgracy Is not swept j
away with the tide.
The one anchor that yet holds is the ;
reverence of the peasantry. Tliut this 1
Is slowly breaking, disturbances In I
many of (tie rural districts make suf
ficiently clear. The name of the jnsli-!
tutlon nuiy be retained, as the form of !
the kingship is still retained In Eng
land, but the substance of the czardotn
has already been dissipated. Nicholas
would not. nor could be, enforce the
bitterly repressive measures which
were the uniform policy of his father,
Alexander III.
The truth Is. ns Mark Twain almost
too bitterly points out, that while
Nicholas 11. may transmit to his de
scendants the "< lothes" of the office,
the mediaeval and Incongruous figure
of the monarch whose will was above
nil law has already become moribund,
and is merely, at the present time,
'.waiting Interment.
A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT. j
Rev. Jacob I). Van Doren or 37 Sixth 1
•treet, Fond du Lac. VVIs., Presby- j
teriau clergyman, says: ‘‘I had at- I
tacks of kidney dlsor- \
ders which kept me in j
the house for days at \
a time, unable to do j
anything. What 1 suf- |
fered can hardly be j
told. Complications '
set in. the particulars !
of which I will be
pleased to give In a
personal interview to
any one who requires
Information. This I
c a n conscientiously
say, Itoan's Kidney
Pills caused a general
Improvement in my I
health. They brought
great relief by lessening the pain and
correcting the action of the kidney se
cretions.”
Itoan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Mil- :
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Hand-Maiden Dropped.
Washington Post: liven the National
Republican Editorial association has
dropped “the hand-maiden of protection"
rrotn Us repertory of resolutions.
Puck: "We think baby will make a
great politician."
"Why?”
“Well, he crawls out of everything so
easily.”
THE END OP THE GRIP
REACHED AFTER EIGHT YEARS 01 '
COMPLICATED TROUBLES.
DfiifiifM, If lining So n ml a in Ilond, Stomach
Disorder, Palpitation of Heart and
Debility Overcome At Last.
Mr. Newman certainly had a tery
fnngh time with the grip, audit is no
wonder that he thinks that the remedy
that cured him cau’t be beat. His case
shows how profoundly grip poisons the
system and how obstinately it resists all
ordinary efforts to eradicate it.
Few cases can lie worse than Mr. New
man's for he lmd head, heart aud stom
ach troubles combined with great weak
ness. He recently said :
“ The attack of grip which I had eight
years ago left me in a very bad fix.^X
became nearly deaf and my head ached
continually aud was filled with hissing
and roaring soands. My heart fluttered
and hud regular ruuuiug-awny spells.
My stomach was so sore that 1 could
hardly bear a touch on that part of my
body. I had a great deal of pain in the
region of my liver and the doctor said
that organ was enlarged. My kidney*
ached so at times that I could hardly
stand.”
“ Didn't you give up and go to bedF*
lie was asked.
“No, I simply wouldn’t. My head
oul my back acliod dreadfully, but X
obstinately dragged myself about, kept
growing worse and dually ran down to
almost nothing.”
“ Wliat did yon do to get relief?”
•' First I tried a doctor, bnt he did nu
no good. Then I took nil kinds of ad
vertised preparations but nothing proved
helpful until I began to use Dr. Williams*
Pink Pills. As soon as I .got them X
knew that I bad at last hit tho right
remedy for my case. The very first bo*
did more for me than anything else X
had ever taken. They gave me relief
right away and in three mouths they
positively cured me. I think I wa*
scarcely ever in better health in my lift
than I am at present.”
Mr. William A. Newmnu is a well
known Camden couuty farmer, living at
Sagrada, Missouri. His case was a se
vere test for nny remedy, but Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills met every reqnirement.
Other remedies merely drive the poison
of the grip into hiding, but Dr. William**
Pink Pills drive it out of the syataa.
They are sold by every druggist.
Americans at Oxford.
Chicago Tribune: The American Is no
accustomed to difft sit kinds of men
and is withal so democratic that when,
he goes to Oxford he amiably adopt*
all the high bred conventions of tb*
place exactly as lie would adopt all the
less conventional conventions of Dead
wood.
Rochester
-Down Repeating Shotguns '
end from $50 to $200 for a gun, when for so
>s money you can buy a winchester Take
epeating Shotgun, which will outshoot and
the highest-priced double-barreled gun,
being as safe, reliable and handy. Your
a show you one. They are sold everywhere.
FREEs Oar 160-Page Illustrated Catalogue.
__ITER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN.CONN._
Let Common Sense Decide
Do you honestly believe, that coffee sold loose (in bulk), exposed
to dust, germs and insects, passing
through many hands (some of
them not over-clean), “blended,"
you don’t know how or by whom,
is fit for your use t Of course you
dont. But
LION COFFEE j.
Is another story. The green
berries, selected by keen
fudges at the plantation, arc
skillfully roasted at our lae- '
lories, where precautions yon
would not dream ol are taken
to secure perfect cleanliness,
flavor, strength and uniformity.
From the time the coffee leaves
the factory no hand touches it tiU
it is opened in your kitchen. >
This ha. made LION COFFEE the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES. j
Millions of American Homes welcome LION COFFEE daily.
There is no stronger proof of merit than continued and increas- j
ing popularity. “Quality survives all opposition.”
(gold only in 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package.)
(^Save your Lion-heads for valuable premiums.)
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE
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* The finest and most delicious made. ! ^ ^
If your dealer does not sell them ■ pB*JTcTO^C^r<BIB rJjM ®§
we will send you express prepaid | H CURES WHERE ALL USE FAILS. | 5
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