MAM BJURABLE REPORTED CURE STANDS TEST OF TULL INVESTIGATION. A Former Victim of Locomotor Ataxia Mow Free from Suffering and Actively at Work. “ Yes, ’ ’ said Mr.Watkins to a reporter, •* it is true that I have been cured of ataxia by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills.” "Are you sora you had locomotor ataxia?” •' The doctors themselves told me so. Besides I recognized the symptoms.” “ What were they?” 1 " Well, the first indications were a stiffness about the knee joints that came on about four years ago. A few months after that appeared, my walk got to be uncertain, shaky-like. I lost confidence In my power to control the movements of my legs. Once, when I was in the cellar, I started to pick up two scuttles of ooal, and my legs gave way suddenly, and I tumbled all in a heap in a basket. I couldu’t close my eyes and keep my balance to save my life. Then I had fearful pains over my whole body and I lost control over my kidneys and my bowels.” ” How about your general health ?” “ Sometimes I was so weak that I had to keep my bed and my weight fell off twenty pounds. Things looked pretty bad for me until I ran across a young man who had been cured by Dr. Wil liams’ Pink Pills and who advised me to try them.” “Did these pills help you right away?” ” I didn’t see much improvement un til I had used six boxes. The first bene fit I noticed was a better circulation aud i picking up in streugth and weight. I gradually got confidence in my ability to direct the movements of my legs, and in the course of seven or eight months all the troubles had disappeared.” “ Do you regard yourself as entirely well now ?” “ I do the work of a well man at any rate. I can close my eyes and stand up all right and move about the same as Dther men. The pains are all gone ex cept an occasional twitch in the calves of my legs.” Mr. JumesH. Watkins resides at No. 72 Westerlo street, Albany, N.Y. Dr.Wil liams’ Pink Pills can be obtained at any drug store. They should be used as soou as the first signs of locomotor ataxia ap pear in a peculiar numbness of the feet. SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dis tress from Dyspepsia, In digestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect rem edy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Month, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Bide, TORPID DIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE, Genuine Must Bear Facsimile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. Futile. Life: Wife—Did you find out from your publisher how many copies of your book had been sold? Author—No. The only one who was in was the man who writes the adver tisements about the number of copies that have been sold. Just Discrimination In Railway Rates. All railroad men qualified to speak on the subject in a responsible way are likely to agree with President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Rail way when he says: "There is no divis ion of opinion as to the desirability of stopping all secret or unjustly discrim inatory devices and practices of what soever character.” Mr. Spencer, in speaking of “unjust ly discriminatory” rates and devices, makes a distinction which is at once apparent to common sense. There may be discrimination in freight rates which is just, reasonable and Impera tively required by the complex com mercial and geographical conditions with which expert rate makers have to deal. To abolish such open and honest discrimination might paralyze the industries of cities, States and whole sections of our national terri tory. This distinction between Just and unjust discrimination Is clearly recog nized in the conclusions of the Inter national Railway Congress, published yesterday: ‘'Tariff* should be baaad on commercial principles, la slug Into account tbe apeclal conditions which bear npon tbe commercial value of tbe aervlces rendered. With the reaervatlon that rates shall be charged with out arbitrary discrimination to all sblppera alike under like conditions, tbe making of ratee should aa far as possible have all the elasticity necessary to permit me develop ment of tbe traffic and to produce the great est result* to the public and to the rail road* themselves.’’ Tbe present proposal Is, as Mr. Walker D. Hines of Louisville showed In bis remarkable testimony tl v other day before the Senate committee at Washington, to crystallize flexible and justly discriminatory rates Into fixed government rates which cannot be changed except by the Intervention of some government tribunal, and by this very process to Increase “the tempta tion to depart from the published rate and the lawful rate in order to meet some overpowering and urgent com mercial condition.”—New York Sun. ___ Adv. Losin’ Valuable Time. Washington Star: "De man dat la jes’ sittin’ down an’ waitin’,” said Uncle Eben, "foh de trusts to be busted an’ de money to be divided aroun' Is losin’ a heap of valuable time." We use Pleo’s Our# tor Consumption tl preference to eny other cough medicine, —Mrs. 8. E. Borden, 442 P street. Wash ington, D, C., May 26. 180L I . I ..4 t - .■/ i * ■. St: - V : a:' 1' ..... .. . .. FOR HENS AND CHICKS. "While there are several forma of coops for the old hen and her chicks the one built on the well known lines, a full span, Is generally considered the most desirable, although there are several ways of Im proving this old affair. One of the main troubles with the old coop Is that It was not always dry, a serious defect when one considers how harmful dampness Is to young chicks. This may be prevented as well as preventing the warping of the boards If the two strips placed across the top are lapped, as shown at figure C in the illustration. Then ventilation may be sup plied by placing a number of small holes In the peak of the roof at the back and in — -* I X e \ front, covering a similar place with fine wire netting doubled as shown In the il lustration and at the point B. This wire will keep out vermin as well. The lower part of the coop Is so arranged that a small door may be readily opened when it Is necessary to let the old hen out and yet she cannot get it loose of herself; the slats are placed far enough apart so that the chicks can go In and out at will and they should be placed wide apart so that no change will need to be made as the chicks grow. A little more lumber and brains put In the making of coops for chickens would make the old hen more comfortable and prevent many of the chicks from dying of roup. NITRO CULTURE IN COMMERCE Some time since reference was made In this department to the bacteria sent out in concentrated form by the department of agriculture and by commercial concerns. Caution was advised in dealing with the latter until one was satisfied of their re liability. Recent articles have been print ed in magazines of wide circulation which tend to give farmers an entirely wrong Idea of this bacteria, or nltro-culture as It Is now called. With the charge that the department of agriculture was uncon sciously aiding this plan, we have nothing to do, but when the statement Is made, without the slightest qualification, that seed of clover Inoculated with nltro-cul ture will insure not only a uniform catch but a healthy, vigorous and largely In creased crop. It Is certain that the truth should be told. Of the value of the con centrated bacteria, provided It is honest ly made, there can be no question, but that It will “Insure a uniform and largely in creased crop of clover” Is misleading. Soil for clover must be free from acidity, as every farmer must know, but there Is nothing said concerning the fact that this concentrated bacteria would prove a total failure on Bour soils, although this is a fact beyond dispute. This Is but one In stance In which the claims made for nltro culture are unfair, but If there were no others this one would be sufficient war rant for sounding this warning. Try nltro culture by all means If a supply can be obtained from a reputable firm, but do not expect to find It in a complete fertilizer nor do not expect It to sweeten sour soil so that clover may be grown upon It. CLEANLINESS IN THE DAIRY. One can scarcely be too clean with the Utensils used in the dairy, but cleanliness should go back of the dairy and begin In the stables and with the cows. If the ani mals are properly groomed and the stables kept clean then plenty of scalding water, plenty of lime water and plenty of sun ought to make the utensils as clean as It is possible to get them. An excellent plan of cleansing utensils Is to wash them thor oughly In scalding hot water, rinse them In lime water and then place them where the sun will shine In them as long as pos sible during the day. The lime water Is cheap and Is readily made by dissolving a half bushel of lime in a barrel of water, stir thoroughly and then let It settle for two or three days. Then draw oil the wa ter for use as needed. A good use for the water after It Is used for rinsing Is on the floors of the stable; It will help greatly In purifying things. FEEDING YOUNG PIGS. The common way of feeding young pigs Is to pour the food In the trough and let the old sow and the youngsters help them selves. The result Is trouble with the pigs if not with the mother. Young pigs should always be fed by themselves and never of any one kind of grain but always a mixture and that In quite sloppy form. Have It sweet and clean and of good qual ity and feed It so that they will eat It all and grunt for more. There Is no objection to permitting the young pigs to eat at the Itrough with their mother provided the latter has had her full meal and will eat ’little or none of that provided for the pigs. After feeding the slop to the pigs we find It an excellent plan to give them a little green food, provided they are not In the habit of being on the range each day. Then have a sunny corner, dry and with a comfortable bed of straw where they can sleep and grow while waiting for the next meal. I FOR BROODER RAISED CHICKS Naturally enough the brooder raised {chick does not learn to feed Itself so well ’as the chick who runs with the old hen. Most people who raise chicks In brooders do very well In the feeding during the bread crumb and the oatmeal period, but ■there Is danger In prolonging these dayB and not starting the chicks to grow as 'soon as one ought. When they are three lor four weeks old they should have more Substantial meals; there Is nothing better for bone and muscle forming than a dry mash composed of wheat, corn and oata ■ground and well mixed and moistened with milk (not sour) until It will crumble like bread. This mash should be fed at morn ,lng and night, while at noon a little flne •ly cracked corn should be scattered through some fine straw so that they will scratch for It. Then the green food should be given, several times dally and In small quantities. Do not feed them anything In the way of animal food until they are kurned on to the range, where they wrill {learn to catch Insects and thus get all of khla sort of food they will need until fall. ,Above all things do not neglect the cool, {fresh water and the abundance of shade; then fix a little corner where there is some dry and rather sandy soil In which they can dust and sun themselves. These habits will fix themselves quickly If they are started soon enough and the chick will make all the better pullet and hen In consequence. COMMON SENSE IN MANURING. While it Is admitted that the majority of farmers try to cover too much ground with the manure they have to use, often times using what Bhould go on one acre to cover five, there is Just as much danger, or rather loss of profit, in the other ex treme. For example, If an area of six acres is properly manured the yield will be more profitable than if the same quantity of manure is placed on three acres. The cost of producing the crop on three acres will not be one-half of the cost of pro duction of the crop on six acres nor will the yield of three acres be double the yield of the six acres. Again, assuming of course that the manuring Is done in prop er quantities, the fertilizing value left for the second crop on the six acres Is of ] greater value than that left for the second crop on the three acres. It Is the thin spreading of manure over a large area that is profitless; in other words, giving to three acres what Is only fair manuring for one acre. Market gardeners who man ure very heavily can do so with profit be cause they get several crops from the area in the one season, which Is not the case with the average farmer. Of course the same rule applies to the use of commer cial fertilizers, although the farmer Is not apt to err in this because he has to pay out cash for commercial fertilizers. ARE YOU SPRAYING POTATOES? To get the best of the blight on potatoes the work of spraying must be started when the plants are a few Inches high and continued throughout the season, doing the work thoroughly every ten days or two weeks at most, oftener if the rain washes off the spray. While opinions dif fer experience has shown that the follow ing formula the most effective one for use in spraying potatoes. Dissolve six pounds of blue vitrol and four pounds of best stone lime in 50 gallons of water and when the plants are Bmall apply at the rate of , 50 gallons per acre, increasing the quantity as the plants grow until In mid-summer 100 gallons to the acre are used. When It is necessary to use something for destruc tion of potato bugs dissolve Paris green in the Bordeaux mixture as indicated at the rate of one pound to each 75 gallons of tr.o mixture, spraying the combined mixture together. While several other mediums are used wo feel that the Bordeaux mix ture compounded as indicated will do the business better than anything else. If the best methods of culture are followed in conjunction with this spraying there ought to be comparatively little trouble in ob taining a good crop of potatoes in a nor mal season. FOOD FOR WORKING FARMERS A farmer (In the south) says in an ex change: "When spring plowing begins we fall back on cow peas and corn bread for dinner.” If it is assumed that this man is not a vegetarian and uses this diet be cause of his belief, It is certainly a mighty poor diet for one to do a hard day’s work on. One who has tested the matter of food for the man w’ho works with his muscles as well as he who works with hiB brain mainly, has snow'n that It is prac tically impossible for the majority of peo ple to get along well without meat. The pros and cons of meat eating are not part of the argument. We are not educated to j the point where we can live wholly on fruits and vegetables; individuals may, but the race as a whole cannot. As a matter of fact farmers are the poorest fed people on earth when they should be better fed than those in other occupations. Time was when we lived almost wholly on corn bread, bean soup and salt pork. Then we learned the value of other meats, of fowls and of eggs, of fruits, of milk and of vegetables. The system requires a cer tain amount of raw fruit and vegetables for the acids they contain, but those must be used in moderation and the main suste nance come from meat of some kind, beef ranking first. If farmers would dispose of some of the products of the farm for their beef supply, then eat liberally of fowls, eggs and milk and moderately of vegetables in the raw state they would find themselves better men physically and mentally and find also that they were not paying much more for their living than when existing on corn bread and cow pea soup. TO CLEANSE PLANTS. Certain kinds of plants grown in pots are often subject to the attacks of in sects even In the summer, although the trouble is greater during the months of winter when the plants are grown in the heat of the living room, without much moisture. To thoroughly cleanse plants of insects they must be fumigated, tobacco burned being the means generally em ployed. Of course, in this work the main idea is to keep the air from the plants during the process of fumigation. The fumigating box may be of any size de sired, according to the number of plant® to be cleansed, although a box which may be conveniently carried about is t® be _— i preferred to anything larger. After select, lng the box make a frame three Inches wide and nail around the edge of the box. Then bore a frvr holes In one end of the box. Then make a frame to fit snugly over the box. see the upper Illustration In the cut, and fasten hops on It. Cover this hooped frame with unbleached muslin, tacking the muslin to the frame and gath ering It In at the ends as Indicated. The frame covered with the muslin will not break the top of soft plants and It Is read ily constructed. This framed cover rests upon the three-inch frame which was first put about the box and will not readily slip oO. THINK OF ITI This Prttty Matron Had Headach* and Backache, and Her Condition TFa* Serious. PE-RU-NA CURED. 99 Eleventh Street, I Milwaukee, Wla. | ••A ahort time ago I found my con dition very aerloua. I bad beadaobea, palma In the back, and frequent tHzxy spells which grew worse every month. I tried two remedies before Peruna, and was discouraged wham I took the tint dose, but my courage soon re turned. In less than two months my health was restored.”-—Mn. M. Brlckner. The reason of go many failures to FEMALE TROUBLE ab“a NOT RECOGNIZED is tit fact that AS CATARRH disaasas peculiar J to the female sex are uot commonly recognized as being caused by catarrh. Catarrh of one organ is exactly the same as catarrh of any other organ. What will cure catarrh of the head will also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs. Peruna cures these cases simply because it cures the catarrh. If you have catnrrh write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratia. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Insects Flee Burning Sandalwood. Chicago Tribune: London women have discovered an agreeable way of ridding their homes of flies and mos quitoes. They burn sandalwood In the house, an Idea imported from the orient. In London It is possible to get wood prepared for the purpose. In America It Is to be had at almost any Turkish or Japanese Importing house. It Is then prepared for burning by being first cut Into small pieces one-half Inch thick and three Inches long. Then It is baked or dried out In a slow oven twenty-four hours. A piece of the wood Is put into a metal urn, lighted and allowed to burn until well aflame, when the flame is extinguished and the red-hot ember left to smoulder until the wood is consumed and noth ing left but a heap of fine gray ashes. EVERY WALK IN LIFE. A. A. Boyce, a farmer, living three and a half miles from Trenton, Mo., *ays: “A severe cold settled In my kid neys and de veloped s o quickly that I was obliged to lay off work on ac count of the aching in my back and sides. For a time I was unable to walk at all, and every makeshift I tried and all the medicine I took had not the slightest effect My back con tinued to grow weaker until I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and I must say I was more than surprised and gratified to notice the backache disap pearing gradually until It finally atopped.” Doan’s Kidney Pills sold by all deal ers or by mall on receipt of price, 50 cents per box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Atlanta Constitution: "De po’ man got treasure In heaven, ain’t he?’’ "Yes; but he cain’t git de banks ter cash a draft on It—please God!’’ Are the PackersReoelvtna- Fair Playt When the Garfield report on the business methods of the packers ap peared, after eight months' Investiga tion, It was severely criticised and roundly denounced. After three months of publicity it is significant that those who attempted to discredit it have failed to controvert the figures contained In tnat exhaustive document The public Is beginning to notice this omission, and the feeling is rapidly growing that the sensational charges out of which the "Beef Investigation" arose were without foundation. If the official statements of the report are susceptible of contradiction, a good many people are now asking why the facts and figures are not furnished to contradict them. The truth seems to be that most of the charges contain unfounded sensa tional assertions. A flagrant example of this appeared In a recent article In an Eastern magazine, to the effect that “forty Iowa banks were forced to close their doors In 1906-1 by the Beef Trust’s manipulation of cattle prices.” Cblef Clerk Cox, of the banking de partment of the Iowa State Auditor’s office, has tabulated the list of banks given In the magazine article and has publicly denounced the statement as utterly untrue. He gives separately the reasons for each failure mentioned and officially states that they have been caused by unwise speculations and by reckless banking mathods. It may be well to suspend Judgment op en the packer,* until the charges against them are proved. Adv. Four Questions. St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Why do we always talk of putting on our coats and vests when we always put on first our vest nnd then our coat? Why do we refer to the coverings of our feet as shoes and stockings when the stockings are first put on? Why do we Invite people to wipe their feet when we mean their shoes? Why. In the old.-n times, did a father tell his son he would warm his Jacket, when every one knew he meant his pantaloons? Mr*. Winslow s nooTswa ST»re for Children (••thing; noftnnn ths gumi. rsdacw inflninmnuon. •' i«7> l*nin. onrnn wind rmllr. 36 cent' n botun No Theory. Chicago Tribune: Visitor (from the sunny south)—1 am told there Is a theory up here that your climate Is changing. Host—There Is not theory about It. It's a recognized fact. Our climate is always changing. <1 knd Inflawmaterv Iknnlln, bnt I aw well Cow, than It to Ur. Uavid Kennedy's favorite Remedy, t’n my boat frinnd." Gnrrntt Peeving, Troy, N, 1. Ons Source of Pleasure. ] Public Ledger: Knox—We went to. see the Pokeleys last night and enjoy ed ourselves hugely. Cox—The Idea! Why, they usually fall dismally at entertaining people. Knox—Exactly. We enjoyed our selves talking about them on the way home. Po Tour Feet Ache and Burn? Shake Into your shoes Alien a Foot-Ease, s powder for the feet. It makes tlttht or new shoe* feel easy. Cures Corns. Bun ions, Bwollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggist* and Shoe Stores, 2ftc. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Uoy, N. X. Hadn’t Tested It. Detroit Free Press: He—It’s Impos sible to please everybody In this world. Isn’t It? She—I don’t know; I never tried It. MERCILESS ITCHING. Another Speedy Cnro of an Itching Hnmor with Loaa of Hair by the Cnth cnra Remedies. ‘‘For two year* my neck was covered with sore*, the humor spreading to my hair, which fell out, leaving an un sightly bald *pot, and the soreness, ! Inflammation, and merciless itching made me wild. Friends advised Cutl cura Soup and Cutlcura Ointment, and after a few applications the torment subsided, to my great Joy. The sores soon disappeared, and my hair grew again, as thick and healthy as ever. I shall always recommend the Cutl cura Remedies. (Signed) Harry J. Spalding, 104 West 104th street, New York City.” More Than 57 Varieties. London Tld-Blts: Some Individual with oceans of time on his hands has conceived the Idea of hunting through the works of English novelists for the purpose of finding alt the ad jectives used to qualify the word kiHS. The result Is as follows: Cold, warm, Icy, burning, chilly, cool, loving. Indifferent, balsamic, fragrant, blissful, passionate, aromatic, with tears bedewed, long, soft, hasty. Intox icating, dissembling, delicious, pious, tender, beguiling, hearty, distracted, frantic, fresh-as-the-mornlng, breath ing tire, divine Batanlc, glad, sad, su perficial, quiet, loud, fond, heavenly, ex ecrable, devouring, ominous, fervent, parching, nervous, soulless, stupefying, slight, careless, anxious, painful, sweet, refreshing, embarrassed, shy, mute, ravishing, holy, sacred, firm, hurried, faithless, narcotic, feverish, Immoder ate, sisterly, brotherly and paradi saical. The task seemed Interminable and he gave up at this stage. Starting Something. Cleveland Leader: Her Little Brother Good evening, Mr. Jones. Her Accepted Suitor—My name isn't Jones, my lad—I'm Mr. Smith. Her Little Brother—By gum! I never can get Laura's beaus straightened out. Jones comes Wednesdays, I guess. Wrinkles are poetically termed by the Japanese "waves of old age. ' LIVING TOO HASTILY AMERICAN WOMEN BREAK DOWN Irregularities and Female Derange, monte Result —Cured by Lydia A Flnkham’s Vegetable Compound. Owing to our mode and manner at living, and the nervous haste of every woman to accomplish just so mucn each day, it iB said that there is not one woman in twenty-five but what suffers with some derangement of tha female organism, and this is the secret of so many unhappy homes. No woman can be amiable, light* hearted and happy, a joy to her hue* band and children, and perform tha duties incumbent upon her, when she ia suffering with backache headache* nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing, down pains, displacement of the wombt spinal weakness or ovarian troubles. Irritability and snappy retorts taka the place of pleasantness, and all sun shine is driven out of the home, and lives are wrecked by woman's great enemy—womb trouble. Head this letter: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “ I waa troubled for eight years with irrepiw laritiee which broke down my health and brought on extreme nervousness and despon dency. Lvdia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound proved to he the only medicine whirls helped me. Day by day X improved in health while taking it until 1 was entirely cured. I can attend to my social and household duties and thoroughly enjoy life once more, as Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound has mads me a well woman, without an ache or a pain.* —Mrs. Chester Curry, 42 Saratoga Street^ East Boston, Mass. At the first, indication of ill health* painful or irregular menstruation, pain in the side, headache, backache* bearing-down pains, nervousness off “ the blues.” secure at once a bottle o# Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com* pound and begin its use. «*Yes” ' Churches School Houses and Homes ought to ba decorated and made beautiful aad healthful by using astvtve; A Rock Cement KF£s1,K5 not rub or scale. Destroys disease (arms anti vermin. No washing of walls after once ap plied. Any one can brush It on—mis with sold water. Plain tinting and whitening, and the most elaborate ralief, stencil work and frescoing may be done with It. Other flnlshe* (bearing fanciful names and mixed with hot water) do not have the cementing property of Alabastlne. They are stuck on wit* f lue or other animal matter, which rotfc •edlng disease germs, rubbing, scaling and spoiling walls, clothing, ete. Bud finishes must be washed off every year—oosh hr. filthy work. Buy Aiabastlne only la five-pound packages, properly labeled. Tint card, pretty wall and selling design “Hints on Decorating, and our artists' saw vices in making color plans, free. v ALABASTINE COMPANY. Grand Rapids, Mich., or IRS Water St, N. Y. SIOUX CITY P’T’G C0„ 1,088—22, 190$ _ _ _—1 -e Say Plainly to Your Grocer i | That you want LION COFFEE always, and ha, ‘ being a square man, will not try to sell you any thing else. You may not care for our opinion, but What About the United Judgment of Minions ! of housekeepers who have used LION COFFEE for over a quarter of a century ? | Is there any stronger proof of merit, than the : * Confidence of the People and ever Increasing popularity t LION COFFEE Is carefully sc* lected at the plantation, shipped direct to oar various factories, where it Is skillfully roasted and carefully packed In sealed pack* ages—unlike loose coflee, which Is exposed to germs, dust. In sects, etc. LION COFFEE reaches you as pure and clean as when It left the factory. Sold only In 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package. ?! Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. The Simple Truth. Public Ledger: "What’s your chick en salad today7" asked the shopper In the delicatessen department. "Veal, mostly, ma'am,’’ replied the ( new salesman. [ I_In