HI THEURE HAPPY
TWO NOTABLE RECOVERIES FBOM
EXTREME DEBILITY.
Btuband'i Strength Dad Been Waning for
Thro* Years, Wife a Sufferer from
Female Weakness,
•* My strength had dwindled so that I
wouldn't apply myself to my business
•With auy snap but was tired and listless
■all the time,” said Mr. Goldstein.
“ I weut to bed completely used up by
my day’s work, and when I got up in
•the morning I didn't feel rested a bit. I
had awful headaches too, aud my kid
neys got out of order and caused mo to
have severe pains in the back. At ono
lime I became so feeble that I could not
•tir from bed for three weeks.”
Mr. Goldstein is a young man and had
•then but recently established a home of
his own. His anxieties wero increased
by the fact that his wife was far from
being robust. Mrs. Goldstein says :
“ For two years I had been ill most ot
the time. Sometimes I was confined to
bed for weeks in succession under a phy
aician’s care. I lmd head*.’lies, kidney
trouble, paiu about the heart aud many
more uncomfort,able symptoms con
nected with that weakness to which my
«ex is peculiarly subject.”
Trouble had invaded this household
and settled in it in just the years that
ought to be the very happiest. Physicians
could not tell them how to get rid of it.
' “I was utterly discouraged, "said Mr.
Goldstein. “Then the urgency of some
frieuds led me to try a blood aud nerve
remedy which was said to be wonder
fully successful. Withiu a mouth there
were unmistakable signs of improvement
In my condition, aud withiu a year I
-was completely well. Through the use
of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills I have now
4M good health as I ever had in my life. ”
' Mrs. Goldstein adds: " The wonderful
•bffect that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills lmd
in the case of my husband led me to try
them aud they helped me even more
Quickly than they did him. One box
made me decidedly better and a few
•months’treatment cured me.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are the best
♦onio and regulator, they make pure,
rich blood aud when there is general
weakness aud disorder that is what tho
•ystem needs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Goldstein
live at»« Gove street, East Boston, Moss.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by
•kuggista everywhere.
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No Play About It.
Mamma —There! You have a black
*ye and a bloody nose, and your coat
la torn to bits. How many times have
I told you not to play with that bad
I Brown boy?”
| Bobby—Gee, ma! Do 1 look like we'd
&jP>een a playin'?—Philadelphia Press.
f ■“jh.hvM Favorite KoatSr raved
I W lltsl I hsd dirpeprla and kidney diaeeae.” K*
I . Senator Albert MerrlU. Pork Place. N Y. 11 a bottle.
Almost Human Intelligence.
Ik Cleveland Leader: Mrs. McBride—John
I rm simply disgusted. While I was out
I this morning the cat got into the pantry
I and ate every single thing except a cake
I I had Just baked.
i Mr. McBride—What a wonderful thing
FpMilmal Instinct la, to be sure!
I Dried wood steeped In oil is used to
IkiMncinerate departed members of the
I-(prlMthood—a sight common in Ceylon.
The Upland Meadow.
With canter, gallop, and head-toss we
plunge through the sun-bathed air—
The scent of grass in our nostrils, the
wind at play with our hair.
The clouds are dancing before us, the
shadows chase o’er the plain.
Then on. and up to the corner, and back
to the fence again!
With canter, gallop, and head-toss, in
proof that the day Is ours,
Wo kick up the dust behind us, we stop
and pluck at the flowers
We look far down to the valley and sigh
for folk who must work—
Then on—a race to the corner, and back,
with the stop a Jerk!
Or, limbs grown tired in the gallop, we
browse where the clover grows;
We steep ourselves In its sweetness, in
beauty take our repose.
The crack of whip and the sharp com
mand-bridle, check, and rein
Are far away. We are masters now. Ah,
what is life to gain!
They can’t know life who Just labor, ne'er
shaking the traces free
Nor reaching upland meadows, with
broader vision to see
How cramped the shadowy valley where
the roads are narrow, while here
There's all the pasture to run in, where
sun and the stars are near.
Then on, and up to the corner, and back
to the fence again!
The clouds are dancing before us, the ,
shadows are in the plain!
.With canter, gallop, and head-toss we
plunge through the sun-bathed air.
The scent of grass in the nostrils, behind
us a kick for care!
—Charles Mulford Robinson In The Out
look.
SHE HAD THE PROOF.
Washington Star: When little Mrs.
Mercyonnus returned to Washington
from her honeymoon she lost no time
In hurrying around to the home < of
an old married woman friend for ad
vice and consolation. The old married
woman friend, that is to say, was all
of twenty-three years of age, and she
had been married for fully half a year.
Little Mrs. Mercyonnus looked very
nervous and perturbed.
"What In the nume of land sakes
alive alls you?” of course Inquired the
old married woman friend and girlhood
pal when she saw the distressed state
of little Mrs. Mercyonnus. "You are
looking dreadful. What is it?"
"Well. I guess you would look dread
ful too. If your husband made such a
terrible uproar In his sleep that you
couldn't sleep for five or six nights
running," replied little Mrs. Mercyon
nus, poutlngly.
"Oh, you mean that the poor man
snores?" inquired the old married wom
an frle"-’ sympathetically, yet with a
broad smile.
"Well, I suppose that Is what It Is
called; but snoring seems too mild a
term to denominate the—the—the
sounds that Jack makes,” said Mrs.
Mercyonnus.
■'But," sagely asked the old married
woman friend, "why In pities' sakes
don’t you turn him over when he snores
so that you can't sleep?"
"Turn him over?" repeated Mrs. Mer
cyonnus, mystlfledly. "Now, what on
earth can the woman mean? Turn
him over! That sounds as If he were a
bug-—or—or something!"
"Turn—him—over—that's exactly
what I mean, and nothing else,” Im
pressively replied the old married
woman of all of a half a year's experi
ence with a husband creature.
"But, dear me,” hopelessly remarked
Mrs. Mercyonnus, "the great hulking
creature weighs 200 pounds. How In
the wide world would I be able to turn
him over?”
"Oh, you don’t have to llterrally lift
him up and turn him over," remarked
the settled married woman of twenty
three. "No such thing. Of course not.
All you’ve got to do Is to give him a lit
tle poke or shake, you know—Just suf
ficient to half awaken him—and tell
him to turn over, and he'll do It with
out coming to his senses at all. Hus
bands get to do that quite automati
cally, you know, when they're trained,
that way. But you'd better begin
training him that way Immediately.”
"But I don’t want to wake Jack up,
poking or shaking him," argued Mrs.
Mercyonnus. "He says that when once
he wakes up at night It's so hard for
him to get to sleep again.”
"Now, you do as I tell you," peremp
torily commanded the old married
woman. "I know what I’m about. I
had trie same trouble with Edward.
But now I have merely to touch him
on the shoulder when he's snoring—and
he does snore, too, something dreadful,
although he denies It strenuously—and
he turns right over on his side like a
lamb, without ever waking up. And
men can't—or, anyhow, they don’t—
snore when they're laying on their
sides. It’s only when they're lying on
their backs, the poor helplessly old
things, that they snore.”
Mrs. .aercyonnus decided to put the
lesson to the test that very night, pro
vided. of course, her husband again
.snored hard enough to keep her awake.
He did snore hard enough to keep
her awake that night, and she rose on
one elbow and ntflced by the dim re
flection of the electric light shining
through the window, that he was
.sprawled out on the flat of his back.
So she reached out a very soft and
gentle hand and touched hint on the
bhoulder. Then she waited for him to
turn over. It didn't happen. He went
right on snoring harder than ever.
She touched him on the shoulder
again, this time placing her lips dose
to his ear and murmuring, "Jack."
Nothing doing. Jack was running the
biggest saw mill south of Michigan,
and he was'runnlng It for keeps.
"I'd Just like to know what Mtnnte
meant by telling me such nonsense,"
murmured little Mrs. Mercyonnus to
herself. "He has not even moved.
"Turn him over! I might Just as well
try to turn the house over. Jack!”
And she gave him a little harder shako
on the shoulder this time, and placed
hep lips still elosQf to his ear. The
only noticeable effect was Unit he
struck a knot of lignum vitae hardness
and resistance that Mrs. Mercyonnus
actually fancied that the dishes In the
pantry rattled with the sound.
However she was there to try out
that turn-htm-over thing to its final
Issue, and she gave him another prod
and shake. This time he struck half
a dozen big knots In a bunch. Then he
slowly quit snoring, gurgled a lot In his
throat, opened his eyes, and grunted—
but he didn’t turn over so that any
body could really notice It.
"What is it?” Jie Inquired, hoarsely
and drowsily. "What the dickens Is
coming oft here?"
“Jack," whispered his wife, with the
Idea of not fully awakening him,
"you’re snoring dreadfully, 'deed you
are—dreadfully! I can't sleep a wink."
"Huh? Me snore? Aw, cut it out—
forest It,” grunted the unturnable one.
"Never snored In my life. Sure thing.
Dunno how, Would \vob-ug--gllck-er
heu—’’ Rtid then he gurgled himself
4nto a still profounder snoring slumber.
But he hadn't turned over any.
"Jack,” resolutely whispered little
Mrs. Mercyonnus, giving him another
shake, with the idea of nailing him
before he got too far away Into
dreamland, “won’t you pul-leeze—Just
to let me sleep oh such a teenohy lit
tle bit—won't you pul-leeze turn over
like a good old thing?"
This time hs arrived at something
like genuine consciousness. He rolled
over on his side In an elephantine sort
of way, grumbling something about a
deuce of a racket, and wonder man
emiMn’t get some sleep after working
like a dog all day. and he'd like to
know If he was expected to sleep on
the roof or In the sink, and begee
ugle-gr-r-r um—and away he w-ent
to sleep again, but this time without
the snoring accompaniment.
"Say," he Inquired at the breakfast
table on the following morning, "w-hat
was al) that rough housein’ that you
were pulling oft in the middle of the
night—handing me uppercuts and
short-am Jolts and things, hey?”
“Jack,” she replied, solemnly—for
she had never mentioned it before—
"Jack, you were snoring just something
disgraceful."
He looked surprised and cut up some.
"Who? Me? Snore? Why, the
Idee! You’ve got another guess! Nev
er did such a grossly disreputable
ihlng In all my bright young life—
that’s a vile accusation, it sure is. Me
snore! Not guilty! Bet you a new hat
I never snored in my life! Bet you
two hats! Shocking thing to say to a
man! I’m surprised at you!”
The next day was Sunday. He
corked off on one of the couches for an
after dinner nap. Three.minutes after
lying dow n he was snoring like a cait
left knight and a swell trencherman.
She remembered his refusal to believe
her declaration that he snored. So
she slipped a fresh cylinder onto the
phonograph, placed it softly alongside
the couch on which he was lying, start
ed It going, and got a cylinder full of
his Gargantuan snores. She put the
cylinder away, meaning to spring It on
him the very first time he should again
deny his snoring habit.
But that evening a number of friends |
who hadn't seen the Mercyonnuses !
since their return from the honeymoon I
called upon them. While Mrs. Merey
onnus was out in the dining room fix
ing up a lemonade and cake refection
for the callers Mr. Mercyonnus decided
to entertain them with the phonograph.
The first cylinder he fitted onto the
contraption and turned loose was the
snoring record which his wife had sur
reptitiously taken that afternoon, and
the flat was filled w ith the most extra
ordinary bunch of sounds that ever
came out of a talking machine, until
Mr. Mercyonnus Jumped forward and
stopped It, not, however, before all the
callers were'In a roar.
Then Mrs. Mercyonnus had to come
forward and make a blushing explan
ation, while her husband glared and
looked foolish by turns.
Snoring Is a tabooed subject In the
Mercyonnus flat now.
EXTENSION OF THE CAPITOL.
America Will Have Mott Perfect Publio
Building in the World.
Baltimore American: Every patriotic
American citizen will hope that no ob
stacle will Intrude in the path of an ex
tension of the east front of the capltol
at Washington In accord with the plans
which have been reported favorably by
a Joint commission of the senate and
house. For several generations this has
been a project dear to the heart of al
most every congress, and always dear
to the heart of every lover of art In
architecture, and who could not look at
the grand building on "the hill" with
out a feeling of profound regret that
so Imposing a pile should be conspicu
ous In one great defect, that the mag
nificent dome should seem from the
eastern point of view to be toppling
over for lack of a proper and harmoni
ous pedestal.
Regardless of Its defects the capltol
Is a splendor of piecemeal construction.
No other architectural pile In the whole
world, erected in such vicissitudes, has
been permitted to retain such'thorough
Integrity. It stands singular in archi
tectural form and situation, the most
Imposing of all houses of parliament.
Not one In any foreign land approaches
It In tremendous dignity. Only In the
ruins of structures of ancient days can
be found a semblance of the chaste de
sign of his meeting place of the law
makers for more than 80,000,000 of pop
ulation—those ruins from which were
drawn to a large extent the noble fea
tures of the capltol, the treasury and
the building of the department of the
Interior.
It Is not complimentary to the con
gress nor to the people that the defects
of the capltol have gone so long unrem
edled. When the "terrace" was added
to the western front to give mass to
the apparent foundation, an absurd
mistake was made In placing stairways
of black slate amid the white marble
which everywhere else prevailed. To
the most uneducated taste this was of
fensive, and architectural artists of
every land stood astonished that such
a crime could be committed In the name
of architecture. In connection with the
remedial movement at the east facade
this mistake upon the west is to he cor
rected, and when that Is accomplished
and the central section of the east front
Is extended this so-called crude coun
try of America will have the most per
fect building of public use In all the
world.
The British house of parliament Is
not only offensively ornate, but it Is
placed unon the banks of the Thames, ]
aim can he properly seen only from the I
Surrey side The chamber of deputies
In Paris, although of classic design and
having a curious sentimental outlook
In facing the great church of the Mad
eleine, precisely similar In architecture,
hut far across the Seine, and the bee
hive of the Place de la Concorde, is
dwarfed and obscured upon the bank of
the river.
So the changes might be rung upon
houses of parliament of all the great
states of the world. No other stands
forth with such prodigious weight and
dignity of proportion and such com
mending situation as this white pile at
Washington, and again let the hope be
expressed that congress will leave noth
ing undone to finally correct the mis
takes in art which have been always
recognized and which are Solely due to
the patchwork manner In which the
wonderful structure has been produced.
Belt of Calm at Pacific End of Canal
National Geographic Magazine: At
the eastern extremity of the canal the
difficulties which a sailing vessel may
expect to encounter will arise from a
superanbundance of wind rather than a
lack of It. At the western extremity,
on the other hand, these conditions will
be completely reversed.
Upon emerging from the canal into
the Pacific ocean a vessel will enter an
extensive belt of calms and light airs,
which render navigation by sail more
tedkufi than in any other frequented
portio.: of the sea. The width of this
region varies—at some points wide, at
others narrow. In that portion of the
north Pacific included between the
American coast and the merldan of 120
degrees west It reaches a inaxium, ex
tending In latitude from a point one or
two degrees north of the equator to
Cape San Lucas, the southern extrem
ity of lower California. In both ap
proaching and leaving Panama, irre
spective of the port from which or to
ward which bound, a sailing vessel
must of necessity navigate a greater or
less width of the belt of calms, and
in estimating for a given voyage the
saving of the time effected by the use
of the canal the delay arising from the
cause must not be neglected.
Politic* Pickin’ Up.
Atlanta Constitution: "Politics Is
pickin' up," said the old colored cam
paigner. "but do votin' hours Is so
short, en de laws Is so strict, you can’t
vote Iona enough to make a good
Uvln'!”
FEEDING COOP FOR CHICKS.
As the stronger chicks always eat the
foci of the weaker and younger chicks,
as \\<'1I as their own, several feeding coops
should be provided and the slats placed
at different distances apart on .the differ
ent coops so that the larger chicks will
be forced to feed separately. The slats
on the coops for the smaller chicks should
be about 2 inches apart and for the larger
and stronger chicks 3 or 3 V* Inches apart.
The half grown chicks, though they may
roost m the coops, should be fed In an
enclosure or In pens where the slats are
4 or 5 inches apart. The slat sides of the
feeding pens are covered at the top by
wide boards to keep out the rain and the
hot sun and the rear end covered with
I pf dence of others who have proved that
su^nmer cultivation with the cover crop
lor winter is profitable and get to work
now. There are still six weeks during
which the soil between the trees can be
cultivated so that there is a good dust
mulch. Then stop this work and prepare
to sow the cover crop, try winter vetch or
rye, to be plowed under in the spring add
ing humus to the soil; something which
most soils occupied by orchards need
badly.
CUTTING ALFALFA EARLY.
Those who are having their first experi
ence with alfalfa are likely to make the
mistake of waiting until the crop Is too
far advanced before cutting it; a serious
mistake because It gets woody if allowed
to ripen. The usual plan is to cut it when
it is from one-fifth to one-tenth In bloom,
doing the work in the morning and letting
It dry Just enough so that the leaves do
not fall. It is then raked Into small wind
rows and allowed to dry some more be
fore hauling It to the barn. How much it
should dry will depend somewhat on the
weather but with a whole day of bright
sunshine this is sufficient, the Idea being
not to let it dry enough so that the leaves
fall in handling. The windrows should be
turned at least once so that the alfalfa
can dry some on the underside. Should It
rain while the crop Is drying let It remain
out of doors another day, never put It into
the barn wet. Each crop may be cured
in the manner specified and when housed'
will keep In good condition provided it is
not wet when put In the barn.
HAVE PLENTY OF SWEET CORN
No one can ohject to the farmer with
considerable stock having a good supply,
of field corn, but the sweet corn should
r.ot be neglected for it is one of the most
valuable foods of the farm. Sowed sweet
corn Is one of the best of plants to help
out a short pasture and It makes good
ensilage. The shelled sweet corn will,
furnish variety as well as nutriment even
to stock that is being largely fed on field
corn; the stalks of the sweet corn are
more tender than those of the field varie
ties, hence are correspondingly relished by
the stock. In feeding poultry we have al
ways felt that the sweet corn seemed to
be most desired by the birds, especially
when fed whole. It does not make so at
tractive an ear as the field corn when
cured, but it more than makes up in qual
ity. A good plan is to make frequent sow
ings of sweet corn during the summer; of
course much of it will not boar, but It will
be found very useful withal for feeding
green to any of the stock on the farm and
by careful storage It may be kept green
until quite late.
WATER FOR YOUR WORK HORSES
Remember that the stomach of the horse*
is small, hence It should have frequent
drinks of water during the day and ^espe- '
daily in the summer; not only this but the
water should be fresh and cool and given
from a cle?vn receptacle. During the day,
between meals, there Is no reason why the
horse should not have all the water it
wants, provided it is doing only ordinary
hard work. There are other places for
water also; when the horse comes in from
the field remove the halter and head gear
and with a large sponge go over the entire
head and shoulders with the water, re
moving all the soil and perspiration; let
the water be used freely about the ears,
the nostrils and in the mouth. Then go
over the rest of the body and wipe It thor
oughly with a wet sponge. This sort of
treatment will do the animal a world of
good and It will eat better, sleep better
and- work better for this humane treat
ment. During the warm weather look out
for lender spots on the horse where the
harness chafes; be watchful that the har
ness fits in every part so that the work
may be done without flinching. If the col
lar does not fit see that it 1s attended to at
once for the harnessmaker’s bill will be j
less than the value of the services of the j
horse if it is laid up for a week with a sore
shoulder. Don’t forget the nightly groom- j
ing and see that it is thoroughly done.
CARE OF THE POULTRY YARD.
Where fowls are confined In rather close [
quarters during the summer it Is a good
plan to arrange so that the poultry yard
can be changed or else divided In two or
more sections so that one can bo renovated
while the other Is being used. If the yard
is of the ordinary garden soil It should be
spaded under to the depth of the spado
after first- cleaning out the worst of the
filth. Then sow this space to oats or rye
and allow it to grow for two weeks; then
turn the poultry into this yard and treat
the other yard in the same manner. The
fowls will do much better under this treat
ment and not be so likely to miss the I
range. Another good plan Is to have a
small yard into which the fowls may be |
turned an hour or two dally; this yard
should be in heavy sod and the fowls
should not be permitted to occupy it long
enough at a time to soil the grass. Keep
grass growing throughout the season by
a little commercial fertilizer and plenty of
water if needed. If the feeding is done in
ihe yards all receptieals both for food 1
and water should be kept as clean as pos
sible. These summer comforts will do •
much toward making the hens keep In
good laying condition for fall and winter
instead of its taking until Christmas for
them to get in laying condition.
FOOD SAVING TROUGH.
That much wood Is lost by reason of
poorly constructed troughs anyone will
admit who has watched animals feed at
such troughs. True, some labor Is saved
if troughs are constructed with but one
large place In which the food is placed,
but this Is more than lost in the waste, of
food. An ideal trough, and one that is
simple and easily constructed is made by
placing division boards in it so that each
animal has a place to itself. In this way
there is likely to bo less crowding and. by
I fill . llii. L- Id
a little care one can place the animals at
feeding time so that the ones requiring the
most food may have it and those requir
ing less not be overfed. It is a good plan
to arrange the partitions so that they will
slide down between cleats for in this way
they may be removed and the trough thor
oughly cleansed. 9uch a trough is not dif
ficult to construct and the extra time and
material required will be more than made
good in tbe quantity of food saved. The
illustration shows this simple trough and.
as will be seen, .t is certainly easy to con
struct.
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wire netting or slats, as preferred. A feed
ing board should also be provided on
which the mash is fed; this board to be
taken out at night after the last feeding
for the day and thoroughly cleaned with
scalding water. This will do much toward
keeping the chicks in good health. The
front end of the coop should be arranged
so that it may be removed: this is readily
done by holding it in place at the top
with a cord and nail and at the bottom
with two stakes. Such a coop as described
is readily constructed and at comparative
ly small cost. The illustration shows the
coop complete; B represents the feeding
board with the place in front cut so as
to the more easily grasp the board in tak
ing it out. The small end view at right
shows how this portion is secured by the
two stakes and the X at the lower end
of coop shows where the stakes are to be
driven.
FOOD FOR THE GROWING PIGS.
To turn the growing pigs of from four to
six months old In with the older animals
and expect them to do well Is a decided '
mistake. They will be unable to get their
share of the food, even though it were of
the proper kind for them, which it is not.
Shouts of the age mentioned do best on a
ration consisting of one pound of corn and
oats mixed to two pounds of middlings.
Given this as a regular ration and then
from three to five hours dally on the range
the youngsters ought to take on a fine
growth of bone and muscle, and be In good ;
shape to fatten readily in the early fall.
The night care of growing pigs we con
sider quite as important as their care
during the Cay. Their beds should be
clean and dry, and in a well ventilated <
pen; not a pen through which the wind '
and rain will blow, but one in which they
will keep dry and yet have all the fresh i
air necessary. It should also be provided
with plenty of clean, sweet bedding and
have an exit so that the pigs will not find
it necessary to foul their bedroom. Try
this plan of pig raising and see if the re
sult is not a better class of pigs at no more
expense than under the old plan.
FRUITING THE STRAWBERRY
PLANTS
If, after the crop of the present season :
is gone the plantation is carefully gone :
over and examined, it is not hard to tell
if it will pay to crop it another year. Sure
ly if It has given but one full crop it (
ought to produce a profitable crop the next
year and it will If properly taken care of. (
Of course it is presupposed that the soil j
Is strong and capable of doing its share. .
This being the case the plot should be j
cultivated during the remainder of the ,
season, care taken that only the first plant
on the runner was allowed to root and ]
then, after the middle of August, unless
In case of a drought, a light mulch may ,
be~placed between the rows and the culti- ,
vation stop until later. Cultivation should ,
be done in the fall so that the beds will ,
not go Into the winter weedy, but in the ]
full strength of the vigor gained during ,
th6 summer. Surely it will pay to at- *
tempt the saving of the plantation for a ,
second fruiting when one considers what ‘
it costs to set a new field even though one J
grows his own plants.
CONDIMENT STOCK FOODS.
Much Is claimed for the stock foods on
the market and without doubt many of 1
them are valuable; it is well known, how- 1
ever, that some of them are badly adul- *
terated and that others are heavily 1
charged with condiments. These latter are {
quite as dangerous as the former for they
excise an appetite which is not normal 1
and when the reaction comes the animal is
worse off than if it had not eaten the
preparation. That animals need an appe- j
t'zer is* beyond question and the best way j
of feeding those stock foods which contain s
condiments is in small quantities and only \
until the normal appetite begins to show ;
again when the animal should be tempted \
with small and frequent rations of regular i
foods in considerable variety. Under this 5
plan there will be little or no danger -n j
the stock food that is partly composed of j
chemicals.
DOES CARE OF ORCHARDS PAY?
An apple grower in Ohio recently made
the statement before a gathering of fruit
growers that the net return from his ten
acre apple orchard prior to the time when
he began to give it intelligent care, aver
aged less than $100 a year. Since it has
had the proper care the profit has increased
yearly until the end of the ninth year of
good care showed a profit that season of
$1,800. As this particular man has been an
experienced fruit grower for more than
thirty years the success of the past year
cannot be charged to added knowledge or
experience except, perhaps, only as he
learned tj spray and cultivate more cor
rectly. This experience is only one of
thousands and any good orchardist can
duplicate It if he will bear in mind that
an orchard needs intelligent care. The
ravages of insects and disease make
spraying imperative. The growth of the
tree make it necessary that the fertility
of the soil be kept up. Look into these
things thoroughly and make a business
of fruit growing if you engage in It at all.
If you do not think there is anything in
the mulch idea then be guided by the ex
An Old Goldsmith Volums.
Atlanta Constitution: An old volume
which an Atlanta booklover prizes was
found in an old bookshop recently. It|
Is "The History of Rome," by Oliver
Goldsmith. Goldsmith's name takes;
one back to the literary fellows of that
day—the hack work they did to keepi
life In them, for when Goldsmith was
at work writing that history he was:
doing twenty different things besides—
little odds and ends that brought money;
for his daily bread, with a scolding
landlady laying down the law to him;
for it was the time when the great
Dr. Johnson "thought himself lucky
when he could dine in a cellar on six
pence worth of tripe and a pennyworth,
of bread, and wipe his fingers on the
back of a Newfoundland dog after his
greasy meal!" And to think of the
growling that is done by the little
authors of the present day!
Of Wide Interest.
Breed, Wis., June 2G. -(Special.)—
Ohas. Y. Peterson, Justice of the Peace
for Oconto Co., has delivered a judg
ment that is of interest to the whole
TJnited States. Put briefly, that judg
ment is, "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best Kidney medicine on the market
to-day.”
And Mr. Peterson gives his reason
for this judgment. He says: “Last
winter 1 had un aching pain in my
hack which troubled me very much. In
the morning I could hardly straighten
my back. I did not know what It was,
but an advertisement led me to try
Dodd's Kidney Pills. After taking one
box I can only say they have done
more for me than expected, as I feel as
well now as ever I did before.”
Pain in the back is one of the first
symptoms of Kidney Disease. If not
cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills it may
develop Into Bright’s Disease, Diabetes,
Rheumatism or some of tile other dead
ly forms of Kidney Disease.
Good Advics to New Writers.
If you want, to learn to write set about
It In a practical way. Read a great deal
of the wo»k of the masters of short-story
writing. I might refer you to Boccaccio
and Chaucer, hut to modern men let us
first give modern examples. Read the short
tales of Stevenson. Bret Harte and H. C.
Bunner, of Thomas Hardy. Mr. Aldrich
and Mr. Janvier. Not only read, but study
them. And all the while practice on
stories of your own. What you write one
wek tear up the next. It is ndt likely that
any masterpieces will be lost. Square your
work with the work of these writers. Fill
yourself so full of goodw example that
you will have the short-story “feeling.”
Thus you will unconsciously become ix
Judge of what you do.—Woman's Home
Companion for June.
Isn’t This Absolutely True?
Nothing ever became popular—hero
or in any other country—without it
reason.
Popular men have merit of soma
kind, MUST have, or they would not
be popular.
They must have EXCEPTIONAL
MERIT and wonderful character if
their popularity INCREASES WITH
TIME.
As with men. SO WITH GOODS.
So with any article that is on the
market. IT CANNOT INCREASE ITS
SALES, it cannot he adopted as a
STANDARD article, it cannot survive
generations unless it have real, inher
ent merit.
Millions of dollars spent in advertis
ing any article without merit are just
wasted, so far as continued sales are
concerned. Intelligent housekeepers
cannot he compelled to buy what they
do not approve of.
That much is a self-evident fact. It
cannot be gainsaid. But it tells its
own story of LION COFFEE and its
quality—a coffee that lias been the
leader of all package coffees for more
than a quarter of a century, that lias
steadily grown in tne affections of mill
ions of American homes since Its first
introduction. long, long ago.
Its unexcelled flavor, perfect purity
nnd uniform quality: its absolute clean
liness and neat appearance, have en
deared it to tiie hearts of the people.
Good grocers will tel! you this, but
those who drink coffee ought to know
much more about quality than they
who simply SELL it.
Insist on LION COFFEE: buy no
loose coffee (in bnlki—you don't know
what yon get. How can your grocer?
They Are Needed Now.
A time like this demands
Strong minds, yre-'.t hearts, great faith
and hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will.
Men who love honor, men who will not He,
Strong men, sun-crowned, who live above
the fog ■
In public duty and in private thinking.
—Lowell.
CUTICURA SOAP
The World's Greatest Skin Soap—The
Standard of Every Nution of the
Earth,
Millions of the world's best people
uso Cuticuru Soap, assisted by Cuti
cura Ointment, the purest and sweet
est of emolient skin cures, for preserv
ing, purifying and beautifying the
skin, for cleansing the sealp cf crusts,
scales and dandruff, and the stopping
of fulling hair, for softening, whiten
ing and soothing red, rough and sore
hands, for baby rashes. Rollings and
dialings, and many sanative, antisep
tic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women, especially moth
ers, as well as for all the purposes of
the toilet, bath and nursery.
Eggs in Potato Nests.
Cold mashed potatoes may bo used for
this dish. They should be well seasoned,
then add a little hot cream and the yolk
of one egg to each cupful of potatoes to
soften them. Whip thc.u very light with
a fork, add the stiffly whipped whites of
the eggs, and heap in a mound in a well
buttered baking dish. Take a clean egg
and make little cup-shaped hollows In the
potato mound, drop a raw egg in each,
dust with salt and white pepper and cover
with little bits of butter and cook in a
hot oven until the eggs are like poached.
Serve at once. These are very nice.
I can recommend Pi so*9 Cure for Con
Bumption for Asthma. It has given uie
great relief.—W. L. Wood, Farmersburg.
lad.. Sept. 8. 1901.
His Invention.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Mrs.
McFlub—Your husband seems to be
quite versatile. Has he ever invented
anything?
Mrs. Sleeth—Oh. yes. One of the
finest lines of midnight excuses you
ever listened to.
Brazil now has 143 cotton mills.
