I j I St Jacobs Oil l h J ‘ has traveled round the world, i t and everywhere human O !! S j; Aches and Pains | Shivs welcomed It and blest n It for a cure. 8 ci Price, 25c- and 50c. (J Boa®««®ao®©«®c©a'J8®e8«osej A Fraudlese Voting Machine. From the Technical World. Election frauds are rendered practical!} ; Impossible by tha usa of an Ingenious new voting machine that has neon Invented by a Kentuckian. Not only docs tha machine | record and count every vote that Is cast, but tt automatically exhibits a china bus; j or photograph of tho candidate as evt- | denre that the desired candidate la voted . for. Andrew H. Hart, a nephew of the j renowned Joel T. Hart, Is the inventor. Names of all the candidates appear ori top of the machine, conveniently arranged with Indicators sliding on metal rods. "When a voter wishes to vote for a certain candidate he moves the Indicator corres ponding to his candidate, and presses a lever. The vote Is then registered within tho box. The voter continues the opera tion until he has voted for all his favorite candidates. Then the clerk moves a lever and tbs machine Is ready for the next voter. The machine is so arranged that, tic person can vote for the same candidate mors than onoe, or vote for more than one candidate for the same office. An entire ticket, however, can be voted at one operation. The votes are registered consecutively on continuous slips of paper wound on cores, the last vote on cacti stir showing tbs total. A Saxon New Year’s Custom. Many curloua customs and associa tions cluster around New Year’s day. 1 The Baxona In "ye olden tyrne" used to dance around an apple tree on New I Year's eve, singing a song, tg Insure a good crop, and bells were rung to an nounce the death of the old year and usher In .the birth of tho new. In other Starts of England at midnight tho house door facing the west was opened to let out the old year, while the door facing the east was opened to welcome the blithe new year. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO j SUFFER 'From Constipation, Bowel and Stom ach Trouble. Q. What U the beginning of sick •ness 7 A. Constipation. Q. What Is Constipation? A. Failure of the bowels to carry off o physicians recognize this? A. Yes. The first question yohr doc tor asks you is "Are you constipated?” That is the secret. Q. Can it be cured? A Yes. with proper treatment. The common error is to resort to physics, euch ns pills, salts, mineral water, cas tor oil, injections, etc., every one of which is injurious. They weaken nnd increase the malady. You know this by your , own experience. cure A. Hot a bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic at once. Mail's Grape Tonic will positively cure Constipation and Stom ach Trouble in the shortest space of •time. No other remedy has before been known to cure Constipation positively end permanently. t). What is Mull's Grape Tonic? A. It is a Compound with -10 per cent of the juice of Concord Grapes. It exo-rts a peculiar strengthening, healing ir.tliienee upon the intestines, so that they can do their work unaided. The process is gradual, but sure. It is not a physic, but it cures Constipation, Dysentery, Stomach and Bowel Trouble. Having n rich, fruity grape flavor. it is gde-isant to take. As a tonic it is un equalled, insuring the system against disease. It strengthens and builds tip waste tissue. Q. Where can Mull's Grape Tonic be hud? A. Your druggist sells it. The dollar bottle contains nearly three times the 50 ■cent size. Good for ailing children and nursing toothers. A free bottle to all who have never xised It because we know it will cure • 138 FREE BOTTLE 1223-5 | PARK Sand this coupon with your name and addles*. ;i your druggist • name and 10c to pay postage and we will •apply you a sample free, if you have never used Mull’s Orapa Tonic, and will also send you a certificate good for 91 1*0 toward tha purchaae of uiora Tonic from vour druggist. Uull's Graph Tonic Co.. 21 Third Ave. R jck Island, 111. . Give l ull Address and Write Plainly K5 cant V aen aud 91 on bottiee at all druggist* The 91.00 bottle con uins about ail tiuiei as much as tha & cent bottle and a *out three times as much ss tha 6u cent t»4Ue ilar U « great saving in buying the ll.Ouhottle I The genuine has a ilute and number •t.un|>eil oil ilie label—take no other Iruiu your druggist. I I Father Lamier’s • ....New Cassock..,. v m******* cy’frow ■wwwi ♦ “Jeanne, you will give nuts, red apples j ami dried plums to cVlynotte and Moreau to fill the sabots of the little ones. Et in s-ecula aeoulorum/’ murmured M. le Cure, who then r turned the reading of his breviary, which had been Interrupted by i the numberless preparations for the fete j of the following day. lie bent hls spec tacb s anew over Hie book, closing the ears In vain to the joyous outbursts which rang throughout the place on the this the eve of the day so blessed. Joy filled the aii* and troubled his meditations. He could not prevent hls paternal heart from sharing in the Innocent pleasures of the flock over which he had watched and to which he had ministered for more than 20 years. This year, for the first time In his life, the cure was to celebrate the holy anni versary with a delight less intense, a heart Jess light, than usual. Care Irri tated and troubled lbs serene benevolence and checked hls compassion for others, hifl forgiveness of wrongdoing. Flay act ors were installed opposite the rectory, fit the Hotel du Dauphin, at the other side of the square. What a trial It had been for him! For ten days they had been there. Soubilre had seemed- as though seized with a fever. At each corner of the street many colored posters were to be | seen, and In front of them groups of peo ple gathered, commenting upon th6 spec tacle of the previous n'.ght or that her alded for the coming evening. The streets, which, as a rule, were deserted at ft o’clock, were thronged until after mid night. From end to end of the little town the merits of the respective players were talked of. A roll of drums was heard beneath the window, and 3VT. Dander sprang to his feet. The nasal voice of Father Oneslme, the public crier and gamekeeper, was heard distinctly calling aloud in the same tone as the worthy man ordinarily Invited the citizens to kill the white worms or to muzzle their dogs: “Hockary Troupe. Soulaire theater (Grain Market), this evening. For the first time the great success, ‘The Abbe Constantin/ comedy.by Dudovic Halevy of the Academ'.e Francaise. M. Artemon of the Chatelet will fill the role of the Abbe Constantin. MID Valerie, from the theater of Brest and Algeria, will appear as Bettlna. The usual price of admis sion.” A roll of wheels announced the arrival of the diligence, which halted at the hotel opposite, and the passengers alighted 'with a great deal of noise, the wom en precipitating themselves from the in ferior like a cloud of wasps, deafening the driver. "Bate as usual, Matthew. Where Is my new muff? M. tthow, where Is Totor’s media ideal horse?” And Matthew, with hls fat face flushed and framed in the ear laps of hls cap, dived down into the hood of the imperial, which was inflated like a balloon, and •withdrew packages and boxes. “Come, Matthew, the abbe’s now cas »sock,” said Jeanne. “Matthew, have you my cassock?" sud denly cried from a window in the Hotel du Dauphin a man who displayed a face covered with soap, a napkin around his neck and a shaving brush in hls Hand. The driver introduced his arm anew into the hood and after a careful search drew forth two parcels of unequal size. “Here Is something for you, Mile (Jeanne. And here, M. Artemon, Is all that was given me for M. Hochary’s company.” And from the top of the dili gence he held out a long, narrow card box to the comedian, who leaned forward to receive It. In Its aerial transit the cov er, which had been badly tied on, fell to the ground, and a wig of yellow har was caught by Artemon on the wing, like a flag floating in the wind. “Bettina’s wig!” exclaimed the excited ! actor. ‘‘Bettina’s wig and not my cas sock, the cassock of the Abbe Constan tin. Where the devil have you put it, | rascal?” "On my word of honor, I have notldng else,” asserted Mat’thcw, displaying hls empty hands, “How annoying, follow! There has been some mistake, mademoiselle. Made moiselle/’ he called despairingly to Jeanne, who had turned away with a ma-* Jostle air, “are you sure that you have not the cassock?” “Scamp!” said the haughty housekeep er disdainfully. Down the stairs INI. Artemon flow, four steps at a ttime. and rushed into the greenroom, where the rest of the corn pan;' were assembled. His hurried en trance filled thorn all with consternation. “My friends,” ho exclaimed tragically, "the posters must be changed or the per formance postponed. I cannot play the rolc#of the Abbe Constantin tonight.” "Artemon,” said a cavernous voice, “what Is the meaning of this caprice? What of the box office money, the px penses of the programs and the adver tisements? You know as well as 1 do that we are at the end of our resources and that our last venture was a failure. Don’t try your Mile. Mars on us, my good fellow. We play tonight!” "But can you not understand? I have not a cassock!” gasped the unhappy Arte mon. letting his arms fall with dejection. “Cannot a cassock he Improvised with a black dress and a cldak of one of the ladies?" hazarded Hochary. “The lad es are much too short and slight," groaned Artemon, who rejoiced In an imposing corpulency. As for ire, 1 have only the Figaro cos tume, Peruvian pantaloons and the black coat for Pierrot and a flowered morning gown,” said the manager pensively. “For heaven’s sake ladies, aid us with your suggestions! We must play the piece at any cost.” The situation was critical for the poor artists, whose present tour had been far from successful. The leading man then proposed to gallop at full speed to the neighboring city, but this suggestion was not deemed practicable. W hat is to be done? There is not one gar!) of the required kind among the properties of this accursed hole,” repeat ed Hochary in an outburst of impotent rage. Suddenly Artemon struck his forehead violent.y, and his entire bearing denoted a genuine inspiration. Ah, tny friends,” he exclaimed, in n voice full of emotion, "what n wild hope I j So much the \y-• so. I will attempt the adventure, it Is our only hope of salva tion.” In a few words he explained. “Come to my arms, my son!” exclaimed M. Hochary. extending his legs with en thusiasm. And Artemon ran off to finish his shav big. to don his black frock coat and then direct his steps to the cure’s. Happily for the actor, Jeanne was ab sent patting the last touches on thn church decorations, and It was one of the chorus children who innocently opened tie dour of the rectory and introduced the visitor into the room where the good cun* was terminating his devotions. At ! the sight of this apparition M. Bamier be came fixed upon his seat like a statue. ! His good, rosy visage, usually so calm] ! was now flushed to the roots of his thin] ! *h.te hair, and Instinctively he clasped a.s nook to hls breast. Meanwhile satan s Instrument bowed 'efei enttally. “No M. le Cure,” he said; “it is not alms we a-k. I.end'us simply your cas sock!" ".My car nek!" gasped the Abbe Da mp r, astonished. ‘ Vou wish my cas sock ?” "The o’.ib st and most wornout in your pr,,fi ssion. one that you may nave thrown aside.” Art-mon hastened to say. "I am to play rbuight the r.o'.o of the Abbe Con stantin, a.'! 1 I cannot represent my char acter without conforming to its demands and carry)i - out its saeredotal dignity." M. Lamit r sprang from his seat. "Do you think for a moment, mon sieur.” "he :-ai 1, overcome by surprise and anger, "10 profane a gown that has served at wc rshtp and to make me the ac complice of th-te sinful amusements? y. ,r •ptorance repecting holy tilings and religion is your only excuse.” ' i’ardon me, M. le Cure,” continued the actor, slightly embarrassed, but not the less determined. "It would not be tbe fu-.-t time roll; ion has lent Its aid to the drama. Do you recall the celebrated mys teries of the middle ages? Moreover, I was edurated in a seminary, and It was there 1 was Id to adopt the vocation of ad or in playing the role of Athal'.e for the fete of the superior.” M. I,pi iii r, without b"lng disarmed, looked again at the actor with new inter est. if this unhappy man had followed a bad calling, hi:; point of departure had at least be n good. Ills heart could not, therefore be corroded throughout, and perhaps It v. ni l lie possible to point out to him the error of bis ways. "Mow comes it,” said the abbe, with bitterness, “that you play on Christmas eve?” •'Alas m. In Curo, replied Artemon, with simplicity, “we must eat on that night, as on any other!” M. Lamier was touched to the heart by this reply. "Poor fellow!” The soul of the good priest was filled with grief. lie felt too unhappy to refuse the speaker anything. “But,” he groaned, looking plaintively at Arteman, “can you not choose another piece rather than expose a servant of God to the risk of such a saerrilege and alsc to the risk of such a sacrilege and also posed to be fervent?” Artemon approached him confidentially. “You see, M. le (hire, you have never attended the theater.” “But—well, certainly not,” replied the abbe, startled by the very idea. “It is for that very reason that you re gard it as a place of evil. Why, the the ater is ihc school of morals which eec onds those of the church. Our dramas are simply sermons put into action. There is no piece in which virtue Is not lauded and vice and hypocrisy scourged. Ah, il is a noble work, that of the comedian, in the eyes of those who understand it!” “What a pity this Artemon is not a preacher!” thought M. Lampier, fasci nated. “His large face, closely shaved, with its cheeks like a Dominican, would look very well in a pulpit, and his Insin uating voire and speaking gestures would bo very effective for good.” “Among us, I dare to say, there are many good fellows,” continued Artemon. “United households, good mothers of fam ilies, good citizens, abound with us.” He proceeded to cite examples. Mile. Valerie, a child of the stage, who was the support of her parents; M. and Mme. Hocharay, models of conjugal tenderness —one and all held their hearts in their hands and never refused a service or kindness to a comrade, never refused to do a good work, a good action. “Is an actor ever to be seen on the cul prit’s stool except for debt?’* said the comedian, bringing his warm panegyric to a close, “it is true we are, for the most part, roving grasshoppers, and grasshoppers have not any more chance today than they had in La Fontaine’s time.” The words were spoken with discour agement, owing to the immovability of the cure. As he spoke the actor arose and brushed his hat with gloomy’energy. “Well,” he sighed, “we alone shall pass a sad Christmas while all the world be sides will be blithe and happy. M. le Curo, pardone me for having taken up so much of your time.” He turned toward the door. The old priest aroused himself. “Jeanne,” he called in a loud voice, full of the exaltation of triumphant charity, “bring me at once my new cassock!” “Ah, M. le Cure!” exclaimed the actor, overcome by the unexpected success and pressing the priest’s hands with effusion. As Jeane entered with the cassock upon her arm in great folds the priest rebuked her for loitering. “Now bring me my shoes with the silver buckles. Run quickly! Why, a snail would go as fast. Is it not so, M. Actor? And a hat also—you must have a hat.” "What?” said Jeanne, shuddering, “Are you going to lend your clothes to the theater, M. le Cure—your new cassock— you. who will hold mass at midnight—” “Truly, I do not ask so much,” protest ed Artemon, confused, while the cure laid the cassock on his arm. “An old cassock would serve my purpose. I beg that you will not deprive yourself." “What are you thinking?” replied M. Lamier. “Beneath the robes my cassock will not be seen, while yours will be, so to say, under fire, and if the rents were viewed It would be a pity. Tne Abbe Con stantin must not call forth rfdlcule.” ‘‘How can we ever prove our grati tude?” said the actor, his eyes actually filled with ter.vs, and he reiterated his thanks until lie had crossed the thresh old of the door. "My dear fellow,” said the cure in a trembling voice, fearing to appear to place a price upon hi3 kindness, "go aa quickly as possible, accomplish what you have to do and return when the perform ance is over to attend the midnight mass. The good God will thus be satisfied with you, and I also.” On this evening Artemon fairly vibrated .with emotions, surpassing himself in hia acting. When, before the gloriously illuminated altar, the good pastor extended his arms lovingly above the crowd kneeling before him, he trembled with joy to perceive, al the lower end of the lateral aisle, among the workmen and laborers, a group of men and women with weary faces and varied costumes, who bowed their heads respectfully under the benediction. Tin poor people had also arranged a little sur prise for their benefactor, and the weak but expressive voice of Valerie sang with warmth the “Christmas of Adam,” ac companied by a harmonium. \\ hat ever may have been their past, oi whatsoever the future might have’ in store for them, for that hour at least 8 ray of God’s grace had filled their souls, recalling the sweet and holy remem brances of their childhood. “Peace on earth ami good will toward men! Hosanna in the highest!” The Abbe Lamier, In an ecstasy of mercy and love, raised his dazzled eyes toward the vaulted roof and seemed tu see at this sacred moment, among the quivering wings of the angels and the sparkle of the stars, the luminous smile of the Savior who walked upon the road* of Samaria and Galilee, surrounded by the miserable and worthless, and whose feet the sinful woman had wiped with he? golden hair.—San Francisco Call. Wail From the Old Boy. Don't offer costly gifts with which 1 hat Christmas tree Is hung; Just give me back the appetite 1 hud when i was young. _ _ —Chicago Record Giving Him a Chance. Chicago Record: "Harriet, you ought to give me my choice of a Christmas present once in uwhile.” "Well, Harry, Vm willing; do you want a lamp-shade, a sofa pillow or new lacs curtain*?'* w ■■■ . ■ ■ • - * -r i ■ I A FARM WAGON’ATTACH M ENT. j A well constructed shoveling board at- j tached to the wagon box is a great con- | vcnience when unloading ear corn, root | crops or any similar thing. The illustra- ! tion show's a simple, practical idea, the lower showing the board lowered for use J and the upper one showing how it can bo closed. The shoveling board proper is abount one inch narrower than the width of the inside of the wagon box and it at tached to the latter with strong hinges; the board may be the same width as the sides of, the wagon box, or wider, if de sired. The sideboards A and B are slanted off at the bock sides and the front ends are the same width as the box where they are Attached with strong hinges. Strong short hooks are placed in each side board as shown under letter A and an eye in the shoveling board just under the hook thus keeping the board in position. To make the board perfectly safe in the event of the worker stepping on it, and to prevent accidental drops by misplaced hooks when shoveling, a light iron chain is fastened at each side of the box and hooked under neath. The chain also serves to close the rear of the box securely as indicated in the cut. The expense of this important at tachment to tho wagon box is very small for most of the work can be done by any one who is handy with tools. HAS THE LARGE FARM PAID? In many years? of close touch with farm ers and farming interests it is doubtful if so many letters have reached the writer, filled with dissatisfaction, during the en- j tire period as has been received during the past three months. The burden of the cry is “too hard work for too little , money.” I am asked to give advice in such cases a burden I would gladly shift if I could. It is admitted that I have : made money in soil operations and most of the people who write me know it. The other side of the situation they do not see. They know nothing of the years I strug gled with a hundred-acre farm and its burden of debt nor do they know of the actual necessities myself and family went without in ordei* that the interest on the mortgage might be met. ^>ne day I awoke and after several hours’ conference with my wife we agreed that the load was too heavy. A neighbor wanted the farm and we sold him all but twenty acres which enabled us to have the twenty acres free of debt. Then I went to a nearby city, it was in the late fall, and took an office po sition for which I received $15 a week. My friends may be assured that the bulk of this went home even though I lived poor ly. The next spring we set about making that twenty acres do something; a little money had been saved which went Into small fruit plants and poultry; little by little wo gained, I still doing Outside work whenever I could and wife and I scimping and saving. Then we turned the corner and by close, intelligent and hord work we forged ahead. Instead of advising my nu merous correspondents what to do I’m about to typify the Yankee and ask a ■luestion, “Think over the past and con s'der well if the bottom of your trouble is j not a farm larger than you can handle. In ; other words is not your burden greater ' ( than you can boar? Think it out carefully \ for yourself. j ^ HOW S THE GRIT BOX? Js While charcoal is better than nothing for 1 the grit box and will aid materially in cur- 1 ing a case of indigestion, do not depend 1 upon it entirely, but lay in a supply of \ stones or broken crockery which may bo v broken into small sharp bits which arc the ; kind the fowls like for grinding purposes. * We find it an excellent plan t^> take the ' contents of the grit box, about once a ( month and sift it over carefully throwing f out all round smoth pieces. Then wc take 1 about one quart of charcoal broken into 1 bits as large of a pea, a lot of broken 1 croakery, brdken flower pots, sharp bits of coal cinders and sharp stones with some sharp kernels of corn and mix them thor- , oughly before placing in the box. We put « the corn in because some fowls are so * stupid they will not always get grit j enough so we tempt them with the corn. ] Considerable effort is made to keep the ] contents of the grit box clean for fowls j do not like to muss over soiled grit. We ; have also found it a good plan to have a i number of boxes of grit scattered about \ the house so that the birds may help them- ; selves without quarreling over choice per- » tions. Then, too, we think, water, clean ] and fresh is good to have, placing it where j the fowls can help themselves after get- ; ting all the grit they need. As stated be- j fore, in this department, it pays to do { some fussing about the poultry for they j appreciate it and it helps fill the egg bas ket. SODS FOR INDIGESTION. An experienced swine raiser claims that most of tho minor ills ow swine can be cured by the use of old sods cut from the pasture and stored away for winter use; particularly, are they valuable when tho confined onimals are those who have had a considerable range during the summer and hence free access to green food and to soil. Gather those sods, cutting them sev eral inches thinek, rind store them away In piles where they v. ill not freeze; if there Is danger of them drying cut too much water them from time to time so that they will be moist when turned over to the swine. Two cr three sods each a foot square given once a week will he enough for each half dozen animals and they will eat them ravenously, showing that they are of value for Ihe.r stomachs’ sake. Clean out one corner of the yard so that the sods will not be covered wilh filth and cut them into pieces as large as a potato. ' Follow the sod with a light feed of corn on the cob and you’ll see some happy hogs. FREEDOM FOR BARN FED COWS Years ago the old fashioned stanchion was considered the ideal fastening for the cow; that they were secure there was no < doubt, but that they were comfortable is extremely doubtful. Then followed a num ber of odd devices all calculated to hold the cows securely, but none of them in tended to give her any freedom of move menu Beyond q. doubt the Ideal fasten ing for a cow la the one which permits her to move her head in any direction at will, and with a fastening sufficiently long so that she may lie down or step around a little. Of course it will not do to give her rope enough so that she will get in troubld herself or get other cows in trouble. Arrange the feed, both the grain and the roughage,, so that she can reach it readily, yet not so she can get at and trample it under her feet. Any sort of an arrangement which will enable the cow to live in the manner described is an ideal arrangement whether it be a box stall • of black walnut or a fence stall such as recently described with a stout rope to tie the animal, a good manger and a feed ing rack. Try and plan something of this nature and place the stalls, whatever they may be, so the cows will get a ray of sun- I light through the window, at least occa- j sionally. INSIDE CURTAINS FOR POULTRY HOUSES. No matter how comfortable the poultry house Is ordinarily, if it has any glass in It some provision should be made for covering that glass during cold nights if the necessity arises. An excellent and a cheap way of doing this is to provide curtains of heavy unbleached muslin, bur lap or a strip of carpet. Fasten the lower end to a roller, using an old broom handle if nothing better offers, and tacking the upper edge to th<* window frame. Then, by sewing a loop or tacking it to the roller and having a nail in the upper part of the window frame it is easy to roll the curtain up out of the way during the day. In the event of the poultry house having a consid erable expanse of glass something of this kind is absolutely essential even in the middle sections of the country if the fowls have large combs and wattles. We have in arrangement similar to this in front of ; die roosts and have found that it has saved | more than one comb from becoming frost- ; 5d. Another thing we do when a cold night j Is to be expected. The floor of the house is covered quite thickly with straw; this Is i 3one that the fowls may have something warm to walk over and peck through in ; the house early on a cold morning and find i number of fowls cuddled down in the : straw. Be assurred that anything you do Cor the comfort of the birds pays well. CLEAN FEEDING DISHES. It is very much easier to caro for poultrj ind have them bring one satisfactory re turns if the dishes they use for feed and ivater are kept clean. Manufacturers are low putting on the market a cheap dish, ' in imitation of the high in price enamel ivaro, wrhich can be used for a long time in [ the poultry houses and which are much letter than those of wood or tin. As these ( lishes are made in several shapes it is easy ( :o buy such as meets one’s wants. We lave a number of dripping pans which, as ( he reader probably knows, are shallow , ind fifteen inches long by seven or eight nchos wide and having a bale at either ( md. These are ideal pans for soft foods ind by using a number of them one ivoids tiie over-crowding of the fowls | which always takes place when a regula- | ion trough is used. Water is given in \ smaller and deeper basins and all of the ( vessels are taken to tho house daily and [ washed with scalding water then set in the lun, if possible, for a few hours. In this nartner things are kept absolutely clean ind tho fowls eat with much more zest ;han would be possible if the dishes imelled musty or sour. The grain food is ilways scattered through the chaff on the loor which makes the fowls do the neces- c ary amount of scratching needed for exor- f :ise. This grain food is never fed in any *■ )ther way unless it is a part of the soft ' nash. Mixed dinners, as wTe call them, 1 consisting of mixed grains in a mash warmed and mixed with bits of potatoes, l •abbage, apples and any other green food ire also fed in the clean dishes and hence none of it is wasted. FEEDING COTTON SEED MEAL. , Many mistakes are made in the feeding < •f cottonseed meal, feeders forgetting for j I he moment that it is extremely concen- j \ rated food and needs a pretty strong ! J tomach to handle it; hence it should be : c ed sparingly to young stock. As a food j J >y itself it will not do for any consider- j i .ble period, but as one of a mixture it | f as great value even at a price as high as | t 35 a ton provided the other grains used ( .re not too high in price. A line mixture ' 3 corn meal, the grinding of the corn and ( ho cob together and the cottonseed meal. I c )i\ bran may be used when the corn is 1 \ round with the cob, but in the latter case t He ratio should be two parts of the cot onsced meal to one part each cf the corn neal and the wheat bran. THE WALKER APPLE. First shown in any quantity at the Pan American exposition at Buffalo, the Walk- 3 r apple has since been tried in various (1 ections and found all that was claimed for fl t. its exceedingly attractive appearance ii nakes it valuable as a market sort and It [_> las the added merit of being of fair qual ty although not by any means a first class ipple in this respect. However, it is much v. letter than Ben Davis and quite as attrac ive. In size it is a little above the medium nd in color is particularly attractive being / tripod with brilliant red. Under test it j iroves to be only a fair bearer but this i nay be improved as the trees grow older. 1 ds ntion of the variety is made in this do- il lartment only because the variety is a remising one and seems worthy cf general r i a tost. Just hero the editor wishes to say ii that when implements and varieties of v fruits and vegetables and breeds of stock r ar * mentioned favorably in this depart ment it is when they may be obtained from c any reliable dealer in such stock. In the ^ even of the variety or stock being in the n hands of a limited number of people in the ii trade no mention is made of it in this de- t partment for it is then an article mention of which belongs in the advertising col- t umns. This statement is made in fairness r to all concerned including the editor who « is paid to tell of the merits or demerits of a thing which he or his'correspondents hav* P tested aad without fear or favor. t I King Haakon VII. cf Norway. From the Review of Reviews. i Once more tne ancient throne of Nor way In the Drontheim cathedral, va ; .ant for more than 500 years, will hold | i sovereign. Prince Charles of Den i mark ha3 accepted the storthing's prof ! fer of the crown, the approval by poqju lar vote took place on November 10 and | 13, and the coronation will probably be | celebrated on New Year's day, 1S06. Who is this man Charles, what can | he do, and why was he chosen by a par j liament which has always shown re j publican tendencies? Prince Charles is a young man of thirty-three summers, of gentlemanly appearance, In excellent health, and of | a very easy-going, liberal turn of mind. : He is by nature well fitted to rule over J the stubborn Norsemen, who do not | mind the harness so long as they don’t ■ feel the whip. The very thing that Is j going to make Charles popular In Nor way before he shows his face there is the fact that he. as a typical "sailor prince,” is considered a proper and natural connecting link between the old viking spirit of feudal Norway and her present day peaceful love of the sea. Another circumstance In favor of Charles is that he understands the lan guage of the Norwegian people, and their traditions and history are part of those of his own country, Denmark, un der the dominion of which Norway re mained for four centuries. Charles Is the second son of the crown prince of . Denmark, whom he strongly resem bk-s, and this also counts In his favor, for the crown prince is a scion of the house of Sonderburg-Gluckburg, where as the crown princess is a daughter of I the Bernadotte, King Carl XV. of Swe i den—and the Bernadottes were never i popular in Norway. Woptls of Wisdom. Westfield, 111., Dec. ISth (Special)— All who are suffering with Bright's Disease, should read carefully the fol lowing letter from the Rev. G. L. Good of this place. lie says: “I fe-al It Is my duty to tell you of the wonderful benefit 1 have received from the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I am a Minister of the Gospel, and in my work, I am frequently exposed to all weathers. Six years ago, I was laid up sick. I doctored with a num ber of physicians, and finally consult ed a specialist, but without success. They all told me I had Bright’s Dis ease. I was in a had way and al most helpless when, thank God, I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. They saved my life. I took sixteen boxes and now I am cured. The first day I took them I felt relief. When I began I weighed only one hundred and five pounds, now I weigh one hundred and sixty-five and I am the picture of health. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to all my friends who have Kid ney Trouble and I pray to God that other sufferers will read these words and be helped by them.” Scopalamine, New Anesthetic, a Success From the Chicago Tribune. Scopalamine, the new anesthetic, made its debut into general medical practice Monday at Mercy hospital, where it was used with marked suc cess in the case of John Nester, the wealthy Michigan lumberman, who was operated upon for peritonitis. Noster's condition was so serious that Dr. John B. Murphy and the other surgeons in the case hesitated to use the ordinary anesthetics on account of I he vomiting which frequently follows. They deeded to use scopalamine, from the effects of which Nester woke up as quickly as from a sound sleep. According to the hospital surgeons, the new anesthetic was discovered less than a year ago. 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Cal., Sept. 2. 1901. Couldn't Smell Anything Wrong. James Whitcomb Riley, in company with the gentleman who used to man age his lecture tours, was once examin ing a hall in a town in Ohio where it was proposed Mr. Riley should give a reading. The two men had as their guide a colored janitor who was quite talkative. Mr. Riley observed that the janitor made use of long words of whose mean ing he was ignorant. So the poet de termined to have a little fun with him. All at once Mr. Riley began to sniff the atmosphere critically. “It seems to me, Jim,” he said sternly, ‘that the acoustics in this plrce are pretty bad.” “Why, boss,” said the janitor re proachfully, “Yo* shore must be mis taken’; I don't smell anything.”