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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. Golf balls have gone up to $9 a dozen. Highballs remain steady at 15 cents each. When a rich man goes crazy the sanitarium bookkeepers still treat him as a millionaire. Maybe one divorce was not enough for the Phippses, since they are going to remarry so soon. China is making it just as plain as possible that she has no disposition to challenge the winner. Why shouldn't Mrs. Cassie Chad wick have paid $100 apiece for hand kerchiefs? It wasn't her money. The finding of that big diamond in South Africa reminds us that consist ency is a jewel still worth searching for. If schoolboy love is a disease, as alleged by those New York experts, it is one that grows on the boy as he gets older. “Church socials are a bore,” says Prof. Vincent. Possibly, professor, but how about seeing the girls home alter ward? A good start to make at drowning all idiots would be with that New York physician who makes the pleas ant suggestion. A Georgia woman's mouth froze and, strange to say, it was frozen wide open. Mark this when you turn the paper over to wifie. Somebody has stolen a loving cup from the Buffalo chief of police. Grum blers who say there are no new jokes should make a note of this. Commissioner McAdoo asks for power to reform the New York police force. His request ought to go to Leaven, not to Mayor McClellan. If you can pronounce the name of the new French premier correctly, your French really is Parisian. Per haps you think you can. but can't. “Biggest diamond ever heard of found near Pretoria, South Africa; weight 3.032 carats; local value per haps $4,000,000.” Now, Mr. Morgan! A statistician says that Sweden's biggest export is timber, of which it sells $27,500,000 worth a year. We bad carelessly thought it was servant girls. A Kansas City raper says spurious $100 bills are circulating in that city. The Kansas City newsboys should be warned to be careful when making change. Somebody has compiled figures showing that “20 per cent of the tele phone girls marry every year.” They are the ones, perhaps, with the “lowr, soft voice.” Psychologists explain sleep, but they haven't yet devised any sure means to produce it, although they accom plish the end sometimes by their es says on the subject. It is not an unusual thing for a busi ness man to close his store to pray. But it is the man who prays while his business goes on that inspires us with the greatest confidence. The two Yale students who fought in a restaurant with bottles of catsup the other day introduced a new and terrible variety—probably one of the £7—into the code duello. An enterprising medical supply com pany is giving away a new remedy that is guaranteed to “stop all itch ing.” Will it stand the supreme test of application to the human palm? The Chicago society women intent! to have a promenade where jewelry shops, millinery shops and the like will greet their eyes as they walk the streets. Butcher shops are barred. A Minnesota legislator who declined a proffered railway pass refuses to let his name be known. It will leak out somehow. You can’t make a perma nent job of bottling up a fact like that. A man has been arrested In New Jersey for swindling people by selling them glass eyes that were not what he represented them to be. The cham pion mean man seems at last to have been caught. A contemporary furnishes an illumi nating example of English as she is wrote by observing that Sing Sing prison is so cold and damp that it is a veritable hotbed for the culture and gpread of tuberculosis. The W. C. T. U. of Carbondale, Pa., has officially decided that “Gracious” is swearing. It would be interesting -to get that Carbondale society’s opin ion on kicking the door and hopping •around on one foot after the pounding of a thumb. When a footpad approaches you seize him by the center of the arm and press your thumb violently against a nerve in the inner elbow loint. The footpad will then probably shoot five bullet holes in you while he tchrieks with pain. This is jiu jitsu. Dr. William J. Rolfe thinks that Shakespeare was born “upon or al most immediately before the 22d day of April, 1564”—the rest of us will have to let that stand until somebody comes along who is able to prove something different. A new type of locomotive with a “monkey motion” is said to be dis playing great power, at a saving of from 25 to 40 per cent in fuel. It would be a great thing if the “mon key motion” could only be applied by come inventor to the family furnace. (From the New York Herald.) Never Saw a Chalybeate. An American engineer and an archi tect, Col. Charles Nichols, has recent ly returned from England, where he spent several years, mainly in con structing and remodeling pretentious country seats. “One of my employers,’ said Cel. Nichols, “was a London tradesman who had amassed a fortune, and con tracted with me to alter a country place he had bought to retire to. On it was a fish pond that he decided to clear out. When it was drained we found at the bottom a spring of col ored mineral water. I told my em ployer that he had found a chalyb eate.” “ ‘I'm glad of it,’ said he, ‘as I nev er saw one. Put it in the basket with the other fish and I’ll be over to look at it directly.’ ” The Girl and the Judge. “The story that Judge Duffy was wont to tell about the girl who, when he asked if she was born in wedlock, replied. ‘No, sir, in Hoboken.’ re minds me of a reply a young woman made who was up before me for theft,” said Judge Davenport. “When she was about to be sworn I asked her why she held the Bible upside down. “ ‘I m obliged to, your Honor,’ she replied, ‘because I am left-handed.’ “When a wretchedly misspelled let ter she had written was brought forth in evidence and showm to her she said she hoped I would overlook the mis takes. as she was not used to writing with a stub pen.” Agreed With Both. Horace Greeley was the author of a style in editorial writing which had been often imitated, but probably never equaled. During his editorship two newspapers, neither of which was friendly to Greeley, became engaged in a violent altercation. The argu ment grew warmer, until each paper openly called the other a liar. It was the opportunity Greeley had been waiting for. He announced in his pa per that “he had the honor to agree with both of his distinguished contem poraries.” Anger, Wit and Poverty. Archer Huntington is one of the few Americans who know their Spain perfectly. For a number of years pre vious to our war with Spain he spent every winter in zigzag trips across the peninsula, making his headquar ters always in Madrid. Quite as a matter of course he became well known in the Spanish court circles and gathered a fund of anecdotes of royalty. The queen regent was then on the throne, and, while she was generally loved, there were always a few disgruntled office seekers about the palace. “What does a man think or when he thinks of nothing?’’ her majesty asked one day in a spirit of banter in the presence of a choleric grandee to whom she had not been able to realize a promise of promotion. “He thinks, madame, of a woman’s promise,” was the tart reply of the grandee. “Well, I must not confute him,” re plied the queen, walking away. “Anger makes men witty, but it keeps them poor.” When Age Is Not Reverenced. “Americans are getting so that they reverence age quite as much as do the people of European countries,” said Clyde Fitch recently in an in formal talk during a private dinner party. “If architects attempt any thing original they are ridiculed for their pains. If artists follow the bent of their own genius they are taunting ly referred by their new masters to their old masters. Authors are schooled and catechized in the same way, but when any of the three con form to the instructions of their crit ics they are Instantly and unmerciful ly assailed as servile imitators with out a single grain of originality. “With a similar jealousy we give a preference to old wine, old books and old friends. In fact, the older anything is the more value it has in our eyes, with one exception. “An old joke is the only instance where age is not revered and ac claimed. Those poor old jokes! They are the shunned outcasts of humor.” Which Came First? The old problem of which came first, the hen or the egg, found a rival in a discussion at the Players’ club the other day—as to which came first, writers! or readers. “If there were no readers, there certainly would be no writers,” said Mr. John Malone. “Therefore the ex istence of writers depends upon the existence of readers; and, of course, as the cause must be antecedent to the effect, readers existed before writers. Yet. on the other hand, if there were no writers there could be no readers, so it should appear that writers must be antecedent to read ers ” Another member of the club assert ed that this reasoning was much on a par with the discovery of Lucre tius, that eyes were not made to see with, but by a fortuitous concurrence of atoms sight followed as an un foreseen circumstance. “He argued that if eyes were made to see with, then seeing must have existed before eyes, and if seeing ex isted before eyes, what could be the use of eyes? If seeing did not exist before eyes, how could eyes be made for that which is not—that is, for nothing? Therefore eyes were not made to see with.” Humble Origin of Figures. “Probably no man was ever more devoted to or more wrapped up in figures than the late Gen. Alonzo B. Jackman, who devised the only satis factory method of squaring the circle,” said Prof. Elijah Howe. “And yet Gen. Jackman admitted that the sci ence of figures cuts but a very poor fig ure in its origin, the term calculation being derived from the ‘calculus’ or pebbles used by the Romans as coun ters, whose numerals, stolen from the ancient Etruscans, seem to have been suggested in the first instance by the five fingers. Indeed the term ‘digit,’or finger, applied to any single number sufficiently indicates the primitive mode of counting. “The Roman V is only a rude out line of the five fingers, or of the out spread hand narrowing to the wrist, while the X is a symbol of the.two hands crossed. “In all probability the earliest num erals did not. exceed five, which was repeated with addition for the high er numbers. It is a remarkable coin cidence that to express six, seven, eight, the North American abor igines repeated the five with the addition of one, two, three, on the same plan as the Homan VI, VII VIII.” Best Part of the Picture. “When I was a youngster,” said a Philadelphia painter, who is to-day one of the bright stars in the Ameri can art firmament, and whose fame also reaches across the Atlantic. “I kept the pot boiling by painting por traits of enterprising storekeepers at bargain prices. Once a tailor who was anxious to transmit his features to posterity asked mo what my price was for a half length. I told him $100. “The picture was painted and ap proved. Then the knight of th^ thimble took out his poeketbook and wanted to know how much he should pay. “ ‘I told you before we started,’ I replied, ‘that my charge for a head was $100.’” “ ‘Oh, I know’ that,’ said he, ‘but how much for the coat—it’s the best part of the picture.’ ” A New Mark Twain Story. Mark Twain is the legitimate sub ject of thousands of anecdotes, but here is one which lias the virtue of being absolutely truthful and practi cally unknown. All the world knows, of course, that Mark Twain’s name is Samuel Clemens. His choice of a nom de plume is eminently character istic. Early in his career Mark Twain was a river pilot on the Mississippi. The boatmen on the river when sound ing the depth of the water, a very necessary operation, make frequent measurements with a line. As they get their reading they call out, “By the mark one,” meaning one fathom; "By the mark twain.” meaning two fathoms, and so on. The phrase struck the humorist as being a pic turesque one, and he adopted it. prob ably not realizing that it was destined to become a household word. The First Phonograph. The first words reproduced and ut tered by a phonograph are naturally a matter of historical interest. When Edison was at work on his first phono graph many weeks were consumed in experiment. It is said that when the talking machine was first discovered it was as much a surprise to its in ventor as to the world. The Wizard was working on some telephone re ceivers, and was led to put a piece of tinfoil on a cylinder. It recorded sound, and Edison was convinced that the human \oice could be recorded and produced. When the time came to make an actual test, Edison, with his mind on mechanical details, ab sent mindedly tested his contrivance with the familiar phrase. “Mary had a little lamb." The verse was the firsl record taken by the machine. Of Historic Interest. The story is vouched for by an architect high in authority at West Point, whose name is not unknown in the world of literature. All West Pointers will readily identify him. A cadet was showing a party through the historic building. “It was in this room,” said the fu ture officer, “that Gen. Grant re ceived his first commission.” “His first commission?” queried a visitor of frankly commercial appear ance. “Is it possible? Vot percentage of commission did he get?” Not a Big Audience. One day last fall Peter F. Dailey, the big and jovial actor, attended a matinee performance of one of the dramatic productions that did not “score a hit,’ ’as the critics say. On coming out of the theater he wras ac costed by a friend. “Been to the show, Peter? How was it?” “Oh, fair.” “Big audience?” “No, they weren’t big; I could lick the three of ’em.” New Fireproof Cloth. In a paper read at a meeting of a society of dyers in Manchester, titanic acid (the oxide of titanium) was claimed to possess remarkable fire proofing properties, and evidence was produced in the shape of experiments by the reader of the paper. He took, for instance, some pieces of flannel ette which had been treated with titanic acid and put a match to them. The incipient fire in the material smoldered and went out, refusing to burst into a flame. The experimenter claimed that all inflammable textiles could thus be rendered fireproof, and that dyeing, boiling or washing would not remove the acid, it becoming, in fact, an integral part of the fabric.— United States Consul Mahin of Not tingham. Fad for Optimism. One of the most wholesome fads that has been prevalent among soci ety at large is the newest of all—op timism. For it is no longer the fashion to go about looking as though you bore the burdens of the world upon your de voted shoulders. But, instead, you’re expected to look blithely upon the world and its troubles—and your own troubles, too, says the Philadelphia North American. Perhaps it is our free outdoor life that has developed the quality. Per haps it is only a new pose—for pub lic opinion must have its poses, like every individual. Surely, it should make happier, healthier communities out of our cities and states. Good cheer is more or less of a habit—pretend to have it, and you suddenly wake up to find you’ve really got it, and, too, have cre ated a more joyous atmosphere for yourself, that gradually grows neces sary to you. The happy habit is a good one— much better than the tragic-faced, world-weary type that preceded it. May the new fad stay in fashion! The Weather. (With apologies to Tennyson.) The splendors fall on topics all And mouldy subjects, old in story; The limelight shakes on hackneyed fakes. And the wild chatter act seeks new glory. Go. weather, go; set the male tongues a tlying. And answer. ladies, answer; trying, try ing, trying. Oh, hark! oh, hear! while men make clear That ere to-morrow 'twill be snowing; How sweet maids are with thoughts afar The weather for next Tuesday showing: Go, weather, go; set callers’ tongues aflying. And answer, hostess, answer; trying, try ing, trying. Oh, love, that's why in yon rich sky The rain and shine will fail us never; Their object sole is this: to roll The ball of conversation ever; Go, weather, go; set lovers’ tongues afly ing. And answer, maidens, answer; trying, trying, trying. —Thomas R. Ybarra. Why Japanese Praise Emperor. When Japanese commanders an nounce a victory they never fail to ascribe their success to the “illustri ous virtue of the emperor.” Accord ing to a Japanese authority it is con sidered that this is no empty phrase, but has a sound basis in latter-day fact as well as in national tradition. While the emperor, as the “son of heaven,” and as the 121st emperor of Japan in direct lineal descent, con stitutes for the Japanese the delegate of divine authority, his majesty in his own personality since his accession in 1868 has worthily prosecuted the beneficent objects which he then placed before the nation and has there by enabled it to achieve what it has done in the comity of nations. On this basis, then, the Japanese refer ence to his majesty’s “illustrious vir tue” as responsible for all the national victories at once becomes intelligible. Oregon’s Output of Milk. Twenty-six million six hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred gallons of milk \lere Oregon’s production for the year of 1904. The sale of this product aggregated S4.ooo.000 Cause for Nonrecognition. During his last theatrical engage ment in London John Drew was forced by the exigencies of the play in which he was appearing to sacrifice his mus tache. He was on his way to the Drury Lane theater one evening when he was accosted by w’itty Max Beer bohm, a brother of Beerbohm Tree. “It seemed,” said a witness of the meeting who tells the story, “that Drew and Beerbohm had at some time previously been introduced, but it was plain that the former did not recognize the latter. However, Beerbohm re lieved what might have been an em barrassing situation by drawling in his inimitable way: “It appears, my dear Drew, that you can hardly re member me without your mustache.” —New York Times. About the Sultan of Morocco. It is not generally known that all Mohammedans must learn a trade, no matter what their rank, according to the sura, in the Koran, which enjoins, “Teach every man a handicraft so that he will not be a burden to any man.” Abdul Aziz, the sultan of Morocco, when a boy, was taught the trade of a saddler. The sultan of Turkey is an expert locksmith. The sultan of Morocco also delights in billiards and boxing, and may be described as an all-round sportsman. Although he has only one wife, eti quette demands that he should keep an army of lady attendants in his pal ace, and the sultan contrives to miti gate the ennui of their existence by providing almost every kind of Eu ropean toy and invention for their amusement. Bret Harte’s Daughter. Miss Ethel Bret Harte, daughter of the famous writer of early California life, will devote herself to concert work because her father’s est&ts at his death was too small to support his family. mm Habits of Trees. William L». Hall, of the Bureau of Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, writes thus of the habits of trees: Tree Companionship.—In almost every region certain kinds of trees are found together. This is due to a similarity of preferences in regard to soil, heat, moisture and light. Two trees adapted to the same conditions will thrive best in the same situation. The White Ash and Black Walnut are good examples. Having similar pref erences, they have almost identical ranges and are very generally associ ated. There is also another reason why trees accompany one another. A tree may so influence its surround ings as to make them favorable to an other tree, where otherwise they would be unfavorable. As an example of such influence, the Chestnut on sterile, sandy plains in portions of Newr Eng land forms a much-branched tree, which shades the ground and keeps it moist and cool. Such conditions are favorable to the germination of the White Pine in that region; consequent ly it is found coming up abundantly ; beneath the Chestnut, but not so abun dantly on the open, unprotected ground. Effect of Change in Surroundings.— A change in the surroundings of a tree always modifies its habit of growth. If the change is toward more favorable surroundings the result is seen in increased vigor, rate of growth, and size; if toward unfavorable sur roundings. the reverse will be true. The stately Tulip-tree of the central Eastern states is said to be a mere shrub in Florida. The reason is that there it is out of its range of adapta tion. The White Elm, which grows with tall and vase-like form in New England, in the semiarid parts of Kan sas and Oklahoma is low and spread ing nue an apple tree, isor is iorm the only variable character. On the western elm the leaves are fewer in number, smaller, thicker, and much rougher than on the New England tree. In other parts of the tree there are differences of the same kind, though they are not so noticeable as those in the form and foliage. These varia tions have resulted from the differ ences in soil and climatic conditions to which the tree has been subjected. Gradual Change.—The difference in form bettveen two trees of the same kind in different localities has come about through gradual divergence of characteristics. To a certain degree changes of this kind can be brought about in practice. When a gradual change is made in the surroundings of a tree a corresponding change takes place in the tree itself. Thus if stock of the New England elm be slowly moved westward through many gen erations, it will gradually change in form and other characteristics to be like the western tree; and it must be assumed that this 'change is neces sary to enable it to live under its new conditions. Sudden Changes.—Sudden changes in the surroundings of a tree frequent ly cause its death, because it can not quickly change itself to meet the re quirements of its new conditions. The New England elm moved at once to the semiarid west is likely to die, be cause it is not adapted to the condi tions of soil, light, heat, and moisture of that region. In the prairie marshes of northern Indiana there are occa sional knolls whi#h once supported thrifty oaks of moisture-loving kinds. Nowr that the marshes have been drained the drying out of the soil has caused the oaks to die. The change was too sudden. Suddenness and intensity of change often account for the failure of trees to thrive when moved aw-ay from the region to which they were adapted. This is also why eastern trees so often die when moved to the west. This is why nursery stock grown near by can be more safely planted than that grown in a distant region. It is a practical matter, and should be generally understood. Grazing in Forests. Grazing in forests is receiving the attention of the experts in forestry matters. Great damage has been done to the forests by the stockmen driving their cattle into the forests during the hottest time of summer. The underbrush is browsed off and the soft ground tramped so tnat it does not permit the air to get througn the soil to the roots of trees. The spongy soil that is found in the for ests is necessary to the well being of many kinds of trees. It is expected that the government will take meas ures to lessen the losses from the cause named. Alfalfa and Corn. Up to the last ten years alfalfa and corn did not grow generally in the same region, the alfalfa clinging to the dryer regions, where corn does not flourish. But during the last decade the corn-growing area has been pushed steadily westward by dry farm culture and methods that pack the soil to make the moisture there most avail able for the corn crop. Alfalfa, on the other hand,- has been moving eastward and northward till now it has swung away entirely, so to speak, from the arid regions and grows both in humid and in arid lands. Where the two crops can be grown in the same lo cality, there is probably no better combination of feeds for cattle. The corn is rich in fat-torming material and the alfalfa rich In material to make muscle. The one furnishes a great over-balance of carbohydrate and the other a still larger over-bal ance of protein. It is easy to com pound from the two a ration that is in every sense profitable and easy to feed. Some farmers think they are mak ing money feeding corn and prairie hay, but there is still more profit in feeding corn and alfalfa. Alfalfa and corn and clover and corn are combi nations that cannot be excelled for cattle feeding and fattening, provided they can be obtained at a reasonable cost. The fact that several crops of alfalfa can be grown the same year greatly reduces the per ton cos* of alfalfa and gives it a certain tima tagt over common hay. Health of the Fowls. The first thing to look out for in the care of poultry is the health of the birds, whether they are kept at home or are sent away to shows. Health is the first requisite of successful poul try culture. Those that fail to make profits out of their birds generally are those that are unable to keep them healthy. The health of the fowls cannot be kept up by feeding cayenne pepper and other like things. Many do this in lieu of good care and good feed. Cayenne pepper is a cure-all in the minds of some people we know, but in reality it is of little value except to stimulate the digestive organs of a sick bird. Healthy birds do not need a stimulant more than a human being needs a stimulant. Absolute cleanliness is the first requisite for health and next ccmes freedom from lice and mites. The health of the fowls should be further protected by not introducing into the flock birds that are not known to be absolutely healthy. It would be well for ever}- poultry raiser to have a building separate from others in which to keep for some weeks new birds pur chased. Soft Feeds. Soft feed is a bone of contention be tween the raisers of poultry. Some of the poultry journals take the position that a soft feed is always harmful, while others are just as sure that it is a good thing if fed once a day and no oftener. The belief of the writer is that the soft feed is a very great help to fowls that wrould otherwise have whole grain all the time, while it is less necessary to those birds that have green stuff, with chopped roots and large quantities of table scraps in winter. The object of the soft feed is to lessen the tax on the digestive organs, where the birds would otherwise have to digest whole grain. In a state of nature birds do not have to fill ur on grain entirely. The birds cf the air do indeed eat a great deal of such grain as rice, but they are using tneir wings so much that the expenditure of muscle force is great, which is not the case with our domestic fowls. Where soft feeds are fed it is bette, not to use one kind of feed all the time, but vary the ration, giving in turn such feeds as pea meal, oat meal, chopped feed, middlings and bran. Learning to Feed. To feed fowls seems easy enough, but in reality it is a science that has to be learned. Many a person has been unable to so feed as to keep their fowls in the best of condition. Mere quantity is not all that is need ed in getting results. One cannot learn to feed properly without study ing the bases of all feeding values. Up to the present time we have had no books that dealt with feeding poul try as a specialty, because we have as yet had very few experiments in the feeding of poultry. In animal hus bandry we have books on feeds and feeding, which have proved of great value to the men doing the actual work of feeding. We will have to learn how to feed poultry as surely as we have had to learn how to feed other animals on the farm. Eggs for the Toilet. Circassian women, noted for their beautiful complexions, apply to their faces a half hour before their daily bath a thorough coating of white of egg. When this has completely dried they wash it off with tepid water and then bathe as usual in soap and wa ter. The egg penetrates the pores of the skin and takes up impurities, which are carried away when it is washed off, leaving the skin clean and smooth. Eggs also make the best kind of a shampoo and hair food. Rub well into the scalp, the more thor ough the massage the better, and rinse thoroughly in several waters or the hair will be sticky. T. E. Orr Re-elected. At the meeting of the American Poultry Association, held in Minneap olis, Minnesota, last week, Mr. T. E. Orr was re-elected secretary-treasurer. The work of the present incumbent has been productive of so much good to the association and to poultry in terests generally that this action meets with universal approval. The position of secretary is the most im portant one in any live stock asso ciation and should be occupied always by a strong man. This the American Poultry Association has in the person of Mr. Orr.—Farmers’ Review. Fowls Like Variety. The best results in feeding fowls can be obtained by giving them a vari ety of food and the greater the variety the better. Most of our fowls have too little variety in the winter. In the summer they get the variety in their own foraging expeditions in the field, the garden and the orchard. Unstrained Milk. At the Illinois State Dairymen’s As sociation one of the speakers said that if milk were produced as carefully as it should be there would be no neces sity for straining it. There would then be nothing to strain out. Under a rigid course of procedure it is en tirely possible to have the milk as clean as indicated. The calf takes the mother s milk unstrained, and it is clean, not even a microbe getting in. In the main we have not yet been able to do by ourselves quite as well as nature does by the calf in the way of giving it pure milk. Their Own Tailors. When Woodie B. was quite a little fellow, he heard his mamma and the neighboring mammas talk about chil dren cutting teeth. Now Woodie was an admirer of chickens. On paying his accustomed visit to the chicken yard one day he looked at them in astonishment. Theb running to his mother he announced excitedly: “The little chickens are cutting wings and tails, mamma!” i ACHED IN EVERY BONE, Chicago Society Woman, Who Was So Sick She Could Not Sleep or Eat, Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. Marlon Knight, of 33 N. Ashland avenue, Chicago, orator of the West Side Wednesday Club, says: ‘Tli ~ winter when I started to use Doan’s Kidney Pills I ached In every boiu» and had in tense pains in the kidney* and pelvic or g a n s. The urine w a 3 thick and cloudy, and I tuuiu eat enough to live. I felt a change for the better within a week. The second week I be gan eating heartily. I began to improve generally, and before seven weeks had passed I wajs well. I had spent hun dreds of dollars for medicine that d i not help me, but $6 worth of Doan's Kidney Pills restored me to perfect health.” A TRIAL FREE.—Address Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sal® by all dealers. Price, 50 cts. Not Appendicitis. A little lad whose parents attend the church of the Ascension being taken to the morning service for the first time was greatly impressed by a refernce the clergyman made to the creation of Eve. A few days later he came to his mother, announcing: “My side hurts me very much bad and I thinks God is getting ready to take out one of my ribs and make me a wife.”—New York Sun. Even Trees Are Dead. There is a cemetery in Savannah. Ga., where no one has been buried for fifty years. Here for three-quar ters of a mile in extent the trees seem to meet in the clouds and present a most fantastic sight. Not a leaf is to be seen on the branches, but they are covered from trunk to twig with Spanish moss which, spreading over the great arms of the trees, saps their vitality. Tailor is Overworked. A London tailor, suing for ware1*, testified that he worked from Thurs day morning to late on Saturday nisht without a break, and when he col lapsed on his bench and was taken home is employer dismissed him sum marily because he could not work on the Sunday as well. He won his case. IT'S THE TERROR OF ALL WOMEN. Backache Quickly Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mrs. W. H. Ambrose tells how her pains vanished never to return when she used the Great American Kidney Remedy. Dover, Ky., Feb. 33th.—(Special)— So long has Backache been the terror of the women of America that the numerous reports of the complete and permanent cures of this ailment now being made by Dodd’s Kidney Pills are causing wide satisfaction and n«»t the least remarkable of these cures Is that of Mrs. W. H. Ambrose of th:j place. Mrs. Ambrose says: “I had such paiDs in my back at times I could hardly move and other symptoms showed that my kidneys were affected. One box of Dodd’s Kidney Pills drove away all the pain* aDd I have never been troubled since.’* Backache is the kidneys’ first notice that they are out of order and need help. If they get that help in th* form of Dodd’s Kidney Pills all will be well. If they are neglected the di» ease may develop Into Diabetes Bright’s Disease or Rheumatism. German Forests. Forests cover nearly one-fourth of the surface of Germany—about 4S,<X>0 square miles. How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollar* Reward for any ■eae of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. r. J. CHENEY * CO.. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 rear*, and believe him perfectly hon orable In all buKlnesa transactions and financial./ able to carry out any obligations made by bl« firm. Walding, Rinnan * Marvin. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure I* taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces f the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents peg bottle Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation. If evil thoughts were crimes, what penitentiaries would we need. Sailer’s Home* Hnildrr Corn. So named because 60 acres produced so heavily, that its proceeds built a lovely home. See Salzer's catalog. Yielded m Ind. 157 bu., Ohio 160 bu., Tenn. 10s bu., and in Mich. 220 bu. per acre. You can beat this record in 1905. WHAT DO TOC THINK OF THESE YIELDS? 120 bu. Beardless Barley per acre. 310 bu. Salzer’s New National Oats per K ?°J>U: 1Saizer Spehzand Macaroni Wheat. 1.000 bu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre. 14 tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hav 60.000 lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep—per JJOjfljj0 Ita. Tta fodder* wonder! •4,000 lbs. Salzer a Superior Fodder Cora —rich, juicy fodder, per A. Now such yields .you can have in 1905. if you will plant my aeeds. JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c ia stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. \\ is., and receive their great cata log and lota of farm seed samples. [W.N. L.] my preach eternal happiness and deck ourselves with crepe? A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PII r* Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pile* y, drugglit will refund money If PAZt) OLNTMFv'r fall* to cure you In • to H days. 5,*. "r 1 Tooay is the father of Tomorrow and the child of Yesterday. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.-Mas. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, iaoo A wolf in sheep’s clothing fleeces himself. Mrs. Winslow's Soothlnw srr— ft>r children teething, soften* the J«m J*0?* lamination, allays pain, euro* wliuuLuL ’ So,» VOluSl ■alTh° rideS Chance risks many a More Flexible and Lasting. von’t shake out or blow out- bv nain. Defiance Starch you obtain bet er rl mlts than possible with any oth^ irand and one-third more for sam. noney. 1 same