Counting the Cost.
In a certain North Dakota town tlicro
jirtj two physicians , one elderly , with a
Ions record of cures , the other young ,
with. hU record still to make. The old
er doctor was Inclined to surrender
tome of his night-work to the younger
man. An exchange cites an Instance In
which till * "tnrnlucf over" was attempt *
td.
0u- : \vi.u."f'8 : night Dr. B. was roused
by two fanners from a hamlet ten miles
* way , the wife of one of whom was se
riously 111. He told them to go to the
other doctor , but they refused , saying
that they preferred his services.
"Very well. " replied Doctor B. , think-
lug to put a convincing argument before -
fore them , "In that case my fee la ten
Collars , the money to he paid now. "
The men remonstrated , but the doctor
was obdurate and shut down his win-
( flow. lie waited , however , to hear
what they would say.
"Well , what shall we do now ? " asked
the farmer whose wife was 111.
The reply must have been as gratify
ing as It was amusing to the listening
doctor. It was :
"I think you had better give It. The
funeral would cost you more. "
Huxley and the Dipper.
When Professor Huxley came to
America , he spent a few days at Peter-
Bhani with the family of John Flske ,
where the great scientist learned , for
the first time , what a tin dipper is. Thli
la the story , as Mr. Flbkc tells It In the
Atlantic Monthly :
"Onco In London , In speaking about
starry heavens , I had said that I
pover could make head or till of any
constellation except the Dipper. I add-
pd that of course anybody must recog-
'tilzo In that the resemblance to a dip-
per. To my surprise , one of the young
ladles asked , 'What Is a dipper ? '
"My effort at explanation went far
enough to evoke the idea of a ladle , but
jwlth that approximation I was fain to
let the matter rest until that August
klay In New England when , after a
tramp In the woods , my friends , the
buxleys , quaffed cool mountain water
jfrom a dipper , and I was told that not
only the name but the thing Is a Yan
kee notion. "
! It may bo added that In English popu
lar books of astronomy , and In English
ppcech , the constellation of Ursa Major
Is known as "the plow" or rather , as
they spoil It , plough.
The Judge's Narrow Escape.
A Southern Judge , who is a man of
much dignity nnd presence , lost his
lather in infancy , and , as a small boy ,
'oCten received correction at the hands
of a darky on the place , In whom his
mother had great conlldence.
This trust was well placed , and the
boy grew to manhood with a strong af-
jfectlon for "Uncle 'Rast" firmly plant
ed in his heart.
Aa years went on , the old negro took
an ever-growing pride In the successes
pnd honorp which came to "young
aiaree 'Gene , " but usually tried to hldo
nla satisfaction from its object
"Well , Uncle 'T > --t" < nld the Judge ,
ono day , after anr a-Uarly brilliant I
speech at a dinner had been printed
bid lauded far and near , "how did you
like what I said on the school question
iat that dinner lo&t week ? Did you ap
prove of my views ? "
i "Um-m , " said the old colored man ,
blinking up at the tall Judge , "I reckon
brou know well 'mmgh , Marse 'Gene ,
dat If yoM said dlft'rent your ole Undo
Rast would 've been Jess ready to
youl"
A SIiiKiofU Family.
A gentleman of decided and highly
cultivated musical tastes , wishing to
[ change his residence , advertised for
grooms In "a private family fond of
muilc. " The next mall brought him
the following reply :
"Dear Sir I think we could accom
modate you with rooms , and as for
music one of my daughters plays the
parlor organ and guitar ; another one
plays the accordeon and banjo ; I play
| K cornet and tlddle ; my wife plays the
liarmonlca , and my son the flute. We
'all ' Blng , and If you arc good at tenor
Inglng you would flt right In when wo
get to singing gospel hymns at even
ings , for none of us sing tenor. Or If
rou piny the bnss viol we have one
right here In the house. If you want
music as well as board we could ac-
: ommodute you , and there would bo
no txtra charge for It"
Ilo Obeyed.
"You must push matters a little ,
James , " said a chemist to his new boy.
[ 'By calling a customer's .attention to
( this article and that article you oCten
teffect a sale. "
"Yea , sir , " responded the new boy ,
and then he hastened to wait upon on
Iderly person who wanted a stamp.
"Anything else , mum ? " Inquired the
ambitious boy , politely ; "hair dye , cos
metic , face powder , rheumatic drops ,
belladonna , mole destroyer "
The elderly lady deals over the way
now. New York World.
A Practical Parent.
"No , " said Mr. Gomrox , gently , " 1
haven't the slightest objection to your
asking my daughter to marry you. "
"Thank you ! " exclaimed the young
man with a title but no cash.
"You go ahead and ask her , " he pro
ceeded thoughtfully. "I won't Inter
fere. I have given her a good education
ind taught her to read the newspapers ,
and If she doesn't know enough to say
No , ' why , she doesn't deserve any bet-
tar luck. " Washington Start
Labeling a remark as a secret has the
ame effect as putting the word "Prl-
rate" on an ofllco door : It glvef , the ef
fect of Importance to something very
trivial.
If you want to borrow money , don't
work your friend for a few centsj work
a bank ouhler for a lot
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Sliee ofeei ! Potutiu-n.
We have always obtained butter re
sults from the line of need potatoes
"about , the sl/.e of a hen's egg" or as
near that as we could Judge by tliu
shape of thu potato , and cut In halves ,
JIB from any oed we , had and we have
tested them against Iarg6r ones cut In
halves anil In quartern , against smaller
ones used whole and against pieces
cut to two eyes each. Yet the pieces
of two eyes were HO nearly equal that
we would use that method If the seed
cost a high price , by which we do not
mean the early price of the Karly Hose
at a dollar a pound , bill If they cost .f3
a bushel. But the potato of that size ,
scarcely marketable , unless there was
a season of scarcity , Is as well matured
as the potato that weighs a pound , and
we think throws as strong a shoot and
produces as much. We never made a
test by comparing the use of pieces of
large potatoes against pieces of about
equal weight of the smaller ones , and
to learn anything from such a test one
would need to continue It for a term of
years , using the largest from the larg
est seed each time. It might be well
after selecting as we would , for some
years , to change to pieces from the
lar e ones for a season , but we are not
sure of It. Massachusetts Ploughman.
To Keep RHllc Cool.
A correspondent of Hoard's Dairy
man gives a plan for a combined Ice
house and cooling chamber. The coolIng -
Ing chamber is partitioned off in such
a manner that it lias ice on top and
1CK1IOUSK AND COOI.INO CHAMIIKII.
on three sides. The dimensions are 12
feet wide , 14 feet long and 12 feet
high , with a cooling chamber parti
tioned off 8 feet long by 0 feet wide.
The floor of n cooling chamber should
be placed about three feet below the
surface of the ground so as to take ad
vantage of the coolness of the earth.
Growiuir OnloiM.
The use of good seed for the onion
crop Is most important , as the labor of
preparing the land , weeding the rows
and other care necessary Is an great for
the part of a crop as for a full ono ,
while the cost of fertilizer Is not lessen
ed , nor are the onions better or in as
good demand if they grow too large.
The onion seed deteriorates very rapid
ly In germinating properties If It is
kept until more than one year old , ex
cepting that In very small quantities
it may be kept in something practical
ly airtight , as In n tin box with snugly
fitting cover. We would not sow onion
seed without having It tested , and mak
ing sure that not less than 80 per cent
would germinate. Those who sow
under glass and transplant have at
least the advantage of not having to
care for any rows that are not llllcd ,
and if n part of the seed Is too old to
sprout the only loss Is the price paid
for the seed. This practice Is growing
in favor , and fast taking the place of
the old method of setting out the dry
sets in the spring to grow the early
onions for bunching , as It requires but
little more labor to lit the land for one
than the other , and the new plants
seem to grow as rapidly as the dry
sets. American Cultivator.
Mnklnc Alfulfa SHime.
From tests carefully made the Colorado
rado station finds it fair to assume that
with a good tight silo well made silage
from cut alfalfa should not make n
larger loss than nbont 10 per cent of
Its feeding value. To make good sil
age from whole alfalfa Is a much hard
er proposition. It requires that the al
falfa be quite green , that the silo be
both tight and deep , that the alfalfa be
thrown Into the silo In small forkfuls
and carefully tramped and that It he
weighted by four to six feet of some
heavy , tight packing material like cut
corn fodder. If the alfalfa Is put up
In the middle of the summer In clear ,
bright weather , It must bo raked and
loaded as fast as cut. One lot tried
was too dry for ullage two hours after
it was cut
Weed Fred * .
If the fanner desires to know how to
select good clover seed he should learn
to know weed seed as soon as he looks
at it. Then if his eyesight Is not
good enough to distinguish it when it is
among the clover seed , let him spend
from fifty cents upward for a good
magnifying glass , and let him buy no
clover and not much other seed until
ho has examined It , and found It rea-
i-onably clear of the weed seeds. It
may be hard to find it perfectly pure ,
but there Is no nee In buying such seed
as a sample sold In Vennont Inst year ,
which had 50,810 weed seeds In a
| pound. Just think of Rowing ten ,
n\ only or more pounds of such seed on
an acre , The seeds of plantain , sorrel
rel , pigweed , smartweed , curled dock
and the foxtail cross were the moat
abundant In this lot , and each of them
might paM for eloYW Mtd at first
glance , but can be detected under a
magnifying glass. It would bo a good
lesson for the boys to collect samples
of each of these and some other seeds
In little vials , and label each , that they
mighty study them until they knew
them too well to buy them as clover
seed.
Soriiliinii in Vn liter.
\Ve plow the ground In the spring
after corn planting , mijs a Kansas cor
respondent In Prairie Farmer. The lat
ter part of Juno Is noon enough , be
cause if yon sow too early It will got
ripe and you will have to cut it in the
warm weather of August. It Is bctler
to plant so yon can cut It Just before
frost. It will keep better and is not lia
ble to sour , as It might do if cut in the
warm weather. We sow It broadcast ,
about two bushels to the acre. He sure
and sow It thick or It will grow big.
rank stulkM , which will be hard to
handle and stock will not oat so well ,
IVonlm to feed It out before Christmas
or before It frecxes too much. Of
course , If It is line , say like millet , It
will keep Just as good as any hay. We
usually cut It with a mowing machine ,
rake It , put It In big shocks and feed
from tlu1 shocks Just n lU'cilod , as It
will keep Just as well us i ; ' stacked
for If It Is I'oarno and rank the stalks
will have lots of Ju"i' ! In MIIMII and will
not Ki-ep ! f stacked. Sorghum fodder
IN splendid for all kinds of stock. Hogs
will eat It with a relish ; cattle and
horses like It also.
Clover Beeil.
The Department of Agriculture says
there lire 17,830,000 clover seed In a
bushel , which would bo 297,000 In a
pound. There are -1.1,5'JO ' square feet In
mi tint ; , u iimi uui ; iiuuitu uiiiuu LUI-
nish about ( > % seeds to the square foot.
And yet wo are afraid to advise a farmer
mor to use less than eight or ten pounds
per acre , giving llfty-four seed to the
square foot , and yet if every seed grow ,
the small number would place the
plants close enough together to produce
a good crop. The extra seed , or seven-
eighths of the seed cost. Is the price we
pay for not having well-cleaned , plump
seed , and the land In such condition
that each one will have a fair chance to
germinate and grow.
Iar-tui | ) for IMtlch Cow * .
The parsnip is probably ono of the
best roots over grown for milch COWH ,
and It has a great advantage in that It
may remain In the Held until spring
when other roots are all gone , and then
bo used until grass has grown. It 'Is
as easily grown as the carrot , and llko
that root it wants a deep , rich and mel
low soli. Many object to growing It
even In the garden , because the weeds
arc apt to get such a growth before
the parsnips come up that the labor of
weeding IB greatly Increased , but this
may bo remedied by mixing a few rad
ish seed with the parsnip seed , which
will come up so that the rows can bo
scon and hoed out long before the par
snips are up. They can bo pulled when
the parsnips are thinned.
Ciitt'tur AwjwrairiiH.
The question of the propriety of cut
ting all or certain asparagus shoots as
rapidly as they appear and for a con
tinued time often arises , for It is well
known that the continued cutting away
of all a plant's growth has a weaken
ing tendency at least. An recently
stated , most gardeners cut all growth
during thu first half of the season. But
a correspondent recommends leaving
all the very light growth , that It may
strengthen the plants for the following
season , and only cutting that which la'
strong. Median's Monthly.
Time to Jew Tolincco ceert.
There seems to be a general rule for
sowing tobacco seed in each State with
reference to the frosts which arc likely
to occur In the spring. Seed beds
should be planted from six weeks to
two months , according to the variety
of the seed , before the latest date at
which killing frost has occurred in the
locality. This Is for domestic seed.
Imported Cuban seed should bo plant
ed a month later and Imported Sumatra'
six weeks Inter than acclimated seed.
Don't Spray Krult Trrr la lllonnu
Professor Beach recently discussed
before n beekeepers' convention the
spravlug of fruit trees when In full
bloom. ( .enorally speaking , his con
clusion seemed to hi- that spraying dur
ing bloomln ? time wan not only waste
ful , but decidedly harmful as well , cut
ting down the supply of fruit to an ex
tent that , if generally practiced , would
amount to thousands of dollars to 1ho
fruit men all over the state.
Farm Mote * .
The market for American apples is
now worldwide.
Spraying with parls green destroys
the asparagus lly.
The family horse should be raised
and trained on the farm. Then you ,
thoroughly understand his disposition
and Know how far lie can be trusted.
The application of sulphur to soils
for the prevention of potato scab re
gardless of the character of the soil Is
liable to occasionally cause much In-
Jury.
Bordeaux mixture has been found of
value In stimulating tomato plants to
more rapid growth , increasing their
vigor and of particular merit In keep
ing down the attacks of tlca beetles.
Twenty thousand mutton sheep are
being fattened at Rocky Ford , Col. ,
on beet pulp , with a little corn added.
There Is another "waste product" b-
Ing utilized turned Into nutto * .
Ak to HID t't't-i ill , irl .
" 0 rls between the ugus of 10 and v
generally have big feet , " said a fash-
lonahle slioemalvur , "and they are a1
uuch periods or tholr lives disposed t >
bo la nnd llabby , bu < at " 2 a r m rl\-
able change takes place. Tt.o foot
'hciicom k'toly Htibsl vs. tlm ihbbl-
tic-s disappears , the llcsh of UK- foot
becomes ( Inner , the muscles and tendons -
dons KottitioiiKur ami the Ixme-s be
come well set. Altogcthri a great
dill'orence is noticeable.
"Yes : we have great rlitiictilty with
girls of about 17 or thm-abouts , for
then they require a slim1 as large * as a
full-grown woman , \\hcn they get
older and the foot becomes settled new
boots made on-the old last will be
found to large , and It Is only when the
young ladles complain that their
now shoos arc too big that we know
the foot has undergone the change
just described. Then explanations
have to bo given , hut the shnctnakor
doesn't mind that so much , fora wom
an as she grows older likes to bo told
that her fcxit Is getting sinuller.
"After40 the leet of a woman go
back to the fat llabby state , and heio-
in grows the trouble of the shoemaker ,
who has to stale in explanation why
the last pair of shoes do nol lit , ( hat
the cause1 lies In the'fact that tlielr
feet are getting bigger.
"No i don't think that cycling in-
srcascs the size of a girls foot. True ,
Dim or t\vovof ou't lady customers have
isked us to make their new boots a
shade larger , but this dilllculty is got
ten over by making them ' 'full.Vo '
have never enlarged the length. "
Two l.uwjnro.
First Lawyer ( angrily ) " ! vo a good
mlild to sue you. "
Second Lawyer "I shouldn't like
uiythlng better. There's only ono
trouble about two lawyers going to
law. A lawyer can never do himself
justice when he pleads his own
First Lawyer. ' That's easily lixcd.
I'll plead your case , and you plead
mine. ' '
In no DniiRvr.
Amateur Sportsman ( in the Maine
woods ) "Aw 1 say , mail man , are
bears vewy dangererous ? "
( Juide "You needn't have no fear ,
sir. Dears don'r never turn on a man
until they've been hit , an' you'd most
likely miss 'em "
TO CtlltK AVOM ) IN ONK I ) VV
Take Laxative JrowoQtminH ! Tablets. All
d nit-'gisls rotund tin * moiif.v it iL inita to cure.
K. W. Grovo'a Blgniiuiroisonenuli oox .Co.
SafVNt of All I'liKtrH ,
"Lord , Lord ! " exclaimed the old
lady. "It docs look like they're
agwine tor have war ! How 1 wish all
my boys wuz In congress ! "
"In congress ? "
"Yes ; kase then they'd vote fer war
in' sUiyouto' It. Albany Telegram.
Xr . Wln low' .SOOTUNO ! 8YIIUP lor chllilrrn
r lhlntr , koftcni" ilin tinn . nvlnc'i InlUniktlon ,
illayii | inln , vurt M ulml colic. 2&a hollln.
A pbyslcan In Germany has dlscov-
sred a method of obliterating wrinkles
n the human face. He Ijijeots para-
nine under the skin , and there It re
mains , purtliiL' out the wrinkles.
In baseball , a * in cookery , the be t
bitter takes the caKe.
FOR SYSTEMIC CATARRH
Peculiar to Summer Pe-ru-na Gives Prompt and
Permanent Relief ,
Cloin ( J. Moore , Killtor of the AilvoeiU < j < Doinoernl of Crnwrorilsvllle , Ind. ,
the Periinn MciUdno Company its follows :
Gentlemen "After four ycnra of Intense suffering , canned by systemic
cnturrh , wlilcli 1 contracted tt/i/e editing , ami tru\ cling for my paper , I hnva
been urcntly rclleycd hy the use of I'cnina , I guvc up work during these yours
of torture , tried various remedies and ninny doctors , hut till the permanent
relief i u-nc from the'use of I'crunu. My trcu'jlc IMS culled Indication , but It
was catarrh all through the system , and a few battles of I'erunn ntntte me fed
llhc a new person , nitlng the Improvement after I hud used the first bottle.
I'crnna Is undoubtedly the best catarrh remedy ever compounded. Clem G.
Moore.
Captain Percy W. Moss , PnniKOiihl ,
Ark. , nays : "I think Perutm in umloubt-
eilly the llnusl iiiul surest cntnrrh onto
( 'viT pivpnivd , and it him tiikeu hut two
bottles to convince me of this fact. "
JiiilKi1 Win. T. Xennr of Washington ,
R 0. , write * from 2tt ! N. Capital direct ,
WiiHliingtun , 1) . 0. :
" 1 mho pleasure la saying ( hat 1 can
cheerfully rcconnnriul thn URO ot IV
niim as a remuJy for cntnrrhal trouhlo
llnlr Ctirlril by ICIoutrlultjr.
An ulcolrio hair curler , which en-
crates Itp o.wn electrlulty.lnstcud of ro-
qulrlnir connection with an electric
light wire , has been designed for wom
en by a man down In Augusta Ga.
Tlie electricity is generated by fric
tion produced by turning a crank.
' hc hair curling dcvlcn proper con
sists of a number of thin copperslcevcs
around which thu hulr is wound mid
then conllned by clamps. Then the
generator ib inserted lu the sleeves In
turn and turning the crank produces
the degree of temperature required to
complete the curling process
] i. is quite an elaborate process hut
the Inventor is sangumo of its HUOJCSS
and has patented it.
and ii most cxcnllont tonic for general
conditions. " Win. T. Honor.
If yon do not derive prompt nntl nntl -
factory romilts from the use of Pcrnnn.
write at once to Dr. llartinnn , Riving
full Ntntoint'iit of yonr canv , and'ha will
bo pleased to glvu yon his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address I r Ilarttnau , President tit
The Hartman Sanitarium , Columbus ,
Ohio.
If you have never tried to make any
body happy , you have no Idea h'ow
much pleasure jou have overlooked.
A law recently enacted by the Flor
ida Legislature makes Insanity on the
part of husband and wife , for fourBiio-
ccsslvo years , legal cause for divorce.
The person who gets the divorce. must
provide ( or the maintenance of the di
vorced one.
Ely's -Cream Balm
QUICKLY CURES
Drugglsti , BO CU.
Applf Halm Intn aeh nmtrll.
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$3. & $3.50 SHOES VSS& .
worth ofV. . 1. . I > onalue8i a nil
_ Line riiiiiiuL bu equalled
lit unj pi-Ice.
GSFSsaa ? It It not nloi.o inn tr t
Icntlier that nmki n tint
i.ii Pliwi lie It U Ilia linilin ,
/ / i /
S * Wllnt h v plMinwItlifilMil
style , l\ntiii : { vifeet model
of tlm foot.nd thfi mnitrnrtlon of Hie ihoe. U U infclnnlml nklll kiid
knuirlrdvetlmt linve inikile W , U Hoiiplnf uliucii tlir licit In Ilio wnrld fi > r nirn.
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W. I I > OUC1J.AH. linirktuil. Ainu.
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your liver is drying up and bowels wear
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health , offering all your wealth , but you
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In the blood ; foul breath , and awful pains
in the back of the head with a loathing
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Don't care how rich or poor you are , you
can't be well if you have bowel trouble ,
you will be regular if you take CASCA
RETS % & them to-day CASCARETS
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ly ; that is what you want it is guaranteed to be found in
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