SUFFERED 23 YEARS
With Catarrh of the Stomach
Pe-ru-na Cured.
In a recent letter to Dr. iiartman
Congressman Botkin says :
"My Dear Doctor It gives me pleas
ure to certify to the excellent curative
qualities of your medicines I'cruna and
Manaliu. 1 have been alllicted more or
less for a quarter of a century with ca
tarrh of the stomach and constipation.
A residence in Washington has increased
these troubles. A few bottles of your
medicine have given me almost com
plete relief , and I am sure that a contin
uation of them will effect a permanent
cure. " J. D. Botkin.
Mr. L. F. Verdery , a prominent real
estate agent of Augusta. Ga. . writes :
' " / have been a great sufferer from
catarrhs ! dyspepsia. I tried many phy
sicians , visited a good many springs ,
but I believe Peruna has done more
for me than all of the above put
together. I feel like a new person. ' '
L. F. Verdery.
The most common form of summer
catarrh is catarrh of the stomach. This
is generally known as dyspepsia. LVrtma
cures these cases like magic.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna ,
write at once to Dr. Hartman , giving a
full statement of your case , .and he will
Je ? pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman , President of
The Hartman Sanitarium , Columbus , O.
Buy and Try a Box Tonight
"While you think of it , go buy and
try a box of Cascarets Qandy Ca
thartic , ideal laxative , tonight. You'll
never regret it. Genuine s tablets
stamped C. C. C. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists , ice.
One-third of the United States
proper is vacant land.
I have used Piso's Cure for Consump
tion with pood results. It is alright.
John W. Henry. Box 6i2 , Fostoria ,
Ohio.
The Chinese , according to Pear
son's Weekly , fear rain , believing
that the rain drops breed vermin.
Each package of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYE colors either Silk , Wool or
Cotton perfectly at one boiling.
More than half a million visitors
passed through the gates at
York's zoological park in 1901.
Knitted corset covers of white silk
are substituted for those of cambric
and other materials. These are of
the finest texture and trimmed with
lace.
Canada's military establishment ,
consisting of less than 40,000 men ,
all told , will be increased to.,150,000
if the British idea of colonial de
fense prevails ,
Mrs. Wlnslow's SOOTHlNn SVRUP for children
teething , softens the gums , reduces inllaraatlon
allays pain , cures wind colic. 25c bottle.
English is studied by 95 per cent
of the students attending the higher
schools in Egypt
The mint of the German govern
ment has struck off a 3-mark silver
piece commemorative of the visit of
Piince Henry to the United States.
In June a Danish expedition will
visit Greenland to make an exhaus
tive study of the manners , customs
a nd superstitions of the native pop.
ulation
A Cure for Dropsy.
Ashley , North Dakota , June 2 < 1. J.
H. Hanson of this place has found a
cure for Dropsy.
For years Mr. Hanson himself has
suffered with Rheumatism of the Heart
and Dropsy , and of late has been so
bad that he could not work.
He has tried many remedies , but
nothing he could get helped him in the
least , and he was growing worse and
worse.
Finally he began a treatment of
Dodd's Kidney Pills , and to his great
delight he soon found that the Dropsi
cal Swelling was gradually going down
and that the Khemnatism of the Heart
was also disappearing. He says :
"I have taken seven boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and am feeling better
than I have for live years.
" 1 am able to work again , and if the
Dropsy or Heart Trouble ever conies
back I will use Dodd's Kidney Pills at
once. "
Lieutenant Cataneseu , a Rouma
nian officer , recently rode from Bu
charest to Fokshani and back , a dis
tance of 400 miles , in four days.
Ton Can Get Allen's Toot-Ease FREB ,
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted , Le Roy ,
N. Y. , for a FREE sample of Allen's Foot-
Ease , a powder to shake into your sboea.
It cures tired , sweating , damp , swollen ,
aching feet. It makes new or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions.
All druggists und shoe stores sell It. 250
Registered physicians in Massa-
chusets are said to number about
4,500 , an average of 1 to every 625 in
habitants.
t
1 Italian detectives , specially told
| off for the duty , are to keep a strict
watch on all the Italian anarchists
in London during the coronation
festivities.
DO YOUR CLOTHES L.OOK YELLOW ?
If so , use Red Cross Ball Blue It will make
them white as > snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents.
A movement has been begun in
Buffalo for the erection of a monu
ment to mark the spot where Presi
dent McKinley fell on the site of the
Temple of Music.
Since the accession of President
Diaz in 1876 , Mexico's trade has in
creased nearly 600 per cent ,
Skirts and entire garments of ac
cordion pleated silk are among the
spring novelties.
Clear white clothes nro n j-itjn that the house
keeper uses Reel Cross Ball Bine. Large 2oz.
packages cents.
Two sealers reached St John , N F ,
recently , one with 10,000 seals and
the other with 5,000
How's This ?
offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foi
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. . Props. , Toledo , O.
We. the undersigned , have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 15 years , and belteve him perfectly
honorable in all business transactioiis and finan
cially able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
"West & Truax , Wholesale Druggists , Toledo. O.
WaldinR. Kinnan & Marvin , Wholesale Drug
gists , Toledo , Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally , acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Trice 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
It is said that it costs twanty times
as much to make a rifle in China as
it would cost to buy one in Europe. '
Mrs. Annie McKay , Chaplain Sons of
( Temperance , 326 Spadina Ave , , Toronto ,
; Cured of Severe Female Troubles by Lydia
( E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
" DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : Being a mother of five children I
[ have had experience with the general troubles of my sex. I was
f lacerated when one of my children was born and from that hour I
, date all my afflictions. I found that within a few months my health
i was impaired , I had female weakness and serious inflammation and
I frequent flooding. I became weak and dizzy but kept on my feet ,
| dragging through my work without life or pleasure. A neighbor
who had been helped by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound insisted that I take at least one bottle. I did so and
; felt so much better that I kept on the treatment. For seven months
I1 used the Compound faithfully and gladly do I say it , health and
strength are mine once more. I know how to value it now when it
was so nearly lost , and I how
appreciate great a debt I owe you.
The few dollars I spent for the medicine cannot begin to pay what it
twas worth to me. Yours very truly , MRS. ANNA McKAY , Chaplain
' Sons of Temperance. "
$500O FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE.
No other female medicine in the world has received such
Widespread and unqualified endorsement. Refuse all substitutes. .
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice ,
edthousands to health. Address , Lynn , Mass.
by Wind Power.
The illustration shows how to attach
an ordinary washing machine to a
windmill. Chas. H. Rhode , of Iowa ,
vouches for the eiliciency of the device.
It does the hardest part of the work , he
says , and while it works the one doing
the washing can rinse and hang out.
We have a wash house around the mill ,
also a large stove with a kettle inside.
To construct , get an old wheel about
two and a half feet in diameter , an old
mower wheel being good ; place it about
eight feet from the platform , as shown.
Then connect it by pitman A to a spoke
of the wheel and to the plunger of
windmill. Regulate the stroke of the
wheel by fastening pitman close to the
hub for a long stroke and near the rim
for a shorter one. Cut a wood pulley
and place it between the large wheel-of
washing machine. On most washing
machines a pulley an inch and a quar
ter thick and eight inches in diameter
can be placed there. Belt the two
wheels together and fasten the belt to
the small pulley by driving in some
nails or screws at the opposite side
from the lever to the handle to prevent
the belt from slipping. Also fasten the
belt in the same manner to the large
wheel after it is adjusted , so they can
not get out of time. I use a short strap ,
about six feet long , with a snap in each
end , to go around the small pulley , and
for the rest I use an old sprocket chain
off an old binder and snap the straps to
it for belt. In that way one can take
WINDMILL WASHER.
up the slack and there isn't so much
strap to stretch. B is a board to flt
tight on top of machine to hold it down ,
and when the lid is raised it swings
back where dotted lines are , out of the
way. This is not a rotary motion ,
which would be hard to get from a
pump plunger. "
Good Hoe House.
A Nebraska correspondent writes
Iowa Homestead as follows : "I have
noticed a number of hog houses for
brood sows , but have seen none such
as we use in our neighborhood. I put
one up lately and will describe it. I
used 2x4's for the frame , sided with
drop siding or shiplap and roofed with
roofing cut in two , six feet on one side
and four feet on the other , to make
doors. For platform and floor we used
IxG fencing and yellow pine. For foun
dation we used red cedar posts. It can
be built any length desired. The one
I put up is fifty feet long and the plat
form Is 11x18 feet. The stalls are 4 x7
feet , which I think is big enough for
any sow. When the door is open it
will let the sun in and if the door is
shut it will keep the rain out. 1 am
in favor of a little sunshine for pigs
and I think it is a great help to thorn.
The house must be put up east and
west and the doors be puiin on the
south side. The doors are made to
swing back , as seen at A. B. shows
how to make a door. Where the logs
come together or cross each other
bore a hole and put a bolt through the
legs and fence board. A IxG is used to
hold the building-together every four
BROOD SOW HOUSE.
ind a half et. The small doors 2x2
where sows go in and out are shown
ilso. Little gates are made to pen them
up.
Corn Crop of 19O2.
From what we read in our agricul
tural and other exchanges , it seems
ikely that the acreage of corn planted
his year will be larger than ever be-
ore , and some of them are expressing
i fear that the business will be over-
lone , and that prices will go so low as
to render the crop an unprofitable one.
{ f so the loss must fall upon those
> tates which are known as the corn-
rowing sections , where corn is grown
jr sale. We hope our readers , who are
mstly in the Eastern States , will not
ie frightened out of any intention they
lave formed to grow corn this year.
They may if they please plan to have
attle , swine and poultry to feed it to
f they have good crops , and they will
ind that better than selling the corn ,
nd very much better than buying corn
T feed. They may find that drought or
rher causes may agaifi reduce the
Western corn crop , and if they chance
) have a few bushels more than they
in feed to good'advautage. it will not
o necessary to dispose of it at once , as
* it were peaches or tomatoes. It will
L good more than one year if well
.ired for , and we used to hear an old
armer say that corn in the crib and
Iwy in the mow was better than money
In the bank. He seldom wanted to feec
out corn less than a year old , but nex
fall will not find much year-old corn io
this country. American Cultivator.
Testing Seed Corn.
There is no excuse for any one plant
ing corn that is low in vitality and i
the seed corn has not been well se
lected either during the growing sea
sou or in the fall and well cared fo
during the winter , it should be tested
at any time now before it is time to
plant. There are several methods o
testing corn , one of ( hem to sprout th
kernels between pieces of ilanne
which are kept saturated with watei
A better plan is one that should b
familiar to all farmers. Take a larg
fiat dish , a large soup plate is just th
thing , and fill it with very fine saml
Over this pour water until the disli
is brimming full ; allow this to stauc
until the sand absorbs all it will , thei
pour off the surplus water. Selec
fifty or 100 kernels of corn , taking
them from the centers of the ears , am
place them in the sand , point down
Then sprinkle a litUe dry sand over
the wet , cover the plate with another
inverted and set in a warm room
Watch closely , and if the sand gets
dry moisten with warm water. In a
week all of the kernels that will sprou
will show the plant. Keep for ten
days or two weeks , when the resul
should show 93 per cent sprouted. If
less than this sprout it will not be a
safe risk to use the corn for seed for
the vitality will be too low to reason
ably expect good results. This is a
simple test , but a sure one and readily
made.
Fertilizer Crops.
Farmers generally are beginning to
understand the full value of the
plowed-under crop which may fairly be
called a fertilizer crop , but all do no
understand how such crops are handlet
to the best advantage. It is not at al
necessary to have this fertilizer crop at
the expense of the harvest crop unless
the land is too poor to grow a good crop
for harvesting. Take , for example , a
farm ou which it seems necessary to
use both commercial fertilizers and q
turned-under crop in order to get it in
shape to crop repeatedly. Early in the
season sow such soil to oats and peas
using one bushel of each per acre as
seed , and just before the time to sow
buckwheat plow the oat and pea crop
under. Before sowing to buckwheat
use commercial fertilizer at the rate of
100 pounds per acre , 100 pounds also
having been used previous to the sow
ing of the peas and oats. This ferti
lizer should contain considerable pot
ash. The crop of buckwheat will pay
for the fertilizer and leave the grount
in good shape for seeding , or rye may
follow the buckwheat , using another
100 pounds of fertilizer before sowing
the rye seed. This method will put the
soil in fair shape , permit one to use
the fertilizer crop and yet not at the
expense of the harvest crop.
Demand for Peppers.
The demand for peppers that are mile
in flavor is increasing yearly , and the
vegetable is one that may be grown
with profit by any
market gardener.
To get the best re
sults with peppers
the seeds should be
started in a hot bed ,
and when the
plants are about an
inch high they
should be trans
planted to small
pots tilled with fine and rich soil ,
and grown in this manner un
der the protection of a cold
frame until June , when they may
bo transplanted to the open ground.
The plants should be set two and one-
half feet apart in rich soil and manure
should be worked in around the roots
frequently during the season of growth.
The illustration shows the variety.
Sweet Mountain , which is very mild iu
flavor.
Duty of the Dairy Commissioner.
It is the duty of the dairy and food
commissioner of any State to carefully
inquire into the quality of the dairy
food and drink products and see that
all foods are pure , free from adultera
tion and wholesome. This of course is
a big task , and it may be some time be
fore all of the States can come up to
the standard. A good start , however ,
has been made , and where politics is
kept out of the office much good hag
been done.
lucubators Versus Hens.
A correspondent says he fears thai
none of the manufacturers of incuba
tors can as yet hold a candle anywhere
to a setting hen. But there are so many
pool hens that will do everything but
set properly that 1,000 eggs set in ma
chines , even though they do not work
quite satisfactorily , will usually give aa
many chicks as 1,000 eggs under hens ,
and a machine will set when you can
find no hens.
Hints for the Stable.
Never use musty or dirty litter.
Whitewash the stable once or twict
a year ; use laud plaster in the manure
gutters daily.
Clean and thoroughly air the stable
before milking ; iu hot weather sprin
kle the floor.
Stables should bewell ventilated ,
lighted and drained ; should have tight
floors and walls and be plainly con
structed.
Keep dairy cattle in a room or build
ing by themselves. It is preferable t < 2
have no cellar below and no storage
loft above.
Every trial shows better returns
when wheat is mixed with some other
grain than when fed alone , although if
prices permit it wheat may profitably
form four-fifths of a grain ration. Mix
ing with other grains overcomes the
tendency to form a pasty mess.
And every Distressing Irritation
of Skin and Scalp Instantly
Relieved by a Bath with.
And a single anointing with CUTICURA , the great skin
cure and purest of emollients. This treatment , when fol
lowed in severe cases by mild doses of CUTICURA
RESOLVENT PILLS , to cool and cleanse the blood , is
the most speedy , permanent , and economical cure for
torturing , disfiguring , itching , burning , bleeding , scaly ,
crusted , and pimply skin and scalp humours , with loss
of hair , ever compounded.
USE CUTICURA SOAP , assisted by Cuticura Ointment , for
preserving : , purifying , and beautifying the skin , for cleans
ing the scalp of crusts , scales , and dandruff , and the stopping of
falling hair , for softening , whitening , and soothing red , rough ,
and sore hands , for baby rashes , itchings , and chafings , in the
form of baths for annoying irritations and inflammations , or too
free or offensive perspiration , in the form of washes for ulcerative
weaknesses , and many sanative , antiseptic purposes which readily
suggest themselves to women and mothers , and for all the pur
poses of the toilet , bath , and nursery. CUTICURA SOAP com
bines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA , the
great skin cure , with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the
most refreshing of flower odaurs. It unites in ONE SOAP at
ONE PRICE , the BEST skin and complexion soap , and the
BEST toilet and baby soap in the world. \
COMPLETE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL TREATMENT FOR EVERY HUMOUR/
Consisting of CUTICUKA SOAP , 2 c. , to cleanse the skin of crn ta
and scales , and soften the thickened cuticle ; CtmctTRA OI5T-
1 MENT , 50c. , to instantly allay itching , inflammation , and irritation ,
and soothe and heal ; and CUTICUKA RKSOLVESI PILLS , 25c. , to
cool and cleanee the blood. A SINGLE SKT ia often sufliVieut to
The Set , SI cure the inont torturing , disligurinj ; , itching , burning , and tcaly
Bkln , scalp , and blood humours , with loss of hair , when all else fail * . Sold throughout
the world. Britibh Hepot : 2728 , Charterhouse SoLondon. . Trench Depot : 5 Hue de la
Paix , Paris. 1'OTTEit DKUG AND CIIKM. Coup. , Sole Props. , Boeton , r. S. A.
CUTZCUKA RESOLVENT PILLS ( Chocolate Coated ) are a new , tnteien < s odourless , economical
Bub-titute for the celebrated liquid CUTICURA KESOLVEIJT , na wellanfornll other blood purifiera
ami humour cures Each pill'is equivalent to one tengpoonful of liquid KE OLVENT Put up in
Bciowcap pocket vialH. containing 60 doses , price , 25c CI.TICURA I'ILLS are alte atlve.
antiHpptic , tome , anu diseative. and beyond qncst'on the purest. swpet - t. mo t aucci-B-ful aod
economical blood and akin purifiers , humour cured , and touic-digcbiivcs ju compounded
YoungWomen a < * City Guides.
Some bright young women are con
sidering the formation of a company
for providing ladies qualified to act
as guides to the sights of New York
as traveling companions , shopping
assistants , etc. The idea is to
charge a stranger entering the city
a fee of 81.50 for meeting her at the
railway station and escorting her to
her hotel or boarding-house. A s'm-
ilar association has been in success
ful operation in London for fourteen
> ears.
Good Things to Eat
From I.ibbi's famous hjeienio kitchens ,
wbaru puritj-prevails. All meats uued in
LIBBY'S
Natural Flavor
Food Products
ar U.S. Government Inspected. Thetfhole--omo-
ans8nnd soodneesof erery article is preferred in
' its preparation lor jour convnnience. in the handy
keoi > ninif cans. A supply on your pantry shelves
en.blyou to have alt at hand the essentials
to tii T rr bout mealx. The little book. 'How to
M.iko Good Thin ? * to Eat , " tells all about them
nant frea. .Liobj' * Atlas of the World , mailed
free for 10 cents postage.
LIBBY , McNEILL & LIBBY , CHICAGO.
Cross Kidney Pills
Cure all Kidney and
Bladder Troubles.
Sent anrwhere by mail. Largt
Boxlfc. Tri-il Box lOc. Sold only
bv the CROSS CHEMICAL. CO. ,
l > r Molm-ft. Iowa.
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To rule a
To "ule your husband do exactly as
you please , but always pretend that
you do as he pleases. That is where
your ability comes in. Men are
ruled as children are , by the prospect
of a reward. The rewaid of your
husband is your amiabilty , your ,
devotion and your beauty , of which
you should take constant care. Love
has to be fed constantly. Always let
him suppose that it is for him that
you wish to remain beautiful.
FOR FARMERS , HOUSEWIVES , PRETTY MAIDS.
Over 800 of the moat valnnble TESTKO KEClPEg
for u e in the kitchen. MCk-room or stable :
FOK THE I'KKTTV MA1U Kecires for Skis
Beautifierscreams , powder * and hair tonics. Muks
your own coemption itnd have them pare , fresh and
effective. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Household
recipedainty luncheon * , home cares made from ,
herbs , roots and term BecipNo. . 1T4 alone is worth 100
timencorttof thisboolf. FOR TIIK 8TAHLE-Cnie
for all liore di-ei es , harnffl d refine * . tc. Send 21
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A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Forever.
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Is properly made.
Accept no counter
feit or similar
name. Dr. L. A.
Sa-re said to a
lady of the hant-
ton la p tienti :
n s them. I recom
mend 'Gouraud'B
Cream' an the least
harmful of all the
bkin
t nns. " For sale br nil Lrazcists ancl Fancv-Ooo'ls
J > " 'ier * H , , . , t . S .C-n.-H.-x nn-1 Eur-pe. FRED T.
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l'00'Ol\\"S ri.ASTFK < . Re-elpl for this famous
hou-t-hold articif in ie ! I for JUeivir. . J. A. Miles ,
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