W. L. DOUGLAS
Established 1876. For more than a
quarter of a century the reputation of
"W. L. Douglas shoes for style , com
fort , and wear has excelled all other
makes. A trial will convince you.
W. L. DOUGLAS $4 SHOES
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
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Best Imported and American leathers , Heyl's
Patent Calf. Enamel , Box Calf , Calf Vlcl Kid. Corona
Colt , Nat Kangaroo. Fast Color Eyeleta used.
Cailf inn ! T118 irenuine have "W. L. DOUGLAS *
wuuiiuu i name and price stamped on bottom.
Shoes by mail , 25c. extra. Illus. Catalog free.
W. L. DOUGLAS , BROCKTON. MASS.
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Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold In butt.
Beware of the dealer who tries to zell
"something just a * flood. "
GOOD
THINGS
TO EAT
From Libby's famous
hygienic k 11 c li c n s.
We employ a cbcf
wbo is an expert in
making
Natural Flavor
Food Products
We don't practice economy bcre. lie usos tbe
very elioU-os. ! m itenals. A supply on your
pantry shelve * em' 'cs you to 1m e always at
hand the essentials for tbe very best meals.
LIBBY , McNEILL & LIBBY
CHICAGO , U. S. A.
Write for our booklet "JIow TO MAKE GOOD
THINGS TO EAT. "
The Ausrulian cypress pine is stated
to be proof against the teredo of the
ocean and all insects of the land. It
is much used for piles , etc. . and for
furniture it is a handsome wood wilh
an agreeable ordor.
In Dundee , Scotland , the trolley
system is used to clean and sprinkle
tbe streets. A combined sweeper
and srlnkler runs daily over all the
car tracks , and the work is done
quickly and thoroughly.
Miijuiieiit of Coffins.
Four thousand ccfflns for the bodiei
of soldiers in the Philippines an
awaiting shipment to the United
States , is a portion of the queer car
go the transport Kilpatrick started
with lately.
Time Is the Test.
Thore is a heap of difference bo
twcen relief and cure. Any one with
an achino : back may find relief in nu
merous remedies , but do these reme
dies cureV The aches and pains of
kidney Ills , the weary , wornout condi
tion , nervous attacks , too frequent uri
nation , retention of the urine and many
other indications of kidney and bladder
disorders can be cured. Will the cure
last ? There is a ringing answer in the
test of time and you have it here in
the following statement :
Mr. Geo. Foot , a retired farmer , re
siding at No. 413 Addison street , Elgin ,
111. , says :
"I just as emphatically endorse
Bonn's Kidney Pills to-day as I did in
the fall of 1807 when I began taking
this remedy , and followed up the treat
ment until it cured me of backache
and other irregularities due to either
weakened or over-excited kidneys. I
am only too pleased to endorse a prepa
ration which is just as represented. "
A free trial of Doan's Kidney Pills
sent on application. Address Foster-
Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. For sale
by all druggists. Price 50 cents per
box.
A Concientious Thief.
Fourteen years ago Frank Lash , of
Farmersburg , Ind. , had a ring stolen
from his room in his boarding house.
A few days since he received a letter
from a person unknown to him stat
ing that he had stolen the ring and
that his conscience had since troubled
him to such an extent that he wished
to replace the ring. He had sold the
ring , but was willing to icplace it.
Shortly after there came by mail a
ring similar to the one stolen from
him.
A Faithful Friend.
Lenox , Mo. , Sept. 1st. Mr. W. H.
Brown , of this place , has reason to be
thankful that he has at least one
friend by whose good advice he has
been spared much pain and trouble. lie
says :
"I have had backache for over twelve
months. Sometimes I could hardly get
up when I was dowu , the pain in my
back was so great.
"I tried many tilings but could not
set anything to help me or give me
ivliof till a good friend of mine ad
vised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"After I had used t\vo boxes the pain
in my bar-k had all left me and I was
as well as ever I was.
"I am very thankful to Dodd's Kid
ney Pills for what they have done for
me. and 1 will neier forget my friend
for having suggested this nxnedy. "
Some of the cats in Liberia are of
a bripht red tint , and they are very
conspicuous in the moonlight.
Piso's Cure for Consumption always
gives immediate relief in all throat trou
bles. F. E. Bierman , Leipsic , Ohio , Aug.
31,1901.
The wasp adopts the methods of
the highwayman. These insects have
ofteii been observed to waylay and
rob bees while the latter , laden with
the fruits of an expedition , were re
turning to the hive.
Nea/ly all of the dwelling-houses
in Japan are of one general shape and
two stories high , They are put to
gether by a curious method of mor
tising , at which these people are ad-
depts.
Sleep for skin-tortured Babies and rest for
tired , fretted Mothers in warm baths with
CUTICURA SOAP , and gentle anointings with
CUTICURA OINTMENT , purest of emollients
and greatest of skin cures , to be followed in
severe cases by mild doses of CUTICURA RE
SOLVENT PILLS. This is the purest , sweetest , '
most speedy , permanent , and economical of
treatments for torturing , disfiguring , itch
ing , burning , bleeding , scaly , crusted , and
pimply skin and scalp humours , with loss of
hair , of infants and children , as well as adults.
MILLIONS OF MOTHERS
'
Uee CorictntA SOAP , assisted by CimcunA OH TMEKT , the great
Btlu cure , for preserving , purifying , and beautifying the eVin , and
for all the purposes of the toilet , bath , and nursery. Millions of '
Women use CUTIC0RA SOAP In the form of baths for annoying Irrl- (
tatious , Inflammations , and ulcerative weaknesses , and for many
sanative , antiseptic purposes.
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COMPLETE TREATMENT FOR EVERY HUMOUR [
Consisting of CDTICUKA SOAP , to cleanse the skin ; CUTICDRA [
OINTMENT , to heal the skin ; and CUTJCKRA KBSOI/TENTPILLS , to
cool and clcanre the blood. A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure [
the mort toiturinp , disfiguring , itching.burning , and pcaly humours , [
rashes , and Irritations , with loss of hair , when all else fails. '
CCTTCVIH Ktuntnus sre rotd throughout UM wortd. Brltkfc Drjwt : 7-23. Char-
UrhouM frj. , LoBckin. Tfrmtb D poi4 6 SUM 6 * U T3xI'ui * . Purr * * Drue ABD
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FOR MAN OR. BEAST '
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oo Tho Standard Liniment for the Stable and for the Household. The best
oo remedy possible for Rheumatism , Lameness , Sprivlns , &nd Bruises.
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descendants of "Molly
Pitcher , " Avho reside in Carlisle ,
Pa. , recently celebrated the an
niversary of the battle of Monraourh ,
in which Molly performed the deed that
has handed her name down to poster
ity. Incidentally , it will surprise some
people to learn that Molly's real name
was not Pitcher , but Hays.
The battle of Monmouth , which took
place after the British evacuation of
Philadelphia and was brought on by
the determination of Gen. Washington
to follow and attack the enemy as they
were retreating to New York , was
fought on one of the hottest days of
the year , a fact which may have helped
the Continental troops in catching up
with Gen. Clinton's forces. The intense
heat , accompanied by rainy weather.
norsn wiiEun MOLLY PITCH nit
made slow marching , and at Mou-
mouth , before they could reach the
iheights of Middletowu , 12 miles further
'on , the British were forced to stop and
give battle. It is said that because of
the heat many soldiers on both sides
'fell ' on this battlefield without even
having received a wound.
With John Hays , an American ar-
tillery sergeant , during this battle , was
his young wife , Molly , and she made it
\her business to go among the men with
a pitcher of water to slake their thirst.
This gained for her the nick-name of
J"Molly Pitcher. " Mrs. Hays was of
'German extraction , her maiden name
Slaving been Mary Ludwig. She did not
Ibeloug to the army at the time of the
battle of Monmouth , but she had fol
lowed her husband in his various
'marches and offered her service in car-
srying water , voluntarily. At Moiimouth
* she brought the water from a spring
RECLAIMING OUR DESERTS.
They Are Gradually Yielding : to the
Encroachments of Civilization.
The desert still maintains its fast
nesses in the West. There are some
spots better entitled to the name thaii
'others ' , but each year these fastnesses
are shrinking before the advance of
human enterprise , as the water might
rise over the land , leaving the high and
'difficult places to the last. So these
islands are scattered through several
States and Territories , mostly in Ari-
kona , New Mexico , California , Nevada ,
[ Utah and Oregon , in the great valley
lying between the main ridge of the
Rocky Mountains , on the east , and the
Cascades , Sierra Nevada and the coast
( range , on the west.
Chief among them are the Mojave
[ Desert , in southeastern California , a
'territory as large as Switzerland ; the
Colorado and Gila deserts of south-
Iwestern Arizona and southern Califor-
nia ; the marvelous painted desert of
northeastern Arizona ; and the Great
Salt Lake desert of Utah. Opening
northward from the Mojave desert lies
Death valley , perhaps tire most deso-
'late and forbidding spot in America ,
though comparatively small in extent.
Yet there are few places , even in
these desert strongholds , that are
JAvholly Avithout life of one sort or an-
'other , and a large proportion of them
could be reclaimed if Avater Avere avail
able. Even as it is , not one can bar
human activity ; railroads have been
built directly across three of the Avorst
of them ; mines are being opened and
oil Avells driven ; land is being re
claimed by irrigation ; and even in the
'fastnesses of Death A alley there are
man3' mining camps and an extensive
lorax industry.
In all the West , look ns you will ,
teaya the Century , you Avill find no des-
'ert aiore pitifully forlorn , more desert
not far away and kept up the work
unceasingly until the shot came which
struck her husband. When he fell an
officer ordered his gun to be wheeled
back out of the Avay , but Mrs. Hays
called out that she Avould serve it and
without waiting for au ausAver proceed
ed to do so , keeping the gun in effec
tive operation until the battle Avas end
ed. She Avore a skirt made in the fash
ion of that time but over this AA-as an
artilleryman's coat and on her head a
cocked hat with feathers in it. The
next day Gen. Green hunted Molly up
and conducted her to Gen. Washington ,
the commander-in-chief , Avho. contrary
to the rules of Avar , gave her a ser
geant's commission , and recommended
that her name be placed on the list of
half-pay officers for life.
Sergeant Hays , Molly's husband. Avas
not killed in thK battle , but only se
verely wounded and his wife nursed
him back to life again. This was not
the very first battle in which Molly had
taken an active part. She was with hei
husband at Fort Clinton when it AVIS
attacked by the British and the Amer
ican were forced to retreat.
The soldiers were rushing out of the
fort and Senrt. Hays turned away from
his mm , threw doA\u his match and ran
f > r his life , his Avife all ready to follow.
P.ut seeing the live match on the
uround and knowing that the nun war-
loaded , she stopped long enough to
pick it up and touch off the gun before
dashing away after her husband. That
was the last gun Avhich the American *
fired in Fort Clinton.
But the battle of Monmouth was Mol
ly's last. A few days later , on that
A'ery field of conflict , Avas born her only
son , John L. Hays. After the Avar Avas
over Molly and her husband Avent back
to her old home in Carlisle and lived
there Avith their son at the United
States barracks , built by the Hessians.
\vho Avere taken prisonerds at the battle
of Trenton. Here Molly cooked for the
soldiers and after the death of her hus
band she kept a little store in the
southeastern part of the toAvn , close by
the house in Avhich Maj. Andre had
been confined after his capture neai
Lake Chainplain. At the corner of East
North and North Bedford streets stand ?
the house Avhere Molly passed her de
dining years and Avhere she died.
In the old cemetery at Carlisle , Pa.
the citizens of Cumberland Countj
erected. July 4 , 1876 , a monument tc
Molly Pitcher , heroine of Monmouth.
ed , more irreclaimable , and mor
Avorthless than the man-made desert.1
of northern Wisconsin and Michigai
Avhere fire has followed the needles.
lumberman and spread a black anr
littered Avaste thousands of squarr
miles in extent , Avhere once grew i
splendid green forest of pine. One it
beautiful with the perfected grandeiu
into which nature molds even the mos'
unpromising material ; the other i ;
hideous , grotesque , pitifnl , a remindej
of the reckless Avastefulness of man.
The Task Impossible.
The committee waited upon the sue
cessful man.
' Your fame has preceded you , " the ?
said as he entered the room. IK
smiled serenely. "I am rather wel
kuoAvn. " he admitted , modestly.
"You have given names to sleeping
cars , IICAV cigars , health foods anc
games names that have pleased the
public and your patrons. "
The successful man bowed.
"Well , " said the spokesman , "w ?
have a new baby at our house , and we
have come to you to select a name
that Avill please her parents , sister ?
and brothers , grandparen'ts. cousins ,
uncles , aunts and friends of the family
and herself , later on. "
The successful man frowned sternly
"Sir , " he said , "I do not undertake
the impossible. " Cincinnati Commer
cial Tribune.
Bargain Glamour.
Edgar Well , Ethel , what did you
find at that Avonderful fire sale ?
Ethel Oh , Edgar , I got some lovely
silk stockings at 17 cents a pair ! There
is not a thing the matter with them ex
cept the feet are burned off.
A wash out on a railway line is one
thing and it is Qtfr'.e another on *
clothes line.
dfr
Mock Oysters of Green Corn.
A pint of grated corn , a cup of Hour ,
one egg , two ounces of butter , three
tablespoonfuls of milk , and salt and
pepper to taste. Mix well ami drop
from a spoon in oblong cakes to look
as ranch like oysters as possible into
hot butter fry brown on both sides.
Serve on a platter and garnish with
parsley. These may also be made of
canned corn by pressing it through a
colander with a potato masher to sep
arate the hulls from it.
Fried Sweetbreads.
Parboil and when cold dip them in
beaten egg and cracker crumbs , sprin
kle salt over them and fry in hot fat.
Take one tablespoouful of this fat ,
and then stir into it one table-
spoonful of flour , then set the
pan back a little and add gradually
one cupful of milk , stir until smooth.
Season with salt and pepper , a little
very finely chopped celery and cook
about two minutes. Pour over the
sweetbreads.
Creamed Fish.
Pick cold cooked fish to pieces and
remove all the bones. Make a cream
sauce with two tablespoonfuls of but
ter and flour , two cups of milk and a
dash of cayenne and one-half a tea-
spoonful of salt. Butter a pudding
dish , put in a layer of fish , a layer of
sauce , and continue until the dish is
full. Spread crumbs and bits of but
ter on top , and bake twenty minutes
in a hot oven.
Boiled Icinc.
One cup of granulated sugar , five
tablespoonfuls of boiling water , the
white of one.egg beaten to a stiff froth.
Put the sug r and water over the tire
and boil until it threads from the
spoon : then turn it into the beaten egg ,
beat briskly for a few minutes , flavor
with vanilla , lemon or almond , accord-
ins : to the cake. While the cake is
till warm , sprinkle with flour and
spread the icing on with a broad knife.
Cra ! > t'rrqiiettes.
Take the meat of boiled hard-h > ll
crabs , about one pound , and gently
press out the juice : add one tablespoon
fill of fine crumbs one-half a teaspoon
ful of salt , one-half a saitspoonful ol
pepper , the yolks of two esir and a
very little water. Form into croquette * ,
roll in crumbs , then in egir5 : , and then
in crumbs again , and fry in hot fat.
Tomato Beef.
Sprinkle small pieces of beef cut
from the remains of a roast , with salt ,
pepper and flour. Put a layer of meat
in a baking dish , over it put a layer
of canned tomatoes or sliced fresh to
matoes. Scatter bits of butter over it.
Cover with a layer of beef , then to
mato. Make the top layer of buttered
crumbs. Bake slowly for one hour.
Custard Corn Cake.
Two eggs , half cup sugar , one cup
sour milk , one cup sweet milk , one and
one-half cups Indian meal , half cup
flour , one teaspoon soda , salt. Pour
the mixture into a pan containing two
tablespoons melted butter , and pour
into the middle without stirring one
cup sweet milk. Bake in a hot oven
half an hour. Very nice.
Blueberry Cake.
Half a cup of butter beaten to n
cream with half a cup of sugar , one
cup of Porto Rico molasses , one cup of
thin sour cream or milk , three eggs ,
I he whites and yolks beaten separately ,
two cups of berries , 2 cups of flour ,
due teaspoonful of soda sifted with the
flour. Bake as soft gingerbread and
( serve hot.
Bread and Butter Pudding : .
Place six thin slices of buttered bread
in a dish. Beat three eggs in three gills
milk , adding sugar and nutmeg to
'taste ' , and pour over the bread. A few
well-washed currants or raisins may be
added if desired. Bake one hour in a
slow oven. Serve plain or with sauce
if desired.
Fruit Ice.
To one cup sugar add one cup cold
water , and boil until thick and stringy.
Remove and put in a cold place until
cool , then place on ice till ice-cold.
Have ready the fruit to be used-
peaches or berries crushed with a lit
tle sugar. Whip into the syrup and
freeze.
Farinose Cnstard.
Into one pint boiling milk , stir slow
ly one tablespoonful farinose , add one
and one-half tablespoons sugar and a
pinch of salt. After removing from fire
stir in two lightly beaten eggs ; ture
into wet molds. Serve with any sauce
desired.
Pea Salad.
Drain the liquid off a can of peas , add
a cupful of celery cut into dice , two
iiard-boiled eggs cut into slices , and
pour sufficient mayonnaise over the
mixture to moisten well. "What to Eat.
Potato gems are nice H you will add
tablespoon buVer , teaspoon salt , yolks
three eggs well beaten , and cupful milk
to cup warmed mashed potato ; pour
bver one and a half cupsful flour : beat
and mix in whites of the eggs , and two
and a half teaspoons baking powder ;
bake in quick oven in greased gem
pans twenty minutes.
Science has no record of the discov-
pry of mercury ; history knows noth
ing of its discovery.
ji swallow' I I { , < i > .
It has often been slated that CO
miles au hour was tho utmost rate
at which a swallow could lly. Re
cent epxeriments between C-itnpeisne
and Antwerp proves that a swallow
iu a hurry can cover 1 S1J rniels In
an hour.
A Benefit to Farmers.
The benefits that A\ill undoubtedly
result to farmers from the recent In
corporation of the International Har-
vester Company which took over the
business of the five leading harvester
manufacturers have probably not been
considered by a large portion of the
farming community.
The economical necessity of a consoli
dation of the interests of manufactur
ers and those of their farmer custo
mers must be apparent to any one Avho
understands the present situation.
The increased and increasing cost of
material , manufacturing and selling
the latter in consequence of extreme
and bitter competition between manu
facturers and their several selling
agents has made the business unprof
itable.
The two alternatives left for the
manufacturers Avere either the increas
ing of the prices of machines or the
reduction of the cost of manufacture
and sales. The latter could only be
accomplished by concentrating the
business in one company.
As can readily be seen , the forming
of the new company was not n stock
jobbing operation but a centering of
mutual interests. There Is no Avatered
stock ; the capitalization is conserva
tive and represented by actual and
tangible assets. There is no stock of
fered to the public , it having all been
subscribed and paid for by the manu
facturers and their associates.
The management of the International
Harvester Company is in the hands of
Avell-known , experienced men.
The officers are : President. Cyrus
II. McCormick ; Chairman Executive
Committee. Charles Deering ; Chairman
Finance Committee , George W. Per
kins ; Vice Presidents , Harold F. Mc
Cormick , James Deering , Win. H.
Jones and John J. Glessner : Secretary
and Treasurer , Richard F. Howe. The
members of the Board of Directors are
rs 3ollows : Cyrus Bentley. William
Deering , Charles Deering , James Deer-
intr , Eldridge M. Fowler , E. H. Gary.
John J. Glessner , Richard F. Howe ,
Abram M. Hyatt , William H. Jones ,
Cyrus II. McCormick. Harold F. Mc
Cormick , Georce W. Perkins , Norman
P. . Ream , Leslie N. Ward , Paul D. Cra-
vath.
The International Harvester Com
pany owns five of the largest harvester
plants in existence. The Champion.
IH'eriii-r. McCormick. Milwaukee and
IMino p'ants ' that have" be ° n produc-
in. : nearly or quite 00 per cent : of the
harvesting machines of the world.
It a No owns timber andoal lands ,
blast furnaces and a steel plant : it has
a new factory in the process of con
struction in Canada.
It is believed that the cost of pro-
duoinir grain , irrass and corn harvest
ing machines Avill be so reduced that
the present low prices can be contin
ued , and that consequently the results
cannot be otherwise than beneficial to
the farmer. To maintain the present
prices of these machines means to con
tinue and increase the development of
the agriculture of the world , for no one
cause has contributed or can contribute
more to this development than the
cheapness of machines for harvesting
grains.
A Klch Find.
The richest gold and silver strike
ever made in the famous Parral dis
trict in Mexico has been made in the
San Juanica propeily of the Hidalgo
Mining Company. At a dcp ' of 200
feet an independent and t red
vein was discovered carrjj , , Oi ) a
ton in gold and silver.
Do Your Feet Acne and Burn ?
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foofc-
Ease , a powder for the feet. It make *
ticht or New Shoes feel Easy. ( Jnre
Corns. Bunions , Swollen , Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists unl
Shoe Stores , 2. > c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olm0'0' ' LeRoy. N. Y.
The hide of a cow produces aboufc
thirty-five pounds of leather ; that o *
a horse , about.eighteen pounds.
The Uile mud , which renders
Egypt a habitable country , is said to
hear a striking resemblance to that
which every season is brought down
by the Missouri.
Lewis and . Clarke county in Mon
tana , shows a gian of over $200,000
over last years assessment. The to
tal valuation of the county , exclusive
of the railroads , is 815,897,687 of
which 810,889,025 is real and 55,007-
662 personal. "
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