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W. L Douglas choos are the standard of theworjd. .
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year Welt ( Hand Seiied Proccis ) Miocs In { he firi > t
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SORE THROAT
ALL DRUGGISTS SELL It
Had Been to a Circus ,
ID a small school an inspector was
examing a class in geography. He
had failed to puzzle the bright young
sters , and in despair demanded at
last to know what is the equator ?
There was a momentary pause , and
the inspector smiled triumphantly.
.But the smile had haidly got to its
widest limits when a fierce looking
boy with a shock of tangled hair
growled out the answer "The { qua-
tor" said he , "is a menagarie lion
running round the earth. "
A shrewd electioneering plan * J
adopted by a Kansas candidate foi1
county office. In I ! s rounds he takeg
with him in bis buggy a competent
plowman. When he hails a farmer in
the field the plowman takes the plow
or cultivator and the work goes right
on , while the farmer stands in the
shade of the hedge row and content
edly listens to the tale the candidate
tells.
A Catch in the Back.
Grand View , Iowa , Sept. 29th. Mrs.
Lydla Parker , of this place , says :
"I was troubled with backache all the
time for years. When I would stoop
over a catch would take ine in the back
and I could not straighten up for some
time.
"I tried everything I could think of
but got no relief till I sent and got
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"I used one box and part of another
before the trouble all left me , but now
I am well and strong and I have not
boon troubled with my back for some
months.
" 1 believe my cure is a permanent one
and I am very grateful indeed to Dodd's
KidnejPills for what they have done
for me.
"I would most heartily recommend
them to anyone suffering with lame
back , for I believe they will cure any
case of this kind. "
Milwaukee has a bowling club four
of whose members weigh 1,000
pounds.
A lovely breakfast is quickly prepared
from Mrs. Austin's Pancake flour.
The total value of Canada's miner
al products iu 1900 reached over $63-
000,000 , or $12 a head of the popula
tion.
Mrs. Austin's Pancake flour makes lorely
brown cakes. Ready in a jiffy.
The chole.M in Egypt is decreasing.
The latest statisics give 793 as the
total number of cases. There has
been 647 deaths.
Mrs. Austin's famous Pancake flour IB In
town fresh and delicious as ever.
There are 10,000 rural routes in op
eration today and 10,192 petitions un
der consideration.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are ]
fast to light and washing.
Irish orochet lace of tine quality
makes a dainty but expensive sepa
rate waist.
HALL'S CATARRH CURE
is taken internally. Price 75 cents.
Swisses , pin diotted in white , are ;
preferred to those showing dots in
color.
j
Bad blood and indigestion are dead
ly enemies to good health. Burdock
Blood Bitters destroys them.
White buckskin shoes are consid
ered the correct style to wear with
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white costumes.
Don't forget a large 2-oz. package Red Cros
Ball Blue only 5 cents. The Russ Company , \
Sonth Bend , Ind. c
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' 'Wasn't it ' '
a terrifying experience ,
asked his friend , "when you lost .
your foothold and went sliding down oI
the mountain side ? " "It was excit s
ing , but extremely interesting , " saidj t :
the college professor. "I could not t :
help noticing all the way down , with t :
what absolute accuracy I was fol t :
lowing along toe line of least resist s
ance. " Chicago Tribnne. f
Austria's military police force are
now provided with cork helmets.
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IRRITATIONS OF THE SKIN , RASHES ,
FOR Perspiration , Lameness , and Soreness incidental
to Canoeing , Riding , Cycling , Tennis , or any Athletics ,
* no other application so soothing , cooling , and refreshing as kf
a bath with CUTICURA SOAP , followed by gentle anointings ko
with CUTICURA , the Great Skin Cure. a
Millions of Women use CUTICURA SOAP for preserving , purifying , and
beautifying the skin for cleansing the scalp of crusts , scales , and dandruff , rio
and the stopping of falling hair , Tor softening , whitening , and soothing red , ritl
rough , and sore hands , for baby rashes and cbafings.ln the form of baths
for annoying Irritations and inflammations of women , or too free or offen tlt
sive perspiration , in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses , and many t !
sanative , antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves , as well as
for all the purposes of the toilet , bath , and nursery. CUTICURA SOAP 1 (
combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA , the great
skin cure , with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of Pa
flower odours. Nothing can induce those who have once used these great Pli
skin purifiers and beaulifieVs to use any others. li
Sold throughout the world. British Depot : F. NEWBMV & SONS. 37 , Charterhouse '
Sq. , London , E. C. POTTER DRUG AND CHBU. Com ? . , Sote Props. , Boston , U. S. A. 'ilt
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How to Roll Barbed Wire.
The illustration shows a home-made
device for rolling barbed wire which
will work well and enable one to han
dle the wire without trouble. Use any
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sort of a small barrel and nail the
ends in tight and see that all hoops
are securely fastened on. On the cen
ter of each end or head nail a block of
wood thick enough to be above the
level of the edges of chimes. Through
this bore a hole into the barrel. Make
handles of material an inch thick , two
Inches wido and live feet long. Take
in iron rod , pass it through the ends
FOR ROLLING BARBED WIRE.
of the handles and through the bar
rel , as shown in the cut , fastening at
the endswith a nut. Nail a piece of
board across the handles , or use iron
bars , if possible , to stiffen the handles ,
and the machine is complete. Stretch
the wire out on the ground , fasten one
end to the barrel and then simply roll
the barrel over thewire until the lat
ter is wound around the barrel.
Hay in Ronnd Bales.
The cylindrical bale has become very
popular for hay and cotton , and many
shippers are discarding their old
presses to get one that will press It in
this form. The standard bale is eight-
sen inches in diameter and thirty-six
inches long. The pressure used in
packing for home use puts about two
hundred pounds in such a bale , but
svhen intended for export they use
higher pressure and get in about 275
pounds. A bale put up for army use
Is but half as long , or eighteen Inches ,
iind weigs about 140 pounds. It is cal
culated that a good pack horse or mule
will travel with one of these on each
side , and they can go where the army
tvagons could not. Thousands of tons
) f these round bales have been shipped
o our army in the Philippines , and a
arge amount to the British army in
South Africa. In this form a given
weight of hay is compressed into about
) ne-half the space that it occupied in
he square bale , and the fact that it
Iocs not pack as closely in car or ves
sel , there being spaces between the
sales , which prevents moulding , pre
serves the sweetness of the hay , and
he close pressure in the bale reduces
he combustibility. For cotton many of
he same advantages are claimed for
he round bale , that is , getting more in
small space and reducing the danger
Tom fire. American Cultivator.
Cutting Potatoes for Seed.
Here are some outline drawings
showing how to cut potatoes for seed ,
n the first case the potato is cut in
wo pieces ; in the second and third , in
hree and four respectively. By cut-
ing potatoes as indicated 'about ten
POTATOES CUT FOR SEED.
> ushels of seed are required per acre ,
tucb. of the success with the crop de-
ends on starting right. With a good
trong growth at the start the battle
3 half won. The other half of the
Battle may be won by proper spraying
nd tillage.
The Strawberry Pests. .
The most objection to continuing to
: eep the strawberry bed in one place
or several years is not the exhaustion
f the soil , because the fertility can be
n
pplied. It is not the matting of the f
ow , because after runners have put t
ut into the paths between them , If
hey are worked mellow and enriched ,
he old row of plants can be cut out , :
caving the path there , and the new
lants can be thinned , if too abundant ,
nd the weeds can be taken out , but
:
asect pests are so numerous now that
v. may be easier to set a new bed than
o try to kill them. There are more :
ban a dozen that are well known , and
he root borer , crown borer , stalk borer ,
af rollers , cutworms and grubs are
robably those which do the most dara-
ge. Nearly every ome of these can be ;
sund in the soil as eggs , larvae or pupa
oon after the fruit is picked , and
rhen any of them have been especially >
roublesome , we would advise the set-
Ing a new bed at some distance from
he old one , and plowing up the old
ed In August , which will destroy most
f them. If any plants are taken from
the old bed to set in the new one , wash
all soil from their roots before they are
set , to prevent carrying the pest to
the new bed , and reject all that are
not strong and vigorous. American
Cultivator.
Our Farmer Aristocrats.
Tales of sudden wealth are quite com
mon in the famous Kansas and Okla-
homa wheat belt ; fine houses , modern
in every appointment , are the rule
rubber-tired buggies and automobiles
are nothing to attract attention. In cer
tain communities even the farmer has
grown metropolitan to the extent of
building an opera house on a school lot
and securing some of the best attrac
tions in the theatrical line. It was not
until the present winter that Wichita
could afford a guarantee for certain
notable singers. Among those occupy
ing front seats were well-known wheat-
growers. Farmers' daughters and
farmers' sons form a goodly part of the
Kansas society element , while piano
salesmen look to them for their quick
deals. It is nothing uncommon for a
farmer to come to town and buy two
or three rubber-tired buggies , or even
to place an order for an automobile.
Mr. D. W. Elaine , a rich farmer of
Pratt County , superintends all his har
vesting in an automobile. Many oth
ers are equally plutocratic.
One of the richest farmers in the Kan
sas wheat belt is John T. Stewart , who
came to the State five years ago. He
borrowed § 50 from a friend , rented a
quarter section of land in Sumner
County and began work. To-day he is
worth $2,000,000 , and his income from
wheat in 1901 was $64,000. He is known
as the wheat king of Kansas. There
are twenty-three millionaires in Kan
sas , fifteen of whom are farmers living
on farms and running them as an in
vestment. Perhaps they have not all
of their fortune invested in land , but a
goodly portion of it is. Solomon Bes-
ley , of Wellington , placed § 31,000 in
wheat land last year and realized 30
per cent on his investment , or ten times
as much as he receives from money
loaned in Illinois. Ainslee's Magazine
Snowahoes for Horses.
Over the light crust that form on
the snow In the dense forests and
deep gulches of Northern Idaho the
horses of the win
ter mall carriers
make their way
on snow shoes ,
and wooden snow
shoes at that.
These shoes are
made with a dou
ble thickness of
inch boards , the
whole about 20
SNOWSIIOES.mcnes long ana
14 wide. An in
dention to fit the horse's foot is brand
ed in with a hot horse shoe , and an
Iron clamp , secured by a screw bolt ,
holds it over the hoof.
Alfalfa on Sandy Soil.
The claim that alfalfa will not thrive
on sandy soil is not borne out by ex
periment. Col. B. W. Richards , secre
tary of the Laurel Hill Cemetery Com
pany , who has a farm at Hammouton ,
X. J. , has grown alfalfa for several
years , and on a plot consisting of white
sand. The plot was seeded in August ,
1898 , and another later. As many as
four or five cuttings are secured every
season , and from two to three tons of
hay per acre are cured. Manure is
spread over the land every fall and
lime ( mostly from burnt oyster shells )
is broadcasted. The land has become
very productive , and more animals
were necessary in order to consume the
hay produced. The experiment 's a
valuable one , as it demonstrates what
ean be done with alfalfa on the lightest
kind of sand. Philadelphia Record.
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In Favor of Sheep.
It is sometimes asserted that cattle
ind sheep require the same amount
:
) f feed per 1,000 pounds of live weight ,
iccording to Prof. Curtiss. This state-
nent seems not to be well founded ,
[ n some experiments at the Iowa sta
tion the cattle consumed 19.6 pounds
3f dry matter per 1,000 pounds of live
weight against an average of 29.7 by :
the sheep. Both cattle and sheep were
an full feed. The sheep made a daily
? ain of 3.73 pounds per 1,000 pounds
) f live weight and the cattle 2.14. In
summing up this comparison we find )
rhat while the sheep ate 48 per cent
nore than the cattle they gained near-
y 75 per cent more.
Topdressing Winter Wheat.
In some sections of the country it is
i practice to top dress the wheat in the
fall , and this regardless of the quan-
rity of fertilizer applied to the field !
aefore seeding. This is an excellent
dan and should be more generally prac-
iced. The Idea is to apply this top
Iressing immediately after seeding , us-
ng a manure spreader arranged so that
he manure will be scattered evenly
sut quite thin. Durlifg the winter thq
itrength of the manure Is washed down
o the roots of the plants while the
coarser portion acts as a mulch. <
Feed Bulky Food.
Growing animals need bulky food to
pep the stomach distended ? Whey
Deeding illustrates the point to an ex-
reme. One hundred pounds contain
nly about seven pounds of solids. The
mimal therefore must drink and void *
line-three pounds of water to get the
ieven pounds dry matter. While not
in ideal food , the growth obtained l
lerves to show a demand for bulk.
French Rolls.
Two quarts of sifted flour , a pint of
warm milk , half a cup of butter melted
in the milk , a quarter of a cup of su
gar , three or four eggs beaten light , a
little salt , a half cake of compressed
yeast dissolved in a little warm milk.
Make a batter of the milk and Hour ,
add the eggs and sugar , beat hard for
fifteen minutes. Cover the pan and
set to rise over night if for luncheon ,
in the morning if for tea. Knead them
well , but do not add any more flour
Make theminto shape , and let them
rise again until light. Hake about
fifteen minutes in a quick oven. For
buns add cinnamon. Sift the Hour bo-
fore measuring , and measure lightly.
Cream Filling for Chocolate Cake.
For a delightful chocolate creme till
ing for layer cake try the following :
One and a quarter squares of choco
late , one cupful of sugar , three-quar
ters of a cupful of Hour , one-eighth of
a teaspoouful of salt , two cupfuls of
milk , two eggs and a teaspoonful of
vanilla. Melt the chocolate in a double
boiler ; mix the sugar and Hour , salt
and milk , and add the two eggs slight
ly beaten. Gook the mixture fifteen
minutes in a double boiler , then add
the chocolate and one teaspoonful of
vanilla. When cold , spread between
the layers of cake.
Stiifled Peppers.
Take three green peppers , wash them ,
then put them in hot grease and blanch
until tender. Remove from the fire
and again wipe the skins with a cloth.
Cut off the tops and take out the seeds.
Take one ounce of butter , chop up a
few shallots and fry in the butter , add
ing a few chopped mushrooms. Sea
son with tomato puree , thickened with
bread crumbs , and put this filling into
the peppers. Place on the dish and
serve with bechamel sauce.
Fudge.
Two cups of granulated sugar , half
a cup of milk , a piece of butter a little
larger than an egg , a little salt , and
seven teaspoonfuls of Baker's cocoa.
Boil twelve minutes. Add three tea- .
spoons of vanilla , and stir for three
c
ailnutes. Remove from the fire. Pour ,
caramel thickness , into buttered tins. c
When partially cold , mark off in
squares.
The Wash Boiler.
Many people complain that the boiler
rusts and iron molds the clothes. This
may be entirely prevented by rubbing
the boiler well with any good kitchen
soap immediately after emptying it and
while it is warm. Give it a liberal coat-
ng , remembering the soap is not wast
ed , as it all goes into and helps the
Srst filling the the boiler next washing
Frozen Raspberries.
Two quarts of raspberries , one pint of
sugar and one quart of water. Boil the
water and sugar together fifteen min-
ates. add the berries and cook fifteen
oiinutes longer. When cold add the
uice of three lemons and freeze. When c
he beater is taken out add one pint of
whipped cream.
Hamburg : Steak.
Two pounds of the round of beef
chopped very fine ; press it into a flat
rteak , sprinkle with salt and pepper
ind a little onion juice ; flour it light-
y and broil the same as beefsteak.
Make a brown gravy with a little soup
stock ; thicken with flour.
Brief Hints.
Carry a lighted match with the light
ed end from you to keep it from going
nitTo
To set the dye in cotton stockings
lut a good handful of common salt in
he washing water.
Iron the silk fronts of embroidered
stockings with a warm iron to make .
hem bright and shiny.
To polish fretwork first rub it over
viih sandstone , then dip a cloth in lin- . ,
[
reed oil and rub the wood well with it.
:
When ripping up the seams of an .
rid skirt , if the ripping is started from
he bottom , the goods are much less
ikely to tear at the edges.
A little pipeclay dissolved in the [
vater employed in washing clothes will V
astly improve their color and will A
rove a great saving of time , trouble
nd soap.
I
Keep all hooks and eyes and buttons
irmly sewed on , thus avoiding the trde
emptation to use pins and saving the
vear on your skirt bands. Nothing
vears and tears out bands so quickly
s pinning.
An admirable idea for cramped bed-
ooms is to have a long mirror set in 1
he closet door ; extra hooks on the oth-
r side and a skirt hanger or so never
ome amiss , and a bag below them for
oots and slippers is very desirable.
To clean wood tables and shelves use
his mixture : Half a pound each of soft
oap and sand and a quarter of
pound of lime. Mix and apply with a
crubbing brush. Rinse with plentyK
f clean water and when dry the wood
vill be spotlessly white.
The cleaning of windows may be
reatly facilitated by first dusting them
rith whiting. Sew up some whiting N.
a small linen bag and rub the whole
rindow and ledges , Rub this off with a
ough doth and polish with chamois.
Another plan is to rub the glass with
chamois , dampened with wniting , and
olish with soft cloths.
ST. JACOBS
POSITIVELY CURES
Rheumatism
Neuralgia
Backache
Headache
Feetache
All Bodily Aches
AND
CONQUERS
PAIN.
Canadian Government
The Canadian government has ap
propriated $10,000 to build a barberl
wire fence along the boundary be
tween Montana and the Dominion ,
extending from St. Mary's lake to
the Sweet Grass hills
Loud-speaking telephones have
been fitted in all the lire brigade sta
tions at Hamburg.
A letter exchange has been opened
in Antwerp , under the control of the
City Council , to enable working peo
ple of both sexes to secure employ
ment.
A little life may be sacrificed to a
sudden attack of croup if you don't
have Dr. Thomas' Eclectic OiJ on
hand for the emergency. . , „ .
In the Oldroyd Lincoln museum in
Washington one of the interesting
relics is the Bible which wa used by
Abraham Lincoln's mother. This
volume came from the press in 17G9.
Plao's Cure for Consumption promptly
relieves my little 5-year-old sister of
croup. Miss L. A. Pearce , 23 Pilling
street. Brooklyn. N. Y. . Oct. 2 , 1901.
New coal fields which have been
opened up in Poland may , it is stated ,
lead to Warsaw developing into one
of the foremost manufacturing cities
of Europe.
Use the famous Red Cross Ball Bine. Large
2-oz. paekage 5 cents. The Rusa Company
South Bend , Ind.
Thomas Lewis Li-
, a 25-year-old -
berian negro , is studiyng medicine
and surgery in the Emergency hospit
al at Detroit , Mich. He came here'
from Philadelphia , and says his fath
er is chief of a tribe in Africa.
Sciatch , scratch , scratch ; unable
to attend to business during the day
or sleep during the night. Itching
piles , horrible plague. Doan's Oint
ment cures. " " Kever fails. At any
drug store , 50 cents.
The separate skirt is now to be had
in smart effects in pongee , both in
natural color and pastel tints.
Mrs. Winslow'f SOOTHINCJ sVROP for children
tethingEoftens the jfumt , reduces iiiflamation
allays paincures wind colic. 25c buttle.
Great veins of ore containing from
50 to 60 per cent of iron have been
discovered in the neighborhood of
Vadso , Norway.
Don't delay a minute. Cholera in-
fantum , dysentary , diarrhoea come
suddenly. Only safe plan is to have
Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw
berry always on hand.
But few people are aware that
there are in Montana some of the
finest glaciers in the world.
A Dlague of rats prevails in Lis
bon , the capital of Portugal. They !
aave taken possession of most of the-
residences. To exterminate them ,
he doctors have inoculated some of
he rats with an infectious viristi
Darmless to man , and have released-
shem.
Dr. N. C. Morse , president of the ;
owa Association of Railway Sur
geons , is the heaviest physician in.
America , weighing 325 pounds. ,
CITC Permanently Cured Xo flts or nervonJ > nes
I I O after first day's ue of Dr. Kline's Great
ferve Restorer. Send for FRtE 2.00 tria 1 bottle and
reatiea. IR. R. H. KLINK , M. D. v.51 Arch St. . Phila-
lelphia , Pa.
ELY'S LIQUID CREAM Balm
IB prepared for sufferers from
nasal catarrh who use aa
atomizer In spraying the dis
eased membfanes. All tha
healinp and soothing proper
ties of Cream Balm are retain
ed in the new preparation. It
does not dry up the secretions ;
price.includipg spraying tube
73c. At druggists or Ely Bros. ,
50 Warren St. , N. Y. , mail it
stamped C C C Never sold In bulk.
of the dealer who tries to
n * iiist at tfood. "
. N. U. NO. 739-40. YORK , NEB