THE MM AND WOMEN Who Enjoy the Choicest Products of the World's Commerce. Knowledge of What ! Best More Im portant Than AVealth With out It. It must be apparent to every one that qualities of the highest order are neces sary to enable the best of the products of modern commerce to attain permanently to universal acceptance. However loudly heralded , they may not hope for world-wide preeminence unless they meet with the general approval , not of individuals only , but of the many who have the happy faculty of selecting , enjoying and learn ing the real.worth of the choicest prod R ucts. Their commendation , consequently , becomes Important to others , since to meet the requirements of the well in formed of all countries the method of manufacture must be of the most per fect order and the combination the most excellent of its kind. The above is true "Viol of food products only , but is espe- lit jclally applicable to medicinal agents and Rafter nearly a quarler of a century of growth and general use the excellent 'remedy. Syrup of Figs , is everywhere accepted , throughout the world , as the foest of family laxatives. Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the laxative and carmin ative principles of plants known to act most beneficially on the system and pre sented In the form of a pleasant and re freshing liquid , but also to the method of manufacture of the California Fig Syrup Co. , which ensures that uniformi ty and purity essential in a remedy in I' tended for family use. Ask any physi cian who is well informed and Jie will answer at once that it is an excellent laxative. If at all eminent in his pro fession and has made a special study of laxatives and their effects upon the sys tem he will tell you that it is the best of family laxatives , because it is sim ple and wholesome and cleanses and sweetens the system effectually , when a laxative is needed , without any un pleasant after-effects. Every well-in formed druggist of reputable standing Icnows that Syrup of Figs is an excel lent laxative "and is glad to sell it , at the regular price of fifty cents per bottle tle , because it gives general satisfac tion , but one should remember that in order to get the beneficial effects of Syrup of Figs it is necessary to buy the genuine , which Is sold in original pack ages only ; the name of the remedy- Syrup of Figs and also the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the front of every package. Beardless Barley IB prodigally p roll He , I Sleldlng for Mr. J.E. Wells , I rleansCo.N.Y.,121bu.per acre. Does wel 1 ev'rrwh're j 20th Century Oats The oat marvel.producln g I 200 to 800 bus. per acre. | The IT. S. A ? . Department calls Salzer's Seed Oats the 1 best. That Payg. Golden Gate Corn. , ( KewSOO bushels per acre ; 'truly a wonderful variety. | Macaroni Wheat. . Greatest wheat on earth L for arid , dry , hot soils I yields 63 bus. per acre. Introduced - [ troduced by U. 8. Dept. of I I Agriculture. It's a. wonder , j Speltz. Greatest cereal food on I earth SO bus. train and 4 I tons magnificent hay per j acre. That Payg. Victoria Rape , > 'makes it possible to prow hogs , sheep and cattle at a cost of but Ic alb. Mar-1 | velously prolific , does well everywhere. That Pays. [ Bromus Snermls ? thls and Billion Dollar ; Grass are the two mort J wonderful grasses of the 9 century. BKOJttTJB pro ' duces 8 tons and Billion 5 ) Grass 18 tons ol hey and lots ana lota of pasturage .besides , per acre Grows Fwherever fcoll is found. Potatoes. S2.5O and tip a barrel. f 1,000.000bus. eleganteed. sio.oo for ( Oc. We-wUayou to try our igrrat farm seeds , hence 'offer to send 10 farm seed earn pi es , Macaroni Wheat , Teosinte , Rape. Giant Clover , Bpeltz. etc. , ( worth 810 to get a start ) with our greatcatalo&for lOc postage. W ESTERN CANADA Grain Growing. Mixed Farming. THE REASON WHY more wheat is grown in Western I Canada in u few short months , it | because vegetation grows in pro- ! pcrtion to the sunlight. There- j fore 62 pounds per bushel is us fail I astandardnsCO pounds iuthoEast Area under crop In 1Ve tern Canada , 1902 l,987iSSO ucrc * . Tieldv 1902 117,922,754 bu. Free Homcateod * of 1 GO Acre * Plentiful , the only Charge being 10 for entry. Abundance of witter and fuel , cheap building material , good grass for pasture and nay , afertilesoil. a sufficient rainfall and a clim.it * S1 SV nnuossur (1 and adequate season of growth. , bend , to the following for on Atlas and other litera ture , aad also for certificate giving yon reduced freight and passanRer rates , etc. . etc. : The Super. Int nd nt of Immigration. Ottawa , Canada , or to WJV. Bennett , 801 New York Life Bldg. , Omaha. Kab. , the authorized Canadian Government Agent. JSTMSebraska Lin Over 2,000,000 people are now buy ing goods from us at wholesale prices saving 15 to 40 percent on every thing they use. You can do it too. Why not ask us to send you our 1,600- page catalogue ? it tells the story. Send 15 cents for it today. CHICAGO The house that tells the truth. f SOLID FACTS ! ALL WEARERS OF THE ORIGINAL OILEP CLOTHING ( MXX OA YELLOW ) SAY IT THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND SAY IT EMPHATICALLY ! A. J TOWER CO , BOSTON. MASS , U.S.A. 105 TOWBR CANADIAN.COlnX < t TORONTO , CAK Umversallu Accepted The Best , - Familu Laxative SYRUP OF FIGS 15 Recommended bu Manu Millions of fie % ' - " ; VV o . < ' ' ? ' ' < ' The Well-informed - : * vft-r . \ Throughout the World- Manufactured bu San Francisco , Cal. Louisville , K - . New YorK. N. Y. 2-05 SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE. Effect f Newspapers on Fiction. There is a story told of a newspaper correspondent who telegraphed his editor as follows : "Have column story on so-and-so. Shall I send it ? " The elitor , mindful of the value of space , wired back : "Send six hun dred words. " In a few hours he re ceived another message from the anxious correspondent , reading : "Can't be told in less than twelve hndred. " The editor promptly tele graphed back : "Story of creation of the world told in six hundred. Try it. " And in due time the corre spondent sent in his story written within the prescribed limits. The condensation of language in the news papers of our time has undoubtedly had a reactionary effect on our liter ature. Our novelists no longer in dulge in the elegant efforescense of two chapters in a book where one can take its place , and even the leisurely introductory pages of Scott , fine as they are , would not be read in a novelist of today , unless , indeed , another Scott should arise. While splitting rails the other day our leading poet severely sprained both his hands , and now he cannot lift a glass of "moonshine" to his lips without assistance. A Maine farmer , after witnessing a football game at Brunswick , was asked liow he liked the contest. This was his answer : "Just let twenty big hogs out on a soft field any day , and then throw down a peck or so of corn in a sack , and see 'urn go for it , and you'll know what a game of foot ball looks like to a farmer. ' ' Music may be the food of love , but love also manages to find room for large quantities of ice cream and bon- bons. Some people might think that Mrs. Anna Thornton , of Louisville , Ky , . is a widow in luck. She draws four pensions from the government as the widow of four soldiers who served in the War of the Eebellion. ] tfo fraud is charged against her , as each pen sion was granted in accordance with law. Mrs Stanislaw Spyholski , of Tole do , Ohio , when sixteen years of age , gave birth to twins. Three years later she had triplets. The following year she had a single child. A few weeks ago , at the age of twenty-two she gave birth t9 four children. Her record is ten children in six years. He Went West and Frosperea. FreeJand. Kan. , March 9. One of the inx3t prosperous farmers in Har per Ccnoty it Mr. N. H. Mead. Some thirty-- yea ts ago he left his home near Clarence , J. Y. , and came to Kan sas. Here he has thrived splendidly and last year harvested over one hun dred and forty acres of wheat alone. But everything has not gone well with Mr. Mead , for his health has not heen good for the last few years. He has suffered a great deal with Kidney and Bladder Trouble and could get nothing to stop it Lately , however , he has improved a great deal and be says that he has none of the old symp toms left and is feeling splendid again. He used Dodd's Kidney Pills and this remedy seemed to work won ders in his case. He says himself : "Dodd's Kidney Pills have made me well. They are all right and a reliable remedy for Kidney Trouble. They helped me right from the start , giving me great relief , and finally cured me. " Care ot the Feet. Many people abuse their feet by confining them in cramped and ill fitting shoes. We talk learnedly of the necessity for ventilation , and then we encase the feet in air tight coverings , and expect them to bear up the weight of our bodies all day long without a grumble. Or we take pains to have our shoes long enough , and then put on socks or stockings half an inch too short , and wonder where the corns come from. Almost as necessary as the proper sheas is the proper toilet. At least morning and night the feet should be bathed and then manipulated to keep them smooth and supple. Stockings should be changed very frequently , because the feet , owing to their con finement and the hard work they are called upon to do , are nearly always perspiring. The same pair of shoes should not be worn two days in suc cession. It is an easy matter to have two pairs in use on alternate days , and is excellent economy besides , as it gives the shoes a chance to become perfectly dryand consequently they keep in better shape and last longer. Basle has the only zoological gar den in Switzerland. England experienced the coldesi May in 60 years. Belgium's population by the liUl ) census is 6,799,999. Warsaw. Eussia. is going to have a statue of Chopin. Italy makes eight millions a year cut of foreign visitors. There are about 10.000 murders a year in the United States. What a boom it would be for milli ners should women ever break into politics and bet hats on the elections ! A London publicationin comment ing upon technical diseases , asserts that the two most prevalent literary maladies are writer's cramp and swelled head. The unfortunate thing about writer's cramp is that it is never cured The unfortunate thing about swelled head is that it never kills. How ? By soothing and subdulne the pain , that's the way St Jacobs Oil Cures Neuralgia Price , 2Sc. and 50c. \ SHSH a ? ' * ' ! HAVE A PLAQUE OP BEARS. Why Didn't the President Go to Yel lowstone Park to Hunt Them ? When President Roosevelt appreci ates the real significance of the annual report of Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock that part of it relating to the plague of bears in Yellowstone Park it is possible that there will be a scene between the cabinet officer and his chief. It is considered downright queer in official circles that the Secre tary of the Interior should allow the President to go bear hunting awa.v down in Mississippi , where the bears run from strangers , when right out in the Government's own domain the bears are so tame they will take pie out of the hand. If Mr. Hitchcock is seen looking pale and distraught within the next few days it ivill be known that the Presi dent's eye has lighted on those fetch ing paragraphs in which the facts about the Yellowstone Park bears are told , says the New York World : "The bears have increased in num bers and continue to be a great source of interest to tourists , as thejr can bo Been at any time during the season around the garbage piles at the various hotels and camps. They are perfectly harmless as long as they are let alone , but if fed and petted they lose all fear of human beings and are liable to do considerable damage to property at the hotels and camp kitchens , and are also liable to frighten tourists by following them with the expectation of being fed. The black and brown bears are the most friendly and consequently give the most trouble. Three of them became such a nuisance during the past sum mer that it became necessary to have them killed. "It is difficult to make some of the tourists in the park realize that the bears are wild and that it is dangerous to trifle -with them. The possibility of injury to some one was anticipated , and on Aug. 8 , 1902 , a circular was issued by the acting superintendent of the park and posted at all the hotels and permanent camps absolutely prohibit ing the interference with or molesta tion of bears or any other wild ani mals in the park , and also forbidding any one to feed them except at the reg ular garbage piles. "A violation of the instructions con tained in this circular' resulted in the serious injury of a tourist from Hart. Mich. Since this accident barriers have been put up at all of the garbage piles , and signs indicating danger of approaching preaching too near the bears have been oosted. " Had Strange Delusion. Initiation pranks of a secret societj almost caused the death of William Dorkin of 131 South Twenty-Fourth street , who had a most thrilling expe rience early yesterday morning after being made a member of oneof these orgnaizations. Being a newly elected member , Dor- kin was put through the ordeals. Ac cording to him , a large balloon was at tached to his shoulders and he was put in a room Avith a high ceiling. The rope attached to the balloon was cut lo"S ? , and Dorkin was carried to the ceiling time and again. Dorkin afterward loft the hall , which is situated near Thirty-ninth and Mar ket streets , and started alone for home. After walking some distance he was seized AVith the idea that the balloon Avas still attached to him and AATas car rying him high into the air. He start ed on a run across Walnut street br'diro. and Avhen he reached the centis lie jumped upon the railing and fell over board. The crew of the police tug King. Avhich Avas anchored a feAV yards away , hoard the splash and saw Dorkin strug gling in the Avater. Deck Hand Dever . - ft out in a ho-it ruid ITKM * d Dorkin , v.-lio ' , vi ; romovi-.l to the Polyclinic IL.si "u 1. Philadelphia Inquirer. i < i a JLitiie "My Avord , Fitxnoodle. " said a Avai olfice clerk to a colleague Avho sat at the next desk , "just look at that work man on the roof of that building over the Avay. " "What's the matter Avith him ? " in quired Fitz , glancing through the AVIII- doAV at the individual indicated. "Matter , " retorted the other , "why , IAe been AA'atching that lazy beggar for the last tAventy-five minutes and he hasn't done a stroke of Avork all the time. " At the precise moment at which the abOAe conversation .occurred a British workingman was addressing his "mate. " "S'y. Bill , " he remarked in a tone of deep disgust , "d'ye see that 'ere loatin' Avar offis clurk in that room doAvn there ? S'help me , if Hi ain't bin a-Avatchin' 'im fur nigh on arf a heAver , an' the bloomer's done uothin' but stare hout 6' the * Avinder the 'ole blessed tyme. That's the sort o' chap as we pys taxes ter keep ! " London Express. Pined. 1'or Laughing. One of the leaders in the movement for the amelioration of the conditions of working women tells a rather inter esting story of North country factories. In one factory a bed was always kept ready in case of accident ; another was known to the medical students by the name of "the slaughter house ; " and in another was found a standing rule of a fine for every employe who presumed to laugh in work hours. Under the conditions which prevailed in the fac tory , the investigator was not sur prised to find that the penalty was sel dom imposed. Where She Failed. "I dou't think much of Venus , any way. " "Too immodest ? " "Oh , it isn't that ; but she didn't bring up Cupid to have a proper re spect for parental authority. " OF THE 1 PRESIDENT rilLLtl ! JEWELERS' ASSOCIATION Threaten With Loss of Hearing , Smell and Sight From . .1 yr-v-'i ' - * " } the Ravages of Catarrh. Pe-ru-na Cured Him. "I reel Like a Yoono Man Again. " J-W- Fuller. GREAT many remedies to A temporarily relieve catarrh have been devised from time to time , such as sprays , Snuffs , creams and other local applications , but , as a rule , the medical profession has little or no enthu iasin in the treatment of catarrh. It is generally pronounced by them to be incurable. It therefore created a great sensation in medical circles when Dr. Iltivtman announced that he had devised a com pound which would cure catarrli per manently. The remedy was named Peruna and in , a short time bee ' .me known to thousands > of catarrh sufferers north , south , east aHd west. Letters testifying to the fact that Pe runa is a radical cure for catarrh began to pour in from all directions. Thousands of such letters are on file In the oflice of The Peruna Medicine Co. Rev. B. Stubenvoll , Pella , Wis. , writes : "I feel obliged to extend you rny personal thanks for my complete res toration. All thr.ough the winter I suf fered from throat and' lung trouble , but recovered my entire health by the use of your excellent remedy. I'enma. " The following letter from a prominent gentleman of Los Angeles is a case in point : Mr. J. W. Fuller , President of the Jewelers' Association of Los Angeles ? , Cal. , has been in business in that city for seventeen years out of the forty-live that he has been engaged in business. Concerning his experience with 1'eriuia he fays : Put Up in Collapsible Tubes. A Substitute for nd'Superior to Mustard or any other plast-r , ana will not tilister tin- most delicate skin. The pain allaying and cun.tive qualities , of this article are wonderful. It wil. stop the tooth ache at once , and relieve headache and sciatica. We recommend it as tin- bust an safest external counter-irritant kn wn , also as an external reme dy for pains in the chest an : st much and all rheumatic , neuralgic and { jouty complaints. A trial will prove what we cjaim for it , and it will be found to be invaluable in the hous-hold. Many people say "It is the Leat of a.l your prepa rations. . " I'rice 15 cents , ntn'l ' druggibt ? , or other dealers , or by bending this amount t : us in postage stamps we will send you a tube by mail. No article should be accepted by the public un less the same carries our label , a otherwise it is iiot genuine. CHEESEBROUGH MANUFACTURING CO. , 17 State Street. New York City. When an editor strikes a would-be writer over the head with a literary club , it freuently happens that liter ature runs in that man's , head ever after. "I'was troubled with catarrh of- the head for many years. It affected my sense of smell , hearing and sight. I spent lots of money with doctors and the use of local applications to relieve me but to no purpose , until my atten tion was called to the wonderful effects of Peruna. "I must say that I met with most surprising and satisfactory results. Peruna took hold of the complaint and drove it entirely out of my system. "Although well along toward the allotted span of man's life I am pleased as a. child over the results , and f&el tike a young man again. " ' W. Fuller. Such letters as the above are not used for publication except by the written permission of the writer. A pamphlet fii'ed ' with such letters vili be sent to any address free. This book should be read by all who .loubt the curability of catarrh. If you do not receive prompt and satis factory results from the- use of P. ; run a write at once to Dr. Ilartman , iriving a full statement of your case , and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Ilartman , President of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus , O. ! Profane parrots are kept in stock by a dealer in birds in this city. He also advertises "a large variety of I semi-religious parrots. " The most ' profane bird in his collection he is willing to sell for $200. He enthusi astically extols this bird's popularity [ by the declaration that "She's a ; corker ! " Mrs. Window's SOOTHING SYRUP for children teething , softens the gams , reduces inflaination , allays pain , cures wind lollic. 25c bottle. Blessings in disguise may be all right , but it looks as if there were a screw loose somewhere when good things are forced to sail under false colors. JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR makes top of the market butter. A man turns 112,000 spadefuls of earth in digging an acre of ground , and the soil he has moved during his work weighs 850 tons. THE TEST OF GOLD. A Vast Number of Kidney Suffering People , Cured by Dean's Kidney Pills , say but for the Free Trial they would still be in Agony. This means Golden Merit at your Command to Test. COLUMBUS CITY , LA. . , Feb. 10 , 1903. I received the sample package of Dean's Kidney Pills and took them according to directions. They did me so much good , I procured a 50-cent box at the drug store and have been greatly benefited. I had the backache so bad I could hardly walk ; also had urinary troubles , that caused mete to get up two and three times of a night. I am all right now. Long may Doan's Pills prosper. Yours truly , A. C. SITE. Severe and long standing cases should tak advantage of free Medical Advice. GRAND EAPIDS , Mien. , Feb. 17,1903. 1 received the trial package of Doan's Kid ney Pills promptly and can truly say they are all and even more than recommended. I suffered continually with a severe pain in the back , which the pills entirely over came , and I am able to work , which would not have been possible but for Doan's Kidney Pills. MRS. J. A. SCHLAMB , 955 Buchanan St , Grand Eapids , Mich. Aching backs are eased. Hip , back , and loin pains overcome. Swelling of the limbs and dropsy signs vanish. They correct urine with brick dust sedi ment , high colored , pain in passing , drib bling , frequency , bed wetting. Doau's Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpitation , sleeplessness , headache , nervousness , dizziness. FREE SEALED WITH PUBLIC APPROVAL Please send me by mail , -without choree , trial box Doan's Kidney Pills. Name Post-offlce- StateCut ( Cut out coupon on dotted lines and mail to Fostar-Mllburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. ) Medical Advice Free Strictly Confidential.