. . .
[ ' A prominent Southern lady , Mrs.
_ _ _
Blanchard , of Nashville , Term. , tells how
she was cured of backache , dizziness , pain
ful and irregular periods by the use of
Lydia H Piatham's Vegetable Compound
"DEAR MRS. PINKILUI : Gratitude compels me to acknowledge the
great merit of 3'cur Vegetable Compound. 1 have suffered for four years
with irregular and painful menstruation , also dizziness , pains in the back
and lower limbs , and fitful sleep. I dreaded the time to come which
would only mean suffering to me.
" Better health is all I wanted , and cure if possible. Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vcg-etablo Compound brought me health and happiness in a
few short months. I feel like another person now. 3Jy aches and pains
have leit me. T > e seems new and sweet to me , and every thing seems
pleasant and ea y.
" Six bottles brought me health , and was worth more than months
under the doctors care , wliiela really did not benefit me at alL I am sat
isfied there is no medicine so good for sick women as your Vegetable
Compound , and I advocate it to my lady friends in need of medical
help. " MRS. B. A. BIAXOHAED , 422 Broad St. , Nashville , Tenn.
When wonien are troubled with irregular , suppressed or painful menstrua
tion weakness , leucorrhoea , displacement or ulceration of the womb , that
bearmff-down feelinginflammation of the ovaries , backache , bloating ( or
flatulence ) , general debility , indigestion , and nervous prostration , or are beset
\yith such symptoms as dizziness , faintness , las
situde , excitability , irritability , nervousness ,
sleeplessness , melancholy , "all-gone" and
"want-to-be-left-alone"
blues
feelings , and
$ troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine , foi
" you need the best.
A Severe Case of "Womb Trouble Cured
in Philadelphia.
"BEAU MRS. PIXKHAM : I have been
cured of severe female troubles by
the use of ILydia E. Piokham's
/ Vegetable Compound. I was
npnrlv rpnrlv In P-IVA TTT K
-Mbought six pore bottles , and am no\v feeiirig lilia a ne\r\vc2nan. I shall
! rnever bo Trithout it. I hope ihafc my testimonial v.111 convince Tromen
Eernembcr. every Trcmon is cordially invited to write to
Plnliliarsi if there is aujlliins' about her Gvniptoins elie does not
understand , i < ? r address is Lynn , Biass. , licr advice is fss > Q OBtS
cis.eerfiillvVets to evervaiiinirYonnii trlio apcn forH -
"All Signs Fail in a Dry Time"
THE SIGN CIT THE FISH
2II FArLS IN A TTET TIME
Ta onlcrinsTowe ys Bliclicrs ,
a customer vfritei . tfl know
tltcy ac-iif tie nil r' it if they
have iJic 'Flh ' on tlion. "
Tills confidence Is the out-
Srrmvtii of sixty-nino years of
careful jnaiiuficturinjj-
A. J. TOTVT.lt
to-u , u. s. A.
Tower Canadian Co.
Limited
Toronto , Canada
Makers of Warrant sd IVet Weaiher Clothing
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Thirty Thon wvn'l Dry Goods Stores.
In the United States there are about
thirty thousand shops that sell dry
goods. Twelve thousand of these may
be ranked as good stores , and about
five thousand are establshments of a
size which makes them important fac
tors in the commercial and domestic
life of their communities. The own
ers of almost all of these shojxs , the
largest as well as the smallest , began
obscurely. The majority of the most
prosperous have nttnimvl their present
success and magnitude during recent
years , in which unsuccessful mer
chants have bin wont to complain
that the competition has been ruinous.
Success.
New York and Philadelphia
Cannot be more pleasantly or conveii
k rntly reached than by the Grand Trunk
* ' hellish Valley Kuitte. Solid throujrl
Yruins , magninVont scenery , all trains run
via Niagara Falls.
Descriptive literature sent free 'on ap
plication to Advertising Department.
Grand Trunk Railway System , 135
Adams street , Chicago. Geo. W. Vaux ,
A. G. P. & T \J _
A. machine for counting and packing
postal cards has been invented. Jn ten
hours it counts , wraps and ties 500,000
cards , arranging the same in packages
of twenty-five.
Mr * . WtealoWt BOOTMTW * T try for
thine ; oftem th gcmi , n.duoe lafiaia , !
& pain , curw wind eolio. tit ou bottl * .
Mra , John Nicholas Urown is building
| $400,000 residence at Newport for her
Startlinjr Area , ol' Coal Fields.
It is estimated by experts that the
area of American coal iid'ls. at present
open to mining , is more than five times
as great as that of the "oal fields of
England , France , Germany anil Bel
gium ; the great coal producing coun
tries of Europe. While practically all
the available coal areas of those coun
tries have been opened to mining , ours
have scarcely been estimated. When
we take into consideration the fact
that coal is one of the great motive
powers in the manufacturing world , it
is evident that this immense wealth of
coal will be of such an advantage to
the United States as to be beyond any
man's calculation. S
5100 Keu-artS , 15100.
The readers of this paper will lio pleased to
oain that there is at lease one tlrendod disease
that bcience has been able to cure In all its
stains , and that 1 > Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is tne only positive cure now known to the ineil-
Ical fraternity. Catarrh being a ( . ou-titutinnul
di ease , requirea constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally , acting
diiuctly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ot
the system , thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease , and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting nature
m doing Its worli. The proprietors lia\o so
much faith in its curative powers that tlioj offer
One Hundred Dollars for any ca-o tiiat It falls to
cure. Send for list of Te-tunom.ils.
Address , F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , O ,
Sold bv DrngirNts. 7. > e.
llall'a Family Tills are the best.
JV1 ! In the Family.
Smartleigh ( to father-in-law ) Your
daughter's extravagance is too much
for my purse , and yet I don't want to
have any hard words with her so soon
after our mairlage. Don't you think
you could speak to her about it ?
Gay Old Father I could , but it
wouldn't do any good. She's smart
enough to know that she inhorlts all
of her bad qualities from me. Detroit
Free Pre1
I find Piso's Cure for Consumption the
best medicine for croupy children. Mrs.
F. Callahan , 114 Hall street , Parkers-
bure , W. Va. , April 1(5 ( , 1901.
Trade.
Clerk A lady in the front of the store
tt-ants some elephant tusk jelly. What
on earth shall I do ?
Fashionable Grocer Tell her we jnst
"old the last lot to a hoarding house
keeper , but we'll get another hogshead
in soon. She'll chnncrf her mind then.
The number thirteen is deemed so un
lucky in Paris and Berne that In those
two cities none of the houses bear that
numeral. Instead of , the number twclrt
and a half js used.
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Handy Wire Stretcher.
On most farms there is more or less
wire to be handled either in the way
of putting up dividing fences or trel
lises for grape vines. A poorly stretch
ed wire is always making trouble , but
there is no need of having this annoy
ance when the tool illustrated may be
easily made with the help of a black
smith , and at small cost. The handle
is two feet long of one and one-half
inch stuff , but hard wood must be
used. On the heavy end of the handle ,
which should be formed as shown , fas
ten a piece of strap iron with screws
to prevent the wire from cutting into
the wood. The short strip shown just
above the detail drawing of the handle
end in the cut , is a piece of iron soven
inches long , one-half inch thick and
seven-eighths of an inch wide ; one end
Is bent over seven-eighths of an Inch
and a hole is bored in the flat side one
inch from the bend. This piece of iron
is then bolted on to the handle as
GOOD WIRE STRETCHER.
shown so that it will swing easily and
the tool Is complete. It Is readily
made and works to perfection. In
dianapolis News.
Select Your Seetl Corn.
The farmer who has a uniformly
good corn crop is generally the man
who looks after his seed himself. He
does not buy from any dealer whose
circular happens to fall into his hands
and plant the seed without testing.
The careful farmer picks out his seed
from the best of his own corn or that
of his neighbor , sees that it is properly
dried and cared for during the winter
and tests it before planting in the
spring. The careless farmer docs not
do these things and then kicks because
his crop is a failure. He ought to
hare a man to apply some good lusty
kicks to his person. The seedmen are
not alwaj's to blame. Some of them
are honest. The farmer should test
seed for himself , and if it be good
. c the seedmau his due ; if on the
other hand , it be bad , let him dispose
of it the best he can. A failing that
growers have is to delay securing their
seed until too little time is left to ob
tain an adequate knowledge of Its real
value. I cannot too strongly urge corn
to it that well-ma
growers to see now -
tured ears of a desirable type and the
product of a variety noted for suc
cessive large yields be secured for next
year's seeding ) Clinton M. Sehultz.
Good Pis Pen and Trough.
We like the two compartments in a
pig pen , one for sleeping and one for
feeding , says a writer in Ohio Farmer.
Place the trough across the end of
PIG TEN AXE TROUGH. 1
.
feed room , next to feed alley , with a
swinging partition , so you can push It
back to put swill in or clean out , and
the pigs cannot interfere. A cement
floor is all right. We prefer a solid
wood trough , V-shaped , and secured so
that pigs cannot loosen it by their
rooting. A few years ago we gave the
following Illustrations of an Improved
hog trough. Fig. 1 shows the swing
ing partition or gate pushed back ,
leaving the trough outside , for putting
in feed. Fig. 2 shows the latch and
lever to be attached to swinging gate
or partition , by bolt , B. The rods R ,
II , run through staples , S. A Is a
guard in which the lever L slides.
Push lever to lef * and the door swings
0.
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LEVEB FOB MOVING THE GATE.
back , leaving trough where it can be
cleaned and feed placed In It ; then
awing the door back by pulling lever
to the right
How to Get Rid of Stumps.
In the autumn , boro a hole one or
two Inches in diameter , according to
the girth of the stump , vertically in the
center of the latter and about eighteen
jlnches deep. Put * nto It one or two
ounces of saltpeter ; fill the hole with
water and plug up close. In the ensu
ing spring tuko out plug and pour In
about one-half gallon of kerosene oil
and ignite it. The stump will smolder
away to the very extremities of the
roots , leaving nothing but ashes. Sci
entific American.
Shorthorns in America.
The number of Whorthorns in this
country is estimated to be 2 "JO,000. but
1 think there are not more than 100-
000 , all told. People fail to take ac
count of such periods as 1SSO-1S9G ,
when the pure-bred cattle business
was at low ebb. Hundreds of breed
ers , finding the business of breeding
unprofitable , sold their stock as grade
cattle , and let them go for beef pur
poses. Whole herds in Kansas , Mis
souri , Iowa and Illinois were disposed
of in that manner , and all efforts to
keep accounts of pedigrees was aban
doned. Thus many were lost to record
altogether. Another thing to be taken
into consideration In regard to the sup
ply of Shorthorn cattle In this country
is the fact that the life of an active ,
pure-bred Shorthorn bull , when allow
ed to run with grade herds , is very
short , usually not over four years. Af
ter that time he generally goes to mar
ket fat , and his career as a produces
ends then and there. It is merely a
guess , and a mighty vague one at that ,
to estimate the number of Shorthorm
in this country. W. A. Harris.
Best Feed None Too Good.
When cows are tested for records
they are not fed on straw and fodder
or with the view of saving in the food ,
but on the contrary , the best foods
that can be obtained are not consid
ered too good or costly. Grain , clover ,
pasturage , linseed meal and roots as
sist , each to afford a variety or change ,
to promote the appetite and to induce
the cow to eat as much as she can
digest , hence such cows have great di
gestive capacity , and can utilize large
quantities of food. The fact that they
are well bred is simply an evidence
that they are from families that have
been noted for good records. It is the
food that makes the milk and butter ,
but an ordinary cow does not possess
the capacity of consuming and con
verting large quantities of food into
milk and butter compared with one
that is pure bred.
Care of Farm Machinery.
The man who leaves his farm ma
chinery out In the wet is looked upon
as being shiftless these days. It hurts
his credit with the merchants and the
banker. Too many farmers neglect to
oil the polished parts of plows , spades ,
sickles , etc. , and when he again wants
to use them he flnds , to his annoyance
and cost , that they do not work well ,
are sometimes out of order , and need
slight repairs. Valuable time must
then be spent to put the machinery in
proper working condition. A few hours
spent on rainy autumn days , or when
ever outside work cannot be carried
on , might have saved him time which ,
in the busy season , means money.
Poultry Pickings ,
New blood should be introduced fre
quently.
Crowding Is a foe to thrift and pro
ductiveness.
Injurious effects are often produced
by inbreeding.
A hen , to be profitable , should lay a
dollar's worth of eggs in a jear.
A little salt given in the soft food of
fowls is very acceptable to them.
Grow a patch of sunflowers , espe
cially to feed to the fowls after moult
ing.
Supplying lime , charcoal , gravel and
crushed bone will assist in feather-
making.
In supplying water to little chickens
arrange so that they cannot get their
feet wet.
It is quite an item" In handling a
flock of poultry to have them as gentle
as possible.
As a rule , it is not profitable to keep
MIS over two years old , unless they
.ire valuable stock.
While in arranging the poultry house
warmth is an essential there , fresh all-
is equally important.
Raw corn meal Is not a good feed
for little chickens from the fact that It
heats and sAvells after eating.
Top and side ventilation , arranged
so as not to blow directly on the roosts ,
is just the thing for summer.
Generally the safest rule Is to kill a
lion caught at feather pulling , as all
others will soon acquire the habit
One of the best ways of renovating
a foul poultry yard is to spade or plow
up thoroughly and expose to the sun.
It is pretty hard to give a growing
cockerel or pullet enough corn to.make
It lay on fat , especially when running
out , as so much of the food goes to the
production of bone , feathers and mus
cle.
Never select a cock with a drooping
or "ewe neck , " and also avoid one that
fails to have a good , strong , wide-
spreading tail.
Many a case of indigestion may be
traced to a heavy feed in the morning ,
nnd the next meal taken from the leav
ings of breakfast after being trampled
over.
Points in Sheep Raising.
Overstocking is usually Injurious to
the sheep and ruinous to the farmer.
Dryuesa is one of the requirements
In the production of the finest grades
of wool.
With sheep , rather more than with
any other class of stock , care must be
taken not to overfeed.
No sheep should be allowed to die of
old age , but all should be fattened and
sent to market before their vitality
has been impaired.
I UILaHfiyxi ! r & IPO '
UsesPe-ru-na , n ms amily
For Coids and Finds it an 51
The Magnificent State Capitol Building at Salem , Oregon.
PRAISE FROM THE EX-GOVERNOR OF OREGON' .
is known from the Atlantic
PERTJXA . Letters of congratu
lation and commendation testifying
to the merits of Pernna as a catarrh
remedy are pouring in from every State
of the Union.
Dr. ElartmaiAis receiving hundred * ? of
such letters daily. All classes write
these letters , from the highest to the
lowest.
The outdoor laborer , the indoor arti
san , the clerk , the editor , the statesman ,
the preacher all agree that Peruna is
the catarrh remedy of the ago.
The stage and rostrum , recognizing
catarrh as their greatest enemy , are es
pecially enthusiastic in their praise and
testimony.
Any man who wishes perfect health
must he entirely free from catarrh. Ca
tarrh is well-nigh universal ; almost
omnipresent.
Ponma is the only absolute safeguard
known. A cold is the beginning of ca- ,
tarrh. To prevent colds , to cure colds ,
is to cheat catarrh of its victims.
Perunh not only cures catarrh , but
prevents itEvery household should
be supplied with this great remedy for
coughs , colds and so forth.
The Ex-Governor of Oregon is an
mlent admirer of Peruna. He keeps it
continually in the house.
In a letter to The Peruiia Medicin *
Co. he says :
STATH OF OREGON . (
EXECUTIVE DEPART MI.NT , \
Flic Peruna Medicine Co. . Columbus. O.
Dear SirsI have had occasion to
use your Peruna medicine in my fam
ily for colds , and it proved to be an ex
cellent remedy. I have not had oc
casion to use it for other ailments.
Yours very truly ,
W. M. Lord.
It will bo noticed that the Ex-Gov-
} rnor says lit lias not had occasion to
.ise Peruna for other ailments. The
eason for this is , most other ailments
jcgiu with a cold.
Ucing Peruna to promptly cure colds ,
lie protects his family against other
lilmeuts.
This is exactly what every other fam
ily in the Unitod States should do
keep Peruna in the house. l"-sc It for
L-oiighs. cnidsla grippe and other
climatic affections of winter , and thcro
will be no other ailments in the house.
Such families should provide them
selves with a copy of Dr. Hartman's fre
book , entitled , "Chronic Catarrh. "
Address Dr. S. B. Ilartmau , President
Df The Uartman Sanitarium , Colum
bus , Ohio.11 correspondence held
strictly confidential.
Made in lc.v , medium and high
styles. Most comfortable shoe ever
worn. Fits like a glove ; does not
pinch orsquce/e.
Elastic at sidc3 permits shoe to cx-
pand and contract with the natural
motion of the foot. Easily put on ,
easily taken off ; requires no breaking '
Made of extra high grade , special
ly tanned and finished Vici Kid , with
Comfort Shoe
patent leather trimmings and tough ,
flexible soles.
YOGI dealer has or can get Msycr
"Martha Washington" hocs for yoa.
Send us his name and receive descrip
tive Booklet No. lo.
We also make "Western Lady" shoes.
Our trade-nark is staeapei oa every
cole.
F. MAYER BOOT & SHOE CO.
Milwaukee , Wis.
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Hijjli Chimney of Steel.
W. W. Christie , in the Engineering
News , reports the following as among
the high steel chimneys in the United
States : Nichols Chemical Company ,
Brooklyn , X. Y. , 310 feet high , 33 feet
in diameter at base , 12 feet at top ;
Pennsylvania Salt Company , Ntarona ,
Pa , , 225 feet high , 10 feet Hue diam
eter ; Maryland Steel Company , Spar
row's Point , Md. , two chimneys , each
225 feet high and 13 feet inside diam
eter. It is noteworthy that all these
are at metallurgical plants. Also , the
highest two brick chimneys are at
metallurgical plants , the old Grant
smelter at Denver , Colo. , and the
works of the Orford Copper Company
at Constable Hook , New York harbor ,
each of these being about 350 feet in
height
The banani s ii l the potato are almost
Identical in chrmical composition.
\TaohlnKton , O.
Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
L .t Prlnol&ttl 2uAsilnBT O 6 Penntou Burnao.
MEXICAN
cures Cuts , Uurns , Bruises.
MEVT'ON THIS PAI'EIl WHKWRITIIO TO
S. O. N. U. - - No. < t8
BEGGS' CHERRY GUUGH SYRUP
cures coughs and colds.
CURES WHERE AtL ELSE FAILS.
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
in time. Sold
L. Dnuglss ma/rcs and sells morn men's G3.53
oftce than any other rxaxufnGtisrci' la ha voril.
The reason W. L. Doudas S3.IO shoes are the rr' " > 'cst "pliers in therorW is their excel
lent Etylecisy IHtiiiK and Ripcrior we irmc < i i 1 u . If I c ' "Id " < li < > w y < u t f - l crwM the
shoee made In my factory and thr-se of other .il.os and the hi > rli-prnle le itlif r < * uc < 'a.you would umler-
pt uid why W. J , . Dougl-is fs.50 shoes cost more to r > ike. wliv thf ? lio'il tlif fr sh pc. t t bct'er. wear
longer , and arc of sro < tcr intrinsic value tnnn any other S3.0 shoo on the market to-day , and why the
sales for the year ending .July 1 , KOI. were $ ' ' , ( ; ' ! . ( ' - O.W > .
w . L. Doiml.is gu.ii ntees their value b > Etniniilnt : his name and price on the bottom. Look for It-
take no substitute. Sold by shoe dealers everywhere.
SUPERIOR M FIT , GQEffFQRT WEAR.
"I hare worn rr. I. . Douilai $350 shnrs ftr the last wars with absolute
at'ffucttn'i. Jfitii them superior in fit , d mfrrt ami tre"r t > cjrrc / t'myirnn
f5M to 11.00. " ' < . S. JfcCf LDrpl. . rvL. . S. Int. L venue.V in'oiffa. \ .
TV" . T. . . T > onriis mes Corona Colt kin in hi * . S".5O lio < > ; . C rona Colt is conceded to
bo tlie finest 1'atoiit .Leather ma do. Fa.t Color Kyi-lets u ; e < l e\ilusi\ ! } .
bV. L. DQUGLAS , Bracttfcn.
Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year.
THE FAMILY'S FAVORITE HEDICiHE
CATHARTIC
BEST BOWELS