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Marjory's Proviso. Baby Marjory Las been having her first experience of rural sights nnd sounds ; of green things growing , of flowers hiding In the grass , of cows in the pasture , of horses In the stable. She was delighted with all but one of them , says a writer In the Philadel phia Telegraph. The one exception was the big. surly dog that keeps watch and ward over the farm. She respected Iloctor in his own place , but that place is at a dis tance. She did not want him or his kind to approach near enough for inti mate acquaintance. Having been invited by a lady of the house to take a walk down to the vil lage , Marjory hesitated a little. "Why , Marjory , " exclaimed the lady. In an injured tone of voice , "don't you want to go with me ? " "Yes , " replied the little maid , , "I want to go ; but p'ease don't let any dogs happen to me ! " STATK OF OHIO. CITY OF Tot-nno , J LUCAS COUNTY , f " FRANK J. CHUNKY makes oath that he Is tha senior partner of the firm ofl ? . J. CHENEY & Co. . doing business In tho City or Toledo , County and State aforesaid , and that .said tlrm will pay tho sum of OXE HUNDRED DOLLAKS for each und every case of CATAURII that cannot bo cured by the use of HALL'S CATAKHII CUKE. KRA.NK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and Subscribed In my pres ence , this Cth day of December , A. D. 18SO. " T I A. W. GLEASON i * f Notary Publh. TC = S'L Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho svstem. Send for testimonials , free. F. J. CHENEY & 0. , Toledo , 0. Sold by DniRclsts. 75c. Uall's Family Pills are the best. ? His First. Life-Saver Let me embrace you , my friend ; you arc the first one I ever saved from death. The Victim Is that so ? What is your business ? The Life-Saver I am a physician. Lustige Blaetter. 3 > r. David Kenned ; ' * IVrorltc Itemed ? , the Great Kin noy und Liver Cure. World 1'amous. Wriie Dr. Kennedy's Sons. Rondout. N. Y. , forfreo sample bottle Nearly all negro babies are white when born , and so continue for weeks. When a woman has reached tho age of forty-two in Japan , and is unmarried , the authorities pick out a husband for her , and compel them to marry. This plan reduces the number of old maids , but forces many men to suicide. I cannot praise Piso's Cure enough for the wonders it has worked in curing me. -II. H. Seidel , 220G Olive street , St. Louis , Mo. , April 15 , 1901. Price of Fame. The young man with the uncut hair and hungry look had submitted a poem ( 'for ' editorial consideration. "Well , " said the man behind the blue pencil , after a hurried glance at It , "how does ? 5 strike you ? " "Why er really , " stammered the rhymster , "that is more than I er " "Well , that's the best I can do , " in- terrpted the busy editor. "I couldn't think of iirntinj ; a poem like that for any less. " The Xing of Korea. Only the King of Korea may rear goals or have round columns and square rafters to his house or wonr a coat of brilliant red. Only the Kins may look upon the faces of the Queen's hundreds of attendant ladies 01 have any building outside of which there are more than three stops. Four steps would be high treason and would cost their owner a traitor's , death , Clipping. TEe POIs That Cure i Mrs. Dora B. Frazier , No. 140 Althea St. , Providence , R. I. , has been cured of Nervous Prostration by the use of Dr. Williams9 Pkk PIHs For Pale People. ; She says : " I suffered for three years and was several times at the point of death. My weight went down to seventy-five pounds. I was afflicted with nervousness , dizziness , suffocating spells , swelling of limbs , sleeplessness and irregularities. I had a good doctor but lie could nut help me. The first box of Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills did me good and I continued their use until I was cured. I am now perfectly well. " These pills are a specific for all disorders of the nerves from neuralgia to partial paralysis. i ! Sold by all Druggists. I ! Tho Guidance of Reasou. The villagers were all gathered round tho little store , talking about Sam Jones' lost colt. It was a "two- 3'ear-old , " and had strayed out of the pasture lot the day before. Sam was worried about it , the neighbors had all been out looking for it without suc cess , and no one seemed to know where to look for it. Jim stood there , looking and listen- Ing. Jim was a tall , lank young fol low , regarded as half-witted by some persons and as foolish by osiers. "I think I could liiid your h-horse , " he said to Sam Jones. "You ? Why , Jim , how do you think you could tind him when we have had the best men in town looking for him' ' " "Wai , " said' Jim , "I could try , couldn't I ? " "Yes , " answered the owner , "you can try. and if you Hud him I'll give you a dollar. " "All right , " said Jim , and walked away on his search. To the surprise of all , he returned in less than half ; in hour , leading the missing horse by a rope tied round his neck. "Well , well ! " said Jones , as he took the horse and paid Jim the dollar. "How in the world did you Qnd him so quick ? " Jim answered in his long-drawn-out words , "Why , I thought , 'Now if I was a horse , where would I go ? ' And so I went there , and he had. " A Teacher's Testimony. Hinton , Ivy. , Nov. 28. ( Special. ) It has long been claimed that Diabetes is incurable , but Mr. E. J. Thompson , teacher in the Ilintou school , has pleasing evidence to the contrary. Mr. Thompson had Diabetes. He took Dodd's Kidney Pills and is cured. In a statement he makes regarding his cure Mr. Thompson says : "I was troubled with rny kidneys for more than two years and was treated by two of the best doctors in this part of the State. They claimed I had Dia betes and there was little to be done for me. Then I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and what they did for me was wonderful. It is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney Pills that I am now enjoying good health. " Many doctors still maintain that Dia betes is incurable. But Diabetes is a kidney disease and the kidney disease that Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure has yet to be discovered. A i'artiiij ; Shot. "After all , " remarked the rejected suitor , as he prepared to go , "I suppose a man of 25 would soon tire of a wife who hovered around the 32 mark. " "How very uupallant of you to insinu ate that I am o2 , " said the woman in the case. "Well , perhaps you are not , " he re plied , "but it struck me that you were somewhere near the freezing point. " To Ladies Only. The wish to be beautiful is predomi nant in every woman , and none can sa > she does not care whether she is boau tiful or not. Dr. T. Gouratid's Ori ental Cream , or Magical Beautifier elicits a clear , transparent complexion , fro ; from Tan , Freckles or Moth Patches , am ! so closely imitating nature as to defy doti'dioji. it has the highest medical ti tiu'ony as well as professional celebri IH-S ami on its own merits it has b i- COIIH * OIK * of tho largest and a populni specialty in the traded FEKIX T. IIOl' KINS , Sok > Proprietor , 37 ( I rent Jonc- street. New York. For sale by all Drug gists and Fancy Goods Dealers through out the "United States , Cauadas and Eu Cope. White Buffalo. Old buffalo hunters of the western Kansas prairies used to tell of having seen and pursued white buffalo. There were white buffalo albinos , such as are found at rare intervals in all tho families of the animal kingdom ; but the number of those which existed in fact and of those which existed purely in the imagination , says the Kansas ( Jity Journal , were in wonderful dis proportion. In 3S73 old Ben Canfield , who roam ed the plains with his till , gaunt wife for a companion , followed a herd of buffalo from the northern edge of what is now Oklahoma to the sand hills of Nebraska , thinking to kill a [ > ig white bull which he had seen in the herd. After three weeks of patient stalking Canfield did kill the bull , only Lo find that the whiteness of its ap pearance was due to a coat of white wash. An explanation of this phenomenon would not be needed by people familiar with the natural lime beds of western Kansas. The habit of the buffalo is to rail or wallow in every pool of water : r mud hole to Avhieh he comes. Can- 'ield's buffalo had simply been rolling n a bed of native lime , which , when Iricd in the sun , coated his hide with i kind of plaster. No doubt these lime holes account 'or many of the "white buffalo" so of- .en reported by hunters. 3 Tr * . "VFinaTow'B Boorrmo annrr for Oht&rmt teothinc ; > often the zum , radao * * Infl&mmauoa. kl Uzs paia. cures wind colic. 2& outa ft bottl * . An Apolojjv- "Say. " exclaimed Mifkius , "I under stand you referred to me as being a ilau- jel-mouthcd duffer. " "My dear sir , " replied Bifkins , "some me has been stringing you. I hope I lave too much sense to make such a lighly improper remark. Flannel shrinks , ; ou know , and I'm sure your mouth ' " loesn'L" A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A. .A.A.A.A.AEI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4i > Penetration Is the cardinal virtue of > 4 > 4 h t > 4 in the treatment of 4 sm It penetrates to the seat of torture as no other external remedy has been known to do and thousands certify to cures. Price 25c. and SOc. SOWING GRAIN IN STANDING CORN. It is conceded by most farmers , that a crop of grain sown in standing corn is never as good as that taken from fallow ground ; if often happens , how ever , that the farmer is so situated that h'd cannot cut up all his corn , but still wishes to seed all the land. What t'hen ' is the best way to proceed with wheat or rye ? In the first place it is much cheaper getting in a crop on such ground than the summer plow ing and preparing of fallow ; good wheat raisers tell us that land for wheat should be sowed and worked down several weeks before sowing time. Now this is exactly the condi tion of corn land , broken in the spring , cultivated during the season , and then left in plenty of time to settle and become fine by September 15 or 20 giving us then an ideal seed bed encumbered only by the standing corn. To get the grain In properly the farmer must Lave a good one- horse drill either five or six hand with a fertilizer attachment. Have a strong , steady horse and give him his time , put a muzzle on him to save wasting corn and use a short single tree ; it will help in turning , if the outside row of corn is cut at ends of fielda. "With a good horse , a careful man will do good work and sow from five to six acres per day. The drill is arranged so it can be widened or closed to suit the width of rows ; if corn is down or leaning , it will re quire an extra hand to go ahead and turn it. By using care and having a slow .horse , the drill can be run very clos'e to corn thus avoiding vacant strips of land. Of course farmers differ in their methods of work ; some say you can never count on a good yield of wheat on corn ground. But I have raised 23 bushels per acre in standing corn and maintain that if it is not the best way to grow wheat it is often a very convenient way and so much 'cheaper , that one can afford to take a little less per acre. It is often objected that the corn rows will make very rough bottom if land is seeded down to meadow , but I find by actual 'experiencehat if the corn re ceives level cultivation at it should , if the last plowing is shallow , and in cutting meadow the mower is run with tho old corn rows , you will find very little trouble. Again I think tho stalks are a protection to grain in winter , Cor after being pastured by cattle they are broken down , make a covering , hold the snows and finally d'-ecay on the land. I used to know a farmer who had creek bottom fields planted in corn eac'h year ; he always sowed rye in his standing corn early in the fall , by which he kept his field covered , got a lc % of pasture when the ground was so he could turn in and 'had a valuable coat of green man ure to turn under in the spring for the next crop and mellow the 'effects of the rye roots. In sowing grain in standing corn , I would prefer that the corn be planted north end south so that the drill rows of grain may stand fairly to the sun and receive its ef fects equally on both sid'es. If the corn stands well , so it can be readily done , a one-horse drag or an old ma chine wheel drawn through the mid dles ahead of drill will smooth down any chance clods , level up the ground and insure the drill covering the seed to a uniform depth. Asto - amount of clean seed , kind and quantity of fer tilizer per acre , I leave that to tho intelligent decision of each farmer. A. B. Milligan , in the Epitomist. GROWINGCLOVER. . The growing of clover has so impor tant place in dairy husbandry that we reproduce the following in this de partment from A. M. TenEyck in Kan sas Farmer : "It is usual to sow about ten to fif teen pounds of common red clover per acre , while five to eight pounds of the alsike clover per acre is sufficient. "Clover should be sewn early in the spring on a well-prepared seed bed. The ground should be mellow at the surface but not loosened too de'eply ; rather , the subsurface should be firm ( not hard ) . A good seed-bed for clover may be prepared by disk ing and harrowing corn-stubble , or on early fall-plowed ground. As a rule , it is not best to spring-plow land for seeding clover , alfalfa , or any grass seed. Ground freshly plowed is apt to be too loose and mellow , and in case the weather remains dry the seed will start poorly and the young plants may be destroyed by drouth. Clover may be sown broadcast and * harrowed in. The seed-bed should be fully prepared before seeding and one harrowing after the seeding is suffi cient to cover the seed. It may be safer in the average season to put the clover in with the drill. It will be necessary to have a grass-seeder at tachment on the ordinary grain-drill in order to sow clover. An attach ment in which the tubes from the grass s'eeder box join tine spouts from tho grain-box in order that the seed may be sown in the drill furrows is one of the best kind of implements to use for seeding clover. ' Jsually at this station we nave had good success in sowing broadcast and this is th'e simplest method of seeding. The clover may be seeded elover has made soms start it is able to withstand considerable drouth and adverse weather conditions. "At this station we have the best success in getting a stand of clover in seeding alone without a nurse crop. In a favorable season , however , it is possible to get a stand of clover by seeding with some early spring grain. Also I have known of instances where clover was seeded in the wh'eat early in the spring and harrowed in. The cultivation as a rule does not injure the wheat and in a favorable season it is possible to get a catch in this way. In case clover is s'eeded with early spring grain the clover should be s'eeded after the cultivation is fin ished and the grain is sown , and then harrowed in lightly , once harrowing after seeding being sufficient to cover the seed. When grain is used as a nurse-crop it is best to sow th'e grain thinner than is the usual practice when grain is grown alone. " by hand or a handy implement for seeding broadcast is the little wheel barrow seeder. It is possible , also , to sow clover-seed iwith an ordinary grain-drill by mixing the seed with ground feed , bran , ashes , etc. , in pro per proportions so as to sow the re quired amount of clover-se'ed per acre. Care should be taken in seeding with the drill not to plant the seed too deep. In the early spring the seed should not b'e covered with more thaa an inch or so of mellow soil. There is some danger of clover being killed by hard frosts in the spring wnen it is sown too early , and it may be safer to prepare the seed-bed and sow wh'en the danger from hard frosts is past , choosing a time for seeding when it will sprout and grow at once. As a rule , however , I prefer early spring seeding ; as the season advances and the weather gets not , the young plants are apt to be burned off by a few days of hot weather , whereas if the COST OF A YEARLING CALF. The market value of a cow raised on the farm does not represent the whole profit of the operation. The home-raised cow , if properly cared for , is likely to give better satisfaction than one which has come out by chance and which has been sold by its owner for some good reason ; but I reckon that calf raising is also a fair- j ly good mon'ey-making operation. I estimate the value of the young calf fit to raise at $4 , milk for ten days $2.50 , oil meal and other grains , $2.50 , hay $1.25 , grass six to eight months $7.50 calf meal for four months $3 , labor $1.25 , total about $25 , bringing the calf to a year of age , at which time , if'she is of the proper stock , tiie .valtre should be about $30 , leaving a clear margin of about $5 profit. My calves are weaned at four months old , having used up to that time about $4 worth of milk. Some calves would , of course , , be worth more at twelve months old , but none of proper stock and breeding should be worth less than tne amount I have stated. Calf raising gives no more trouble and costs no more than production of other farm specialties. It requires , say four months , careful attention on the part of somebody , but the final re sults repay all th'e bother attending the early stages. L. W. G. in the Massachusetts Ploughman. HANDLING COARSE FODDLri. Each and every farmer should have a good feed cutter for sno filling and for chaffing feed. By running all corn stalks thrcugli the machine , they give better returns when fed , and the coarser portions left uneaten are in good form for bedding and the manure heap. Long corn stalks are a nui sance in the feeding manger , worth less for bedding , and troublesome in the manure pile. Difficulty is found in a few cases in feeding cut corn stalks as the cows refuse to eat them. In many cases the sharp ends of the cornstalks , when cut certain lengths , injure the mouth of the cows. Where they are not well eaten the cause is often due to overfeeding , or endeav oring to have the cow live on too limit ed a variety of foods. By keeping the mangers clean and feeding c e cut fodder with care , very little will be left over , and that only the coars est part. Where different varieties of corn are raised more of the cut stalks are eaten than if fed uncut under the same conditions. Less waste is found in feeding cut fodder as the animals eat the butts readily , but re ject them when fed without being cut. All stock relish it wh'en they become used to it , as well as hay or other chopped foods. Otto Irwin in the Ep itomist. SELLING LATE CHICKS. Late-hatched chicks are sold when ever they reach five pounds per pair. The main point in their management is to keep them growing. They mu t be fed separately from the adults , and should not be crowded , or they will not grow. The best food is buck , wheat in th'e morning. If buckwheat is not obtainable , use whole wheat. Do not feed too much in the morning , but let them seek their food on the range. At night give them a mess of cut meat and bonefith a second ration of wheat , and if they are kept tree from lice they will thrive and jrow rapidly. Miss Nettie Blackmore , Minneapolis , tells how any young woman may be per manently cured of monthly pains by taking- Lydia E , Pinkham's Vegetable Compound * " YOUNG "WOMEN : I had frequent headaches of a severe nature , , dark spots before my eyes , and at my menstrual periods I suffered untold agony. A member of the lodge advised me to try iLytlia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound , but I only scorned good advice and felt that my case was hopeless , but she kept at me until I bought a bottle and started taking it. I soon had the best reason in the world to change my opinion of the medicine , as each day my health improved , and finallylwas entirely without pain at my menstruation periods. I am most grateful. " NETTIE BLACKMORE , 28 Central Ave. , Minneapolis , Mirmr Painful Periods Bra quickly and permanently overcome by Uydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The above letter is only one of hundreds of thousands which prove this statement to be a fact. Menstruation is a severe strain on a woman's vitality , if it is painful something- is wrong. Don't take narcotics to deaden the pain , but remove the cause perhaps it is caused by irregularity or womb displace ments , or the development of a tumor. "Whatever it is , Jjydis * JS. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is guaranteed to cure it. \ If there is anythingabout your case about which you would like special advice , write freely to Mrs. Pinkham. She will treat your letter as strictly confidential. She can surely help you , for BO person in America can speak from a wider experience in treatingfemale ills. She has helped hundreds of thousands of women back to health. Her address is Lynn , Mass. , and her advice is free. You are very foolish if you do not accept her kind invitation. Details of Another Case. 1 "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : Ignorance and carelessness is the ca.use of most of the suffer ings of women. I believe that if we properly understood the laws of health we would all be well , but if the sick women only knew the truth about iLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound , they would be saved much suffer ing and would soon be cured. " I used it for live months for a local diffi culty which had troubled me for years , and for which I had spent hundreds of dollars in the vain endeavor to rec tify. My life forces were being sapped , ind I was daily losing my vitality. " Lydia E. Pinkliasn's Vegetable Compound cured me completely , and I am now enjoying the best of health , and am most grateful.and only too pleased to endorse such a great remedy. " Miss JENNIE L. EDWARDS , 604 H St. , K W. , Washington , D. C. Mrs. Pinkham , whose address is Lynn , Mass. , will answer cheer fully and without cost all letters addressed to her by sick women. . E IS O.V TIIE TTfHEN WRITING TO A VKRTISER \ \ please suy yoa caw tha ativortUauient FREE HOMESTEAD LfiiDS ! VIA this paper. OF WESTERN CANADA S. O. N. U. NO. 4:0 carry the banner for yifilds of Wheat nnd othpr crnins for 1901. 100,000 FAKMKKS receive * 55OOO.OO < as a result of their Wheat Crop nloue. The return * BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP Jroin Outs , Burley nnd other grains , as well 113 cattle imd horse.add conoiderabl } to this. cures coughs and colds. Secure a FREE Homestead ot once , or pnrchivse from some reliable dealer wliile lands nre Felling nt present low prices. Apply for in formation to Superintendent cf Immigration. Ottawi CURTS WHER ALL ELSE FAILT Conada. or to E. T. Holmes , 315 Jnrkaon St. . St. Pnul , Best Cough Syrup. Taste * Good. Use _ Minn. , nnd J. M. McLachlan , Box 116 , Wutertowu , S d. fh time. Sold br drnsgUts. f * | Dakota , Authorized Government Aeeuts. Please gay where you auw thai advertisement. I Sale Ten Million Boxes THE FAMILY'S FAVORITE HEDICIBE CATHARTIC BEST FOR THE BOWELS