Are tho PackewReceivinjf Fair Plfcj ?
When the Garfleld report on the
business methods of the packers ap
peared , after eight months' investiga
tion , it was severely criticised and
roundly denounced. After three
months of publicity it Is significant
that those who attempted to discredit
tt ha e failed to controvert the figures
contained In taat exhaustive document.
; The public is beginning to notice this
omission , and the feeling is rapidly
growing that the sensational charges
out of which the "Beef Investigation"
nrose were without foundation. If the
official statements of the report are
ettsceptiblo of contradiction , a good
many people are now asking why the
facts and figures are not furnished to
contradict them.
The truth seems to be that most of
{ the charges contain unfounded sensa
tional assertions. A flagrant example
Vf this appeared in a recent article in
on Eastern magazine , to the effect that
"forty Iowa banks were forced to close
their doors in 1903-4 by the Beef
Trust's manipulation of cattle prices. "
'Chief Clerk Cox , of the banking de
partment of the Iowa State Auditor's
office , has tabulated the list of banks
Civen in the magazine article and has
publicly denounced the statement as
utterly untrue. He gives separately
the reasons for each failure mentioned
and officially states that they have
been caused by unwise speculations
and by reckless banking methods. It
imay be well to suspend judgment up-
"on " the packers until the charges
'against them are proved.
Somewhat Different.
Callcrton Did you employ a type
writer to copy your manuscript ?
Scribbleton I thought I did , but on
looking over the copy I discovered that
I had emploved tvpc wronger.
'LIVING ' TOO HASTILY
AMERICAN WOMEN BREAK DOWN
Irregrularitles and Female Derange
ments Result Cured by Lydla E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Owing1 to our mode and manner of
'livingand the nervous haste of every
"woman to accomplish just so much
each day , it is said that there is not
one woman in twenty-five but what
'Buffers ' with some derangement of the
female organism , and this is the secret
Of so many unhappy homes.
Nowoman can be amiable , light-
liearted and happy , a joy to her hus-
fcand and children , and perform the
duties incumbent upon her , when she is
Bufferingwith backache , headache ,
nervousness , sleeplessness , bearing- ,
down pains , displacement of the womb ,
spinal weakness or ovarian troubles.
Irritability and snappy retorts take
the place of pleasantness , and all sun
shine is driven out of the home , and
lives are wrecked by woman's great
enemy womb trouble.
Read this letter :
Denr Mrs. Finkham :
" I was troubled for eightyoarswith Irregu
larities which broke down my health and
brought on extreme nervousness and despon
dency. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound proved to be tho only medicine which
ielped me. Day by day I improved in health
while taking it until I was entirely cured. I
can attend to my social and household duties
and thoroughl v enjoy life once more , as Lydia
12. Finkbam's Vegetable Compound has made
'me a well woman , without an ache or a puin. "
Mrs. Chester Curry , 42 Saratoga Street ,
East Boston , Mass.
At the first indication of ill health ,
painful or irregular menstruation ,
pain in the side , headache , backache ,
, caring-down paius , nervousness or
* ' the blues , " secure at once a bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and begin its use.
A
PLEASANT
THE NEXT MORNING 1 FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW
AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER.
My doctor Bays it acts gently on the stomich. liver
nd kidneys-and is a pleasant laxative. This drink is
tnade from herbs , and is prennrad for use as easily OB
tea. It ia called 'JLane's Tea" or
LANE'S FAMIXY MEDICINE
All drupgist/s or by inailEo eta. and CO eta. Buy it to
4 y. I.une'N Family iHedicino moves tlio
bo\vcln each day. In order to be henlthy this is
necessary. Addr * 3 , O. F. Woodward * I * Roy , N.Y.
SICK HEADACH
' Positively cured by
CARTER'S these Little Pills.
They also relievo Dis
tress Ironi Dyspepsia , In
ITTLE digestion and Too Hearty
IVER Eating. A perfect rem
edy for Dizziness , Nausea ,
Drowsiness , Bad Taste
In tho Mouth , Coated
Tonguo. Pain In the Side.
TORPID LIVER. They
regulate too Bcwels. Purely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE.
CARTERS Genuine Must Bear
Fac-Simile Signature
V'TTL '
IIVE
pJLl .
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
THE FARM HOT-BEDS.
A hot-bed consists of a rectangular
frame made of boards ten inches wide
in front and fourteen in back , placed
on their edges and nailed together ,
the end pieces being bevelled off and
the whole covered with sash , such as
old windows.
The beds are made in a convenient
location facing the south , as on a hill
side. If sheltered at the north by a
hedge or fence much more heat will
be available.
A sufficient quantity of fresh horse
droppings containing the long straw
or leaves is piled up under cover , wet
down occasionally if necessary , and
turned every day for ten days or two
weeks. Then it will be ready for the
beds if the odor is sweet and agree
able. This material is to furnish the
heat , through decay , for three or four
months.
The frame-work is set on the
ground at the desired place and the
enclosed space is dug out to a depth
of 31& to 4 feet. The soil thrown out
can be used to advantage in banking
around the frame. The manure is
then placed in this excavation , layer
by layer , until within six inches of
the surface of the ground , each layer
being packed down till firm and level.
A layer of three parts good garden
loam to one part of rottened manure
follows , deep enough to bring the
whole to a level with the ground. The
sash is put on and the bed is left until
sticks left thrust in , show on being
held in the hand , a diminishing tem
perature.
' The bed may be planted at any
time after this , doing it on bright , hot
days , at the brightest , hottest time.
There is a great variety of things that
can be grown. Lettuce plants may be
started , or those previously started
in the house may be put out ; radishes
lettuce seed for a
sown between , or
second crop. Strawberries may be
forced in them. Dwarf beans , celery ,
parsley , early peas , herbs , etc. , can
be started , aud even brought to ma
turity. But for the farm it provide ?
and to
a means of starting cabbage
matoes , two very necessary crops.
When these plants are off , the bed
will still furnish heat enough to ma
ture a crop of mushrooms , or better ,
seeds plant
some cucumber or melon
ed will give an abundance of fine early
fruit.
Careful watering and care to leave
a crack of air always on to take off
the "sweat" is all the care necessary
other than careful ventilating on
bright days so that the temperature
will not rise so high that it is unfav
orable to the crop in them. Wooden
shutters and straw mats are a val
uable addition for covering the sash
on stormy days or cold nights.
If you have never tried a hot-bed
make upone this year and see for
yourself the help one of theseminia
ture greenhouses is. Oh many large ,
private estates the gardeners have no
other means for supplying cauliflow
ers , lettuce , mushrooms , strawberries
and other vegetables and fruits out
of season , when such things are in de
mand , to say nothing of growing a
succession of flowers. R. L. Adams
in Massachusetts Ploughman.
SMALL PASTURES MORE DE
SIRABLE.
A very common practice among old
farmers was to make their pastures
as large as possible , claiming that
there was a great saving in the way
of fencing and that there was com
paratively little difference in grazing
a small or large pasture. This has
been found to be quite an erroneous
idea and the demand now Is for small
pastures and frequent changes. All
kinds of stock have been found to do
better when given a change of pasture
stock is con
every few days. When
fined too long on one pasture it be
comes scented and they do not seem
to relish it as wellas they do new ,
fresh pastures. There is also a great
saving in pasture by using small
fields , in this way : when frequent
changes are made , the grass is not so
liable to become so rank in places
that they will riot eat it , a condition
which almost invariably arises when
stock is allowed the range of large
fields. Especially is frequent change
desirable for sheep and wKen not
given them , they do not thrive as they
should ; turning on fresh pasture even
when no better than the one from
which they have been changed seems
to give them a new start. He who
changes his flock frequently during a
year will find that his sheep have
made much better gains than those of
his neighborwho tos confined them
mostly to one pasture. By having
small fields it is possible to have a
variety of grasseswhich is so de
sirable in the forming of pastures for
any animal. Of all kinds of live stock
there is none which is so wasteful a
grazer as the hog and he should only
be allowed access to as much grass
as he will keep well cropped. Allow
him the range of one field ten days or
two weeks and then change to another
and you will find that he seems to like
the change very much , as he finds the
fresh grass tender and sweet. T. W.
Jones in the Epitomist.
THE BREEDING STOCK.
If the hens and the males to be
used for breeding purposes have been
properly wintered there ought to be
B.O troublo In hatr.hlne chicks which
will thrive ; on the other hand , If the
males have been kept half starved ,
or have been so placed that they have
spent the winter in fighting each
other , they are not in condition for
"mating. If the hens and pullets have
been short on exercise , have been
overfed or underfed , have occupied
damp , dark houses , they are not in
condition to produce eggs which are
fit for hatching.
Turn attention to the breeding
stock now and first of all see that the
feeding and care of the female is
what it should be. Have the house
comfortable , but also have plenty of
ventilation and find some way to force
her to take needed exercfse ; cut off
on the corn feed and increase the
wheat and other muscle-making
grains. As for the males , place them
where they too may be well cared for
and fed , so as to get up the greatest
amount of energy and vitality before
they arc turned in with the hens. No
work in the poultry business is more
important than this now , for tTie fu
ture of the flock may depend upon
how well the breeding stock is
brought up to the highest perfection ,
Indianapolis News.
GINSENG GARDENING.
The culture of ginseng is now cai-
ried on successfully in all parts of
this country. It is not confined to its
native home , the forest , but the
prairie now produce's "seng" ( pro
nounced sang. ) This is not a busi
ness for men only but women and
children now own and tend the gar
dens. The size of these gardens de
pends on the ability of the owner to
tend them , ranging from the minia
ture pots of a few hundred plants
to immense nurseries of several hun
dred thousand plants and whose
value runs well up towards the hun
dred thousand dollar mark. The sup
ply of wild root is nearing extinction
and as a result , the owners of ginseng
gardens find good money not only in
producing the root for market but also
in supplying seeds and roots to stock
other gardens. An idea can be had of
the immense yield of an acre when it
is understood that they are plan-ted
very close four to six inches. Seeds
appear the second year and roots are
of marketable size in four to six years.
Dry roots are quoted at $4 to $5 per
pound while green roots for nursery
stock sell for several times that
amount. At the same time the plant
is producing .each year after the sec
ond , seeds which are worth nearly a
nickel each. The Epitomist.
THE EWES IN SPRING.
During recent years it has been a
practice to clip as soon as possible
after the lambing season , and we have
been well satisfied with the result
The wool presents a much better ap
pearance and. is free from weak spots.
It is well known that it is difficult to
keep a good milking ewe from going
down in flesh , and this is sure to weak
en the strength of the staple. The
ewes must necessarily be stabled
much of the time , and the lambs
soon begin to tramy over them when
lying , which soils and injures the
wool. We clip witliout washing and
select a mild spell of weather for do
ing it , and when they liave been clipp
ed for a few days a cold flurry does ,
not seem to affect them ; but if out ,
when a rain comes they rapidlygath
er to the shed , and this is a decided
advantage to the larr-bs , as they will
often remain out , if not clipped , until
the lamb is very cold. After clipping
both the ewes and lambs seem to im
prove more repidly.
GOOD FOR THE HORSES.
Sveral are complaining that indiges
tion is ailing work horses which liave
not had much to do the past winter
and have had no sufficient or green
food. Under such conditions horses
that are suffering from indigestion
may be given , a good veterinarian
says , two pounds of green flax seed ,
eight ounces of powdered mitre , four
ounces of powdered gentian , five
ounces of ginger , four ounces of powd
ered anise seed. Mix together
thorough. Dose a Leaping tablespoon-
ful once a day in the grain. The ton
ic may be discontinued after ten days
if the horse is given an abundance of
light exercise daily. Some green suc
culent feed is what they need. Some
cut carrots , potatos , or beets would be
good mixed in a bran mash. Indiana
Farmer.
GOOD SOWS.
In the selection of sows there are
a few points which should be sought
for in addition to those mentioned as
requisite in the boar. Sows should be
docile and have at least twelve teats
of equal size , evenly placed , and car
ried well forward on the belly. Large
flat teats are invariably blind , i. e. ,
they possess no milk duct. Young
sows should also be of good size and
quality. Care should be taken to as
certain if their dams have been good
milkers , as this quality is hereditary.
A young sow should get plenty of ex
ercise until she is ready for breeding ,
wiiich is at the age of about eight
months.
The eight German Ambassadors at
Madrid , Rome , Washington , Constan
tinople , Paris , London , Vienna and St.
Petersburg , are all of nobility.
Two "Ways of Shotting Up. *
"Yes , " said the fond parent to the
lecturerwhom the f. p.'s baby had in-
terrupted at least twice a minute , "I
don't believe In keeping a baby shut
up at home nil the time. "
"Certainly not , " said the weary lec
turer , "but it ought to be shut up
when it's in public. " Baltimore
American.
"Worth Remembering.
There are three entirely different
kinds of ingredients used in making
the three different varieties of baking
powders on the market , viz. : (1) ( ) Min
eral-Acid or Alum , (2) ( ) Bone-Acid or
Phosphate , and (3) ) Cream of Tartar
made from grapes. It is important ,
from the standpoint of health , to know
something about these ingredients , and
which kind is used in your baking
powder.
(1) ( ) Mineral-Add , or Alum , is made
from a kind of clay. This is mixed
with diluted oil of vitriol and rroui
this solution a product is obtained
Tvhich is alum. Alum is .cheap ; costs
about two cents a pound , and baking
powder made with this Mineral-Acid
Bells from 10 to 25c a pound.
(2) ( ) Bone-Acid , or Phosphate , is the
basis of phosphate baking powders
and the process is fully described in
the patents issued to a large manufac
turer of a phosphate powder. The
TJ. S. Patent Office Report gives a full
and exact description , but the follow
ing extract is enough :
"Burned bones , after being ground ,
are put into freshly diluted oil of vit
riol and with continual stirring and in
the following proportion , " etc.
From this Bone-Acid phosphate bak
ing powders are made ; such powders
sell from 20 to 30 cents a pound.
(3) ( ) Cream of Tartar exists in all
ripe grapes , and flows with the juice
from the press in the manufacture of
v/ine. After thewine is drawn off the
tartar is scraped from the cask , boiled
with "water , and crystals of Cream of
Tartar , white and very pure , separate
and arc collected. It differs in no re
spect from the form in which it orig
inally existed in the grape. Cream of
Tartar , then , while the most expensive ,
is the only ingredient that should be
used in a baking powder to act upon
the soda , as its wholesomeness is be
yond question. Cream of Tartar bak
ing powders sell at about 40 to 50
cents a pound.
Such are the facts , and every one ,
careful of the health of the family ,
should remember this rule : Baking
powders selling from ] 0 to 25 cents a
pound are made of Mineral-Acids ;
those selling from 20 to 30 cents of
Bone-Acid ; and those from 40 to 50
cents of Cream of Tartar made from
grapes.
Knew Whereof He Spoke.
"If I had a wife , " said the very
roung man , "I certainly wouldn't want
her to be at some woman's club dis
cussing public affairs till midnight"
"Neither would you want her to dis
cuss private affairs at home after mid
night , " rejoined the man with the ab
sent hair , "but it's pickles to fudge
she would do it just the same. "
Wherein They Differ.
"Say , p"a , " queried little Johnny Bum-
pcrnickle , "what's the difference be
tween a patriot and a politician ? "
"A patriot , " replied the old geiitleman.
"ia a man who is willing to die for his
country , and a politician is .1 man who
is willing to live at the expense of hia
country. " _ . "
- - - -
j - *
EVERY WALK IN LIFE.
A. A. Boyce , a farmer , living three
and a half _ _
miles from
Trenton ,
Mo. , says : :
"A severe
cold settled $
In my kid-
neys and de-j |
veloped so
quickly thati ,
I was obliged
to lay off
work on ac-
count of the
achinjr in my
back and
Bides. For a time I was unable to
walk at all , and every makeshift I
tried and all the medicine I took had
not the slightest effect. My back con
tinued to grow weakeruntil I began
taking Doaii's Kidney Pills , and I must
say I was more than surprised and
gratified to notice the backache disap
pearing gradually until it finally
stopped. "
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all deal
ers or by mail on receipt of price , 50
cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co. ,
Buffalo , N. Y.
In a Glass by Himself.
George Washington a husband was
Whose morals mounted high.
Oh. what a suap for his good wife ,
For George couldn't tell a lie !
MERCILESS ITCHING.
Another Speedy Cure of an Itching
Hnmor with L.OSS of Hair by the Cnti-
cnra Remedies.
"For two years my neck was covered
with sores , the humor spreading to my
hair , which fell out , leaving an un
sightly bald spot , and the soreness ,
inflammation , and merciless itching
made me wild. Friends advised Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment , and
after a few applications the torment
subsided , to my great joy. The sores
soon disappeared , aud my hair grew
again , as thick and healthy as ever.
I shall always recommend the Cuti
cura Remedies. ( Signed ) Harry * J.
Spalding , 10-4 West 104th street , New
York City. "
I allwuss uotiss that thoze yung wiin-
min who are afrade that every yung
fellow who cams near them iz going to
steal them , and run away with them ,
and brake their parient's harts , seldum
suckceed in getting kaught.
Mr * . "Wlnslow' * Boorasa STBUP for CMldran
bing ; soften * the gums , rdne s inflammation , al >
pain , cures wind oolio. 25 cents a bottl * .
We may be as good as we please , if
.we please to be goad , Barrow. /
MISPLACED EMPHASIS.
Had Not Considered the Really Impor
tant Point at All.
"Have you heard about Frances and
Gencvieve Herrick'r'
Irma put the question to a group of
girls in the study-room , and then turn
ing , inquired , "Does our talk disturb
j-ou , Miss Wilmarth ? "
The young woman who was correct
ing papers at a desk shook her head
pleasantly , and Irma pursued :
"Well , these two sisters are in Eu
rope now , following exactly the same
route , but they started six weeks
apart , to avoid taking the trip togeth
er ! "
"Why ? " sounded a surprised chorus.
"Oh , they think they are too com
pletely merged in each other for their
separate good that Gonevieve over-
Shadows Frances in conversation , and
Frances takes too much responsibility
in other ways. They're great on the
rlevelopment of the individual , you
know , and each aspires to be a 'sym
metrical whole. ' They said it was
bard to give up having this experience
together , but they're so strong-minded
Ihey determined to go with different
parties because they thought each of
them would get so much more out of
tt. "
"Foolishness ! " cried somebody.
"That's what their father thought.
He's getting old , you know , and can't
keep up with their ideaj. He wanted
them to go together because their
mother isn't strong , and she said it
would be a relief to her to have the
ocean voyage over for both of them at
once. Besides , she'd feel better all the
time , in case oue of them should be ill
or anything , to know they were togeth
er. But the girls were firm , and of
course their father wouldn't refuse to
pay the bills. Come on there goes the
belJJ"
The group dispersed , but one girl
lingered.
"What do you say. Miss Wilmarth ? "
she asked. "Can those girls get enough
b'enefit in the way of intrividual devel
opment to pay them for sacrificing the
pleasure of having that trip together ? "
Miss Wilmarth waited a little , and
smoothed a fold of her black gown be
fore she spoke.
"That doesn't seem the question to
me , Harriet. I can't help thinking of
the needless anxiety tney are causing
their old father and mother , and won
dering whether they can get enough
benelit to pay for that. "
"Oh , " said Harriet , softly , for the
tremble in the voice that answered had
riMnindeU her that neither father nor
mother was left in Miss Wilmarth's
home. Then she added , honestly , "I
never once thought of their father's
and mother's side of itP' Youth's Com.
paniou.
A Developed Daisy.
For many years Mr. Burbank work
ed upon the daisy , taking the tiny
field daisy , the pest of Eastern farm
ers , as a basis of his experiments , and
developing it until it is now a splen
did blossom from five to seven
inches in diameter , with wonderful
keeping qualities after cutting. In
the same way he has greatly in
creased the geranium in size , and at
the same time has made it far more
brilliant in color. Century.
When a London magistrate the other
day discharged a Russian who had been
accused of some petty offense , the Rus
sian prostrated himself and kissed the
floor three times. Then he arose , bowed
to the court and departed.
"I hod Inflammatory RheunatUm , but I amwell
now , thanko to Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy.
It's mr best friend. " Garrett Lansing. Troy , N. Y.
There are 30,000 dry goods stores In
the United States.
THINK OF IT1 !
This Pretty Matron Had Headache an < Jf
Backache , and Her Condition.
Was Serious.
PE = RU = NA CURED.
MRS. M BRICKNER.
99 Eleventh Street , )
Milwaukee , Wls. \
"A short time ago I found my con *
dition very serious. I had headaches ,
pains In the back , and frequent dlzzr ,
spells which grew worse every montaS
1 tried two remedies before Ptruna *
and was discouraged when I took tho
first dose , but my courage soon r&
turned. In less than two months
my health was restored. " Mrs. M.
Brickncr.
The reason _ _ of j > p many failures to
icnre cases simi-
FEMALE TROUBLE lar to the above
NOT RECOGNIZED is the fact that
AS CATARRH diseases pecullatf
to the female set ,
are not commonly recognized as beiu
caused by catarrh.
Catarrh of one organ is exactly the
same as catarrh of any other organ.
What will cure catarrh of tho head vflll
also cure catarrh of the pelvie organs.
Periina cures these cases simply because
it cures the catarrh.
If yon have catarrh write at once $ o
Dr. Ilarttnnn , giving a full statement ,
of your case , and he will be pleased to'
give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Ilartmnn , President o
The Hartman Sanitarium , Columbus , 0.
Churches
School Mouses
and Homes
. . t to be decorated and made beautiful
and healthful by using
in white and beau *
tiful tints. Doe *
not rub or scale. Destroys disease germs and
vermin. No washing of walls after once so *
plied. Any ono can brush It on mix with
cold water. Plain tinting and whitening , and
the most elaborate relief , stencil wort and
frescolnjrmaybedonowltb.lt. Other finishes )
( bearing fanciful names and mixed with hot
water ) do not have tno cementlneproperty
of Alabastlne. They are stucs on wita' '
clao or other animal matter , which , rots , i
feedingdisease germs , rubbing : , scaiWf ?
aud spoiling trails , clothing , etc. SucE ,
. _ . .
* UVhSU .LSGtWAtfeAU a t UVA W * * * ft
vices in making color plans , free. ( . -v.
ALABASTINE COMPANY ,
Grand Rapids , Mich. , or 105 Water St , N. Y *
8. G N. U. No. 22 1O05
Plainly to
That youwant LION COFFEE always , and he ,
being a square man , will not try to sell you any
thing else. You may not care for our opinion , but
What About the United Judgment o ! Millions
of housekeepers who have used LION COFFEE
for over a quarter of a century ?
Is there any stronger proof of merit , than the
Confidence of the People
and ever Increasing popularity ?
LION COFFEE is carefully se
lected at the plantation , shipped
direct to our various factories ,
where It is skillfully roasted and
carefully packed In sealed pack
ages unlike loose coffee , which
is exposed to germs , dust , in
sects , etc. LION COFFEE reaches
you as pure and clean as when
it left the factory. Sold only in
1 If ? , packages. v
Lion-head on every package.
Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums.
SOLD BY GROCERS EYE&YWKERE
WOOLSOX SPICE CO. , Toledo , Ohio.
Sale Ten Million Boxes aYear.
THE FAMILY'S FAVORITE BEQiGSKE
CANDY CATHARTIC
lOc.
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BEST FOR THE BOWELS