CLIPPING THE HOESE.
RECOMMENDED BY LEADING
VETERINARIANS.
Clipping : ImproTO the Health of
the Horce , MUe Him Feel Bet
ter , Worfc Better , nd Increases
HI * Value.
"A horse is a valuable asset , and
should receive the best care possible.
He should be well fed , comfortably
stabled , carefully groomed and clipped
in the early spring. If he receives
these attentions he will work well and
improve in value. A horse lives under
artificial conditions. In his wild state
he required none of these attentions ,
for he was able to look out for himself.
The domesticated animal , being worked
under conditions that are in themselves
artificial , must be kept In condition for
such work.
The clipping of a horse in the early
spring is now conceded oy all the lead-
Ing veterinarians to be as essential to
a horse's well being as shoeing him or
giving him a comfortable bed to lie on.
Farmers in England and France have
been clipping their horses for many
years , and American farmers are not
Blow to realize Its advantages. A
clipped horse dries out rapidly after a
hard day's work , and will rest comfort
ably and be refreshed for the work the
following day. An undipped horse is
liable to catch the heaves , pneumonia
and all sorts of colds , rheumatism , etc.
More especially is this so in the early
spring , when his hair Is long and he
Is "soft" If worked hard he will per
spire freely and the moisture will be
held by his long hair , and the food that
should go to nourish him will be used
to replenish the heat that is being con
stantly taken from his body by the
mass of cold wet hair. If clipped , the
perspiration will evaporate almost as
soon as secreted , and when put in the
stable he rests comfortably and his
food does him good.
Some years ago a Buffalo street car
company tested the value of clipping
In the following manner : They owned
500 horses , and 250 of these were
clipped early in the spring and 250
were not clipped. A careful record was
kept of results , and it was found that
of the 250 undipped norses 153 were
afflicted with coughs and pneumonia ,
while of the 250 clipped not one case
of sickness was reported.
A man would not expect to enjoy
very good health if he did hard manual
work clothed with heavy underwear , a
heavy suit and a fur overcoat , and
after perspiring freely , as he naturally
would , go to sleep without removing
same. It is just as ridiculous to expect
a horse to be in perfect health it
worked under the same conditions.
If you would get the best returns
from your investment In your horse ,
treat him right , and be'stire and clip
him In the early spring.
A first-class horse-clipping machine
can be bought at nearly any hardware
store for less than $7.00. " Horse Re
view.
fio Buslnes.
The friend of a young physician
started for a little western town and
promised to telegraph if tue settlement
appeared to be a good opening in the f
medical line. Some weeks later the c
physician received the following mesE
sage :
"Come at once. All's well. "
To which the physician responded :
"What's the use of coming if all's ;
well ? I had better locate where they're
all sick. "
BABY'S TORTURING HUMOR.
Ears Looked as If They "Would Drop
Off Face Mass of Sores Cured by
Cuticura in Two Weeks for 75c.
"I feel it my duty to parents of oth
er poor suffering babies to tell you
what Cuticura has done for my little
daughter. She broke out all over her
bodywith a humor , and we used ev °
erything recommended , but without re e
sults. I called in three doctors , they V
all claimed they could help her , but
she continued to grow worse. Her body
was a mass of sores , and her little face >
was being eaten away ; her ears looked
as if they would drop off. Neighbors
advised me to get Cuticura Soap and
Ointment , and before I had used half
of the cake of Soap and bos of Oint
ment the sores had all healed , and my
little one's face and body were as clear
as a new-born babe's. I would not he
without it again if it cost five dollars , Q [
instead of seventy-five cents. Mrs. T
George J. Steese , 701 Coburn St. , Ak e
ron , Ohio. ' u
An Intricate Problem. a
Mrs. Kbrown That conductor insult lin
ed me. n
Mr. Kbrown How ?
Mrs. Kbrown Wanted me to pay n
fare for Tommy. J ;
Mr. Kbrown Well , Tommy is quite a Cn
chunk of a lad. He looks n
Mrs. Kbrown And you , too ? Do you
mean to insinuate that I look old v >
enough to have a child old enough to titl
pay car fare ? Cleveland Leader. tlb
b
i Worth Knowing : tlf
that Alleock's the
are original Ui a k
only genuine porous plasters ; all ot -
to-called porous piaster are imitations
n
TVIllIng : to Obi I ETC. h
"Say , " queried the butcher's assist y
ant , "can I.get a quarter from you this d
morning ? "
"Well , you've struck me pretty early , " e :
replied the Texas steer , "but I'll let you
have one as soon as I am dressed. "
a :
Tliae'a Spar. *
Winks You say time runs on. What a
makes time run on ? aa
Dinks The spur of the moment , 1 a
suppose. Birmingham ( England ) Week E
ly Post d
WOMAN WANTS TOO MUCH.
MUCH.By Juliet V. Strauss.
There are many compensations
to being a woman , if one only
knows how to find them. The
great trouble with women is that
they are always asking too much
of life. Man wants but little here
below , and he gets It Woman
wants too much ; she doesn't get
It , and is constantly fretting over It.
If you start out to be an earn
est woman , be sure that you are
earnest about the right things , and
JULIET v. biitAuoti not about a lot or tnnes mat really
do not count. Also , try not to be earnest at the wrong
time. I have known earnest women to drive their hus
bands to drink and give their sons a distaste for prayer
meeting that remained permanent through a lifetime.
Above all , dear woman , in seeking to put away child
ish things , be sure you do not put away the wrong
things. Do not discard the light and laughter and fun
and save the affectations , the selfishness , and the fool
ish little ambitions and emulations.
The things that men make are never miracles , but
everything that God makes is a miracle. Strange , then ,
that we should fret for the puny workmanship and
device for man and forget the singing waters and talk
ing trees around us.
FOBESTS VITAL TO NATION'S WELFARE.
By John F. Lacey , M. C.
Forestry has found some difficulty in at
tracting attention , because of the assumption
that the subject is purely one of sentiment
But the subject is in the highest degree one
of practical utility. The poet and the painter
may rejoice In the con temp1 ition of the
woods. But the farmer , the miller , the boat
man , and the lumberman may now combine to
preserve as well as to enjoy the beneficial
uses of this great element of our national wealth. The
forest Is the representative of motherhood. It fertilizes
the earth upon which it feeds. It bears the fruit of the
past and the seed of the future. A vigorous and healthy
forest Is the height of nature's adornment Man has
been as wasteful of his natural possessions as the sun
of Its energy. We have not been content with using
these resources ; we have wasted them as reckless prod
igals.
Perhaps the grandest forest now remaining on the
earth Is that in northern California , Oregon and Wash
ington. I visited Oregan first in 1SS7 , and I remained
many days In the vicinity , but had a first , last and only
view. The whole country was covered by a pall of
smoke from the burning forests.
This was more wicked than the destruction of our
forests on the Atlantic only because the great woods
Of the Pacific are finer , and for the further reason that
they are our last The example of the Atlantic States
Is one to profit by. I remember the hills and streams of
the Eastern States In my boyhood. After long absence
I revisited some of these old streams. The trees had
been felled and the springs had gone dry. The swim
ming holes were filled with dry sand arid gravel. It
now looks as if Niagara falls might yet be converted to
a dry cliff , surrounded by all sorts of mills.
Rain produces forests and forests produce rain. Great
and injurious changes of climate almost certainly follow
A PICTURE SERMON.
Dartoon "Which Shows the Root of
the Boy-Bandit Evil.
The cities and towns of the country
ire having an epidemic of crime of
jreater or lesser degree , In which the
> ffenders are mere boys who have
started on the wrong path so early in
life that for them the outlook Is any
thing but encouraging. A strong ser-
non on the cause of this youthful vice
vas preached the other day by Mc-
Uutcheon , the cartoonist of the Chicago
rribune. His picture showed a father
md mother sitting by the fireside , the
father reading and the mother sew-
ng. "Where's Willie to-night ? " asks
lie father. "I don't know , " replied
lie mother , "do you want him ? " "No , "
tays the father , "I just wondered
vhere he was. "
That is the picture , but what a
itory it tells I That boy Is on danger-
ms ground when he is away from home
jvenings and his parents do not know
vhere he is or what he is doing. The
vorst may be Imagined when parents
ire so careless of the welfare of their
oys that they permit them to have the
on of the town without knowing their
snvlronments and associations. The
emptations of the cities are so varied
md alluring that menand women of
trperlence fall. It is not to be won-
Lered , therefore , that youth becomes
in easy victim.
The situation Is so grave that the
uestlon should be handled plainly.
Vho Is at fault ? Primarily the par-
Tits. When fathers and mothers are
inconcerned as to where their boys
ire after night , they are giving an
mpetus to the wave of crime. Juve-
Jle courts are a unit in demanding
uch changes in the laws as will per-
ait them to punish careless parents ,
ather than their erring children , and
ommon sense proves the need of such
aodificatlon.
Parents who bring children Into the
rorld aro bound by every law of na-
ure to protect and guide them through
he formative period , and they should
ie compelled to do so by statute or suf-
er a severe penalty. The parent
3iows the pitfalls of the city and
own , and it should he his duty as
rail as pleasure to guide the feet of
Js children until they arrive at the
ears of understanding. If this were
lone , the road to ruin would . have
ewer travelers , and more boys would
lect to become worthy citizens.
No boy starts out with the aim and
mbition to become a bad man. All his
.aplrations are to be a useful citizen ,
jad If he is properly protected during
Js teens , the chances are he will land
11 right And to whom should society
nd the state look for his proper care
luring these critical years , If not to th
any sweeping and general destruction et the woods.
Trees set along the fence rows may by shade reduce the
production of a little grass or grain , but such trees will
do much to break the force of the wind and ameliorate
the climate.
As the result of national legislation more than 63-
000,000 acres of timbered land are now set apart In for
est reserves. These vast reservations have been so
selected as to preserve the water supply for purposes
of irrigation in the West Only a government lives long
enough to plant trees extensively. The brevity of hu
man life deters the' individual from a project yielding
such slow returns.
DISHONESTY IN BUSINESS PAYS.
By John A. Howland.
to do , " he said. "I live In western Iowa , and am ha
business there. I am In competition with men who have
never had the least sense of scrupulousness. I discov
ered a good while ago that the man who by all odds
was my closest and most dangerous competitor was
getting a rebate upon all goods shipped to him over a
certain railroad. That rebate was sufficient to give him
an advantage over me that the closest business econ
omy on my side without rebate could not minimize.
What did I do ? I knew that I could not prove the re
bate in court , and I felt that a fight on It would ac
complish nothing. So I am getting the same rebate
myself , not because I want to violate a law , but because
I am compelled to do so In order to make a living. "
When I was a boy I was taught that the word "hon
est" was an adjective that was not possible of com
parison. Nowadays not only the commercial world , but
the usages of every day good English allow the phrases
"more honest" and "most honest" Undoubtedly they
have their missions In the commercial world. In fact ,
the expression "He's a pretty honest sort of fellow"
has come into the vernacular all along the business
line , and not even the fellow himself would likely think
to take exception to the compliment
THE TETJE UNIT OF SOCIETY.
By Bishop Samuel Fallows.
The day of personality has
gone by. The man who writes the
editorial articles in the newspaper
is unknown except to a few. It Is
so with the teachers in + he public
schools perhaps to a greater ex
tent than any other calling. The
absurd and unjust discriminations
that have heretofore been made
against a woman because she is a
woman are ceasing. The most
thorough infidel , whatever else he
BISUOP FALLOWS. may deny , cannot deny that Chris
tianity guards'and glorifies the home. The Individual
is not the unit of society. The unit of society consists
in a man and a woman united in holy wedlock.
ROOT OF THE BOY BANDIT EVIL.
Where is Willie this evening ? "
"I don't know , Henry. He went out Just after supper. Why ?
Did you want him for anything ? "
"Mo ; I just wondered where he was. " Chicago Tribune.
parents ? They cannot shirk the re
sponsibility.
What is true of the boy , is In a yet
greater degree true of the girl. If the
home is not made a haven for the
youth , then , indeed , are cociety and
the nation in danger.
Where are your boy and your girl
to-night ? Toledo Blade.
MYTH OF ANCIENT RUINS.
Scientist Shatter * Romance Spread
by "Ivingr Solomon' * Mines. "
The glamour of mythical romance ,
which has so long sutirounded the fam
ous ruins of Zimbabwe , Rhodesia , wore
recently dispelled In a lecture by Dr.
Mclver , before the research de
partment of the Royal Geographi
cal Society In London. It has al
ways been supposed that the ruins
dated back to one of the earliest civili
zations , and were probably of Semitic
origin. Rider Haggard's romance of
"King Solomon's mines" spread their
fame far and wide. Dr. Mclver , how
ever , who was commissioned by the
British association to examine the
ruins , now reports that there are no
grounds for the belief that they were
of any great antiquity.
Excavations have proved that the
Only the other day a business man who is a
former preacher , and a still enthusiastic mem
ber of the church , declared to me that the
world in Its business relations had. to be con
sidered wholly in the light of the times ; that
for the man in business to attempt anything
else would be to run hejnllong into a stone
wall.
"In my own case , look what I am compelled
ruins belonged to one period only in
which medieval and post-medieval build
ings were constructed by a people whose
Implements and ornaments were found
there ; that Is the negroid race , who
were akin to the Kaffirs. Frederick
Stone , the explorer , agreed that the dis
trict had never been occupied by a clv-
ilzed race , and described the primitive
methods of dealing with gold-bearing
quartz , which he believed had been car
ried on until the Zulu invasion.
Dr. Mclver states that he had dis
covered two pieces of flowered blue and
white Nankin china , which were cer
tainly not earlier than the sixteenth
centurySeveral meinDers dissented
from the lecturer's views. Washington
Post
To Be EnconwUfed.
"Do you think young people should
be encouraged in literary effort ? "
"Yes , " answered Miss Cayenne. "I
would rather have people write their
Impressions of things in general than
insist on 'telling them to me. " Wash
ington Star.
It will be noticed In every home in
which there is a cozy corner that the
dog , in seeking comfortable places to
sleep , never enters one of them.
THC WEEKLY
Hi
1498 Henry VII. of England granted a
patent to John Cabot.
1492 Jews banished from Spain by
Ferdinand V.
1539 Sir Nicholas Carew beheaded.
1585 Dr. Parry executed for plot to as
sassinate Queen Elizabeth.
1634 First colony arrived at Potomac
for settlement of Maryland.
1641 Archbishop Laud sent to the
Tower.
16SG James II. of England forbade the
bishops to preach on controverted
points.
1714 Gibraltar and Minorca ceded to
the English.
1716 Aurora borealis first seen in Eng
land.
l70 Boston massacre.
1776 South Carolina instructed her del
egates for independence . Gen.
Washington fortified Dorchester
Heights.
1779 Americans defeated at Brier
Creek , Ga.
1791 District of Columbia organized.
1811 Massacre of the Mamelukes at
Cairo by Mehemet All.
1815 Napoleon , having escaped from
Elba , landed at Cannes en route to
Paris. . . . United States declared war
against Algiers.
1817 Suspension of habeas corpus act.
* 825 Great earthquake in Algiers lasted
five days.
* 830 William Cramp established his
shipyard at Philadelphia.
1S43 Congress of United States grant
ed § 30,000 to Morse for telegraph
. . . .Thames tunnel opened ,
1848 Income tax riots in London.
1849 Department of the Interior estab
lished.
1854 City of Glasgow lost between Liv
erpool and Philadelphia ; 450 lives
lost. . . .U. S. steamer Black Warrior
seized by Cuban authorities at Ha
vana.
1856 Free State Legislature hi Kansas
constituted - Oovent Garden thea
ter , London , burned.
1857 Supreme Court decided Dred Scott
case. . i f
1861 Abraham Lincoln inaugurated
President of the United States.
1S62 Gen. Beauregard took command
of the Army of the Mississippi.
1863 Act of Congress suspended the
1 habeas corpus act during the Civil
War.
1867 Terrible earthquake at Aletekene ,
Levant.
1868 Barnum's museum burned at New
5Tork.
1869 Pardon of Arnold and Spangler ,
assassination conspirators.
1870 President Lopez of Paraguay de
feated and killed at battle of Aqui-
daban.
1871 Congress set apart Yellowstone
valley for a national park. . . .Treaty
of peace between Germany and
France.
1873 Great fraud on the Bank of Eng
land discovered.
1878 Hot Springs , Ark. , nearly destroy
ed by fire - Bland silver bill pass
ed over the President's veto.
1879 President Hayes vetoed Chinese
restriction bill.
1884 Great snow blockade on Canadian
Pacific and Grand Trunk railroads.
1885 General strike of Missouri Pacific
railroad employes.
1886 Eruption of Mount Etna.
1887 China ceded Chusan Island ro
Germany - Henry Ward Beecher
stricken with apoplexy _ Score of
lives lost in burning of steamer W.
H. Gardner near Gainesville , Ala.
. . . .Mrs. R. Druse hanged at Her-
kimer , N. Y. , for murdering her hus
band.
1888 Local option , Kansas City , closed
every saloon for the first time.
1889 Violent earthquake in South Amer
ica.
1890 British steamer Quetta sunk in
Torres Strait , Australia ; 100 lives
lost.
1891 Eleven Italians accused of killing
New Orleans chief of police lynched
by mob.
1894 Mr. Gladstone resigned as Prime
Minister of England.
1895 Great fire in Toronto _ Japanese
carried Nechwang after a battle of
thirteen hours - Czar of Russia
prohibited use of knout in punishing
peasants.
1897 Japan adopted a gold standard.
1905 John H. Regan , last surviving
member of Confederate cabinet , died.
Dealers Lose Heavily.
The phenomenally mild and open win
ter , which has kept the hens industrious ,
has smashed the egg market and the cold
storage men and wholesale dealers are
facing losses mounting into the millions.
In New York City there is to-day a sur
plus of cold storage eggs estimated at
B0,000 cases , or 21,600,000 eggs. There
Is , besides , a surplus of fresh laid eggs
> f unknown quantity. Eggs are almost
Jirt cheap. Storage eg s are selling at
from 6 to 10 cents a dozen , vrhile fresh
laid eggs sell at 14 cents or a little more
I dozen wholesale.
RESTORE STRENGTH
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Actually
Make New Blood and Good
Hoalth Follows.
The evil effects that follow many dis
eases particularly the grip and the
wasting fevers , such as typhoid and
malaria , are caused by the bad condition
in which these diseases leave the blood.
As a result , the flesh continues to fall
away , the sufferer grows nervous and
irritable , and even slight exertion causes
shortness of breath. These are danger
ous symptoms and indicate that the
system is in a state that invites pneu
monia , bronchitis or even consumption.
"What is needed is a new supply of rich , " < i
red blood to carry health and strength 4
to every part of the body.
" I was all run down from the effects
of the grip , " says Mrs. Amelia Hall , of
No. 5 High street. Norwich Conn. , "and
could not seem to get strength to walk ;
could not eat a full meal , my stomach
was so weak , and I was so nervous that
I could not sleep. I could only stay in
bed a few minutes at a time , either night
or day. The least little thing would
Btarfclame. I had difficulty in breath
ing and had frequent fainting spells.
"My general health was completely
wrecked and I had neuralgic and rheu
matic pains , dyspepsia , constipation ,
and female weakness. My physician at
tended me for the grip and again for
the condition that it lefff me in , but I
got no strength from the tonics he pre
scribed. In fact , nothing helped me
until I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
and they cured me.
"I grew stronger and gained flesh
from the. time I began taking them. I
am satisfied that the pills are all that is
claimed for them and I shall do all I can
to make their good qualities known. "
Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills cure ner
vous disorders of every kind , check
wasting diseases and build tip strength.
For booklet , address the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co. , Schenectady , N.T.
"I hear , " said one financier , "that
Mr. Rockefeller is bathing his feet in
the early morning dew to benefit his
health. "
"Yes , " replied the other. "Having
, gotten all there Is cut of oil , he is
going to try water. " Washington Star.
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