Up in rJit ! Aliv
"Is he still snjtcrifltt'U.li'at of
powder millV"
"No , he's traveling r.o\v. "
"Indeed V"
"Yes ; at any r.iie. he hasn't < : oiu i
flown since Hint explosion hist wee ! : . "
Philadelphia Press.
Sfeccl < liii Jtlor' * Information.
Mrs. Chngwater Josiah , what is a
pronunciameuto ?
Mr. Chugwater Pronouncing amen to
anything you want to indorse. I should
Ihink you could tell that by looking at
the word itself.
ADDRESSEDTO WORKING GIRLS
Hiss Barrows Tells How Mrs. Pink.
ham's Advice Helps Working : Girls.
Girls who work
are particularly
susceptible to fe
rn a 1 e disorders ,
especially those
who are obliged
to stand on their
feet from morn
ing until night in
stores or facto-
Day in and day
< -mt. the girl toils ,
and she is often the bread-winner of
the family. Whether she is sick or
well , whether it rains or shines , she
must get to her place of employment ,
perform the duties exacted of her
smile and be agreeable.
Among this class the symptoms of
female diseases are early manifest by
"weak and aching backs , pain in the
lower limbs and lower part of the
stomach. In consequence of frequent
wetting of the feet , periods become
painful and irregular , and frequently
there are faint and dizzy spells , with
loss of appetite , until life is a burden.
All these symptoms point to a de
rangement of the female organism
which can be easily and promptly
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound.
Miss Abb } ' F. Barrows , Nelsonville.
Athens Co. , Ohio , tells what this great
medicine did for her. She writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham :
"I feel it my duty to tell you the good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Blood Purifier have done forme. Before
I took them I was very nervous , had dull
headaches , pains in back , and periods were
Irregular , I had been to several doctors , and
they did me no good.
"Your medicine has made me well and
strong. I can do most any kind of work
without complaint , and my periods are all
right.
"I am in better health than I ever was ,
and I know it is all due to your remedies. I
recommend your advice and medicine to all
who Buffer. "
It is to such girls that Mrs. Pink-
ham holds out a helping hand and ex
tends a cordial invitation to correspond
with her. She is daughter-in-law of
Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge. Her long record of
success in treating woman's ills makes
her letters of advice of untold value to
every ailing working girl. Address ,
Mrs. Pinkham , Lynn , Mass.
Cough syrups are all cheap
enough , but if you should get a <
gallon of cough syrup that does not 2
cure for the price of a small bottle
of
the best cough , cure , you would
have made a bad bargain for one
small bottle of Kemp's Balsam may
stop the worst cough and save a
life , whereas the cough "cure" that
does not cure is worse than useless.
Sold by all dealers at 250. and 500.
W. L. Douglas $4.OO Gilt Edge Line
cannot be equalled at any price.
JULY 6. ,876J ,
CAPITAL C2.5oaoc
W. L. DOUGLAS /4tfES & SELLS MORE
tSEX'S $ S.SO SHOES THAN A MYOTHEH
ll THE WORLD.
REWARD to anyone who can
disprove this statement.
If I could take you into ray three large factories
at Brockton , Mass. , and show you the infinite
care with which every pair of shoes is made , you
would realize why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes
cost more to make , why they hold their shape ,
lit better , wear longer , and are of greater
intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe.
W. L. Douglas Stronn Made Shoes for
Men , $2.5O , $2.00. Boyc' School &
Dross Shoos , $2.GQ , $2 , $1. 75 , $1.513
CAUTION. Insist upon having "W.L.Doug-
l&s shoes. Take no substitute. Noiio geiiuino
without bis name and price stamped on bottom.
Fast Color Eyelets used ; they will not wear brassy.
Write for Illustrated Catalog.
L W. I * DOUGl AS , Brockton ,
Eyfs ! Cream Bate
is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.
It cleanses , soothes ,
heals and protects
the diseased inembraao. It cures CatarrL
and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly.
Restores the Senses of Taste and SmelL
Full size 50 cts. at Druggists or by moil ;
( Trial size 10 cts. bv mail.
Ely Brothers , 66 Warren Street , New York.
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Potato Cutting Table.
When one has a large area to plant
to potatoes the work of cutting the
seed tubers in the ordinary way is not
inconsiderable. One wUo Is handy can
readily make the seed cutter here de
scribed and save considerable time in
preparing the seed for planting. Build
a table about three feet deep and six
feet wide , setting on it legs so it will
stand about twenty-five . inches from
the floor , just high enough so the av
erage man can get his knees under it
comfortably when sitting down. Have
a back to the table a foot high , with
sides cut so that at the front end they
FOB CUTTING POTATOES.
will be not more than six inches high.
A similar board is run down the cen
ter , thus making a table at which two
can work. In the side pieces , about
three Inches from the end that Is open ,
the front end , cut a hole eight inches
long. A basket is set under this hole ,
on the floor , and the cut tubers are
passed through the hole into thebas ,
ket. This is done so that by a move
ment of the hand the cnt pieces may
be dropped into the basket , rather than
have the cutter reach over or around
to drop the pieces , which would be
necessary if the baskets were behind
him or at the sides. Tall baskets are
used generally , although the ordinary
peach basket will answer the purpose.
A shelf is placed at the top of the cut
ting bench at the back , on which knives
and any other tools needed in the work
may be kept. The idea is plainly shown
in the illustration. Indianapolis
News.
Good Word for Guineas.
The Guinea fowl may yet become a
very profitable branch of farm poultry
raising. The scarcity of certain kinds
of game which resemble in flavor the
Guinea , especially the Western prairie
chicken and grouse , has led to a sub
stitution of young Guineas on hotel and
restaurant bills of fare. Guineas of
about the broiler age. weighing about
one pound and a half are of an ex
ceedingly fine , gamy flavor , and seem to
satisfy the consumer. In this way the
restaurants are able to dodge the game
laws in certain States and serve * * prai-
rle chicken" on the bill of fare at all
seasons. Gamehousos are paying hich :
prices for young Guineas , and it would
seein that large farms might be devot
ed to them profitably wherever turkeys
and pheasants succeed.
Colony House for PIsrs.
Small houses built after the follow
ing description may be readily moved
to any desired location on the farm.
The house is very inexpensively con
structed , consisting of two large dry
goods boxes ; the ends of the boxes are
removed , the tops cut off on a slant
and the edges of the ends are fastened
toegther with small cleats of wood or
straps of iron ; these latter are better
1
MOVABLE HOUSE FOB PIGS.
from the point of strength. A cleat of
hard wood covers the rough ends of
the beads of the floor six inches wide.
All nuails are clinched on the inside
and all cracks between boards are bat
tened. The door is cut In the end and
holes , eight inches in diameter are cut
In the upper front for ventilation.
Small covers of wood may be fastened
with screws so that they can be closed
over the openings when the weather is
* ery cold or stormy.
Killing Early Weeds.
There are many different kinds of
weeds , and some of them start off early
In the spring , almost before the frost
leaves the ground. It is the early
weeds that give the farmer the most
trouble. If the land was plowed last
fall , cross-plow it the coming spring ,
and then harrow or cultivate it as
aften as can be done until time to put
in the seed. Every time the land Is
cultivated more weeds will germinate
to be killed , and the more weeds that
can be destroyed before the regular
crop start the fewer there will be to
combat later on.
Start the Piss Right.
The man who starts off his pigs on
the corn ration about as soon as he can
after they are weaned is laying in a
store of trouble for himself later. There
is a trouble known to swine raisers as
contracted stomach , which results from
an improper ration. The animal is ap
parently "off its feed , " but the'fact is ,
the ration has been so poorly balanced
that the stomach .has not grown with
the growth of the rest of the body. If
the young pigs are to be allowed a
range they will do more or less root
ing , eating of soil and sod ; as this is
their nature , it will not hurt them , but
if they are placed where one does not
wish the sod uprooted , then the ani
mals must be ringed. If middlings
and oilmeal are introduced with the
corn ration there will be considerably
less trouble. Some of the stock foods
on the market have their greatest value
to the swine raiser who 'does not feed
a balanced ration and if these stock
foods can be obtained practically free
from drugs or condiments , they are
very valuable in such cases.
* TVTlint Lime Does for Land.
Farmers often say that they do not
need to use lime , because they use
large quantities of it in fertilizer.
Ground bone and other forms of phos
phate contain lime. We cannot obtain
phosphoric acid in ordinary fertilizers
without lime. Such farmers mistake
the most necessary function of lime in
the soil. Air-slaked lime has a chem
ical action which sweetens the soil ,
makes it more compact or sets free
other forms of plant food. This is quite
distinct from its power to provide ac
tual food for the plants. The lime in
the bone or phosphate may in time
serve as plant food , but the air-slaked
lime is needed for the more important
service.
Corn
Runners of this corn marker should
be 2x6 inches by 2 feet. The side arm
MAKKER FOB CORX.
is fastened to sled on a swivel , and is
pulled along by attaching a rope to
shoe and hooked to singletree as shown.
This arm is made lxl . inches and
10 % feet long , for rows 3 . feet apart
Of course this arm is reversible.
Winter Chickens.
Chickens can be hatched in the win
ter months and profitably raised. You
can hatch them'from Sept. 1 until June
1. Other months are unprofitable.
Chicks can endure cold weather better
than extreme heat Disease , lice and
mites always come with summer
months. The expense of feeding is no
greater in winter. Profits can be real
ized from broods hatched in November ,
December and January. Of course , win
ter chicks do not grow quite so fast ,
but they produce a heavier coat of
feathers. They grow more compact
and solid if hatched early in the winter - *
ter , and will be just right for April and
May , when the price is at the highest
point.
Free Government Seeds.
The agricultural papers of the coun
try have for years shown up the abuse
of the annual congressional seed dis
tribution. Last year the appropriation
was 290,000 , and over 50,000,000 pack
ages of seed were distributed. The
postage on these seeds if paid by indi
viduals would cost about a half million
dollars , and thx ; labor , printing and
other expenses would bring it up to
over a million. The seeds usually are
of poor quality and go for the most
part to sections of the country where
they are not acclimated , to curry po
litical favors. . It is an abuse that
should immediately be discontiaued.
Farm , Field and Fireside.
Too Mnch Specialization.
The hard experience of last year
taught many of the Southern truck
growers the old lesson of diversifica
tion , or in other words , not to put all
their eggs into one basket. This year
many of the farmers who staked all
OR one crop and failed last year , are
now branching out a little more into
fruit growing , etc. , as well as the cul
ture of vegetable crops. The indica
tions are for a prosperous season for
Southern truckmen , but it is always
dangerous for a man of small capital
to grow nothing at all but one line of
produce. American Cultivator.
Wlrevrorms.
It is claimed by a New York farmer
that wireworms will not live in ground
where buckwheat is grown for two seaj j I
sons and that potato land may be '
cleared of these worms by growing
buckwheat
. OCTOGENARIANS TREMBLING ,
> President llooxevelt 2)eeinn Them
i Too Ol l far Civil Service.
There is a panic amoi { ho octogena
rians of the executive dojinrtmenrs in
Washington. Sixteen different kinds of
| shivers run down tiie bucks of all the
gray-haired clerks in these departments
the moment you ask him or her : "IIow
oid are you ? "
This is because the President had askj
ed for a list of the clerks who are above
C5 years of age , there being an academic
question now ofliciallj * up for considera
tion whether a clerk is any good after he
or she is 05 , which is only a variation
of the Osier theory.
The House had inserted in the legisla
tive appropriation bill a paragraph to the
effect that after 1913 no person should
be retained in the service after having at
tained the traditional three score and ten.
Friends of the old soldiers jumped on
the provision and it was knocked out in
the House on a point of order. It may
come up in the Senate , where some of
the old gentlemen there will have also an
opportunity of expressing their opinions
about age as a disabler.
Agents of the Civil Service Commis
sion have been making the rounds of the
departments getting this peculiar kind of
a census , and it has apparently not been
very successful , but thej- have had to
take the data furnished them , and espe
cially by women.
There are two cases of very old age in
the Treasury Department , both women
one is 91 years old and the other 90 , that
is , according to the record at the civil
service bureau. At the Treasury Depart
ment , however , according to the other old
ladies , there are "no such women who
are 91 and 90 years of age. "
They all say "that there have been
very old people" in the Treasury , but
they are all dead. L/ast year , for in
stance , there was a clerk who was actu
ally 92 years of age , but he was as "good
as any young man in the service. " Over
in the State Department there is one
woman wlio is 85 j'ears of age , according
to civil service , but slie will not confess
and it is hard to discriminate among the
other gray Leads.
A $10,000,000 VESSEL.
Uncle Sam to Have World's Most
Powerful Warship.
The battleship Constitution , which the
House naval committee recommends for
authorization , promises to be the most
formidable vessel ever launched. If the
preliminary designs , which are now un
der consideration by the bureau of con
struction and repair , are adopted the new
battleship will carryd2 12-inch guns of
the latest pattern , two more than the
new English battleship Dreadnought ; it
will be speedier by one knot , being able
to maintain 22 knots ; it will be protected
by armor as thick as that which the
Dreadnought will carry , and it will have
a displacement of at least 19,400 tons ,
1,400 tons greater than that of the Engj
lish ship. The cost of this monster will
be $10,000,000. { i
President Roosevelt's interest in this
new battleship was shown when lie sent
for Chief Naval Constructor Capps and ; :
discussed the construction of the proposed ;
vessel with that officer. The President ; ;
is as anxious as Admiral Dewey or any . j
member of the naval board that the United - !
ed States should not be relegated to a
condition of inferiority at sea , which is
certain to result from its failure to build
such battleships as Great Britain , Ger- |
man3" , France nad Spain are laying down , i
It has been pointed out that the past j
policy of Germany was to build battle
ships of about 13,000 tons displacement
and arm tliem with 9.2-inch guns , and
that only a short time ago this was de
parted from and orders were given for the
construction of two battleships of 10,000 ;
tons carrying 11-inch guns. The sole object - j
ject of the creation of the German fleet ' .
was to prepare for war with England , j
and , therefore , the ships were given a j
small coal capacity , not enough to enable - j
able them to steam across the ocean , for
instance , and engage in operations againsi I
the United States. I
San FranciBco Hard at Worlc. I
Under the direction of Gen. Greely , the j
issuance of rations to earthquake sufferers - j
ers has been rigidly systematized by the j
issuance of food tickets. About 200,000 '
persons are still being wholly or in part *
sustained by the relief stations. Not
withstanding the great amount of the re
lief fund , there seems to be a necessity of
more money and supplies. Many of the
business and professional workers , in the
absence of their ordinary occupations , are
earning wages as laborers in the clearing
away of debris and the construction of
temporary buildings. Mayor Sclimitz an
nounced that the committee would accept
the $100,000 voted by the Canadian par
liament. The number of dead is still un
known , but 400 bodies have been recov
ered. Checked estimates of fire losses
place the total at $230,000,000 , and it
will take $100,000,000 to replace the mu
nicipal buildings. In GOO safes and vaults
opened more than 40 per cent of the con
tents was found to be nothing but ashes.
The Epworth Lease's Crisis.
Throughout the entire Methodist
church mutterings of uncertainty and dis
satisfaction are being heard , says the
Literary Digest , in regard to the Epworth
League , the young people's organization ,
which has a membership of about 2,000-
000. Dr. Wentworth F. Stewart , writing
in the Epworth Herald , official organ of
the league , finds that the league lacks
vigorous , self-sustaining life in many
places , and that it is losing its character
as a young people's organization , because
the people who joined it seventeen years
ago , at the start , are no longer young.
He charges that the whole church has
been for years committed to the numerical
idea of quantity instead of qualitIt ; s
anything to increase the membership roll ,
lie favors facing about by seeking conver
sion first and membership afterwards.
The World's Biggest Factorv-
Engineers of the American Bridge
Company are planning a factory building
for the National tube works at McKees-
port , Pa. , which will have a floor space
of more than 1,000.000 square feet , being
1,550 feet long. GOO feet wide and 45
feet high. Four 15-ton electric traveling
cranes will run the entire length of th
building.
The Cornell university board of trus
tees has decided to reduce from 7G to 65
the limit of active service for members
of the instructing staff.
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Mr. Spoonamore No , to tell the truth ,
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me.
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Suffered for Three Years with Itching
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I I Humor Cruiser lle-wark , U. S. N. ,
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a doctor and he gave me remedies that
did me no good , so I tried Cuticura
-when my limb below the knee to the
ankle was as raw as a piece of beef.
All I used was the Cuticura Soap and
the Ointment. I bathed with Cuticura
Soap every day , and used about six
or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment.
I -was thoroughly cured of the humor
in three weeks , and haven't been affected -
fected with it since. I use no other
Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. My
ers , U. S. N. , U. S. S. Newark , New
York , July 8 , 1905. "
Thrilled.
He was looking at Niagara Falls.
"Splendid ! Magnificent ! " he mur
mured.
"So the spectacle touches you , too ? "
ventured a fellow spectator.
"Touches me ! " roared the first
"Such splendid horsepower , such mag
nificent energy ! And me running my
mill by steam ! Say , it more than
touches me. It breaks me all up. "
Philadelphia Ledger.
He is a fool who thinks by force or
skill to turn the current of a woman's
will. Samuel Tucke.
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