EHEUMATISM RECIPE.
PREPARE THIS SIMPLE HOME
MADE MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the Ingredient * from Any
in Your Town ami Shake
in a Itotllci to 3Iix Thia
A well-known authority on Rheuma
tism gives the readers of a large Nev ,
York daily paper the following valua
ble , yet simple and harm less preserip
"lion , which nny one can easily prepare
at borne.
Fluid .Extract Dandelion , one-hall
ounce ; comiHiuml Kargon , one ounce ;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla , three
ounces.
Mix by shaking well in a bottle , ami
take a traspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
He states tiiat the ingredients can
be obtained from any good prescrip
tion pharmacy at small cost , and , be
ing a vegetable extraction , are harm
less to take.
This pleasant mixture , if taken reg
ularly for a few days , is said to overcome -
come almost any case of Itheumattsm.
The pain and swelling , if any. dhaia-
Jsbos with each dose , until permanent
results are obtained , and without in-
3nrlng the stomach. While there are
many so-called Rheumatism remedies ,
| jat nt medicines , etc. . some of which
< 3o give relief , few really give perma
nent results and the above will , no
doubt , be greatly appreciated by many
nfferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of even
the small towns elicits the Information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately , or the druggists
will mix the prescription if asked to.
Still : i noaaIer.
Mrs. A. Yon should , indeed , bo pleas
ed that you have an all-around good fellow -
! low for a husband.
Mrs. Z. Ilr.rdly. Why , he is neve ?
' ( at home.
Mrs. A- . Where is Le ?
Mrs. Z. Why. "all around. "
Mrs. WtesloWs Sootlilag SJTU ? Jcr cniMron
Coasting ; rofteus tbe guus , reduces liiliraii-i
tkm , alleys o&a. euros wicd ccila. vca a boitfo.
Piclrcti Cotton fa the Suovr.
Picking cotton in the snow was the
unusual experience that cotton pickers
In the Chicwasaw Nation , I. T. . were
confronted with after a snowstorm.
The cotton fields were covered with
about two inches of snow , but the snow
was light and dry and little of it stuck
to the opening bolls of fiber. After
the storm had passed no time was lost
by the cotton raisers in this section in
getting their pickers into the fields.
Snow on the ground , the white bolls of
cotton and negroes with overcoats and
gloves made an unusual picture in the
fields surrounding Chickasha.
The cotton crop in this section is
very late , and much of it is unpicked.
The only damage the storm did was to
break down some of the plants and
lower the grade of-cotton in the bolls
that were Opened. More trouble than
ever will be experienced in getting cot
ton pickers , because negroes dislike to
pick cotton in cold weather , and many
of them have already left for the cot
ton fields of Texas , where they say
they never have to pick cotton with
snow on Ihe ground. Kansas City
Church Ue
tjaeretaro was a town before the
"Spanish conquest and was madv ? a city
2n 1655. A legend of Queretaro is that
an Otomite chief , Fernando tie Tipia
by name , undertook to convert the city
* 4o Christianity in a way that s. en > s
siovGl to us , but was common enough
< o his day. fie came from Tula with
. challenge to the people of Qucretaro
to a fair stand up fight If he won ,
the peopie surviving were to be bap
tized. Tbe challenge was accepted , but
'While the fight was in progress a dork
lend came up and the blessed San
tiago was seen in the heavens with a
fiery cross , whereupon the people of
Qneretaro gave up and were baptised.
They set up a stone cross to commem
orate the event on the site of the pres
ent church of Fmta Crux. There is
scarcely a church in Mexico which has
not-a legeut of this kind attached to it ,
OLD SOAKEKS
Get Sntnratcil vrith Caffeine.
When a person had used coffee for a
.number of years and gradually declined
In health , it is time the coffee should
be left off in order to see whether or
act that has been the cause of the trou
ble.
ble.A
A Jady In Huntsville , Ala. , says she
used coffee for about -JO years , and for
the past 20 years has had severe stomach
ach tronble. "I have been treated by
many physicians but all in vain. Bv-
orytlmift jui.eii to glvt relief Was
prostratedforsomethne , and came ? near
dying. When I recovered sufficiently to
partake of food and drink I tried coffee
again and it soured on my stomach.
"I finally concluded that coffee wag
the cause of my troubles and stopped
using It. I tried tea In rts place and
then milk , but neither agreed with me ;
then I commenttfi using Postum , had it
properly made and It was very plcas-
Sng to the taste.
"I have now used it four months , and
any health is so greatly improved that
I can eat almost anything I want andean
oan sleep well , whereas , before , I suf
fered for years with insomnki.
"I have found the cause of my trou
bles and a way to get rid of them. You
c/m depend upon it I appreciate Pos-
tum. " "There's a Reason. " * Read
Head to WelTvme ; ' in pkgs.
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ONE GOOD LAW.
IiN admirable law In the interest of business
honesty has gone into effect in Now York.
It makes it a misdemeanor for any person
filling a medical prescription , or putting up
any article for use in medical practice , to
substitute for the article called for any oth
er article. The law which it supersedes has
been of little use , because dishonest or indifferent drug
gists could escape punishment , unless it were shown that
their neglect to fill the prescription corrrvtly had endan
gered human life or health. The more act of substitu-
j tion now becomes an offense. 'Die law is not so drastic ,
however , as to forbid a druif : st from recommending
Rome other article to a customer than the one celled for.
Drujrgists are not the only merchants guilty of attcnftits
to 6cll an article on which the profit is larger than upon
(
the article demanded. The customer usually has some
reason for his act when he asks for an article by a
specific trade name , and the denier ought to respect his
rights. It may have been ordered by his physician , rec
ommended by his friends , or he may have been persuaded
by a skilfully worded advertisement to test its merits.
But whatever the reason he seeks it , ho ought not to be
| compelled to meet the opposition of the merchant in his
attempts to get what he wishes. Youth's Companion.
FOOD AUD WAGES.
Y way of consolation for the high cost of
living the Bureau of L-abor at Washington
assures wageworkers that their pay last
year increased one-third faster than the
prices of their food. To quete its exact fig-
urcs , in the principal industries of the couu-
, ,
try , the average weekly earnings of each
employe in 100G were 3.0 per cent greater than In 1903 ,
while the retail prices of food for representative work-
ingmen's families were only 2.0 per cent higher than in
1005.
Statisticians love exact conclusions and government
officials llattering reports. But what useful information
do they contribute by striking the average of prices of
pickled pork , evaporated apples and fresh fish , which
different households consume In different Quantities and
some not at all ? How can they select forty from the
thousands of industries in the United States for com
parison of wages vrith cost of living and issue any sweepIng -
Ing generalization ns to price tendencies that will com
mand respect ?
With truly exemplary discretion the Bureau of Labor
has not considered the circumstances of tbe millions of
salaried men and women clerks , salesmen , bookkeepers
and others working for fixed weekly pay. What coin-
fort has it to offer them by comparing their salaries with
the higher or lower cost of dried fruit or fish ?
There is one infallible source of facts that the pains
taking gentlemen who edit government tables fail to con
sult. That is the plain , everyday housekeeper who. out
of 1)wopklv ) allowance , buys the daily provisions for
OHE OP THE FE5TIA2T HAIDERS.
4Inj. FitzpatrleU , "Who IHctl Reeont-
i ly , Served Al.o in fnt al I.c Iou.
I MaJ. Rudolph Fitzpatrlck. who died
suddenly on Amsterdam avenue , near
5-5th street , recently of heart trouble ,
hail served in the American civil war
ind the Fenian uprising and had also
fought in Italy ns : i member of tbe
papal legion , according to tbe New
York Sun. He was vice president of
the Parnell branch of the United Irish
fragile in this city. lie was also sec-
retai-y of the Association of the Vet
eran Pontifical Army in this city , of
rrhich there are now eight survivors.
He was a constant oontrioutor to news
papers and periodicals in 'behalf ' of tbe
Irish cause , and was a friend of Par
nell ns well as of John K. Redmond
and others of the later Irish leaders.
Fitepatrick was born in Cork In ISiT
and came to this country when a boy.
lie enlisted iu the navy when he was
17 and fought on one of the smaller
gunboats along the Atlantic coast
When the war ended he went into the
.Fenian movement heart and ixml. The
war had developed mauy Irishmen into
trained soldiers nnfl he was one of the
Invading force that'in June of 1SCO set
out from Buffalo under Col. O'Neill
and had a Rkinnish with the Queen's
Own of the Canadian militia near
Ridgway. Fitepatrick was O'Neill's
aide-do camp. After that lie became
private secretary of Col. Roberts , tbe
president of the dominant faction o ?
the Fenian party.
The Fenian movement having failed ,
Fltzpatrick joined the papal army in
the fighting in Italy in 180G. He was
wounded in Ihe knee In one of the
fights and taken prisoner. After he
was set free he returned to this coun
try , where lie remained until amnesty
was given to the Fenians. Then he
went to England and engaged in the
tailoring business in Liverpool , where
he married in lS7u. He lived there ten
years and relumed to this country.
For several years he had fceen in the
real estate business.
MaJ. Fltzpatriclc got his military ti
tle from his Fenian activity. He leaves
a widow and seven children , the young
est ofwhom is 7 years old. Two of the
children are married and one Is Sister
Mary Sylvester of the Franciscan or
der. Two sisters in Ireland also sur
vive him. The last rites of the church
were administered to him on the side
walk Just before he died , and he was
burled from his temporary home , 146
West 70th street
Line.
* * I will come home feeling like & new
Dromon , * wrote his wife.
"Well , don't come Ixwne and act like
one , " cautioned her husband. ( Houston
Port.
Back-pedal when you find yourself
talking too aracn.
the family , she may not have a precise knowledge of
fractional percentages or of an industry outside her own
home , but if asked for her personal experience she could
state with certainty that month by month and year by
year it has been growing harder under the excessive rise
in prices 19 make both ends meet. New York World.
THE TP.OUELE WITH THE ABMY.
MPLAINT is made by General Greely , com
manding the northern division of the army ,
that wq are suffering from the "low char
acter and general worthiest-ness" of recruits.
Docs the country expect to obtain the ser
vices of men of high character for $13 a
nv > nth ? The pay of the soldier is lower
than that of almost nny other man In the country. In
these days of universal prosperity tut ; army has no
attraction for any ambitious man , for such can earn
a better living outside the army. They are not sub
jected to confinement or to discipline and run no risk of
being shot to death by Filipinos.
If war should suddenly be declared against a for
midable foe and the country should seem to be in dan
ger , there would be no lack of volunteers. But those men
refuse now to consider the fact that volunteer soldiers
are not of much use until they have been in training
for some time , and none of them will sacrifice his career
to enlist in the army now and get the training that is
necessary to form an effective fighting force.
The hope of the nation Is in tbe State militia , for as
long as the present low rate of pay continues enlistments
in the regular nrrny will be slow , desertions numerous
and the army as a whole lesa valuable than Jt ought
to be.
While it is about the matter Congress mi ht raise the
pay of officers. Otherwise we shall soon begin to have
the ssme trouble with officers that we are now having
with privates. Chicago Journal.
GUESSWOBK AND DEATH.
ENTY-FIVE killed in a train wreck in
Vermont. Why ? It was because the trains
coming from opposite directions were not
" running under specific orders from hcud-
( Mutrtors. but Instead were feeling their way
ainng a single track in accordance with
information occasional ; * * furnished to the
conductors as to the location of other trains.
A little- error in a dispatch between two stations , a
figure . ' 50 instead of 'J-J that was all. One conductor
thought he had time to make a siding four miles away
before the other reached it. Tbe trains met half way.
The twenty-five dead furnish twenty-five substantial
reasons , if. indeed , any now reasons arc needed , why
Congress and tbe State Legislatures should abandon their
present half-way measures of regulation and pass strin
gent laws compelling the companies to manage their
roads without murder as a side lino. Chicago Record-
Herald.
TIGER-SHOOTING IN INDIA SPOUT FOE , LADY MINTO.
LADY MINTO AND A TIGK1MIUNTING SCENE IN INDIA.
Wherever they go , it may be counted
upon Lady Minto and her daughters
throw themselves heart and soul into
any kind of outdoor sport that is of
fered. Their visit to India proved no
exception to this rule. In Canada they
soon became known as ihe most grace
ful Bknters ever seen in Ottawa , and
OLD CUBIOSITY SHOP TO GO.
It Wnfl Nat * ftc- Home of J ittlo Nrfl ,
Hut I Inn Interest In ? ? T.Tc-iTiorteM.
Though doubtless most of the Americans
- visit to the little
icanswho have paid a
tle , old-fashioned , rcd-tilod building in
Portsmouth street. Lincoln's Inn ,
Fields , London , known as "The Old Cu
riosity Shop" Immortalized by Dickens ,
are aware that Little Nell never dwelt
there , the place has ixxssessed a senti
mental interest which has drawn a
large number of literary pilgrims to it
annually. The Inhabitants of the neigh
borhood cherish the Idea that many
Americans have paid fancy suras to be
conducted over the premises and to ob
tain souvenirs of Little Nell. It Is
stated that in spite of authoritative In
formation that the building was not
what Itwas said to be , a great many
American visitors ware greatly interest
ed tn It Insisting that there fitill was
a chance that it might be "The Curi
osity Shop , " they did not wish t * leave
London without looking ever it
in India they distinguished themselves
at tiger shooting. At Kolabari , Lady
Minto shot a very fine specimen , andj
Lady Eileen Elliott , In tbe course of a
day's hunt , brought down not only a
cub , but a full-grown tiger ns well.
Both women are expert equestriennea
and fearless shots.
The old building was once occupied
by Tessymau , who was Thackeray's
bookbinder , and was well known , not
only to the author of "Vanity Fair , "
but to Dickens , Jerrold , and other
writers , who used to gossip with him
and for whom he had nicknames which
were 7uore pithy than polite. It is pos
sible that the legend as to the building
being the real ' 'Old Curiosity Shop" or
iginated in Tessyman's occupancy of the
premises , for be dealt In nil sorts of
rubbish ; but another suggestion is that
a waggish sign painter who was com
missioned to write u name over the
front invented the story of the shop being -
ing immortalized by Dickens.
However that may be , the premises
are shortly to be demolished In order
to permit the widening of the road
way.
"Womanlike.
Patience I understand be and Ws
tvlfe produce songs.
Patrice Hiswife furnishes the
wonto , BO doabfc Tonkcra
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Some fanners do not 'believe In mak
Ing hay while the sun shines.
Never feed millet to horses. It i !
almost certain to produce kidnej
trouble.
There is no sense of economy in ex
posure to either cold or storms. The
more comfort the more profit.
! A runty pig may be properly defines !
as one that cats its head off aboul
I three or four tunes a year.
The state fairs arc the .host educators
! we have for the rank and file of stool
! breeders. They set higher ideals foi
, men to work toward.
j There Is a better margin for profil
' In a weli-fed litter of pigs than inav
be found in any other like investmenl
of money on the farm.
i Get acquainted with your cows. Find
' out how much milk they give , how
much butter or cheese they make * , and
how much of them in the herd are payIng -
Ing for their board.
One error in feeding horses is to
give them too much hay. This is a
waste. The digestive system is ex
hausted and results iu staring colts
and hard breathing.
Feeding hay and dry grain just be
fore or at milking time fills the at
mosphere of the stable with dust. This
-dust then settles into the inilk pail ,
carrying bacteria with It , thus increas
ing the germ content of the milk.
The best thing on the farm Is a
supply of water under pressure. Where
you can have plenty of water by
supply turning a faucet enough time
will be saved in a year , compared with
pumping , to cover the cost of : i very
good system.
The introduction of the automobile
up to the present time has not hurt the
horse market. In fact , horses have
been ns high this pr.st year as they
have ever been , r.nd so far ns we can
Kee the supply Is not increasing suffi
ciently fast to bear the market in the
immediate future. „
Any soil that will produce ordinary
farm crops should produce the small
fruits. Work the land deeply by the
rise of the subsoil plow , and make it
reasonably rich by the application of
some fertilizer. Make the soil fine
and mellow by repeated harrowing , and
use manures liberally.
Hogs that are getting a good deal of
corn ought to have access either to
charcoal or to coal slack. It is sur
prising how much slack a bunch of
liogs will cat If it is mixed with a lit
tle salt , and our iclea has always been
that they would not cat it if their
systems did net demand it.
A disease-to guard against is "scaly
legs' ' In fowls. Various opinions are
advanced as to its cause , but it is now
generally conceded to be a parasite that
'idheres and "builds its intreaclunenta"
very much as the coral does in the
< joral islands. The best and simplest
emeujr is to use kerosene oil. applied
-frith a stifT brush.
No one vrho desires to protect his
crops against insects should object to
birds getting a small share. A young
robin consumes 40 per cent of animal
food more than Its own weight iu twelve
hours iu its first stage. A pair of
robins having a nest of youig ones ,
perform a vast amount of work In a
sen son , ns each pair will sometimes
raise two broods.
In many sections farm houses are
some distance from the county roads
and surrounded b" trees , hedges and
shrubbery. In other localities the
houses are close to the road , where
dust from every passing team is car
ried to the house. It may be more
convenient to be close to the road , but
with so much land as a large farm
'jo build upon , it should be more com
fortable to set the house back , so as
to ornament with lawns and make the
farm more attractive in appearance ,
\7hich will add to its value.
of
The Texas Stockman-Journal , in re
futing the statement that the razorbaek-
bos revels In turpentine , says that he
is discriminating in his tastes and in
timates that lie would walk two miles
to delve Into a farmer's peanut patch
before be would tackle a pine tree right
Tinder his nose , and besides eating pine
pprouts Is a poor method of satiating
his appetite for turpentine , even if he
bad one. The razorbnck hog has two
missions on earth. One is as a cam-
pnnlon to tbe pin/ woods man , who al
ways thinks the State Legislature was
created for hlo special xise and benefit ,
and the other is to furnish "streak of
lean nnd streak of fat" bacon to his
admirers In the East. lie likes to stay
down here on account of the climate
and because he knows he will not b
slain until their is call for Ms carcass ,
from the Atlantic Coast
TJie Color of EKRS.
demonstrated
It has been definitely
that the food a hen cuts has an tafla-l
eneo unon the color of the yolks oU .her ;
ergs. "Corn , for instance , if fed in * ;
large amounts , or as the exclusive
grain , colors the yolks of eggs blgflly ,
making them a deep yellow , whereas
wheat fed exclusively makes light col
ored yolks. Oats seem to be a medium
this respect.
between corn and wheat in
Not only does the feed have an influ
ence on"tbe color of the yolks of eggs ,
but it also lias an insuenco upon the
color of the flesh. Oats and wheat
have a tendency to 'produce white flesh
in chickens.
IIcn In "Winter.
To Insure winter laying , before the
feed question must come the breed
question , as well as the age of hens.
Both the Plymouth Rock and Brahma ,
pure bred are winter-laying fowls , all
other conditions for laying being met
For Plymouth Hocks , the hens should
be laying at G months of age. They ,
should be hatched o as to bring them.
to maturity by October , or while the
warm weather continues. If they are
not started , to lay ing before cold weath
er sets in. they are nearly sure to post
pone laying until February , or near
that , as this matter of laying somehow
seems to be under a sort of bodily con
trol. The Brahma pullets mature slow
ly , scarcely thinking of laying before
7 or S months of age. Ida il. Shcpler.
To harvest sugar beets costs from $5
to $10 an acre , depending upon the con
dition of the soil. Most of this work Is
now accomplished by tl system borrow
ed from Europe. This consists in ex
tracting the beets from the soil with an
implement drawn by two to four horses.
It is in the nature of a plow. There are
several forms , one of which is called a
"puller. ' ' This has two finger-like
tapering prongs , which run through the
ground parallel with the surface , but
about ten inches -below. The space be
tween these prongs is wider at the
points , gradually lessening to their
back cuds. These prongs are supported
by two upright pieces attached to the
beam. When pulled through the soil
the points are carried on either side
of the beet , compelling it to pass
through this diminishing space. Direct
ly the prongs tighten against the beet
as it is being forced through the space ,
breaking oil' the taproot and forcing
it up. The beet Is elevated two or
three Indies and left in the loose dirt
Another form o" the implement con
sists of a plow with a narrow moldboard -
board and a long sharp knifelike share ,
the edge of which penetrates the soil
at about the depth of ten Inches , cut
ting off the boots , lifting them several
inches and. throwing them on the side
over against the loose dirt. A .work
man comes along therrow , takes hold
of the tap. lifts the mkt from the loose
soil and with a sharp/knife el-oaves off
the crown from whMi the leaves have
grown. The beets are then bumped to
gether to remove the adhering dirt and
thrown In piles and the tops in others.
From these piles the beets are loaded
into wagons and delivered to the fac
tory. C. F. Saylor.
Raisin ; ;
To make money in squab growing ,
care and attention must be given to the
work in hand , and the birds must bo
properly cared for and thoroughly
well fed and looked arter through the
season of growing squabs. It Is pos
sible. from good , strong , large-sized
orceding stock to produce squabs at
'our weeks old that will weigh from 7
to 12 pounds per dozen , size , weight
and growth depending entirely upon
thf > quality of the producing stock , the' '
euro and attention bestowed upon them !
and the care and quality of food fed to.
the parent pigeons. There Is no ques
tion that money can be made In growing - ,
ing sqtinbs , if properly done. Squab-
growing has become , like the growing
of poultry , a business , and not a pastime - '
time and it Is possible for those who
understand it fo handle several hun
dred pairs successfully.
Wild pigeons and common pigeons
will do to grow squabs ? , but the squabs-
arc never so large or so desirable for
market as are the young grown from. .
the large , strong , vigorous homing-
pigeons. It always pays best to obtain ,
the finest and largest producing stock-
possible , aad the homing pigeons seem
to meet the demands best of all.
When starting In the pigeon business ,
it would be rather expensive to pur
chase ICO to 500 pairs. It will scarcely
be likely that one unfamiliar with the
work would be able to nandle so many.
You had better start in with twelve
to twenty-four pairs and practice with
these the first year. Keep for breeders
the following season all that you can
grow from these. Gain the experience
at as little cost ns possible and secure
more cheaply than yon could purchase
an addition to your flock. If in a year
from now you are satisfied with the
business and the progress you have
made , you might then purchase as
many more fully mature birds as you
feel disposed to keep , with the assur
ance of being able to handle and suc
ceed with them without making a
Growing squabs Is a business In
yon had better maie haste slowly.