General demand
of the Well-Informed of the Woilcl has
nlwaj'j bren for a simple , pleasant ami
effici-.t liquid laxative remedy of known
value ; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts arc known to them to be
wholesome an-.l truly beneficial in effect ,
acceptable to the system and gentle , yet
pro-apt , in action.
In supplying that demand with its cx-
ccll nt combination of Syrup of Figs and
El.xir of Senna , the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relics
on thn merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia I ig Syrup Co. , only , and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
New and Liberal
Homestead
Reguiaiioos
IN
Western Canada
NSW DISTRICTS
How Open for SeSllemenfl
of the choicest lands In the ei"ain crowing
bslu cf Saskat hewin and Alberta have recent/ ! been
ops".sJfcr ssttlsment under the Revised Homestead
RejTJ'JUcns cf Canada. Thousands of homesteads cf
160a-res earhare now available. Tha new regula
tions make it possible for entry to be made by prory.
Iho ortupity hatmany in tha Unite d States hsvo
beei waiting for. Any member of a family may make
ntry for any other member of tha family whon.ay
fco eititlad to make entry for himself or herseiJ.
Entry rruy now be made before the Aeent or SubAgent -
Agent of th District by proxy ( on certain conditions' .
by the father , mothsr. son. dauchter.bi other or sis
ter of an intending homesteader.
"Any even numbered section of Dominion
Lasds in Manitoba or the Worth- West Provinces ,
excepting 8 and 26 , not reserved , may be homc-
c leaded by any person the sole head of a family ,
or male over 18 years of. ane , to the extent j (
one-Quarter section , of 160 acres , moreor lees. "
The fee in each case will be SI 0.00. Churches ,
Schools and markets convenient. Healthy climste.
pie n did crops and good laws. Gnin growing and
ettle raising principal industries.
For further particulars as to Rates. Routes. Best
Time to Go and Whsro to Locate , apply to
\V. D Scott , Superintendent of Immigration , i
Ottaua. Canada , or E. T. Holmes , 315 Jackson !
St.St Paul. Mmn , and J. M. MacLachlan , Box
lib , Watertown , bo. Dakota Authorized Govern
ment Agents.
Pluaaa ur whore jou eaw this U'lvwtlsoment.
So Ile'ionrocfnl tin Hfost Girlt.
Evelyn Some of our proverbs are so j
ridiculous. Foe instance , "where ignorJ J
Ethel What's the matter now ?
E\elyn Why , you know , Fred gave
me my engagement ring last week and
1 simply can't find out how much it cost
2iim. Judge.
1MM2S CURED IX C TO 14 DAYS.
PAZo OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure anv
cas tf Itching. Blind , Bleeding or Protrud
ing Plies iu 0 to 14 days or money refunded
GOc.
A Paniona Ball.
Elmer Stricklett , the "spit ball"
pitcher , had been listening a long wnile
In a New York club to the boasting of
n rival. j
"Well , " lie said , exhausted at last ,
"you are pretty good , Mike ; but out
hi Mountain View there is a young fel
low who can beat yon. You'll hear
F/ from him next season. His specialty is
the slow ball. This young fellow has
such a slow ball that , when he pitches
It and sees that it is going to be hit ,
ho can run after it and fetch it back
THE MILK PANS are quickly clean
ed and rid of all greasy "feel" wnen
washed in Borax and water in the fol-
Jowing proportions 1 tablespoouful of
Borax to a quart of water.
The Turkish Crescent.
The Turks adopted the crescent as
the emblem of their country when tliey
-captured Byzantium. Before Turkish
reign prevailed in that city K was be
sieged by Philip of M-acedon , who , after
being repeatedly baffled In its capture ,
formed a night attack in hope of findIng -
Ing the garrison off guard.
Just as the troops of Philip were ad
vancing , the moon shone out brightly
sand revealed the attack to the besieged ,
who repulsed it. After this the cres
cent was adopted as the badge of the
city , and when Byzantium fell to the
Turks- they found it hung in every pub
lic square. Believing it to possess some
inagi < Ml power , they adopted it theui-
seh < " < : tjil > t afterward became the em
blem of the Turkish empire.
I'recoolty.
ommy. " said Mrs. Tucker , who was
ni : : him tlirosiph the geological de-
P.T.'M nt of the great museum , "these are
call'1 < l aerolites. They are supposed to
be frari"nts of some planet that has been
uroLe , ip. They conic within ( lie attrac-
t.on o. " o'jr plinor and fall to th * > earth. "
"C ) . I know what they ar < \ all right , "
F3 J T't--.r , . "T- ! < \\'iv Iho ballast the
man n V 1:1001 h * - to throw out to keep
Irixnsdf u ; > in ' ! i sl\ . "
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If you find it hard work to handle
ensilage , use an ensilage fork , made
especially for the purpose.
A well-fed pig is a contented one
and will take only exercise as required
for health. Thrift not hunger should
prompt for exercise.
Mr. W. P. Thurston , a successful
hog grower and feeder , says that salt
and wood ashes should be given to
hogs frequently in order to keep them
In good healthy condition.
For the cabbage worms , sprinkle
while dew is on the leaves , with air-
slacked lime , salt or fine dust. All are
good and , of course , no harmful results
can follow. Many dislike using poison
on the cabbage.
If the complaining farmer will com
pare notes with the city fellow who
gets $2,000 a year , but has to buy ev
erything he needs , lie may be surprised
to learn the amount of salary he is
actuall } * getting.
When selecting corn for table use ,
leave an early ear on a stalk that pro
duces two ears , for seed ; in this -way
one can bring the crop on earlier each
succeeding year. If the corn isn't a
good variety , don't save seed.
Navy beans do fairly well in sell
only moderately rich , while Llmas re
quire the best. Beets often give 400 to
500 bushels to the acre , parsnips the
same and tomatoes nearly as much ,
though often less than SCO bushels.
Ashes will do for the dust bath , but
clean , mellow earth Is preferable. An
ash bath maj injure the color of the
legs by being too alkali. The legs of
fowls are kept the right color by keep
ing them on grass runs with good food
and plenty of exercise.
In cnswer to the question which is
better , to plow under green clover or
cut It and feed it to stock , and plow
uixler the stubble ; by all means feed
the clover , provided the manure is
properly cared for and hauled Iwk
upon the land. That is a case where
you "eat your cake and have it too. "
One of the strongest points about
the mule is the fact that it costs so
j little to keep him. It Is very seldom
that one finds even n large mule that
i requires as heavy constant feeding as
n horse. They also require less care ,
\ keep cleaner and are more steady
workers on an average than horses.
i The coal-tar dips are about the best
I that can be used , as they will not stain
i or injure the fleece ; In fact , will add
j a luster to it. One should never use
a dip of poisonous nature , if the sheep
have any skin disease or cuts on them ,
and it is on tills ground that the nonpoisonous -
poisonous coal tar dips are recom
mended.
As to onions , with deep moist , rich
soil , which Is the only kind that makes
paying crops , anywhere from 200 to
400 4)11311613 may be gathered , owing to
the season , aa they seldom bring less
than CO cents per bushel. They are
s usually a profitable crop , but they require -
[ quire a desrf of labor , and much of It of
the hard , back-breaking kind.
The men who advocate the plan of
ventilating stables with muslin screens
have one mighty argument. It d'oesn't
cost much to try It All you have to
do Is to take out some of the glass and
j put frames covered with cloth in Its
: place. That Is simple enough , and at
! a cost of a few cents you can try it
Add to this the fact that no one re
ports failure , while all say the cloth
screens keep the stable sweet and com
fortable. Try it.
Sonly L.OPT of
A farmer says his hens are badly
troubled with scaly leg , and wonders
what causes the disease and how to
cure it. The trouble is caused by a
small parasite which burrows into the
scales of the bird's legs and causes
them to protrude.
The cure is not at all difficult Fill
an empty fruit can with coal oil and in
this keep the legs of the b'rd Immersed
for a few minutes. Do this every day
or two. This treatment alone will
usually kill the parasites , but it Is well
to supplement this by using lard or
fried meat grease as an ointment for
the legs , nibbing It in well. When the
scales commence to peel off , grease the
legs with vaseline every day or two for
about a week.
Return * from CottonTvond Trees.
At a recent meeting of the South
western Horticultural Society of Iowa ,
a gentleman of good reputation made
an Interesting statement with refer-
'ence to the profits of timner culture on
the Western prairies. Twenty years
ago he planted a row of cottonwood
slips four feet apart and half a mile
long along the highway fronting his
farm. The trees grew tall and thrifty ,
ad as they attained largo size dre-\
upon his farm iio'.d adjoining for n j
wi.ltli of thi-Wi roils , occupying thus j
about three acres of land. Last fall '
and winter all but one hundred of the
trees were cut and from them was
made . .2OGO feet of serviceable lum
ber , board measure , and 2. ! > 0 cords of
wood. The lumber sold for $ lo pel-
thousand and the wood was worth
$2.2"i per cord , or n cash value for the
lumber grown on those three acres of
$1,0-12 , or $347.30 per acre , making
an annual income of $17.37 per acre for
each of the twenty years. It should be
stated in this connection that these
trees grew upon the loose soil of th2
Missouri slope , a soil where ths cottonwood -
wood tree finds its most perfect de
velopment , and we do not believe the
above record could be duplicated upon
the average prairie soils of the West.
Poultry Cs
The Maine station house for laying
hens is fully described in a bulletin
issued by thy experiment station at
Orono , and the advantage of the house
20 feet wide over the narrow ones are
shown by experience to be : Economy in
construction , ease of management and
greater comfort of the birds.
Following a description of the port
able brooder-houses is a discussion of
their use in winter , when they would
oth/ir\vic-e have been unoccpied. Two
hundred and seventy pullets were put
into sixteen of these houses and kept
there from November to March , inclu
sive. They were in good health during
the winter , laid freely , but not as well
as their mates in the large houses. The
food they ate cost $17,1 , and they laid
1.0.7T dozen es s , which sold for $34S ,
leaving $17. ? to pay for taking care
of them , which was done in connection
with other work , and did not consume
i great Heal of time.
The desirability of locating the yards
0:1 the north , rather than the south
side of the open-front houses , and the
inadequacy of the growth of plants in
ordinary yards as a source of green
summer food , are shown.
The dangers from the too free use of
succulent food in winter , and the great
value of goo ; ! clover hay as part of the
daily food throughout the year , are.
urged as , matters of consequence.
Experiences with four different meth
ods of feeding young chicks are given ,
and the station ration for laying hens
is described.
An experiment , in which whole corn
i.s compared with cracked corn in the
ration for laying hens , is reported. A
thousand liens were employed in the
test , which so far has extended from
November to May , and the dati shows
conclusively that there are no advant
ages to be gained by cracking the corn
An ever present and very generally
neglected pest of the orchard is the fun
gous disease , apple scab , or "black
spot. " as it is sometimes called. The
disease , says a Maine bulletin , has been
so frequently described as to be i > er-
fectly familiar. Spraying is effective
in securing a crop of fruit relatively
free from this , disease , even in those
seasons when the scab is most preva
lent.
lent.For
For several years the conditions have
been such that the fruit has been rel
atively free from scab , and as a re
sult many growers who took up the
practice of spraying some years ago
have gradually ceased to spray. It
should be said , however , that this neg
lect is wholly comparable to the neg
lect which permits the lapse of a fire
insurance policy. It might be unnec
essary to spray to secure a crop of fair
fruit oJie year , or even two or three
years in succession ; but when the un
favorable season does come , if spray
ing has been neglected , there Is fre
quently a needless loss of several hun
dred barrels of fruit in orchards of
average size.
The fact has been clearly demonstrat
ed that , in a bad season , there was n
difference of 50 per cent in the amount
of perfect fruit upon sprayed and unsprayed -
sprayed trees , the best results being
obtained from the use of Bordeaux mix
ture. In other words , trees not spray
ed gave on three successive years .1 ,
.9 and 38.2 per cent of the fruit free
from scab , Avhile the same years an
equal number of trees sprayed with
eau celeste ( copper sulphate , carbo
nate of soda and ammonia ) gave 5S.S ,
30.1 and 72.S per cent , respectively.
The third year Bordeaux mixture
was used and gave still better results
70.9 per cent of the fruit being free
from scab.
From these and similar results ob
tained all over the country it is evi
dent that spraying has ceased to be an
experiment ns a means of controlling
certain orchard diseases. The results
above cited have been repeatedly con
firmed both at this station and else
where. Reference is made to the sub
ject at this time only to emphasize the
importance of using precautionary
measures. Even though there be no
crop of fruit , the increased vigor of
the trees as a result of clean , healthy
foliage , will far more than repay tbe
cost of spraying. This spraying with
Bordeaux mixture should be done first
before the buds burst , and again im
mediately after the blossoms fall , If
but two treatments are to be given. If
the season Is very wet. however , at
least four treatments at intervals of
two or three weeks are found to be ad-
WANT HALT PAY.
( Toluiitccr Army and Navy Officers
to Urge Their Claims in Congress.
Hacked by precedents established
after the Revolutionary War. surviv
ing volunteer officers of the army and
navy of the Civil War are to demand
of Congress the enactment of a law
providing for their benefit a voluut * er
retired ! Nt with half pay for life. In
the last Congress a bill was introduced
providing for such a list , but restrict
ing it to volunteer army oXicers. It
did not pass , largely because of the
cry of discrimination that was raised
by naval volunteers and their friends.
It is now proposed by a committee
of volunteer naval oliiccrs to have pre
pared a measure that shall be satis
factory to the navy and marine ccrps.
Circulars have been se7it out to all
surviving volunteer naval officers : n
the United States calling upon them
to take an active part in th2 interest
of the measure. These circulars re
view the history or legislation for the
benefit of volunteer veteran officers
from the close of the Revolutionary
War to the adjournment of the Fifty-
ninth Congress , and it is charged that
there has always been a systematic ; t-
tenipt to eliminate the naval volun
teers from the benefits of siu-h laws.
SKYSCRAPER MENACE.
VvThat a Conflagration Among These
Cliff Dwellers Would Mean.
A catastrophe that will eclipse the
destruction of San Francisco is the cheer
ing in-o-speet oflorod for the contemplation
of New York by the president of thn
board o iiro umlmvriters , says Collier's : '
Weekly. And it is not Now York alone
that is threatened , but every ijreat cit\
that permits the construction of skyscrap
er * . 1 he underwriters think that there
is not only a possibility but a very strong
probability of n blaze starting in the top
htories of a nest of these aerial hives and
leaping across the canyons that separate
them , raging aloft like a finj in the upper
tranche * of a forest , and sweeping un
checked out of reach of the helpless fire
men in the streot. When office buildings'
go higher than the Washington monument
all the ordinary methods protection be
come obsolete. No hose can carry a
.stream half way to their roofs. No street
mains can furnish pressure eiiouyh to
send water up in .standpipCf. Of course
there are satisfactory methods of supplj-
iug the upper floors in ordinary time's ,
but they would count for nothing in a
conflagration. The experience of San
Francisco has shown , in the opinion of
President Rabb , that "so-eajled 'fireproof'
buildings cannot withstand the attack of
a wave of flame. " If u fire should sweep
the financial district of New York it
would cause a loss of from one to two
billion dollars : the insurance companies
would be hard pressed to pay 20 to 2.1
cents on the dollar , title guaranty com
panies , mortyasrc concerns , savings banks ,
and all other financial institutions would
suffer , and the city would feel at'once the
losof revenue from the destruction of
taxable values.
Another menace that hangs over the
skyscraper districts of great cities - the
danger of panic. It is &iid that if -Hi-
den shock should send the swarming ( . .iff
dwellers all surging to the streets at once
the highways would not hold the human
flood. The streets of our cities were de
signed to match buildings three or four
stories high. When ten such buildings
are piled one on top of another , and the
en me thoroughfares are expected to ac
commodate the people from all of them ,
the results are likely to be startling.
The London ( Canada ) Labor party
has pronounced in favor of old-age pen
sions.
A majority of the musicians of Santa
Ciuz , Cal. , met recently and organized a
union.
Organized labor in Seattle , Wash. , lias
cr.rried out its proposed plan of obtaining
a coal mine.
Springfield ( Canada ) miners ask for
another board of conciliation to investi
gate the system of weighing boxes.
The building trades of San Francisco
are discussing a proposition to settle on a
scale of wages for three years.
The Central Labor Union of Scranton ,
I a. , has decided ( o build a $50,000 tem
ple for the use of the trades unions of the
city.
city.At
At a meeting of Engineers' local No. 1
of Denver , Colo. . ITie finance committee
reported that inciva.spd wages to the mem
bers of the union during the last year
amounted in the aggregate to $ f5,500. It
was reported that conditions in this trade
are very prosperous.
The total number of men killed while
mining coal in the United States during
IflOO , according to statistics gathered by
the geological survey , was 2,001. The
number of workmen receiving injuries in
this industry more or loss serious , but not
fatal , was -1,71)8 ) during the same period.
Miss Marot , secretary of the Woman's
Trade Union League of New York , a
short time since delivered an address in
which she urged women to organize in ev
ery branch of industry and co-operate in
union agitation , holding that in that way
only can women compete on equal terms
with men in the trades.
The union men of Wilkes-Barre , Pa. ,
have started a movement to boycott the
beef packers as long as prices remain at
the present high rate.
The Federation of Labor at Springfield ,
Mo. , has decided to enter politics next
year , and will put forward its president
as a candidate for the General Assembly.
The Carpenters' Union of Winnipeg ,
Manitoba , has three members who have
been continuous members of the organiza
tion for more than thirty-six years. Their
years of membership total about 110
years. The union believes this sets a rec
ord.
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a W. L. Doufffss ; makes and soils more
man's $2.SO , $3.OO and $3.SO shoos
than any other manufacturer fn the
world , because they hold their
shape , fit Ijcttcr , wear longer , and
arc of apoater value than any other
shoos tn the world to-day.
W.L.DouffIa& $4- and $5 Glii Edge Shoos ccnnoi bo equalled at any nrfcc *
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to Exercise < tn " <
wels
Your Intestines are lined inside with They do not waste any precious fluid of
millions of little suckers , that draw the the Bowels , as Cathartics do.
Nutrition out of food as it passes them. They do not relax the Intestines by-
But , if the food passes too slowly , It greasing them inside like Castor Oil or
decays before it gets through. Then the Glycerine.
little suckers draw Poison from it instead They simply stimulate the Bowel ,
of Nutrition. Muscles to do their work naturally , com- -
This Poison makes a. Gas that injures lortably , and nutritiously.
your system more than the food should And , the Exercise these Bowel Muscles--
have nourished it. are thus forced to take , makes them
You see , the food is Nourishment or stronger for the future , just as Exercise
Poison , just according to how Song it stays makes your arm stronger.
in transit.
or
The usual remedy for Cascarets are as safe
this delayed passage to use constantly as they
( called Constipation ) is to are pleasant to take.
take a. big dose of Castor Oil. They are purposely put up like candy *
This merely makes slippery the passage so you must eat them slowly and let them
for unloading the current cargo. go down gradually yith the saliva , which
It does not help the Cause of delay a is In itself , a fine , natural Digestive.
trifle. They are put up purposely in thin , flat ,
It does slacken the Bowel-Musclesmore round-cornered Enamel boxes , so they
than ever , and thus weakens them for can be carried in a man's vest pocket , erIn
Uieif next task. In a woman's puree , ell the time , without ,
Another remedy is to take a strong bulk or trouble.
Cathartic , like Salts , Calomel , Jalap ,
Price lOc a box at all druggists.
Phospate of Sodium , Aperient Water , or
Be very careful to get the genuine. .
of these mixed.
any mads only by the Sterling Remedy Company
What does the Cathartic do ?
pany and never sold in bulk. Every tablet
It mere fiushes-out the Bowels with z " "
stamped "CCC.
waste of Digestive Juice , set flowing into
the Intestines through the tiny suckers.
" * *
But , the Directive Juice we waste in FRIEKDS2
We waat ta oi to m fr-sads a beautifnl
doing this today is needed for tomorrow's French-deJteaef GOLD-PLATED BONBON BOX
hard-na elel la colors. It is a bsauty for the-
natural . We afford
Digestion. cannot to dressing tabla. Tea caita la stamps is aslrcd asa
lose it. measure cf gggj fj JJ sii to covar cost of Cascar
That's why Cascarets are the only safe ets with whlcTtfiaaalntj trinket is load-d.
Sen ! to-dap , tMntiflning this pspr. Address
medicine for the bowels. Sterling Remwly Company , Chicago or New YW& .
Oar Ovrn Mlnntrels.
"Mistah Walkah. what am de diff'uncc
'tween money and a man ? "
"I can't answer that one , George. What
IS the difference between money and a
man ? "
"When de money am locked up it gita
tight , an' when a man gita tight he am
locked up. "
"Ladies and gentlemen , the celebrated
vocalist , Mr. Morningale , "will now q"g ?
that old favorite , 'Break It to Him Gent
ly , Nurse ; It's a Pair of Twins ! ' "
Hides , Pels and Wool.
To get full value , ship to the old re
liable N. W. Hide & Fur Co. , Minneap
olis , Minn.
The "Peacock Throne" of Persia is
the most extravagant thing of the kind
in the world. Its value is estimated be
tween ten and fifteen million dollars.
Mrs. Wlnslovr's Sooth Syrup for Children
teething , softens the gums , reduces Inflam
mation , allays pain , cures wind colic , 25c a
buttle ,
M\ile
Team
All dealr * . Sample. Booklet and Parlor
Game. lOc. Pacific Coast Borax Co. . Chicaco. 133.
Cyo
tore EJK , USB E-js
. . . 19 New Piano Pieces of Music
AU tn 1J > by mall prepaid torc < ; --its in stamps.
"Uiulor Tropical Moon , " -"Wi \ \ Hitimes Let :
MePIay"Wu.l' Yon are \tnw , ' "Colorado/ *
"Moonbeam , " "Dre inof You. " "Can Twi
Keep a Secret , " with \ ± of e nnv oner. Art-
dross , L. C. Dean , South Cmaha ,
S. C. X. U. - - Xo. r t 1D07.
Phrnic
"Do you think Ophelia really
Hamlet ? " asked Maud.
"I should say so. " answered AI
"She was crazy about hie. " Washing
ton Star. *
