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A. Secret.
A man who had purchased a fine-
looking horse soon discovered that the
animal was hlind , and after several
weeks he succeeded in disposing of her ,
as the defect did not seem to lessen
her speed nor detract from her general
appearance. The next day the new
owner of the horse appeared.
"Say , 3-011 know that mare you sold
me ? " he begun. "She's stone-blind. "
"I know it , " replied her past owner ,
with an easy air.
t
"Yon didn't say anything to me about
It. " said the purchaser , his face red
with anger.
"Well , you se . " replied the other ,
"that fellow whu sold her to me didn't
tell me about it , : i-.l I jn-t concluded
that he didn't want : r known. "
Pie.
The old lady \vho distinguished her
pies by marking them with a "T , " sig
nifying " 'tis mince' 't.'iiu't
mince , " has hccn outdone hy the culi
nary expert of a little hotel among the
Green Mountains. The chance guest
had finished the serious part of a
wholesome dinner , when the cook , who
was also waitress and landlady'asked
liiin if he didn't want some pie.
"What sort of pie have you ? " he
asked , expectantly.
"Well , we've got three kinds , " said
the hostess , "open-faced , cross-barred
nnd kivered all apple. " Woman's
Home Companion.
How's This ?
N'c offer One Hundred Dollars Reward lor
auy case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. ClflflXEY & TO. , Toledo , O.
\Ve. the undersigned , have known F. J.
Cheni-y for the last ! . " years , and beliave
him perfectly honorable in'al' business trans
actions and financially abie to carry out
any obligation1 ! made by his firm.
T\\Liiix < ; , KIN MAX & MAP.VIX ,
t
Wholesale Druggists , Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally ,
noting directly upon the blood and inueou *
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by
all PruKiists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Retort
Susan B. Anthony had addressed the
fv 5orir Constit.itional Convention
in Albany in 1SGT , and offered to an
swer questions.
"You know the bullet and the bal
lot go together , " drawled Mr. Greeley.
"If you vote are you ready to fight V'\
"Yes , Mr. Greeley , " she replied.
"Just as you fought in the late war--
at the cud of a goose-quill. "
Only One "BnoZlIO QUIXIXB"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Lor.
for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used tlu
World over to Cure a Cold In One day. : > oc
tc Taken l y Sorprl.se.
"IIowinany _ children have you ? " asked j
the census talcerT'2. . . Ci . .
"Well , " said the father of the largp
family , studying a moment , "there's John ,
Julia , Hiram and Samuel them's twins
Lucy , James , William "
"I'm not asking their names. I only
want to know how many there are in the
family. "
"Drat it ! " irritably rejoined the father ,
"you ask me so kind o' sudden like that
I disremember. I jist got to name 'em ,
mister , 'fore I can tell ye how many
there is. "
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup for Children -
ren teething , softens the uins , redm-es in- |
( lamination , allays pain , cures wind colic.
K5c a bottle. i
Clarence lnev. .
"I don't take any stock hi the profes
sions of these politicians. " the visitor was
remarking. "They've all irot some selfish
scheme to put through. You never can
tell what a man has tip his sleeve. "
"I can , Mr. Jymes , " said little Clar
ence , butting into tin ; conversation.
"You've got a dirty cuff up yours. I
ain see it. "
Hides , Pels and Wool.
To get full vjalue , ship to the old re
liable X. W. Hrae & Fur Co. , Minneap
olis , Minn.
" 1 suppose. Henry , you arc going to be
Initiated into the order of the Antelopes
to-night. Anything to spend nu evening
away from homo 1"
"No. dear ; L have decided to withdraw
my application. " A friend of mine who
belongs to it has told me I would be sure
to be blackballed. "
"The idea I Do they think you're not
good enough for thorn ? Henry , you go
right off and join the Gazelles ! Show
those cheap skates you can get into a
good deal better secret society than
theirs ! "
Kot \ VortHVhile. .
Austere Person I can't tip you , young
man , unless you have change for a ten
der.
der.Waiter
Waiter ( sizing him up ) Keep your
dime , sir ; I haven't a nickel about me.
For Infants and Children.
Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Ifaffliciedwitb
CSdfS
Profit depends us much on the cost
of production as on the selling price.
Where the pungent smell of ammonia
Is noticed escaping from the manure it
may be taken as an indication of los's.
In nearly all cases the offspring
immature , undeveloped animals is in
ferior to that of mature and full-
grown parents.
Cold air will not injure sheep , but
a wc-t coat and a cold Avind may prove
an dangerous as it Avould with any
other animal.
Sheep restore to tbe soil a larger
proportion of the elements than they
I take from it in grazing than do any
other stock.
Don't be discouraged if mistakes are
made ; those who do things make many
of them , but repeating the same mis
take spells disaster.
Don't hitch the colt to a load until he
h s been thoroughly accustomed to
drawing a light wagon or sleigh , then
hitch to a light load at first.
In selecting tomatoes for seed , save
the large , smooth fruit on the vines
that produce the earliest ; try to save
the fruit with the most meat and the
least seed.
A sure way to make an enemy of
what might have been a friend Is to re
count to him the number of times you
have accommodated him in the past ,
some time when you happen to be a
little "out"
"Plumping" poultry is done by dip
ping the fowls .ten seconds in water
nearly or quite boiling hot , and then
Immediately in cold water. Hang in a
cool place until the animal heat is en
tirely out of the body.
Never choose a dairy cow because
she is fat , sleek and a beauty.
"Beauty is as beauty does. " The fat
and sleek dairy cow doesn't do the
handsome thing. The scraggy , bony
cow does. Therefore , she is the real
dairy beauty.
Cultivate black walnut , as the supply
Is fast becoming exhausted , while the
demand for that kind of wood for fur
niture and other purposes is very great.
Trees ot good size grow in ten to
twelve years , and the lumber com
mands a very high price.
It is queer how the seasons can af
fect the size of some fields in all neigh
borhoods. In the spring a piece of
ground may be thirty acres In measur
ing the work done per day , but In the
fall the same piece may be only twenty
or twenty-five acres in measuring the
yield per acre.
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To preserve the wheels of vehicles
and also to prevent shrinkage of any
f the parts , put some boiling linseed
oil into a pan or other vessel and raise
the wheel so that the rim will pass
through the oil. Revolve the wheel
and let the felloes be well soaked for
about three minutes , and the wheel will
then be more durable.
For old orchards the "trimming up"
method is perhaps the best. Cut off the
bottom limbs to a point 3 or 4 feet
from the ground , then cut off the ends
of the most extending branches. Do
not prune too closely. Pruning may
be done any time this winter , or early
spring , hut the wounds should be cov
ered at once with paint. An old tree
bleeds freely , and will suffer If there
are a large number of wounds on it.
t Is tl e Time.
It has long been knowii that bud-
fling trees , when transplanted in the
evening , Avere more likely to thrive
than those that were moved in the day
time.
A French expert has gone a step
further and proved that distinctly ben
eficial results can be gained by trans
planting in the dead of night
lie has transplanted large tracts
without losing any of the trees by the
adoption of this method. Trees , he
says , should not bo moved while their
buds are too tender , and the Avork
should be done between 10 p. ni. and
2 a. m.
The roots should be covered with
earth whirh has for several days been
exposed to the air and light This
should be settled by copious watering
and not by pressure of the feet. For
the first two -weeks after moving the
boughs and leaves of the trees should
be thoroughly sprinkled.
Klectrifieil Potatoes.
The use of electricity In cultivating
farm and garden products is not new ,
says the Ohio Magazine , but it has
made considerable progress In recent
years. One method of experiment has
been to stretch a Avire netting across a
field high enough not to touch the groAv-
ing plants and circulate through it an
electrical current In other experi
ments the soil has been electrified by
wlreq u der and around the roots. By
the former method It Is said that straw
berries attained an increased product
of from oOto 3 S3 per cent , corn from
3 , " toJO per cent , potatoes 111) ) per cent ,
bwts 2j ( per cent and other products in
proportion. It is claimed that an av
erage increase of 4.1 per cent could IK *
obtained with substantially all crops
on fertile ' land by the electric treat
ment
In an experiment conducted at the
North Platte Experiment Station , in
Western Nebraska recently , two lots of
weaned brood sows were fed , the one
three pounds of corn a day per 100
pounds of hog , together with alfalfa
pasture ; the other four pounds of f-orn
in a dry lot without alfalfa or other
seed. It required nearly 43 per cent
more corn § to yield ICO pounds of gain
in the dry lot than in the pasture. To
pasture a pLg through tlu season at
North Platte costs about HO cents , val
uing alfalfa consumed in the ticld at
$2.50 * a ton.
Twenty-nine shouts , a Averaging isr
pounds , made for six weeks an average
daily gain of l. . )0 pounds each on three
pounds of corn a day per 100 pounds
of pigs. With corn at : ; . " cents this
made a cost , not including th alfalfa
consumed , of $2.i : } ; per 100 pounds of
gain. Another lot. uvenigiijir 130
pounds , was fed a full ration of corn.
They gained 1.0 pounds a day each , a
cost for gains of $3.07 per 100. not in
cluding alfalfa , corn being 3 cents.
HT Grain for I'is's.
Many farmers are now forcing their
pigs to make the greatest possible irain
in weight for "killing time. " The of
fice of experiment stations of the De
partment of Agriculture summarises
some Wisconsin station pig-feeding ex
periments covering a period of ten
years , with the following conclusions :
Where there is plenty of time Tor
maturing pigs , and it is not necessary
to secure the maximum daily gain , it
is doubtful if it pays to grind corn
for pigs. The test shows that where
quick maturity is an important item ,
better results are secured from corn-
meal. Pigs fed cornmeal eat more
grain and make somewhat larger daily
gains. Cornmeal can doubtless be fed
to good advantage in finishing off a
bunch of hogs which were first fed
shelled corn. Changing over to cornmeal -
meal near the dose of the feeding
period also furnishes a change In the
character of the ration which will lie
satisfactory to the animals. When fit-
tirir hogs for show , sale or in hinh-
prewnire feeding for market the feeder
will consider it advisable to grind the
corn , even though it is expensive to do
so.
\Voltiiifc Dry T nncLs : > ml Drying Wt-t.
The United States has spent about
20.000,000 in reclaiming by irrigation
arid lands of the West There are fur
ther tremendous projects under way
on Avhich something like $1,000,000 a
month is bejng expended.
Not a little stirred , perhaps , by the
American example , Australia is now
boring wells and laying pipes to bring
life to its great "dead heart" to make
fertile the innumerable acres of the
Interior so that population need no
longer be limited to the fringe of
coast lands.
But Irrigation is not to be the end
of government enterprise in America.
There is water to be taken off as well
as water to be turned on. In the east
ern parts of the republic are 77.000.000
acres of swamp laud Avhich may bo re
claimed by drainage. The States where
in these lands lie are demanding at
"Washington federal aid as generous a < ?
that given to the States with the dry
places.
In this other case the United States
may draw an example from abroad
instead of setting one. Holland has
planned to spend $70,000,000 in rescu
ing 1,400 square miles of territory now
held by the Zuyder Zoo. The little
kingdo3ii will destroy a wide stro 'i
of historic waters , but it will feel re
paid In crops and rents.
; ? I < crih of
The results secured at the Illinois
Experiment Station in breeding corn
so Unit ears \vill como at a certain
position on the stalk will interest corn
growers everywhere , f ? rowers of 'orn
on the rich , bottom lands have com
plained for years that too much growth
went to stalk , at the expense of the
ear as well as of soil fertility. The
Illinois Station shows that every farm
er has it within his own hands to de
termine the location of ears and re
duce the height of the stalk. The
way"to go at it is merely selection-
going through the fields now and se
lecting , as foundation stock , seed ears
growing at easy husking distance from
the ground , and then repeating the pro
cess each year until the habit becomes
fixed. We Avalked through a 200-acre
field of fine corn wifah the owner a few
days ago. The corn had had a mar
velous growth , but , as the owner re
marked : "You would have to roll It
down before you could husk It" The
ears Avere out of all proportion to the
growth of stalk , and what a waste of
soil fertility In producing these mam
moth stalks ! Select the low-down ,
hea\T stalk , well-rooted and with a
good ear set within easy reaching dis
tance. A stalk of that kind Avill re
sist wind , it ripens earlier and It wil'
produce a good size ear of corn.
Jc Into S
A young man whose eyes had been
troubling him consulted a Ni-w York
oculist "What you waut to do. " .said
the specialist , "is to take a tri'/ every
day o : : tlie ferry or in NJW Jersey ,
Lei ; I. Irul : : iiy phice where you can
see long distances. Look up and down
the river , across fields or. if ie worst
conies to tlie worst. g > on the- top of a
skyscraper and scan the Ir-rizon from
that pij5it. The Idea is to get distance
tance- . You use your eyes a great deal
and always at cls : > range. You can't
use them any othtT way in town. Even
\vlion not trading or writing the vision
is limited by snall iv.oms and narrow
streets. No muii'T in wlmt direction
you look , there is a blank wall not far
awav to slr.-.t 0.7 si r. "
PIVS MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Dixtliiirjol Ureause Doctora Could
Not Cure.
I.evi I * . I' rock way , S. Second avenue.
Anoka. .Minn. , says : "After lying for
five monthsin _ a
hospital , I u\ * discharged -
charged as incura-
llk > 1 : llul sive" only
six months to live.
My heart was af-
fectotl , I had smothering -
ering spells and
sometimes fell un
conscious. I got so
I couldn't use my
arms , my eyesight
was impaired and
the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. [ was completely worn out
and discouraged when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills , but they wont
right to the cause of the trouble and
: lid their work well. I have been feeling -
' ing well over since. "
] Sold by all dealers. HO cents a box.
i Foster-MiIburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y.
"IHit I lrv : fi ! ' . . il itr.ji - : . . . : , my
frif mis. " s lid thf 1 niu iu,1d orator. "F < -
fore I > h I'owi : . however , i am willing
to answer any ii i > sions : yoi would like
to i-sk as to pohKx i may have failed ro
uovor in my discourse. "
A brief janse followed.
Then n timid looking inan in the audi-
" nco ro'-c.
"Is a motion ro adjourn in order ? " he
ask < MJ. Chicago Ts'I'nunc.
ELEVEN TEAKS OP ECZEMA.
Ilaritls Crac c'il and ! H < > uiliii ; ? Xail
fame OH" of I iii i-r C'utirurn
KiMijfil3t - Rrisisji'lit i'rompl Holief.
"I had eczema on my hands for
about eleven years. The hands crack
ed open in many places and bled. One
j of my finqers was so bad that tlu nail
I came off. I had tried so many rcmo-
j dies , and they all had failed to cure
I me. 1 had soon three doctors , but jiot
j no relief. Finally I .rot naie of Cuti-
! cura Soap , a box of ( 'utieura Ointment
i and two bottles of Cutii'iini Resolvent
j I'ills. Of course I keep Cutirura Soap
i all the time fur my hands , but the one
i c.ike of Soap and half a box of Cuti-
I cnra Ointment cured them. I recom
mend the Cuticura Home-dies tt . - . ' !
suffering with eczema. Mrs. K ! > . ; A.
j Wiley. II. F. IX No. 2. Liscr" ' . la. .
Oct. is. moo. "
' lEi.N Scheme I < "a !
j "I wonder why it is , " remarked one
| of the two men who had just lunched
i turned to speak to tlie other , "that
i they always have pretty cashiers at
th e restaurants. "
j But the pretty cashier.- though she
blushed and smiled , did not fail to detect
! tect the Canadian quarter he threw
> ! down in payment of his check. CJhi-
' cage Tribune.
I
j I'JI.KS CU KI > TX TO 14 DAYS.
t I'AXO Ol.NT.MKXT is guaranteed to cure am
| oas < ; of It chins. IMiiid. Bleeding or I'rotrml
1 insr I'ilt-s in ( ! to 14 days or money refunded
llnd * ! tvi 'U Co isi In j ; .
"i SII ] > P ( S' ' . " said the young widow ,
royly. "that you have been unfortunate
in your love affairs. "
"On the contrary , " rejoined the mid
dle-aged bachelor , "I have been exceed
ingly fortunate. I never fell in love
with a woman who would have me. "
Ilnrry.
The American traveler who endeav
ors to hasten the comfortably gaited
Orient against its wish soon comes to a
halt. That was the experience of "A
Woman Alone in the Heart of Japan. "
" " "Make the rtkman hurry. I have a
date , and can't wait here all daj- , " she
said to the ' 'boss rikman * ' at the sta-
j tion. lie blazed like a fiery dragon ,
j "Yell , you get so mad. you no can
j \vait for dis , you go find 'no'dder rik-
j sha , " he said.
j She answered very meekly :
I "Dear friend , yon do not know mo.
, I am not the least bit mad. This is
i only a gentle American hustle. If you
i want me to be real mad , I will show
you the difference. " .
"Yell , you vas almos * mad , " he insist
ed. "You seem jus' like mad when
you say. 'No can wait ; musv have rik-
sha quick ; hurry up ! ' "
Division of Labor.
"Yes. sir , " said Tiiffold Knutt , "me an'
! another feller wunst run a Swiss cheese
factory up in Wisconsin. "
j "A Swiss cheo.se fnct'ry , " said Eaton
. Jogalong. "What part o' the work uid
you do , you old no z r ? "
"I mad" the holes in the cheese. "
Llcanses trie oystem tf-fect-
uallyIJispeLs ; Lolas and ueadr
acnes clue to LonstmciTion1
Acts naturally , acts Truly as *
J J
f ± -
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aljaxauve.
Best -for Aien\Vomrn. ana Lmlcb
ren-Vbung and Old. _
To get its Benrficial tffects
Always uuy the ( ienume xvhicB
j hasalie full name of the Com-
WG- SYRUP Co.
bvvnom it is manufacfuretLprintoa on th
jrout of fvory por-Ka f.
SOLD STALL LEADING DRUGGISTS.
one iize only , regular price 5C p
SHOES AT
PRICES , FOR
" * "
" MEMBER OFTHE FAMILY ,
MEN , BOYS , WOMEN , MISSES AND CHILDREN.
a ff L , Oaugtes makss and scfls more
max's$2.GO , $3.OO and $3.SO shoes
than any other manufacturer In the
world , because they hold their
shape , fit better , wear longer , and
, , - . are or greater value than any other , ,
" = - > - shoes in the world to-day. f
; $4- and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes cannot bo equalled at any price.
Tit" CA I'TFOV. AV. L. Donclas niy.ne : intl price is tnmpc < l on bottom. Talto No Sul > -
stitule. SiKl bv tlie be < t shoo dealers everywhero. Shoes mnileil from factory to : inv i ; wr $
oi the world. Illustrated catalog free. AV. L. . ! > OUGIjAS , JJrocktou , Mass.
Not only sof ( ens the water9 but cleans the skin thoroughly , .
I removes and prevents the odor of perspiration9 soothes-
j irritation and renders the skin fresh , soft and velvety ,
j Soap clogs the pores Borax removes the soap and freshens the skin Try it.
{ All dealers. Sample. Booklet and Parlor Card Game. ice. PACIFIC COAST BORAX CO. , Chicaeo , DX-
is unsurpassed
Impenetrates and relieves pain very
quickly- needs very little rubbing - and
does no ? leave a scar or blemish.
An anHsepHc remedy for thrush ,
fistula and any abscess.
PRICE 25.SO 6 SJ.OQ
SIoan'sTrearise on Horses. CaHle.Hogs and Poultry"
5enh Free
Address Dr. Earl S.Sloan. Boston. MasS-.U 5-A.
Glass 'ii'jt- : f > r s' ilps ire now in S. C. N. 1. - - - > < > . 1 DOS.
in Sw'tz-'rlaud.
general
MENTION THIS PAPER wuz wxm-a ro
! The most wonderful record in ail history merit zna.dc it. The great sums of money spent in advertising
| have only served to make CASCARETS known , but the greatest advertisement ever printed could ojno more
I than induce a person to try CASCARETS once a free sample , or at most , a 10 cent box.
jThen comes the test , and if CASCARETS had not proved their merit beyond the highest
| expectations there would not today , after five years on the marker , be a sale of | p
| nearly a million boxes a month.This great success has been madeby
the kind words of our friends. No one who has ever trie
CASCARETS fails to be pleased and talk nicely about them.g ?
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CASCARETS arc not only easiest to buy , to
carry , to take , to give , but are also the bestfS ,
, . - , . RBHSBfrJEftSfciiil * '
- i. t
medicine for the bowels evei B-
discovered. Files fall of
; voluntary
; testimonial's
Iprove that
aJgjCascarets
are a perfect cure for Consti
pation , AppendicitisBilious
ness Sour Stomach , Sick Headache ,
Insomnia , Palpitation of the Heart , Bad
Breath , Bad Blood , Pimples , Piles , Worms and all bowel
diseases of childhood and old age. They make mother's
ITkniiTdly urgative. Mama takes a CASCARET , baby gets the benefit.
Children like to take them. They are the one perfect , unequaled family
remedyT Nothing more can be said. Everybody should carry a box in the pocket and have !
another in the house. Don't forget "they work while you sleep , " and " a CASCARET at
GTS night makes you feel all right in the morning. " The genuine tablet octagonal , stamped CCC , put up in
light blue enameled metal boxes , and never sold in bulk. Sold by all druggists , lOc , 25c , 50c.
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