"Wnntlnjr 'Grammar. Bobby's mother was oftcu distressed J her small sun's lapses from correct speech ; all the more- been use his re ports from school wore always so fjood. "Iii > bby , " .she .said , plaintively , one y , "why do yon keep telling -Major to 'set up' when you know 'sit up' is \vhat you should say ? ' ' "Oh , well , mother , " Bobby answered nastily , "of course I have lots of gram mar , but I don't like to waste it on Major when he ( ] m > n't know the dif ference , beiii ; , ' a dog. " , fc firent. It is as exaggerated as the foreign er's description of our mammoth ho tels. This man said of our hotels : "In America everything is on a grand Bcale. They have gigantic buildings of 'incredible splendor. 1 lived in New Xork in a hotel of such colossal pro- 'portions that when I rang the bell Thursday evening the waiter would come to my room Monday morning. " .Not , "I have always had a curiosity to knot ? 'what ' horse meat tastes like , " said the reg ular customer. "Have you any ? " "Not as such , " emphatically rc-sponded ; the butcher. 2or Infanta and Children. The Kind You Hsve Always BougM Bears the Signature of What a Settler Can Secure { 160 Acre * Grain-Growlng Land FREE. 20 to 40 Bushels Wheat to the Acre. 40 to 90 Buthels Oats to the Acre. 35 to 50 Bushels Barley to the Acre. Timber for Fencine and Duildinse FREE. Good Lavrs with Low Taxation. Splendid Railroad Facilities and Low Ratee. Schools and Churches Convenient. Satisfactory Markets for all Productions. Good Climate and Perfect Health. Chance * for Profitable Investments. Some of thelchoiccst Erain-produclns : lands In Saskatchewan and Alberta may now be acquired in these most healthful and prosperous sections under the Revised Homestead Regulations by which entry may be made by proxy ( on certain conditions ) , by the father , mother , son , daughter , brother or sister of intending homesteader. Entry fee in each case is $10.00. For pamphlet , "Last Best West. " particulars as to rates , routes , beat time to go and where to locate , apply to \V. D. Scott , Superintendent of Immigration , Ottawa , Canada , or E. T. Holmes , 315 Jackson St. , St. Paul , Minn , and J. M. MacLacfilan , Box Ii6 , Watertown , So. Dakota. Authorized Goveru- Bent Agents. Please sar where you saw this advertisement. The Handy Doctor in Your Vest Pocket 'TS a thin , round-cornered little IT Enamel Box s When carried In your vest pocket ' - * It means Health-Insurance. It contains Six Candy Tablets of pleasant taste , almost as pleasant as Chocolate. Each tablet is 2. working dose of Cas- carets , which a.cts like Exercise on tha Bowels and Liver. It will not purge , sicken , nor upset the ftomach. Because It Is not a "Bile-driver , " like Salts , Sodium , Calomel , Jalap , Senna , nor Aperient Waters. Neither is It like Castor Oil , Glycerine , r other Oily Laxatives that simply lubricate the Intestines for transit of the focd stopped up in them at that particular time. * * * The chief cause of Constipation and Indigestion is a weakness of the Muscles that contract the Intestines and Bowels. Cascarets arc practically to the Bowel Wuscles what a Massage and Cold Bath ure to the Athletic Muscles. They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to contract , expand , and squeeze the Diges tive Juices out of food eaten. They don't help the Bowels and Liver in uch a way as to make them lean upon glmllar assistance for the future. * This is why , with Cascarets , the dose- may be lessened each succeeding time instead of increased , as it must be with all other Cathartics and Laxatives. * * * Cascarets act Hke exercise. If carried in yourvest'pDcket , ( or carried In My Lady's Purse , ) and eaten just when you suspect you need one , you will never knew a sick day from the ordinary Ills of life. Because these Ills begin in the Bowel and pave the way for all other diseases. "Vest Pocket" box 10 cents. 7JT Be sure you get tlie genuine mads only by the Sterling Remedy Company , and never in bni'Zvery tablet s P-nrd "CCC. " Ifsore sore FJB. si A more maintenance ration is al ways lost. If possible buy stock that is at least 1 year old when mated. It is never wise or profitable to keep any animal in poor flesh. Xo great increase in fertility will follow u field set to clover that is pas tured closely from spring until fall. The man who deals with you most Justly is the one who gives you the greatest , value for your money. More damage is done the uncovered strawberry bed during the months of February and March than in the ear lier portion of the winter. Geese do not mate as readily as other fowls , and it is therefore advisable to procure them several mouths before the laying season arrives. P.p careful in handling fowls , espe cially ducks and geese. Ducks have very weak joints and it always injures thorn more or less to catch them by the iegs. Hickory timber is fast disappearin and it is said to be more dillicult to replace than any other wood. There is no .substitute that is as tough , elas tic , or as durable. - fr The amateur vineyardist must do violence lence to his fit-lings when pruning , for he dislikes to cut back , but severe pruning is essential to the future use fulness of the vine. Fresh eggs and freshly laid eggs are ordinarily considered synonymous. The grocer , however , knows better and , as a rule , is ve - particular to get the right term painted on his show win dow. A square deal between father and son would soon put an end to this paper talk about how to keep the boys on the farm. The principle of the square deal is synonymous with that set forth in the Golden Rule. Take cuttings of hardy roses and shrubs , as well as the currant and gooseberry. Cut slips six or eight iiifhes long and plant thorn in a shel tered and well drained snot , leaving one bud above the ground. MulcJivr' > . Strawy manure when the ground freezes. There Is one thing that is In worse taste than sending a statement of ac count or "dun" to a debtor , and that Is for the debtor to allow the account In question to run until his creditor Ouds it necessary to resort to this means of collecting. There are many who seem to take offense at a dun wlio are not able to see the other side of the proposition. If the $200,000 , more or less , that Is spent annually In the farcical distribu tion of seeds of very indifferent merit by the Congressmen who hope thereby to better their chances of re-election were divided equally among the sev eral States and territories for use In practical and helpful experiment sta tion work , it would be a far more ser viceable disposal of the money. Of an estimated total forest area In the confines of the United States of 700,000,000 acres the .amount in State or national reserves is placed at 22 per cent , wihile the rest is in unreserved public lauds or private tracts. The to tal area , however held , is deeemd suffi cient with right management by those vvho have made a study of tJie subject to eventually supply the lumber needs of the country , and this in spite of a continually Increasing demand. Kr The attention of farmers Is called to that portion of the pure food law found in Subdivision 0. Section 4 , SB. . 47. Session Acts. l')07. ) pages 2"S to LM2. and to Section M of the same .ict. It Is n grave offense to sell bad eggs. or milk or cream or butter which is dirty or was produced from a diseased cow. or is below grade , or to which a pre.-er\-jive ; has been added : or moat toliicli a preservative has been added : or iiie : > t of animals which have died otherwise than by slaughter : or yluegar which Is below standard ; or fruit under false names as to variety or place of production : or to sell short measure or short weight food of any kind. The farmer is primarily a pro ducer of food and must expect to abide by the food law , the same law that protects him when others sell to him. Monotony IJrrukM Them Dovrii. If the figure atv rclial.le which ar ? rej > eatedJy published that of the In mates of insane hospitals farmers' wives constitute a larger per cent th.iu any other single class of people it would seem to be worth while to in quire Into some of the causes which are responsible for this condition. W'hile all farmers' wives who do their share of the work have their time pretty - ' ty fully occupied , It would not ecui to be this F < much as lack of thaivc and vi 5ev fi it is responsible for t.ie uien- ta. .kpresbiou referred to. Because of household responsibilities which the good wife cannot well escape from she leaves the house less seldom than her husband , who goes to market with grain or stock. On this account every effort should be put forth to give her variety and change and relief from her house-hold cares as often as is prac ticable. Before the hair grows silver on the temples and the shoulders are stooped with overwork the consider ate husband , son and daughter will do all they can to relieve the mother of the heavy burdens which she has borne so long and uncomplainingly. Any relief of this kind while she can appreciate It will be sweeter to her than hot tears and lovely flowers on her coffin lid. Make the lives of these tired mothers as bright and happy as may be , and but a poor return will be made them for their unselfish and lov ing ministry. Tlio Hat Iii the course of the vigorous anti- plague campaign which has been waged in San Francisco by the State and gov ernment authorities an army of rats has been destroyed. It has been a well- grounded suspicion that the rodents are the greatest cause of the dissemination of the disease , and for tills reason a special battle has been made against them , in the course of which about 130- 000 animals have been caught and de stroyed. Thirty-five thousand six hun dred and forty-two rats were brought to the laboratory of the Health Depart ment. Of this number , 11.391 were ex amined by bacteriologists for plague and 10(5 found to be Infected. O\er $200.000 has been expended in a cam paign of sanitation , and the monthly pay roll at present is about $43,000 , of which the Federal Government is paying three-fourths. The results achieved seem to indicate that the dis ease has been practically stamped , Instructive .Statistics. The government Crop Reporter for Jami.iry contains some very interest ing data in tables which show the av erage yields of grain per acre in the United States during the forty year pe riod beginning in 1SGS and ending with the close of 1907. During the first five yr-jirs of this period the average yield of the lending cereals was as follows : Corn. l7. ! < ; bushels ; wheat. 12.3 ; oats , 29.2 ; barley , 23.S ; rye , 13.8. In the last live years of the period from 1903 to 11)07 ) the yield of the same cereals was : Corn. 27.H ; wheat , 13.0 ; oats , 2 ! > . ! ) : barley. 2 < ; .o ; rye , 10 bushels re- spo'-tively. There are KOHIO helpful de ductions and lesions that may be drawn from the figures given. Among them is this that a more exact and scientific type of agriculture has not during the period served to counteract the loss in fertility of soils that to be gin with were marvelously prodigal and responsive. The figures given also emphasize the fact that those who are engaged in the good -work must con tinue preaching the gospel of a better type of agriculture which will restore to the soil its lost estate of pristine productiveness. Another fact that Is brought out is that there must be a scad of redhauded agricultural sinners who are prosecuting a wretchedly un profitable type of agriculture to bring the yields of the cereals named down to o low a figure. Every farmer In the country should consider it his per sonal , religious and patriotic duty to raise such crops as will put him on the upside of these paltry averages to bo a lifter up instead of a puller down. Cut Out the Robber Cows. The establishing of test accommoda tions in Wisconsin Avill enable tlie dairymen to eliminate the unprofitable cows from their herds and help them to get better cows and make half the number produce as much milk and but ter as the whole number of the aver age cows on the farms of Wisconsin are now doing. We must weed out the robber cows and the only way to do that is through the use of the milk scale and that sure and unerring detective , the Babcock tester. I doubt if there is more tlian one farmer in twent } ' that knows the amount of butter fat each cow in the herd is producing every year. Fvery farmer should have a milk scale hanging in the barn , and by the side of tills a milk sheet with names or mimlvers1 of cows , enabling him to keep a daily rtvord of each animal. It costs but very little more to keep j a cow that will produce 400 pounds of fat per year than one producing 100 pounds. The most extravagant thing a daln'iiian can do is to head his herd with a scrub sire. This Is a step back ward and becomes a continual slide as long as he continues such methods. There can be no advancement or grad ing up without a pure bred prepotent sire. Improvement comes only through the superior quality of the male used. Experience In iny work shows that cows kept at a good profit to their owner are not allowed out of the barn in winter more than one-half hour per day in fine weather , and are kept in warm , well lighted and well ventilated stables. They arc watered in stable cold days and fed food of a succulent nature , such as ensilage or mangels , with all tlie alfalfa or clover hay they will con sume without waste , and a balanced grain ration of not less than one pound to every three pounds of milk given. III C. Scarles. j acts gently yet prompt : ly outKe bovv-els , cleanses me system eWectually , assists one in overcoming Habitual constipation permanently. To get its beneficial effects buy ' . j > .u The Genuine. [ Manufactured by the SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS-50 * p Ills Limited Poiver.i. "You , my friend I" bellowed the orator tor , leaning over the desk and pointing his long finger at the honest old farmer in the front row. "You realize , do you not , that you occupy a prouder position than any monarch of the old world ? You can make and unmake men I You can adopt or defeat the policies of presidents , curb the ambition of the demagogue , and in the last analysis you can declare war or peace , punish monopoly , reward pat riotic endeavor , and almost change the face of the world ! You are an Ameri can sovereign in your own right , and you know it ! " "It's a durned lie ! " indignantly an swered the honest old farmer. "I'm the only greenbacker in the whole township , and I hain't got influence enough to wad a popgun ! " Chicago Tribune. BAISED FROM A SICK BED. After MelnK nn Invalid vrltli Disorders for 3Iany Years. John Armstrong , Cloverport , Ky. , " invalid with kidney says : "I was an coiuplalnLs for many years and cannot tell what agony I en dured from backache. My limbs were swollen en twice natural size and my sight was weakening. The kid ney secretions were discolored and had a sediment. When. I wished to eat my wife had to raise ma up in bed. Physicians were unable to help me and I was go- Ins down fast when I began using Doau's Kidney Pills. After a short lime I felt a great improvement and urn now as strong and healthy as a man could be. I give Doan's Kidney Pills all the credit for it. " Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , X. Y. Overdid it. v Hospital Physician ( to reassure him ) That snake you see is not a real one , FOU know. Delirium Tremens Patient You see it , too , do you , flee ? Ah. ha ! Pettit's Eye Salve First Sold In 1807 ver 100 years ago , sales increase yearly , wonderful remedy ; cured millions weak < tycs. All druggists or Howard Brcs. , Buffalo , N. Y. Proofroom Horror. Wel ! , what do you want ? " the proof reader asked , As he eyed the intruder with doubt. "I'm just a loafin' , " answered the hyphen , And the proofreader hustled him out. Chicago Tribune. BTATB OF OHIO , CITY OF TOLEDO , i aa LDCAS COUNTY. ) | Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is eenlor partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & . Co. , doinij business In the City of Toledo , County and State aforesaid , and that said firm -will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh - , tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence , this Gth day of December , A. D. 18SG. 18SG.SEAL ( ) A. W. GLEASON , NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Curs Is taken Internally. . and acts directly on the blood and mucous [ surfaces of the system. Send for testimo- nlals fre * . F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , 0. Sold by all Druggists , 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Austrian mines are provided with res cue chambers at convenient locations un- I dergrouud. They are equipped with food and conveniences for miners in case of accident. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Child ren teething , softens the gums , reduces In flammation , allays pain , cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Statesmanlike Monotony. Though now and then a great man reachef Renown , but little it avails. He makes about the same old speeches And tells about thi > < i\nw old tales ! Washi * "toi < * - ' ( To assure the direct and quick cleans ing of the system , take Garfield Tea , the Mild Herb Laxative ! It purifies the blood , eradicates disease and brings Good Health. Tlio Problem. "Do you think it is as easy to make a fdrtune as it used to be ? " asked the ambitious youth. "Easier , " answered Senator Ser ghum. "The problem is to do it in such a way that your friends will con tinue to speak to you. " Washington Star. pieces good sheet music to be given away. Send X cents to pay mailing and post- uge , then will mail you one piece and cata logs that will g've vouory low prices. Just what you want. L. C. Dean , Music Store , South Omaha , Nfb. s. r. x. r. I . xo. i-t os. Everything Elno There. "Tha man we want for our next Pres ident , ray friends , " exclaimed th * orator , giving the desk before him a tremendous thump with his fist , "must bo aVISF. . con servative statesman , yet not worshiping the traditions of thp past : I If must bi a man of the people , far sighted. sajM-'ious. leading them while seeming to foHo.v. > \ < solicitous for the welfare of his country , with no ambition but for his countrj-'s glory ; a man , my friends , who --au rise above partisan politics and administ.v the affairs of this nation with an eji > single to its moral and material advan Mii-Mit a man whom everybody ran tru * > . tnd of whom all his countryman can b- * proud ! Whore shall \v tind xir-h * a st. > -SMITI' ' " "You might look for him in th- Okla homa constitution , ' ' sujtsjt'Sted a iir 'J man in the audience. Chicago Tribune. What We Want Dally. Protein to make blood and musHe. bone and brain , and correspond ) ! ! : : quantities of fat. staivh and Mtg-ir and the like to be consumed in tlie I.ody to , serve as a fuel to provide warmth an ! 'give ' strength to the boJy. T ! ; pro tein is found in lean meats. fish. cg s. ' cheese , gluten of flour and in beans [ and peas and the like. London An swers. HIS WHEAT WENT 22 BUSHELS TO THE ACHE. He Realized $1S per Acre from It , While Ont * Guve Him $17 > Acre. Moose Jaw , Sask. . Nov. IS. l)07. ! Writing from Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan - | wan , Mr. S. K. Ruthwa.ll says : "I have much pleasure in saying that on iny farm this year I had JOO acres in wheat , and 1-10 acres in oats. My wheat averaged about 2'2 bushels per acre , and I had 200 acres cut before the frost , which J sold at So cents per bushel , thus realizing on that wheat $1S per acre , not counting cost of twine , seed and labor. With regard to the other 300 acres of wheat , it got touched with frost , but is worth GO cents per bushel. It will net me $13 per acre , but I do not intend to sell it at that price , as I can make more money by feeding it to hogs. "My oats turned out about r 0 bush els to the acre , and at 3o cents per bushel will give me $17 to the acre , not counting seed , twine and labor. i "On account of the late spring , a percentage of the grain was touched with frost ; but on account of good prices , farmers will realize a fair profit f on their farms even this year. We are as usual up against a shortage of cars to get our grain removed. " j Appeasiujj it TIiir.t for Ivnowledjre. j Caller I wish yon v.ould tell me what j the real differcnis hi > p. > een a Stradua- i rius and any other violin. | j Information Editor Well , sometiaies i i it is as much n S. < WO ' SLEEP BROKEN BY ITCHING. Eczema Covered Whole Iloily for n Year Xo Kelief L'util I'uileiirn Kcmedlen Prove u S ticoe.s * . "For a year I have had what they call eczema. I had an itching all uver , my body , and when I would retire for j the night it would keep me awake half the night , and the more I would I scratch , the more it would itch. I j tried all kinds of remedies , but could get no relic" . " 1 used one cake Cuticura Soap , one i box of Cuticura , and two vials of Cuti cura Resolvent Pills , which cost me a dollar and twenty-five cents in all , and am very glad I tried them , for I was completely cured. Walter W. Pag- lusch , 207 N. Robey St. , Chicago , 111. , Oct. 8 and 16 , 1900. " Berlin authorities have pa.ssed a law putting a tax on cats , and now when one of ihem is found without the metal tag which shows that the tax has been paid it la chloroformed. Ask YonrDealer for Allen's Foot-Ease A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet , Cures Corns. Bunions , Swollen , i Sore , Hot , Callous , Aching. .Sweating feet j and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by ail i Druggists and Shoe Stores. 2"c. Sample I mailed FREE. Address Allen S. OLmsted , Le Hey , N.Y. _ I What is said to be the largest telt- praph circuit in the world is that be tween London and Teheran , the capital of Persia. It is 4,000 miles long and is divided into twelve sections. i If there is any one thin ? that a woman dreads r.iore than auotherifc- is a snvivi'-ul operntion. Y > 'c fan state without f .vr of a- CGriin-i"iion that theiv arc hun dred ; , yes , thousands , < , operations pprfov : : ! . " ! up < ; n w < ; : : : t'r in our hos pitals \vhii h an ; entirely u.moces- s.rv a P. ' I ii-.anv huvo IK- . : ; tv > > Medby LYIMA For proof of this statement read- th foii'nvh' ' letters. .Mrs. lUrbara Ba. f , of Kinsman , Kansas , \vritcs to Airs. Puikham : " Tor ci htears I sy.lTcred from theme mo * t sevf re form of female troubles an < J was 1od ! thft , .111 operation \vi-j riy only hope of i ecu * ery. I \ vroteMifrialchars - for aJ vice , r.nti tool : Lydia 1. i'i'ikham's- Vc.ci.iblc Compound , u.rul it has saved ! ' my Hfe ami : udu ; me a well v/oman. " ? ! rs. Arthur R. House , of Church Tioa'l , Jlourcstuwn. X. J.vrites : " 1 fe.'l it is my di-ty to let peopltr know v.-lirit Lydia. E. Pinuham's Vege table Conipour.d li : s done for me. X suffered from female tror.hies. and lasfc- ilarch my physician decided that an operation uai : ne-essaiy. .My husband objet ted. and ur cd mo tt > try Lydia. E. Ivmkhni s VepvtaMe Compound , . and to-clay 1 am well and strong. " FACTS FO § S5CK WORSEN- For thirty years Lydia K. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound , made- from ro ts and herbs , has l > > en the * standard ivuiedy for female ills , . and. ] la.- , posit ively cured thousands ol women who have been troubled lion , iibvoid tumors , irregularities , , periodic pains , urirt backilche. ? .5ys. Pink's Jim invites all sicfe women tovrJUe her i'or ntlvice- luis glided thousands to' : I i ! : < , At" lrcss , Ijyiiii , 31 ass. Keeps the breath , teeth , mouth and body . : ntisepticaly ! ck-an and free from un healthy gcrni-Iifa and disagreeable odors , which v.-atcr , soap and tooth preparations alone cannot do. A fierrnicidal , disin fecting and deodor- ixinjj toilet requisite of exceptional ex cellence and econ omy. Invaluable for inflamed eyes , throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At drug and toilet stores , 50 cents , or by mail postpaid. 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BauffSaa ntakes snrfsofJs ojes03 - li men's S2.GO , $3.3O and S3.5Oshoe ty than any cChoi * manrsfacfvrei * In b v/orld , bccauss they koStJCP shaps , fit hotter , wca * lanscp , nniJ aio of greater value thsn any of fizz1 c = c shoos In tfio world to-day. ( W. L. Dougias $4 and S5 Gilt Edge Shoss Cannot Es Equalled At Any Price 03-r.VUTIOV. \ " . L. Donirias name inil price i * funn-d on bottom. TsiUoTYo 5 Sola T > y the l > cst slio dealers everywhere , buoea ma ipo from f--t ryjo any part of t' ° . vorld. ttated Catalog Irco to any addresa. PUTNAM Y Color more goods briqhJer sad Jasler colars than any other d > e. One 1 Oc package co'.ois all fibers , T&SV rfyr ) noM waJ-r fcc ? cIW ai- , ' , rrv > 0.4 eny garacal viteodl ripj > Sn3 apaiL Write lor ii LeoHel-Ho * lo CyeD&ch aod Mil Colin. f OJVRO : ZKR V' ' G CO.&A"