EfTect on the ; Xervcw of Gam-
Mi UK.
now run : i man do his daily work
Quietly , which ri'iH'osj'iiK perhaps only
Hie earn inof a fc\v shillings , WIIMI
Ills anxious oth r neurotic self is won
dering how a horse ho has never seen ,
ridden hy a jot-key he has only heard
of , in a race he has only read about , is
faring as to money ostensibly his ,
which he cannot afford to lose because
be has not perhaps irot it if he should
Lave to pay ? Is such an existence
likely to add to the race value of our
Block of Meeting patriotism ? Pry's
PEOM 'SUNNY ORANGE GROVES.
Tlie Tutfc-Told FX | > rrlfiir < i f u Snn
Rcriittnlliio , Cnllf. , Mini.
From Sunny San Bernardino , in the
midst of orange jrroves. writes Lionel
L3. Heath , of ] , 8 Eighth street : "For
( ifteen years I suf
fered with pains in
my back , freque-it
calls to pass the se
cretions , d r o p s y.
rheumatic aches and
other symptoms uf
kidney trouble. I
could jjet no relief
until I u-'ed Doan's
Kidney 1'tlls. Th-r
cured me five years ago. and this is
twice I have publicly said so. The cure
was thorough. "
Sold by all dealers. .10 cents a
Foster-.Milburn Co. , P.uffalo. X. Y.
\vjtb M'\fiitci'u mills d exclu
sively In the bu-.h : > ss. ( lethe loads iu
the manufacture of tissue
How's This ?
We odor One Hundred Hollar- ? Howard fet
any cas < - of Catarrh that cannot lie cured l > y
If all's Catarrh Cure
1' . .T. CIIKXEY & CO. . Tolo-U ) . O.
Wo. the undor.xiirned. have known K. .1" .
Cheney for the la.sr l."i years. : : ml believe
him perf only honorable in all bu ine- trans
actions. jtnd tlnanclally able to carry out any
obligations .made by his firm.
WAU > IN < ; . KINXAN & M AHVIV.
Wholesale Drnj ist-s. Toledo. O.
Hall's ( \itsirrh Cure is taken internally.
nctinsj directly upon the blood and mucou *
FJirfaee1 ? of the system. TestinvmlaN ent
free. Price , 7. kper bottle. iold by all
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Gla. s has been used successfully by
Trench criminals to counterfeit silver
coins. It is heavily electroplated.
You Can Gel Allen' * Font-Ease FIIRR
Write to-dav toWlen S. Olmsted. Le Key ,
2s . Y. , for a KUEE sample of Allen's Foot-
Ease , n powder to shake into your shoe < .
It cures tired , sweating , hot.swollen , ach-
Inp feet. It makes new or titrht shoes ea < = y.
A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. li. c.
A woman's idea of extravagance is
to spend money for sensible things.
ItN IVttlf * Eye Salve ,
that gives instant relief to eyeirriti d
from dust. heat , sun or wind. All drug
gists or Howard Bros. , Buffalo , N. Y.
About two-thirds of ali cases of fuugus
poisoning end fatally.
Mrs. Wlnslov.-'s Soothing Syrup for Child
ren teething , softens the snrws- . reduces in
flammation , allays pain , cures wind colic.
25c a bottle.
Of Henry James , who. to the distress
of many of his admirers , is revising
"Daisy Mil lor , " "The Portrait of a La
dy. " and his other early works , a Chicago
cage publisher said the other day :
"Here is something funny that hap
pened during Mr. James * visit to Phila
delphia. Two housemaids in the down
town house where he stopped were dis
cussing him.
" 'He's a very finicky , fussy genlle-
xnan. ' said the first
" 'Indeed , you're right he is. ' the oth
er agreed warmly. 'lie caught me
using one of his razors the other mornIng -
Ing to pry open a stiff window with ,
and kicked up an awful row. Some
folks hate a 1 of fr - h air. ' "
What a Settler Can Secure In
WESTERN
160 Acre * Grnin-Growine Land FREE.
20 to 40 Bushels Wheat to the Acre.
40 to 90 Buthob OaU to the Acre.
35 to 50 BuiheU Barley to the Acre.
Timber for Fencing and Cuildings FREE.
Good Law * with Low Taxation.
Splendid Railroad Facilities and Low Rates.
Schools and Churches Convenient.
Satiifactorr Markets for all Productions.
Good Climate and Perfect Health.
Chances for Profitable Investments.
Some ot thelchoicest irrain-producinjr lands In
Saskatchewan and Alberta may now be acquired
In these most healthful and prosperous sections
under the
Revised bestead Regulations
byvhich entry may be made by proxy ( on cei tain
conditions ) , by the father , mother , son. ( lar.tflitc-r.
brother or sister of intendirisr homesteader.
Entry fee in each case is S10.00. For pampl.lct.
"Last Best West. " particulars ; .s to rales , routes ,
best time to go and where to locate , apply to
W. D. Scott , Superintendent of Immigration ,
Ottnna. Canada , or K. T. Ilo'rm-p , 31 = ; | .ick--oir
St.i > t. J'aul. Mum , and J. M M.I. . L.vhl'ir. ] . < i
Ii6 , Watertown. to. Dakota Authorized C.\L-U-
merit Agents
Please tay whew yon taw th ! a-lvDrtUp
UutU-r on the Farm.
There are two prime essentials in
making butter on the farm a profitable
business. In Hie first place , one must
have plenty of pure , cold water , and
then a good enough grade must be
turned out to make and hold custom
ers. The trouble with nine out of every
ten farm homes is they are not equipped
to t.ike care of milk and cream. When
one goes into this work to make
money , better put np a milk room ,
where pure water may be had from
pumping or from a spring. Concrete
rioor and walls may now be built as
cheaply as with lumber , and It is a
great deal better than lumber. Don't
stop here. A barrel churn and a butter
maker \\ill be necessary in turning out
a uniform product. It looks easy
simply separating the cream , churning
till the butter comes , and salting , and
the trick is done. That is where so
many fail. The cream must be churned
at the right temperature ; It must be
neither too sweet nor too sour. Work
ing and salting butter to secure uni
form-color and flavor is a very nice art.
Don't try to learn to do it Infallibly
in two or three weeks , but by all means
lon't practice on your customers. That
means loss. It is better to wait two or
three mouths before you seek custom
ers. And. before you ship , find out
how your commission man or private
customers prefer to have their butter
put up. Sometimes the package means
a difference of two or three cents a
\ \tiraetivu ( Jateway.
This rustic gateway , which was built
at a small cost , may be worth imitating ,
modi lied , of course , to fit the surround-
inijs. Tins one ib
between two cedar
trees , and from it
a winding path
leads to a pretty
rustic cottage.
Such a gate would
be entirely out of
place at the en
trance to a stately
'
. or formal building.
' - -
IM > 1 . .
* * 1 v. UA i 1 <
The cuts give an
idea as to how the gate is made. The
two uprighLs and the cross-piece on tiu ?
top are of locust. All the rest is of
cedar. Tarts of the smaller branches
have been left on the pieces that go to
fill up the gate. A gateway like this
would not prove effective against pigs
or chickens , but would turn larger ani
mals. It is not only cheap and dur
able , but decidedly attractive , because
-4r
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i.1
TWO CEUAKS STAXU GUARD.
so perfectly in harmony with its sur
roundings. E. E. Miller , in Farm and
Home.
Color of HKK * an Asset.
One of the most potent factors , per
haps , that should be considered when
selecting a breed for producing eggs
for inav at Is the demand of the mar
ket at which the eggs are to be dis
posed of , says The Outing Magazine.
Some markets , notably New York City
and cities Immediately adjacent , pre
fer white-shelled eggs , and the best
trade in those markets will accept none
other. Boston prefers brown eggs , and
pays a substantial premium for them ;
and , taking the country over , the pref
erence is for brown eggs by a large
majority. However , in many markets
no preference at all is expressed ; in
fact , those just mentioned are practic
ally the only markets in which the
color of the egg receives attention to
the extent of inlluencing prices. Where
there is a preference , and whichever
the preference is , one should keep a va
riety of fowls that lay eggs of the pre-
Ccired color.
Idaho Mail FlndN > "ew "Wheat.
A new variety of wheat has been dis-
ravered by a farmer living near Juli-
? tta. Idaho. He says he found a few
kernels of the wheat growing wild in
jLiaska , and being struck with their
plumpness , hardness and other appar
ent good qualities , he brought home n
few kernels and planted them. From
those few kernels he harvested enough
the tirst year to plant several square
rods of ground the second year , the
yield from this planting being at the
rate of more than 100 bushels per
acre , well-filled heads ; the kernels are
large , plump and hard and millers say
it makes good fiour.
The Cur.se of AVceils.
It is for the conservation of moisture
that we keep up the cultiation of the
crops in the summer , but the evapora
tion which can lie checked by thi.s
means is small when compared with
the amount of water taken up from the
soil by an ordinary growth of weeds.
We can hardly estimate the import
ance of killing the weeds.
To Caiiva.i Hams.
When hams are smoked , roll them in
stiff paper , cut your brown muslin to
lit them aud sew it on with a l rge
Hint i < vSm- . rim make1 a srarrh
of Hour aud yellow ochre , and with a
small whitewash brush cover them with
It. Hang thcMi up lo dry.
< . ! ' . ' -VrJllify liy I < * : ic.t'n/.c.
Land ke ; t constantly as a carden
j-jses much of its fertility by leaching.
A clover rotation is the best preventive
of this. There should be at least two
or three garden spots on each farm
kept rich enough so that one year's ex
tra manuring will bring it into the
finest jjosible : condition for garden
truck. If farmers could always plant
gardens on two-year clover sod they
would raise better crops and with less
stable manure and other fertilizers
than they now require. The clover
does much more than furnish green
manure to ferment In the soil. Its
roots reach down into the subsoil , thus
not only saving and bringing to the
surface plant food that would other
wise be wasted , but also by enlivening
the subsoil , allowing the roots of crops
to go deeper. C'lover sod to begin with ,
if well enriched , Is best for such crops
as cucumbers and melons , that are al
ways most likely to suffer from
drought. It is quite impossible to make
a good garden crop unless the land has
previously been enriched by a series of
heavy manurings. The fertility lost by
leaching must be constantly renewed.
Guide for Drnjj
A very simple method by which out
mail can manipulate a drag saw to cut
down trees has been devised by a west-
flr ) * < JW'rt
! > > -I
ern timber man. in
using these saws
two in e n h a v e
heretofore been
necessary , one at
each end of the
saw.
According to the
new i n v e u t i o n ,
there is rested
against a treet
1 ' rod from wlncu is
OXE-MAX SAW.
suspended ft corL
At the end of the cord is an adjust
able clamp , to which one end of the
saw is secured. At the other end of
the saw is a handle. In operating the
saw to cut the tree , the end opposite the
handle is supported by the cord in the
same position as if operated by hand.
With the employment of this guide the
necessity of an extra man to in an a go
one end of the saw is eliminated.
T.abor of the Horse.
Some one has figured out that It costi
on the average only one-half as much
to feed a horse as It does to feed a
man ; and that the horse will do ten
times the amount of work that it Is
possible for the man to do. If this
estimate is correct , then a dollar's
worth of food given the horse will pro
duce twenty times as much results as
the same amount of money will if ex
pended in feed for a. man. Therefore ,
when man domesticated the horse he
immensely Increased his own power of
securing results. When much farm work
Is to be done there should always be
enough horses to do it. Farmers try
to economize on the number of horses
and have to leave much work undone.
In the event of hired help being scarce ,
it Is sometimes possible to offset this
lack by increasing the number of horses
kept. In some parts of the West and
Northwest , declares the Farmers' Re
view , the scarcity of help has resulted
In more horses being used. Five are
hitched to a double plow , and one driv
er is thus enabled to turn two furrows
at a time and practically double the
work that one man has to do. This Is
the result of the complete utilization of
horseflesh.
I antl by "
The area of any piece of land , no
matter how irregular the boundary
lines , may be accurately ascertained by
means of a delicate balance as follows :
Make a drawing of the plat of ground
on pasteboard to a given scale , say 4.
square rods to 1 Inch. Cut from some
part of the sheet of pasteboard a piece
exactly 1 inch square , which repre
sents one acre , ori square rods. Also
cut out the plat as drawn. Weigh the
square and the plat. The number of
times the weight of the square is con
tained in the weight of the plat indi
cates the area of the land. For exam
ple , if the square which represents one
acre weighs 20 grains , and the plat
weighs 240 grains , then the plat con
tains twelve acres. Scientific Ameri
can.
The Good Hen.
If the cow is not by nature a heavj
and rich milker , all the balanced ra
tions one can prepare will not make her
such. So with the hen. She will only
return for food and attention up to her
original capacity.
Poultry Xote.s.
Clean the droppings from under the
roosts frequently.
Grit is the hen's teeth. Provide her
with plenty of it , so that she may di
gest her food.
If you expect the hen to lay freely ,
you must feed her the kind of stuff
that will make eggs.
Buckwheat is excellent for both
young and old poultry.
A laying hen should have constant
access to lime or gravel.
Feed only what the hens will eat up
clean. Any kind of feed left from one
day to another is apt to start disease.
Watching the incubator carefully is
the way to get the best hatch. A little
carelessness is sure to produce disas
trous results.
Charcoal or burned corn occasionally
is a good conditioner for the fowls. It
prevents indigestion and other diaeaaea
to which they are he : "
HATURE'S DISISFECTABT ,
CLEANSER AND PURIFIER
Everybody realizes the i3res-Ity of j
some method of purification of sinks ,
drains and utensils in which may lurk
the germ of a dreaded disease.
Health is a question of cleanliness
and proven ! Ion.
Most people are familiar with the use
of disinfectants in their ordinary sense
all of which are unpleasantly asso
ciated with disagreeable odors , on
which are depended to kill the conta
gion ( which disinfectants must of ne-
'jessiry be of a more or less dangerous
character ) and must be used for this
purpose and for no other , and in consequence
quence kept from children and careless
handling. '
There is. however , within the reach
of all our readers a simple , safe and
economical article that will not only an
swer for every disinfecting purpose
but can also be u.-ed for a multitude of
domestic cleansing and purifying pur
poses Borax.
Borax is a pure , white harmless pow
der coming direct from Nature's labor
atory : in fact Borax has often been
called "Nature's Cleanser and Disinfec
tant. ' ' j
Two tablespoonfuls 01 * Borax in a
(
pailful of hot water poured down the
grease-choked pipes of a sink , or Hushed
through a disease-laden drain , cleanses
and purifies it , leaving it clean and
sweet.
Bed clothing and clothes used in a
sick room can be made hygienic-ally
clean and snowy-white , if washed in
a hot solution of Borax water.
Kitchen and eating utensils , used
during illness will be kept from all pos
sibility of contagion if Borax is used
when washing them. Pure as snow and
harmless as salt , and because it can
be used for almost every domestic and
medical purpose , Borax must be consid
ered the one great household necessity.
UtMiiicU tioi : .
"I have a 1 ways i > oc > n a good friend to
you. Mrs. Jinx. ' siid Mrs. Lapsing , with
blazing eyeas she rose to go : "but I
am a friend no longiM- . You have talked
about my husband. Kij-ht here is where
our paths divulge. Good afternoon. "
Garfield Tea , the herb medicine , insures
a healthy action of liver , kidneys , stomach
ami bowels. Take it for constipation and
sick-headache. Write Garlield Tea Co. ,
Brooklyn , N. Y. , for free samples.
LYritiinf ? MS She SJITT It.
While little Gertrude was looking oul
of a window during a thunderstorm
she saw a Hash of lightning plaj
along a telegraph wire.
"Oh , mamma , " she exclaimed. " 1
just saw a pijece of the sun fall down
from the sky ! " Xew York Press.
THE CALL OF THE SOIL.
i
i
Days * of Fimiuclul Stress Make Farm
Lamlx Loci ] ; Ittcli.
A staff contributor of a Southern
newspaper has taken up the question
of the return to the farm of maiy who
had forsaken it for the glitter of the
city. He says : "It is a well-known fact
that the history of this government
shows that those men who have been
most successful in life and who have !
left their impress upon its people and
its institutions as statesmen , soldiers ,
financiers , have as a rule been those ,
whose youth was spent on the farm ,
and it is to such as these that there !
comes with overmastering power TUB
'
CALL OF THE SOIL. More especially
does it come with re-doubled persuasiveness - ,
ness , greater power and sweeter pleadj j
ing to the man of affairs when the
clouds of financial unrest begin to darken - ,
en the sky ; when the cry of panic
causes people to lose their wits and act
like stampeded cattle ; when with rea
son or without reason there arises be
fore him the specter of ruin , grinning )
in his face and waving its gaunt arms
(
in threatening gesticulation. '
The pitiable state into which some
men were brought by the recent finan
cial flurry , which happily is now pass
ed , suggests these reflections. Some'
were ruined and a very few became in
sane because of their losses. Two or
three took their own lives. j
It is when such times come
that the statesman , the great finan
cier , and the man of affairs becomes j
tired of the struggle. He lays down J '
his pen , turns from his desk and
listens to THE CALL OF THE SOIL.
There are hundreds of cases through
out the United States of those who
have money in the banks and are look
ing for investment In lands. No
investment is better or safer. Take
for instance , the lands in West
ern Canada that can be bought
nt from $10 to ? 15 per acre
whieu yield a revenue equal to and
often greater than their original cost. '
These lands make a certain Invest
ment. During the past two months
large investments in these lauds have
been made , some intending to use the
lands for farniiug purposes of their
own , others to re-sell to farmer
friends. The agents of tlie government
Of Canada located at different points
throughout the United States have In
their possession particulars of districts ,
In which there are free homestead
grants of 1GO acres , each accessible to '
railways , markets , schools , churches , |
etc. These are valuable lauds. These i
agents will be pleased to give informa
tion to auy desirous of securing and
will tell all about the railway rates ,
etc.
S. C. X. U. - - No. 17 l OS.
A. I'nrl.x HeKtntirnnt.
The Parisian men are not likely to
grumble at being asked to dine In
dress clothes in any particular London
restaurant , for they have in Paris one
dining place when- this unwritten law
has ahvi\s Iti-cn enforced. No man
ever gws to diic at the Armcnonville
in the Hois de P.uulogne without put
ting on his dress clothes. Why fashIon -
Ion has decreed that a Frenchman may
dine at any of the boulevard restaur
ants in tenue de ville. but must wear
a swallowtail coat when he drives to
the big park of Paris to dine , no one
knows. It is custom , and there to a
Parisian is the end of it. Bellman.
SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS.
Spent $ .1OO on Doctor * and Reme
dies , lint Got Xo Itellef Cutlenra
Cure * In it "Week.
"Upon the limbs and between the
toes my skin was rough and sore , and
also sore under the arms , and I had to
stay at home several times because of
this affection. 1'p to a week or so ago
I had tried many other remedies and
several doctors , and spent about three
hundred dollars , without any success ,
but this is to-day the seventh day that
I have been using the Cuticura Reme
dies ( costing a dollar and a half ) ,
which have cured me completely , so
that I can again attend to my business.
I went to work again to-night. I had
been suffering for eight years and have
now been cured by the Cuticura Kerne-
dies within a week. Fritz Herschlaff ,
24 Columbus Ave. , New York , N. Y. .
March 2' ) and April ( T. ] { ) ( ) ( ' . . "
The
General Demand
of the Well-informed of the " \VorIcl ha *
always been for a simple , pleasant and-
efficient liiiid { laxative remedy of known. '
value ; a laxative which physicians coul&
sauction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to b -
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect , '
acceptable to the system and gentle , yt
prompt , in action.
In supplying that demand with its
ccllcnt combination of Syrup of Figs a
Elixir of Senna , the California. Fig SyrujJ-
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies "
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is give *
the preference by the Well-Infbrrae&
To get its beneficial effects always
the genuine manufactured by the
fornia Fig Syrup Co. , only , and for sate
by all leading druggists. Price fifty
per bottle.
the Connection.
Mrs. Chiigwator. in looking over tisfc
morning papT , had come across a lba
that looki'd like this :
i gffeozzwkwlwhyojjjtjjyblcizarxxtbzzuggiaJ
"Josiah. " she askod. showing it to him , ,
"what does this mcanV"
"It mean ? , " said Mr. Chugwatpr , "thaj-
the line's out of order. Same old story ,
' ' "
Can't you see' :
Eor Infants and Children.
ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT.
AVcgelablcPrcparalionrorAs-
sirailaiingtiicFootfaraJRegula- - Bears the
linglhcSiomachsanlBovrclsof
Signat
Promotes Digestion.Cheerfiir
ness and Rest.Containsneither
OpiunuMorphine nor Mineral
w NOT NARCOTIC.
in Seed
Bi Ce
Ham Seed -
Ctpifad Sapr >
Imcr-pta } tfaxr.
Apcrfect Remedy for Conslipa-
lion , Sour Stomach.Diarrtea
Worras.Convulsions.Fevcrish-
ness and Loss OF SliEEP. .
Facsimile Signature of
dLttffi&fa- Thirty Years
NEW YORK.
Guaranteed undcrilie * oodaj
Exact Copy of Wrapper. . .
THS CKMfAUR COKT--NY. KSW YORK CITY.
One Mai will convince
you
wjll relieve soreness and
stiffness quicker and easier
Nwn any other preparation
sold for Hurt purpose.
Ir penetrates to the bone ,
the blood drives . . .
quickens , , - . . . ' * . * .
Av * *
away fatigue and gives stre
and elasticity to the muscles'
Thousands use Sloan's Linimg
for rheumatism , neuralgia , toothache
sprains , contracted muscles , stiff
joints , cuts , bruises , burns , cramp
or colic and insect stings
PRICE 25,50 $ . 6 $1.00
Dr.Earl S Sloan.Bosron.Mass.U.SA /
SHOES AT ALL
PRICES , FOR EVERY
MEMBEH OFTHEFAMILY.
MEN , BOYS , WOMEN , MISSES AND CHILDREN.
ggcno IV. L. Douglas maftcs and sells tnoro >
" meTt'o$2.5O$3.OOand$8.GOshosa
VP. . - , than any oihoi * manafsciupor In tbo
JKfe ? vfcrlcl , bccnuxfs thay field thcSr'
shsuo , fit better , wear /ooflcr , and
gg = . arc of greater vjafuo than sny other ,
* * shoes In the world to-day.
ff. L Douglas S4 snd $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Be Equalled At Any r'ric
CC2 < \V iTI ON. W. I * . PucIa name and pr' is Sstampcd on lx > t om. TnTce 'Vo Snli tUirte .
boiit i > v tire liest shoo dealori everywhere , tihots raa.leil from factory to any part of the -worH. " "
uateU Catalog free to anj .tJilress. W. J. . . i > O L CJ AJS , lirocL.Coij , Alj
Color more ooedsbriohter and Icskr colors ( ban any olhrrdvc. On ? lOc pnchace colors aU libers , " They d > c in coW water hetlerthar. any other d > e. Yo
auy oara&cct uitlwut riaping apart ffriSc lar lita baokict-Uow to Ilje.DIracb acd fii Colors. 3fOji"RGE Z3"R U C CO. . Q- incy.me * >