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SOLD STALL LEADING DRUGGISTS ,
one .SJ7O o : regular price
A rubber tree four feet in diameter
/ields twenty pallons of sap , making 4.0
pounds of dry india rubber.
BLAGS ITCHING SPOTS ON FACE.
Called It Kezcnin in Worst
I'afient IJexpnired of Cure
Culirnrn ItcziieuIeN Cured Her.
"About four years ago I was atllict-
with black splotches all over my
face nnd a few covering my body ,
which produced a severe itching irrita
tion , and which caused me a great deal
of suffer : : : ; : , to such an extent that I
was forced to call in two of the lead
ing physicians of - . After a thor
ough examination of the dreaded com
plaint they announced it to be skin ec
zema in the worst fnrm. Their treat
ment did me no good. Finally I t > e-
came dpspondenl nnd decided to discon
tinue their serUccs. My husband pur
chase" ! n sinirle set of the Cuticura
Remedies , which entirely stopped the
breaking out. I continued the use of
the Ctiticura Remedies for six months ,
and r.fter that every splotch was en
tirely gone. I have not felt a symptom
of the eczema since , which was three
years ngo. Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge , 540
.Tones A 9. ; Sehna , Ala. , Oct 2S. 1900. "
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A -
The 3Tnn Who Is Ahead.
In almost every newspaper you pick
up you arc pretty sure t find a lot
of gush about the man behind the coun
ter HLd th" man behind the gun ; the
man belli r.d the buz-saw nnd the man
behind t'.ie son : the man behind the
times and the man behind his rents ;
the mnn behind the plowshare and the
man behind tlu > fence ; the man be-
Iiind the whistle and the man behind
the cars ; the man behind the kodak
iind the man behind the bars : the man
behind his whiskers and the man be
hind hi- fists : and everything is en
tered on the list. P.ut they've skipinxl
another fellow , of whom nothing has
Ivon said the follow who is even , or
si little wr.y abend ; who pays for what
Sie gets , whose bills are always signed.
VFIo's a blam-- sight more important
than The man who is behind. All the
editors and merchants , and the whole
commercial dan. are Indebted for ex
istence this honnst fellow man. He
'k * * < ? ps u * all in business and his town
Is never ueai. and so we take off our
fcnts lo th < * man who jq ahead. Judge.
Triumph of Mimi.
Viclirn of Delusion Doctor. I'm a v
fully afraid I'm going to have brair.
Doctor Pooh. pooh , my dear friend !
That it all nn illusion of the senses- .
There is no such thing as fever. Yon
have no fevor. yon have no br h'm I nu
material MiSn-taisce upon which such a
wholly imaginary and supposititious thin ; *
as a fever could find any base of oyora-
lioa.
Victim O. doctor , what a load you
have taken from my from my I have
a mind , haven't I. doctor ?
"TWO TOPEHS. "
A TencJier'.i Experience.
"My friends call me 'The Postum
Preacher , ' " writes a Minn , school
teacher , "because I preach the gospel
of Postum everywhere I go , and have
been the means of liberating many
'coffee-pot slaves. '
"I don't care what they call me so
long as I can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee , and
can show them the way to steady
nerves , clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
"V.'hiie a school girl I drank coffee
jind had fits of trembling and went
through a siege of nervous prostration ,
which took me three years to rally
from.
"Mother coaxed me to use Postum ,
but I thought coffee would give me
strength. So things went , and when I
married I found my husband and I
were LotL coffee topers and 1 can sym-
pathie : with a drunkard who tries to
leave off his cups.
"At last in sheer desperation , I
bought a package of Postum , followed
directions about boiling it , served it
with good cream , and asked my husband -
-band how he liked the coffee.
"We each drank three cups apiece ,
and what a satisfied feeling it left. Our
conversion has lasted several years and
" \\iil continue as long as we live , for it
JIMS made us new nerves are steady ,
-appetites good , sleep sound and re
freshing. "
"There's a Reason. " Name given by
Tostum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich. Read
"The Road to Wellvilie , " in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter ? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine , true , and full of
Jiuman interest. i
FROM THE COMMONER
MR. BRYAN'S PAPER
A IVonl : is to Coward * .
Ivc-Congrcssman Littleficld of Maine is
luoted a.s K.iying that "Congressmen are
the most anvardl.v set on earth , " and that
ll'fy a IT "afraid lo act in any manner
whi'ch could prejudice their re-election. "
lit- admits ( but there Is a si-cuiing reluc
tance in it ) ih.it "the people .should con
trol the government. " though ho add * * .
' bur because of this cowardice of legis
lators I doubt if direct election of Sena-
{ > --s would improve conditions. The Sen
ators would thru bo in a lik" position to
m < jnbors of the lower body. "
Th" dispatch cowhides. : "Mr. Little-
Held deprecated the branding of all rich
men r.s maWac.o- : and said he believed
the amassing of irrear wealth is of con
siderable benefit to the country if rightly
admmist'-red. " It is not necessary for
Mr. Littlelield to say this in order to dis
close his poiat of view. No one brands
"all rich in'Tn as malefactors" thus"
\vlio begin their defence 'of predatory
\\eaUh with the assumption that all rich
men are attacked are either deceived
themselves or are trying to deceive others.
Hut what about Mr. Littlefield's attack
on CongressmenV Are they all cowards
because they are afraid to act contrary
to the wishe-s of their constituents ? And
are Senators brave because they defy lha
ishes of their constituents ?
Senators who defy their constituents do
FO not from a. high sense of duty , but bcj-
cause they are .servile representatives of
great corporations tliat 'hide ' in the dark
ness and control the government through
th" oaicia ! whom they raise to power.
Mr. Littlelield was not always thr- .
When he went to Congress he was t-oir.x-
fhinir of a reformer himself. He intro
duced an anti-trust bill it wa.s said to be
an administration measure. It passed t'iQ
House by an almost unanimous vote , but
it died in the Senate. The "brave" Sena-
depositors who live in the country
don't serin to be in any hurry about
drav.ing choir deposits. ONE FARMER
IS REPORTED AS ANSWERING
OVER THE RFRAL TELEPHONE
THAT HE IS TOO BFSY TO COME
AFTER HIS MONEY. RFT WILL
WANT IT IN A WEEK OR SO.
"In fho meantime both the president
and the cashier have been arrested for
the violation of the State banking law.
and are held under heavy bond.
"There will probably be no loss to the
State guaranty fund , and no assessment
required on other banks. Liquidation
will liktly reimburse the State fund with
in thirty days. The loss will probably
r.ot exceed the capital stock. "
All Art"SaUsfled. . "
la an editorial entitled "P.ryanism as
a Trust Asset. " the New York World
undertook to show that the Democrats
should repudiate "Bryanism" because
Wall jjtreet was satisfied with Taft. Sum
moning the New York Times to its aid.
the World said :
"The Times , in a single sentence , dis
poses of Mr. Bryan's delusion that the
trusts are opposing his nomination :
" 'The trusts to-day do not want Mr.
Bryan elected , but t'hey want him nomi
nated because they are entirely satisfied
with Mr. Taft and they know Bryan is
the weakest candidate the Democrats can
name. '
"A hint to the same effect can be found
in _ Henry Clews' speech before the Man
chester Economic Club Wednesday night.
" 'It may surprise some to learn that
the great power concentrated in the Presi
dent's hands by Congress has made the
great corporations , including the railway
companies and banking institutions , am
bitious and eager to control the federal
government itself , and they arc resolutely
honest business will not oijact to strict
regulations or to Surrender to the gov
ernment at the will of the government ,
and corporations which seek to get some
thing for nothing a-id then employ the
public grant to exploit the public have no
claim to consideration.
Mr. Pinchot is right in insisting that
there should be a TIME LIMIT on fran
chises he ought to go a step farther and
insist upon the government's right to pro
tect the public by taking over the plant
whenever public interest demands it. Each
generation should be left free to make
such use of the earth as times and con
ditions require. No generation has a
right to fetter the future with perpetual
franchises.
TJe Great Political Thought.
The greatest political thought in the
world is that embodied In rhe declaration
of independence , namely , that all men are
created equal. This Is the basis of popu
lar government , and popular government
is spreading. It does not mean that men
are. or will be. equal in physical strength ,
in intellectual ability , in moral character
or in wealth it simply means that God
never gave to one human being a natural
right that he denied to any other human
being , and that in the contemplation of
government , all must stand equal before
the law. Out of this basic principle , all
other political principles grow and by it
all methods of government and all policies
must be measured.
"Fettered" muV Handcuffed.
Which is the more Democratic , to be
"fettered * ' by instructions adopted by the
voters , or handcuffed to a boss ?
Congressmen no have private offices.
but every two years they have to emerge
from the bomb-proofs and take their
chances.
One advantage of being a federal judge
is that if you do not know what the law
is for the case in hand you can make one
to suit you.
"The millionaire is touched as never
THE MONSTER CAGED !
tors killed it , after the "cowardly" mem
bers of the House had passed it ? Was it
a good bill ? If so , what secret influence
killed it in the Senate ? If the Senate
had been composed of men ELECTED
P.Y DIRECT VOTE it would hnve p.-issv I
th" Liftlcficld bill ; docs the ex-Cowo- . -
mnn prefer a Senate that has the "conr-
uc" to assassinate a measure in the pub
lic interest to a Sennit' that would bn
afraid to oppose what the p" , > p'e ' wsrit
and need ? Mr. Lirtlrfield oujrht io bo tlie
last man Jo reproach the Hous-i- with
cowardice or to commend the Senate4 for
courage. Some change must have come
over him possibly this change i.ioy be
explained by subsequent acts.
In i ho meantime , the fight for t'nc elec
tion of Senators by a direct vote of the
people will continue. Those who relieve
th.it the people should think for them
selves and then elect officials to carry out
tlxMr v. ishes see in the popular election of
Scn.imrs a necessary step in the leform
program the gateway to other uforms.
Tlie OUl hoi a Way.
The following report on an Oklahoma
bank failure shows the way lihcy do
tilings in that Democratic commonwealth :
"The International Rank of Colsatn
wa reported to the bank commissioner by
one of his exn miners a few days a so for
violating the banking law of the State ,
particularly in its managing ofiir rs bor
rowing from the depositois'money. .
"The bank commissioner at onevN -
ited the bank in person and found that
the total depo-its were about $ . ' 57.000. of
which the pi.id int. L. A. Connors , owed
over . ? 0,0H ) . and the mshier. L. El/y.
owed over $4. ' > ! ' 0 in o"thcr words , about
thirty per cent of the deposits had been
burrowed by tlie two managing officer- .
The bank commissioner demanded thai
they immediately replace the money. They
failed lo do so. He < losed the bank at
2l. : i Thursday evening : telephoned rhe
State banking board ; recehed instruc
tions to immediately proceed to pay all
approved deposits. In forty-wj minutes
from the closing of the ban'c ' the bank
commissioner was r ady to pay approved
deposits. P.y Friday evening sixty jvr
cent of the depositors had appeared , prov
ed their claims and received th ir money.
By the end of the second dny ninety per
cent of all deposits had been paid. A
working to control it as far as they can
by rhe force of capital , but as unobtru
sively as possible. '
"Already they arg sub rosa powerful
political machines. In this connection it
is significant that some large railway and
! > : : nkintintcivets have identified them-
seh"- > \\ih ; the Taft movement. "
Less than sixty days ago the New York
\Yuild i ivirtically announced that it would
support Mi. Taft. And now comes the
World with the admission that the trusts
arc "entirely satisfied with .Mr. Taft" and
that the.-e interests "have identified them
selves will , the T ft movement. ' '
If thwT arc nier ; w c. ni years gone by.
had respect for the New Yprk Wjorld's
preteii--ons but now belie * e that the
World's po ] : < - . \ is controlled by certain
special interests and that for this reason
alone 1'ie New York newspaper will give
its support to Mr. Taft then the World
has only iti-elf to blame for its unenviable
plitrht.
Poor old New York World ! It has
some we -earned I credit marks. But now
that ir has been unmasked even the good
ir has done in certain particulars does not
ser\e to protect it from the jibes of men
of all parties who despise hypocrisy even
though they pity the hypocrite.
Xo Perpetual Krniiehisci.
Mr. Pinchot. of the fore.stry depart
ment , has been making a fight and thus
far a .successful one against the granting
of perpetual franchises to water power
companies which are seeking to utilize the
htreams in the forest reserves. He is
rig'Iit : a perpetual franchise is an un
speakable menace. No one can see far
enough into the future to define the terms
and conditions of a perpetual franchise.
No one can estimate the value of such a
fraiichibe a thou and year ? hence , or even
a hundred years -hence. No franchise
should be srrnnted for more thaa twenty
and then t-io
or tf\venty-five years govern
ment should reserve the rig-lit to regulate
prie.s charged for power and should also
reserve the rinht to take over the plant
at any time upon payment of actual value ,
KXTUSIVK OF THE VALT 13 OF
THE FRANCHISES.
The government is not supposed to give
away anything \aluable and it ought nev
er to 'have ' to buy back a franchise. A
power company which wants to do an
before , " said Mr. Fairbanks in his Chicago
cage speech. What , is the g. o. p. commit
tee Irying the fat this early in the game ?
"The gap between Aldrich and Vree-
Jar.d Is something more than alphabet
ical. " says ? the Birmingham Age-Herald.
Yes , but it is plenty big enough for the
1 oople to fall into.
The depositors who promptly received
their deposits from that defunct Oklahoma
bank are prepared to offer convincing
proofs that the guarantee of bank depos
its i.s a most desirable thing.
,
Among other amusing tiiiings is the
spectacle of a Republican Congressman
who dare not call his congressional soul
his own talking about the incapacity of
the Filipinos for self-government.
Paterson. New Jersey , is going to in
stitute libel suits against newspapers that
accuse her of harboring anarchists. It is
so much easier than detecting and pun
ishing the anarchists , you know.
The Boston Herald says the failure ot
the anti-injunction bill leaves the coun
try at the mercy of the law That is not
true. It merely leaves the country at the
mercy of federal judges appointed for life.
Walter Wellman is confident that the
north pole will be discovered some day.
When it is the friends of the tariff will
use it as a summer resort while they are
engaged in the strenuous task of tariff
revision.
"Once more. ' ' remarks the Salt Lake
Ilevald. "we rise to inquire as to the
thereabout of one Leslie M. Shaw. " Gra-
, ions , is the Herald unable to accumulate
enough grief without going out and look
ing for it ?
Noting that a New York judge has en
joined a couple of goats from eating a
cherry tree , the New York Tribune re
marks that "Mr. Gompcrs may now count
on tihe support of the goats for his anti-
injunction bills. " And Mr. Gompers may
also continue to count on the opposition
or other four-footed and longer-eared ani
mals ,
\
The best composted manure produces
the quickest results.
Best breeds do not insure most profit
without proper treatment
Pasture makes the cheapest hog feed
on the farm , and clover makes the best
bog pasture.
When grass seed Is sown sec that
you have a rich , well-pulverized seed
bed , and cow liberally.
The Industrious hen Is no longer
overlooked when it comes to figuring
up the income from a well-regulated
fnrni.
The pig hardly ever celebrates his
second birthday on the farm , so it is
quite in order to make his first as
pleasant as possible.
"Making good" and "a square deal' '
are slang expressions that carry a
whole sermon with them if given the
right amount of thought.
While plowing on his California
roach a Spaniard ran his plowshare
Into a box containing $4,000 in the
eight-sided gold slugs used years ago
In California by the Spanish people.
In London they hold what Is called
R cart-horse parade. It stimulates in
terest In the not-always-liappy lot of
the work horse. The idea is becoming
fashionable in some of our own east
ern cities.
If there is anything that will make
a man's mouth water , it is to see a
neighbor's hogs picking their living on
a fine alfalfa pasture , while you have
been pessimistic enough to pooh-pooh
the idea of growing this legume.
Spraying grain fields ns a moans of
killing mustard is an idea which is
gaining great prominence in the grain-
raising region of the Northwest. It
seems to be a pretty well established
fact tnat the scheme is practical.
The last-minute plan of buying a
farm machine is a lax one. It gives op-
"portunity for the loss of time aiul
money , for n bad temper to generate ,
the postponement of chore hours into
the night , and the inducing of a bad
' digestion.
To remove cockleburn quickly and
easily from horses' tails , the following
recipe is efficient : Dip the tail in a
bucket of hot water or , if this is not
advisable , apply a thin oil. In either
case the burs can be picked out easily
after waiting a few minutes.
The average farm garden might well
be larger. It ought to be ample enough
FO that almost all of it could be culti
vated with a horse and team. One cau
tend more garden with a horse and
cultivator in an hour than lie can with
a hoe in two days and do it better.
The hoe has its place , but the place is-
In the flower bed or corners and the
tool shed most of the time.
Several weeks may be jrnfnoYI by
starting many of the flower and vege
table seeds in boxes in the house , hot
bed or other protected quarters. ( Jln s
is the * host protection for plants- , but
when glass is not procurable thin white
cloth makes a fairly good substitute
Market gardeners grow nearly all of
their lettuce and some other vegetable ?
under thin cloth. It admits both light
nnd air.
A layer of lime applied to the surface
when the ground is dry and the weath-
e clear , will sometimes drive ants
from their villages.
A watering of hot cayenne pepper
tea , as hot ns the hand will bear , will
rid plants of nnts and many other pests
if applied at their roots.
To do away with rose pests mix by
rapidly stirring a tablespoonful of coal
oil with a pint of very hot. strong soap
suds and when well mixed add this to
enough hot suds to make a gallon. Mix
a pint of unslaked lime with a quart of
water , and when settled pour the clear
lime water into the coal oil emulsion ,
adding to this a teaspoonful of pads
green , stirring it all rap'dly and thor
oughly. Keep this mixture well stirred
when using and spray or Syringe the
leaves , tinder and upper sides , with
plenty of the mixture. It will be
"good" for the bush. If not healthy for
the bugs and slugs.
Controlling : CnMmHre lancet * .
The growth of cabbage plants for
late setting has been a very uncertain
venture In parts of New York State
for several years. Maggot-files and
flea-beetles have become so plentiful in
cabbage sections that only small frac
tions of the seed sown give plants
worth setting : so that many growers
bave had to import large numbers of
plants from other States , with greatly
increased expense and liability of in
troducing disease. A simple and , so far
is tested , a feasible and cheap method
Cor controlling insects on seed beds
ivas tested , not originated , by the
jeneva Station last year , and the de
tails of the experiment are given In
Bulletin No. SOI. A small bed -wo *
covered with cheesecloth screening and
the plants completely protected from
maggots. From l.SCO square feet of
bed r 0CCO sets were taken , while from
a check plat intended to set forty
acres only plants enough for a little
over four acres were secured. By tak
ing off the cover for a week before
setting the plants were "hardened" so
that there was no more wilting than
with plants grown Sn the open air. Tha
screening method is very inexpensive ,
and-is apparently more promising than
any spraying or soaking of the soil
with insecticides.
"IJry Karialnt ? " Ueclalni.i Desert.
Dry farming will e\'entually make
the so-called arid region of the west
ern highlands blossom like a rose. In
half a dozen Wyoming counties it Is
being adopted with complete success.
The State is encouraging it , and haa
provided a department of dry fann
ing , with Dr. C. V. Cook at its head.
"With proper irrigation and irrita
tion. " says Commissioner Cook , "the
desert of the West will in time disap
pear. The possibilities of redemption
in this arid territory are being demon
strated more and more every year.
Land that was valueless ten years ago
now produces bountiful crops. "
Dry farming Is the irritation part
of it. It is simply the science of using
to its utmost the' meager rainfall ot
this arid region. The secret lies In
storing up every bit of moisture pos
sible. It merely consists of keeping
the surface of The ground covered with
a dust mulch or blanket , which retains
the moisture.
You have noticed that after a rain
the earth forms a crust. You would
think this crust would prevent tha
moisture from escaping , but it doea
not. It is full of little holes through
which the sun and air. especially In
high altitudes , draws the moisture.
Here Is where dry fanning comes
in. This moisture-releasing crust la
pulverized into a dust blanket by fre
quent harrowing or discing. The soft
earth is made floury and close lying ,
and neither the sun nor the air action
can draw the moisture through it.
No expensive equipment is required.
A 14-inch gang plow for four horses ,
so that the plowing may be deep , tha
deeper the better , is used mostly. A
boy with four good horses and a three-
section disc harrow can cover thirty to
thirty-five acres of plowed ground a
day. This harrowing must be dona
several times until the ground is thor
oughly pulverized upon the surface.
Plowed ground must be ban-owed aftei
- ach rainfall. Cheyenne , Wyo. , Cor.
I'oisoninjj tjJoplier.s Is Uext.
.Strychnine is rhe most effectively
known poison for killing the pocket
gopher , and this method is recommend
ed by the United States Department
f Agriculture for general use. Strych-
ia .sulphate is the most convenient
form of the poison , since it is freely
soluble in hot water and in the natural
Juices used for bait. Tu disguise its
ntterness so that the gophers may no !
> o deterred from eating'the bait sugar
s often used. A sugar syrup i.s pre *
Hired as follows : Dissolve an ounce ot
; rrychnia sulphate in a pint of boiling
rater. Add a pint of thick Miirar
yrup scented by adding ji few drops
> f oil of anise , but this Is not essen-
inl. If preserved in a closed vessel
he syrup will keep indefinitely.
The above quantity is sufficient to
ioi < on a half bushel of shelled corn or
ther grain , but corn is recommended ,
'he grain is steeped in hot water and
.llowed to soak over night. It is then
Irained and soaked for several hours
u the poisoned syrup. Before using
ornmeal may be added to take up the
xcess of moisture.
The prepared bait is introduced Into
be underground runways of the goph-
rs with a long-handled spoon. A spade
andle sharpened , with a metal point ,
lakes a good dibble for making holea
ito the runways. Having located tha
tinway with the dibble , move It from
Ide to side to firm the soil about the
ole and then withdraw. This will
? ave a hole for the bait to be dronned
ito. Some prefer to cover the holes ,
ut it is better not to do so.
Bait should be placed in the main
unways and not in the short laterals
ear the mounds. A skillful operator
\n go over twenty to forty acres of
: ully infested land In a day , and If tha
ork is carefully done at a time when
le gophers are active all animals
lould be destroyed by the first appll-
ition.
Under favorable conditions the use
i carbon bisulphide can be made suc-
; ss > fully. but extreme care must ba
cerclsed ia handling the stuff , as It 13
ry inflammable and must be kept
ivay from all lire. It forms a heavy
is that goes into the burrows and
ills the animals. An ounce of carbon
sulphide for each burrow is sufficient ,
it. even at that ir > is rather an ex-
> nMve method. The chemical Is nour-
l over a bunch of rags or cotton waste
id this pushed Into the burrow , which
lould be quickly closed.
Traps are also M , = etl by some withed
od results. The ordinary steel traps ,
; well as special gopher traps , are
; ed. However , the poisoning with.
rychnine is undoubtedly the best and
leapest method of ridding one's farm
' the pests.