The editor was divnming in his "den"
vhen the door ojicnc'd and u rather
stern-visnged woman ont'-ml. without
apology , says ti writer in the Ualtimore
Bun.
"Will you kindly explain , " she began -
gan , grimly , thrusting u newspaper
clipping under the editor's nose , "why
your rovk'wor refers to my recent book
Ins a "History of Female Suffrage by a
new IlistiricnlViucrV" '
"Quito unpirdona : ! > l ( > . " said the ed
itor , gravely. "Of course.1 the word
should ho spelled with a 'y. ' "
BED-BOUND FOE MONTHS.
IIupc Abandoned After Physician * '
Consultation.
Mrs. Enos Shearer , Yew and Wash
ington streets. Ccntralia. Wash. , says :
"For years I wa.s
weak and run down ,
could not sleep , my
limbs swelled and
the secretions were
troublesome ; pains
f st in bed for four
, . . , .
months. J liree doc
tors said there was
no cure for me , and I
was given up to die. Being urged , I
used Doan's Kidney Pills. Soon I was
better and in a few weeks was about
the house , well and strong again. "
Sold by all dealers. r > 0 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo. X. Y.
Two
Admission slips to the hospitals arc
pretty likely to matter-of-fact rec
ords and more or less tragic , but occa
sionally , the New York Sun report's ,
a bit of unconscious humor is found in
them.
A slip at rjouverueur recently report
ed that a driver of a hansom had re
ceived his injuries by "falling off a
perch , " and the nan's name was Bird.
Another Gonvcrneur slip auni > uH-erl :
'that ' the patient was hurt by "falling
off water \\.igon" a. fall , it mi-lit be
added , which te ilwav * ;
Blljjjljp
iSs
Positively cnreij by
tnese Xattle Pills.
They also reliere DIs-
tresa from. Dyspepsia , la-
digestion and Too Hearty
Eating , A perfect rem
edy for Dizziness , Nausea.
Drovrsuiess. Had Taste
In the Mouth , Ccated
Tongue. Pain In tna Side.
TORPID UVEK.
regulate tne Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
SHALL Pill , SHALL DOSE , SMALL FRIGE ,
CARTERS GsnuinB Musi Bear
Fac-Simi'ls Signature
ITTLE
IVER
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BEFUSC SUBSTITUTES.
You've never tasted
the best sausage until
you've eaten Libby's
Vienna Sausege.
Itsasausage product
or nigh food valuel
Made different. Cook
ed different Tastes
different and is different
man other sausage.
Libby's Vienna
Sausage , like all of the
Libby Food Products ;
is carefully prepared
and cooked in Libby's
Greai While Kifcfcen.
It can be quickly
served for any meal at
any time. It is pleas
ing , not over-flavored
and has that satisfying
taste. Try it.
Libby , McNeili & Libby ,
Chicago.
&
Don't borrow too much. It is more
satisfaction both to yourself and your
neighbors to have tools of your own.
The animal that has a full , brlirht
eye is apt to be healthy. And a moist
nose Is another indication of health.
If ; the farmer pays too much atten
tion to the glib-tougued ageut he Is
liable to buy more machinery than will
have standing room on his farm.
A young lady of New York has
bought a farm on Long Island and is
planning to raise humming birds for
the market. She says the } ' make good
peta and are easy to raise.
Give the cows that are rather thin in
flesh a little better care than the rest.
Don't neglect the other cows ; just bear
on a little harder with the ones that
are not doing well. That's all.
A number of prominent farmers ii.
Douglas County , S. D. , have organized
a Farmers' Telephone Company : iud
uIH build lines in that part of the
State. The company is capitalized at
$10,000.
Always give the hired man a chance
to attend the institute meetings and see
that he goes. lie will be pretty sure
to hear something that will make him
a better farmer and that will be to
your advantage as well as to Ills.
The average farmer , constituted * s
most of them are , will have better suc
cess If he devotes his energies to the
raising of either a strictly beef or
dairy breed of cattle rather than to
what Is generally understood as a dual
purpose breed.
It Is better to dilute liquid manure
with water , for the reason that the wa
ter partially prevents loss of ammonia
and also because urine is too strong
for ordinary plants. An excellent mode
of treating urine , or liquid manures of
any kind , is to add twice its Milk of
water , then add a pound of kainit to
four gallons of the mixture.
If the slugs start to work on me
currant and gooseberry bushes , they
may be dusted with powdered white
hellebore , or the same may be applied
as a spray , made by mixing one ounce
of the chemical in two gallons of wa
ter. Paris green is also effective and
may be applied In the form of dust ,
using one pound of the poison to twen
ty pounds of flour. If the dust spray
Is used , it is best to apply it when the
dew Is on the leaves.
To prepare ouion seed for planting ,
pour it into a small vessel containing
luke-warm water. Do not reverse It
and pour water over the seed. Let
stand ten or twelve hours In a warm
place. It will do no harm if the seed
bursts open. The seed can be dried by
sprinkling fine ashes over them , and
will then be ready to BOW. If the
ground is properly prepared , the onion
will have no trouble in getting ahead
of the weeds and grass.
While European and Asiatic coun
tries have forms of animal and bird
life to be found nowhere else , the
American continent seems to possess
an exclusive monopoly of humming
birds. Of the four hundred odd vari
eties nearly all are to be found in the
tropical regions. Only eighteen cross
the borders of the United Spates from
Jlexlco , and all but one or two vari
eties spend their summers In the south
ern states. While this tiny bird does
secure some honey from flowers , Its
food consists chiefly of small insects
which are found In the vicinity of flow
er beds , many of which are injurious to
the flowers. Thus In the case of this
smallest representative of bird life it
Eeems to have been created not only as
a thing of beauty , but for the perform-
xnce of a helpful mission.
Carriage Horses.
As foreign conditions have their ef
fect oa the horse industry in this coun
try , the views of a writer in a London
paper are of some interest here. This
rorrespondent claims that the wealthy
Jobmasters of London are unable to
let or hire anything but big carriage
borses , and In the absence of home
breds they by them in America or on
| he continent of Europe. The number
Ihey now require could be expressed
In thousands and the checks they send
ivould amount to something more like
pillions. He thinks breeders need have
no doubt about future markets for any
Hylish , full sized carriage horses they
may be enabled to put upon the Lou-
jlon market. In advocating the produc
tion of such full sized carriage horses
us now appear in the parks and fash
ionable streets of London he does not
disparage the fashionable hackney
which adorns the elegant victoria , but
wants the larger type to be bred In
equal numbers. (
Hovr to Secnre and Retain Motatnr'c.
The importance of getting moisture
Into the soil Mid keeping a sufficient
amount In store there for all demand'of '
-ropn Is conceded by all farmers , nnd
; et there are wide differences of opin
ion among them as to the best methods
to reach that result Grass , red clover
and alfalfa roots are frequently men
tioned as channels to conduct moisture
down into the soil. It is true they may
have the force to push themselves down
into the subsoil to a greater distance
than most other vegetationbut In order
to determine their utility In this respect
their conductive ability must be ascer
tained. It Is evident that the roots
must be very small while forcing their
way Into the hard soil , but notwith
standing their threadlike size , they da
uot easily penetrate it , and if they suc
ceed in their search for -moisture they
Increase In size in spite of their com
pressed surroundings.
It is evident that In the course ol
growth through very compact material
the roots will have made no channel
for water nor for anything but them
selves , end when the surface soil Is
plowed they die , and when decay has
reduced their size they leave a channel
for water , but the holes they leave are
very small and are quickly closed by
a dashing rain and the sediment tnua
created , and thus the channels produced
by the decayed roots are stopped and
sealed before much water has found its
way into the hard undersoil. Still it
is true a little water has thereby gone
deeper into the ground than before and
a little is better than none ; but it la
evident that the above method is not
effective and a better way must bo
found.
Starting with the self-evident propo
sition that water easily finds Its way
down in loose soil , It follows that a way
of making the soil loose further down
than it is commonly plowed , so that a
large supply of water can be taken In
as fast as a heavy downpour can fur-
nluli It is the proper method and can
bev done with the right kind of sub
soil plow. It has a great advantage
over grasses , alfalfa or clover , Is a
better rooter than all of them combined ,
and furnishes Immensely' better chan
nels than they do for water storage.
It has been "shown by experience , novr
ever , that It requires good judgment to
properly use the subsoil plow , and an
other most Important point Is to get the
ridht kind f a plow. But when this Is
done and the work accomplished you
may properly feel fL degree of lnde
pendeuce 7iever before enjoyed.
' 1'Iie Foreign Market for Grain.
The influence of European agriculture
on the welface of American fanners is
strikingly illustrated in a bulletin re
cently issued by the Department of Ag
riculture on the cereal production ol
Europe , by a special European agent of
the bureau of statistics , giving complete
official statistics , as far as they have
been published , of the acreage , produc
tion and average j-ield of the various
errains in each country of Europe for
the last twenty-five years.
It appears that wheat and corn are
! ho two grains that Europe imports
largely from abroad. European produc
tion of rye , barley and oats Is practic
ally sufficient for national require
ments. The growing dependence of for
eign countries for much of Its grain
supply Is Illustrated by the fact that
during the hist twenty years Europe
has increased its average purchase of
wheat more than 100,000,000 bushels ,
or about SO per cent , and has doubled
its annual purchases of corn. It is
only In Northwestern Europe that the
dependence on foreign agriculture Is
increasing. The wheat production of
those countries has remained practical
ly unchanged during the last twenty
years , while their requirements have
been steadily increasing , so that they
now require from foreign sources 100-
OOO.OCO bushels a year more than they
did twenty years ago. It appears that
the average yield per acre Is the high-
( st in those countries where wheat cul
ture is least generally practiced , and
where the acreage under that grain
shows the smallest increase. The ex
tension of the wheat area , on the con
trary , is the most marked where the
yield is lowest.
A high average yield , such as Is ob
tained in Northwestern Europe about
twice as high as the best average yield
recorded In this country presupposes
the use of valuable land , justifying a
large outlay in labor and fertilizers , as
\ \ cas an abundant supply of good ,
but cheap , labor. These conditions of
Intensive culture , however , are much
more favorable to the growth of corps
other than grain , which give the great
est profit when raised on a large scale
ou new and comparatively cheap land.
It appears that the average crop to
Germany is worth about $40 , and from
an acre of sugar beets $55 , while wheat
yields only $29 and rye $21 per acre.
In France the value of hops reaches
$153 , tobacco $03 and sugar beets $4T ,
against only $21 per acre for wheat
In the Netherlands the gross rerun ?
per acre of wheat , $2G , Is far over
shadowed by returns from tobacco ,
$21 ; potatoes , $74 ; sugar beets , $52
Wheat bread is Increasing In use much
faster than rye bread. For all Europe
the annual percapita consumption oi
rye twenty ye"rs ago was a trifle un
der 3M : bushels , and it is now only
a trifle more than that amount Dur
ing the same twenty years the wheat
consumption increased from 4 to more
than 41/ " bushels a year for each in
habitant. Only Russia , Germany , the
Netherlands aud Scandauavla now fjsa
rye more largely than wheat
; ppdal to the "Well-Informed in every
walk oi life and arc essential to permanent
success aJ creditable standing. Accor-
ingly , it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value , but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses ,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative , and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians , as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get it , beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. , only , and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
His Money's Worth.
A gentleman interviewed the laun-
clrymau in regard to lost garments ,
says a writer in Harper's Weekly , with
the following result :
Lauudryman I regret to tell you ,
sir , that one of your shirts is lost.
Customer But here I have paid you
tweh- cents for doing it up.
Laundryman Quite right , sir. We
laundered it before we lost It.
You Can Get Allen's Foot-Cane FREE
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy ,
X. Y. , for a FUEi : sample of Allen's Koot-
Knsc. a powder to shake into your shoes.
Ir c-iircs tired , sweating , hot , swollen , ach-
iiiir foot. It makes ne.v or tiirht shoes easy.
A certain cure for Corns and l.nnious. All
Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it.3c. .
Chemists xiy tluit ynpors written with
the ink in general use \\ill be illegible in
27 years.
" GL fit. Tltnf * Dane * nd 1I Herrs * Dliei e
Fg 0 © I'ornianemlr tnre < lby Or Klia ' 'Jre i
fierts Re toMr. Send for Free tj2 iriai boil aJ treatli. .
Bit. E. 11. KLIAK. Id. , fijl Arch StiMl. yhll ( S lphl . Pi
! .x It lours ?
-Mrs. Crinisonbeak I see by this pa
per that in the British museum there
is a huge rope of .hah * weighing nearly
two tons.
Mr. C'rimsonbcak These American
women traveling abroad are so careless ,
aren't thevV Yonkers Statesman.
"Pop , what is a chiropodist ? ' '
"One of thrse people who tell your
character from your handwriting.
That's right. Tommy ; always ask pa
anything you want to know. " Balti
more American.
Civic > iirltuilc.
But Just as the t itl 'cn was about to
lave the imnlio h-ul : nmi.msced him
.irrested. heJIK -.pp rtmely : waited on
by a committee of t'ie Oinn : 'rcial Club.
"Wo have the welfare of oir beauti
ful city much at heart. " they observed.
Tin glad to hoar that ! " replied the
'
citizen , cordially. "So have I. "
The committee cleared their throats.
"Of course the price of real estate b
about the main element in the welfare
of a city , " they went on.
"Of course , " the citizen assented , be
ing something of a booster himself.
Here the committee , looking at him
very hard , came to the point.
"We have the honor to inform you , "
quoth they , "that real estate made up
into sandbags yields more profit aud
by that commands a higher price than
real estate in any other form. "
This naturally ended the matter. The
citizen saw the point at once and was
profuse in his thanks at being set right ,
while the committee went ou their way
rejoicing in the consciousness of a good
thing done. Puck.
The product of the British shipyards
aii'ounts ' to 20 or 25 per cent of the
whole.
ITCHING. HUMOR ON BOY.
I ! is I la lids Were u SoH < l Mi&s , Jinil
Disease S proud All Over Body-
Cured inI Dsiy.s liy Cuticura.
"One day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed it ou his little
hands. His hands were not as bad
then , and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next clay
we heard of the Cuticura Remedies
being so good for itching sores. By
this time the disease bad spread all
' ) ver his body , and his hanus were
nothing but a solid mass of this it'ch-
ing disease. I purchased a box of Cuti
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment , and that night I took the
( 'utieura Soap and lukewarm water
and washed him well. Then I dried
him and took the Cuticura Ointment
aud anointed him with it. I did this
every evening and in four nights he
was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank Don
ahue , 20S Fremont SL , Kokomo , IncT. ,
Sept 10 , 1OT. ! ) "
Conscience money received yearly by
the chancellor of the exchequer , in Eng-
lund , in default of unpaid taxes , averages
$30.000.
Mrs. AVuiblow's tioothug S.vrup for Chlld-
rei. tuPtniiiK , boltens the gums , reduces In-
naimiiMiioii. allais naiii. cures wlud colic.
23c a bottle.
During the lat > t . ' " ) .years the I'orci'nt-
agp ot the world's total coal produced bj
the United States has incroasi-d from
M.,2 to , ' 57. and this country now stand ;
far in the lead of the world's coal pro-
AN HONEST DOCTOR
ADVISED PK-RU-NA.
. SYLVESTER E. SMITH , Rees >
MR.
213 , Granite Block , St. Loula ,
writes : ' -Pcruna is the best friend &
sick man can have.
' A few months ago I came hero in &
wretched condition. Exposure and
dampness had ruined my enc roborfk
health. I had catarrhal affections of
the bronchial tubes , r.nd for r. litco there-
was a doubt as to my recovery .
"My good honest old doctor riflvisecH
me to takelPcruna , vrhich I did and in. *
a short time my health began to Im
prove very rapidly , the bronchial *
trouble gradually disappeared , and IE-
three months my health was folly re
stored.
"Accept a grateful man's thanhs lay
his restoration to perfect health. "
Pc-ru-na for His Patients.
A. W. Pcrrin , M. D. S. , 030 Halsey-
St. , Brooklyn , N. Y. , says :
"I am using your Peruna myself , and
am recommending it to my patients in.
all cases of catarrh , and find it to be-
more than you represent. Peruna can.
bo had now of all druggists in this sec
tion. At the time I began using it , ifc.
was unknown. "
Keeps the breath , teeth , moutli and body
antiseptically clean and free from un
healthy germ-life and disagreeable odors ,
which water , soap and tooth preparations-
alonc cannct do. A
germicidai , disin
fecting and deodor
izing 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.
Large Trial Sane !
WITH "HEALTH ANO OEAUTV BOOK BENT rr
THE PAXTON TOILET GO , , Boston , Mass.
WRITING TO
WHEN
please say you BUVT the
ji thin
BEST FC3TKE BOWELS AKD UVH
EW LAW ont.vmC
by JOHN w. MORRIS ,
WasMnEton. D. a
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NFAHT HOSTILITY Is something frightful , We can hardly realize that of
all the children "born IE civilised countries , twentytwo per cent , , or nearly
one-quarter , die before they reach one year ; thirtyseven per cent , , or more-
than one-third , before they are five , and one-ialf before they are fifteen !
We do not hesitate to say that ; a timely use of Castoria would save a ma -
jority of these precious lives , Ueither do we hesitate to say that many of these
infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations , BropSj tinctures
and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opiums or
morphine , They are3 in considerable quantities , deadly poisons in any quantity
they stupefy , retard circulation and lead to congestions , sickness , deatL Gastoria.
operates exactly the reverse , but you must see that it bears the signature of
GhaSa E. Fletcher. Castoria causes the blood.to . circulate properly3 opens the
pores of the skin and allays fever.
Letters from Prominent Physicians
addressed to Chas. H. Fletche r.
'I'iTj * 'ill11 , , .
Wii * iSP ( "Ii i Dr. A. F. Peeler , of St Louis , Mo. , says : "I have prescribed your Castoria
* &iu4' ' ' I : fn many cases and have always found it an efficient and speedy remedy.5 *
Dr. E. Down , of Philadelphia , Pa. , says : "I have prescribed your Gas *
toria in my practice for many years with great satisfaction to myself ancL
benefit to my patients. "
Dr. Edward Parrish , of Brooklyn , N. Y. , says : "I have used your Cas
toria in my own household with good results , and have advised several
patients to use it for its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm. "
Dr. J. 33. Elliott , of New York City , says : "Having during the past sir
ALCOJEJOL years prescribed your Castoria for infantile stomach disorders , I most
3 PER CENT , i
S AVegclablcPrcparaiionforAs. ' heartily commend its use. The formula contains nothing deleterious'
to the most delicate of children. "
ting Ik Siomadis andBovelsof - ; Dr. C. G. Sprague , of Omaha , Neb. , says : "Your Castoria Is an Heal
medicine for children , and I frequently prescribe it. While I do not advo
cate tlio indiscriminate use of proprietary medicines , yet Castcria Is
exception for conditions which arise in the care of children. "
Promotes DigeslioiuGieerfiir Dr. J. A. Parker , of Kansas City , Mo. , says : "Your Castoria holds
ness and Rest.Conlainsnefe esteem of the medical profession in a manner held by no other proprie
Opium.Morphitie nor Mineral tary preparation. It is a sure and reliable medicine for infants and chil
3x-a'iEi ' | NOT NARCOTIC. dren. In fact , it is the universal household remedy for infantile ailments. * * '
tl1 Dr. Ii. P. Merrill , of Augusta , Me. , says : "Castoria is one of the very
finest and most remarkable remedies for infants and children. In m r
Fbmpf-tn Sisd" opinion your Castoria has saved thousands from an early grave. I cau
JBsMteMs- c.tear f furnish hundreds of testimonials from this locality as to its efficiency-
and merits. "
- BtlcrbsnckSsls ' Dr. Kormaa 1,1. Geer , of Cleveland , Ohio , oays : "During the last twelm-
years I have frequency recommended your Castoria as one of the beet
preparations of the kind , being safe in the hands of parents and very ef
fective ia relieving children's disorders , while the ease with which sudj
Apcrfect Remedy forConsRpa-
tioii , Sour StQiimch.Biarrta a pleasant preparation can be administered is a great advantage. "
Wonns.ComnlsioTis.FevErish- !
ness cii loss OF SLEEP j
TacSimtlc SifJTiamre Sears the Signature of
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cic : 0077 of 'yrrc.pr-cr in Use For Qve-r 3Q Years ,
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