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The British Columbian government's
new terms to settlers are briefly as fol
lows: Not less than thirty families shall
form a settlement, and each family
must possess at least S.100 cash of arri
val here. The government leases to
each family 100 acres of surveyed land
free for the term of five years, and on
the expiration of that period, if im
provements have been made to the val
ue of 85 an acre, issues a crown grant.
The government also engages to con
struct a wagon road to each settlement
and provide mail and marketing trans
port facilities. The settlers, on the
other hand, must become naturalized
citizens and do their share toward de
veloping the resources of the province.
Sympathetic
When Judge Buxton of North Caro
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appearance at the bar, the solicitor, as
is customary in that state, asked him
to take charge of a case for him. The
young lawyer did his best, and the jury
found the defendant, who was accused
with some petty misdemeanor, guilty.
Soon after one of the jurors, coming
round the bar, tapped him on the
shoulder. "Buxton," said he, "the
jury did not think that man guilty, but
we did not like to discourage a joung
man." Green Bag.
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As a matter of useful information it
may be stated that whenever a cook
ing receipt calls for a taking powder
the "Royal" should be used. The re
ceipt will be found to work better and
surer, and the bread, biscuit, rolls,
cakes, dumplings, crusts, puddings,
crullers or whatever made, will be pro
duced sweeter, lighter, finer flavored,
more dainty, palatable and wholesome.
Besides the "Koyal" will go further or
has greater leavening power, and is
therefore more economical than any
ether powder.
Many receipts ns published still call
for cream-of-tartar and soda, the old
fashioned way of raising. Modern
cooking and expert cooks do not sanc
tion this old way. In all such receipts
the Roj'al Ilaking Powder should be
substituted without fail.
The greatest adepts in the culinary
art are particular to use the Royal only,
and the authors of the most popular
cook books and the teachers of the suc
cessful cooking schools, with whom the
best results are imperative, arc careful
to impress their readers and pupils
with the importance of its exclusive
employment
The Royal Baking Bowder is the
greatest help of modern times to per
fect cooking, and every receipt requir
ing a quick-raising ingredient should
embody it.
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New York Christian Advocate: There
is actually nothing in the flesh of the
dog that is distasteful or repulsive.
Lewis and Clark, the explorers, who
learned to eat it through compulsion,
actually became fond of it in time. It
is not generally known that it is still a
favorite article of diet among certain
people, but a French paper says that
the number of dogs slaughtered at the
abattoirs in Munich has increased
amazingly in the past few months The
taste for dog's flesh issaid to have been
imported by Italian laborers, who have
recently come in large numbers to the
Bavarian capital. The meat is not used
only as an adulterant for sausages, but
is eaten openly, under its own name,
prepared in various ways.
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Oat All the Night.
Detroit Free Press: A man, duty
sober and in good shape generally, was
hurrying along the street shortly after
midnight, when he met a policeman.
'Cood evening, Mr. Oflicer,"' he sal
uted politclj'; "it's a pleasant night to
be out"
"Quite so," replied the officer, eyeing
him suspiciously.
I presume you arc out every night,
aren't you?"
"Every night," and the officer got up
i little closer to him.
"All night'."' asked the passenger.
"All night."'
"That's the difference between us,'
explained the suspect "If 1 should be
out half the night I'd get 'hark' from
my wife, and I suppose if I stayed out
all night I'd be churched at the next
meeting. You ought to be thankful
that you are a policeman. tJood night,"
and the intruder hurried on, leaving
the policeman in a state of great uncer
tainty Teaching School In Spain.
The ways of the schoolmaster it.
Montillana, Province of (Iranada, Spain,
are hard. The school house in this par
ticular place is used as a granary dur
ing the summer vacation. A few days
ago the schoolmaster wished to begin
his instruction again and wrote letters
to the villagers who owned the grain
in the building, asking politely that
they remove it. The answer was un
expected. The peasants, angry at the
"assumption" of the fellow, stormed
his house, pulled him out into the street
and beat him badly. The excitement
soon extended to all the people in the
hamlet, and a large, mob of howling
men, women and children gathered
about the house of the niaj'or. This
doughty ruler brought orcler out of
chaos by ordering two of his servants
to chase the schoolmaster out of town!
He will not teach the young idea how
to shoot in Montillana this winter.
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ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
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Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Homestead Hints
as to the Care of Live Stock and
ronltry.
Curtailing Oleo Frauds.
The sheet anchor on which the oleo
margarine swindle relies for its fraud
ulent profit is its color, says Hoard's
Dairyman. It is colored to resemble
butter while it is not butter. As a con
sequence, the stuff acquires a value at
once in the mind of the innocent pur
chaser, that does not belong to it. As a
consequence it is sold for much, far more
than it is worth. Compel it to stand
in its own color before the consumer:
compel it to abandon its fraudulent
butter color, and it would then be
sold to everv nerson that wants it
without the fictitious price that the
color gives it, and at a fair value.
A6 it is now. the poor people who buy
it are compelled to pay from 200 to
300 per cent above its real value as a
commodity. The oleo people are very
fond of saying that they make the stuff
for the poor. Like Judas they want to
carry the bag for the sake of the poor.
If they were honest they would place
oleomargarine on the market in its
own color, for what it is rather than
for what it is not. The dairy farmers
contend for a law in the several states
like that now in existence in Massa
chusetts and Connecticut, which for
bids oleomargarine from coining into
the market in any form or color
as an imitation of "Gutter. This
is fair and honest. They have a right
to demand that their butter, which
always advertises its true character,
shall not be compelled to stand in com
petition with a cheating imitation.
They are right in demanding this by
law, both as a protection to themselves
and to the poor of the land, who may
wish to buy the stuff as a substitute
for butter, and who would not be
swindled into paying a butter price for
a cheat on account of its color. There
is plain common sense justice in this
and the dairymen are asking no more.
The above is heartily seconded by
the Fakmkkr' Kevikw. but it is doubt
ful if such a law would be found con-
THE ILLUSTRATION ON TIlIS IV
stitutional in most states. We do not
know that the law has ever been
brought before a Supreme court judge
in Massachusetts or Connecticut, as to
its constitutionality. Nothing that
can be counted as class legislation will
stand the test. Such a law would
have to be sweeping in its effects, a
sort of double-edged sword, cutting
both ways. It would prevent the oleo
manufacturer from coloring his prod
uct, and the farmer from coloring his
butter.
Winter Quarters.
Now is the time for the farm
er to prepare winter quarters
for his poultry. A great deal has
been written and said on the
construction of the poultry house,
but of all stfch articles that have come to
the notice of the writer, the cost would
be greater than the majority of farm
ers would feci warranted in expending
upon their poultry house. The writer
would like to give the outline for the
construction of a poultry hou.-e that
the cost, beyond the labor expended
upon it, need not be great. First select
a small knoll facing south or south
east, now dig out the desired size, the
same as for a cellar, only removing the
earth from front, if the house is to be
of considerable size the labor can be
greatly lessened by the use of a plow
and scraper. Now gathcrall the hard
heads and cobble stone you need, there
is hardlj a farm but upon which
enough stone may not be gathered to
construct this basement with profit,
thus "killing two birds with one stone."
Next take six wide boards (do not cut
them, as they can be used for roof
boards) out of which make a box to
mix mortar in. If you have dug to a
good depth it is likely you have struck
good building sand, if not, this
must be furnished from elsewhere.
Divide your box about the center by
the use of sand: into one end place
the lime you wish slacked. and pour cm
water. Do not slack loo much at once.
After it has become thoroughly slack,
mix with sand and water in the other
end of the box. Commencing about
the center, lay a layer of stone from a
foot and a half to two feet wide around
the outside; now lay the front up (a
paddle made of wood may be used as a
trowel) a foot and a half from the
ground. Do not lay the stone the
whole length of the front, or you will
have trouble in laying your corners.
Now upon the wall you have thus laid
place your door frame made out of
two inch plank, twelve inches wide '
well braced, that the pressure of the
stones may not press it out of shape.
Now lay your entire wall eight feet
high, placing on top in a layer of mor
tar a 2x12 plank, onto which the roof
may be nailed. After the wall has bc-
j come thoroughly dry put on a double
j roof, using inch boards. Now take
the mortar (or a barrel of water
lime mixed with sand would be best)
and go over the inside, filling up all
rough places and smoothing off. After
this is dry, place in your doors. If you
make your door frame the right size
you can use a couple of window sashes
covered with wire netting, f ?r the in
side, fixing them in the door o that the
top one may be lowered toadmit air on
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warm days, and make a rough
storm door for the outside, to
close at night. If the wall is
higher than the surrounding ground
take the earth which you have dug out
and use as banking; now place in your
roosts, nests, etc., and you will have a
poultry house in which your hens will
lay cgg5 all winter, if properly cared
for. Perhaps some one in reading the
above may think that they could never
accomplish the job of laying the wall;
let them once try it and they will find
that it is not near as difficult a feat as
they thought it would be, and they will
be surprised with what rapidity they
can lay the stone after they have
once became accustomed to handling
the trowel. W. Z. Dumond, in Farm
ers' Review.
Cow KlndnesH,
Some time ago, suspecting that the
hired man was not treating our cows
as he should, I undertook to do the
milking myself. I found that one cow,
a thoroughbred Jersej', began to lift
one foot from the ground as soon as I
began milking. 1 paid no attention to
her save to occasionally stop and pet
her, but she kept on and finally upset
the pail. Then she jumped as if to
ward off a blow, but instead of the
blow that she evidently expected she
got only kind words and more petting.
This seemed to surprise her greatly.
She turned her head and after giving
me a good look she began to lick ray
coat and kept it up until I had finished
milking; and after a week or so
I could go in her box stall and set the
pail under her and milk her without
any trouble. And to repay me for my
kindness to her, wheu I went after the
cows in the evening I had only to open
the gate and call her, while the
hired man had to walk after her and
drive her to the stable. Now I do not
believe there is one case in ten thou
sand where striking a cow does any
good. Cows are not by nature vicious,
and even when they are made so by
man the way to conquer them is not to
show them viciousness. Just look at
the matter in a common sense light. A
young heifer is brought to the stable
with her first calf. She naturally thinks
it is a great event and is very much ex
cited over it, when a man comes in
with a rope and a pail and after t3'ing
her head so short that she can hardl3'
sec her calf, he begins to pull on her
teats. They are, of course, more or
less sore, and she resents it, and the
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BULL
only way she has of showing her re
sentment is by kicking, which she
naturally does. And then the owner
begins to inquire for devices for kick
ing cows, never thinking that he has,
or ought to have,if he runs a dairy ,the
remedv within himself kindness.
Value of Hone Meal for Fowli
There is no ingredient whose value as
a mixture in poultry food is equal to
bone meal or ground bone for its cost.
Bone meal is ground the finer of the
two, and is sold at a price which ren
ders it very cheap, and an excellent in
gredient to mix with soft food for
poultry, and the fowls arc very fond of
it. It is especially desirable for laying
hens, and those who give it a thorough
trial quickly discover the difference be
tween the yield of eggs from fowls
that have this mixed with their food
and those that do not. Even the large
bits of bone, as large as a whole kernel
of corn, and even larger, are greedily
devoured by the laying hens, and it is
really surprising to scehtrw much they
like it. It is also an excellent thing
for growing chicks, and is just what
they need to build up a good, strong
frame, aud if they are well supplied
with bone meal mixed with their other
food it will be a great benefit to the
chicks as well as to their owners. All
fowls, and especially those that are
confined, should have at least an oc
casional feed of bone meal. American
Poultry Journal.
Comi'ostixc. Hen- Maxcke. The
droppings from poultry are not effective
manure when fresh, and this is the
way they are generally used. They
ought always to be composted. There
will be some reduction of the bulk, but
the greater fineness of the compost
makes it pdssible to use the smaller
amount on more ground and
have it do more good. The
The hard lumps of which uncompo:ed
hen manure is composed are made fine.
The addition of superphosphate to the
heap of composted hen manure is a
great improvement. It is in phosphate
that the hen manure is usually lacking,
while it has a large proportion of
nitrogen in available form. Con
necticut Farmer.
Seki Novelties. Novelties in seeds
are very tempting, as they offer many
inducements as superior to the old and
tried varieties, some farmers buying
more seeds of new vegetables than of
the standard sorts. The first essential
to consider is the adaptability of any
variety to the climate, and to determine
this a test must be made, which should
be done cautiously and on a limited
space. It will pay, however, to try all
the new varieties by testing them,
selecting the best for the purpose to be
used a succeeding season.
Kkxnett Cakes. Three teacupfuls
brown sugar, half a pound butter, five
eggs, one pint of molasses, one teacup
ful of milk and two pounds of flour
sifted with three teaspoonfuls Royal
baking powder, flavoring with half an
ounce of cinnamon and a grated nut
meg. Drop the batter, a spoonful at
a time, on a greased pan. allowing
room for spreading so the cakes will
not touch. Bake in a quick oven.
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Colok of Milk. rWe often hear, says
one of our exchanges, a dairyman
boast of the fact that his cows give a
"rich looking' milk. Ilenca arises the
question: Does a light color always in
dicate a rich milk? As a matter of
fact color of milk is no safe guide to its
richness in fat content. The color of
the strippings and the first milk will
answer this question. The strippings
are usually sixto eight times richer in'
fact than the corresponding first railk
ings and yet both are of the same color.
One authority states that the coloring
matter in milk is a nitrogenous chemi
cal compound , and he calls it lactoch
rome, and says that it is this com
pound that gives milk, butter aud
whey its yellow tint. The amount of
this coloring matter in the milk is in
lluenced by the food of the animal, as'
well as its individuality. That the.
color of milk is not a certain index of
its fat content is borne out by tho
white butter usually produced on win
ter food and the golden hued June pro
duct, though June grass milk is not
phenomenally rich in fat though the
fat is highly colored. Ex.
Fall Xkw Mii.cii Cow. Most farmers
who have tried winter dairying find
that they can get more money either
from selling milk or butter from cows
that calve in September or October
than from those that calve in spring.
The summer prices of all dairy pro
ductsare much lower than they are in
winter. Milk must be freshly pro
duced every day. It is equally time of
butter that what is well made in winter
brings better prices than what is kept
over from summer. It is not a difficult
matter with ensilage and grain feeding
to make yellow butter iu winter as
good in quality as that made, from
cows at pasture. The white, poor but
ter made in winter comes from feed
ing the co.s on hay mixed with weeds,
which injure its flavor. There must
also be enough cows so as to require
frequent churning. Where milk from
one cow only is used the cream has to
stand too long before being churned,
and good butter is impossible from
cream thus kept.
Mukk Ciikksk. It is a well estab
lished fact that the people of our conn
try consume only about four and one
half pounds of cheese per capita, while
the people of Engiund consume about
fourteen and one half pounds per capita
annually. Good cheese will compare
favorablv with the best of our foods
OF THE COMMON TYPE. FARM-
not excepting beef and pork. Then
why should we not eat it more freely?
The answer is simply, because a prime
article can not readily be obtained. It
would seem that the best interest of
the manufacturer of this great staple
would be to produce a better article,
and thereby stimulate a larger home
consumption. A home market is the
best of all markets if sufficiently active.
The future prospects of this great in
dustry depend very much upon the
course taken by those having charge of
the same. With proper care and ju
dicious management it may become a
lasting benefit to the dairyman and
the country at large. Farmers" Voice.
Dark Funning;.
Dr. Frean says that at a week old a
flock of Aylesbury ducklings is an ex
tremely pretty sight. Each bird is
a little ball of yellow, Huffy down,
furnished with a bill of delicate
heliotrope color. The youngsters are
very nimble, and keep together as
they run up or down or across their
limited range, uttering continually the
plaintive call which falls upon the ear
almost like a plea for protection. As
age advances the feathers turn white
and the bills grow paler. Great care
has to be exercised in keeping the
ducklings healthy, and cleanliness is
neccssarilj' a first consideration. It
will be understood that the young
birds destined to be killed as young
ducks are never allowed to roam at
large, nor do they goon the water, the
object being to reduce the wear and
tear on the muscular tissues to a mini
mum, so that as much as possible of the
food may be utilized in adding to the
weight of flesh upon the bird. As the
ducklings arc not kept for breeding
purposes, this somewhat unnatural
mode of life can have no ill effects of
an hereditary nature. Such water as
the ducklings are allowed access to is
supplied to them in small troughs or
shallow vessels, and they use it for
bathing and drinking purposes. Where
a large number of birds of the same
age are kept together, it is usual, ex
cept when they come to feed, to parti
tion them off into small "flocks" of
about 100 birds each. This is easily
none by means of planks about one
foot wide, or wire netting, so as to di
vide the ground space into a number
of rectangular areas. The object of
this is to prevent the birds from over
crowding, and possibly killing the
weaker ones by overlying. As the
birds return from feeding they are
successively partitioned off as fast as
ji sufficient number enter tiie shed.
When the birds get large with advanc
ing age. it is found expedient to con
fine fewer in each pen say two dozen
or so.
A Top Wire. A great many who
keep poultry are inconvenienced by the
fowls Hying over the fence. This may
be easily remedied by placing a strand
of wire around the top of the fence. It
is -.veil to place the wire on ihe inside
six inches from the fence. When the
hens attempt to fly over they aim for
the top of the fence, and before reach
ing it will be thrown back by the wire.
After several attempts to fly over they
become wearied and abandon it, and
are soon cured of high flying.
A MatTa-CatcTatas Mcmt.
New Zealand correspondent rag
fests that the ravages of oertaia lar
vae. In some countries, might be greatly
restricted by the introduction of the
New Zealand moth-catching plant, "Ar
augia albena." This plant, which la
a native of Southern Africa, was in
troduced to New Zealand quite acci
dentally about seven years ago, and
since then it has been extensively prop
agated there on account of Its effective
service as a killer of destructive moths.
iVherever the climate is mild the plant
is an exceedingly free grower; it twloea
and climbs with great luxuriance, and
produces immense numbers of white or
pinkish flowers, which have a very
agreeable scent. These flowers attract
innumerable moths. On a summer
evening a hedge of "Araugia" will bo
covered by a perfect cloud of moths,
and In the morning there will not be a
single flower that does not imprison
one or two. and sometimes as many as
four insects of various sizes and genera.
The action of the "Araugia" Is purely
mechanical. The calyx of the flower
is rather deep, and the receptacle for
its sweet juices Is placed at Its base.
Attracted by the powerful scent and
ihe prospect of honey, the moth dives
down the calyx, and protrudes Its prob
oscis to reach the tempting food. But
before It can do so the proboscis Is
nipped between two strong, hard, black
pincers, which guard the passage, and
once nipped there is no escape for the
moth, which Is held as In a vise, by the
extreme end of the proboscis, and dies
miserably. The "rationale" of the proc
ess is not yet explained. The proboscis
is so very slightly inserted between the
pincers (only a minute fraction of an
Inch) that it apparently cannot affect
the generative organs of the plant, un
less these may be the pincers them
selves, whose actual contact may be
necessary for reproduction. Upon dis
section, the pincers, even in their ordi
nary position, aie Invariably found to
be almost In contact, the separatins
interval being apparent under a strong
lens. It is therefore hard to under
stand why such a process as the des
truction of a moth should be necessary
to close this already minute gup. But.
at all events, the thing Is done, and
effectively, and a plant of "Araugia"
covering a space of ten yards In length
will destroy as many hundred moths
every nteht. and. consequently, prevent
the ravages of fifty times as many
larvae. It is. however, a singular fact
that in New Zealand, where the plant
has often been cultivated for the ex
press purpose of destroying the detest
ed codlin moth ("Carpocapsa pomenal
la"). that wily insect declines to enter
the trap.
iBHtlartlvc Attitudes.
IT. M. Stanley, in a letter to a scien
tific journal, states that, so far as hab
its of creeping, walking and sleeping
have not been taught, but are purely
instinctive, they throw light on the his
tory of man. and It is desirable that
travelers and residents in nil countries
should secure photographs of these at
titudes and deposit them with anthro
pological societies, where they will be
of great value to the investigator. Dr.
Livingstone observed that Manyueina
children do not creep, as European
children do. on their knees, but begin
by putting forward one foot and using
one knee. A Mnnyueina child may use
both feet and both hands, but never
both knees. Mr. Stanley regards this
last peculiarity as a sucgestion of orbo
real survival, the act being pure planti
grade, and but rarely seen In civilized
life. The creeping of infants, as in
stinctive activity, throws light on hu
man evolution, and its investigation
may lead to important revelations of
racial differences. It Is also suggested
that idiosyncrasy in walking may be
connected with peculiarity in creeping.
Swinging the arms seems quadrupedal
survival. Looking down from a high
building on people walking below, the
movements thus projected on a plane
strikingly like those of a quadruped,
and the professional pedestrian, who
makes the utmost use of arm swinging
to accelerate his speed, unconsciously
simulates the rapid shuffle of a bear.
Again, the various attitudes instinct
ively assumed by persons for sleep are
significant for the evolutionist. Some
tribes naturally dispose themselves flat
on the stomach, with the limbs placed
much like a sleeping dog.
Sara Johnsing (of Texas I wants
you. MIstah Jackson, ter use yore in
floocnce on tie quiet fur my nomina
shiin as dog catcher. I'se de dark liosa,
Texas Siftings.
Poker In Kentorky.
"It was too much to ask of Ken
tuckians to turn down Bill Owens
simply because he is fond of a game
of poker." remarked Maj. Matt Arnold,
a former resident of the Blue Grass
State, at the Xonnandie. "If the line
were drawn at poker how many of
our statesmen could remain as national
legislators':; The idea of a Kentuekian
voting against a candidate for public
olllce merely for indulging in the na
tirrul game Is simply preposterous for
down in old Kentuck I do think they
love a game of 'draw. next to a horse
race, better titan anything on earth.
They love it so well that tliej. play it
in more shapes and fashions than any
where else, 'little dogs' and 'big dogs'
outranking flnsh-. and fulls, and other
unique hands that I do not now recall,
because my own poker days are with
the buried" past." Washington Post.
The Cold "C'nah:"
Imitating MoniillKht.
The handlimr of balloons lias become j
- . .1 a :-.; ..r .. '
nor nt tin remilur trainiiui 01 tno
German soldier, and a captive balloon,
kept alwayo in readiness for military
work, is now a familiar feature of a
German camp. A new arrangement, of
the electric light is now leing tried.
From the captive balloon is Kusncnded
an electric arc lamp of some 3.000 can
dle power. As soon as night neglns to
fall, the current, carried by an In
sulated wire, Is turned on, and the light
is reflected downwards. In this way
a large open space is Illuminated, with
out lamp posts, and the evolutions of
a body of troops can take place with
out Impediment by night.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
vm
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Welsh With Their Kyea.
The dealers in live stock who buy
and sell the thousands of cattle, hogs
and sheep which are daily handled at
the Bourbon stockyards must be expert
in guessing the weight of a live animal
at a glance. In conversation with a
well known stockman a few days ago
he explained why this is necessary:
"It would be impossible to weigh the
cattle in many cases because of the
immense labor involved and the length
of time it would take, while the mar
ket price, which is subject to constant
fluctuations, might easily vary from its
high test to its lowest limit while we
were weighing the animals in one of
our big sales. For instance, todaj.
which has been the biggest day of the
year thus far, there have been received
at the Bourbon yards over 2.400 head
of cattle and about 0.000 hogs. Sup
pose we had to drive all of those upon
the Bcales to ascertain their weight?
There are a dozen of old stock men who
can inspect a herd of animals and form
an estimate of their average weight
which will be readily accepted by pur
chasers as the basis of a trade.
"In a test case which was made some
time since a man who has had a life
long experience in buying and selling a
herd of cattle, after inspecting a herd
of Ti00 animals, guessed their average
weight within one-third of a pound of
the actual figure ascertained by weigh
ing the cattle individually. The feat
was accomplished by Ben" I). Offutt of
this county and is not so extraordinary
as it appears, because similar instances
of expert 'guessing occur here every
daj'." Louisville Courier-Journal.
The IMare of Torment
Of bilious iwople is chiefly in the region of the
liver, but with the extreme discomfort located
'here arc associated sour stomach, yellowness
of the skin and eyeballs, morninj; nausea, an un
pleasant breath, furred tonuc. sick headache,
and frrejrularity of the bowels. For each anil
all of these unpleasantnesses, Hostetter's Stom
ach Uitters in a swift and asreeable remedy. It
is greatly preferable to any vegetable purwative
or drastic mineral cathartic. Such pseudo-specifics
usually do more harm than Kood. In ma
larial complaints the liver is always involved.
For such disorder, as well as for rheumatic ami
Uidney trouble, nervousness and debility. Hos
teller's Stomach Hitters is a benicn remedy
t'nysicians strongly commend It Tor Its promp
titude and thoroughness, and professional ap
proval is fully justilled hy public experience
LiritiK more than a third of a century.
For a Sweet llreath.
Don't expect to have clean teeth or a
sweet breath while there is a tinge of
white on the tongue. It is an unmis
takable evidence of indigestion. Drink
sour lemonade, eat ripe fruit and green
vegetables for purgatives, exercise
freely, use plenty of water internally
and externally, and keep up the treat
ment until the mouth is clean, healthy
and red. Various things aresuggested
to counteract an unpleasant breath re
sulting from a bad tooth, wine, or gar
lic scented dishes. Cinnamon, mint,
creams, orris root, cloves, mastic rosin,
and spruce gum will disguise some
odors. Ten drops of tincture of myrrh
in a glass of water will sweeten and
refresh the mouth. A teaspoonful of
spirits of camphor or peppermint in
the same gargle is among the best an
tiseptics, and a few drops of myrrh ami
camphor in the water arc recommend
in case of cold, throat trouble or any
slight indisposition which may affect
the breath. Philadelphia Times.
An Oddity in Timepieces.
The latest among these curious t:me
pieces is constructed as follows: A
sunflower of silver protrudes from a
white crystal vase, graceful in shape
and soberly decorated. The stock is of
brown gilt, the leaves green, the petals
j-ellow and the heart of the flower
deeply oxidized. Hour and minute
marks are engraved around the heart
of this sunflower, which faces the
lookers-on. A ladybird of spotted red
enameled gold apparently rests on the
(lower on the line dividing the heart
from the petals. This pretty insect,
which moves imperceptibly by means
of a mechanism hidden within the
flower, shows the time. By only a close
inspection can one detect the time di
visions on this original dial, which is
i granulated all over, and which is blu
ish black. As to the hollow circular
line on which the ladybird travels, it is
mtirelv invisible.
Wanted to Oblige Ills Friend.
Washington Star: "Excuse me."
said Meandering Mike, as he paused at
the kitchen door, "but hev ye got any
work ye want done in exchange for
cold vittles?" 'Yes," was the prompt
reply. "All right," was the reply, as
he turned away: "Good day." "What
made you ask the question?" "Well,
sometimes I meet men that want ter
work for cold vittles, an' I'm so kind
hearted that I like ter be able ter tell
"em where they kin be accommer
itatcd." Christmas Presents Free.
With the first cold snap comes
thoughts of the holiday season, and
how to get the money to buy presents
for friends and relatives. Christmas
presents may be obtained entirely free
of cost by drinking Lion coffee and
then mail the large lion heads cut
from Lion coffee wrappers to the
Woolson Spice company. Toledo. Ohio
"'heir list of presents comprise a fii o
assortment of pictures, books, a knife
game, etc., especially' a fine picture
"Meditation." mailed in exchange for ,
eighteen large lion heads. Besides '
getting these presents 3-011 also get
the finest coffee in the world by using
Lion coffee, sold only in one pound
packages. If your dealer hasn't an
Illustrated Premium List, send your
address on a postal card to the firm 1
ibove named
Fatal Scratch of a Itose Thorn.
Mrs. Mary Bannon died recently at
the home of her son. John Bannon.
n tiMii f-ii wt i4an tntlnc nriitli rf X. ! -l t
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.Mo., from me scratcn 01 a rose morn
She was 0- vears and six mouths old.
I and was up to last Friday morning in
i good health. That morning she was
working in her rose bed and scratched
j the back of the finger on her right
j hand on a briar. The hand soon be
came swollen, which spread to the
I shoulder, and the hand and arm be
f came discolored. Mie lingered in great
agony from that time until her death.
Mrs. Bannon liven out 01 any cnurcn
up to about a year ago, when she uni
ted with the Christian church. This
fact created such a sensation that the
neighbors for miles around turned out
to witness the emersion in Tucker lake
near her home
s' llanaota'M Mslr Csrn Kalvt.
Wamnt-I tin-jrt'or ir..m-y rvfuiijsl. Aklc your
dnifo'it for it. fru-f 13 rnt.
Law v. enrs
where it stejis.
iron shoes, and don't care
Billiard Table, second-hand. For n'
cnep. Apply to or address. H. C. Aki.v,
-Ml Q 1'K . rtm.1,. KT..I.
. J. bu .fe., TIUCSUB, .1DIA
Miiton, Mind, saw more than others with
toth eyes open.
If the Haby Is Catting Teeth.
Begare mnl use thstoM ami ell tried rfinHr, Mhs.
Wisslow's Soothi.j Stbui- for Children Teething-
Growth in grace is never promoted
watch iii? for faults in others.
by
jQ&taw JEtll women
that there is one rheumatic, neuralgic, sciatic, and all-pain
remedy, as harmless as water, and sure as taxes It is
St Jacobs Oilused by everybody, sold everyivhere.
Baking
Bowder
The Soldier Itlhlr.
New York Sun: A fac simile of the
"Soldier's Pocket Bible." compiled by
Edmund Calamy in lOIIl and used by
Cromwell's Roundheads, of which only
two copies, one in the British Museum
and one in the United States, are known
to exist, has just been published by
Elliot Stock in London, it was long
suspected that the edition used by the
army of the Commonwealth was a very
small Bible printed by John Field, bul
as that was first issued in lC.Vi, after
the civil war was over, it cannot have
been the book. The credit for the dis
covery belongs to George Livcrmore of
Cambridge. Mass.
Piso's Cure for Cou.-umitiou cured a case of
Pneumotu'.t after the family doctor gave up all
hoie. M. F. McDoues, Couoniugn, Md.
There l a Itlrfert-ncr.
The difference between dining ana
feeding is the difference between man
and brute. The grandest old man on
earth is credited with the statement
that 'one secret of the vigor of age is.
due to the habit of never allowing my
self less than an hour for the pleasant
business of dining." To sit down to a
well cooked dinner, daintily served in
a bright, clean room, with a few con
genial spirits, and the loved ones about
the table, is one of the real pleasures
of life.
Coe'a Coagrt ItaUam
1 the oldest and bet. It u ill bmik iii a Cold niilcS.
erthanantblci;el3U. It Is always reliable. Try 1-
Broadcloth frequentlv covers a red Cuu
nel shirt and a Cheap-John heart.
Winter Tourist Tickets Yin the Wu1:h!i
Knllroad
Are now on sa'o to nil the u inter reports of
the South, good returning until June 1st.
'115. Ai-so Hakvest Kmikmos Tickets t
nil joints south on excursion dntos. In ad
dition to a love. Railroad and StenmMii,.
tickets to all oints in tho Uxiteo States
and Europe, at lowest rates. For rati,
tickets, excursion dates and full informa
tion or a copy of the Home Seekers Guide,
call nt Wabash Office, VAK Fnrnam street,
or write
G. N. Clayton.
'. W. P. ,gt, Ouialm. Neb.
Great honor is duo those women who
have the courage to le old maids rather
than heartbroken wives
N Society
women often feel
the effect of too
much gayety
balls, theatres, and
teas iu rapid
succession find
them worn out. or
"run-down" by
the end of the sea
son. They suffer
from nervousness,
sleeplessness and
irregularities. The
smile and cood
spirits take flight. It ts time to accept
the help offered in Doctor Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription. It's .1 medicine which
was discovered and used by a prominent
physician for many years in all cases of
"female complaint" and the nervous dis
orders which arise from it. The "Pre
scription " is a powerful uterine tonic and
nervine, especially adapted to woman's
delicate wants for it regulates and promotes
all the natural functions, builds up, invig
orates and 1 ures.
Many women suffer from nervous pros
tration", or exhaustion, owing to congestion
or to disorder of the special functions. The
waste products should be quickly got rid
of, ihe local -ource of irritation relieved
and the system invigorated with the " Pre
scription." Do not take the so-called
celery compounds, and nervines which
only put the nerves to sleep, but get a
lasting cure with Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription.
FEMALE WEAKNESS."
Mrs. William Hoover, of Bcllville,
Richland Co., Ohio,
writes: " I had been
a threat sufferer from
' female weakness , '
I tned three doc
tors: they did :ue
no good : I thought
I was an invalid for
ever. But I heird
of Dr. Pierce's Fi
vorite Prescription,
and then I wrote to
him and he told me
just how to take it,
I took cisrht nottles.
I now feel entirely-'
well. I could stand
Mrs. Hoove
on my feet only a short time, and now I do
all my work for my family of five."
used Ely's ('rciti)i
Balm for catarrh ami
have received yrrut hfii
efit. I bflieve It a mifr
and certain cure. Vtnj
pleasant to tub: ll'iu.
Fritter, Rwhis-ter, -V. 1.
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