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Had the Ladies' Aid Society of oar
. Church out for tea, forty of them, and
all pronounced the German Coffeeberry
.. equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue telle
'..you all about it! 35 packages Earliest
vegetable seeds $1.00 post paid.
If yon will cat thli oat nml nd
. vith 15c stamps to John A- Salzcr Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will get free a
package of above great coffee seed and
. our 148 page catalogue! Catalogue alone
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Latest Care for Baldness.
The -statement frequently made bj
scientists and doctors that the wearing
of hats is what makes men bald is non-
scnsical. They become bald because
they wear their hair short. Lock at
the women. They wear their hair long-,
and a bald headed woman is something
rare.
The prevention of baldness then is
plain. Wear the hair Ion?. Do not cut
it off. No one ever saw a man with
long- hair who was bald, and no one
vcr will. New York World.
Tlie I'nklndcst Cat of AH,
As Sliakspcure says Is to poke fun or sneci
at people who are nervous, under the half
belief that their omilaini is imaginary or
an affectation. It is neither, hut a serious
reality. Imperfect dise.st Ion and assimila
tion of the food is a iciyc inmon cause of
ncrt ousness. cpeclally that distressing
form of it uiiicli m:inlfsts itself in want of
sleep. Hostel Jer's. stomach Hitters speedily
remedies ncrvou-nehs, as it al-o does mala
rial, kidney. Iiillious and rheumatic ail
ments. The weak sain tigor t-peedily
through It- ue.
Good Advice
"There," he said, as he blotted Hit
letter and put it in an envelope: "1
don't suppose 1 will Ret any thanks for
that, but there's some good advice in
tt,- anyway."
"W ho arc yon sending' advice to?M
'The government at Washington."
"And what's the advice'."
"To get a few groundhogs for the
weather bureau." Chicago Post.
It the Kalty is Catting TeetB.
s sure and un that oM and veil tried remedy, Mrrm,
YusioVs Soothing Stbct for Children Teething
- The devil is the only gainer when a Loy
is hipj-ed to make him go to church.
Sour
Stomach, sometimes called watcrlirah,
and lmriiii.:; pain, distress, nausea,
lyfcpsl:i. are cured by Hood's Sai'Mt
p.irilln. This it accomplishes becauso
with its wonderful power as a blood
purifier, Hood's Sarsaparilla jrently
tones and xtrciiirthcn the stomach and
digestive organ, invigorates the liver,
creates an :tpelite. gives refreshing
sleep, and raises the health tone. In
cases of ly.pepia and indigestion it
fcecnis to have a magic touch.'
" For over 12 years I suifcred from soar
Stomach
with severe pains across my shoulders,
and great distress. I had violent nausea
which would leave me very weak and
faint, difficult to get my breath. These
spells came oftcner and more severe. I
did not receive any lasting benefit from
physicians, but found such hippy effects
from a trial of Hood's Sarsaparilla, that I
took seeral lmttlcsand mean to always
keep it in the house. I am now able to
do nil my own work, which for nix years
I heve been unablo to do. My husband
and son have aIo been greatly bene
fited by Hood's Sarsaparilla for pains in
the back, and after t grip. I gladly
recommend this grand i iood medicine."
ElES. Peter Beany, Leominster, Mass.
Hood's
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Cleveland at the Theater.
Mr. Cleveland made his first appear
ance at the theater this winter tho
other night, and the way in which the
audience stared at him is sufficient
proof of the hunger in Washington for
a sight at the chief executive, and the
very small gratification which the pres
ident gives to this popular desire. Of
course, the president is always Wash
ington's chief exhibit So, it was not
surprising that when he came to the
theater every opera giass was leveled
at him, and 'some inquisitive persons
promenaded tlie ailes past the presiden
tial box in order to have a good loolt
The president looked especially well.
Sitting just under a cluster of electric
lights, his every feature was thrown
out nromincntlv. Some one said he
was a regular living picture. Wash
ington Special to St. Louis Republic.
A w Ulcycle Stir.
A bicycle skirt of very novel dcsigi.
was shown at the recent Stanley show
in London. It is adapted cither to
walking or 'cycling as seen. It fastens
and unfastens down the front and
back with a double row of buttons, so
that these can be united to form a
skirt, or buttoned around each leg as a
rational garment when one is on tne
machine, but this fastening is not then
apparent, and the material falls most
gracefully on cither side. It shows off
to great perfection with the convertible
jacket bodice, I f lg capable of assum
ing manv guises, each one singularly
becoming to the figure. Itdisplaj'sa
waistcoat of light blue or some distin
guishing color when employed with the
new bicj'cling skirt. Roston Times.
The Lord Hat! Not Done It.
Ucv. Samuel F. Pearson of Portland,
Ala. was a witness at a divorce trial
before the Cumberland supreme court
Saturday afternoon, testifying for the
petitioner.
"Mr. Pearson, were j'ou on this
bench in my place and acquainted with
all the circumstances of this case,
would you grant this divorce?" asked
Judge Strout.
"Most certainly, your honor," replied
the minister.
"Rut how do you reconcile this state
ment with the injunction 'What (5od
hath joined together let no man put
asunder?"
"Your honor. I am satisfied that the
Lord never joined this couple,' replied
the clerg3man.
During these months of extraordi
nary unrest in foreign politics, the Re
view of Reviews devotes its attention
in large measure to international af
fairs. Its 'editorial department dis
cusses matters in South Africa, the at
titude of the great European powers,
and the most recent phases of the
movement among the nations for the
arbitration of disputes; the March num
ber also contains a most timely article
on "The Government of France and Its
Recent Changes," by Raron Piere dc
Coubertin; "A Review of Canadian
Affairs,"' by -J. W. Russell, and a char
acter sketch of "Cecil Rhodes, of
Africa," by W. T. Stead. It can hardly
be said that the Review of Reviews is
narrowly provincial in its outlook on
men and events!
A gotten opportunity never
the same door tnire.
l.nnt'Iks at
Tho hardest wound to hea! is the on in
dicted hy a friend.
HOW ARE YOUR FENCES?
4 Very Important Oucstlmi with r. fill
ers anil Others Just Now.
Probably there is nothing that inter
ests the land owner more at this time
of the year than fencing. They are de
sirous of securing the very best article
they can for the purpose they desire to
use it for and at the cheapest prica
going. While this is good business,
price should not take the place of
quality. In building a smooth wire
fence you do not build it for temporary
use but expect it lo last you for years
and to get this kind of an article it
requires a certain amount of good ma
terial to make it
The De Kalb Fence Co., of Dc Kalb,
111., has the largest and most com
plete line of smooth wire fencing of any
plant in the countrj-. We desire par
ticularly to call your attention to their
goods and write them for a catalogue
which they will mail you free.
No line of goods has grown so rapidly
in demand or given such general satis
faction as the fencing manufactured by
this company. Their steel web picket
fence for lawn and yard purposes, their
cabled field and hog fence for farm use,
their cabled poultry, garden and rabbit
fence for its use, are all they claim for
them.
You will hardly do yourself justice if
you do not thoroughly investigate their
lines before placing your order.
Messrs. Houghton, Miillin fc Co. are
preparing for publication next autumn
an entirely new Riverside Kdilion of
the writings of Mrs. Harriet Reecher
Stowe. It will comprise, probably, six
teen duodecimal volumes, very careful
ly edited, with bibliographical intro
ductions, and whatever notes are
needed. It will contain portraits of
Mrs. Stowe and engraved title-pages,
and in all details will le equal to the
best previous Riverside Editions of
great American authors. A limited
large-paper edition will contain as a
special feature Mrs. Stowc's autograph,
which she has written for each copy.
Tlie life si eaks lowdest v. hen the tcngtie
is dumb.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleas-antefforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs."prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remetiy wuii mtiuonsoi larames ami is
evervwhere esteemed so highlv v all
who value good-health. Its boneiieial
effects arc due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in, order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that ven have the genuine arti
cle. which is'mannfactured by the Cali- i
fomia Fig Syrup to. only and solr. by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system "is regular, laxatives or
other remedies arc then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
mar- ha commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is roost largely
nsedandgivesmostcencralsatisfaction.
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DAIEY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How fnccenfol Farmer Operate This
PepariMient or -tho Farm A Vew
Hlnu aa to th Car oC Uw Stock
and roullrjr.
AST week a manu
facturer of filled
cheese, whose fac
tories are In North
ern Illinois, ap
peared before the
ways and means
committee in Wash
ington and made a
lengthy argument
in favor of his pro
duct His state
ments were very transparent. He said
that the filled cheese industry did
not injure the dairy business,
that, on the contrary. It stimu
lated It Now this is a very bold state
ment Filled cheese has not Injured
the dairy business! Indeed! More than
40 per cent of our cheese trade with
England has been lest within the Inst
few. years, nrinclfiplly hccntise this mis
prnhlp stuff was sent over there and sold
for full cream. Tn h' rrppnMm". Can
ra has increased hor s-j!"s in Eneland
400 per cent because she has a law f hnl
will not permit filled eheose to he sold
at all or manufactured.
He says also that the manufacturer
ef filled cheese has mode it possible
for the farmer to get much more for
his milk than he oth"rvi?o would. Thla
statement also is r.ot true. The price
paid for skim railk by the filled cheese
men has been as low as 8 cents per hun
dred, and not higher than 15 or 1G. we
arc Informed. This Is less than skim
milk Is worth for feeding hogs, calves
and poultry.
Above we show a cow of the
Simmenthaler breed, called also Black
Freiberg cattle. In a recent issue we
His argument further was that It was
not necessary to have a law that would
tax the product. Now. we know that It
Is Impossible fo fon'rel anv product un
less that product be taxed enough to
pay the expenses of government super
vision. His argument that the tax will in
crease the cost of the article to the con
sumer can be met hy the statement
that much of this cheese Is sold to the
consumer for full cheese prices, often
14 to 1G cents per pound a vorv liberal
profit for cheese that costs only 5
cents per pound to m::nifacture.
C'leantine atnl ISnttor riiltnrs".
A great thai of attention is now be
ing paid to the question of butter cul
tures. The bul.tr maker is made to feel
that to b up with he times he must
invest in some of the cultures being
sent out by the firms that make, a spe
cialty of that kind of product. The
more advanced dairy experts, however,
believe that the butter maker Is not
materially benefitted ty such cultures,
although these cultures have in them
great possibilities.
The experiment stations have taken
up the question to some extent, and. so
far as they have gone, have been unable
to find much advantage in these com
mercial cultures over those naturally
produced in the clean dairy. The Ca
nadian experiment station has made
a series of experiments that go to show
that the gieat need is cleanliness.
When the milk is txposed to foul air of
the stable or mi!k room the cultures
that get into the milk have like prop
erties and give to the butter flavors
not commercially valuable. On the
other hand. :f the milk be exposed to
pure air the cultures that get into it
will ripen it with a flavor tint is much
desired hy the butter consumer. Such
cult in cs are equal In every way to
those purchased on tne market
This emphasizes two things. First,
that the milk should be got from the
stable to the milk room as soon as pos
sible, ana second, that the air of the
milk room mutt be perfectly pure.
Some .Janur.ry Tjis Keroniv
(From the Farmers' Review.)
In answer to o-tr request of
weeks ao wc have receiv' .-he
lowing imports on what the hens
doing. The reports are not at all
two
ex-
traordinary. but are fair. We con
sider the record of the twenty Brown
Leghorns below as very good, with the
supposition that they did not have a
first-class pen wprmed by a stove. We
would ."ike to hear from the writer
further as to just what the conditions
were. We would like to have our lead
ers oftcner state what they are doing.
4hat all may be benefited.
V. J. Wessinger. Livingston County.
Michigan. This is my first winter's ex
perience with poultry. I began feeding
, about tnc mU,dIe of Dcccrnbcr. and at
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I l.?.at. ime the were not ,a-vinS at all.
Within a week from that time they
began. For the month of January I
received just 1S1 eggs from about R0
fowls, mixed breeds. I have started in
with a pair of pure bred Red Caps.
Of these I kept no egg record during
January. She laid nine eggs from Feb-
niary 1st to isth. During the month
the fowls kept healthy as usual.
John Stout. Cook County. Illinois.
I am almost afraid to submit my egg
record for Jauuary. I fear it is far be
low the average. But then I will say
that the fowls really did not have a
fair show. They number about forty
( and are kept in a little house less than
iS b u f t Thirteen of the birds
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were old ones and the rest young, some
or inem l0 ?0uns to la?- Wen. ' re"
ceived 17 esicrs durn!r the month.
, That is only about 4 and 35-100 ggs
per hn. However, I hope to have taeni
in better quarters next winter.
J Mrs. Martha Fraley, Brown County,
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my books. My nens ar Pljrmouts
Rocks. (We call the attention of our
correspondent to the fact that the does
not say how many hens ah e has. It la
thus Impossible for na to form any con
clusion aa to the success she had with
the hens. We hope to bear moro from
her. Ed. F. R.)
EL -Scott Hatch. Roclt County. Wis
consin. My flock of twenty Brown
Leghorns have kept unusually well all
through tho month' of January, and I
received from them 339 egga. I did
not have time to give them very good
care.
Joe Haynes. Cass County, Illinois.
I hav fourteen Buff Cochin hens, from
which I received 161 eggs In January.
I feed scraps from tho table, also corn
and some wheat My hens are fat and
healthy.
Single Comb Whlto Lrchorni.
I have raised poultrv quite exten
sively for ten years. My fowls have
been single-comb White Leghorns
mostly, but 1 have raised some Ply
month Rocks. Houdans and Brahmas.
The first named fowl suits mo best
1 have for them a good warm house
with feeding pen and scratching room.
In winter 1 give them warm feed In
the morning, with grain later In the
day and a plenty of pure water. For
the warm feed we usually cook dif
ferent kinds of vegetables and mix In
bran or ground feed. For grain we
give them wheat, corn and oats. We
do not raise chickens for market, but
think the eggs pay better. We often
get a good many eggs In winter. Dur-
ing the year we have roup, mites and
cholera to contend with. We think the
Leghorns good egg producers and they
also mature early. When we have
roup we separate all the sick fowls
from the well ones, and kill off all the
sickest ones. We believe that to be
the safest and surest way. For cholera
we think smart weed one of the best
things we can use just a bunch of
illustrated on our stock page a bull of
this breed. This cow is or interest be
cause some of them are being imported
dried smart weed. We put It In a ket
tle of water and cook It till we have
made a strong tea. Then we pour it
into the feed trough and the hens will
eat weed and all. We think It a pre
ventive as well aa a cure. Milton Hag
gard, in Farmers' Review.
Truck Farming Lam! Valnos.
It is quite Interesting to note the
values of land as affected by the truck
gardens. At the time of the last gen
eral census there were in the United
States something over half a million
acres of land devoted to market gar
dening, or. in common parlance, truck
farming. More than half of all the
areas devoted to this branch of farm
ing are found along the Atlantic sea
board. They have been diided. ac
rr.rdinc to their great centers, into five
chief districts. These are called the
New York and Philadelphia, tho Penin
sular. Baltimore. Norfolk. South At
lantic. The value of land varies great
ly. In the New York and Philadelphia
district the land averages $226.11 and
value of produce per acre is a little in
excess of $193.
In the Peninsular district, which in
cludes the eastern shore counties of
Maryland and Virginia, together with
the state of Delaware, the value per
acre was only $9S.7C. and the value of
the produce per acre was over $9C.
In the Baltimore district the land
had an acre value of $97.50, and the
product brought $102.
In the Norfolk district the land was
worth $135.50 per acre and the income
per acre was $104.
The South Atlantic district had a
per acre valuation of only $45.25, and
the receipts for truck were $119 per
acre.
By these results we sec that the prof
its do not lie entirely with the most
expensive lani in the suburbs of the
great cities.
Corn Fodder.
A big crop of corn means also a big
crop of corn fodder, and to the wise,
intelligent farmer the fodder is almost
as useful and important as the grain
itself. What an idea to waste corn fod
der! Why, it is worth about the same as
timothy hay for feeding. Of course, to
be worth as much as hay it must be cut
early, dried as soon as possible and
then stored away from rain and snow.
It is a very poor plan leaving shocks
out in the field until winter sets in.
for the nutritiveness and palatability of
corn fodder, decrease rapidly through
the effects of exposure to wet and
storm. Strange, farmers do not realize
this fact more clearly! How often corn
stalks are still in the field even after
toe advent of hard frosts and blinding
snow storms! The farmer must follow
in the wake of the successful manufac
turer and curtail wastes. There must
be no waste and certainly it is unpar
donable to waste any fodder so valuable
as cornstalks. The cows relish the corn
fodder as a supplement to their hay end
ensilage. After fine fodder the coarser
fodder is very welcome and consumed
with great avidity. The farmer who
uses bis cornstalks more closely can
either keep more stock than he other
wise would or he may sell a portion of
his No. 1 market hay and be so much in
pocket The corn plant, ear and stalk
together, forms the great foundation of
dairying. What would farmers do with
out it? It is more essential than any
other forage plant, and the stalks are
not of the least value. W. P. Perkins.
Soon after New Year's day St. Peter's
at Rome Lad to be reconsecrated, as a
man had the bad taste to cut his throat
before the high-altar during noon mass.
The tervices were stopped at once. The
last suicide was in 1SG7, but it wa3 not
thought necessary to bless the building
in that case, as the pope was in it at
the time.
The credit that is obtained by a He
only lasts till the truth comes out.
HU
TS abort la the cobject for
warm discussions at dairymen's con
veBUoas. Then Is a strong sentiment
against them, and the ones that still
hold to them do so more because it la
a custom that has come down from
the forefathers rather than because
it ia the best way to confine the cows.
The rigid stanchion should go, and
something more humane take its place.
Let a man Imagine himself tied in such
a way that he would have no liberty of
his hands, and then be exposed for an
Indefinite time to fleas, warbles and
dust We can well believe that the
agony he would endure from Itching
would be Intense.
Now. the animal that is tied In a
rigid stanchion cannot scratch Ittelf,
no matter how acute the discomfort
may be. Especially mu3t this be Irri
tating at the time when the animals
shed their hair. This Is without ques
tion one way of being cruel to stock,
even though the latter are well fed and
well housed. Fortnnafply the time la
coming when the rigid stanchion will
be a thing of the past. It will take
Its place with the other relics of the
barbarous ages. Let every humane
man give It a push and send it along,
not into fame and use. but Into ob
livion. Cotton-Seed Heal for Horsea.
Most of the readers of the Farmers
Review are not In localities where cotton-seed
mal o hulls can he had read
ily for feeding purposes. For such as
are located pear the great cotton fields
the following experiments may be of
interest At the North Carolina exper
iment station they tried the effects of
cotton-seed meal as a horse food, (len
erally speaking, the experiments were
quite favorable to the cotton-seed meal.
Two horses were used In the experi
ment, and tho feeding period was di
vided into two parts. During the first
part the two animals were fed on clo
ver straw, corn meal and mill feeds.
to the United Slates and being crossed
with Jerseys. From the Farmers' Re
view, Chicago.
On this one horse gained in weight and
the other lost in weight. In the second
period the corn meal and mill feed was
reduced one pound for each horse, and
instead two pounds or cotton-seed meal
was added to the ration. Both horses
gained in weight.
Two pounds per day for horses en
gaged in work would appear to be a
safe ration. However, It should be re
membered that one or two experiments
do not settle tho feeding value and ef
fects of any particular feed.
Center of Action.
The warfare amirst fraudsi'ont but
ter and cheese becomes every month
more pronounced. For several years
the people were imposed on to such an
extent that it bcan to t,(. pii-sed that
they were unable to resent the action
of men that took pay for first-class but
ter and gave them oleomargarine in
stead. Little by little, however, tho
murmurs of the dissatisfied gave way
to action. The results of the action
were at first insignificant and were
regarded by ije oleomargarine manu
facturers as contemptible; but within
the last three years the progress has
been great. The warfare has been sus
tained from a great many centers of ac
tion, prominent among these being our
dairy asosciations and our dairy
schools. The latter are silent in their
effect, but potent. The hundreds of
young men that every year attend the
dairy schools have their interest awak
ened in the matter and naturally ally
themselves on the side of justice. At
the end of their term they go out into
the dairy communities and their influ
ence is soon reflected in the legislative
halls. Our best weapons in securing
honest butter and cheese are the dairy
schools and dairy associations.
Sult.tn Fowl.
Can yon inform me where I can pur
chase a sitting of eggs from the Sultan
fowls? Or could 1 purchase a pair of
fowls? What should they cost, and
what would a sitting of eggs cost? I
saw the illustration of them in the
Farmers' Review last summer. If you
cannot toil me the cost of the eggs or
fowls. I would like the name of some
man that is breeding them. W. J. W.,
in Farmers' Review.
We are unable to tell the correspon
dent either the cost of the eggs or birds
or the name of any man in this country
that is raising them. We have not no
ticed anyone advertising them, aid do
not know that any are raised here. The
breed was imported into England from
Turkey, and we do not know that it
got any further. If any of our cor
respondents know of the breed being
raised here, let us hear from them.
Swedish Bread. A Swedish or coffee
bread is usually made with raised
dough, but it may be made as follows
with excellent results: Put into one
pint of flour one and one-half teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, one tablespoon
ful of sugar, and a salt-spoonful of
salt; rub through a sieve and mix with
the dry ingredients a generous table
spoonful of butter; moisten with a half
pint of sweet milk. Roll the dough out
one-third of an inch thick. Spread this
sheet of dough with a tablespoonful of
soft butter and sift over it one table
spoonful of ground cinnamon mixed
with two of powdered sugar. Roll up
the dough and cut in slices one inch in
thickness; place on a buttered biscuit
pan and bake in a hot oven for twenty
live minutes.
Plenty of Room in Canada. Canada
lacks only 237.000 square miles of being
as large as the whole continent of Eu
rope; it is nearly thirty time3 as large
as Great Britain and Ireland, and is
500.000 square miles larger than the
United StatC3.
A beggar's rags may cover na much
pride as aa alderman's sown.
A HISTORIC BUILDING.
The Old FestaMce at CKarlaitea Has
8eaa Fameaa Mea.
"Among the quaint old structures of
Charleston our old postoffice building
takes the lead in historic interest," said
Mr. James S. Murdock, a leading whole
sale merchant of the Carolina metropo
lis at the Ebbitt to a Washington Post
reporter. Mr. Murdock is here with a
delegation of his townsmen to ask con
gress to make a modest appropriation
so as to donate the aforesaid antique
edifice to the city.
"The old postoffice." said he. "was
built of brick imported from. England
in 1867 under the direction of a com
mittee of the colonial assembly. It-t
leading members were John Rutledge,
Henry Laurens and Thomas Lynch,
who later took a prominent part in the
formation of the republic and whose
names will be found among the signers
of the declaration of independence.
During the occupation of Charleston by
the British It was used as a prison and
between sixty and seventy of the best
citizens were confined there before their
removal to St. Augustine. Fla. In that
nunther was Col. Isaac Haynes of the
celebrated family of that name. In
revenge for the execution of Major An
dre Haynes was led out from prison
and suffered the death penalty by order
of Col. Balfour, then in command, with
out the formality of a trial. In 1790.
when Gen. Washington visited Charles
ton. It was in the same old building
that he was entertained and a splendid
ball was given in his honor by the
wealthy planters of the state, co-operating
with the town people. With such
historic associations surrounding it
our people naturally take a deep Inter
est in their old postoffice. and the idea
Is to keep It in its original condition
s a sacred raomento of the past."
THE ORGAN BIRD.
rite Most Remarkable Sonter
of th
Amazonian Forest.
Tho banks of the streams in the vi
cinity of St. Paul's, in the Upper Ama
zons, in South America, are dotted with
palm-thatched dwellings of the Indi
ans, all half buried in the leafy wilder
ness, the scattered families having
chosen the coolest and shadiest nooks
for their abodes. The traveler frequent
ly hears in the neighborhood of these
huts the organ bird, the most remarka
ble songster by far of the Amazonian
forests. When its singular notes strike
the ear for the first time, the impres
sion cannot be resisted that they are
produced by a human voice. Some
musical boy must be gathering fruit
in the thickets, and is singing a few
notes to cheer himself. The tone:; be
come more and more fluty and plaintive.
Soiretimes they resemble the notes of
a flageolet, and the traveler is almost
persuaded, in spite of the absurdity of
the thing, that some person is playing
that instrument in the primeval forests.
However closely he may scan the neigh
boring thicket, no bird appears, al
though the voice seems to be that of
some one near at hand.
The bird is rarely if ever heard In the
Lower Amazons. It is the only song
bird that makes an impression on the
natives, who sometimes rest their pad
dles while voyaging in their small
canoes along by the shady upstreams as
if struck by the mysterious sounds a
high compliment, indeed, for the usuaI-
Iy impassive natives to pay to the
feathered songster.
A Caooil Kecipe for lloarliouiiil Canity.
A tested recipe for hnrchountl can
dies consists of a pound of dried hoar
hound leaves boiled in one quart of
water, cooled and then boiled again for
five minutes. After that strain off the
liquid through a cloth: put it back tn
the fire and let it simmer until the
quantity is reduced to four or live
ounces. Add an oune of gum arahic,
and when dissolved enough fine sugar
to make a dough or paste, as for loz
enges. Roll out and cut in small pieces
with a perfectly clean thimble or a lit
tle cutter such as is used by confection
ers. New York Evening Post.
A Serloa Joke.
A prank on the part of a number ot
students of the high school at Dclavan,
Wis . led to their expulsion from school.
The students purchased cayenne pep
per and placed it in the fan that sends
air through the ventilators in the school
rooms. It not only set the whole school
room sneezing and coughing, but near
ly destioyed the eyesight of the en
gineer, who was looking for the cause
of the trouble.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A cup of rock salt dissolved in thft
bath will prove as invigorating as a
sea bath.
The mustard used for salads by both
the English and French- is frequently
mixed with Madeira, sherry and other
wines.
If a small piece of bread Is put upon
the point of the knife while peeling and
cutting onions it will prevent the tears
from flowing.
Lemons may be kept fresh and good
a long time by putting them in an open
stone crock and covering them with
cold water. The water should be
changed twice a week. Lemons treated
In this way will become ripe and juicy.
A great deal of the unpleasant odor
that is carried through the house from
boiling vegetables may be avoided by
putting a piece of bread in the water
with the vegetables, and if a bit of char
coal be used tho cooking of cabbage
or cauliflower cannot be detected.
A favorite as well as nourishing drink
for inalids is barley water. To pre
pare it place one quart of water in a
saucepan over the fire. Wash well two
ounces of pearl barley and throw into
the water. Ering it to boiling point,
then add lemon and sugar to suit the
taste. Draw the pan to the back of the
fire and simmer gently two hours.
Strain and cover until cold.
The unpleasant noise of a squeaking
sboe will often be entirely removed by
sea king the sole of the shoe in oil.
Pour a small quantity of linseed or
sweet oil upon an old plate or flat dish
and allow the soles of the shoes to stand
In the oil overnlght. In that way they
will not only lose their squeak, but will
become saturated with oil, making them
proof against dampness.
To brighten and freshen carpets
sprinkle them with tea leaves or wet
papers and sweep thoroughly but light
ly. Grease spots may be drawn out by
covering the places with coarse brown
or butcher's paper and then passing
over them a warm flatiron. Put a little
ox gall in a pan of warm water and
with a fresh cloth wrung quite dry
again go over the carpet. To prevent
moths under carpets use coarsely
ground black pepper mixed with cam
phor, and strew thickly about the edges
or wherever the moths are to Lc found.
An Atlanta Judge sent a man to jail j
under a heavy fine for beating his wife, j
The wife proceeded at once to pawn ner
jewels to get her husband out of jaii.
and ls now abusing the judge.
Tfca Stea Foreats of Arlioaa.
The regions of the Little Colorado
river in Arizona abound in wonderful
vegetable petrifications, while forests
being fonnd in some places which are
hard as flint, but which looks as if bnt
recently stripped of their foliage. Some
of these stone trees are standing, just
as natural as life, while others of them
are piled across each other just like
fallen monarchs of a real wood forest.
Geologists say that these stone trees
were once covered to the depth of 1,000
feet with marl, which transformed
them from wood to solid rode. This
marl, after a lapse of ages, washes out,
leaving some of the trees standing in
an upright position. The majority of
them, however, are piled helter skelter
in all directions, thousands of cords be
ing sometimes piled up on an avc of
ground.
Hegemaa'al-amBhar lev with Fljrrovla.
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped llamts
and tace.CuM8orv.ac. CO. Clark CoN.llaen.Ct-
Marketable. feasibly.
New York Weekly: Housekeeper
"Want any old newspapers?"
Junk man "Na Newspapers ain't
made o rags any more. Made o" wood
pulp."
"Housekeeper "Isn't wood pulp no
use?"
Junk man "Guess not; but dump
'em on. If they happen to be made o'
maple wood maybe I can sell 'em at a
maple syrup factory."
Fverjr Mather shoald always aave at hand
a b Ml of I arker- (iin.er Tonic No lilris el so
soot Itft pain, weakni-i . co'ds. ard Mec. Iomicss.
A School Hoy's Composition.
Here is a novel composition from a
progressive school boy:
"One day I was in the country I saw
a cow and I hit her with a rock a dog
bit rac a sow chased me I fell out of a
wagon and a bee stung me and the old
gobbler flopped me and I went down to
the branch and I fell in and wet my
pants."
There's a whole novel for you in six
lines! Atlanta Constitution.
Xow Is the tlsae rare jroar t'arns
nilh lliii'tcrc rn It takm emuitierfei't!r give
Tuiiiftm to the fiet. .Askyonnlrtuiast fur it. Ijc.
His Dog's Name.
A boy's fishing pole was fastened to
the root of a tree on the river bank,
and he was sitting in the sun playing
with his dog, idling the time away, as
he had been fishing all day and caught
nothing.
"Fishing?" inquired the man pass
ing. "Yes,'" answered the boy.
"Nice dog you have there: what is
his name?"
"Fish."
"Fish? That's a queer name for a
log. What do you call him that for?"
"'Cause he won't bite."
Then the man proceeded on his way.
Erie Messenger.
I shall recommend FLxo's Ctiro for Con
sumption far and wide. Mrs. Mulligan,
l'lunihtead. Kent, England, Nov. fc, lMfi.
The coming revival of the Greek
Olympic Games at Athens is largely
due to the initiative of Karon l'ierre de
Coubertin, of France, through whose
instrumentality a congress of delegates
representing the leading nations was
called together to arrange for the con
tests. In a forthcoming number of The '
Century magazine Karon de Coubertin"
will have a paper descriptive of the
modern games at Athens, and the art
ist Castaigne is going to Greece to make
the illustrations for it. Castaigne has
drawn a scries of remarkable pictures
of games as they used to be for the
April number of The Century, to ac
company a paper descriptive of them
written by Allan Mar.'ir.arul, professor
of archaeology at I'rinceton.
Precious Mct:tN.
Tho great mininz rnnirs of CrititVe Creek.
Colo., and Mercur. Utah, as v. ell as those
of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, are I t--.t
reached via the Union I'acifh-.
The fast time and through car service on
"The Overland Route" are features appre
ciated by all. For information reardinjc
the alove camtis address vottr nearest
acnt. or E. L. I.OMAX.
Uen'l 1'ass. & Ticket Agent. Omaha, Neb.
If good seed is put into good crouud some '
ot it wri Le sure to prow.
Fott hei.ievini, Tiiuoat Diseases. Coini.s
ani Hii.r.SEs, u-o "Brown's Bronchia!
Tro-hes." Sold on!y in I ot-. Avoid im
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other, hnve to Keep.
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stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
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upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
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