v i v v JZ tr s i ', .,- o o o o ff l?5 T m - 13 Bf , : .' B v f... - !' e : fe . i fr i- r. V i. r " p- c s-. 1o F O O O O O !' . - i u, . is ." r -& It;. L . .. ' Bar MSSk3 Comes Back to Hood's WImimvm th Blood to Impuro or HwaJth Poor. I have sued Hood's SanapcrOIa m tonic and blood purifier for a Bwnber of Yean and I sae it whenever I become de bilitated or my blood is impure and it has never failed to bring me back to my nor mal condition. It always strengthens and invigorates the system." R.M.Prathek, D16 Sout h Street, Atchison, Kansas. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. fl-.sixforjs. Get Hood's. Hood's PHIS cure all liver ills. 23 cents. Adlreedack NtUTw. Natives of the Adirondack rcgloa name all visitors "sports." The term has come down from a timo whon few city folk save those in search of gamo braved tho hardships of lifo in the woods. Now that all borts of people visit the Adirondacks for health and pleasure, the namo slicks, und tho conventional young woman who lives In a luxurious camp and dro3ses three times a day is &3 much a sport as the inveterate hunter, who goes about in corduroys and leather leg eiags and sleeps in rough camps. Spoiled nu Calculations. " Don't you like tho room I pave you?" said the hotel clerk to the drummer from Cincinnati. "Yc?, the room's all right. What made you ask? Do I look worried?" To be frank, you da" Weil, X am feeling rather uncom- . .fortablc. You sco I cuinc ovor oa the S. L. O. and W. road." Got in late. I suppose." No. we got in ou lime, and now I have about two and ono-half hours on my hands that T don't Kuow what to do with." W ashinirlon Star. He Wasted to Know. A little boy whore experience with elevators has been a very limited one was brought into tec city a few days ago by his mamma, and hi tho course of two or thrco hours' shop ping the little fellow was taken up and down in different stores a good many times. Finally tho two went in an office building, took chairs in a rather Email room and waited. Where aro wo now, mamma?" asked the boy. -In Undo KoVs office." He glanced around tho rather con tracted quarters and then asked: When does it go up?" Texas Sif tings. Shake Into Your Shoe. Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart ing feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It is the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and 6hoe stores. By mall for 25c In stamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. L Boy. N. Y. ?03 Small for Cat. Tho young man from tho city had been fishing. He hadn't had much luck, but it was more than ho was used to, and he looked very jubilant as ho strodo into tho farmhouse kitchen with his catch. What'Je git?" asked his host. 'Oh, nothing much. Just a few catfish." Mean them?" the farmer inquired, pointing with his pipostcm. Certainly. They're not very largo. But there's no doubt about their being catfish." Wal, irebbo thoy passes fur cat fish out whur you come from. But hero we calls them kitten fish. Den ver Tribune. BEAUTY IS BLOOD DEEP. FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO Sone Cp-to-Date IIlaL Aboat Caltlva ttoa of the Soil aad Yields Thereof Hortlcaltare, Vltlcoltare aad Florl-caltare. inmsm W" : ' l aver, that its A crop of green rURC. HEALTHY ULOOD MEANS TIM L COMPLEXION. BEAU- The Dlaner-Hoor. In the fourteenth century tho king of France dined at 8 a.m., and re tired to rest at 8 p. ra. In tho timo of Philip the Good an old verso said, "Rise at .". dine at 'J, sup at 5, go to bed at 9, and tbou shalt livo to bo ninety-and-nine." In the reigns of Henry IV. and Louis XIV. tlio dinner-hour was 11 a. m. Louis XV. changed tho dinner-hour to 2 o'clock. Two o'clock remained the uual dinner-hour in France up to the time of tho revolution, after which 6 o'clock becamo tho fashionablo timo. In England the upper class breakfasted at 7 in tho reign of Honry VIII., and dined at 10 a. m. In Elizabeth's reign the dinner-hour was 11 a. ra., and supper was served about 5 o'clock. In Germany the fashionablo hour for dinner up to the time of tho French revolution was 12 o'clock; afterwards iL was fixed at 1 o'clock. There la a Class or feopie 'Who are injured byjthe use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all tjie grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it with out distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try It. Ask for GRAIN-O. A Qaetloa of Ink. Massachusetts is struggling with a novel question relating to tho durabil ity of tho ink recently furnished tho various stata departments. Tho best ink was contracted for, but the arti cle furnished is found to ferment in :he inkstand and to evaporate rapidly, leaving a sediment. One report is that the ink has been tampered with by a disappointcJ firm of contractors. The state chemist has been called on to make an analysis, and the manu facturers alto have employed an an alyst, so a battle of the experts is the noxt thing in ordor. Hall'. Catarrh Core Is taken internally. Price, Toe. Too Much Salt. Saginaw Bay was at one time the greatest fishing grounds of the g re it lakes, but is so no more. Tho cause of the falling off is traceable to saw mills and salt blocks. Every winter the salt blocks throw some of their re fuse matter upon tho ice and into the river, and this in timo finds its way to the bay and is washed upon the spawn ing and feeding ground of the feu. 1 know that my life was raved by Fiso's Cure for Consumption. John A. Miller Au Sable, Mich., Apri.Sl, 1SD5. ' No Interruptions Likely. Tired Housckeepor There! Tho house is as neat as a new pin at last I am going to tako a nap. Try not to disturb mo with your play, my pots. Littlo Brother What shall I do if any one calls? Littlo Sister No need to bother about that. So ono ever calls when things aro clean! To Car Coaattpatlea Farevor. ttSr?18 O" cathartic. I0core, If C C C fall to care. druggist reload Boaer. Joaa of Arc-er. Who aro thoso Orleanlsts who are always kicking up such a fuss in France?" asked Hostettcr McGinnis of Kosciusko Jones. ! suppose they are descended from tho chil dren of the Maid of Orleans." replied Jones. Texas Siftings. latestloaal Microbes Tolsaa tie Mood Wfcea fa Bowels Are Constipated. Drive Then Oat ay Hallaa the Liver Lively. "Beauty is skin deep." That is wrong. Beauty is blcod deep. A .person constipate:!, with a lazy liver, bilious blood, dyspeptic stomach, has pim ples and liver spots and a solo leather com plexion. No ono with a furred tongue, a bad breath, a jaundiced eye, can be beautiful, no matter how perfect are form and features. To bo beautiful, to become beautiful, or remain beautiful, tho blood must ho kept pure and free from Mlo. microbes, diseaso germs and other itiipuritios. Cnscarot Candy Cathartic will do it for you quickly, surely, naturally. They never grip nor gripe, but inako the liver lively, prevent sour stomach, kill diseaso-gcrms, tone up the bowels, purify the blood, and make all things ri;lit, as thoy should bo. Then leauty conies of itself, and to stay. Buy and try Cascarets today. It's what thoy do, cot what we say they do, that will please you. All druggists, 10c, 25c or 50c, or mailed for price. Send for booklet and free sample. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago, Montreal, Can., or Xew York. A Doubtful fomplitbnnt. Benton is almost crazy, thoy say, my dear. " "What's the matter?'' Morbid conscientiousness. Ho broods over imaginary faults and groans about all his trifling faults as if they wero mountainous." Terrible isn't it? How glad I am, John, that you are perfectly sane in that respect." FARKCLL'S KM NTAR KXTRACT IS The best; all fcrocrr will refund youi money If yon are not satisfied with !U One Fool Knongb. Gus Do Smith went to a masqucrado 1 ball as a harlequin. A few days ufterward an intimate frienJ asked him for the loan of his harlequin cos tume, as he, too, wished to attend a masquerade ball. "No," replied Gus, "I allow nobody to make a fool of himself in my cos tume except myself." Texas Siftings. Mm. lYtaalaw'a SoetMB Sjrwa For ehlldrrn tethtng,cof ten the anm. mlnrH inAam maUoa, aUays pain, curea wind colic. SficeatsabotUa. How He Won Her. Miss Richgtrl of Chicago And so you kissed tho blarnoy stono at tho Columbian exposition? -Ha. ha! It was nothing but a Chicago paving stone.. Mr. Smartcbap So 1 heard at tho time, but I thought perhaps you might hao walked on it. Thon she married him. New York Weekly. Kdaeata Toor Bowels With Caacarata. andy Cathartic, cure coastipation forerer. xi v-L.. iau. arasuists refund money. OppoHPil to l.!u:i Itr Duplication. Mr. Slim purse But why do you insist that our daughter should many a man whom sho does not like? You married for love, didn't you? Mrs. Slimpurse Yes; but that is no reason why I should let our daughter make the samo blunder Now York Weekly. 3fr tali:alitr. Foreman I r yc:i want ms to work in that $2 pants ad., you'll have to cut about thrco verse oil o' this poem. Editor But if 1 do that it won't, make sense. Foreman Maybe not; but it will make room! Truth. too. Water la Crops, ORE water is Eold by farmers than any other sub stance, and it brings a higher price in proportion to cost than any ma terial known, a writer in Philadel phia Record says. Water is sold in so many forms, how value varies daily. clover contains 1,600 pounds of water per ion, and when a ton of dry clover hay is hauled to market 200 pounds of the load consists of water. Every nun- dred pounds of milk sold contains pounds of water, and the mixed stable manure which is, spread on the fields is more than one-half water. No mat ter how dry oi well cured the hay and fodder crops may be, from the farm er's point cf view, there will be water to haul that is contained in the plant A ton of cured fodder contains sua pounds of water, and even salt hay, which is usually apparently as dry as if passed through a kiln, contains over 100 pounds of water per ton. The far mer sells this water, and the more . ler he can sell the larger his profit, as all nitrogenous and mineral matter taken from the soil by the plants is a direct loss unless the price at which he crop is sold is sufficiently large to eimhurse tho farmer for his loss of plant food, as well as afford him a profit. The greatest profit from the use of water as an ingredient of farm pro duct Is when the farmer grows su:h rops as beets, carrots, potatoes and nrnips, ns they can be utilized on the "arm instead of entailing cost of trans 'ortation to market While these crops ontain a large amount of solid matter u proportion to the yield per acre, heir chief value is In the water, as the vater is a valuable aid to digestion and contains the nutritious matter in solu ion to a large extent; henc, the water s not a useless substance which adds weight only, but is as desirable in the form In which It exists in the plant '.a the solid portions, but while the sol d portions cost the farmer sometimes he water docs cot, and that is an im portant consideration which must not ')e overlooked. The water in plants annot be supplied artificially. Every :ie knows that there Is a difference be ween green apples and apples that :ave been dried and cooked In water. t is the same with vegetables and oots. We can dry them and render hem juicy again by cooking them in vater, but we cannot regain the condi ion in which the water existed in the ilant before drying or evaporating It t is more valuable than that which is applied. Beets and carrots contain 1.SG0 pounds of water per ton. A crop ,f twenty tonB of beets per acre de motes that the farmer has taken from hat acre as a crop 36,000 pounds of .vater, and such a yield of beets is ,iot i large one compared with results fre quently obtained. Turnips, one of the staple crops 6t the farm, contain but little less water than beets or carrots, and potatoes are scld at good prices some years, although there is about 1, 500 pounds of water In every ton. The proportion of water in fruits is much greater, especially with grapes, straw berries and cherries; in fact, water In fruits brings a higher price than is ob tained for any material, as a box of strawberries selling at 10 cents would allow less than one cent for the solid matter contained, leaving nine cents for the water To secure this crop of water, however, the farmer will be compelled to use care and judgment It comes from the clouds, it is trap, but there are periods when the plant cannot store it; hence the fruit and vegetables do net prow to perfection and the far mer will lose a porrinn of his crop of water, while his land will have already given up more than the proportionate supply of mineral matter. ter tha second application, apecamftj If they are made at frequent Imterrala, Ether aa a Plaat Developer, United States Consul Kirk of Coye. hagen has forwarded to the state de partment the following translation from Dannebrog of a lecture delivered by Mr. Johannsen at the agricultural high school recently on the results ob tained by the etherizing method of de veloping plants earlier than Is their nature, by exposing them to the lain ence of ether fumes. By exposing sleeping plants to the influence of eth er and chloroform the result Is ob tained that each plant, after the treat ment with ether, begins to shoot They have thus probably been awakened from their previous condition ot sleep or inactivity. Lilacs grow splendidly when placed in an air-tight compart ment and exposed forty-eight hours to the effect of 500 or 600 cubic centime ters of ether, and then put in a hot house. Just before Christmas the plants had developed splendidly. The etherizing of tho plants will cost 1 to 1 cents each. The main point Is to get the plants to shoot at any time before Christmas, even in September and October. It can be said that some progress has undoubtedly been made, but no one can tell to what astonishing results this discovery may lead. Tu lips, lilacs, etc., can be developed much earlier and have a pretty color and great durability, as the ether frees the plant of decomposable matter. To etherize the plants they are placed in an air-tight receptacle and exposed from twenty-four hours to ninety-six hours (generally forty-eight hours). to the influence of the ether. Cylindri cal glasses are used for small plants, and for large plants an oil-painted box, the Interior of which is lined with tin foil, 4 feet high and long, and 24 feet broad. On the lid a small hole is made, which is closed with a cork, and the ether is conducted through this hole. As ether is very inflam mable, great care must be taken not to bring candles or matches near It The ether is dissolved at from 15 de grees to 20 degrees centigrade. Insanity In Horses, Whether there are not some horses that are actually Insane h a subject upon which opinions differ. On this question r.n English writer says: "I have little doubt but that hi many cases where the horse shows sudden, unaccountable fits of ill temper, vice, or other demonstrations of strange conduct, that the cause is due to cere bral affection. Horses may become temporarily Insane from certain forma of disease, such as, among others, the development of a tumor on the brain. Fits of unaccountable vice may occa sionally be the result of organic changes in the brain matter, as in man, and not to normal mental disposi tion. I was recently told of a young foal which sometimes was subject to demonstrations of strange conduct, ac companied at intervals by what ap peared fits or convulsions. He was found to be suffering from water on the brain, otherwise hydrocephalus. He was operated upon surgically with a view to his relief, but even after he was broken-in and became a "made horse," he never afterwards was trust worthy either under the saddle or in harness, consequently the owner part ed with him. Singular to relate, both his dam and grandara were queer cat tle, and at various times were subject to strango periodical aberrations of conduct In the case of the foal men tioned, there can be little doubt that he was the victim of hereditary brain disease, productive of temporary In sanity. Such cases, I believe, are more frequent than is generally supposed. Horses are not always responsible for their actions. Aagara Goats la the Soath. A correspondent of Texas Farm Journal, who breeds Angora goats, ays: I nave been breeding Angora goats for fourteen years and find it a very profitable business. I have a barbed wire pasture fence, with sev eral division fences, all made of ten of the best barbed wires. Still, the wolves will sometimes get in by scratching through under the lowest wire, but we generally get the wolves now, before they do much damage, by setting steel traps at such holes on both sides of the fence. We generally fasten three steel traps together and do not fasten the traps to anything. Ear ly in the morning one of the boys will go there with the dogs and a gun. The dogs will take the trail, and the wolf is generally not more than 300 yards away, often with more than one foot in a trap. If traps are fastened, the wolf or wild-cat is moro likely to break loose. In very cold weather they are liable to bite their caught feet oft or jerk loose, as they soon have no feeling in their freezing feet if they can travel, however slow, with their dragging traps, they are not likely to tly to break loose from tho traps. It is a beautiful sight to sec a bunch of about 500 Angora goats coming home about sundown, with their long, silky fleeces. I have always sheared twice each year that is, in April and in September. If these nice animals are shorn only once in a year, they will soon look ugly, because tho long, silky hair will become matted and they will soon look as ugly as a scab by sheep. In kidding time it is best to keep those ewes that will soon bring kids In a small pasture separated from the flock. If the weather be cold and wet, they should have a shelter. Dry, cold weather does not hurt them. In hot days the little kids need shade from the hot sun. At first I tried to make the kids follow their mothers with the flock, but I soon found that it was Impossible to do that. The little kids were soon all hidden in the high grass and bushes. After that I fol lowed the advice of older goat men, who left the kids in the pen until they were six or eight weeks old. During the past three years I kept kids in a separate small pasture, where they have plenty of shade, water, green shrubbery, weeds and young, tender herbs of various kinds. If allowed to follow the flock too young they will lie down and go to sleep and be lost MIXED Hi HIS SECRET WORK. rreahlea of aa Ahseat-afladed. Tfteagk Fratoraal Acqaalataace. From the Youth's Companion: A man who belongs to several secret so cieties must occasionally find the task of keeping the secrets of each society in their own especial corner of his brain a tax upon his memory. This was the case with one Absalom Wyck off, of the thriving town of Skedunk. He came home one evening looking worried. "What Is the matter, Absalom?" asked his wife. "A man came at me a littlo while ago," answered Mr. Wyckoff, "with the Masonic sign of distress. I remember now that I replied with the Knights of Pythias sign, and I am almost certain I gave him the Oddfellows' grip." I - If sick, nothing renovates and invigor ates like Drjtay's lloaovator. Tho I.nncKt Canit. The imperial canal of China. Is the longest in the world, and the greatest in point of traffic. Its length is about 1,0)0 miles, and it connects forty-ono cities situated on its banks. It was completed iu l&id. after six hundreJ years had boon do voted to its construction. r.tiw. Carrie May seems to bo very good to Jack. Fdith Yes. They wero playmates when they were children. But that is no reason." Isn't it ' Ho knows her ajo, and she has to be good to him for fear ho'U tell." Truth. A Hrartrrls UUIi. Pedestrian, to bsggar I have little money to give you, becauso I am a poet, and. what is more, my poems are not to bo published until I am dead. Here's ten cents. Becffar Lon lifo to yo. sir. N. Y. Weekly. m y Sweetness and Light. Put a pill in the pulpit if you want practical preaching for the physical man ; then put the pill in the pillory if it does not practise what it preaches. There'a a whole gospel in Ayer's Sugar Coated Pills; a "gospel of sweetness and light." People used to valuo their physic. as they did their religion.-by its bitterness The more bitter the dose the better the doctor We've got over that. We take "sugar in ours" gospel or physic-now-a-days. It's possible to pleaso and to purge at the same time. Thoro may be power in a pleasant pilL That is the gospel of Ayer's Cathartic Pills. More pill partlcalars ia Ayefs Cnrebook. ioopas. Seat free. j. C Ayer Ca., Xwell, Mass. sr -o KE30' a Sprays aad Spraying. In spraying currants there Is danger of making an application within three weeks of the time the fruit is used for food. Currants should be splayed xs soon ns worms are seen with paris green; ir they reappear repeat the i'Pray, adding bordeaux for mildew. If worms still trouble use pyrcthrum or l-e!:abore. The third application to ap ples should be made a week after the blossoms have fallen of bordeaux and paiis green; repeat after ten to four teen days and again In ten to fourteen days upo bnrdp&ux or Weak copper sul phate. When cherries have set use 'c .dcaux and paris green; repeat in ten to twelve days later, if signs of rot appear. In ten to twelve days more use copper sulphate solution weak and repeat if necessary. Cabbages may need five cprayn. When worms' first appeal' Use paris green. K worms or aphides are present repeat If the plants arc not heading using using emulsion for aphis. If aphis persist, or if worms reappear, use kerosene emulsion If plants are not heading. After heads form, use ea'tpctre for worms, a tea spoonful to a gallon of water, effltlSloti for aphides. This may be repeated if necessary. Tomatoes may be sprayed three times as follows: When first fruits have set use bordeaux. If dis- e: suipaate solution. If necessary spray with weak copper sulphate solution. Mc:cr spray with a:s"u:ies vrhile tiees .ire in blssscm, as the bees will be poisoned; they are necessary to fertil ize the flowers. Bordeaux Mixture is the standard remedy for all fungous diseases. tJse four pounds copper sulphate and four pounds of fresh lime to forty gallons of water. It Is comparatively inex pensive, does not Injure the most ten der foliage if fcroperly prepared, re mains for a long time upon the plants and in fungicidal -powers has fsw if any superiors. If a large quantity is to be used it is well to prepare a consid erable amount of the materials so that they will only peed to be mixed before using. The copper sulphate will dis solve readily If suspended in a barrel of water in a coarse sack or basket By thus dissolving twenty-four pounds In, say, thirty-six gallons of water, we shall have enough for six barrels of forty gallons each. The lime should be slaked slowly, adding water only as fast as it is taken up. Twenty-four pounas is all that is needed for the above amount of copper sulphate, but if it will be required within a week or two the entire barrel may be slaked at once. It will not deteriorate if kept covered with water. The above form ula is adapted for use with most crops but it may be slightly modified. Thus for the second spraying of grapes the amount of water should be reduced to thirty gallons, and for most other crops It may be Increased to fifty gallons af- Tiro Kinds of Horsemeai All mankind may, vith great clear ness, be divided into two parts those who understand horses and those who do not, says an exchange. There are people who will drive or ride a nag all day nay, who may own ono nuti use it for years whose powers of Observa tion aie not sufficiently enlisted In tho details of the animal to distinguish :t from any strange horse in the next stall unless there be some irross dif ference In color. Such equestrians will be content to see a fine horse, with nerves, eyes, musclcq and possibilities for good or evil cashiered In favdf of the dead certainty of a peripatetic steam engine. The second, smaller, and aside from horse dealers, more no ble group of Individuals cannot so much as enter a fortuitous close cab without taking unconscious note of the stockings, the withers, the size and the facial expression of the creature be tween the shafts. One whose sym pathy stands this test has felt the thrill imparted by the responsive Bpring of a glorious saddle horse, has enjoyed mental conversations with the shape ly, all expressive ears of the sensitive creature, ha been fairly exalted by mere proximity to the splendid spirit of a haid driven thoroughbred and has quivered with the same heady drink which briliant frosty mornings have brought to the smoking muzzles of his dancing bays, with their flashing eyes and strong, curved flecks but iB it not absurd to defend a good horse from a horseless carriage? MODIFIED MILK. The approach of hot weather Is re garded with dread by many a weary mother who understands the Increased perils which surround the life of her little one at that time of the year, especially If it is so unfortunate as to be found "nursing tho bottle." In the summer the child's nervous system, always easily Influenced, Is so much at the mercy of the heat that any deviation from the natural order of things is sure to result unfavor ably. The cause of many a serious diges tive disturbance will be found to He outside of any suspected change In the character of the milk. The milk may be sterilized and mixed with various ingredients to render it more easily digested, according to the best known formulae, and it still remains to mod ify it to suit the immediate wants of the individual case. If the milk is too rich, that Is to say. if it has too much fat in it, the little stomach will be unable to digest it fully. This failure will cause a looseness of the bowels, and if the case, although so simple. Is misunder stood and therefore improperly treat ed, exhaustion and even collapse may eventually be the result a literal In stance of "starving In the midst of plenty." The superfluous fat keeps the bowels in a continual state of Ir ritation. On the other hand, if too much sugar Is present in the milk, the op posite effect is produced and the child suffers nearly as much from the re tention in the system of matter which should have been eliminated. The child usually becomes excessively nervous and fussy, and no treatment is of avail until the bowels are regu lated. As might be expected, it is impos sible to "play off" these two facts one against the other. And this Is what is meant by modified milk. If it Is suspected that there Is too much fat in the milk It may not only be diluted until the desired proportion is reach ed, but more sugar may be added to insure the speedy recovery of the little patient. In the same way the milk may seems to require it, by the addition of a little cream. afatneamaHca aaa Husband According to your own figures, you spent over $100 this year in cheap fripperies which had to bo thrown away after onco wearing. That $103 would havo bought a piece of laco that would havo lasted a lifo timo in fact, could bo used by your descendants for generations. Wife Well, give mo $100, and I will buy the laco for next year. Husband Um novcr mind; I I don't think lace is very becoming to your style of beauty. Hero's ton cents for another ruffle Chickens and Garden, We planted our corn, beans, peas and tomatoes about the time we set a half dozen bens. Vegetables are up now, and tho chickens are out of the shell, writes H. B. Geer in Epltomist. We have placed the barrel coops, a style of coop made of a barrel with four or five staves removed, and laid down with a slatted front, right by the side of the garden fence. Then hens are confined in their coops, but the chick3, of which there are more than fifty, pass in and out the slatted fronts a.t will, under the garden fence and in among the vege tables. They chase about after bugs, and now and then pull a slug or worm from the surface of the ground, but they don't scratch to amount to any thing, or at least not enough to uproot any vegetables, aud they don't in any way injure the latter. We calculate the earden will outerow the chickens. and It certainly will do so, while the be made richer, if occasion vegetables will serve as a barber for insecis for the chicks, and the chicks will get the Insects be fore they get the vegetables. That is the way we view it, and the way it is working now and has worked for us on former occasions. True, when the to matoes begin to ripen towards autumn, we shall have to protect them, but we will provide that when we furnish the support to the vines, by means of a frame work that will keep the toma toes odt of tho way of the chickens, as well as support the vines. The beans are partly along the cross fences, and being of the running kind, they will climb the wire-netting cross fence and provide shade for the chickens in the summer time, as will also the corn and the beans planted with it. Chickens do hot barm bunch peas to any great extent. People who think they cannot raise both chickens and a garden should bear in mind that it is the hen that scratches up the garden, and not tho little chickens. Start chickens and garden about the same time, con fine the hen, and let the chickens run. They will do the garden more good than harm while they are small, and the vegetables will be mostly gathered by the time the chickens approach ma turity when they might do some harm Lesson to a Iloorlth New Yorker. It was just after tho closo of the matinees, and tho Broadway cars were crowded. In this particular car the passengers wero noarly all ladies, and only ono man was sit ting. The car stopped and took on a party of three, a young woman, a young man. and a lino gray-haired old lady. They mado their way up tho aislo and stood near the man who was sitting, but ho did not offer tho old '.ady his scat A gray-haired old gentleman who had been stand ing near tho door and watching the man in the seat worked his way up to tne party and stood nearly in front of the man in tho scat Ho lifted his hat and bowed to the old lady and said, with a wavo of his hand toward tho man sitting down: "Madam, let mo ofler you this seat." Tho man in tho scat looked up and turned red. "Why, er-cortainly-or-madam, tako this coat," and ho loaned out of it like a cork out of a bottle. "Thank you," said the gray-haired lady and tho gray-haired man and tho young man all together. New York Sun. Tlin ICnttUn ThUtls. The power for mischief of tho ltus sian thistle is instanced by A. J. Lovo joy, of Koscoe, who reports an cxperi i.ient made by a friend of his in Get tysburg, S. D. Whilo driving one day one of the thistles carao tumbling along in his path. The happy thought carny to htm of ticketing the this tle with a request to the person find ing it to let him kuow where it had traveled to. He did so aud turned it loose again. In a few days worn camo from tho thistlo sixty milos away. It had distributed its iced tho entire distance. TaoSaasofTa. The court had assessed a fine of fit n the attorney for contempt, and the mount was very nearly the size of hi s pile. He put up the money in such a hesitating way that the court was moved to compassion. If you have any regret' said tho judge, "for what you havo done, I might possibly remit tho fino." "Your honor Is very kind, replied the attorney with mock humility, handing tho money to the clerk, "and I havo some regret that I haven't a thousand moro ten dollar bills." It Is only by watching the child carefully and striving to appreciate the changes which are taking place in its sensitive organism that the at tempt to forestall serious disturbance of the alimentary canal will be made successful. It is needless to say that the giving of modified milk is only one of tho many measures which are employed in successful nursing. Two Mighty Continents. North and SoutliAnwrtra.bcslck's Guatemala, the est linllt'H. Australia ami oven Europe, arc tho fields of usefulness in which llostet tor's Stomach Hitters has demonstrated hs value as an antidote to malaria, and as a remedy for dyspepsia, constipation, rheuma tism neuralgia, biliousness, nervousness and loss of appetite and sleep. The Inhabitants, the medical men ot these countries, havo spoken in no uncertain terms concerning tho cflicacy of the great household remedy. Iloat-Llfe In Slant. The boat-life of Siam includes al most all life. Business and pleas ure, health and happiness, all center in the river or its branches. A boat and a paddlo aro almost as natural and indispensable possessions to a Siamcso as his arms or legs. Ho has no notion of traveling any distanco except by boat, and tho idea of liv ing in a placo inacccssiblo by water gcnorally strikes him as absurd. Three weeks to como down stream with a full cargo, a week to dispo&o of it and indulge in the gaities of tho capital, four or five months to get back with the emptied boat, and tho rest of the year for farm-work at home such is tho program of many a Siamcso family. Waz la Fon'ftara FIorMa. remarkable stories are current of wages in Southern Florida, an I it is true that a skilled orange packer, boy or man, can earn (1.50 a day. but tho employment is not permanent. It is truo, too, that $150 an aero has been mado in a blnglo winter from toma toes, but hero again a little capital and considerable knowledgo aro re quired. It is unsafe to seek employ ment In Southern Florida without seme Mjrt of guaiuti'cs. Otnt Tsaceo H ) - - four Life Kmj. To qnlt tobariM easily aud forever. I mag netic, fall of life, nerve and v1or, take No-To-ltac. the woodcr-worker. that make irak men strong. Alt druggists. Ufc or SI. fur guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. A!drvt Bterllng Rctnedv Co. Chicago or Ne York. lares Lea a Wltfc fcaaaU Hraln. Dr. Crochley Clapham. who has mado measurements on 4.030 inmates of asylums, says that Insano heads aro larger on tho average than sano heads, though insane brains aro smaller. According to Dr. Clapham tho form of tho insano head is usu ally cuneiform or arrow-shapoil, with the greatest diameter posterior to the central point of the head. To Colorado Springs aad raablo. Barllng-toa Root via Denver. A through Sleeping car to Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Denver is attached to Burlington Route daily train leaving Chicago 10 :C0 p. m. Office, 211 Clark St. A Uard Times Lova Affair. She This narrow band or gold u very sweet, of course; but you you said you intended to bring mo a cluster diamond ring. Ho Y-c-s, but afterward ii oc curred to me that Mich a ring would hido thoso lovely dimples iu vour fingers. She Oh. you darling. Ho Took no Risks. Mr. Oidchum So you havo got married sinco I saw you last, tivo years ago. How old is your wife? Mr. Flabby Excuse mo a moment. I must find out from her if sho is still 28 Texas Siftings. Cynical Lord Forgivuz When I was on t'other fiido I got well acquainted with tho count of Puris. Ethel Knox Did they put you at work en tho census? pmiiiitijmini Getting- Even. Clay "By thunder; that's the worst cigar I ever smoked." Concha "That's what I suspected. It's the one you gave me the last time we met." Bos ton Transcript. nesennBaCanipber lee with Aljreerlae. The original and only pcnnlnr. C'irr- C!)spptl Hands aud Face, Cold Sure?, c. C.(J.Clarb2tCo.,K.Uven.Ct. PERSONALS. American Vinci in Australia. The minister of agriculture of this colony, conjointly with the minister of Agriculture of New South Wales, is importing from France soma 80,000 editings of "the American phylloxera-resisting" grape vines for distribution amongst vigncrons. There appears now to be a ase appears repeat or use weak copper J considerable local demand for the cut ulphate solution. If necessary" snrav I tineS. find ttf, Tavernnr baa riaoMori d a - --- - - - - .- H h.wus,a allow private importation, but under strict regulations yet to be framed. He indicates the lines on which the regu lations will be framed. The vines must be -lOrapanled by an expert certificate that Aey are exactly as represented, and oh arriving here will bg taken charge of by the agricultural depart ment. They will then be planted In quarantine, the period of the quaraa tine to be decided byf JkMidepartmental experts. Mr. Taverrsaai had a large number of application'slfor the cuttings, especially from. Bendigo and Ruther glen, and foresees that the department al importation will be unequal to the demand. Australasian. Sugar Beets In California. The sta tistics of the Chino Beet Sugar fac tory of California show that there was 7,000 acres of beets grown for that factor last year. This produced a total of 64,000 tons of beets and gave an average of 2,286 pounds of crude sugar per acre, or a total of about 8, 000 tons for the season. From this it is csitmated that the net profit of the factory was about 1240.000. The aver age return per acre to growers ot beeta was $33.75. A jury in Gilmer county, Georgia, brought in this verdict recently: "We. the jury, find the defendant almost guilty." Friendship, like phosphorus, clyes it light in the dark. '7 c For Flies on Cattle. Take coal tar two parts and coll oil and grease one part and mix with a small amount of carbolic acid. Apply with a cloth by moistening the hair and horns of the animal with the liquid. In the appli cations include feet and legs, and it will drive every fly away, and one ap plication will last ten days or more in dry weather. Apply as often as necessary, and your cows will be en tirely secure from flies of all kinds. Any kind of old lard or grease can he used. Coal tar Is the base of this remedy, and when too thick to spread well use more coal oil; when too thin to adhere well use more coal tar. Carbolic acid will cost about 50 or CO cents in crystals by the pound, and eery farmer should always keep it on hand, as It. in its many uses, 1 indispensable. Live Stock Record. Eggs for Setting. Early failures to hatch eggs very seldom come from lack of vicor In the germ; for in this the early egg3 are superior. They more of ten come from allowing eggs to be chilled before the setting begins. Every one knows that chilling after a few days' setting soon destroys the life in the egg. It may d so where eggs that have never been set on are kept in con tact with metal.which rapidly abstracts heat when the eggs are kept for greater safety near the freezing temperature. Dishes for holding eggs should be of wood, which abstracts heat slowly. Ex. Draft HorsesMn Cities. The draft horse has come to be the business horse In all the great cities. There are now nr draft horses in Chicago, as in other cities, than there ever was in the street car service. It is a change from the small horses to the larger and more useful horses with more size aad nower, and farmers who breed small horses' and mules will find their market gone, while the demand for draft horses is increasing. Ex. Japanese Plums. J. H. Hale thinks that in Japan plums we have a race that will be profitable. They differ from he European, being hardy in the bud, more so than the peach. The skins JrL thick and the fruit is handsome. Burbank, Yellow Jacket (or Shabo) aad Abundance are the order of merit. Norman, a yellow flesh, needs experi menting with. The Wixon Is all rigV. hut blooms rather ui?ly. Ex. "Will you please tell me," said little Miss Citiman to the farmer, "which are the cows that give the beef tea?" Judge- Rev. John M. Hanselmann, pastor of 3t. Benedict's Catholic Church in Brooklyn, was resently presented with a stolo which was at one time the property of Pope Leo XIII. The clubwomen of the country will assemble en masse at the Nashville ex position Oct. 20, 21 and 22. The usual topics will be discussed stat. federa tion, journalism, club methods and government, etc. Congressman Sulloway, of New Hampshire, is a member of the Salva tion Army, and has frequently been seen in their parades, both at his home in Manchester and in Washington. Hi3 wifo was formerly a Salvation Army lassie. Many ox the older United States senators are pi eaters. Senator Tur pie, of Indiana, is fond of a lunch like tliis: Strawberry shortcake and apple pie, one piece each, plate of cream and a cup of coffee. The senator, being a Democrat, pays for Ills pie at the sen ate restaurant, not the white house. Helen Pitt Djuglass, the white wid ow of Frederick Douglass, still lives at "Cedar Hill," Anaccstia, District of Co lumbia. She is a member of a western New York family, her father having been a leading abolitionist. Mrs. Pitt Douglass was her husband's stenog rapher and confidential clerk when he was recorder of the federal district. J tut. Tho weeping relatives gathered around the governor's chair, but that otlicial remained firm. "No," ho said to the mother. I may consider your boy's pardon, but it is better for him that ho remain for four or livo months more. If I wero to let him out now ho would be just in time to contract a lato caso of Sweet Marie.'" They saw the justice of tho con tention and withdrew. ne-To-Bae for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, stakes weak men strong, blood pure. 60c. 11. All drugclsta. Every ingredient in Hires Roothccr is health 'I giving. The blood isl unproved, the nerves! soothed, the stomach1. benefited by this delicious beverage. HIRES Rootbeer Quenches the thirst, tickles the palate ; full of snap, sparkle and effervescence. A temper ance drink for everybody. f Hale tl j bi Tl. rbwtu r. Rtrn Co.. Pallafelphav xur uw gum. Musical Sonth America. Handel's "Messiah" was recently performed at Buenos Ayres. for tho lirst timo in South America, with a chorus of .'100 and an orchestra of fifty performers. Social trains wero run, the house was sold out an hour and a half after tho opening of the box otlieo and the proceeds were $7,500. 'I ho I'octrr of It. She I'd rather be a poet than anything in tho world. l'oet You migiit bo tho next thing to one. She Oh, tell me how. Tho Poet By becoming i'.irs. Poet. (Ho got her.) Had Noticed It. Mrs. Doood Yon don't seem to reali.o that timo is money. Dusty IShodcs Yes, I do, mum; many tiircs I have had occasion to notice that 10 was the equivalent of ten days. New York World. SIOO To Any Man. WILL PAY SIOO FOB ANY CASE SUMMER TOURS VIA LATE FASHION NOTES. Belted blouses are simply more hloused when made of thin fabrics than when made of silks. Smocking is revived for children's frocks. It is most attractive in the lighter weaves of silk. The English walking hat with the brim rolled up a little at each side is brought out In .great variety as to shape of crown and kind of straw; the most stylish one of all is the Panama, trimmed severely with black wings aud black satin rosettes. Plaid waists, in both cotton and silk, are en regale, and are finished with a belt of plaid and stock of the same. These are shown you by tho dealers as tho latest novelties. They will he much worn throughout the summer season with crash and linen skirts. Paris sends word that the ruff is once more the fashion th2re. It 13 made generally in lisse or chiffon, very wide at the back and decreasing in size at the front. Some ruffs, howev er, are of the same width all around. The most gigantic of these ruffs ex tends to the ears, and is finished with a flounce of plaited chiffon reaching tc the waist BIG FOUR ROUTE, TO THE MOUNTAINS, LAKES a.i SEASHORE. Special Low Rates will bo in effect to Put-in-Bay, Jslnnls of Lake Erie, Lake j Chautauqua. 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