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j0 ? !! Br Br- f. "O e- L-- t - 1 o ft oO o f o o v. t t P B? 5? 6 -t p . - . w o P"- If. i; o o jo , f . o jjr- , I? I" f- a tr - . r- 5 IV.- r . - g I. . ' Spring Medicine A Good Blood Purifier a Ntcts Ky Now HNdl Saiaartfla Uwesjiialnsl far taking Rich, Had Haaa. The necessity fortakiag a good Sprta llediciae to purify the blood aad baiM as the system is based apon natural aad aa avoidable causes. In cold weather tacts has been less perspiration and inpurities have not passed oat of the system as Ussy should. Food baa consisted largely of rich, fatty substances, and there baa bsea less opportunity for outdoor exercise. The result is, the blood is loaded with im purities and these aanst be promptly ex pelled or health will be endangered. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best Spring Medicine because it is the beat blood purifier and tonic It thoroughly pwiftat the blood and gives vigor and Vitality. Sarsa- Sarsa 5 paiiila Is America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six far SS. HaaH'c Dille the favorite cathar rlOOa S K111S ye All druggists, ate. Never marry but for love, but see that thou lovest what is lovely. Penn. . Shake Into Tear Sheee. 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's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new Eboes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, nervous, aching feet. Try it to day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Take not too short a time to make n wide-world bargain In. Shake speare. Edeeate Tour Bowels With Caaeaxeta. Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever, 10c, 25c IICCC fail, druggists refund money. Man's best friend, and wust enemy, lias allwuss been himself. c BREAD, POTATOES and MILK. A Dyspeptics daily diet toyspepsia U one of the not prevalent of diseases. Thousands of people suffer from it in a more or less aggravated form. Few diseases are more painful to the individual tor more far reaching in their effects on human life and happiness. What the dys peptic needs is not local treatment, not mere temporary stimulus. The real seed is the toning up of the entire system. For tify the system and it will do its own fight ing, and promptly eject any intruding disease. The success of Dr. Ayer's Sarsa parilla in curing indigestion and dvspep sia is due to just this quality which it possesses, of renewing the vital forces, repairing the waste and loss of the body. The ordinary treatment brings the food down to the level of the weak stomach. Ir. Ayer's Sarsaparilla puts strength into the stomach, and brings it up to the level of the strong food fit for men. It does this by strengthening the entire system. The stomach cannot stay weak when all the other organs are gaining strength. What Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for dyspep sia is best illustrated in cases like that of M. S. Shields, Meridian. Miss. Mr. Shields had got down to the last level of dyspepsia. But let him tell his own story : " For years, I was afflicted with dyspep sia which gradually grew worse until I could eat nothing but bread and potatoes W.N. U. OMAHA. NO. 15. 1898. Vkea Assverisj Mvertiseaests Easily Mcatioa This Taper. ra&eoteta Wtrk White Yti Stetp . aM fuactioas for the leaving you. not duM and stupid, but right and tress, tuuy pnparea tor your cayaana.wtauCTMMSBBsiiamy g steed to Gin GeistipatiM A booklet aad sample free ia can buy a bat far xoc. age, floe tsmtUsaCuOQ gu&ractGsKi Tm nCfsust RvMOsiy C CM WAGON entirety A better Scale for less money than hes ever been offered. Address. ntCISHT PAID. SCALES Jones of Binshamtoa, jsiuguauubn, . x. ITP OTS To onr new c WWO I 0 alogue. Hundredsof aass iim people save hun IV W I slllV dreds of dollars se lecting Furniture, Draperies, etc-, from It, Seed for it. It glvos prices and pictures. OKCHAKD WXLHELM CARPET CO, 1418 Douglas St Omaha. Neb. .eiatessa. OSATClAAniMCSALEorTasrfH , aaaaela. aeat aaaaaa, esuTS-soeia. l to oar actas.Wrtta tar ' nirm BHM-i S2X5 aaaan raoMtotarrBEXtarataaspwaatSaT . XEAD CTCXB CO, CHICAGO. Bee sTtHj SWf)TllBr to cnre dyspep sia, constipation, liver and kidney diseases.bil lioosncss, headache, etc. At druggists SSc All. PATENTS MASON. FENWICK i LAWRENCE. Wash- ' ti n hit fnr STtfc aEa'.rciwy work anpateaursa. Highest reTi'aces. J I I H I I I I I i tan WSs B SsSSH I IV A tablet taken at bed tiaw.SSOtass year steaaber and is aura ss .awaSSSawavSawSBSsawSawawJBaaVPav PgMwawiftteaasf!rfHsai9nV KaSaSSSBsT EXCHANGED fB vBfJatBtsSBwFOK A ROLLEKIJ XT aoaUtaS. UfTODATB SH m9TO,s ft. fo ;"- ":- httW. TWT rem UabUH,af !! SM tc.CTCT !! TloaTolhr. SuklluaniilBSBj JnafMnr. ThMintnr uh B law ajSMJ Saflgteoa UI. aaa aut tk Mart wis4bU1 hsaiaaBvBH the hew beats the old as thePJ bold heat the wooden wheel.h BJen nenpt t mat nrtsaa BMtar Act sat was fBSJ risMlwiUb antta raaiass alt aaa that to WA Rtoraed. CStr icb.-t to canca'lrtlon at aaj liaa. aWJ WA u jwet cU tnl ia rot aa Acnactar, witta far AWJ WAVtarmi ettaaj aawtaraM taaaaaaMt r.jJy jseii FiiTiiemi aUTM SMdelc. acat aaaaaa, eat.T ae nii.W B ALf& top" sunn jyy i wjjwjAaMoer-arxciAi.TsaajrKBK-H WJflB&axaaa ttnoOfH raUfMIy fawarvafa. W.WNaaeh. "TTaaiSiilaaa tnlnl" UarUf O By oothlns and subduing the pain. , 1 nUW b That's ths way ST. JACOBS OIL NEURALGIA. 1 i'i i i i i i i "A TRAINING IN CLEANLINESS IS A FORTUNE." COMPLETE YOUR EDUCATION WITH SAPOLIO Wafsiitg of Remsen Whltenottae, anon whom the kins of Italy has con ferred the Order of St Maurice aad 8t Lasare, the Newport Herald says: "Mr. Retnsea Whitehouse, after achieving fame as an Alpine climber ant earning the acknowledgement of his valuable contribmtlons to physical geography from the great Rectus was secretary of legation and acting min ister in Guatemala and Mexico. He was semmoned from his Mexican post to Washington to discharge the duties of secretary of the Pan-America con gress. An accomplished linguist aad man of the world, with the experience of the courts of Copenhagen, Madrid and Rome, In Europe and Guatemala aad Mexico in America, it is a striking commentary on America's strange in difference to diplomacy as a scientific study that Remsen Whitehouse should have been dropped from the list of the foreign service to make way for men whose educational advantages hare -never been his, and who, therefore, can no more produce harmony from the strings of the diplomatic concert than they could from a violin on which they had not learned to play in child hood." First College Girl : "What is to be the title of your graduation essay?" Second College Girl: "Beyond the Alps lies Italy.' What's the title of yours?" First College Girl: "Beyond the altar lies the washtub.' "Judge ; Great Benevolence In large cities of the United States the condition of the poor is -constantly being improved by the benevolences of wealthy people. Sanitary reforms are suggested and carried out with earnestness but those produced by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters In dis ordered liver, bowels or nervous sys tem are very conspicuous. Hope is the best friend that enny man naz. and the only one that sum hav. Beauty Is Blood Beep. Clean blood means aclcan skin. No beauty Without it. Oascarcts, Candy Cathartic cleans your blood and keeps It clean, by stir riBC up the lazy liver and driving all Impu rities from the body. Begin today to banish pimples, boils, blotches, b ack beads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Casca rcts beauty for ten cents. All druggists, satisfaction guaranteed. 10c 25c, 50c Phools are allwuss the fust ones to proclaim it. V i J seasoned with a little salt, and drink only a little milk. I became so bad that a trifle too much of even these caused terrible suffering in the regions of the stomach, darting pains back of the eyes, attended with dizziness and partial loss of sight. The only way I could get relief was by vom. uu. nnaiiy i nau Mien a severe aiiacK that the entire left side of my bodv felt numb and partially paralyzed, and in this condition. I was taken to nay room nncoa. scious. The physicians failed to help me. and none of the many remedies I took did me any good. At last a friend presented ror with a bottle of Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla and before I had used half of it. I could see n decided change for the better. I used three bottles and was so completely cured that for four years I have not been troubled with the old complaint, but am rugged and hearty and able to cat anything that can be eaten. It would be impossible to say too much in praise of Dr. Ayer's Sarsapa rilla. and I would not give one bottle of it for a dozen of any other kind." M. S. Shields, Meridian, Miss. .. Try Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla If you are dyspeptic. If yon want more testimony to the value of the medicine, get Dr. Ayer's Curebook. It is sent free on request by the J. C Ayer Co.. Lowell. Saint Folx, the French pcet, who was always in debt, sat one day In a barber's shop waiting to be shaved. He was lathered, when the door opened and a tradesman entered who hap pened to be one of the poet's credit ors, and angrily demanded his money. The poet composedly begged him not to make a scene. "Won't you wait for the money until I am shaved?" "Cer tainly," said the other, pleased at the prospect Saint Foix then made the barber a witness of the agreement, and immediately took a towel, wiped the lather from his face and left th shop. He wore a beard to the end of his days. From Baby la the High Chair to grandma ia the rocker Grain-0 is eood for the whole familv. Tr to ho long-desired substitute for coffee. Nev er upsets me nerves or injures the di gestion. Made from pure grains it is a food in itself. Has the taste and ap pearance of the best coffee at the price. It is a genuine and scientific ar ticle and is come to stay. It makes for health and strength. Ask vour ernoor for Grain-O. First Citizen Are you a democrat or a republican? Second Citizen Sir.I believe the Maine was blown up. Philadelphia North American. sat Tssacce Sstt ana Suwke Tear LHe Amy. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, full of life, nerve, and vigor, take No-To-Bac, the wonder-wrrker. that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or 11. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Cc, Chicago or New York. Humble wedlock is far better than proud virginity. Augustine. Star Tobacco is tne leading brand of the world, because it is the best. A lie is the devil's attempt to coun terfeit tne truth. A Cheap Trick. To manufacture a chea kalsomine stuck on the wall with glue, claiming it to be .the "same thing" or "just as good" as the durable Alabastine. or to buy and sell such goods on such representations would seem a cheap trick. Some resort to It. To be safe, buy Alabastine only In packages and properly labeled. Owls have their orgies while doves are asleep. 3few Rente to Health. Little, fragrant, palatable tablets in a dainty enameled metal box, just right for the vest pocket or the lady's purse. On the tablets are stamped the letters 'C, C. C." Cascaret, Candy Cathartic. Eat one like candy, and the little tablet at once purines and destroys disease germs in the mouth and throat, stops souring of un digested food in the stomach, stirs up the liver, tones and strengthens the bowels, making them act healthily and naturally, They are well and widely advertised in the press, but the .best advertisement for Cas carets is their wonderful mild yet positive action, which maV e; a Cascaret convert of every one who tries them. We recommend them to all our readers. One of the most remarkable gifts that ornaments the home of Rev. Dr. Talmage since his return from his re cent wedding trip is a Russian tea service of gold and enamel, a perso nal token from the Czar of Russia. II IIH1IIIIH i i i i i i i f WOMAN AND THE WHEEL from fa Octette, XMaww, OMs, The atnltUslnss. sf bicycle riding fs WOBMSi si still a disputed qssstie between aalasatphyslciaBS aad health nfonaerst Used ia saodsratioa It surety creates for rosea a atsaas sf oat-doc awrciae, ths beaent et which all physician eoaced Used to excess, like any other paatiaae, its effect is likely to be dangerous. The axperieace of Miss Bertha Reed, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. J. R Reed, sfts Lake Btj Delaware Ohio, may point h aidral for parents Who, like Mr. and Mrs. Reed, have experienced Some concent for their daughters who are fond of wheel ing. In the lall of 86 Miss Bertha who had ridden a great deal, began to fail la aa alarming Baanaer. She grew steadily paler and thinner, and it appeared the was going into consumption. Rest aad quiet did her aosoiuiety no good. A physi cian found her aulas at 104 a high rate; Una this have been das to tempo rary - Bervou hess when hi closely, bat her-pulse contin ued at that rate for two weeks. He was satisfied then,from her high pulse and steadily wasting condition that she was suffering from anaemia or a bloodlessconditionofuebcdy. She became extremely weak, and could not stand the least noise or excitement. In this condition of affairs they were recommended by an old friend to get some of that famous blood mediciaeJDr. Williams' Fink Pills for Pal People. They did so, and almost from the first doss Bertha began to improve. 8he continued to take the plus and was by means of those pills made entirely well, and more grateful people than her parents caa sot be found in the whole State of Ohio. Dr. William' Pink Pills have proved a boon to womankind. Acting directly on the blood and nerves, they restore the re quisite vitality to all parts of the body: creating functional regularity and. perfect harmony throughout the nervous system. The pallor of the cheeks is changed to the delicate blush of health ; the eyes brighten; the muscles grow elastic, ambition is creased and good health returns. "Don't say good-bye forever," she pleaded. There was reason in her re quest He had been nearly half an hour at It already, so that her suspicions that the process might project into the boundless regions of eternity were well founded. Indianapolis Journal. We-To-Bae for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. CSctl. All druggists. Professor Knowall: "Miss Vernon, what would you say if I were to tell you that vanity Is but the looking glass that reflects imaginary virtues and conceals real faults?" Miss Ver non (simply): "I should say you ought to know." Brooklyn Life. DO NOT DELAY. An Ounce of Prevention Ia Worth a Found of Cure. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., Chi cago. Dear Sirs: I used one bottle of your "5 Drops," and it did me more good than any medicine I ever used. It did me more good than all the medicine I have taken from the doctors for two years, besides suffering the entire time. In three days after I commenced using the "5 Drops" my pains all disappeared. I recom mend it to all sufferers of rheuma tism. Very respectfully, R. L. Martin, Anguilla, Miss. Feb. 7, '98. Every family should have a bottle of "5 Drops" on hand, especially at this season of the year. Changes in the weather are so liable to cause rheu matism, la grippe and many other dis eases that "5 Drops" cures. For another thirty days you can se cure a sample bottle of "5 Drops" for 25 cents. The manufacturers have 100.000 sample bottles which they in tend to distribute for this small amount. Write today to the Swanson Rheu matic Cure Co., 167 Dearborn street, Chicago, HI. This company is reliable and promptly fill every order. Too many forget to be useful In trying to be consistent. Colorado Gold Field. Colorado is the banner gold-producing state In the Union. Production in 1897 over $20,000,000. This year prom ises to exceed 130,000,000. New strikes are being made every day. Nothing like since the days of '19. Would you know all about these things? Then send twenty-five cents for a aix month.8' trial subscription to the "MINING WORLD," an eight-page illustrated weekly paper. Regular subscription, $1.00 a year. The news iest mining newspaper in the world. Address "World." P. O. Bos 1611, Den ver. Colorado Ine more erfect the trust, the more perfect the peace. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA." and "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as ourTrade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massa chusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear tho (ac-sunile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of ihe mothers of America for over thirty years. Look carefully at the wrapper and see that it is "the kind you have always bought," and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name ex cept The Centaur Company, of which Chas H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1WT. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. D. An iceberg in the pulpit kindle a fire in the pews. cannot Beware ef Otsttsaeats tax Catarrh That Cental Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy tbe sense or smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip tions from reputable physicians, as the damage, they will do Is tenfold to the food you can possibly derive from them, lall'a Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co.. Toledo. O.. contains no mercury, and Is taken internally, act ing directly upon tbe blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine It la taken internally and made in To ledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes timonials free. Sold by Druggists, price 25c per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the beat. Men marry to make an end, women to make a beginning. A. Dupuy. UtkaeUeataarfkaat ItwWbtcakBpaeoUealefcsr ifeaaaaytkJaa-elae. Bia always reliable. Try it. The dews of grace fall during the night of sorrow. We wm forfeit SI,000 if any of our pnb febed testimonials are proven to be not genuine. Tax Piso Co., Warren, Pa. Kind words, like fragrant flowers, are admired by all. Hoethtea Syrup For cfcUdic tcetkiBg.aoftcaa tfee gumrjKtot -BMlion, aUay pain, coirs wind colir. t&craUaboUte. Fidelity In little things is one of the surest tests of character. Te Cure VeaeUawttoa P Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. lOe or 25c M C. C C. tall to cure, druggists refund money. Those who know when to speak, know when to be silent. TTS liajaaaellrpai4.eSUeraaroaarattat trat dar'a aa efbr. Klna'a Gnat Narva aUatarac Saad for FBJCB ASS trial kaUU aad traaUaa, Da. B. H. Sun, Ud,SSt Arch St. PfcBaSelBhia. Pa. Don't cover your neglected duties with the cloak of excuse. Bssoke Hedge Cigarettes. for Ida Married in haste repent At bis- TBIS-SJ kvery .vUbbsi Ifain ?.TI r aSvAnBnT BaST A young southern attorney, address ing the supreme court for the first time, became hopelessly entangled iu his argument, and Justice Brewer thinking that he might relieve the eM barassmeht of the counsel and give Aim a cjance to said: "I don't ftUs follow the learned counsel In his ar gument Perhaps If he will go back: and repeat a little of what he has al ready said i may understand him bet ter. I haven't been able to follow the thread of his argument." "I noticed you couldn't,' retorted the unabashed attorney; "it is a very complicated point of law, but if you will give mu your close attention I will try to make it so clear that you can understand it" Some years ago. says the fivenlng Sun. Edward IS. Rice was presented to Von. Bulow at & cldb dinner in Bos ton. It was just about the time that all Europe was talking of Mme. Von Bulow's flirtation, with Verdi, whd had taught the pianist almost ail he ever knew about music. "I want yod to become acquainted with Mr. Rice," said a friend; "he doesn't know any thing about music, but he has com posed several operas." "Delighted, I am sure," murmured the great pianist, with a sarcastic smile; "he reminds me of a man I knew at home; his name is Verdi." General John A. Bigham, a member of the Thirty-eighth Congress and president of the court which tried Mrs Surratt for conspiracy against the life of Abraham Lincoln, is now 82 year? old, and almost penniless. .. A Cincinnati man Went to New York to dispose of a consignment of ap ples, for which he received 80 cents per barrel. The next day he lunched at the Waldorf and had to pay SO cents for two baked apples which he had ordered. He was mad all through. Flick: "Call him a musician! Why, he doesn't know the difference be tween a noqturne and symphony." Flack: "You don't mean It" And they hurry to get away from each other. Each is terriby afraid that the other will ask: "By the way, what is the difference?,, Boston Tran script Iowa Patent OSIee Report. Des Moines March 31, 1893. A copyright has be9n granted to Mrs. M. Alice Hohlehan, for her dress-cutting system. We have secured the issue of a French patent to Geo. W. Cox and F. R. Smull, of Stuart, Iowa, for the Elec tric Fire Engine, tested in our city last week and have applications pending therefor in other foreign countries. In 1882. the writer sketched a har vester and binder on the inventors farm near Eddyville, that cut wheat and automatically formed gavels and bound them with straws picked there from as the machine advanced. Tho inventor while bending down to watch the operation lost an eye by the con tact of a moving pa't Lately, the same man, Wm. H. Gray, has irl umphed in producing a corn harvester that cuts and binds satisfactorily and overcomes difficulties that have here tofore defied the efforts of all c?m petitors in the art We have se:ured a plurality of patents and multiplicity of claims covering all the novel ele ments and subcombinations of his inventions for which the essential g.n eric claims were allowed last week. Valuable information about obtain ing, valuing and selling patents sent free to any address. THOMAS G. ORWIG, Solicitor of Patents. A husband is a plaster that cures aU the ills of girlhood. Moliere. Some Idea of the attention that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is now paying to its passenger traffic may be gained from the fact that during the past eighteen months nearly 800 pas senger cars received thorough and or dinary repairs, 696 being repainted. Nearly all of the equipment is now royal blue and most of it is equipDCd with Pintsch gas, the Pintsch light being used on local as well as through trains. It is in vain that s. man be born fortunate if he be fortunate in his marriage. Dacier. Wagner Sleeper to West Baden. The Monon has pnt on a through Wngnet Sleeper to West Baden and French Lick the popular sanitariums, leaving Dearborn Station every Saturday at 8 p.m., arriving at 6:15 a. m. Regular trains every night and morning, via New Orleans, as be fore. City ticket office 233 Clark street Chicago. Wedlock's like wine, not properly judged of till the second glass. Jer rold. New Inventions. A novel improvement in piano stools, has been just secured to a South Dakota inventor. It comprises a seat top which may be folded to ac comodate one, two or three perform ers as desired. Inventors desiring a free band book in relation to patents may obtain the same by addressing Sues & Co., Bse Building, Omaha, Neb. There is no music for the old man like an old tune. &fgsiE?s fUVfi BKIOVs. Both tbe method and results whea Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to tbe taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and f even and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro dnced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its cation and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only f ran the most healthyand agreeablerabetanees, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the moat popuar remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drag gists. Any reliable druggist who may not hare it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do int accept asry substitute. uuFotmu m srmm ca. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. ilew Successful Farmers Operate This Depertaaeat of ibe Farm A Few Hints as to tbe Care of live stock and Poultry; QuaUty, Not Quantity. A mistake in mating means a great deal. It Is like a farmer planting poor seed corn and in the fall being re warded for his season's work by nub blngs, writes T. F. Rigg in American Poultry Journal. The most common mistake in mating pens is putting in too many females. This is especially true of the beginner who has but one pen. lie has raised 18 to 20 pullets from tWo or three sittings of eggs pur chased of a reliable breeder. The birds are an even lot In appearance, and he takes it for granted all will make godd breeders. Here is where he makes a great mistake. He should critically examine each female, after selecting the male bird. He should take only the very best of these, and if he finds but three or four which fulfill the re quirements, these and these alone should be used in the breeding pens. By so doing he will raise stock supe rior to that he would secure by sim ply putting in the pen as many fe males as tbe male can care for regard less of fitness. In the fall he will have a uniform and valuable lot of chicks, with but few culls. He can give these chicks better care during the summer than he could give three or four times tbe number. I like to breed from nature birds, but as all our birds must be pullets or tockerels be fore they are matrons and sires we must use them very often the first year. If possible mate pullets to a two or three year old cock. In such a male bird we have known quality, for most defects in a bird come out ut the time of the first moulting and surely at the second moulting. Two-year-old hens mated to a cockerel is a most satisfac tory and successful mating. We all learn by experience that chicks from hens are more vigorous than chicks from pullets. Remember that in a marked degree "like produces like." Do not put a fowl into your breeding pen that is seriously defective in any point. Do not make a mistake in supposing that an extra fine male will overcome serious defects in his mates. It takes a strong point in cither parent to overcome even a weak one in the other parent. Tbe male bird may be half the pen, but he is not. and can uot be more. As stated, keep the fe males down in number, looking to quality only. Select the very best male bird you have and choose the females as nearly like him as possible, instead of balancing defects and merit and putting in any large number of fe males. ThiB thing of balancing de fects and merit and expecting a pen containing a large number of females of only ordinary quality to give us a lot of extra line stock Is a delusion and fraud. A roultry Talk. (Condensed from l-'atmei' Review Sten ograplilc Report of Illinois Hound up In stitution, held at Champaign. Feb.. 21-23.) The poultry interests of Illinois were set forth by Hon. U. S. Griffith, who said in part: "Uniformity of size and color of meat Is highly preferred In shipments for market. Let your flock of poultry be uniform for tbe same reasons that you seek uniformity In your herd of cattle or swine. Do not condemn a va riety because some unscrupulous fel low succeeded in getting off on you some unrepresentative specimens at high prices. Buy your breeding stock of a fancier, a real live, wide-awake chicken crank. I do uot mean that sort of a fancier who fancies fowls because they bring fancy prices, but a real lov er of fowls, a man who observes the good qualities of a certain strain, and goes to work to develop that strain. After a breed has been chosen, tbe stock secured and the farmer has fully decided to go into poultry raising, a few observations will not be out of place.. First, as to shelter and ground. From my observations at the different farms upou which I have seen poultry I believe this is tbe essential thing iu starting; fowls must have shelter from rain and storm. They cannot stand tbe winter. The shelter should be made so tight that they are free from drafts. They are tender in the matter of con tracting colds. In regard to sanitary conditions, 1 think tbe cause of more failures than anything else, and all tbe diseases we have among our fowls may be traced back to a lack of good sani tary conditions. Filth breeds vermin, and vermin is the source of nine tenths of tbe disease that carries off our poultry. Tbe keeping clean of poultry houses is a very important thing. Many times the young chicks are kept iu the same coops until they are wcaued and put into the trees: Tbey will acquire vermin and come out weak. "In the matter of feeding on tbe farm many times the poultry are allowed to forage, and they find plenty of food, but it does not come in the proper way nor is it of the proper kind. They should be fed what suits them at that age. I think young chicks on a farm are usually starved. They have plenty of food in a general way, but of food suiting them they do not get enough, and they come up starved until they get whole corn, and then tbey get more than they need. In conclusion, I want to say that if tbe Illinois farm is to be preserved in ail its fertility, more fowls should be raised, and the pro ducts should be more varied. More land should be devoted to vegetables, and the delicious berries and larger fruits; more honey should be produced and more fowls, as well as tbe heavier products, for which our state Is known. Make the farm home so sweet that he who leaves it In aspiring youth will have none but pleasant recollections." One Kind of Counterfeiting. The Minnesota law which requires oleomargarine, butterine, etc., to be colored a bright pink, in order that people who wish to use it may know it at sight, and not have butter palmed off on them as a substitute, has again been decided constitutional, this time by Judge Locbren of the United States District Court, says Texas Stock and Farm Journal. If tbis decision holds it may lead to further legislation thor ough enough to gradually force out of tbe market all imitations of food prod ucts, or limit their sale3 to the demand of those who know just what tbey are buying. Every farmer and dairyman in Texas is Interested in having such a law as the Minnesota enactment adopted and rigorously enforced in our own state. A good deal has been said to the discredit of Texas because so much food stuff that ought to be pro duced here is brought in from other states, and butter, so-called, is one of the articles largely brought from else where, though a large proportion of the Northern "butter" is one or other of the imitations, so cheaply made as tare ths pars article. Ths Jonrnal aaa not a word to say condemnatory f any legitimate competition with any industry of our people. As against such competition we can "either hold our own, or ws can surrender ths so sltiou and occupy another. But thsst mixtures in Imitation of butter and lard and pare syrup and a score of oth er food articles ire frauds, pure and simple, and the government does not fulfill Its duty to tne citlxeS whew It gives license to siich frauds t6 meet the honest products of our industry, so dis guised that only experts can tell the true from the false by the appearance of each. The man who adulterates food or manufactures Imitations of pure food and fraudulently palms them off for commercial gain Is on the same plane as the man. who raises the fig ures on a note or counterfeits a coin, and the community ought to have thf same protection against aim. :! Value of fabtfredlial Arguments which have been tised against the tuberculin test ate men tioned and refuted, and It is shown that where there is a possibility of danger there is danger, says a contem porary. An apparently sound udder does not guarantee non-tuberculous milk. The "preponderance of tubercu losis with poor ventilation, but good stables and ventilation do not neces sarily prevent infection. The tuber culin test Is both accurate and practi cal, and It Is not Injurious to the health of a sound animal. With those that are tuberculosis It may have a cura tive effect when the Infection has been recent or is of limited extent, and it may aid a tendency to recover In other cases. The author Is of the opin ion that the tuberculin test should be made a condition of the granting of licenses to sell, and should be made twice a year. Only tested bulls should be used, and calves from tuberculous mothers should be reared upon milk from non-tuberculous cows of upon sterilized milk. Relative to the sub ject of tuberculous attendants for cat tle the author thinks that the danger from this source has been over-estimated. French Butter Losing the English Market From a report recently is sued by the French government, a re markable decline in the exportation of French butter to the United King dom is noticed. The falling off has been general with regard to this class of exports, but it is as far as the Eng lish market is concerned that the de cline has been most marked. The value of salt butter sent to the United King dom in 1890 was 3.040.000. in 1891 It fell to 2.320,000. in 182 to 2.280.000, in 1893 to 1,920,000, in 1894 it rose to 1.920.000, to fall again in 1895 to 1.560.000; and in 1896 It amounted to 2.360,000. The English market for fresh butter from France is in a worse state still. Tbe average value of tbe export from 1872 to 1881 was 154. 711. and from 1882 to 1891 only 115, C02. In 1892 the value decreased to 104.000, In 1893 to 34.000. In 1894 to 11.280, in 1895. to 5.000, and In 1S9G it amounted to only 1.920. Ex. Protection from Uirdliug. Where fruit trees are kept cultivated there is little danger from their being girdled by mice or rabbits it the ground is free from weeds or trash of any kind. But around tbe edges of tho orchard there is often danger of the pests coming in from the outside and doing their work. Mr. S. C Rowell says in an exchange that the greatest danger to likely to occur in orchards that are In sod or near woodland. Old trees seldom are attacked, but young ones should always receive some protection. Where noth ing but mice are feared the simplest and easiest protection Is a bank of earth heaped up around the base of the tree to tbe height of a foot If this has been neglected a solid tramping of the snow around the trunks will turn tbe mice away. The Lazy Sow. The over lazy sow should be avoided, for she is likely to lie down upon lies little ones, while they are yet too young to get out of the way, and crush them. This fault Is not likely to be developed in young sows as in those that have grown old er and have farrowed several litters of pigs. Some sows are always careful of their pigs, no matter how old they grow or how many litters they have farrowed. Every breeder has noticed that when certain sows desire to suckle their young, they will lie carerully down on tbe belly then slowly turn over on the side. This sow never kills auy of her pigs by "overlaying" them. Ex. Spruce Trees of Alaska. The United States commission that has been visit ing Southeastern Alaska reports that tbe country is heavily wooded, trees extending from the water side up the mountains for 2.000 feet or more. The most common and widely distributed of the forest trees is the Sitkan spruce. In some places were seen trees or tbis variety of great size. Near boine of the saw mills were seen logs 100 feet k2 and four or five feet In diameter. It is doubtful it a milking machine can be found tbat will give better sat isfaction than tbe human band. TO TEST FOOD. To test milk polish an ordinary-knlt-tiug needle with emery cloth and dust it. Thrust it Into the milk and with draw IU It the milk be of average quality It will form a wbite. greasy coating to the needle, whereas, if de ficient in fat-that Is. watered the needle will look as though dipped in milky water. Coffee which Is suspected of con taining chicory may be sprinkled on the surface of a glass of clear water. Coffee floats, while the chicory, being heavy, sinks, leaving a brown trail through tbe water. Chicory Is soft to the touch and will crumble between the fingers, unlike the bard, gritty par ticles of coffee. As is well known, preserved peas very often contain considerable quantities of copper. In order to preserve the green "color of the peas. The liquid in which the peas are packed is emptied into a clean narrow glass a slender flower vase will serve the purpose admirably and about a salt-spoonful of lemon juice Is added; a well-polished knit ting needle is allowed to remain in the glass over night. It will then as far as tbe liquid reaches be coated witb bright brown metallic copper. Tea to often mixed witb other leaves, metallic substances such as iron, man ganese or sand to Increase the weight, or "facing" coating the leaves with indigo or Prussian blue to make them green. Soak the leaves in water aad unroll on a glass and examine with a microscope. The construction of a tea leaf is so different from any other leaf it may readily be distinguished. Bruise some tea and cut up, then pass a magnet over it Particles ef metal will cling to the magnet If a teaspoon ful of tea which Is colored Is thrown in water which is warm particles of indigo, if It has been used, will sink OVERWORKED WOMEN. to Mrs. Pinkhnm From Women "Who Haw. Boem Sickness or Health. TAeotuTnarjeraryylifeofmostoiOTrwomenisacea How much harder the daily tasks become whea sow derangement of the female organs makes every movement painful ana keeps the nervous system unstrung! The following letter from Mrs. Walter S. 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