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Always take you wife into your
confidence and let her help you work
out the hard problems.
Care must always be taken in feed
Ins new oats after old dry oats. The
change should be gradual.
The last call to clean out all the
stock which will not pay their way
through the winter season.
Foed all stock so that there will be
a gain. It is a losing business to feed
so as to just keep them even.
Ask the wife's advice and follow it
after it is given. You cannot go far
wrong when you trust her judgment.
Keep the skim milk on the farm.
You cannot afford to let it go. Get a
separator, sell the cream and feed the
milk to the pigs and calves.
A windbreak for the orchard would
prove a good thing and evergreens are
about the best for this purpose. Plan
to set some out in the spring.
Plan to Improve die long winter
evenings By some course of study or
reading and In planning out the work
for next season. Try each year to
have new ideas worked out.
One method of feeding molasses to
horses or other stock Is to mix it with
water and dampen the hay which has
been cut into short lengths. Then to
this the ground feed may be added.
Fall plowing of the ground is good
both because it exposes many insects
to the killing frosts of winter, and
also because it puts the ground into
condition for early planting in the
spring.
If you have kept a record of your
field operations and made note of soil
and crop conditions during the grow
ing season you will have valuable
memoranda for comparison with the
actual results obtained and will thus
be able intelligently to determine what
arc the best methods for you to follow
in your farm operations.
Plan work for the rainy days. A
sood job for the days when the weath
er shuts you in is that of going over
the harness, oiling and repairing it A
majority of farmers are very slack in
the way in which they care for the
harness. Cleaning and oiling and re
pairing weak places will make harness
last twice as long as it will under
conditions of neglect.
The department of agriculture has
estimated that the crop values will
mount up to eight billions of dollars
live hundred millions more than last
year. Who dares to say that this
has been a poor year? It has been a
trying one in some respects and some
sections have suffered, but taken as a
whole the farmers have done better
than ever before. Praise God from
'whom all blessings flow.
To have good silage one must have
a good silo. If you are going to
build one and want to get the best in
formation regarding the best types
of silos, send to the Iowa Agricultural
college for its recent bulletin on silo
construction. This bulletin gives in
condensed form the advantages and
tlisad vantages of all the various types
of silos, together with practical hints
on their construction. Profuse illus
trations aid in making the meaning
clear. It is a pamphlet that will be
invaluable to any farmer or dairyman
who is contemplating the erection of
a silo.
Farmers who are in any way en
gaged in fruit raising will be inter
ested in the program planned by the
Illinois State Horticultural society for
its annual convention at Champaign.
It proposes to give a course of lec
tures and laboratory work along prac
tical horticultural lines in addition to
the usually interesting program,
which includes instruction in the prop
agation of plants by seeds, cutting
and grafting, the grading and packing
of fruits and the selection and judg
ing of exhibition fruits. Three whole
days will be devoted to the subject of
spraying, in its various phases. Three
sessions will be given to the study
and demonstration of pruning fruit
trees. Due attention will be given to
landscape gardening, floriculture and
vegetable gardening.
All the uncultivated, unproductive
lands are not to be found in the great
arid west, nor in the swamp lands of
some of our southeastern states. They
are to be found in small patches on in
numerable farms throughout the coun
try. And why so? Because our
farmers are thoughtless and careless
and do not by the best methods get
the best out of their soil. By special
treatment there is scarcely a square
foot of ground on any farm which can
not be made to pay a profit. How
much of your farm is practically
worthless? Study it up. Don't let
it lie idle any longer. If it needs
draining, tile it. If it needs buiJdng
up, put stock on it and fertilize it.
Find out what is the matter with it
and then apply the remedy. Your state
agricultural college stands ready to
help you. Get the advice of the ex
perts to be found there. Not one
quarter of our farmers are availing
themselves of the helping hand which
our state agricultural experts are only
too glad to extend to every one who
asketh.
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Mongrel stock never brougat sac
cess to a poultry raiser.
Ground troubled with white crabs
should be fall plowed.
Corn and oats ground together make
a fine ration for the stock.
It's the slovenly farmer who allows
the chickens to roost in the barn.
Cleanliness is an essential factor in
successful sheep fanning. Provide
clean drinking water, and clean yards.
Wheat can't be beat as a poultry
feed, but corn should be fed with it
to supply the starchy food needed.
Go through the orchard and destroy
all cocoons and egg clusters on trunks,
branches, etc. Clean up the ground,
also, and burn the litter.
Clean milk cannot be produced from
cows kept in filthy surroundings.
There is nothing which is so easily
contaminated as milk.
i
Corn is not objectionable as a ra
tion for the brood sow if too much
is not fed and if oats or other grain
rich In protein is provided.
Twenty parts common lime, five
parts salt and 15 parts of water when
mixed well and then bottled make
good fire extinguishing grenades.
Let us raise more sheep and supply
the constantly increasing demand for
wool. Altogether too much wool has
to be imported. The farms would be
better and the fanners richer if they
raised more sheep.
Put the farm tools and machines up
for the winter, but before doing so
be sure they are cleaned and oiled.
The time spent now will not only pro
long the life of the tools but will
save you valuable time in the spring.
Care for the cows right now and
they wiy keep up the milk flow all
winter. It is in the fall when the
change from summer to winter condi
tions is made that most cows suffer.
Let the change be as gradual as pos
sible. You are burning up good money
when you burn up the leaves. Save
them for bedding or rake in a pile
and cover over with branches to pre
vent blowing away. It will make fine
compost for the garden and for pot
ting plants.
Scatter wood ashes around the poul
try yard. They will purify the ground
and the chickens will pick up the
small bits of charcoal. This is good
for them. And this reminds us to urge
you not to forget to provide suitable
grits for them.
To mark your tools effectively do
It with nitric acid. Place beeswax or
tallow on place where metal is to be
eaten out and scratch the letters
through the wax. Pour the acid in the
groove thus formed and after a few
minutes clean off and you will find
your name in the steel to stay.
The Texas experiment station has
by test shown that in feeding a ton of
cotton seed meal having a fertilizer
valuation of $29.50 to fattening ani
mals, that portion of its fertility
which passes into the solid excrement
has a valuation of about $12.40, and
that which passes into the urine of
about $15. Here is proof of the im
portance of saving the liquid manure.
One of the indications that there is
a growing interest in agriculture is
the increasing space which the maga
zines of the country are giving to sub
jects of this kind. Not a month goes
by now but that one or more of the
big magazines have articles on agri
cultural tonics. "The Awakening ol
the Farmer, in October Atlantic,
should be specially helpful and sug
gestive to the farmer.
More gasoline engines are finding
their way en to the farm every year.
A good indication oT the improvement
in this direction is found in the in
creasing exhibits each year of gaso
line engines at the state and county
fairs and the interest shown by farm
ers in these exhibits. Even on the
small farm where the call for power
is small, the use of the gasoline en
gine is proving itself of economic
value.
Tt would be Interesting, nay, rather
appalling. If accurate figures were ob
tainable as to the losses sustained by
farmers every year through neglect
of farm machinery. How much of the
machinery of your farm has been
properly housed and cared for for the
winter? Remember it Is not enough tc
push the machine into the shed after
bringing it from the field. It should
be cleaned and oiled thoroughly so
that rust cannot get in its destructive
work.
Why not a course of study in sales
manship in our agricultural colleges?
If there is one point in which the av
erage farmer is weak it is knowing
how to dispose of his produce to the
best advantage. Such a course could
be arranged to teach the farmer what
he should know about the distribution
of the farm products of the world.
He will then learn to dispose of his
goods scientifically, just as to-day the
advanced farmer raises his scien
tifically. Lime sulphur wash for spraying for
San Jose scale is made as follows:
To make 150 gallons of the mixture,
take 65 pounds of best stone lime and
50 pounds of sulphur. Make a paste of
the sulphur and have from 15 to 20
gallons of boiling water in an iron
caldron over a brisk fire. Into this
put the lime, immediately adding the
sulphur paste. This is rapidly cooked,
40 or 50 minutes, or longer, or until
it looks as red as canned tomatoes.
It must be vigorously stirred all the
while, when it gets as smooth as glass.
Then add a sufficient amount of hot
water to make 150 gallons. Strain
through fine wire sieve or netting, and
apply while mixture is still warm. Use
a good pump with a high pressure,
and coat every twig. The time to
spray for the San Jose scale is in the
fall or the early spring, while the
leaves are off.
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The German kaiser has four sisters,
all of whom are younger than himself.
The first sister is Princess Charlotte
of Saxe-Meiningen. who is married,
and is now 48 years of age. The sec
ond is Princess Victoria, married to
Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe,
and is now in her forty-third year.
The third is Princess Sophie, who
made the best match of all, being mar
ried in her nineteenth year to Crown
Prince Constantine of Greece. She is
now 38 years of age. The fourth and
youngest is Princess Margaret, who
celebrated her thirty-sixth birthday in
April last She married Prince Fred
erick Charles of Hesse.
The princesses are all true Hohen
zollerns, though they differ very much
in their mental capacity and tastes.
The eldest of them, Princess Char
lotte, is a good deal like the kaiser
himself. She blurts out whatever
comes into her mind, and sometimes
opposes her imperial brother In a very
spirited sort of fashion, so that the
kaiser is a little bit afraid of her.
Crown Princess Sophie of Greece has
a special grievance against her broth
er, because, when Greece last made
war on Turkey, in 1897, the kaiser
gave his sympathy entirely to the
Turks. German artillerymen were
present in the Turkish army, and
Greece was beaten to her knees in a
campaign of 31 days. Princess Sophie's
husband, Constantine, is in Greece
usually styled the duke of Sparta.
Princess Victoria, the wife of
Prince Adolf, is the least clever of the
four sisters. It was originally intend
ed that she should marry Prince Alex
ander of Battenberg, but happily Bis
marck interfered to prevent the match,
and Alexander opportunely died. At
a family meeting Crown Princess
Sophie is said to have asked in a de
spairing mind: "What can our broth
er admire in that nasty old sultan?"
To which Princess Victoria replied:
"Ask my husband. He must know;
for the kaiser tells him everything."
Prince Adolf, being thus appealed to,
explained in these words:
"William says that he likes the sul
tan because he is the embodiment of
absolutism. He is a ruler who has
resolved to reign even at the cost of
seeing half his people killed so that
the other half may learn to obey."
All these royal ladies combine in
their personality a regal bearing and
a handsome presence. They are far
better favored in this respect than
was their mother, Princess Victoria,
daughter of Queen Victoria of Eng
land. She was the queen's oldest
child, and was plain to a degree. In
fact, she was keenly aware of this
herself, though she was never sensi
tive about it, and used to speak about
it with a touch of derision. She had
the fortune to marry Grown Prince
Frederick of Prussia (afterwards Em
peror Frederick of Germany), who was
the most superbly handsome prince in
Europe.
It was about the time of her be
trothal to him that she is said to have
been found one day by Queen Victoria
examining her face carefully in the
mirror. The princess turned around
slowly, and with a comical grimace,
remarked with an air of Intense con
viction: Swindlers' Ruse.
The Toulouse police have arrested
a gang of swindlers, whose stock in
trade was a beautiful old cabinet and
considerable effrontery.
With these they took on lease for
the summer an old castle near Tou
louse, and hired a venerable-looking
old lady to act as its owner. They
then found an amateur, took him to
the castle and sold him the cabinet
Then they invited the victim to
lunch, and while he was eating the
meal the real cabinet was replaced by
a perfect imitation, which eventually
the victim carried off with him.
The swindlers, before their arrest,
succeeded In selling their cabinet 33
times at prices varying from $500 to
$3,250.
Bad Luck.
"Mother," said five-year-old Jack,
"how much older than you is father?"
"Just 13 years," replied tho unsus
pecting parent
"Well, mother," seriously continued
the child, "the next time yon marry,
don't marry a man 13 years older than
you; don't you know it la bad luck?"
OF THE
PRINCES rSOPHE
"Mother, I look exactly like a white
nigger."
Therefore, such good looks as these
Hohenzollern princesses have come to
them wholly from their father. Prin
cess Charlotte and Princess Sophie
are the most attractive, and they have
both kept their youth remarkably
well, "'he youngest of the four. Prin
cess Margaret, resembles her mother
more than do any of the others. All
of them are expert at riding and open
air diversions. Princess Victoria Is
one of the best horsewomen In Eu
rope. She Is very fond of the sport.
As said above, Princess Charlotte Is
not at all impressed with her imperial
brother's dignity. Some time ago the
kaiser- caused to be published a piece
of music known as "The Song of
Aeigir," of which he himself claimed
to be the composer. The piece was
performed at the Royal opera house
in Berlin, and all of the courtiers pro
nounced it a remarkable piece of
music. Princess Charlotte, however,
was secretly amused, and, having
some ideas of her own on the subject,
privately questioned the kaiser's adju
tant. Count von Moltke.
"Tell me," said she, "who helped
his majesty to put together that fear
ful song?"
The adjutant was very much embar
rassed, and tried to avoid a direct an
swer. Finally, when hard pressed, he
said:
"His majesty composed the song."
"Yes," said the princess, "that is, of
course, the official version. But what
I want you to tell me is just how his
majesty did it."
"At the piano," replied the adjutant.
Princess Charlotte smiled ironically.
"Yes," said she, "but since when has
his majesty learned to play the
piano?" Her tone was disconcerting.
A little later she showed Count von
Moltke that she was quite well aware
that he had composed the music, and
that the orchestration had been done
by Dr. Becker, who afterward received
a decoration as a reward for his as
sistance and his silence In the affair.
Many other stories are told of the
cleverness and humor of Princess
Charlotte, who finds the kaiser's
formal functions a good deal of a
bore. Indeed, she is quite democratic
in her irreverence for court forms; so
much so that the empress once said of
her: "She demoralizes the younger
officers."
Easy.
"Have you mapped out no career
for your son?"
"Yep, a sort of a career."
"But you do not seem to concern
yourself much about his education."
"Nope, he won't need no education,
we're going to run him for vice-president!"
Houston Post.
After the Call.
"Don't you find Miss Tacit very
dull?"
"No, I find her quite refreshing. She
never has anything to say. Most girls
have nothing to say, and say it Miss
Tacit has nothing to say and doesn't
say it"
Inexpensive, But Effective.
An expensive touring car stood un
attended in front of City college on
Amsterdam avenue on Sunday morn
ing. A man and woman walked by.
The man carried a camera. An idea
dawned upon the woman. After the
two had looked about carefully she
stepped into the tonneau of the car,
turned and rested a hand on the back
as if about to alight. The man
pressed the button and the camera did
the rest For a background besides
the automobile, which she did not
own, the picture has the impression
of the showy college building. It made
a luxurious setting and no doubt will
have the desired effect on out-of-town
recipients of the photographs.
It is said that Emperor William of
Germany has always been careful that
the ancestral cradle of the Hohenzol
lerns should be used for each infant
member of his family in succession.
This cradle is over two centuries old
and is of curiously carved black oak;
It is supposed to protect the baby who
sleeps in it from convulsions and other
childish ailments.
I Washington Whisperings J
f Interesting Bits of Nawt Gatltrd t
at tli National Capital. f
Yale Classmates to
WASHINGTON. The "rough ri
ders" of the Taft administration
will be the members of the Yale class
of 1878. When Roosevelt became
president the soldiers of his famous
regiment became the White House
pets. The Rough Rider colonel never
overlooked an opportunity to show his
affection for his comrades by granting
them favors of great and small im
portance. The fondness of the presi
dent for his cowboys and quick shoot
ers was so pronounced that it had a
marked effect on the popular under
standing of his administration.
Mr. Taft's personal loyalty and de
votion will go to an entirely different
set of men. The one set of men whom
he places above others in sentimental
and affectionate regard is made up of
the youngsters, now grown up, who
graduated at Yale in 1878. Nearly all
of these men are now a little over 50
years of age, and most of them un
der 55.
Those in good health are in active
occupations, and a large number have
made their marks in various lines.
They live in many countries of the
world and cover wide ranges of work.
Classified, the largest body is com
New Mistress Will Do
THE next mistress of the White
House will go shopping just as ladies
ot less exalted position, in the city
stores. The Washington store-keepers
are elated. In the next three
months Washington women will order
enough gowns to last two years. It is
always so in the winter preceding the
inauguration of a new president
That Mrs. Taft is so friendly to
Washington means many thousands ot
dollars to them. Not many years has
a president been elected who practi
cally considered Washington his home.
In the matter of clothes Mrs. Taft
is a woman of the plain type. While
well and usually handsomely gowned
her clothes are never the first thing
which attracts the attention of the
stranger. Her taste runs to the plain
cloth and rich silks. She Is em
phatically not the tailor-made silk
lined woman. Her favorite colors for
the street are brown and gray and for
evening wear pink, almost invariably.
She has never appeared in an im
ported gown. She has had a number
"Wash Ladies" Must Have a Li
f LICENSED (M I
WASHINGTON is now unquestion
ably the most governed city on
earth. It stands without a rival in
the matter of statutes and regula
tions. Congress enacts the laws and
a triumvirate of commissioners pre
scribe the rules under which people
may live and move and have a being.
Each and every walk of life Is plas
tered with regulations. These range
all the way from supervision of wash
erwomen to the control of corpora
tions. And so it came to pass that the
other day the local health department
was besieged by washerwomen, all
seeking the required license by means
of which they may be enabled to
sneak the week's laundry of the or
dinary taxpayer home without the
whole bundle being confiscated by a
vigilant inspector. Every "lady" who
takes in washing, and they are esti
maetd to number more than 3,000,
must obtain a permit within 30 days
Tons of Campaign
THE government printing office was
an important factor in the recent
presidential campaign. This institu
tion turned out for the Republican and
Democratic parties 7,418,700 copies of
speeches delivered in congress, sur
passing all previous records by 3,000,
000 copies.
The total weight of campaign
speeches printed since the beginning
of the Sixtieth congress exceeds 400.
000 pounds, or about 14 car loads.
The printed sheets would completely
cover 45 square acres of ground, and
if each page could be laid end to end
a bicycle track 947 miles long could
be obtained.
The number of words contained in
this year's run of speeches have been
roughly estimated at 230,000,000,000.
With the newspaper calculation of four
readers to each copy, this would re
quire the assimilation of nearly 1,000,
000,000,000 words.
The printing of speeches in the gov
ernment printing office for members
of the senate and house of representa
tives has been reduced to an exact
science through years of experience.
Be TaitV Intimates
posed of teachers, and next come the
ministers.
These are" the Bens, the 'Bobs, the
Jims of the next president As boys
and men they have been closest to
his heart. He knows their wives and
their children. .No matter how busy,
he is always ready to hear about a
new baby or grandchild or an old
classmate. With many he keeps up a
correspondence. He may not appoint
as many of them to office as Roose
velt did Rough Riders, but the White
House doors are sure to be open to
them. These are the men who will
come and get their names in the pa
pers, instead; of the bristling, noisy
Rough Riders.
A few of the most prominent mem
bers of the class are:
Herbert W. Bowen, diplomatist; he
was serving as minister to Venezue
la while Taft was secretary of war,
and was recalled by President Roose
velt because of certain diplomatic in
discretions. Before being appointed to
Venezuela he was minister to Persia.
W. H. Law, former member of the
Connecticut legislature and former as
sistant tax commissioner of New York.
James Briggs McEwan, Republican
leader in Albany and for three terms
member of the state senate.
Merrill Moores, formerly assistant
attorney general of Indiana.
James Protus Piggot, formerly a
member of congress from Connecticut.
Majiro Taneka Tajlri, vice minister
of finance of Japan in 1892 and en
nobled in 1895 for service in the war
with China.
Her Own Shopping
of evening gowns made of the fascinat
Ing, filmy Philippine fabrics, which she
brought back to the states with her
after her long residence in Manila.
And yet she brought only what she
might have actual need of in the near
fture. According to her thrifty nature,
she purchases only what she can see
a use for. Mrs. Taft has never been
wealthy. Her money is always spent
judiciously.
Mrs. Taft patronizes always the con
servative establishments. Good val
ue for the money is what she looks
for first in shopping. She rarely goes
into the cheap stores, except for unim
portant articles, which careful women
know how to buy. During her resi
dence in Washington she has done her
purchasing mainly in the shops along
F street
Mrs. Taft and her daughter are both
careful buyers. In doing Christmas
shopping, they rarely are guilty of pur
chasing useless trifles. They go about
months before the holiday week, and
by the time other Christmas shoppers
are beginning to think of buying, their
gifts are bought and carefully put
away, carefully labeled, awaiting the
auspicious day. In this respect Mrs.
Taft is much like Mrs. Roosevelt, only
that Mrs. Roosevelt does much of her
gift shopping in the jewelry shops,
while Mrs. Taft is. more apt to look
in the department or notion stores.
or retire from business. As a conse
quence women of all colors and ages
are leaving their names and applica
tion for the coveted license. More
than 500 have already requested per
mission to continue the vocation of
cleansing wearing apparel.
It is understood some learned in
spector discovered dangerous mi
crobes in his starched shirt front, and
hence the order that all washerwomen
must take out permits. It is intend
ed to examine all places where family
laundering is performed and see that
they are put in a perfectly sanitary
condition. Otherwise the business of
cleansing them must cease.
A regulation was promulgated that
objectionable noises must be elim
inated. Soft pedals were to be put
on the early garbage collection wa
gons, and the negro with superabun
dant joy was instructed to cease whis
tling after dark.
VAU dogs must be muzzled or held
in leash. All homeless cats are
supposedly gathered up by the pound
master. All newsboys must have a license,
before selling papers. Every cash girl
and office boy under 14 years of age
must have his or her little permit be
fore. Loitering on the streets is pro
hibited. Sent by Frank
The printing is paid for by the mem
ber of congress drawing the requisi
tion, but the mailing is done by frank,
at public expense.
HE HIT HIS MARK.
During the recent territorial maneu
vers the subject of rifle shooting fre
quently cropped up at one of the of
ficers' messes.
"I'll bet anyone here a box of
cigars," said Lieut. A., "that I can fire
20 shots at 200 yards, and tell, without
waiting for the marker, the result of
each one correctly."
"Done!" cried Maj. B. And the
whole mess turned out early the next
morning to witness the experiment
The lieutenant fired.
"Miss!" he announced calmly.
Another shot.
"Miss!" he repeated.
A third shot.
Miss!"
"Here, hold on!" put in Maj. B.
"What are you trying to do? You're
not firing for the target!"
"Of course not!" was the cool re
sponse. "I'm firing for those cigars!"
And he got them. Answers.
His Failing Sight'
"Walter, I asked you for green tea."
"That is green tea, sir."
"Oh, it it? I must be getting color
blind. I thought it was blonde." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
TO CURE A COUGH
Or Break a CeU in 24 Haura .
Mix two ounces of Glycerine aaa a
half oaace of Virgin (Ml of Piae coat
poand pure witk a half pint of Straight
Whisky. Shake well and take a tea
spoonful every four hoars.
The genuine Virgin Oil of Plae.coav
"pound pare Is prepared oaly by The
Leach, Chemical Ca. CiadaaatL Ohio,
fJad Is put up only, ia hakT-oaac Mala.
4ach vial securely sealed fca roaai
xpoden case to insure its freshaeai
JKd purity.
USED TO IT.
Old Gent Are yon not ashamed to
stand there listening; to sach awful
language?
The Boy Oh course I ain't Fm a
coif caddie.
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM
The following Is a never faffing rata
edy for rheumatism, and if followed
up it will effect a complete cure of
the very worst cases: "Mix one-half
pint of good whiskey with oaa ounce
of Toris Compound and add oae ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each
meal and at bedtime. The ingre
dients can be procured at any drug
store and easily mixed at home.
A Terror to His Kind.
A certain congressman is the father
of a bright lad of ten, who persists, de
spite the parental objection and de
cree, in reading literature of the "half
dime" variety.
"That's a nice way to be spending;
your time," said the father on one oc
casion. "What's your ambition, any
how?" "Dad." responded the youngster,
with a smile, "I'd like to have people
tremble like aspen leaves at the mere
mention of my name." Llpplncotfs.
Laundry work at hoste
mach more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired Btlffness, It is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric la
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This troa
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as It can be applied
much more thinly because of Its great
ar strength than other makes.
An Autocrat
"Do yoH think that the people ought
to rule?" asked the patriot
"Don't ask me," answered the nerv
ous man. "I'm prejudiced against the
idea. I'm a baseball umpire."
This woman says she was savea!
from an operation by Iydia XL
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
XenaV. Henry? of NorristoMvn, Ga,
writes to Mrs. Pinkliam:
" I suffered untold misery from fe
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
tion was the only chance ,1 had, and I
dreaded it almost as much as death.;
"One day I read how other women,
had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and I decided to
try it Before I had taken the first
bottle I was better, and now I axn en
tirely cured.
"Every woman snfFering' with any
female trouble should take Lydia xL
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.'
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion, dizzmessornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address. Lynn. Ma aa.
Western Canada
MORE BIQ CROPS IN I90S
Another 60,000 set
tlers from the United
States. New dis
tricts opened for set
tlement. 320 acres
of land to each set
tier. 160 free
homestead and 160 at $3.00 per acre.
"A vast rich country and a contented proa
perous people. Extract front cvrrtilcruttnce
ef a XatLrul Edttor. tehoie visit to U'esirrm
Canada, in August. IQoS. vrai an initirattju.
Many havs paid the entire cost of their
farms and had s. balance of from $10.00 to
$20.00 per acre as s. result of one crop.
. Spring wheat, winter wheat, cats, barley,
flax and peas are the principal crops, while
the wild grasses brine to perfection the
i best cattle that have ever teen sold on
the Chicago market.
Splendid climate, schools and churches
in all localities. Railways touch most of
the settled districts, and prices for produce
are always good. Lands may also be pur
chased from railway and land companies.
For pamphlets, maps and inforrnatioa
regarding low railway rates, apply to
Syi1ilUBtrffnHin
Ottawa. Cmd
or to the aetsorised Canadian Govt Aseat:
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