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- -w w - . T " r "t "". f- i " " ! - ii trjMflLiXiS mms. & MEW STRENGTH FOR WOMEN BACKS. "i-f " &. ?! : J 8 ' 1 U V Y r FROM - BmMin (?oM Burn out the tent caterpillar nests. The sheep should never be handlled roughly. The non-layer makes a good eater for the table. Horses with tender shoulders should have sweat pads used upon them. With the lightening of the work lighten up on the feed ration for the horse. A handful or oil meal daily in the horse's ration will help put a gloss upon his coat. The wife will prove your best coun sellor. Listen to her and many a legal complication will be spared. Milk is good for the hens as well as the pigs. See if you cannot spare them some. It helps to make eggs. How are the drains about the house? Time to think about getting them in good shape for the winter months. Hold the wheat in the bin rather than sell at too low a price. It is al most certain to run into money before the year is over. Food left in the trough by the hogs is the best kind of evidence that you arc feeding too generously. Feed only what will be eaten up clean. To produce good eggs and get them on the market in the best possible condition one must provide good housing, food and water regularly, and above all keep the nests clean. Eggs should be gathered daily, and when the temperature is high they should be gathered twice a day. Re ject all doubtful eggs and keep the eggs in as col a place as possible. Much has been said in the papers about "petroleum butter," and the curiosity if not the anxiety of the dairy farmers has been excited. Dairy Commissioner Foust of Phila delphia secured a sample of "petrole um butter" and had it analyzed. He found it was composed of SO per cent, vaseline, two per cent, salt and 10 per cent, cornstarch. The rest was water. The sample looked much like vaseline and is said to taste like it. Mr. Foust decided that it could not be sold as butter. Drained soils are generally well ventilated soils, for as the water per colates through and lowers the water table, it draws an equal amount of air into the soil. Then when another rain falls and a sheet of water is formed on the surface of the field, it presses down upon the soil air, and has a ten dency to force it out through the drains, and in settling draws another volume of air into the soil, so that every shower helps to change the air in a drained field. The drains them selves contitute ventilating fines by means of which air circulates through the soil more or less because of changes in temperature and baro metric. The simplest form of silo is the stave silo. It should be made from two-inch narrow plank, properly bev eled and held together by strong iron bands. The staves, after bevel ing so that when fitted together they will form a circle of the desired size, are placed on end on a solid founda tion and properly fitted. These are strengthened and held in place by strong iron hoops, which are so made that they may be tightened or loos ened at will. Doors should be built at intervals from the top to the bot tom so that the silage may easily be got out. It is not necessary to put a roof on this silo, but it is much to be preferred. This style of the silo should be kept well painted, both in side and out. If properly built and taken care of a stave silo is durable, rigid and air-tight Gapes in young chickens is caused. according to Prof. H. A. Surface, state zoologist of Indiana, by eating of earthworms. There are parasites in the earth-worms which find their way into the windpipe of the chicken and lodge there, where they take the form of little red worms. The best preventive is to keep the chickens from the surface of the ground, or use salt or strong water on the soil, so as to kill the earth-worms, or strew strong lime or something of the kind on the ground, so that the chicks will not get hold of the worms to eat them. After the chicks have been attacked with gapes, however, you can dislodge the worms by mak ing a very small loop of twisted horse hair, draw out the tongue of the chick slightly, insert the horse hair loop in the windpipe opening, which will be seen between the forks at the base of the tongue, and, twist ing the hair around, withdraw it. The worms are likely to be found within the loop, or some of them will have been thus removed, and the operation can be repeated. Another remedy is to dip the tip of a soft feather into kerosene and insert it in the wind pipe opening to dislodge and kill the worms. Such treatment, although se vere, is better than letting the worms remain undisturbed, to severely an noy the fowls and even kill them. Mixing turpentine or other sub stances in the food of the young poultry has not proven satisfactory as a remedy for gapes. WAV 1 i-umpkins are fine food for fatten ing hogs. Variety of feed should be provided for the hens. Gunpowder and lard is good for scratches on the horse. Cut out the old canes from the ber ry bushes and burn them. Keep the pullets pushing ahead. Ex tra feed now means early egg laying. Half-starved sheep will clean up a brush lot but will not make any profit for their owners. A tired horse is in no condition for food or water. Give a little time to rest and cool off before watering and feeding. Keep some of the oat sheaves for the poultry this winter. They will enjoy thrashing out the food for themselves. A small grain ration every day will be more than returned in the milk pail if the cow is in the profit earning class at all. The bad habits we notice on other members of the family are often but a reflection of the things we do and have taught them. Milk should be cooled as soon as possible after drawing from cow. It will keep longer and have a finer flavor when thus handled. Bees, it is said, never puncture grapes. They do sip the juice, how ever, after birds and wasps have, punc tured the skins. Place the blame where it belongs. Unsound feet in a horse are gener ally Indicative of a constitutional weakness which is sure to appear in the offspring. Therefore be sure the mare and sire are both sound. Without some system of accounts how could the merchant do business safely. And yet such business ac counting is as important for the farm er as for the merchant Be sure the bit is not so narrow as to irritate and pain the mouth of the horse. Such condition leads to un easiness which often may result in the horse taking the bit in his teeth and bolting in sheer desperation. Here is a dust powder which Is non-poisonous and is sure death to cabbage worms, etc.: Air-slacked lime with a good sprinkling of fine table salt It can be placed in a can hav ing a perforated top and sprinkled upon the plants troubled with the worms. This is a good idea to save for next season. A garden without fruit trees and berry bushes is only half a garden. There should be enough for family use in season, for canning and pre serving and such like for winter use, and some to sell. Starting with straw berries, which come in very early and the first, fruit of the . season, there should be added raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, currants and grapes. The great advantages of small fruits are that they occupy small space, are easy to grow, they begin bearing early and the fruit is the most delightful and the most wholesome of all foods. They are an ornament to any farm or home grounds. Prof. O. F. Hunziker, head of the dairy department of the Indiana ex periment station at Purdue, and Prof. G. W. Spitzer, dairy chemist of the same institution, have just completed experiments to determine the cause of the low per cent of butter-fat in a large portion of the evaporated milk on the market as reported by chem ists and pure-food departments throughout the country. Although milk containing the required percent of butter fat, when made into evapo rated milk, and an analysis by the usual methods made shows a short age of from 0.5 to two per cent of at, by the experiments explained In this bulletin it has been found that there is no less fat present, but that the ordinary Eabcock test and the official methods of fat estimation do not liberate all the fat present The fat column in the test bottle is gen erally cloudy and contains charred and curdly deposits, making accurate readings difficult Uniformly correct results are obtained by the use of a one-fourth dilution of evaporated milk and of dilute acid after the first whirling of the tester in the place of water. Correct results are also ob tained by ether extraction. David Buffum has this to say in the Atlantic Monthly regarding the "mis sion of the land," and he is about right: The mission of the land is to produce and keep on producing food, live stock, lumber and other commod ities for the service of man. He who owns land and is indifferent to this, is guilty of a moral wrong; and he who takes good land out of commis sion and suffers it to lie unproductive and useless is guilty of a greater one. This is the only criterion by which we can properly judge of the right of an individual to own land in large tracts. The good results attendant upon small individual holdings are natural. The purposes of nature in the upward evolution of man are usu ally better carried out in this way, and not because, as is so frequently argued, every man has an inherent right to its ownership. The lazy, the incapable and the densely ignorant assuredly have no such right, and land is too precious and its mission too high to be thus wasted. If the owner of a great country estate can farm his land as well as or better than if it were in small holdings; if, following the precept of Swift he make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow where one grew be fore; if he supply his section with a better breed of horses, cattle or sheep, well and good; no one with any knowledge of economics could say he was doing any injury to the world or mankind. It is not the amount of land that he owns, but what he does with it for which he is morally responsible. ill i u u w - . - . - . THE QRECIAH ZRi RITUAL Five of these girls are Americans. The Paris garden where they exer cise belongs to one of our older Amer ican fortunes, made by an honest westerner years ago, while uplifting the tastes of his fellow-citizens. The granddaughter of the man who owned opera houses has gone beyond the Italian operas that pleased his genera tion, but something of the beautiful old gestures remain fixed in her Ideal. The girls' names may not be given it is promised but their search for grace and cultured ease, apart from beauty, reveals a tendency of the hour among the rich and fashionable that must deeply interest all women. These fair Americans In Paris seek something more attractive than beau ty; at least, something without which mere beauty fails to hold. With It the average girl may triumph. And the average girl may acquire It Grace! It is becoming more and more recognized as essential, not only to know how to walk and sit, but to possess that personal grace of attitude and movement which the nineteenth century neglected. In renaissance paintings and in old Greek and Indian reliefs we recognize that we are ex tremely ugly in our movements. Why should not the poses of artists' models be natural to us? It is part of a curious nineteenth century shame to be found "affected" or "putting on airs;" yet the same considerations ought to forbid women changing their gowns with the fashion or men culti vating formal politeness. To the countr jay the city man is "affected." But the nineteenth century is past and one courageous American girl has shown how the world craves a return to grace. Isadora Duncan's success is not of the stage alone. Paris society goes to her for private lessons. "It is not to develop bust and biceps by ten minutes' rational exercise each morning," explained one girl. "It is not breathing exercises. Physical training makes the Instrument; we are learning how to play on it" The instrument is the perfected body. To acquire grace is to give it a chance to express itself; and I had a pathetic object lesson of the matter in that garden. I noticed that one of the girls went through her exercises with somber and ferocious enthusiasm; a beautiful girl, but never smiling, never speak ing; and the priestess took a tender interest in her. She does not appear in the present photograph. "Rich and beautiful, that girl is go ing through a great unhappiness," I was told later. "The man that she cares for has called her a 'stick.' She was a stick. Being rich and beauti ful, it never occurred to her to take pains. Dancing, she sprawls over her partner. In ordinary movements she is awkward and negligent And her dreaded rival is, exactly, a skinny heroine with a plain face, whose one redeeming quality is grace. It is suffi cient The poor relation of a third class European ambassador, she has diplomatic society of Paris at her feet." "Charm of manner," I said. "She is not even intelligent," was the answer. "It is mere physical beauty of movement, charm of pose and gesture." "And she is beating that rich and beautiful American girl to It?" I mused. It explained the American girl's somber ardor. She is desperate ly trying to make up for lost time. I understood the ritual of the old Paris garden. There is nothing far fetched about costumes or exercises. The girls seek earnestly to enter into the spirit of the ancient Greeks and the renaissance of the time of Botti celli. Their priestess is an American girl of wide culture and strong nature. The One Imperative Point Hospital Employe Would Not Neglect Duty Even if the Patient Were "Dying." The doorkeeper at one of the Mil waukee hospitals Is a serious minded man and devotes himself to his job with a singleness of purpose which sometimes is productive of ludicrous results. One of the duties of this hon est old fellow is taking the names of patients when they enter the hospital The other day a laborer was brought in by the emergency ambulance in a pretty badly battered condition. The laborer was scared and thought he was going to die. "Vat iss the name, Mease?" asked the doorkeeper as the injured man was carried into the hospital on a stretcher. The laborer only groaned. "Oh, I'm dying, I'm dying," he cried. "Vat iss the name, Mease?" once more inquired the doorkeeper, to whom "dying" patients are no novelty. "My God, mas," groaned the labor - -WBBHHM writing successful French poetry un der a man's name. Another of the coterie traveled to the orient and sat under the sage who continues the rev elation of the Bab. The ritual is ec lectic, from the Roman pageant of the spring to the Provencal courts of the muses by way of Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn." No pains are too great to throw them back into the old graceful spirit It is no laughing adventure. Through summer afternoons their songs are accompanied by slow, rhythmic dances. The responses to the priestess are chanted amid studied figures. Drap eries weave in and out, arms rise and fall, lithe bodies pose and change and pose, in attitudes learned carefully be forehand. They copy attitudes from Grecian urns with pain and hesitation. Why not? So the piano player finds her way, awkward and halting; only little by little does practice make those hard notes fall like showers of pearls, So the graces of these earnest girls, at first stiff copies, became natural and free, a poetry of attitude and ges ture all their own. When they quit their classical drap eries for tailor suits they take their graces with them into daily life. These solemn rituals become habit, give them in our careless daily life a touch of gravity and dignity that surprises and delights young men. So they would have their girls. "The classical draperies are of im portance to impose graceful habits on our bodies," said one girl. "And these ideals are in the air. Fashion itself is coming round to them." "Really?" I asked. "Has fashion the slightest tendency to corset reform?" I was astonished by her answer. Remember, these girls are girls of fashion; and fashion has always laughed at corset reform. Corset re form is in the air of Europe, yes; but when I wrote a few months ago that the Roumanian minister of public in struction had prohibited the corset in the highest normal and professional schools as "a permanent obstacle to the development of the body and the normal functions of the organs," I felt, nevertheless, that I was mislead ing the reader. What does Roumania count? What does it count that the Bulgarian tsar banishes the corset from "all schools where girls remain up to the age of 17?" What does it count that all students of Russian lyceums .and high schools of music, ballet and beaux arts are or dered to deposit in the cloakroom the cuirass which they wear under the name of "corset," and that the Czar Nicholas, in signing the regulation, added in his own hand that "the de velopment of feminine charms will be the gainer?" It counts nothing that in Scandinavian countries the mass of girls have voluntarily abandoned the corset "through devotion to outdoor sports." These are unfashionable lands, where the costume of women matters nothing. Even in Paris the otherwise powerful League of Mothers of Fami lies got itself laughed at by taking up corset reform six months ago. "The great dressmakers and the corsetmakers themselves can alone make the reform general," they admit "And the grace movement is forcing them." The grace movement! Do you smile at it? Do you see anything futile in earnest girls copying the poses and gestures from Grecian urns? "We pay great prices for Tanagra figurines and I ask why?" one of the girls said. "Why do we so admire them, if not for their grace alone? Their beauty of face and figure is nil. Their beauty of attitude and gesture is everything. It is within the reach of us all. Why not try for it?" STERLING HEILIO. er,- "can't you see that I'm dying?" "Dot may be, but dot ain'dt the question," replied the doorkeeper calmly. "Vat I vant to know iss, vat is your name, blease." How Cement Is Made. The basis of nearly all good cements used in tire repairing is either India rubber of gutta percha dissolved in any one of the common solvents, which include benzine, carbon-bisulphide, choloroform and ether. Various other ingredients are necessary for a good cement, as, for instance, if quick drying is desired, some form of dryer is added, and to attain ten acity still other gums, such as rosin, mustic, gumlac, are used. In any cement for rubber, the ce ment must come in contact with the rubber, which result is obtained by brushing the surface with naphtha. This softens the rubber, and when partially evaporated leaves it in as nearly favorable condition for ad hesion as it is possible to get FM tttae Cfoat on Topics of Recognize! "Puzzle" Announcement Party. Quite recently a hostess used puz zle pictures to announce the engage ment of the guest of honor. The club to ,which the young couple belonged were invited--and -as no one suspected trip tipwr that wm tt he revealed, the affair was entirely successful. Tables and puzzles were arranged so that four persons worked together, the hostess explained that when the six tables had completed their puz zles a very 'interesting story would be woven from the pictures; that a prize would be awarded to the one who first guessed the story. The first picture out together showed a boy and girl with a map upon which there were two states, Maine and Ohio; the sec ond puzzle revealed a man and a girl dancing with the words "Tale" and "Vassar." Then the third picture was a poser, for it was simply a cut of a White Star liner, the fourth puzzle was a Pullman train marked "California Limited;" The fifth was a scene in a park, with a couple sitting under the trees, and the sixth was a bride and groom walking up the aisle over which were the initials of the young couple. The prize was a large box of con fetti with which the pair were duly showered. Congratulations followed and every one was delighted. The hostess had painted some of the pic tures, pasted them on thin sheets of wood and a boy friend cut them out on his jig saw. Post cards, advertise ments and magazines furnished the others. A delicious salad of canned aspara gus, sprinkled with grated cheese and mayonnaise with a garnish of stuffed oiives cut in halves. Cheese straws were passed with it, and lemonade, in which a bottle of ginger ale was added in the proportion of a bottle to every quart of lemonade. Unique Thimble Party. We belonged to a thimble club of ten members, and once a month one of us gave an afternoon to which each member asked a guest, making a party of 20. At the affair I wish to describe for your department readers the hostess had five tables with the fol lowing stunts to be accomplished: First, to see who could sew on the most buttons in the time alotted; sec ond, to see 'who could sew on the most lace; third, the best buttonhole in five minutes; fourth, the best patch work square; fifth, the neatest hem in the square of cheese cloth. We played partners, the two best progress ing. We were all given wee baskets with silk bag tops attached and the markers were buttons, hooks and Dainty Candle Shades A dainty candle shade gives a pret ty finish to table, mantel or dresser, and the new tinted flower shades mounted over colored silk are most attractive. The woman who is clever with her brushes may make no end of pretty things, but these shades may be imitated even by those who know nothing about painting, providing they put the color on in a neat, careful manner. The first step is to trace the design on A piece of water-color paper, then color it, either shading, if one knows how, or using flat washes with pen and ink outline. In the latter case use waterproof ink, going over every line when the paint is dry. This wash and outline work is quite as effective as the more difficult light and shade. In either case use a light brown for the stems, two shades of green for the leaves, the smaller leaves the lighter, and the centers of the flowers yellow, with the inner petals of the roses deep rose and the outer petals deli cate pink. This is mounted over a pink silk shade. The design is planned so that, the After the Announcement. It would be ridiculous to say that a girl should be more careful of her manners at one time than at others, but nevertheless it is perfectly true that a girl's actions are more likely to be scrutinized and criticised on cer tain occasions than on others. Per haps a girl is more apt to be criti cised during the early part of her en gagement than at other times. Every small act of a girl Is under the sever est inspection by the family and friends of her .future husband, and especially if she has not been known to them before. It is an exceedingly wise young woman who conducts her self so that even the most critical could find no fault. It would seem unnecessary to say that a girl should not accept any at tentions from any young men, yet there are many young women who make the foolish and seemingly harm less mistake. It is not the place of a young girl to make any advances to the family of her fiance, except un der exceptional conditions. The the ory is that a girl should wati to be welcomed into the family to which she will belong in the future, and it MdDgttei Many ECtods, by & Authority eyes, spools of thread, steel bodkins, etc. There were prizes of needle books, scissors and spool cases filled. Farewell Envelope Shower. To a girl who was going away for a prolonged absence, a friend planned and carried out this acceptable show er. Her guests all entered into the spirit of the occasion and made it a success. Each person was asked to bring something in an envelope, as space must be considered when one is going to Europe. It was wonderful the way the envelope scheme devel oped; there was an envelope of denim with strap handles for holding maga zines, letter paper pad, pencil, etc. Then there was a nest of long envel opes tied together filled with all sorts of interesting clippings, anecdotes, ar ticles of interest along the lines that the voyager was especially to study. One envelope contained a wee deck of cards for playing solitaire, an other held courtplaster; one had snap shots of home scenes and near friends; several large envelopes held hand illuminated mottos, and, best of all, a rich bachelor uncle took this way of giving his niece some green backs. The envelope was labeled "Extras." One practical girl brought a set of envelopes marked "For Emergency;" there were buttons on a card, needles, safety pins, a card of beauty pins, hairpins of all sizes and an invisible hair net It is impossible to enumerate all that this shower brought forth besides the regular steamer letters. MADAME MERRL (Copyright. 1909.) The rose-pink, so much in vogue, is a most delightful color, when veiled with net or lace. The newest dancing frocks for girls are being made of puffed malines over satin slips. Irish crochet buttons and lace ap pear as trimming upon some of the crepe-like tissues. Raffia parasols, edged with tiny balls, are a pretty accompaniment for pongee and linen frocks. The shirt waist or one-piece morn ing frock with a collar of itself is coming into its own again. Old blue linen, with tucks and frills of white mull, is very attractive in any of the present-day models.- There has been a notable increase in the use of printed materials with the advance of the new foulard rage. joining of the shade is imperceptible. 'Plie tab marked A slips under the cor responding letter on the opposite side, B and B, and C under the letter C. The tabs are to be glued in this manner. Before joining, however, the background of the design is to be cut out with small pointed scissors, leaving a delicate tracery of leaves and flowers. The effect of the silk under the flowers is very pretty. The little shades may be purchased all ready to slip the painted shade over, and the design given is planned to exactly fit them. They come bead-fringed in all colors for 50 cents, the best variety with silk outside and a lining of mica, a thin substance that will not burn. Then there are dainty little separate silk linings of different colors with a silk fringe to match for 15 cents. The pink shades are, perhaps, the most effective with the wild rose de sign, but yellow is also pretty. If a yellow lining is used, then the flowers may be painted yellow. A light green lining is also pretty under the pink or yellow shade. is for that family to receive her gra ciously and kindly. Girls should re member never to allow any demon strations of affection except in private. Some Don'ts. Don't rinse laces in blued water, un der a mistaken notion that it will im prove the color. It won't. Rinse in skimmed milk, which will give a soft, creamy tint Don't fill an oil or any other kind ol stove or lamp when it is lighted. This seems superfluous advice, but in hot weather cannot be too often repeated. Don't leave a gas stove with any thing which may boil over milk or soup and extinguish the flame. Be side the loss of gas, there is danger of an explosion. Don't turn off the gas at the main, unless the taps are all off as well. Don't light the kitchen fire unless there is water in the boiler. If not, the rush of cold water is liable to crack the boiler. Spanish lace scarfs, scarcely seen since the days of their popularity 20 years ago, have again mace an ap pearance. - How to Make a Bad Back Better. Women who. suffer with backache, bearing down pains, dizzy spells and that constant feeling of dullness and tired ness, will find hope in the advice of Mrs. Mary Hinson of 21 Strother St, Mt Sterling, Ky. "Ha I not used Dean's Kidney Pills. I be lieve I would not be living today," says Mrs. Hinson. "My eyesight was poor. 1 suffered with nervous, splitting head aches, spots would dance before nay eyes and at times I would be so dizzy I would; have to grasp something for support. My back was so weak and painful I could hardly bend over to but ton my shoes and could not get around without suffering severely. Doan's Kid ney Pills helped me from the first, and I continued until practically weE again." Remember the name Doan's. Solel by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fostae bUlBum Co, Buffalo. N. T. FOR A SONG. Thomas Tabby Yes, I fitted up my flat at a ridiculously low price. 1m fact, It cost me but a song. Tabby Tiger A song? Thomas Tabby Well, you see, I started up a solo on the back fence at 2 a.m. and the donations I received fa the shape of furniture, etc., just fillet the bill. FALL PAINTING. The majority of property owners are under the impression that spring; time is the only painting time. Bat the fall of the year offers several ad vantages to the painter. One of ts most important is that surfaces are. almost sure to be dry, and there is so frost or Inner moisture to work out after the paint is applied. Pure white lead the Dutch Boy Painter kind mixed with pure lin seed oil (tinted as desired) gives a winter coat to a building that is aa armor against the severest attacks of the winter rain, sleet, winds and snow. National Lead Company, 1902 Trin ity BIdg., New York city, makers of pure white lead, Dutch Boy Painter trademark, are offering to those in terested a complete painter's outfit, consisting of a blow pipe and lead tester, book of color schemes, etc State whether you want exterior or interior decorating. A New One About Napoleon. A "new" story about Napoleon Is necessarily doubtful; the probability is that it is simply so old that it has been forgotten. However, here is one that Arthur M. Chuquet prints in L'Opinion as never before published. It relatesto Napoleon and Blucher. The emperor received the general at the castle of Finkenstein, while he was preparing for the siege of Danzig. He drew him to a window in an upper story and paid him compliments on his military gifts, and Blucher. going away delighted, described the inter view to his aide-de-camp. "What a chance you missed!" exclaimed the latter. "You might have changed the whole course of history." "How?" "Why, you might have thrown him out of the window." "Confound it!" replied Blucher. "So I might! If only I had thought of it" New York Evening Post Standard Oil Wails. The Standard Oil Company's real estate holdings in Bayonne, N. J., where its largest oil refining plant in the east is situated, have been in creased from 17,360,000, the value fixed upon them in 1908 for taxation, to $13,000,000. The company is ap pealing against the Increases fixed upon the realty by the Hudson county board of equalization. $100 Reward, $100. Te waders of this Dancr will be pleased to le that there Is at least one dreaded disease that sclera bas been able to cure In all Its stages, and that si Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure la the only positl cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a ronstit tlonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken feft ternally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ot the system, thereby destroying U foundation ot the disease, and giving the patient Strength by building up the constitution and as tag nature In doing its work. The proprietors hav so much faith In its curative powers that they oflcr One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls cure. Send for list of testimonials Address F. J. CHENEY 4 CO- Toledo. O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Tfcke Halls Family Pills for constipation. Cobblestones for Baltimore. The Brooklyn Standard Union says that "those people from the rural re gions who jeer at Manhattan's horse cars may take note that the Baltimore city council is preparing to pave m street with cobblestones." A little bottle of Hamlins Wizard OB is a medicine chest in itself. It can be applied in a larger number of painful ailments than any other remedy known. A train of thought won't do you much good unless you get up enough steam to carry it through. OF AU. HOT WEATHER ENEMIES cholera isthoworst. Trratmentniustbe prompt. Vam PainkillerdVrry Davlfc") which oTcrconiei all bowel ttoubIcs,likc diarrhca,cholcra morbusand dysentery; When a man is his own worst ene my he really doesn't need any others. Mrs. Wlaslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces SasunaUon.sUaya pain, cures wlad colic 25cabottla Out of a total of 18 south pole ex peditions nine have been British. Smokers find Lewis' Single Binder 5e cigar better quality than most 10c cigars. Brazil grows more coffee than any other country in the world. Dr. Pierce's PlrasantPellets first put up 40 rnra lgo. Ther regul:t; and Invigorate stomach. Irrer nd bowels. Sugar-coated tiny granules. A brain is worth little without a Vongue. French. J - -s .-