Ligonier Banner., Volume 37, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 December 1902 — Page 3

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: * NCE more, once v\% more we read it, the Christmas story dear, And vet once more we tell it; all eagerly

Wwe hear, His The years haste into centuries, the cen-

turies grow old, Btlll never once too often is the blessed story told, e . And rever once too often do we-talk of that strange night When humble shepherds witnessed the

' angels’ southward flight; ' Never our thought grows weary A‘tradng * the sacred way, : : That leads us to the manger where Mary’s

baby'jay o For He whom wise men worshiped

: brought gl}'t o'i’-x_);acewfor strife, Brought joy for sorrow’s darkness, brought hLope and love angd life. :

Wherever watching mothers pray for thelr babes to-day, . The precious lives are safer because of One that lay > * Defenseless in the manger two thousand years ago; . Sweeter earth’s bables slumber since that i dear head lay low, Unharmed beside the cattle, watched by -the angel throng, While heavenly hosts were singing the first glad Christmas song. Wherever hearts grow weary, Wwherever sir. abides, ; Whateve: be our anguish, whatever woe betides, i The darkness would@ be deeper, pain harder to be borne, - ; If Heaven had forgotten to send that .. Christmas morn!

Once more, .then, let us read it, the Christ- " mas story dear, And yet once more repeat it that other hearts may hear, The years haste into centuries, the cen- -~ turies grow old, Yet once agajn hearts hunger to have the story told. i Tell the dear little children about that wondrous night When watching shepherds witnessed the angels’ earthwarad flight, Lead feet that long have wandered, into ‘the better way : That leads them to the manger where Mary’s baby lay, > For He whom wise men worshiped brought gifts of peace for strife, Ard Christ was born from Heaven that > mortals might have life. —Adla Melville Shaw, in Union Signal. -

Mg —~ Cfm‘ﬂm:s ' By LABEL WILLIAIS . @ G I]/ —_— Bme __ jE cyxTHIA gt %L‘ ! MARSH sat alone li"-:b‘ir;&;i’ Wi —a not unusual n“»&-gam?*( -{ ¥ thing in these O-2=== |} days, and as her sharp blue eyes roved over the familjar room, a strange feeling of desolation stole over her. In vain she reminded herself of hard facts that had heretofore given her satisfaction; she was the richest woman in Dalesburg, her house was the largest and most imposing, her clothes the finést and most fashionable and yet— :

She got up impatiently and, going over to the window, pressed her face against the pane and looked out into the December dusk. Muffled figures hastened past, carrying bundles of all shapes and sizes, for it was Christmas eve; the sight sent queer little thrills over Miss Cynthia and a great load seemed to settle on her heart. She had no ome to buy gifts for, she told herself, ahd no one cared enough for the lonely old spinster to even give her good wishes. :

It had not always been thys. She recalled the many, many hafpy Decembers she had enjoyed whén Sidney Bruce, her nephew and only living relative, -had lived in her house. She had taken him to live with her when he was a small boy, and her love for him had grown into a mild idolatry by the time he had become a man. Sidney returned her affection with all the strength of his loving heart until he wanted to marry Edith Blake. Miss Cynthia had other plans for Sidney, and refused to even discuss Edith with him, but Sidney was very much in love and cared not a farthing that Edith wae poor and a sort of upper servant in his aunt’s house. Edith was a peace-loving girl who found the situation almost more than she could bear, for Miss Cynthia had taken her when an orphan; six years before, and had been like a mother to her ever since. Edith loved Miss Cynthia dearly, but loved Sidney more, and onc December day she went away with him and was married. e

Miss Cynthia did not rave or storm: she simply ignored the existence of the youthful pair, and Sidney, reared in luxury, had to go to work at anything he could find to do. He had never even tried to support himself and now he had Edith to love'and cherish—and support in addition.

Miss Cynthia changed into a cold, hard woman, and was filled with bitterness when her oldest friends openly sided with Sidney and Edith. The latter took a small house, not a great distance from Miss Cynthia’s,- and were happy but very poor. Sidney after many discouragements succeeded in obtaining a situation in a large factory as assistant bookkeeper, but the work was hard and the pay pitifully small. Miss Cynthia watched from her plate-glass windows and saw Sidney trudging past day after day to his work, and her heart hardened, for apparently he never glanced at his old home. He passed with averted eyes and Miss Cynthia had ample opportunity to notice how thin and careworn his face had grown and how shabby his clothes were as time went on. i

It was six years now since Sidney's marriage, and Cynthia had not relented nor had Sidney asked aid, although there were two little children, and Edith was nearly blind with an affliction of the eyes. : .

Miss Cynthia’s heart yearned for those children, and whenever she passed a group of neighborhood little ones, her sharp eyes pedred into each small face trying to discern which were the Bruce children. but she had never felt sure of their Identity. Her heart was unusually tender on this Christmas eve, and for the first time she wondered if she had not been too hard upor Sidney and Edith. She had missed Edith’s willing service many

times in the past few years, and there had been no one to take her place in Miss Cynthia’s household. She strained” her eyes into the gathering darknest to see Sidney pass on his homeward way, but it was impossible to distifcuish himm in the hurrying throng. It was snowing a little now, and it was some time before Miss Cynthia noticed two little figures going along the sidewalk, hand in hand, laughing. and shouting with glee. The fence in front of Miss Cynthia’s yard was an iron one with the bars set some distance apart, and the children paused and pressed their faces between thé pickets, gazing into the lighted house. . -

The room in which Miss Cynthia stood was still in darkness, and she could see them quite .plainly but remained hérself unseen. The children whispered together, then with hesitating steps came forward toward the gate and opened it with some difficulty. Slowly they came up the walk to the house and gave the bell a tremendous pull. Miss Cynthia went to the door with a pleased sense of anticipation, for it was seldom children came to the solemn old house. When the heavy door sw%ng open, the children almost fell into‘*,x the hall, as they had been leaning @against it, wiping the snow from their little shoes. = “What do you want, children?” asked Miss Cynthia, assisting them to regain their balance and closing the door behind them. <

They looked at each other timidly, their eyés growing large and solemn. The smaller, a little girl, put one fat

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finger in her mouth and looked up at Miss Cynthia searchingly. : “We have run away, and we liked this pretty big house; and I told sister we'd come and gee who lived here,” said the boy, boldly. : “Run away!” repeated Miss Cynthia, in shocked surprise; “that was very, very naughty; can’t you tell me where you live?” *lt’s just ’round some corners, and we ain’t afraid, are we, Jean?”’ demanded the boy.

“ Jean shook her head and seated herself in a small chair that stood in the hall, with great calmness and deliberation. !

“I like your house!” said the boy, thoughtfully; ‘“it’s got soft floors, and feels like you was walking on pillows” stepping around on the rich carpet with evident enjoyment. : . “Haven’t you any carpet on your floors?” asked Miss Cynthia, tenderly. ' : “No, only in two rooms mamma’s and the sitting-room. e used to have, but papa had them »'nt away, and asked us not to tell dear mamma, ’cause she might ery,” answered the boy, looking into Miss Cynthia’s face, gravely. ' “Is your mamma sick?” asked Miss Cynthia. : '

“Yes, she's awful sick, and has to stay in a dark room all.the time. She never laughs ‘cept when papa’s there; then she acts so happy, and told us once not to tell him that she moans when he's gone,” said the boy. : “And who cares for you and Jean?” asked the woman, quickly. *“Just Mary; she washes the dishes and cooks our dinners and scrubs, and washes our clothes, and irons ’em, and —oh; yes—plays with us,” answered the boy, joyously, while Jean smiled approval. ) : Miss Cynthia shuddered, and drew him to her arms, while Jean hitched her chair closer and leaned against the woman’s knees, !

“T’ll tell you some’fing,” she said softly; “to-morrow’s Christmas.”

Miss Cynthia’s smile was so loving, her best friend would scarcely have recognized her. - “Is it, dear; will Santa Claus go to your heuse?” she asked, gently. *“Not this year. Father says hecan’t conie every year to our house, ’cause we mustn’t be selfish. Some little children never had a Santa Claus come,” said the boy, his eyes shining with sympathy for the Santa Clausless children he spoke of. : A great resolve was forming in Miss Cynthia’s heart. She would take these children to their home, and then send them sueh a Christmas as they would never forget. She cculd not do it for Sidhey’s children, but here were two little waifs who could take their place, Hastily she donned her hat and sealskin coat, and taking a hand of each wondering child, went out into the night. e *Now, children, take me to your home, and when [ have explained your absence to your Mary, I’ll hunt up Santa Claus and send him around to your house,” she said, as they went down the steps. =

The boy pulled her along the snowy street, talking so rapidly all the time of what he wanted Santa Claus to bring that Miss Cynthia did not notice which way they were going until they stopped before a small house on a dark street. Around the side of the cottage the trio went, and the boy opened a door moisily into a poorly-

furnished dining-room. At the sound, a young Irish girl rushed in and clasped the truants in her arms. “Oh,. you naughty ones! Mary’s been sg worried, and the poor mother -—hersi;]w‘f‘s been cryin’,” she said, tearfully. |

.\-[iss.JC}'nthia was about to explain, when the door behind her opened, and Sidney Bruce stood there, staring in amazement. :

“Aunt Cynthia!” he gasped. Miss/|Cynthia turned, and all the hardness of years melted from her heart. “My own boy!” she murmured, laying her hand on his arm, and gazing into his face as if she could not gaze enough. '

“IWhat does it mean?” the poor fellow said, as he noticed the childfen run forward and cling to her skirts. She'told him all. and he listened wonderingly until she finished, when he drew each small figure to his breast and Kissed them, with tears in his eves. | ‘ ‘ ,

“Let me go now to Edith. while you get the children ready, and then we shall igo home. Don’t refuse me, Sidney; 11 know I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I'm getting old and 1 need you all—every one,” Miss Cynthia pleac_ﬁled, tremulously.

Sidney pointed to the door of Edith’s room, and Miss Cynthia entered. What the [two’ women said will never be known, but an hour later a carriage drove up and the Bruge family entered and were driven home.

Miss Cynthia never did things by halves, and that Christmas was one of joy, not only to her own family, but to

many others. for happiness opened the way to all her treasures, and Miss Cynthia opened her heart and hand and gave lavishly to the poor. The children found that Santa Claus knew the way to Aunt Cynthia’s, and that was sufficient for them. They did not think, as their elders did, of the words, *‘A little child shall lead them.” —Ohio Farmer. ; ; Only Two Renlities. Billy—So yer didn’t git nothin’ but a_jack-knife and a 'sled fer Christmas? _ Tommy—Yes. Dat’s all I got worth speaking of. Dere wuz a* suit uv clothes, and a overcoat, and a hat or two, and some underclothes, and a Bible, and a book uv poems, an some stockin's, and gloves, and collars and cuffs, and a few other trifles like dat, not worth speaking of.—Puck. Wearing on Him. Tommy—l shall be so glad when Christmds comes! Nellie—l suppose you think you’re going to have a lot of nice things? Tommy—lt isn’t that so much. It's awful hard to be good all the time.— Boston Transeript. " HER MUNIFICENCE. She sweetly gave a quarter from her store (Twould have shocked her if they’d asked for any more) For.the dinner to the poor on Christmas . day. o/ p gl \ @(;' : 4@ i 77 X ‘ a- ¢ . = U (2 R~ b SN f"rj.""fl ~~ A ,"»v. ~ if;v 'ii“i? N~ Rt - - ",';'-’ e i Balme ; P -~ ; Rl R - - " S R ~ " . <ii : ! H : o € ;.:.fl She bought her darling doggle a new suit (T 3 tailor-made and very, very cute.) It cost her $2O, so they say. —Chicago Record-Herald. : An Eeho. {Nothing but work and worry day after day,” sighed Mrs. Peck. *I suppase I'll never rest in peace until I'm ini my grave.” "Q‘:\n(] neither will I, my dear,” meekly rejoined the poor man, who was kr.own to the community at large as Mrs. Peck’s husband.—Chicago Daily News. Up Against It. Papa—One of his Christmas presents is worrying little Willie to death. Mama-—“’hich one? . Papa—That hard-rubber ball; he’s wondering how he's going to break it.%—Brook]yn Life. A Gorge. Little Willy—Did you have a good Christmas dinner at your house yesterday? . Little Bob—Good? Well, say! let so fnuch that I wasn’t hungry again for 'most an hour and a half!—Puck Cupid’s Reignu. Jaggs—How, is it 80 many couples are getting married just now? ‘Waggs—Perhaps it has something to do with the Christmas tied.— Judge. HoR

b¥enorm. wrw oyamwww oAI =y 13 ca @@lﬂi ) < ¢ ﬂ2O ~ A ; X . : Wl X G : FOR WINTER LAYERS. Dea.crlptlon of a Poultry House Which Is Considered an Ideal Structure by Its Inventor. My henhouse consists of two parts, cornected by glass door and sliding window. ' The main part or roosting house, laying house, ete., is 20x10 feet, with seven-foct posts, and is divided into various compartments as shown by accompanying plan. The dropping board runs the whole length of the house, and cver it are two perches or roosts arranged one a little above the other, as the elevation plan shows. Under the dropping board are nest v § BEe : : Ptgo/ i‘ ‘ : PrßisON pency ° ' . e | ‘ d”om : NEs e eusr FEED ooX Boxces WA LK ELEVATION OF HENHOUSE. . boxes resting on shelf, and which can be removed to clean and whitewash. Beneath the mest box shelf for onehalf- the length of house are boxes for feed, lime, plaster, etc. These can be easily drawn into the walk, being placed on rolls. . The boxes are made large enough to contain two bushels, one each for corn, oats, wheat, shells, grit, bone, lime and plaster. Corn meal, shorts and meat meal are kept in the house. That part of the roosting place which runs beside the walk is separated from walk by a door, which swings up, made of poultry netting, thus making it convenient to clean the board, and secures good circulation. On the opposite side the prison is also made of poultry net- . -2 85— ¥ 2 4 %é » Sl Ng Rg = 1 ¥i e » s Y e\e g] < 28 < N £ *a 3 N 2 R : 37 §3[ 7 Box for Plants lefuce %° ') S - o 0 . 1Y o —_ lr— J|3k Q ke x f ¥ MU‘Q? {w/woow S C - €N : & ? : =0 — v FLOOR PLAN OF HENHOURE.

ting, but the dust box is separated from walk by doors made of matched boards or sheathing and is practically dust tight.

The second part, or scratching house, is 18x12 feet, with 41, feet posts, and has one-half of the roof of glass, also the side down two feet, and one-half of the end. Running along the glass side the entire length, and level with bottom of glass, is a box three feet wide and six inches deep, containing soil in which lettuce, radishes, etc., are planted. This is shut off from the chicken and protected by a door which is made of poultry netting. Here the hens live m'ostly in the daytime. 1 keep. the floor covered four or five inches deep with straw, leaves or sawdust, and scatter the corn, oats or wheat in this and make them work for it. The entire house is underpinned with brick extending 21, Peet below the surface of ground and six inches above. Both houses have ventilators.

My yard fence is built of posts 71, feet long, made out of old one-inch iron pipe, sharpened out at one end so they can be easily stuck down into the ground. 'Five-fo,ot ‘poultry netting and a bottom board 11 inches wide was put on. The fence is easily and quickly put in place and can be as eacily moved to plow, etc.—Orange Judd Farmer. :

Don’t Neglect Small Things.

If you do not!give thought and attention to the poultry, do not be surprised at the small returns. It is one of the Jargest interests in the world, and you might as well gain from their possession as others. "An equal value of hens will bring more dollars than the cow. If we could only give this our thought and thoroughly learn of the true value of the hen when properly handled, more people would be in better condition financially. Despise not the day of smali things; one egg is a small item, but in one year the total value of the realty of some states is equaled by the value of the eggs consumed in our country alone.—Commercial Poultry. : :

The Selection of Pulledts.

When culling the stock and selecting the young pullets that are to make the foundation of next season's breeders, bear in mind that if there is any lack of vigor in them then they will not be hardy when fully matured. Hardiness is everything in a flock, for if any of the old or young stock cannot pass through the warm season of the year with freedom from disease, they will not prove profitable as layers or breeders., The getting of eggs from the hens during cold weather depends on the selection and management of the pullets in the summer and fall.— Poultry Keeper.

Tarn Over a New Leaf.

In the barnyard manure heap we have a source of fertility of greater value than most of us realize, and sa we fail to make the most of it. We allow the storms and the sunshine to make drafts on 'it. Part of i oozes away through the ground, and altogether we waste a large share of what .ought to be turned to account on our fields. The result is owm farms grow just so much the poor er year by year. It is not right Let’s turn over a new leaf with the new year.—Farm Journal. v

MOLASSES FOR STOCK.

Horses and Mules Have Thrived Excellendly on It in Louisiana for Several Years. !

Molasses has for two years been in zeneral use in Louisiana for the feedng of horses, mules and all stock, and probably nine-tenths of the draught animals in the sugar district get this food either alone or mixed with oats or corn. The animals like it, and are kept in splendid condition by it.

“Sugar mules,” which are fed on molasses mainly, are worth from 20 to 25 per cent. more than the mules on cotton plantations, which - are fed generally or cottonsees and cottonseed meal.

Molasses has been a waste product in Louisiana- ever since the improved processes in the manufacture of sugar have extracted more of the saccharine from it than formerly. It has been a problem how to get rid of it. The discovery therefore that it could be used as a food for stock was of double value. Six months age u factory was erected for the manufacture of cattle food from molasses. The process is very simple. The molasses is mixed with corn or oats ir nearly equal proportions.. The mixture is pressed into a’ solid mass and dried and then ground into a fine powder. It is like the cottonseed meal with which cattle and horses are fed throughout the world. The hcrses, mules and cattle are very fond :of the molasses, and they do better on it than on any other food fed to them. They keep fat and are capable of extraordinary work in hauling heavy loads. This one factory turns out 150 tons of molasses preparation a day; and the stuff is being rapidly substituted cn the plantations for the raw molasses“, not because it is anyv better, but because it is more conveniently handled. So far the use of molasses for feeding horses has been confined to New Orleans and the sugar districts, but by this process, whick enables it to be handled easily, it is likely to be shipped elsewhere. Only a small part of the Louisiana molasses crop, which runs to from 30, 000,060 to 50,000,000 gallons a year, is used for horse and cattle food or in any other way; and a large proportion of it is thrown away or burned in the furnaces with the bagasse and other waste and refuse.

ANCEORING CORNER POST. How It Can Be Done Without Trespassing on. the Road by Which s It Is Located. . i . v "Where a corner post comes along the highway the illustration shows a good way to anchor it without trespassing on the roadside. Each second post from the corner is made the anchor post. One stone, if sufficiently iarge, would serve for both, or one might be provided for each:. In any case. place it at the bottom of the corner post. On the solidity and firmness

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MAKING A TIGHT FENCE.

of the anchor posts, the durability and efficiency of the whole fence depends. The anchor posts should be still furiher strengthened by the addition of 5x5 inch scantlings, indicated by the dotted lines, with their correspending wire cables. In this case the second and third posts should be eight to ten feet apart.—J. Phillips, in Orange Judd ¥armer.

The Draining of Hollows.

Hollows in grass land are of frequent oceurrence and often contain the richest soil in the field, because they have long received the wash of the surrounding surface. If neglected, however, these hollows will be unprofitable and may even become a. nuisance. If water stands ~ and freezes on them in winter, it is apt to kill the grass roots. If it stands on them 'in summer, they soon become filled with coarse grasses, weeds and sedges. Often the soil becomes soured by the stagnant water; but this may soon be remedied by plowing it deep and turaing it up to the sun. Undoubtedly the most practical remedy for the drainage of these hollows is the tile drain. In cases where tilling is not practical a surface drain can be cvt quickly and cheaply, and it will prove valuable enough to pay well for the time expended.—Prairie Farmer.

Germs in Farm Lanads.

Under the direction of the department of agriculture at Washington, Prof. ¥. M. Webster has been making a thorough examination of the farm lands of Indiana and Illinuis, in an effort to discover and destroy the rusts and germs which are working havoe among the crops. His examination of the extreme southern part of Illinois, which is just completed, has been very thorough and exhaustive, and the result is very gratifying to the farmers of that section. Prof. Webster claims.that scarcely any sections yet examined are more free from destruective germs than southern I1llinois; and he attributes this fact to the great diversity of crops and to the rotation of grains prevalent in that section. A bulletin will soon be issued, giving the reports and results of his labor.

Pigs Thrive on Alfalfa.

Careful experiments made show that pigs weighing about. 50 pounds each, about 25 to the acre, placed in an alfalfa pasture, will make a gain of 100 pounds each during the growing season. This on alfalfa alone. If given a sußplemental feed of grain, the gain will, of course, be still better. This figures up a fine return for the use of an acre of alfalfa—2,soo pounds of pork, worin st the low figure of four dollars per hundredweight, $lOO. Another good thing is that hogs so fed are almost always free from disease. —Rural World. ” oo

TREASON TO THE CZAR.

What Would Cenrtainly Have Happened Had This Thing Ever Been Perpetrated.

“Ha, Whoopikoff, you are the very man I have wanted to see so muchski,” relates the Cleveland Piain Dealer. “Hush, Demidoff. Draw aside lest the secret ' policesky get wind of us and we are pinchedsky.” “Yes, Whoopikoff, I will be -prudent. And now tell me, where is Skoopsky " *“What! Do you not know?” ) “Know? You alarm me. What has happened 7’ “T'he very worstsky! Poor Skoopsky 1s on his way to Siberia.”

**Alas, alas! How did it happen?” “We do not know. There must have been a traitor in the campsky. The secret police seized him just as he was tacking a card to the doorsky of the.palace of the czar!”’ - » “*Merciful Nicholas! And then?” “And then they hurried him to the mines.” s “Without a trial?” “Without a trial.” 5 “Great Gortchakoff! And wha#, oh, what was within on the fatal card*” ““Girl wanted!” ”

Treatment Suited Him.

Henpekt—That new doctor you intreduced me to, Bowler, is a great symptomotologist—great stndent of human mature. Bowler—Suits you, does he? “Thoroughly. Had him last night to treat my wife for a cold, and he said she didn't need any medicine, but that she must be particular, above all ‘things, to keep her mouth shut and breat%xe through her nose.”—Stray Stories.

There are plenty of people who have become depressed and discouraged, because that dry, hacking cough hangs to them continually. They have taken much medicine, mostly of the advertised quack sort, nothing like Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea, the siscovery of a noted German physician. We do not say that this will cure a case where the lungs are badly diseased, for it will not, and up to this date, there is nothing that will cure under these conditions; but on the other hand, if the lungs are not hard hit, the patient should take Dr. August Koenig’s Ham‘burg Breast Tea, a cup full every night on going to bed, have it hot, drink slowly, then every other night, rub the throat and top portion of the lungs with St. Jacobs Oil, cover with oil siik, let.it remain an hour, then remove. Eat good, plain, nourishing food, live in the open aj» as much as possible. By all means sleep as near out of doors as possible, that is, windows wide open, except in the very severe weather. Take a cold sponge bath every morning; then immediately rub the body vigorously with a coarse towel. Take Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops every other day according to directions. One can buy the three remedies for $1.25 of any reliable druggist. Begin the treatment at once, and see how much better you will be almost within a week's time. LT LTS He—*"Why didn’t you answer my letter "asking you to marry me?’ Nhe—“You didn't inclose a stamp.”—Town and Country. - @ e Rice in South Texas. The Government report for 1902 shows that Texas holds the world’s record for the preduction of rice. Some of the best rice lands in the State are along the line of the M K. & T. Ry. An interesting book on Texas will be sent on request. James Barkevr,. Gen’l Pass. Agent, M. K. & T. Ry., 501 W amwright Bldg., St. Louis. e S S Tourist—"‘When does the next train start for Cork, porter?”’ Irish Porter—- “ She’s just gone, sorr!”—Punch. s () i A 50-Cent Calendar for 6 Cents. If you want one of the handsomest calendars you ever saw, send 6 cts. postage to the Boston Rubber Shoe C(o., Calendar Dept., 9 Murray St., New York. It islox2o inches, printed in 12 colors, and a perfect beauty. There are plenty of 50-cent calendars not nearly as pretty. e e Men of leisure seldom have time to do anything.—Chicago Daily News. —_—— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggistsrefund money ifit failstocure. 2Zc. LEGI e . ‘He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.—Joubert. : S Towa Farms $4 Per Acre Cash, bal. }4 crop tillpaid. "Mulhall, Sioux City, la.

Whisky straights make crooked paths.— CChicago Daily News.

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IT WAS A GREAT SCHEME. Bat There Wasn' Safliciemt Induce=- . ment to Make It a Sure: . Winmer, -"7 “Among several tracts of wild land I own in tue northern part of -tne state,” said a wealthy Detroiter the other day, according to the Iree‘ Press, “is an extensive cranberry marsh. 1 know that a great many cranberries are gathered there every season, but.l have no objections to tnat. About three montas ago 1:-got word that a certain man; living near the marsh, had constituted himself as an agent and was ready to :warn tne public off. I asked for particulars and tne ‘agent came down here. He was an’-old farmer with avarice in his eye, and hé proceeded to explain: . : “‘“Colonel, I heard that a gang of fellers was comin’ over fro.a thie next county this fall and goin’ into camp on vour marsh for two weeks to gather berries, and so ;1 did some talkin to .keep ‘em away.’ ot i “*Don’t you always gather a large quan: tity yourseif 7’ |1 asked. g ***Ohb, ves. 1 guess I gather and =sell about 20 bushels a year, but tpen, I'm living right there, vou know. o “*And that makes a difference? : “*Of course. I’ll tell you what I come down fer. 1 want to build -a $4OO barn next spring, and I want to do it from the sale of cranberries. 1f yvoull just give me a lease of that land for a year or two T'il keep everybody off and make enough clear money 1n two seasons to do-all my buiidin’ and repairin’. - : “*And what -am I to get for such-a lease” 1 asked. e “Tne cld féllow did some hard thinking. for a minute or two, and then came to a conclusion and replied: - . : * *Well, colonel, I'll be hanged:if I don’t send you down a bushel of cranberries, and I'll pick “em myself and .see- that they are all right! Come, now, wou see what kind of a man I am!>.”

The Galesburg Sanitarium, | Galesburg, 11l cures cancers, tumors, and malignent growths without plasters, operation or pain. No paper. to sign or money to pay until cured. - When possible to cure piles, rupture, hydrocele, and varicocele without *operation it can be done at the Sanitarium. Goitre, enlarged prostates and strictures cured without medic¢ine or pain. Rneumatism, dropsy, . ¢ciatica, paralysis constipation, géneral debility, .opium and liquor habits, all disease: of the kidneys, nerves, lungs and mind are treated with better success than at Lome or in ordinazry Lospitals. It is many times wénderful how soon relief is cbtained after failure by all otaer means. This success depends upon the use of hydro and electrotherapy, massage, gymnastics, Swedish maqvements, X-ray, the methods of Apostoli, Underwood and the use of hot air, electric light, sinusoidal and other bathg in addition to ordinary medical treatmdnt. £ For particulars_ and pooklet -write Medical Superintendent of'Sanitarium, giving full description of your case. . . T Mrs. Bouncer—*‘l have been to sée Mrs. Grace this. afternoon.. What delightful company sie is!” Mr. Bouncer—Yes, | understand that she .is no-talker.”—Bos: ton Transecript. . S B S 'Frisco System — New Observation Cafe Cars, In addition to through chair car - anc Pullman Nleeper service the Frisco ~System operates -on its trains out of Saint Louis and Kansas City very handsome Observation, (Cafe Cars, under management of Ired Harvey. These cars are equipped with every convénience, :ncluding large library observation room and platform; the former supplied with easy chairs, writing material, lastest newspapers and periodicals. Electric lights and electric fans add to the comfort of the passéngers. These trains leave Saint Louisand Kansas City daily via the Frisco System. ; S e The course of true love "might run smoother if the spectators weould not offer S 0 many suggestions for its improvement. —lndianapchs News. 5 ‘ : — il . How My Throat Hurts!—Why don’t you use Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar? Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. St s - No one finds it so hard to forgive mus takes as the person wno most frequently makes them.—lndianapolis News.. . Piso’s Cure cannot be too higkly spoken of as a cougn cure.—J. W. O'Brien. 322 Third Ave., N., Mitneapolis. Minn.. Jan. 6, 1900. ———— e q - Boasting is cnly begging’ for praisé.—Ram’s Horn.: g ) .

B R S P A R eDR B T ANS Y S ASBEE SO A :,:_.,—.’?‘.?;,’;;;f-.‘;“fr e v;,'(' .‘;, T ::, ;.',’.{ <\ : e @) =\ T e \—// . = . ; » i v ; ((/,- ; : A : /t \ ‘ (r Q @ Miss Alice Bailey, of Atlanta, Ga., tells how she was permanently cured of inflammation of the ovaries, escaped surgeon'’s knife, by taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. ¢ 1 had suffered for three years with terrible ‘pains at the time of menstruation, and did not know what the trouble was until the doctor pronounced it inflammation of the ovaries, and proposed an operation. <+ I felt so weak and sick that I felt sure that I could not survive the ordeal.~The following week I read an advertise in the paper of Lydia E. Pink ’s Vegetable Com-=-pound in such an emergency, and so I decided to try.it. Great was my joy to find that I actually improved after taking two bottles, aud in the end I was cured by it. I had gained eighteen pounds and was in excellent health.” — Miss ALICE BAILEY, 50 North Boulevard. Atlanta, Ga.— 85000 forfeit if original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. ’ : ik The Symptoms of inflammation and disease of the ovaries are a dull throbbing pain, accompanied by a sense of tenderness and heat low down in the side, with occasional shooting pains. The region of pain scmetimes shows some swelling, i

S On Irish Soil. : The customs officers examined and examined. They tasted and tested. They smelled, -they eved, they felt. Then the passenger rmarked: *lt’s only tin shovels of Oirish sile.” Ten shovels of Irish soil! And to-day they are in a box a yard square in a Washington street ‘groggery, or semi-hotel, svhere Irish immigrants are first landed within our corporate iimits. The newcomer is allowed to.pull it out into the.center of the room and stand on it, while Ie waves the Irisik flag and sings ‘“Wearing of the Green.” Talk about your foreign legations m Washington, waere foreign soil is a fact! What of this Washington stréet Irish soil? Also a fact! Go there any day and see Mike on his native heath.—N. Y. Press. i st T . Questioned Too Closely. - Tess—You and Miss Sere don’t seem lo be good iriends.” What’s the matter? °* Jess—Why, she remarked that she was 24 years old, and— - “And you doubted it?” : “Not at all. 1 merely said:— ‘Of course, but when? 2'—Philadelphia Press. i A Suspect. = She--You didn’t stay long in London. He—No, I couldn’t stand It. Over there everybody knew me for an American rignt away. Here, in New York; no one ever suspects it.—Smart Set. : Seiealge o - “It's an 111 Wind—." William—Didn’t ‘that burglar’s chloro~ form make you ill? } Richard—Well, I didn’t like it; but it cured my wife’s neuralgia.—Detroit Free Press. ) B ————— e - % :Her Limit. 7 Miss Mark—Does she patronize bargain sales? : Mrs. Down—Does she? Why. she would buy eggs at one.—Harper’s Bazar. - e ' Some love letters are too soft to file.— Chicago Daily News. x

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