Ligonier Banner., Volume 37, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 January 1903 — Page 3

- - n . RAILWAY TAXATION IN WISCONSIN, THE RAILROAD SIDE OF THE QUES- - - TION. ; Amount of License Tax Paid by Wisconw sin Railroads. (Issued in Behalf of Wisconsin Rallways.) The railroad companies of Wlseonsin beNHeve they are already Uearing their full share of the burdens of maintaluing the government of this state. Consequently they feel that to add anything whatever to " the taxes they are now paying would be unfair, and to add such gieat sums -as .have been proposed in some quarters would be a long step toward the absolute confiscation of their property. Such being their views, they ask the peo ple of Wisconsin to suspend judgment as to this controversy . until they have prescuted their side. They promise to do this lu the shortest space possible and in the simplest manner which the facts will permit. They will submit the faets they wish to present in a series of articles of which this Is the first. THE ISSUE. Tt is always wel! to have the point at issue clearly stated at the outset. 1f this is not done, much time ix wasted in the discussjon of gnestions that have little, and very often nothing at all to do with the real question. To prevent this waste of words let us state what the issue in this controversy is and also what it is not. This is the question before us: Do the railroads pay their full share of the taxes? If it can be shiown that they do pay their full share, it makes no difference to the people of Wisconsin in what form the taxes are collected or what they are called We have stated what the question before us is. Now let us state what it is not. The cuestion is often discussed as though it could, with equal accuracy, be put this way: Do the railways pay on the FULL value of thelr property the average rate of taxation which is paid-by other property on its ASSESSED value. Of course the question is never put in this bald, direct - form because the injustice of such a comparison would be seen by everybody; but the question is nevertheless discussed as if it. were fair to compare the rate on the full and even much more than the fn!l value of railroad property ~with the rale paid on the ASSESSED value of other property which is almost invariably much tess than its full value. If the statement of the subiect we: have -~ before us, which has just been ' made, s _cortect, then it is fundamentally important to ascertain, on the one hand, what is the - total actual value of the real and personal property in the state and the total amount of taxes paid on this property: and, on the other hand, the total value which should * be placed on the railroads and the total taxes or license fees paid by the ‘rallroads. _The whole question of whether or not the lailroads are bearing their full share of the cost of running the government depends on the correctness of these figures. This is .> true because the total taxes collected from all real and personal property in the stato suobject to taxation divided by the full value of this property gives the average rate paid by these forms of property; and the totsl sum if license fees or taxes paid by the railroads divided by the full value of the railroads gives the average rate paid by this kind of property. A comparison of these two rates will show whether or not the different kinds of property are paying their full share .of taxes. 5 So much has been sald during the last ‘thre¢ or four years about the outrageons way in which the railways escape taxation that a great many people mnow doubt whether the rallways pay any taxes at all. Te show that Wwe do pay taxes and that the sums are really very large whatever way they are taken we present below the total sums paid by all the railways in Wiscousin duoring the last twelve years and ' the amounts pald by the leading roads dnring the year 1900. ; ; ‘The payment of license fees by the railroads in Wisconsin. from the table present+d below, =hows that as the state has de- .. veloped -the payments have increased. These statements are from official data and were carefully prepared. - STATEMENT : " eofthe Licanse Fees Paid by the Railroads of the State of Wisconsin. ; AR T AN e $1,008,559,04 ~ 189 l ocii e s o 1140046 .04 1802, - e i . 1270.674.88 1888.. Looan i s 1,186.200.75 1894 ... .o iiae o . 1.438.758.66 XBO6 et c e ies s o TR T 52.52 1896 oot e e 1 172.793.62 18T, .oy - 0. 126600454 - ¢ 1898.. .. o 0 0 0 ... 1,358.001.46 1899 .. ... vie. . 1548.720.69 : 1900 ... ocoinl s T 600.379.79 1901, oo Gl i i el 171790018 1902 (estimated) ....... 1,725,000.00 } STATEMENT @ of the Total Amountof License Fees Pajd. by the Principal Railroads -in Wisconsin and the Amount Per Mile for the Year 1900. Total Sum Miles Amount Per Railroad. Owned. License Fee. ' Mile. Ci,B. &Q. . .io v 20057 $56.141.42 | 252 44 C. & N>W... ... 0. 1,640.65 540,734.32 -~ 320559 OSt P M &Ol Go 2 42 158.687.70. 243.19 C. M. &St P 104088 - 511,198.41 309.73 Duluth, S. & W. T.. G. 16 16,128.64 2,618.28 Kastern R, R, Minn. 3815 25977.67 ©680.41 Green Bay & W.... 22500 13,763.19 61.17 M., St.P. & S.-SENM - Jil 42 9:¢,003.23 210:02 N. P.R: R e 10401 1R 81094 180.67 Rris. Central si . SGESE 17746152 207.37 Duluth, S. 8. & A.. 107.68 11,002.02 r 101.98 *&‘4“ AT T (@ pep!ME e X P\ | [P [ TAWE s> 5 ‘ ! D O ) & 2 £¥s, < PLEASANT A Y s '.’“.r.‘; l‘%} .’155 ; QQ : \ y *":'; A% ;3,.,.~.§ Y g\:\\ £l‘ kﬁd’ A 8 \ Q {l;\,.‘, g /THE NEXT MORNING | FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER. Q My doctor says it acts gently on the stomach, liver snd kidneys and is a pleasant laxative. This drink is made from berbs, ang is prepared for use as easily as tea. Itiscalled ““Lane’s &‘en” af . ’ LANE'’S FAMILY MEDICINE All draggists op by mail 25 cts. and 50 cts. Buyitta day. Lane’s family Medicine mouves the bowels each day. Inﬁder to_be healthy thisis necessary. Addrese, Box 295. Le Roy, N. Y. - : i - 3 g - @Genuine L Carter’s Little Liver P Must Bear Signature 0f B . E S = = ST, 7 O 83’ Fac-Simile Wrapper Bel Very small and as eas ] : : Sk 3 E to take as ugar. i 3 *es | FOR HEADACH| ICARTERS [Fo oizzines L Iye FOR BILIOL BNES B . |FOR TORPID LIVER:" iR | B biire |FOR CONSTIPATION. 1 FOR THECOMP CURE SICK HEADAGHE: , B 3" OB g You can be cared of any form of tobace@sir - easily, be made well, strong, magnetici#y o‘ new life and vigor by taking MNO- 40, that makes weak men strong, _ iz Sored s toegns o peAAE % - b fag let and adﬁm .' G . REMEDY CO., cyg‘o or New™ : DROPSY 12 scosfiie 3 nooka! _.qui.::rauqlr’” : ¥ree. Dr. H, M. 3 muf:-u.; LERTH] GA.

AN (5 XA &‘ ¥/ "E':S DR 05 | =L S‘CE. ) ,&,u) X B b uﬁ A ‘l'.H‘- NI ”{‘ik"'ﬂﬂ "ﬂ i ,i:". ! N\ ‘;"l 7 4 ST | S 8 iSy v = . ~ TRADING HORSES IN WAR TIME One Instance Which Illustrates the Fact That It Was Not Agreeable to Both Sides. I am sorry to say that soldiers in the civil service did not always conduct themselves on strictly ‘honorable principles., Many times unnecessary suffering was caused helpless women and children and poor, old decrepit men. Cruel, uncalled-for insults were even offered them on too many occasions; doubly cruel because their victimms were helpless to defend themselves, and must suffer’ indignities from those who should have considered - themselvés men, says a writer in the American Tribune.. The most of us could plead guilty to some acts that could not be pronounced just right. But I never could be heartless enough to miolest unnecessarily the unprotected. I would much rather relieve their suffering if it was within my power to do so. Only once did I ever take anything, except it was something to eat, from @ i e o . . = | ;;-5;;5. 2 ;‘('\ jI) {I I 2Z g S I.‘ i ’-’IIIII R SABOSY Lg 2 S TNy (i N IWSEEN | I | &) ,I@ , L ii’ <A ; N L " 6’%' . I : 4 / { AR e \ ,\ 2 ; .5 | l\, L E L Jz. X ‘ JHE= ~Lie l g t%' ,(’; -’“—:ﬁ‘; 45 | LED T]'ﬁél\l FROM THE BARN. a woman. ‘Then, T think I <should not have done so had she been truthful and treated us-with any degree of respect. She. was wealthy and haughty, and, after she had abused us as only a hot-blooded woman can abuse anyone, I, being a kind of leader on this scout, eoncluded- that if there was anything about the premises that would be of use to us, we would appropriate it for that purpose. \ i : My battery team was getting rather thin with hard labor and short rations, and I had noticed a. large barn before entering the house that looked as though there might be horses in it. 1 put the question to her: - ‘*Have you any horses?”’ “No, we have none.” “What is that big barn for, if you hayeino horses to putin it?" %?’,) we had horses Dbefore the warl!” [ “I suppose they are now ’in the! confederate service?” T remarked. *That, sir, I consider is mnone of your business, and you will please trouble me with no more of your impertinence, sir.” she replied very disdainfully.’ : “Very well, madam,” T said. “Come on, boys: we will see what is in that. barn without troubling ithe madam to -answer any more questions.” On entering the barn, the first thing that greeted my vision was a splendid pair of carriage horses. 1 laid my hands on them and turned to the boys, who were following closely. b "Boys, these are mine!”’ Several made exelamations of surprise. = : “You understand,” 1 -emphasized, “these ‘art_;;‘,‘mi‘;le; whatever else, you may mldy})ﬁ are welcome to, as far as | dmg%ncellle(l, #nd led then from the bdrn. v The lady came out and pleaded piteously for her carriage team. But it “a;?,i‘gfnn use then. | If she had treuﬁ@g@;s with respect we would not havefﬁfno]cxful her property. 1. told her there was my battery team; all to make a good carriage "Peam was a little feeding up, and I eam W g up, an would trade with her. 1 unhitchéd my shadoews, hitehed on the noble pair, led the relieved pair into the barn, and tied them. The trade was made. After we returned to camp. the captain, noticing the improvement in my team, asked: e : *Where did you get that team?” S'braded for it, sir. < Pretty fing team, isn’t it, captain?” ' © _&Neble animals, sir. Pretty fine t Bs. But where di Who did you get ';'i-' B you trade?” he ‘questioned: : S 8 [ got them “dtaiﬁne', ‘** visited to-day, ny a ly, and I gave my team for them, #Way ady wvllﬁl'mg to é«%& L theßmatier, and I brought the ¥l with me.” | & . 't the woman protesf %@i Fyou bring them awage s | idn’t ask her.” A p sir, youg wi éj,‘ ] gl stovrnlv - CWatins s g | AN right, captain, it you say so.” ~But when@orning came the capjain did not eénforce thefo ,ﬁaﬁ&fﬁ fetermiped not to carry it'out unless 3 L g T & h% do so. e gTT - § A . ' ¥oungest@Soldier. . g James Thompso ”’Yv’ Fiftegnt Btreet, Cheyenn® Wyo,, makes ae, & ‘34 n _,g"“’-"f}ididier.” ‘:H o ;7' b FinfDec :'mber, 1849; ‘enlistéd 1 cafipany K, Fourth New York horg arfillery, in February, in 1864; joisl his regiment ab‘per in April, and® went into the batfle of the Wildernéss. | He was in all the engagementg of hig regiment gmtil Five Forks, §#ere he was seve;&wout;ﬁ’éﬁ; and;for gallantry he received the congPessional medal of honor. His brother, two ?ars older, also received a medal.— | National Tribune. @

WHEN FIRES WERE NEEDED. The Soldiers Acquired the Fence Rail Habit and Hustled for Anything to Burn. “N. S. Woodward,” said the captain, according to the Chicago Inter Ocean, “tells a good story in the last number of the Express Gazette. Woodward served as agent of the Adams Express company in the gouth during the civil war, and, put out of business early in 1864 by the operations about Knexville, supported himself by cutting cordwood. He had a good supply on hand, in fact, quite a wood vard of his own, when Sheridan’s division camped near, and the boys confiscated every stick and chip, and were jolly over finding the wood chopped and piled up ready to hand. “Of course, the men of Sheridan’s division will plead guilty. It was a hard winter, and at many camps wood was scarce. 1n this particular case there was abundance of wood, without the chopping, and the boys appreciated Woodward's work, and 1 have no doubt scores of them will write . him at Knoxville, Tenn., expressing their thanks for favors rendered in the matter of cordwood 39 years ago. This story reminds me of scores of incidents in which ticed or freezing soldiers burned avything combuktible, from shingles to saw logs, or from fence rails to houses, with enthusiasm and a reckless disregard of consequences. “When we . first camped at Shell Mound, after crossing the Tennessee in 1863, there was a neat, substantial brick building used as the railway station, and the orders were that the structure be strictly grarded. It was, but in the comings and- goings, up and down the Tennessee, the boys needed brick for fireplaces in their little shanties and frame timbers for the same. A few bricks were torn out first from one :corner -and then from another, until the Building was pronounced unsafe. Then the men of the regiment swooped down upon it like vultures, and in 20 minutes there was only a bare skeleton left, and that was carried off that night. “Open campaigns in winter wonld have abounded in hardships had it not been that most of the men in the service were good fire builders. When we first entered Kentucky in January, 1862, every fence rail was tied down, as the boys put it, with the order. ‘don’t touch,” and I have see 3,000 men shivering in rain and snow through a -cold night without shelter and . without fire, because there was nothing to burn. There were trees and wood piles all about us, but none for soldiers. Several of our officers were put: under arrest because they instructed their men to appropriate wood or rails to prevent great suffering. . . “The men of some companies. in the old army.” said the major, “called themselves ‘destroying angels,” and when it came to building fires or providing shelter, they were. In the early spring of 1864 our brigade was 20 or 30 miles east of, Chattanooga, and, with no expectation of severe weather, the men lay down under blankets or the thin shelter tents, and during the night were literally snowed under. When reveilie sounded the next morning there were six inches of snow on the ground. The camp looked like a cemetery. with its clustery and lines of little hi]l(_wks. and there was only one fire in the brigade, and that was at guard headquarters. “As the men were roused from heavy sleep and threw out their arms to lift overcoat, cape, or blanket Shenley e -, g = iI - — U oiEN = |[F7 :% ‘é “@‘f SRI '2"" ==l == /f\' 2 z'f-""!lm"' if =ZE OB 1| \ Wk [\t 0y = 7/ \Q?\, 7’7’ qﬂ A !. A A\ TV Py o ) _l\?/}\‘ <) Ihl.h //‘ IPZI'/Z 2 T /_[ B\ :‘;’9% = soc o = i { & oo . ot = e ;;, /; o a 3 9 "; o == ("(..\ ll‘/ 'l"‘ ] f%?‘,’ Gt ! 7 . =it I% /( ‘§o T N /I/; t o J);/,/‘j-_ v < (\‘,\“’L(.—Qf P velep ey THE BOYS NEEDED BRICK FOR FIRE- . PLACES. : from their faces, the snow starvtied them to sitting or standing posture, and the scene was comical beyond any other I ever saw in the army. Those who had taken off their shoes could not find them. Many could not find their hats. All were chilled, but the boys laughed and swore by turns. Then they started to build fires, and while some cut down dead, trees as big as saw logs, others tore down an é‘arn, and in half an hour dozens of biz fires were ;g coffee was boiling, breakfast was cooking, and with bodies \nﬁ ‘the men were as frolicsome as children. ~“It so happened that the barn destroyed belonged to one of the Brownlow clan, and when he saw the fires i i iHaat Rtd s said ‘shucks. The hoys joined in makread: THIgS O CErtiy that . the First Kentue ‘“c?,;’?’u ntry, being buried fila snowstornyandiufs fering dire distress and other sHilics) fid on this — day ofgApril, 1864, tear down andgappropriaté a barn wo th v ‘jgf”"’i?:‘:& ves.' 1 , was signed by about 40, men who'sw —r* A Brave | i»:"%'ﬁ;»; ;%}‘y had j ‘*‘w :Q‘"’ 3 T dadd e ; Eadid A . whini th’ eal “ball'blew his IR 7 phat did HEWO? s (SRt did he do?’ SRR m JOY he turned aroun’ g asked O gk 2 glass av whisky.”— 3 (5. z Advice. : ' sgan the nervous, 3 pr—that is, your Aot —apple of my eye; and- ‘ - ‘S le man . nter parent. “Here's Ve * go and cousult anfOERISt B Daily News %

WD omn.. wange 000 s ML/ AT LR "Y 8 PG ?mﬂj e UK gRI .. .u.../ 7k‘ K LIRS, TY A\ ) *wo < _‘~\-\.’"‘ml‘ ? e S e UNIQUE SCARECROW. It Is ¢he Invention of an Australian Genins Who Pronounces 1t a Great Success. . A writer in Garden and Field, an excellent Australian paper, says that a scarecrow made like the one pictured proved very effective. He deseribes it as follows: “A is a piece of three-fourths-inch gas pipe inserted firmly in the soil s 0 as to stand six feet above ground: the top end must be smooth. B is of galvanized’' downpipe, with an end soldered on the top. € C are short pieces of: downpipe soldered on B. N is a piece of tin or iron cut as described and shown. D is a dead bird or wing of & fowl. It a noisy toy © 5 . C ﬂ ",O 07 \ ~, » =1 D X : ; Bl = i 5.33 ' A Z ' PEEI o e AUSTRALIAN SCARECROW. windmill were fixed on the top it would be an improvement. To be of any real use.the scarecrows must not be placed in position until they are absolutely required and removed directly they have served their purpose, otherwise spoggie will get as familiar with them as with the trees themselves, and thus all beneficial results will be lost. To make the movable scarecrow, get three pieces of two-inch iron galvanized downpipe, viz., one four feet and the other two feet long. Solder them together in the shape of a cross, with a cap soldered on the top end of the fourfoot length. At the end of one arm fasten a piece of tin, say one side of a kerosene tin with about half an inch of the top edge, cut along three inches from each end, and one strip bent out- at right angles on one wside, the other the same on the opposite side, to form two short arms, from which arms hang iron nuts suspended by strings. These nuts will keep on striking the tin as the figure revolves with the wind (when there is any). Drive a six-foot length of three-fourths-inch gas pipe and dress it up accordingly to taste, ei}hvr as a lady or gentleman. A kerosene tin with a hole in the bottom and a two-inch slit on each side about haif way down would perhaps help to form the body, as well as causing more mnoise, especially if t]n'oe{‘ or four iron nuts were suspended by strings inside of it @ ' THE LIFE OF SEEDS. Some Were in Good Condition Hundreds of Years After They Had Been Put Away. " For the benefit of those who often desire to know. how long seeds will keep well, we take the tollowing from an old table, which was made for home-grown seeds, saved with care: Parsnips; +one year; heans, oné¢ to two years; borage, cress, balm and salsify, two years: corn, nasturtinms and peas, two to three vears; garlic and onions, three years; lettuce, leek, savory, spinach and turnip, three to four yeaw®; caraway. margoram and rutabagas, four years; fennel, five vears; parsley and peppers, five to six years; carrots, cabbages, celery and radishes, - six to eight years; beets, cucumbers, mMangel-wurzel, pumpkins, squashes and melons. eight to ten years, Much depends upon how ripe they are when gathered and how, they are kept. If placed jn a nearly air-tight metal box. they will keep much longer than if left exposed to air, dampness and the extremes of heat and cold. ~ Melons and rye have been known to grow when 40 years old, sensitive plants at 60 years and kidney beans at 100 years. There are now grow. ing at various places in this country berry vines from seeds 1.700 years old, also various grains found in Egyptian tombs and supposed to be at least 4,000 years old. Another important point is that many seeds are improved by a certain amount of keeping. Some gardeners will not use melon, cucumber or sqnh:{h seeds until three or four vears old. claiming that new seeds produce more vine than fruit while older seeds produce correspondingly less vine and more fruit. Celery seed also does better at three years, and cabbage seeds ifrom two to three vears old are said e make less leaves and more solid hgads. : ~ w Sterilizing Garden Soil. ' The practice of sterilizing the soil ¢ greenhouse or cold-frame work _oming more and jnore in vogue With large market gardeners. Exposure to steam heat. which raises e temperature to above 150 or 160, t even 180, degrees will kill the ‘@erms of damping-off, blights, rots, ®tc. W. W.. Rawson says he can now grow better crops on sterilized soil under glass than outdoors. A writer in ®arm and Fireside says: “We who latB hot the facilities for sterilizing “i;,. this manner must’ content oursel¥es with changing the soil on the greenhouse benches every year, gaetting a new supply where we belié¥e it to be uninfected from such Agxse germs.” , Give the lambs clear wheat for the first third of the fattening period, half wheat and half corn for the second third, and corn alome for the last third. g :

CAUSES GREAT LOSS. Instructive Information Comcerning Apthous Fever, or Foo¢t and ’ Mouth Disease. - The outbreak of apthous fever, commonly known as foot-and-mouth disease, among cattle in several New England states, carries with it a fear of widespread human infection, says the Rural New Yorker, as the disease is highly contagious among warm-blooded animals, and is known to be transmissible to humans undes certain conditions of exposure, but such infection is really so rare as not to be worth consideration. Like many other plagues and pests it cama to this country originally from northern Europe. Though seldom fatal,; apthous fever causes great loss in l'e(lm-‘ing the flesh and vitality of the animals attacked, but particularly through the interference of commerce by the rigid quarantine needed to limit an epidemic of this serious affection. The average loss of flesh in horned cattle attacked by apthous fever is estimated at nearly $lO each, and in dairy cows much more. The disease’ is primarily a skin affection, and is especially =evere about the mouth, udder and feet, developing sevare and extensive blisters about these parts. The hoofs, as appendages of the skin, suffer great damage in neglected cases, especially among hogs and sheep The most efficient treatment consists mainly in the local application of antiseptics and should always be given by a competent veterinarian. The infection of apthous fever appears to be entirely transmitted by direct contact with disease products and chiefIy affects humans through milk from sick animals, when it may produce dangerous irritation of the intestines. Ii is plain the most radical means should be taken to stamp out the disease on its first appearance and limit outbreaks to the smallest possible territory, and it is in every case a fit subject for control by local health boardss Apthous fever is one. of a small group of diseases communicated to man by domestic animals, among whi¢h rabies or dog madness is the most common and distressing. Glanders and carbuncle, or malignant postule, both fortunately quite rare, are examples of this class, whilé able authorities still deny the possibility - of consumption or bovine tuberculosis being transmitted from cattle to man SANITARY COW TIE. It Is Made of Chain and Thoroughly Clean, and for the Latter Reason Highly Recogmended. : : o A The cleanest possible way to fasten a cow. in the stall is by the chain tie. Dirt and microbes do not adhere readily to a chain that is in motion. Another very importang advantage is the freedom of motion allowed the cow. The uprights (b b} are 1% in. gas pipe. L == = . & : : sk 4~ I Y i A . l 4 ' e L i ¥ / 7 \ e // ; : ( \ : I \ EXCELLENT COW Tl Rings (a a a) permit the cow to raise or lower her head or to move sideways the width of the stall, while she cannot move ahead or back more than a step. The snap (¢) hooks into the other end of the collar chain, rendering it impossible for the ¢ow to get loose. A cement rail (f) forms the back part of the manger, into which the gas pipe uprights (a) are set. The uprights (¢ ¢) are shown four feet apart, but this distance should be governed by the size of the cow. The floor is shown at ¢, sloping to the gutter in the usual way.—F. A/ Converse, in Farm and Home. ' DAIRY AND LIVE STOCK A thrifty calf and’a healthy boy are very much alike inscme respects. Both are chock full of mischief and always hungry. i Calves need the Dbest of attention, especially in winter. The growth they have attained during the suminer must not be allowed to stop. nor must they be permitted to become poor now. .If your cow puts up her footeto push you aside when you go up to her when she does not know it. don't kick the cow, but say: “Excuse me,” and speak to her the next time you pass her. Do not turn a cow off just because she is old. The question of usefulness is far more impo-rfam than that of age. Not that we should be swerved from our best judgment by sentiment. The putter tub tells the story. : Milking at fiveao’clock in ‘the afternoon }\f one day and seven of another is the surest way to serve notice on the cow that you do not care whether she does her best or not. llf you fail on your part, she will certainly not work hard to keep up her part of the bargain.—Farm Journal. Apples and Soil Exhaustion. Apple trees are not as hard on soils as many have supposed, if we will keep the soil in proper physical condition. A bulletin issued by, Cornell university shows that in a single year a crop of apples will remove for the fruit from a single acre, 13 pounds of nitrogen, one pound of phosphoric acid and 19 pounds of potash. The leaves on the trees which produce this crop . of fruit will require 1¢ pounds of nitrogen, 5.2 pounds of phosphoric aecid and 18.4 pounds of potash. The tree growth will require 9.4 pounds of nitrogen. 3.6 pounds of phosphorie’ acid and 8.8 pounds of potash. This looks to be a severe strain on the soil, yet I believe that, all things considered, apples are about half as hard on soil as corn, assuming ‘that all of each cyop is permanently removed from the soil. ~DProf, Clothier, in Farmers' Review.

CAUGHT BY THE GRIP. - RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA. Congressman Geo. H. White’s Case. - A Noted Sculptress Cured.

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A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. It L spares no class or nationality. The cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and 'the pauper, the masses and the classes are alike subject to la grippe. None are exempt—all are liable. ' Have you the grip? Or, rather, has the grip got yvou? -Grip is well named. The original French term, la:grippe, has been shortened by the busy American to read “grip.” Without intending to do so a new word has been coined that exactly describes the case..As if

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OONSTIPATION STARTED YOUR SUFFERING, 1 CURE IT AND YOUR AFFLICTION WILL VANISH. = - Mull’s Grape Tonic Gures Gonstipation. - When the bowels move irregularly the entire ) 2 5 : bodily system must suffer, Constipation more oy SRR frequently occurs among women and it maniR Qe fests itself in provoking profuse leucorrhea Gpeea e, and other serious female diseases. Regular - GRS howels willresult in a completecure whenyou T ey use Mull's Grape Tonic. Urnlike pills and A R O ordinary catharties, this remedy is a mild, SRk e gentle laxativein addition to being a greater AR B flesh-builder, blood-maker and strength-giver " B R than cod liver oil or any other preparation‘ SO AT L recommended for that purpose. Mull’s Grape ; A Tonie will permanently cure the most obstinBRSOV ate case of constipation, and the numerous : oA afflictions that invariably follow in its wake. e No matter if it is piles, liver complaint, kidney S disorder, vertigo, palpitation. of the heart, diarrhea or the self-poisoning which follows when the undigested food remains in the bowels where it putrefiesand empties highly diseased germs into the blood, sach as typhoid and malaria, Mull’s Grape Tonic will positively cure. Large sample bottle will be sent free to any address on receipt of 10 cénts to cover postace, by the Lightning Medicine Co., Rock Island, 111. Send name of your druggist. All druggists sell Mull's Grape I'onic at 50 cents a bottle.

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some hideousgiant with awful Grip had clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men, women, children, whole towns:and cities are caught in the baneful grip of a terrible monster. . ok Pe-ru-na for Grip. Mrs. Theophile Schmitt, wife of the Ex-Secretary of the German Consulate, writes the following letter from 3417 Wabash avenue, Chicago, T 11.: - “I suffered this winter with a severe attack of la grippe. After using three bottles of Peruna I found the grip had disappeared.”-——Mrs. T. Schmitt.

N ained ()N . yaue)) ¥ 35 .4/ . " \l.' : P 4 ot Pounds &, WY (A 4 4 s G 172 GENTLEMEX:-—Affer it 3 suffering untold misery 5 < fo_rfour?‘ears taking all / kinds of medicines and 1 spending months at "the \ / 2 mineral water ‘springs, 4 1 Eryicng‘ :(111 ourileltdti]nz B octors (even usin o SRS ] YVeltme.r dtrea&mengt ", AP lelm 1 was induced to tr = N= o Dr. Caldwell’s S,yrupy S gy =T Pepsin and must soy SYAREG I\ \ that it has been the BIM G greatest blessing I i ever found, restoring \ me to gertect health. ' 8 t I weighed last June, | when I began taking§ \ A \ it, 100 3gounds- now \ } welfh 135, and feel as | \ well as I ever did in [N my life and can eat R \ A anythinﬁll want. ‘ AR S t I un esitating]{ X AR \ recommend it to al % % KN \ 9 sufferers from indi- AR N gestion or stomach SN \ \ troubles. Respectfully, 78 BEI N E Mgs. H. BRowN, | ; % Lamar, Mo. il , You really #, I\ \ ought to try R“t \ Dr. \\ J to @ s Caldwell’s = (LaxaTlVvE) 8 SyrU P Pe pSill' . Ifyouhave constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, liver or kidney trouble. It has cured thousands. It will cure . you. We guarantee it. x AsK Your Druggist If he doesn’t supply you, write us and we will send you a sampia bottle free, | wnd the name of a druggist who will, _ l \ PEPSIN SYRUP CO,, Monticello, 1. (@TY

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Mrs. Celeste Covell writes irom 219 N. avenue, Aurora, Ill.: “Only those who have suffered with Ja grippe and been cured can appreciate how grateful I feel that such a splendid medicine as Peruna has been placed at the door of every suffering person.”"—Mrs. .C. Covell. Noted Sculptress Cured of Grip. © Mrs. M. C. Cooper, of the Royal! Acad--emy of Arts, of London, England. now residing in Washington, D. C_, is one of the greatest living sculptorsand painters of the world. She says: - *“l take pleasure in recommending Peruna for catarrh and la grippe. L have suffere¢ for months,and afier the use of one bottle of Peruna 1 am entirely well."—Mrs. M. C. Cooper. D. L. Wallace, a charter member of the International Barbers™ Union, ‘writes from 15 Western Avenue. Minneapolis, Mifin.: “Following a severe attack of Ia grippe 1 seemed to be affected badly ail over. - i : “*One of my customers who wasgreatly helped by Peruna advised me 10 try it,-and I procured a bottle the same -day. Now my hedd is clear. my nerves are steady. I enjoy food and rest weil. Peruna has been worth a dollar a dose to me.”"—D. L. Wallace. Lieutenant Clarice Hunt, of the Salt Lake City Barracks of the Saivatiom Army, writes from Ogden. Utah: “Two ‘months ago I was saffering ~with so severe a cold that I could hardly speak. ° ! “Our captain’ advised me to vy Peruna and procured a bottlé for me.and truly it worked wonders. Within two weeks 1 was entirely well.”—(larice Hunt. T Congressman White's Lester. Tarboro, N. C. Gentlemen: [am more than satise« fied with Peruna and find it to be &n excellent remedy for the grip and catarrh. I have used it in my family and they all join me in reccommending it as an excellent remedy.’’—George H. White, Member of Congress. Mrs. T. W. Collins. Treasurer Independent Order of Good Tempiars, of Everett, Wash., writes: : ‘“After having a severe attack oi la grippe I continued in a feeble cendition even after the doctors called me cured. My blood seemed poisoned. Peruna cured me.”—Mrs. T. W. Collins. < If you do not derive prompt and sate isf;a('tofy results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be-pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. ) o

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