Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 40, Petersburg, Pike County, 11 February 1898 — Page 7

THE FARMING WORLD. MANAGING ON SHARES. Til* Eqaitable Iftteai Adopted by * Wisconsin Farmer. Of late much has been printed on the above subject, but none seems to hit the mark or the plan that will always warrant success. Here in this very fertile district the farm manager gets onehalf the proceeds of the farm for his salary. He owns one-half of all the live stock kept or raised on the farm. He has house and outbuildings, free of rent; he furnishes teams and all the tools, does all the work, and is required in a written contract to do all the work in season, and in a good workmanlike manner; he is allowed to keep a team on the undivided grass and hay, but must feed hiif own grain. He can sell his crops at any time he sees fit, and must sell the proprietor's half at the pleasure of the owner of the farm, and gets one cent per bushel for hauling the grain not to exceed four miles; all other proceeds he must take to market free of charges. He must work the highway; he must repair all fences and make light repairs on the outbuildings, the owner furnishing all material. The proprietor must pay all cash taxes and one-half of the thrashing bill, and has one-half of all the proceeds of the farm of every nature, except the proceeds of one-fourth acre, which is assigned to the tenant for a garden. The owner must be advised as to the crops to be raised and the different fields in which they must be grown. The inanuer must be drawn out every fall and put where it is most needed- * The man on iny farm commenced the first of November last on his fourth year, and as yet there has not been dis■satisfaction between us. The tenant gets his pay as he goes along, and it satisfied in all things; one-half of the •products of the farm is his salary. Most of the farms in this vicinity art managed on the above terms, which are considered, advantageous for th« tenant, especiallytin a dry ami unproductive season, for he has no rentmoney to raise.—£. Reynolds, in Country <e»cntleman. „ UNEVEN WOOD PILES. How They ('an Ite >! ensured yrltk Some Sort of Accnrncy. It is often desired to measure a tier nf wood that is irregularly piled up. Select a por'ion of the tier that has ■ tiie top gradually sloping. Measure the height at each emi of the slope, add together and divide by two. This will give the average height of the portion taken. Multiply this height by its length; and then by the breadth and you have the cubic contents. Now

B MEASURING WOOD PILES. I»i.e another section and proceed as before. In the cut «e measure th* height at a and c. The half of these two heights will give the < average height. Next take the section from c to d. This maintains an even height, so the length, breadth and thickness can be multiplied together. In the slope from d to b, proceed as in the first slope. Add the cubic contents of the three sections together and divide by 128. This will give the number of cords. Tiers vary in their regularity, but the principle here illustrated can be used with any of them.—Orange 4udd Farmer. SAVE THE FEATHERS. Jk Source of Income \rglrcird by Many Poultry Keepers. Poultry feathers should be kept for •tufting pillows, sofa1 cushions and other home conveniences, even where it is not deemed worth while to sell them, lieese and duck feathers, being much more valuable thau others, should al* ways be preserved with care. Downy feathers of hens and turkeys serve a very good purpose, and unless you Wish tohiake dusters of tail and wing featlie'riu the soft, feathery portions of these may be stripped dff the quill and added to the rest. I'nless the tloek is large, it will take some time to secure enough feathers to stuff even a cushion, and as they are gathered from time to time, they must be put into whole cotton bags, tied securely so that no moth millers can enter, and placed for a short time in a warm oven, to dry thoroughly. If heps are scalded before picking, the feathers can be dried* in a tin pan, in a moderately warm stove oven. Remove mil bits of skin, as they produce an unpleasant odor bard to get rid of. Feathers well cleaned uuswer very well for bolsters, chair and soft cushions.— liurai World.

Cow Peas 01 Clojoy Soli. An Ohio farmer >avs that he has continued proof of the value of cow peas as a preparation for potatoes in clayey loams. This year bis peas were worth more as plant food for potatoes than wall an average crop of wheat, lie has 18 (acres of peas growing to be turned under for next year's* crop. They add plant food and mechanically improve the condition of the soil. His neighbors are follow ing his lead, and all feel that they have made one more step forward.—Prairie Farmer. Work of (he Ussy Urn. It is estimated that this couutry contains 350,000,000 chickens, and that they lay f nearly 14,000.000.000 eggs each year, worth $165,000,000. The value of the poultry meat eaeh year is estimated at $125,000,000, the total annual poultry product being $290,000,000, which exceeds ibe value of swine, wool and sheep combined, being also greater than the production of oats, tobacco, potatoes, wheat oi cottar*

A GOLDEN HONEYCOMB. feliitac Ikafta la Private ttaHcu and Public Streets. By the close of the present year the colony of Victoria will have yielded over £243,000,000 worth of virgin gold to the world's wraith. To secure this immense treasure for over 46 years the diggers and miners have sacrificed the surface or burrowed deep in the bowels of the earth of the Australian province. The ravages of the former, who content themselves with seeking for alluvial gold, are woe* fully apparent to the eye of him who rides past a deserted gold field—one of the most desolate sights on earth. The brown, sandy earth is marked .with shallow pits of .varying depths, alongside which mounds of excavated soli suggest a cemetery of buried hopes. No green thing grows on such a field, and only a fast-decaying windlass or a few withered saplings relieve the dreary aridness of the scene. Bidden from sight are the labors th*s miner wno weeks gold In the rougti quarta, deep, deep in the bowels of the earth. LtuvRell's 180 mine at Bendigo is now approaching a depth of threequarters of a mile, and there are four others in the same district only a few hundred feet behind. Bst it is at Maldon. a mining town 24 mHes southwest of Bendigo. *hst the quart* and alluvial goJdseeker has literally tunxe^d the tc-ws in his pursuit of leads and, wsoh Jirt holding the precious metal. T'/» back gardens of private residences have been intruded upon—of course with the permission of the owner*—and there, with the family washing floating above them, the diggers ply the pick and spade, always hoping to find a second "‘welcome stranger” nugget.and realize £5.000 in on? lump. The Angelicas church at Maldon "was deeply in debt tv hen a digger found payabledirt which increased in value until liis l^urrowings brought him beneath the foundations. Tuder certain conditions h£ was allowed to continue his labors, steps being taken to prevent the building’s collapse and to-day the church is well out of debt, with a reserve fund, and the digger only mines in the share market. Few of the dwelling houses in Maldon have cellars, one very good reason being that the earth has been so honeycombed in the past as to make any inquiry into its solidity not quite devoid of risk, fln one occasion a Maldon publican sent his hostler into the cellar for some stock, and hearing a cry descended to discover the cause. But the man had disappeared, a gap in the earthen floor showing where he had gone through into a disused “working.** Nowadays people tread gingerly in the few cellars in Maldon.—London Mail. Another Worm. An inspector was recently examining a class of girls in natural history. "Tel! me the names of any animals you know.” he began; but the faces of the children expressed bewilderment at the request. At length, however, a little girl at the back of the class shot up her hand as though a bright idea had struck her. "Ah." sail the inspector, “the small est girl in the class knows. Well, tn$ dear, what is it?” “A worm,” came the triumphant an* wer. "Well—er—yes, a worm is really an animal, but can no one think of any other?” ' Again profound silence reigned. “If I were one of you big girls,” the Inspector remarked, after a pause, on seeing the same hand held up, “I should be ashamed of myself.” Then turning to the little scholar as a last resort, he said: “Well, what is it this time, my girl?” “Another worm, sir.” was the quick response.—Scottish Nights.

Insomnia Sot Danfcerom. Sir James Crichton Browne, the expert oe brain diseases, holds that insomnia is not attended with 8uch disastrous consequences as is commonly supposed. It is not as dangerous as the solicitude of the sufferer. lie suggest* That the brains of literary men, who are the most frequent victims, acquire the trick of the heart, which takes a dcare of a fraction of a second after each beat, and so manages to get' six hour's rest in 24. Some brains, in case* of insomnia, sleep in sections, differ* ent brain centers going off dut*in turn. —Boston Budsret. THE MARKETS. New York. February 7.189& CATTLEr-Native Steers.......* 4 15 it* 5 15 COTTON—MiddUa*. &V3 * FLOUR Winter Wheat. 3 50 « 0O WHEAT-Na 2 Red. & CORN -Na 2. ... { OATS- No. 2. « PORK -New Mess . 10 23 U ST. LOUIS. Cotton-Mwaiinu. BEEVES— Steer*.. 3 23 © Cow» ami Heifers... 2 30 St* CALVES-(per head).. 5 00 4* HOGS—-Fair to Select_..... 3 50 © SHEEP—Fair to Choice.. 3 35 © FLOUR—Patents... 4 To © Clear and Straight.. 4tu o WHEAT Na 2 Red Winter. .... © CORN—No. 2 Mixed.. $ OATS- No. 2 ...r.. .... RYE—No.S... 4A © TOBACCO—Lugv ....3 00 « Leaf Buriey. 4 50 « HAY Clear Timothv . 7 50 4ft BI TTER—Choice Dairy . 11 © Evicts— Fresh . 6* 1 034 10 50 5 15 4 00 8 73 3 VO 4 50 4 SW 4 50 *4 *H4 24 e so 12 00 10 00 13 14 © 10 30 e i I 4ft 4ft ... 24*tft 20 © Hi 3 45 4 00 4 73 4 80 4 80 03 ■ 274 24-, 10 25 PuKK standard (new).. BAOON—Clear Rib LARD—Prime Steam CHICAGO. CATTLE—Native Stears....... 3 75 Hoo» -I'iiir to Choice. _ 3 05 SHEEP—Fair to Choice.. 3 25 FLOUR—Winter Patents.. 4 70 Sprtng Patents.. 4 50 WHEAT-No. 2 spring 81 d Na 2 Red (new).... .... CORN-No. 2. .... OATS—No. 2. PORK—Mess (new) .. 10 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE -Native Steers..- 3 75 © HOGS—All Grades. . 3 «0 © WHEAT-Na 2 Hard. E»4 <4 OATS-No 2 White. 23 4ft CORN-Na 2. 24*4 i NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—Hi?h Grade. 4 to CORN-Na 2.. 3* OATS—Western.. 30 HAY—Choice.. 14 00 a‘ PORK—Standard Mess..... ( BACON —Side*.. *4 A COTTON —Middling. . * . LOUISVILLE. „ WHEAT—Na 2 Red. °»H© W OORN-Na 2 Mixed. »© 31* OATS—Na 2 Mixed..... » u 27 PORK-New Mess.. 10 25 © » 7» BAOGX-Ciear Rib.. **© COTTON—Middling. © ft*

Chronic Rheumatism. From the Industrial Neva, Jackson, lflch. The subject of this sketch is fifty-six years of age, and actively engaged in farming. When seventeen years old he hurt his shoulder and a few years after commenced to have rheumatic pains in it. On taking a slight cold or the least strain, sometimes without any apparent cause whatever, the trouble would start and he would suffer the most excruciating pains. He suffered for over thirty years, and the last decade has suffered so much that he was unable to do any work. To this the frequent occurrences of dizzy spells were added, making him almost a helpless invalid.

L3 IN ALL SORTS OF WEATHER. He tried the best physicians but without being benefited and has used several specific rheumatic cures, but was not helped. About one year and six months ago he read in this paper of a case somewhat similar to his which was cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and concluded to try this remedy. After taking the first box he felt somewhat better, and after using three boxes, the pains entirely disappeared, the dizziness left him, and he has now for over a year been entirely free from all his former trouble and enjovs better health than he has had since l|is boyhood. He is loud in his praise of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People and will gladly corroborate the above statements. His post office address is Lorenzo Neeley, Horton, Jackson County, Michigan. All the elements necessary to rive new life and richness to the blood ana restore shattered nerves are contained, in a condensed form, in Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. All druggists sell them. Kickers. Haskihs—I didn’t like the meals we got at the mountain house. There was not enough warm food. Everything that was served was cold. Perkins—Yes, everything but the i«.v water.— Lp-to-Pate. A PERFECT HOME SECURED AT LITTLE COST.

-| Joan and Theo dore S % r iovski, h formerly ' residents of M i c higan, . i but now living in Alameda, West--J era Canada,

before taking up taeir nomt uiere visiteq the country as delegates. They reported to the Government of the Dominion of Canada the result of their observations, „aud from this report extracts have been taken, which are published below: “We have visited a number of most desirable locations, and are highly pleased with the country as a whole, it being beyond our highest expectations. We find here a prosperous and well-contented lot of people. They have comfortable home4 and their vast fields of wheat and other crops in addition to their herds of choice cattle, indicate prosperity in the full sense of the word. In conversation with the farmer? throughout our trip we learned that the majority of them came here with very limited means, and some with no more than enough to .bring them here, and they are now well-to-do. They all claim that this is the only country for a poor man. or one with little means, to get. a start and make a home for himself and family. As you are aware, w;e were a little shaky and undecided before leaving Detroit, but have determined since that we, with our friends, will make this country our future home. It is far from being the wilderness we had pictured it to be: it is. instead, a land having all the facilities required by modern civilization, such as railroads, markets, stores, churches, schools, etc., in fact, an ideal home for those having the future welfare of themselves and families at heal C.” The Messrs. Striovski selected the Alameda distiict, but what they say of it appeals in a general way to most other districts in that vast country. They speak of the fuel, whiefy is to be had in great quantities, of the water that can be had by digging from 10 to 20 feet, and of the good grazing land to be had almost everywhere. There is plenty of wood for building timber anu for fuel, while coal is convenient, and sells at low prices at the mines. In driving through the country they passed many fine patches of wild raspberries, and say they can speak highly of their fiavor, as they could not resist the temptation to stop and eat. Having alreadv transgressed on your valuable space. I shall defer further reference to Western Canada for another issue. An illustrated pamphlet recently issued by the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada, giving a complete description of the country, will be forwarded free to all who write for it. ■ Yours. WESTERN CANADA. Mutual. Bank Clerk (scrutinizing check)—Madam, We can’t pay this unless you bring some one to identity you. Old Lady (tartly)—I abould like to know why? • “Because we don’t know you.” “Now, don’t be silly! I don't know yon, cither.”—Truth. How's This f We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by .Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney A Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West A Truax, n hoiesale Druggists, Toledo O. Walding, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, geting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot- j tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free ’ Hall’s Family Pills are the best! Trouble for Both. He—Oh. of course, dear, it is all right for you to eat onions i^you like them, and I’m not the one to stop you; but, I declare, it’s hard work to stand it. She—Well, I don’t blame von, Harry, for i after I eat them I can hardly stay where I am myself.—Judge. Use’s Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order t be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently o the liver and k tdney a. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. The man with a grievance always proves* grievance to his friends.—Chicago Daily Sews. Years of rheumatism have ended with Cure by St. Jacobs Oil. Cures promptly. Lots of men mistake a coarse, harsh voice for a good bass voice.—Washington Democrat. Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs »• Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike’s Toothache Drops Cute in one minute.

Am Old War-Hone of Journalism Discovers the Virtue of a New Medicinal Variety. There are only a few of them left. Since Chas. A. Dana’s death, Joseph Medill, the war-horse of the Chicago Tribune, is the chief surviving representative of the old school of virile, aggressive editoml giants. , To have mud thrown at them was part of the profession at all times, but to find nealth in mud is rather a modern innovation. That is what Joseph Medill has been doing of late. Mr. Medill is an investigator and when the stories of the miraculous Magno-Mud at Indiana Mineral Springs began to spread over the country, the great editor became interested and eventually decided to try this mysterious substance on his own rheumatic limbs and weigh its value. He was accompanied by his private physician, a‘young Armenian scientist of high attainments. The great editor was mud-mummified daily for several weeks and gained visibly in weight, strength and vitality. The final result of the experiment was an unaualified success. Mr. Medill went

back to Chicago m September, and wrote an editorial about Magno-Mud with bis own hand. Next, he sent his son-in-law for a little of the mud-treatment. In November he went down again, and since the new bath house is completed he expects to be a regular visitor four times a year. This mud-treatment in which Mr. Medill found so much virtue, is peculiar, yet logical. After all, every form of life springs from the earth, which is the great destroyer and assimilator of dead ana effete matter. At the Indiana Mineral Springs is a beautiful little natural amphitheatre, the slopes being grown with magnificent oaks. At the foot of the converging hills, a big Lithia spring gushes forth at the rate of 3,000 barrels a day and floods the soil, which consists of a rich, black porous loam, fed bv the deciduous foliage of the oak trees. This peculiar soil saturated with mineral salts for ages, is as soluble as sugar, and being devoid of clay is not sticky in the least. It is not, therefore, in any sense related to the conventional mud ot the road way, of the Chicago street or to the variety which clings to your heels. The mud is applied to the patient on a cot. the subject bong entirely encased in the substance, steamed to a proper temperature. It then acts as a poultice, stimulates the skin, superficial blood vessels and nerves, opens the pores and lithiates the blood, dis solving all uric arid deposits. Nothing can be simpler or more rational. "Lemme un’stan’,” said Mr. Erastus Pinkly. “Is er locksmif er man dat knows all ’bout how ter open all kin’s er locks?” “ ’Co’s he is,” replied Miss Miami Jones. “Well I dunno how ’tis, but I sho’ly seen it.” “What did yoh done see?” “Er loeksmit down in de mahket a buyin’ ’is chickens.”—Washington Star. Give the Children s Drtnlc called Grain-O. It is a delicipus, appetizing, nourishing food drink to take the place" of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who have used it, because when properly prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but is free from all its injurious properties. Grain-0 aids digestion and strengthens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health judder, and children, as well as adults, can drink it with great benefit. Costs about J as much as coffee. 15 and 25c. Lett Him Guessing:. “I don’t know whether I have been complimented or not,” said ChoJlie. “What is the occasion?” asked his friend. “Miss Figg told me she believed I was more intelligent than I pretended to be.”— Indianapolis Journal. \ / Slipped and fell: bad^sprain. Never Mind. St. Jacobs Oil wtil cure it. Wise men make feasts that fools may eat and get the gout.—Chicago Daily News. Pres. Ucwisto Vs. Free Silver. A battle of giants is going to take nl*'*this summer on 30,000 farms in America, u^t in talk or votes, but in yields. Salzer’s new potato marvels are named as above, and he offers a price for the biggest potato yield, also $400 in gold for suitable name for his corn (17 inches long) and oat prodigies. Only seedsmen in America growing grasses, clovers and farm seeds and selling potatoes at $1.50 a barrel. The editor urges you to try Salzer’s Northern-grown seeds. an<Lto Send This Notice with 10 Cts. is 8tamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., for 11 new farm seed samples, worth $10.00. b jet a start, and their big catalogue. a 2

Clever Boy. “How in the world did vou get Old Curmudgeon's consent to wed nis daughter?” “Finesse, m% boy, finesse. I told all around that he caught 17 four-pound bass on that last fishing expedition of his.”—Detroit Free Press. Old roa make yonr Gratn-O tkls way T Here are the latest directions: Use one teaspoonful of Grain-0 to two cups of cold water. Mix the Grain-0 with half an egg and add the water. (Be sure to measure.) After the water gets to the boiling point let boil for fifteen to twenty minutes. Use cream and sugar to suit the taste. If you have not cream use hot milk. A lady said: “The first time I drank Grain-0 I did net like it, but after using it for ten days and forming the habit, nothing would induce me to go back to coffee.” This is the experience of all. If you will follow directions, measure it every time and make it the same, and try it for ten days, you will not go back to coffee. __ A Sweet Oae. Sam Johnsing—-Yas, sah, my gal’s a highbohn leddv fob shuah! She is ue cream ob sassiety. she is! Ben Tomkins—She is. heh? Sort ob a chocolate cream, I guess.—Puck. February Excursions. Opportunities for visiting the South during this month, via the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, are as follows: Home-Seekers’ Excursions on first and third Tuesday at about one fare for the round trip. Florida Chautauqua at DeFuniak Springs begins on the l(tn inst. Splendid programme, beautiful place, low rates. Mardi Gras at Mobile and New Orleans on 22d inst. Tickets at half rates. For full particulars, write to C. P. Atmore. General Passenger Agent, Louisville.. Ky., or Geo. B. Horner, D. P. A., St. Louis, Mou __ Everybody has some pet adjective.— Washington Democrat. Caaghlag Leads to Consumption. Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day-and get a sample bottle free. -Large bottles, 50 cents and *1.00. Go at once.: decays are dangerous. Arctic Exploration. Smith—Of late years arctic explorers seem to haVe enu red upon a race to see who can reach the furthest point north. Brown—Yea. and 1 guesa the fellow who hugs the pole wiil win the race.—N. Y. Journal. Bad feet from frost-bites are made sound By St. Jacobs Oil. It cures. ---- | • If a noisy haby has a real nrettv mother, a crowd will forgive it a good deal quicker.— Washington Democrat. When Your Throat Clogs or feels raw and rough, nothing gives such < prompt and effectual relief as Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. A wonderful remedy for coughs, colds, and bronchial affections. Pleasant to the taste, never failing in result. Ihe coat may not make the man. bpt lawsuits make attorneys.—Chicago Daily Neva. The pain of sciatica is cruel. The cure by St. Jacobs Oil is sure, it penetrates.

THE MAN WHO LI He should have been dead. But he wasn’t, because

“There’* nothing succeeds like success.” There is no withstanding the living argument of the man who should be dead, who isn’t dead, but who would be dead, but for a preserving medicine. That’s about the way it seemed to strike Editor Lawrence, of the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. He was afflicted with one of those colds that have, thousands of times over, culminated in consumption, when not promptly cured. In this condition he met a friend. a consumptive, whom he haid not expected to see alive. The consumptive friend recommended Dr. J. C. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for the editor’s cola, on the ground that it had ‘'helped him wonderfully.” It helped the editor just as wonderfully, giving “almost instant relief” But read his letter: “About two months sigo.I was afflicted wjth a bad cold, and, meeting a friend, he advised the nse of Ayer*s Cherry Pectoral which, he claimed, had helped him wonderfully. As he was a consumptive, whom 1 had not expected to see alive for several I concluded there must be merit in this preparation.^ 1 accordingly bought a couple of bottles, one of which I keep on my desk all the time. This is certainly the best remedy for a cdld 1 ever used. It gives almost instant relief, and the J. C. Ayer Co. ate to be congratulated on posses

sing the formula for such a eery remedy.’'—W. H. Lawrence, Editor, Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. Keep a bottle of Dr.. Ayer’s Cherry Tm toral handy, on the desk, in the office, os the shelf or in the closet at home, and yea will have at hand a remedy that is capabia at any time of saving yon suffering, money* and even life. There is no malady am prolific of evil results as a neglected coML There is no medicine so promptly egtciha in curing a cold qnd absolutely eradicating its effects, as Dr; Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Every traveller should carry it. Emy household should keep it. It cures every variety of cough, and alt forms of tang; and throat trouble. Asthma, bronchitis* croup, and whooping cough, are promptly cured by it, and it has in maay cases ovencome pulmonary diseases in aggravated forms, when all other remedies failed ftm help and physicians gave no hope of casm. Those who for convenience have wanted m smaller sized bottle of Dr. Ayer’s Chevzy Pectoral. can now obtain it of their dealer in half size bottles, at half price—foe Send for Dr. Ayer's Cnrebook, atd more of the cures effected by this reroedyThe book contains xoc pages, and ia scat free, on request, by the J. C. Ayer Osm Lowell. Mass.

The Golden Mean. New Minister—I propose to hold old Moneybags up to scorn. Old Minister*—Don't go too far. my boy. ‘"What would you suggest, then?” “U'ra—suppose you hold him up, merely.” —Puck. The Government’* Domnin. The commissioner of tlhe general land office has submitted his report to the Secretary of the Interior. Compared with last year, it shows a decrease of 3,298 homestead entries, aggregating 378,625 acres. Quite proportionate to this is tine falling off in general health when no effort is made to reform irregularity of the bowelA This can easily be accomplished with the aid of Hostetters Stomach Bitters, also a remedy for malaria, dyspepsia, rheumatism and liver trouble. Likely. Dr. Smiley—Ah. professor, is your little one a boy or a girl ? Prof. Dremey—Why—er—yes. We call it John. It must be a boy* I think.—Judge. Did Yon Get lip Wrongt Take a dose of Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey. It will relieve the discomforting cough or cold, and help you to feel good all dav. It exhilarates the lungs and soothes the lbronchials. 25c at all good druggists. Jnst So. Quite frequently a man's views on religion depend to a considerable extent on what kind of a job he has.—Puck.. Fits stopped free and permanently cured. No fits after first day's use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. Firee $2 trial bottle A treatise. Dr. Kline, 933 Arch at., Phjla., Pa. It’s difficult for a man to check his creditors unless he has a bank,account.—Chicago Daily News. f ■ _ • • l__

Robbed It In. “I told her there were plenty of fish in the sea when she refused to"! me.” “What did she sayf” “That they won’t all bite at clam —Philadelphia North American. A Cold ta tbe Head is one of the most distressing and * foiling of maladies. It causes loss of i If neglected, it terminates in that:_ noxious of all diseases—catarrh of tbe1 or throa£. Dr. Bell’s Pme-Tar- Honey cure it in one night. All druggists. Woman’s inhumanity to woman eso many men to live amd_die in the ’ class.—Chicago Daily News. Any ache, from toothache t© St. Jacobs Oil will cure. Nobody uses over about six adjective*.* Washington Democrat. To Core a Cold lo One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, druggists refund money if it fails to core; j Rome wasn’t founded by Romeo; H ' Juliet who was found i' ' go Daily News. Piso’s Cure for Consumption has saved i many a doctor’s bill.—S. F. Hardy, Hi kins Place, Baltimore, Md., Dee. 2, IMA. The young onion is a very seductive' etable, but it invariably gives a nan si —Chicago Daily News. Made worse by cold. Neuralgia m St. Jacobs Oil to cure. It cures. Lots of very shiftless people get —Washijpton Democrat.

BEWARE OF MORPHINE. Mrs. Pinkham Asks Women to Seek Permanent Cures and Not Mere Temporary Belief From Pain.

Special forms of suffering lead many ft woman to acquire the morphine habit. One of these forms of suffering is a dull, persistent pain in the sidle, accompanied by heat and throbbing. There is disinclination to work, because work only increases the pain. This is only one symptom of a chain of troubles; she has others she cannot bear to confide to her physician, for fear of __ an examination, the terror of all sensitive, ~ modest women.

j.ne pnysician, meantime, Knows ner condition, dui i cannot combat her shrinking terror. He yields to | her supplication for something to relieve the pain. | He gives her a few morphine tablets,' with very I grave caution as to their use. Foolish woman l She 1 thinks morphine will help her right along ; she becomes its slave ! 4

A wise ana a generous pfcysician naa suen a case ; he told his patient he could do nothing for her, she was too nervous to undergo an examination. In despair, su a friend. She said to her, “Don’t give yourself up; just go druggist's and buy a bottle tof Mrs. Lydia EL Pinkham s Vegetable Com It will build you up. You will begin to feel better With the first bottle." did so, and after the fifth bottle her health was re-established. Here is her letter about it:

11 was very miserable; was so weak that I could get around the bouse, could not do any work without ing tired out. My monthly periods had stopped and I so tired and nervous all of the time. I was troubled much with falling oi the womb and bearing-down A friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's V< table Compound; I have taken five bottles, and think ft the best medicine I ever used. Now I can work, and like myself. I used to be troubled greatly my head, but I have had no bad headaches or ttttion of the heart, womb trouble or bearing-dowa pains, since I commenced to take Mrs. Pi: medicine. I gladly recommend the Vegetable pound to every suffering woman. The use of

bottle will prove what it can do."—Mbs. l.ucy rKA*i“. < \ 5.

THRIFT IS A GOOD REVENUE.” GREAT 8AVINC RESULTS FROM CLEANLINESS AND SAPOLIO

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