Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — Page 3

Economy— Just think—every bottle ot Hood’s Sarsaparilla contains too doses. This is true only of Hood’s Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. Hood’* Pills cure biliousness, headache.

The Main Street; a Dead Line.

Hill City, the county seat of Gresham County' in Western Kansas, Is a very email place, but Large enough to contain a feud that for deep hate and wild fury pas si s anything eVer heard of in the wilds of Kentucky. The feud divides the town into Two faction* that relent not day nor night. The rival factions center each about a leader who is rich. On the one side is Pomeroy; on the other McGill. The principal street of the town is the line between the two. No Pomeroyite ventures into the territory of the McGillites, and no McGillite ever crosses into the Pomeroy regions. This main street is a frequent battleground, and many’a fray has been waged there, with the town officers divided between the two contending parties. < n.

To Relievo the Strain on the Eyes.

A medical authority says that in the continued use of the eyes in such work as sewing, typesetting, bookkeeping, reading and studying, the saving point is in breaking off work at short intervals and looking around the room. This may be practiced every ten or fifteen minutes. By doing so the muscular tensiori is relieved, the eyes are rested and the blood supply becomes better. An evidence of the striking uniformity Of size among the Japanese is found in the fact that recent measurements taken of an infantry regiment showed no variations exceeding two Inches in height 01; twenty pounds in weight.

AN OPEN LETTER.

WHAT MRS. 1. E. BRESSIE SAYS TO AMERICAN WOMEN. fipeaka of Her Melancholy Condition After the Birth of Her Child. “I feel as if I was doinganinjustice to my suffering sisters if I did not tell what Lydia E. Pinkham’s

Vegetable Compound has done for me, and its worth,to the n women were J ings, until obliged to give up. My ▼

disease baffled the best doctort. “I was nervous, hysterical; my head ached with such a terrible burning sensation on the top, and felt as if a band was drawn tightly above my brow; inflammation oi the stomach, no appetite, nausea at .he sight of food, indigestion, constipation, bladder and kidney troubles, palpitation of the heart, attacks of melancholia would occur without any provocation whatever, numbness of the limbs, threatening paralysis, and loss of memory to such an extent that I feared aberration of the mind. “A friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and spoke in glowing terms of what it had done for her. “ I began its use and gained rapidly. Now I am a living advertisement of its merits. I had not used ifa year when I was the envy of the whole town, for my rosy, dimpled, girlish looks and perfect health. “ I recommend it tq all women. I find a great advantage in being able to say, it Is by a woman’s hands this great boon is given to women. All honor to the name of Lydia E. Pinkham; wide success to the Vegetable Compound. “Youra In Health, Mbs. I. E. BresBIE, Herculaneum, Jefferson Co., Mo."

The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. DONALD KENNEDY. Of ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Bottos.,, Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quantity is taken..' When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking It. Read the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bedtime. Sold by all Druggists. When you come in hot and thirsty, —HIRES Rootbeer. MU. ooly by Tko Ckorlo. a. Biro. Co, rkllrtalyklk. A Mo. sooUmo » e*U.M. Sold omywkwo. B Bert Oon«h SynipVTkMek Boot Qmß B tatok BoMbydnngMe. J

THE FARM AND HOME

MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. ‘ ■ The Beat Green Feed for the Dairyman’s Herd-Barn Basements Not Desirable for Horses—A Hard Prob1/ lem so Solve—Farm Notes. The Cow Pea. It is beginning to be understood that the legumes, such as clover, alfalfa and pea vines, are not only the best green feed for the dairyman's herd during the summer, but among the best for the winter hay, if properly cured. The difficulty of curing the hay of the pea vine has done much to prevent its use for a winter feed among dairymen who have fed it with profit during the summer. We select from one of our exchanges the following plan for the cutting and preserving of the hay from this useful leguminous plant. The practical man who gives us the information says: “After the vine commences to bear, and some of the pods half grown. I take a grass blade and cut the vines some five or s'x inches above the ground. “This work is done after Ihe dew lias dried off and the vineis clear of all the moisturq from dew or rain. While the process of cutting tlie vines is going on, I have prepared a lot-of fence rails—or poles will da I commence a pen. first by flooring it with ra-Ite or poles; I then build it, say two feet high. I then ■fill up the space With the fresh-cut vines as fast as I can. After the space is filled, then I floor again; go two feet high, and fill this space, and continue until I get the pen ten feet high. On the last space I manage .to have it sloped. After you fill the last space cover with boa rds to prevent them from getting wet, and the job is done. No need of handling them any move, not even for feeding.”—Farming News.

Basements Not Best for Horses. The basement barn ought never to be used to keep horses in in summer. It is a cool place, but it is made so by being kept too dark and by lack ventilation. The. odor from tlie urine is constantly rising from their evacuations, and as this contains iHiiefr ammonia it is doubly injurious, first to the health and secondly to the eyesight. Many horses have been blinded by being kept in dark stables, with perhaps a light shintng fro nr-a small window—over—the horse’s head. The fa£t tli;»t the underground stables are unfit for Tibrses somtimes induces farmers to turn their working teams out to pasture during the night. This will more surely weaken a working horse than anything else the farmer can do to him. - It Is a Hard Feo-bleni.- . The average wages paid to each opc—rative in our manufacturing industries was $485 per year, according to the census of 1890, an increase of twothirds over 1860. But the gross receipts from the average farm, witli its stock and Implements worth all told about $3,500, were only S4OB for each operative or mature person who Worked on the farm, a decrease of 15 per cent. The shrinkage in farm values has been more serious during the past five years than the decline in wages. The problem of the times is to even these things up, so that with equitable taxation and strict economy in public expenditure, the chances for a happy life and moderate competence may be as good in country as in city, on farm as in factory. On Pruning;. If trees have been pruned in the fall, winter or spring, the careful orchard--Ist will find considerable work to do during the summer mouths, and should always go armed witli a strong hookbladed pruning knife or a heavy jackknife with a strong blade, when taking a walk through the orchard. In most bearing orchards young trees are planted from time to time as others die and are removed; and it is during the growing months that small trees need the most looking after. Sprouts start out along the stems of small trees, and If allowed to grow will take up most of the nourishment from the roots. The top of the trees will make but little growth and will soon wear a s’ckly look. In windy locations young trees are very apt to get top-heavy on the opposite side from prevailiffg winds and should be kept cut back in Order to preserve the symmetry of the trees. The real time to prune in this country Is whenever anything is found out of position and needs cutting away. The careful orchardist carries, his pruner with him as religiously as a Texas cowboy packs bis gun.—Field am? Farm. Outside Rows of Corn. In almost all grain crops the rows next to the fence are poorer than those toward the center of the field. This is also true of the potato crop, the trampling of horses gt.the end of the rows while cultivating injuring the plants. There is the same kind of Injury with corn, but usually the outside rows have more and better ears than those that have shade on all sides of them. Occasionally, however, on the windward side the hills on the outside row wilt not be so well filled with grain, as the pollen is blown into the field instead of to th&outside rows.. It is not often that an ear is fertilized in large part with the pollen from its own stalk. Nature provides for crossing, and the corn plant mixes more freely than any otlief, when differing varieties are grown near each other. Kaffir Corn. Kaffir corn is receiving much attention in the West. The seed and fodder are valuable as food for stock, aud it is claimed for Kaffir corn that it can endure a dry season much better than corn. At the Kansas experiment station It has been tested for seven years, the average yield of seed from Kaffir being 55 bushels per acre, as compared with 39 bushels for corn, while the average weight of stover was 4.71 tons for Kaffir and 2.41 tons for corn per acre. These results show Kaffir to be a valuable plant, and no doubt it will thrive in tjiis section of the country. 1 Turnips Among Corn. It la a comomn remark among farmers that the turnips sown in summer make their best growth after frost comes. This' is not wholly because the worn is then cut and ceases to shade the'

turnips, nor l« it wtiolly because at this time there are frequent rains which stimulate growth. The chief we think is that so soon as frost stops the growth of corn it ceases to draw from the soil the available plant food which at this season is developed by cultivation very rapidly. Thete is probably no time when the soil contains more available fertility than just when the growth is checked by frost. Most <>f this plant food, if not used by the turnips, would be washed away and test during the following winter. Apple Tree Roots. There is a great difference in the way the roots of apple and other fruit trees run. It Is usually in the same line with their tops. Pear trees naturally spire upwards, and they have roots that strike for the subsoil. A Russet, or Greening apple tree or a Baldwin will have very different roots from a Northern Spy. An experienced nurseryman can distinguish most of the common varieties of apple trees by the peculiarities of their root growth. He can also tell by the way roots grow in seedling trees whether the variety will be likely to be a liberal bearer, or will run mainly to wood growth. The apple trees whose roots run horizontally near the surface are always the best bearers. Hay. B t ecause Alsike clover has finer stems and is therefore easily cured, it is commonly preferred for feeding young stock, as calves and lambs. But it is not any richer if it is as rich as the second growth of clover hay, which also has fine stems. This last is usually dark colored because it is cured late in the season, and its large amount of nitrogenous matter causes it to heat easily, and it is usually partly ferment! ed before it comes to the barn. But though it may look dark colored all kinds of stock will eat it greedily. It Is really more nutritious and therefore better than the bright clover of the first growth cured in midsummer.

To Remove Rnst front Linen. Stains of rust may be removed from finelinenand similar fabrics without injury to the material. The articles must be first well soaped aS If they, were to be washed in the ordinary way- An iron is heated, and on this is laid a wet cloth. When the heat makes the, cloth steam, the rust stain is laid on it, and a little oxalic acid is rubbed on with the finger. The heat and the moisture hasten the effect of the acid on the rust, and when this has disappeared the soaping and washing may be con-, tinned. Perfumed Butter. Perfumed butter is becoming fashionable at breakfast and tea tables in New York. The butter is made up into pats and stamped with a floral design, and is then wrapped in thin cheese cloth and placed on a bed of roses, violets and carnations, arranged in a flat-bot-tomed dish. Butter and Its Farm Value. Butter is the only product sold from the farm which does not share in depleting the soil. Its constituent—carbon —comes from the air into the leaves and blades on which cows feed. Keep the Wood Dry. Every farmer’s wife knows the waste of heat in burning wet or green wood full of sap. There is the same waste in burning coal that has been soaked by snow and rain, though the greater amount of heat that the burning coal sends out makes the loss less obvious. When coal is used for fuel it should always be kept dry until it is ready to be used. The saving of heat by this will well repay the cost of providing the necessary shelter. Tips on Cows’ Horns. The next best thing to dehorning is to fit a metal blunt tip over the horns of cattle so as to prevent the horns from piercing when in play or anger it Is pushed against other animals. These tips can be procured at most hardware stores, and sawing off enough of the horn to make them a good fit is a painless operation that does not require either skill or severe labor. ♦ Packing; Grapes. Grapes should be picked at least twen-ty-four hours before packing, as if packed at once after picking, they settle so that the basket is only about two-thirds full when it reaches the customer. Farm Notes. The Vermont station kills potato bugs with a mixture of one pound Paris green to 100 pounds land plaster, all costing 65 cents, while 100 pounds of patent bug remedies cost $5 and up. It is said that sulphur applied to the shoulders of horses that have collar bolls will cause boils to disappear. It is better, however, to prevent sore shoulders by having well-fitting collars. When the borer gets into a peach tree run a piece of wire into the bore and kill It. It may also be necessary to use a knife, but if so never cut across the tree, but follow the bark up and down. Kindness to stock, besides being right in itself, pays in dollars and cents. A successful breeder of driving horses says his success has been very largely due to the fact that he never allows a blow or a cross word in the stable yard or pasture. Celery should have rich ground, and it is useless to use any but well-rotted manure on the crop. A few rows of celery in,the garden will not be regretted later. One of the best liquids for celery is soapsuds, which seems to give excellent results on both celery and asparagus. - • ’* It is better to cut hay a little too eqrly than to allow the grass to ripen the seeds. When hay is cut at a late stage of its growth more indigestible matter will be contained In it, and what may be gained in its weight is lost by the proportion that is not digested. The quantity of salt that cattle may need must be left to them, for the amount varies with the different foods and in foods grown In different soils; but it must be artificially supplied, because it is an essential constituent of the blood, and because It la lacking In many of the common foods. There is often a difference of mdre than 50 per cent, in the selling price of improved stock over scrubs, yet the breeder of the latter will excuse himself by saying that the scrubs are hardy and less expensive to feed and care for. There is not much to be Mid to such a man. He will get bls own reI ward—in small return*.

GOOD ROADS

Importance of Repairs. Keeping up the repairs at the proper level wiy continually shape the road bed, arid one load of gravel will do the work of more than ten loads as heretofore dumped in the center. The usual custom upon all well-kept roads is the constant employment of one man with tools and wheelbarrow or hgnd cart, at $1.25 per day—calculating tfie Working days possible in a year as 240 days—to every five miles of pike.—Dayton (Ohio, Herald. The plea for good roads has in a few instances been met by the statement that electric roads are destined to take the place of the public highways, and that the travel arid the transportation »f the future will be upon steel tracks rather than the paved road bed, however well constructed. The Commercial is a firm believer in tlie value of the electric road. We believe there will be the most remarkable development of this’kind of enterpries in the next few years. We believe that all small towns and villages will be connected by electric roads with the larger ones. They will traverse every neighborhood in the more populous sections. They will distribute the population of the larger cities over vast territory, for many miles in every direction. While these are the probabilities of the future, the time is Tar distant, if It ever cOmes, when the public highways are abandoned, or, in fact, when they are less used than at present. There are thousands of needs that the electricroad will not and cannot supply. The necessities ohd the pleasures of any citizen will at times require him to use the public highways. The recent very general introduction of the bicycle has .created a greater neefl for good roads than was ever felt before, Thousands of citizens are now the champions of this sort of improvement that scarcely gave the matter a thought before. However perfect the motocyele may be made, however thoroughly it may be adapted to all kinds of transportation upon the public highways, its general introduction must in a large measure await the improvement of road beds. Tt“can hardly be “made tb“run throtiglr dera, into great ruts and past other obstructions. We believe the public at the present time more fully realizes the need of good roads than it ever did before. We believe that intelligent citizens of all clasess demand of the Legislature such -measures as will insure vast improvement in our highways—Toledo Commercial.

Attempts to Stampede Conventions.

It is a fact that none of the most systematic efforts to “stampede”, a convention by these methods has succeeded. Usually the mine has been exploded too soon. The demonstration has been made so far in “advance" ot theballoting that its force has been wasted. Then, too, systematic preparations for “stampeding” have been met by equally systematic efforts to counteract them. Nobody is. taken by surprise, aud consequently nobody is carried off his feet. The balloting goes on precisely as if the demonsrations had not been made. As a matter of fact, the controlling power in nearly all conventions does not ll* either In the delegates, or in the political bosses who direct so many of them, or in the ten or twelve thousand people who get into the convention building. It rests in the people who are outside, but whose influence is exerted durifig every moment that the convention is in session. The final, deciding question is not. Which candidate do we most desire to nominate? but, Which candidate can we be most certain to elect? To answer that intelligently the most sagacious minds in every convention look beyond the shouting galleries, with their few thousands of personally Interested spectators, to the twelve millions of voters scattered over the land, and seek to read in advance their answer at the polls.—Century.

Pygmy Races.

There are several pygmy races varying little in size, and ranging from 3Vi feet to 4% feet in height. They include the Itas, of the Philippines: the Andaman Islanders; at Batwa. in the Congo basin, and the Akkas of Central Africa, Of the African dwarf races. Emln Pasha states that the tribes near Lake Akkas average 4 feet 1 inch. Dr. Parke, who in 1886 discovered the Batwa. gives their average he-jght as 4 feet 3 inches, but places above the Nubian negro. The existing diminutive races are regarded by some anthropologists as surviving fragments of a rgee that once occupied possibly a much wider region, extending, it is suggested, over India, North Africa, the Pyrenees, Switzerland and Central America. The pygmies mentioned by Aristotle and Herodotus occupied the Upper Nile and the Niger valley, and then, as now, dwarfs were socially at ■the lowest stage of culture.

New Safety Lock.

The newest idea in locks is one without a dial and which Is opened by the use of the fingers and the sense of feeling or that of hearing. The action of a frame dropping into a number of corrugations and manipulated by the knob can be heard and felt, and It la by these sounds that the manipulator is guided in throwing back the lock. The knob is turned to the right until the pawl is heard to drop into the first corrugation; then a certain number of turns to the left, then to the right and to the left again, and finally a turn which draws back the bolt. The lock is capable of 360 combinations and the combination can be changed at any time.

Traveling Woman Dentist.

A New York dentist employs a woman assistant at a salary of SSO a week and a commission, who goes from house to bouse and cleans teeth. The charge is 50 cents a mouth, and she does a big business. We learn from the boys that catfish swallow the hook'clear to Tfce tails this summer, as usual.

A POSTMASTER’S WIFE

A LEEDS WOMAN WHO ASTON. ISHED HER FRIENDS AND I NEIGHBORS. I Near to Death, but Restored So Com* pletely that She Has Beefif Accepted by a Life Insurance Company as a Good Risk. From the Journal, Lewieton, Me. A bright little woman, rosy and fresh from her household duties, dropped into a chaif before rhe writer and talked with enthusiasm shining in her snapping black eyes. The people in the pretty village of Leeds Center, Me., have watched with some interest,the restoration to complete health of Mrs. W. L. Francis, wife of the postmaster. So general were the comments on this interesting case that the writer who visited Mrs. Francis and /learned from her that the statements regarding her troubles and her subsequent extrication therefrom are entirely true. That others may be benefited by her experience, Mrs. Francis lias consented to allow her story to appear in print. “If there is anything on earth I dread more than another,” she said, “it is to see my name in the papers. But in this case I Conquer my repugnance and give publicly the same credit to the savior of my life as I would to one who had dragged me from a death beneath the waves. In fact. I havo extolled my preserver so enthusiastically and unreservedly: have sought out sufferers and recommended the remedy to so many friends and acquaintances that already my neighbors jocularly call me, ‘Pink Pills Francis.’ But really, my recovery is something that I consider wonderful. I know that-there are so many testimonials of medicine in the papers nowadays that people do not pay as much heed as formerly, but I do wish folks who are suffering would remember that what I say comes right from the heart of a w&man who feels that she had a new lease of happy life giveii to her. “Eleven years ago I was afflicted with nervous prostration. My existence until two years ago was one of dragging misery. Anyone in the village will tell you of my condition. My blood seemed exhausted from my veins and month after month I grew weaker. I was able to undertake only the lightest household work, and even then I could perform it only by slow and careful movements. During all these sorry months and years I was under the care of this doctor and that, but their medicines helped me only spasmodically, and then I fell iftto relapses more prostrating than ever. “In the night I used to be awakened by the most excruciating pains in my heart and side, and was obliged to use pellets of powerful medicine that the doctor gave me for relief in such ■ attacks. At last my condition became so grave thatI went out only infrequently. We live up stairs, you notice, over my husband’s store, and in descending-the stairway I frequently was obliged to sort of fall and slide over the steps in order to descend, such was the strain on my system resulting from even this slight exertion. Occasionally I visited the neighbors, but I was obliged to sit and rest to recover breath while ascending any elevation. In short, it did not seem that I could live. “One day I saw an advertisement of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilis for Pale People, and although my faith in remedies was weak by that“time, I sent for a box and tried them. That was two years ago. Now I call myself a well woman. Isn’t it wonderful? “I haven’t had one of those excruciating pains in the heart for a year and a half. Why, even the first box of pills helped me. I can walk miles now; can do my work easily; have gained in weight constantly, and you would scarcely believe it, but a little while-ago l was ex-

amined for endowment life insurance and was accepted unhesitatingly after a careful examination by the physician. “Do you wonder that I’m shouting ‘Pink Pills’ all through our village? I haven't taken any of the remedy for some months, for it has completely built me up, but at the first sign of trouble I know to what refuge to flee.. “Last year my aunt. Mrs. M. A. Blossom, of Dixfield. P. 0., was here visiting me. She was sufferitig from lack of vitality and heart' trouble,, but “she" was skeptical about my remedy that I was so enthusiastically advocating. At last, however, she tried it and carried some home with her when she went. A little whHe ago I received a letter from her and in it said, ‘I am cured, thanks to God and Pink Pills.’ She also wrote that her husband had been prostrated, but had been restored by the remedy. “We feel up this way that such a sovereign cure cannot be too widely known. That is the only reason why I allow my name to be used in this connection. I know also that by personally recommending them I have helped many of my friends back to health, for I hever let an opportunity pass tvhen a word of counsel may direct some one.” One of the persons to whom Mrs. Francis recommended Pink Pills is Station Agent C. H. Foster, of Leeds Center, and the reporter found hfcn patrolling the platform awaiting the arrival of the morning train. Mr. Foster, who Is one of the most trustworthy, capable and energetic men in the employ of the Maine Central R.R., appeared In usual good health and spirits, and we made inquiry as to the cause. “Do you know,” replied he, “I think I’ve made a discovery, or at least Mrs. Francis has for me. I have been in poor health for a long time with a heart trouble variously complicated. We have been so fully interested in Mrs. Francis’ wonderful recovery that I at once determined to give the medicine recommended a thorough test. So, about two months ago, I bought the first box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Only two months, please note, yet already I am so much improved, so much better able to fulfill my duties, so sanguine that I am on the road to recovery, that I feel like a new man. “I can now walk without the fatigue I once experienced, my heart affection appears to be relieved, and I have joined the Pink Pills Band in our community.” Mr. Foster commenced taking the pills at a time when he was completely prostrated, after he had suffered such a severe attack of heart trouble that it was necessary to carry him home from his office. Since then he has faithfully adhered to the remedy and is constantly improving, so much so as to excite his enthusiasm and his gratitude. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in • condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the, blood and restore shattered nerves. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box or six boxes for j’2.50, by addressing Dr. Williams’ Med. ('n„ Schenectady,N.X.

A Successful Horseless Carriage.

Foreshadow Ings of the horseless age may be seen every night on the boulevard, In New York, and frequently on sth avenue. A motor carriage makes regular trips to the wonderment of those out to see the wheels. It Is similar to a small runabout with room for two, and the wheels are rubber-tired. Tne machine Is noiseless save for the slight “Puff! puff!” of the exploding gasoline which furnishes the power. It can stop within its own length and go backward at the will of the occupants.

Homeseekers' Excursions South.

On the 15th and 16th of June, also July 6,7, 20 and 21, and several dates during August, September and October, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad will sell first-class round-trip tickets, good 31 day* from date ot sale, for one fare, plus >2.00, for the round trip, to all point* in Florida and the South. Tracks, trains, time all the best. For further information address C. W. Humphrey, N. P. ▲., St. Paul, Minn. City ticket office, 182 Clark street, or C. L. Stone, G. P. & T. A,, Chicago. Barney Bamato gave a dinner In London recently, to which a small party was invited. Every lady was presented at dessert with a large uncut diamond from the south African mine in which the millionaire was interested.

SQUIRRELS HIS FRIENDS.

A Venerable Man Whose Pockets 1 hey Daily Explore for Nnta. A venerable looking man with snow White liaii' and beard Is a regular morning visitor at Mount Morris Park, to Harlem, says the New York Journal. He always enters the park at Firth avenue, walks quietly ito a large tree and taps against it with bis cane. At the same time he calls softly. In a few moments sharp barks of delight are heard among the branches and one or two gray squirrels are seen to run down the trunk of the tree. ‘ The old man smiles and coaxes and pretty soon the squirrels have Jumped frpm the tree to his shoulders and have begun an exploration In search of pockets. The gray pets always un rewarded by finding some nuts, which they carry off to the branches of the tree and eat. Sometimes they make two or three trips down the tree and clamber over the old man and search his pockets until they are sure the supply of nuts has been exhausted. There are a dSzen squirrels In the northwest corner of the park, who are on the best terms with their venerable visitor, and are, apparently, on Che lookout for him every day.

If Remote from Medical Help,

Doubly essential-Is It that you should be provided with some reliable family medicine. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Is the best of »lts class, remedying thoroughly as It does such common ailments as Indigestion, constipation and biliousness, and affording safe aud speedy help In malarial casts, rheumatism and inactivity of the kidneys. The distinction between metals and minerals is not always easy to make. Nonmetals may, and often do, possess some one; or more of the characteristics of luster, toughness, fusibility, opaqueness, conductivity and rust, but none possess them all. Most metals may be bent, twisted, hammered and drawn to an extent far beyond any mineral. If the care of the hair were made a part of a lady's education, we should not see so many gray heads, and the use of Hall’s Hair Renewer would be unnecessary. If good seed is put in good groum) some of it will be sure to grow. For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure is the best medicine we have used.—Mrs. J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont., Canada. Doctors affirm that spirits harden the tone of the voice. Burst worth Dobbins Floating Borax Soap ot your grocer, send wrappers to Dobbins Soap Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. They will send you. tree ot charge, postpaid. a Worcester Pocket Dictionary, 288 pages, olothbouud; profusely illustrated. Offer good till Aug. 1 only. Mrs. Winslow’s Boothivo Sxsxrr for Children teething: softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures windoolic. 2B cents a bottle.

tn ® X “A Scorcher."’ I "plug I 3 Tobacco Dealers say, that 3 8 “BATTLE AX” is a “scorcher” X ® because it sells so fast Tobacco 3 8 Chewers say, it is a “scorcher” be- 8 X cause 5 cents' worth goes so far. ylt's x 8 as good as can be made regardless of 8 X cost. The 5 cent piece is almost as X * - 8 large as the other fellows' 10 cent piece. 8 if X/wWp frOJ “Wash us with Pearline! “ That’s all we ask. Save us from that dreadful rubbing— It’s wearing us out! “We want Pearline —the original washing-compound—-the one that has proved that it can’t hurt us—Pearisorf Don’t experiment on us with imitations) We’d rathe/ be rubbed to pieces than eaten up.” “A Fair Face Cannot Atone foi An Untidy House." Use ' SAPOLIO

A Child Rajoys

Thg pleasant flavor, gentle action an* soothing effects of-Syrup of Figs, whew in need of a laxative, and If the father or mother be coatlve or Milons, the most gratifying results follow its use; so that It la the best family remedy known, and every family should a bottlu. The flags to be hoisted at one ti«* tn signaling at sea never exceed four. K is an interesting arithmetical faet that with eighteen various colored flags, aw* never more than four at a time, no fewer than 78,642 signals can be given.

Hall's Catarrh Care.

Is taken Internally. Price 76 cent*. A Paris shopkeeper who does of/t smoke Is trying to get a divorce frost his wife, the only evidence he offers of her infidelity being that her clothe* always sinell of tobacco. He was madly, passionately in lovewon by the matchless beauty of her complexion. Glenn’s Sulphur Soap had firnparted the Charm. O( When the planet Mars is nearest the earth it Is 36,000,000 miles away.

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