Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1899 — Page 2

PERIODS OF PAIN.

IpPlenstruation, the balance wheel of ■Toman's life, is also the bane of existBn to many because it means a time of Kwat suffering. ||While no woman is entirely free from ■periodical pain, it does not seem to have

Jpeen na■ne'spl&n Taj ’that women Ejplthy ' ' Hhonld suffer lb severely. fcydiaE. Pinkpam’s Vegetable ComImpound is f the most male regula- ' tor known to pnedical sei-

|ifcnce. It relieves the condition that pm t duces so much discomfort and robs men■ptruation of its terrors. Here is proof: P'Deab Mrs. Pinkham: —How can 1 thank yon enough for what you have | done for me ? When I wrote to you I f was suffering untold pain at time of % menstruation; was nervous, had headPiche all the time, no appetite, that tired ISfeeling, and did not care for anything, p have taken three bottles of Lydia E. Ipinkham’s Vegetable Compound, one |of Blood Purifier, two boxes of Liver i Tills, and to-day lam a well person. I 1, would like to have those who suffer ||know that I am one of the many who , have been cured of female complaints by your wonderful medicine and advice, f —-Miss Jennie R. Miles. Leon, Wis. j; . If you are suffering in this way, write | «s Miss Miles did to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for the advice which she offers free of charge to all women. No theatrical production made in many ' years has attracted so much attention as Jacob Litt’s presentation of the great English melodrama, "Sporting Life.” The play is acknowledged to be the of the many of its character sent here from •cross the water, and never in the history of the American stage has a play been staged on so magnificent.a scale. Like all melodramas, “Sporting Life” shows a Wide diversity of scene of action and in this case sixteen huge sets of scenery are used during the course of the play. The -cast includes forty-five speaking parts and there are over 200 auxiliaries used to complete the stage pictures which have been pronounced unsurpassed in beauty. The company includes many of the most - ooted players on the American stage. This great production has been running all winter at the Academy of Music in New York, filling it at every performance, notwithstanding the fact that, barring the Auditorium in Chicago, it is the largest theater in the country. Early in February this immense production will be brought intact to McVieker’s Theater in Chicago with all its great scenery, east, accessories of production, which include a stable of thoroughbred race horses. The story of “Sporting Life” is one which will interest every true American. Here, as in England, the love of true sport is strong in every heart. The play deals with the sports of the English-speaking race in a most delightful manner, almost every known form of sport being shown during the play. A stirring story of love and adventure runs through it, enlivened by incidents both picturesque and thrilling. The run of this play at McVieker’s Theater promises to be one of the sensations theatrically of the year.

Sleepy Hollow Chair.

The magnificently upholstered chair displayed in our advertising columns by the John M. Smyth Company, 150 to 106 West Madison street, Chicago, and offered for $5.25, shows what splendid values this great furnishing house offers to the public. This is but one of the hundreds of household articles shown in their mammoth and handsomely illustrated catalogue sept free on application. The John M. Smyth Co. ship goods to families in nearly every State in the Union.

A Remedy for the Grippe.

A remedy recommended for patients affßicted with the grippe is Kemp’s Balsam, which is especially adapted to diseases of the throat and lungs. Do not wait for "the first symptoms of the-disease, but get .« bottle to-day and keep it on hand for use the moment it is needed. If neglected the grippe has a tendency to bring on pneumonia. The Balsam prevents this by %eeping the cough loose. AU druggists Sell the Balsam.

Oh, That Delicious Coffee !

« Costs but lc. per lb. to grow. Salzer lias the seed. German Coffee Berry, pkg. 3.5 c.; Java Coffee pkg. 15c. Salzer’s New -American Chicory 15c. Cut this out and ■send 15c. for any of above packages or ' «end 30c. and get all 3 pkgs. and great Catalogue free to JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse. Wis. (c.-n.)

Gates’ Mexico Tours.

- , First tour leaves Chicago Jan. 17; second tQur leaves Chicago Feb. 11, 1899. Price of ticket includes all traveling expenses for thirty days. These tours are made by special trains of palace cars, in'eluding dining cars. For descriptive books and rates write to Chas. H. Gates, Toledo, lOhio.

Queen and Crescent

jfßoute and Southern Railway. 109 miles Dphortest line to Florida and the West InI Henry A. Salzer, manager of the John I A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., sent rlus alma mater, the Charles City, lowa, College, a New Year’s gift of three thou* ; sand dollars.

24 Hours

To New Orleans or to Jacksonville via ; the Queen and Crescent Limited trains Ipftom Cincinnati, 54 hours through to ' See the advertisement of Famous Mfg. Co. in another column of this paper. This pJepmpany is a hou.se of large capital and KSne commercial standing.

Cafe and Observation

Pp£| Excellent service on superb through £ trains. Queen and Crescent Route from Ciudnnati south.

FARMER CORNER

Butcberine Hobs. Butchering hogs has many disagreeable features, but some of these, particularly the lifting of the hogs before and after dressing, can be robbed of many of their objections by having a convenient arrangement for scalding, ■craping, cleaning and hanging. One arrangement for lightening labor in this way is shown in the accompanying Illustration. The farm sled can be used as the scraping platform b. The scalding vat a may be any large barrel which will hold water.-. Securely block and brace it so that it will not be displaced In putting the hog in and taking It out. In the iron kettle, c, the water Is heated. The hog is killed and drawn along the side of the scraping platform opposite the iron kettle. Instead of lifting the carcass onto the platform by band, make use of the pivotal lever attached to the post d. Place a chain about the hind legs of the hog, hook tne short end of the lever into this chain and the hog is lifted easily. The post d is equally distant from the platform b and posts g, b and f. After the hogs have been scalded and all the hair removed put in the gambrels and with the lever lift them from the scraping platform and swing them around so they can be liung upon the crossbars in posts g, b and f. A lot of heavy lifting is thus avoided. The crossbars can be made so that they will turn around on a pivot in the direction

BUTCHERING ARRANGEMENT.

of the arrows. This is accomplished by boring a 1% inch hole in the top of tide post. Use for crossbars 4 by 4 oak properly narrowed at the outer ends. Cross these on top of the posts, bore a 1% inch hole in the middle of the intersection and secure them in place by means of an iron pin which just fits into the 1% inch hole in the crosspieces and the post. Fasten the cross arms together and a first-class, cheap pivotal arrangement for hanging hogs is the result. With this device and the lever there is absolutely no necessity for heavy lifting.—American Agriculturist.

A Stitch in Time. The weekly mending is always so much of a bore that the happy thought of applying the old adage, “a stitch in time,” to this dreaded task has set, me wondering why I have allowed myself to be troubled so long. Upon my dressing table I keep in a little tray a needle, thread and some darning cotton. Every night when I remove my stockings I look them over—a glance suffices—and I find the little holes that begin to come vastly easier to mend than the yawning caverns that would otherwise be awaiting me on Tuesday. And so it is with other things. Sewing on a button or catching together a tiny rip here and there takes scarcely a minute, but the sum total of these rips and buttons would make a large inroad upon one precious week day morning otherwise. Perhaps this scheme will not commend itself to mothers. Certainly a halfdozen pairs of stockings, big and little, could not be mended every morning before breakfast, but it is admirable in the still economy of a bachelor girl's domain, and ought to be followed by many of the girls who believe in the old Remington saying, “To save time is to lengthen life.”—M. I. McNeal, iu Orange Judd Farmer. Value of Kuttermilk. Buttermilk posseses many valuable qualities not generally recognized by farmers and dairymen. Some recent medical tests have proven that as an agent of digestion buttermilk has no superior on the farm. It is of great value in typhoid fever and, being a laxative, is excellent -for habitual constipation. As a remedial agent in kidney troubles it posseses good features, and In cases of gastric ulcer and cancer of the stomach it cau be retained when no other food will remain. These facts ought to be kept in mind and the medical virtues of buttermilk utilized in regaining health and keeping thejiody impervious to disease.—Farm and Dairyman. Fcab on Apples and Peafs. The Ontario Experiment Station reported a number of years ago that for the prevention of scab on apples and pears it is necessary to spray two years in succession to secure satisfactory results. The first year’s spraying often appears to be of comparatively little benefit in combating this disease. Confirmation of this conclusion is found this year in reports from Michigan, where it is said that there is much scab this year, except in orchards which were sprayed last year. Chicken Cholera. It is hardly worth while to doctor hens for this fatal disease, and the energy of the owner should be devoted to preventing Its spread. Let him separate the sick hens, and then make up his mind to root up the germs of the disease from the premises by thorough cloning and disinfecting. Tbs surf-ce I ..

of the henyard should be scraped and burned. Every part of the floor, roosts and nests should be scraped perfectly clean, and then disinfected with a liquid made of one pint of carbolic acid to fifty quarts of water. Experts even are not able to save enough of the victims of cholera to pay for doctoring, but anyone cab cheek its spread by thorough measures. Massachusetts Ploughman. Saddle Horses. The favor in which Kentucky saddlebred horses are now held in the East, consequent upon repeated victories in the show rings, will surely encourage even closer attention in the breeding districts to the production of high class horses. The fact that the East prefers a walk-trot-cinter horse to one that has all the accomplishments is in favor •»£ the breeder and trainer, as it Is much less work to finish the horse of the lesser education. Type, weight carrying and blood and saddle horse instincts and intelligence are what is wanted, and the breed of saddle horses chiefly fostered in Kentucky and Missouri is abundantly able to furnish all these requirements. Action should not be overlooked—not the action of a high stepper, but clean, true, attractive and balanced fore and aft. Front action that comes from the shoulder is demanded, while the hocks should follow promptly. Of all horses a saddle horse needs a leg always under him. There is a bright future for breeders of the saddle horse.—Breeders’ Gazette. To Make Shoes Last. A new wrinkle may be learned from an English soldier, who was noted for keeping his boots in better condition and making them last longer than any of liis brother officers. When asked what he did to them to prevent the leather from cracking and keping it soft and smooth, his reply was: “Mutton bone.” When an explanation was demanded he said: “It is nothing, I assure you. My man asks the cook for a knuckle bone, which be cleans and then bakes. After rubbing the leather with cream he then frotles them as hard as he can with the bone. Usually my boots last me three years.” Economy of Hornless Cows. When it comes to putting up cows for winter, the cow that has no horns will be found to take much less room than her neighbor who is tempted to and generally does hook and fight all those near her. In the' stable, of course, each stall will accommodate its cow, horns or no horns. But horned cattle are often kept in stables on bright, pleasant, winter days, to keep them from hooking one another, when they would be much healthier if allowed to run in a small yard. Most barnyards are made much larger than Avould be necessary If all liorns were removed. Improved Incubator House. The cut shows a plan for obviating the inconvenience of rising temperature in the incubator bouse when the sun is shining, especially late In the spring or in the summer. Then it is difficult to keep a uniform heat in the machines, as the house becomes overheated from the effect of the sun upon

DOUBLE-ROOF INCUBATOR HOUSE.

the roof. A simple way out of the difficulty is to put on an additional roof, leaving an air space between the two. The inner roof can be covered with cheap boards and roofing paper, with lath battens. The outer roof should be shingled, as a black roof absorbs the heat readily.—New England Homestead. Salt for Lawns. Wherever lawns are highly manured, as most well-kept lawns are apt to be, a dressing of salt sometime during the winter will greatly benefit them. Salt in small quantities, as it must be used when applied to land, is one of the best solvents known. We are so used to putting salt in extra amounts to harden and pick vegetables that we are apt to forget that in very small amounts it rots them. Salt is especially valuable to release mineral fertilizers that have become inert in the soil. Dairy Pointers. If the butter is mottled work it a little after salting. If the butter is tbo soft feed the cow some potatoes. Stringy milk can be cured by keeping the cows clean. Wash all the milk vessels with cold water before scalding. Whitewashed stables mean fewer flies and more milk. Crosses are usually better for farmers than pure breeds. Whenever possible test the cow’s milk before buying her. A cow that tests below 3 per cent, is not worth keeping, Cows and horses should not be allowed in the same pasture. Richer food does not mean richer milk; it means more milk. Many dairymen like an ounce of salt to the pound of butter. Do not wet your hands when milking; if you do you flavor the milk. You waste 25 per cent, of your butter in summer by not using a separator. Adding hot water to cream while churning is the worst of all practices. Heating milk to 160 degrees Pasteurizes it. Stir It continually while hot When butter is poor don’t blame the cow. Blame your own want es skill. If the batter takes too long to come add one to two fresh cows to the dairy. Warm milk from the cow does not absorb odors. While cooling keep it In. a pure atmosphere.—lllinois Dairy Ba> port

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

The reports received from various parte of the country by the surgeon general of the marine hospital service and published in the official bulletin show that the epidemic of influenza is rapidly subsiding, and that, although it has been more general than ever before, the disease was of a milder type than in former years, and the mortality comparatively small. The indirect mortality, however, is not given, although it is believed' to be much greater than the direct mortality. In other words, while few people have actually died of the grip many have been so weakened by that disease and have had their vitality so reduced that they have been unable to survive attacks of pneumonia brought on by imprudent exposure aud other diseases which have been chronic, or lurking in their systems. The physicians report that if there is anything wrong witlr a patient it is sure to develop when he lias the grip. The retaliation clause in the agricultural appropriation bill now under consideration in the Senate committee provides that whenever any Government shall impose unreasonable restrictions upon foods imported from the United States, or shall refuse to accept the certificate of the food inspectors of the United States, the President shall have the authority to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to inspect any article of food imported into the United States from that country in order to determine its purity and wholesomeness. He also has the authority to examine toys and any other articles which may be suspected of containing poison or being in any way injurious to the pubfic health. The importers of such articles and other parties interested may be allowed to attend the examinations and may have the right to appeal to the courts for relief on questions of facts. Mrs. John A. Logan has invented the “grip luncheon,” which is the latest thing socially. When she was recovering from an attack herself she sent invitations to luncheon to six of her friends who were confined to their beds with the prevailing epidemic. The time was axed with the usual formality, but the place was made the home of the invited lady. At the specified time Mrs. Logan sent out six trays which were delivered at the houses of the afflicted guests, with a little note containing the names of the other parties and the good wishes of the hostess for their recovery. The proposed vote of thanks for Lieut. Hobson has never been indorsed by the House Committee on Naval Affairs. The members of the committee, in examining the precedents, find that Congress has rarely, if ever, voted thanks to naval officers, except for gallantry in action. Engineer Melville was not thanked for his valor in the Arctic, nor was Schley When he made a voyage north in search of Greeley. Some are disposed to doubt the propriety, with such precedents, of thanking Lient. Hobson, although he was under the fire of the Spanish batteries. Serious consideration is given by the ordnance department of the army to a request for an allotment of $65,000 to be expended in the construction of an 18-inch gun. The plans are submitted by the promoters of the Gathmaun system of firing high explosives. If the request is granted. the 18-inch gun will be the Largest modern weapon ever manufactured in this country. It will accommodate the huge Gathmann shell, which will contain about 400 pounds of high explosive. The gun is to be 400 calibers in length, a single tube weapon and jacketed. Philadelphia ministers sent a strong memorial to the Senate protesting against the proposed repeal of the Alaskan prohibition law. Another memorial was sent from Susan B. Anthony and the other officers of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, insisting that women in Havana should have voting privileges the same as men. Senator Mason introduced a resolution providing for the transmission of a copy of Washington’s farewell address to every college in the country, and to the Governor of each State, with the request that a copy be furnished every school, and that teachers be called upon to have it read to the pupils upon Washington’s birthday. Speaker Reed has announced the appointment of Sereno E. Payne of Now York ns chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Also the appointment of Mr. Richardson of Tennessee as a member of the Ways and Means and Rules committees, in place of Mr. MeMillin of Tennessee, who resigned. Col. C. W. Hard and Capt. Koons of the Eighth Ohio regiment, accompanied by their wives, were in the city on their way to Santiago, to perform the task of exhuming aud bringing back the bodies of twenty-five men of that regiment who laid down their lives for their country in the recent war. Senator Gear of lowa introduced a resolution authorizing the President to appoint Osman Deignan of Stewart, lowa, one of Merrimac heroes, to the naval academy. Representative Hager of lowa introduced a similar resolution in the House. Many applications for positions as chaplains in the army and navy are being received by the departments. There will be no vacancies in the army until February, and none in the navy until Jane, 1901. President and Mrs. McKinley entertained a dinner company of seventy guests at the White House in honor of the five young women who have been their guests for several weeks. The Senate passed the House bill reappointing Prof. James B. Angell of Michigan a member of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution. The pure food congress re-elected Joe Blackburn, pure food commissioner of Ohio, president. -

LARGEST IN THE WORLD,

Chicago Furniture House Haa Furnished Nearly a Million Hones, To be the largest furniture house in the world is a distinction which the John M. Smyth Company, 150 to 166 West Madison street, Chicago, enjoys. An idea of the magnitude of the establishment may be gained from the fact that the building contains seven and one-half acres of floor space and that during its third of a century of business it has furnished nearly three-quarters of a million homes, or more than the entire population of some States. One of the business principles of the firm is if goods are not as represented they may be returned and the money will be refunded. The firm issues a large, beautifully illustrated catalogue of household goods which are retailed at wholesale prices. It will be sent free on application.

A Bee Line.

The eyes of bees are made to see great distances. When absent from their hive they go up in the air till they see their home, and then fly toward it in a straight line and with great speed. The shortest line between two places is sometimes called a “bee-line.”

How’s This:

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured bv Hall’s Catarrh Cure. ' F. J. CHENEY & 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 obligation made by their firm. West &Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of 'the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. It is estimated that the whole coal supply of our planet would barely suffice to produce heat equal to that which the sun dissipates in one-tenth of a second.

Strikes In.

The chill of frost strikes in and carries with it aches and pains. St. Jacobs Oil will follow close behind and drive them out of the system. It will search and cure. The Volga well merits being ranked among the great rivers of the world. It is navigable for over 2,000 miles, and to within a few hundred miles of St. Petersburg.

Lane's Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. It is computed that at the present time the diamonds bought for American beauties living in the United States are worth no less than $5,000,000.

To Florida.

Queen and Crescent Two Fast Vestibuled trains daily Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Look on slanderers as direct enemies to civil society; as persons without honor, honesty or humanity.

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What Do the Children Drink?

Don’t give them tea or coffee. Hare you tried the new food drink called GUAIN-O? It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you djstribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. A scientist estimates the time since the earth became sufficiently cooled to become the abode of plants and animals to be about 20,000,000 years, within limits of error ranging between 15,and 30.000,000 years.

That Pimple On Your Face Is There to Warn You of Impure Blood. Painful consequences may follow a neglect of this warning. Take Hood’s Sarsaparilla and it will purify your blood, cure all humors and eruptions, and make yog feel better in every way. It will warm, nourish, strengthen and invigorate your whole body and prevent serious illness. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America’s Greatest Medicine. Price sl. Hood’s Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents. J%EEDS\ IST Salter’s Seeds an Warranted to Produce. Sf M»hlon Luther. Kut Troy, utonlihed the world tiß bv growing 230 hu-hel. Big Four Oat,: J. JW MI,hW Wit., 173 buabels Barley, . nd ’n. LoT e Km Wing, Minn., by growing 3vo tnshei. Sailer’s Cornel H per acre. If you doubt write them. We wl,h to gain ■ 2d0,0U0 new customer,, hence will on trial RB gglO DOLLARS WORTH FOR lOcM pkes. of rare farm seeds, Salt Bush, Rape for Shwm Hib. $3,000 Com, ‘Big Four Oat.," Beardless mSA Bromua Inermis—yielding 7 ton* hay per sere nnluV Bg\dry .oil., etc.,- “40c Wheat,- i'cftdlng ou r Wflh mammoth Seed Catalogue, felling all about our lHk Farm Seeds, etc., all mailed you upon receipt JSm W f %.of bu* 10c. postage, positively worth 110, to J&Bj Tgfk. get • start. 100,000 bbie. SeedV - JBW at $1.*20 and upabbl. 85 NMI Pkg». earliest Vegetable VfVJf Seed*, «1.00. , •end this TfMT I , . | ffl A Natural Black is Produced by Buckingham's Dye—--50 cts, of druggists or R.P.Hall & Co., Nashua, N.H WHEAT! WHEAT! WHEATI “Nothing but wheat as IgjlHBPaT, aWT|J far as the eye could reach jwtl on either side—what you j’lyjiq p’- Q, mightcal) a seaof wheat" WvS nIV —was what a lecturer, atfijSsJa speaking of Western yV /*f|ljy4*lqa Canada, said while referI r ‘ ng to that country. routes, railway fares, etc., apply toC.J. Broughton, 1223 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, Ill.; T. O. Currie, Stevens Point, Wis.; M. V. Mclnnes, No. 1 Merrili Blk., Detroit, Mich.; D. t.aven. Bad Axe., Mich., or Jas. Grieve, Reed City, Mich.; N. Bartholomew, 30C sth St., Des Moines, lowa, Agents for the Government, of Canada. irifinn FORMULASS:",;,'. kk lU.UUU • leaning Process, both for 20 cents. W orth to anybody >l. A gents wonted. Standard Pharmacal Co_ Westfield, N. Vorlg

ROCK ISLAND PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURIST EXCURSIONS heave Chicago every Thursday via Colorado Springs and Scenic Boute to San trancisoo and Los Angeles. Southern Boute leaves Chicago every Tuesday via Kansas City, Fort Worth and El Faso to ■Los Angeles. 1 Accompany these Excursions and SAVE MONEY for thelowest rate tickets are available iu these Through Pullman Tourist Cars , Write for itinerary which gives fnU information and new map, sent Tree. Address SEBASTIAN, 0. P. A. CMtt?*