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Quick! , The sooner you begin U Use Schillings Best tea, the b,ggcr your chances at thai $1000 offered for the miss ing wordbesides the ex tra prizes for the most tick ets sent in. Schilling's Best it is aJ your grocer's. Rules of contest published in 1arg advertisement sbout the first and middle of each month. aii Only One In the World. 80 far as obtainable information goes, jura, iuise Jewell Uabel of East Low ell, Me., is the only woman justice of tne peace in the world. Mrs. Cabel first saw the light of the world 68 years ago last Deonmber. At the tender age of 2 years her devoted parents sent her to school, her mother having pre viously taught the child to read the Bible. School oocupied her attentions until she was 15 years old, when she became a sohool teacher. At the age of 24 she was confined to her bed for three years by illness, and daring that time took up the languages and became iprofloient in French and German. For the six years following convalescence she averaged 1,000 vests a year, finally becoming the bride of Mr. Cabel. She finally beoame interested in prohibi tion, and beoame contributor to a score of magazines and papers, keeping up mat line of work nntil 1888, when she was granted a commission by Sebastian S. Marble, then governor of Maine, to "solemnize marriages, administer oaths and take acknowledgements of deeds." She then began to do the work of a 'ipension justice or notary, as they are (called in Maine. She has ridden thou sands of miles after affidavits for the isoldier and his poorer dependents in 'their claims before the pension de partment She does her own- house work all the time. She is now aoting under her third commission. ' One year ' ago last September her husband, who is an organ and sewing machine vender was stricken helpless with paralysis. A Queer Judgment. An Atohison (Kas.) mother goes once a month to court and takes out judg ments for $10 each against her two sons, the money being due according to an agreement, the consideration named in which is that the mother shall refrain from annoying the sons by her presence or talk. She says that the sons have defaulted in payment since last fall. A medical journal says that paper "can be used effectively for keeping a person warm." True; a three-line item lias been known to make a politician nov" lor a month. The crows fly at the rate of about 25 miles an honr. It Gives Snap Restores the Old Energy, Checks All Waste, Renews Confidence, Brightens the Eye, Makes Strong Manhood. Every man knows that Electricity Is a great strengthener ot vital nerve power, The life of the nerves is Electricity, and when they are weak that is what they lack, Nothing restores it so quickly as Dr. Sanden's Electric Belt It makes the blood jump in the veins and the fire of youth bubbles forth from its life-infusing currents. The old, flabby nerves are awakened, and age is forgotten in the presence of the new-born energy. Men, don't be weak. Get back your old vigor. Try this wonderful Belt. It will renew your youth. Bead Dr. Sanden'f famous book, "Three Classes of Men" It is worth $1,000 to any man or woman fc-ho is weak. Will be sent closely sealed without marks, free. Call or address SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. 153 West Washington St., Portland, Or. Pleat mention thit Paper. rUILIHFH TfCTHINC." - M 1 Ktfnf Vmuiv'i Honroivo RTKCV should ftlwan tM awl fir duldmi tMthlnc. It ac.lhn the chUd.iDrt- ens U aUay. ill pln. earn wind rolk-.and w d Um bf rernadr for dixrrtoae. Twntr In cntt a i koMU. It Is the beat of U. i! 1 P,VKHH f m xx 1 jc-m .mm mmw iir 1 a 1 Fievea Are Uaefnt. A proper assortment of sieves, when at hand, come into use almost every day In the year, and the owner won ders bow be ever got along without them. . They will sort and "size" vari ous articles, beans, peas, grain, etc., and will clean the dirt out of many farm products. They will take out the coarsely-cracked corn for the older fowls, and separate the finer parts for the chicks, and so one might go on enu merating their conveniences. Sieves are easily made. Get wire- cloth with mesh running from coarse to fine, and saw sections from grocery boxes for frames, on which to tack the A NEST Or SIEVES. wire clotb. Nail a small strip of wood over the edges and the sieve is com plete. , The cut shows a deep sieve with an arrangement for "sizing" an article Into three or more grades. The sieve in the position indicated by the dotted lines Is permanently fastened In place, and Is very coarse In mesh. Below are two sliding frames with meshes finer and still finer. Thus with oue shaking three or ever four, assortments can be made. Croaa Breeding Voean't Pay. The combination of well-established breeds each grown for a distinct pur pose, Is always a failure, as the prepo tency of each breed neutralizes the oth er, and tints produces a mongrel that is quite ns likely as not to reproduce the least favorable rather than the most favorable characteristics desired. Breeding pure-bred animals to grades Is always a good plan, for there Is no prepotency In the grnde, that having been dentroyed in the first cross. But even in this breeding It Is necessary for the best results to have the pure-bred male of the same breed that -was used to make the grade on which It Is to be crossed. If the grade Is a hnlf-bred Jersey or a half-bred Holsteln, for ex ample, the second cross on it with a pure-bred male of the same breed will make a high grade or three-quarters of a full blood, and often nearly as valu able for milk or butter production as If it were a full-bred animal. Lifting Jacks for Vehicle. The very simplest form or a wagon Jack is shown In Figure 1. It is sim ply a board six inches wide, and of the proper length, with two notches sawed out near the top, as shown above. For tight wagons, one man can use this Jack very easily, but for heavy wagons, assistance is required. The one in Figure 2 Is cheap, strong and convenient. The part a is made from a two-inch plunk of some tough wood. and is two and one-half feet long. The lever, m, Is three and one-half feet long and should be made from a tough stick 3x4 Inches square, dressed to the form shown. The retaining rod, g, may be two pieces of No. 8 annealed wire. The upper end fastens in the serrated edge on the upper side of the lever. This no. 1. fio. 2. wagon jacks. will be found a most serviceable jack and will easily support half a ton weight. American Agriculturist. ' Kuan aud Prloe. No matter how fresh the eggs may be that you send to market, the re liable merchant, If you are unknown to him, will "candle" them! that Is, he will test them by looking through the eggs in a dark place at a strong light, and should he find only one egg that Is stale, your whole lot will be graded ac cordingly. Nothing Is so affected by suspicion as an egg, and the only way to secure the highest prices Is to dis arm all suspicion by shipping no eggs to market except such as are known by you to De strictly rresn. once let a merchant discover that be can depend on you, and you will have no difficulty in securing even more than the regular price, for strictly fresh eggs are salable at all times, and at special price for choice lots. Foultry Keeper. ' Grawinv Onion fete for 'ale. In every neighborhood a good busi ness might be made if some one wonld fit a bed and grow onion sets for sale to bis neighbors. Comparatively few farmers bave the small onion bed that is so convenient for the housewife to go to when she needs something mora f to anpply the table properly 1th vege tables. Most farmer after a few trials find that he small onion bed costs more labor to weed it than will buy the onions It could grow. It is not so where onion seta are pin n ted. They cost more than the seed to begin with, but the labor of cultivation Is so much lessened that they are much the cheap est way to grow onions on a small scale. Tralnlnar the Calf. The young calves should not be turn ed out before the middle of June. When ready to turn them out, have a strong bead baiter for each one, and lead them out to and from the pasture, They will soon learn to follow and be come very docile with such training. In selling Jerseys, we always say that the cow can be led, and It adds several dollars to her value. Near the city, where family cows are In demand, at good prices, a cow that Can be led out and tethered on the lawn Is worth a great deal more than one that can not be thus managed. With bulls, especial ly Jersey bulls, put a ring Into bis nose, when four months old. and lead him with a stout hickory staff. The bull can be early taught to lead, and he should be gradually ' made to cut the feed and pump the water for the stock. A bull so managed Is safer and makes a better breeder; The American. Clover Growing; in the Wt Time was when Western farmers did not care to do anything to Improve the fertility of their sail, which they thought was Inexhaustible. But de creasing crops have turned their atten tion to better modes of manuring and to Increased growth of clover. This Is especially true where stock growing and dairying have superseded the ex clusive growing of the earlier settle ment. Clover is especially adapted to the Western farmer, because corn, which he always has grown, is only an imperfect ration. It is too largely car bonaceous and needs more nitrogenous nutrition. Nothing better supplies this than clover, nor do any crops better supplement each other in farm rotation than do clover . and corn. American Cultivator. A Three-Horan Krener. In reply to numerous requests for a three-horse eveuer, Orange Judd Farm er gives the accompanying illustration as perhaps the simplest and best of any that have been used hitherto, since in this arrangementeach horse must do his full part of the work or show at once that be Is shirking. The point of attachment to the plow or load must be made exactly one-third of the dis tance from the point of attachment of the double and single whltfle-trees, to give each horse an equal share of the work. To make a four-horse evener, attach a double wblflie-tree to the TBHEB-HOKSE EVENER. point where the single one (seen In the sketch) is attached, and make the at tachment for the load exactly in the middle of the rear evener. A New Iqeecticlde. A new lice exterminator, recommend ed by the Arkansas Experiment Sta tion, Is made as follows, being a kero sene extract of pyrethrum: lMi gallons kerosene soaked through 2V6 pounds pyrethrum, resulting In a yellowish, oily extract, which will not mix with water, but which will form an emul sion with soap, similar to kerosene emulsion. One pond of soap dissolved in one gallon of boiling water added to one gallon of the extract, well mix ed or churned with a force pump, made a perfect emulsion, which, when dilut ed one part of emulsion to 450 parts water readily killed cotton worms. It seems to combine the properties of kerosene and pyrethrum, and to be more effective than either, easier to handle and cheaper. Farm and Home. Level Culture for Potatoea. Almost all practical growers now agree that the level culture of potatoes brings the largest crop. This is es pecially true if the season is dry, as of late years it almost always Is. If the ground Is cultivated often enough no weeds can appear above the surface. That will make It easy to keep the crop free of weeds without ever needing to cultivate more than an Inch below the surface. This Is the best way to subdue the perennial weeds, quack grass and Canada thistles, as well as the annual weeds. Cutting Clover and Graae Cloaely. It is not alone because of Injury to scythes, mowers and other Implements that the haymaker wonts as smooth a surface as he1 can get It Is necessary to have 'stones and other Inequalities removed if he would be able to cut as closely as he should. The new growth especially of clover, starts quicker and grows more vigorously if cut close. Be sides, much of the weight of both clo ver and grass Is lost if either is cut high. So there is loss by high cutting In the first cut as well as in the after math. Repelling Wire Worm. It Is much easier to drive wire worms from corn than to destroy them In the soli. If a little salt Is sprinkleld on the bill It will be washed down by rains and make the locality unpleasant for the worm. Soaking the seed corn In copperas has also the same effect, though we doubt whether the copperar is strong enough poison. Keen taitiTatlnc Keep the sulky cultivator at work In the corn and potato fields. Widen out the frame and run but once in a row. After the field is gone over the long way, then cross It This cultivation will mellow the ground; start the corn to growing, and kill off the weeds Just they are sprouting. L Thirty Pounds id Thirty Days, REMARKABLE GAIN IN WEIGHT OF Ar CALIFORNIA MINER. A Physical Wreck and Not Expected to Live-He Begins the Use of Pink I'll'o and In Three Days Is Able to Walk-Hls Friends Corrobor ate His Testimony. from the Republican, Santa Rosa. Csl. Here is a true story from California: Borne three years ago, James H. Falk- ner, or banta Kosa, while prospecting, discovered a quicksilver mine, and while preparing to wore it, was alone on his ranch, far from any one. It was there lie was attacked by nneu- monia, and when found five days after and carried to his home he was ap parently dying. He did not die, how ever, but for over a year was in daily expectancy of death from what was pro nounced by nearly all the physicians as consumption. At the end of about one year Mr. Falkner heard that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were sometimes efflcaoious in such maladies as his, and procured some The result was astounding, for before three boxes of pills had been taken, the man who had been given over, and could not walk without assistance, when he began their use, was working at his trade, and has ever since been a hale and hearty man. These facts are vouched for by such men as Sheriff Allen, Mr. C. U Ma bley, the city clerk of Santa Rosa. Mr. Perry Fitts, the-well-known lumber dealer, and many others, and are made the subject of quite an extended article in the banta Rosa Republican by Mr, Virgil Moore, the well-known corre spondent, who resides near Mr. Falk ner, and was familiar with the whole circumstances. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are sold in boxes (never in loose form, by the dozen or hnndred) at 50 conts a box, or six boxes for $2.60, and may be had of all druggists or directly by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenec tady, N. Y. Trolley Service Without Wire. The electric trolley system to be Intro dnoed in Paris in time for the Interna tional exposition of 1900 is vastly dif- erent from that commonly employed in the United States, inasmuch as the dangerous overhead wires are absolutely done away with, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The new sys tem is the invention of the French en gineer, Bochet, and, while rather sim ple, it steers clear of the objection of unsightly obstruction which is usually raised when overhead wires have to go up. Bochet establishes overhead con tacts from electric lampoBts belonging to the city, the distance between posts being somewhat smaller than the length of the electric train, consisting of two or three cars, so. that contact is always, assured at one point at least. Through flexible points of contaot sus pended from each electric post along the proposed line the current will be taken np by means of a copper rail fastened along the edge of the roof of the car not less than 14 or 15 feet from the ground. The contact point will slide along that copper rail and there is not the slightest difficulty in establishing a continuous current if the points of contact are made sufficiently elastic The current is allowed to return to the power sta tion through the track of the line, as usual. This system offers all the bene fits of the overhead as well as of the underground system without any of their shortcomings. A Miracle of Surgery. A man named George Burns, who will soon walk out of Cook County (Chicago) hospital, is a living example of the miracles performed by modern surgery. He went into the hospital broken np in bone and body, and when he leaves the hospital he will carry with him a certificate showing he has been the victim of the most remarkable assortment of. hurts that ever befell a mortal being. Surgeons report him broken up as follows: Loss of the entire bony vault of the skull, the top of the head being covered with a silver plate. Five ribs gone from the left side of the body, having been removed by sur geons in an operation. Heart shifted from its natural posi tion to the right side in order to secure a firm resting place for that organ. Both legs fractured in two places and right arm broken twice. Both elbow joints gone and the cap of the right knee twisted aronnd to the back; of the leg. Large piece of the breastbone taken out in the removal of a rifle ball. Part of the windpipe missing. Notwitstanding all that lie has gone through, the Tribune says, Burns is still in a condition to shift for himrelf and earn bis own living like other men. Durable Shoe Sole. A German inventor has found a way to make durable shoe soles. He ap plies waterproof glne to the leather and then sticks on a lot of clean quarts sand. This wears splendidly, besides giving a good foothold when walking is slippery. It is said that these soles are as flexible as could be desired. A company has been formed which made an offer to the municipality of St. Petersburg, Russia, to light all the streets of the city with electric lights for the same price that is now paid for the very unsatisfactory lighting with oil lamps. An addition of $11,000,000 a year will be made to the Prussian govern ment expenses by the proposed increase of the salaries and pensions of officials, teachers and their families. Wot Captain Kldd's Treasure. A quantity of gold and silver coin was discovered the other day 'at Casino Beaoh, Astoria, L, I., by workmen en gaged in making excavations for some new buildings. The coins were found at a depth of forty feet and ranged in date from 1561, the time of Napoleon III. At first they were- supposed to be part of the treasure generally believed to have been buried by the pirate, Kidd, but the presence of a coin of Napoleon III spoils a good story. ERE THE FAIIEWKLL IS SPOKEN On the fleck of the steamer, or on board the train that i to bear you awajr from those dear to you. you will, II you are wine, have aalely towed away In your lnKKsne a sufficient sup ply 01 mat sairwiara apainsi nines Hostel ler's Stomach Hitlers. Commercial traveler!, tourists and pioneer emigrants concur in testi fying to the fortifying and saving properties ol the great tonic. Use for constipation, bilious ness, malarial and kidney complaints aud ner vousness. Toothache No Eicune. Toothache will no longer be accepted by the Geneva (Switzerland) postoffloe as an excuse for the absenoe of em ployes. The Canton superintendent has issued a oircular directing them to have their teeth extracted rather than to have the service suffer. A GOOD SCHOOL. Holtt's School at Burllngame. Cal.. has alwavs stood In the front rank of its class, and this rear has done exceptionally good work as udged bv the effort of thebovs. at commence ment. Suit fiaiicitco Pott, Rotary snow plows are being used with some success in throwing water off the railway traoks in South Dakota. DRUNKARDS CAN BE SAVED The craving lor drink Is a disease, a marvelous cure for which has been discovered called "Anti Jaf ," which makes the inebriate lose all taste for strong drink without knowing why, as It can bs given secretly In tea, coflee, soup and the like. If "Anil-Jag" Is not kept by your druggist send one dollar to the Itenova Chemical Co., (Ml H road way. Mew York, and It will be sent postpaid, in plain wrapper, with full directions how to give secretly, lu formation uiallad free. A recent census of Buenos Ayres, Ar gentina, shows a population of 663,850, which makes it larger by 100,000 than Bio Janeiro, and the metropolis of South America. Beware of Olntme nts for Catarrh That Contain Memory, will surelv destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the .whole sys tem when entering It through the mucous sur faces. Such articles should never be used ex cept on prescriptions from reputab ' nhvai clans, as the damage they will do is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured bv F. J. Cheney A Co.. Toledo.. O.. contains no mer cury and is taken Internally, acting directly upon tne mooa ana mucous surfaces 01 tne sys tem. In buying Hail's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, O., by P. J. Cheney it Co. Testimonials free. Hold by Druggists, price 78o per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. An absolutely fire-proof chimney 50 feet high, has been built of paper at Brestau. It is the only one of the kind. Piso's cure for consumption has been a family medicine with us since 1815. J. K. Madison, 2109 42d ave., Chicago, 111. Pottery clays have been found in ten counties of Missouri. It is reported to be worth from $8 to $13 per ton. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WK ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OP THE WORD " CASTORIA " AND " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS our trade 'mark. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, was th originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now s-tf yfi. on every tear the facsimile signature of (&j?GtfcJuW wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the hind you have always bought Vi . r on the and has the signature ofAcM wrap per. M one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. II, Fletcher is President. March 8, 1891. &&jC Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEAHS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF S7 Insist on Having Kind That Never Failed The REASONS Walter. Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa. Because H is absolutely pure. Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in which chemicals are used. Because beans of the finest quality are used. Because it is made by i method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent UMfl s cup. Be sure that yam get the taeniae article saade by WALTER BAKER A CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Maae. Established 170. CHEAPEST POWER... 405-7 Sansome Street Sma Francisco, Cal. KIDNEY TROUBLES Oared by Lydla EL PinUuun'i Vegetable Compound. ., " I have been a great sufferer from Kidney trouble; pains In muscles, Joints, back and shoulders ; fect would swell. I also had womb troubles and leucorr haea. After using- .Lydla E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier and Liver Pills, I felt like a new wo man. My kidneys are now in perfect condition." Mrs. Maooii Potts, 334 Kanffman St, Philadelphia, Pa. ' My system waa entirely run down, and I suffered with terrible backache la trie small of my back, and could hardly stand upright. I had no ap petite. Since taking Lydla E. Pink ham'a Vegetable Compound, I have gained fifteen pounds, and I look better than I ever looked before." Mrs. E. F. Morton, 1043 Hopkins St., Cincinnati, Ohio. LiixiACiuprEir,llox7?, St. Andrew's Bay, Fla., says: "Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound, X had Buffered many years with kidney trouble. The pains in my back and shoulders were terrible. My menstrua tion became irregular, and I waa troubled with leucorrhosa. I waa grow ing very weak. I began the use of Mrs. Pinkham'a medicine, and the first bot tle relieved the pain in my back and regulated the menses. It relieved the pain quickly and cured the disease." 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