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N HONEST DOCTOR ADVISED PE-RU-NA. MR. SYLVESTER E. SMITH, Room 218, Granite Block, St. Louis, Mo., writes: "Peruna is tht best friend ick man can have. "A few months ago I came here in t wretched condition. Exposure end dampness Lad ruined my once robust health. I had cnlarrhn.1 (To-tInna nt the bronchial tabes, and for a time there was a doubt as to my recovery. "My good honest old doctor adriset me to take Feruna, which I did and in a short time my health began to im prove very rapidly, "the bronchial trouble gradually disappeared, and in three montha my health was fully re stored. "Accept a grateful man's thanks for his restoration to perfect health." Pe-ru-na for His Patients. A. W. Perrin, M. D. S., 980 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y., says : "I am using your Peruna myself, ana am recommending it to my patients in all cases of catarrh, and find it to be more than you represent. Peruna can be had now of all druggists in this sec tion. At the time I begaa using it, it was unknown." Climatic Prodigality. "I am older than I look," said the mat ron at whose house the sewing circle had met. "More than forty winters have passed over my head." ' "Then you haven't lived long in this climate, ff that's all," observed the elderly spinster. "I've sometimes seen as many as forty winters here in one spring." Pemona An Gratia. "I haven't heard of you going out to Subbub's to dinner lately." "No; he says I can't do that any more." "Why, I though you were his closest friend. -What's the matter?" "He tells me their cook doesn't like me." Philadelphia Tress. uttie Mrs. iiunter naa beard so many Jokes about the brides who couldn't market successfully that she made up her mind that the first re quest she made of the market man would show her to be a sophisticated housewife. "Send me, please," she said, "two French chops and one hun dred green peas." Judge. surer urasp. "One objection to your poem," said th editor, glancing through the manuscript, "is that.Whittier once wrote a poem em bodying substantially the same ideas." "Do you mean to say, sir," thundered the six-foot caller, "that I " "But you have improved on them, my dear sir," hastily interposed the editor: "you have improved on them immensely." Can Such Thins Bef O, Johnny, Johnny!" sirfied Mrs. Lapsling. "You're so awfully hard on shoes. This is the second pair I've bought you since we had that equinuptial storm in March !" Presumption. I'histy I suppose you think that if you Iitur the regulating' of the universe you could make some improvements on the present job, don't you? Kuphs I don't know about that, but I think could suggest one change. 1 should like to have things so arranged that when a man is Having a good time the days would seem to pass slow.'y in stead of quickly. I'm about to take a vacation." Gronndleaa Fear. "I did think," said Cholly Snobberly, "of going In for politics, but I was afraid I wouldn't know Just how to twent my inferiors, don't y' know." "Your Inferiors?" remarked Sharpe. "Oh, you wouldn't be likely to meet anv of them." Philadelphia Press. Crash! Th auto leaped from the high, stee-p bank. Why, haven't you heard the panefu) story? (The pieces of glass are flying yet.) It landed on a conservatory 1 Chicago Tribune. No Recourse. "Johnnie, I think I hear a thief Id the dark closet beneath the stairs." "I dou't doubt it; I have known it was there for some time." "Telephone for the police!" "What's the use? You can't arrest gas meter." Houston Post No Danger. 'Whatever you do, dear," wrote the ardent lover, "don't show my letters to you to any one." "Have no fear, dearest," came the reply, "I'm Just as much ashamed of them as you are." And, with that, the engagement be came a matter of history. Judge. acts &entl iiy yei prompi- 6' jy on me ooweis, cleanses me system ejjectu ally, assists one in,overcommg habitual conslipati ion permanently. To get its oeneicial eects buy (he genuine. Manufactured1 JjytKe ALTFGRNIA Jig -Syrup Co. tOUJBT LEADING DRU&aStt-SW&rmi, . A. J i T LTvJd H ft VIi j. Feet of the Horse. The usefulness of a horse depends largely upon the quality of his feet If they are sound and well taken care of he is able to travel and work well, but if they are defective and neglected his usefulness is impaired and he can not be depended on In any emergency, as he Is liable, when his services are most needed, to become partially if not wholly disabled, resulting in serious loss to his owner. But few horses are born with perfect feet, yet the defects by cartfui trertment are often entire ly cured ; also many horses with sound hoofs are practically ruined by the ignorance or carelessness of black' 8m It lis. The proper shoeing of horses and the general care of their feet is a matter that should receive the strict attention of every farmer, and yet, as a rule, it Is wofully neglected. The farmer should have knowledge of the natural formation of a horse's foot, so as to be able to determine whether the animal is being properly shod or not, and while that is being done he should never go away and leave the smith to slight the work to get through with it or butcher its feet if he does not un derstand his business. While , no definite rules for shoeing horses can be given, gome general prin ciples are acknowledged by, all "com petent horseshoers, aameU-, the heel should never be cut except to remove a ragged point. The same is true of the frog, which Is an elastic cushion, Intended to reduce the Impact of a sud den shock to the foot. The butterls Is an Instrument that may do an. im mense amount of "damage In the hands of an incapable operator. Much mis chief is done by it every day. When the toe is too long and projects beyond the hoof, it causes stumbling and it should be shortened. A hot iron should never be applied to the foot to Ascertain Its evenness, as many black smiths do merely to save time, when they know it is not right. A seared surface between the hoof and the shoe makes the contact less perfect and the shoe necessarily less rigid than it ought to be. The outside of the hoof should not be rasped more than Is necessary to cliucb. the nails, as this thins the crust and re-: duces the strength of the bearing sur face of the foot. Weakening and decay are sometimes the result of this prac tice. Oil applied to the hoofs occasion ally during dry weather is beneficial. To Tell a Horse's Age. At four years old each jaw shows four permauent teeth, whose tables are worn to the same level. The dividers are worn upon both of their borders. Looked at from the side, the corner 'eth are quite small. .l:-'...5SS.iite At four and a half years the nippers show wear on both edges. The corner teeth and the hook or canine teeth are ia evidence. Depth of Cyclones. From the study of clouds an official of the United States Weather Bureau concludes that the ordinary cyclones which traverse our country from west to east are not more than two or three miles in depth, although their diameter is many hundreds of miles. In othr words, their motion docs not affect the upper regions of the atmosphere. In the case of hurricanes, this au thority finds that the depth is greater, amounting to as much as five or six miles. But higher currents blow direct ly across the cyclonic and antieyelonic areas which produce storms and fair weather at the surface of the earth. This new theory tends to offset form er ideas concerning the circulation of the atmosphere. An Agricultural Pest. So great have been the ravages caused by the dodder a leafless, twin ing, parasitic plant that a decree has been issued by the French President prohibiting Its Importation into the country. It is a veritable agricultural scourge, attacking and destroying hops, vines, clover, peas, tomatoes and many other kinds of agricultural produce. Once having found Its way Into any dis trict. It is most difficult to get rid of and constitutes a permanent source of inxlety to the farmer. Cutting down. urn!ng and poison have all been fried w ith unsatisfactory results. TV ruprnfltable Experimenting. In the entire realm of scientific in vestigation there is nothing more inter esting and marvelous than the growth and development of plants from the begirulng or the germination of the setd to the reproduction of the germ, Each species of plant has Its distinct ive character, ami life habits and ouly flourishes where natural conditions are favorable to Its growth. To attain any degree of perfection, the soil and clim ate combined must be such as the plants require, although a moderate de gree of success may be attained when either of these factors are not exactly suited to its growth, but where both are deficient In nny considerable de gree the plant can not be successfully grown, except by artificial means whereby the necessary natural condi tions are created. If the chemical com position of thesoll Is favorable, and climatic conditions unfavorable, the letter can be created artificially such as protection from cold and excessive heat and lack of moisture and, like wise, if the soil Is deficient in the chemical elements which the plant re quires, they can be added to, but In either case the process Is laborious and expensive and the results unsatisfac tory. All plants are indigenous to certain kinds of soil, and all soils are especially adapted to the growth of certain kinds of plants, and nature can not be improved upon In any way, nor can her deficiencies be successfully remedied by artificial means.- In order, therefore, to be successful in his busi ness, the farmer must "keep close to nature and mark well her ways." He must raise only such crops as are best adapted to the soil of his farm, In ac cordance with Bis experience, and wholly rfrain from extensive experi ments with such as are of doubtful utility. Keeps Chickens at Home. An Iowa man has designed an anti flying chicken-wing attachment having in view to prevent the annoyance and J M m lial damages incident to chickens scratch ing In your neigh bor's garden. The device Is attached to the chicken's wing. It is made of parallel pieces of wire bent into STOPS FLYING. the form of an el bow, with a hook at the bend. To apply the attachment to a chick en's wing it is slipped over the wing, and by placing the parallel sides toward each other the hook can be snapped In position and retained by the resiliency of the wire. The hook will be on- the Inner corner of the wing and will pre vent the device from slipping off. The chicken will thus be-prevented from spreading the wing as required to fly and thereby unable to get over a fence Into the neighbor's garden. Houses of Corn Cobs. In some parts of Europe corn cobs are used for building purposes. The cobs are collected and taken to a fac tory, where heavy compresses crush and mold them into blocks of various sizes, Just as bricks are variously molded. These blocks are then bound with wire so as to make them hold to gether. They are then soaked in tar to make them water-tight, and ere ready for use after this treatment Of course, they are much lighter than bricks, are always dry, and make good houses. This Is but one of the very many ways iu which Europe shows a greater economy than Amerca does. There is little over there which goes to waste. Even the refuse and garbage of Paris is made to serve a purpose by being burued and converted Into pow er. Cost of Feeding Hens. Bulletin No. 115 from the West Vir ginia Experiment Station gives the first year's record with 000 hens. It gives pictures and descriptions of houses, method of handling, amounts, kinds and cost of feed nnd egg produc tion. The cost of feed for the year was 89 cents per head ; total cost $1.42 per head. The fowls averaged 113 eggs each, valued at $2.43, so that each hen returned a net profit of $1.01. How to Feed Out Silage. Owing to the constant contact of the air with the top layer of silage it Is necessary to remove a horizontal layer of silage to a depth of not less than one and one-half Inches daily to pre vent any from spoiling. If this fact is kept in mind when building a silo its diameter can be made such as to make possible tho feeding of a layer of this depth daily with the amount o' live stock on hand. John Michels. Distribution of Mammals. The distribution of mammals over the earth shows many curious features. North America, Northern Europe and Asia have many families in common. Such animals as wolves, foxes, bears deer and moose, beavers, squirrels and rabbits live all around the Northern Hemisphere. The mammals found on isolated Islands are of surpassing In terest to the naturalists. The Care of Sheep. Overfeeding or sudden changes from poor to very rich food, combined with want of exercise. If not actual causes, will contribute to the development of the loss of wool among ewes. An English shepherd being askea what be attributed his nnequaled suc cess iu the show ring to, replied: "To two things always having my entra trained to wa!k In the halter, and to al ways being p.)lite to the Judge, uo -natter what position b plaei the exhiiij; In." " . ran "I did not see you iu church last Sunday." "I do not doubt it I took up tho collection." Bohemian. Caller (to child) Is this papa's little boy or mamma's little boy? Child Dunno; the Judge hasu't decided yet Life. Hyker Bronson tells me he Is taking mud baths now. Pyker Why, I thought he was out of politics. Chicago Daily News. She It's funny you should be so tall. Your brother, the artist, is short, isn't he? He (absently) Y'es, usually. Town and Country. "Has the patient a generous reserve force, nurse?" "No, doctor; he has nothing but a mean temperature." Baltimore American. Grace So you have at last made up your mind to marry Jack?, Lola Yes, I m tired of having him hang around the house every evening. Chicago Dally News. "Don't you ever get homesick, cap tain?" asked the passenger on the ocean liner. "No; Tin never home long enough," replied the captain. Ex change. Bronson My next-door neighbor I& always looking ahead for trouble. Woodson For example. Bronson Well, this morning I saw him sharp ening his lawn mower. Miss DeMuir I wish I could think of' some new and unusiml birthday pres ent to surprise mamma with this year. Mr. Spoonmore How do you think she'd like a son-in-law? Cleverton (who has hired a taxa- meter cab to propose lu) Say "yes," darling? Miss Calumet Give me time to think. Cleverton Heavens! But not In here! ' Consider the expense! Life. The Lady (to hastily-retreating bur glar) Pardon me, but won't you please wait till my husband sees you? I told him there was Bomeone in the house, and he said "Rubbish !" Harper's Ba ser. Dick You look worried, old fellow. Wick I have cause for worry. Dick What's the trouble? Wick My wife says if I dou't accompany her to the seashore this summer she'll stay at home. , Boy (who has been naughty and sent out into the garden to find a switch to punish him with) Oh, mummy, I couldn't find a switch anywhere, but here's a stone you can throw at me. Punch. Physician Well, what- do you com plain of? Policeman Sleeplessness, doctor. Physician At what time do you go to bed? Policeman Oh, I don't mean at night. I mean Iu daytime, while I'm on my beat. She (on her bridal tour) Oh, Dan, I'm so unhappy. Dan Why, what Is the matter, darling? She If I am as much to you as you say, you can't be sorry your first wife died, and that makes you too brutal for me to love. Life. Doctor The room seems cold, Mrs. Hooligan. Have you kept the thermom eter at seventy, as I told you? Mrs. Hooligan Sliure, an Oi hov, docthor. There's th' devilish thing In a toombler av warrum wather at this blissld mln nut. Judge. Mamma Good gracious, Georgia i What Is the matter with Freddie Jones? Is the child having a fit? Georgle No, mamma. You know Fred die stutters, and we bet he couldn't say "altltudinously"' before Bobbie ran twice around the block. Puck. Towne Do you believe in dreams? Browne I used to, but I don't any more. Towne Not as superstitious as you were, eh? Browne Oh, It wasn't a question of superstition. I was iu love with one once, and she Jilted me. Che Catholic Standard and Times. Cyrus Reuben got bunkoed. Silas How so? Cyrus Why, he read the ad vertisement of a firm that stated If he would send a dollar they'd send him some light reading. Silas And did they send It? Cyrus Yes, they sent him two books entitled "The Age of tho Arc Lamp" and "How to Make Can- lies." "John," she whispered, "there's a burglar In the parlor. He has Just knocked against the piano and Jilt sev eral keys at once, i ll go down, said he. "Oh, don't do anything rash!" "Rash! Why, Im going to help him. You don't suppose he can remove tho piano from the house without assist ance?" The Throne. 'I tell' you," said one man to an other as they emerged from the corri dor of a concert hall, "I envy that fel low who was slngln;,'." "Envy him!" echoed the other. "Well, If I were go ing to envy 4 singer I'd select some body with a better voice. His was about the poorest I ever heard." "It's not his voice I envy, man," was the reply; "It's his tremendous courage." Philadelphia Iuquirer. Gave Him an Opening. "Do you save any money?" Inquired the' editor. "No; but I'd like to," answered the bard. "Now, If you would occasionally buy a little lay, I could lay a little by." -Kansas City Journal. Anatomy, The Professor Some of you gentle men are not giving me your closest at tentlon. Mr. Biggs, what do you find under the kidneys? Future M. D. Toast, sir. Puck. How the Dirt Files at Panama. Lleutenant-Colouel George Geothals, chairman and chief engineer of the Isthmian canal commission, told Presi dent Roosevelt late in January that before January 1, 1015, the ditch which is to bisect the vertebrae of the Amerl can continent will be completed and that all will be iu readiness for the first trip to make the little pleasure Journey from the Atlantic to the Pa cific, so writes Roy Crandall In the Technical World Magazine. Inasmuch as the colonel Is noted for conservatism and caution, it Is believed that he feels deep down in his own heart that at least' a year will be cut from that estimate. Pie for Him. Human Pincushion What has be come of the glass eater? Sword Swallower Got a Job as base ball umpire for the season. Human 'Pincushion Queer Job for a glass eater, Isn't It? Sword Swallower Not at all. When the bleacheritos start throwing bottles at him he'll Just smile aud swallow them. Cause of the Trouble. The visiting parson was handing con vict No. 1313 consolation in small chunks. "You should not complain, my mis guided friend," he said. "It Is better to take things as you find them." "Youso is on de wrong track, parson," replied the prisoner. "It was practicin' dat theory dat got me pinched." Bt. Vitus' Dance nnd nil Nervous DUn'M tiHrmnnently cured by Ir. K lino's tirmt crvo lii'Sioror. fcnnd ir l-'UHE 2trl:U bnttla a?id treatise. Dr. It. iLKltni-, JUL. 831 Arch bt., l'UUo.,l'a. Omissions of History. The war correspondents were compli menting dipt. Molly Pitcher on the con spicuous courage she had displayed at the battle of Monmouth. "It was nothing," she said. "I merely wanted to show that my otber name isn't Coddle." For, verily, true bravery, unlike genius, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Didn't Like the Phrnfie. "Charlie, dear," said young Mrs. Tor kins, "did you say this tip oii the races was a 'lead pipe?' " "Yes." "Well, I dou't pretend to expert knowledge. But lead pipe somehow sug gests plumbers. And plumbers are al ways expensive." Washington Star. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Bnorhiti Byrup the best remedy to useior their ck'liii in, iuriug the tcethiug period. Mutual Keluctnnce. "Here is my seat, madam, but candor compels me to say tlint I think yoa are as well able to staud ns I am." "Politeness compels me to say 'Thank you, sir.' " Chicago Tribune. London theaters, music halls and con cert halls provide seating accommodation for 327,000 people. CASTORS A Por Infants and Children. ' Tii3 Kind You llavs Always Bouglit Signature of As He Understood It. It was Dicky's first day at Sunday school, and he was telling his mother about it. "They sung the funniest banquet song I ever heard," lie said. "What was it?" she asked. "'Hold the Port; Fried Ham Com- Stato of Ohio, City of Toledo 1 Lucas County. j ss- Frftnk J. Cheney makes onth that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. 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