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March,
April, May
There la a best time for doinK
everything—that ia, a time when a
thing cun be done to the l>eat ad
vantage, moat easily and moat e f
fectively. Now ia the beat time
for purifying your blood. W hy!
H ocuuhc your ayatera ia now trying
to purify it— you know thia by the
nimplea and other eruptions that
nave ooine on your face and body.
(
Hood*s Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Are tho medicines to take- they do
tlie work thoroughly und agreeably
and never fail to do it.
Hood's are the medicines you
have always heard recommended.
'*.1 cannot recommend Hood's Hareaparllls
too highly aa a spring medicine. When w«
taka It In the spring wr all feel better through
the summer.” M u M. II. Naan. 51H 'ray» Pa
■Hood's Sarsaparilla p rom ises to
cu re and Keeps th e p rom ise.
H O W M E N M A Y L IV E LONQ.
O o td w ln S m ith T e lia th e S e c re t o f
Ilia Y o iit lifiiln r s s am i V lg u r.
(loldwlti Minltb, the fuiiioun historian,
educator, Journalist and iHtHaylat, who
is the literary life o f Canada, bus
brought out s good dcnl o f coiniueiit
in the problem of old uge, with incntul
inti pliynlcul sounduoaM, by bln own
»pinion o f the Influences which have
helped him celebrate bis eightieth
birthday lit good health a ml able to do
brilliant mid valuable work In bis
;b»Hcii Held o f labor.
Professor Smith thinks thnt h# owes
much to hla freedom from hard leaks,
m school or otherwise, when s l>oy.
He waa a sickly child und his chance
»f even average length o f dnye seemed
poor. Hut he was allowed much freo-
loiu In boyhood, to ronm the fields
md play Instead o f sticking closely to
books or taxing his mind severely. It
is hardly ti«*cessiiry to say thnt tlold-
wlu Smith was still a young lad, how
ever. when he ttcgnn to work sealoua-
ly In school, and at Eton and In the
university he was a brilliant student
Another point be makes much o f Is his
lifelong Imlilt o f working In the early
morning rather than late at night, and
getting sleep In the hours o f darkness,
asture's time for rest. He also test I*
lea to bis constant care ns to outdoor
txerclse and his moderation In eating
ind drinking.—Cleveland leader.
A f t e r M u c h D iscu ssio n .
Judge Acheson wus trying a 973,000
damage suit In the United States cir
cuit court at Pittsburg, the defendant
being the Southern Oil company. A
witness was asked what effect the
(hooting of a well with nitroglycerin
would have at a depth o f 1,300 fe e t
Defendant's lawyer objected to the
question and then followed a long ar
gument between counsel. The court
Anally ruled that the question was ad
missible and directed the witness to
answer. This was the reply after all
the debate: “ I don't know; l ’vs never
boen down to investigate."
A COMRADE OF GENERAL GRANT
In 1880 the Mouth hnil hut 20,500
mllos o f railway. In 1000 there were
over fifty-four thousand in I lea. repre
senting a new Influx o f capital to the
amount of $ i ,r>oo,noo,ooo.
They cut an old-time pine down In
Haiigervlllp, Me., recently. The tree
waa 147 feet tall, alx feet through at
the base, and ran up alxty feet before
there waa a Hub. It will be used for
a uiaat.
Although the sea covers
tbree-
I fourths o f the enrtb's surface. It dot-a
■»nl provide Ip the same proiiortion for
maii'a wants. Only about three per
cent of the people in the world gain
their living directly from the sea.
leeliergs In the Arctic regions are
neither so large nor so numerous us
those seen In the Antarctic seas, but
they are usuully loftier und more l>euu-
tlful, with spires and doinea. When
the sun shlnea on them they look like
a fairy city.
Ijirg e number« of aeu robins have
been taken In a Nantucket tlsh trap,
and until recently were thrown away,
as the Ashermen were unaware o f the
prices the homely creatures brought In
city markets. Might dollars a barrel
ia a usual ligure for them.
I ’robubly the oldest musician In the
world Is Manuel <iarda, now aged 98
years. He lias given up teaching and
lives In a villa In northwest London.
Ills memory Is still excellent, his wit
sparkling, and he Is proud o f having
recently learned how to play "bridge.’*
A grandfather's clock was brought
! to n watchmaker's shop In Peters town,
N. Y., a few weeks ago for repairs, the
flrst that have been mude upon It since
some trifling ones In 1778, which were
due to the raid o f the Indians under
Brant and the tory Butler at Cherry
Valley, In November o f that year. The
clock was brought from England to
tills country In 1740.
H. C. Robinson, who has spent two
years In scientific Investigation In the
Malay peninsula, recently exhibited to
the xoological section o f ine British
Association a specimen o f
a
fish
known ns the "mud hopper," which by
means o f strong fins under Its l>ody
Is able to move about on land for dis
tances o f at least twenty yurds from
Its watery nests In the swamps.
Tulare lake. In California, once nav
igable by at ea mera. Is now perfectly
dry. A man on foot can cross it safely
at any point, and In some places the
ground Is hard enough for a team to
drive over. The cause o f thl» condition
Is the draining o f Kern and King riv
ers of their water by Irrigation canals.
The farmers are using all the available
supplies and keep the streams dry.
Says:
“ I DO NOT BELIEVE • PE-RU-NA
SUPERIOR FOR CATARRH.”
HAS A
P e -ru -n a Is a Catrrrhal
Tonic Especially Adapt
ed to the Declining
Powers of Old Age.
a good . medi
cine for chron-
A TRAVELER
lc catarrh of
A T S E V E N TY -O N E
th e
stomach
Y E A R S OF AGE.
and bowels. I
have been troubled severely with it
for over a year, and also a cough.
Now my cough Is all gone, and all the
distressing symptoms o f catarrh of
the stomach and bowels have disap
peared. I will recommend It to all
as a rare remedy. I am so well I am
contemplating a trip to Yellow Stone
Park this coming season. How Is that
for one 71 years old?”
In a later letter she says: “ I am
only too thankful to you for your kind
advice and for the good health that I
am enjoying wholly from the use of
your Peruna.' Have been out to the
Yellow Stone National Park and many
other places o f the west, and shall al
ways thank you for your generosity.”
— Mrs. F. E. Little.
Strong and Vigorous at the Age of
Eighty-eight.
Rev. J. N. Parker, Utica, N. Y.,
writes:
"In June, 1901, I lost my sense o f
B E N J A M I N F. H A W K E S ,
hearing entirely.
My
hearing had
been somewhat Impaired for several
Benjamin F. Hawke*, of Washington, D. C., is One of the Three L iv
years, but not so much effected but
ing Comrades of Gen. Grant in His Cadet Days at West Point.
that I could hold converse with my
friends; but in June, 1901. my sense
grip. A t flrst I did not know that of bearing left me so that I could hear
Peruna was a remedy for this disease. no sound whatever. I was also
In a recent letter from 611 G
When I heard that la grippe was epi troubled with severe rheamatic pains
street, 8. W. Washington. D. C..
I commenced taking
demic catarrh, I tried Peruna for lo In my limbs.
this venerable gentleman says of
grippe, and found it to be just the Peruna and now my hearing is re
Peruna:
stored as good as It was prior to June.
thing.” — Isaac Brock.
“ I have tried Peruna after hav
1901. My rheumatic pains are all
ing tried in vain other remedies
Pe-ru-na Uaed in the Family for Years gone. I cannot speak too highly of
for catarrh, and I can say without
Mrs. E. West. 137 Main street, Men- Peruna. and now when eighty-eight
reservation that I never felt a
asha, Wis., writes: "W e have used years old can Bay it has invigorated
aymptom of relief until I had given
Peruna in our fam ily for a number of my whole system.”— Rev. J. N. Pa r
Peruna the simple trial that its ad
vocates advise. I do not believe it ■ years and when I say that It Is a fine i ker.
Mr. W . B. Sehnader, o f Terre H ill,
medicine for catarrh and
colds, I
haa a superior, either aa a remedy
know what I am talking about.
I Pa., writes;
for catarrh or as a tonic for the de
" I got sick every winter, and had a
have taken it every spring and fall
pressed and exhausted condition
lor four years, and I find It keeps me spell o f cold in February, 1899, I
which ia one of the effects of the
robust, strong, with splendid appetite, could not do anything for almost two
disease."— Benjamin F. Hawkes.
and free from any illness.
A few months. In December. 1899. I saw
years ago it cured me of catarrh of one o f your books about your reme
Isaac Brock, a citizen of McLennan the stomach, which the doctors had dies. Then I wrote to Dr. Hartman
am very for advice, and he wrote that I should
county, Texas, has lived
for
114 pronounced Incurable. I
years. In speaking o f his good health much pleased with Peruna. I am 87 commence the use of Peruna. and how
to take care of myself.
and extreme old age. Mr. Brock says: years old.” — Mrs. E. West.
“ I did not lose one day last winter
In old age the mucuous membranes
"Peruna exactly meets all my re
that I could not tend to my stock. I am
quirements. It protects me from the become thickened and partly lose
sixty-three years old. and I cannot
evil offects o f sudden changes; It their function.
This leads to partial loss o f hear thank you too much for what you
keeps me in good appetite; it gives
done for me.”
me strength; it keeps my blood In ing, smell and taste, as well as digest have
I f you do not derive prompt and sat
good circulation. I have come to rely ive disturbances.
Peruna corrects all this by Its spe isfactory results from the use o f Pe
upon It almost entirely for the many
runa. write at once to Dr. Hartmaa,
little things for which I need medi cific operation on all the mucuous giving a full statement o f your case
membranes
of
the
body.
cine.
One bottle will convince anyone, j and he will be pleased to give you bis
C O L D AND IN S E C TS .
"W hen epidemics o f la grippe flrst
Ohce
used and Peruna becomes a life valuable advice gratis.
began to make their appearance In
Address Dr. Hartman. President of
T h . L o w e s t o f L o w T ern c e r a t u r e . this country I was a sufferer from long stand-by with old and young.
Mrs.
F. E.
Little. Tolona. 111-, The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus.
D oc. N ot K ill N or I a j o r . T hem .
this disease.
Ohio.
The severest cold has no terrors
“ I had several long sieges with the writes : “ I can recommend Peruna as ,
for Insect life. It has been shown by ex
periments tbut Insects may be artificial
M ilk a n d W a te r .
119 HORSE POWER W ITH TW O HORSES
D e s e r te d in S a m m e r .
ly or naturally froxen,subjected,indeed,
Boston leads the big cities o f the I Can be gotten w ith Sw enson’s M a llea b le stn m p
Tbe village« near the north Italian
P u lle r : e v e ry casting w arranted, flaw or no flaw.
to very low temperatures, without kill
lakes are In summer Inhabited almost country in the use o f milk, tbe daily W r ite fo r catalog.
ing or even Injuring them.
Eggs,
average
being
1.171
pints
per
capita.
South Bend Steel P lo w s , 14-Inch, fs.00. South
entirely by women, who till the fields,
B end C h illed P lo w «, 14-Inch. (7 «0-
larvae, and pupae, the stages In which
She
likewise
leads
in
water
consump
which do not yield much. The men go
RE'ERSON M ACHINERY CD.
most Insects pass the winter, nre per
tion but this does not imply that there
to Switzerland and bring back their
fectly Immune to cold.
is any mixing o f the two.— Boston A d
earnings in winter.
It Is a common IdeH that cocoons
vertiser.
of Insects serve us a protection against
80 Bu. M acaroni W h ea t P er Acre.
Mothers will find Mm Winslow’s Soothln«
rap the best remedy to use for their children
cold, hut this is entirely erroneous. Introduced by the l T. S I'ept. of Agr. It is a
tremendous cropper, yield in g In good land 8u ; z teething season.
They, like the summer webs
web- bu. per «ore, und on dry. arid lands, such as |
worms, are a protection against birds are found In Mont.. Idaho, the Dakotas, I ’olo.,
etc., It w ill yield front to to 60 bu. This W heat
Arrangements have been made for tel-
and iuaect parasites, but not against sny S(>eltr and Hanna Harley and Hrotnus In-
thonic communication between various
ert'nis
and
Billion
Dollar
t.rass,
makes
it
povsi-
i
cold. . Tin* cocoons o f summer brood*
>wns of
Lancashire and France,
lile to grow ami iatlen hog« and cafiie w h erev
MEET
are as stout and thick as those o f the er soil is found.
'ranch legislative sanction is awaited.
ALL
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K
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It
10
CKNTH
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generations thnt pass the
winter.
to the The John A. Salter Seed Co.. I.a Crosse.
NEEDS
Moths, liutterfiies, and other Insects Wis . and they w ill semi you free a sample of
Experience has established It as
Wheat and other farm seeds, together with
build stouter and more compact cocoons this
a fact. Bold by all dealers. Yon
their great catalog, alone to r.h fluo.uo to any
sow —they grow. 1004 S eed
In tropical and torrid countries than wide awake farmer. [P. C. 1..]
Annual postpaid Area to all ap
3 E
they do In those climates where they
plicants.
*
V a lu a b le L ife - S a v in g S e r v ic e .
are besieged by winter.
There nre
D. M. FERRY A CO.
So effective Is the life-saving ser
D E TR O IT, MIOM.
many Insects, allied to the builders of
vice
of
the
United
States
that
from
cocoons, that make no such covering,
the pupa or the chrysalis being left en disasters to 24fi documented vessels on
having
tirely exposed. And so little beat Is the coast during the year,
maintained by the pupae o f insects 3.802 persons on board, only twenty *
thnt no matter how thick the cocoons, live« were lost, and of tbe $9,000,000 3 = : C
they are always too slight to repel worth o f property put in Jeopardy, b u t, 3 [
'i t f
u little more than $1,000,000 was lost. I
freezing cold.
shoes have by their
excellent s t y l e ,
Certain degrees o f frigidity seem to B ew are o f O intm ent* fo r Catarrh T h a t
easy-fitting, a n d
have vastly different effects on differ
Contain M ercury,
I I
superior wearing
ent species o f Insects.
(Inats and As mercury will surely destroy the senae of 3 I
qu alities achieve«!
smell
and
completely
derange
the
whole
sys
the largest sale o f
midges dance In the winter sunshine; tem when entering it through the mucous sur
any shoes in the
butterflies, Vanessa, Grapta, ami some faces. Such sn id es should never be used ex
Loss of Time, Lose of Money,
w orld.
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi
Loss of Place, Loss of Comfort,
time« Collas. skim over the snow; cians, ss tbe damage they will do is ten tola to
They are jnst as good
all follow In the train of not using
the
good
you
can
possibly
derive
from
them
as those that cost you
wasps and bees wind their wny through
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by K. J.
$4 to
— the only
the leafless woods; ground-beetles run Cheney A Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury,
difference
is the price.
quickly over the cold earth; crickets ami is taken internally, acting directly upon
Sold
Everywhere.
the blood and mucous surfaces of the syetem.
peep from beneath stones and rotting In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
Look for name and !
the genuine. It is taken internally, and made
price on bottom.
logs; while other species, the vast ma In
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testi
Douglas uses Corona i__
jority, In fact, are locked In the lethar monials free.
For Rheumatism,
Coltskln, which Is everywhere conceded to
Hold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
beth e finest Patent Leather yet produced.
gy o f hibernation.
One o f the
Neuralgia, Lumbago,
Hall's Family Pills are the beet.
Fact Color Eyelet* need. Shoe* bj mall. Sftr.extra.
commonest evidences o f this hiberna
S c i a t i c « * , Sprains
Write fer Catalog. W.L.Dsaglas. Brocktoa. Rasa
tion Is to be seen when firewood la
A lpin e flowers and plants are to quick
It has cured thousands. Will
carried Into the house and placed near ly becoming extinct that strong measures
P. N. U.
Ne. 10-1904.
cur* you. Pries 25c. and 50c.
the warm stove. It takes only a short are to be taken In the future fo r their
time to bring out a swann o f ants that preservation.
were sleeping In beetle-borings, their
common retreat.— St. Nicholas.
W. L. DOUGLAS
happiness of children through
derangement of the generative
organs. Mrs. Beyer advises
women to use Lydia E. Pink*
ham’s Vegetable Compound.
4
" D x a b M rs . P ir k iia m : — I suffered
w ith stomach complaint for years. I
got so bad that I could not carry my
children but five months, then would
have a miscarriage. The last tlma I
became pregnant, my husband got me
to take L y d ia E . P i n k h a m ’ s V e g e
t a b le C o m p o u n d . A fter taking the
first bottle I was relieved o f the sick
ness o f stomach, and began to feel bet
ter in every way. 1 continued Its use
and was enabled to carry my baby to
maturity. I now have a niee baby
girl, ana can work better than I ever
oould before. I am like anew woman."
— Mas. F r a n k U e ye r , 23 8. Second S t,
MeHden, Conn. — ftio o o fo rfe it I f orlylnol of
•I m
I t t i t r grow I lf genolnonet* cannot ha produced.
F R E E M E D IC A L A D V I C E T O
WOMAN.
Don’t hesitate to write to Mrs.
Plnkhnm. She will understand
y o u r case perfectly, and will treat
ou with kindness. H er advice
i free, and the address Is Lynn.
Mass. N o woman ever regretted
having written Iter, and (h e k M
haloed thousands.
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been revived. Better get through with
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