"I'mSoTired!"
. A i ,
As tired in tb mornihg as when I go to
bed! Why is it? Simply because your
blood is in Buch a poor, thin, sluggish
condition It does not keep up your
strength and you -do not get the beneiit
of your sleep. To feel strong find keep
strong just try tle tonic and purifying
effects of Hood's SarsaparUla. Our word
for it, 't will do you good.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. "
Hood'g PIII8 cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
In London there is a manufactory in
which every kind of rare or ancient
coin is made. - ;
The ants of South America have
been known to construct a tunuol three
miles in length.
Careful measurements prove that the
average ourvatnre of the globe is 6.00
inches to the statute mile.
Antiseptic creolin being preferred,
are mixed with Uie water used for
sprinkling the streets of Brussels.
The wonderful part of the Maxim gun
Is that it has only one barrel, and yet
it can discharge 600 shots in one min
ute. ' ' ;
The "elephant beetle" of Venezuela
is the largest iDsoct in the world. A
full grown one weighs about one-half
pound. : .
Artificial limbs have been construct
ed in Germany in such a way that those
who are obliged to use tliem can ride
bicycle.
The Princess of Wales has a pair of
opera glasses of platinum set with ru
bies, sapphires and turquoises and val
ued at 2,000. . t j .
To bold crayons for blackboards or
drawing work a tube is fitted with
clamping jaws at one end and a sliding
rod at the other end, to force the chalk
into position.
Tire advertising of Schilling's Best in
this paper met with each success that a
few months ago Messrs. A. Schilling &
Co. started the advertising of their
money-baok baking powder. They are
evidently well pleased with the results.
' for we have again received an order for
advertising! of tlieii tea and baking
powder tliiB time for increased space.
There is nothing that sells so well as a
good article, advertised in the town
where it is to be sold.
The British army rifle has 83 com
ponent parts, in the production of
which 952 machines are employed, as
well as various pioceeses which do not
require machinery.
TRY ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE.
A powder to be shaken intn the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous, and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smartiiijy feet or tight shoes, try
Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous soots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort. Ten thousand tes
timonials of cures. Try it today. Sold by
all druggists aud shoe stores for 25c. Sent
by mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen & Olmsted, L
itoy, new lora.
How great a havoo is created in
France among birds, is shown bv
the fact that during Christmas week,
at the Centrl maiaet, 114,000 larks
were sold.
Piso'g Cure for Consumption has been a
God-send to me. Wra. B. McClellan,
tnester, fioruia, SsepteniDer n, lsao.
The most recent estimate of the
wealth of Great Britain and Ireland is
11,806,000,000. ;
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder,
What was formerly a quill factory at
Fans is now devoted to the manufuo
tore of quill toothpicks, and turns out
20,000,000 yearly.
In Scotland last year the birth rate
was 80.5 per 1,000, the death rate
18.7, the marriage rate 7.3.
NO W0MN IS EXEMPT.
Regularity is a matter of importance
In every woman s life. Much pain is,
however, endured in the belief that it
Is necessary and not alarming, when
In truth it is all wrong and indicates
derangement that may cause serious
trouble. v : ,
Excessive monthly pain itself will
unsettle the nerves and make women
old before their time.
The foundation of woman's health ia
s perfectly normal and regular per
formance of nature s function I ha
statement we print from Miss Ge
trupk Sikes, of Eldred, Pa., is echoed
in every city, town and hamlet In this
country. Road what she says:
" Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I feel like
new person since following' your ad
Tice, and think it is my duty to let the
public know the good your remedies
have done me. My troubles were pain
ful menstruation and leucorrhoea !
was nervous and had spells of being1
confused. Before using your remedies
1 never had any faith in patent medi
cines. I now wish lo say that I never
had anything do me so much good for
painful menstruation as Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound; also would
say that your Sanative wash has cured
me of leucorrhoea. 1 hope these few
words may help suffering women."
The present Mrs. Pinkham't experi
ence in treating female ilia is unparal
leled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham. and
lor sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year
All suffering women are Invited to
write freely to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass., for advice about their health.
ffijfft iiM ILL ELS? I MIS.
I i Beat Cough Srrup. f utaa Gcod.
r-iiriiT.iuifST
in nine. C"'iu vj u r usss IT-
VI-
CYifclcen Lice.
Lice cause the death of millions of
chickens every year, and especially lit
tle growing chicks. It is not the kind
of lice that feed on the hens at night
and go back onto the perches to hide
during the day and digest the blood
they sucked at night These are "chick
en bedbugs," as a friend has very aptly
named them. We have had a few or
these and easily destroyed them by
pouring kerosene on the roost poles un
til It drips off. I have the poles mova
ble, and sometimes take them out and
singe them after applying the kerosene,
or get new ones, ;
But the lice that trouble us are the
big gray ones that crawl from the hens
to the little chicks as soon as hatched,
and fasten upon their heads, throats
and the back of their necks. They suck
their blood and lay eggs that soon
hatch and make hundreds of little lice
that run all over their bodies.
Last fall I read of tobacco dust being
a remedy, so early this season I got 100
pounds of it. We find It very satisfac
tory. It kills the lice and does not hurt
the hens or the little chicks. We sprln-
COMMON VARIETIES OF HEN LICE MAG
NIFIED.
tie it over the sitting hens while on the
nests and put It In the dust wallows,
and thus reduce the amount of lice on
the old fowls. As soon as the chicks
are off the nest we critically inspect
every one of them for lice. I use pure
kerosene, dipping the tip of a finger In
it, and touch the top of the head, the
throat and back of the neck. ' When
the down Is wet In this way the lice are
easily seen,' and the Kerosene kills all
that it touches, both lice and nits. I
also rub a little grease on the hen's
neck, rump and under her wings. B.
Van Deusan, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Building a Stack.
Many tons of hay have to be stacked
out of doors, because of scant room
within the barns. Many of these stacks
are wholly, or lo part spoiled from im
proper building. A platform should
first be built to keep out bottom damp
ness. A pole should be set up In the
middle of this, to give steadiness to the
stack, particularly to Its upper part,
and to afford an attachment for ropes
that should run from the point at the
top down the sides, to keep the hay
from blowing oft. Under these ropes
"w" 7
HOW TO BUILD A STACK.
put a cap of cloth to start the water
down over the sides properly. In this
way but a minimum of loss will be ex
perienced. American Agriculturist
Experiments with Turkey.
A farmer who has raised turkeys
many years, and who takes pleasure in
making experiments, writes that char
coal, turkey fat and diamonds are
alike in some respects. It is a fact that
more fat may be gotten out of charcoal
than one would suspect, without a
knowledge of chemistry. Here Is an
account of oue experiment: "Four tur
keys were confined In a pen and fed on
meal, boiled potatoes and oats. Four
others of the same brood were at the
same time confined in another pen and
fed daily on the article, but with one
pint of very fine pulverized charcoal
mixed with their food mixed meal and
boiled potatoes. They also had a plenti
ful supply of broken charcoal In their
pen. The eight were killed on the same
day, and there was a difference of l1
pounds each In favor of the fowls
which bad been supplied with charcoal,
they being much the fatter, and the
meat being superior In point of tender
oess and flavor." Poultry World.
Ftudr Each Animal.
There Is a disposltlou to rebel against
"feeding tables," that Is. making the al
lowance of food according to the live
weight of the animaL No rules for
feeding that are based on weight can
be followed, as the preferences for the
various kind3 of food, the capacity of
production, and the tiealth of the ani
mals vary. A large cow may be a
dainty feeder, while a small one may at
all times be ready to consume large
quantities of food. To feed properly
It is necessary for the dairyman to
study each cow In his herd and allow
her as much as she requires. If she
does not pay for her food then he
should replace her with a better animal,
but it matters not how large a quantity
of food a cow may consume provided
she gives a profit
Poultry on Pruall Farm,
The keeping of 200 hens on a ten-acre
farm would not Interfere with growing
full crops of corn, potatoes or grass,
and by adopting a system of soiling a
small dairy, say four cows, might be
kept on ten acres In connection with
poultry-growing. The cows would fur
nish manure to keep a part of the land
In very high state of cultivation, and
the sklm-milk given to drink, used to
mix the dough or made Into curd for
young fowls, would furnish excellent
food for them. If one or two acres of
land could be devoted to potatoes all
unsalable ones would make good chick
en feed. ' Just to what extent any one
should go into poultry, or kinds they
should keep, each one must determine
for himself. In some cases It will pay
best to keep only one kind of thorough
bred fowls, and sell the eggs and fowls
for breeding purposes, but this will re
quire some skill In advertising and care
in breeding. Poultry Keeper.
Is Mornlnsr Milk Brat?
There Is a general belief that the en
tire rest which the cow gets at night
makes the morning milk richer than
that which she gives nt night after
more or less exercise through the day.
But if the exercise In daytime takes
anything from the milk, It Is more like
ly to use up the albumenolds or
strength-giving elements, and thus
leave the milk richer. Yet the morn
ing's milk may be richer in butter fat's
for an entirely different reason. There
is reason to believe that all the time
milk is forming In the udder it Is los
ing some of Its butter fats which are
being absorbed by the co. The strip
pings or milk last formed Is for this
reason richer than that first taken. In
summer time there Is a shorter time be
tween milking at morning than at
night and consequently there Is a
greater proportion of strappings In the
smaller mess of milk.
The Largest Hog in the World.
It Is rather curiously a Southern
farmer who has succeeded In producing
the hog that turns the scales at the
greatest weight T. W. Williams, of
Decatur, Ala., is the man, and his hog.
which he says Is only three years old,
weighs 1.524 pounds and Is so fat that
It cannot rise. It Is 10 feet 2 Inches In
length, four and a half feet high. Its
owner has refused $500 for It thinking
that he can make more by taking It
from place to place, and using It as a
show. The hog Is of the Berkshire
breed, crossed on the native Southern
stock. If the hog has made its growth
In three years, It means an annual gain
of .108 pounds per year. That would be
double what, most hogs gain during
the first year of their lives, when the
gain Is usually greatest
Keen the Cow Qnl't.
A cow giving a large quantity of milk
has been slaughtered, and every drop
of milk has been gathered up, and the
largest amount ever found was about
four quarts; hence, milk Is largely
made during the time of milking; and
the cow must be placed under favora
ble conditions at the time, or you do
not get the regular quantity of milk.
Do not think that the milk Is already
there, and all you have to do Is to draw
It out Only a small portion Is In this
state. Most of It is there, ready to be
changed into milk, but It Is not milk,
and we must have things favorable fur
the cow to make this change.
Plowingf in Summer.
If there Is ever a time when deep
plowing Is advisable It is In summer, es
pecially If some green manure can be
turned under the furrow. This will
heat rapidly In hot weather, aud the
gases from Its fermentation rising
through the soil will mellow It more
than can be done by the most thorough
cultivation when such laud Is deep
plowed In spring. In fact, most spring
plowing ought to be very shallow, as
the air Is not warm enough to warm
through a deep furrow, and, therefore,
if vegetation Is then deeply plowed In It
rots very slowly.
Overfeeding Before Working:.
Whenever a working team has an un
usually hard Job It Is the habit of some
farmers to feed It extra, thus giving
Its stomach an additional labor, and
thus lessening available present
strength. It ought always to be remem
bered that it is the food eaten the day
before, and for days and weeks before
that, which Is available for present
strength. No animal ought to be ex
pected to work on an empty stomach.
But a light feed before an extra hard
Job Is better than loading the stomach
with more than it requires.
Good Koada.
From the facts that Massachusetts
had twenty-seven steam rollers In 18IJ3,
and that there are now 127, the Bos
ton Transcript arrives at the conclu
sion that the good roads question Is re
ceiving five times as much attention
as It did five years ago
A
of the wrong baking powder
will spoil a half-dollar's worth
of cake.
Use Schilling's Best.
"Home-Made" Soda Water,
Plain soda in watet so often recom
mended for dypeptica is a disagreeable
drink to many people; but a delicious
drink may be prepared to take its place
that will prove quite as beneficial.'
" Take two pounds of granulated super,
two c noes of ! tartaric aoid, one and
one-huif ounces of essence of winter
green, three pints of water and the
whit of two eggs. Mix the sugar
with the acid and wterr, let it come to a
boil, and boil hard for two minutes. '
When cool stir in the wintergreen and
the eggs beaten to a froth. Put into
jars and set in a cool place. Put two
tablepoonsfuls or less of the syrup in a
glass of oold water and foam it up with
soda, using from one-fourth to one
half 'teaspoonful of the soda, just
enough to make it foam thoroughly;
and it will not only be beneficial, but a
delicious summer drink.
THE
EXOWKI19 GOLD
OK 1898,
PBODTJCT
ax
From South Africa, the Klondike Mid Aus
tralia the precious metal is being shipped in
large quantities. It is believed that this year's
output win re nearly double that ol any pre
vious twelve months. The sales of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters are also increasing very fast,
and this year that famous remedy will eure
more people of dyspepsia, indigestion, consti
pation, nervousness and weakness than ever
before.
A shoemaker says we wear away
quite two inches of shoe leather in a
year. A pair of boots that would last
a lifetime would consequently have to
bejirovided with soles from eighty to
nine feet thick.
flf PermonenUy Cured. No fits or nervousnw
II I alter first day's use of Ur. 4illue's Oreat
Nerve Restorer. Send for FHKK tt.QO trial
bottle and treatise. UR. B. EL KLiXiS, Ltd.,, US0
The finest emeralds known are said
to be those belonging to the Spanish
crown. ,
HOW'S THISt
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that caa not be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F, i. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersisned, have known J.J. Cheney
for thepastl6 vears, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm. , .. ,, , .-.
Wst A Trcax,, ! '
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALD1NU, MNJ A Jt S MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Call's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Hrice 75c ner bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimnlals free.
Hall's family Tills -.ro the best,
A case of disease of the jaw bones
due to inhaling phosphorous vapor from
matches has been reported by a French
physician. The patient frequently
used more than 100 matches a day in
lighting and relighting the cigars be
smoked.
According to a special dispatch from
Home the Vatican has instructed the
papal nuncio at Madrid to threaten
with eevere punishment any priest
from voioing Carlist or anti-Carlist or
anti-dynastic intrigues.
Major Von Wreshem, of the royal
cavalry of Germany, now in Berlin, haB
written to the war department tender
ing his services to the American army
in the war with Spain. His applica
tion has been sent to the president.
Vultuies cannot discover a carcass by
the sense of smell. They rely entirely
upon their sight when in quest of food.
TI1E EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fio Svbup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs Is manufactured
by the California Fio Sirup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fio Sykup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It la
far ia advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken'
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get Its beneficial
effects, please remember the come of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
AN FBAlf CUOO, CaL
LOCUTILLC Kj. HEW TOBE. M. T.
. Chlneae Do Everything Backward..
The Chinese compass points , to the
south instead of the north.
Men wear skirts,, the women trousers.
Men wear their hair long, women
wear it short. ' ' , .
Men carry oh' dressmaking, woman
carry burdens. j
, The spoken language is not written, !
and the ' written languange is not
spoken,
Books are read baokward. Footnotes
are inserted on top of the page. ,
The Chinese dives is white at funer-
als and in mourning at weddings, while
old'women always serve as bridesmaids.
The Chinese launch their, vessels
sideways- and mount their horses from
the off' side, "'''
The Chinese begin their dinner with
desert and end with soup and fish.
In .China the hands of the clock are
immovable; it is the dia that revolves.
.
WAGONS niFBOVED.
The new Improved Btoughton wagons
stand the racket Three more car loads ure
on the way. It pavs to have the best.
Write for free catalogue. JOHN POOLE,
sole agent, foot of Slorrisou street Port
land, Or.
', Ant hills in West Africa sometimes
reach the height of IS feet.
The attention of the publio Is called
to the professional work of Dr. T, H.
White, No. , 271 Morrison street,
Portland, Or. ' His electrical appli
ances are the most modem, and his
orown And bridge work is of such artis
tic form and finish, that his pntients
are delighted not only with the looks,
but with the comfort they receive from
the' use of stioh artificial work. ' All
operations are painless under his meth
ods. See that your teeth are properly
cared for and that by a skillful dentist.
There Is no need to suffer the discom
forts of broken-down and stained teeth
when they can be made Useful and
pleasant to look upon without pain. '
YOUR LIVER
Is it Wrong?
Get ..it Right.
Keep It Right
Moors' Revealed Remedy will do it Three
doses will make you feel better. Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
trom Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
Cutler's Carbclate of Iodine.
Ouaranted cure for Caturrh and Consumption '
All UruKghts. fl.w, W. 1L biuitli, Buffalo,.!'. V.,
sole proprietor.
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A Beautiful Present
In order to further introduce ELASTIC STARCH (Flat Iron Brand),
the manufacturers, I. C. Hubinger Bros. Co., of Keokuk, Iowa, have
decided to QIVE AWAY a beautiful present with each package of
starch sold. These presents are in the form of
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These rare pictures, four ill number, by the renowned pastel artist,
R. LeRoy, of New York, have been chosen from the very choicest subjects
In his studio and are now offered for the first time to the public. ' ,
The pictures are accurately reproduced in all the colors used in the orig
inals, and are pronounced by competent critics, works of art.
. Pastel pictures are the correct thin; for the home, nothing surpassing
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Talue of Worms to Farmers. ,
We often do not appreciate the worth
of a thins until we have lost it. The
I farmers who own the larga tract of land
in Essex which was in November last
Howled by salt water owing to a break -
down of a sea wall, may think of this
adage when they ruefully look at their
soddeij ground. The despised worms,
by their constant '.'borrowings,' kept the
land . well drained; but when the sea
flood oame they were all killed, and sea
birds had a great' feast. That land.
measuring about 50,000 aores, is still
m a spongv state, and is likely to re
main so until the farmers' friends the
worms have had time to recover their
lost position.
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No. 84, '98.
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V I mention tins paper.
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