Is certain if you tike Ilood's ' Sarsaparilla.
This great medicine cures those eruptions,
pimples and boils that appear at all seasons;
cures scrofula sores, salt rheum or eczema;
adapta iUelf equally well to, and also cures, dys
pepsia and all stomach troubles; cures rheu
matism and catarrh; cures nervous troubles,
debility and that tired feeling.
Sarsatabs-For those who prefer medicine In tab
let form. Hood's Barsaparilla is now put up in choco
lated tablet called Sarsatabs, as well as in the usual
liquid form. Samalabs hare Identically the flame
euratlre properties as the liquid form, besides accu
racy of dose, convenience, economy, no loss by evap
oration, breakage, or leakage. Drucrgista or promptly
by mail. 0-1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mas.
Shifting the Responsibility.
Teacher Mrs. Clubber, your little
Clarence frequently cornea to school with
bis face unwashed.
Mrs. Clubber Why, good gracious.
Miss Llpsicum, what do you keep a school
janitor for! Chicago Tribune.
Fllbberty "When i begin to suspect
that I'm working too hard at my business
I go and consult my doctor. If he says
I'm all right I go back to work."
Jibblt "There's nothing original in '
that Idea. Whenever I get uneasy about .
myself I apply for another thousand or I
two of life insurance. - If I pass the ex
tmination I know I'm O. K." I
Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslowa Soothing '
Byru p liin b. st remedv to use lor choir chUdrea
auring iuu loounug period. j
The thimble was at first worn on the
thumb and was called "tbumbell." 1
A cork carried to a depth of 200 feet
below the surface of the sea will not rise
again owing to the great pressure of
water. j
A terrible noise of thumping and
stamping cauie from Bob's room early
oue morning.
"Bobby, Bobby," called bis mother,
from downstairs, "what Is going or
up there?"
"My shoes," replied Bob.
Bt Vitas' Dance and all Nervous Diseases
permanently cured by pr. Kline's Una
erve Bcatoror. Mend for FHKK S2tr1al bottle &n1
treatise. fr.lL n.Kllnc,Ld.,31ATchBU,l'hua,Ia,
No Tim for That.
Philanthropic Woman (giving htm a
eolo) You wojk, I suppose, when you
can find employment?
Say mold Storey Work? When I ain't
eatin' and aleepln', ma'am, my entire Uow
is ockypied In solicitin' work I
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Customer (at dairy lunch counter)
You, have to pay out a good deal of money
for the ginger you use, do you not?
f 'rnnvlal nn( lincrai- Wh, tin . tn
ger's cheap.
Customer Then why don't you feed
some of It to your waiters?
A Real Charity.
Teas And whut do you think? Mr.
Ooodhart hadn't been alone with me
for five minutes before he offered to
kiss me.
Jess Yes, that's one thing about
Jack Goodhart; he's just as soft-hearted
and charitable as he can be. Phil
adelphia Press.
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Blood
Mrs. C. K. Tyler, Burlington, Vt.,
says : The cares of a large farm, so
much to do and so little health to do it
with, caused almost a complete break
downi blood poor and thin: no strength,
little sleep. Hood's Sarsaparilla cave
appetite, natural sleep, perfect health,
strength to do all toy work." i
Woald Take st Chance.
"Not a cent.'l replied the rich man
coldly; "money Is not good for thi
poor."
"Well," responded the applicant,
"Just pretend that you have a grudge
against me." Philadelphia Ledger.
Waste of Energy.
The prize hen resolved to quit laying.
"It seems so utterly absurd," she
clucked, "for a $500 fowl to spend her
time and strength in turning out eggs at
BO cents a dozen."
Perching herself on her exclusive
roost, she eyed the common barnyard hens
below her with lofty disdain.
Domestic Amenities.
Knicker I've waited an hour for you
to get your hat on straight.
Mrs. Knicker Well, I've waited longet
than that for you to get your feet 01
straight. New York Sun.
- A Flatterer.
"Yes, ma'am," the convict was say
ng, "I'm here Jist for trying to flattei
a rich man."
"The Idea !" exclaimed the prison vis
ltor.
"Yes, ma'am. 1 1 Jist tried to Imltati
his signature on a check." Tlt-Blta.
Begging Beats Working-.
It has been proved that no fewei
than 32,000 beggars are at present mak
ing a better living in Vienna than or
dinary workmen. One notorious family
of professional beggars recently gar
a grand ball and a concert at a local
hotel.
Not Yets oa Soon.
"Say," wired the chairman ef the Ske
4unk campaign committee, "can't you send
us speakers of better caliber than the
chaps that talked here last night?"
"We're merely firing the opening guns
of the campaign," wired back the political
manager at headquarters. "We'll send you
some bigger bores after awhile."
A German biologist has calculated that
the human brain contains 300,000,000
nerve cells. 5,000,000 of which die and
are succeeded by new ones every day. At
this rate we get an entirely new brain
every sixty days.
Uncertain Investment.
Legal Adviser You're like all the other
successful pugilists. You make scads of
money and then throw it away.
Chuffy de Champ (yawning) 0, I
reckon so. I'm educatin' me youngest
brudder to be a lawyer.
Cautloua. N
Loraine Is It true that you are en
gaged to Fred?
Clarice No ; I have not given him a
definite answer yet. I want to wait
and see bow he looks after the football
game is over. Judge.
Millions .for Pnblto Oaths.
The Italian ministry of public In
struction has decided to reconstruct the
Baths of Caracalla to conform to de
scriptions transmitted by history. It
Is also the Intention to have them used
by the people as In olden times. The
reconstruction will cost millions of dol
lars as the marble and statuary which
ornamented the baths nearly 2,000
years ago have been removed to deco
rate churches and houses of the aristoc
racy In Rome.
Everybody Laughed
"Perhaps you would feel better,"
said the boxful and helpful person, "If
you would do something to lighten the
hearts of your fellow men."
"That's Just what I have been do
ing," answered Mr. Slrius Barker. "My
hat blew oft and I had to chase It two
blocks I" Washington Stnr.
As an Investment.
"A man," said the philosophical board
er, "is like a gold mine. You never know
what's in him until you have run drifts
through him, as it were, and explored him
in all his levels."
"That's why I take mighty little stock
in men," remarked the pessimistic board-
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aVTt BAKE. ELS FOB PICKETS.
Onlaao Fence Yet Standing la BLaw
(oris Old Georgetown.
Ilistorlc old Georgetown, Va., lays
claim to the only fence In. the world
built of gun barrels, and there Is little
reason to doubt that this claim will go
undisputed.
More than half a century ago ttwi
lived in Georgetown a lock and gun
smith named Reuben Daw, whose shop
was on M street, in the business sec
tion. His large shop was packed with
all kinds of pistols, guns and knives,
which he had bought at different times,
and many a trusty firearm bought from
him may yet be found in the old homes
of Georgetown. These old citizens will
say, "I bought that gun from Rube
Daw long before the war, and she's
as good and true as the day I bought
It"
There are old citizens who will re
member the armory established at Har
per's Ferry by the United States. Here
was made the first breech-loading
rifles, but which proved rather tricky
and dangerous weapons. Other makes
of guns were turned out at the arsenal
to take the place of the Hall rifles, and
these were called In and stored.
Later the government decided to dis
pose of the worthless guus at the
armory, and a public auction was held.
Reuben Daw, the Georgetown gun
smith, attended the sale and bought a
large number of the guns, having them
shipped to his home. He sold a few
of them and then decided he would
util!7e the Ptok In hnnd In bu'.ldins a
fence around his two houses at the
corner of Twenty-eighth and P streets,
he then occupying the residence Im
mediately on the northwest corner. Mr.
Daw took the barrels from the stocks,
and placing In the end of each barrel
a forked, fancy topping, thus making
upright Iron and steel pickets, about
as substantial- and attractive aa. any
used In building the fences around the
old mansions In Georgetown. He had
the posts and other portions of the
fence manufactured to order, and with
bis own hands he did the largest part
of the work In putting up his gun-barrel
fence, which today Is In almost per
fect condition.
On some of the old barrels may yet
be seen the sights, but 'most of them
have been broken off by souvenir hunt
ers, as have also been taken away
many of the top pieces. The two splen
did old brick and stone dwellings are
occupied by the families of Charles
and Edward Daw, sons of the man who
built the historic fence.
THE RESULT 07 FOOT-BINDIHG.
The Chinese Inscription on the
sketch, which was made from an X-ray
photograph of a Chinese woman's foot,
is rather Ironical. It is a Chinese pro
verb, "To tamper with creation Is to
spoil the harmony of heaven.",.
Word Derivation.
"Disaster" Is an astrological term
meaning "unfavorable star," one of the
many words that astrology has be
queathed to the English language. "Pre
dominant," "111 starred," ."In the ascend
ant," are other Instances, not to spenk
of the expression -."My stars!" Even
"Influence" Is really astrological, signi
fying the flowing in upon human affairs
of the power of some heavenly body.
"Petrel" and "petrol" ' both descend
from "petra," a rock. "Petrol" conies
directly enough through "petroleum,"
rock oil, but "petrel" through St Pe
ter, after whom the bird was named
because It appeared to walk upon the
waves.
Not Hnlf Through.
"Well," said the obedient husband,
"now that I am in politics, I hope you
are satisfied."
"Getting In politics," replied his am
bitious wife, "is comparatively easy.
Getting out again gracefully Is what
counts these days." Washington Star.
After the Prom.
Ethel Was he satisfied with one
kiss?
Gladvs Humph. I think he was sat
isfied with all of them. Yale Record.
How hard It is to convict a guilty
man In the courts ; and bow easy It Is
to convict! an Innocent man ' in the
newspapers and reform meetings 1
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Valne of Hnmna.
1. Humus Is decaying vegetable mat
ter in the soil.
2. It Is the storehouse of nitrogen,
the most expensive and the most nec
essary of all plant foods.
3. It contains the food upon which
the soil organisms live, whose func
tion Is to convert organic nitrogen into
nitrates in order to be availnble for
the use of plants. It materially as
sists In decomposing the mineral con
stituents of the soil, such as potash
and phosphoric acid, making them
available for the use of plants.
4. It Increases the power of the
soil to hold water without becoming
water-logged.
5. It makes clay soil more open
and friable. It serves to compact
sandy soil and Increases its drouth-resisting
power.
C. It, prevents washing to a great
extent ; thereby diminishing the loss of
fertility by that cause.
7. Soil filled with humus more read
ily admits the air so necessary, to all
useful'' plant- growth;
8. There appears to be a distinct
relationship between the amount of hu
mus In the soil and the amount of
available nitrogen therein. It has been
observed that when it is absent from
the soil there Is a distinct reduction
of the ability of that soil to grow
crops. Hence In practice In order to
obtain the best crops we have to re
sort to barnyard manure rather than
the use of concentrated fertilizers.
Rural World.
Convenient Harrow.
After working several years among
stones,1 stumps, grubs and young or
chards, I learned I needed a special
harrow for the
work. I could
find none to suit
me ; so studied
and planned and
made one last
spring, which
does even better
coon n arrow. tnan i expected.
The cut will to some extent explain
how It Is made. I made mine of oak
timber 2V6 Inches by 3 Inches, 4 feet
long and 6 feet 3 Inches wide. It Is
composed of a middle section and two
wings, the latter fastened to the mid
die section by Inch bolts 8 Inches
long, on which the wings fold very
easily. The teeth are scattered over
the harrow so that they are 9 Inches or
more apart, and yet cut every 3 Inches,
and are placed in the harrow sloping
back, about 20 to 25 degrees from
perpendicular. They cut just as well
and do not catch as If placed In per
pendicular, and are easier on man and
team. I have beddles to the middle
section of mine, and a rope from each
beddle to the outside corner of each
wing, so as to lift It conveniently and
quickly. I can pass readily between
trees or stumps less than 3 feet apart.
It Is Just the thing for orchards and
rough ground, while on clean smooth
ground It works Just as well as any
other smoothing harrow. A. J. Dm'
holtz.
When Trees Are Blown Over.
Should excessive winds blow the top
of a tree out of shape, which often oc
curs, cut It out, leaving a nearly erect
southwest branch to become the new
central stem. Shallow, Moosely planted
trees sometimes blow oven They may
be put back by excavating on the op
posite side and pushing the tree back.
tamping the earth as firmly as possible
on the side toward which it leaned,
Care should be taken not to wrench
the roots loose In this operation.
A Balanced Itatloa.
In the ration-fed farm animals either
alfalfa or clover should be given to
balance the corn. Either one of these
legumes will likewise be needed to
"balance" the effects of corn on the
Boll. Considerable plant food, espe
dally nitrogen, is removed from the
soil by corn, while alfalfa or clover
gathers a great deal of nitrogen from
the nlr and places it back In the soil,
Cheese Under False Colors.
According to a recent consular re
port about 2,000 Imported empty Ca
membert cheese boxes, bearing the
names of well-known French cheeses,
were Imported at New York on one
steamer recently. Duty had to be paid
on the printed matter on their 2,000
labels and another duty on the import
ed boxes. According to a Mew York
trail imirnnl thpse hoxes are distrib
uted in New York State, filled and sold
In this country, and represented as
being made abroad. It Is said that
many dealers claim that their domestic
whan nnf nn In thn ImnnrrMl
(.uccaco n uu i- - 1-- -
boxes, can not be told from the Import
ed brands except by experts.
Grading Apples.
Some apple growers have been using
the grading board shown In the fig
ure. A common board or piece of
pasteboard is hung up before the
wiper. In this board holes are eul
the size of various tiers, such as three,
three and one-half and four tier, etc.
As the apples are wiped they are prop
erly tiered. The advantage of this
method Is that the packers have the
apples practically graded and can de
GRAD1NQ BOAHD.
much more work In a day, and after
the first half day the wipers can usu
ally accomplish fully as much as with
the old method. Denver Farm.
Nitrate.
In purchasing nitrate of soda, the
most quickly available source of. altro
gen for plants, buyers should steer
clear of low grade nitrate. The more
usual adulterants are common salt, and
salt cake from the manufacture of
Sjclds, both worthless as fertilizers and
containing no plant food. Nitrate of
soda now comes In original bags, which
now contain about 200 pounds. The
old 310-pound bag was very clumsy.
Cnttlnsj Back Trees.
In highly Interesting experiments at
the "Woburn (England) experimental
fruit farm in cutting back apple trees
when planted the ultimate result was
found to be that trees not cut back un
til the end of the first year continued
to form wood In subsequent years, and
the crop borne by them during the first
ten years was only one-third of that
borne by those which were cut back
when planted.
Watering; the Horse.
A successful horse raiser says: "1
count the swallows my horses take
while drinking a pailful. Some take
larger swallows than others, but I know
them ail. If I am out on the road and
come to a trough, I get out and count
while my horse drinks, so that he will
not take too much at once. I give water
often, und so keep my horses free from
bowel trouble caused by overdrinking."
Wood Ashes.
It is seldom that a farmer can ac
cumulate a sufficient amount of wood
ushes for a large field, but on farms
v. here wood Js used there is a limited
supply which can be put to good use
on the garden or on the young clover.
Ashes are excellent also on all grass
lands and In orchards. They are ap
plied broadcast, in any quantity de
sired, as many as 100 bushels per acrs
having been used on certain soils.
Malting Swamp. Land Tillable.
A drainage ditch twenty-four and
one-quarter miles long that will drala
85,000 acres of Iowa land Is fairly
under way in Monona and Harrison
Counties. It will cost about $750,000,
and will empty into the Missouri River
Just a little above the town of Little
Sioux. The swamp land reclaimed will
make some of the most valuable farm
land In the State.
Farm Notes.
Many orchard Is ts make a great mis
take planting trees too deep.
Hogging down corn has a great deal
In its favor, but the hogging process
should be finished before heavy snows
come.
There is somethiug the matter with
the man who must drive past all the
adjojning farmsteads in order to visit
bis neighbors.
Many n person makes the mistake of
thinking that the hen house should be
warm at night. So long as It Is warm
enough to prevent the freezing of ths
combs that Is sufficient The greatest
necessity Is to cut off all drafts.
The proper-thlng to do with the stray
dog In neighborhoods where hog chol
era is prevalent is to kill him and bury
him "in the shade of, the old appls
tree."
The advantage of testing each ear of
seed corn separately is that nearly all
the poor seed can be thrown out If
only one ear in each bushel Is found t
be Imperfect it will pay to do the test
lug