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The Fight Is On
every moment of your life, when
you are at home or abroad,
awake or asleep —
Between the poison germs that are in air,
food and water, — ever) where in fact,—
and the billions of your invisible friends,
the little soldier-cornuscles in your blood.
If these little soldiers are kept strong
and healthy by taking Hood's Sarsa
parilla, you need have no fear of dis
ease. Begin using it at once if you are
at all under the weather, or have
troubles of the blood, stomach, liver
and kidneys. Get it of your druggist.
Far from It.
"Yea, I’ve heard of him. He’s what
you cell a loan shark, isn’t he?’’
"Lone shark? Not on your life! He’s
got plenty of company, in this town.**
The Vnattaluabie.
Isabel—Auntie, pray tell me why you
never married.
Wasabel—Child, I waited too long for
a prince, when I might Lave had a duke.
Foiled.
“Ah!” said Brngley, with a view to
making Miss Wise jealous. “I was
alone last evening with some one I ad
mire very much.”
"Ah!” echoed the bright girl. “Alone,
were you?”—Philadelphia Press.
Strange a«
It
May
Seem.
“Senator,” asked his constituent, “how
does it happen that you have never been
mixed up in any of these squabbles or
scandals?”
“O, that’s because fm a good mixer,”
said Senator Lotsmun.
Only One “BROMO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the
world over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 2Sc.
Died to Being Ground.
Man with the Bulbous Nose—So you’ve
got to go through the divorce mill, have
you?
Man with the Bulging Brow—Yes, but
I don’t mind that. I’ve had my nose to
the grindstone for sixteen years.
Love’s
Test.
The young husband's face was aflame
with a deathless devotion.
“Pulsatilla.” he exclaimed, clasping her
to his heart, “I'll wear it, no matter what
the boys at the office say ! And I'D smoke
’em if they kill me!”—Chicago Tribune.
Information,
Mrs. Chugwater—What is this “bread
line” they talk about so much, Josiah?
Mr. Chugwater—You've seen one of
these long ropes of macaroni, haven’t you?
Well, that’s it.
Father Won't Forget.
Mrs. Tyte-Phist—Jimmy needs a pair
•f shoes.
Mr. Tyte-Physt—I know It. Jimmy has
been a good boy lately, and I am going to
get him a pair for a Christmas gift.
Lame Back Prescription.
The increased u*e of whiskey for
lame back rheumatism is causing con
siderable discussion among the medical
fraternity. It is an almost infallible
cure when mixed with certain other
ingredients and taken properly.
The
following formula is effective: “To
one half pint of good whiskey add one
ounce of Toris Compound and one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound.
Take
in tablespoonful doses before each meal
and before retiring.” Toris compound
is a product of the laboratories of the
Globe Pharmaceutical Co., Chicago, but
it as well as the other ingredients can
be had from any good druggist.
No
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Apologies
to
Make the Dairy
Pay,
f
Around the Dairy«
There must be no Kiesswork about
feeding the calf. The stomach of the
young calf is easily ruined by slipshod
methods of feeding. Think of this when
tempted to feed it milk that is too hot
or too cold In a bucket that is not as
clean and sweet as it should be.
Milk that sticks to the sides of the
pall and becomes sour is a bad propo
sition, as it may cause an attack of
the scours. This trouble means a break
In the calf’s growth, perhaps a stunted
calf, and In the end an animal of little
value.
Do not oblige the cows to bunk about
the straw pile until the chilly nights
are past. Dry spots for them to sleep
on are usually very scarce at that sea
son of the year.
Don’t turn the cattle to pasture too
early. A good plan to follow Is to wait
until you conclude the grass is suffi
ciently large to turn them on, then
wait a week or ten days longer.
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Old Favorites • &
POTATOES 6a%T
Keep a Stiff Upper Lip.
There has something gone wrong.
My brave boy, it appears.
For I see your proud struggle
To keep back the tears.
That is right; when you can not
Give trouble the slip,
Then bear it, still keeping
“A stiff upper lip!”
There are 21,196,000 milch cows in
the United States—an average of one
cow to four of the population. The
Though you can not escape
fact that there has been an Increase
Disappointment and care.
per capita of the consumption of milk
There's one thing you can do—
and a decrease of cows per capita of
It is, learn how to bear.
the population indicates that there has
If when for life's prizes
been an improvement in the quality of
You're running, you trip,
the dairy cows of the country.
Get up, start again,
In the decade of 1890 to 1900 the
"Keep a stiff upper lip.”
average production of every dairy cow
Let your hands and your conscience
showed an increase of 1,000 pounds of
Be honest and clean;
milk, or a commercial gain of $211,*
A Self-Feed in k Crib.
Scorn to touch or to think
A combined corn crib and feeding
000,000. Yet with this Improvement ad
Of the thing that is mean;
mitted, there are many dairies that are shed is shown in the sketch. The feed
But hold on to the pure
bilng operated at a loss. The life of a bunk is covered by a lean-to shed 10
And the right with firm grip;
duiry cow Is estimated at seven years
And though hard be the task,
and her annual depreciation represents
“Keep a stiff upper lip.”
one-seventh of her full value, whtch Is
Through childhood, through manhood,
taken into consideration in computing
Through life to the end.
the profits of the herd. If the dairy
Struggle bravely and stand
man would ascertain if his herd is pay
By your colors, my friend;
ing a profit he needs to charge for the
Only yield when you must,
help to operate it, the cost of the
“Never give up the ship,”
feed, the Interest on the Investment and
But fight on to the last
the normal depreciation of the value
“With a stiff upper lip.”
of the cows. All these Items enter into
—Phoebe Carey.
fixed operating charges and need to be
Jingle Bells.
deducted from the gross receipts of the
Dashing through the snow
dairy before profits can be computed.
In a one-horse, open sleigh;
The receipts of the dairy should not
O’er the fields we go,
only pay the operating expenses and
Laughing all the way;
fixed charges, but also leave a liberal
Bells
on bob-tail ring,
FEEDING 6HED AND COBN CRIB.
balance for profit
Making spirits bright;
What fun it is to ride and sing
feet wide. Small doors opening into
Homemade Cab ba ice Cutter.
A sleighing song to-night I
the crib every two feet just over the
A cheap and easily made cabbage
manger allow the corn to come out
and root cutter Is shown In the cut.
CHORUS.
without shoveling. This shed should be
Jingle, bells! jingle, bells,
Take two 12-lnch boards and nail them
built on the south side of the crib In a
Jingle all the way !
strongly together. With dividers de
bright, sunny place. This arrangement
Oh, what fun it is to ride
scribe a circle, then saw out and mark
is a great labor saver and quite an aid
In a one-horse open sleigh !
In quarters. Cut four slots 7 Inches
in bad weather, especially if the ends
Jingle, bells, jingle bells I
long on a slant, as shown by dotted
Jingle all the way !
are Inclosed.—Farm and Home.
lines, so the cabbage will fall through
Oh, what fun it is to ride
easily. Next cut two circles 4 inches
In a one-horse open sleigh !
Uses of Corn.
in diameter. Nail one to the large
The Crop Reporter is endeavoring to
A day or two ago
wheel on the back and leave the other tell for what purposes corn Is used. In
I thought I’d take a ride.
loose on the shaft to act as a bearing. the year 1899, so this authority states,
And soon Miss Fannie Bright
Make a frame to admit the wheel, the total crop was 2,000,000,000 bushels.
Was seated at my side;
leaving 2 Inches clear, and just- wide Of this crop 241,000,000 bushels were
The horse was lean and lank ;
enough so the knives do not strike the consumed in the flour and grist mills;
Misfortune seemed his lot;
side. Make a top over the wheel, and 8,000,000 in manufacture of starch, 9,-
He got into a drifted bank
put a hopper on the opposite side from 000,000 for malt liquors, 17,000,000 in
And we—we got upsot I
the crank. The knives are 8 Inches distilling of liquors, 40,000,000 for glu
Now the ground is white;
long and can be made from an old buck cose, 190,000,000 for export, and 13,-
Go it while you're young;
saw and ground down sharp, with a 000,000 for seed. This accounts for
Take the girls to-night
bevel on one side. Screw these on the only 19.3 per cent of the entire crop,
And sing this sleighing song;
most of the remainder being used for
Just get a bob-tailed bay,
feeding purposes. The more one studies
Two-forty for his speed;
tho corn crop, the more interesting it
Then hitch him to an open sleigh.
becomes. Its magnitude as a food
And crack ! you’ll take the lead.
giver and labor-employer grows with
every observation one makes of the
LYDIA THOMPSON.
corn crop.—Springfield Register.
Mak«.
Nan—Your nice new waist is all crum
pled.
Fan—Well, suppose it Is! Do you wheel at a slant according to the thick
think Jack is an armless wonder?
ness the cabbuge Is wanted. A square
hole should be cut through the center
Illa Fatal Mistake.
“Succeedin’ in life,” moralized Unci« of the wheel for the shaft.—Farm and
Ephraim, “’pends altogeddah on yo’ git- Home.
tin’ de right staht. De way I missed it,
chillen, was dat I didn’t staht as a Cau-
- Time for Oats I,and.
cassian.”—Chicago Tribune.
An application of 1,000 pounds of
Simplifying It.
lime per acre was ¡Tactically as effi
“Doctor, what makes people have the cient in case of oats as an application
hiccups?”
of 2,000 pounds In tests made nt the
“ 'Hiccup' is the onomatopoeic word New Jersey station. In the case of
popularly used to designate singultus, clover the larger application gave the
which is a sudden closure of the glottis,
better results. Lime in the form of
superinduced by a spasmodic contraction
carbonate produced more dry matter
of the diaphragm.”
"That’s wbat I tell my wife. She says than nitrogen and ash burned lime.
It’s caused by laughin’, or eatin’ some The results of the studies of nitrogen
thin' dry, or catchin’ your breath at ths fixation were quite irregular, but agree
wrong time.”
In general In indicating that the addi
oray and the l-.legy.
tion of fertilizer materials Increased
Thomas Gray kept the elegy by him nitrogen fixation and that carbonate of
for nine years before be gave 't to the lime favored nitrogen fixation to a
world. lie polished away at it all those greater extent than burned lime.
years as a lapidary polishes a gem, aud
Ararrlcan Llmbnrj.r Cheese.
ths result was he made It a gem. In
It is now claimed that the United
his whole life he wrote comparatively
little, and when asked why he had States makes Just as good limburger
written so little he replied, “Because cheese as does the province in Bel
of the exertion it costs in the labor of gium where it originated. The Ameri
can method is to take a piece of a
composition.”
calf's stomach and set it away in a
Bees and Their Baskets.
Every bee carries his market basket warm place in a can of whole milk. In
around his hind legs.
Any one ex about forty minutes the curdling mess
amining the baby of a bee through a la pounded and then the whey pressed
microscope will observe that on the out. Afterward forms are filled and
hind legs of the creature there is a further drainage permitted. Salt Is
fringe of stiff hairs on the surface, the rubbed on the outside until it becomes
hairs approaching each other at the slippery: then the cheese Is set away
tips, so as to form a sort of cage. This In the cellar to ripen for a month or
is the bee's basket, aud into it, after two and the germs do the rest
a successful journey, he will cram
Tobacco Groweri Combine,
enough polien to last him for two or
The Union Tobacco Society, repre
three days.
senting tobacco-growing Interests in
Taking Him at Ills Word.
Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee
Excited Caller (at police station)—I and Wisconsin, with estimated assets
had my pocket picked on the street cars of $30,000,000, has been organized. The
just now !
purpose of the organization is said to
Desk Sergeant—Well. If you had it be to protect the tobacco growers from
dons what are you coming here to kick
a minimum price, and the consumer
about? •
from a maximum scale. The Interests
Varta A Ilea.
of the growers in the States named
“Sometimes," said Uncle Allen Sparks, will be pooled and the tobacco sold
"one of these statesman fellows who through a Board of Directors.
thinks he's steering a mighty judicious
course between the radicals and the con
Calve«’ Brain».
servatives wabbles just enough to make
Wash the brains carefully and ent
both of ’em sore on him.”
each pair Into four pieces, taking away
Yosas.
all bits of fiber and skin. Rinse well,
Elderly Relative — I really think, wipe dry and dip each piece first in
Gladys, yon should marry young.
beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs,
Gladys (with a charming blush)—
Why, Aunt Annabel, how did you firl then in egg and again In cracker
L-rumbs and fry in hot fat
out bid name I
Farm
Death of an Actress Who Once Cre
ated a Furore in This Country,
Well«.
Unsanitary dairy wells are a menace
to health, and as the country becomes
more closely settled more and more
care is necessary to provide good water.
The director of the Chicago hygienic
laboratory reports that of 153 wells on
near-by dairy farms, examined by the
inspectors, only eleven were found to
be safe for domestic purposes. In all
cases the safe wells were those lined
with cement, with cement covers, with
a protecting flange of cement several
feet out from the well. In some of the
wells used for washing milk utensils,
a high percentage of colon bacteria
were found, and in some cases manure
could be detected microscopically and
by the odor.
Millet for I.ate Crop».
Millet as a late crop to plant in case
of the failure of the corn crop or fail
ure to get corn planted at all, Is rec
ommended by the Ohio station. The
earlier sorts can be seeded through
July, and make fair fields. Hay is tha
most common use made of the crop,
and for this It compares favorably with
timothy, both in composition aDd di
gestibility. It is good feed for cattle,
horses and sheep, but when overripe
should not be fed to horses exclusively,
as it affects the kidneys. Millet is also
grown for pasture seed, and even for
silage. As a soil cleaner, it is also al
most equal to a summer fallow.
Gtrman
Mode
of
Preserving
Milk.
A German patent specification de
scribes a process for preserving milk
by removing all dissolved oxygen by
means of the addition of a small quan
tity of ferrous enrbonate. The process
Is based on the fact that freshly-pre
cipitated ferrous carbonate in the pres
ence of oxygen Immediately assimilates
oxygen and evolves an equivalent quan
tity of carbon dioxide. One part of
ferrous carbonate is sufficient for 50,-
000 parts of milk, and the properties
of the milk are not altered in any way
by the addition, which should be made
before the milk is boiled.
Cribbing Cora.
The corn crib should be nairow and
slatted on the sides and ends, so that
a free circulation of air is possible in
all directions. Some farmers place hol
low crates in the cribs as they are
filled, so that there will be no heat
ing or spoiling in the center of the
mass. Heating destroys the corn germ
Molasse» Cake.
MAPLEINE
A Flavoring. It makae a
gyrup better than Maple.
Sold by ffrocaro.
The death of Lydia Thompson, an
English actress, recalls the wonderful
change that has come over the Ameri
can stage In a lit
tle more than a
generation. When
she came here
with the British
Blondes in 1868
women In tights
were not permit
ted in any but the
lowest theaters.
The
excitement
and controversy
LYDIA THOMPSON.
that followed the
coming of the Blondes were tremen
dous. The newspapers criticised them
severely, calling their appearance Inde
cent, and ministers denounced their ¡>er-
formance as the work of the devil. And
now we have the Salome dance!
Notwithstanding the newspapers and
the ministers. Lydia Thompson met
with great receptions. She first ap
peared In New York In the burlesque
“Iklon,” and because the women of the
company wore blonde wigs they were
dubbed the “British Blondes," a name
that clung to them. One of their per
formances, “The Forty Thieves," ran
for 100 nights—something nt that time
unprecedented. All told, Miss Thomp
son made four visits to the United
States, touring as far as the Pacific
coast Iler success may be indicated
by the fact that when she was in
Cincinnati even the bootblacks sub
scribed their dimes to present her with
a silver wreath. In Chicago she horse
whipped a newspaper man who had
written an Insulting article concerning
one of her songs.
Miss Thompson first appeared on the
London stage In 1852. Four years later
she toured Europe and she won such
favor that in many cities she was sere
naded and escorted by torchlight
parades. Her last appearance on the
stage was In 1895, in London. She was
72 when she died recently, having been
born in 183G.
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Exclusive to the Last.
An instance of exclusiveness main
tained under difficulties is reported
from the ladies’ cabiu of an Atlantic i
liner. Ail were sick except one lady
and a cat, which wandered uneasily
about. The lady ventured to stroke,
the cat, remarking, “Poor pussy.” The
cat was Inclined to respond and elevat-
ed Its tail in token of good will, when
from a neighboring berth "ame in
choking tones the words, “Excuse me,
that la a private cat!”—Argonaut
Sam
Weller.
No. 5-09
Making It llome-Iike.
A good story is told on Sam Craw
ford, the heavy slugger of the Tigers.
By trade Crawford is a barber. Tha
other day he went into a restaurant,
drew himself up to a table, stuck hia *
feet under and looked satisfied.
“Walter, a little beefsteak and on
ions, pieuse.”
“Yes, sir. Have some nice ham and
cabbage also?”
“No.”
"How about some prime roaat beef?”
“Don't want any.”
"A little of our elegant tripe would
do you good.”
“John,” called the proprietor, “what
d’ye mean by annoying a customer Ilka
that?"
“Just trying to make him feel at ‘
home. sir. He’s a barber.”
It was Sam Weller who made Dick
ens famous. “Pickwick Papers” were
a complete failure financially until this
unique character was Introduced. Tlie
press was all but unanimous In prais
Ing Samival as an entirely original
character whom none but a great gen-,
ius could have created. Dickens re
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
ceived over $16,000 for “Pickwick Pa-I PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
pers,” and at the age of twenty-six he [ case of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding ;
was incomparably the most popular Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c.
Prophecy Fuintted.
author of his day.—London Standard.
“That baby, madam,’’ »aid the doctor
Naturally.
Boss—When you told that new clerk to the proud aud happy mother, “will
he’d have to hump himself if he expected make his mark in the world some day.’-’ r
Note the fulfillment of the prediction,
to hold his job how did he take it?
in lees than sixteen years that boy
Department Manager—He got his back
was the scoreboard artist in a great baa«-
up right away.
ball park.
The Coop.
"This flat is a mere coop.”
Didn't Care Who Knew It.
"Yes, John,” said his wife sweetly,
Fluffy Young Thing—I’d like to prepay
“and the cook has just flew it.”—Pitts the express on this package.
Express Company's Agent—What’s tha
burg Post.
value?
Unhygienic Rooalinf.
Fluffy Young Tiling—Nothing, sir. It’» -
The Countryman—Down here, air, we a bundle of letter». I’m sending them
make it a rule to go to bed with the back to him.
chickens.
Ht VItn«’ Ilxnrc and nrvona 1 naeaMu pern»- '
neatly eared by Ur. i Ino'a (treat Nerve Re
The Britisher—Er— <lon’t you find it
storer. Send fof FREI »3 00 trial Iwttlo and treeties.
beastly unhealthy?—Puck.
Dr. B. H. Kline. Ld . »1 Arch bl.. Ploledelphia, Fa.
m
Profftable
fur Them.
Erosion
Spreads
Rapidly.
City Man—Does it pay to keep hen»
The rapid water-erosion of parti of
these days?
Suburbanite—Yes, it pays the hen»; Cnj* Colony Is attributed chiefly to
they get their board and lodging absolute burning of vegetation and the start
ing of paths by cattle and wagofla.
ly free.
Once started, erosion Is very rapid, .
A Sure Sign.
and the Ongers or Brak river, which
“I can’t understand flow you tell the
did not exist (X) years ago, now aver
age of a horse by looking at bis teeth,”
ages
300 feet in width and 15 feet la
said the city girl.
>
“I can’t tell Jist exactly,” replied the depth.
old farmer. “But if he hez false teeth
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing
Syrup the b st re med v to use iur theUchUdrad
I know be ain’t no colt.”
luring the teething period.
• Privileged.
An Authority.
a
“O, but wasn’t Tennyson a great poet!”
The Father—I learn with sorrow,
“You bet! He could violate every rule
my son, that you are getting to ba
of rhym» or rhythm without being called
what they term quite fast.
down for it."
The Son—You shouldn’t believe all
Loa »ecu live.
you hear, dad. I’ll introduce you to A
Percy—Pshaw ! What if »he did? Two man who will tell you another etorjr.’
negative» in the same sentence are equiva
The Father—And who is he?
lent to an affirmative.
Tamed.
Tbe Son—My tailor. He says I'm
Algy—Yea. but »he said “Naw! Nit!”
“Gracious! hear the wild geese!” and it sounded like two sentence«.
tho slowest chap he's got on his book*
said papa, laying bis paper aside and
- 1 1
1
'a
sitting up.
“That isn't wild geese,” explained
mamma, “that’s daughter's tame goose
honking his auto horn to let her know
he is coming.”—Houston Post
A Cheap Blowoat.
A canny old Scotchman, MacDougal,
Who. like all of his people, was frugal.
Whene’er he felt fine,
'Stead of ordering wine
Would go blow himself on a bugle I
—Success Magazine.
Into two-tblrds of a cup of molasses
stir a tablespoonful of melted butter,
two-tblrds of a cup of coffee, a half
cup of sugar, one beaten egg, one and
a half teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved
A young doctor calls diseases by
In a tablespoonful of hot water, and their luitln names; an old doctor Is not
one and one-half cupe of flow. Ml« ao particular.
weil «ad balte in a load Xl^'
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