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friends. It Is true that nt times ho nl
ludod in a modest way to his '"little
place," and even wont the lentrtli of le
mnrking airily to now acquaintance that
he hoped they would look him up any
time they happened to he iu his direr
lion. As he carefully refrainej, however,
from ever giving the slightest indication
of which d.rection that might he, his in
vitations never led to any practical re
sults. Still, they had the effect of filling
the recipient with a vague s,iv.e of prof
fered hospitality, and occasionally led to
more substantial kindness in return.
The gallant major's figure was a fain!l-
togothor. lie and the major nad lodged
In different rooms in another establish
ment until some common leaven of Boln
minuism had brought them together.
When circumstances had driven theni o'-t
of their former abode it had occurred 'o
the major that by sharing hi rooms wirh
Von Baumser he would diminish his own
expenses, and at the same time secure a.i
agreeable companion, for the veteran wa
a siK'iable soul in hJs unofficial hours, a id
had all the Hibernian dislike to solitu !e.
The arrangement commended itself to
the German, for he had a profound d-
miration for the other's versatile talent
iar one in the card room of the "Uag and and varied experiences, so he grunted an
CHAPTER II. (Continued.)
"Very well," the merchant said coldly.
"If you insist on it, it must be done. Buc
of course, it would make a greit difference
in your Salary."
"Eh?",
"You are at present getting fifteen
pounds a month, and five per cent com
mission. These are except ional terms in
consideration of any risk that you may
run. We shall dry dock the Black Eagle,
nod your salary is now ten pounds a
month and two and a half commission."
"Belay, there, belay !" the sailor shout
ed. His coppery face was a saade darker
than usual, aud his bilious eyes had a
venomous gleam in them. "Don't you
beat me down !" he hissed, advancing to
the table and loaning his bauds upon it
while he pushed his angry face forward
until it was within a foot of that of the
merchant. "Don't you try that game on.
mate, for I am a freeborn British sea
man, and I am under the thumb of no
man. You'd reduce my salary, would
je" roared Captain Hamilton Miggs,
working himself into a fury. "Me thai
. has worked for ye, and slaved fcr ye, and
risked my life for ye. You try it on.
guv'uor, just you try it on! -Suppose 1
let ut that little story o' the painting
out o' the marks where would the firm
of Girdlestone be then? I guess you'd
rather double my wajje than aave that
yarn goin' about."
"What do you mean?"
"What do I mean? You don't knw
what I mean, do you? Of course not. It
wasn't you as set us on to so at night
and paint out the government llimsll
marks and paint 'em in again -higher up.
so as to be able to overload. That wasn't
you, was it?"
"Do you mean to a-wert that it was?"
"In course I do," thundered the angry
seaman.
The senior partner struck the gong
which stood upon the table. "Gilray," he
said quietly, "go out and bring in a po
liceman." Captain Hamilton Miggs sseined to b
somewhat startled by this sudden move
of his antagonist. "Steady your helm,
governor," he said. "What are ye up to
now?"
"I'm going to give you in charge."
"What for?"
"For intimidating and usin? threaten
ing language, and endeavoring to extort
money under false pretenses."
"There's no witnesses," the railor said
In a half-cringing, half-defiant manner.
"Oh, yes, there are," Ezra Girdlestone
remarked, coming into the room. He hid
been standing between the two doors
which led to the counting house, and hid
overheard the latter portion of the con
versation. "Don't let me interrupt you.
You were saying that you would blacken
my father's character unless he increased
your salary."
"I didn't mean no harm," said Capta:n
Hamilton Miggs, glancing nervously fro. a
the one to the other. He ha I been fairly
well known to the law in his younger
days, and had no desire to renew the ac
quaintance. "Who painted out those Himscll
marks?" asked the merchaut.
"It was me."
"Did any one suggest it to you?"
"No."
"Shall I send in de policman, sir?"
asked Gilray, opening the door.
"Ask him to wait for a moment." Gir
dlestone answered. "And -low, captain,
to return to the original point, shall we
dry dock the Black Eagle and reduce the
salary, or do you see your wiv to goiui;
back in her on the same terms?"
"I'll go back,' said the captain reck
. lessly. "When d'ye want me to start?"
"When she's unloaded and loaded up
again. Three weeks or a month yet. I
expect that Spender will hive come in
with the Maid of Athens by tnit time."
"t'nless some accident happens on the
wav, saia captain Hamilton Jiiggs, win
a leer. "He was at Sierra Leone when
we came up the coast. I say," he contin
ued, giving his employer a confidential
nudge with his elbow. 'Vupio.se we'd gone
down in the bay this last time, you'd ha'
been a bit out in your re'.-kouing eh,
what?"
"Why so?"
"Well, we were over-insured .in our out
ward passage. An accident tnen mijrht
ha' put thousands in your pocket I know.
Coming back, though, the cargo was
worth more than the insurance, I reckon.
You'd ha' been out o' pocket if we'd foun
dered." "We take our chance of these things."
the merchant said with dignity.
"Well, good morning, guv'ner," Cap
tain Hamilton Miggs said brusquely.
As he passed out through the office,
Fsra rejoined his father.
"He's a rum chap," he remarked, jerk
ing his head in the direction wcich Miggs
had taken. "A useful servant, though."
"The fellow's half a savage himself,"
his father said. "He's in his element
among them. That's why he gets on so
well with them."
"He do-sn t seem much tin worse foi
the climate, either."
"His body does not, but his ideas ae
shockingly immoral ! However, to return
to business. I wish you to see the un
derwriters and pay the premium of the
Black Eagle. If you see yoar way to it.
Increase the policy, but do it carefuPy,
Etra. and with tact. She will start about
the time of the equinoctial gales. If anv
thlng abould happen to her, it would be
a well that the firm should hive a mar
tin on the right side."
Bobtail," or at the bow window of the
Jeunes-se Doree. Tall and pompous, with
a portly frame and a puffy clean-shaven
face which peered over an abnormally
high ollar and old fashioned linen cra
vat, he stood as a very typo and emblem
of staid middle-aged respectability. The
acquiescence and the clung was done.
When the major's luck was good there
were brave times in the little fourth
floor back. On the other hand, if any
slice of good fortune came in the Ger
man's way, the major had a fair share of
the jirosperity. 1 hiring tha hard tiroes
ATEMPERANCE WORKER
Says Pc-ru-na is a Valuable Nerve and
Blood Remedy.
rimming the Homeo-rounda.
Because of the permanency of habi
tation on a farm the greatest care
needs to be taken In deciding upon
plans for dwellings, bnrns, lanes and
tree planting. Unlike the town resident
who is here to-day and away to-mor-
major's hat was always of the glossiest, which intervened between those gleams of row the owner of a farm becomes at
the major's coat was without a wrinkle,
and, in short, from the summit of tn.
major's bald head to his bulbous finger
tips and his gouty toes, there was not a
flaw which the most severe critic of de
portment could have detected. Let us aid
that the conversation of the major was
as irreproachable as his person that lie
was a distinguished soldier and an accom
plished traveler, with a retentive memory
and a mind stuffed with the good things
of a lifetime. Combine all these qua'i
ties, and one would naturally regard the
major as a most desirable acquaintance
Standing at the head of the broad stone
steps which lead up to the palatial edi
fice which its occupiers irreverently term
the "Bag and Bobtail," he was explain
ing to a bull-necked, olive-coicp'exioned
young man, the series of marriages and
inter-marriages which had culminated in
the production of his own portly stiff
backed figure. His companion, who was
none other than Ezra Girdlestone of the
great African .firm of that name, leaned
against one of the pillars of the portico
and listened gloomily to the major's fam
ily reminiscences, giving an occasional
yawn which he made no attempt to con
ceal.
"It's as plain as the finwr of me
hand," the old soldier said iu a wheezy
muffled brogue as if he were speaking
from under a feather bed. "See her
now, Girdlestone this is Mis letitia
Snackles, of Suackleton, a cousin of oU
Sir Joseph." The major tapped his
thumb with the silver head of his walk
ing stick to represent the maiden
Snackles. "She marries Crawlord, of tt.-e
Blues one o' the Warwickshire Craw
fords ; that's him" here he elevated his
stubby forefinger "and here's their thr.'e
children, Jemima, Harold and John." I p
went three other fingers. "Jemima Craw
ford grows up, and then Charley Clutter-
buck runs away with her. This other
thumb o' mine will stand for that young
divil Charley, and then my fingers-
CHAPTER III.
Tke residence of Major Tobias Clur
terbsck waj not known to may of hm
"Oh, hang your fingers," Girdlestone ex
claimed with emphasis. "It's very inter
esting, major, but it would he more in
telligible if you wrote it out."
"And so I shall, me boy '" the major
cried enthusiastically, by no m'ans abash
ed at the sudden interruption. "I'll draw
it up on a bit of foolscap oap:r. Ler's
see, Fenchureh street, eh? Address to the
offices, of course. Though for that mat
ter, 'Girdlestone, London,' would foiid
you. I was spakin" of ye to Sir Mu
grave Moore, of the Rifles the other diy
and he knew you at once. 'Gird'estonp?
says he. rhe same, says I. 'A mer
chant prince?' says he. 'The same,' says
I. 'I'd be proud to meet him,' says he.
'And you shall,' says I. He's the best
blood of county Waterford."
"More blood than money, I suppose,"
the young man said. "I'm due in the city.
The governor leaves at four. Cood-by ;
shall I see you to-night?"
"Card room, as per usual," quoth the
clean-shaven warrior. He looked after
the retreating figure of his lare compan
ion with anything but a pleasant expres
sion upon his face. The young man hap
pened to glance round as he wm half way
down the street, on which the major smil
ed after him paternally, and gave a merry
flourish with his stick.
At last he hailed a passing bus, into
which he sprang. After a drive which
brought him to the other side of the city,
he got out in a broad, busy thoroughfare,
lined with large shops. Down a somber
avenue the major strutted witn all his
wonted pomposity, until about half way
down he reached a tall grim-looking
house, with many notices of "apartments"
glaring from the windows. The maior
walked briskly up the stone irteps, aid
pushing open the great splotchy doir,
which bore upon it a brass plate indicat
ing that the establishment was kept" by
a Mrs. Robins, he walked :nto the hall
with the air of one who treads famiHir
ground. I'p one flight of stairr, up two
flights of stairs, and up three flights of
stairs did he climb, until on the fourth
landing he pushed open a doo. and found
h:niself in a small room, which form--J
for the nonce the "little place" about
which he was wont at the club to make
depreciatory allusions, so skillfully intro
duced that the listener was left in doubt
as to whether the major wai the happy
possessor of a country house and groun 1.-?,
or whether he merely owned a large sub
urban villa. Even this modest sanctum
was not entirely the major's oivn as was
shown by the presence of a ruddy-faced
man with a long, tawny beai who 9sf
on one side of the empty fireplace. As
the other entered .rhe man :n he chair
gave vent to aguttural grunt, and Major
Clutterbuek returned the gre-t'ng with an
off-handed nod. His next proceeding ws
to take off his glossy hat, and pack it
away in a hat box. He then removed his
coat, his collar, his tie and his gaiters
with equal solicitude, and pur them in a
place of safety. After which he donned
a long purple dressing gown and a smok
ing cap, in which garb he performed the
first steps of a mazurka as sign of the
additional ease which he expsrlerned.
"Not much to dance about either, ni
boy," the old soldier said, seating hims-!f
in a camp chair and putting his feet upon
another one. "We're all on rhe verge.
I'nless luck takes a turn there'" no saying
what may Ixn-ome of us."
"We have been badder than rhis before
now many a time," said the yellow Deard-
ed man, in an accent which proclaimed
him to be a Gorman. "My money v II
come, or something will arrive to set all
things right."
Figismond von Baumser was a political
refugee from the FatherlanJ who hid
managed to become foreign clerk in a
small London firm, an occupition which
juat enabled hkn to keep body and soil
opulence, the pair roughed it uncomplaiu'
ingly as best they might.
"Have you had your letter?' the major
asked. The German was expecting his
quarterly remittance from his rxiends at
home, and they were both anxiously
awaiting it.
Von Baumser shook his hend.
"They should have sent a wake ago.'
"But you how do you stand fof
money ?"
Major Clutterbuek took ten sovereigns
out of his trousers pocket and placed
them upon the table. "You know me
law," he said, "I never on any considera
tion break into these. You can',k sit down
to play cards for high stakes with le-u
in your purse, and if I was to change one
they'd all go like a whiff o' smoke. Bar
this money I've hardly a penny."
"Nor me," said Von Baumser, despond
ently.
I say, Baumser, I can't stand that
young fellow Girdlestone. I'll have to
chuck him up. He's a cold-blooded, flinty-
hearted, calculating sort of a onap."
"What for did you make lim your
friend, then?" '
"Well," the old soldier confessed, "it
seemed to me that if he wan'ed to fool
his money away at cards, Tobias Clut
terbuek might as well have the handling
of it as any one else. He plays a safe
game for low stakes, and never throws
away a chance. I think I've been a loser
in pocket by knowing him, waile as to
me character, I'm very sure I'm the worse
there."
"Vat's the matter mit him?"
"What's not the matter with him? It
he's agreeable he's not natural, and if he'
natural he's not agreeable. I don't pre
tend to be a s.iint. I've seen some fun
in my day, and hope to see some more
jefore I die, but there are some things
that I wouldn't do. If I live be cards
it's all fair and above board. I never
play anything but games o' skill, and I
reckon on me skill bringing me out on the
right side, taking one night with another
through the year. Again, at billiards I
may not always play me best, but that's
eneralship. You don't want a whole
room to know to a point what your game
is. I'm the last man to preach, but I
don't like that chap, and I don't like that
handsome brazen face of his. I've spent
the greater part of my life reading folks'
faces, and never very far out, either."
"Vat did you say his name was? Jjku
Baumser asked, suddenly.
"Girdlestone."
"Is his father a merchant? One who
trades with the Afrikaner?"
"The same."
Von Baumser took a bulkv pocketbook
from his inside pocket and scannod a loug
ist of names therein. "Ah, it is tha
same, he cried at last triumphant'y,
shutting up the book and replacing it.
"Girdlestone & Co., Africau merchants
Fenchureh street. City."
"Those are they."
"And you say they are rch?"
"Yes. Very rich."
"Very rich! Ho, ho! Very rich!" he
laughed. "I know dem, not as friends,
but I know dem and their affairs" i
"What are you driving at? Let's have
it. Out with it, man.
"I tell you," said the German, sudden
ly becoming supernaturally solemn and
sawing his hand up aud down in the air
to emphasize his remarks, "in three or
four months, or a year at the most, there
will be no firm of Girdlestone. They ar
rotten useless whoo !" He blew an Im
aginary feather up into the air to demon
strate the extreme fragility of the house
in question.
(To be continued.)
taehed to his home and can look for
ward confidently to leaving It to his
sons and grandsons after him. The
site for the house having been fixed the
other buildings will group themselves
to the side or In the rear. It Is not to
be expected that In the first few years
after taking up a homestead that the
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A SHELTERED HOME.
gardens, driveways, lawns and shrub
bery should be completed In all their
details. Indeed for best results it Is
well that most of this work be done
gradually though having all the time
a fixed plan In view. Land Is not so
valuable that an acre or two eannorTbe
devoted to artificial adornment.
It Is the rule of life to provide first
for necessities, then for comforts and
finally for pleasures. Most of our coun
try Is too new to peraiit-xf much atten
tion being given to landscape garden
ing. The efforts of the people have
been directed to the acquiring of lands
and buildings. The illustrations given
herewith are intended to offer sugges
tions for Improving the appearance of
the farm home without any consider
able expense. The first shows a farm
nome well sheltered by surrounding
trees. The space immediately around
the house Is clear to allow of clrcula
tlon of the air. The view from the
front of the house Is unobstructed. The
second Is an example of what may be
done In planning the home grounds
Froien 5111k.
Whenever milk Is scarce In the cities
somebody comes forward and suggests
that It be shipped from distant points
In a frozen condition.
This Idea has been frequently sug
gested during the past years, but it does
not seem to be coming into practical
use. The latest suggestion Is that the ',
fresh milk should be frozen by sub- i
merging the sealed cans In brine chilled
far below the melting point of ice. The
milk would not only be frozen, but
would be cooled still further to a hard,
dry Ice, which, It Is claimed, would re
main In the solid form after removal
for a day or two before the entire
mass would rise to a melting point, !
the keeping qualities being much su
perior to that of milk which Is merely '
frozen at common temperature.
The operating plan would be to es
tablish a freezing plant at the cream
eries and milk stations, the frozen
product to be shipped in ordinary cans,
thus doing away with the present high
cost of refrigerating cars.
It Is claimed that frozen milk kept
MISS BESSIE FAKRELL
Miss Bessie Farrell, 1011 Third Ave.,
r l 1 XT V 2. ! .1 I iv
over a month , In a refrigerator room Pre'"e"k U1
showed no chance in taste on thuwlns. i Ioun8 reoPle 8 nrisman aempuiaacw
and that the cream remained evenly
mixed throughout the solid mass, not
rising, as It would when milk Is merely
kept liquid at low temperature. Milk
for freezing would need to be in fresh,
clean condition when frozen, else its
Association. She writes:
"Peruna is certainly a valuable nervfc
and blood remedy, calculated to build
up the broken down health of worn out
women. I have found by personal ex
perience that it acta as a wonderful re
storer of lost strength, assisting the
keeping period would be very short Rfr,mfleh to similar and digest tha
after melting. If this plan ever comes ' food, and building up worn out tissues.
into favor, It would greatly Increase
the competition in the business of sup
plying" milk in the great cities.
In my work I have had occasion to re
commend it freely, especially to wo
men. "I know of nothing which is better
to build up the strength of a young
mother, in fact all the ailments pecu-
Shlpplng Coops.
For Bhlpplng live poultry to market !
the following sizes of coops are most liar to women, bo I am pleased to give
generally used In the West: Coops . it my hearty endorsement."
should be 48 inches long, 30 Inches ' Dr. Hartman has prescribed Peruna
wide, 12 Inches high for chickens i '0' many thousand women, and he
and ducks, and 15 Inches hih ' never fails to receive a multitude of
WELL PLANNED OBOUN'DS.
Stoniblen on Many Word.
A certain business man in Seattle
was married recently to a girl wno
after a few weeks of wedded life be
gan to fear that her husband indulged
too freely in the cup that cheers. She
determined to find out beyond doubt
whether her suspicions were well found
ed. From K friend she learned that a
man even slightly intoxicated cannot
pronounce words of any length. Where-
ujkii the wife decided that she would
try this test.
When next the friend met the lattei
she nsked if her suspicions had been
verified. The wife burst into tears and
said they had. "I handed hltn this
list." she s;iid, between sobs, bringing
from her locket a paiKT she gave to
her friend, and which contained the fol
lowing words: "1'hthisis, photochromy,
gnmonoingy, hypocnondriasls, phleg
masia, dotens, cyncntgoreinatIe, antl-
iiom I a n ism, pseudi a t hesi a."
"And," she continued while her
friend read the list, "he missed nearly
half of them." Seattle I'ost-Intelligencer.
Feminine Iteanonlnic.
Husband (as they arrive at the sta,
tion a minute too late) If you hadn't
taken so much time with your toilet,
we wouldn't have been to late.
Wife And If you hadn't made me
run, we wouldn't have to wait so long
for the next train ! Translated for
Transatlantic Tales from Meggeudorfer
Blatter.
not a model to be followed in detail,
but embodying some general principles
that may be adopted.
Straight lines and square plots so
desirable In the laying out of fields are
not the most desirable for the home
grounds. Curved lines especially for
the driveways take away the stiffness
and add naturalness to the scene. In
the Illustration the double driveway in
front makes too complicated a plan for
the ordinary farm. A variety of trees
and shrubs should be used around the
house without having them too close
to allow free circulation of the air and
a view of the roadway In front Mon-
real Star.
Hibernation of Boll Weevils.
It has been often noticed that in a
wooueu country Don weevils appear
first in spring along the borders of
fields next to the woods and gradually
work inward from the edges, so that It
seems probable that in a wooded coun
try most of them hilternate In wood
land. Around outbuildings and barns
also are found favorable places, as
there are always more or less rubbish
and protection in such situations. In
1!)03 more than five times as many wee
vils were found In a piece of cotton
near the Texas State College barn,
where cotton had been grown the pre
vious year, than were found In any
other locality in that nelghlorhood. It
Is also noticeable that weevils are al
ways more numerous near gins than nt
a distance from them. Unfortunately.
where much rubbish and grass are
present and where the soil remains
loose and Is not packed by rains, large
numbers of the weevils winter In the
cotton fields.
A Doobtfnl Advantage.
Customer Tell me, truly, which ok
these two hats Is more betmilng?
Farmer' Bath.
All farmers do not feel able to af
ford a bathroom and furnishings. But
what class of people need an evening
bath more than a farmer after a busy
day In the dusty fields? A good bath
at night should be a necessity that
ought not to be neglected, and Hus
band and hands should have .a bath
every night during hot months. But
how? Well, get some empty oil bar
rels, knock out one end and let oil
evaporate, and your bath barrel Is
ready. Fill barrels at noon (half or
more) with water, let set In sun; at
night put a gallon of hot water In each
barrel and when darkness has fallen
letters like the above, thanking him
for the wonderful benefits received.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative
Overdid It.
Hospital Physician (to reassure him)
That snake you see is not a real one,
you know.
Delirium Tremens Fatisnt You see it
too, do you, doc? Ah, ha !
for turkeys and geese. Use lumber
as follows: Two by two for cor
ner posts, or 1x2 will answer. If you
cannot get them, get 1x4 and rip them
In two. Cut six pieces "0 Inches long
and nine pieces 12 or 15 Inches long for
each coop. Nail the short pieces one at
each end and one in the center of the
long ones, using ten-penny wrought
nails. Make three of these frames, one
for each end and center. For the bot
tom use half-Inch boards or lath, make
the bottom tight, using six-penny nails.
Use x2-lnch strips of lath for sides,
ends and top, put them 1 Inches
apart ; the width of lath Is about right.
Leave two laths loose on top In center,
or make a door of them to open, In
order to put. poultry In and take It out.
Now nail a lath around the coops, each
fiTl I (1 T wl wnfa. s,, falsi,
tuu tin', Luc 1 1 nil l . "ill iiilll , HiC L 1 1 1 1 V. I r . . ...
, . ... I Mo oers will lina ,Mrn. Window's Boothia
frames made first. This will keep the Byrup the b.gt remedy to uso lor their chiiOrej
lath from comlne off and mak the , Qurlu lne w"ng ponou.
coops stronger. For broilers the coops
can be made 10 Inches high and 24 inch
es wide. This will make a good. - "i?,
light coop. P. II. Sprague.
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. '26c
Her Loving Frlenda.
Nan Where do poor, dear Lil and tht
husband she has managed to get at last
expect to spend their honeymoon?
Fan There won't be any honeymoon.
She's a wasn.
Had one.
"Going to write a book, eh?"
"Yep, thought 1 would."
"Gong to tell about your early strug
gles?" "Nope; never hnd no early struggles;
didn't get married till I was past 40."
Houston I'ost.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. '1 her? Is only one
way to cure ueaineo, ami that u Dv conatltn-
Wlnter Forage.
The question of winter forage and
pasturage Is one of the greatest im
portance In the Southern States, and
Carleton It. Ball, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, was sent by the De
partment of Agriculture early in the
rear to make on lnvcstla-itlnn In rv. tlonal remedies. UeafnesR i raiiHeii hv an in
,. i nf -...I C(inl, ,,,,. . I flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
eral of the Gulf States. In his report Kuntaenian Tube. When tlila tube is inflamed
Mr. Ball says, amongst other things you have a rumblinsr sound or imperfect hear
.n, , .. , .. . , iiiR, a-id when it is entirelv closed, I)eafnes is
The production of Southern hay has the result, and unless the inflammation can b
been a question long under discussion. ! lnkJ,ut aVl n!'9 tnV,e, "t1orpd to HS .normal
. 1 , . , . "". condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
The amount produced and the yield per nine eases out of ten Hre caused by Catarrh,
acre have both increased steadily and mucous Co'm t,on ol
encouragingly during the last few Wewill -tivoOne Hundred Dollars for any
onr Dn orpnr lmnrl It la f tH -' "s V" 1 'eRI"-s8 (entisea Dy catarrh) t Hat run-
ears, un every nana It is admitted not he cured hv Hall's catarrh :ura. H-ndim
that it Is both possible and necessary . circular3' free .
' -'"I " I" IItiKI-i-t. ,.(
to raise all that Is needed for hom-j
consumption. Alfalfa, Bermuda grass,
Johnson grass, crabgrnss and cowpeas
frirnish an abundance of hay of the
very best quality. This hay can be pro
duced much more cheaply than an
equal quality can be shipped In from
Northern and Western States. With
better transjiortation facilities and an
Increasing demand, the production will
become more and more profitable. At
the same time, with hay raised on the
home plantations, and hence cheaply
and readily available, larger quantities
are being used in feeding the planta
tion stock.
Ta.e IlalPs Family I'llls for conntipatlon.
Not t'lrc-amatance.
Enthusiastic Auditor (at the opera)
Didn't she do that aria divinely !
Boarding House Miss Huh! You
ought to hear that our graphopkone t
Itcgolar Feedlnfl- and Variety.
Two things are essential to the thrift
of animals a variety in their food and
regularity in its receipt. One article
of food cannot supply all the necessary
sustenance, because It may lack some
of the essential elements, and Is almost
sure to have some insufficient quanti
ties. Animals do not thrive as well
WHAT CAUSES Mf ADACHE
From October to May. colds are the most frequent
cause of headache. LAXATIVE BROMO QUI.
NINE removes cause. E. W. Grove on box. 25c
Appealing a Thlrat (or Knowledge.
Caller I wish you would tell me whal
the real difference is between a Stradiva
rius and any other violin.
Information F.ditor Well, sometime
it is as much as $5,000.
Truth
and Quality
atrfreal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to per.
when fed Irregularly as when they get ' manent success and creditable stand
their food at certain seasons. The
more regular the food Is supplied tha
better the results.
Ing. Accordingly, it is not claimed
that Syrup" of Figs and Elixir of
Senna is the only remedy of known
value, but one of many reasons why
It Is the best of personal and family
laxatives Is the fact that It cleanses,
t sweetens and relieves the Internal
Milliner This one. See.' It con-J then take a bath, and with thin gauze
ceals your face more. Brooklyn Life. ' undershirt and drawers they are ready
A goodarrl7gehorse in Australia ' for beA TheIr B,erp wl11 8woeter
costs $200. or four times as much as and the work ,,ghter oa Por wash
the cost fifteen year ago. rwoman.
Repairing- Leaky Roofs.
Take coal tar and sift coal ashes V
until the thickness of stiff mortar. Plas-
tpr It around lpnka. If naoH nn .ui.
- - 1 - v,, DidlC i
roofs the snow and rain cannot blow orans on which it acts without any
In TMa toinant n-ITl Ln-A in.. I d Pt) 1 1 i t fl 1 1 Tl & nftor lffota nnA rllA..
u, auio iiiiii. n in uaiUfll UttC a "o via auvj TViiuirub
stone and Is apparently as Indestructi
ble. It answers admirably for paper
rooms and If properly put on It seem
to be there forever.
Farm Notes.
The crusade against tuberculosis l;i
cattle may ultimately lead to colder
stables and blankets on the cattle.
having to increase the quantity from
Ime to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts a-e known to and approved by
physicians, as It Is free from all
objectionable substances. To get IU
beneficial effects always purchase the
genuine manufactured by the Call-
Feed floors for hogs save feed, keen
the animals healthier and make It pos-; 'ornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and fo
iWa to keep the Quarter cleaner- tale by all leading druggist.