■ W •X. .-üÈtto* - i á \ T T O l’lC S FO It F A K J1E K S y * ' A DEPARTM ENT PREPA RED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. P r o fita b le B reed s o f P o u ltr y flo w to M ix K e r o sen e E m u ls io n — d u u t i u g lleans w ith Corn P o in ts in Ib itt ;r- Mtilciujx G e n e r a l F a rm M a tters. U t/ -O -T » o -r» o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o j \ P ro fita b le P o u ltry , ffi BRAVE : MARIE. S *0000 OOOOCXA OOOOKi o 00 oooc I. “W here canst thou hide me, little T happened In 1870, 1S70, w hich Is still one7" the m an hurriedly asked. “ The s|*okou of ns th e “terrib le year” In P russians are on my tra c k .” Bols-le-Due. The w ar betw een M arie had heard those stories of the F ran ce and P russia had raged all alstut P russians and her heart sank w ith fear them , but not a soldier had been seen nt the thought of facing such m onsters. In the tiny village, for which the peas­ N evertheless she showed herself a a n ts dally than k ed their stars. The old brave little woman. For an Instant she m an who lived alone w ith hls son glanced helplessly nrouud the room. Charles, In tho elieateau above the T ruly there w ere few hiding places In tow n, and who w as still know n as “le the little cottage. Then her eyes f 'll D ue," though hls title had vanished on the large baking oven and her busy w ith hls estates long before, firmly be«- little brain found u way out Of the d if­ lleved th a t F ran ce w as on the road to ficulty. She quickly hade the frane- ruin, but he scoffed at the Idea th a t the tlre u r get Inside the oven and then she P ru ssian s would ever luvude French tilled It w ith the loose faggots. territory. Scarcely was her work finished when But one tine sum m er m orning Rois-le- she heard n loud knocking on the door P u c w as sta rtle d by a sound of m artial and n Prussian ollieer entered, lie m usic and a laxly of P russian soldiers stopped, abashed, when he saw only m arched through th e tow n. I 'p the hill the little maid before him. Perhaps w ent th e P ru ssian s, and there before the thought of some little girl th a t he the old chateau the o rd er to halt w as had left Ix'hind In the fatherland came given. The old soldier had s««en their to hls mind, for the look In hls eyes coming and hail prepared, according to was quite gentle and hls voice trem bled hls own Ideas, to receive them . From In spite of him self w hen he spoke. “ We saw a man enter this house ju st now,” he said. “Tell me, my little J maid, where he Is.” In the moment while she was watt- lug for him to speak Marie had had F i tim e to collect her w its and to reflect th a t the man did not look like such a m onster a fte r ulL Now sho replied readily: “A m an? O. yes, n soldier Just came In hen« and left th a t," pointing to an old m usket of her fa th e r's which stood In the corner of the room, "but he is gone now," she added. She carefully related to the Prussians how the franc-tlreur had taken the path th a t led from the rear of the cottage to the forest. T he girl answ ered hls questions so an upper window waved the colors of readily th a t It w as han l for the officers France, and as one of the P russlau of­ to suspect her of deceiving him, but be ficers started to en ter the house, ta ordered bis men to m ake a thorough learn the m eaning of this hostllewlls- search of the cottage. They looked in play, he w as met by th e old man, who closets aud cupboards and rum m aged had dressed him self In hls ancient uni­ the loft. On,« of the men In passing form aud stood, sw ord In baud. In the opened the oven door and glanced In. cen ter of the room. M arie's h eart alm ost ceased beating, “Ah. P ru ssian pig!” exclaimed he. but she gave no sign of her alarm . See­ d raw in g hls sw ord, “d raw and defend ing nothing but the heap of faggots the yourself, or I will hew you down. No m an closed the door. Marie could hard­ I’ru ssian over yet entered my house, ly keep from heaving a sigh of relief; nor shall w hile I live." It seemed In her own mind th a t she Ills brave w ords seem ed alm ost ridic­ m ust shout of Joy. As they were pre­ ulous when one looked a t hls w hite paring to leave one of the men asked: locks and shaklug hand. The P russian "Shall we not tire the cottage?” officer smiled a t th e thought of a sw ord ! It w as the usual rule when a peasant com bat w ith him and woul 1 pro'iably was suspected of harboring a franc- have w ithdraw n, leaving the old man tlre u r to burn hls cottage ns a lesson In peace, had not an overaealous soldier. ■ to him and a w arning to all others, but th in k in g th a t hls otlicer w as In danger. | M arie's winsome m anner had touched I w A fl a .-X Au experienced poultrym an says: “T here are breeds for all purposes — sum m er eggs, w inter eggs, broilers, roasters and general purposes. We have had heavy egg records with the uon-slttlng breeds, but the bulk of their production Is In spring and early fall. Unless under very favorable circum ­ stances, they are but ordinary layers during the winter. Our w inter laying breeds are of the broody class, and they give com paratively few eggs dur­ ing the w arm season of the your. Much of tliclr time Is taken In luciffutlug. Then we have a class th at a rc better adapted for broiler raising than for roasting purposes. On the other hand we have breeds th at make b etter roast­ ers than broilers. Again, we have gen­ eral purpose fow ls—reasonably well adapted for all th a t oue could wish for In poultry. To become more plain, the sum m er layers are the Leghorns, Minorca*, A ndalusians, Spanish, Polish, U am burgs and U oudans. The w inter layers arc the A siatics—Brahm as, Coch­ ins and L angshans aud the A m ericans —Plym outh Bocks and W yaudottcs. The best for broilers a re the W yan- dottes or Plym outh llecks. The best for roasters a re the B rahm as or the L angshans. The best general purpose fowl Is the Plym outh ltock."—D enver Field and Farm . K eroacne E m ulsion. The efficiency of kerosene emulsion dcifcnds ou how It Is made. The most Im portant part Is the agitation of the m aterials. Simply stirrin g the m ixture will uot answ er, as violent agitation, by pum ping the liquid back into Itscir, is necessary. Use soft w ater anti avoid w ater containing lime, aud also use plvuiy of soap. An excellent method Is to shave half a jiound of soap and add It to u gallon of bolllug w ater. Let the w ater boll uutll the soap Is dis­ solved, aud then remove the vessel from the fire. Next, add tw o gallons o f ker­ osene and a gill of crude carbolic acid, while the w ater Is hot, and briskly a g i ­ ta te uutll the result Is a substance hav­ ing the appearance of rich cream . It requires about ten m inutes to a g ita te the m ixture, as no free kerosene should be noticed. W hen cold add tw enty gal­ lons of soft w ater and spray w ith a noz- sle. The carbolic acid Is not Included In the usual form ula, but It will be found of advantage. Use the crude acid (not the refined), which Is a cheap substance. K erosene and crude c a r­ bolic acid will not mix with w ater, but both sulistauccs form au emulsion with strong soapsuds. P la n t in g B ea n s w ith Corn. It used to be the practice more than It Is uow io plant otic or tw o beaus iu each hill of corn th at Is eaten out by the cut worm. It m akes much e x tra work to harvest these beaus. But the plan Is perhaps b etter than to plant In late some more corn that will not lie ripened with the other, and can la« used only for fe»«dlug us soft corn. The corn shades adjoining corn too much. Beaus of the bush variety will not shade it at all. The e x tra sunlight which gets d o q u to the soil w here a hill of corn has been destroy««d makes the corn hills on eith er side more pro- lific than they would have been. P o in ts in B u tte r -M a k in g . è A horse has pasterns, not ankles, and there Is no such Joint us u hind knee or fore shoulder. Bucking, leaping vertically into the ¡lit w ith all lour feet, and coining to­ gether o n the g r o u n d . Amble, a gait like pacing, but s lo w - er, in which the two legs on the same stile a re moved together. Forge, to strike tin« too of the fore­ foot w ith the toe of the hind one; very often the result of laid shoeing. Flog, a trian g u lar piece of spongy horn In the middle of the sole of the foot.—R ural World. I'cvcIopInR Good I l o g s , F irst, choose the breed. H ave an ld«al anim al and work for It. Breed from m atured and well bred sows. Don’t sacrifice Individuality to poll gree. Breed prolific sows only. Avoid cross breeding ami feeding too much corn and lee w ater, as this lessens the vitality and tends to m ake too light a lxme. Feed young stock ami the breol lag sows oats, shorts, hrau and oil meal, w ith hut little corn. Give plenty of exercise. I11 finishing off a fat hog nothing is ahead of corn ami pure w a­ ter. Give plenty of room In sleeping quar ■- ters and teach young pigs to eat early. March and April litters arc liest. Keep salt and charcoal by them nt all times. Tli.« grow ing of fram e for the first six m ouths and the k««eplug of equal sized pigs together m ust I k > looked to. It re­ quires Intelligence of the highest order, u tte r the Ideal hog is st«ctlred, to keep it, aud uot allow It to degenerate. T r a n s p la n t in g K u tu b u gaa. L ast spring 1 planted an cxiierlmcn- tai patch of sugar beets. The sc.-d, I h «- lug Sown too early, came up poorly and did not make a stand. H aving some ru tab ag as which w ere too thick, my boys tran sp lan ted three row s of rutab ag as Into the su gar Ix-ct ground. Flic row s were tw enty rods long. We harvested seventy-five bushels of ru ta ­ bagas from three rows. Allowing niue row s to otic rod In w idth, the yield was 1XX) bushels of rutab ag as per acre. The sam e row s produced ten bushels of sugar beets, m aking the yield over 2,000 bushels of roots per acre.—T, \V. Clark. In O range Judd Farm er. F a r m l ’h iloaophjr. T hat one egg Is as good as another Is a m istaken Idea. Eggs from hens that have been well kept and ft«d ou whole­ some finnl are very different from eggs laid by poorly f««d or diseased hens. One of the best devices for feeding loose oats aud hay to sliecp Is to place th« feed Just outside the sheep lot fence made of palings placvxl such a distant«« opart th a t the sheep can reach through to eat. A farm er can bring an orchard to the bearing i»olnt, aud at the sam e time produce nearly as much corn, potatoes or other produce, as If It were not tliere. It will add greatly to the value of hls farm , w hether he Intends to make It hls home or sell the place. W hen fowls a re afflicted w ith ver­ min, the most practical remedy Is a thorough dusting with a good quality of insect powder, applied with a blower. The habit of applying grease or oil to a fowl is of ancient origin, and exhibits poor Judgm ent. Insect pow der Is Just as ch««ap. The Iowa experim ent station a n a ­ lyzed 1,000 sam ples of sugar U-ets from all counties lu th at State. The result was q a lte satisfactory, but high and low grade beets w ere produced in all sections, due doubtless to the lack of obaervlng proper m ethods of culture. All p arts of the S tate are adapted to beet culture. E. J. I lla tt, of A thens County, Ohio, writes to the B reeder's G azette that blocxl. breeding and fevdlDg should each have about e«iual credit for the most perfect type found lu herd or fl«xk. W hen breeders and farm ers will see the need of these three requisites Im­ provem ent will come more rapidly. Strictly high-class anim als are uot found In large num bers. The susceptibility of plants to change In th eir chemical comj»osltiou by seed sel««ctlon and proper cultivation is seen lu the developm ent of the sugar beet. W hen XapoleoD set about making E u­ rope Independent lu her beet sugar su«>- ply the beet contained but 3 j«« r cent, of Its w eight In sugar. But the world has seen the yield of sugar from the beet multiplied by four. It Is suggest­ ed th a t the quality of all cereals ««an la? greatly benefited by proper seed selec- tlou. B utter-m aking has undergone many changes of late years In the line of w ashing, salting and working. I'or- merly It w as churned uutll 1: was od > ■ - Z a solid m ass; It was w ashed once, salted and worked. It w as thought best to churn at a tem perature of about 62 de­ grees, hut gradually the tem perature has been lowered until now It Is not unusual to ehuru as low as 4S degrees. A low teuqxT ature has many a d v a n t­ ages. Tue loss In b u tte r fat will be less, the b u tte r will need less w ashing aud have b etter body than when churn­ O.NE O F the ; men o p e n e d T H E DOOIt and lo o k ed in . ed at a higher tem ix-rature. W ith rushed In and bayoneted the old m a i l the officer’s heart und the questioner proper precaution, the loss of butter fat as be stood. In churning uevd not be more than received a curt, alm ost savage “No.” The m istake w as u n fo rtunate, but M arie w atched the I’russlans ride about ont«-huiidrcdth of 1 j>er cent. The th e Prussian ««miniaud could uot afford ' aw ay, and when they w ere well out of loss depends largely uiwu the tem pera­ to w aste tim e over a single dead F rench­ sight, she let C aptain Charles out of ture aud the evenness of ripening. If m an. The house was fired; the soldiers ' hls narrow hlddlng place. He had the cream has been gathered for sev­ N o O r tlln a r y M an. m arched on. and by th e tim e the re a r i heard all th a t passed In the cottage, eral days, uuless the oldest has tax-n An English actor w as n m em ber of a of th e column disappeared over the | nud he kissed M arie and called her a held nt a low tem perature to prevent n ext hill little hut a heap of sm oking , brave girl. Then he departed by the any partial ripening, or It has been com pany suowliound In the Sierras ashes w as left on the spot w here the I road opposite to th a t which the Prus- thoroughly stirred .a e h tim e new cream w hile en route from California to the old chateau had stood. I sians had taken, to Join hls men at their w as added. It will not be evenly ripened E ast. Refore the train pull« «1 out of the B ut th e boy Charles, stan ding there ! m eeting place in the fun st. and the loss will lx« unduly large. Less d rifts they had been redueed to eating the coarse fare of the railw ay laborers beside th e ashes of hls fath er, sw ore to Marie w as the pride of her parents tim e will be required to chum at a high be revenged upon th e P russians. From and the heroine of the town when her tem perature, hut It will be nt the ex­ and got little enough of that, so th at they were all ravenously hungry when th a t moment be w as a man. he had a • story w as made known. Aud In the pense of bu tter fa t.—Indiana E'armcr. purpose. the train reached th«« station, nt widely I depths of the forest, when the f r a n o R o w to Bet O ut T ree*. there was a hum ble restaurant. The Ou the afternoon of th e day on which , tlre u r gathered alvout their campfire In preparing to set out trees, shrubs, E nglishm an was the first to find n seat th e P ru ssian s m arched throt>*?h Bols-le- I and their leader told of hls narrow es- Duc Charles learned from th e villagers j cape aud the bravery of the little pcas- vines, etc., a hole should be dug large a t the table. "B ring me ns quickly ns th e w hereabouts of th e nearest E .y of ’ a n t girl, each man lifted his canteen and deep, a foot at least larger than possible,” he said to the landlord, a F rench so Idle is, and set off to Join j and enthusiastically drank to the the natural spread of the roots, from burly W estern man, "a porterhouse the fact th at a tree or anything set out steak, some devll««d kidneys, a brace of them . j health and prosperity of Marie D uret. should grow n year or two In good chops, plenty of vegetables, and two I t was soon discovered th a t the T he landlady of the 111 tie vlne-cov- loam before It runs its roots luto the bottl««s of Bass’ hitter Ivcr.” The land­ stran g e, sileut >ad w as a valuable mem­ I cred Inn nt Bols le-Duc tells this story original gravelly m aterial; otherw ise lord stuck hls head out of the dining b er of the com pany on account of hls know ledge of w oodcraft and hls abso­ to every stra n g e r who visits the place. Its p ro g n ss lu grow ing Is flpt to be room door nml yelled to somebody In , And If one Is Inquisitive enough to ask very slow and sickly looking. If it lives lute fearlessness. Im p o rtan t scouting the rear aicirtm ent; "Say, Bill, tell the j w h at a fte rw a rd becam e of the frauc- a t nil. W hen setting out a tree, shrub band to play *11)11«« d u ty w as e n tru ste d to him, and a fte r B ritannia!’ The : tlre u r and the peasant girl she will un- or vine—lu fact, anything of slxe—ttie a tim e he became th e captain of the I’rlnce of W ales has come.” 1 fold her hands aud say: loam should uot be shoveled In In a most d aring of all th e bands of the “J u s t walk up to yonder brick house bo«ly. for any jxrson can see th a t In L o st til IxMi'Ion G abs. franc-tlreur. H ls little company w as on tty? hill and ask for Monsieur le No less th an 38,025 articles were this way It can uot he nlr tight. Around a constant aggrav atio n to the P ru s­ ’ Malre and hls good wife. T here you the roots the loam should be very care­ found In cabs, etc.. In London last year, sians. a very th o rn In the sides of di­ will find C aptain Charles aud the fully shaken lu. and nt the sam e time and as m any as 2,1)55 jH-ople left their vision com m anders. brave Marie.”—Ornahu Bee. using w ater, which will make a por- purses and money behind them during ridge of the learn so It can In ■ carried th at period, says the W estm inster G a ­ II. M e r e ly u Kin c u r e . Into the least hole, crack or crevice, ietto . How any one could leave hls One afternoon, shortly a fte r the sec- L abor - saving appliances Tor the and thus It Is made a ir tight around w atch behind him Is som ew hat puz­ oud visit of the P ru ssian s to Bois le- kitchen are uow so num erous th a t If every fiber, which, the reader can «w. zling. but 20G p««ople achieved this feat. Duc. little M arie D u ret w as alone In Inventions nloug this line coutluue to her pureuts* cottage w hile they were m ultiply the iwsltlou of cook will soon Is of great Im portance for the tree to Bags containing valuables numltert««] e ta rt right uway and so continue to ■ 2.505, while am ong other “aueonsld- a t work In the fields. Marie w as a become a sinecure; and It w ill only be grow right along. T rees often die from 1 eretl trltles" were M l opera aud field comely little maiden, a d ark eyed, nut- necessary for the goddess of pots to brow n peasant girl, and though not a put the raw food ou the kitchen table, the effects of ln-lug set out In a hurry glasses aud 257 rugs. T here Is food for dozen sum m ers had passed over her touch a button, nud ring the bell for and the roots bent aud cram ped luto a much thought In the fact th a t «me bead, she w as a neat, thorough-going the hungry. One man m akes a clock post hole. Anyone setting out trees lu s««ems more Hable to forget ail umbrella little housewife. Although her home w ake the sleeper und light the lamp, this way should wear a l>oot or shoe a than a walking-stick, for the walktng- few days tw o sizes too small, so It may stleks only totted up a beggarly Mti, stood quite a p a rt from the o ther cot­ says Invention. Now another Inventor cram p hls toes; then he can pity the w hile the um brellas reached the hand­ tage* aud not fa r from the great forest, m akes a clock light the lire w hile the tre e th a t has its roots cramp««] and some total of 17,020. so th a t It could scarcely be called a p a rt cook is In bed dream ing of her uew bi­ bent to fit a sm all hole.—W oodward. of Bols-le-Duc at all, M arie had become cycle aud bloomers. This other sm art M o to r C ra Ilea. so accustom ed to playing the m istress clock Is of the ularm kind. W hen the A motor cradle Is the latest domestic l l o r u c M urk» and T e rm s for a whole day* a t a tim e th a t she did hour for lighting the fire arrives the G rinders, the back teeth. Invention. It Is said to be a great a d ­ not in the least niiud th e loneliness. vance on the hand rocked cradle, and tim e piece "goes off." so does a fire- Bore, to bear ou the hIL To-day she had set th e boose In or­ carriage w ith which It Is connected. A w hite eye Is u glass eye. eau be worked with either electricity der. had sw ept th e floor and had piled The carriage slides ou a track, which or petroleum. The motion may be ac­ H and, oue-thlrd of a foot—1 Inches. beside the large brlek oven a heap of extends from the clock base to the A w hite sp«)t In the forehead is a star. celerated or slackened by simply tu rn ­ faggots again st the m orrow 's baking. wood to be Ignited. Ix lug put In motion A w bite stripe lu the face Is a blaze. ing a screw, aud one great advantage Is All her task s completed. Marie took by a spring released by the clock meet) A strip betw een the nostrils Is a snip. th at the bereeau does uot cease sw ing­ possession of a low chair and began nnlsiu. F irst a m atch, carried by a A snip can 't be anyw here except ou ing. though the baby may be left In the sedately to am use herself wIt Li a large sliding m atch bolder. Is struck ns the the nos««. room nloue. T here nre, of course, tltx«- rag doll, her one playm ate aud Insep­ la tte r moves, aud from this the fire car A w hite face from eye to eye Is tors who say th a t a child should not lx* arab le companion. rlage Is lighted, a fte r which it slides bald face. rocked at all, but few m others nre of Now. it happened th a t on this very down to the wood and completes the Croup, th at part of the horse hack of the sam e opinion, and w ith the m ajor­ »ruing C aptalu Charles, the franc- Job. the saddle. ity the motor cradle will no douflt be­ tlreu r. havlug gone out on a reconuolt- W hite around the top of the hoof Is come popular.—London Telegraph. 8 p o ta o n th e F in g e r N all«. ertu g expedition. bad been cut oft from a w hite co ro n et The little w hite spots which some­ D is l ik e s T o b a c c o . ills men by h alf a dose« P russlau cav­ Forearm , th a t p art of the leg be- tim es ap p ear ou the finger nails a re due Queen Victoria Is perhaps the only alry men. aud had to run for hls life. tw««en the elbow and knee. T he D uret cottage w as the only oue to som e subtle action of the bkxxl, upon Appel, the gentle tug ou the rein giv­ Eur«>i>cuu sovereign who has a positive aversion to tobacco In all its form s ■ear him. aud so, while M arte sat talk­ which ull the bone*, sinews, museb-s, en l>y «he horse at each step. ing to her doll, th e door w as suddeuly aud organs in the hotly a re dependent A star, blaze or bold face can't be W oe be to tho I’rlnce who pollutes the a p artm en ts a t W indsor w ith Its fumes. burst open and th e soldier ru sh e d 'iu . for nutrition. They som etim es disap­ anyw here except on the face. M arie knew at once th a t •» was Cap-' p e a r 0 / their own accord, hut there is Elbow, Joint of foreleges next above P a u p e r s in Ix m d n n u n d N ew Y«>rk. tain Charles, for she bad often seen him no know n euro. In reality, they signify knee, lying uext to horse's side. S tatistics show th a t lu Ixitulon one al«»ut the village, aud a s she had heard uo derangem eut of the system. W hite below the pastern Joint Is a person iu forty five Is m aintained by of his brave deeds in aid of the French, I t’s the « r l y fi-h th a t catches the whit«« pastern. Above the pastern a public charity, while iu New York the •h e n o* not in the least frightciv.-d. w hite leg. w or in —hook aud all. j proportion Is one In 200. That Tired Feeling » d * A K xam p 'ca o f Good lioaila, I«ut tew Anii’i'ican people know any­ thing almut good rural roads; they have but few object lessons along this line. Thus when an American visits Europe lie finds the roads there a re a revela­ tion. I11 Palestine, perhaps now am ong the poorest of producing territories, the highw ays leading from one Impover­ ished village or plantation, or vineyard, to another. Is of the most i*eruian««nt character, and in many cases better than pavem ents of our large cities, and J other roads which were built by the I Romans 1,500 years ago are yet in best possibl«« condition for traveling by car- ring«« or bicycle. l'lcase consider the foundations and the skill required In building a public toad which will endure for 1,501) years. 1 here are other roads even older than this th a t l««ad out of Rome, which are iu a fair condition to-day. In Corsica, a small Island, scarcely averaging Bio miles In diam eter, a m ountainous district, there are roads laid out by accomplished engineers and constructed along pretty much the sam e rules as railroads. Corsica Is ruled by the French nation, which re- celves scarcely any revenue from this Infertile Island. Th«« roads l««adlng from village to village, over the m ountains, seem to lie worth more than the prop­ erty which they coun«*ct. lu order to avoid the st««cp Inclines In the moun­ tains th«> distance Is doubl««d by grace­ ful curves and loops. T hus you may pass and repass the same point lu w ind­ ing up or dofrn the m ountain sides. W her«« necessary, w alls of masonry nre built to sustain the road along the preci­ pices. Stone viaducts are built over stream s, and everything Is of the most lK.«rinatn*nt character. A bicyclist can cross tills Island on Ills wheel from one side to the other w ithout dism ounting except to rest hls w eary legs, aud yet this trip will tn«c««s- stta te climbing three or four thousand feet of m ountain heights. T here nr«« (Miints In the Corsica m ountains where bicyclists can coast for thirty miles down the m ountain sides w ithout touch­ ing feet to |Hila 1. The highw ays of Scotland, through the barren uiountalnous district, also of Sw itzerland, us««d almost exclusively by tourists, also of E ngland aud E'rance, anil alm ost all European countries are built In the most perm anent manner, nre smooth aud well adapted for the bicycle, as well as the heavy loaded wagon. Can the reader wonder that attention is being given to good roads iu this country? Surely it is tim e th at n re- f«>rm iu road building should be Inaug­ urated. Good roads nre an Indication of civilization, w hile bad roads Indicate barbarism . -Green's E'ruit Grower. w b le T ire» in M in n eso ta . It w as dem onstrated beyond question th at whle tires keep the surface smooth and firm, and th at when the roads are full o f ru ts the broad wheels tend to restore them to goo«l condition and thus m aterially lessen th«« cost of repairs. T he universal adoption of the wide tire In Minnesota for all vehicles carrving heavjr loads would save the taxi«ay«>rs ol the S tate thousand« of dollars an n u ­ ally lu road repairs and would save the farm ers aud team sters ten times the am ount In expense of hauling and w ear and te a r of horses and vehicles.— Minneapolis Tribune. SHE FO U N D H ;R POCKET. W h at th e W h eel 1» D o in g fo r th e Ad« Turned W om an. 1 he wheel has done a g^KHl deal for the physical developm ent of the new woman. A little Incident th at hap[x«ned the other day ou upper lbth street gave Interesting proof of this. A sweet- faced wouuiu w ith silvered hair aud « lad iu a plain gray dress w as riding slowly alimg when she saw ahead of her a sm all hoy pushing along ou a tricycle and tow ing a little blue c a rt tk«d w ith a string to the axle of hls vehicle. T here were more youngsters fu rth e r up the street, and the little chap w as looking at them and trying to put ou speed to reach them. A smile overspread the fae« of the silver-haired wouiau. aud n sudden thought seemed to occur to her. She rode a little slower, held the handlebar w ith oue baud, and w ith the other found the jiocket in her dress. Skillfully she guidetl her bleyele close to the little red cart, and as she reach­ ed It th«« disengaged baud drew from the ptx'ket a big. round, red apple, which she deftly dropped In the little eart. The lx>y illil uot hear It and kept on. The woman rode past, then turu««d and eatne 1« hind, riding slow er than be­ fore. The youngster at length reached hls playm ates and dism ounted. As he did so he saw his prize and jum ped for It. then looked wondcriug- ly around to s««e where it cam e from. T he lady w ith the silver hair w atch­ ed him ns she wheel«««! past and evi­ dently had her full rew an l lu the child’s pleasure nml astonishm ent. But the m arvel to the man who saw It from the sidewalk w as how a wom­ an could find her pocket on a w heel.— W ashington Star. A dulT, th ro b b in g pain, accompanied No L onger un E xp erim en t. T he order for 100 steel cars recently by u sense of tenderness an d b e a t low given by tho Pennsylvania Railroad dow n in th e side, w ith an occasional Company to the Schoen Pressed Steel bhooting pain, indicates inflam m ation. T he region of pain show s some $ w ll- Company of P ittsb u rg is a good illu s­ tration of th e fact th a t the steel car is lng. T h is is th e first stage of ovaritis, no longer an experim ent but an accept- inflam m ation of th e ovary. If th e roof ed type of railw ay rolling stock, says o fy o u rh o u se h -a k s,m y m t< r,y o u h a v o I tho Engineering News. It isa n o tic c a - It fixed a t o n c e ; w hy n o t pay th e i bio fact, however, th a t a large proper W hat does it mean? As tired in tli morning as at night, can’t gi t rest« d, nerv- tion of the steel cars constructed arc 1 sam e respect to - 7. ons, sleepless, dull, languid. . designed to carry heavier loads than I y o u r own body ? W rite to Mrs. cars of tim ber construction. Tho new It means that the blood is |x*or. Mus- ' < les eunuot lie elastic und strong, nerves 1 Pennsylvania cars, for exam ple, are to Plnkham , Lynn, cannot be steady, energy mid vigor can- I carry 110,000 pounds of ore, or 104,000 . M ass., and tell h e r T heir dead w eight j a ll your not lx-felt when the blood is Impure, im- I pounds of coal. poverlshcd. without nourishing power. j will be 37,000 ponnds and th e ir length sym ptom s. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Imparts to the blood ! will be 83 le e t The comjietition of the I H er experi- ( the «piulities it lucks when that tired feel­ st«jel car with the wooden cars of ordi- j encc in in g troubles you. It makes the, blood nary capacity will not he apparent tre a tin g \ rich, pure, lull of vitality. It cures spring probably for some tim e, but th a t it | femule ills languor and eradicates ull foul taints from w ill come eventually th e increasing cost is g re a te r the blood, thus guarding ngainst future of tim ber and tho decreasing cost of th a n any o th e r living person. The fol­ danger troni fevers, malaria, und other steel construction makes very certain. [ low ing from Mna. A nnie C vrtjs , Ticon­ serious illness. Be sure to get deroga, N. Y., is prtxjf of w h a t we say: D e s e rte rs K c lu rn . “ F or nine y ears I suffered w ith fe­ A curious war item comes from F o rt m ale w eakness in Its w orst farm. I Logan, Colo. On th e m orning of w as in bed n early a y e a r w ith conges­ A m e ric a 's C rcu tc t M. <1 c in e . ,1 - six lo r F , A pril 20 u numb«?r of deserters from tion of th e ovaries. I also suffered I rcp iirc.; o n ly by r . f l l o o n i Co .ixjw ell, Mass' | th e Seventh infan try appeared a t the w ith fallin g of tho womb, w as very fort und surrendered. They said they w eak, tired all th e tim e, h a d su c h h e a d - L iv er Ills ; easy to Hood’s P ills cure tHkv , CBKy to o |> erate. 2.5c. ; had heard the rumors of war and were aches a s to m ake me alm ost wild. Was ~ -- ---------- - — | anxious to participate. Col. Benham also troubled w ith leui»rrheea, and we a „ 7 ril,< . ordered them to th e guardhouse, but it bloated so badly th a t some th o u g h t J. o?,8*'3. ■ lly ’mater in cratches i is understood th a t the stern old w arrior h ad dropsy. I have tak en several b o t­ sal t rutebes are staple articles will be lenient and give tho prodigals tle s of Lydia E. U inkham ’s V egetable w ith us, aud wc sell ou nn uvcrAge ten an opportunity to fight. Compound, and several of h e r Blood pairs |>er week, or 40 pairs a month. This, of course, would make 480 pairs A hoy—six years old—in Iowa swal­ Purifier, and am com pletely cured. It in the course of a year. This, mind lowed several lemon seeds. They is a w onder to a ll th a t I got w ell." you. does not include tho crutches we sp ro u tcl in his stomach and nearly The soil of H aw aii is of a d a r t choco­ sell at wholesale. It is a conservative killed him before they were removed. late or reddish brown, and the darker statem ent to say th at altogether we sell In the towns of C hile most shops are is best adapted to growing coffee, 1,500 pairs of crutches annually, and open till m idnight, an«l during the hot Th„ , . ~ , u ta our firm is only one of several in the city that handle them . The total sales afternoons, when e v e n body takes a occasions of state and the Greeks made of crutches annually in Kansas City siesta they are lockei«,rtl"ii«illy -m a il a.- cl'o il In H iinunl n io rtu - I and m ineral waters. ary ■.tntlstle««, j e t p h v » liU n s « re t h o r o u e h h : iu cv i! th a t It ca u se s m a la d ie s of a t« 'a ’! The fim et French sardines in the i l "iiv i.a ra e te r, am i b- g- t- d a n g e ro u s n e rv o u s pros- world come from Maine. tr a iin n . T h is m a la d y Is e r a d ic a te d a n d pre- H io te tte r 's stotna< h B itte r-, w h ic h The choicest and most expensive of a v is i'n .,c te u d re by « b illo u s a e s ,e o n s tip a tio n . rh e u m a tis m Dresden china is grown in New Jersey. a u d d y sp e p sia We declare war in more places in a F o r C h i l d r e n '« P i c t u r e * . m inute than some other countries can An Englishm an has designed a neat declare In three bouts and a hall. PURE P2IBT READY MIXED m ounting for child ren ’s pictures con­ We don’t want the earth. sisting of a cardboard frame which We are it. supports a swing, in which the picture Best R eputation. B iirralil—T ruth. is place«!, the latter being cut from the Best P a in t for Dealer or Consumer. p rin t and mounted o n -z in c , w hich is A Paris florist after many ex jxri- m ents is able to grew chrysanthem um s then dressed to represent the child. Color Cards Sent Free. with the odor of the rose, sunflowers • to o K E W A K I) 8 1 0 0 . with the peifum e of the jasam ine, and p le a s e d to calla lilies w ith the scent of the violet. «earn th a t th e r e is a t i p le a a p - e t r o w n e ill d r b e &ded d ise a se Hood’s • S X . CLEVELAND COTTAGE COLORS A statistician affirms that the m ajor­ ity of the people who attain old age has kept late hours. E ight out of ten who rea h the age of 60 have never gone to bed till niter 12 at n ig h t In tropical regions when the moon is nt its full objects are d istinctly visible several m iles away. By starlig h t only, print can be read w ith ease. ,, . A woman never sees a list of adver­ tised letters w ithout looking for her name- , i AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. L Sam uel P itcher, of H yan n is. M assachusetts, w a s th e o r ig iu a tp r o i“ H T CH K K S ^A S T O R IA .” th e .sam e th a t bus b o rn e a n d due* Uow b ear th e fac sim ile si^ u a tu re o f CHAS. H. F L E T C H E R oa o x ry w rapper. T h is is th e o u g iu a l " T ITCH ER S CA^TORIA ’ w hich has been i* ed in th e hom es of th e m o th ers o i A m erica fo r o ver th irty years. Look Carefully a t th e w ro n p er a n d see th a t it is tke ktmd w » Auur o/a*a»j ki, a n d h as th e s ig n a tu re of CHAS. U F L E T C H E R on th e w rap p er. No one h as a u th o rity from m e to use m y nam e except T he C en tau r Com pany o f w hich C has II H e tc h e r is P resident. AfarcA «S, z.S?7. SAM CE L TITCH ER, MJX C u rt A h e a d o f th e flo ra e . An Indiana inventor has patented a wagon in which the forward wheels are ahead of the horse, w ith a portion of the wagon box cut under to make room for the horse; the steering being done by a lever running from the d riv er’s seat to the forward truck. T1SV A L L E Y S FOOT-EASE. A powtler to be shaken into the shoes. At this s e a s o n your feet f««el swollen, ner­ v o u s . and hot. and get tired easily, if yon ^"«arting I'«-« I or tight shoe-, 'try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools the tret anil makes walking easy. Cures swollen and -w i-atlng fe««t, blisters and ««allotts sjkots. lb ueves < orns and bullions of all ]>ain anO b a x . f »r.s and • a tm . ! *n- ■ ' AKIA«)t KLE, hy.:roee> . r« ,e ,,;rr ;« l ,. tea- I i *?. 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Hercules Special -Sé actual tiorropower) Price, oaty H e r c u le s G a s E n g in e W o r k s Bai St., San Franelsc.'. Cal. , T m o narch book C O M P A N Y . O ept 3 0 <•- 1 Chtcagvg n t laughter iu California announcing her good health and well being, a tele- drain came announcing her death. cunts bum ah . else fais . I He.« « u .h S iru p T«M«-«G. d E« 10 tu n ,, -..id by drug»!,««. Good J VA v Must W ear » Itraae Collar. They b a j an excellen t way of ch«»ek- ing excessive drinking in M anitoba. When a man iiatl lx«en twice or thrice convicted of drunkenness he wga sen­ tenced to wear a brass collar, which marked him out among his fellows as a pereon to whom no publican could w ith im punity serve liquor. The drastic measure often proved a cure. On the authorities being satisfied th at the branded individual had served a sufficiently long term of probation he was nneollared and endowe«! with the liberty of d rin k s.—London Telegraph. ■ We a re asserttne in th e co u rts o n r rig h t to the exclusive u< m e I 'n i n , C o a s t sTLi r t'o . All g en ­ lucky ship; few shipm asters care to sail u t in red e ?oi <, o .ira h av e th e m a n a ia c - an unlucky ship; few ship-owner« care H irer's n a m e lith o g ra p h e d on ev ery can. to ship nu unlucky ship-m aster. There The tobacco raised in Belooohistan is Is an old story told of a ship-owner who exceedingly strong and cannot be was so Irritated liy the superstitious of smoked by any but the most vigorous the sea and by the refusal of ship-m as­ w hite man. ter» to sail on n Friday or on the thlr- From the 140 pounds of gas tar ex­ t««cuth of the mouth, th at he laid the k««el o f a new ship on Friday, put lu her tracted in coking a ton of coal, over m asts on Frltlay, launeh««d her on F ri­ 2,000 distin ct shades of aniline dye are day, christened her ou Frltlay. put her made. lu charge of a skipper uain«>d Friday, FITS Cl,rF’1 N " Ot-'«r n erv o u sn e. r i l » after lirst day's use of Dr. K im ,', oro»t sent her to sea on Friday, and he says N erve K, i. rcr. s.'«id lor F h l.k »< oo m » i bottle to d treatise. DR. R H . K l . i x v iV.i he thinks she went to the devil on F ri­ A rea street, Philadelphia, Pa. w day, because she never w as heard of If we moved our legs proportionately again.—San Francisco Argonaut. I as fast as an an t. it is claimed we S a n d I’a ; a s a H e a te r . could travel nearly 600 tulles an hour. A sand bug will hold heat b etter than P i s o ’s C u r e f o r C « u is u in p tiu n h a s been a anything else. A w«xffcn stocking fille«l fami.y iiioiiciue w i t h n s s in c e 1««G3 —J w ith flue sand nud hcat«xl In an oven M a d is o n , 2400 42d A v e ., C h ic a g o , 111. will retain w arm th tw ice a s long as a Ju st as a letter was being read In a w ater bag or a brick. Farm ington, Me., household from a The first tw o weeks th at a man is idle h«’ can fool his friends by saying that he Is taking a n««eded rest, hut a t the end of th a t time they begin to suspect th a t he lost hls Job. ik « t sc ien ce h a s b een a b le U j c u r e In a il its Stage.-, a n d th a t ie c a ta r r h . H a ll’s C a ta r r h C u r e 1- th e o tn y p o sitiv e cur. k n o w n to th e m e d ic a l fra te r n ity C a ta rr h b e in g a c o n s titu tio n a l d ’s- e a * ', r q u ire s a e o n - tltu ilc n a l tr e a tm e n t H all ■ i a i a r r h C n re Is ta k e n in te r n a lly , a r if n e d in -e tly u p o n th e b lood a n d n iu co u a surfaei-s of th e ry stem th e re b y d e - tre y ;n g th e fo u n d a ­ tio n of th e d iu -a -e . a n d g iv in g th e p a tie n t s tr e n g th by b u ild in g u p th e e o n s t it u t 'o n am i ’ a -s:» titig n a tu r e in d o in g i ts w o rk . T h e p ro- I p rie to rs h a v e so m u c h f a ith In Its «-urative ji'W ir s . t h a t th e y o ffer O n e H u n d r e d D o llars for a n y case th a t it fails to c u r e . S en d f o r list of te - tlm o u ia ls . Ad tre ss