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I L/UJ21&J Utilizing Straw. Owing to its- abundance straw is added to barnyard manure, but it can be made more serviceable if made fine with the feed cutter before being used. While straw may soon rot after being mixed with manure, yet in a fine condition it is a much better absorbent and can be forked into the manure with advantage. When loader* on/i enronriinir manure there is a **?& | saving of labor when handling that which is fine, and the manure will he more valuable because the loss of ammonia will be arrested by the use of suitable absorbent materials.?EDitotnist. Pedigreed Stock Trade. If you expect to sell hogs at fancy prices you must produce fancy hogs. Too many breeders are content with a fancy pedigree, expecting the blood lines of the animal to carry it into popularity. While it is very essential that an animal have .a desirable pedigree, it is all the more essential that the animal Itseif possess individual merit. As soon as breeders of pedigreed hogs come to a full understanding thp animal nroduced must DOS sess greater merit in connection with the pedigree then the people will readily pay a good price for it, regardless of whether or not public demand is strong for such animals.?Farmers' Home Journal. How to Tell a Fresh Egg. ^ It is easily possible to tell the difference between a fresh egg and a cold storage egg without breaking the shell, and dealers in the District 1 of Columbia who seU stored eggs for "strictly fresh" ones may be prosecuted and convicted, according to statements to-day of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the Government's chief chemist. at the "high cost of living" hearing being conducted by a House subcommittee. Dr. Wiley had a large number of fresh eggs and some of the cold storage variety. Dropping them into a large vessel of water containing ten per cent, salt solution, the fresh eggs immediately sank fo the bottom and the refrigerated ones floated on the surface. When asked how he knew the eggs were fresh. Dr. Wiley replied that one of his inspectors saw the hens lay them yesterday. Feeding Lambs. One of the most inviting and profitable of the animal industries now is ihe feeding of lambs for the city markets. A few feeders are undertaking this line of feeding with great success. No other young animal, makes so large and profitable a growth as v the lamb, no other young animal begins to feed profitably so early as the lamb does. Lambs are very little trouble to feed; all they need is a rail or board pen open at the bottom sufficiently for them to crawl under; set this pen in the pasture. They should be fed meal in a V-shaped trough. The ewes cannot enter but will try to and thus encourage the ( lambs to go in; they will soon learn to eat, and the appetite will increase rapidly with their growth. As newly weaned lambs as a general thing bring the highest price in the market, this method ?f disposing of the lambs is to be encouraged.?A Reader, in the Indiana Farmer. AIfnlfn Will firmv Fvprnvlipw. While experts have been declaring that alfalfa would only grow in certain soils and in certain climates it has proven adaptability to nearly all climates and almost all soils. It produces with a rainfall as scant as fourteen inches, and in the Gulf States flourishes with sixty-five inches. It gives crops at an elevation of 8000 feet above sea level, and in southern California it grows below sea level to a height of six feet or over, with nine cuttings a year, aggregating ten to twelve tons. An authenticated photograph in possession of the writer shows a wonderful alfalfa plant raised in the (irrigated) desert of southern California, sixtv feet below sea level, that measured considerably more than ten feet in height. Satisfactory crops are raised, but on limited areas as yet, in Vermont and Florida. New York has grown it for over one hundred years in her clay and gravel: Nebraska grows it in her western sand hills without plowing, as does Nevada on her sage-brush desert. The depleted cotton soils of Alabama and rich corn lands of Illinois and Missouri each respond generously with profitable yields to the enterprising farmer, while its accumulated nitrogen and the snb-soilins it effects are making the rich land more valuable and giving back to the crop-1 worn the priceless elements of which J it has been in successive generations oespouea uy a conscienceless nus-i bandry.?Frcm Caburn's "The Eook of Alfalfa.-' Poultry Success. Success with poultry is had by "knowing how." This is not learned in a day, or even a year, as we have found by experience. In at the World's Fair they had royal birds?Asiatics, European and Mediterranean, but no barn yard fowls. This was a world's fair and the barn yards were not in it. In our boyhood days this barn yard tribe furnished eggs in profusion. "When we saw those royai birds we thought thev offerpd a royal road to success, but our idea of royalty then differs from what ii is now. Experience with those royal birds showed that royal birds, like royal people, are v stuff" to build success unon. The Asiatics wore too indolent to keep healthy, and the corn crib lowered rapidly. Europeans were too qi;a*r?lsome. It took a large range to Iwohl thcni and outside of ftstr production they were not suitable. ?'e tlien secured Iloudans and Rocks: these proved more profitable than any of the forme?- kinds. When the R. I. Reds came around we found > in them an ideal fowl for llie farm. ^ ~ and so far they have,proved ahead of , anything ever tried. 1 What is necessary for success? Three things are most essential: Right kind of hens. Right kind of shelter. Right kind of food. \rnese tnree given Dy me ngui. Amu i of man or woman insure success, es- j peeially when in charge of the wo- i man. i Right kind of hens are first: Early hatched pullets; good healthy oneyear olds, after moulting. Best kind of shelter does not mean costly houses. Rooms should be warm, light, dry and roomy, and well protected from all draughts of cold winds. Best kinds of feeds are a variation of the grain, green feeds when possible; when not, the want suppli'ed with damped clover or alfalfa hay; ani- j mal iood or in place of it milk; fresh water at all times. Whole corn should be fed at ] nights; if roasted, so much the better. As to breeds. For farmers the I Mediterranean breeds are well j adapted, where wide range is given. They will not bear close confinement, j The Reds are the best all around breed we have tried, docile and quiet in habit, good foragers, and require little feed when not penned. In se C 1 * . U U..? curing lowis uue miuuiu uuv uui.v uj. reliable breeders, as only the best should be used for building up a flock. Secure breeds of early maturity, good size, shape and good egg producing qualities.?J. H. H., in the Indiana i'armer. Farm Xotes. A well fowl needs no medicine. Don't doctor and dope unnecessarily. The breeder is a bigger factor than the breed in modern poultry culture. The very best stock will not be long in degenerating if not properly fed and cared for. Sweet apples that are not salable are greatly relished and an excellent feed for the fowlE. Scald out the drinking vessels every few weeks; it kills germs and prevents diseases from starting. The poultry house is more convenient. more easily cleaned and more easily kept cleaned if everything in it j is readily movable. Regularity in feeding and other 1 general management is important with poultry, and especially don't forget to be regular in cleaning up. ine oest meaicine ior any animal or fowl 1b preventive; hence their ' food and general surroundings should! J be such as to "promote health. It is disputed as to whether to feed soft food in the morning or evening, hut the genera! tendency now seems to favor morning feeding of mashes. One of the best feeds for poultry is green bone. It stimulates health and egg-production, and can be secured cheaply at any meat market. Don't neglect it! If your chicken house roof leaks, fix it or get out of the poultry business. Chickens are as well off outdoors as in a house that permits drafts and dampness. A few tobacco leaves crushed in the bottom of each nest will be a great help in exterminating vermin both in the nest and on the bodies of the hens which visit the nest. Tt Ik rnnt nrnispneo fn allnur droppings to lie in the house week in and week out. engendering disease and breeding lice; and then the poultryman wonders why his hens don't lay. Look out for a supply of grit during the winter months. It is scarce then because the ground i6 frozen, but it is of more vital importance than in the summer. Hens must have teeth. The man who keeps on year after year breeding the best in his chosen Tariety, regardless of the public fancy for new breeds, will get good prices for his birds oftener than he will miss them. ? From "Timely Poultry l-Iints," in the Epitomist. Confucius. Confucius regarded his own life as a failure. He spoke against, ambition, yet he coveted high office, nothing leas than that of political adviser to some great ruler. A man of the highest lineage in China, lie was yet poor, and early supported himself by teaching. His pupils showed him an extraordinary devotion. The pick of the young men in his native State of Lu sat at his feet, and it was they who .transmitted his tremendous influence. But Confucius saw not his immortal success but his temporal failure. Only a few brief years did circumstances permit him to exercise his practical genius for government. He became first a magistrate, then chief criminal judge in Lu. and. to quote Professor Lejrge. "crime ceased." Confucius, however, became dissatisfied with the ruler whom he served, a weak man who neglected his duty and gave himself up more and more to dissipation. So he resigned his post and banished himself.?London Spectator. A Cat Twenty Years Old. John Ferguson, of Clark's Miils, without much doubt has the oldest cat in York County, if not in Maine. He is of good old fashioned New England breed, none of ihe fancy variety, and was raised as a kitten in the family. If he lives four months longer he will bo twenty years old. The cat's appetite is not so robust as it once was, and be isn't bothering much about rats and mice, but his health is fairly good, and no child in York tUUJll,' S*"ts* Ut'ltCI *.(111.' (Ud.i Uiu Ferguson family gives this venerable feline. ?Lewiston Journal. It was so cold in New York part of j the winter oi' 177'? that residents of ! the vicinity were compelled to cut down the tall trees that stood at what is now the head of Wall Street to make kindling wood. .......................... I I Man's Limited Powers j a e ? ? i By means of mechanical devices, the product of his own brain, man can sweep along a prepared track at nearly a hundred miles an Hour, or through the air at seventy-five. Also he can build towers more than two hundred times his own height. But strip him of his machines and maohine made instruments and he com- j pares rather poorly, in the matter of j physical achievements and capabili- j ties, with certain of the lower animals. Consider, for instance, man's sprinting or running powers. His j best speed for a mile is some four minutes twelve and three-quarter seconds, which jjives a total of about fourteen miles an hour. The gray wolf lopes along at an easy twenty, and thinks nothing of doing sixty miles in a night. The hunted fox has been timed to run two mileB at a speed of twenty-six miles an hour. A race horse at full speed travels [ at thirty-two miles an hour, while a j | greyhound, which is, so far as is , known, the swiftest of all four-legged j creatures, runs thirty-four miles an hour. Man also falls behind in jumping. Roughly speaking, six feet in height and twenty-tnree in iviain are mw, limits of man's achievements in this i line. A red deer has been known to clear a wall ten feet high, the cham- j ois can do at least a foot better, j while the springbok of South Africa ' will shoot ten feet up in the air just : for the fun of the thing. j Some of the beasts of prey are even ! more wonderful in their athletic I achievements. The black jaguar, j for example, can reach a branch | fourteen feet from the ground, i The greatest jumper in the world is , the kangaroo. The sort known as , the 'old man" haE been seen to clear j deadwood fences ten to twelve feet j | high, while it can leap with ease a i width of fifty to sixty feet. The rec- | ord width cleared by a horse is about , thirty-seven feet, while the ostrich in , running clears twenty-five feet at a ' stride.?Harper's Weekly. WORDS OF WISDOM. A close mouth maketh a clof? friend. We probably like the eld songs , best because every one sings the new i i ones. The most comfortable things in the j world are old shoes and old friends. ! He is a mighty mean man who will snore in church, thereby keeping the ' rest of us awake. Dare to do right?if you can afford i to be left. An ounce of prevention is a good ; antidote for remorse. / ; The man who marries in haste has no difficulty in knowing what to do with his leisure. ! That liquor improves with age! Beems to be demonstrated by the fact ; that the older some men get the bet- i ter they like it. Lots of us never put off till to-mor- j row what we can have done for us to- , day. It's the things we don't get th?kt we should sometimes be most thankful for. Circumstances over which we have no control frequently take the form : of wives. The weigh of the transgressor is phort weight. { It is hard to feed a woman's vanity j on bread and cheese and kisses. Many a fellow's aim in life seems;, to be to enlarge his sphere of useless- ! cess. Misfortune sometimes makes the | man. Even a dog can't fully appre- ; ciate happiness til! be has had a few ; j tin cans tied to his tail.?From Dys- j peptic Philosophy," in the New York ; Times. Taking the College to the Farms. There are now being perfected at; the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- I ; lege plans whose carrying out are j : likely to make something of a siir j j amo^g the farmers of the State, i Early in March there will set out | from the institution a caravan of i j three specially built electric cars, two < : devoted to exhibiting purposes and ! the transportation of products for dis- 1 (ribution, the third to living quarters j for the professors who are to illumi- j ! nate the purposes of this "college on j j wheels." As the cars go touring over the ftrect railroads of the Commonwealth : there will be offered at as many points as possible a series of lectures : that will give the farmer tho benefit j ' cf the study and experimenting that i has been made at the college along ! his lines. The lectures will be sup- j plemented by exhibitions o? products I I U'hiV.rt ]?onn roicorl hv ziartoin i | methods or under certain conditions, nnd which illustrate the point the ! ; lecturer is trying to bring out.?Eos- j I ton Post. I Wonders of the World. | In ancient limes the Seven WonJ dt-rs of the World were generally i reckoned us follows: (1) The Pyra- j j ruiris of Egypt, (2) the Hanging Gar- j j dons of Babyioc, (3) the Mausoleum I at Halicarnassus, (4) the Temple of j j Diana at Ephesus, (5) the Colossus i I of Rhodes. (C) the Pharos of Alexan- | j (iria. (7) the Statue of the Olympian j Jove in Ellis. me seven w onaers oi tne apw , | tv'crld is an appellation sometimes | conferred upon the following group j . <>f natural objects in the United I States: (1) Niagara Falls. (2) Yel! lowstcne Park. (C> Garden of the I j Gods, (4) Mammoth Cave. (i>) Yo| scmite Valley, (0) Giaut Trees, and ;(T) Natural Bridge.?Kansas City | Times. TIj'm firnari Charity. imobile?"I know papa is cross and surly sometimes and says things ! I hat are unjust, bui you should judgv* j hin?. Philip, by his best." Philip?"Oh, J do, dear. You're j his best."?Chicago Tribune. I 6?fcj- " - ? j IDEA GAINS FAVOR. ! Movement Making FTOgre6s All Over the Couatry. Never before in the history of this country has there been Buch widespread interest in and practical activity for good roads as i6 the case at the present time. The good roads conventions that have been held during. the past year have been remarkable, not only in number, but in the results accomplished. In the South sentiment for improved highways has crystallized into definite action, in most cases being led by the Governors and leading State officials. Many miles of new roads are now about to be built, hundreds of miles are already under improvement and substantial appropriations have been voted bj scores of counties and townships. Conventions have been held in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Georgia; on the Pacific coast, Seattle had the first conference of road J builders, the American Road Makers' Association held its sixtn aunuai meeting in Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland was the scene of the second annual National good roads convention which originated the previous year in a big meeting in Buffalo and was ably supported by the National Grange, United State Office of Public Roads, farmers' clubs of the country and every other body actively at work in the good roads movement. It has been a year of good roads' conventions and the meetings already planned for the coming year indicate that the agitation for good roads will reach a higher standard of efficiency in 1910 than ever before. The much maligned automobile has played an important part in the movement for serviceable highways. Once regarded as the enemy of roads and in some measure of mankind, the benefits of the motor vehicle are now acknowledged as of inestimable value. If the automobile aroused discussion and criticism by destroying the roads considered good enough for the last generation, it is now widely recognized as the forerunner of better roads. It has forced the road builders and engineers to deal with new problems, the old system of construction has been revolutionized and the methods of proper maintenance are being studied with more care. * George C. Diehl, chairman of the good roads board of the American Automobile Association, spoke very truly when he said at one of the re cent conventions: 'A great deal has been said about automobiles ruining the roads. Automobiles do disintegrate the waterbound roads. But the interesung fact is that automobiles have com ? to stay. It is only a question of time when the automobile will be used in hauling farm products. Then when we have arrived at the question of proper road construction we can say that the automobile not only solves the problem of rapid travel but has also solved the problem of road maintenance." As a contrast to the automobilists' | point of view of it it is interesting to I see the farmers' attitude of the present day. The time was, and not so very long ago, when the farmer and the motorist were supposed to be at cross purposes. To a large extent they were, but that is now an:ient history. T. C. Laylin, master o:.' the Ohio State Grange, voiced very lorcibly the point of view of the agriculturist on this question at the coi.rentinn in fipvpiand bv saying: "Although the question of road improvement is of direct interest to the | residents of our towns and cill.-: it is and always must be one of prime importance to the farmer. By far the greater mileage of our roads is located in the farming districts, and the chief use of these roads Is by the farmers in getting their produce to market and for social intercourse j with their neighbors. While we join with our friends, the owners of automobiles, in the discussion of plans for advancing the good roads movement, we of the Ohio State Grange believe that in spite-of all that is said or done this will remain a farmers' question and to-be settled rightly must be settled in accordance with the wishes of the farmers.'' As the farmers in the Western States are becoming enthusiastic automobile owners, realizing the benefits of tne motor vehicle for purposes of economy, pleasure and business, they aro virtually looking on the good roads problem in the same light as the motorists. With these two widely separated classes of the country working in harmony great changes for the National good are certain to result. In mileage the United States has the greatest system of roads which any country has possessed since the world besan. According to a careful road census, the length of all our roads amounts to 2,155,000 miles. The anuual expenditure on these roads is approximately 890,000.000. Road administration has been placed on a practical basis in about half the States of the Union, comprising the New England State1.;, New York, 1 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware*' Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, ! Ohio, Michigan, Illinois. Wisconsin, ' Minnesota, Missouri. Kansas, Cali- ' foruia and Washington. These nave ! nrinntpfi in orinrinle or practice the system o* centralizing under .1 State ! highway department tho road work of ilie State, thereby sccurinpc uni- i formity in methods, economy in ad- ' j ministration and skill in supervision. 1 j Tlas His Preferences. j "You havo a wife heater i*.i jail I here?" -Yes." | j "Here are some roses for him." 1 "Sorry, madam, hut he doesn't accept any flowers less expensive lluin j orchids."?Washington Iierald. To Stop Complaints. The Mayor of a country commune In France had the following notice t printed and posted on the walls of the 1 village "Article I.?To put an end to '{ complaints addressed to us, we forbid t Mile. Marie Bouvier, servant at Mme. t Watz's, to use the church harmonium t without our nersonal authorization, t A? she does not understand the In- < atrument, she may spoil it. Article ( II.?We invite Mile. Bouvier to obey i our decision under pain of incurring ( the fine or other penalty authorized j by law." i New Navy Gun. j The new fourteen inch breechloading rifle recently tested by the Got- j eminent weighs over 63,000 pounds | and its length is about fifty-three feet. ; It will take a charge of 365 pounds < of smokeless powder and fire a 1400 ] pound projectile. The rifle will have < an extreme theoretical range of twen- ] ty-five miles. The projectile will pen- \ etrate 18.7 inches of the latest Krupp j steel armor at 3000 yards.?Blue-; , jacket. j Could Not Raise Honey. In a Belfast breach of promise case! ' the man. a farmer, won. He agreed ! 10 marry a spinster if she could raise $500. She was able to get together only $300, so the farmer called it off, despite the fact that he had -ordered the clergyman to be on hand to marry ' them. The Judge said that the promise to marry was conditional, and the: condition had not been fulfilled. China's Ministry of the Interior has, ' decided upon the period from the; seventh to the sixteenth year as the ige of minority and study, and has decreed that from sixteen to forty shall be the age of manhood for Chinese people. J TRIALS of the NEEDEMS 1 V ' 1 . g?WBCBB?i 'N. (how CAN you allow"" fWHYJOH N. YOU MUST ONE CERTAINLY SEES THINGS ~\ I KNEW THAT PAW-PAWN Y PILL VOU TOOK LAST \ RESOLVED- THAT'HEREA^PWWILL KEEP MY LIVER STOMACH AND BOWELS IN GOOD-CONDUCT! WITH MUNYONS LAXATIVE PAW-PAW PILLS. IO PILLS IN A BOX. IO CENTSlYlunyon's Paw Paw Pills coax the liver into activity by genUe methods. They do not scour, gripe or weaken. They are a tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves; Invigorate instead of weaken. They enrich the blood and enable the stomach to get all the nourishment irom rood that is put into it. These pills contain no calomel: they are soothing, healing and stimulating. For saie by all druggists In 10c and 2tc sizes. If you need medical advice, write Munyon's Doctors. They will advise to ite best of their ability absolutely free of Charge. lUUNYON'S, 03d and Jellersou Mt?? Philadelphia, fa. 11 union's Cold Remedy cures a eoid In one dav. Price 23c. SlunyouV Rheumatism Remedy relieve* in a lew hours and cures in a few days. Price ZJc. I. ?w.It 1 Mate's nuuey u ol Horehonnd and Tar i i na? ^ ? anas?? Gears The Voice Sold by Druggists j Pllte's Toothache Drops I Cure Its One Minute DYSPEPSIA "Having taken your wonderful 'Cascarets' for three months and being entirely cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia, I think a word of praise is due to 'Cascarets' for their wonderful composition. I have taken numerou* other socalled remedies but without avail, and I find that Cascarets relieve more in a day than all the others I have taken would in a year." James McGune, 108 Mercer St., Jersey City, N. J. Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken,Weaken or Gripe. 10c. 25e, 50c. 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LJ P. S. This ol'fe? will na. appear again. New Race Peril. A new race peril is brought to noice by Professor Karl Pearson from lis investigations in England on the njieritance of tuberculosis. He finds hat the first one or two children born ire more likely than others to be uberculous and to inherit defects of .he parents, and the modern tendency ;o limit families to one or two chll iren, tnereiore, not uuiy ujaaco uv illowance for the inevitable waste of jhild life, but also must increase the Droportion of weak and diseased individuals in the community. Women in Public. The Chamber of Deputies of Greece passed a law by which, for the first time in modern Greece, women are idmitted in the public service. In accordance with this law the director of posts and telegraphs is authorized to jmploy fifty women, to be used mainly in the telephone service. They are to be between twenty-one and thirtyFive years old, and are to receive seventy drachmas (about $13.50) a month, for six hours' work a day. Only One "Bromo Quinine,w That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for the signature of E. W. Grove. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c. There are thirty-nine miles of books on the shelves of the British Museum. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. In a month a caterpillar eats food weigh-! ing 6000 times its weight. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's, Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists. Perils to Railway. Elephants are one of the perils of railroad life in Indo-China. The Bangkok Times says that when the morning train from Bangkok was near Ban Klap an elephant walked out of the jungle on to the track. The engineer sounded his whistle, but the elephant, trumpeting loudly, lowered its head and charged the oncoming train. So great was the impact that the elephant was killed on the spot and the engine derailed and badly damaged. The elephant's tusks were snapped off, but when a search was made for them they could not be found. Some one had walked off with them. The Seat of Fear. A French surgeon has located the sensation of fear in a nerve which stretcnes upwaru irom me meuuua. oblongata at the back of the neck into the cerebellum, that part of the brain at the base of the head. The larger and more developed this nerve, the more timorous and melancholy is the possessor, for it acts ao a telephone wire over which the alarms are sent. . With this wire cut the craven becomes a hero, for no alarms can reach him. The doctor was led to this conclusion, says Science Sittings, by the case of a man who lost the sensation of fear after an injury about the head, and afterward he confirmed his theory by experiments on animals.?New York Tribune. New One on George Washington. During a Friday afternoon lecture on history in a Baltimore educational tnc-tituHnn +ho incf-rimtnr had eiv&Ti a lengthy disquisition on the character of George Washington, incidentally touching upon his work as an organizer of the Revolution. "Now," asked the instructor, "if George Washington were alive to-day, what practical part do you think he would play in present day politics, judging from the past?" A prolonged silence on the part of the pupils followed this. Finally, however, one lad saw a way out. "Sir," he queried, "wouldn't he be too old?"?Lippincott's. Mnst Sort House DustIn certain towns in Germany householders are compelled by law to sort out their house dust. They have to provide three receptacles ? one for ashes and sweepings, one for cooking refuse and one for rags and paper. -khmcVi i= ittiH7orl hv thp tnwn X lie l uuuiou 40 uw*i?uN.v? w.. authorities. The yards of many London schools are kept open after hours as playgrounds. N. Y.?7 L COm CI ? ? ^ CREATION. A Luscious Berry Rip fefi PACKET. 3 PACKETS FOR 50 L-Emit ar.ti the bc;t NOVELTY of modern tii 'helming ia uu.nlicr anil conclusive in charact try in loofcsand taste. THE SUNBERRY preserved in any .'urm. I introduced exclusive >t, dry, coid or wet ell- It is greatly superior t< ecding anywhere and S?ED 20c per pkt id fall. The greatest With every packet < md branches are also using the fruit, raw, e< and will Rrow it. jam, syrup, wine, gre< unus plant wizard,or- Also a copy of my 1 !" ? to iiilrndiu-e. He nil nhout tl) V S12.0C3 of great interest and ' MY GREAT CATA anil healthful berries Plants, and Hare and ] i seed." fyX) illustrations nud for nil. Rescript ion, 35 years and have h; ores of testimonials t Completesatisfaction irer the country. Alio many great Xoveltier BERRY is the greatei SWIS CHiLDS, Flo Write for Sunberry seed acd Catalogu* ?^??????^ Opposed Metrical System. Lecturing before the Institution of Electrical Engineers, at London, Sir i William Preece said that the pro- jj^ posal to make the metrical system compulsory seemed scarcely within the ranee of Dractical politics at pres ent, for the Anglo-Saxon race of manufacturing engineers were neariy all opposed to it. A new bouse has just been completed at Shefford, England, and it Is , d said to be the first one built there in fifty years. Since the Czar gave out that his subjects might have liberty of conscience about 250,000 are "said to have gone over to the Roman Catholic Church, 15,000 have become Lutherans, 50,000 were converted to Mohammedanism, 3500 to Buddhism, 400 to Judaism and 150 Siberians have declared themselves pagans. ' J. H. Hale, of Georgia, the "Peach King," has 350,000 trees in his South ern orchards alone. ..... A bottle of milk, containing a two- 1 inch minnow, was recently delivered by a Pittsfleld (Mass.) milkman to one of bis customers. SAVED FROM AN OPERATION By Lydia E. Pinkham's I Vegetable Compound rr^?? De Forest, Wis.- 1 jdMU"After an opera- I * tion four years ago 1 V i I had pains down- ; | w ward in both sides, I ISl fp backache, and a ; | 1 JM weakness. The doc- * ' I ?a ^ iff tor wanted me to I > "T" M$;i hayeanother opera. pspfcj tion-ItookL^cuaB. W&^'^2iYFftruUi-ul!kU1 ? v cg?u?" ' P>nm'\\ ble Compound and I ./ Wu <l\ \ ' I anf entirely cured I ?+r: If''/ ' , lof my troubles."? J Mj8. Attguste Yespermann, De For- ' J est, Wisconsin. M Another Operation Avoided. I New Orleans, La.?"For years I suf- fl fercd from severe female troubles. ..;k9 Finally I was confined to my bed and the doctor said an operation wasneces- - sary. I gave Lydia E. Pinkham'sVeg- 9 etable Compound a trial first, and I was saved fr6m an operation." ?Mrs. 1 Lily Peyroux, 1111 Kerlerec St, New -?M | Orleans, la. . <5*bh Thirty years of unparalleled success confirms the powler of Lydia E. link- ? /JIB ham's Vegetable Compound to cure , fl female diseases. The great volume of. ing in proVes conclusively that^ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is ' a remarkable remedy for those distressing feminine ills from which so many women suffer. ? SR If you want special advice about I your case write to Mrs. Pink bam, M at Lynn, Mass. Her advice ia B free, and always helpful* Best for Children1)!!! PISS'S m Gist mmi m (ouws^gvw H I Gives instant relief when little thro&2? I J are irritated and sore.. Contains 11 '" -M I no opiates and is as pleasant to take. R S| V as it is elective. I flH fl All Drnggiats, 25 c?cta. R H - ? ? - *' niff M% rn. ornno fkfl , PAT flTfll 1 iir ilr, vr vam ;va u>u 1 /Xli t? so unllko Cho Old fashioned" |^H kind that children lick tho spoon. Circular toll? Mil more. PALATAL CO., MStono St., Mew York. |H El I TPUTO WntioaE.Coleman,Wuli. ^H| K*iB fl H? H !%'agton.D.C. Book*free. HighAMI uais I West references. Best result* , sPsThompson's Eye Wafer I 3LT DISTEMPER I ndled very easily. The sick are cured, and all other* tn HflSJ le, no matter bow "exposed," kept from baring tbe Mfll V using SPOHN'S LIQUID DISTEMPER Cl'Rfc Give W igue or In feed. Acts ou the blood and expels germs S&9 is of distemper. Best remedy ever known for more* in HH bottle guaranteed to cure one case. 60c and $1 a bottle; RkH dozen, of druggists and harness dealers, or rent express MW anufacturer*. Cut shows how to poultice throats. Our 3wBH let gives everything. Local agents wanted. Largest HN rso remedy In existence?twelve years. Rafl :err.l?ts ?nd Etrter.'cloEists, Goshon, Ind., U. 8. A. ^ ?-.? HH Wonderherry ening in Three Months From Seed ^H9S CTS. POSTPAID BB r?es. These are facts which no one can l^gBD er. Grown last year by 3^0,000 people. la an improved form of the Wonderberry which ly last year and which proved so satisfactory. HSH| ) the original type, and I alone hare genuine seed. BUM 3 pkta. for50c; 7forSi.OO. j^MM T cun.l 9 hnnL'lot crivincr lOO Reninflft fni* joked, canned, preserved. Jollied, spiced, pickled, MHM 'its, etc. It is superior for any of these uses. HMBG VI-pace Cata!<?(rue with everv order?which telli HHR IN CASH PFU22S AND OFFERS. AGENTS WANTED. IHH LOGUE of Flowers an<l Vegetable Seed, Bulbs, New Fruits FREE to all who apply. 152 pa,-res, HBnKl colored plates, J have been in the business |QB^H 11 f a million customers ail over the country. guaranteed to everyone. Do not fail to s^e tho I am ottering thi? year of which the SUN* st ever known. HBH >ral Park, N. Y. Em > at cncc. Do not neglect or delay. tiJdLk '