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OVc-KfclrflABLE. %e never B*fces no kick nt all. No nwtfer how things are. Ufo'? botherations, great and small, B? banishes afar. TJw> slight injustices o? life 1>on't movo bim-to distress, "Bays be. "I wWt have any strife, lt ain't wuth while, I guess." His patience some rv *rard should bring, I Wish that 1 could say That all his earthly cares took wing, '?But things doa'l work that way, His hopes prow week by week," more slim, His goods more light in heft. The man who never kicks is him That's alias geltia' left. . i I ffir. Garter's Calorics, f i' .'John," said Mrs. Carter, "I want \o have a talk with you. " "All right, my dear," responded Mr. Carter. "I want to begin our housekeeping right," continued the lady. "From a hygienic standpoint, I mean. Of course, at the hotels Ave could uot help oo'rselves, but in our own house we can live as we please. " . "Well, we will," answered Mr. Carter. "The plumbing is exposed, the ventilation is all right, and every thing in the house is according to the most hygienic standard. There is no reason why we should not live right" -Tes, I know; but I was not think ing of the house. I was thinking of the diet" "Oh, you'll arrange that all right, Tm sure," said Mr. Carter, cheer fully. "lam going to try to,but you must help, too. You see, John, that most people waste a large part of what they spend by injudicious purchases." "I believe that," agreed Mr?Carter, heartily. "Yes," went on MIB. Carter, wax ing eloquent, for this was her parti cular hobby. "Not only by injudi cious purchases, "but by almost au eu. tire-absent knowledge .of the relative nutritive qualities of various food pro ducts, and by processes of cooking and serving^which very much reduce the value of the food. I want us to live well, enjoy some luxuries, and eave money on the same amount that most people practically throw away." "Yei're a sensible little woman," and Mr. Carter kissed her. "But how is all this to be done?" "Well, you see, John," said Mrs. Carter, "after we became engaged I took a r9gular course at the cooking school, so now, in making out my dietary for the week, I know that a man's rations are scientifically enongh when they contain 3500 calorics a day. Therefore, it is a simple arithmetical calculation to compute how mauy Calorics ?tte necessary for the week." **But what in the world is a caloric?" "A caloric is the unit of heat esti mated necessary to raise the tempera ture of a pound of water four degrees Fahrenheit, and the unit of energy adopted in estimating the full value of food." Mr, Carter drew a long breath and looked bewildered. "All right, my dear, you go ahead and attend to the calorics. I'll eat them if they are good." "And you won't go to any "of these horrid places' down town for lunch, will you? I don't want your diges tion ruined, so promise me that you will eat only my home cooking." And the misguided man promised. So the Carters began their housekeep er* IL .'Nellie," said Mr. Carter some few weeks after this, "do you know we nave not had fried potatoes since we have been keeping house? I am very fond of fried potatoes for breakfast " "Fried potatoes!" ejaculated Mrs. Carter. "Well, I should say not They ara one ol the most indigestible things that oue can take into the stomach." Mr. Carter felt an inward protest rising, bat stifled it. 'Ton are hot taking any of that olive oil, John," continued the wife. "It is necessary to the system to eat half a pouud of butter and an equal quantity of olive oil a week. ' You don't do either." "I don't like olive oil at all, and I never did eat much butter," returned Mr. Carter, patiently. "I am afraid that you are a little in clined to self-indulgence, John." Mr. Carter laid down his knife and fork and openedxhis lips to reply. One look at the pretty face of his wife, however, made him change the sarcastic remark to the good humored one of: "Well, perhaps I am. I will be a different man, I expect, after I haye you to guide me for awhile." "Mrs. Carter nodded acquiescent ly. "John," she cried, some hours later, what are you doing?" "Getting a drink, my love," re turned John mildly. "But "you must not drink that water. Don't you know that it is full of bacteria?" "Then, what am I to drink, Nellie? I can't go without water?" "Of coarse not Here is some that I have boiled." "Phew!" he exclaimed in disgust "How flat it tastes ! I'll just take a good drink fresh from the well." "Oh, John, dear!" cried Mrs. Car ter, tearfully, "you mustn't It is all full of bacteria." "I guess they won't hurt me," laughed John. "I've always drank it so." ? *3)on't do it! Please don't, John. For my sake," pleaded the wife. "It is so dangerous " "Well, put -some ice in this, then, and I won't" "Ice! Why, what would be the use of boiling it if we're to put ice in it ? - Ice is full of microbes." . Mr. Carter drank the boiled watet in silence, and read the paper until dinner was ready. "What cut of beef is this?" he asked as he prepared to carve the meat "Il doesn't look like a roast" "It isn't. It's the neck. I find ] can get more food value for less money from the neck than from th( rib.- For instance IO cents' worth o the neck of the beef will give me .3( of a pound of protein "and 1.825 calo rica." Mr. Carter groaned. . ?Then." went on Mrs. Carter, no noticing the groan, "I add potatoes bread and frnit for the carbo-hydrate and we have a meal perfect in foot value, containing protein, fat, starcl and sugar. All for the same moue; that a roast would have cost us," shi wound up triumphantly. "Well, for tomorrow," said Carter *^et's have a roast pork with potatoe and cherry pie." Mrs. Carter stared at him a moment and then said* pityingly: "John, yoi gre aa ignorant as most people con . corning food values. It won't do, m; dear. This is as much for your gooi as mine. Boast pork and potatoe contain five times as much carbon a y??n need. As d'or cherry pie"-she made an expressive gesture as if it were uot worth mentioning, and con tinued-"you will soon get over these yearnings of a falsely educated ap? petite, and then you will be all right* I nm afraid that you have been very , improperly brought up,-John, " Mr. Carter glared at her angrily? and thr^w down his knife and fork With a bang. "If you mean in regard to calorics', proteins and all the rest of it, yes; I waa." "Ob, John!" Mrs. Carter rose from the table with her handkerchief to her eye3. "You? are c-crnely wiieii you know I'm doing the best I can." ?What could he dbi He had not been married long, and was not proof against her tears. He arose from the table, took her in his arms, begged forgiveness and promised to eat any thing and everything she would give him, if only she would smile. They made up, of course, and Carter bore himself heroically for six months through a dietary that tabooed pie, and was arranged according to food values. Itt "See here, Carter," said a friend meeting him one day on the street, "what's the matter? You look like a shadow. Come iu and have soinej thing." "I don't care if I do," said Carter, suddenly feeling the need of some thing stimulating. "I'm afraid I don't feel up to much lately.' He lifted the glass to his lips and then set it down suddeuly. "What is it? Isn't it all right?" asked his friend. "It isn't boiled," answered Carter? faintly, who thought, he saw microbes bubbing up through the effervescence. "Boiled!'* ejaculated the other in disgust. "Well, I should say not! You'd better take a stimulant. Carter. "No, thank yo?,I dou't believe that I will take anything. You will excuse me, old fellow, won't you? I-I don't feel well." "It's all right," answered his friend. "What made you think of the drink being boiled?" "I don't know. Just a fancy," re turned Carter, too loyal to his wife to tell the cause. Carter went home feverish. Much to his wife's alarm he did not eat a mouthful of supper. Finally he went to bed and fell asleep. Whilo he slept he dreamed. He was in an immense dining room. Great roasts of beef and pork, Hanked by steaming vegetables, loaded the tables. Pies of mince and cherry were on the buffets; fruits, salads, water with' huge chunks of ice floating in it, milk cooled also by ice. Carter's mouth watered; but alas! when he approached tho meats, pro tein and calorics appeared to raise from them. Carbo-hydrates reared great heads frSm fruits and vege tables; bacilli jeered at him in the ice water; microbes looked out from the milk. A feeling of fierce anger seized hold of him. Was he to starve because of these creatures? Well, let them do. their worst! A drink he would have in spite of them. Catching up a cup, he started to the water. Instantly bacilli, microbes aud bacteria of all kinds surrounded him. Suddenly an enormous bacillus that he had not seen before darted toward him and w.as upon him before he could ' take a step. Carter gave a shriek a*nd sprang wildly from his bed. "Why John! What is the matter?" asked Mrs. Carter, sitting up. "Matter*" growled Carter, picking himself up from the floor, where he had landed. "Matter enough, I tell you. Tomorrow begins a new state of things at this house. I'm going to Jive decently if I eat all t he bac teria in the world. Calorics and all the rest of them have to go. They have had their innings. Now conies mine. Do you here, Nellie?" "Yee, John," replied Mrs. Carter, meekly. She had been married long enough to know that when Carter used that tone things must go his way. The next day at dinner the follow ing was the bill of fare: Soup. Eost pork with potatoes. Apple sauce Onions, beans, tomatoes, peas, corn. Cherry, mince, apple pie. Ice water. And Carter was happy. -From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. PEARLS OF THOUCHT. As wo advauce in life we learn the limits of our abilities.-Fouqne. Weak men are crushed by detrac tion, but the brave hold on and suc ceed. - Boveo. - True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn-Massinger. It is better to say, "This one thing I do," than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."-Washington Gladden. The mau who dies rich dies dis graced. That is the gospel I preach; that is the gospel I practise.-Andrew Carnegie. Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; bnt for one man who can stand prosperity there are a hundred that will stand adversity.-Carlyle. I think it is as scandalous for a woman not to know h w to use a nee dle as for a man not to know how to use a s word.-Lady Montague. Neither wealth nor poverty, neither labor nor idleness, will or eau create classes in any rea! or important sense in this natiou.-Franklin McVeigh. No man is worth reading tu form your style who does not mean what hi says, nor was any great style ever in vented but by some man who meant what he said. Half the world is ou the wrong scent in the pursuit of happiness. They think it consists in having anc1 getting, and in being served by others it consists in giving, and in serving others.-Drummond. Indian Understood tho Malay. Former Representative Springei tells a curious story that is worthy o investigation ot the bureau of etnol ogy. He says that a Creek Iridiar from Indian Territory, who was t member of .the rough rider*, re-en listed in the regular anny at tho dos? of the Spanish war and was sent ti the Philippine Islands. While cam paigniug with his regiment in thi southern part of the archipelago hi found a tribe of Malays whose diaiec was almost the same as the aborigina lauguage of the Creek nation. H could understand them and the; could understand him without difli cul ty, and-he was able to act as inter preter for his officers with a tribe h had never heard of before.-Chicag Becord. In Indiana there are 14,902 mile of telephone and telegraph wire? valued for taxation at $4,695,090, an ?"4 ?9 miles of railway, assessed a . $153.659.348. -.?.I FARM AND GARDEN. : Preventive for Potato SfcaU. Before tutting tile seed pdt?toes ?.oak them f?r 30 niiniites in water, tb which add one ouuce formaldehyde two gall?us w?t?r. The water can b? used for nior? than, ?ne lot if oue lot imm?diate!}* f?llo*va another. This formula has beeu used by many fanners for several years with com pl?te success. riowinjT Wet Gronml. When the upturued furrow presenta a slick, newly varnished-like appear ance it is a good indication that the plowing should be postponed a few days. If plowing laud when wet is followed iu a day or so by a heavy freeze, the damage is uot so great as when it dries ont and becomes almost ns hard as a brilik; This of course can only occur in clay or sticky soil; In no case does the gain in two or three days' time compensate for the injury done the land by plowing wet Grafting Wax and How to Make Tr. Here is a recipe for an excellent grafting wax: One pound tallow, two pounds beeswax, four pounds rosin. Slowly melt all together, stir well and wheu partially cooled pour iuto pans which have been moistened or oiled to keep the wax from clinging too tightly to them. When thoroughly cold break into convenient pieces: Baw (not boiled), linseed .oil is often preferred to the tallow, and in very warm regions a mach larger propor tion of rosin will mako the Wax less apt to tun, reduciug its cost also, as the beeswax is the most expensive though an indispensable article in its compositiou. " For use it should be melted and ap plied carefully over all exposed cuts and often cracks around the grafts. A small paint brush is the most con venient for this purpose. It can be applied safely much warmer than eau be borne by the hand. The Profit in Poultry. There is profit in poultry if it is given half a chance. Even when the returns in fowls and eggs are small a flock may he of great value as foragers. The quantities of insects and weed seeds that.are devoured are seldom taken into consideration, but they are not to be passed by without notice. So wo can well afford to keep the hen, even though the mischief done were twice as great. But with poultry, as with other farm stock, the day for the scrub is past. So much has been written regarding the immense profit to be obtained from poultry lhat one might almost suppose that the millennium would surely be at baud as soon as every one could be induced to raise chickens. It would be as well to advise every body to raise cucumbers. Why not recommend the gardener to grow wheat or the dairymau to raise sheep? If a farmer has a taste for poultry he is likely to make it au important part of his business, for he can discover what is profitable without being told. .If he has not. au aptitude for fowls it is the part of wisdom to limit himself to a small i! jfk, as many do. There are many farms on which small flocks are kept merely to supply the family with table fowls and eggs. Few or none of the products aro sold. Other interests are found more congenial than poultry raising, consequently more profitable.-Frank D. Wells, before the Michigan Poultry Breeders' Association. Essentials in Sncrar Making;. The secret of making a fine quality of maple sugar consists iu three things: First, begin early. One pail of sap in March is worth more than one and a half pails in April. Tho sap run in the fore part of March is as a rule much sweeter than in April. The colder the weather in which sap runs, the hotter the quality of sugar. A man must have everything all ready if he wants to begin early. If. the snow is deep, the roads should be broken iu February if necessary. All things must be clean, arcb or arches in repair, wood cut and all kinds of tools and utensils where you can find them at a moment's warning. Next, rapid boiling. To secure this, the wood should be cut two or throe years in advance aud kept under cover if possible. If not piled under cover, it should be piled where the sun eau shine ou ii. The wood should be .split fine to make the hottest fire. The fire should not be allowed to go down from the time it is started uutil the syrup is ready to take off. An arch should be built smoke-tight, and with a chimney tall enough to furnish a good draft. As for what the sap is boiled in, whether au evaporator or a heater aud a pan or a pan alone, it may not matter so much if a mau tends to his business. But as a rule, the simpler the boiling apparatus the bet ter the result, but the oftener th? syrup is taken off the better* l:Third, neatness is indispensable. Unless you keep things sweet, all will tie ? failure, as far as making the ''real thing" goes.-C. C. Bicknell in Neu England Homestead. , Tili Appin Sf? 1) Knit?U*. Xhis disease is tho most tronblesonu enemy of the apple grower, though i is not so recognized, except by seien tists. Most apple producers won h name the codling moth aa tho wors enemy, but that is because the appl< scab fungus does a great deal of dam age that is not generally attributed tc it. Generally,it is recognized only a a defacement on an apple and tb picker pays little attention to it. A a matter of fact, the chief work of th apple scab is on the foliage, with th result of weakening the entire tre and of cutting short the crop yea after j'ear. The uninformed orcbardist does no dream that his early' falling fruit i due to the fuugus named. Ho won ders why his apples reach a small siz and fall off. Those that hang ou ar reduced in size because they have no had the nourishment the tree shonl have given them. Finally,in the fall the leaves of the tree begin to fall o earlier than usual, and the tree ' i bare long before the other trees hav begun to shed their foliage. Th scab has been tho cause of it all. Th tree has been uuable to store up foo for the next year's crop, nor has : been able, to harden up the wood : has made. So next year, no matte how propitious the season or how fre this tree may be from scab, the ero of fruit on it will be small. The only remedy is persistent spraj ing, and that, too, for more than ou year, lt takes two years to produc a crop of fruit-from the formation ( the fruit bud to the perfecting of ti fruit-and spraying for one year onl will not undo all the damage. TL spraying this year must bo begun b fore tho leaves open, to destroy t much as possible the fungus on tl twigs. Spraying "calendars are ? common that we ueed uot repeat then and formulas for the making of effec tive sprays are quite as common. Wheuever the apple scab fungus exists lt shoUltt be attacked vigorously and ? tim?.-Farni? Fi?ld and Firesid?; ?ncreo?lrig Feitllil.v dri ? Fitrin; ? ?or lil Lawrence (Ohio) farmer grows corn, oats, wheat and clover in a regular four year rotation. Every thing is fed on the farm except the wheat. He asks whether it would pay Letter to raise 'rye instead of wheat and feed it out, thus selling no crop off the farm. No, I wouldn't do this where you live. Better grow wheat aud Fell it and buy wheat bran with tho money to feed with your corn and stover and clover. Wheat will briug yon, say, 1 1-4 cents a pound or near it. You can buy wheat bran in the summer usually for a half to three-quarters of a cent a 2)ouud. . The pound of wheat con tains .102 of a pound of digestive proj tein; ono pound bf brnn? ;122; ? poitnd bf wheat bran, you see, will ccst considerably l?ss thau yoti sell your pound of wheat for; iu fact, you can nearly buy two pounds of br?u J for oue of wheat, and tho brau is worth more than your wheat to feed with your corn to all growiug animals, aud cows giving milk or cairying a calf. Bye is not quite as good as wheat to feed, so you would 'gain nothing by growing rye to leed unless you can grow lu to 15 per cent, more per acre, iou might as well feed your wheat. But the best way is to raise large crops of good? clean wheat, and sell aud buy br?n wheil it is lowest and store it for winter. The rotatiuri ydti are following; my friend; and th? feeding out Of practically all you raise, and ydur careful saving of man ure under cover should enable you to grow large paying crops of wheat. Your land must increase in fertility under such good management, and particularly if you buy bran with the wheat money for a time. But tim isn't all by auy means. You cows aud growing auimals will do much better for having plenty of bran along with corn and cornstalks. This, with nice clover hay, ought to make them do well, indeed. Full grown beef cattle will do protty well on clover hay and corn and stover. However, good farmers as you are, fatteu steers before they get their growth, aud in this case wheat bran with corn and clover will pay. It will keep the animal growing as well as fattening. The protein iu the grain furnishes growing material, that is, the material to make blood and muscle and bone. Bran is more thau one eighth protein; corn only about one twelfth. It is true that a pound of wheat would give more heat and energy producing food (carbohydrates) than a pouud of bran, but it would be lost, as corn and stalks and hay fur nish more bf this than is needed. T. B. Terry in Practical Farmer. Short and Useful Paragraph?. Dry axles add just about double to the labor of the team. Wagon grease is cheap and a few minutes does the work. There is au over-production of weeds. As soon as the farmers re duce their acreages devoted^ to this crop they will be a great deal better off. Ducks are ready for the market when eleven weeks old. Show me anything else raised on the farm that eau be turned into money so soon and sure. . There is such a thing as over-man uring, for when a soil is already well supplied with plant food there will be no perceptible gain by using fertil izers. There are a great mnny who are.be ginning to think that, with a Veil planned rotation manure is practically unnecessary, and there is no doubt something in it. Where a grass for close cropping is sought after, there is nothing that can beat the Kentucky blue grass, as it stands a large amount of tramping and close pasturage. There is large money in small things. One dewberry grower ir Maryland during the past season sold 42,000 quarts of that delicious fruit, on which he cleared 31000. . It is almost impossible to apply toe much soap-suds or well-rotted man ure to asparagus, and as this is one ol thc earliest of vegetables, it will soor be time to get about the work. If we had a specimen of some gooc variety of carrot iu place of everj wild carrot, plant that we see on th< farms, wouldn't the stock have a fiut thing of it and the horses' coat? shine. Some farmers believe straw to b9 i nuisance. Nothing of the sort. TJsi it around the stable and barnyard and whatever you do, don't burn it as its usefulness as a fertilizer is toi great. Every farmer who wants to keep uj the fertility of his farm should mak it a point to put back on the land ii the shape of fertilizers of some som' sort whatever the previous crop ha takeu from it. Censim of Inflect*. lan insect ceusus has just been takei on' purely scientific lines with a viei to determine as far as it is possibl which insects are a boon and a bloss :ig to mankind and which ni e i he re verse. According to the census insects ar to be classified as good? bad, aud ic different; the good inse'cls numbe 110 families, the bad insects nmoun tu 118 fntnilie?, whilo tho iadirTereu insects, who could not for one reaso qr another satisfactorily answer all th questions on their census papara, an must therofore for tho present b looked upon as doubtful character each a total of 72 families. No fewer than 112 families of th bad or injurious insects feed upo :ultivated plants " ?nd crops, doin lamage to aud devouring thousand of pounds' worth of vegetable pn luce annually, gobbling up onr sprin abbage aud succulent young pea: etc., in-tho most, ruthless fashioi while the one hundred and thirteent family is parasitic upon and caust much harm to warm-blooded animal Of the good or beneficial insects, 1 families devote themselves to the di stiaction of their wicked, vegetabl devouring brethren, which they -a complisb in a moat satisfactory aa wholesale manner, while of the r< mailling useful insects, 32 farailh act as scavengers, clearing away wi! great rapidity all sorts of decayii vegetable and animal matter, two far ilies aid na as pollenizers, and thn form food for our eatable fishes. Tho r I'aufdon in Kustraiut. "Those new people next door a great borrowers, areu't they?" "Well, they haven't borrowed oi piano yet." Since vaccination was made coi pulsory in German citieB, in 187 only a few cases of smallpox ha bijen observed, and most of these c curred in foreignerscomingfrom cou tries without compulsory vacoinatio A BLOOD TROUBLE Is thai ?Ired fueling-blood iucics vitality and richness, and hence you (eel like a lag gard all day and can't get jested at night. Hood's Sarsaparilla will cure you because it will restore to tho b'lddd the qualities lt needs to nourish, strengthen Rad. sustain the muscles, nerves and organs o? the body. It gives sweet, refreshing sleep and imparts new lifo and vigor to every function. Tirer! Feeline:-"I liad that tired fool ing aud headaches. Was more tired in thrj morning thau when I went to bed, and my back pained me. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills have cured me and made me feel ton years younger." B. 3c ;t KULKI s, 274 Bushwiek Place, Brooklyn, N. ?. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is tho Host Medicine Money Can Biy. Pre pared by .C. I. Jiood fc.i:o.,.LoWelL. Mass. "OLD TIMBER-WOOD." Love of Satire Often Got Him In Trouble With the Court. In the days antedating railroads In northern Iowa, the days of saloons and circuit courts, a certain ponderous judge was for many -years accom panied on his rounds by District At torney Wood, popularly known as Old Timber-Wood. He had been christened Timothy, the name was curtailed to Tim, and by easy evolution developed into Timber. Old TinibeMVood was a. unique and Interesting character; rough but digni fied, of souiid intellect, gifted with A keen sense of humor, and far surpass lng in mental acumen his professional superior, whom, however, he usually treated before the world with an al most ostentatious deference. They were the warmest of friends, the feel ing between them was romantically -tender, notwithstanding that they had frequent and Violent public fallings out. The Judge, who was entirely lacking in personal dignity, really needed the support of his friend's deferential at 1 tltude to keep him in countenance, and when it was temporarily removed, Old Timber-Wood's love of satire oc casionally betraying him iuto the sac rilege known as 'contempt of court," he was stung to fury, and promptly punished the offense. Many ? fine bad the attorney been subjected to for his incautious Witticisms. Being in ? con stant state of lmpecunioslty, he Invari ably applied to the Judge himself for money to pay these assessments, a fa vor which was never refused, the fact that he must humble himself to ask it sufficiently restoring his Honor's complacency. The Judge was of a thirsty habit and frequently left the bench, substituting Wood in his place -as an old-time schoolmaster substi tuted one of the larger boys when he wished to absent himself from the room-and stepped out to refresh him . self at a neighboring saloon. On one occasion, very shorty after a skirmish with the attorney, In which he had finally avenged his insulted dignity in the usual way, he abruptly called Wood to the bench and started down the aisle. ' Wood hastily slipped Into his place, and before he had reached the door rapped sharply on the desk and called out, "Gentlemen, before proceeding further with the case, the Court wishes to Instruct the Clerk to remit the fine lately Imposed upon Attorney Wood." Tho Judge halted, wheeled about with a very red face, ana opened his Ups to protest, but the bar and the jury drowned him out with a chorus of laughter.-Harper's Magazine. Tetter and Eczema. "What will you charge me for I dozen boxes Tetterine? I know it tc b? a splendid remedy for the cure oi Tetter and Eczema. I would like tc keep it for sale, Mrs. Emma Plum mer, Waynesboro, Miss." If youl druggist don't keep it, send 50c. to J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Qa.,for a box. Fooled by a Fox. Lord Congleton's preserves neai Maryboro', Queen's County, were re cently the scene of a most unusual sporting incident, which goes to show that the Impudence of foxes is prcttj well on a par with their proverbial cunning, states a letter to 'the Londor Telegraph. A woodcock was flushed in the pleasure grounds, which wen being beaten for rabbits, near tin house, and was promptly knocked down by Mr. McKenna, Lord Congie ton's agent. Just as the latter wa.? about to pick up the bird, however, ? fox suddenly dashed out of a cluini of rhododendrons, and snapping it up bolted away with his audaciously ac quired prize, despite much shouting and hallooing on the part of those win were eye-witnesses of an episode well nigh unique. Do Tour Feet Ache and ?urn ? 8hake into yourshoes Allen's Foot-Ease, powder for the foot. It mnkes tight or ne shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunion! Swolien, Hot, Smarting and Sweating Fee and Ingrowing Nails. Sold by all druggist and shoo storoH, 25 cts. Samplo sent FltEI Address A len H. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.'Y. Alas and Alack I Wife-How long must we walt wit our Mary? She is already elghtee years old. Husband -Till the right perso conies. v Wife-I didn't wait so long.-Fib geode Blnetter. Carter's Ink Is the Bett Ink made,.but no dearer than ?.he poorest. Ho tho largest.salo of any ink in tho world. Girlish Playfulness. "t wroto (hat pin throo lottere asking nor return my diamond ring." {.Did you pot lt?" "Finally Rho pent mo a 'don't-worry' butto -Chicago Record. To Cure n Cold In One Dur. - Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINISE TABLETS. A druggists rotund the money if lt falls to cnn E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 2* All That Was Necessary. "Were your amateur theatricals a sucoesK VOli. yes; evoiy ono In thom had frlou onough to convince him that be was tho bc ono of the lot." Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chlldn teething, softons tho gums, reduces Inflam tn non. allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottl I do not believe Piso's Cure for ronsumpth h is an equal for coughs and cold*.-- JOHN BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. J. C. Simpson. Marquess, W. Va., say "Hair* Catarrh Cure cured mo of n very bj case of catarrh." Druggets sell it, 75c. Cock of thc Wulk. Mamma-I'm glad to soo you playing wi good little boys now. Tommy-Yes'ra. They ain't* Uko tho otb kind. - I-kin lick any ono of theso kids if want ter.-Philadelphia Press. i?S TEETH WERE HIS OWN. Add Yet the rac ta Wen Rather Oat of the ?r?la?ti. Four ?r five traveling men ?f?t?ti? tii? liotel stove' Bad been talking About teeth, when one of them1 got upi and saying "good night" went off id Bed: "Did you notice what fine teeth that party had?" said a man from St. Louis. "He won't acknowledge they /ire false.- or rfltlier he insists that they are j?j?s 8]#3r, ?nd yet He doesn't quite tell the Irutt?. ,,ily brother is d den tist in Kansas City, and tm's" mari lives there, and my brother does ?ii? worK for him. Not that he tells me any thing, but merely as an incident, for everybody who knows the man'knows the circumstances. His teeth are his own, and at the same time they aro false. You don't understand, so I'll explain. He nlwnys had unusually fine teeth, but about five years ago tii?y snowed signs of ??iggs' disease, an affection which causes tue guiris to recede from the roots, leav'ng them exposed some distance down from the enameled surface. In aggravated cases or where the. person is very sen ! siting the disease is very p'?lnfttl and ft is almost impossible to relieve lt; To cure it is practically inpossible, for the gums will not grow back again. This man was of the sensitive kind, and although physicians and dentists tried thoir skill on him they could do .nothing, and he suffered so that at last he told my brother te extract every tooth in his mouth and put false ones In for him. As nothing else could bc done my Brother fdllowed instructions and iiulled every tooth. They" were' all iii perfect condition, and as my brother looked them over, regretting that his patient was forced to give them up, a novel idea decurred to him, which be at once told to thc other* man, who agreed to it willingly. This was that instead of making artificial teeth, as was the usual custom, these same teeth be used exactly as if they wena artificial. My brother, who is a first-class dentist always, was more than ordinarily careful on this Job, and when he had mounted the teeth in a plate measured to a hair's breadth and slipped.them into his patient's mouth they fitted as If they had grown there, as lt were, and now there isn't one man in a thousand can tell that they are false, if, indeed, false they are. At the sante time there isn't any more Riggs* disease to trouble him." Proposed Alliance frith England. It tho United States and England should form an alllanco, tho combined Strength would be so great that there would bo Hula chanei io:- enemies to overcome us. In a like manner, when men and women keop up thoir bodily s rength with llostettor's stomach Bitters, there ls little chance of attacks from disease. Tho old time remedy enriches tho blood, builds up 'he muscles, steadies tho nerves and Increases the appetite. Try it. "Would Xor Sugarcoat thc Pill. Mrs. Young-Don't you believe in managing one's husbandly letting him think he ls having his own way? Mrs. Strung-Decidedly not. Man should be mado to feol his Inferiority."-Puck. . THE HEALTH OF YOUNG WOMEN Two of Them Helped hy Mrs. Pink h am -Read their Letters. "DEAR MRS. PIXKIIAM :-I am sixteen years old and am troubled with my monthly sickness. It is very irregular, occurring only once in two or three months, and also very painful. I also suffer with cramps and once in awhile pain strikes me in the heart and I have drowsy headaches. If there, is anything you can do for me, I will glaody follow your advice." - MISS MAST GOMES, Aptos, Cal., July 31, 1898. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : - After receiv ing your letter I began the use of your reme dies, taking both Lydia E. Pink- ?W ham's Vegetable Com pound and Blood Purifier. I am nov regular every month and surfer no pain Your medicine is the best that any sui fering girl can take."-"Miss MAE: GOMES, Aptos, Cal., July 6,1899. Nervous and Dizzy "DEAR MRS. PIXKHAM :- I wish t< express my thanks to you for the grea benefit I have received from the use o Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. I suffered constantly from ter rible sideache, had chills, was nervou and dizzy. I had tried different kind of medicine but they all failed entirely After taking three bottles of Vcgetabl Compound and threet>f Blood Purifier am all right. I cannot thank you enoug for what your remedies have done fo me."-Miss MATILDA JEXSEX, BOX li Ogdensburg, Wis., June 10, 1899. Hot Waler Wells. The wells in parts of Arlozna hav recently become producers of lu water, and apprehension is fe by many of the residents of the regior affected that they are about to becon participants in a grand volcanic dram In some of the wells the temperatui of the water rose twenty degrees I a single night. In a few the phenor enon disappeared soon after its a pearance. In a majority of the case however, thc wells fairly steam fro their newly-acquired heat. The fir known of this curious state of affai: was a report that the wells at Mai copa, on tho Southern Pacific Kailroa thirty milos south of Phoenix, had su denly become hot, says the Omaha Be It was four days thereafter that tl phenomenon was first noticed a doz< miles west of that city. A test at 01 well showed a temperature of near one hundred degrees. No difieren is noted in wells in the immediate 1 cinitl of Phoenix. The line of subterranean heat wa' follows the general direction of tl Sierra Estrella mountains, a volcan chain lying immediately south of t1 Gila river. Thence it appears to co tinue on in the direction of the Hi qua Hala mountains, near which a a number of large and modern vi canic cones and hills of drifted vi canic ash. Further to the east t lava flows are so geologically mode as to have overwhelmed in a numb of places the cliff dwellings of the s dents._ A Nicer Way. . Grace (to little brother)-"Com Freddie; it is your bedtime, -it nice for little boys to go to bed1 earl you know." Freddie (pouting)-" 'Tain't so ni as to sit up early, as you and Mr. Wi gins do!" u r e; o p M 0 ne Y Re f ? n d<tid hY Yovi unstrung and have ye Nearly every one needs a goot t?i?t tf?M remove impurities froi digestion, and bring back the i nerves. A perfect Samparill Sarsaparilla that contains the c gredients: a Sarsaparilla accun one that experience hss shown? "Thc only Sarsaparilla made tifM three graduates: a flraduate chemistry, and a grn &60 a bottle "I aa perfectly confident that Aye** by taking them every fall and ?pring. ] past twenty years."-EVA N. HART, BI ? . ? -/3./H I JTfca I O BLI That's the way s because the profi cheap Buggy 08 at only a dollar c it that way? See out Agent or write direot ri DEATH OF AN HISTORIC OAK. It Saw Many Queer Sights In the Course of Hs 300 Years of Life. Another of the historic trees of Maryland has perished. Nearly three hundred years ago the oak of Lloyd's Hill, near Hillsboro, on the Talbot side of the Tuckahoe River, was described in a writing still extant. There Is no known record of its di mensions, but it had a mighty trunk. Its magnificence was in its branches, whose amplitude was extraordinary. The shadow cast on the ground by the outspreading limbs under a vertical sun -made a circle whose diameter was more than 100 yards. Decay fastened upon the tree; then, some years ago, an axeman made a huge wound In one side and the tree, being too old to heal itself, gradually rotted. Recently some one stuffed the hollow with dry leaves and brush and set it afire at night. The country for miles around was Illuminated. After the fire burned out the remainder of the giant oak was cut down and carted away. The oak in these olden days was sometimes called *'Tho Quaker Tav ern," because the Delaware Friends, after having assembled at Camden, made their pilgrimage by this route to the Third Haven Meeting House where George Fox preached and Lady Baltimore met William Penn-to at tend the yearly meeting long before there was any town of Easton to ex tend to them Its hospitality. The oak on Lloyd's Hill was their regular noonday stopping place. Here they would rest and feed their horses and unpack and eat their lunches. Heron Island, in Miles River, is now treeless. An old and gnaried cedar, for many years the only tree on this barren waste of sand, was recently cut down and burned for fuel by some oystermen who were cast away there in a storm. The cedar was a valuable landmark to the river sailors. Terri torially, Heron Island ls in Queen A:ino County. It belongs to the es tate of the late Col. Richard S. Dod son. Each package of l UTXASI FADELESS Dn colors cither Silk. Wool or Cotton porfectl] nt one boiling. Sold by all druggists. A Royal Joke. '.The king ls hurd up for want of funds." "Yes: he s:iys tho money doesn't know onoutr! lo como In during tho reign."-Phllndelplii Bulletin._ The ?test Prescription for Chills nnd Fever ls a bottlo of GKOVE'S TASTELES CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine 1 a tasteless form. No cure-uo pay. Price Mc Explanation of Her Penchant. "1 notlco that sho has her portrait palntec bur novor-has her photograph taken." .'Yes. You seo. tho camera ls so oxnet." If we must be afflicted with sore weak and inflamed eyes, it is consoling to know Mitchell s Eye Salv< is always within reach and ready to cure us if we follow the directions implicitly. Price 25 cents. ,A11 druggists. New York. HALL & RUCKEL, 1848. Lendc AND habits cured at home. NO CURE, NO PA t'orre3pondonce confidential. GATE CIT SOCIETY, Lock box 715, Atlanta, Ga n^flPQY NEWDISCOVERY; tv \J 1% \J I V3r I quick relief and cares w?> cns??. Book of testimonial-i and IO days' troatnu Free. Dr. H. H. QUEEN'S SONS. HOI ?.Atlanta. ( FAP SAI F Thoroughbred Ergs at si.oo p iva J.IULI sotting if or.loroflat once. Cal logue free. W. S. NORRI?, Cincinnati. O. the children this spring 7 fling a good deal of head :an t study as well as usual, ily fall asleep, ind are tired ll the time? And how is it with yourself? Is your mgth slipping away? Do you Ie easily, are your nerves ali , do you feel dull and sleepy, 9 lost all ambition ? at's Poisoning 1 spring medicines medicine ii the system, strengthen the old force and vigor to the a is just such a medicine: a boicest and most valuable in itely and carefully made, and is perfect in every way. 1er thc personal supervision ol in pharmacy, a graduate in t dvate in medicina." All Druggists. Saraparilla and Pills have saved my life [ hiv, kept them in the house for the uf&lo, J/. V., March 29, loco. ome dealers do? Push cheap goods its are large. Why let a man push a on you when you can get the best >r so more ? Do you ever think about BUGGY CO, , ROCK WFLL,S.C:W In the Composing Room. Mr. Smallcaps-That new man on the third machine is a funny guy. Mr. Dedgalley-Is he? Mr. Smallcaps-Yes. Bk's been set ting up the Transvaal war stuff all evening, and just now he went over to the copycutter's desk and asked for more 'Kopje.'-Baltimore American. The latest statistics show that the United States has over 200,000 miles of railroad, and less than 20,000 miles of good wagon roads Good Lack" Baking Powder ii only brand Mid in wbd car* had lota. More "Good Lack "sold in Sooth than all otber%rand? combined, nighest LenTtning Power: tVholcsoa r and Healtiiot Look for the "Hows SHOE" on every can. rtan?Ktwnd my Ta? teaxbara runrtacttular Co.. fUchnoad. Va. N?. crop can grow with? out Potash. Every blade of Grass, every grain of Corn, all Fruits and Vegetables must, have it. If enough is supplied you can count on a full crop if too little, the growth will be "scrubby." Send for our books telling all about composition of fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They cost you nothing. GERMAN KALI WORKS,93 Nassau St., New Yore $3 & 3.50 SHOES J^ION Worth S>4 to 56 compared with other makes. Indorsed bv over 1,000,000 wearers. 'Hie pennine have W. L. | Douglas' name and price J stamped on bottom. Take( no substitute claimed to as good. Your dealer should keep them -if not, we twl? send a pair' ^ on receipt of price and asc.^ extra for carriage. State lund of leather, sise, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. free. W. L DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. If Malsby&Compao; 39 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Engines and Boilers Stcntn "Waler HettieT, Steam Pumps and Penberthy Injectors. Manufacturers and Dealora In S^3LX?V MILLS, Corn Mills, Feed Mills, Cotton Gin Mnchln ery and Grain Svpnrators. 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