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Vegetarla a Crocodiles. A report by George Hoare, one o? the officials of the British Central Africa Protectorate, summarised in the local gazette, contains some curi ous details of the crocodiles of Lake Chinta. They would seem to be strict vegetarians, for not only have they never been known to attack the -men fishing in the lake, but their tracks were shown by the natives to the writer at a distance of several miles from its shores, whence they are said to travel overland lu search of roots. ' This^-ls contrary to tha habits of all known species of croco diles, which are, in the first place, purely carnivorous, and In the sec ond,? so helpless on land from their inability to .turn, except In a large circle, thar they "never leave the Im mediate vicinity of their watery or muddy home. Efforts will according ly be made to obtain a specimen of this abnormal type ai the formidable amphibian.-London Tablet. i Tho "American Boy" Battleship. Every patriotic American hopes the school "boys of the'United States will succeed in their efforts to raise 83,000,000, which win be used In bunding a battleship to ta called the '.'American Boy." lt costs gr??t sums of money to build a warship, but you build up your health with Hosteller's Stomach Bitters at small expense. This remedy ls a appetizer, tonic, blood putifler-and stimulant. It ls for stomach, liver and bowel disorders. The g*rand canyon of the Yellowstone river is from 1,200 to 1,500 feet deep. "Kd-To-Bao for Fifty Cents. ' Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak men strong, blood pure. 50c, $1. AU druggists A well on Sambel Island. Fla., which had always been fre*h water, changed to sul phur water a few weeks after a windmill had been bullt-fuver it to utilize the water for irrif-atf.cg purposes? To Cure ? Cold In On?.n?y. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money 0 lt falls to cure. 25c. Piscatorial authorities say.that, were it not f ur tho natural enemies of tish, the cod fifth would All ?ll the available space in the seas, rivers and oceans. "tow-Priced Cotton Makes Low-Priced Buggies and Carriages. The remark4s often made, "How can you Hell a good serviceable Top Buggy for $30.00." The farmer must sell his cotton from 818.00 to 830.00 T>?r nalo-when he formerly got from 828.00 to 940 00. : We must keep up'With this decline in price, therefore offer you abuggy at $36.00 which formerly sold from 855.00 to 860 00. and one at 84S.00 and 850.00 which usually sold from 865.00 to SS0 00. Your cotton samples just as good as If price was higher. Ou- buggies are Just M good ns If you paid more ironey for them. We sell for cash.because lt ls tr:e only way to make any thing at price? asked :'or these goods. We can get you anything from 81.000 carriage, 825 open 'buggytoa 810 road-cart, and can wive you money lt you give us th? opportunity. We have a few Ladies* and.Gents' Bicycles left. These wheels sold f?r 850 first of this season; we now offer them for the remarkably low price of 817.50. Fully guaranteed by the manufacturers. Southern Carriage and Wagon Co., Henry L. Atwater, Manager, Atlanta, Ga. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, of Atlanta, Ga., are the only successful Dropsy Specialists In the world. Soo their liberal offer in advertisement In an other "olumn of this papor. Lyon Si Co'a^Pick Leaf 'Smoking Tobacco gives the consumers the very best Tobacco they can cet. 2 ounces for 10 cents. It ls fast winning its way to public favor. Try lt. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous* mess after flrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great "Nerve Restorer. 82 trial bottle and treatise free. DB. R. H, KUNU, Ltd.. 931 Area St., Phtla., Pa. Tho public executioner in Austria. whiK carrying out a sentence, wears white glove?. Educate Your Bowels With CascareU. Candy Cathartic cure consUoatloa for* t0c,2Tjp. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund mouey. Tho Washington, D. C., government print ing office is the largest in the world. Catarrh ~- Hood's PIUS cure aU Liver Ills. 25 cent?. ' * '.' The Japanese Pagodas. The pagodas before the temples In Japan- 'seem to be the only class-.or buildings that seem to be able to resist th' enaction of. the earthquakes occur ring in that country. Many of these struct ires are centuries old,'and are as firm and substantial as when first * built Though very high, the construc tion is such; that' their equilibrium is . not disturbed, and . they withstand hocks that are sufficient to utterly de llsh neighboring structures. - The reason-for this stability ls to be found In; th"5-peculiar manner in which they 'have been constructed. The pagoda, .which consists of a framework of heavy timbers, rising from- a wide . base, has suspended from its apex a . jong, heavy beam, two feet or more in ..' thickness. At the lower end are bolted ? oh-each of thy? four sides, four heavy ""^tim'bers, and,In the case of very high pagodas* even ' more. - The -affair acts as a huge pendulum, reaching as it does to within six Inches of the ground and at the occurrence of tht> earth ' quake it swings in unison with the mo-, tion of the earth, aJways keeping the center of gravity at the base of the pagoda. In this way the equilibrium is never disturbed and this simple m> chanicab- arrangement has served lo keep intact, through many hundreds of "fears,- many of these high structures, which at first glance would appear to be particularly susceptible to destruc tion by earthquake. STK0NG STATEMENTS. * Three Women Believed of Female Troubles by Mrs. Plnkharn. From Mrs. A. W. SMITH, 59 Summer St., Biddeford, Me.: "For several years I suffered with various diseases peculiar to my sex. "Was troubled with a burning sensation across the small of my back, that all gone feeling, was despondent, fretful and discouraged; the least exertion tired me. I tried several doctors but received little benefit. At last I de . cided to give your Lydia E. Pinkhams . Vegetable Compound" a trial. The ef ; feet'of the first bottle was magical. Those symptoms of weakness that I was afflicted with, vanished like vapor before'the sun. I cannot speak too . .highly of your valuable remedy. It ia jtrulyva boon to woman." From Mrs. MELISSA PHILLIPS, Lex ington, Ind., to Mrs. Pinkham: "Before I began taking your medicine I-had suffered for two years with that tired feeling, headache, backache, no ap petite, and a run-down condition of the system. I could not walk across the room. I-have taken four bottles of the Vegetable Compound, one box of Liver Pills and used one package of Sanative Wash, and now feel like a new woman, and am able to do my work." From Mrs. MOLLIE E. HEBBEL, Pow ell Station, Tenn.: * 'For three years I suffered with such a weakness of the' back, I could not per/orm my household duties. I also had falling of the womb, terrible bear ing-down pains and headache. I have taken two bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound and feel like a new woman. I recommend your medicine to every woman I know. " I M?as Gould's War Relief Services. T?e activity of Miss Helen Gould in the public service bas been recog nized by the municipal assembly of the city of New York, in resolutions passedSept. 13, which ?take note of her gift ofa'warfund of 3100,000 to the national government, and of ber "pr?ctical and womanly interest in the welfare of our sick and wounded sailors and soldiers by personal ad ministration and generous helpful ness," and directs the city clerk to convey to her the assurance of the assembly's gratitude amt admiration. Til i s is a distinguished honor, but it ia one that has been well earned. As assistant director-general of the Wom an's National "War Relief association, Miss.Gouldhas been exceedingly effi cient and useful in helping the si?: soldiers who have come in snoh num bers to New York and its vicinity. Harper's Bazav. Fashion Becoming Kinder. Workers in behalf ni our songsters may take heart from the latest modes.' Perhaps their kind efforts have af fected the demands of fashion. An entire bird is seen< very rarely on a new hat. Occasionally some great creature, which may have been an eagle, a hawk or a rooster when it was in life, squats upon some common hat. But this mode of trimming is not popular. Even the "breast" quills, as they are called, and which do resemble white or colored breasts of some large bird, really are single feathers from some king or queen of the back yard, covered and edged cunningly with wee bits of fluffy feathering overlaid. It would puzzle an expert milliner to tell exactly what some of the feathery ornaments are made from. But she uses them with her accus tomed hauteur and with- rather un common grace.-New York Press. Tho Army Button. The girl's have worn the army but ton in every conceivable place and manner. They have been ma^e into jewelry of all kinds, hat pins, stick pins, brooches, belts, belt buckles, shirt waist sets, and even used on the tailor made gowns to fasten the whole front of the tight fitting waists, lt remained a question what to do with them next This question has been settled. The bnttons are now transformed into gar ter clasps or buckles. This was prob ably the last resort ot a girl who had already covered herself from head to foot with these emblems and sou venirs of her hero friends and had a couple left with which she did not know what to do. It is a bright idea after all, as they make very handsome claspB.and when fastened to the red, white and blue garter ribbon?, which have only five elastic cords at intervals throughout their entire length, leaving a wide ruffled margin, they do not seem en tirely inappropriate. Domestic Science in the Colleges. That there is a strong demand for courses in whioh the study of chemis wuicu io iruuiuu s own. Important coeducational institutions besides Chicago university give in struction now in domestic Bcience, while others are considering the mat ter. Wisconsin State university has already been mentioned. The Leland Stanford, Jr., university has lately done admirable work under the able direction of Mrs.Mary Roberts Smith, a graduate of Cornell, and for some years professor of history at Wellesley college. These, with the Boston In stitute of Technology and Ohio State university are a few which have al ready been teaching the subject,while inquiries are continually coining from many more, aB well as from- large seminaries.-Charlotte S. Augstmau in Appletons' Popular Science Monthly. Removable Sleeves. Everybody notices, with a degree of joy or disappointment dependent upon her own physical perfection, that Blee ves are growing "small and beau tifully less." Many women there are who are al ready wearing really tight sleeves, and-among these the old time com jdrti^teiS?-repeating itself like an echo of the far past: "How these things do stretch and pull out of shape. " This is especially the tronble with unlined sleeves made of thin material, that pretty mode that intensifies the beauty of curves and whiteness of skin be neath. It is in the pulling on and off that . tight Blee ves have been torn and spoiled. A now method of adjust ment, concocted by a clever little woman who thinks, and which has been quickly adopted by several of the leading dressmakers' establish ments, is designed to do away with this weat: and tear and inconvenience. The new sleeve has only one Beam, aud is made a full inch too loose for the arm. Dow n the outside of the seam is sewn a very fine cord of silk elastic. This is twisted at intervals of half an inch or less into small raised loops. The elastic must match exactly the color of the gown. Par allel with the range of loops and sep arated by an inch from it is a row of buttons. Is it not simple? The sleeve, amply large, is drawn on with ease; then the wee elastic loops are slipped over the bnttons that corre spond with them in numbers and the sleeve becomes tight. In removing, the loops are first unbuttoned and the sleeve is saved from stretching. lt is a practical idea and one that can be easily followed, and will be ap preciated by any one who has ever ruined line sleeves in the donning and doffing. Care of the Hands. There is no excuse for a woman's having absolutely unattractive hands, no matter how badly nature has shaped them, if she keeps them well. She must do this if she goes gloveless, and many women do this nowadays, par ticularly athletic girls. Kate Eggle ston, in an article on "Physical Cul ture for Girls," in speaking of the hands, says: "The fact that the hand looks shape lier nud more graceful when the mid dle and third fingers are slightly curved in and away from the index and little riugers is shown by the models in the glove store windows, and wbiie it is affectation to hold the I bauds in such a position, yet this ex- I ercise to make the pose natural should be practiced. "Some one has said somewhere that the number of cultured generations .back of an individual may be judged by the degree of curve in the little finger. Observation will prove this more or less true. When one sees a person holding a glass or oap with the little finger thrust out and curved until it resembles a hook, a little in vestigation will almost invariably show that the desire for culture has just awakened in that particular fam ily, and in its newness is somewhat overstepping the mark. Affectation is a sign of lack of breeding. "Some of the old painters under stood hands to perfection. Long, rounded hands, with slightly curred Angers and gently bent wrists, are characteristic of the women whose beauty they have made memorable. Sometimes, perhaps, the beautiful hands were those of some other model than the pictured one, but the paint ers knew that beautiful hands were as necessary as beautiful faces to make a harmonious pictnre. "The people of almost every other natiofi have more graceful hands than we have, and those who use their hands most freely when conversing are by far the most graceful. The hands that make no superfluous movements, whioh appear to obey readily and easily their owner's will, whoso movements are free, rhythmic and gentle, are the really graceful ones."-New York Sun. The Women nnd the Worm. A calm, well balanced woman of dignified mien sat ou a seat in au open street car, facing a dainty, birdlike little creature of her own sex, whose face, while it was decidedly pleasant to look at, bore witness that she was a sister of the "clinging vine"variety, sadly devoid of strong purpose or will power. She was one of those atoms of womanhood whom even a woman is incliued to embrace upon the shortest acquaintance, and the men, well, she was of a style that is simply irresistible to the sterner sex. Th? calm woman smiled amusedly as she watched her vis-a-vis' bright face, the very picture of innocence and sweetness. Suddenly the calm woman frowned ind drew herself to gether with tue faintest possible shudder. For there, on the white pique skirt of her pretty neighbor, was a small green worm bumping its way across the immaculate surface. She leaned forward, intent upon informing the . j"ug girl of the monster's pres ence .?ut drew back again, realizing the possible results. If there was one thing that the calm woman loathed and abominated it was worms in general and green ones in particular. If she called the attention of the shy little woman opposite her to the fact that she was at that moment being trav ersed by a worm the girl would scream, of course, and'whisk the oo jectionable reptile off her own skirts onto those of ber informant. The calm woman, who was rapidly losing her calmness under the ner vous strain inspired by the sight of the worm, decided she would not risk interference. All the way downtown she watched the hideous thing, a mov ing blot upon her neighbor's immacu late apparel. She felt for the girl, but dared not tell her of her predicament. Meanwhile the girl remained in bliss mere lo a WO nu Di. yum. Then she drew away shudderingly so that she would be safe from the an ticipated result of the girl's excite ment. What was the calm woman's surprise to see tho weak sister, with scarcely a change of feature, pluck the worm from her glove with her other ungloved hand, and as the car came to & standstill drop it gently to the street. Then she turned to the calm woman and sweetly thanked her. -Chicago Chronicle. Gleaning* From the Shop*. Street costumes of fine black cloth. Scotch cheviots for tailored gowns. Sealskin jackets with cntaway front. All-over nets with ribbon applica tion. Golf capes of double faced plaid rugs. Trimming laces with chenille ef fects. Flat hats turned back squarely in front. Wool and silk crepes in Ottoman cords. Bicycle gloves with extra heavy palms. Embroidered linen collars edged with lace. Snits of bourette trimmed with plain cloth. Rhinestone hat ornaments set with turquoises. Many pieces of neckwear in black and white. Black taffeta oilk skirts having a gored flouuce. Buchings of black lace over whit?? chiffon or lace. jd^. Plaids in carn^flffair effects run ning crosswisejflHv Umbrella '?B0?its of black sateen lined with {S??BF Girls' lj?P^cloth with a stitched brim an jj^c crown. Velvor bowers and numerous quills for the season's hats. ? ? Skirts of two materials, one form ing a circular flounce. Children's Mother Hubbard aprons of cambric or Holland. Killed n Deer With n Clnb. Surveyor D. C. Wood of Herkimer, N. Y., brought home the saddles and hind quarters of a two-year-old doe that he killed along the Mohawk and and Malone railroad with a clnb. Mr. Wood has been in the Adirondacks surveying for Dr. Seward "Webb, and one day recently he started to walk from Beaver river to Keepawu on the Mohawk and Malone railroad, track. Near Brandreth station the road mus through a swamp an the embankment is about ten ff ' nigh. Just as he reac' ' poiut he happened to look over one side of the track and there, not ten feet away, was a deer feeding in the underbrush, which grew close to the track. He laid down his instruments carefully, aud, taking a step or two toward the deer, hit her over the head with his surveyor's staff. Tho blow felled the deer, and before it recovered Mr. Wood jumped down the embarkment and cut its throat with a penknife.--New York Snn. _/ _ The river Congo has at one place thirty-two waterfalls within a distauce of 154 miles, i PRICE, $14.20. Christmas Gifts, 50c. to $1000.00. ukiah Caalr, I oom rad with ntnported T? lrar. Tbs baca lt tofUd, only tbobaat.pri'ga .ra ?.r>d tnak iecthli? luxa rlooalr com forutl.Cn.lr, Tbl! Ch?lr rn UllaforI30.00. Our general ' catalogue ls lull cf suggestions Xor Christ mas Gifts at pleas ing price! in audition to Furni ture, Crockery. Sowing Machines, BU? vorwaro, Clooks. Mirrors, Rorrigeratori, Pictures. Bedding, Stoves, Upholstery Goods, BabvCarriages, Tinware, Lamps, etc.. nil or which you can buy from the manufacturer at40 to 60 percent below retail prices. Our Lithographed Catalogue of Carpets. Rugs, Ponieres and Lace Cur* ? tains shows tho actual designs In hand v painted colors. Wo sew Carpeta free, ?ur? ? nish Carpet lining T f roo ami prepay <r f roight on Carpets, ii DITS and Curtains. ftiSj bar? thia Prehna; Tai-, m..In of ?ol .Idle, Wii ta ?.plo or flnl.h.d In Mahogany er Whlto Knam-I. It I? SOI 2 in. lone, 63 in. hl<rh, 18 tnrhr-t w in and hu ? French borrie! mirror Hi 10 In. Tb a Dr-?'lnir Tublo re file et 110.00. Ordera f.! promptly. Our goods aro ? known in every cornet of the civil ized World, and why? Our FRER Y you. Address PRICE-, $3.95. T JULIUS EINES & SON, Y Dept. ?01. TCAB.TIMOKE, HD. A Gravy Bath for a Boor. During the excitement ot the recent South African elections two Dutchmen at a boarding house dinner were eulo gizing the superior virtues of their race as opposed to the English, ir.es ently Queen Victoria was mentioned, when one exclaimed, "Drat Victoria.'" With that the Englishman who sat next to the offending Dutchman threw the whole contents of his plate on his head-meat, potatoes, cabbage and " gravy. Every other boarder threw at him the article nearest at band-half a loaf of oread, *a hot potato, or a jug of wtter-until the poor victim cried for mei'T, which Avas granted him after wii?drawing his words and mak ing a suitable apology.-Westminster Gazette. _ WIFE.-What would you do if you had no wife to look after your mend ing, I'd like to know? Husband Do? Why, in that case I could afford to buy new clothes.-London Figaro. , Beanty Is Blood Deep. Clean blool means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets. Candy Cathar tic clean yWr blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from tho body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by talcing Cascarets.-beauty for ten cents. All drug cists, satisfaction guaranteed. 10c. 25c, 50c. The total number of office holders in the civil service of tho conntry ia 178,717. Bewaro of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense ot smell and completely derange the whole system when entering lt through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should nover be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they nill do ls ten fold to tho good you can possibly derive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the syBtem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Curo bo sure to get the gonulne. It ls taken internally, and is made In Toledo, Ohio, by K. J. Cheney ?fc Co. Testimonials free. rsB-SAid nv Drucrrlsts: price. 75c. per bottle. TBE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF HOS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the CALI FORNIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA HG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CnL r ,o r IS VILLE. Kr. FEW YORK. N. Y. The Potash Question. A thorough study of the sub ject has proven that crop fail ures can be prevented by using fertilizers containing a large percentage of Potash; no plant can grow without Potash. We have a little book on the subject of Potash, written by authorities, that we would '.i ce to send tc every fanner, free of cost, ? Lr will only write and ask for it. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Fl D f> DOV NEW DISCOVERY; give iJf T\ ? SS 1 qniok relief and cu-** wont c:m?"?. S*nr! 'or book of testimonial* and IO days' treatment Free. Dr. It u GREEN'D SONS. Atlante, Oa. %o?%5? I Thompson's Eye Water Best Courjh Syrup. Tastes Good. Uso In timo. Sold uv drugglutn. BK MEE Fixing th? Hen House. It would be a good idea to look the ' hen house over-you may find som3 cracks or knot holes in the walls or floor that ought to be fixed before cold weather sets in. Lights may be broken out of the windowB that ought to be replaced, and it may be the roof needs repairing to prevent dampness from the fall rains that will soon be here. These things attended to now will give comfort and health to th? fowls and prevent loss to their owner. Wheat-fed Hogs. As wheat is now cheap again, more or less of it is likely to be fed to hogs. It does not make as nice-looking pork as does corn, as the latter shows more fat, and therefore takes the eye of the purchaser. But if so^e wheat is fed with the corn the pork will he as fat as if wholly corn fed, and will be much better in quality. The hogs will eat j more and digest better when wheat and com are fed together, because the combination of these two grains make a better-balanced ration than either alone. Proper Tillage. . . The object of tillage is to secure the proper arrangement of soil particles with relation to- each other. The stirring of the soil is very beneficial iu the destruction of weeds, but any system that will keep the soil in the best physical condition will also keep down the weeds. Soil temperature can be considerably influenced by phyM?'jal conditions. -The water hold ing capacity or facility with which* water can move through the soil and consequently the supply of plant food which may be carried to the roots of the crop, the amount of water taken to the surface and evaporated, are governed largely by the arrangement of the particles. The free access of , air can be secured in sufficient quan tities, supplying the necessary amount of oxygen, and the soil can be placed in such a condition of fineness as to allow the perfect root development. The importance of these points makes it necessary to give a great deal of at tention to the preparation of the seed bed.-South Dakota Experiment Sta tion Bulletin. The Celery Blight. The bacterial disease of celery, which blotches the leave? with brown spots, appears more particularly upon the golden plum variety, but it is apt to attack any variety that is raised. The germs of this blight can easily be isolated and studied, and they multi ply rapidly under favorable conditions. These conditions, as one might well suppose, are present when the celery is kept constantly moist, hut not en tirely submerged. The lomedy is likewise easy of solution. Celery kept entirely under water is not sus ceptible to the blight, and it will keep thus much longer when the disease is , present than leaves and stalks partly submerged., When kept free from moisture the bliguL is likewise slow of growth. In wet, damp seasons the disease spreads more rapidly than in dry seasons. The necessity of blanch inir celery in soil that is keptfreefrom , in ) sub ; 3ep it J again, calities in : that itruins a a gets estab jen they reach .-rnse tho tender ."h great rapidity, a worthless mass of rotteuuc- ae bacteria also ap pear on carrots it may be that they often start from this source. -Prof. James S. Doty in American Cultiva tor. Produce Only the Best. The farmer should not only try to reduce the cost of production, but he should try to produce the best of everything. Quality counts in selling, and any reasonable expense entailed in the production of extra quality in any farm or garden crop will be amply repaid. A little extra care in the se lection of the best varieties, and in their cultivation and care, will usually accomplish the desired end. The mar ket is seldom over-stocked with goods of extra quality, and the best always sell first at an advanced price. Selection, thorough cultivation and fertilization by means of stable man ure or commercial fertilizers will re sult in a marked difference in the quality of berries, fruits and field crops. They must have favorable circumstances under which to grow and mature, or they cannot be first class. No fruit tree can do its bo3t when standing in a wet, poor soil. Underdrain, cultivate, manure and prune properly, then you can expect good results. The farmer who ])ro duces the best grains, can, with a lit tle push and energy, dispose of the most of his field products for seed, and in this way get moro for them than they would bring in the regular market. There are always sections where good seed of various kinds is scarce. Others wish to chango seed every few years-a very good prac tice. This creates a demaudfor grain of extra quality. The market for fine fat stock and breeding animals is never glnttod. But second or third-rate stock is apt to go begging for a purchaser. It may cost a little more for the sire and dam, but the feed costs the same, or, in fact, costs less for a thoroughbred animal than a sci ab, because in the former it shows to a better advantage and sells for more per pound. The scrub is usually a long-legged raw boned animal that requires a great amount of feod to maintain it, and still more to fatten it. A hard feeder in every sense of the term, there is little or no profit in handling that kind of stock. ' A careful feeder who' under stands his business should always make a fair profit, even in an off year, by handling improved stock.-O. J. Vine in New England Homestead. Propagating by Cuttings. To many people the springtime, when trees and shrubs are putting forth new foliage, seems much the best time to cut and plant cuttings. But behind the tree or shrub arc thou sands of roots, each ready, so soon as the ground is at all warmed, to send up sap to swell the buds into leaf and start the shoots which nature has pro vided for future growth. In the cut ting all these roots have to be pro vided, and the chief object of the propagator who uses cuttings is to keep leaf and Bhoot from sprouting until at least some root can be made to furnish it with sap and provide for future growth. For this season late in summer or early in the fall is a much better time to plant tho cutting. At this season the ground is always warmer than the air. If the top of tbe cutting ont of ground is kept wet by being covered with a cloth that is never allowed to dry, there will be no danger that the buds shall dry up be fore the root has started to sustain future growth. Before a cutting can become a plant it must slowly dry in conditions such that part of the sap will exude from its lower cut surface. This hardens into what is called a "callonB." Out of this callous start white hair-like threads whose purpose seems to be to absorb water. When the bud begins to swell it needs more moisture and it draws on the sap in the cutting to supply it. Thia, in its turn, draws on the part below. Thus the moisture which the threadlike roots have ab sorbed is supplied to the cutting to replace what the bud has taken. So soon as the thread-like roots find they ave of use, they rapidly increase, and extend themselves, furnishing more and more sap to be elaborated by ?he leaves and sent back through the cut ting to increase its size. By the usual method of making the cutting in spring and planting imme diately, the callousing of the "base and starting of roots has to be two to three or four weeks after the buds burst into leaf and shoot. So long ns sap in the cutting lasts there is appear ance of life. But tho experienced gardener knows that a. cutting thus planted can seldom or never be estab lished on its own root, and he is not disappointed when midsnmmer heats come to see the shoot wither and turn brown, often after it has grown three or four inches long.-American Cul tivator. Preparation for Winter. If bees go into winter iu proper condition to winter well, it is neces sary to begin early to get them in good shape. Weak colonies 'may as well be united early as late, for it will not pay to undertake to winter them if they are weak. If bees lack food it is also best to feed early. The month of Septembers probably the best time for all this work. Breeding in autumn is one of the most important things in successful wintering of bees,and very frequently there is but little, if any.breeding done at this time, on account of a limited supply of nectar-bearing blossoms, so that colonies run down in strength and there are also no young bees to tako the place of old ones that die off largely in winter. Bees bred in Sep tember and October are of the proper age to winter well, and it is plainly noticeable that when bees have a good fall flow of honey and the hives . aro well filled with brood, that they in variably winter better than when the contrary circumstances exist. Queens cease laying to a great ex tent after the principal honey har vest, and if honey almost stops com ing in they will nearly quit laying al together. This is more especially so with old queens,and those only reared the present season will lay to any ex tent. In case of a dearth of honey in autumn, it is well to feed thc bees to stimulate good blood-reaving. By daily feeding a small portion of sirup, the queens will respond by laying eggs, and if feeding is kept up for two or three weeks, the combs will be .supplied with brood and the results are that the most important bees of the season ave reared. Colonies may have a good stock of stores and plenty to winter them, but it matters not as to the amount of re serve stores they may have in the hives, breeding stops all the same when the flow of nectar ceases. Hence we may go into winter quarters ' with a large colony bf bees that may have any amount of honey but have not bred any during the fall months, and such colonies will not come through the wiutev well, and in most cases all perish before spring.. Lots of young bees in autumn and plenty of stores in the way of good sealed combs of honey ave two of the principal essentials in successful win tering.-Farm, Field and Fireside. A CHICAGO DUN'S WRINKLE. Use nf a Young Woman in Collecting a Hill From nn Obstinate Debtor. "Speaking of collecting bills," said the man from the West, "we have a most effective method in Chicago. There instead of young men they em ploy young women. I tried it myself and it worked like magic. A fellow by the name of Green owed me a small bill, a matter, I think, of $17 or so. It seemed impossible to make him pay it, so I engaged the services of a pretty and stylish girl. I sent her around to his office. He was out. She called again. He was still out, but nothing daunted she made the third and the fouvth call. The fourth time he was in, but he firmly refused to pay the bill. "'Look here, Mr. Green' said the girl, 'I will make a proposition to you. If you will pay five ceuts a day on this bill I will call each day and col lect that amount until you have paid it in full.' "But Green was a hard pavty. He again refused, and the girl left the office apparently crestfallen. The next day she did not call at his office, but she did call at his house. The door was opened by the servant. " 'Is Mr. Green in?' asked the young woman. "No, ma'am.' "Tho girl left, but it seems that the servant duly reported the call of the pretty and stylish young woman who was so anxious to see Mr. Green to his wife. The next day when the young woman again called, the wife hung o^er the banisters, taking a peep at the callov on her own account. The woman asked if Mv. Greeu was in. " '.So, ma'am,' answered the ser vant, 'but his wife is. ' The wife had told hev to say this, of course. "'His wife!' stammered the girl, 'why, has Mr. Green a wife?' , "The wife, hanging over the ban isters, heard this. She turned pale and gasped for air, while the girl, seemingly very much confused and distressed at hov discovery, went on down the steps and into the street. It is impossible to say just what hap pened at that house that night, whether pokers and curling tongs were buried, or the furniture torn from its founda tions aud flung madly about, or the roof was raised skyward; but one thing I do know-the next day Green promptly paid the 317. And the girl didn't call at his office for it either. He came around and handed me the money himself, and he seemed to think he was getting off pvetty easy at that." Agriculture in Bermuda. Wviting of the fevtility of Bermuda, Cousul Gveene says that the ground often produces four crops of vegeta bles in a year. An acre planted in tomatoes yielded a vevenue of $1500 and one planted in lilies yielded $1800. The lilies of the island, however, are suffering from parasites. The fruits formerly were peaches, pears, oranges, lemons nnd bananas. Of these only the banana remains,the others having perished from disease. Bananas for Typhoid Patients. After a lon? experience with typhoid patients, a foreign specialist maintains that the best food for them ls the ba nana. He explains by stating that in this disease the lining membrane of the small Intestines becomes intensely inflamed and engorged, eventually be ginning to slough away in spots, leav ing well-defined ulcers, at which places the intestinal walls become danger ously thin. New, a solid food, if ta ken into the stomach, ls likely to pro duce perforation of the Intestines, dire results naturally fellowing, and thia being the case, solid foods, or those containing a large amount of Innutri tious substances, are to be avoided as dangerous. But the oanaaa, though It may be classed as a solid food, con taining, as it does, some ninety-five per cent, nutrition, does not possess sufficient waste to Irritate the sore spots; nearly the whole amount taken into the stomach ls absorbed, giving the patient more strength than can be obtained from other food.-New York Ledger. * Fish Sleep. Figh, which not only sleep like other creatures, but yawn when drowsy, and exhibit quite recognizable signa of somnolence, sometimes seek a quiet chamber to slumber In. This ls obvi ous fo any one who will watch the be havior of certain rock-hajnting species at any good aquarium. The "lump suckers," conger eels and rock fish will retire into a cave In the grotto provided for them; and there go tstdt asleep; though as their-eyes are open their "exposition of sleep" ls only proved by the absence of movement, nnd neglect of any food which comes in their reach. Their comparative safety from attack when asleep in open water may be due to the sensi tiveness of their bodies to any move ment In the water. But pike are eas ily snared when asleep, probably be cause, being the tyrants of the waters themselves, they have less of the "sleeping senses" possessed by most animals which go in fear of their lives from hereditary enemies. He Noticed the Likeness. ? Parisian swell recently had a crayon picture . of himself made, which he afterward pretended to find fault with. 'lt does not bear the slightest re semblancj to me," said he, "and I will not take lt." The artist protested, but to no avalL After the dandy had left the pain ter added to the portrait a magnifi cent pair of ass' ears, and exhibited it In the window, thus altered, to the gaze of the curious public. It hadn't been long exposed when the dandy /entered the artist's studio In a towering rage. Pinding that threats amounted to nr thing, he at last offered to buy it, .-ven at a con siderable advance upon the original price. "It wasn't strange you didn't recog nize your resemblance to the picture at first," said the painter, "but I knew you'd notice the likeness as soon as I added those eare."-Spare Moments. If Willie Were Twins. "T* I was twins," said little Willie, as ^e tied up his school books with his strap and looked ruefully at the clock, "I'd send the other half of me to school and this half would go blkln' every day." Doa t Tobteeo Spit nod Smoke Your Lift Away. To Quit tobacco easily and forever, bo mag ncMo. fuU or lifo, nerve and vijor, taite No-To Bao, tba wonder-worker, that maires' weak men Strong. AU druggists, COc or tl. Cure Guaran teed Cookies and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. The huge guns of modern navies, when be come worn, can only be fired about 75 times. Mr*. 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OT. Williams M?dr? V N.Y.. Price- fifty cent* p?v_box?: Cn} to Womanhood.* DON'T LET YOUR . DAUGHTER^ have a wrong merging into womanhood.. The greatest crisis in every girl's life isl at this stage when thc menstrual ic?'4-' yan are being established, and she should" ive every provision obtainable for establish-i g this period properly, without which she m never become a perfect woman, ii ot hers. ( teach your daughters to confide in you. Explain their condition to< , them and watch over them as you. Tt-v would the most delicate plant, and' \v as this most critical age draws, J^s. near commence giving her ^Female Panacea; -GERSTLE'S It will establhh tho menstrual^ functions, restore the strength and^ give life and energy to the eatiroi being. PBICB PBR BOTTLE." e tho bowels gently with moderate doses of^ >R. ? o billons attack, together trite great "bearing^ bly perloas. Slio bad violent nervo-.? sw ti WBIA 'eniatUn. | aught a bottle ot 6RRSTLE S ?E-\ EPH'Si LIVER RE6GLAT0R and commenced treat ore and thc Jerklnc wa? stopped; It ls tbebest^ jM*?t HARY ELIZA BESES, Beniah, Ala. Chattanooga, Tenn. '