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An Important Gardo u C rr,p. Lima beans, make one of the most Important crops that is grown in a garden. The bush varieties should be planted for an early supply, bdt the pole varieties are preferred by some as a main crop. It is not too soon to prepare the* ground and apply the manure, but the seed should not be planted until the ground is quite warm. In place of poles wire fencing may be' used as supports. '. Using Fertilizers Muru Tl)a I Once. Fertilizers may be used more than once on a crop. Unless heavy appli *cati?***as are made early in the season ?ore fertilizer should be applied later. The kind of fertilizer must be consid ered, however. If nitrate of soda is used early it r?lll be found profitable to use a little more when the crop is nearly- grown. The proportion of moisture secured will have some in fluence on the crop, for should the season be very dry there may not be enough moisture to dissolve the plant food for the crop. rinuting the Corn Crop. The corn crop is the most important and valuable -of all staple crops on the farm, as the fodder is considered equal to the, grain as stock food on all well managed farms. Corn is a gross feeder and will take any amount of manure. It thrives best when the land has been plowed to the greatest depth consistent with the nature of the soil and then well harrowed. It is better to use fertilizers broadcast for corn rather than in the hill, and a mixture of 150 pounds of nitrate of soda, 100 pounds sulphate of potash and 250 pounds acidulated phosphate rock, per acre, will be found- excel lent for cora. Unless given good cul i tivatlon, however, corn will not pro duce the highest yield. Simply stlr " ring the top' soil with the cultivator to the depth of two inu?ts after the corn plants are up has been found better than deep cultivation by some, but it is possible that many soils should be worked deeper. The loose top soil protects against drought, while the frequent cultivation keeps the grass and weeds under control. rnlntin- Farm 15 n I ld I HRS. I Some oiv has said that "paint and nattxTare like charity, they cover up "."7* multitude of sins." or faults would have been a better word, as not all faults deserve to be called sins. When the spring rains are over, and the wood' is dry, but before the flies get plenty, is a good time to paint farm buildings, carts and tools. It is not necessary to have a skilled painter to do all this if economy is to be studied. The ready mixed paints, properly used, will last as long, look as weil, and preserve the wood as well as those mixed by the painter, and any hired man or smart boy can soon earn to spread them, not as well as the man who learned the trade, but well enough to cover the buildings. .When we first tried such a job we received these directions which helped us much. "Keep the paint well mixed, do not get too much on the brush, and carry the hand steadily in a straight line." Begin on something or some old building where looks is not very important, and a consider able Improvement will be seen in the workmanship after even a day's prac tice, and when a second coat is put on it should be smooth enough to hide the defects of-the first attempt. Most of the ready-mixed paints are improved By the addition of a little more oil and turpentine, at least to ward the hottom of the can, as but few will keep them sufficiently well stirred.-Boston Cultivator. sy Method of Growing Turnips. -The great objection to growing tur nips on a large scale for stock is the great amount of hard work required In weeding. In growing by this new plan the land is best plowed in the fall and manured through the winter, provided cut straw was used for lit ter. If it is not convenient to use a piece of fall plowed ground, a mellow piece of land may be plowed this spring, and surface manured immedi ately. If fine manure cannot be had, plow under coarse manure with a t, jig plow about two inches deep. Alter plowing and manuring, the earlier in spring the better, the ground must be well harrowed avery week until the time for sowing the seed. Sow rutabagas or swedes from Juno-15 to 25 and turnips from June 20 to July t The grain drill may be used to sow the turnip seed. Close up some of the drill holes so as to sow 28 inches. Sow about one pound of good seed per acre. As soon as the turnips are well up go twice across the rows with a weeder to thin the plants. In a week's time go over the ground again with the weeder, always across the rows. It is wonderful how the weeder thins out the plants and destroys the weeds with even more satisfaction than may be done by hand. The number of times the weeder my be used will largely depend upon the thickness of the plants In the row. There will be little use for the horse cultivator, but it may be used after the crop is sever al inches high. A good way is to use the horse cultivator and follow with the weeder across the rows. Acid phosphate is the best fertilizer for the turnip crop, and should be applied broadcast.-J. A. McDonald, in New England Homestead. j Common Sen?3 Stabre Sanitation. The three essentials in building a cow stable are light, temperature and ventilation. Stables built north and south and provided with plenty of windows will receive. sun nearly all day. This is important, as sunlight is the best germicide known. Build the barns so that the direct rays can get in. Otherwise it will be impossi ble to keep the stable in best condi tion. Of course a large amount of window surface means a cold stable. This can be avoided by using double windows or hanging curtains inside the single windows, which practically amounts to double windows. The tem perature of the cow stable must be kept uniform. I used to think that a temperature of 50 degrees was about right, but now I keep my stables from 54 to 60 degrees. I know this is high, but I believe we get better results than from a lower temperature. Don't build a stable too high, as the higher the ceiling the more difficult to keep the barn warm and to keep the cows from taking cold. I have figured out that 500 eublc feet of air space for each animal is sufficient. My own stable ls 36 feet wide and about 90 feet long. It contains stalls three and one-half feet wide placed so that the heads of the cattle are toward the ? wall. This makfes^cleanlng less labori ous and in every way I like this ar rangement better than having the heads toward the middle of the build ing. In making floors for cow stables I lrk? a cement floor. The objections to cement are that it is cold and slip pery. The way"to get around the first objection ls to bed the cattle liberally and the second to roughen the last coat of cement before it has set. This will prevent slipping. Provide threa or four box stalls in every barn. Ventilation of the stable should be. sufficient to carry out all moisture. The tube system suggested by Prof essor King is undoubtedly the most practical. These tubs must be tight, else they will not cause circulation of air will come in just below the eaves, be carried up Into the rafters and allowed to settle toward the bot tom, becoming partially warm before it reaches the cows. The in-take tubes sho.uld be sufficiently numerous to provide a five-inch tube for each cow-H. E. C., In American Agricul turist Orchard Cultivation. If cause of partial or entire fruit failure is sought, after the orchard lat has fulfilled his part, it may confident ly be expected to result from one of two interfering conditions. Either the fruit buds or growing fruit have been injured by untimely frost, or suf ficient moisture has been lacking at some time during the growing season. Loss or damage from the latter cause is now quite as common here is the east as in the arid or semi-arid fruit growing districts of the far west There they have become fully con vinced that no fruit need be expected without an adequate and continuous supply of moisture, either by conserv ing that falling during the wet season or artificially supplied, or by both methods combined. Here it will be presupposed that the orchardist has faithfully done his part in fertilizing, pruning, insect protection and, if need exist, in draining, and at June 1st has a fair setting of fruit Up to that time, in the east and the middle west, there is but little liability of drouth. It is the period from that date till harvest that is most critical for the fruit-grower and which annually keeps the statisticians guessing as to the outcome. Ripe fruit contains 85 to 90 percent of water. When we consider this fact, in relation to another, that the leaves of a tree are constantly exhaling moisture into the air at the rate of hundreds of tons to each acre of large and thrifty fruit trees throughout the summer season, it becomes at once apparent how necessary it ls that no moisture In orchard or vineyard should go to waste. It also becomes plain why fruit often drops in crop Tuining quantities even when a drouth is of but short duration when sufficient cultivation has not been given to conserve the moisture. The tree will obey the law of self-preser vation by sacrificing its fruit rather than its life. Where specid attention has not been given to moisture-conservation by cultivation, it is not generally un derstood how absolute a protection against evaporation of soil moisture is afforded by a dust mulch. A con vincing and practical illustration of its efficacy was witnessed last season in a garden potato patch, which, after deep plowing and thorough prepara tory tillage, was given conscientious stirring and cultivation from once to three times weekly. The desideratum being to allow no crust to form favor able to moisture dispersion," this was continued throughout the growth of the crop. Although the season was unusually dry, and the soil such as to be easily affected, by drouth, the pota toes yielded a magnificent crop, both in size and quality. At all times dur ing the period named moist earth could be found within two or three Inches of the surface, while a half dozen feet away, on either side, where no cultivation was practiced, the soil was destitute of moisture for at least 18 inches below the surface. Later in the season the same fact was emphasized when the writer had an opportunity to witness orchard cul tivation in the far west, notably In California, There were observed tree-breaking crops of splendid fruit just adjoining others of the same age, variety, and otherwise equally as well cared for except in the cultivation given, the latter showing only partial crops of inferior, shriveled fruit, all the way down to absolute crop fail ures in all cases corresponding close ly to the cultivation and artificial moisture supplied. The best results were evident in that climate of con stant' sunshine and moisture-less at mosphere, where a dust mulch of five or six inches was provided. It waB there also made evident that those de pending n irrigation, without much re gard to cultivation, were often no bet- . ter off than the orchards unlrrigated. The uninterrupted supply of moisture is an absolute necessity for the best fruit results. Just as soon as the sup ply fails, the fruit begins a premature . ripening which is fatal to its perfect future development, even should Its stem remain imparted from the par ent tree. The point I would especially empha size is that no one with an orchard of bearing age. which at its best is capable of realizing its owner, in east or west, from $50 to $100 per acre, net. when properly handled, can af ford to convert the moisture rightly belonging to the fruit into grass or other crops, or what. ?3 equally bad for the fruit, allow the moisture to ?scape into the air through the me dium of a hard, uncultivated soil crust.-B. F. W. Thorpe, in the Coun try Gentleman. A Carlon? Chinnae Cuatr ?n. . According to the rule sanctioned by ceuturies of Chinese observance, no document can have the authority of the imperial throne of China unless it bears a red spot placed there by the sovereign. To the Grand Council the Tsung-li-Yamen and all other depart ments of state takes their business, nnd the Grand Council in turn consid ers ali documents, and attaches to each a piece of red paper on which its ov/n decision is written. Each morning at daybreak the Grand Council proceeds to the palace to submit the papers to the sovereign, who, as each document is produced, signifies approval by mak ing a small spot with a brush on the margin of the red paper. With the red spot upon it the paper is the most sacred thing in the world to a China man; without it, it may be torn to shreds with impunity.-Leslie's Weekly. Many Governor* In Dor Family. The mother of Governor Beckham of Kentucky has a remarkable record. She has the unprecedented distinction of having been the mother of a gov ernor, the daughter of a governor, the sister of a goverpor and the cousin of; a governor, OFFICIAL VIEW OF EGGS. "THEIR VALUE AS FOOD DISCUSSED IN A FARMERS' BULLETIN. : Tests for I reh - The Color of the Shell Immaterial - Method of Cooking Kges-Sellins Esxs by Weicht Kecom Vhended - When Cheaper Than Meat. The United States department of ag riculture, believing that the people of these United States do not know how g%3d for them are eggs as food, has is sued Farmers Bulletin No. 128, entitled "Eggs and Their Uses as Food." It is by C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. Mr. Langworthy in his introduction enumerates the sorts of eggs from goose eggs to shad roe, states the New York Sun. Attention is called to the fact that ther? are two broad subdi visions into which eggs may be divid ed; those from which the infant bird comes partly fledged and to a degree able to care for itself, as do chicks of the common hen, and those from which the babies issue naked and helpless against the assaults of hunger and cold, except as they are protected by their parents, as in the case of sparrows and most of the smaller birds of the air. More nutritive material is needed in the first sort of eggs than in the second, of course, because agreatdeal more of the younster's life is devel oped inside the eggs. . According to the best information of the author, there is very little differ ence between the eggs of different breeds of chickens. The color of the eggshell, notwithstanding a decided opinion to the contrary, has nothing whatever to do with the contents. In many experiment stations there have been careful analyses to show that white and brown shelled eggs have the same nutritive qualities, if the hens which laid them have been equally well fed. Eggs are classed as among the most nutritious of food stuffs. They con tain more water than cheese, but are more concentrated than milk or oys ters. It is true that the flavor of eggs ls affected by the food of the hens In some such degree as the flavor of milk is affected by the pasturage. That is the reason way eggs that are per fectly fresh may not seem flt to be used for any other purpose than th? polishing of the soles of shoes in fac tories. Experiments in the digestibility ol eggs show that hard boiled and fried eggs require 3 1-2 hours for digestion, soft boiled eggs required 3 hours, roasted eggs, 2 1-4 hours, raw eggs, not whipped, 2 hours and raw eggs, whipped, 1 1-2 hours. It has also been established that from 93 to 97 percent of an egg that is eaten is di gested. Hard boiled eggs will almost always produce more disturbance of the even tenor of the way of the di gestive organs than soft boiled eggs. Tea, coffee and cocoa retard the diges tion of eggs, but coffee retards the pro cess less than the others. In the bulletin the following direc tions are given as to the preparation ci eggs as food: "The following methods of prepar ing soft cooked and medium cooked eggs have been found to give uniform results in laboratory tests at the Uni versity of Illinois: Using a granite ware stewpan of one quart capacity, one pint of water was heated over a gas flame; when the water boiled the gas was turned off and an egg which had been kept in a refrigerator was dropped into the water. Without dis turbing the vessel it was covered closely and the egg allowed to remain in the water six minutes. It was then soft cooked. As shown by tests when the egg was dropped into the water, the temperature fell almost at once to 185 degrees Fahrenheit, and then slow ly to 170-171 degrees Fahrenheit If the egg remained eight minutes it was medium cooked. In this case the tem perature of the water at the end of the cooking period had fallen to 162-164 degrees. "Poached or dropped eggs are re moved from the shell and then cooked In water. Thudichum recommends the use of salted water to which a very little vinegar has been added. The reason for this is perhaps that acetic acid (vinegar) tends to precipitate al bumen; that is, to prevent a loss due to some of the egg baing "dissolved in the water. Flavor may also be one of the objects sought. "Fried eggs are generally cooked in a flat pan in a little hot fat, oil or but ter, and may be either soft or hard, according to the length of time em ployed in the process. Eggs are also occasionally baked in much the same manner that they are fried. "The omelet is generally regarded as one of the most appetizing forms in which eggs can be served. It con uists of the beaten egg with a little milk, water or cream or melted but ter added, quickly cooked in a little fat or butter in a suitable pan and folded over so that it may be turned ?out of the pan in a half round form. Some cooks insist that the best ome lets are made by usiug hot water in stead of milk or cream. The hot. wa ler is stirred into the egg yolk in the proportion of one tablespoon to an egg. "Scrambled eggs resemble an omelet In method of preparation, but no effort ls made to preserve the characteristic form and appearance of the omelef. Generally speaking, lightness is de sired in the omelet and thorough mix ing in scrambled eggs. The former is secured by beating, the latter by stir ring. Omelets are also made by the iddition of various materials, such as parsley, jams, etc. "The uses of ergs for ot*, er pur poses than food are numerous. Large quantities of egg white are used in the manufacture of albumen paper for photographic purposes, and the egg white and yolk and products made from them are very Important in the manufacture of many different arti cles." The washing of new laid eggs great ly impairs their keeping qualities. Ac cording to Seibel a new laid egg placed in brine made in the proportion of two ounces of salt to each pint of water will at once sink to the bottom, while an egg three days old will swim just immersed in the liquid. If more than three days old the egg will float on the surface and if more than two weeks old the shell will barely dip In the water. As to the methods of preserving eggs the only one that the department seems to think worthy of any great attention is that of coating tho eggs with water glass. Waterglass is the popular name for potassium or sodium silicate. It is a thick syrup, In the form for which it is sold for commer cial ures. It is sold wholesale for as little as 1 3-4 cents a pound in carboy lots. One part of the syrup is dis solved in 10 parts of water. The eggs are coated with this solution. There Is also a water glass powder soluble in water. One gallon of thc solution is sufficient for 50 dozen eggs if they are properly packed. The etai'fment so frequently made by housekeepers that eggs at 25 c?nts a dozen are cheaper than meat is true iff one sense. * Not, of course,, with ref erence to the total amount of nutr< l?ients obtained for the money expend ed, but because a smaller amount of money is needed to furnish the meal. That is to say, whereas at least 1 l-l pounds of beefst?ak, costing 25 cents, at 20 r ^ a pound, would be neces sary f jfte five'adults, in many fam ilies j?eggs, costing 10 cents, at 23 cei^A^^ozen, would serve the sams burner and probably satisfy them equally well. If the appetites of the family are such as to demand two eggs per person, doubling the cost, it is still 20 percent less than the steak. Many persons eat more than two eggs at a meal, but the average number per person, it is believed, does not gen erally exceed two iu most families. A hotel chef is authority for the state ment that at least one-half the or ders he receives are fqr one egg. Fre quently when omelets, soufll(| creamed eggs and other similar dishes are served in place of fried, poached or boiled eggs or meat less than one egg per person is used. Is is suggested that the most needed reform in the egg business is that the ' eggs should be sold by weight and not by number. Eggs vary so much in size that the numerical terms of sale often are unjust to either the merchant or to the consumer. BASEBALL CHANCES. New Regulation? or Play That Would Puzzle Old I i mi; rs. It would be a puzzling experience for one of the dyed-in-the-wool "baseball cranks" of the halcyon days of the eighties to go up to the polo grounds this season and watch a modern game of baseball. The game has changed materially since those popular days, and the former enthusiast would find lt no easy task to understand all of the plays now in vogue. In fact, it is rather puzzling even to those who casually follow the game from year to year to understand all of the more recent changes. The rules that now govern foul balls, for instance, are intricate. A few years ago the national league In troduced a law that made a "foul tip" a strike against the batter if it were caught by the catcher "while standing within the lines of his position;" that is, "off the bat," as old baseball play ers know it. This year the rule makers have gone still further, and a foul hit which is not caught is also counted as a strike against the batter, unless it is caught before it touches the ground. This proviso, making the foul ball a strike at one time and not at another, complicates the game so that it is more difficult for the unin itiated spectator to follow the play. Under old rules a base runner could never advance, after a fair fly ball had been caught, until the pitcher had returned to his "box" with the ball in his hands. Now the runner is allowed to leave his base the instant the ball has been caught. The result of this is that a man on third base often reaches home after a long fly has been cauglit in the outfield, and some times a runner manages to steal third from second on such a play. Unless the fly was caught in the extreme right field, however, the throw to third base is much shorter than to the home plate, and it is difficult for|him to steal the base without being! put out. Another new rule that was put through not many years ago requires the umpire to declare a batter out if a fly ball that he has knocked into the field is muffed intentionally by the fielder. The reason for this was that fielders often failed to catch short fy*^, Dalis when the bases were flllet^y letting the ball drop to the grouri the runners were all forced off their lases, and the fielders could pick it ut-and make a double or perhaps a :riple play. * The old rule that permitted a bat tor to take first base without iiter ference if he were struck by a pithed ball was modified this year, but. ow- ! lng to many complaints, has prictl cally been restored. The tendency of the changes in baseball rules In the last few yean h~i been to make the game go faste: and to shorten the playing time. Old timers can remember when the pitch er was allowed eight balls before the "base on balls" penalty was charged for his wildness of delivery, but now the pitcher is allowed only three bad deliveries, the fourth "ball" allow ing the batter to go to first base with out interference. With the increase in pitching skill and the consequent reduction of batting the game has be come much shorter, and now the av erage playing time is less than two hours. Old "rooters" well remember when three hours was not considered long for a championship .match.-New York Tribune. Do You Know Espornndo? The latest aspirant for honors as a universal language, the successor of Volapuk, which was agitated some >ears ago, is known as Esperando. This is an artificial language, due to Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian linguist. There is no doubt that, despite the ex tensive translation of valuable foreign articles appearing in the technical pi ess, in these days when every manu facturing industry is carried on along scientific and chemical lines, a wider interchange of ideas and discoveries is of the utmost importance. Such is the mission of a universal language, one in which any scholar would be able to describe and explain his dis coveries so aa to havie "a'Uh'lVeYSBx: audience. \ Esperando grammar is i^aid to con sist of 16 simple rules, w*tD0Ut any exceptions whatever, and ther\ are hut .17 modifications of the termin?\jon 0f words. It is claimed that wl\h. IQ minutes' instruction in the grammy a novice can translate Esperando wijj the aid of a dictionary only, while a month's study suffices to enable him to write or speak it, the latter operation being simplified by phonetic spelling. lt is said that 50,000 people in conti nental Europe have taken up its study. Lightning Wood-Ca rv nj? Machine. Complete plans of a remarkable ma chine for turning out intricate carved moldings are shown in a recent issue of London Engineering. This machine is capable of working on moldings up to eight inches wide and three inches thick. The machine is claimed to be very rapid in action, a bold egg and tongue molding two and one-half inches thick being finished at the rate of 20 feet a minute, while with smaller molding double this phenomenal rate of production is attained. Any de scription of wood can be worked. This machine, it is claimed, will do the work "of Liore than 2000 hand carv ers, and the moldings are so perfect ly finishrd by the machine that they do not require to be touched by hand." Silence may be bought; consequent ly allenne Js golden, SHE WAS VyTLLING HB SHOULD ; START. . "Darling," he sighed, "I would go to the end of the world for you. Speak but the word, and I will flee to the utter most corner of the universe to prove my devotion." "Well," smiled the fair young girl, while the tender light of her soul bask ed in lambent radiance in her glorious eyes, "suppose you trot along, Henry. 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They are ena^.cd to execute flying leaps by means of,thc great development of their for ward or pectoral fins. During flight the fini are kept quietly distended, without anj motion. Their flight is rapid, great ly ^exceeding that of a ship going ten mks an hour, but gradually descreasing n/^ci?city-and rarely extending beyond a^istance of S?? feet. "^-'Another curious-fish- is thc-lrarfbeafer which has an extraordinarily long protu berance from the end of the lower jaw. They, usually attain a length of about a foot. Of course, they have not the power or flight as the flying-fishes have. Yet naturalists considered them closely related to the. flying-fish. The relation sip has been fully confirmed by a unique specimen discovered in the ichthyo logical collection of the Academy of Na tural Sciences and named "Hemiexoco tus canditnactulalus," or "thc half fly ng-fish with a spotted tail." This curi 5US creature, although only a little over an inch in length, is certainly one of the nost interesting discoveries recently mide in ichthyology. It has a tail and l?ge forward fins exactly like the flying fisi, but its head is wholly different, for, th lower jaw is extended into a bcak liH; structure, thc mouth being at ita bae. In this respect it exactly resembles thi halfbeaks. Hemicxoca?tus is, there foe, an intermediate form connecting tvo important groups of fishes, and his advent upon the ichthyological horizon wih no doubt, bc hailed with much in tered, as it is just such forms as these that are needed in zoological science to bridge over gaps in thc genealogical his tor/ of many animate creatures. The specimen in question was obtained from the western coast of Mexico, in thc Gulf of California.-Philadelphia Record. W Watch our next ad< Just try a package the reason of its po C II rea Cancer and Blood Pol son. 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Little neglects brine big diseases. When the eyes are sore or Inflamed us? John R. Dickey's Old Reliable Rye-water. It stops Inflammation, uresrr innlHted lids, and bring? ense at ouco. it causes absolutely no pain. 25cts. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Tenu. Is thc oldest and only business college in Va. own ing its building-n grand new one. No vacations Ladies & gentlemen. Bookkecping,Shorthe?-d Typewriting, Penmanship, Telegraphy. &. ' Leading business college south of the Potomac river.' -Phila. Stenographer. Address, G. M. Smithdeal. President. Richmond.-Vn. PRICE, 25c. -TWO MEN To SELL OUR LINE to the TRADE. Abllii'!-, l?qer?y and Confidence can take the place of lixpcricnco and make you worth . . _ ci>0 r\C\C\ Per Year AboveTrav ^Z,UUU eling Expenses. P. O. BOX 860, KAX*AS CIT*, MO. HEDICAL DEPARTMENT Tulane University of Louisiana. Founded in lt>14. ?IOIP lias 3,8-11 Graduates. Its advsnUg'S for practical in-truction, both in ample Inboratorifs nnd abundant hospital materials ara une qualled, heeeeeeseieelwn to tba great Char ty Hm rita' with WW bedH nnd3ll,000 pniientKanoually. Spacial injunction is given daily at tl)H bedside of tho Mi t The next tension begins October 31st. INI* For cata logue and information sddrons Pnox. S. E- CQAIM.E. M. D-, Dean. P. 0. Drawor261, New Orleans, La. Mention this Paper ^S^i?RST RY WITHIN THE REACI ii*r "A Hie Thc Lion risc To exercise h To tell you al Unto the dat? For 'tis impc Ninteen hunc As on that c. Wm be rene The Lion fro: His newest P To man and Attractive prt The List coi For houscho! As well as to Who after pl From his ba That on Sepi "The LION needing The up-to-da And if your Don't h?sitai Just write t< Well send t of LION COFFEE ? S?Z?i?OTfcr the Teeth and Bi At ali Storas, or by Mall for tba prioa. HALL & BUCKEL, Kew York. **NEW RIVAL" FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS oatshooi all omer black powder shells, beean se they are mad? better and loaded by exact machinery with the standard brands of powder, shot and wadding Try them and yon will be convinced. ALL t REPVTABLB DEALERS ? KEEP # THEM MILLIONS O?MOTHERS USE CUTICURA SOAP "ASSISTED BY CUT? CURA OINTMENT THE GREAT SKIN CURE For preserving;, purifying, and beautifying; the skin of infants and children, for rashes, hellings, and chafing?, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and thc stopping of falling; hair, for softening;, wriitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, and for all the purposes of thc toilet, hath, and nursery. Millions of "Women usc Cuticura Soap in the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations, and excoriations, for too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, especially mothers, No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used these great skin pur?f? and tfft?rfjfo? tn yyg ar?y others. Cuficora.SQ; d??cat? emoIKcSt propertres^denveo from Cutio? skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients an most refreshing of flower odors* It unites in ONE SOAP at ONE PRICE, the BEST skin and complexion soap and the BEST toilet, bath, and baby soap in the world? COMPLETE EXTERNAL IND ??TEB?IIL TBEAT?E5T FOB EVEBT BTJHOB, Consisting of Ccncxmx SOAP, to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and sui ten the thickened cuticle, CcriCSRA OINT MENT, to instantly allay itching, i nil am mat lon, and irrita tion, and soothe and heal, and CLTICURA RESOLVENT, to THF QFT co?l 40(1 cleanse tho blood. A SINGLE SET is often suffl I ll L OLI clent to cure the most torturing, disfiguring, itching, burn ?iiciim inp and scaly skin, scalp, aod blood humors, with loss of hair, when all else falls. Sold throughout thejworld. British Depot: F.KEWBEST & 8ossL27-38, Charter house Sq., London, worm, aniisii jjepoi: r. niwm cc tsosa, POTTEB DB?Q AND CHEM. COST., Sole Props.,Boston, U.S.A.. The 0We C?Fany' High Orlde PIANOS 1 World Renowned CHICAfiO COTTAGE ORGANS. Over 250.0CO sold. Write us f;r catnloguo and prices. Wo make easy payments to suit yon, America's Greatest Piano House, 96=98 Whitehall St, Atlanta, fla. ONE I A K?N? BAKING POWDER I IS THE BKST. TRY IT. j ? J.D. dc n.S. CHRISTIAN CO.. RICHMOND.VA. ' > "The Sance that made We?Point fain ana." j > MclLHENNY'S TABASC0.| * 9 ls easily cured and tho bowels restored to a healthy condition by thc usc of H OLD TIME IN VIEW." a now to the occasion, is powers of persuasion, ll to pay the best attention : that he herein will mention. >rtant that you should remember Ired and one, first of September, ite the Lion's list of prizes, ned-but filled with new surpriseil m his car is now proclaiming remium List, which will be naming, wife, to children, aunt and cousin, :sente, dozen after dozen, nprises gifts most wisely blended d use and ornament intended, els and toys to suit the younger, aythings naturally hunger. Hoon the Lion makes suggestion tcmber first you ask the question: f COFFEE Premium List you're te one, others superseding, grocer is not one possessing, te, because your need is pressing, > us,-a two-cent stamp inclosing, he Li?t, no further work imposing. th? natural remedy tor all stomach, bowel, liver and kidney troubles. By our method cf concentration each 6 oz. bottle is equivalent to three gallons of tho springwater. Sold by all drug gists. Crab apple trade mark on jfr' ^MAJB evety bottle CRAB ORCHARD WATER CO..Louisville. Ky $15 tO 830? TO "AGENTS PER WEEK S SELLING CRAM'S POPIJLAR ATLAS Ol' t7. S. AND WOULD. New maps-New Census; New Statistical Most popular and valuable work over offered. Quickest seller issued in 10 years. Exclusive territory. Low price. Liberal terms HUDUIKS PUBLISHING CO.. Atlanta. Gn. md you will understand ? - nDODQY NEV7 DISCOVERY: girea %J Ix V*' ? \9 I quick relief and cares worst canes, hook of testimonials and 10 days' treatment Free. Sr. H. E. QUEEN'S SONS. Ecr B. Atlanta. Qa. USE CERTAIN 8sFCURE.H WO0L50N SPICE CO., TOLEDO. OHIO. yi- prSO'S CUkE';FOR MN Ul,utS WHtRi ALL EL bb FAILS. M Best Cough Syrup. TasUaUood. Use _3 in time. Sold br dress-lita.