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have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for thirty years. It is elegant for a hairdressing and for keeping the hair from splitting at the ends," J. A. Gruenenfelder,Grantfork,Ill. Hair-splitting splits friendships. If the hair splitting is done on your owri head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the spatting. If the splitting hat begun* it will stop it. $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. H your draggis*. cannot supply yon, ft"send us ono d" .'ar and wo ?will express you a bottle. Uo sure and give tho name o? your nearest express omeo. Address, J. C. AYER CO., LowoU, Mass. THE BURGLAR'S MISTAKE. "Look here," said the burglar as the man raised himself to a sitting posture in the bed, "what do you really mean by living in a room that invites strangers, and yet affords them no re ward? Haven't you got any money hid out somewhere?" "No," replied the man. "but I'm ex pecting some. I. have sent two poems to the Scrawl, four sketches to the Scribe, and six-" "Say, are you a writer?" "I should say so! Just let me read you my-" The burglar raised a warning hand, "No," he said, "my time's limited, I've got three more houses on my list, and if they pan out as bad as this one 1 won't have any breakfast. I'll read your stuff when it's printed. I take all the magazines. By the by-" " He paused-looked at his watch and asked: - "Any more literary houses in this district?" "None." "All right-I'm off. Good night!" "Same to you. Please close the window after you!"-Frank L. Scran ton in the Atlanta Constitution. CS : A Homily on Dress. The Lancet has a little homily on the dress of the profession. Here is an extract: "It is right that a medi cal man should always be careful and quiet in the manner of his dress. He must not allow flashiness to play a part in his costume, and our younger readers will do well to remember that though a freedom is theirs now whic?l was denied to tbe?- fathers, still it behooves them to ,ee that they dress strictly as gentlemen. should. Bet ter-the inconvenient staid limitations of a black frock coat than that a suit only fitted for the race course should be worn at the bedside. . SATISFACTORILY EXPLAINED. Irate Pa-Cora, that caller of yours did not leave here last night till near midnight. Cora-I know lt pa; yet he is hardly Rev. Marguerite Mount Calm Streel Lecturer for the W. < Lydia E. Pinkhams " "BEAR MRS. PINKHAM :- My twenty years brought me into hu I have had plenty of opportunity and mothers who from want, igr b?t surely being dragged to death and irregularities of the sex. I b that Lydia E. Pinkham's Ve more women than any other agen Hundreds of women owe their life ; fore, I can conscientiously advise sit ST. OMER BRIGGS. $5.000 FORFEIT IF THE ABO' When women are troubled with weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement ing-down feeling, inflammation of general debility, indigestion, and remember there is one tried and ti Vegetable Compound at once rem No other medicine in the world unqualified endorsement. No other of female troubles. Refuse to buy ? Mrs. Pinkham Invites all sich She has grnided thousands to heal "LEADER SMOKELESS PO are used by the best shots in the co uniform and reliable. All the world's won and made by Winchester shells. I USED BY THE BEST SHO CURES CATARRH, HAY FEVER. ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS AND COLDS. The EE-M Catarrh Cure A pleasant -smoking preparation which posi tively cures ihese diseases. The greatest med ical discovery of the age Warranted to euro Catarrh and the only known positive remedy for HH? Fever--puroly vegetable. Smokers ol tobacco wilrflnd this a satisfactory substitute For persons who do not use tobacco the Com pound without tobacy> is prepared, carrying ?ame medical properties and producing same resulte. One Box, one month's treatment. Ono Dollar, postago prepaid. KK-M M'K'G. CO., 67 8. riroad street, Atlanta. Ga. Holmen Littest Improved Level ''Ecllpae" ls he best first-.Jlfe^^^Wclass Level ever before stdd for 3ig?SL *4-50 Cft9D- vrlib rod and target. ^-?=2aS Write for dren lar to iv. c. BSj?jpCx Holmes, 12 N. Forsyth Street, 4Mf?0 V\ Atlanta, Ga. Mention t|iis Paper InwSSi to advertisers. four-19fti. YOUTHFUL CURIOSITY. "Well,'' if you will excuse me," ?aid the guest, "I guess I'll retire." and arising he walked toward the door and awaited the escort of his host. "Please may I go with you?" plead ingly exclaimed the boy of the house hold. "And why should you want to go with me?" smilingly replied the guest; "aren't you satisfied with your own comfortable little couch?" "Yes," replied the boy, "but I want to go with you 'cause I heard pa say this morning that you expected to re tire on $100,000."-Richmond Dispatch. AT xHE OTHER END. I patiently stood in the telephone booth. And shouter again and again; But although I politely appealed for a switch I politely appealed all in vain. ?ft last a strange murmur came over the 'phone, A sort of guttural, which Convinced me I might as well give up .the quest, For the girl was asleep at the switch. -Portland Oregonian. BOARD AND LODGING. "Mike," said Plodding Pete, "I un derstand de price? o' meat an' vege ttabales is gittln' to be somethin' ter rible." "Well," responded Meandering Mike, "We don't have tc pay fur de board dey gives us in de jail, do we. Cheer up an' let de tax-payers do de worryin'." All goods aro alike to PUTNAM FADELESS D?ES, as they color all fibers at ono boiling. Sold by all druggists. The average annual amount of coal mined in England from 1851 to 1900 is 130, 000,000 tons. How'* This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for nny case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENET & Co., Props., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned .have known F. J. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe bim per fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. WEST & TauAX.Wholesalo Druggists.Toledo, Ohio. WALDING, KINNAN&MAEVIK, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing direotly upon the blood and mucous stir faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The population of the German empire includes 3,000,000 who usc the Polish lan guage. _ Best For tho Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCAKETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you iust 10 ! cents to start getting your health back. CAS L CABETS Candy Cathartic, tho genuine, put up [ in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. i stamped on it. Beware of imitations. The practice of punishing pupils by de ducting credits for scholarship has been forbidden in the San Francisco schoois. FITSpermanently cured.No fits or nervous ness after first day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer.82trial bottle and treatise free Dr. B. H. ELISE, Ltd., 931Arch St. Phlla.,Pa. Sir Thomas Lipton says there are "no girls like American girls." Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children tsethlng, soften tho gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind coho. 25c a bottle. St Omer Briggs, 35 :, Detroit, Michigan, 3.-T. U., recommends Vegetable Compound. ' professional work has for the past ndreds of homes of sickness, and to witness the sufferings of wives lorance or carelessness, arc slowly , principally with female weakness elieve you will be pleased to know gelable Compound has cured cy that has come under my notice, and health to you to-day, and, there :k women to try it."-MARGUERITE VE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE. . irregular or painful menstruation, or ulceration 01 the womb, that bear the ovaries, backache, flatulence, nervous prostration, they should rue remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's oves such troubles, has received such widespread and medicine has such a record of cv res any other medicine. : women to write her for advice. Ith. Address, Lynn, Mass. S1EST?& " and "REPEATER" V7DER SHOTGUN SHELLS luntry because they are so accurate, championships and records have been Shoot them and you'll shoot well. TS, SOLD EVERYWHERE PRICE, 25 c, Profit in Farming. Farming does not give the largest profit compared with many other in dustries, but it affords more security to those who invest in that direction than any other, as one who owns a farm without encumbrance has an op portunity to apply,his labor, and labor itself is capital, the combination of iarm and labor being really the union of capital and labor. It is true that during some years the farmer will make little or no profit, but he has the opportunity of producing a sufficiency for his own use and is not compelled to pay rent. Another point is that a well-cultivated farm becomes more valuable every year, as a large propor tion of the profit is stored in the soil. To I eeil Hoc? Clover Hny." A Massachusetts reader wants to know how to feed hogs on clover hay as the bulk of the food and at .the same time keep them in growing con dition? Probably the best plan would be to cut the hay and feed it as a slop in conjunction with ground grain. The hay should bc steamed, but if you have noj; the facilities to do this pour boiling hot water on It and after stir ring it add the grain and then stir it again thoroughly. Corn, oats and clover hay in equal parts ought to make a good ration for the average hog, and they should be fed three times a day as much as they will cat up clean.-New York Weekly Witness. Hen? Tetter Tlmn Cow?. It is usually said that it requires four acres of ground to accomodatc one cow, and the average yearly profit about S20, to say nothing of the long hours and hard work in milking and caring for the cow. This makes a profit of $5 an acre; a poor showing, we think, when compared with the faithful old hen. An acre of ground will furnish the food for 50 hens, the profits from which will far exceed that of the cow. The secret of success with poultry lies in faithful application of common sense methods, and no man need say he cannot make poultry pay. Every day we see examples of what can be done; and though we also see failures, a cause can always be found. Home and Farm. CoinpnrUon of Hay nnd Tariaro. Does it pay to use a pasture; that is, will a larger profit be derived from cows that are given exclusively the use of a pasture, or will the same land pay more if used" for producing hay? The Michigan Experiment station found, after repeated tests, that about four times as much food could be ob tained from a meadow by allowing it to produce kay than by pasturing it, which means that four cows can bc kept on the land where only one can be kept by pasturing it. One of the drawbacks against using the land for hay, however, is that considerable la bor is required in mowing, curing and storing the hay, while the cows on the pasture perform the labor. Also that cows given green food as pasturage produce more milk in the summer sea c< m t-J?o??~?* -?-... - * more profitably than la cleaning them '^KWc^aMjft^ them and making re pairs on t??em beTcve-they are likely to be wanted again. The pTo\v"s,~har rows and more expensive machinery left out of doors this winter will de teriorate in value more than one-fifth. The loss would more than pay the In terest on the cost of a good building to shelter them in, and in many cases exceed the taxes on the farm. If they were not properly cared for when last used, take one of those fine days and gather them up, clean them, oil all the iron work and paint all the wood work. Never mind getting a painter to do the job. Euy a can of ready mixed paint and a cheap brush. Use any color that you like, but use it freely, not as an ornament, but as a preserva tive of the wood as the oil is of the iron. We heard of two farmers who cwned a harrow in partnership, and thought it should be painted, but could not agree on the color. Finally they compromised, and one painted his half black, while the other used yellow ochre. We never learned which half wore out first. While overhaul ing, see that all bolts and nuts are in place and broken parts mended.-The Cultivator. HeKfrnction of Western Range?. Being born and raised ir. the heart of the range west of the Rocky moun tains, and having observed from year to year the destruction of the feed upon these ranges by the immense herds of cattle, sheep and horses, I am constrained to write a word regarding this destruction. Twenty-five years ago the valleys and mountains of Idaho, Nevada and Utah were waving with rich grasses, enough being pro duced every year to feed more head of cattle than has ever been grazed on It in any five years, providing it had been fed as stock is fed on any good farra. We cannot term it destruction where grass is consumed by thc stock turned into beef, mutton or horseflesh, but when the grass is eaten and the roots trodden out and the ground left barren it is destruction. I have ob served that cattle will graze on a range from year to year and there will be little damage done to the roots of the grass, but with horses and sheep it is not the case. Horses eat the grass to the very roots, exposing them to the hot sun, and the roots die. Sheep do not eat grass when they can get weeds that they like, but woe to the range that they traverse. As I write I look upon Mount Cuddy and see great clouds of dust rising. If you could be transported to the scene on the mountain side you would see some 2000 sheep in a drove traveling along the mountain in the cool of the morning eating their breakfast. They nip a little on this bush and a little cn that one, while under their feet is being trodden the rich grasses, which they seldom touch. This brand of sheep will tramp and uproot the grass until it becomes too hot to travel, then they will take refuge beneath the brush and trees until evening, when they will again begin their march of destruction, treading out thousands of acres of grass during one summer. This has gone on from year to year, until now the mountains and valleys of the far west lie brown and barren . in the scorching sun. Not even a sheep can exist in many of these once beautiful grassy plains.-F. I,. Fenth erston, In Practical Farmer. Apple* on the TreBi The risk which Speculators ?hd dealers are Willing tb take in buying apples oh the trees and attending to the harvesting and selling themselves not infrequently proves a great boon to the grower. In large apple-growing regions it is rapidly becoming the cus tom for farmers to sell their apples in this way, and if one studies the ques tion of values, and knows how to cal cite the worth of his fruit on the , ti" . it is a good thing to dispose of , thc iples in this way. The purchas- j ing -npanies are generally able to ? mak ^tter arrangements for trans- , port?. with the railroad companies , .than individual farmer, and they . also en oy a small army of expert picker*; ad packers who accompany | them from one orchard to another. They can consequently pick and pack apples at less expense than the farm er who must depend upon whatever help he can secure in the harvest sea son. More than this, the speculators who buy the apples on the trees know better how to distribute the products. The apples are carefully sorted by them in different grades. It might prove a useful lesson to any grower to study their methods. First, there come the choice apples for export or the fancy city trade. These are select ed with the greatest care and packed carefully, often being wrapped in in dividual tissue paper. For a barrel of such apples a packer told me he .ex pected to receive $5 and $G in ordinary times. Very few farmers could secure ?such prices. The demand is, of course, limited, and the purchasers are hard to find by the average shipper. It is the experience of the men who make a business of handling the apple crop that helps them to secure these ex traordinary prices. The next grade of fruit is ordinary prime, which usually represents the grade called fancy in the ordinary market. These apples are also care fully picked and packed, but not i wrapped in paper. They command all the way from $3 to $4 per barrel. Then below them are the good and choice j fruits, which sell for about $2 a barrel. In markets when apples are scarce, these speculators ship another grade, which passes as common to ordinary, and they may sell from $1.50 to $2.50 per barrel, according to market condi tions. Anything below, these are packed up any way and shipped to some factory, where the apples are dried, and the poor sorts made into jelly.'.Sometimes the large apple spec- . uiators have their own canning, dry ing and jelly factories, which they keep running with the fruits they can not dispose of satisfactorily in the market. In this way there is no waste. Every apple is quickly sent to market or the factory when thc farm er would lose. They can and often do pay more for the fruit on the trees than the grower could get for it if he picked, packed and shipped it himself; but as said In j the beginning, one must know the val I ue of his apples on the trees. The I apple speculators are not offering j more money for the fruit than they ! are worth; it is for the glower t? nnd I this out.-S. W. Chambers, in Amerl i can Cultivator. Wheat Farming nnd Soil Fertility. . First-Where w*ie~t W*R grown con tinuously for eight years there was a ; h.o...~* irnn nn?r.]ii nor acre Of nitrC-j i to an annual loss of 175 pounds V?&Jf I acre in addition to that used asjj^fnt I fOOd^K-T-***"1-*^ jT^ 'l -^Second-When wheat? Hff&T^rown in a rotation with clover and oats, five crops of wheat being removed in eight years, larger yields per acre were se cured, and the total loss of nitrogen from the soil was reduced to 800 ! pounds, or about 450 pounds in excess J of that utilized as plant food. When ! corn was grown with clover and oats in a rotation, and farm manure waa used, the total loss of nitrogen from the soil for eight years was less than 100 pounds in excess of that removed as plant food. Third-When oats and barley were grown continuously the losses of nitro gen from the soil were nearly as large as with wheat. Fourth-When corn was grown con tinuously the loss of nitrogen from the soil was less than half as large as with wheat. When corn is introduced into a rotation the losses of nitrogen are less than if wheat is grown. Fifth-When wheat was grown con ! tenuously there was an annual loss cf over 2000 pou.ids an acre of humus, due to the fermentation and decay of animal and vegetable matter. When wheat was grown in a rotation with clover and oats no material loss of humus from the soil occurred.. Sixth-The loss of humus changed the physical properties of the soil, causing it to be less retentive of mois ture, lighter in color and heavier in weight per cubic foot. During drouths the soil from the continuous wheat cul tivated plot contained less water than the soil from the plot which produced wheat in rotation with clover. Humus conserves the moisture of the soil, while the rotation of crops, the use of farm manures and the growing o? clover conserve the humus of the soil. Seventh-When bare summer fal lowing is practised a heavier loss of nitrogen occurs than when wheat is grown continuously. Summer fallow ing favors the decay of the humus and the loss of nitrogen. While larger crops of wheat are produced after a year of fallow, this increase is fol lowed by a heavy loss of the total ni trogen of the soil. Summer fallowing rapidly exhausts the soil of its nitro gen. Eighth-When the nitrogen and hu mus of the soil were conserved by the rotation of crops and the produc tion of clover, an increase of 20 bush els per acre of corn and 56 bushels ol wheat were secured. Ninth-Wheat is not an exhaustive crop when it is grown in a rotation, but when it is grown continuously the fertility of the soil is impaired. It is not the crop itself that reduces the fertility, but it is the lack of syste matic methods of farming which caus es the decline of fertility. Old wheat soils readily recuperate when some humus forming materials are returned to the soil. By the rotation of crops, i the use of farm manures and the culti vation of clover the heavy losses of nitrogen and humus from the soil can be checked, and larger yields and a better quality of wheat secured.-Con- i elusions reported by Minnesota Ex periment Station. , The governor of Delaware can take i social precedence over any of the other I state executives at official entertain- 1 ments in Washington. Delaware is the i oldest state. j i Improved Curtain l'oies. The mechanical skill that has devel jped the trolley system has not dis dained to lend itself to that common household belonging, curtain poles. Some new poles are shown by which the hanging is fixed to an attachment that works easily in a concealed groove, after the manner of trolley wheels. A touch slides the curtain back and forth, and jerky catches are unknown. To Hang Pictures. In hanging pictures remember that oil paintings look best when hung the usual way-sloping in from the top of the wall to the bottom-but that etch ings, water colors and line drawings look better hung flat against the wall. No picture should he hung so high that it is uncomfortable to look at, though pictures of large design or bril liant coloring look better hung high up than down low. A picture with Ehadows should have thc light side nearest the window when possible, so that the shadows will fall naturally. The stiff effects of "pairs" or "com panion" pieces should not be tolerated. There should be no set plan. Pictures appear most artistic when those of dissimilar size, shape and subject find place on corresponding parts of the wall. Mouldings are much better to hang pictures from than nails in the wall, and when suspended from the moulding any number of wire picture cords can be hung from the same brass picture holder.-American Queen. Brooms Unit Sweep Clean. For hardwood or stained floors and those covered with matting a hair broom should bc used. The hardwood floors need to be dusted after sweep ing. A very easy way of doing this is to make a Canton flannel bag of some dark color and tie it over a common broom. A vigorous rubbing with this covered broom will add con siderable polish to a dim floor. Fo/ wiping floors heavy Canton flannel makes a good clcth. Cut a convenient size and overcast thc edges coarsely. This is also an excellent plan for clean ing paint. Dusters made of cheesecloth with the hems run in are soft to use and wash easily. Old India or foulard silk is tne best thing I have ever tried for bric-a-brac and small articles. All dusters should be washed and dried af ter using. There is nothing gained by using a cloth filled with dust. It will not make anything clean. 'If brooms, both large and small, arc often washed and uried, then turneo up on their handles, they will sweep cleaner and last longer. There should be a con venient place for keeping brooms, dust pans and cloths. It will save many steps if a sei is kept on each floor. Mary Graham in the Woman's Home Companion. Some Tacts About Hollins: "Water. . It may seem presumptuous to sug gest that few people know how to boil water, but such is the case. The boil ing point, under ordinary atmospheric pressure lc,nn lovol? is 212 degrees -._p soups. When thb _~_ form on the sides and surface of the vessel and come r-jward the top of the water, there is a motion in the water, but it has not really reached the boil ing point. It is only when the ther mometer reaches 212 degrees Fahren heit and the water is in rapid motion that it can be said to boil; and the almespheric gases still continue to be given off with the steam for a consid erable time after the water has com menced to boil rapidly; in fact, it is difficult to determine when the last traces have been expelled. It is safe to suppose, however, th?.t ten minutes' boiling will free the water from its gases, make it tasteless, and render it unfit for the making of tea, coffee or other light infusions of delicate ma terials.-Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in the La dies' Home Journal. Eggs a la Tripe.-Peel, slice and fry in one tablespoonful of butter one large Spanish onion; when done sift in one tablespoonful of flour; let ii brown; then add one cup of hot milk; season with one-hall teaspoonful of salt and one taltspconful of pepper; put to this four hard boiled eggs, quartered; mix carefully, so as not to break the slices. Relish Sandwiches.-Cover with vin egar a cupful of freshly grated horse radish. Add a half teaspoonful of salt. Press the vinegar from two tablespoon fuls of this mixture-after it has stood fer an hour or two-add an equal quan tity of very stiffly whipped cream and rpread between dainty slices of but tered brown bread, adding a crisp, shredded lettuce leaf for each sand wich. Roasted Chicken.-Select a young chicken almost grown. Clean and cut the same as for frying. Have ready a baking pan nicely buttered. Roll the pieces in flour, lay in the pan as for frying. Put dressing in one end of pan. Pour over all a cup of boiling water in which has been melted a largo tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of salt and a quarter teaspoonful of pepper. Bake in a hot oven one hour, basting frequently. Quince Pudding-Pare and grate four ripe quinces, mixing the pulp as you grate it with l*io juice of half a lemon, to keep it from discoloring. Add the grated yellow rind of the half lemon, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, the beaten yolks of three and the whites of two eggs and a.half cupful of cream. Mix thoroughly and bake until firm in a buttered pudding dish set in a pan of hot water. Serve cold, sprinkled with powdered sugar. Cocoanut Souffle.-Add a half pint i ot stale sponge cake or bread crumbs to a pint of milk; cook over the fire for just a moment; take from thc fire and add a half pint of fresh grated cocoa rut. Beat together the yolks of four eggs and a cup of sugar; add them to Ihe bread mixture and then stir in carefully the well-beaten whites of the ?ggs. Turn this into individual molds; :lust lightly with cocoanut and pow dered sugar and bake in a quick oven [ive minutes, or this may be baked in i large pudding dish for eight min ites. STRICTLY USEFUL. "Our church fair was a splendid euc cess," said young Mrs. Torkins. "Did you sell lots of things?" "Yes." "Anything useful?" "Yes, indeed. Everything was ever BO useful. I can't think of a single article that couldn't be saved up and donated to be sold at the next fair." Washington Star. HIS LIBERAL VIEWS. "He says that you are narrow-mind ed; that you are not a man of liberal views," said the friend. "The slander carries its refutation on its face," answered Senator Sorg hum, haughtily'. "No man has ever paid the legislature as much as I have."-Washington Star. AN ESTIMATE. Printer-How many copies of that book do you want me to print? Publisher-Let's see. We are ad vertising advance orders for one hun dred thousand, aren't we? "Yes." "Well, print six hundred. Let's fe how lt goes."-Life. The Blblo Revised. Thi new revision of the Bible recently com pleted brings it up to date without changing Its meaning. There are thousands of people, however, who will always prefer the old orig inal copy without any inodillcations. There are also thousands of people, who having onco used Hosteler's Stomach Bitters, will never use any other medicine, because they know its value incases of sick-headache, ner vousness, indigestion, dyspepsia or liver and kidney troubles. B? sure to try it. In nine of thc great cities of the United States there are 200,190 telephones. Tetterine Cures Quickly. "Only two applications of Tetterino cured a bad caso of liing Worm from which I had suffered."-Julian M.Solomon,Savannah,Ga. 50; a box by mail from J.T. Shuptrlne, Savan nah, Ga., if your druggist don't keep it. An ordinary railroad engine will travel about 1,000,000 miles before it wears out. Brooklyn, N.T., Jan. 20th.-For many years Garfield Tea, The Herb Cure, has been earn ing a reputation that Is rare-it is universally praised ! This remedy presents unusual at tractions to those in s'earch of health ; ft is rnn'de of herbs that cure in Nature's way--by removing the cause of disease ; it is pure ; it cleanses the system, purifies tho blood and es tablishes a perfect action of tho digestivo organs; It is equally good for young and old. It is estimated that of thc whole popu lation of thc globe about 90,000 die every day._ Wu call attention to Holmes' advertise ment o? Farm Level in another column. It is first-class and every farmer should have one. 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The requisite knowledge of what a laxative should be and of the best means for its production enable the California Fig Syrup Co. to supply the general demand for a laxative, simple and wholesome in its nature and truly beneficial in its effects; a laxative which acts pleasantly and leaves the internal organs in a naturally healthy condition and which does not weaken them. To assist nature, when nature needs assistance, it is all important that the medicinal agents used should be of the best quality and of known value and Syrup of Figs possesses this great advantage over all other remedies, that it does not weaken the organ.:; on which it acts and therefore it promotes a healthful con dition of the bowels and assists one in forming regular habits. Among its many excellent qualities may be mentioned its perfect safety, in all cases requiring a laxative, even for the babe, or its mother, the maiden, or the wife, the invalid, or the robust man. Syrup of Figs is well known to be a combination of the laxative principles of plants, which act most beneficially, with pleasant aromatic liquids and the juice of figs, agreeable and refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system, when its gentle cleansing is desired. The quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellence of the combination, but also to the original method of manufacture which ensures perfect purity and uniformity of product and it is therefore all important, in buying, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note the full name of the Company-California Fig Syrup Co.-printed on the front of every package. Louisville, Ky. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. San Francisco, Ca?. New York. N. Y. PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE. iiiiiii'ii'iiiiliiiiiiriiiilMiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiMiitiiiiiiiiilifllii'niriiiuiili r>ntiiiimiim>iiiti;iMii'fiti"ittmiiiiKiiinMiijiir<it>it<i?*'i??"?ii''''nftiri[iiiriitiirij?rii<i>j)/riiuiritii<i"iiti?iui)iiiy. '.miiuinniiiimiiiiimimn llinr|l2ji|lVir'l>iN'llMllli.lhlPlMiil'iini!lillliymn'lluilllillllllJl|U< Vegetables arc especially fond of Potash. Write for our free pamphlets. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. nOflDCY NEW DISCOVERY; UlT VI ?3 I qmck mllef and ears? worsl nu?, Look ot tnnimonials .ind 10 dnyn'trosiiuuti Iv i-f. Dr. H. H. QREEN'BBONB. BOX B. Atlanta, lt Gold itledal at .Mu ifni?. Exposition. McILHENNY'S TABASCO "IIMI?!?!Tili? il fi HI iffipjj' ' LO UUHtS WHtHt ALL tLbt FAILS), Bett Cough Syrup. Taste* Good, usc _ Intime. Sold by dnunrlatA. 1? iff wm CLEAR THE TRAC8?I Here m ciro monarch-null.! it Ukelion cann. Halzt-r's New -JOth Century Ont lake? Hie cake, can If. lint print ai th? biggest jleller evert whore. The fact ]. Snlzer'i natl ar? broil tn pr?tas* Thr U S. Kepari mintof .tgrlculiureclaim? Ibatoatol over WO isaplcs acid Mads ie?led, Boiler's w?rc thc br-t. How do tau like that. Ur. Farmer? Our new JOih Century Oat ls bound to completely revolutionise oat growing and we expect dotent of farmeri lo report yield? la IM running from 200 to 800 bushels per acre. Trice Ii dirt cheap. Do lo th? iwim and buy thi? variety this ?pring lo sell lo your neighbors thc comics fall for feed. It will nure' . pay ;M. Seizer's Marvel Wheat-42 hus. per Acre The only ?pring wheat ?n earth that will yield a paying crop north eau. louth, sod we?l sod In ertry r:atc to t?it Union. Te alto tiaro the celebrated Maces foal wheat, ridding OD cur fanni, G3 buihcl? per acre. SPELTZ cereal and bay food on earth, produelsg from CO to 80 ?nih?!? if rieb hay per acre. The mott mamine, sf (rats sad ? los? VEGETABLE SEEDS Wt are th: large at grower? and our jt.vk of carileit Peas. Beam, Sweet corn and all rooney making ver?tibl?i li raormoui. Price? are Ter/ low. Onion ?ced 60 ce - ii and up s pouud. Catalogue tell?. For Wc-Worth $10 Our great catalogue coolatai full ducripiion of ?ur Bcsrdlin Rarley, yielding 103 bu.hell: nar Triple Inco.-ae Torn, going |00 hovheli; our pstll?i"l. vleldmg 60? builiela per acre; ?ur and clover M. producing 6 tons of inagnlilccnt nar; mir Pea Cat. with iii 8 ton? of bay. and T-n?lntc with N) loni, of green fndder p?r acre. Baiter*! great ci talegas, ?onli flOO to any wide awake garde farmer, wlih 10 firm iced ?ample? -worth to get .i start- ii mailed jou oo receipt sf 10c. pottage. JLjt ososas: