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When You Th Of the pain which mun} women expel non th it makes the gentleness and kirwin ?ted with womanhood seem to bo a "While in general no woman rebels agai girds as a natural 060688117 there ?DOT not gladly be free from dna recurring pei .. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescript weak women strong and mic well? aad ?Ives them freedom i It establishes regularity, sabda ss jd on, bernis ulceration ead male weakness. Sek women are invited to consult Dr free. AH correspondence strictly pn\ confidential. Write without fear end wi jeal Association, R. V. Pierce, M. D., I n yon want a book that tells all ebo4 them at home, send 21 one-cent stamp? oaf j, and he will send yon a free copy Common Sense Medical Adviser-revise Ia handsome cloth-binding, 31 stomps. The higher the rise the greater the fall.-French. _ Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets rep?late and invigorate stomach, liver ana bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take. Do not gripe._ A day of sorrow is longer than a month of jov.-Chinese. Ko matter how long your neck may be or how sore your thront, Hainlins Wizard Ofl will cure it surely and quickly. It drives out all Rnrene**? and inflammation. Money amassed either serves or, mles ns.-Horace. So. 42-'09. Trouble can be cured only through its source: - Allen's Lung Balsam reaches the root of your cough and cures lt. A little body often harbors a greal soul.-German. For HKADACHR-MI ric?' ?~A PUDIWB Whether from Colds. Heat. Stomach or Nervous Troubles. Capudlne will relieve you. It's liquid-pleuvant to take-acts immedi ately. Try lt. 10c.. E5& and 50c. at dru? ato es. The passion for glory is the torch of the mind.-Spanish. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens tb e gums, red ucee in fiar i tna tion,a]lays pain.cn res wind colic. 25c. a bottle. Conscience is the most terrible ac cuser.-Polybius. . Have voa Chilblains or Frost-bites? Perry Davis' Painkiller -trill soothe and heal them. Equally good for Rheumatism. When the tale of bricks is doubled then comes Moses.-Fabrew. MUCH EXCITED ABOUT CASE Mrs. Justice Refuses to Allow Operation a nd is Relieved by Cardup ike Wcaa?'s Tonic. Pedro, O.-"I suffered for 35 years with weakness and female troubles, and nothing has done me so much good as Cardui," writes Mrs. Martin B. Justice, of Pedro, O. "Before I took Cardui, the woman's tonic, I be came so bad that my son, who is a physician, wanted to have me operat ed on, but I refused and gave Cardui a trial. I had been so weak I could scarcely stand, on my. feet, but had 4iaken Otrdu: only, a feVf days when I became so much stronger. I had pro lapse and became very much excited, bet was greatly relieved as soon as I began to take Cardui. I thank you again and again." li Cardui is a pure vegetable extract, <of special benefit to women, at the times when they need a tonic For .over half a century lt has been in use "?by those who have known of its ben firial effects, and is today in use in thousands of homes, where it relieves and prevents pain and brings back -strength and ambition. Safe, reliable, scientific, successful. Try Cardui, the woman's tonic. NOTE-The Oardal Home Treatment for Women, consuls of Cardai ($1.) Thedford'j Blaek-Drangbt (35c), or Volvo (60oi, for tb? liver, ami Carriel Antiseptic (Mc). These rem odie? may be taten jingly, by themselves. i( desired, or three togt cher, as a completo treat ment for women's Ills. Write to: ' Ladlos' Ad visory Dept.. Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chat tanooga, Tean., for Special Instructions, and Si pare book. "Home Treatment for Women." seat in piala wrapper, on request. "A Little* Cold isa Dangerous Tbinij" and often leads to hasty disease and death when neglected. There are many ways to treat a edd, but there is only one tight way-use the right remedy. DR.D. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT is the surest and sal est r ea edy known, for Coughs, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma, Pleurisy. It cares when other remedies fall. Do something foi.* your cold in time, you know wbat delay means, you know the remedy, ti?-Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant. Bottles tn three $tzes. $1, 50c. 25c *1 used Cascare ts and feel like a new man. I have been n sufferer from dys pepsia and sour stomach for the last two years. '. I have been taking medicine and other drugs, but could find no relief only for a short time. I will recommend Cascarets to my friends as the only thing for indigestion and sour stomach and to keep the bowels in good condition. They axe very nice to eat." Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk, Pa, Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good, Do Good. Never Sic >- ; n. Weaken or Gripe. 10c. 25c. 50c. Ncvor sold In bolte The pen nine tablet stamped C C C. Guaranteed to cure or your money bici. SSS For Stock Owners WHAT OTHERS SAY: Ship five cases Medica led Salt Brick. Since your good/ have become so well known, tbs darnaud increases daily, and lt ls almost Im possible to keep them in stock. It seems that I wm hara to order la larger quantities soon. Please roch this ordsi, iu> my fast shipment ot Uve eases ls about ex hs as tod. Sold one party two eases thin morning. H. M. CA REUTH. Capel 1, Miss.. May 14. 1007. Ie Blackman Stock Kerned? Company, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE m. jaar dealer doa't seU is ask alga to writs fior nattes. ? iencs with every ess always associ imost a miracle, inst what, she re? roman who would ri od of paie. toa makes * women 'rona palo* es iio?lam? corea te* . Piero? by letter, ate and sacredly itiioot fee to World's Dispensary Mod 'resident, Buffalo, N. Y. it woman's diseases, and how to em i co Dr. Pierce to pay cost of malling ol! hts great thousand-page illustrated id, up-to-date edition, in paper co ve rn. GOING IT BLIND. Father (to prospective suitor). Having regard to your ancient name and celebrated ancestors, we must shut one eye to your debts. (- - ... ?And do I find favor with your daughter?" "Well, I guess she'll have to shut one eye as well."-Meggendorfer Blatter. GETTING AT THE' ROOT. Fair Patient-Oh. doctor, Tm pos! tively all run down end I'm so mis erable. I have that tired feeling all the time. -, Physician-No doubt. Let me see your tongue.-3oston Transcript THE IDEA.. Norah, after watering the lawn. "^Missus, do you hang up your hose?" Mlsstr?se-"Certainly, noj;, Norah: we always pay cash!"-Christian Work and Evangelist Hoping For the Worst. "Well, I can live in hope now." "What's happened?" "Some of my rich relations havs taken up aeroplaning. "-From the Detroit Free Press. MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT YOUR SERVICE FREE. Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest Medical Examination. If you are In doubt as to the cause of your disease mail us a postal re questing a medical examination blank, which you will fill out and return to us. Our doctors will carefully diag nose your case, and if you can be cured you will be told so; if you can not be cured you will be told so. You are not obligated to us In any way; this advice is absolutely free; you are at liberty to take our advice or not as you see flt. Send to-day for a medi cal examination blank, fill out and return to us as promptly as possible, and our eminent doctors will diagnose your case thoroughly absolutely free. Mu avon's, 53d and Jefferson Sta., Philadelphia, Pa. The morning is wiser than th? evening-Russian. ?Happy the man that hath a beauti ful wife; his days shall be increased HIS DAYS NUMBERED. How a Youngstown Man Disappointed tbe Pessimists. John H. Tm be, 342 Harvard St, Youngstown, Ohio, says: "In spite of, three different doctors I was getting worse, and was told I couldn't live six months. They called it Bright's dis ease. My limbs were swollen so badly I had to keep to the house for nine months. The urine was thick, passages were frequent and scanty and my head was sore and diz zy. I used Doan's Kidney Pills on the advice of a friend, found com plete relief in time, and two years have now passed without a Blgn o? kidney trouble." Remember the name-Doan's. Sold by all dealers. #60 cents a box. Ft? ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Modem Life. "May I kiss your beautiful babf?' "Certainly, madam. One moment please. Nurse, fetch me the antisep tic gauze."-Exchange. TOTAL LOSS OF HAIR Seemed Imminent-Scalp Was Very Scaly and Hair Came Oat by Hand fuls-?Scalp Cleared and New Hair Grown by Cu ti euro. I "About two years ago I was troubled with my bead being scaly. Shortly alter that I had on attack of typhoid fever and I was out of the .hospital possibly two) months when I first noticed the loss of hair, my scalp being still scaly. I started to use dandruff eurea to no effett whatever. I had actually lost hope of saving any hair at ah. I could brush it bf! my coat by the handful. I was afraid to comb it. But after using two' cokes of Cut ?eura Soap and nearly a box of Cuticura Ointment, the change was surprising. My scalp is now clear end healthy as could be and my hoir j thicker than ever, whereas I bsd my mind I made up to be" bald. W. F. Sleese, 5812 . Broad St., Pittsburg, Penn., May 7 and 21, '08. " Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole j Props, of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass. Good, Cool Smokes. Full extent of the horror of arctic j exploration will not be realized until they begin pushing over the countei the Cook Concha and the Peary Per fecto.-From the New York Herald. Hon ph on Rata, unbeatable exterminator. Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c. Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 25c. Bough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, Mn, Rough on ?loaches, PoVd, lSc.Liq'd, SSa. Rough os Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c. Rough on Skeeters, agreeable in nae, 2 Ja Si S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey Qty, N. J. They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.-Bailey. The U. S. Government has bought 25 Gross (3,600 boxes) of Rough on Rats to send to the Panama Canal Zone, because it does the work. The old reliable t? int never f.ails. The unbeatable extermin?t or. 15c, 25a, 75c. FATAL MINtEXPL?SION At Least Thirty Lives Lost-More Than Fifty Men Entombed, Only Tw<-nty-Five of-Whom Have Been Rescued. Nanaimo, B. C, Special.-Thiry lives are known to have been lost in an' explosion that"' entombed ' more than 00 men in the Extension mine of the Wellington Colliery Company here Tuesday. Twenty-five of the imprisoned men were rescued, but the rapidly spreading fire prevented the rescuers from completing their work. Eight bodies were recovered and the workers late Tuesday night were makin;' every effort to force further entrance into the two levels affected by the explosion in an effort to save any who may be living and to recover the bodies of the dead before they are consun.*ed. ( The fire was constantly gaining headway Tuesday night and while it continues there is little hope of the rescueis being able to reach the im prispnd men. All the men rescued were badly injured. The men employed in the collieries on Vancouver island are of the bet ter class of British miners, are will paid aid have comfortable homes. The Wellington Colliery Company which owns the Extension mine is controlld by British Columbia capi talists, Lieut. Gov. James Dunsmuir being the head of the corporation. CREW OF SCHOONER RELEASED Had Been Held in Mexican Frison Since September 4-Schooner Held on Charge of Poaching. Pensacola, Fla., Special.-After be ing held in a Mexican prison at Pro gresco *ince September 4 and for the first seven days not allowed to even communicate with the American con sulate, Capt. Joe Sclease and seven men of the fishing schooner Caldwell H. Coll of this port were released Tuesday, according to a telegram re ceived by the owners of the vessel from the American consul. At the same tine a letter reached here from Progreso from th captain who states that he is not allowed to communicate with the American consul nor will the officials tell him why he has been arxvisted. The Mexicans have refused to give up the ? chooner, having lodged a for mal complaint against her of poach ing. The master of the schooner claims that he was caught in the gulf storm of nearly three weks ago and so badly damaged that he went into Progrese for repairs, but was seized immediately._ BLOTTS PROTEST REFERRED. Appraiser at Philadelphia Will In vestigate Classification in Tariff Law of Gum Rosin. Washington, Special.-A protest of Henry Blun, Jr., of Savannah, Ga., to the Treasury Department that wrong classification in the tariff law was admitting gum rosin from abroad free of duty to the serious loss of the southern trade has been referred to the appraiser at Philadelphia for decision. The appraiser will have to deal with a iihipment from abroad, and whatever he recommends in the mat ter will te approved by the Treasury Department. Mr!. Blun was at the department Tuesday and conferred with Acting Secretary Reynolds and the matter was later put up to the Philadelphia appraiser for investiga tion and decision. Under paragraph 20 of the new tariff law gum rosin, natural and un componded but advanced in value or condition by any process of treat ment beyond that necessary to the proper packing of drugs and the pre vention of decay or deterioration pending manufacture, is taxed one fourth of one cent a pound and in addition len per cent ad valorem. Walsh Must Serve Sentence. Chicago, Special.-John R. Walsh, convicted of misapplication of the funds of the Chicago National Bank, must serv? the sentence of 5 years, imprisonment imposed upon him by the trial'jury save in the event that the supreme court upsets the affirma tion of th? verdict of guilty handed down by the United States circuit court of appeals here Tuesday. Judge Fite Places Stegall's Successor Under Bond, j ' Atlanta, Ga., Special-Following close upon his action in the Stegall case, which resulted in a spirited 'clash between the State and Federal courts, Judge A. W. Fite has placed B. P. ..Thompson, Stegall's successor ?as government storekeeper and gauger, under bond of $300 to appear at the nexr. term of the Dade county .court and testify in the prosecution of the Cureton distillery at Rising Fawn. Judge Fite himself is now under subpeona to appear in the United Stases court here on Thursday and testify in the Stegall habeas cor pus proceedings. Report of Bales Ginned. Washington, Special.-There had been ginned to September 25 counting round as half bales. 2,502.888 bales compared with 2,590,039 for 190 i These are the figures given in a report of the cen:>us bureau, issued last week. The round bales included this year were 48,176, compared with 57,107 for 3908. The Sea Island cotton re ported for 1909 iras 13,820, compared with 11,457 for 1908. Breaking Ranks. New York, Special.-Ten of the American battleships and two of the scout cruisers, which have been the objects of interest to thousands of visitors during the Hudson-Fulton celebration, left their anchorages hi the Hudson river above Grant's tomb Tuesday and sailed for their re spective navy yards, where they will receive a general overhauling prepar atory to the usual winter cruise. Popularity. 1 The/ blew and blew their Paper Bag They blew with all their might, Till suddenly their Bag blew up. And vanished out of sight. lind then tho Windy Thing waa gone, Nor could a trace be seen; For not a single shred was left. Of what hivd never been. -Brand Whitlock, in Lift. Beal Thing. "Is this a genuine Boston bull ter rier?" "Yes, the l?na fido article."--Kan sas City Times. Perhaps She's One of the Rare Ones. Scott-"Is Jones married?-" Mott-"I guess not. I never heard him blame his wife for anything."-? Boston Transcript. Unable to State. "boes your wife always think be fore she speaks?" "I don't know. I've never been ap that early."-Cleveland Leader. The Worm Will Turn. Barber-"Your hair's very thin, slr." Long Sufferer-"And you've got a bump on your nose, and one of your eyes squint."-Life. Put to New Use. Crawford-"So your wife, doesn't make mince pies any more?" Crabshaw-"No. She uses all the odds and ends around the house aa trimming for her hat."-Puck. Distinction. Father-"Do I understand you to say that you wish, to be my son-in law?" Suitor-"No, slr; I want to marry your daughter."-New York Sun. Not Yet, But Sometime. Man From the City-"You Intend to keep bees, I suppose?" Suburbanite-"Some day, perhaps. At present we are devoting dur entire energies to keeping a cook."-Chi cago Tribune. A Theatrical Paradox. "There is one contradictory thing actors seem to dp." ? t "What is that? * .'The longer they are at one Btand, the more they consider it a run."-? Baltimore American. One Wish Urfulfilled. Wife - "You promised that if I would marry you my every wish would be gratified." Husband-"Well, isn't it?" Wife-"No; I wish I hadn't mar ried you."-Illustrated Bits. A Farmer's Troubles. "I dunno how to please these sum mer boarders." '"What's the matter. Si?" "They're clamoring fer the moss covered bucket, after I had fitted up the well with sterilized drinking cups instead." - Louisville. Couriar-Jour What Troubled Him. Willie-"Say, mother, will it hurt to have this,tooth out?" Mrs. Slimson-"Naturally, but it will be so sudden that you won't have time to think-just a quick turn, and it will be all over." Willie-"Um-that's all that could happen to me if I had my head pulled off."-Life. Tho Real Spencer. "You don't seem anxious to meet this millionaire?" "I met a millionaire here last sea son," exclaimed the summer girl, "and he wouldn't even buy an ice cream cone. 'Could you introduce me to some young chap who has come to the beach with two hundred dol lars saved up?"-Kansas City Jour? nal. Anxious to Know. "Yes," said the doctor, "I can cure you if you will follow my directions rigidly." "All right-HI take anything." "I'm not going to give you any thing tc take. You must simply quit drinking intoxicating liquors and give up smoking for at least six monthB." "And are you going to Charge for ordering me to do that?" "Certainly. My iee is $10." "Say, Doc, how much would you expect to get in advance for hitting a mah on the head with an axe?"-- ' Chicago Record-Herald. Playing Safe. "Doctor," said the caller, "I'm a victim of insomnia. Can you cure me?" "I can," replied the physician. "But before I take the case I want to ask you one question. Are you in busi ness for yourself or do you work for others?" "I'm employed as clerk in a gro cery," answered the patient. "Then you'll have to pay in ad vance," said the doctor. "I'm not doubting your honesty, but after I get through with you tbe chances are you will sleep so soundly you'll lose your job. Then you can't pay me."-. Chicago News. All Profit. "No use of talking," drawled the freckled youth on the roadside fence, "thar certainly IE money in cattle." "In the stock raising business, young man?" asked the tourist. "No, not exactly, but an automo bile ran over that spotted calf a few minutes ago and the man with the big spectacles over his eyes got out and handed me a $5 note." "Five dollars? That's not so much for a good sized calf." "Yes, but, mister, the calf wasn't mine. Now, If I can only stand in front, of another calf while he gets run over I'll be right in it, be gosh." -Chicago Nows. - . PLAY AND THE S ....?..?.............'..fS "Why*, we've #?ne everything for him," will be our first indignant an swer, if anybody asks what we have done for the American Boy. "Look at our schoofs and our colleges! * We have looked after the boy as an individual possession, perhaps, but until recently we have been indiffer ent to him as au American institution. We have cared for the blind, the deaf, the truant, the feeble minded and the incorrigible. They have had gymna siums, amusements grounds and all the luxuries civilization can devise, because their needs have appealed to our sympathies. Meanwhile, the boy without a handicap, the ordinary, vig orous, every day boy, has been neg lected. Schools have been provided for him, but his other needs have been ignored. Too often he has been denied the inalienable right of child hood-the right to play. When it is remembered that the playground appeals to the boy in the formative period from childhood to manhood, the magnitude of our obli gation ls apparent. It ls a civic obli gation quite outside the domain of philanthropy, since It improves the quality of the citizenship of the fu ture. The playground is as much a civilized demand as the public school, aad lt should be conducted as if it were of equal importance. Well-di rected play is of just as much value as well-directed study. The acceptance of the obligation to help the hoy in his play will hasten the eradication of child labor. When all the factories have poured forth their workers-girls as well as boys -into playgrounds, then, and not until then, shall we be justified in boasting of our American civilization. .-The Delineator. Soldier's Worst Enemy. A soldier who takes part in a mili tary campaign expects to face danger and perhaps to meet death. It ls part of his profession. The bravery of men in peril ls well known. The world's history is filled with stories of heroism. No greater shame can come to a soldier than to be proved guilty of cowardice. But disease is far more destructive in warfare than the enemy's bullets. The deaths resulting from it are al ways more numerous than those which come directly on the battlefield As a matter of fact, the soldiers killed In fighting are comparatively few. It is always surprising to dis cover the great mortality with which disease is charged. In the Civil War, Cor example, where there were many hotly contested engagements, the loss in killed and in wounded dying in hospitals was about 100,000. The loss from disease during the war or immediately following it was three times as great. Sanitation has made marked ad vances since the Civil War. It has gone far ahead since the Spanish War. In case of another American conflict many lives will be saved be cause of increased knowledge of dis ease and the methods of fighting lt. The experiments with typhoid serum have special interest because of this consideration;. The soldiers who submitted tb the tests were in the line of duty. If: the study of their cases gives the medical staff of the army added ability to cope with ty phoid fever there will be a great gain. Taken with other irvestigationi-- in the field of medical research, the Inci dent is worthy of general attention. Epidemics of various kinds are fast losing their terrors. - Chicago Tri? bune. The "Wife Catcher." As is customary with Indians the world over, the Carlbs are expert basket weavers, and many strong and handsome baskets are to be bought in Roseau at reasonable prices if one finds the right shops. A peculiar in strument, made of basket straw and woven closely together so as to form a hollow tube, ending in a thong of twisted ends, and commonly dubbed a "wife catcher," is also made and sold by the Caribs, says Leslie's Weekly. By slipping the hollow end over a man's finger above the joint and pulling on the twisted end. the catcher will tighten around the finger and the captive will be unable to re lease his hand. It is claimed that the Indians formerly employed this device as a handcuff for prisoners, using several for each hand, and leading the captives by the fingers. Few tourists are permitted to leave Roseau with out a wife catcher, for which a six pence is willingly exchanged. A Qnecr Old Sentence. An odd judicial sentence was brought to light the other day from a lot of musty old records of Ashe County, N. C. It was the formal judgment of conviction of one Carter Whittington on a charge of perjury, and read: "Fined ten pounds, and .the said Carter Whitting stand in the pillory for one hour, at the expiration of which time both his ears be cut off and entirely severed from his head, and that his ears so cut off be nailed to the pillory and there to re main until the setting of the sun, and that the sheriff of this county carry the judgment immediately into exe outlon and-that the said Carter Whit tington be confined until the Sae and iees are paid," London's Shortest Street. There can hardly be a shorter Btreet in London than the one con necting Pall Mall with the south eastern corner of St. James' Square, from which the name John street has just been removed. It has only one house, which is No. 1; for though there are two other doors in the street, one is numbered as belonging to Pall Mall, and the other is a side entrance of a public house. Pre sumably, therefore, the single house is now to be absorbed into St. James' Square and the London directory is to lose yet another of the slowly di minishing total of John streets.? Westminster Gazette. Frederick the Greathad tender feet end used to have an old double who broke in new boots for him. * Feed For Live Stock. Every farmer who has live stock to feed should come in touch with cowpeas and soy heans as often one or the other can be used to good ad vantage. Both plants are rich In pro tein and make excellent crops for supplementing carbonaceous food stuffs, such as corn.-Farmers' Home ? Journal. ,. . Use of Corn. Our most Important stock feeding problem in tue United States is the most profitable use of corn. Corn happens to be particularly poor in mineral nutriment, especially so In calcium, the oxide of which we know as lime. Our most profitable use of corn demands that we consider not only proteid, but also mineral sup plements. The subject is of greatest importance, as it relates to growing or milking animals and also to those raised most largely on corn, namely, hogs and poultry.-Farmers' Home Journal. Potted Berry Plants. Potted plants are largely adver tised every fall and are very interest ing to amateurs. Any one who has a few small flower pots, two and a quar ter or two and a half inches, at his disposal, may grow these plants for himself.. The pots are burled in the soil be side the fruiting rows in the latter part of June or the first of July. Each pot is filled with soil, and a young strawberry plant, still attached to the mother plant, is set into the buried pot. Plants so treated should form large, strong crowns by the last jot August. They may then be severed from the mother plants and trans planted. - Bulletin Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. The Cow's Coat. It Is an easy matter to tell by the condition of a cow's coat In the win ter time whether she is getting silage, as its succulence has the same effect on a cow's system that pasture grass has, and it keeps her thrifty and in the best of condition for her every day work. Silage is also more diges tible and nutritious than the same amount of dry feed. Another point in its favor is its convenience. Wjth silage ready for feeding every day in the year much less help is required to care for the herd than will be needed 'Where it iz necessary to cut or shred fodder in the winter time. Ten tortwenty min utes a day will be all the time re quired to get out the silage and feed the herd.-Farmers' Home Journal. Crows Killing Chicks. The Rhode Island Experiment Sta tion has received a number of reports where crows have caused serious losses to poultrymen. In one case twenty-five per cent, of the chickens hatched were destroyed by crows, all; sizes being taken from the time '.hey were just hatched until they were a pound in weight. Various efforts were made to keep the crows away, most of which were ineffectual. The first was a scarecrow, next corn soaked in strychnine solution was scattered on a field of planted corn at a little distance from the chicken yard; third, a steel trap was set on a pole near the chicken yard, but with out success. Finally ;a white twine was run on stakes around and across the chicken yard. This kept the crows from the yard, but the small chicks would get out and fr II prey to the crows. This being ineffectual, a crow was shot and hung on a pole near the chicken yard, after which there was no further trouble. Poisonous Plant Investigation. For several years the Forest Serv ice, in co-operation with the Bureau of Plant Industry, has been making poisonous plant investigations ou the National Forest which have been of distinct value to stockmen. The an nual loss from poisonous plants in many localities is quite heavy, and some ranges are becoming practically useless on account of these plants, or if used, the losses by death are so heavy as to materially cut into the profits of stock raising. No general plan of ridding the range of these plants has yet been devised, but it has been possible by close study to determine the particu lar species of plant responsible for the trouble. It is believed that some of these poisonous plants can be choked out by planting certain ag gressive grasses which in time will take full possession. Other plants like the wild parsnip, which is so fa tal to cattle, grow to such a height as to be easily seen and are not so nu merous but t. it they can be com pletely eradicated by pulling them up by the roots. Alfalfa Will Grow Everywhere. While experts have been declaring that alfalfa would only grow in cer tain soils and in certain climates it has proved Its adaptability to nearly all climates and almost all soils. It products with a rainfall as scant as fourteen inches, and in the Gulf States flourishes ? with sixty-five inches. It gives crops at an eleva tion of 8000 feet above sea level, and In Southern California it grows below sea level to a height of sk feet or over, with nine cuttings a year, ag gregating ten to twelve tons. An au thenticated photograph in possession of the writer shows a wonderful alf alfa plant raised In the (irrigated) desert of Southern California, sixty feet below sea level, that measured considerably more than ten feet in height. Satisfactory crops are raised, but on limited areas as yet, in Ver mont and Florida. New York has grown It for over 100 years in her clay and gravel; Nebraska grows it in her western sand hills without plowing, as does Nevada on her sage brush desert. The depleted cotton soilh of Alabama and rich corn lands of Illinois and Missouri each respond generously with profitable yields to the enterprising farmer, while its ac cumulated nitrogen and the sub-soil lng it effects are macing the rieb la more valuable and giving back to crop-worn the priceless elements which it has-be?n In successive gen ations despoiled by ? conscience! husbandry.-From Cob urn's Book Alfalfa. . L I Circumvent Sheep-Killing Dogs. Our experience in the sheep b neBs for twenty-five years, and Hvl near a small town of 2000 lnhabi ants, with plenty of useless dogs, an near a railroad station where, otto when a freight car door is open from one to ten dogs are let ont, in strange neighborhood and no home, to make their own living or starve we naturally have lots of trouble with sheep-killing dogs. One of the speakers at a farmers institute in this county a few yean ago recommended to take.a numbai of sticks about eighteen inches long, sharpened kt both ends, and on one end put a piece of sausage about one Inch long with a little strychnine ia lt. Late in the evening take these and stick them around the place and gather them up early the next morn ing, as an effectual remedy. But this Lis a very questionable practice that 1 would not like to follow. ? I first got a No. 25 shot No. 22 Winchester rifle. I could hit them every time, but the ball being so small many of them got home and made trouble afterward. So I resorted to a splendid hard shooting shotgun with No. 4 shot with much better results. But this is 8 little trying on the conscience if yon do not actually catch them In the act. This ls an age of woven wire fence, and a good five foot, closely woven fence well anchored down and well stapled up around the sheep pasture, or, better, the whole farm, ls as near ly effectual as anything I have ever tried. This kind of a fence well looked after will come as near obviat ing the trouble as anything I have tried or can think of, and rid us of many of the disagreeable things in many of the other remedies.-J. A? E., in the Indiana Far meir. Silo Construction. A Canadian feeder of large exper ience has this to say on silo construc tion in one of our Canadian ex changes: Do not on any consideration build a square or oblong silo. The walls of such a silo are not strong ->nough r.o stand the pressure caused oy the.. great weight of the silage, and the* amount of silage lost in the corners will amount, in a few years, to a con siderable value. The best shape is circular. A silo should be more than twice as high as lt is wide. Do not build a silo too large in diameter, as the amount of silage spoiled from day, to day will more than pay the inter est on tho cost of an extra smaller ene. The main qualities of a silo are that the walls shall be strong enough to withstand the pressure and it shall be air tight. To get this the first step is to build a good, solid founda tion; commenced below the frost line. Perhaps the simplest and easiest style of silo to be built is the stave silo. It should be- made "from two inch narrow plank properly beveled and held together by strong iron bands. The staves, after beveling so that when fitted together they will form a circle of the desired size, are placed on end on a solid foundation and properly fitted. These aro strengthened and held in place by strong iron hoops, which are so made that they may be tightened or loos ened at will. Doors should be built at intervals from the top to the bot-' tem so that the silage may easily be got out. It is not necessary to put a roof on this silo, but lt is much to be preferred. This style ot the silo should be kept well painted, both in side and out. If properly built and taken care of a stave silo ls durable, rigid and airtight. Kissing the Bride. In the little Rumanian town of Helmagen an annual fair is held on the feast of St. Theodore. On this oc casion the place swarms with newly married brides from ali the villages in .the district; widows who have taken fresh husbands remain at home. The young women, in festive attire and generally attended by their mothers-in-law, carry jugs of wine, enwreathed with flowers, in their hands. They kiss every man they, meet and afterward present the jugs to his lips for a '.nip." As he takes it he bestows a small gift on the bride. Not to take of the proffered wine is regarded as an insult to her and her family. She is, therefore, reserved toward strangers and only kisses those whom she thinks likely .to taste of her wine. The kissing is carried on everywhere-in the street, in the taverns and in private houses, -Chicago Dally News. I Athletics in? China. The Chinese have always indulged in athletic exercises of a sort, in which they have rather prided themselves, though none ever seem to have taken such a hold on the nation as ours have on us during the last century or so. There are many stories of strong laen capable of wielding extraordi nary weapons, of bending wondrous bows, or of lifting heavy weights, etc. Even within the last few years feats of archery were done before an officer could get his commission in the army, and in almost any village there is a bamboo with a pierced stone at either end to test the strength of the rising generation in lifting. But there was nothing of regular athletic training, except for a few wrestlers, perhaps, before foreigners came.-< Woman's Life. The Golf Maiden. The girl at the window saw her lover coming up the steps-saw him slip-saw him carom kerflip kerflop back to the path below. "Heavens!" she cried, turning pale. "Reggie has foozled hisapproach!"-Boston Tran? script. The first pocket timepieces were called "Nuremberg eggs," after the city, of their origin.