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? CHICAGO MERCHANT HAKES STATEMENT, After Spending Thousands of Dollars and Consulting the Most Eminent Physicians, He Was Desperate. CHICAGO', ILLS.-Mr. J. G. Becker, of 134 Van Buren St., a well-known wholesale dry goods dealer, states as follows:. "I have had catarrh for more than thirty years. Have tried everything on earth and spent thousands of dollars for other medicines and with physicians, . without getting any lasting re lief, and can say to you that I ? have found Peruna the only rem edy that has cured me per manently. "Peruna has also cured my - wifeof catarrh. She always keeps it in the house for an attack of .cold, which it invariably cures in a very short time." Peruna is sold by your local drug gist! Buy a bottle today. So. a-'io. SHIP To Richmond, Virginia. CLARENCE COSBY Pays Market Prices and Deals Fair Mink $6*5 each. Grey Fox S1.25 each Raccoon 1.35 " Opossum .60 " Skunk 3.25 " Muskrat. .55 " Rabbits Mc pound. . Restores Gray Hair to Natural Color' REMOVES DANDRUFF AMD ICUHF . Invigorates sad prevents the hair from Jailing off. For Sal? by Druggists, er 8ont Dlroct by X ANT HINE CO., Richmond, Virginia .rica t> Fer Berit?; Sample Bettie ]$c Send tor GrcuuW New Book on Gon?umnii@& FREE TO ALL SO pajp?. cloth bound modi cai boob on onnxtopUon. Telia in piala. ?Implo language how oon'utnptten can be cured In your own bomfle Write today. Tho Eook la aba* I a ti? j fro*. YONKERMAN CO. SUI WaWr Street, Kalaauxoo. tUeJto DpAf LATH AND SHINGLE MACHINES, SAWS AND SUPPLIES. STEAM AND GASOLINE ENGINES. *>. Try LOMBARD, AUSLSTA' An Ambiguous Laudation. ( A well-known divine was preaching one Sunday morning on the subject of 'The Great and Small Things of Creation." To illustrate his thought that nothing was either too vast or too tiny to be of Interest to God, he proceeded in these words: "The Creator oi this immense uni* verse created also the most infinite simal; atom in it The Architect of these vast mountains fashioned also the tiniest thread of sold 'running through 'rhaw._ The dogmatic wisdom with which an attorney sometimes undertakes to express himself,-'explains _ i Wash-j ington Star, is ' simply profiS3lonal energy and should not be confused iwfih exaggerated ego. With the .fox one must play the fox.-French. 9 When shown positive and remedy had cured numerous i any sensible woman conclude also benefit her if suffering wi Here are two letters which j E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com Fitchrille, Obj down, suffered fi limbs, and could time. She can prostration, had and seemed mei trro doctors- but Lydia E. Pink Blood Purifier prayed sc much another firl." . JLrasbui'gr, Ter say a few words In praise of y? taking it I had been Tory sick i bles and nervous prostration. .' tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Yegett greatly improved. My friends v a great change."-Mrs. iv. H. Si We will pay a handsome n prove to tis that these letters ; -or that either of these won their /testimonials, or that the their permission, or that the. c not come to us entirely unsol: What more proof can any For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkha Compound has been the stands female ills. Ko sick woman c herself who will not try this fan Made exclusively from roots a ' has thousands of cures to its ere Mrs. Pinkham invites s to write her for ad vi thousands to health fi Address Hrs? Pinkhan [The Turpentine Industry a Forest Destroyer. You do not know the turpentine tappers, but if you come to Florida you will soon find them out. It is a cinious business that will deliberate ly destroy all the forests of a hali dozen states, for a little immediate gain; and still more curious is the lassitude that allows the destruction to go on. The French have a method of tapping trees which gives a pro fitable retuni and leaves the trees practically uninjured. In this way an industry is perpetuated, but our American tapping is another thing. The trees are cut with a broad axe, hewing out great slices and leaving scars from which the rosen flows into boxes at the" bottom of the cut and is scraped once a month into casks. <. The cut is repeated each year, and in six or seven years the tree is exhausted. So go great forests of ?pine that stand eighty to one hun idred feet high, leaving us thousands lof acres of standing lumber which will be cut down by portable saw ? mills. The end of it all is a hag gard waste.-E. P. Powell, in Febru ary Outing. So. 3-10. ?1ayW^et\svawet?\/ overcome* loxaVvve. XOTie?y Syiva? cj?l^s &?\\x\r oj SesracL)fir\kW ou?\o^Te$i\er to??s ?oi\\y so\W\ assis\aweto xvaluts may begrc?uaWv &\spex\sc& v/vftv wkauo VoTtger nee?elasItoebesX oj rcat?&es xtirnxvymA o?a \o ass\sv ^cVioxis,w\i\c\ixa\isX ?LcpenAxiWv. vk??y u?oxi groper uounsWeirY, prc??r^ot\s.oj^T\^A\\v\u? #a?a\\y. To|et'\>sbc^vs\o\.(^cCts.Q\wiT?sbuy lbs ?emn&7 CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS ONE Siz? ONLY- REGULAR PRttE 50* PER BOTTLE A BUSY DOCTOR is often delayed. Keep a bottle of GOW. AN'S PREPARATION in foe home and be prepared lor pneumonia, croup, colds, coughs, "n'ppe, pains and soreness lc lunts and throat External and jives quick rel ici. AU dlJIfePC. ?1.00. 50c, 25c The-idea! DAI ATAf A Or? ?m of Cathortlo r ***-**? CnatorOII CHILDUKM L1CKTHB OPOOtf. V.II.TU PUtul.nc,, Come* S.iyloi. Mi- ??cutlwt. 25c. J'1L DUCQOIbTa. Hew He Knew. ? In an assault and battery case tried In a Cleveland court the prosecuting witness testified at length that the defendant had knocked him senseless and had then kicked him for several minutes. "If this man's attack rendered yon unconscious," demanded the magis trate, "how is it that you know he kicked you when you were down?" This question seemed to floor the witness. He was lost in reflection for some moments; then, brightening, he replied: "I know it, your Honor, because that's what I would 'have done to hlm if I'd got mi m 40wn-"1-Circle Magazine. I Who serves the man is thanked by none, but cursed if ought be left un done.-French. reliable ?roof that a certain cases of female ills? wouldn't that the same remedy would th the same trouble ? prove the efficiency of Lydia pound. io.-"My daughter was all ron rom pains in her side, head and walk hut a short distance at a ie very near haling* nervous begun, to cough a good deal, lancholy hy spells. She tried got little help. Since taking ham's Vegetable Compound, and Liver ^iLLs she has ira that she feels and looks like Mrs. C. Cole, Fitchvllle, Ohio, mont.-"I feel it my duty to ?ur medicine. When I began irita kidney and bladder trou I am BOW taking the sixth bot tble Compound, and find myself rho call to seo mo have noticed inborn, Irasburg, Yermo nt. . iward to any person who will arel not genuine and truthful len were paid in any way for letters are published without )riginal letter from each did icited. one ask? au's Vegetable .rd remedy for Loes justice to ions medicine, nd herbs, and dit. ill sick women Ice? She has ree of charge, j, Lynn, Mass, ATLAS ft -Cartoon by C. ffife is Likely lo Have thc Celle? o? Census Enumerator Calls-He 1 Into Too-Rural Citizen Arter Census Work "Washington, T). C.-"Are you thc head of the family, or is the head out?" This is one of the leading questions that will be pi + to whoever may come to the door when the census enumer ator cails next April. It is important that thc Govern ment keep track of every head of family, and the answer, though it may cause domestic wrangling after ward, will be recorded from the one of whom it is asked. That is where the women of the family will get the best of it, as it is likely the men will be at work when theenum?rator calls. "How About Your Mother-in-Law?" "Are you married? Have yon any children? Is your mother-in-law liv ing with you?" These are a few of the multiplicity of questions which, beginning April IR. 1910, will be asked every house wife in the United States and its Territories by Uncle Sam's army of inquisitors known as census enumer ators, j .From hor.ee to house all over the country these inquisitors will go.' If you'happen to be a housewife and answer th? summons of the doorbell, and four of your five children answer it too, do not scold the enumerator when he asks you if you, are mar ried. Uncle Sam has not counted noses all over the country for ten long years, and it may . be. as some] pessimists say, the race is' lessening, and, if so, the Government wants to know in order to determino what kind of premiums to offer for Roose velt!^ families. Chain the Dog After April ,14. There is one request in particular the Government, makes of people liv ing in small cities, towns ami rural districts, and that is to have all dogs chained after April 14, for at least six months* When the enumerator calls he will begin by asking these questions: "Wh*t street, road or avenue is this? What is the number?" He will then ask: "What Is your name? Are yon the head of a fam ily? What is the name of each per son living here on Anni IR, 1910? The surname initial of every person in the abode? How many children, their names, ages, places of birth?" If you are not the head of the family you will be asked what rela tion you are to the head. The enumerators will ask the s?x. color and race nf every person; the age of last birth dav. Then conic questions to the women. PEOPLE ASKED Government Will Spend S13.00C Washington. D. C.-Whether the j thirteenth census, on whirh the Gov ernment expects to spend at least 813,000,000 and probably more, will reflect a correct picture of the Nation, its people, their lives and resources, is going to depend as largely upon the people themselves as ur>on the Census Bureau and Its G5.000 enumerators who will be engaged in the work. Director Durand makes this asser tion in his annual report to Secretary Nagel, of the Bureau of Commerce and Labor. While the report reviews the work of the bureau for the last year, a great part of it deals with preoarations for the coming census. The director calls attention to the. fact that any person or corporation may make returns and know that Prussian Election Laws Changed Deficit of S23,000,000 Shown. Berl'n.-Emneror William opened th< Prussian Dist. The proposed leg islation outlined in the Speech from the Throne includes a bill for the re form of the election law and a meas ure the purpose of which is to coun teract the tendency of the laboring classes to desert the farms. Baron von Rheinhaben, Minister of State and Finance, laid before the Diet the bildetet which shows a deficit of 823,000.000. It la due to an in crease of $50,000,000 in salaries. Abont Noted Proplp. Herman Ridder refused appoint ment as Park Commissioner of New York City. Mayor Gaynor, of New York City, began his first day by compelling all employes to work from 9 o'clock un til 5. Louis Paulhan. the highest salaried aeroplane driver in the world, and his wife arrived in this country from France. Dr. Charles F. Chandler, cf Colum bia University, asked to be relieved of active teaching work. His request was granted reluctantly. R. Macrmley, in the New York Wolli!. Husband, tfno May Ec Away Wm lill Ask You A?our Your Mcilisr ts Aslietl ?o C?aia II?D Dog Baps Ml Amil "Are you .married or Gingie 01 divorced or widowed?" Ii yea have been divorced and remarried, you will be asked the number of 3'ears of thc present married life. "How many children arc you the mother'of? How many children were born and how many aro living?" These questions will be asked in the order named, so do not get im patient and fretful and think the enumerator is asking questions which seem personal and impertiuent. The information is for tho Government. Thc enumerator also will ask you your nationality. The Government is particularly anxious that this ques tion bo answered truthfully. ""What State or Territory, if horn in the United States? What country, if foreign born? Thc place of birth of the person being interrogated; the place of birth of tho father of this person and the -place of birth of the motlier" are'among the questions. To Identify Citizens ami Aliens. The question of citizenship will be thoroughly gone into/! thus: "Were you born in thc United States? Were you an immigrant? What year * id you come to thc United States? j Eave you been naturalised or arc you still an ali^n?" ; The . enumerator will have to ask whether '^all . persons enumerated speak English, and if not what lan guage^ they speak. , r&&r*l?2?e or profession, tho kind of work done by each person, such aa spinner, salesman, laborer, etc.. will be asked. The general nature of industry, business or establishment in which each person works, such as cotton mill, dry gcods store, farm, etc. Whether an employer or em ploye or working on own account, will be another question. Ii an em ploye you will be asked whether you were ont of work cn April 15, 1910, and the number of weeks you were out of work in 909. Questions will be asked with a view of classifying the illiterale, those hav ing just a common education and those having a higher education. Other questions will show whether Americans arc as extravagant as they have been alleged to be. lt will be asked whether the home you live in is owned by you or Tented. If owned by you, if it is free of mortgage. The last question is if tn ere are any persons in the house suffering from blindness, whether in both eyes; and if deaf and dumb: Every citizen is asked to oo-opor cte with the enumerators ia order that'no mistakes will occur. TO AID CENSUS >,000 and Employ C^.OOO As cn ti when tho results are published it will be impossible to Identify them with any individual or set of men. The re turns are not disclosed to any one not employed in the Census Bureau, and are not even furnished to any other bureau of the Department of Com merce and Labor. On account of the extended records which will be taken of agricultural conditions, the card system for those returns will he abolished and a sys tem more lu keeping with the magni tude of the requirements will be adopted. In suite of the added work this year the director believes it can be done with the present office forces, and makes only one recommendation for the creation of a new office, chief statistician of mines-and quarries. Navy Yard riants Appraised by thc Washington Commandant, . Washington, D. C.-Rear-Admiral Luetze, commandant of the Washing ton Navy Yard, has just made an in ventory which shows the gun foundry there to be worth $10,475,000. Tho machinery is valued at more than $3.000.000. The value of the Brook lyn Navy Yard Is estimated at S2S. 252.000. but the output of the Wash ington yard in value is greater in pro portion. The Washington yard in the last ten years has put out more than $22,000,009 in finished products. The Labor World. Twenty-six railway emplorws war? killed and forty-four Injured in Can ada in one month. The Oklahoma State Court nf Ap peals has rendered an opiuion de claring that thc eiajht-liour law of that State is constitutional. The total membership of lh? Uni ted Brewery Workers' Union :'t fie present Is 45."3?.. *>nv*po?ed of "Cl? local unions and 1ST branches. The number of wag? earners ?HTI ble to bronto m^mb^rs of Irpdn unions is 1 4,000.000 lu Great Britain; 3,000,000 belong to trade unions. Nothing So Wasteful. There ls nothing so wasteful, so discouraging and such a hard resec tion upon a community as a bad road, says Sports of the Times. On the other hand a good road is both a money and time saver, a constant source of economy and a township's most valuable asset. -The ancient Roman roads are for the most part as good to-day as when they were first constructed. The Appian Way, that stretches across the Campagna south ward from the Eternal City was laid cut 212 years before the Christian era began. The suburbs and villages have long vanished, but tba Yia-Ap pia, bordered by crumbling tombs, runs just as straight and az level as it did when St. Paul traversed it to preach thc new faith, and when the dead Emperor Augustus was borne lifeless back to Rome. It has been well said that the legions conquered not sc much by force of arms as by the magnificent roads they con structed. While their language, cus toms and pagan form of worship left little or no impression on the coun tries they enslaved, yet the races they overpowered absorbed their methods of road-making, and thus we now find all over Europe and Lhe British Isles highways that bid fair to last till doomsday. We have been voted plagarists and copyists in all else that we have taken from the world that's old, but we have still to adopt a plan of construction for paths to tread on. France, England, and in fact, the smallest European hamlet can give U3 cards and spades and a beating when it comes to building a highway, a by way or a paved street. It is safe to say that more horses are ruined in a year in thi3 country cn account of the awful condition cf pavements and dirt roads than are worn out in two decades 0:1 the other sida of the Atlantic. Aside from overloading-which is carried to criminal lengths in all-the large cities of the United States-the footing- provided, or rather not pro vided, for horses here is simply abom inable. As for asphalt, its inventor should have a monument erected to his memory that will hold him up to public ridicule for ages. Satan him self must have devised it to confound both man and beast. Every square foot of the stuff spells graft of the most pronounced brand, and there was never a surer means employed for the rapid eradication of the horse ns a motive power. However any body of men or municipal committee with any claim to humanity ia their I makeup could have approved asphalt ?.s a street covering is incomprehensi ble to the disinterested observer. Fu j ture historians will surely put us down as a raes gone mad in the bud ding. Tho material i3 certainly r.ot cheap, nor has it anything like the . lasting quanities of roughened con crete blocks, granitelik-o wood pave ment, or properly laid and cared for macadam. It costs millions to lay, and hundreds cf thousands cf dollars are expended every year in our cities j to keep it full of ho!e3, so that those who have the contracts f ir relaying J make as much out of it as thc original 1 ! tonslructors. Asphalt a Delusion, if the cost of all the horses that have been injured on asphalt could be collected from city authorities, there i3 hardly a municipal treasury that would have a dollar left to sup ply other improvements. Asphalt under certain conditions is as greasy as oiled glass. Flushing it with cold water is a delusion and a snare. If hot water or acids arc applied asphalt rots or collapses the moment any ab normal weight passes ever it and tho substance crushes?ke sawdust, to the annoyance of people who ride ever it in vehicles provided with solid rubber or pneumatic tire:;, invented after asphalt cane into vogue. No sooner is asphalt laid than a troop of navvies are employed to use blaz ing firepans and noisy engines and steam rollers to make repairs. Often I the mess is laid over uneven and poorly laid stones, in the belief that it will hide a multitude of S?DS. Like I he lazy man's wire nail to substitute, a screw, asphalt is enly an apology for something better that might be depended upon to last a century. As for the rotten macadamizing and other imitation surfaces put on roads F.nd highways in many parts of this country, the whola busineES is a standing disgrace. Uuder-draiuaga is seldom adopted, subsurfaces are hardly ever properly laid down; con sequently wheels and axles break, harness carries away, horses strain their legs and tendons, and arc urged till their hearts break, and mean while this great nation looks calmly on and pays the bill. Eest After Meals.. Hurried eating of neals, followed Immediately by some employment that occupies the whole attention and takes up all or nearly all of the phy sical energies, Is sure to result in dys pepsia in one form or another. Some times it shows itself in excessive irri tability, a sure indication that nerve force has been exhausted. The double draught, in order to digest the food and carry on the busi ness, has been more than nature could stand without being thrown out of balance. Nature does not do two things at a time, and do both well, as a rule. All know that when a forco is divided it is weakened. If the meal were eaten slowly, without preoccu pation of the mind, and the stomach ".llowed at least half an hour's chance to get Its work well undertaken be fore the nervous force is turned in another direction patients suffering from dyspepsia would be compara tively few.-Family Doctor. Columbia University boys have taken a step in the matter of reform that will meet with commendation. Vhey have barred mustaches Animal For the Farmer. The highest finished animal is not usually the proper one for the general farmer. Leave them for the breed ers. The farmer needs a bull of good strong vitality, and not one that r?? quipes a skilful feeder to reduce him to breeding condition. Look for a good individual in the pink of breed ing condition. ? Dairy Bani Implements. Every dairyman should endeavor to have as many labor-saving appli ances around and in his barn as pos sible. F<">r instance, the removal of manure from a dairy barn entails a great deal of hard work. However, the work ma/ be greatly lessened if the farmers will install a manure car rier, which runs on a track. These carriers cost little in comparison to the amount of labor they save. Every dairy farmer should ha- e a manure spreader. One spreader may. do the work of several men in the spreading of manure on the fields. The manure is spread more evenly, and each ten returns more value for this reason. No dairy farmer can af ford to be without a manure spread er.-Weekly Witness. Shipping Crate. The size of the crate will depend upon thesize of thecalf to be shipped. For an ordinary six or eight months' calf the crate shculd be three and a half feet high and eighteen inches wide, lt is nailed solid, with the ex ception ci two stanchion strips in the front end, which are made removable _.-i JCj so as to be adjusted to the size of the calf's neck. The top o? the crate is open, and the quickest way is to lift the calf into the crate through the top.. If desired, suggests Farm and Home, a small feed box can be at tached to the bottom cf the front end ?f thi? crate. Ginseng Culture. Please, advise me through your pa par as to the kind of soil adapted to tha raising of ginseng! How should it bs n'.anted to insure best results? -P. E. ai; Answer-The best soil for ginang culture is a moist, mellow, deep loam, light rather than heavy, and well supplied with decaying vegetable matter. It must be free from stones, clods or other obstructions that might cause a branching cf the roots. There should be a suitable subsoil affording a good natural drainage. If such a soil is used it will retain the proper supply of moisture. The seeds should be planted in the fall, one or two inches apart and about an inch deep. It is important that they re ceive plenty of moisture. When the seed are planted the bed should be covered an inch deep with leaf mold. Ko cultivation but simply weeding is needed in the spring when the plants appear. The plants should be.trars planted into permanent beds in the tecond autumn.-Indiana Farmer, An Easy Lifo on Land. "It is interesting to note," cays j Henry Wallace, wriliag home from England, "how English farmers, who almost universally pay much higher rents than are paid in this country, can afford to live as well as they do. In point of fact, the tenant on the English farm has zs much cr more capital than - is required to buy a farm in the Mississippi Valley, and be lives a much easier life than does the tenant cn the average American farm. "Wherever we have found a man with eighty acres or ever of good land we have found a chap who has a pretty good time of it. He coes not work much, sometimes not at all, sim ply bossing the ?oh. At other times he works a little, sometimes a good deal, but he fills our Idea of a busi-| ness man rather than of a ter.ant farmer. He attends the markets and sales, buys wisely, feeds judiciously. Whatever the breed may be, he has a good class of cattle. In fact, he could not come out whole with 'anything else. By force of circumstances, he must use brains In his farming; and whenever circumstances force us to use brains rather than muscular labor the result will te very evident cn our farms." The Best Potatoes. Again let us urcre potato r-o~?-8 to save their seed from the big hills of uniform fine potatoes at digging time, when it is easy to see.and know the company the potatoes have been keeping. Then is the time and the only tine It Is ncsslble to get the best seed potato. If we wait until the po tatoes are in the cellar it will be im possible to tell whether the nice large potato we select ls one of eight or ten large potatoes in the hill, or the only at all decent one among many inferior potatoes. What counts in po tato growing is the number of mar ketable ones one can grow to the acre; not the number of pounds. We have seen potato fields in the famous Waupaca (Wis.) potato district where fully ninety rpr cer.t. of the potatoes were marketable. Seed selection h3d ?one this, more than a'l the ether care given the crop. We have also seen whole fields of potatoes from such poorly selected seed that not one-third of them could be marketed. It takes no more work to grow a mar ketable potato than to grow one that is worthless for anything but pigs or starch factories. So it pays greatly to select seed from large hills o? smooth uniform potatoes. This, and this alone will prevent potatoes fror? "running out."-Dakota Farmer. Don't Sacrifice the Stock. Every farmer rejoices at the high prices that now prevail for all kinds, of grain and promise to continue un der normal conditions, and he is? of. course justified in making every ef fort to increase his yields per acre and also his total acreage. If these results are brought about by better ; methods of tillage, better drainage and better seed all well and good.* If, however; the acreage is increased by breaking up good pastures and meadows and disposing of practically all stock but the work horses, wo firmly believe that bad results will follow any general trend in this direc tion. > Under such a system the soil will naturally be drained of its fertility in a comparatively short time, but even were it practically possible to main-; tain the soil fertility, resulting prices would be such that'a decided change wcu?d be demanded in a few years. Any great increase in the production of cereal crops would bring about a big drop in prices, and any decided, reduction In the meat supply would, necessarily boost the market price of* cattle, sheep and hogs. Last fall the general rush to dispose Of all classes of hogs, in order to save grain, has resulted in placing hog" prices on a record-breaking level. Not only were, , small and unfinished pigs sent'to the markets by the trainload, but the source of supply was very materially ' reducsi by the S3le of brcod sows. Such action could only result in in flated prices for pork. With cereal crops one year's production may be such that the prices will drop amaz ingly. With meat production it may require several years to even catch up with the demand. Farmers should bear these things in. mind and not sacrifice their stock interests to. iu crease^their grain production. The pendulum of prices will swl^g back again, and diversified farming ls ? far the safest preposition to-gay as it, has ever been.-Dakota Weaning Many of us, whei weaning pigs, pictur? the little "runts" we^ times, possibly caused b>J because we didn't know age them." "Ituats" are a" the best, and are usually "poked" oif onto the housewife because sae is good natured enough to care for . them. Som? sows farrow "runt" pigs, others scon, make runts of geed ones. ... by being poor sucklers; while further, the farmer ofr.en makes them by improper weaning and care. There is often some difficulty in weaning them properly, for if the sow is a good suckler the pigs get so much : nourishment that they don't care to. learn to eat corn and drink slop. That makes a bad proposition, for when the sow is taken away from them they nearly starve before they will . eat, and this give: them a consider ble backset. We like to slop the sow regularly in a low trough, and when . the little fellows begin to taste slop we build a pen close by the trough and put a small trough in the pea. If we leave a big enough crack open an-! threw in some shelled corn the little fellows go in and steal it, as it were, for they scamper off when we approach. After a few successful thefts they begin to expect it, and then if a littlr skim milk be placed ia the pen they will "take to it." F?ed dees a pig iwice the good if he can only satisfy himself that he is steal ing it. D'.d you ever notice that? When we get them to eating pretty well, which is usually at about'-,eight weeks old, we breed tho sow if It is the proper time to do so.- Few sows will come in if the pigs are suckling ': at this age, so we generally pen the sow where the pigs cannot g3t to her. If the pigs get too hungry we turn them in for a few minutes and then separate them again. Under these conditions a sow usu ally comes in In three or four days/ and is bred. We usually keep .them away from the pigs thereafter, but not always; it depends on the age ^ and condition of the pigs. Plenty of skim milk with dishwat er and other scraps should be given them, and middlings (white shorts> should also be added to the slop, and they should have a moderate feed of corn, plenty of exercise and plenty of grass. A pig never develops so vrell as when he is continually in "devil ment." DJd you ever notice that? I wouldn't allow shoats to root much if ? rings and ringers, or rimmers, wero at. hand, escept, of course, Ia case of a woods lot.-Abraham Brothers, in the Indiana Farmer. The Idea J Ad. It does, by the use of type aaa pic ture, as near as poesibie, what a good salesman would do. The personal salesman has the ad vantage ot having his customer fae* to face. Therefore, while the advertisement cannot be so personal so far, as the one buyer is concerned, it can be per sonal fron' tha standpoint of the Cea'.er. Londoners live, on arr average, to an ago cf fifty-seven years. Ia most parts of England the standard is be low this. *