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DISFIGURED BY ECZF.MA \? ^Vo?<l?rfiit Chauxe in ? ? Moulli \ l'*io \\ hi Cleat m K>?i->Auulii?r Cur? by Cullcurw. "1 had eczema on I It*; face Jor five months, 4ii(1ng which tunc 1 wan in the cut c ot |Wiyt>ici9u<y Jacc \vu? to tii4 figured J t <>ii !?i -not ^ffuit, and it wan going h um bad to \v<>r*?i A J m ini recommended C'uticuia. The first night oiler 1 wa?hed my fneo with CutKiira Hoap and uncd Ou 1 totiia Ointment au<l iteaolvent 1 (hanged wonderfully. J'"rom that day 1 \v.n? able to go out, and in a month the trcutment hud removed ull idle* and Heab*, jjjid my laco wan a? clear a* ever. Itfigned) I . Soth, 317 ?Stagg Street, Hrooklyn, .V Y." Deeds n ro ttio only crcodH. J So. 38. C 'N THE LINE QA8TRONOM ICA L. Hot Ice Croam a New Dainty for the Fair Sex. "Ilufo you hoard of (ho now hot Ice ercam?" asked tho woman who seems to know of all tho now things almost boforo they como Into exlstonco. "It sounds piquant," said h'*r com naiiion. dryly, "Woll, It Ib, and something more. It is served In ono of tho teaand cbattor rooms, whoro you go after. a Bhopplng tour to pilo /ill l/U ml l*,-? on avouch ami ?lt In a how window and ? nil your companion all the thing? tliat- you always thotiKht that you wmild never toll to any one. Thorn , aro Iron lanterns, Instead of electric * globes^ and tho maids wear linen frock** and don't hlam things down he fore you." "And tho hot Ice croam?" "Fin copilng to that. It Is really f frozen pudding. It Is made of vanllb loo cream with boiled rice and gingoi mixed with it and all fro'xen together. It halls from tho Chinese quarter of Ran Francisco, and it tastes good and ' doesn't give one indigestion, as the cold-all the way-through Ico croam Is apt to." "Do you know what It Rounds like to mo? Tho Frenchman's description of the Irishman's whisky punch. lie |aid It was called 'ptincn,' hut it ought to have been called a 'contradiction.' because ho put In whisky t < ? make it i strong and water to make it weak, lemon to mako It sour and sugar to make it sweet, and then ho said, Here's to you!' and drank it himself!' ? Montreal Herald, The Ranchwoman. The Via., v .i <>{ Mm. \Y. N. Sherman j and the beauty of her hospitable home, | tho famous Minncwawft ranch In t'aii- | fottila, should bo an Incentive to every woman to hold fast, to the home in J Htlnct while winning her way in tho ; business world. In tho face of much opposition and caustic couinu at Mrs. Sherman, hooii alter loavin;; an east : ern college, bought a large t ; ;? ? i of iin improved land near Fresno, deter mined hy her own efforts to develop Its posslbillt ies. Her success Is indicated by the fact i that Mlnnewawa is valued at over live times (he original investment. During I tho busiest season there are over -ina I pooplo at. work on the ranch and in tho I cannery. Since discovering that by personal oversight of the packing her j grapes brought from flutt to $r>t>u more j per carload than when left to the su- ! porvkdon of others, Mrs. Sherman very sagely concluded that a woman can bo a real helper, even though she leave tho care of the household to some one elue. Mrs. Sherman has not | eonlihod her efforts to raisin growing j alone, but has a national reputation aa ; a stock rai?rr and fruit grower. ? I'll- i grim. A New Field. "Ah!" exclaimed the Senior Member of the I. aw Firm of Sharko & Sharke, "Things are coming our Way! Here's j a brand new and wonderfully lucra- I tlve Field for Litigation opening tip for i Us." "What is it?" asked the Junior Fart i ner with groat Incitement. "Scientists have discovered that tho ! Vermiform Appendix Is a highly neo- ! cssary Fortiori of tho Human llody, after All. Now, we have only to seek out those Persons who hate had their Appendices taken out otrce Doctor'." Representation of Stipe, t dty and ? start a long Series of protit;- do Dam- 1 ago Suit a." ? ISaltlmore Ami i i> .1 it . MAYHAP 'TIS TRI'R. "T have noticed." f.a>s ilm II>n. Alex Appleby, "that the brightness of tbn child, in cases where the ad mirer Ik a man, frequently depends upon tho attraotlvonosa of the moth er." ? Kansas City Times. honest physician. Work * With II Imncir IMmt. Tt Is: a mistake to ajisun'vio that phy sicians are always ske|itieal as to the curative properties of any thing else than drugs. Indeed, the best doctors are those who sock to heal with as little use of drc.'s :t?s possible, and by the lis,, of or. .'ft fc.nd and drink. A physician writes from Calif, to tell how he made a well man of himself with nature's rented v : "P "1 came from Kurope. where 1 whs born," he says. "It was my ens- | tent to take eolYee with tniilc (cafe an lalt) with my morning meal, a small cup (cafe nolr) after my dinner and two or three additional small cups at nty clvjb during the evening. "In time nervous symptoms devol- | oped, with pains in the cardiac region. j and accompanied y great depression 1 of yd r Its. despondency? in brief, 'the . blues!' I at first tried medicines, but ! got no relief, and at last realized that all my troubles were caused by coffee. 1 I thereupon quit its use forthwith, sub stituting I'nglhh Breakfast Tea. "The tea seemed to help me :?t rtrjst. i but In time the old distressing syuqV | toms returned, and I <yjU it also, and j tried to use milk for my table hover- j ago. Tills I was compelled, however. j to abandon speedily, for whl e it ro- 1 lifted the nervousness somewhat it 1 i i-onght on constipation. Then by a hn. ry Inspiration 1 was led to try the IVv?tnm Food Coffee. This was some . ??; hs ago, and I still use it. I am no <;* >r ncn'ous, nor do ? suffer from lue pains 1?l>out the heart, while my 'blues* have left me and life Is bright to U< once more. I know that leaving off coffee and using PostQiu healed me, ?d4 I make It * rule to fdvlse my pa _ t^cnts to use it." . Nnme given l>j Po? . . turn Go^BsUW Creek, Mich. SOUTHERN FARM flOTES. TOPICS OF INriftesr TO 1 Hi PLAN f? FT. SIOCKMAN A NO fHUCK (JHOWtH 4 hitvliiK IVh Vlnr II My. Tli# various IIJI'tllO/fK of Kll vllljl 1 11*11 villi' hay vyitti tli*? Inist labor and Kii'iili'Mt vaml*" (li'iiiii u<Im iIik lust thought ol every farmer. Muelj IiiIh?i' mid energy < > 1 1 ? ? 1 1 i?t> to waste by I ? ? I lowing i lie iimijiI plan to < ul \v !???!? t lie lir?t pods bcjfln to ripen ami lot them Ih' ami t till cured, or otherwise put In locks or linnj,' up on pouts till ready for (he bam. If 1*11 i n ami dew falls, shattering leaves ami stems ami taking ilii- aroma ami tfreeii cast out of (Ik* viii?'K, never mind thai; toil on; they arc well worth tin* cost even if tin' hull' -grown pods arc moldy, minus tin* leaves at feeding 1 1 in i'. lint the thought <>f thi' enormous labor expend eil or paid for in ?a ving a green ilea crop is by no means thrilling or eticoiirag i iik- I' suggests ami clamors for bet ter methods, the very nature of the plant forbids the idea of Maying the succulent vines and j^reon, half grown pods for hay except through a dry kiln My experience with others proven j that there is a cheaper way of Miving ami increasing the valii" of the pea crop hy letting all the pods ri|ieu fully on the vines before cutting ft is evident that tli ? whole crop of ripe pods i say, live, eight or tj?ri bushels ? pei acre), cut and saved wi(li the dry vines even after frost gives ihore good feed than (lie vines and ham grown, moldy pods. For several years I have been feeding Hie dry vines wjtni all the dry pods thereon. II is llo* nVost stib s l ; 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 1 roughage I have ever Hod. It costs less to eu I and put in the ham ! (haii any 1 have ever saved. I plant all my oat land in peas in rows, and work t hem with a view of flitting it f ter every pod is fully ripe and steins dry, even after frost. I then cut some | line morning liil noon ami haul direct to haru in evening. A sheet or tight wagon body will save all tin* shattered peas, and in rainv dav* I thresh out i ? seed -from tills store of vims. The dry vine* are interwoven with long, j (<lry pods, s't rich and nutritious that yj'ut wonder why you bad not with coin j plaeenc.v watched the showers and | 1 1 ? . i \ > dews ripen the crop into greater | | value to be qui" klv ami safely liar i j \c*ted, instead of worrying when the ; tirst poiis ripen. Mm best farmers who realize the ; f< filing value of dl.v vines; and lipe I p as glow n in the corn fields, and the j i ; ? 1 :? k and cheap iiiauuer of saving the fit me feed their hors".s and mules al most entirely on tins forag* and sell j their surplus corn to the inure improvi I di ni Tle-.v usually plant corn in four ! to im font row*. and i.t the proper i line- plant peas libernllv in the middle ot ilit* corn rows, and alter the corn is j cm ,i 1 1 1 1 shocked or otherwise gathered i run the mower between the corn rows. | In order i>> do this taue an o!d mower and cut a limit two feet off the cutter | ! i.i r and s|mrteii all up so it will run i 1 1' t ween the rows without cutting the j cornstalk; or new mower, cutting three feet can he hnuulit that will run be tween the corn row's, thereby saving the dry peas and vines both for seed ami forage after leaving portions of the Held for pasture If desired. A short mower thai will run between corn rows cutting vines and grass is one of the most valuable farm Implement*. M F. IV. in Southern < 'ultivatur. Killing Inrcrln, A subscriber at .MoLnuren. Miss., j nsks what should be done about the I plant lice, the aphids, that get upon I and multiply to a ruinous degree on | many cultivated plants, cucumbers, UlcloUS. etc. Professor Smith, in his Economic F.n I toimdogy. says; "As a general insecticide, nothing is belter than kerosene emulsion, which, when diluted ten times with Ivater. kills ;ill the young forms nnd adults ot the green species. "It has been found by experiment that the black or blown species arc much more dilticutt to destroy, and one part of emulsion in si\ or eight parts oi water i< more likely to be ellcclive. l'i-h oil s(.,i|? does the work at the rate of one pound in six gallons of water; or. as against the blown spe j i ;os ??ut- |i<iund to four gallons of water I'lioi oughness of application is al I ways essential. It must be remeni j bei'cil that tli poisons act by clog/ 1 L-ing (lie spiracles ? the openings by i which the breathing is done or hy en | tering into the body through them. ; "I'uless the application is thorough ti e insects may he weakened but not j killed, or. it rendered helpless for a time they may recover, and a second j dose beioiiies mcessai.V. where one I I dose mote thoroughly applied, would j j ll.l \ e be.-ll -lldii lent " Win i. it is not advisable to apply I either of the materials .iu^t mentioned. : tob.-lcco can lie clllplo.VCll v\ 1 1 h g : pio-|'e. of sin ? ess, either as a de? oe t ioit or as a v ? r v tiiiclv ground pow dci '? A great idea about all tins annoyance ! with |>lant lice is that they ought to he J fought "ju?t as soon as they are no ' j flood ; I he longer the delay the weaker I j * Reflections of a Bachelor. A man wishes for sons, hut he gets ? his happiness out of daughters. All a man has to h;fve never to he roine a great man is a sense ol hu I lllot. i Infant moilality is ic|tort<d to he great i r in I'russia than in any other count i \ cx<*ept Kussia. Tin deaths the litst year ure b to 7 per cent, in Sweden, l."> in Franc" and 'Jlt.ti in l'rus>ia. I.ove is a sandw ich of sentiment and invagination, with the mustard put in after maniagc. A girl likes t?? have an old man iiuike love to her, so she will know how a young one should do it. Hct ter he despised like Zaeeheus tin* tax-gatherer than die like Ananias the tax-dodger. The onlv tiling that makes a woman madder than \o Bay her hest friend U mot coo d-lookinjj is to say thai alio the pl;i ii t h become a it< I th?' grciitfr the thoroughness required to reach uli the specimens,"- Home ami Farm, W ? nlrr Onli, 'llit- summer seasons are fraught w ith uncertainties till farmer* arc look iii g more it i mi moil* to winter crop* Mini flic Mimmei crops 'cqnhing hut ? short growing season. Thin lea ds to the planting of early maturing varieties of cotton, corn and cow pea n ami other staple crops. Where* Hichc have heen planted here this year a fair crop has already heen made. Oats arc hccomi.ig one of the lending feed crops one of the most prolltahle in (icorgia, for After oafs a good crop of cow pea hay can he made or a crop ill hue co i ion. ji\ growing oat? a cover crop is kept on thcfiind ail winter, pre venting washing and destruction by rains, and if coupeas are grown the land undergoes a continual process of iinprov ejnent. Nunierons experiment# have heen made with different methods of planting, and it seems as if we are lo sec a general idea prevailing that the ridge drill method is hest. It is argued that it prevents winter killing. Hul all that is necessary to secure a good stand throughout the wiuter is to prepn re the land thoroughly, put the oals in the ground early enough and you will succeed nine years In ten, and if you want any more success than that try something else besldesvfarin iW. ? Ithea Ilayue, of (Jeorglu/ in .Home and Farm. ** llow to K?t?-|> IIi>k? Iloalilif, * I'.elow we give three rj?o<?l ciiolern prescript i<?ns thai our readers would do well to cut out and preserve. Choose one which you will have prepared to give your hogs, say, every sixty days, and al any time they seem uu\\e!l. {J i, Wood charcoal, 1 lh. , sulphur, 1 ll?., sodium chloride; 2 lbs.; sodium bi carbonate, 2 lbs.; sodium hypohulphlte, 2 lbs.; sodium sulphate, 1 lh.; antimony sulphid, I lh. Pulverize thoroughly, mix well, and give one tahlespoouful to each 2<S> lbs. ' wi i>;|ii ff 'togs treated, one a day for several days. rji. Sulphur. 2 lbs.; copperas, 2 lbs.; madder, 2 lbs.; black antimony, \<> lb.; saltpetre. 1 lb.; arsenic, 2 o /.. .Mix \\ i 1 1 ? twelve gallons of water and give one pint to each hog. This will be sulllcient to dose 100 hogs. <?'5' Salt, I lbs.; black antimony. 1 lb.; copperas, I lb.; sulphur, 1 lb.; snlt pei re, 1 | lb.; wood ashes, 1 peck. Pulverize and mix thoroughly, mois ten and put enough iu a trough to pre vent waste, and put where hogs call have access to it at all times. If dis pose,! t<, have cholera they will eat it \er.v freely; at other times they will cat less or perhaps none at all. SIIiik ? \'o?v 1m Hip Time to It 1 1 <1 . litis is a most favorable season for the building of silos upon the farm, and it should be done wherever a Con siderable amount of slock is carried or green crops raised. Nothing has ever been invented that is so useful for the saving of green food for the feeding of stock as the silo. In fact, the means of preserving ensilage Is of the greatest practical Interest to every farmer, stock breeder and dairyman in the country, ami is of commanding impor tance to the agricultural world. This process of preserving vegetation Is far more economical than the saving of hay or the growing of corn. The silo furnishes the means of laying by an abundance of forage for season of drought. More cattle can be support edetl from a given acreage of land by the use of ensilage than in any other way, and the quantity of manure can be proportionately increased. The word ensilage originally meant the act of compressing into pits, trenches or compartments, which are called silos. It now means the materials com pressed. These silos may be built above ground or in part below and in part above the ground. Ill the South ern States it Is the custom to build them wholly above ground. ?Southern farm .Maga/.ine, Kuinv- IlitcU I'orU, II i< n fact. I lull mn in' proved l>v innumrra 1 ?!?? w il uesses, that tin* tlesh <>!' a voting razor hack pin whleh has hern fattened for a IVw works in a prn, possesses a llavor that cannot he equalled I y any Northern ;; row n pork. \Vi> believe that if It could oihv ho in t lodueed to ilit* notice of epicures, etc., iii Northern markets, that the sup ply would not iMpial tin- demand at prices thai would pay a good protlt. ? I'lorida AnriculltU'ist. rrrllllrcr Kor tli?> (Jarilen. lit uardi-ns well manured in other ro vpci |v. ;1 lark of potash may make thfin le<x productive than thrir condi tion otherwise will warrant. Wood a*dirs iii i x i ?l with .-oil Hid materially in keeping it moist. (jiirdens oftrn dry up hy an excessive application of coarse stable manure, and something rise is oftrn lirrdrd to counteract this rtTrct. For tho Curious. M is> 1 .una I hire, an Indiana School* ^ii I. makes jfsMl out of each acre of a -ina II I mil; uia farm. The I. diversity of Chicago clo>ed tin' year business with ;i balance of >'J I in the rash hoy. Il is expected that within a year wireless I wyraph roinmunirat i??n w ill he rstahli^wd between New Zealand and Australia. The exportation of ostriches Jrom South AtYira liae pi art tea II y lu^to* prohibited hy an export tax of $4.^7 each, intended to preserve to that count rV, as far as possible, the mono |x>ly *>f the lucrative trade of os trich farming. TKe preacher whose first thought is of drawing his salary is not doing much at drawing souls. Ono of th* blackest sins is that <)f praying for the souls of men to save the expense of curing for their bodict, Wholesale Prices (Juotel in New York Mil K. i'ho Milk Kirhttnpe nriee for atandard quality in 1\",. |Kt quart, HUTTKB. Cffitmfry? Wtntcrii, e>tra $ '21 (<i * VM(| Fiisls 'J > (" '. I '<i State dairy tubs, fu-ts.,., '20 Imitation creamery . .... <" 1 1> ' Factory, thud* to lii>t*.. . li'-j'" 1^*? riirKDR. State, full cream, fancy.,., ? 1? Small ?*????? y ? <?' I - 1'art (ikiniK, good to piriufc (<f '? I'art nkir?u?, common \ M 7 Full ?kiin< 2,.-j'? '!',i KCiOB. ?Terncy Fancy 2'l 27 Statu and I'enn..,. '20 (o '.-7 Weal cm Choice 21 (?> -2 V BKAXft AVII PK Aft. JicaiiN Marrow, <hoice... f</ " ."<? Medium, ebote*. 2 22'.-i(5; 2 21 I Va . choice 1 72'V" ' 71 ){cd kidney, choice 3 I') <" 3 I-"' Yellow eye -- Ot '! in) /'?lack turtle aonp <t 7<t (<i :< 7 > I.ild.i, ('ill .'J 7,; (<( "'? ?'HI' ITU AM1 ih mi>I|.<. - A|i|?lc^, ied var., jicr It'll.. 2 U> 4 ? <> I?recri, per liji! I 21 (" ?! ' '? M Unkiueloiis, I'n r crate ... 2-1 (" 1 M Watermelon*, pci ? ??!? ?it ?l 7.1 ?*) (? 110 '0 J'eaches, per b.i>k< i 2-? <n I (' ) 1'c.im. K icier, per Mil..,.. I IN1 <u 2 <.!) Martlet t . per Mil. :i li'.l (<i .1 :>) Scckle, p?r bbl ,'t IK) (h 1 *0 P'.iiuirt, per ha?ket J.l (? ."I Cr.?p<s, per carrier 4ii (?>> 7") tVaiTOerric s, per bbl <5 00 7 <0 1 1 vk run i is v. f'o'.vlc, per Ih. - ?. (i'i ) I ',i Chickens per Ih.... v..\ : ?? ("! M IJoostcrs, per Ih....,*,/ ? \'K<t Tuikty*, per lit ... v ? (</> 1 4 Ducks, per pair., 40 M ?0 (Jcc<-c, per pair.... , . I '*1 ('> 1 .VI I'igcoiif, per pair...i ? (j) 'JO imiSSKI) I'OIIITIIY. Tui keys, per II) II (??'' IS ( 'hivkeiif. Vhila.. per !b.... I'l (" 20 Fowl*, per lb I. '5 (ft! II Spring duck*, per lb 14 /?/ il '?'? Squab.s, per dozen 1 <>o (<i ;{ j.) llOI'ft. State. I0i>l, choice *20 (h* 21 I'litnc I?> (.!? L.) Fa- ilie t oa?t, lllitt, choice. . Pi (n< :'.| ( )'i| oddx. ... !) (nj It) II A V AND SI It A W. Il.iv, prime, per I ?') lb ? (< N '). I . per l')i) lb ? ( i | No. 2. per UK) lb. 7;t 'o) 7'2V? ; C't/vtyf pm lOU lb. u'J 0. .u Straw, lou^; rye 7<) (?'! 7.) \ K<; i: i a m i'.? Folatnco, li-i-li. p.>r ld>'.... 1 21 (i 1 ^7 .'cr-ity, per basket....... 40 (w H."i Suect", per 1)1)1 1 (fl ('i V 7") 'I oiiintoes, |ier 1c>v *Jti (n (V ) F.-i'i plant, per bbl., lit (ti) S>> S<|iiash, per bbl M (</.' 1 < ? ) IV.n, per baske; f> tl (a. 1 5i) I'eppets, ]>cr bb! 31 < <i ill l.ettuce, per doxen ,'M (?; ti!| < abbii-es. per 100 3 00 Ot] ;1 (HI' Strinix beiins, per bate -1 1 (c. 1 00 ')|iinn>>, white, per be; 1 0.1 (u- II III Conn., white, per bid.... 1 .10 (o) 2 f>0 Ce!erv, per doxen bunches. * J.l do M) ('aii-.)ts, per bb'. % 71 (? I Jleet?, per 10O hu?i<*hes . . . , 71 (n't t Cucumbers, per bb! I .V) (?: :{ .">() ( '11<1111<I1< 1 pickles, per l'MHi. 2 0 ) (?< 4 00 I.ima bciins. per hair .Vt (<> I .10 Corn, per 100 ;10 (</ I ik> Cau!itio\vc: , per bhl.V 1 .VI (<i '2 .10 Okra, per basket ijO (n) 7.1 Hrussc.s sprouts, p.-r < 1 1 . . . . :< (ii) !l I'liDipki'is per V)l?l f>H (?' 7.1 Spinach, i>er bb! 7.1 0i' I 00 GIIAIN, ETC. Flour Winter patents .. .1 21 Of 4 7-1 'x'.'iiiiji patents 4 7.1 ("' '> Wi'iat.'No. 1 N; I >it* 11 1 ii . . . -? (<i) No. '2 red ? (<i < '01 11. No. 2 lute (u) mixe<l .''.11 (</) < lipped white H'i (") l.ard, city 77i('_?) I.I V R STOCK. J?ec\ e*, <'ity dressed Q'&lfll 0 Calve*, city dressed 9 0$ l.'t',4 ('oiintrv drccsed 0 (<? 12'5? Sheep, per 1?X> lb H SO .1 00 l.iimbs. per HMl lb .1 7.1 (al 7 2,1 II ).;s, live, per 100 II) 0 15 0 .'1.1 HANNEIl CHOI* YEAH. Value of | INKS Harvest Twice as Groat as Nation's Debt. # Washington, 1). C.? That the current year will he a banner year for crops iu this country Is the Indication of thp Covcrnincut crop report. The Govern ment crop experts have figured out that th ? roru crop will lie 2,710.018,000 busluds, though with favorable weath er this yield may bo Increased so that tin? crop may be close to the throe bill ion bushel mark. At the?price now ob taining in Chicago for May corn, of forty-lour cents a bushel, the value of this crop would reach $1,195,443,1)20. The largest previous crop, harvested In IN! Ml, gave 'J. 0(515 .000, 000 bushels. The spring wheat crop will be only Slightly behind the record crop of 1N0S, when bushels of spring wheat were harvested In the North west. The probable result this year i* now placed nt 2?S0.047,,H)l) bushels. While tiic wheat and corn crops are the most important in the popular es timate. there are other crops which are nearly as essential to national prosperity, ami t ifese also promise great returns, according to the Govern ment report. The crop of oats will probably be In the neighborhood ot P."iO.<m lO.uOt i bushels, of a value at pres ent prices for .May delivery in Chicago, 111., of $274,700,000. These three crops combined will be worth $2,075,080,340. This is nearly three times the amount o. our entire national bonded debt, which amounts to $805, 157,530, and nearly twice the amount of the public debt of the I'nited States. Cold From Alaska. More than $15,000,000 of gold from the Alaskan and Klondike tletds tus already been deposited In the Cnltetl Stabs Treasury this season, and. bused on the output of prior years, it i* probable that some $7,000,000 or $S,UOO.OOO additional will be received before the close of navigation. Mexico's Cotton Crop. The lowest estimate of the present Mexican cotton crop is !H?.000 bales, and it may reach 100,000 hales. East year's crop was 75,000. The crop meets about one-third of the local re quirements. Jobbers Rushed. Jobbers in many lines are unable to handle the business offered by visiting merchants, although packing and ship ping departments aro often worked overtime. Newsy Gleanings. A Yankee circus was reported strand ed in Grenoble, France. *> Portsmouth. England, has passed an ordinance for the suppression of cock crowing. The debt of France. Including the debts of communes, amounts to about $0,000,000,000. The losers In the I'ro vo (Ctah) land drawing seem to be the ones who are getting the land. Leeds, England, has established ? municipal department for Up; uialutou auco of automobile*, THB SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS >! FOR SEPTEMBER 24. Xtevi?w of t tin for th? Third Uu#fUr of the Year? Monti I'm. inly,, 11-ttft-Uold** l?*t, I'M. ?x?l., 6.Th? SuioiutrtN. Lesson I. Topic: Cod's protection of if I ft people. Place: Jerusalem and the Assyrian camp, Hrzeklah wan Kiflg of Ju<lali anil Sennacherib of Assyria. At 1 1) in tliuo Assyria waft a great and powerful country, and at the height of lis power. It wflft a mighty nation of warrlorft. Nothing coultl stand before tho Assyrian host. They swept over the country leaving desolation and death behind them. Their king sent abusive letters to Hexekiah to affright him. Heseklah aud the prophet Isaiah prayed and God destroyed their ene uiies. II. Topic: Study of an Old Testa ment prayer, Place: Jerusalem. Great suffering and sickness came upon Hez eklah, King of Judah. Tho prophet Isaiah saw that death was the Inevit able result of such sickness only as (Jod interposed. Then it was that I Ic&C'Kiu u aabi-d fO'i added* yea i's, uiid received promise of fifteen yearn more. III. Topic: The suffering, atoning Saviour. Place: Jerusalem, the pro phet Isaiah's home. This Is the deep est and loftiest of the Old Testament prophecies, and points clearly and defi nitely to the atonement. The life and mission of Christ is related in few words embracing humiliation, suffer ing, atonement and exaltation. The main thought is that the Servant Is to bo tho instrument In establishing the truo religion, by removing the burden of guilt and bringing many to right eousness. IV. Topic: Tho gospel's gracious call. Place: Jerusalem. Regardless of the mean opinions of men and their lack of faith in the Saviour a magnificent kingdom was founded, aud to it invita tion and Joyous weloonio is extended. Jehovah's thoughts transcend those of man as much as the heaven is higher than tho earth. The thoughts and ways of Jehovah arc Ills purposes of redemption.. V. Topic: Chapters in a sinful life. Place: The kingdom of Judah, particu larly the capital, Jerusalem. The faithful Ilozekiah closed his life, leav ing his son Manasseli to reign in Judah. By him the good work of reform was wrtirso than undone; the pooplo wclit Into the lowest depths of wickedness. In his mature 'years Manasseh was made to feel the rod of afillctlon which led him to repentance. Then ho sought to repair some of the evils. VI. Topic: Vital factors In a success ful life. Place: Jerusalem and Judah. Manasseh'n effort to reform his king dom did not. produce much fpijt. His sou A mon disregarded this effort 0 jk' the part of his father, and led peopw on In Idolatry for two years, when ho ?was slain by his servants In his. own house. Then his youthful son Joslah came to the throne. He made earnest work of destroying Idol worship and of repairing the house of the Lord: VII. Topic: Purpose and mission of the Bible. Place: Jerusalem. WJth the neglect of the temple the people had been without tho book of the law. In repairing tho temple this book .waa found and brought before the king. He was greatly moved because of the fearful disobedience of the people, and the awful curse of God iwhich was pronounced upon tho very sins Judah had committed. lie at once sought to know what the Lord would say unto them. The promise to him was that the curse should not como upon the people during bis life. VIII. Topic: Trying to destroy God's word. Place: Jerusalem. 'At the death of Joslah his son, Jehoalinz reigned three months In Judah. He was taken by Necho to Egypt, and his brother Jebolaklm was made king. He reigned eleven years and did evil in the sight ,of the Lord. In the fourth year of his reign he burned tho Book of tho Law. The Lord directed the prophet Jere miah to write another. In tills [were moro warnings to the people. The king was slain, his kingdom destroyed and" his son carried in chains into Babylon. IX. Topic: Persecution of the right eous. Place: Jerusalem. The kingdom of Judah was fast hastening to its end. The judgments of God .wore about to fall upon the people. Jere miah, the prophet, was almost alone in standing for the right, and his life was in constant danger. His -was a mission requiring courage, faith, strength, will. X. Topic: Declino and fall of the kingdom. Place: Jerusalem. Zedekla h was the twentieth and last King of Judah. He took no warnings fr^m the judgments of God which had fallen upon the people before his reign. He despised tho warnings of the prophet Jeremiah, nnd mocked the messengers of (Jod. Then the city was taken by tho Babylonians. The house- of God was burned, the wall about the city broken down, the -palaces were burned and the vessels from the temple were carried to Babylon. Tho sons of Zede kiah were slain before his eyes, and then his own eyes were put out, and he was carried captlvo to Babylon. XI. Topic: Vision of tho glorious gospel. Place: Babylon. Ezeklel was among the captives carricd to Babylon in the second siege against Jerusalem. But (Jod gave him visions of the fu ture and how lie would bless His peo ple. E/.oklel prophesied for twenty two years. Ills prophecies were a great encouragement. XII. Topic: The study of a godly young man. Place: Babylon. Here we learn of the 'beginning of the cap tivity of Judah. Babylon was at this time in tho zenith of its pA\vr*r ruling all Western Asia and extending Its au thority to tho river of Egypt. Danlol was among the captives of the first siege against Jerusalem. He was then about twelve years 6ld. He lived through tho seventy years of captivity. 1_ rloating Mines a Danger. "Floating mines from Port Arthur contlnuo" a menace to navigation." says the Pekln Times. "The Hslnch, from Tientsin. reports sighting one of those drifting clangors. . The en glues were stopped and for upward of an hour the captala and officers en deavored to explode it by inean? of rifle shots. The firing proving inef fectual, a boat was lowered in charge of Mr. Miller, the chief officer, who placed the mine in tow, but after tow ing for two hours It. exploded with a terrific report. Capt. Pratt of $ the steamer Yushun reports a floating^ mine which wum exploded at 100 yards range. This is thought a safe dis tance. The only thing to be careful of Is to have sufficient overhead cov ering as a protection against falling fragments. Tho steamer Kungping reports sighting a large spiked mine twenty-three miles from Howskl tn> .land. Rifle shots were fired at It and the mine exploded, several fragments of K falling upon U* took of Um? ** ^ ' # Tumors Conquered Without Operations I Unqualified Success of Lydia E^. Finhivam's Vegetable Compound In Cases of Mrs. Fox and Miss Adams. \ 'Fannie Fox AiiiiLucrltu AdamS( One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Piofcham a Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman's dread enemy, Tumor. So-called " wandering palm " may come from ite early stages, or th<^ pres ence of danger may bo made manifest by excessive menstruation accompanied by unusual pain extending from the ovaries down the groin and thighs. If you have mysterious pains, if there are indications of inflammation ulcera tion or displacement, don't wait for time to confirm your fears and go through the horrors of a hospital opera tion; secure Lydia K. 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After taking flvo bottlos as directed, tho tumor Is ? f" entirely gone. I have again boon examined ! Greatest Trout Hatchtry. The greatest trout hatchery in the world will be located by tho govern ment on the Orand Mesa, about twen ty-five inllen north of Delta. The an nual output of fish will not fn.ll be low 25,000,000 within a year after the hatchery is completed. These fish will bo distributed all over tho west. FITSpormfttiontly cuted. No fits or nervous, ness aftor first day'* nso of Z?r. Kllno'e Great Norvo Host o?-er, $2t rial bottlaand tr?nttsefro<j Dr. It. If. Kmvk, Ltd. ,031 Areh8t..Pblln.,I,a. The deepest gold mine in tlic world is nt 13endigo. in Australia. Mra.Wlnslow'sSoDthtuJf Syrup for Ohlldrai teething, soften tin gums. reduces Inflamma tion, allay. 4 paln.eureswiml oollc, 25c.a bottle. Japan is pushing the construction of railways in Korea rapidly. Plso's Curo cannot bo too highly apoltan a! na cough oure. ? 7. \V. 0'.13biex, 822 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, MInu., Jan. 0,1303. London and 1-iverpool are both at the levei of the sea. For Moaqutto Uitea And the poisonous sting of all insects Sloan's Liniment is th* great antiseptic. The .Japanese I'ostal .Savings Hanks pay interest at the rate of 5-4 per cent. I* It night? Is it right for you to lose $4.50 that A dealer may make SO cents more by selling fourteen gallons of ready-for-use paint, ot $1.50 per gallon, than our agent will make by selling you eight callous ot L. & M., and six gallons of linseca oil, which make four teen gallons of a better paint, at $1.20 per gallon '( Is it light? .Soul everywhere and by Longman & Martnncz, New York. l'amt Makers lor Fifty Years. Coal costs most in South Africa; least in China. At- tin present moment there are lf)4 monuments in Germany that have 'been completed to l>rinc?? 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They are last as food as , those that cost yon $9.00 to $7.00 ? the ealy difference U the price. If I could take yea lata my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest to the world under ooe roof maktncaaeire Mae ? ?hoes, and show yon the care wtthMUhlea every - pair of DouflM shoes Is made, you would realize why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the beet ?hoes produced In the world, <\ \ If I could show you the difference between the shoee made In nv factory and these ef ether makes, you would understand why Doarlas $3. SO shoes cost more to make, why thsy Sold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are el greater Intrinsic value than any ether |14l shoe on the market to-day. W. L. Douoima Strong Mattm Mhmmm fm f CAUTION,? Insist upon having W.L.DojHt* - 1m shoes. I'jiko no substitute, hone genuine without his nnmo and price stamped on botUaa. WANTED, A shoe dealer In every town where W. L Douglas Shoes are not sold. 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Another Case of Tumor Car?4 !>V Lydia K. Plnkhum'tt Vegeta ble Compound* ? Dear Mrs. Pinkham : ? " About three year* ago I had intend pain in my stomach, with cramps and raging headaches. The doctor prescribed for ma, but finding that I did not get any better ha examined me and. to my surprise, declared I had a tumor in tne uterus. , ,7 ? ."I felt sure that it meant my death warrant and was very disheartened. I spent hundred# . of dollars in doctoring, but the tumor kepi growing, till the doctor said that nothing but an operation would save me. Fortunately I corresponded with my aunt in the New Kng aud States, who advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before sub mitting to an operation, and I at once started taking a regular treatment, finding to my * great relief tiint my general health begau M improve, and after three months I notice* that the tumor had reduced In sfast. J kept* on taking the Compound, and iu ten montna it had entirely disapi>eared without an oper ation, and using no medicine but ^L/vdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, atxl wards, fail to express now grateful I am for the good it has dona' mo. "?Miss Luella Adams, Colon nade Hotel, Seattle, Wash. ( Such unquestionable testimony proves the value of Lydia E. Piukham'a Vegetable Compound, and should glv? confidence and hope to every sick woman. Mrs. Pinkham invites all ailing j women to write to her at Lynn, Mass., ; for advice. 1