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pp"'' " i'.Vv ^:' SWyc "* LIFE. A cradle, a laugh, A lover's cfcaff, And blossoms, and chimes, aid friends; A deathbed scene. And a mound of green. Where a weeping woman bends. fVu- *> A smile, a fear. A sprinkle, a tear. The blossoms, the chimes, the friends; Aud n'ght makes way, For another day. Of the life that never ends. | HARD TIMES.! J . ? I 2 BY Y. Z. * Hill M11 "So he's gone at last, has he?" said my wiie, wnn r nine, p/quam* elevation of her pretty brows. *'1 began to think he was somehow gifted with immortality." "Dead at last,' said J. "And what do yon think, Jennv? He has left us $100." "A hundred dollars!" echoed my wife, clasping her hands together. "Ok! Charles?a $100!" Now all this may sound like a twopence-half-penny sort of affair to some of my readers, as I am vbry well aware. j% Bnt as I am only a clerk on a salary of ' $900 a year?a $100 <^.riftin^? as it were, out of the sky, seemed a very j neat little sum to me. Jenny and I were both young people, just beginning the world, with no particular ricbes, except one applecheeked baby. Jenny did her own ! work, made my shirts and cut and fitted her own dresses. I walked to and from business every day to save the 20 cents omnibus fares. We did ? our best to make both ends meet? and a tight pull we found it ||t'i So that you will easily see that this | $100 bill represented considerable ? more to us than its more face value! < Old Uncle Moses Manson was mor\tally offended when his niece, Jenny Clifford, chose to marry me instead of ! Bfi * wizened, bespectacled, old contemporary of his own He had never spoken to her since, aid we naturally J entertained no very exalted hopes of ^ J any testamentary recollections on his j Epatt. And the 3100 Dili, tnereiore, SH possessed the charm of sq agreeable 1 surprise into the bargain. 3 figf ^'Charlie, "said Jenny, nhder her ' breath, "what shall we do with it?" **That is the very question," said L "Do you know, Jenny " I hesitated a little here. j "Yes?" she responded, interrogans "Every fellow $i the bank, except me, ha3 a gold watch. I've been ashamed *of thit old silver concern ;v." more than once. And Seymour has a nice second-hand one for sale that he wili let me have for $29 if?" - '"And turn the $100 into a mere i useless ornament!" cried Jenny, with SI a strong accent of disapprobation in i -.her voice. "Charley, that isn't a bit ;e yon." "Well, then, what do you sugSET "I should so like to give a social rty with it," said Jenny, coaxingly. )nly think how often we've been in:ed since we were married, and ver havo had a chance to return any 4 the hospitalities of onr friends. ' is musicians, ihe supper, and all, mld.eome within the $100." "And yon are absurd enough to 3 sh to eat, and drink, and dance up mm like that!" IcHecL "No, no, 1 nnette, it is entirely out of the 4 estion." j "A new velvet suit for the baby?" 4 ggested Jenny, pouting a little at 4 i emphasis of my words. < "How wonld it correspond with the 4 it of onr surroundings?" I asked, 1 t without an accent of bitterness. 4 on rvrpnaf I XVU UBU m U?HI VOIWOI uu^gvuv i ft sew winter suit and overcoat for i me. Yon never seem to observe liow shabby I am getting." t 4*Nobody notices ft gentleman's 1 dress," said Jenny. "I can make \ |g?: your overcoat ]ook very nice with fresh < binding and new buttons?bat how I should*like a sealskin jacket!" I ?"Jenny," said I, somewhat disgusted, "J had no idea you con) d be ( fcoUelfish.'" j Jenny colored and tossed her head. ' "Selfish, indeedP' cried she. "I i would Hke to know whether you have < yet suggested anything which was not fo; your own speeial benefit and use!" < We were both silent. I don't sup- ] pose either of us had felt so vindic- i tive before, sinoe our marriage. Clearly, the $100 bill had worked no great < benefit as yet i 4TU tell you what, Jenny," said I; i V "let's compromise Let's bay a new j sitting-room and stairs carpet I saw |p-'' a beautiful pattern at Moody's yester- 1 day?pearl-gray, with a vine of scarlet moss all over it" 'C 41 don't care very much for new i carpets as long as we live on a second < floor," said Jenny. "And you don't a.-/ seem to remember/ Charles, that 1 j haven't had a silk dress since we were ] / married. Black silk is suitable for j all> occasions, from t wedding to a ] funeral, and I really think " '1 believe a woman's thoughts are 1 always running on dress," muttered < I, somewhat contemptuously. "I'm sure that black alpaca of yours is j feZ beautiful." Wi}, 4 That*s all yon know about the j </ - matter," said Jenny, elevating her ; nose. "Well, I don't care. Spend the money as you choose. Only, Uncle Moses was my relative." "And the money was left to me, Mrs. Evarts," said L Jenny looked at me with her eyes full of tears. iSft "Oh, Charles," said she, 44how can |Z , J(A apeak to me so?" 44Because I'm a brute, Jenny,"said f-. If hilly rdelted. 44Forgive me, and 'U tk* ruiky, rvlr? Kill into {wy M Ktug wv y ? J w-w the fire before we'll let it scatter the seeds of division between us." "No, Charley, don't do that," said Jenny laughing through her tears. "Let's?put it in the savings bank." 'Agreed," said I, sealing the bargain with one of onr old-fashioned kisses. "And apropos of savings .banks, did I tell yon abont Greene?" "Na What about Greene?" / Why, he and his wife have just moved into the prettiest little Gothic cottage you ever saw, just the other side of the Harlem bridge, with a lawn and a garden, and space to keep little Alderney cow." "Rented it?" "No, bought it" > "Why, Charles how can that be? ! Greene has only two or three hundred j a year more than you, and it takes ! money to bny places in the country." "All savings banks, my dear," said J* "Greene tells me that he and his . wife have been saving up for years, with special reference to this country home for their children. They commenced with a 50-cent piece." "We can do better than that!" said Jenny, with sparkling eyes. "Please God, deai Charley, our little fellow % shall have a green and sunny place to play in before he is many years older! || And I'll do without the silk dress." "And I'll make the old overcoat last another season,at the very least," I added. "And we'll give np all such non seuse as new carpets " "And gold watches." "And foolish suppers and wines and everything else that isn't absolutely necessary," added Jenny, comprehensively. The next morning bright and early, as soon asv business hours woulft permit, I went and deposited the $100 a : _w ill iae iie.'tresi saviu^t uuun. A week afterward Mr. Manyply dropped in, in a friendly way. Mr. Mauyply is the lawyer who transacted Uncle Moses Manson's financial affairs ?a plump, bald-headed, deep-voiced old gentleman, who always dresses in spotless black and wears a big sealring on the little finger of his left hand. "So," said Mr. Manyply,' "you've invested that $100, have you?" "i*es," said I, with the complacent air of one who has an account in bank. "But how did you know it?" "Oh, I know a good many things," said Mr. Manyply, oracularly, "But what's the idea of it?" "Economy," struck in Jenny proudly. "We aro saving now Mr. Manyply. We mean to have a home for little Charley?a garden full of roses and pinks and staawberries one of these days." "And a very laudable ambition," said Manyply iu that smooth, oily way of his. "How much would such a place cost now?" "Charles thinks if we waited for a bargaiu we could secure it for about 57000," Jenny answered, promptly. "Buy it now, then,4' said Mr. Manyply. "Here's a check for $8000." "Eh?" cried J, breathlessly. "A check," the old lawyer went on, "signel*by Uncle Manson, payable to the order of his niece, Jane Ann9 Evarts. Ah! you may well look astonished. He wns an eccentric old chap, this uncle of yours, Mrs. Evarts ?and I have written instructions to keep an eye on the manner in which you invested that $100 bequest of his. ~ ?*? i i:.& "II in is squandered in any iuuuau . way,' he writes, 'there is ar end of the matter. Pat my money .dl in the hospital for hunchbacks. If they show any disposition to save help them along with this check for $8000, * to be expended only in the purchase of real estate.' Mr youug friends, I congratulate yon." And Mr. Menyply's spectacles beamed npon as like two fall moons. This is how we became possessed of our lovely little country home, => where Charley thrives like a growing flower and Jenny flits about in a broad-brimmed gardening hat, trimming roses, pruning gooseberries and planting lily-bulbs. And the $100 bill still lies untouched in the savings bank. "It sball be Charley's fortune," says my wife. "It would be a shame to touch it after it has wrought us so much good." And I quite agree with her. A YOUNG GALLANT'S PREDICAMENT. Saved Hlmnelf by Eating Sugar in an Oyater Stew. Au amusing anecdote was recently told by a well known New Yorker about himself. At the time of the story he was in a small salaried position ou the clerical force on the same railroad in which he is now one of the mighty. "On my visiting list at that time were several charming yonng ladies. One of the most facinating lived near si certain fashionable theatre. I owed this yonng lady a courtesy in return lor an invitation to a very pleasurable lance, so I asked her to go with me to the theatre I mentioned. The invitation was accepted, and I bought the seats. "That done, I found two dollars and some small change in my pockets. I was very absent-minded in those days, 30 when, daring the afternoon, one of the boys, asked me fo: the loan of a two, I did the natural thing?dove lown in my pocket and gave it to him ?without a thought of how I was to get along tnat evening. "Later on I remembered my engagement, and in tarn tried to borrow some money, bat could not find aoy. There was an epidemic of hard times imong my friends. Lnckily I knew [)f a florist who coald be stood off, so [ ordered him to deliver a nice banch of violets. That done, I had only sapper to worry aboat?bat with only fifty cents to bay it. "After the play we were opposite a well known oyster place, when the idea came to me to propose an oyster stew. I knew she wasn't a drinking girl, and, as the stews at that plaee were twenty cents each, there would loo ten cents for the waiter. "The stews were brought while I was giving her one of my very best stories. She was absorbingly interested, and was seasoning the stew when the climax of the story was' reached. As I stopped I saw a dismayed little face opposite. Several I earful thoughts flashed throngh my brain?among them illness and a cab with a not-to-be-appe?8ed cabby. But the truth: She had put sugar instead of salt into her stew! * "The only way out occurred to me in a flash. " You'll allow me, won't you?'I said, changing the stews. 'I haven't seasoned mine. I always use sugar, so I'll take yours.' "And I downed every drop, but I was deathly sick that night."?Ladies' Home Companion. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Want of desire is the greatest riches. ?Vigee. God has commanded time to console the unhappy.?Joubert. To see what is right and not do it, is want of courage.?Confucius. Partial culture runs to the ornate) extreme culture to simplicity.?Bovee. A life spent worthily should be measured by deeds, not years.?Sheridan. A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood ?Sir P. Sidney. A man who finds no satisfaction in himself seeks for it in Tain elsewhere. ?Rochefoucauld. Heaven's eternal wisdom has decreed that man should ever stand in need of man. ?Theocritus. We do a great deal of shirking in this life on the ground of not being geniuses.?Rose Cleveland. There cannot be a greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse. ?Locke. It often strikes one as unfortunate that women are not more capable of letting each other alone. ?Lucas Malet. It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be oo.?Junius. Let us help the fallen still, thoug they never pay us, and let ns len without exacting the usnry of> gra tilde. ?Thackeray. * V % ' / . * , ~~S I FOR FARM AND GARDEN.! Vain? of Snbaoiling. One of the advantages of subsoiling is to do away with the evil effects of deep plowing, that is the under soil is loosened without the necessity of turning the humus of the surface under, and necessarily placing it at the bottom of the furrow below where it will be able to do the most good. Look Into Yonr Fertilizer*. Thousands upon thousands of tons of fertilizer are yearly used by some men who do not even take the trouble to see if it is helping them out in a financial way, or in other words to see if it is a payiug investment. If there was such a thing as reckoning tip the loss caused by this oversight the eyes of a great many farmers would surely be opened, and the result would be smaller fertilizer bills and la:ger crops. Another thing should be doue by all using fertilizers, and that is the matter of looking iuto the cjmposition of the goods they are buying. Buying fertilizers without knowing the analysis of them is practically buying "a pig in a bag." Start tlie Chick* night. If we expect a healthy, profitable flock of hens, we must not overlook the fact that the care giveu the chicks during the tirst few days of life determines to a great extent just what they will be iu mature life. Chicks must be kept healthy, and in order to do this a system must be adopted and strictly adhered to. They must come from the nest free from vermin and must not be allowed to become chilled. They must be given the best and most wholesome food, just what is best suited for the formiug of flesh and boue. Those that are iuteuded for market re juire different treatment from the pullets that we intend for next winter's layers. It takes time and patience,conpled with bard work, to make poultry raising a success, but it cau be done.?Home and Farm. A Few Point* on At atfa. When sowing alfalfa seed remember that it we ghs about 60 pounds to the bushel and that from 20 to 30 pounds of seed is sufficient for each acre. And if you are raising it for seed it would be advisable to sow a little thinner than this. As alfalfa does not attain maturity until it has reached its third or fourth year, too ranch should' not be expected of it the first year that it makes a showing. As it is a deep feeder plow the land that it is to be grown on thoroughly and it would be pretty hard to plow too deep. Alfalfa hay is not in itself a complete ration so in order to secure the best results when feeding it, it is nec essary to nse in conjunction with it corn fodder, wheat or oat straw, or roots. Alfalfa itself contains a large amount of what is known as protein to form blood, bone and mmcle, so it is necessary to use these other foods to secure for the animal a proper amount of starch and fat, which is accomplished by using feed analvzing high in carbohydrates. If these are not given the ration is incomplete and consequently a good part of the protein is wasted. f Rotation of Crop*. "While no doubt it is better to change crops, that is, not plant the same piece for a long series of years to the salue crop? yet, is it not often the case that a good crop can be raised on the same land for a long time by proper fertilization. For inBtauce, take the English hay crop, by proper top dressing a good crop can be secured for years, and where the field is clayey and stony, it is very desirable to treat it so. We have, for the past few years, made a specialty of the turnip crop, aud having one field which seems better adapted than the others for turnips, we have planted it to that crop for a number of year--. We began very caationsly, planting at first but a small portion the second and third years, as our- neighbors said they should not like to try it and thought we should not get good results, but, finding that there seemed to be as good a yield on the part that bad turnips the year befoie as on the'other, we thought we wonld try the whole field, and for two years have raised turnips on it, and the last year we had an extra crop of good quality, and the quantity being 550 bushels of market size on the field cf about an acre. We plow in a fair quantity of stable mannre in the spring, then plow the ground two or three times during the early summer, then about the middle of July make the drills and sow the seed, using in the drills 600 or 700 poutids of commercial fertilizers. We have also succeeded in getting rid of the witch grass, of which the field was very full when we commenced to raise turnips upon it, and it i$ now one of the easiest fields to cultivate that we have.?H. A. Turner in American Cultivator. The Lessons of Milking Trials. Mr. Primrose McConnell in his interesting report of the milking trials at the London Dairy Show of last October, which appears in The Journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association, includes several statistical statements of importance to dairy farmers. Averaging the milking performances of the competing animals of the different breeds, he brings out very clearly the superiority of the: shorthorn or the crossbred of the shorthorn type. These classes have not only given splendid yields as regards quantity, but the quality has also been of a creditable character. A close examination of the individual yields may reveal lessons of more than passing interest to owners of this type of cow. The enormously heavy yields produced by some of the animals and the exceeding richness of the milk of others seem to us to suggest that the farmer possesses a power in developing or controlling the inherent propensities of cows which is but too little appreciated, or at all events that is not turned to adequate account. It is obvious that the shorthorn by a systematic process of selection could be made to equal even the Channel T. 1 .. T 1 IX 3 isiana varieties as uuiter producers, or they might be cultivated, if so desired, to excel the Holstein breed as heavy milkers. We do not think that the development of one quality at the expense of the others?as must be the case if extremes are to be attained? would be a wise proceeding for the average farmer, but it is only too apparent that the vast majority of farmers do not pay the strict attention to the selection and direction of their cows that consideration for their own interests ought to induce them to do. Without couverting the valued cosmopolitan breed into a one purpose class, such as the Jersey or the Ayr-I ?s -.i ?; - thire is, much might be done to enhance the value of the ordinary specimen as an all around dairy cow. ^ The Covered Barnyard, The covered barnyard possesses Rome advantages, but everyone must i decide for himself whether or not the , advantages are sufficient to warrant | him in erecting one. The yard that I have Seen was sheltered by two | buildings on two sides aud boarded ; Up seven :eet on the other two sides, | with a lived out- opening between the top of the fence and the edge of tho roof. If it farmer should build one it j would be advisable, in ou1- opiuiou, to ; protect the north and west sidt s com pletely. This might be done if buildi ings were not so located that they j would do it, and they would not be in ; the majority of eases, by buildiug the fence clear to the roof, The chearest roof would 1 o one that was as nearly flat as possible and still turn the rain. ; These yards are not such pretentious ; atVai.s an some people think them to j be. It seems to be a common opiuion ! that they are large enough for -10 or | 5U head of cattle and the exprnse of i constructing a yard of sufficient size to accommodate such sized herds has , caused many to ridicule the covered | barnyard as r nonsensical conception. ; Perhaps it is, but not because of its size. The ono I visited would accommodate nbottt 10 head. Of course it could be made to accommodate more by turning 10 head into it at one time, 10 head at auother and so on, It has been suggested that the roof of the yard might be carried higher and a lolt made for the storage of fodder, n suggestion which in itself shows that the yard is limited in size. There is a yard, however, in Pennsylvania, we think, that is much larger than the yard wo looked at, but it is entirely enclosed, the space that would bo open above the feDce, as nbovo described, being fitted with windows, which can be opened when necessary. There is also a skylight 5u the roof. We shonld ctxli a structure of that kiud a building rather thsu a yard. The manner of sustaining the loof will readily suggest itself. The centre of the roof will naturally require some support and will necessitate iuside posts, which will have to be set substantial enough to withstand any force which the stock might bring against them. The principal advantages that such r yard would afford iu the opinion of those who believe that the cow should have exercise, would be in the protection or partial protection of the animal while she is exorcising; in preserving the manure from damage by the elements; as furnishing shelter for sheep, aud, if plenty of absorbent is used, in furnishing a dry and pleasant barnyard. Cheaper shelter will answer for fattening cattle in many cases when they need shelter,aud the feeder is likely provided for in this direction, without finding Limself under the necessity of building tf covered barnyard. However, now that we have given the principle of the thing, it reremains for everyone who reads this article to decide whether or not he wants one.?Agricultural Epitomist, A MAINE COAST LIGHT. It Was in an Invalid'* Window, bat Gnided a Wrecked Crew. A pretty story comes from the Maine coast. Southport at its lower end! spiudles off to Cape Newnggen. There is a scallop iu the end of the mainland and a corresponding Rcallop in the little island that lies off shore. And as a result tiiere is a bit of harbor there that before now has been a blessed haven to storm tossed mariners. If one is able to make that harbor there is safe anchorage. If one misses it there is no shelter between there and the mouth of the Eennebec or the black rocks of Damanscove. There is in the little settlement on the half moon of beach at Newaggen a honse in which there lives a kindly featured woman with an invalid husband. One night during a storm she was obliged to be up through many hours of the dark tempest attending to the wants of the sufferer. And she looked out of the window against the whirling drift of the storm and noticed that nowhere was there a glimpse uf light. So she set in the window her lamp and there the tiny ray shone forth. After awhile there was a knock at the door. She opened it unhesitatingly, for there are no criminal prowl* ers down that way. There, with the storm eddying about them, were five desolate look* iug men, standing in single file, all in oil skins?shipwrecked mariners. They humbly asked if they might come in and get warm. She threw wide the door in welcome aud in they stamped. By the side of the fire they told that their craft, a schooner bound along the coast to Nova Scotia, had struck on "The Bantam" some miles off ? ' n shore?bad crasnea uign on me rocss and had crnmbled in pieces almost before they had time to scuttle into their dory. Off they had set .into the night, having only a general idea of the direction they should row to reach the Kennebec. At last some uncommon draft or eddy in the storm dragged aside the curtain of snow and showed to them a glimmer of light They turned their dory's prow in that direction. At last riding past reefs that roared on the right and on the left, they had surged safely into a snug and sheltered little harbor. There were wharves there? and fishing .boats riding at anchor? the harbor of Ne wag gen. And the cold and hungry men, their oil skins snapping as they walked, had followed up into the fan shaped radiance of that light that shone from the window of the good woman. They slept that night around her kitchen fire and the next day they rowed away in their dory to Boothbay, reported and were forwarded to their homes., Had it not been for that little light they would have swept upon a dark shore and?well, would it not have been death??Lewiston (Me.) Journal. American Trade in Tasmania. In Tasmania the trado in axes and saws has been almost entirely monopolized by Americaus. It is now the intention to carry on international competition between teams of axmen and sawyers, using British and American tools, with the object of proving which country manufactures the better implements.?Chicago Tribune. Fore-Armed. "Have you bought your automobile yet?" "No. I'm taking lessons now from a professional acrobat, so that J may dismount with grace when I begin to operate my auto."?Philadelphia Press. Tlie Innane Who Heroine Sane. One-third of the people who go mad are said to recover their senses. ' - - . * A Mother's Tears. "! Would Cry Every Time I Washed My Baby." " When he Was 8 months old, first fes- - ters and then jT kyl large bolls ?L UW broke out on at . . tny baby's sores spread (/M '<$jr back until became mnss of raw// / Tsa&^fy / }[iyr%a/yfi e s h. Whetn | / (^^ dered him I would cry, realizing what pain he was in. His pitiful walling was heartrending. I lmd about given Up hope of saving him when I was urjod to give him Hood's Snfeaparilln, all other treatment navmg rnueu. i wasaea me sores trim Hood's Medicated Soap, applied Ilood's Olive Ointment and gave him Hood's Sar*' saparllla. The child seomed to get better every d.ly, aud very soon tiio change was quite noticeable. The discharge grow less inflammation went down, the skin took on i healthy color, and tho raw flesh began to -cole over and a thin skin formed as the so ilos dtoppe 1 off. Less thau two bottles of Ilood's Sarsnparflla, aided by Hood's Medicated Soap and Hood's Olive Ointment, accomplished this wonderful cure. I cannot praise these medicines half enough." Mr.s. Guerixot, 37 Myrtle St., Rochester, N. Y. Tue above testimonial is very much conlonsel from Mrs. Guerlnot's letter. As jinny mothers will be interested In reading the full letter, we will send it to anyone who sends request of us on a postal card. Mention this paper. "COTTON ^Culture | is the name 001 a valu- | mMI a^c ^^usferat iiw ec^ pamphlc H. which shoulc be in the hand; of every planter whe 4 Jk raises Cotton. Tht book is.sent Free. Send name and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. i m f >w? W nntcd for the N??t A selling book ever /? ITBH li I ^ published. 1,000 deA-| 1 S I , I 1 I .J livered In York Co.. X a. \Mm4L } R kS s C.. 1,100 m Andereon County. 900 In Charleston. 1,139 in Memphis. One agent sells 250 In one week, $4.00 to $10.00 per day suro. In answering statu your experience, If any. j. l. NienoLS & eo., No. 912-024 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. Coin; By tbe Eye. Unless one has some other sort of' knowledge to contradict It, it Is natural to accept the evidence of the . eye. Therefore the answer which a teacher recently received from her class of small children was not altogether surprising. "Which is further away?" she asked, "England or the moon?" "England," the children answered quickly. "England?" she questioned. "What makes you think that?" " 'Cause we can see the moon anfl we can't see England," answered one of the brightest of the class. A Hint tft Advertisers. [From N. Y. Town Topics.] Business men who put their advertisements in the big dailies on Snndays must have money to throw away, and, therefore, need no advertising. Who is to find or read your advertisement .when it is hidden away in "section 17, column 5," separated from other announcements in the same line, and nndiscoverable without the aid of mathematics and a microscope? Nobody sees it, even by accident. Ton are obliged to ask the clerk in the newspaper office to hunt it np for yon so as to be certain that it was published. The same advertisement in a good weekly paper would reach thousands of first-class families and be noticed and regarded by everybody. A little Light as to History. Tommy?Bop, what is profane history? Tommy's Pop ? Profane history, snn. is?Tim. flh?well, vou know when George Washington cnt down his father's cherry tree? Tommy?Yes, Pop, Tommy's Pop ? Well, what his father said to George is profane history.?Philadelphia Record. A?k Your Dealer for Allen'* Foot-Ease, A powder to abate into your shoes; rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet ^nd Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Hoping For the Best. Benhara?Everybody says that baby looks like me. Mrs. Benham?But he may outgrow it, dear. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of Gnovx's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure?no pay. Price 50c. Ameliorated Athletics. "Your basketball club hasn't reported any broken bones lately." "No; we voted out all the girls who wanted to play for exercise."?Chicago News. Putnam Fadeless Die produoes the fastest and brightest colors of any known dye stuff. Sold by all druggists. His Experience. Mr*. Oo^d?Ah! there Is nothing which causes so much rai?erv as liquor! The Tramp?Beggin' your pardon, ma'am, I t'lnk t'lrst ?anses more mls'hy dan anyt'lng else.?Puck. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a liquid and Is taken Internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c. F. J. Cheney & (o., Props., Toledo, 0. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens tbo gums, reduces inflammation. allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. A woman usually abandons her opinion the moment her husband is converted to it. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous iiaa nf Ttr KHnn's (il'PJlt Ilf?S3 ULtCl U?D? u?; u-jw v.. _ . Nerve Restorer. t2 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. R. 11. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Pblla., Pa. Piso's Cnre for Consumption Is an Infallible medicine for cough* and colds.?N W S amcel. Ocean Orove, N. J., Feb. 17,1900. Th? happy father is apt to relate creepy storles about his firstborn. ... c 1 Sensible Poultry. A great many people who hare chickens are as careless in the matter of supplying them with green food in the winter as they are of keeping their own tables supplied with succulent vegetables. But it is nevertheless just as important in odo case as in the other. Referring to this subject, a farmer's wife in Nebraska says in TriState Farmer on the subject: The poulterer on the farm possesses every advantage over the man confined to one or two lots in the city. While In our experience, free range of the farm is not the best way to raise line poultry, yet we do not duly appreciate the foods we may raise anil feed fresh from the garden to our poultry. In our experience the fowls at large do not confine themselves to picking up the waste but rather choose to take their rations from horse mangers and pig troughs. They fatten on the corn and perhaps the men complain with justice that "the hens eat their heads ou. We find It better to have yards of medium size, and we have about made ! up our minds that hens at large are not I much improvement on hogs at large," land what women can put up with hogs in the back yard? But if hens are yarded they must be fed, and there is room on the farm for a garden for the chickens. JVhat shall we plant? We must have 1< 0 uce, of course. One can cut a surprising amount of feed from a few square feet of lettuce; then there is the giant Southern mustard. A fewrows of that and you have a green food greatly relished, and in quantity for a numerous flock. Winter onions are egg producers. Perhaps we can find a corner for hemp and sunflowers. Then we must have some vegetables for winter. Cabbage and artichokes come first. Watch the biddies eat raw artichokes if you do not believe they like them. Then we may raise some carrots to cook and mix with bran for biddy's winter breakfast to make her lay. We can cook them and mix with corn meal to fatten the poultry for market* quickly. Probably po vegetable we raise gives less trouble or is more certain to yield well than sugar beets. Then the beets keep well, which is more than we can say for carrots in. this locality. We put the beets through the bone cutter and feed raw. The hens greatly relish the raw vegetables and the ducks must have them if you wish eggs in January. The mustard will stay green long after frosts, and when it is gone begin on the beets. The mustard will not appear the second year nor in any way resemble the old fashioned sort. A great many places where the vegetables have been taken off may be sown to the mustard for fall feeding.? Florida Agriculturist Brain Force in Bicycle Riding, Messrs. R. E. and C. Crompton recently presented to the Cycle Engi-j neers' Institute at Birmingnam, England, the results of a remarkable investigation concerning the efficiency of the human body considered as a motor. Heretofore the body has generally been treated as analogous to a heat engine, work being obtained from it through chemical action on the muscles. But the Messrs. Crompton believe they have demonstrated that the greater part of the energy-yielding processes go on within the brain, or in the nervous system directly connected with the brain. In bicyclc-Hders they find that the greatest waste is from the brain and nerves, and not from the muscles. The n^rve waste, they aver, iz proportional to the number of times that the nerve centres energize the muscles in order to make a stroke, and hence the craving for .high gears, which diminish the number of strokes and thus economize the nerve waste. They advocate, instead of high gearing, an increase in the length of the cranks, for the purpose both of reducing the number of strokes and of inpressing their efficiency. Good Lack." Baking Powder is hol y brand sold in solid carload lots. More " Good Lock " sold in Sooth than all other brands combined. Hif best Lass coing Power; Wholesome sad HeelthfaL Look for the " Hoxsx $uo*" on erery can. fl?nhifil by Tba SwUsu n?Nit Tin Co., Wdni Vs. Wanted?Tract of farming land. Send description and lowest price. F. A. Hall, Savannah, Ga. (win1 - M violence, but act as a to the muscles and restore You will find in an en and permanently put i To any needy mortal suffering from bo Sterling Remedy Comp MB irmi lit l H iti I HriiTii .t 9 A Test Case. I might mention the exper'ence of a farmer who a few years ago entered a ? corn contest. The first thing he did was to buy the latest work m corn culture. One fact alone was worth all , the study he gave; he learned that, , contrary to the general Impression, the , roots of the corn plant grow to a great , depth; that experiments in Wisconsin , proved that when the corn plant is , eighteen inches high its root* cross in m the middle rows forty^two Inches , apart; when the plant Is tasseling the roots go three feet deep in the ground, and when the ear is ripe they have gone four feet and literally filled the i soli irom the surface to that depth. He learned enough to win a prize, and in consequence of that book his crops have steadily increased until in 1S9S ' i-1 3 * ? ~ m aiia lie garnereu iruui uue urcasuicu. av.i? 163% bushels (shelled grain), and his entire crop averaged 115 bushels to the acre. This result a few years ago would have been regarded impossible. The same farmer gave his son, a 12ycar-old boy, the turkeys on his farm to raise on shares and furnished him < the latest work on turkey-raising. The boy read the book, pursued intelligent and up-to-date methods, and raised about $200 worth of turkeys; from one flock of 08 he raised 64. It pays to know how. and this is all that scientific means.?Atlanta Journal. Problems. "Henrysaid the master of the house to the cook, "I heard a baas voice in the kitchen last evening." "My sister, sir!" replied the cook, in some confusion. "No, Henry, I believe it was the policeman on the beat!" said the master, severely. Mere social permutations, albeit the Chicago custom of: hiring men to do the housework becomes universal, may not be expected to obliterate such problems as find their elements in the human nature inherent. Millions for Baseball. A million of dollars are spent every year upon the came of baseball, but large as this sum is it canuot begin to equal the amount spent by people in search of health. There is a sure method of obtaining strength, and It is not a costly one. We urge those who have pent much aud loet hope to try Hostetter's Stomach , Bitters. It strengthens the stomach, makes digestion easy ana natural, auu iuio? u/opntrsla, constipation, biliousness and weak kidneys. Proof. Madge?But don't you really believe that Ida Is engaged? May?N..; I'm snre she isn't. I asked her ir there was any truth In The report, and she reJused to say a word.?Harper's Bazaar. To Care a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Broho Qunnw* Tablets. .All drugglfts refund the money If it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each box. 25c. Specific. "I wonder how he was cured of the political , fever?" "By the mud bath treatment, I believe!"? , Detroit Journal. * MITCHELL'S j Price, 25c. ? c>$7nttUL ' EYE SALVE mm 11 mm mm mm mm secured or PATpNTFh RtfnndMl I H I EL IM I Patent advertised m I Wm II I free. Free advice as to patentability. Send f"r "Inventors' Primer." FBEK. .111 iAI U. STEVENS 6c CO., Estah., 1864. 817 14th St., Washington, d. C. Branches: Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit.'. ii afflicted mth) Thnmntun'i Em Water j sore eyes, use > r? # f m \\ejlJUL Causes bilious V-?and all kinds of ta / & | is here and you 2% If | poison out of \J naturally and ge if are just what \ J1K S. grip or gripe, t while you sleep. V'-'j;/) yl?^ent ' 4Wf thc cure. Be v, your bowels?sa iV/T/Sr leave them weak keep up regular iJ? _J fore. The onl1 ;?Spring cleaner ininil sweet, fragrant C ? don't force out 1 nic on the whole 30 feet of 1 healthy, natural action?bu tirely natural way your boi t good order for the Spring CURED BY U>A\) wel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETt my, Chicago or New York, mentioning advcrth FOB WOMAN'S HEALTH 1| Earnest Letters from Women Believed of Pain by Mrs. Pinkham. "Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?Before X lommeneed to take your medicine I * j was m & terrible state, wishing myself iead a good many times. Every part of my body seemed to pain in some way/ At time of menstruation my suffering was something terrible. .X thought there was no cure for me, be} after taking several bottles of Lydis E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all my bad feelings were gone. I am now well and enjoying good health. I shall always praise your medicine."?Mrs. Amos Fbschleb, Box 22?, Borneo, Mich. Female Troubles Overcome 4 4 Drab Mrs. Pinkham I had female trouble, painful menses, and kidney complaint, also stomach trouble. About a vear asro I happened to pick up a. - paper that contained an advertisement of Lydia EsPinkhamb Vegetable Cons- ' ? pound, and when I read bow it had ' helped others, I thought it might help me, and decided to give it a triaL I did so, and as a result am now feeling perfeotly well. 1 wish to thank you for f the benefit your medicine has been to me."?Mbs. Cr.ARA Snnn, Diller, Neb. No ilore Pain " De^b Mrs. Pdtilelajc Your Vega-. table Compound has been of much r benefit to me. When my manses first appeared they were very irregular. They occurred too often and did not leave for a Week or more. I alwaya * suffered at these times with terrible pains in my back and abdomen. Would be in bed for several days and would not be exactly rational at times. I took Lydia E. Pinkhanfs Vegetable ^ Compound, and menses becanie regular / - .g sad pains left me entirely."?Mrs. E. I?. Custer, Ernie, Wis. r ASwa How Is one of the earliest harhlnfts of sprtae? ? eqnally sure indication la that feeling of languid depression. Itany swallows of 4 HIRES >mum are-best for a spring tonic and for swappr > ; j ' beverage. & jalknu tor 15 Write krSHS| $ Itrt of premltmi offered free tor UM*. ^^-vCfearies E. Hires ' W. L. DOUGLAS % S3 & 3.50 SHOES g with other make* ^ Ik /fis and price jj^WL , Jy J ft 132 stamped oa bottom. Taicefl r SejS I yb? noaub^nim cliimed^^e^jw^.t Ij not, we irufsend a extra for carriage. State kind cf leather, k widtfu pWn orcrofce. Cat, free. astnm V. L OftJ&LASSHOECO., Brscfctsa, Spa between now and Jurist, aaiHiigbut Done after that d4t?? Xi^^^^^^^^pRemembor that. TtJ^ia i|| Write quick for circulars and Information a boat iow to get them. First come, first served. We . v4S? Have the bestsand moat e6mplete line of Pea Threshers In the U. S. This advertisement will , not appear but once, so write today. Address *rem plainly. ^j?| 3. H. GATfDNE-R ft CO-, DAXXON, OA. Hodder River DIAMOND So closely resembles the genuine aa to be- be- . ^ yond detest! morcept by the closest scrutiny of . an expert. Only cost from $3 g) to 915.00 each. Worn by leaders of society everywhere. Sead ic for lilunrated catalogue. Agents wanted. The Modder River DiaiEoad Co, No. 019 Prudential Bnlldlig, Atlanta, Chu OPIUM *??MORPHINE habits cured at home. NO CURB* NO PAT, Pra Correspondence confidential. GATE CITY ^ SOCIETY, Lock box 715, Atlanta, Ga. J!|j DROPSYiiOTiSISffiSs . cmm- Book of testimonials and 10 days* tmtms trER hrer. Dr H. H. 8*ZXKS?0KS. Sox B. AtUatft. S*. VIIV.. -/-LJUJLI head-ache, back-ache body aches. Spring . want to get this bile your system, easily, ntly. CASCARETS 'ou want; they never . .J sf nit will work gently Some people thins the "wiping the better careful?take care of dts and pill poisons ., and even less able to movements than bey safe, gentle inside for the bowels are IASCARETS. They MmS the foecal matter witn v bowel wall,, strengthen "flM y them and try them. * Wa weIs will be promptly . rnd Summer work. s * wc will send a bos free* Address tecneat aod paper. est I jmmmm b | rf ? ITS,^jjBifc* B:B y