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\ ~ ' ' JF08*FARM AMD GARDEtf^ lr*n*planti?!K Tomntoe*. Before long it will be time to get . the tomato plants out in the field. When transplanting them remember j they should be set firmly up to the seed-leaves for new roots are thrown ; out from the stem, and this affords a j full amount of feeding surface for j the plant. Set them where the soil is good but not too rich. ?To have plants healthy and to give them j plenty of room, they should be set about four feet each way. !?? _ Feeding Sitting Hen*. One of the reasons why it is hard i to make hens sit regularly in winter j ? " is fonnd in feeding them too often. j I: A hen called off* from her nest th.ee or four times a day is likely to make | some ventures of her own to get food > or drink. Until tho hen is thorough- j ly set on sitting, she should be fed i only once a day, and that early in the morning. If it is in a close room, ^ where she caunot get out, the hen rill go back to the nest again and sit I contentedly, fche takes no exercise and needs only food enough to sustain life and heat Keeping Chimney# Ciena. After a winter's supply of wood or j coal has been burned, much of it while rain or snow is drifting down f the chimney, it is sure to be foul with j soot, and any extra hot fire, especially with wood, will send sparks up that will set the soot afire and endanger ' tho house. It is a good plan to poke a broom or brush with very long ban- i die up and down the chimney to clear j. away tfie soot. If this is done and the soot is removed from below there ; will be little danger of its doing any damage. The chimney ought to be made smooth inside, so that tho soot m will not be caught by roughness as the j smoke goes up. A chimney afire is a serious danger, especially when the hot fire that causes it is made just before the family retire for the night. Coal fires are less dangerous thau . those from light wood, which make a bright flame and send up many g- aparxs. C?lre* for Ve?I. Allow the calves to suck the cow moderately the'tint week, gradually v-increasing the amount until the fonrch or fiith week when they are ready for market. For home use, they are preferred hot more than six weeks old. The stables should be kept clean and well ventilated and "the calves should not be allowed to eat the dirty litter. Give them a- little clean hay to pick at. A contagious diarrhara sometimes breaks out. Bemove the calves irn- j mediately to clean quarters, separating the sick from the well ones. Thoroughly disinfect the old quarters & . and do not occupy them with calves for a considerable time. & , Farmers wbo are selling milk, cream - or butter rarely fatten calves in this i section, except they may have a par|pr ? ticularly hard milker, bnt sell the calves quite young to others who make a business of fattening them for market and as they are turned off renewing the supply from neighboring farms. Where the conditions are not ^ favorable for the delivery of the milk on cream or manufacture of butter, the ?.fattening of veal calves often pays as well as other forms of dairying.? American Agriculturist Salt for Cattle. Nebraska cattle breeder desires low whether barrel or rock salt is jitter and also asks if rock salt is pn the tongues of horses and te salting question comes up con Ias a mailer ox laci it neeas I frequently to attention as the ! of stock is probably the most ed of the necessary operations tock farm. This ordinarily from oversight The intention but the memory is at fault ly farms it is the ery that stoqk d once a week, Sunday mornjuently being the time selected I "chore." Some stockmen go other extreme and mix salt nth the feed 'of the cattle, trmers erroneously believe that lot good for stock and with- | The practice varies widely, lafest and soundest principle ep salt within reach of animals time and allow them to take it " as their appetites demand. If I water were always at the comf live stock health and thrift >e materially promoted. It is ays possible or economical to iter constantly before animals, ; is readily enough placed so >y may take it at will. We refer rock salt.for stock. It is ionomieal in that there is much sted. Moreover, animals are ; to take too much ftf it. When d of salt for some time feeding an easily enough get too much supplied in loose form?so fiat it will get them to scourt if.it is put before them in rm they cannot eat it but are fed to satisfy their apnetites by it slowly and are not likely to sxcess. ntinr and Cultivation of Corn. cultivation of corn should beb the plowing of the ground, st depth to plow will depend ler on the kind of soil and the condition of the held. Many fields cannot be plowed ne same aepm throughout the whole length. Often I' one end or the other of the field, or 0 < probably the middle, is low. Then the side of the hill may be qnite steep, with most of the surface soil washed Br \ off. Low places and these washed hillsides should not be plowed more than four inches deep. Give such spots a good dressing of manure before harrowing; Another point in this section is to avoid plowing when the ground is too wet r On level and moderately dry land, plow to a depth of eight inches. The ground will then hold more moisture and the corn sqffer less from drouth. It southern farmers would plow their ground in the fall and seed to rye, the roots of the growing rye would prevent washing and would catch and hold 'the fertility which otherwise would leach'through the soil. In the spring it will only be necessary to plow to a depth of two or three inches. Begin harrowing as soon as the ground A will permit, going once each way bemgf fore planting, or as many times as is necessary to pulverize the seed bed. The distance between the rows of oorn and the thickness of planting depend entirely upon the quality of the land, and every farmer must be his own judge. In some southern localities one stock every six feet in rows four feet apart is sufficient When the land is rich more ean be planted. As soon as the corn is planted, the ground should be harrowed again, and * ordinarily the fields slionld receive another harrowiug just before the corn comes to the surface. The crop will not be injured. When the rows can be seen across the field, go over with a weed or or an A harrow. Cultivate one each way in this manner,then use an ordinary corn cultivator, going over the field not more than three times with this implement Jn very dry seasons, twice is sufficient. Much corn is ruined by deep aud close cul- , tivation, for if the roots are once di3- ' turbed, the crop will never fully re- ^ cover. After the last cultivation, I go j t through the field once each way with ] a small one-horse barrow, which runs t between the rows. If the season has ' been at all favorable, the crop will [ need no further attention. When the husks on the ears have tnrne l yellow, cat and put in shocks 12 to 14 feet i aquave.?W. M. Enover, in New England Homestead. Th* Gout Dairy. < The usefulness of the goat in clear- 1 ing foul lands and the profitableness of the animal for its hair, skiu and even carca-s, is becoming pretty well j understood. But the goat is valuable as a dairy animal. If the cows, for instauce, are being used for supplying a city milk trade, the keepiug of goats for the home rnitk supply would be an excellent policy. The goat will live where a cow would s'nrve; an.I while it, like eve-y other domestic animal, will do best on good pasture, it will live and yield milk orrastonishiugly little food. The animal and its 'milk are almost entirely exempt from disease; the milk is more nutritious than that of the cow and agrees with stomachs that cow's milk frepiently offeuds. The animal requires only the cheapest kind of shelter; but it needs shelter from the storms and in win tor. If by reason of drontb, soilin ; is necessary, leaves, vegetable reluse, peelings of the apple or potato, bread crnsts or stale bread, if they are sweet and clean, will be all the feed that is needed. All goats, however, will not eat the same food, and the feeder will have to study the appetites of the individual animal Frequent feeding and a Variety of food, in winter, will be found leneflcial. Boots,, nil m#?al oata nnrn /of ill A lflttar. in the whole state, the goat is very fond) are proper feed, especially for the milking goat. Rock salt is greatly relished. The flavor of goat's milk cauuot l>e distinguished from that of cow's milk, if it is properly cared for. From three to four pints a clay is the average yield of a good milker. The milk is so rich and of such a character < that in making pastry it will take the place of eggs.?The Fpitomist. ] Short and Useful Paragraph*. It is not the hog's fault that it has i a reputation for lilthiness. | > Lice in the hen's nest is depriving \ many farmers of quite a few eggs. Fowls as well as all animals do better on mixed feed. It affords a va- ! riety.* It is a pretty hard matter to trim a grape vine too close if you do it before ] the sap runs. During shearing time keep the old i aud the young ones apart, so that the 1 ticks cannot migrate to the lambs. In purchasing fertilizers for early market garden stuff, remember that it < is a quick acting fertilizer that yon < are after. i A good preventive of milk fever is 1 to have the cows calve in the fall or J winter when the feed does not have so < great a tendency to make milk. 1 Owing to the increasing importance of the sheep industry, it wonld be well for farmers to look into the matter and study up the "ins and onts." Milk contains about 87 per cent of ^ water. If the water the cows drink is bad about 87 } er cent, of the milk 1 that you are using is not what it 1 ought to be. j Formers, don't ignore the ducks. ( With a fair overage of eggs laid dur- ^ ing the year, if you did not eat or sell them, bnt set them and hatched out |-! 50 per cent, of the eggs, it would be an excellent investment. Milk fever generally occurs among the best milkers. Look out for such cows. After a cow has helped fill your pocketbook for eight or nine months, surely a little attention for only a month or so is not out of the way. "Johnny, get your gun" is generally the word every time a bam owl or some such bird is seen around the farm. This is an awful mistake. It would be pretty hard to get a mouse or rat-trap that could beat this bird at catching these pests. The Cftnie of Salt Lakes. * The Great Salt lake is very shallow but extensive sheet of water on the Burfaco of a desert plain. Surrounding it in part are mou tain rauges, themselves barren and desolate. The lake is nestled in the bottom of a true basiu without outlet, a part of the Great^ Basin. So slight ? is the rainfall that the basin cauuot | fill and oversow to the sea. 1 he rain water evaporates in the dry air, and the streams that flow down from the mountains suffered the same fate even before the Mormons came to spread j their waters out over the land to transform it from desert to garden. Each stream on the land gathers a little salt on -its journey, and since this cannot evaporate as the water j does, it remains behind. From the mountains and from the light rains of the desert enough water is supplied to transform a part of the plain to a lake, but in the dry air the evap- ^ oration is so great that only a small 1 part of the supply remains to form the ^ lake. Thus little by little the lake water receives its supply of salt, and therefore becomes salter and Salter.? . New York Independent. Varions Methods. Sometimes the tired editor becomes sardonically humorous when answering the questions of an investigating i correspondent "What should a lady ' < do when she wants to sneeze in / church?" was the query recently ad- ( dressed by a feminine reader to the editor of a local paper. He answered it thus: "It depends upon why the lady wants to tneeze in church. If she is young and pretty and desires ' to attract the attention of some eligible young man, the sneeze should be gentle and distinctive; almost anything would produce the irritation of the facial organ necessary to effect the purpose. But if the lady is old, oc- 1 cupies her own pew, an? wishes to 1 show off her new bonnet, then a violent sneeze?or a succession of sneezes ?is necessary, and we should advise ' upsetting an ounce of cayenne pepper ; in the pew."?Waverley Magazine. Too Lone to Wait. "If you will get my new suit done by Saturday," said a customer to a j tailor, "I'll be forever indebted to I you." "If that's your game," replied the ! tailor, "the ck'hes will not be done 1 atalL"?Indianapolis Journal. ' ^ i /^J*r\CZf : t Ho Spoke Advitedly. Returned Fighter ?And as I was carried away in the ammunition wagon ILlstener?Don't you mean the ambulance wagon? Returned Fighter?No. sir; I was so full of bullets they put me in the ammunition wagon.?Chicago Daily News, British Aristocracy Blamed. Many people attribute the recent reverses of he British to the degeneracy o" the aristocracy. The life of luxu y certainly does n >t produ<lb rigor. Indices tble suppers, late hmrs. conjia:it nerve strain and licit of exercise upset he s*oma'h and weaken both physical an! n >ntal vitality. The b'.ovl that makes men leroes must come from active, h?althy sromichs. Hoscetter's St >mach Bltt-rs purifies the Mood and strengthens the st-nna-'h. It cures x>nstloatlon, indigestioi, dyspepsia and billmsnesw A Blue I>ay, Sandv Pikes?"Yes, mum. der wus d&ys in de irmy dat made me tremble. ' Lady?"Fichiinc days. I sunpos ?" Sandy Pikes -"Xo*m: tv .shin' days." To Cure a Cold In One Oav. rako Laxative Bromo Quisins Tablkts. All Iriicgisra refund the money it it tam to cur?. G. W. Urotb's signature is ou each box. JJoC, A Conjoctnrc. Rupert?JIow many quartx mlno d?os Stockion own? IlaroM?Eletit. I gues<*. He seeing In a peck of tronMe over them.?Judge. That Tired Feeling Just as enrely indicates that the blood is lacking in vitality and the elements of health as does the most obstinate humor that the vital fluid is full of imparities. Hood's Snrsaparilla cares that tired feeling by enriohing and vitalizing the blood, creating a good appetite* and invigorating every organ of the body. Hood's Sarsaparilla "I had that tired feeling all the time, I took Hood's Snr3np:irllla and It made mo feel like a new man. My wife wn*nil ruu down nnacouia not ao uer work. She has taken four bottles of Ilood's nnd is In Rood health," C. Bowlky, Mantille, R. t. Hood's Sa'saoirilla is sold by all druggists. Get Hood's and only Hood's. ? Old Stage Effects. ^ We are apt to consider that stage of*' fects are an invention of the present rentnry. This may be so in some cases, but many of them are very old. The lime-light is probably the most valuable accessory for modern stage effects. It was introduced some time around 1S37 or l&iS, and was regarded as a great curiosity. Its expense, however, prevented its being used to litiy extent for a long period. In 14S0, intricate machinery was regularly used in religions plays for the simulation of various natural phenomena. Earthquakes always seem to have been the most pleasing and taking of effects, and we hear of them as far back as 1692, when Evelyn refers to a puppet show in which an earthquake effect was used. The old paper snow for winter effects was largely abandoned, and in France waste clippings of glove manufacturers are used instead. The white glove clippings fall better In the air than small pieces of paper, and they sling better to the scenery and to the actor's garments as they descend. The ordinary nautical effects are of considerable antiquity. Full-rigged ships wero In use in Paris as far back as 1713. A Topsy-Tnrvy House. One of the oddest sights of the Paris Exposition will be the "Manoir a l'Enrers," or the topsy-turvy house. The suggestion of this unique house of mystery first came from a Russian engileer named Kotln. This extraordinary milding will represent a feudal mandon turned upside down, the roof portion forming actually the foundation, ind vice versa. The visitor will step n up through the roof, and after going tp stairs several times will come flown to the cellar, which will be fitted up ts a roof garden. There will even be a terraced garden in connection with the topsy-turvy bous*. hanging, of course, jpside down in mid-air. Every apartment in the house will be sumptuousy furnished, and tb? topsy-turveydom ivill extend even to the furniture. The perplexed visitor, for instance, will see i cook making some delicious smelling ioup, though both chef and saucepan ippear upside down. The bathroom ins a bath full of water upside down, i ?nd the drawing room has a piano and i performer playing the latest tunes >f the Folies Bergerc also upside down. This illusion of the Interior Is proiuced by an ingenious arrangement of mirrors. This topsy turvy house after he Paris Exposition will be reproluced at Chicago and Coney Island ind the Buffalo Expocition. VUMMMM C9C# 45 Pounds "DEAR MRS, PtHKHAMF was very thin and my friends thought I was In consumption, "Had continual headaches, backache and falling of uterus, and myoyos wore atfooted, "Every one notloed how poorly I looked and I was advised to take Lydla E, Plnkham's Vegetable Compound, "One bottle relieved me, and after taking eight bottles am now a healthy woman; have gained In weight from 95 pounds to 140/ everyone asks what makes me so stout*"? MRS* A* TOLLE, 1946 Hilton St*, Philadelphia, Pa* Mrs* Plnkham has fifty thousand suoh letters from grateful women* OPIUM *?? MORPHINE habits cured at home. NO Cl'RE.HO PAT. Correspondence confidential. GATE CITY SOCIETY, Lock box 715, Atlanta, Ga. * A FOR THE HOUSEWIVES. Simple Refreshment* the Hrit Form. The day of heavy refreshments has passed away, perhaps never to return. Cultured people live more simply and more daintily. Afternoons "at home'* are social gatherings, not feasts; consequently, they may be given by those whose incomes do not justify them in entertniufng in a more expensive way, Then, too, they are elastic, A dinner party, as a rule, can only be given to a chosen few, but au afternoon affair is sufficieut'y elastic to include all of i lie's friends and calling acquaintances.?Ladies' Home Journal, t? Ft-lctfMee a MitfkSn, Following are directions for fricas* seeing chicken which will be fotind much better than the old way of cooki ing this dish: Cut the fowl iu small joints, then place them with giblets in a pipkin that can be closely covered, rti ? J 1 .1.1.1 -J J _ . io one goou-sizeu cuickcu mm it medinm-sued onion, cut in small pieces} then pnt in two cloveR, season well with salt and pepper, and pouf in a pint or more of cream or ricll milk, and when it bubbles thicken it With Hour dissolved in cold milk. Just let this gravy hoil one minute, then pouf it over the chicken and serve. Font"* Anm'litinjf Fruit Srtrtjli. Fruit soups are appetizing and healthful, aud offer a pleasing Variety from those common to the American bill of fare. One tablespoonful of raisins, two tablespoonfdls of raw rice, three whole cloves aud one cup* ful Qf dr ed apricots thoroughly soaked. To these add three pints of water. The mixture is cooked about an hour, then rubbed through a sieve, -an 1 afterward half & teaspoonful of sa't aud a tablespoonful of sugar added. The seasouing wonld depettd ttpou the fruit, Apples, being much mo:e acid, naturally would require mnra atlnar than thfl lUUOUlClft 1UV/I V DUQU4 amount used for apricots, ? - ? ' To Make Good CoflVe. The latest word of those who know is that, to be perfec", coffee must never, while it is making, come in contact with any metal, For the breakfast table, at least, it should be made in glass. First, ba y from a depot of medical suppli s a flask of annealed glass which looks l.ke ai ordinary' water bottle. The price, 30 cent?, is no great outlay considering the bottle will stand boiling water without breaking. Then tive cents for a glass funnel to flt into the bottle neck and leu cents for a dozen rouu 1 bits of clean, coarse muslin. Coffee itself is the next thing. It is real Java, bought green of a dealer who has regard for his work, at 50 to 60 cents the pound. It is roasted to a nicety at home, half a pound at a time, and grouud just as it is wanted. It may go into a chased si?ver-lidded I owl without the least harm. The water may likowise boil in a silver kettle, over a brass-mounted spirit lamp?or even on the plebian gas stove?before it comes ia sight The oue essential thing is to have it in plenty and freshly boiling. First pour a cup of the boiling water into the flask aud turn it deftly about, heating the flask all the way up. Then pour it out, whip the funnel into the flask month, line the funnel with one of the muslin rounds aud fmt into it three heaping teaspooofuls of the coffee. Tbeu slowly, steadily, gracefully pour on the water, which has been kept bubbling over me spirit lamp. As it begius to drip through stir the wet coffee lightly with a teaspoon. More water goes in as the first pouring filters through. Three spoonfuls of dry coffee ought to yield three cups of coffee essence. It is really coffee esseuce which comes out of the fiask. It is almost black, perfectly clear, full of cotiee flavor and aroma. Only the most confirmed coffee toper can drink it neat. Other folk require the cup to be half filled with boiling water. Those who like whipped cream in it make the water a third. Thus a single filtering will , serve a conside able tea party. The muslin and the spent grounds are thrown away after each filtering.? Chicago Becord. Household Hints. To give an appetizing flavor to broiled steak rub a cut onion over the hot platter. Absorbent cotton, if quickly applied wben milk of cream is spilled on cloth, will prevent a stain. To polish a tortoise-shell comb apply a few drops of olive oil and rub long and thoroughly with a soft woolen cloth. A cranberry jelly served recently was moulded with circular slices of bauaua, the combination proving delicious A Cuban dish, said to be remarkably good, is an omelet that has besides olives, blanched almonds and seeded raisins. The most effectual remedy for slimy and greasy draiu-pipes is copperas dissolved and left to work gradually through the pipes. A tablespoonful of ammonia to a quart of water is the best medium <or cleaning windows, lamp chimneys or any kind of glassware. Canton flannel makes a good bath blanket for baby. It should be made large enough to completely envelop the child while it is being wiped dry. A little powdered borax added to cold starch tends to give the linen extra stiffness and a little turpentine put into the boiled starch adds lnstre. The difference between white pepper and black is that black pepper is ground with the outer coat of the berry still on, and white pepper has it removed before grinding. In wiping china dishes do not pile one upon another while still hot. Spread out to cool of? then pack. Piling up while warm is apt to make the glaze crack. For stains on the hands there is nothing better than a little salt with enough lemon juice to moisten .it. rubbed on the spots and washed off with clear water. According to a bright housekeeper, if one wishes a slow fire to bnrn, start a light wood or paper on top of the coal to establish a draft, and the upward current will soon make itself manifest upon the fire below. Tyrannical Japanese JUbles. Babies in Japan are as iynch petted and indulged as the most spoiled darling in all the United States. Everything is done to make childhood a happy time. Toys are lavished on them. Scoldiug is almost unheard of. The pride of every woman is her children, aud as a result the children rule the house. I once knew of a case -where there was a great commotion during the night, and next morning it was learned that the little girl of the household had waked up at 2 o'clock and had cried to be taken for a boat ride. Her wish was gratified. There are TO,000 trees ip the city of Paris, inoldiug 1^,000 widows, 17,000 chestnuts, and 26,000 plane trees. ; .. v. \ . 6 ^ SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES. Basatofi Employed by the British on Military Rallreads. the British are employing d. large number of Basutos to repair diid lay the railroads in the Orange Free State that are essential to the advance of the drmy and the maintenance of communications with the base of supplies. Thus the natives are now to partlclpate> for the first time on d large scale) in work that Is related to the wdr. The Ca3utos have no friendly sentiments for the Orange Free State Boers who incorporated in their republic d part of Basutolaud, The Zulus have always hated the Transvaal Boers, with whom they had many d hard fight in what is now Natal, and by whom the Matabele branch of the Zulus were driven north of the Crocodile River. The Basutos and Zulus are the Strong1 est native elements in South Africa. These tribes supply ft large part of the lohAf (hpniivhnnf Smith Africa. I UiUUUUl 1U LTV/k bUAVMQMWV but their efficiency falls beloW that of the- average Americah negfo. They have udt feaclied the same plane of civiliatloh, their wants are fewer and more easily supplied, and after a term of service they usually wish to return to their homes for a long period of idleness; so it has been found necessary to supplement them by the importation of thousands of Indian coolies. Still, they are by far the largest element In the labor market. Sixty thousand of them were at work in the Wltwatersrand gold fields when the war began; nil the labor in the diamond mines is supplied by the natives, and they are widely scattered at service through the towns and over the sheep and cattle farms. They ore prisoners as long as they work in the diamond mines, for one of the rigorous measures taken to prevent diamond stealing is to keep the native laborers in a compound from which they never emerge during their term of service, except to march, under escort, to and from their work. But the South African natives are progressing, and their value as a factor in the development of the land Is growing. OBEYED THE COURT. Predicament In Which His Anxiety For De* coram Got Him. t-- j? * ??.. ? j .? t __ i ______ tiuugv r uzgtrruiu ui jajs au^cicb, considered one of the foremost Jurists on the coast, is, at the same time, one of the most particular of men in all things concerning iche decorum of the courtroom. A score or more of years agone he was appointed by the President to the bench of the district that includes Pima and Cochise counties. He found, on coming to Tucson, that formality was almost unknown in the courtroom. If the days were warm the attorneys and attendants dispensed with coats. This, to him, appeared particularly disrespectful. He announced that smoking in the courtroom would not be tolerated, and that coats must be worn under pain of the court's displeasure. The Grand Jury was called. Among the jurymen was a brawny miner, who appeared in his usual costume, a dark blue shirt and overalls. "What do you mean?" thundered themagistrate, "by appearing in this court-, room in your shirt sleeves! Where is your coat?" "At home, judge," mildly returned the juror. "Then go and get it No, not a word, sir!" glaring down upon the man as he attempted to speak. "Go home and get your coat or I'll commit you fojr contempt!" The miner went silently out. He didn't return that day nor the next and the judge, after issuing a bench warrant for him, swore in another juror. About two weeks thereafter the original mi ner, dressed as the court aemanaeu, i again stepped w3;lhln Judge Fitzgerald's range of vision. To the Irate magistrate be tendered the explanation that his home and coat were both in Harshaw mountains, near the Mexican border, over 100 miles away, and that he had but obeyed the orders of His Honor in going home after his coat.?Arizona Graphic. He Believed His Eyes. Lady of the House ? Ah! you are reading. I thought you were hard at work. Cook?Yes. mum, I'm reading a novel. Lady?Will you tell me who wrote It? Cook?Wrote it? It ain't written at all, mum; it's printed.?Collier's Weekly. ' ' Disgusting! Skin eruptions, which keep you scratching, and look raw and sore. It is unrefined in either sex; and gives the impression of uncleanness. Don't yon want to get rid of it? Get a*50c. box of Tetterine from yonr druggist, or send stamps to J. T. Shnptrine, Savannah, Ga. It cures, without fail, all shin diseases. Give it. a trial. Her View cf Boys. At n rrwont srhonl pxaimination for girls, this composition was handed In by a girl of twelve: "The boy is not an animal, yet they can be heard to a considerable distance. When a boy hollers he opens his big mouth like frogs, but girls hold their toung til they are spoken to, and then they answer respectable and tell just how it was. A boy thinks himself clever because he can wade where the water la deep. When the boy grows up he Is called a husband, and then he slops wading and stays out nights, but the grown-up girl is a widow and keeps Bouse."?Ledger Monthly. Vegetable Ivory From Ecuador Nats. In the forests of the Pacific slope In Ecuador abounds the species of palm which bears the nuts known as "vegetable ivory." The nuts are exceedingly hard and white. Germany tables tko-thirds of the product, and the rest goes to the United States, France and England. The harvest is in the rainy season, and great rafts loaded with the nuts are sent down the swollen rivers. The Wit of Women. Quinn?When women Imagine themselves wits they are a menace to the z community. DeFonte?You must have met some of late. Quinn?Yes. my wife. She asked me ??va! a foH if a sea horse was m auy wuj to a bay mare. A Lively tiarae. Mrs. Wiggles?Mrs. Rachet played whist with as this afternoon. Mr. Wiggles?Is that so? What score did she mike? Mrs. Wiggles?Three hundred and eighty words a minute. Eii ' * ; ^'s. " ^:V-[''r"V; >- : }vV ON THE CARE OP BABIES. Ssffettlcsi by a Merc Maa flat Mother's Shfldld Heal So many conflicting rules have been printed about the cart of babies, that something ought to bt done at oflce to set mothers oh the right track. Obtain first a normal healthy baby. Go to a first-class department store, If other Avenues fail. Diet with a baby is the main thing. For breakfast, say a few griddle cakes with a couple of hard-boiled eggs. For luncheon, any meat and tegetable irith apple dumplings, and a rousing cup of coffee to top off with. For diuner?always give the baby his heaviest meal just before retiring?a thick soup, a fish, an entree, a roast and a cold bottle, and any good wholesome dessert, say deep dish apple pie. Should the baby be restless In the night, don't take him tip. This Is the mistake made so often by erring mothers, who think they know It all. Science knows better. He cannot cry too much. Should he make too much noise and keep the househpld awake, tie a towel over hlg face and lock him up in a distant room. Above all things never give-ins Few people understand how to give the baby his bath?which is really quite simple, Fill the tub with water, and always "nse a bath thermometer. If after ten ^minutes' immersion, the thermometer registers below aero, you may then know that the water is a trifle too cold. Great care should be taken not to let the baby take cold, so the bath should be given as rapidly as possible. Strip the baby and take him by the heels and souse him in head first, then swing him back and forth through the water ten or fifteen times, slapping him vigorously to insure a good circulation. Lay him on the floor and rub him vigorously with a tin nutmeg grater, ana tnen pui umi to bed In a warm room, with a buffalo robe over bim and about two additional feet of California blankets. When this is done, leave him to rest for twenty-four hours. He will need the rest?Tom Mason, In Life. Where An 1? The following grotesque narrative Is found In a collection of Chinese temperance tales: A stupid yamen underling "Was once taking a rascally Buddhist monk to prison. As he started with his prisoner he was afraid of forgetting his things and bis errand so he began mumbling, "Bundle, umbrella, canguc - 1? it i (yoke), warrant, mona ana myrcu. At every two or three steps he repeated the list. The monk, seeing the sort of man he had to deal with treated him at an inn until he was so drunk that he wanted to sit down by the wayside and sleep. .. When he. was fast asleep the monk took off his cangue. shaved the man's head, put the wooden collar on him, and took to his heels. On recovering his sense the man exclaimed, "Let me wait until I have counted everything. Let me see. Bundle and umbrella are here." Then feeling his neck he cried, "And the cangue, too; and here beside me is the warrant." Then, half scared, "Ilafya! I don't see the monk, but," rubbing his Itching pate, he gleefnliy added: "The monk Is still here, but where am I? Bundle, umbrella, cangue, warrant, monk. But where am I? Bundle, umfrrelln?!" When the eye is in trouble use a reliable remedy. Mitchell's EyeSalve is a wonderful reliever of sore, weak and inflamed eyes. One bottle usually effprtc a rnmnlete cure. W?v mm ? u-g--i-m ? Price 25 cents. All druggists. HALL & RUCKEL, New York. 1848. Loudon. A Mean Trick. "Jack," asked tbe father, "arc you going in for any of the school sports this year?" "Yes, daddy," replied the unsuspecting boy, "I'm going to try for the mile race." "Good," returned the father. "I hate a letter to be posted, and it's about a mile to the post office and back. Let me see what time you can do it in."? Stray Stories. Now Ha Is Full of Regrets. Lowrie ? Nature often throws out warning signals, which we to our loss neglect. Buttle?I shouldn't wonder but you're right Lowrie?I met my wife In a thunderstorm, danced with her for the Hrst time at a house that was burned down, and married her in a killing frost ' Buttle?Yes? ' i Lowrie?Yes. And I hadn't the cense to read the signs.?Brooklyn Life. Gare Him a Fit. Delinquent Customer?Have you commenced my suit yet? Tailor?No, but I've commenced " w *11 mine; 1 guess you'll be served wnn the papers today. Ask Tonr Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to shake into your shoes; rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In- . growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new ' or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and shoe stores, 35 cts. Sample mailed FREE. < Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeBoy, N. Y. Food For Thought. Dick Wittlngham?1'to spent fifteen hundred dollars on that girl In the last six months and now she refuses me. Sister Ruth?But Just tnlnk of what It would cost If she had accepted you! -Life. I ? ' The Makers of Carter's Ink Say: We can't make any better ink than we do; ; we don't know how to. We can make poorer Ink. but we won't." Carter's Ink Is the best. Feminine Charity. He?"When Miss Willing married old Gotrox ' she gave her age as 25. I Imagined she was /%ldar than that" j 2UUVU VtUWft VMW. ? She?"Oh, I suppose shs allowed one-third off for cash."?Chicago Dally News. Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. Plso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of throat and lungs.?Wm. O. Endslet. Vanhuren, Ind.. Feb-10. 1900. if ' ' s . -? . v.. / ' t-' 1s.'/. -*r .V -v/O ^BBh 8W W8 B ^z **1 wisK I knew wkit wis tke mattef I S > (<? " vl^^V vztk me, my ckeeks are so pale, my fl sS^\, jN^Yj^v lips so wfcite, my muscles so weak, B / ys \ and my nerves seem to be aU 8 TXY \ unstrung. I am just about H J f\ \) (X: y t*fc^ ^ depressed in I J* tke morning as I am at B / J H , l\\* / flight If I could only get B Ji \^T / some rest, but sleep seems to do B IT j Skill we tell you what is tie matter? I l^^'That's Anemia I BP^ Anemia?it's another name for starved blood* thin B WK blood* poor blood. Of course tbis isn't tbe kind to have. B B What you want is ricb blood* red blood. You want tbe . ^illP B old color back to your checks and lips. You want your H hnnf* tffnnB ??i4 Utridv Tft (Bllre this ckuitt B you mast tike a perfect Strsapanlfi, a Sarsaptrilfi nude upon H B honor, a Sarsipanlla that yoa have conidesce in. H I That's AVER'S I m B "The only Sarsaparflla made under the pcrsooal Aupaitlshm of B three graduates: a graduate in pharmacy, a graduate I a in chemistry, and a graduate fat mcdfchK." B B $1.00 a bottle. All drugtfsts* S fln "Too much cannot be ?2d la favor of Ayer'sSarsapsrilla. Since taking it I . ^ H feel like a different person. I now enjoy and profit by my sleeping. My appetite fljj H b good, my nerves ire strong and steady, and I know my blood a pare."?Fsaxx B Wwxmiug, Da Moines, Iowa, Oct. 9, 1899. fl 25 cents a box. All druggists. B ^ your liver isn't acting just right, if you are constipated or H B bilious, take Ayer's Pills. Then the bovelt are all ngbt the B Sarsaparilla acts more promptly and mora thoroughly. Em a O WiHAMMOEE? I /fin \ Do?'* be in too big a hnrryf If yew ;:c|S 1 'lA^Jv can get the best at only a dollar or'to I P"M mop?? w^y not take itf It will be I /7J \ 1. I ' cheaper in tbp end. I ROCK HILL Z r,... Malsbv & Comoanv, house, indignantly, to the man who * Jpi^w brought back the lost dog. * "I never Broad atiaats, 6*. want to see him again. He's no kind Engines and Boilers ?f,a ?L?, 1 im ^ f S....n W.,? H*?trr*, 6f.n, P.?p. -4 tain. That is, he's no particular kind Penberthy injector*. of a dog. He wouldn't bring $2 in a . * *||ig iharket where they were wanting dogs, ^ and jet he's cost me nrty times inau" js jj ward. She's offered a dozen of them. That dog has strayet? or been stolen more times than the moon has changes ZSMjSEjSgJrp!Lllll?vjJjjnl^gfely. since we've had him. He's brought JUnnfactwew and Debtors in ? r; fWt home, she pays out from three to five ? i% \ar -jayr *yt_y?Ml dollars, he fills op on the fat of the YY land, and then he's gone again. Keep ** nnd QrSnB^Lm, '"id him." t SOLID and INSERTED Saw*, Saw Toot* and -I don't want him. His tail's wrong, ^Jf^SgSJJESSSMS his hair is coarse, and he's a mongrel. Ban and a tmi iin? of Mill suPPu?, Prtoa I just want to bo paid for bringing him C*ak0* back." . .- - . - "Do you suppose you are giving "me nmm . |^#\f M A J any information. He's a cucumber of WB f^g' DwUCLnAS the earth, he is. I've seen a rat chase 53 A 3.50 SHOES M him all over the barn and a tramp steal YTYY dog biscuit from under his nose. Keep Tev? wrt^ther mafc^'Y^ him. Take him away. Lose him, as- AfiXladonedbyorer** m ' phyilate him. Anything!" ifMLc.. ffiy,'"?? H "But the reward, sir?" , f I MMaad JteEU Jflf "You'll get no reward from me. I'd 1 V\ I? damped on bottom. TaieJEBL Jr as soon think of paying a reward for a J \3j| ^ lodger with the smallpox. That dog is A ^mj.shouid km then a disgrace to his kind and to anyone that countenances him. * But you know qumge. State Had efkrinr, what a woman la when ahe has a pet SoSs'ooueuii $81 SjSaStt* ? She feeds him cream when I'm taking skimmed milk in my coffee," and he n, But the man knew his business. Next day he was back with the dog. EL was profusely thanked by the wife and got $3 ?Detroit Free Press. We refund 10c for every package ol Put- ? 5aji fadxlxbs cxi that falls to give satis- hi e^j/11 k. ^tioa. ^^Monroe^Drtg Co., Uaionrilie, Mo. "Do yon consider Jones an honest man?" t "Honest? He cheats like the deuce at solitaire." . * ?Detroit Free Press. ? ? > ;f A'- ':' Chill Toxic. It Is simply iron and quinine In " a tasteless form. .No cure?no pay. Price 50c. jBBSSI 9 Not Moch on it. I ijemin ([ton Pred?How do you like the table at yotir new ? boaru.ng honse? Is there anything to object m _ .. to? Arthur-Precious Uttle.-Brooklyn Life. 1 TyP WVltCr? : ? '?M PITS permanently cured. No fits ornenrous- w]]| Aq - bilTffer dav'S work tlUUI ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Wl" . * 8t7, y . . "** > '4*1 Nerre Restorer. Atrial bottle and treatise free, any Other writing machine. 1 Dr. R. H. Kuxi, Ltd., 981 Arch 8t^ Phlla., Pa. A|J{| ^ one ^y'g WOrk only. f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.. Props, of after day?year after year, a Hall's CaUrrh < u re, offer flOO reward for any Remington will Continue to Kflva-e of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking . . ... . . , ><& Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials, dcr IHOSt, efficient and refiaolO free. Sold by Druggist?, 75c. Service. * Ateasaai m ff. T. CRENSHAW,'. * / F General Dealer, Coo4 L wck." BUrnf Mv i? wily hrutf aoidta tobd cwSt 1* N. PRYOR STREET, ATLANTA, fiA. Look tor the "Hons Saoi" on every cm. . ? ?^??-? SACRIFICE SALE ^ first Class Musk. * J J 00 PIECES, ?8. ^ f -M market?but only that farmer j M can raise them who has studied ' H the great secret hpw to obtain both quality and quantity f by the judicious use of well, , . * XT r M FRANCIS WAYT.AND GLEN A CO* i balanced fertilizers. No fertil- liosroyway, NewY?t*cfcy. izer for Vegetables can produce TTjCIMTCS^ a large yield unless it contains 1 ws Sw&toiSSfc at least 8% Potash. Send for Charleston,i,i?in *e?phE? 250 in one weoh, 94.00 to 910.00 per day sure. our books, which furnish full In &aB*erln? jour experience. If any. . ?r , L J- L. NICHOLS * CO.. information. We send them No.Ma-wuAusten Butidin*. AUaafauoL 9 - ^ free of charge. DRQPSYg"J?L8,(Sn2;?3 Book oi twtimooiale and 10 darwoM^Ma GERMAN KALI WORKS,' l"~ ?. 93 Nassau St., New York. Xeatita this Paper'" K"^??Tr,an - "[ * ' - * .rj: 1 * '.-< '- ;,*; ?>' ?*? '?.; .. _ / vV,:. ">X' , * " . .. '.'^^U -rry^'^y J;"" ..""* ]y tt^.v.'/' '^'^"'^ *?-" ";' **" *-y/'? " :t{taff?lg5Sic^