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m 1 Cleanliuep* in the Hen lloiue. Keep the eggs clean by keeping the hests and everything about the henhouse cleau. When eggs get dirty, as they sometimes will in spite of all precautions they should be washed before being marketed, but it is better not to have to wash them. Receivers of eggs say that washed eggs will not keep, and that the solutions sometimes used to make dirty eggs look nice and clean destroy the keeping quality. Automobile* On the Farm. Automobile mowing machines pro. pelled by gasoline engines were ex - ... -n and oiDiiea ai me rans ? were pronou-iced a sa-*.- ess. They were given a *ai m test m tre presence of the officials and many leading agriculturists in a field of second growth lucerne and were able to cut about an acre an hour. There were no accidents or breakdowns. One American firm uses gearing to transmit the power from the motor to the kinves and another uses the chain. The-steer- lag apparatus is controlled by a lever from the driver's seat. It is said that he principle is to be applied to other machinery. , Effect of Colored CI tss on Plants. In* European experiments, with four small greenhouses, they tested the effects of red, blue, green and white glass upon mimosa plants under them. At the end of three months those under white glass had made a normal growth and were about four inches high. Those under blue glass were alive and apparently healthy, but made n) g: owth. Under green glass they had made about twice the growth of those under white glass, but were not as well developed or bushy, but those under red glass were four times as tall as those _ under white glass, and 15 times as 5"hlna Jind ao uivsc uuuu i>iut &?? they had blosomed which none of the others had. S>i- y Immature Wood on Fruit Trees. BE We would urge on every one whose fruit trees start to make much new growth this fall, since the growth of ' wood was checked by the drought that they cut this wood off. or at least twothirds of it. as it will be so immature and tender as to be killed by freezing during tbe winter* We have seen this result more than once following a prolonged drought in summer, and mos: |v . frequently upon young and thrifty ' iyV v trees, and it seemed to injure them more than it would to have cut them back. We do not think this heading In of rank-growing branches is any inJury to the tree any way, excepting that it should be done so late that it will not start the growth of new wood to the centre of the tree?American Cultivator. Lifting Boots, ij The work of harvesting the Swedish turnips may be done much more easily by running a plow along at the side of the row, turning the soil away from the roots. While some varieties root Very deeply, there are others which do +K10 ncoictonAn t 11vi uc^u lulo usoiowuvw. w carrot and parsnip may also be taken up much more easily, but it needs one to throw them out behind the team if ; > ?>' tbey are so closely planted as not to v give space enough for the horse to walk between the rows. Where they are in double rows between two rows ? < "'of celery, or have been in alternate rows with onions, as some grow them, they can be reached even without throwing the roots out of the way. To one who has not tried this it would be astonishing to see how easily a ? carrot a foot long will lift when a I .furrow six inches deep has been made ? \ at one side of the roifr. Talae of Different Sheep Breeds. It is undisputed that the breeds of sheep most valued for mutton are more i * prolific than the fine wool sheep. To grow as many lambs as there are ewes Is rather unusual with the fine wools, while the mutton breeds will bring twins usually from half the ewes, if they are properly cared for, and it is Hot unnsual to have 15 good lambs . from ten ewes. This is an important 9 Item in considering the relative profit of the different breeds, especially if one can get the lambs early enough to sell at about $5 each. The extra lambs more than make up for the less weight r. c of wool. The Shropshires have the reputation of being the most prolific, with perhaps the single exception of the Dorset, which can be made to breed twice a year, though this pracI f-.j Mtice is not approved by the best breedT'Kott o)ca nrnHi'no 1Q m li<a on ft Vi ? U*?JV ^4VVk*?VV *UAM w MMWB mutton of most excellent quality. p \ ]:frobab!y much of the matter of twin - v ' bearing depends upon the method of feeding and caring for the stock, as we sometimes v see reports from smnll flocks where twins are almost an invariable rule, and triplets about as frequent as single lambs. A Ten of Breeding Dnt-k*. In the beginning of the breeding r yv . -*J season, which is now, one drake to ^ r; four ducks or two drakes to eight ducks is about right, and ought to give the best fertility, if stock is properly fed. Later, in warm weather, one drake to five or-six ducks will do. As to a house for a small flock of \ ducks, a weather-tight structure is all - that is necessary. Ducks should not be kept too warm: they can stand a great deal of cold and exposure. They will prefer to remain out in all the snowstorms, and will seek the hou<e ? ^ or shelter only at night. There is one impo.tani point to be cbserv d in housing. Although they are natural y \ water animals, they cannot stand , ,, damp bedding. The litter must be ' ? kept dry. otherwise they will be cr p pled witb rheumatism. Give them, at this time of year, as well as in worm weather, all the exercise possible. Yard them, if you will, but let the yards be of fair size. A good ration for breeders is kaif corn meal and half wheat bran, to which add a liberal handful o.; coarse black or builder's sand; mix all thoroughly together with water ard feed in rather moist or sloppy cons.stency. and never dry. Three times a Week add a small portion of soaked ground beef scraps to this ration. Add also boiled and fine-chopped vegetables, and give whole cabbages every day. j Whole grain. I ke com. is not a natural ] food for ducks, although they will eat j it. Soft and moist food more to their fancy. When they are fed. wh'cli shu'd be only twice a day. resh w t'w should be w th'n ens - r;> eh. ;.s t li y h?rdl take a : ill"nl of fe?d rd t' v. prash it witli ^yater. if the water . * a ia omitted they sometimes choke. Breeding ducks should not he allowed to become over-fat.?Count: y Gentleman. The Treat men t of Konp Roup is one of the most dreaded of diseases. It is sometimes spoken of as i the winter disease, but it may appear at any time and remains in some flocks the entire year. It is similar to a cold or catarrh in human beings. The nostrils may become stopped up with mucus, causing the bird to make a sniffling noise. The face often becomes swelled and filled with pus. A discharge will, at times, gather in the eye and run down the face. Sometinus the patient will be troubled with a thick coating on the tongue, which is often called canker. The throat becomes inflamed while in nearly nli cases the breath of the fowl smells badly. The direct cause of this horrible dlsi-i.! ? This ?.-as>e is luiuiig vuiu, ;i?> r o.i.i. may result from damp weather and quarters. The fowls get wet and cold, and breathe a damp atmosphere, causing congestion which breaks out in one of the various forms of roup. Then the fowl may have been subjected to a draft either from some crack in the poultry house, or from roosting in tree tops, or it may have been housed in a poultry house with a ventilator, which is the largest and most successful death trap the poultryman ever invented. Neglected and filthy quarters will also start this disease. In this case, as in many other diseases, a preventive is worth a dozen cures. You may treat an Infected bird and cure it. as you think, but in a short time it will be as bad as ever. Bathe the head with some disinfectant and then rub it well with sweet oil. Make a tea of lobelia and mullen, adding a little salt. This will be found a good disinfectant as well as healer. Some use coal oil?kerosene?only, and report good success. Disinfect everything about the premises as soon as you see any signs of the disease. Whitewash everything. Put lime in the drinking water, and give the hens some good condition powder. Too much care cannot be exercised in choosing your poultry powder; so much contains drugs that are worse than the disease.?P. W. Hearn, in the Agricultural Epitomisb t Beef Cattle an 1 Wheat Raining. In my opinion, a grass rotation and the growing and finishing of beef cattle would best fit in with wheat-growing, for the following reasons: By a grass rotation you retain or store up humus and fiber in the soil, as well as get a sod on the surface, which is bringing it back to something like its original state. By continual cropping we have the surface lying bare for the greater part of the year, and, as a natural consequence, it becomes dried out and loose, so that in spring and early summer, which is, generally speaking, when drought affects us most, it is very liable to be so dry and drift so badly with high winds as to materially affect the crop. Now, my system is in preference to summer-fallow: to seed down with not less than S pounds of timothy seed to the acre mixed with the grain?either wheat or barley?and drilled in as soon as possible in the spring, so as to get it started before the soil becomes too dry. I have never missed a catch this way when sown early in the spring. I do nothing to it after the crop is cut until next spring, when, as soon as the growth has started,' I give it two strokes of the harrow to break down stubbles and chick weeds. Then'it is left until fit to cut. Nothing is done , to it after the hay is removed, unless we have well-rotted manure to spread on it. Generally, nothing is done until after the second cut of timothy is taken off, when it is plowed about three inches deep and disked down to start weed seeds. This I find a goo 1 way to clean the land of most noxious weeds. The second crop is lfkely to be light, but I think it pays to leave it for the extra # sod it gives the land. Land treated in this way gives two good crops of wheat, is generally clean, and ripens much earlier than summer-fallow. Now, here is where the cattle come in for converting the hay and as much straw as possible into manure to be put back on the land. Finishing beef cattle or attending to them in winter when there is nothing else to do fits into wheat-fanning well. My reasons for preferring beef to dairying are: because during our short summer season, ^rhen there is always such a rush, particularly during harvest and fall, beef cattle, if provided with pasture and water, need little or no attention, wherei# dairyingneeds the almost constant attention of trained and competent persons every day of the year. Of course, a man's situation and personal tastes would have to be considered. Ours is decidedly a wheat or grain growing district. There are no natural hay meadows and no vacant lands to pasture licrds on. There is also no reason why a couple of brood mares of the right sort, propei ly mated and cared for, should not be profitable on a wheat farm if given proper a tentiou. They will do*a lot'of work during the rush of spring and harvest and fall work. Hogs may also be handled with profit but I think dairying and hog-raising go better together. Timothy has done well with me as a hay crop, and it is good for fall pasture, but is too late in. starting in | spring to be an ideal grass for permanent pasture, and it runs out in about three seasons and becomes very weedy and dry.?John Sweet, in the Farmer's Advocate. The Prince htii! the Gliillie. The Prince of Wales used to tell a good story about his fishing experiences. says London Sphere. A highland ghillie on Speyside was informed by his mistress that the prince was to honor them with a visit soon, and that she hoped that he would have some in tlip river as well as on the i OJv ?? ? ?V moor. Donald was the guardian angel of the salmon pools. Rather a imique angel with red liair. red bushy whiskers and a kilt: but he was an expert fisherman, and nu other of his class on Speyside could lift a rod with him. Donald was in a great state of consternation, as to how he should address the prince, and accordingly he approached her ladyship on the subject and was told that instead of saying "sir" he was to use the phrase "Your Royal Highness." The day came. Donald, to give the necessary encouragement, kept saying as the prince moved down the pool. "One more cast and your royal highness shall have him." Then seeing a boil in the water, the evident sign of a rising fish, and fearing the prince might lose the hold thr ough not striking in time. Donald, qr'fe forgetful m his oxe't'M'U'f. blurt d cu i "Dp with your rod. you soj: of a gun, or you'll lose your fish"' 1 , TREATY LPIN SENATE August Body Tackles the Meas* are With Many Misgivings. FORTIFICATION THE QUESTION Hay-Pauncefote Measure Is In Effect an Amendment to the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. A Washington special says: The Hay-Pauncefote treaty laid before the United States senate Thursday after noon, has an important bearing on the construction and operation of the Nicaragua canal. The treaty is in effect an amendment to the famous Clayton-Bnlwer treaty, signed more than half a century ago, by the terms of which the United States made a contract with Great Britain relating to thefcconstruction, fortification and operation of any canal that might be built across Central America. Under the old treaty the neutrality of the canal was guaranteed and the United States agreed not to acquire territory in Central America and made other entangling contracts which have caused trouble for this country every time the canal question came up. The Hay-Pauncefote treaty amends the old tieaty so as to permit the United States to acquire a strip of land in Costa Bica and Nicaragua teu miles wide through which the canal will bo constructed, but in its original form the Hay treaty does not reserve to this country the right to protect and fortify the canal if it so desires. This is the main point involved and it is the one on which the fight against the treaty has waged for months. The opponents of the treaty insist ? d A 1 /I rtn UpOll au uilieuuLucui icanug iuc ijutotion of fortification opeD so that the United States will be free to build forts and adopt other protective measures at any time. The caDal is to be neutral and open to the commerce of the world on terms to be arranged by the United States. The isthmian canal commission, headed by Admiral Walker, recently reported that the canal cannot be'constructed for the amount specified in the bill, but it would require nearly 8200,000,000 to construct it. The additional cost will not prevent the passage of the bill. There is a bill pending, introduced by Senator Mallory, of. Florida, by request, to create a commission to have charge of the construction and control of the canal. The commissioners are to receive salaries of $10,000 each per annum. Senator Morgan, it is known, fears the effect of the ratification of the HayPanncefote trexty, as amended, on the canal. He thinks there will be long delay in the settlement of the diplomatic question between the United States and Great Britain involved in the fortification amendment, and that the administration will not be willing to allow the canal bill to be passed until this point is settled. This may mean that the canal bill will have to go over until the n^xt congress. In the latter case it means the old fight over again, as the bill would have to go through the house again as a new measure. Now it has only to pass the senate and for this reason Senator Morgan is anxious to secure its passage in the senate at this session, avoiding a hard and dangerous fight in the next house of representatives. So anxious is he to have the mtetter disposed of at this session he is willing to have the Hay treaty ratified in its original form, although lie appreciates the un-American conditions attached to the instrument. By a vote of 65 to 17, the senate Thursday adopted the Davis amendment to the Hay-Pauncefoto treaty and immediately afterwards adjourned. The prompt adjournment of the senate was due to fear on the part of those in charge of the treaty that if a vote on that document was then taken it would fail to secure the necessary twothirds, for it was clear that the temper of the senate was in favor of changing the treaty very materially or rej icting it altogether. TWO TRAINMEN KILLED. Head-End Collision Between Freight Train* Kosnlt* Seriously. In a head-end collision at Desarc, Mo., Wednesday between freighttrains two trainmen were killed and four injured. Both engines were demolished; The dead are: Engineer James Brit* and Brakeman Edward,Bradley. Barrett was pinioned beneath the wreck aud it was found necessary tc chop off his left arm to prevent death from scalding. LABOR WORLD. The German Empire in 1SC0 had L>5C strikes. A settlement of the woodworker**' strike in Chicago is said to be assured In Toledo, Ohio, all of the city departments are working under the eight hour rule. Miners at the Simpson coal mine*, at Lafayette. Col., have struck for higher wages. The International Jewelry Worker*' Union has organized a branch with lOo members at Philadelphia. The Cigar Makers' International Union now has a membership of owr 34.000, and is growing rapidly. The servant girls or .Minneapolis, i Minn., are being organized into a union by the trades and labor council cf titr city. The products of American workshops exported during the nine months ended September 30 last, were valued at $338,078,243. So great is the boom in the patternmaking branch of the iron-working industry that employers literally have had to hunt for workmen. Common laborers in Spain get from thirty to forty cents per day in the larger towus and from twenty to thirty cents in the rural districts. The employes of the New Castle (Penn.) Engineering Works have been asked to accept a wage reduction of irvpiitv-five to thirty-live cents a day. . Sixty lace finishers employed in the I corset factory of I. Newman & Sons at Xew Haven, Cotiu.. struck a few days ago against a twenty-five pe> cent, reduction of wages. - Shipping firms at Portland and Baih Mc., are unable to find crews for their ! vessels, a number of which are lying at the wharves unable to leave .or the reason given. The cause of the scarcity is that a great number of nun have shipped on transports lor Mav ila and China. i - / . ; .. . . WANT PAY FOR WHIPPING. Ten Citizens of Hart County, Ga., Sued For "Whitecapping" Man and Woman. Ten prominent citizens of Hart county Ga,, are defendants in a sensational suit for whitecapping which was brought in fhe federal court at Atlanta by Benjamin W. Evans and Miss Emma White, in which the latter ask for damages amounting in the aggregate to $100,000. Each of the plaintiffs sues for $50,000. The defendants named in the petition are Agnus L. Alford, Florence M. Carter, John A. Dickerson, Solomon M. Bobo, Samuel W. Peer, E. Berry Benson, J. D. Mathison, Harold M. Griffiu, D. A. Perritt, L. ?. Meredith and John E. Stevens. Evans charges in his petition that he " AA 1 1 .SVVlt f It 1 O 1* rtll C A At\ ^ h A \>aa tnucu uui ui u 13 LLUUOO uu LUC i morniug of October '22 and set upon by the defendants. He says his clothes were torn off and that he was beaten, choked and struck at with a heavy club, and his collar bone injured. He charges further that the defendants * broke open his wine house and destroyed 350 gallons of the beverage, worth $1.25 a gallon. Further, he charges that the defendants broke open his trunk and stole $33.50. He also says they beat his three small children. Emma White, 20 years old, was acting in the capacity of housekeeper for j Evans, ?he says. She charges that I the same ones who beat her employer I also beat her with buggy whips, and that, too, while in a mortifying position. It is said that a band of men went to Evan's home some time ago and thrashed his two daughters and compelled them to leave the county. It is understood that they are now in Atlanta. The suits are the most sensational that have been filed in the court in some time, and the outcome will be watched with interest by the citizens of the county where ihe plaintiffs have i been living. ENULAM) IS DILATORY. Her Obstinacy a Stumbling Block to Peace to Negotiations In China. Such reports as the state department has had from Mr. Conger up to the present fail to develop a satisfac l-flocnn fnn tVia incioa nf tV>? I VI 7 X V V IA IU\J AUWAWIMUVV V4 4MW British government in amending the i Pekin agreemeut on the one hand and j for the hesitation of the foreign min- ! isters to sign the agreement on the other. A close perusal of the British suggestion still fails to show that it is in any sense material. As stated already it appears on its'face t6 be nothing more than the elimination of an explanatory phase, which in no degree affects the action proposed in the section of the agreement to which amendment applies is left to stand by itself without a statement of reason which would not even qualify or limit the j taxation, which in this case relates to the punishment of the boxer leaders. Consequently it is believed in Washington that this disagreement will be merely temporary aud the most serious consequences that can ensue iaan annoying delay at a moment when the worst phase of the negotiation seems, to have safely passed. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UP. We Will Soon Know Whether Uncle Sam Owns New Possessions or Not. Monday the supreme court of the United States began hearing argument with the view of determining whether .1 I T\ i /I 7 tne rnmppines, .rorioiuco, ijruam aua the Island of Jolo are American territory, governed and protected by the constitution. Several cases involving the question of whether the constitution follows the flag are before the court, and the learned judges wili soon determine the relations that actually exist between the new possessions and the nation. Attorney General Griggs appears for the government and former Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle for the people of the islands, as represented by the petitioners. Hunlsville In Gr^t Luck. Rowe & Co.; of New York, fcave decided to build a 8300,003 cotton mill in Huntsville, Ala. This new industry was secured through the instru- . mentality of T. W. Pratt, who has secured four cotton mills for Huntsville in the last three years. RULES WERE SUSPENDED. " House Takes Advantage Thereof and Passes Many Bills. Under suspension of the rules the house Monday passed bills, to divide Kentucky and West Virginia into two judicial districts, to create another district judge in the northern district of Ohio;, to refer to the secretary of the interior for investigation the claim of the state of Texas for moneys expended on, public improvements in Greer county before the decision of the supreme court placed it within the jurisdiction of Oklahoma. BRITON'S WIN THIS ONE. lioer Force of Two Thousand Is Given a Complete l>efeat. The report of another severe battle, resulting in a Britir.h victory, is current in London. According to the story the fighting began at day break 31 outlay and lasted lor several Honrs. The Boers, who numbered from 1,500 to 2,000 men, were surrounded at the Orange river and totally defeated with veiy heavy losses in killed and wounded. A number of Boers, it is added, were captured. Parker Rye NONE PURER, NONE BETTER. W&smK OLD 1 *j5sgl ASK FOR IT AT ALL DISPENSARIES, PORTRAIT CAMEO CUTTINC. Only One Exponent of the Art In This Country. Chicago claims the only portrait cameo cutter in the United States. There may be other cameo cutters, but portrait cameo cutting is as far beyond ordinary cameo cutting as is portrait painting beyond photography. It is an art in itself. The only portrait cameo cutter is A. Ilylen. a native of Sweden, where he learned the art of engraving on metal, which is the basic art of cameo cutting. He learned cameo cutting in Vienna. Like other fine arts, cameo cutting requires infinite patience, besides artistic sense, and it was not until Mr. Hylen had worked for somctlnnk like 40 years that he considered himself a competent portrait cameo cutter. Cameo* cutting is one of the oldest fine arts. It probably originated in India, but was carried thence to Egypt, where it flourished before the time of Moses. It was carried from Egypt to Persia. In those early days it is believed that the art 6f cutting precious stones was a part of the literature of the times, rather than a means of expressing the artist's sense of the beautiful, and it was not until the art was taken up by the Greeks that it attained that perfection which has since distinguished it. With the decline of the Roman empire it became a lost art, but was revived in the Renaissance and became more prominent than ever. , Up to that time the art had been one of engraving on precious stones, but the artists of the later period not only discovered that it was possible to put pictures and portraits in shell, but they carried it to such perfection that shells are now universally employed for the finest work. .The shells used are the large conch shells found in the Bahama islands. Only one or two pieces of shell suitable for cameos can be cut from one conch. The pieces are ground to an oval surface and then are examined for flaws and bad coloring. If the least flaw is discovered or a color which would destroy the value of the cameo, the piece is rejected. If the surface shows pure white, the cameo cutter sketches an outline of his portrait or figure on the surface and then examines the thickness of the white part. He removes the superfluous parts of J the white surface outside of his out- j line, and then gradually works out his j design, taking care to work uniformly ,' so he can compare his figure with the photograph from which he works. The * /? lr lc cn +T-T-1 nor nn tlio OVPa Hint t"!lP ? VI a lO OV Ulg VM VMV ?S? ? w ? ? most powerful magnifying glasses must be used, and even then the cutler can work only ten or fifteen minutes at a time. After those short intervals of application he has to rest his eyes for an hour before taking up the work again. Considering the slowness of the process and the long time required for the artist to become competent for his work, it is easy to understand why genuine cameos are expensive. Many fraudulent cameos are made in Europe and sold in this country as genuine. Most.of them are made of opaque glass, which is ce- j m.ented to a background of onyx or i other stone. Ivory is sometimes used | in the making of spurioui cameos, but it soon becomes yellow.?Chicago Times-Herald. A Contrast ih Cooks. In an article contributed to a London paper, John Strange Winter, who has been living for many months past in Dieppe, compares the French to the English cook, rather to the detriment of the latter. "In the French kitchen," she says, "there is no waste. It would seem that the French mind does not ; run to waste or revel in it, as the j lower class English mind* invariably : does." 4 The French cook will not only do a bit 5f the housework, but she will do it cheerfully and as a matter of course. "You cannot buy your French cook too many pans, and her soul loves copper in her kitchen. Certainly an | English cook would grumble if she ! was expected to keep a kitchen full j of copper pans bright and clean; but a j French one has them In a condition i akin to burnished gold. Her pride is j gratified if her kitchen walls-are hung | with these ornaments, and even if she does the greater part of her small cooking in little enameled pans, she will daily rub up the copper ones which hang on the wall." An Arizona Ballot Box, The ballot box for Bellemont precinct was left in charge of a proper person at the last election, who stored it- in a proper place, or supposed he did. Now the ballot boxes used in Coconino cpunty are made of steel and are handsome to see. A Mexican woman saw the box, and not knowing its use concluded that it would be just the thing to store her finery in. She appropriated it and had it shipped to Flagstaff. She intended going to New Mexico on a visit. The ballot box or trunk, as it had become known under its new ownership, was taken to the depot, where L. L. Burns, thinking it a little too early to be sending' out election paraphernalia, made inquiry about it. He notified the county officials, who summarily took possession of it, much to the inconvenience of the fair scnorita. who was proud of her handsome and convenient trunk.?Coconino Sun. Ene'ish Taste in War Relics. Has the shoddy patriotism of the present day left any sense of decency among us? I see it announced in the Morning Post, without a word of comment or reprobation, that the shell whicfr killed Colonel de VilleboisMareuil has been mounted and presented to the officers of the Nottingham Yeomanry and is now on view in a London shop. Imagine that some English soldier-peer, say Lord Methuen, had volunteered for service in the Spanish army during the Cuban war and had been killed by an American shell, and that the shell had been mounted to be preserved as a trophy by an American regiment; should we rnnsider this a decent or a friendly act? Or should we denounce it with all the strong language at our command as an outrage alike on good taste and on international friendship? A British officer writing to me on the subject says: "Thank God for one thing; it is not regular soldiers who have been guilty of this act" But there is no similar consolation open to the auxiliary forces or to Englishmen at large.?London Truth. J4. ^ . NEW DISEASE IN TOWN, It is Called "Crocers' Dyspepsia," and Buyers Who Sample Are Victims. Hundreds of men in this city are suffering from a most insidious and energy-sapping form of indigestion known as "grocers' dyspepsia." Buyers for grorar; nouses and commission merchants are the ones who suffer from this peculiar ailment, which is caused by their inevitable propensity to taste the crackers, fruits, spices and other tempting forms of food which are displayed by the wholesalers. i "Do you see that tall, lanky, cadaverous fellow over there," asked a prominent wholesale grocer. "Well, what would you say was ailing him? Dyspepsia? Well, sir, you have hit tne na:i on ine neau. rmi 11 isn i any common, ordinary sort of dyspepsia from which he is suffering. Not a bit of it. It's what we in the trade call 'grocers' dyspepsia,' and it seems to me the name fits the case exactly. Now just watch him. "You see the first thing he does Is to make for that open bag of roasted coffee beans. There go some into his mouth. Now let us see what the clerk is going to show him. If it is anything softer than a cocoanut, you can wager he will sample it. Prunes! Well, he is good for about an eighth of a pound of those." "Now that fellow?he's a well-known buyer ror one of the largest grocery stores up town, by the way?probably visits from eight to ten wholesale houses in the course of a forenoon. In every one he will taste of something, a cracker, a cinnamon stick, some dried fruit or, worst of all for the state of his health, a handful of cloves. It doesn't seem much, to be sure, but he gets the habit, and day after day he goes through the same performance, and then wonders why he is troubled with indigestion. "I was speaking to a doctor about ft only last night. He said that eating continually, as many of these buyers and commission merchants do, is enough to ruin the best digestive apparatus provided by nature. The stomach can't stand the wear a^d tear of always being obliged to work. Then, much of the stuff that these men can't seem to resist Is bad enough, even when taken with other food. When taken alone they prove most pernicious in their effects. Take spices, for example. They continually excite the secretion of the glands of the digestive organs, and in time succeed in exhausting the gastric juices. Then the glanda themselves become abnormally large, with the result that they are unable to perform their proper functions. "The punishment for these indiscretions seems bad enough, doesn't it? Yet I like to think of it as a sort of divine retribution, for there is another side to the story. You can readily realize that the loss to us is considerable when I tell you that some fifty first boss did to me*' of these men come in every business day in the year, and that fully threequarters of them indulge, so to speak. I know no way to cure buyers of the habit except to do with them what my first boss did to me." "What did he do?" was asked/ "Well," said the grocer, with a slight chuckle, "when I was a lad, my first position was with a wholesale grocer. The morning I started in the boss said to me: 'You see.a lot of nice things around here?raisins, fruit, crackers, cinnamon, etc^don't you? Now, I want you to eat all you feel like eatiug. Understand?' "Being a most Innocent and unsuspecting youth, I followed his direc-r tions literally. I didn't do a thing to those raisins. I also dipped into the coffee and sugar, and polished off about a half pound of crackers. "The next day I stayed at home with mother. When I appeared again, and was greeted with a knowing wink from the boss I tumbled to his scheme. It was successful, for I never cared to taste of the dainties I saw around after that"?New York Mail and ExDresa f Short and Useful Pointees. Linseed meal is excellent for the poultry while moulting. Damp stables are injurious to the stock. Don't have them. Select your future dairy cows from only the best heifers. Pop o^rxi is better than field corn for hens, as It contains more nitrogen. Try changing the churning temperature of the cream if the butter seems long in coming. The largest profit i.iways comes from the animal tha-; has been fat>- ' tened up in good shape. If your cows are of the best the only way to increase the yield is by more and better feeding. Poultry dc not - require a large ' amount of charcoal, but they do need . an uninterrupted supply. Keep the hens a scratching. When they are idle they get into bad habits ?especially that of feather pulling. You might as well farm with the old-fashioned implements as to try and farm with the old-fashioned scrub stock. Good beef cattle are only those that are able to take on flesh rapidly, ma ture early, and stand ready to be rattened at any age. Don't empty meat brine where the hogs can get It. The burying of hogs is a very unpleasant as well as unprofitable business to be in. The way some people who keep hens deprive them of a dust bath, you would think it was gold dust that was re- ' quired instead of common road dust. The farmer who keeps hens must take his choice between lice or eggs. If he persists in allowing the hens to be lousy he must do without the eggs. %It appears that the hog's digestive apparatus is of the very best. In from thirty to forty-five minutes after he has eaten, his food will be fnlly digested. If the hens receive better care, better housing, and more comfort, it is equivalent to "pushing the button." The hens may be depended upon to "do the rest." A farmer should not satisfy his own ideas in breeding. Find out what the purchaser wants and try to comply with his ideas of what constitutes a good animal. If a cow can't make at least 150 pounds of butter in a year she Isn't worth her keep. But before discarding her make sure that the fault is with the cow and not the owner. ^ Her Clever Scheme. "Why, how do you do? Charming day, is it not? How are all the folks at home?' The woman- rattled this off rapidly, sweetly, and with such warmth that the victim she had selected In the crowded street car thought she meant it He folded his paper, tipped his hat rose, offered the woman his seat and began to stammer something. "Really, I beg your pardon; but I thought you were Mr. Brown, of 'Steenth street Stupid of me, but you do so look like him." Then she settled herself in her seat and the nn/1 IaaL'A^ TfOY*W ohoQ n HIS CRIM REVENGE. | Thousands of Bears Slain by Enraged Husband. ; "Old Grizzly," of Tuolumne county, Cal., is so called because in forty-five years he has killed 4,983 grizzly bears, and for the further reason that he has sworn to make the number 10,000 before he dies. 'Thomas F. Page was one of a backwoods family of seventeen children. He says that he was born "no account." | Drinking, lying, fighting, cursing and carousing, he used to go to San Prancisco when gold dust was the medium ; of exchange. There one day he fell in } love with a daughter of a prominent ' merchant, and she looked with favor , on him. She wished to reform him. Tliey were married, and she went with ; him to his mountain home. They were ; happy, save as drink occasionally made I sorrow for the lonely wife. A daughter was born to them, but ; there was no change in the father, i Periodically he rode to the village of i Columbia* and drank himself into a stupor, in which condition he would come home maudlin. One morning his wife was not at the door to meet him on his return from town. He did not hear the baby. The door of the cabin was open, too. He crept to the back opening, and, peeping in, 6aw his wife on the floor witfc the ; figure of a man sitting beside her. In a blind rage he raised his rifle and fired | at the figure. With a hoarse growl of rage a big grizzly bear dashed at him. i Twice more the repeating rifle awoke the echoes and the great carcass rolled over prostrate. "Is that you, Tommie? O, Tommie"? l And the voice of his wife was still. I Only fragments of bone and flesh : showed where death had come to the ; baby. I It was then that fate exacted the ! great reckoning of Thomas Page. He ; buried his dead and left the haunts of ! men. He made a vow never to speak again to a fellowman. He swore to avenge himself by devoting his life toj ward exterminating the grizzly bear In the mountains, for more than fortyfive years, he has been on the trail of (rroat ni'oatiiroe and ho hflS been a Nemesis that few have escaped.? Chicago Tribune. ' The Earl of Minto is the presenl | Governor General of Canada. His salary is $50,000 a year. ; LLlilLi U1U511CU auu ivuacu TV.1J vuvu^. He was simply the victim of a bunko game that some of the city school teachers and perhaps other women, now use when they want a seat and find no man in a crowded car ready to offer them one?New York Times. Our Nation's Wealth. Gold and silver are poured abundantly into the lap of the nation, bat our material wealth ana strength is rather in iron, the most useful of all metals, just as the wealth of a human being lies in a useful stomach. If you have overworked yours untii it fa disabled, cry Hostetter's Stomach" Bitters. It will relieve the clogged bowels. Improve the appetite and cure constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney disease. . Full Blown. He called her mouth a rosebud then. But. ah. It makes him wince To think they're married now, and It's Been blowing ever since. The Best Prescription for ClillU and Fever Is a bottle of Grovs's Tastkmcss Cbiix Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine In n tasteless form. No cure?no pay. Price Mc. Forewarned. "You can't believe more than half you hear." "Which half of what you tell me shall I believe? 31 re. Winslow'S Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation. allays pain, cures wind colic. 2jc. a bottle. Oat of Harmony. "In't this a lovely puritan picture?" "I sbould say not! Look at that puritan maiden?wearing a rolled apron while she picks a turkey." Thirty minutes is all the time required to dye with Putnam Fadeless Dies. Sold by all druggists. Signs. Brlggs?Monkerly Is losing his Interest In ' golf. Griggs - What makes you think so?" Brlggs?I saw him at his office yesterday. 8100 Reward. 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleaded to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to core in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and raucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation ot the disease, and giving the patient strength i>y omitting up tne constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in 1 its curative powers that they offer Oue Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Holiday Zest. "Well, now we can settle down and think about t hristmas." "Settle down? Get stirred up, you mean.* Uncle Sam's Soldiers Will eat Ltbby's Plum Pudding for Christmas dinner. The U. S. Government has Just purchased a large consignment of Llbby, McNeill Jfc Llbby's famous plum pudding, which will be supplied to American Soldiers in the Philippine Islands and Cuba. Inadvertently Pl#aeant"I didn't know it was to be a comic opera." "Well, you knew it was to be an opera given by an tun at our company. I am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved ufa thpbrt taars a.co.?mm. tttor ron. bins, Maple St, 'SorWlchTN. Y? Feb. 17~1000~ The Charm of Novelty. "Don't you find the fad of collecting rather tiresome?" "Oh. no; now and then I quit collecting soznei thing and collect others." Dr. BulPsgHgS Cough SyrapfeSTSrSBS y Get Dr.Bull'sCoughS?iun. ' irsaiceVe^lJITfc?"PW?,i Eye Water VPVffMS Hlmxt A Sign of Activity. $(m Mrs. Strongmind?Oh, she's ft ni<? Jl woman, but I don't consider her very, active or energetic. Mrs. Uptodate?No? Mrs. Strongmind?Why, no. She ^ Isn't engaged in more than four or five different crusades.?Brooklvn Life. Owing chiefly to their blindness, men hold many and varied views?i-* ^ Detroit JournaL ^ To Cure Cold In One Day. rake Laxativi Bboxo Qcixik* Tabixts. All druggists refund the money if It falls to care. 5 ;g e. W. Gkotb s signature Is on each box. 23c. qk The Plot That Faile-d"Araballa doesn't look at all happT-" "I?o; she married a man younger th hereeu &S2 under .he Impression that he would betaoce manageable than an older one. Best For the Bowels* r No matter what alls yon, headache to ? .- <> cancer, yon will never get well until your - jS bowels are pat right. Cascaxets helpnature, care yoa without a gripe or pain, Educe easy natural movements, cost you : 10 cents to start getting your health </ k. Oascakits Candy Cathartic, the i genuine, put up In metal boxee, every tablet has O.G.O. stamped on It. Beware of SgpiS Imitations. ? > Expensive and Exclusive. "What Is this social struggle we heir so much <4 about?" J* "It is partly getting In yourself and partly . AJf keeping other people out." A Colonel In the British South A Mean '&M army says that Adams1 Tutti Fruttf TW t blessing to his men while marching. '' fl'^1 A Youthful Observer. . ; Mamma?Don't lounge that way, Toipmy. . Sit np 11;e a little man. v||l Toramy-Whr. mamma. m?n sit down; ltfa only dogs and things that sit up. Feeds ** " ,v*5^xV^a the Hair Have you ever thought why g your hair is falling out? It is j because you are starving your *'J hair. If this starvation coa-^| | tinues, your hair will continue There is one good hair foocLJ^ J It is Ayer's Hair Vigor. It | goes right to the roots of the ;|g air and gives them just the' food they need. The hair Jj stops felling, becomes healthy, ' f | and grows thick and long. 9 Ayer's Hair Vigor does another thing, also: it always 1 || restores color to faded or gray J One dollar a bottle. jft ^ Ii your druggist cannot supply you, gead^Js < us ^i.oo and we will express a bottle to yoa. 3HH all charges prepaid. Be sare and give tut : &SSR your nearest express office. J. C. Am Co., I^owell, KaM. - ' ] Send for oar handsome book on The Hain || ' ; wjj 9 We make a specialty of mince ?-J? V % I meat?employ the best skill?use I Ijfl I the best materials. a > I We stake our fame on it. We I f j| I use it to advertise the many other I ^ good things that we make. 9 fLIBBY'Sll I MINCE MEAT J | # A package makes two huge pio.* ; J I Your grocer will furnish it if you I 9 ask him. You 'will find it better M < ^ 9 than home-made?better than aoy.?S ^ I a mince meat you ever tasted. You'll - 9 eat Iibby's foods thereafter. -.v9 . | Itty, McfteS i LN*. Cttca*% :,''M 9 Oar book, "How to Make Good Things jm ?? to Eat," seat free. . Two hundred bushels of po- J tatoes remove eighty pounds ? || of "actual"Potashfrom the V |||| soiL Unless this quantky-^^jj is returned to the soil, <gwM>8e.?3r|S3& We have books telling composition, use and value ;^?|S&aMfe? fertilizers tor various crops. ~*jl ^ They arc sent free. 1 f- H Saw Mills . $129 TO $929 00 With Improred Rope and Belt Fee<L? SAWS. FILES and TEETH ia Stock. Engines, Boilers and Machinery All Kinds and fiepalrs for same. Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, Injectors, Plpas, , | LOMBARD STORKSPPLTCO. v;| ST. LOUIS, Mo/ ^ ?jET - MN UlttS WHtKfc U1 IU*. HUU>. |M ywjM y BeetCough Syrup. Taste# Good. C?H - -%?? EteRSb* iNsr^MdMst Free. Sr. X. X. OXXXX ItOXS. Bex 8. AIUmU.\ V'.fv <?~l'yA~. "' 'iTi^HWB mB "" ' **NHH