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Capita! Punishment in Japan. To those who do not fully appreciate the revolution in Japanese manners and customs, it may well seem strange that the sentence of the murderer of Hoshi Toru, the ex-minister, should be imprisonment for life with hard labor. They might have expected "something with boiling oil in it." Sir Rutherford Alcock, the first British minister to Japan, writing some forty years ago, dwelt upon the severity of the Japanese laws. "The code is probably the bloodiest in the world, for death is the penalty of most offenses. The Japanese seems to proceed on the principle that he who violates one law will violate any other, and that a willful violator is unworthy of life." Under this regime it was considered a special privilege to be allowed to execute oneself and commit hari-kari, but - i _ - .c l tins was reservea ior peopie ui raus. The common people had to be content with the executioner's sword. Under the criminal code which came into force in 18S2. and which is founded on the code of Napoleon, death by hanging is provided as a penalty for certain offenses, but of recent years it has become rarer and may now be considered obsolete. Probably the Japanese, with their traditional contempt for death regard penal servitude for life as a greater punishment. Formerly no conviction was made except on confession by the prisoner, and there was an abundant use of torture. That, of course, was officially abolished many years ago, but it was practiced occasionally at a much later date, . and a case is known in which torture was undoubtedly applied by the police at one of the treaty ports in 1891.? Qhicago News. Education in Cuba. Some idea of the important educational reforms brought about and the -wonderful progress made since the Island came under American rule, can be ob Sained rrom their exhibit at the Pan-American exposition recently, for wnica zaey were swaraeu urns mcuais. x ut-re is also a wonderful record back of Ho?teiter't Stomach Bitters, and one that has never been equalled. It is a specific remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, sick-headache and malaria, xever ana ague. Don't iail to try it. The tailor always sizes up his custom- _ ers. Best For the Bovrels. No matter what ails you, headache to a >. cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascabets help nature, if euro you without a gripe or pain, produce v easy natural movements, cost you just 10 gpgt " ' cents to star; getting your health back. Cas-v> caeets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. !?? stamped on it. Eewape of imitations. Automobiles have established a mile-a/? minute record. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous' . nessafterfirst dsy'suse of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Bestorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free Br. B. H. Klise. Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa. Some men take time by the forelock, while others hang on to his coat tails. Mrs. "Winalow's Soothing Svrun for children leeuuug, eouen tue jjuuib. iruuwj luiwumutioo, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a botti?. I^ove letiers are eagerly scanned by the male inspectors. . ' 1 *nx?Tire Piso's Cure for Consumption gaY?? my life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Bobkins, Maple St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17,1909, r , Our own misiorcunes are always the greatest. A NOTED PHYSICIAN Makes an Important Statement of Interest to All Women. "Deab Tubs. Pixkham :?The hon-. est, intelligent physician is above the * School.' Whatever is best in each case should be used, no matter to what school a physician belongs. I, as a matter of conscience, can only pro DR. WANATA, of Lansing, Mich, scribe the best, and as I know and have . pr oven that there is nothing- in Materia Medica which equals JLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in severe cases of female disorders, I unhesitatingly prescribe it, and hare never yet been sorry. I know of nothing better for ovarian troubles and for falling of the womb or ulcerations ; it absolutely restores the affected parts to their normal condition quicker and better than anything else. I have known it to cure barrenness in women, who to-day are happy mothers of children, and while the medical profession looks down upon 4 patents,' I ? 1 J * J nave leameu, maicau, iwn-u^i w the healing potion, bv whatever name it be known. If my fellow physicians dared tell the truth, hundreds of them would voice my sentiments."? Dr. Wax at a, Lansing, Mich. 95000 forfeit if above testimonial Is not genuine. The record of Lydia ?. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cannot be equalled. Accept no substitute. * Mrs. Pinkham advises sick women free. Address Lynn, Mass* | Corn j removes ^rom *ke so^ u hrZe (luant^es ?f Potash. fert^zer aP~ I [frw plied, must furnish j.j enough Potash, or the i\ *anc* *ose *ts Pro" \ \ diirirtP- nmver. Read carefully our books on crops?seat frte. GERMAN KALI WORKS, j 93 Nassau St., New York. ,/ mW. C. HOI.MES Improved Farm Level "Ec'ipge." Best up-t ?-flate level made. I'ric $4.50 with rod. Write for descriptive circular. 12 North Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga. niDADQV NSW DISCOVERY; give fj 8 A I quick relief and cares worst cases- book of tet-ttmonkds and 10 days* treatmerv Fl*ce. Dr. H. H. 6BEEH'3B0NS. Box B. Atlanta. 3a Geld Medal at Bnffalo Exposition. McILHENNY'S TABASCO Heatlon this Pap:r Jgj ? CBKS waliit ALL EISEFAIIS. ?|*a hgc Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold bv druggists. (*f ^2^2EBEaaaB2B|p ipliSi Tile Drained L?nd. Land that is tile drained before winter will not be covered with water next spring and will stand plowing several weeks earlier than undrained land. As the water falls below the warmth and air follow. Trap Xe*t* Easy to Handle. There are few who realize how very simple a matter it is to use trap nests if they will only get over the idea of myste.ry, over-anxious attention and the several preconceived and often foolish notions which are so oiten connected with them. Put in nests enough, attend to them as convenient, within reason, of course, and keep the records in any preferred manner. 1 have kept individual records for over two years, the past year with about 150 hens, and I am so situated that I really ought not to keep hens at all. as I have to be away from home a great deal and my boy goes to school. ?F. O. Wellcome, in New England Homestead. decline In Britifch AgrlcuUnre. The aggregate area of corn crops, which comprise wheat, barley, oats, rye," beans and peas, amounts to 8,476,892 acres, which represents a decline on the year of 230,710 acres. This contraction of the corn acreage follows, moreover, a similar decline of 96,208 acres last year, and 13,157 acres in 1899. A generation ago, say in 1871, the United Kingdom returned 11,S33,243 acres as under corn crops; this year the area is 3.356,351 acres less. In other words, m area not far short of three and one-half million acres has been withdrawn from corn croppings during the last 30 years. The wheat crop alone has incurred just over 2,000,000 acres of this loss. This year's area of corn crops is made up of 4,112,365 acres of oats, 2,140,875 acres of barley, 1,746,141 acres of wheat, 254,093 acres of beans. 155.66." acres of peas, and 67,753 acres of rye. It appears, then, that nearly one-half of the entire corn area of the British Isles is seeded to oats, whilst if we eliminate the pulse corn crops, and havp reeard onlv to the cereal corn, , the oats acreage represents more than half the total. A Use for the Potato Hook. Cool fall weather is an ideal time to gather stones from the meadows and tillable pastures. Their room has much value, and it will not pay to let them cumber the ground. To avoid ' backache and sore fingers, a potato ! hook may be used to gather the stones ! on a boat, and, if any are partly im- 1 bedded in the earth, the tines will 1 more readily pass under them than ; one's fingers. The large stones will ( have to be handled in the old way. It '< is useless to expect an ideal meadow < with many stones on the surface, even '< If they are quite small. ' That all changes are not improve- ' ments is shown by the following: A < hardware dealer advertised something 1 new in potato hooks, and I sent by a i neighbor for one. The improved i tool hart tinpc of uniform size the '< whole length, and fiat on the ends. 1 The bluntness is to prevent marring( ' the tubers, but when one is scratched '< it makes a larger wound than would a sharp tine. If a potato becomes im- < paled upon a blunt tine it is not easily 1 jarred off, and the potato is likely to be split open. In hard ground the too! < is quite useless. Such changes are not the kind to stimulate trade.?New York Tribune. Ways of Storing Cabbage. There are several ways. One that I have found to suit very well, says a writer in American Gardening, is to select the best drained positions in the garden. Then with the plow or spade open a trench running east and west about eight or ten inches in depth and 15 inches broad; across the trench we place strips of wood about four feet apart?these act as supports for fence rails, or any pieces of wood laid over and parallel with the trench about two inches apart?on the wood we put two rows of cabbage, head c down, finishing with a third row on top < and along the centre of the others; < over the hole put a coat of dry straw, t and this is covered up with about six ? inches of soil, adding more as the i weather becomes cold. Except during ? very cold or very mild weather both < ends of the trench are allowed to i stand open to carry on a circulation of ? air. i Before pitting the plants should be dry and turned downward for a time, to allow the water to drain out of the axils of the leaves. See that there is a drain or fall from the pits to allow rain water to pass away. Another successful method is to open a trench east and west, throwing the soil to the south: then packing the heads closely together with the roots in the ground, covering up the roots and stalks up to the heads with earth, t A covering of leaves or straw, etc., i must be put on the top to protect from the cold. This can be removed in mild weather, giving them the benefit of air and light. This plan is especially 1 advantageous to immature heads, as they keep on growing when the weather is not too severe. 'rfinter Work in l'each Orchards. We have the worst drouth in 20 years in cur immediate vicinity. Still peaches made a moderately fair crop of elegant fruit where orchards were well cultivated, which is the rule here. The yellows prevailed here to a rather unusual extent, although I think it has been more noticeable on account of an usually rigid enforcement of the law regarding its destruction. You ask regarding mummy fruit and dead twigs. In my orchard, where careful pruning and spraying are practiced. I do not have them, but if I did, I would certainly remove them in the fall. The only fall work I* do in my orchard is to get broken limbs, if any, out of the orchard and get my cover crop of oats well started. I leave all pruning until early spring, then rush it through before the buds start. It has happened here that a large percentage of buds have been killed dur ing a severe winter; then in order to s save a crop the priming must be light r md this cannot be determined until fter March 15. We wait until that ^ ate before pruning at all. r If I was working in a southern or- n chard I feel sure I would change the c :an and finish all my pruning and fer- t lizing during the winter months, but v I would not, under any circumstances, actice what I have seen in some uithern orchards, that is, winter owing or cultivation. I am fully con. s inced of two things in peach culture. First, any disturbance of soil or roots g while a tree is dormant or in a rest- S Ing stage is injurious; and second, any pruning or cutting of the peach during its active or growing period is very injurious. I am aware that the inclination to do things out of season, as a matter of convenience, is sometimes almost irresistable. But in my experience I have always paid a penalty when I violated these laws of nature. Roland Morrill, in Orange Judd Farmer. Making High Grade Butter, No one can make good butter with bad odors around the creamery. The vats, churn, worker, utensils and employes must be absolutely clean and sweet. In running a creamery whe-c the milk is drawn to the creamery and there separated, is much better than a gathered cream plant where only the cream is brought. Farmers w:.Il net take care of cream properly and th< greater part of it comes sour. In running a factory with a separator, I eor\o ro f a m ill." of C fl A OfrrAOC OUUUiU O ^ C* 1 CiCO 111 J lxl 11 XV CX L U V Fahrenheit, letting the cream stand over night and cool down to churning temperature about 62 degrees in winter and 58 in summer. I always v/ani my churn stopped when the butter is in granular form, about the size of wheat kernels. The buttermilk will then draw off freely and can be worked very easily. I always work my butter twice and sometimes in third water, the water being 10 degrees colder than churning temperature. I salt it to suit my trade, using mostly one ounce to the pound. 1 hav$ never used the combined churn and worker, for I think the butter has a Dctter grain with the churn separate. In packing I want my packages as clean as possible on the outside as well as inside. In picking in tubs I have them lining up and fold over the edge of buiter one inch, then the top circular is put on top and tucked c'owr botwen tub and lining. I have hac men tell me that my butter took well because when they took a cover of the butter was smooth and nice. Ir. putting up prints the same care should: be t-ken to have full weight and a nr*Qf f\Q r?lr q cro T n m o lr f n 1 \ n +1 or frnm < uvt*v. IU iuai\xu5 L-uttti n vui gathered cream it requires more care. I am selling all I make in pound prints, at two cents above highest market price, having the same regular trade for 12 years. I always take my prize butter right out of the churn with all the rest and do not follow any different methods.?F. S. Mallory in American Agriculturist. r?ll Treatment of Insects. : One cannot do better on the farm late in the fall and winter than tc malto a thorough search in the orchard j and garden for insect pests and their eggs or larvae. Wc know enough i about the insect world now to under- ; stand that the best way to destroy < these is to prevent their millions of ' eggs from hatching. Many of these : are laid on the twigs and in the bark i of the orchard trees. The tree borers i and grubs bury themselves at the bass 1 of the trees and inside of the bark. i and there hibernate. The flies and in- i sects glue their eggs to twigs and 1 bustes, or bore pinholes in the trees t and deposit them there. Millions of * these eggs are laid for another sea- t son's crop of insect pests. The old < insects of many species die in the fail, i and leave the future of their race to 1 the eggs thus laid. By destroying 1 these eggs we get ahead of the pests < and greatly limit their ravages. I One should go carefully over the orchard trees and vines, and examine ? twigs, branches, roots and trunks. * Wherever there is any suspicion of I eggs glued in masse? to the bark or * sawdust to indicate the presence of a 5 bole full of eggs, the owner should * scrape the bark carefully and run a ^ little thin wire in the hole. Great ciuantities of eggs can be gathered * from the bark of twigs and trunks in 2 this way, and if immediately burned t thousands of insects will be prevented * from coming into the world. The 2 tvorms and giubs that bore in the I trunks of trees to hibernate must be s lunted for diligently, and wirh a piece 8 Df wire they can easily be killed. Even * the leaves under the orchard trees * should be raked up and burned. If it ivere generally known how many insect pests these leaves harbor in winter they would not be saved for bedling or anything else. Many a pest trawls under the leaves and goes to sleep for the winter or deposits eggs :here to hatch in the spring. The only sure way to prevent this is to rake c lp the leaves after they have all fall a ?n and burn them. It will pay in the c md good interest on the work and in- \ vestment. Not even spraying will do 1 so much good in keeping down the s ... n nsects, as this searching mvestiga- J ion of the trees in fall and winter. Repeated every year, the orchard will I oon become so free from noxious in- t ects that the foliage and branches f ind fruit will take on quite a different * ippearance. Many twigs on affected j rees will be found honeycombed with s ;mall pinholes. These should be t pruned off and burned. They repre- t sent colonies of insect eggs that may s pring forth millions of pests next spring.?Professor James S. Doty, in c American Cultivator. t \ Up to Date. C "It was settled some time ago that s le was to marry my daughter," said a :he father of a girl of the period, "but c t yet remained for the young man t ;o get my consent. It was merely a a 'ormality, however, as I had cut no r igure whatever during the campaign, ny girl arranging matters to suit her- j self without consulting me or my a wishes. ^ "Now, I remembered with what t repiuation I had approached my j vife's father when I asked him for a per hand, and I made up my mi'nd t hat when the young man showed up 0 :o ask me for my daughter's hand I t vould have revenge, not only for what j : had to pass through when I urged j. ny suit, but for being shoved to the lackground during the present proceedings. ^ "Well, he called at my office yesteriay, and I toid my office boy to ad- r. nit him anh 1 d?ivo nc nlmp nnd Eca hat we were not disturbed. " 'Just dropped in,' said he, easily leclining to take a seat, 'to tell you r hat I am going to marry your daugh- ' er the middle of next month. It will >e an informal affair, so you may con- i! ider yourself invited without further 0 lotice. Good day.' , p "Before I could catch my breath he vas gone, and when I complained to Q ay daughter about his treatment of 11 Qe, all the comfort I got was that I 0 ould consider myself fortuuate in get- 0 ing an 'invitation, as it was to be a a ery exclusive affair." n n A GolfUt. S Red?I suppose he loves the ground b he treads on? T Greene?Why, he worships the very v. round she "foozles" on.?Yonkers vitatcsman. & ^fill 1 o Wash Japanned Ware. Wash japanned ware with a sponge dampened in warm water and dry it immediately with a soft cloth. Sweet oil applied with a woolen cloth will : remove obstinate spo:s. The Ironing of Tablecloth*. All housekepers like to have table- ; cloths ironed with only one fold | through the centre. To keep them ' after this laundering they are best j rolled on a stick. Each tablecloth has j its own stick, as long as the cloth is wide when folded ler.gthwise through the centre, the sticks being neatly covered with several folds of flannel and afterwards with muslin. When the cloth is ironed in one fold, ono end is evenly pinned to the stick and the cloth loosely rolled on it, so that It will not crease. Afterwards the whole is slipped into a long narrow bag and laid in the linen closet, or in the long drawer of the sideboard, if that is kept for that purpose. Valuable Washing Suggestions. A housekeeper makes some valuable suggestions about washing linen embroidered with wash silks. Embroidered articles should be washed one at a time by immersing in warm suds, not hot. made of pure soap; the soap should be castilo or some white, unscented variety. Add a teaspoonful of borax to the rinsing water, and the article should not be rubbed, but simply rubbed up and down, and it should be rinsed in several waters. Embroidered articles should be squeezed, not rubbed. To dry them wrap in a clean cloth, and remove it in a few minutes and dry quickly in the air, but not in the sun. When perfectly dry lay the embroidery face down on a smooth, fine sheet, and carefully draw the edges into place. Dampen ihe linen sections with a fine sponge, pass a hot iron over the cloth in ihe direction of the grain of the macerial. The iron should be hot and should move very quickly. The Mending Banket. A small sum spent on a strong wicker basket at my green grocer's *nd then a coat of enamel paint to bide the fruit stains on it, added to a very little trouble, and. the result was a mcsC useful and commodious mending basket. If you have not started a mending basket hitherto, let me recommend !-*ou to do so at once. There is no ioubt about the exceeding value of 'the stitch in time." but when once i'ou let torn articles be put away till i convenient season arrives for mendng them, the chances are that they will be used again unraended, thereby rery likely becoming damaged beyond epair. If, however, you systematicaly inspect the clothes when they re;urn from the laundry, and consign >11 that are in any way damaged to he mending basket, then when you ire able to spend a little time in mendng you will find your progress expedited and your task lightened by laving all your work at hand, instead if having to search for it in various Darts of the house. Directly an article is mended it should be put away in its proper place, md supposing it to be one of a set of garments, it should be laid at the botorn of a heap of its fellows, for then, f their owner always takes from the op, each garment of the set will be vorn in turn. Never fall into the error of thinking hat the torn lace or embroidery on tn undergarment won't be seen, and herefore, don't matter. Fineness of rimming and daintiness of texture ire minor matters, and may be dis )ensecl with cherfully by those with imall means, but perfect cleanliness md wholesomeness are indispensable 0 any one with refined tastes.?Home sToles. Jg&tfcyrSg/fcLj ' r W^ *e 1 ? *?* '? *? Oatmeal Fritters?One cup of cold :ooked oatmeal, one egg, two-thirds of 1 cup of sweet milk, one cup of flour, me teaspoon baking powder, two ablespoons sugar, pinch of salt. Drop n spoonfuls into a fat, well greased killet. Cover, and when brown turn, ren minutes will cook them. String Bean and Tomato Salad? 3eei the tomatoes, cut out a round at he stem end, scoop out the seeds and ill with cold cooked string beans nixed with a little mayonnaise. Or ust sprinkle a bit of salt over the out,ide of the tomatoes and dress the mans with French dressing. Have he vegetables both ice cold when erving, in either case. Parisienne Potatoes?With a cutter :iK large potatoes into balls like mar>les. Cool slowly in boiling salted cater about ten minutes, or until you an pierce them easily with a fine kewer without breaking them. Drain nd shake carefully until dry. Pour ivpr thpm nnp tablesnoonful of but- i er melted, and roll about until all ire buttered; sprinkle with salt, pep>er and minced parsley, Pol Roast of Beef?Take a piece of ean beef, tour or five pounds, put in . vessel with enough cold water to talf cover the meat; after it has come o a boil and the scum taken off, put n one small onion, pepper and salt, ,lso a little celery; set it back on he stove so it will boil gently for four ir five hours, or until tender; thicken he liquid with brown flour. Serve hot n a dish with gravy poured around t. Rice Muffins?One pink of milk, one [uart of flour, one pint of boiled rice, hree eggs, two tablespo mfuls of su;ar, one teaspoonful of salt, two heapng teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, thoroughly mixed with the flour, two even easpoonfuls soda dissolved in the ailk. Beat the eggs, sugar and salt ogcther, and add to the milk. Stir in he flour gradually. When a smooth ight paste, add the rice. Beat thor- j uglily. Bake 5 minutes in buttered ians. Quince Pudding?Boil eight large uinces till very soft. Peel, core and rash them, thee add the yolks of five ggs well beater together with a pint f cream. Sweeten-to taste and add dash of powdered ginger and cinnamon. Butter the edges of a pie dish, ut a strip of puff paste around the dge, pour in the quince mixture and ake in a moderate oven for an hour. Yobably no sauce will be necessary ritli this pudding, but a bit of hipped cream served with it may ervc to make it more delicious. ?ft J EATING BETWEEN MEALS. The Apple Is Par-Excellence the Food For This Period. The practice of eating between meals is sternly discountenanced by ; many well meaning indivuduals who are of dyspeptic habit, or perhaps do _ better without any additional nourish- i ment in the course of a sedentary life. ' They are apt to enforce obedience from their children on this point on the ground that what suits the moth-. er's digestion must be equally suitable to the digestive apparatus of the children. The case is very different. Growing children of active disposition are apt to be hungry most of the time and are willing to acept the proffer of anything "good to eat" (from their own point of view) at almost any hour. Indeed, the boy who is getting his growth rapidly frequently eats as if his legs were hollow, or as if he had as many cavities to be filled as those that occur in the complex stomach of a ruminant. It was cn this account doubtless At. lo 1/1 liiUL iuc imiuui iai auiutiai iaiu down his golden rule for ascertaining the youth of an individual, namely, to offer the suspected person a bun immediately before dinner and then to note whether it be accepted. Since active children need frequent refreshment and assimilate it without difficulty, it is well to give them the most suitable food. Cakes and sweets generally are not desirable because they take away the appetite for a regular meal, to which they appertain as a kind of dessert. The better plan is to keep a generous supply of fresh fruit constantly on hand in the house. When a child becomes hungry between meals and asks for samething to eat, give him apples., grapes <or a' peach. It sebns' to be a well-ascertained fact that apples, while satisfying the ( "empty" sensation of a hungry person, do not interfere with enjoyment} of one's regular meals. The apple is I par excellence a health food. It helps | to keep the digestive apparatus inJ good working order, and the weak J subacid of the fruit appears to act i as a lubricant to the machinery of j the human body. Therefore, instead I of refusing to allow your children to "eat between meals," or instead of permitting them to cram sweet biscuits, crackers, of cakes, it is the part cf a wise mother to lay in a supply of apples and allow the children unrestrained access to the fruit.?Pittsburg Dispatch. His Humble Eeginning. There is a certain great man here in town who hates nothing quite so much as answering personal questions. He dined out on one recent occasion, and the gusst of honor was an Englishwoman who is filled with the keenest and most ingenuously expressed interest in America and Americans. "I find you perfectly wonderful over here." said she between the salad and the dessert. "The lives of your prominent men read like romances. Your j poor boys grow up to be millionaires | a- \ your great men have had the most extraordinary beginnings. One of your Presidents, I am told, was actually a butcher, and the father of a newlymade French princess was a tailor. Now you, Mr. Blank," turning smilingly to the great man at her elbow, "I am sure your history must be most interesting. Do please tell me, at what did you begin life?" i The great man started at her in disapproval. "Madam," he said, "I began life as a baby."?Washington Post. I THE ERA OF THE BARREL. ! "Dicgcnes was a great man," said the contemplative person, "and yet he had no use for money. He was con tent to confine his possessions to a single tub." ! "Well, answered Senator Sorghum, "a tub might have been all right in those days, but what a man wants now is a bar'l."?Washington Star. A Schoolboy on Shakespeare. A correspondent sends us a school- j boy's answer to tho question: "Who was Shakespeare? Name one of his works." It ran thus: "Shakespeare a great, poet he. Wrote Ivar ho Westwer ho and Lambs Tails." After all he did not give himself away quite so much as the boy wha attributed the "Aenid" to Mr. Bohn.?London Globe. Tetter 1* Terrible, But Tetterlne cures it. "My wife has had Tetter for twenty years, and Tetterine is the only thing that does her good. Send a box."?A J i Crane, Crane, Mi33. 50c. a box by mail from J. T. Shuptrine. Savannah, Ga., if your druggist don't keep it. Londoners each give on an average twenty-two shillings to charity. H. H. Grf.k>""s Soxs, of Atlanta, Ga., arc the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the world. See their libera! offer in advertisement in another column of this paper. Only five in 1000 criminals are under twelve years of age. t-'ee advertisement of EE-M Catarrh Cure In another column -tho best remedy made. " I The ratio of mortality in Switzerland has decreased one-fourth in thirty years. pntnasr Fadeless Dyes are fast to sun light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all druggists. Norway's coast line is 1700 miles in a straight line, but over 12,000 if followed round the fjords. State of Ohio, Citt of Toledo, ? Lucas Countt. I * Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co..doing business inthe CityofToledo,County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cube. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my . ? . presence, this 6th day of December, ] seal | A. D.. 1386. A. W. Gleason. ' ?v? Xotary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Chexfv A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. flail's Family Pills are the best. Some fellows are ready to stand up for the fair sex until they find themselves in a crowded car. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 10th.?A very timely nrid r.ractical sueeestion comes from a physi ciari or this city ; he rays. "Take Garfield Tea, the H-r'o Medicine, It is especially needed at this season, when the system is apt to b > out of order from eating rich food. This wonderful remedy cleanses the system and regulate? the liver, kidr.evs, stomach and bone's. It is simple, pure and effective, and is gocd for young and old." Four per cent, of sailing vessels and two and one-half per cent, of steamships are lost in a year. [ DO YOU SHOOT II If you do you tbtuld send four na winch GUN CATALOGUE. It illustrates and describes all the diffe: Ammunition, and contains mueh valu Winchester Repeating Arms Co., The English Wasp. The common wasp, as a rule, keeps its sting for self-defense. It will bite a fly in two with its jaws, if it gets in its way on a window pane, but it does not use its sting even when trying to rob a beehive, and "tackled" by theh bees. The latter will push a wasp away five or six times, hustling it off the footboard, without provoking it to sting. But if a bee endeavors to sting the wasp it then grapples with it and stings back, killing or benumbing the insect almost at once. British wasps are fussy and excitable, but not vicious, like many of the Indian wild bees However crowded or uncomfortable they may be, they very rarely quarrel with or sting each other, as, for instance, when a number are on the same window pane, fretting and anxious to get out. Only when the entrance to their nest is threatened do they become actively , aggressive, and then as a rule the atf O nlr in ? rtf VvAnrun 4-111 f Vi a Vi a ia^iv id nut ucsuu tin tuc pciouu n hvj excites their fear interposes between them and the entrance to the nest. A setter dog was noticed to turn and bite itself, whimpering with pain, just ' as the party were sitting down to a shooting luncheon by the side of a wood in Yorkshire. The dog being! tired, had lain down on the hole of a 1 wasps' nest, and five or six of the yellow insects were stinging it at! once; but they did not touch the persons sitting close by?The Spectator. X-Rays in a Post Office. The post office at Buenos Ayres has furnished a striking illustration of the value of X-rays in detective work, says the Electrical Review. Jewelers have found that smuggling in registered letters from Europe was very safe, as the government officials could not legally open such letters on suspicion, and it was finally resolved to investigate the evil without violating the law. The X-ray promptly revealed watches, chains, rings and other valuables in astonishing quantity. This evidence was sufficient for a court order to open the packages and more than $20,000 of property has been confiscated in a single week. LIKE MAN LIKE DOG. "My!" exclaimed Mrs. Numkins; "just see that dog tearing up the street! I wonder what's wrong." 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Crane to the effect that when he was last in London he was invited to dine in the House of Commons restaurant, anu his host or- j dered a bottle of Irish whiskey, from which he poured frequently and copi-1 ously. "Say," said Mr. Crane, "do all you English statesmen partake as liberally I and as frequently of that liquid as this?" "We do," said the host. "Well, all I've got to remark is that | I'm not surprised that the Boer war continues," said Mr. Crane.?Boston | Herald. Those Same Cigars. "As we grow older our tastes change," remarked the observant person. "I remember when I was a boy I couldn't bear the taste of cabbage." "And now?" asked a friend. "And now," continued the observant J | one, "I can smoke my wifey's Christ- j mas cigars and never turn an eye- J ! lash." | ^Beauty is Skin D M ^nd correct dressing is M deep. The foundation K set dress is the proper I Royal I Worcester I ?"?*BonT< 1 Corset a Straight frpnt, Are the best made. 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Saves money, time and ; " v?Js| jraper. Agents and salesmen wanted >r prices and information. Ill3 Washington Metal Breeching Cfc* (Dept. A.) WASHINGTOX, GAL I I j a^T '>.^gaKS| 'leasarvtly? Beneficially? as a Laxative-. .||j| ials to the cultured and the :he healthy, because its comlple and wholesome and be-. disturbing the natural funcree from every objectionable -J ibstance. In the process of ng figs are used, as they are :he taste, but the medicinal >yrup of Figs are obtained client combination of plants ||g| i medicinally laxative and to beneficial effects?buy the ; mufactured by the i$YRUP(? ftew York.M.Y. ii\y cents per bottle PER DAY AWAY! IFORMATION et expiring January a, 190a, NTIRE YEAR OF 1902 | Jj it No. 129) GIVEN FOR TAGS I -J 1902, taken from the followterry, R. J. R., Schnapps, n Cared, Brown St Bro.'s Apple Jack, Man's Pride,. Co.'s Natnral Leaf, Cntter j N. 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