Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t *' -'..; ,i; 1 s - ? ' -. - I rM THE c : Life ont of dp ruent which they greater part of th ?y>%0^> y happines3 when g "' /' / given to them to < / f/ on which it acts, s I ff component parts ;i | // every objectionabi iff well-informed, ap Itf because of its plea Syrup of Figs? J# -1- be used by father.'' V v Syrup of Fig. r-*ya.^. naturally without system effectually from the use of th V* v ^ which the chiidrer /* grow to manhood them medicines, i assistance in the v gentle?Syrup of Its quality is laxative principles ^ also to oUr originc ^ 0 the little ones, do f i? ers sometimes off \ bought anywhere ? I r"M ~ .^ e&R' =i ifhPy*? i^'yjx \*.?% . :: ? c, Ki" ft, .- . ,r <:-: -?vw- ?f ?-<? lip USE TflYLOR'Sl Around New York by Smell. "If you were to set me down in New York blindfolded I could give a pretty close guess as to my whereabouts by the smell of that particular locality." said a salesman in The Swamp, "if my nose seemed stuffed with hides and tallow I shoultf know that I was fn the immediate vicinity of Gold, Cliff or ctrppt a nronouEced odor i'lftumviv ^v. x- - of spices would indicate Fulton street, in the neighborhood of the East River; iV -> -but if tea and coffee predominated the chances would be strongly in favor of Front, Pearl, or Water street. A saccharine quality in the air would suggest the sugar and molasses neigh5; v . borhood of William, Wall, or Front \ streets. Perfumes would place me at once on Leonard or Chambers, or possibly Grand street, while a strong odor of soap would let me know that Pearl ?i- ' or Murray street, or perhaps Greenwich or Hudson was not far off. If the atmosphere was fairly reeking |p?- with the scent of drugs I could figure out that I had wound up somewhere near Fulton, William, or Cliff street. Tobacco would give me a wide range, but I should probably he near Pearl, Fine, or Broad street. The smell of hops #*ald be a sure indication of Whitehall streets West and South streets have their distinctive^odors of shipping and seamen's supplies.'.' ^ - . ? Water Before Meals. While the general opinion of those supposed to be authorities on this ^' . matter has been that the habit of ^ ^ drinking water at meals is a deleterious one, it is now stated, according to recent investigations that a little water, if not too cold, is beneficial, as ; " ^ it assists in the digestion of food. A too copious supply of water dilutes the gastric juice, and if too cold lowers the temperature of the stomach below normal, thus impairing digestion. If, however, water is taken in limited ' '- " - ' * ^ quantities cne peptones lurmeu u? tutaction of gastric juice on food will be washed aside, thereby facilitating absorption. By this means the undigested food is laid bare and Is more susceptible to further action cf the gastric juice. During the period of rest phlegm, being very tenacious, prevents the free flow of gastric juice for some time, hence delays digestion. A drink of "water before meals is recommended. because it loosens and washes away this deposit of mucus, thereby permitting the gastric juice to attack the food as it enters the stomach.? Boston Transcript. German Children Walk. (From Charles Gerould's "Child Life in Germany," in February St. Nicholas.) If I were asked what is the favorite amusement of German children, 1 should answer, taking long walks into the country. The love of nature seems ? to be born with most cf them. Be sides, they are sturdy young folks, anc are perfectly willing to put up with in conveniences. For these reasons thej insi the Deonle to enjoy walking ? ^ . in the country, and the practice begur in childhood is kept up during life When the children go on these lon? walks, they often carry what we shoulc call a botanical box (that is, a tin boj about a foot and a half long, witl rounded edges, and a lid on hinges) slung over the shoulder by a strap. fgVi". "fTrFn?,CT't-lA. Cough Mjikwraaagg 1 441 have made a most thorough | | trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and | 2 am prepared to say that for alldis- ? I eases of the lungs it never disap- 8 g points." p J. Early Finley, Ironton, O. g I? Ayer's Cherry Pectoral S won't cure rheumatism; | we never said it would. ? It won't cure dyspepsia; ? we never claimed it. But 1 ? it will cure coughs and 1 I colds of all kinds. We 2 1 first said this sixty years | | ago; we've been sayingit jj 1 ever since. y ^ Tbrct siz;s: 25c., 50c., SI. All druggists. J 2 Consult yonr doctor. If fce snvs take it, & then do as ire s>?yn. If he tt'ifs you not fi to take it. then don't take it. Ho knows. 3 Leave it with him. We arc willing. ~ g J. C. AVER CO.. Lctrell, Mass. g -T ^ f i n rfrnWrf.'A ^ 2HILDRKN E ort and out of the games m bazh <hey p] receive and the efforts i fchich they at healthful development which is so frown. When a laxative i s needed tfy flcanse and sweeten and s trengthea t! honld be such as physician s would Sai re lenown to be wholesome a nd the r# ;rue le quality. The one remedy ?rhieh p/ nySi prove and recommend and whicK the sant flavor, its gentle action and f ts bei id for the same reason it is tl fre er^, y lax; I and mothers. is the only remedy whioh acts pent griping, irritating-, or nauseating and ' *, without producing that ited h e old-time cathartics mid irjtKiejj .1 imit; i sh ould be so carefnlly guarded!. If yo aiic! vomanhood, sfcxp.vr* liealtl^ ; and 1 tvh<"ri .medicines are pit needec^ and v ray of a laxative, give- them cra2 y the sii Figts. due not only to the ex cellence of the c< > of plants with pleasant airot* atic syru il method of manufacture aruj as you v rot accept any of the substatiH es which cr to increase their profits. l?he genu; of all reliable druggists at y cents j to remember, the ftxl! name ol CALIFORNIA FIG SVRUP C the front of every pacfe^ age. In order to get its) beneficial effects it is s&i _> ways necessary to bay* \ the genuine only. AV t'jri ' f$?> 4 i T-t&kV -y U I / i iV>'; * p';- * . i i? t-Ii-i srakee Remedy of Sweet C jg:hs, Colds, LaGrippe RED DEER AND CARIBOU. Unexplained Antipathy of the Latter For the Former. f ine disappearance 01 cwmuu uciujc the invading h^erds of red or Virginia I deer is one of the puzzling facts of natural history. The red doer are not i half th>e size of the caribou, yet it Is beyond dispute that even inhere the latter exist in largest numbers they will rapidly disappear before the adi vance of the former. Yea^s ago cari- | j bou abounded in the woods of northern Maine and in the province of Quebec. 1 Then the graceful little red deer.; | driven north and west by the wolves, 1 ! gradually spread into the home of the caribou, and within a season or two the latter had become as scarce in j their old home as the red deer previI ously had been. i On the other handj, the north country i of Canada, in the neighborhood of I Lake St. John anu St. Maurice, which i formerly'supported vast herds of deer, I has been completely- deserted by them .for many ve^rs past, tnougn moose and caribou are plentiful. Equally far north, in the Ottawa and Gatineau | country, red deer and moose are^CJHfd i in very large numbers, but n<Tcaribou. | Owing largely, it. is supposed, to the I increase in the number of wolves, the range of the red tf?fer is rapidly extending to the south and east, and specimens have been seen and killed in parts of the country north of Quebec, where they had not been seen before i for more than a generation. The In- j I dian and other hunters are already ! foretelling the disappearance of the caribou from this part of tihe country, j where they- are at present very abund- 1 j ant. There is a theory that the instinct of the caribou tells them that an invasion of their feeding grounds by th<e deer is due to the pursuit of the latjter by the wolves, and that it is the horror of these pests which leads them to forsake any territory to which they seem to know that their distasteful neighbors are fleeing for refuge. There arc not wanting careful observers among Canadian woodsmen who attribute to j jealousy of the little Virginia deer, at ! the approach of the mating season, the ! action cf the caribou in fleeing with its I mate from the company and the counj try of his gay little rival. The prob | lera is a most interesting one, and is engaging the attention of many invesI tigators.?New York Sun. A SERIOUS QUESTION. What makes people laugh?. TTs a i I mystery great; To solve it we struggle in vain. ( We tell of the apples that small Johnny [ ate > And sing of his subsequent pain. ;! They describe his demise in a jocular | way, I With phrases both flippant and pat, . And yet think it over and tell me, I pray, Is there anything funny in that? ' I i When Bridget, a lass who is honest and kind, | And willing and anxious to learn, Endeavors to kindle the fire, but to find That the fuel refuses to burn; ' j We laugh with a merriment softly se. | rene When the house in a ruin lies flat, And she's blown to the clouds, 'cause she tried kerosene, Is there anything funny in that? ?Washington Star. THE UNHARMED HERO. He (home from the Philippines)? It seems to me, May, you're not very glad to see me back. She?Oh, yes, I am; but if you had ! only gotten yourself shot or something j I would have been so proud of you.? j Philadelphia Press. . WHY? I (Charlotte Sedgwick in February St. Nicholas.) I j The day it breaks thought it never falls? The reason I'm sure I can't see; The night it falls, but it does not break? It's very perplexing to me! "I've made it a practice to put all my worries down in the bottom of my heart, then set on the lid an' smile."? From "Lovey Mary," The Century, January, 1903. i ^jjj !N jOY f?| ay and the enjoy- 'r"-f/"S^K\ tv ake, comes the r*\. essential to their ' rJ&i. ' i remedy which is he internal organs action, because its / dy itself free from icians and parents, * ; little ones enjoy, a\Y/V"'7 teficial effects, is? ative which should ly, pleasantly and which cleanses the abit which results tir*!:r( Ttions, and against d ^ "?]: u would have them lappy, do not give 'hen nature needs : rJ> mple, pleasant and ,/ Dmbination of the / ps and juices, but alue the health of unscrupulous deal- | ine article may be V >er bottle. Please fl : the Company? .. / T U.? la puuicu uu | ^ ,...V?'--V sCYft ^ ~^nWk- v\ V %^'A \ %\ -- ,-;\ ': > '' t I Lum and Mullein SSXaV6??! w and Lung Troubles. Thoroughly tested krs. All Druggists. 25c, 50c and Sl.OO. A Worthy Cause. j Sentiment is stronger that good :.*oads are certainly as worthy a cause |: is good harbors. Part of the traffic? .ill that is produced?has to pass over [ he roads. Harbors are necessary and of benefit to the country. Good roads j will benefit the whole country more ! -'mmediately. The benefit of it will !; be direct, something tangible. While providing better facilities for the exj ports and import of materials, why not I. add to the welfare of the farmer, the ; small owners, by inaugurating a sys5 tem of good roads. Such a policy, by < bringing the producer closer to the ? market, enhances the value not only ] of produce, but of the farms on which i t is produced. It will add to the wealth of the country. \ Bowen is the Whole Thing. " 4 - T U TTnitofl Statoc iVS i UUUCisiauu 11, uiinvu wvwww i ^Minister Bowen was left in charge of I British and German affairs in Vejje-~ zuela when their ministers withdrew." "Yes" "And now^^Bit Castro lias put yetissuei^^his hands." "I so understand it." "Well, then, it seems all Mr. Bowen has to do is to extend the entente cordiale to himself and the whole business is settled." On the Trail. "I see they have elected an Indian to the South Dakota legislature?the j Hon. Bear Tracks." "He ought to have plenty of followj ers." "I hope, for the sake of his noble race, he will cover his name with glory." j "Well ,a good many legislators do | cover their tracks, but not always ! with glory." The Astute peaaier. "Yes," said the peddler, "the iady next door said I probably wouldn't sell anything here." "What does she know about it?" the woman of the house asked, sharply. "I dunno; only she said your husband seldom left any money with you." It is needless to say he made the ! sale.?Brooklyn Eagle. Incentive to Genius. i If Marconi but lived in a musical flat, ! Where daily the echoes discordantly ring, j It is perfectly safe to asseverate that A wireless piano would be the next new thing. Her Preference. Mr. Bibbins?They say horseback I riding gives a woman a graceful carj riage. Mrs. Bibbins?Perhaps; but I think I would rather have a horseless carriage. As to Castro. "So you think Castro is really trying to elevate Venezuela?" "I didn't say that. I said only that he reminded me of an elevator." ! "How so?" "He has so many ups and downs." "Ah, yes; and most of them seem to be accomplished by wire-pulling." The Average Man. I T * -..mrYin. tVinnrrh woM rift rPTTlinfl dUUIUl\;i } if v v? v?.w . ~ him, He'd always close the door behind him As hence he hied. But now that wintry winds are blowing He never goes but in the going He leaves it wide. What Worried Him. Farmer Hayrake? So th' trolley com! pany says tney'll pay Rube $5,000 fer 1 cuttin' off his foot, provided he'll in- ! j vest th' money in th' company's stock? ! ! Farmer Meddlers?Yes; but Rube ! says he's afraid he'll be puttin' his : foot in it if he does."?Judge. As He Understood It. Physician?"You should try cereal food for breakfast." j Patient?"I've tried it for years, doctor. I take a little old rye every i morning." I Then and Now. Once, long ago, 'twas her delight, ! To dress up in a handsome gown; But now, when he's out late at night, She likes to dress her hubby down. | A CLEAN FARM. It is a noticeable fact that but few farmers seem to care about the appearance of their farms farther than is absolutely necessary to make the j crops. With some no effort is put j forth to destroy a weed unless it is I in the track of the plow. Not a fence j or a gate kept in repair farther than j may be necessary to restrain the stock. ! A clean farm is not only one that has a cleared up appearance, but one where there is a destruction of all weeds that take life and strength from the grasses and cultivated crops. A weed will give back to the land the strength that it takes from it in growing, but it does not stop there; it makes a strong effort to propagate itself in the ! hundreds of seeds that it scatters. To I a thrifty farmer there is a degree of ; pleasure in noting the strong rich j growth of a weed. It tells him there j is strength of soil where it grows that ; he can turn to his own use. But there is no pleasure to him in the full development of the weed, for he sees in it an evidence of carelessness on his ! part. A weedy farm gets a bad name ; that the owner cannot rid of as long as he lets weeds grow, for a weedy farm generally means a shiftless man. When a farm is allowed to grow up in weeds, whether from favorable weather, the expense of cutting, or a lack of interest, the farmer is the loser. | Weeds will, in time, restore life and 1 strength to worn out lands, but there is no living profit meantime; they are too slow. Grasses and clovers will do the work with much more speed and profit, and a neat pasture adds i much to the appearance cf the farm, j Some men consider full grown rag- j weed a benefit to the soil, and a protec- i tion to the grass and clover in winter. I Does it never occur to them that rag- I weed, either dead or green, cannot add ! to the attractiveness of the farm? While I find it almost impossible to keep down weeds, I do not let them grow because I attach any value to them above what I could get from the growth of plants that are useful for forage and food. A pasture may be enhanced in beauty by irregular outline and indulating surface, but a field for cultivation is more attractive with level surface and parallel fences. It does not add to the beauty of a farm to aliow the fences to be overgrown with vines and bushes. It is a good thing for the young farmer to cultivate the habit of keeping things in -shape about his fields and buildings, and it is a habit that develops to his advantage. If there are stones on the surface of the land, they should be gathered with wagons or sleds; what are left may be put into small piles over the fields, or in the fence corners, to be removed some other time. Stones are brought up with each plowing, but if the farmer forms the habit of picking them up as he passes over his fields, the habit sticks to him like a bur. When the farmer takes his mower seat to cut a heavy piece of meadow, there is great satisfaction in knowing that there is not a stick or stone in the whole field to check his work. One j of the hardest corners to keep in order is the place where refuse lumber and broken rails are kept. piecesjmcumulate very rapidly, speciwhere rail fences are going out Of use. Old boards are often kept and moved about until they are worn out with travel and weather. It is much better to gladden the heart of your wife by turning all this stuff into stove wood while it is solid. This clearing out adds much 10 the neatness of the premises.?John M. Jamison, in The Epitomist. PROFITS FROM KEEPING SHEEP. The sheep is primarily a meat-producing animal, and needs to be bred and fed for that purpose. It involves changes in methods from those prevailing when the wool did pay for the feed. There is no reason at all why men who have been accustomed to keeping she^p and have their farms and their buildings equipped for their management should not continue to keep them. They may need to change the type of their flock, but more probably need to change their method of growing them. Mutton cannot be maSe profitably on the skimping plan that did secure profits when wool was forty cents a pound. The profit is in the lamb, and the earlier in its life it can be marketed the greater the profit. There are thousands of lambs in this and adjoining states that should be marketed this month that their own| ers do not realize are ready for market, and will keep until fall, and probably sell for less than they will bring now, for they will not be any heavier ! and, being older, will be worth less, bej cause as an animal increases in age | its ability to make gain out of feed j consumed decreases. Lambs that weigh sixty-five pounds or above should be sent to market at once. A ewe old enough to produce a lamb can be purchased for what it will bring, and in that way the producing flock be doubled. I know of no other stock that brings returns so quickly and surely with so little labor and so little risk as a good flock of ewes. Then the immediate dollar is not all to be considered in farm operations. A farmer's capital is not wholly gauged by his bank account. The improvement in fertility and character of the herbage of the farm are import-, ant results that follow the keeping of sheep. They eat a wider range of herbage than any other animal, and carry fertility to the higher points of the field. It takes a rich corn farm to insure profits from hog feeding, but a farm will constantly grow more productive under sheep. Two ewes to the acre will pay as good rent for land as anything else, and do it with very i . * ? i - i ~ v, ? ? t.t n vt ni,;*. liLtlt; Irt-UUi. XX. X. IVLUl^l, JLU v^nxu Farmer. ECONOMY OF SHELTER. By actual experiment it has been demonstrated that the saving of food by means of good shelter is equal to the cost of the shelter in a short time. Pigs, when provided with good shelter and warm quarters (by experiment made), fattened on much less food than was required to simply keep the unprotected animals alive. The comparison is an important one. In the first place, the animals not properly provided with suitable, accommodations, not gaining in weight at all, really destroyed or wasted all that had been provided th^m. for the food was converted into heat, in order to give ttie animals protection that should have been furnished with boards and shingles. In the one sense it might be asked whether feeding an animal on the products of the farm, which require labor in order to be produced, is cheapi er than the shelter which, when once erected, lasts for a number of years and does service for successive seasons. The quality of the shelter is as important as the quality of the feed, j A pig fed occasionally on a mass of ; bulky provender containing but little j nutrition, certainly is not expected to ' do as well as one that receives a plentiful supply of all that is needed to promote growth, health and condition, and neither should it be expected that a shelter which allows the cold to enter, or the water to leak in, can properly protect the animal against the rig- \ ors of winter and the moisture of early spring. Good, warm, dry quarters lessen the quantity of food required for bodily heat, and should any surplus food above that required for warmth be fed it will be converted by the animal into healthy growth, and add so much actual value to itself, but if the shelter is such that the animal ' is compelled to depend upon the food i for heat the food so fed is a loss and an expense. Nor is it in the winter J only that shelter should be provided, j All seasons have their disadvantages ; in that respect. Warmth in winter and sufficient ventilation in summer should be allowed. In fact, the comfort of the animals should be considered. In feeding an animal the object is profit, and every advantage . must be taken if the profit is to be in- ! creased.?Philadelphia Record. STARTING IN BUSINESS. Should these lines be read by any one who contemplates engaging in the t 1J- ?" 1mif TirVin Vioc nn nrflf*. ! JJUUlti J UUOiliCCa, IJUI nuw uuo aav j^amv . tical experience along that line, let me offer a bit of advice. It is this: Do not be in a hurry to purchase a poultry plant. Perhaps the story of one man's experience in this direction may appropriately be told here. He was a commercial traveller, whose extended route permitted him to visit his home only once a month. His seveial visits to poultry plants where the the business is carried on on a large | scale convinced him that there was money in it, and during the year which followed he spent much time formulating plans for entering the poultry business as a breeder of market and fancy fowls, which seemed to answer all the requirements he had decided his farm must possess. The purchase of the property was made, the man resigned his place, and moved his family from his city home to the farm. Modern poultry houses and yards were erected and a large number of fowls were purchased. It was then that his troubles began. As he knew practically nothing of the ! feeding and care of poultry, disease i entered the flock, and one misfortune i followed another in quick succession, \ until not more than half his fowls re- j mained. He found the greatest difficulty in securing the services of competent help. The yield of farm produce was small. To make a long story short the man disposed of his farm at a loss and resumed his position on the road, with some radically i changed ideas regarding farming and poultry raising. The moral I am attempting to point j is that it is much wiser for the person ! wrho contemplates engaging in the noultrv business to lease for a year ! the quarters which suit him and start ! in business in a small way. Every trade has to be learned, and it will not , do to attend too expensive a school.? j Harry M. Doty, in New.York Tribune r Farmer- ? - -"* RAISING GEESE. Geese and ducks are more hardy ; than the hens and turkeys. After the goslings are two weeks old they require but little mothering. With geese, as with turkeys, we would hatch most of the eggs under the hens, let- j ting them have but a few each to take . care of, and leaving a fair clutch for . the old goose. If she is past three years old she will lay more eggs than j she can cover, if they are taken from the nest each day. "We have seen a | flock of thirty-six goslings raised from j one pair of geese in this way. They j want about one-half their ration as green food, grass, turnip and beet leaves, and roots boiled tender and mashed for them, not too watery, but not thickened with grain, makes an acceptable and wholesome food for them. 1 When first hatched cracked corn scald- j ed or partly boiled is a good feed for ' them,- but too much grain causes leg weakness. The Toulouse geese are said to attain the heaviest weights, i the gander often weighing twenty-five t pounds and the goose nearly as much, i The goose is reported as living until i more than fifty years old, and prolific' of eggs up to forty years. Next to the Toulouse geese are the Embden, and those who keep them say their goslings will mature and fit for market earlier than will the Toulouse.?The Cutivator. I I Electricity and Currents. Are electricity and electric currents necessary concepts? In the modern theory they are not necessary and both are misleading. The word "current' must remain, but it is too late now to change it. The word "electricity" can be thrown overboard at once; it is worse than ftseless. Fara- | day and the mathematicians of his j time had difficulties in understanding each other. Faraday in his mind's eye saw lines of force traversing all space where the mathematicians paw centres j of force acting at a distance. Faraday saw a medium where they saw nothing but distance. Faraday sought the seat of the phenomena in real actions going on in the medium; they were satis-led that they had found it in the power of action at a distance. Faraday conceived the space surrounding the magnet of wire carrying an electric j current to be full of lines of force?a 1 conceptiin upon which all his work of j electrical dynamics is founded. Thus he was able to make his great discov- ; ery of magnetic electric induction. ; Given that electricity was flowing ' through a wire, it provoked magne- ; tism in a neighboring iron body. What ; was the converse? By sheer experi- j raenting he arrived at the notion of 1 cutting the lines of force in space by a wire. This cutting of the invisible _ magnetic lines is the essential act necessary for induction.?London Electrical -Review. j They Mourn in Red. i In the dark part cf the middle ages red and not black was the favorite mourning color throughout Europe, i Even down to the end of the fifteenth century the change from blood red to black was not complete, though black cloaks were worn over rod clothing. In Abyssinia the mourning color is a reddish brown. In Turkey it is violet, a cc;or closely allied to red. It is a curious fact that among the Maoris , of New Zealand red is the rue of sor- j row. In earlier times mourners daubed their bodies with red juices when they followed a chief to his grave, and even the resting pla^^s of the bodies were also colored red.? . New York Times. ' CAUGHT B REL1 Congressi A N ;[ of medicine j; recognizes ^^tagg j| Grip as epi- TBI demic ca- I ji tarrh, - - Mju ji Medical Talk. Vs LA GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. It spares no class or nationality. The cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and the pauper, the masses and the classes are alike subject to la grippe. None are exempt?all are liable. Have you the grin? Or, rather, has the grip got vou? Grip is well named. The original French term, la grippe, has been shortened by the busy American to read "grip."" Without intending to do so ASK YOUR DRUGGi Pocket Typewriters. The pocket typewriter is the very latest device to lessen the task of newspaper men, detectives, and any and all persons who need to take notes on any subject when the use of pencil and paper would be an inconvenience. The invention makes it possible for one to take down a conversation,, a speech, or any remarks that he may choose to record, withoj^evetK removing his hands_ from his'pockets. The -feattlFg^ot this unique little word-recorder is its simplicity. Itscasing is of hard rubber, its interior of aluminum. The dimensions of the casing are four by three. In the casing are two little spools, that hold rolls of tape quite similar to the white paper in the ordinary ticker. By merely pressing four keys on one side of the casing, and by the manipulation of a space key and a number-indicator, anything that the human tongue can utter can be put down in symbols. The inventor asserts that anyone can master the manipulation of the machine within two hours' time, and can within a week become an expert in taking down anything, from speeches to market reports.?Tit-Bits. GoGod Idea. Here is an idea for the farmers of this state: Out in the state of Washington the farmers of Walla Walla county are paving the roads with straw. When the fall rains came in that county the roads were impassable, and something had to be done about it, or the farmers must stay at home and wait for dry weather to get to town. Finally a bright fellow thought of covering the roads with straw. It was done last year and proved a success. This year it was tried on a more extensive scale. The farmers of the county all turned out and the roads were covered with straw to the depth of a foot or more. Three hundred miles were covered and the farmers on the line of the straw-paved roads will have easy traveling, while their less fortun ate neighbors are going hub deep in the mud. NO AGENCY IN IT. Hicks?I didn't know you had gone in for literary work. Gussie?Me? How? Hicks?Jokely told me ycAi collabor-* ated with him on that character sketch of his about the chappie who continually says, "Bah, Jove." Gussie?Oh, come now, bah Jove! I assuah you I had nothing to do with it. Stwange of him to tell you that, bah Jove!?Catholic Standard and Times A WEAK UNDERSTANDING. "I don't understand," remarked Miss Prettygirl, "how you men can gc around in the woods and fields shooting down poor little innocent birds and animals." "Weally, weally," replied Mr. Willeboy, earnestly, "I don't either; but I have a fellah who has pwomised to show me how to do it this week, don't i?-?i" f;n/.lnTiQti Cnmrnurrial. yOU. KllUWi "~vmt:uuav.i Tribune. HUMAN NATURE? "I wonder if Miggles is making any money writing books?" ."You can find out easily enough. Ask him if he would advise any of his friends to go to writing books for a living." "And if he is successful himself he will say yes. I see." "Not at all. If he is succeeding he will say no."?Chicago Herald. "I b'lieve in havin' a good time when you start out to have it. If you git knocked out of one plan, you want to git yerself another right quick, before yer sperrits has a chance to fall."? From "Lovey Mary," The Century, February, 1903. A movement has been started in England, under the lead of Lord Radstock, to place a copy of the Scriptures in the hands of every child In the schools of India who is able to read a Gospel In his or her own tongue. Y THE GRI] SASED BY I nan Geo. H. Whit( oted Sculptress Cu a new word has been coined that exactly * describes the case. As if some hideous * giant with awful Grip had clutched us in 11 its fatal clasp. Men, women, children, whole towns and cities are caught in the li baneful grip of a terrible monster. ? . n Pc-ru-na Foi Grip. P g Mrs. Theophile Schmitt, wife of the ExSecretary of the German Consulate, writes I 1ST FOR A FREE PE ? ybursjbr a I OLD EVER^y Color in the _Arctics- ^ experience of color in the I Arctics, says Frank Wilbert Stokes, whose story and pictures of "The Au- |j rora Borealis" are a feature of the Feb- ( ruary Century, led me to believe that, from the most regal purples, golds, and erimsons 9f sunlight to the blackpurples, grays, and gray-greens of storms, there existed no intermediate effects. But a sojourn of a year in the northland proved that great Nature's palette was here set with more varied riches than elsewhere. Especially was this true of the color-effects of the long twilight of approaching winter, the returning light pf day, and even in the heart of the polar night State of Ohio, City ofT oledo, f Lucas County. i Frank J. Cheney, make oath that he lithe senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business ih the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of catabrh 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 6thday of December, J seal. } A. D., 1S86*. Jl. W.'Gleasox, ' ?v? ' Rotary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is t^ken internally, and nets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, lree. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold bv Druggists,75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. i Several counterfeiters of paintings by famous masters have lately been arrested and imprisoned at Dusseldorf. Mrs.Winslow's SoothingSyrup for children i teething,soften the gums, reduces inflamma j tion,allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. abottle - * e ?. Cats and other beasts 01 prey reucvi, j fiftv times as much light from their eyes | as human beings. FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervousness after flrst day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer.f 2 trial bottleand treatise free Dr. B.H.Kline, Ltd., 931 ArchSt.,Phila.,Pa. Half a dozen Peruvian mummies were recently auctioned off in London at less than $10 apiece. If you want creamery prices do as the creameries do, use June Tint Buttee Coloe. Some men take things so easily that it is ! a wonder they don't get all the contagious diseases. , ; am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.?Mrs. Thomas Robj bins,Maple St., Norwich. N. Y.. Feb. 17,1900. ( A pearl fisher of western Australia " named Broome has found a pearl whose value is estimated at $75,000. | X 210 Kinds for 16c. , ; a ItlsnfactthatBalzer'sseedeare found In Jm SBi more gardens nnd on moreftrnn thon^Hf jJBml any other la America. There Is ^BSSL ' reason for this. We own and m S eratc over 6000 acres for the produc- TrS 1 jSjt a tlon of oar choice seeds. In order to ^Sl BPflgjii Induce you to try them re make MB] I W, the following unprecedented offenffitgj I For 16 Cents Postpaid 258 1 i B **fvl \ 55 iorU wonderful onloni, ?/i ] ' EV 1 | I 25 torts olrgaot cabbiff, Wjtgh I ! Iff IS ?ort? ?*yniflerat carrots, I gP J 55 peerlni ItUneo TirltliM, nR I / \ 25 rare Inteiou rsSkk, S 0 iff J. / 20 inlendld beet writ, Mil P bm /f t5 rloriooil/ beaallfol flower toed*,~i? 3 ' M k In all 210 kinds positively fnmishing WI 1 3 A bushels of charming flowers snd lots /M ygf A and lots of choice reliables. tojcetb-Xj S 1 3 Jm er with our Kreateatalognotelllng&ll/JffWj i MS about Mrwaronl Wheat. Kllllon Uol-LL y gtf M lar Crass, Teortnte, llroinus, Rpcltz,*~V 2 | J| M etc., all for only ICe. in stamps and I ?aloa seed at bat 60c. a poaad. ?Sj r/m/mm iohn a. salzer seed co.? " L\\\u I iJJJl ti Crow. Wis. __ qj rAPiiniNF. vnl I Cures COLDS, LAGRIPPE, and all 1 HEADACHES, Etc. Sold jvt all Drugstores I FAT SPOT CASH FOB MILBoirNTr LAND WARRANTS| Issued to soldiers of any war. Also Soldiers' Additional Homestead Bights. Write me at oaoe. FRASK HREGER. P.O. Box 148, Dearer, Colo. . rwGive thA name of this paper when writlngr to &dvertisers-(At. 5. '03) 1 Thsmpsen's Eya Witir |^f P 3E-RU-NA. 3's Case, Ted. fl tc following letter from 3417 "Wabash venue, Chicago, 111.: "I suffered this winter with a severe at* ick of la grippe. After using three botes of Peruna 1 found the grip had diepneared."?Mrs. T. Schmitt. Mrs. Celeste Covell writes from 219 N. venue, Aurora, 111.: "Only those who have suffered with 1a rippe and been cured can appreciate bow rateful I feel that such a splendid mediine as Peruna has been placed at the oor of every suffering person."?Mra. C.' bvell. Noted {sculptress Cured of Grip. Mrs. M. 5. Cooper, of the Royal Acad* mv of Arts, of London, England, now csiding in Washington, D. C., is one gi he greatest living sculptors and painters * ; f tne world. She says: "I take pleasure in recommending Pe-' . una for catarrh and la grippe. I have uffered for months, and after the use of ne bottle of Peruna I am entirely welL" . -Mrs. M. C. Cooper. D. L. Wallace, a charter member of the ntemational Barbers' Union, writes from 3 Western avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.: "Following a se^sere attack of la grippe seemed to be affected badly all over. _ y.j "One of my customers who was greatly SQH elped by Peruna advised me to try it, na I procured a bottle the same day. - ' ^ <ow my head4 is clear, my nerves are d teady, I enjoy food and rest well. |fe* una has been worth a dollar a dose to le."?D. L. Wallace. Lieutenant Clarice Hunt, of the Salt -ake City Baracks of the Salvation Army, ' rrites from Ogden, Utah: "Two months ago I was suffering with o severe a cold that I cotild hardly speak. "Our captain advised me to try Peruna nd procured a bottle for me, and truly it ,'orked wonders. Within two weeks 1 > ;as entirely well."?Clarice Hunt. \ Congressman While's Letter. Tarboro, N. C, ^ Gentlemen:-! am more than sattsled with Peruna and find it to bean xcellent remedy for the grip and ? atarrh. 1 have used it in my Jam- '- ^^8 Iy and they all join me in rtcom- <($3g& tending it as an excellent remedy, -George H, White, Member of Conres*. Mrs. T. W. Collins. Treasurer Independ- *5 n't Order of Good Templars, of Everett, Vash., writes: ' "After having a" severe, attack of la ' rippe I continued in a feeble condition ' ^ ven after the doctors called me cured. -O* ly blood seemed poisoned. Peruna cured \ ie."?Mrs. T. W. Collins. If you do not derive prompt and satis> ictory results from the use of Peruna, rrite at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a all statement of your case and he will be ' leased to give you his valuable advice '' H'-.f: ratis. Addrhss Dr. Hartman, President of The [artman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. RUM ALMANAC. ^.letarHead* I 9SEITZF& I ivhjsrjs -M Jennine stamped C C C. Sever sold in baft. 1 Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something jast as good." ^; Which ? A lean and potash-hungry, soil, wasted seed, wasted labor and Idle gins?A MORTGAGE. Or, plenty of Potash in the fertilizer, many bales and a '-v?|i busy gin?A BANK ACCOUNT. " Write us for our books. money win. ners. We tend >tm them frtt to farmers. i> GF.KMAJt 9 k '.li jBl >!3fiiM I 08 Nuus St. ^ New York Malsby & Co. ' t D?.?r4li C* iiUnis fia ' i: 41 3VIIUI I ViajlH *71*, A 11 aui?, MM. Portable and Stationary Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY Complete line carried in stock for IMMEDIA TE shipment Best Machinery, Lowest Prices and Best Terms. Write us for catalogue, price* etc., before buying. ' Jh Capsicum Vaseline Put up in Collapsible Tubes. A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or tny other plaster, and will not blister the most lellcate skin. The pain allaying and curative jualitles of this article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once and relieve head* iche and sciatica. We recommend It as the best and safest ex* :ernal couDter-lrrltant known, also as an ex* ternal remedy for pains In the chest and stout* tch and all rheumatic,neuralgic and gouty com* plaints. A trial will prove what we claim for It, ind it will be found to be Invaluable in the *1 J w 1. i.T. 4. QOUSCnom. J5lmiljr IJGUUIV ?j x? xj >uv vm. v< ill your preparations. . N Price 15 cents, at all druggists, or other deal* ?rs, or by sending this amount to us in postage Hamps we will send you a tube by mail. _s'o article should be accepted by the publla ? ml]ess the same carries our label, as otherwise' It is not genuine CflESEBROUGH MANUFACTURING CO. 17 State Street, New York Citj. PfcDROPSY B ^ Tf H10 T^?A EMTd^att / feiri vftn, ?znoafe wond?rft5 I , i success. HaYo cured many than* /JW and cases. a*. 8. & S31SS'0 80*5, \?l?rrm > Box B Atlanta, Qt> ?? 'v - ) writing College, Loulerille, Ky., open the wbeU ye*r. Stndentecan enter any time. Catalog ft?>