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A Problem for. Her.--"Are you good at ariibinetie, toy dear?" asked Mr. Perkai of hi viie. "1 nai accounted (be very best arlthuietlciau at 'cbool," replied Mn. Perkasie witb a toucb of pride lu her voice. "1 have a problem for you." "State it." "How can I buy $03 worth of present! with $13 in cash and no credit?" Judge. El Paeeant. A maid her name I will not give For years had dyed that she might live. Bhe dyed her cheeks, she dyed her Hps, And she likewise dyed her finger tips. But she died at last and left a store Ot dyes, and now she'll dye no more. Chicago Dally News. . DISINTERESTED COUNSEL. - - He If you eat too much cake, you'l mre to be ill. St. Paul'a. ' I Unbeaten.' Who Is the lightweight champion? Who? Why, bless your soul, t The man in summer who sells ice, ' j And In winter time sells coal. ', 1 N. Y. Journal. Speaking from Experience. I Pupil 1 wonder how it is that the blind, receive more consideration from us than the deaf? 1 ' ,The Philosopher The reason is plain mv son. It i because they are able -to listen to our old stories and yet are .unable to see ouj shady actions. Ally Bioper. One or the Other. Miles I'm celebrating the fortieth anniversary of my birth to-day. Giles And yet, judging from your appearance, no one would take you for t fool. : Miles Why, what do you mean? ' Giles Nothing only you're not philosopher, are you? Chicago Record Bard Lock. ' ! Visitor It's sad about the man who was found dead in his room from blow, ing out the gas. Hotel Manager Yes, it's too bod Kobody has claimed the body, and as he paid his last dollar for the room we dou't know who is going to pay for the gas. Chicago Journal. Winter Weather. The crimson of the forest leaves When the autumn days are gone, ". But the toper's nose grows redder ' As the winter weareth on. . Tammany Times. f, MORIS TRAIN WRECKING. The Bench What's the charge, con stable? n PeelerPrisoner was found putting his wife's mince pies on the railway lines, your worship! Ally Slopct. ! In a Nutshell. The other day a wise one spoke, ,,. So the words of wisdom ran: . " Woman she's always working .! i . . Embroidery or a man. Puck. ' . i Tbe Two Extremes. ' Wlggs 1 really, can't help smiling when 1 see little Snapleigb out witb that lunky wife of his, she looks so aw fully tall with him. - Waggs Yes, I daresay; but 1 can tell you she's very short with him at times. Ally Sloper. The Thing He Thought Of. ' "Money, you know, is the root of all evil." - "1 wonder if we'd have to root so hard for it if it wasn't?" Chicago Daily News. y V . Be Saw It, Then. Jones They say the girl Dawson married wos oross-eyed.-1 nmwn Yes: hut he never fullv re alized it until after her money was. , gone. Puck. At th End.. Lives of millionaires remind us That although we slave and save " We must leave it all behind us , - When we rumble to ths grave. . Cleveland Leader. In the Same Business. "So berhusDuudlsaulditor?" ' "Yes. But, good land I If there's ny thing in tbe way of news she can beat him publishing it abroad." Dai . timore Sun, Avrceiav with Iter. "Don't you think, Leonidus," said Mr. Meekton'a wife, "that women ought to be assisted in leadiug a perfectly in dependent and untrammeled exist ence T ; Certainly, Henrietta," was the an swer, "and 1 presume that is wny so many of them consent to get married." Washington Star. . .English. Livery Stable Joke. Job Master I'm afruiU, sir, 1 must ask you to pay in advance for the hire of the horse. Amateur Kider What's that for? Are you afraid hat 1 shall come back without the horse? Job Master Ob, no; but the horse might come back without you. Tit- Hits. Dlsuaalltted. . . Poor ' Mra. Motherderel" ex claimed Mr. Meekton'a wife. "What hus happened to her?" "She bad to decline our invitation to read a paper on the proper manage- ment of children because she was too busy looking after her family!" Washington Star. . ..; Tiie social wain, Trotler What has become of Struck- lie? When 1 left he was making des perate efforts to get into the first so ciety. .. , . Homer By the time be got In tbe people who then composed the .best society bad bursted up, so he's now as badly off as he was before. JN. . Weekly. ' '' ' ' ; Such an Obstinate Girl. "I fear," said the fond mother, "that we will have to give our consent to Mabel's marriage to Mr. Jones. "What's the matter, asked the close- fisted father. "Won't she elope?" Chicago Post, Bis Marriage. An astronomical event Is scheduled very soon: The world will shortly be eclipsed Behind a honeymoon. Puck. GREAT LUCK, First Klondiker You say you've struck great luck; did you find gold? Second Klondiker No, I found a I piece of bncon that somebody left in this hole. Boston Herald. Deception. The man who dyes his hair and beard Has finally to own, Thinking others he deceives, That he deceives himself alone. Detroit Journal Bad a Good Time. First Old Boy Let me see, your tson enjoyed a university career, I believe? Second Old Boy (grimly) Yes, he appears to have done nothing else the bills are coming in still. Ally Sloper. ! A Bard Struggle. I Sympathetic Friend And did your husband die peaceably?- ' ' 1 Sorrowing . Widow Oh, ; I'm afraid not. We had three doctors. Chicago Daily New- . .. ,. v- . ' Prank Indorsement. MrBHunt-r-From what I hear of your nusoana, i snouia icier mai ne is a man of iron will. Mrs. Blunt You're right be is, and piglron, at that. Richmond Dispatch. The Pink of Modesty. She I'm not iigraid of the best man living! He I hope not, dear. I don t think I ever gave you any reason to be afraid of me. Yonkers Statesman. A Pesslmlstlo View. In all vocations, it appears. Men plan to cheat and rob; Even an honest builder's work , Is, at best, a put-up Job. Chicago i Dally Newev . . : POETICAL EXPRESSION. "Oh, that I had the wings of a bird." N., X- Evening Journal, :, "' Ante-Mortem. When he hasn't a brake on his wheel At the top of the hill-It Is said , That the Inquest may later reveal ' . A very large break In his bead. -Judge. ' ; ' An Object of Pursuit. "It is money that makes a man im portant." "I don't know; it seems to me I'm of more Importance when I haven't any money." Chicago Record. PIGEONS ON THE FARM. Bow to Unlld a Hoaie and Yard lotted to Their Requirements ' In Every Detail. , Among the pets that make life espe cially attractive in the country stand first and foremost the dainty pigeons. As well try to "paint the lily" as to at tempt to fashion a more bewitching creation than it is to be seen in this com bination of grace and feathers. Why the pigeons are not more commonly seen about the country places is hard to understand, for as a source of orna ment they are preeminent and as a source of delightful companionship they are unequaled. Their superb airs and grace, the bewitching posturing combined with great beauty of form all unite to make these little friends PIGEON HOUSE AND YARD. most desirable accompaniments to rural life. ' Where pigeons are kept it is too often the practice to house them in some low loft under the eaves, where it is inconvenient to visit them and where the birds often suffer neglec' If possible it is better to have quarters upon the ground floor and preferably in a separate building. ' The pigeon house may well be made an ornament to the place. With this idea in view the accomponying illustrtion is given. This represents a small and inex pensive house built in attractive lines and thoroughly suited to the purpose for which it is intended. A small hall way runs through the center, giving ac cess to a commodious room on each side. A "flight" on either end of the house opens out from these two lofts, Such a little house, stained and cov ered with vines, will make a very at tractive addition to any country place, and will do much toward getting the children in love with country life and interested in the companionship of an imals. Such a result will prove bene ficial in all ways, and the influence will remain a lasting Impression through life, American Agriculturist. POTATOES FOR SILAGE. Prof. Benry, the Wisconsin Author ity, Is Inclined to Discourage Their Use. Prof. W. A, Henry, of the Wisconsin agricultural college, makes the. follow ing interesting and practical comments on an article in . Wisconsin Agricul turist, entitled "Ensiling Potatoes." The article is an interesting one from several points. In gentral I am not in favor of putting root orops into a silo The turnip, beet or potato when taken from the ground in the fall and stored In the pit or cellar is a living object and under normal conditions loses only very little of its substance from week to week because when dormant the condi tion of life is maintained at the mini mum of food requirements. The root in the cellar or pit wastes a little day by day, but the loss is small. When we cut up or slice roots and put them in the silo, life is destroyed and fermentations and decay set up at once, and these proceed quite rapidly under almost any .conditions. Beets and turnips contain '90 to 04 per cent, water. Because so very watery, these substances are not in any way suited for silage; the pota to, on the other hand, contains about 20 per cent, dry matter, or as much as green corn forage. It is possible thi particular root or tuber may be used with success for silage. I cannot be lieve, however, that putting potatoe into the silo is very practical or that this material will become common as silage substance. If potatoes are very low-priced in tne fall, farmers general ly hold them in pits or cellars, waiting for a rise, and only feed them to stock in the spring when the markets are un satisfactory. To place them in a silo in the fall cuts off all opportunity foi sale at a later date. Viewing tbe mat ter from all sides, it seems to roe out farmers, especially where corn can bt grown, had better rely upon that grea forage plant for silage material an handle the potato crop much after the present plan. ' Dried Cobs for Kindling. . After corn cobs have thoroughly dried it is quite common to use them for kindling fires. But the cob alone is a very poor substitute for wood ' for this purpose, as it does not make bright blaze, and the proportion potash is so large that the ashes wi soon destroy what flame might other wise come from it. But if these cobs are dipped in kerosene oil they will hold enough -to burn several minutes, and by this time the wood above will be thoroughly afire. -This is really the only safe way to use kerosene for building fires. It should on no account be thrown on lighted wood from above Even if there is no explosion, the wood will not be set afire so well as it will from below. American Cultivator, The only objection to low headed trees is that they interfere with' culti vation. SCRUBS MUST GO. So Stockman Who Sticks to Theas Can Reasonably Expect to Make ,-. Both Ends Meet, . ., Scrub stock is not always bred that way. Tbe best and bluest mood known to breeders may be made to bring forth progeny of tbe scrub order by careless ness on tbe part of tbe feeder. The old saying that "well fed is half tired" is i.ot merely a saying. It is founded on truth, and as a statement is Quite exact. The veriest scrub may be made quite respectable by proper feed-. ing, but it can never be made a pure bred animal. It has not in it tbe qual ity to assimilate feed and put it to good nse that is inherited by the pure-bred animal, and the feed given to it will never produce the results that would ave been shown if tbe care and skill that lies behind the pure-bred beast had had some part in making it up. There is no excuse for scrub stock whether bred or made so by careless- ess. Scrubby horses or cattle mark the owner as being at once non-pro-jressivc and ili-fitted for breeding or feeding. A man may not be financially able to stock his farm witb pure-bred stock, but even the poorest farmer may command the services of good sires and in this way secure tbe benefits of good blood. Tbe first remove from a scrub where a pure-bred sire is used shows an improvement, and four re moves will generally produce an an imal thu. will puss for a high grade and possessing tbe good quulities of the breed it has been graded up with. Happily, the day of bred scrubs i about past. Very few genuine "penny royal" steers are to be found now, and each year they become fewer. The- scrub made so by lack of care and care less feeding is still too much in evi dence. It will not disappear as long a corn stover is left in tbe field for cat tle to forage on during the winter. No profit can result from any kind -of scrubs, and the man who allows tiem to remain on his farm and continue to be scrubs will be the one who is reiirty to testify that there is no chuice lor him to make both ends meet. I) ariucr a Voice. , HAULING SORGHUM. A Kansas Farmer Describes a Contri vance for Drawing the Hay to the Stack. . We use a home-made implement for hauling it from the windrow to the stack. The name it goes by here is the go-devil. To make one, gtt three joists eight inches wide and 12 feet long; four scantlings 2x4; cut the 2x4 in different lengths from four to seven feet long; take seven of these pieces and sharpen one end so that they will pass under the hay and not catch in the ground ; lay one of the 12-foot pieces down for the head, cut two pieces one foot long and lay one at each end of the long joist. Then lay on the seven teeth, placing the long one in the mid dle, see cut, and the shortest one at the end, then the others between the SORGHUM HAULING RACK. middle and' the en ones. Then fit pieces from the eight-inch joist between the teeth as tight as possible; then lay the other joist on top of the teeth; bore holes through the upper and lower joist and the teeth; put good stout bolts through them and tbe teetb. At the end, outside of the teeth, shove a collar round, so that a chain can work loose on it and not slip off the end. Bore a few two-inch boles in the head and put in stakes to prevent the hay slip nine: off behind. Fasten a chain or rope ten feet long to each end; hitch a horse to each end; let a boy ride each horse; go to the end of the windrow have a man to stand on the go-devil to manage it; start the horses along the windrow until-you get a load, then draw it to the stack; turn the horses and pull it backwards until it is clear of tbe load. D. M. Adams, in Ohio Farmer. ... . Bandlness with Tools. ,It is extremely important that every farmer train himself to handling tool of all kinds. If he has a forge with bellows and a toolhbuse with turning lathe he can make extra whifHetrees, clevises and other articles that are ept to break whenonen and teams are busi est. Many of these can now be bought quite as cheaply as they can be hand made. , But there are many things t nat ure exceedingly handy' to have about the house or barn that cannot be pur chased in the stores. The toollrouse will be one of the favorite places for boys on the farm to learn to he handy with tools, and whatever they do in later life they will never begrudge th time and experience it has taken to give them the lessons thus learned Selecting Pigs for Breeding. Before disposing of the spring pigs make sure that you have selected enough of the best ones for breeding purposes tbe coming season. I know it is tempting sometimes to' sell oft the largest ones and think the smaller ones will come on all right with a little extra care, but.it is not wise to do this every year. Plump, solid "hogs are the kind for brood sows and thi selection is made after studying tb herd all summer. One thing itrpay to do is to select those that are eusily kept. Some hogs consume twice u much food as others, and are not in one-half as good flesh' the year around as tbe light eater. Agricultural Kplt omtet ... 1 fjllj: SISTERS OF SL KBIS Uso Poru-na for Coughs, Golds, Lq Grippo and Catarrh. : A CONGRESSMAN'S LETTER. i. . ni'in'.'f .-'j'- f -a -w-- , !-;.. t0 fw-- v-' sex c V , KtaLSL'- cim vrvrrVTo ADTIIIIV ICITTVTir St. Vincent's Orphan Abtlum East Main Street, Cob. Rose Avenue, Columbus, 8.0.V Dr. S. B. Hartman : "Some years ago a friend of our insti tution recommended to us Dr. Hart- man's 'Pe-ru-na' as an excellent remedy for the influenza, of which we then had several cases which threatened to be of a serious character. "We began to use it and experienced such wonderful results that 6ince then Pe-ru-na has become our favorite medi cine for ipfluenza, catarrh.coughs.colds, and bronchitis. " Sisters op St. Francis, . . " St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum." 4 Napoleon, 0., March, 1898, The Pe-ru-na Drug M'f g Co., Colum bus, Ohio: Gentlemen I have used several bot- o o C) C) o () a o o o o o o o o o o o ASK The Tin Tags taken from Horseshoe, "J.T.," Cross Bow, Good Luck and Drummond Natural Leaf will pay for any one or all of this list of desirable and useful things and you have your good chewing tobacco besides. Every man, woman and child in America can find something on this list that they would like to have and can have FREE I Write your name and addres3 plainly and send every tag you can get to us mentioning the number of the present you want. Any assortment of the different kinds of tags mentioned above will be accepted as follows : r TAGS 1 Match Box, quaint deiign, im ported from Japan ,i 36 i Knife, one blade, good, steel 26 t Sailors, 4'inch, good steel. ... . 36 4 Child's Set, Knife, Fork and Spooit 26 6 Salt and Pepper, one each, quad- ruple plate on white metal. ... 60 ( Razor, hollow ground, fine English steel 60 T Butter Knife, triple plate, best qual. 60 I SujarShell.triple plate, best quality 60 V Stamp Box, sterling silver 70 10 Knife, "Keen Kutter," two blades 70 11 Butcher Knife, "Keen Kutter," 8-inch blade 76 12 Shears, " Keen Kutter," 8-inchj nickel 75 IS Nut Set, Cracker and 6 Picka, silver tH 14 Nail Kile, sterling silver, amethyst set, -6-inch 100 15 Tooth Brush, sterling silver, ame thyst set, t-inch 100 16 Paper Cutter, sterling silver, ame thyst set, 7-inch 100 17 Base Ball, "Association," best qual. 100 18 Watch, stem wind and set, guaran teed good Urn keeper , 200 o o o o This offer ixplns Novimbir 30, 1899. Address all your Tags and the correspondence about them to DRUMMOND BRANCH, St. Louis, Mo. c ( 0f 0S lk lk 4sV "DON'T PUT OFF THE DUTIES BUY A L. & M. NATURAL LEAP PLUG Not IWttClfr V XT CLIPPER plug t -'v-'w y CORNER STONE PLUG TD I !OT . . SLEDGE PLUG I C 1 1 J O 1 Ol SCALPING KNIFE PLUG I SLEDGE MIXTURE SMOXIXG C O IW BINE ! LK3GETT & MYERS TOBACCO COMP'Y, Manufacturer. FARM SEEDS r Wmt'i fadj tit Vftrnatftl U Prodi.1 fMriloaLaUirr. R.Tror. ft.. M Ion I iked the vorldl f br ffrawInitjObuitifils Bit Pour Qw. J. Sreidtr. 1 1 lflibltotL Via.. 171 buita. UrkT. ftDd H. Lovtlov. 1 Fac n sag, bidiuvt (rawing .v Dsiau. DMivr vursi i per tor. If yoi dovbt, writ tba. WtwWbtogtla S0tt,C00 m anitomtri, bcot will MDtt m trial 10 DOLLARS WORTH FOR 10c I W pknof nrt tVn twtdi, Bait Bath. Bap for Bh, J i fJtuu uora. uif roar uu." uwrditaa nat-irr. i Bromw IntrtBtt TieMUfTUMbfcy tcraos dry i k aolti, tU., " 40a. Vhol,'T incladloi aar Mmawlb J , Bcca fjuajofiM, mi lint i until Mr ram , i MM,aia..aiinaira yom a pot rcotiptorMt . iva. paiun, poamrciy wenn fiw. w fat , Illl.SUudiailU, H pkira aarUart Tft 1 ' PleftM sU,f 1.WI lend thli Catalog alona.lo. No. K. Wheat Wheat "Nothing but wheat I Wbat Ton might call a tea of wheat" was what a lecturer said while apeakliig of WEST Kit IS CANADA. For parties) laraaato routoa. rnllwaf farea. ntc, apply to Hnner lntiicliMtt or ImmlKra tloo. DKPAKTMKNT IN TKKlOK.Oiuiwa.Ci.nacIa, or to M V. aloINNKS, no. i asarrui Juuc swnah saws. ... ifil EAST MAINJ, , COLUMBUS, OHIO. ties of Pe-ru-na and feel greatly bene fited thereby from my catarrh of the head, and feel en couraged to be lieve that its con tinued use will fully eradicate a disease of thirty years' standing. David Meekison. Dr. Hartman, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in Congressman Meekison. the United States, was the first man to- formulate Pe-ru-na. It was through hia genius and perseverance that it was in troduced to the medical profession of this country. Send to The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company, Colum bus, Ohio, for a free book written by Dr. Hartman. ' everybody you know to save their tin tags for you ( ( c ( ( () o o o o CI o o tr a o tr o u D ( C () O ( ( It Alarm Clock, nickel, warranted . . 200 20 Carvers, buckhora handle, good steel 500 31 Six Rogers' Teaspoons, best qual. 22t 22 Knives and Forks, six each, buck- horn handles 360 23 Clock, May, Calendar, Thermom eter, Barometer 600 24 Stove, Wilson Heater, size No. 80 or No. 40 600 26 Tool Set, not playthings, but real tools 660 26 Toilet Set, decorated porcelain, very handsome fiflO 27 Watch, solid silver, full jeweled . .1000 38 Sewing Machine, fust class, with all attachments 1M0 29 Revolver, Colt's, best quality 1600 80 Rifle, Winchester. 16-shot, 22-cal.l600 31 Shot Gun, double barrel, hammer less, stub twist 3000 82 Guitar (Washburn), rosewood, in laid wiu) mother-of-pearl 2000 88 Bicycle, standard make, ladies' or tents' 3600 . BOOKS SO choice selections sam as last year's list, 40 tags each. lk 0 0 0 0 . 4 TILL TO-MORROW OF TO-DAY." 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